Northwest honored 11 students who made it in to the 2013 Hall of Fame with a luncheon and introduced them to the Board of Trustees during their monthly meeting on Feb. 14 in the Haraway Center. To receive the award of Hall of Fame, a nomi-nated student must fi ll out forms after being nominated. “Students are recom-mended by the faculty on each campus and each campus selects its honorees. Students com-plete a nomination form on which they indicate their club involvement, GPA, athletic participa-tion, band participation, and any other organized campus activity. Points are awarded for each item and those with the most points are selected as Hall of Fame,” Dr. Matthew Domas, asso-ciate vice president of Educational Affairs, said. The students who were honored came from all three Northwest cam-puses. From the Senatobia campus: Brandi Bir-

mingham, a sophomore pre-radiological sciences major from Olive Branch; Hannah Goff, a sopho-more elementary edu-cation major from Her-nando; Emily Hatcher, a sophomore elementary education major from Cleveland; Shelby Lou-werens, a sophomore journalism major from Senatobia; Cassidy Marsh, a sophomore mu-sic education major from Olive Branch and Jessica Reeder, a sophomore elementary education major from Sardis. From the DeSoto Center: Deborah Thomp-son, a sophomore hotel and restaurant manage-ment technology major from Hernando; Ryan Vargo, a sophomore ac-countancy major from Hernando and Lauren Woods, a sophomore biology major from Lewis-burg. From the Lafayette-Yalobusha Techinal Center: Jasmine Bobo, a sophomore health-care data technology major from Pittsboro and Beth Ray, a sophomore gen-eral college major from

Myrtle. The students met in the Haraway Center and took photos with the president before eating lunch with the board. After lunch, the students entered the board meet-

ing and, after the open-ing prayer and short word from Brad LaPlante, the new head football coach, the students were intro-duced individually to the board members. “I liked being able to

be a part of the meet-ing,” Reeder said. The Hall of Fame re-cipients were awarded a plaque during the meet-ing. “The Hall of Fame members are a wonder-

ful group who represent our college well,” Domas said.

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The Northwest agri-cultural technology pro-gram held their annual John Deere open house on Feb. 7 at 10 a.m. in the agricultural technol-ogy building. The open house was an opportunity for po-tential students to meet with faculty, staff, and current students and for them to get fi rsthand accounts of what it is like to be enrolled in the technical course at Northwest. “The open house is meant to inform future students of what this program is about,” Shane Louwerens, sophomore agricultural technology instructor, said. “We want them to see things in action. We let them see the engines and tractors, and the millions of dollars worth of train-ing aids that we use in the program. It is defi -nitely more one-on-one time between current students and potential future students.”

It was also an op-portunity for dealership representatives, which are future employers, to look for current students to sponsor or hire after graduation. All local high schools as well as high schools from Tennessee and Alabama were invited to

attend, as well as John Deere representatives and dealership represen-tatives. There were over 200 people in atten-dance during the event in which departments such as Financial Aid, Housing, Campus Life, and John Deere dealers spoke to students to inform and

support future techni-cians. “With the economy the way it is now, John Deere technicians and mechanics are in high demand,” Louwerens said. After listening to the speakers, the guests were provided with lunch.

High school guests were dismissed, while board members attended a meeting. Overall, the open house was a huge suc-cess, and Louwerens was excited about the poten-tial students who got to experience what a shop is like for themselves.

“It was awesome. It was a huge success with a lot of excited stu-dents,” Louwerens said. “It’s one thing to read about a program in a book, but it’s something entirely different to get to experience the work for yourself. I think the students were excited about that.” Perkins Johnston, adjunct agricultural tech-nology instructor, agreed, saying that the event went very well and that there was an overwhelm-ing number of prospec-tive students from high school technical pro-grams that attended. “I just started this job in August, so this was my fi rst open house. It was a lot more in-depth than I had imagined, and I was very impressed with the amount of John Deere associates that came to support the program and the students involved,” Johnston said.

The 2013 Northwest Hall of Fame was honored at the Feb. 14 Northwest Board of Trustees meeting. Northwest President, Dr. Gary Lee Spears (far left), congratulates(Front row, l-r) Debby Thompson of Hernando; Cassidy Marsh and Brandy Birmingham, both of Olive Branch; Emily Hatcher of Cleveland; Beth Ray of Myrtle and Jasmine Bobo of Pittsboro. (Second row, l-r) Northwest President Dr. Gary Lee Spears; Lauren Woods of Lewisburg; Shelby Louwe-rens of Senatobia; Jessica Reeder of Sardis and Ryan Vargo and Hannah Goff, both of Hernando. (Staff Photo)

John Deere holds open house on Feb. 7By Shelby Louwerens

Students from Cordova High School stand in front of a John Deere tractor with their instructors during the John Deere open house on Feb. 7. (Photo by Shawna Davis)

By Shelby Louwerens

OPINION A2 • February 21, 2013 Senatobia, Miss.

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Employers may want Facebook password

Brian NorwoodKayla PeeplesDelayva RobinsonDeantae Smith

According to an article by the Daily Mississippi-an, employers may now ask for the Facebook password to any poten-tial employee’s Face-book page. This could be the new way of scanning for the best future em-poyee, or a new way for job hunting to become even more diffi cult. If a potential em-ployer asked me for my password, I would not have much of a problem with giving it to them. Yes, they could read my private messages, drafts, status updates and things like that, but they wouldn’t fi nd anything

that would hinder me from getting a job. How-ever, I know that is not the case for all college students. In today’s society, Facebook is almost a necessity. It is a hard case to fi nd someone who does not have a Facebook account. If a student decides to make that account private, very little information could be seen without the knowledge of the student. The account holder controls what their ‘friends’ see and don’t see on their ac-count. If they want to say

something privately, they can send a discreet private message, safely away from the publicity of a status update. In this way, they can also protect important people like a potential employer from seeing drunken photos of them at last year’s Christmas party. However, with the password to someone else’s account, employ-ers could see everything. They can see what the person is posting, who they are friends with, they can see every private message in an inbox. This invasive method pushes the right

to privacy to its limit. Why do employers now need Facebook passwords? What infor-mation are they looking for that would be in a private message or sta-tus update? They didn’t need this sort of thing before it became widely known, why do they think it is acceptable now? Would employers want to give their Face-book passwords away to someone they don’t know? I don’t think so. There is a point where a search is just too invasive, especially in the case of simply hiring someone. In a

business aspect, people are hired and fi red every day. If a person comes well prepared with a well-written resume, they get hired over the person with no resume and poor credentials. That is the way it has always been. Next, employers will want cell phone and text message records. I don’t believe that businesses should mix business with pleasure to the extent of going through someone’s Facebook. There should be a limit to what any-one sees. Employers and em-ployees are both human, and both have some

sort of skeleton hidden in their closets. If these people are smart enough to keep it off of the public part of Facebook, I don’t think it should be dug up by an employer. It is common cour-tesy. The tables could always be turned. So, if employers would not want their Facebooks dug in to or to give out their information to potential employers, I believe that they should hire as they always have, and leave people with some sense of privacy.

A2 • February 21, 2013 Senatobia, Miss. NEWS B1 • February 21, 2013 Senatobia, Miss.

By Tae Smith

On Feb. 11 Phi Theta Kappa volunteered at the Baddour Center in Sena-tobia. The Baddour Center was established 33 years ago when Paul Baddour died. He left a sum of money in his will to be donated to a charity. The Baddour Center was created because of the family’s disabled cousin. The Baddour Center is a place where individuals with intellectual limita-

tions can lead a “normal” life. All residents hold jobs and earn a pay-check for their hard work. The Baddour Center cre-ates a safe environment for these individuals to learn, progress, and en-joy their lives. Phi Theta Kappa chose the Baddour Center as their service project for this month because officer Emily Hatcher feels particularly drawn to help individu-

als with disabilities. Her mother is a special edu-cation teacher, and the Baddour Center touches close to home. Phi Theta Kappa dedicated an afternoon of their time to clean the gym floor and the work out equipment for the residents at the Baddour Center. Serving the com-munity is a major part of what Phi Theta Kappa is all about.

Hershey partners with NorthwestBy Mike Haskins & Brian Norwood The Hershey Com-pany’s Memphis division has struck a sweet part-nership with Northwest’s Senatobia campus to create a new educational program. The program will specially train stu-dents to work with Her-shey’s new manufactur-ing processes. Hershey had visited several other community colleges in the Mid-South area looking for a pro-gram that would train students to handle their shift toward mechatron-ics, a field of engineer-ing that incorporates mechanics, electronics, and computer science with manufacturing to increase efficiency. The company found the cur-riculum they were looking for in Northwest’s Career-Technical Education Division. “The Industrial Elec-tronics Engineering Tech-nology program is glad to have this opportunity to provide Hershey with some quality, technically trained students. We’re

excited, because this will promote Northwest and our program,” Jerry Clark, program instructor, said. Prospective students will be selected from the existing student body through preliminary testing. The selected students will then begin a specialized curriculum combining several dif-ferent courses from the Industrial Electronics Engineering Technology program, paid in full by the Hershey Company. “We want our stu-dents to have job oppor-tunities with one of the most highly recognized and regarded corpora-tions in the world. By simply requiring some specific electives in the industrial electronics engineering technology curriculum, we were able to meet the needs of the Hershey Company. They are on the cutting edge of technology and inno-vation in manufacturing, and we want to be a part of that,” said Associate Vice President for Career-

Technical Education and Workforce Development, Jerry Nichols. The program is beginning this semester, and one student has already been selected for the program. “We were looking for an avenue to create a multi-skilled technician with mechanical, electri-cal and system control experience that would allow us to reduce equip-ment downtime. We also wanted a program that was accredited toward a degree in order to pro-mote future growth op-portunities. This program nets positive results for Hershey, as well as for the individual,” said Bradford Sims, Hershey Company-Memphis plant maintenance manager. For more informa-tion about the Industrial Electronics Engineering Technology program at Northwest, call Clark at (662) 562-3358 or e-mail jclark@northwestms.edu.

Phi Theta Kappa visits Baddour CenterBy Kayla Peeples

HEADWAE honorees announcedBy Brian Norwood Northwest an-nounced its honorees for the 2013 HEADWAE honors. The student honoree is Charles Sellers, a sophomore drafting and design engineering technol-ogy major from Holly Springs. Tim Chavez, program instructor of drafting and design engineering technology from Hernando, was nominated as HEAD-WAE faculty honoree. HEADWAE, Higher Education Appreciation Day-Working for Aca-demic Excellence, is an award that was established in 1987 by the Mississippi legisla-ture to honor talented students and faculty in Mississippi’s higher learning institutions who make outstanding con-

tributions to promoting academic excellence. “Charles Sellers has become a regular fixture in the drafting and design engineering technology program. He dedicates an uncom-mon amount of his personal time to learn and apply himself to

benefit his studies and personal advancement,” Chavez said. Although Sellers is graduating in May, he does not plan on stopping his education there. “I work for Lowe’s as a customer service associate and I am cur-

rently engaged in the management program offered at Lowe’s. After graduation, I plan to return to Northwest to earn a degree in civil engineering technology. My ultimate goal is to become a real estate developer for Lowes,” Sellers said. “I was completely surprised,” Chavez said, regarding the HEADWAE honor. “I do feel hon-ored. The entire faculty in the technology de-partment is as equally competent as I am, and they all deserve to be honored. So to be rec-ognized makes me feel extremely honored.” Sellers and Chavez will be honored Feb. 26 at the 26th annual HEADWAE program in Jackson.

Determined and spunky. The two words that a teary Aime Ander-son, Rangerette sponsor, used to describe the late Jasmine Alford. Alford, a sophomore accounting major from Water Valley, died Feb. 8. She was a member of the Rangerettes. Alford was laid to rest in her Rangerette uniform Feb. 16 in her hometown of Water Valley. The Rangerettes are taking donations to help pay for burial costs. The team will be at the final home basketball game Feb. 21 receiving dona-tions.

The team raised over $800 in a matter of days. Roommates Adrian Tillman, Catherine Taylor and Leslie Dudley say it is a bit weird having only three people in the dorm. “Although we did not always see eye to eye, we were still cool,” Taylor said. With the Beauty Re-view approaching, Alford had already entered her application for the re-view. ”I had convinced her to do it,” Tillman said. “We had planned to go shopping for dresses together.”

Alford rememberedby fellow students

HEADWAE honoree Charles Sellers, (left) a sophomore drafting and design engineering technology major is shown drafting techniques by faculty honoree Tim Chavez, program instructor of drafting and design engi-neering technology. (Staff Photo)

Northwest’s version of the NBC hit reality series, “Biggest Loser” started on Feb. 19; Feb. 22 for the DeSoto Center. Students began lining up for the event at 3 p.m. and faculty at 4 p.m. for initial weigh-ins with both excitement and anticipation for this year’s event. “I am pumped up and ready,” William Jones, a sophomore pre-engineer-ing major from Cren-shaw, said. In addition, contes-tants are required to work out twice a week in the Union. There will also be a physical/resistance class on Tuesdays and Thursdays meeting dur-ing the same hours, for

those interested. Par-ticipants are also asked to keep a daily journal, which were handed out during registration. Those who do not wish to be considered in the finale, are not obligated to weigh-in. Also, many students signed up to learn how to build muscle tone and definition and were also there to offer encour-agement and support to those determined to make lifestyle changes. “We don’t really want to draw attention to this event as a competi-tion, but more about a lifestyle change,” Liesl Davenport, cheer coach and student activities coordinator, said. Students look for-

ward to the “Biggest Loser” event every year, as they learn to equip themselves with the right knowledge toward better choices for both eating and exercising. Facebook also has a fan page for those wish-ing to participate online, “NWCC Biggest Loser.” There have already been over 62 participants to the website, with more expected. There will be a win-ner announced at the fi-nale for both campuses, which will receive a one year gym membership. For more information contact Davenport at 662-562-3899 or e-mail ldavenport@northwest-ms.edu.

Biggest Loser competition beginsBy Shawna Davis

Travis Hullette has the dream of a star to be. The Senatobia sopho-more has been a guitar-ist for many years. His father, the lead guitarist at the church Hullette’s family attends, bought him his first guitar at a secondhand store when he was 10 years old. “I remember it well,” Hullette said with a smile. “It was a Fender Stratocaster-type electric guitar. It wasn’t the best one in the world; the neck fell off frequently and we had to do some rather interesting re-pairs to get it to stay in place.” He watched his father and the church’s band every Sunday, studying how their fin-gers moved and tried to learn the part of each instrument in the overall sound. “Growing up going to church, I’d been around music all my life. I’d initially wanted to play bass guitar, but when we found the guitar in the secondhand store, well, I changed my mind. That’s when I really started paying atten-

tion to the band in the church; how their hands moved, and how they felt the music instead of just

reading it off the page.” Hullette is an entire-ly self-taught guitarist. “I didn’t use books or

take lessons to learn,” he said. “It took a lot of time. I’d come home

from school every day and immediately pick up my guitar and begin play-ing, for hours at a time. Eventually, my style and technique developed and improved with every session.” Hullette classifies himself as a hill country musician. He described the hill country genre as a very versatile style, with associations to gos-pel, blues, and funk rock. “Hill country music is closely associated with the Senatobia area,” he said. “O.B. McClinton, and Jessie Mae Hemp-hill, both from this area, are well known hill coun-try musicians,” he noted. “The style is very preva-lent within my church; it is believed that is actu-ally where it originated.” Hullette also plays blues, rock, and even some pop tunes. “I like being able to play through every-thing; because of how I learned, it’s not difficult for me to listen to a tune for a minute, then be able to pick my guitar up and start playing right along with it.” He cred-its several influences; Eric Clapton, B.B. King,

and Daniel “Slick” Bal-lister are just a few that influence his particular styles. For the future, Hul-lette intends to stay in school and complete his education, which he says “is the key to success.” He plans to graduate from Northwest this year or next, and move on to a university to complete his bachelor’s degree. As for his music, he in-tends to keep practicing and playing with different bands. “I always need to keep an edge on my style,” he said. “Playing with different bands chal-lenges me, and overall, continues to develop my playing.” Hullette had this to say to aspiring mu-sicians: “If there’s a dream in your life,” he said, “never give up on it. Always push forward, no matter what difficul-ties lie ahead. Don’t ever give up on it.” Hullette’s music can be found on YouTube under the usernames “Travis Hullette” and “TravisHulletteBand.”

ARTS & LIFE C1 • February 21, 2013 Senatobia, Miss.

Music Matters with Mike Haskins

Travis Hullette plays guitar and classifies himself as a hill country musician. (Photo by Mike Haskins)

Theatre department wins four Allie awards Feb. 1 The Northwest the-atre department was nominated for 14 North Mississippi Theatre Alliance Awards, also known as the Allies, and won four on Feb. 1 at a banquet held in the Landers Center. Camille Bishop from Orlando won an Allie for the Best Performance By A Leading Actress In a Play for her performance last year in “Joined at the Head.” Joel King, technical director of the Fine Arts Auditorium, won the Allie for Best Director of a Comedy for “Scapin.” “Scapin” won as the Best Comedy and

“Joined at the Head” won for Best Drama. The Allie awards were created by Matt Lipscomb to recognize the amount of quality theatre in the area. The Allies are separated into two categories —high school theatre and com-munity theatre. To be nominated for an award, Allie judges attend every perfor-mance of a play, take notes, and speak with cast members. However, no more than two judges attend the same perfor-mance. To nominate a per-son or show for an Allie

award, a judge must nominate them and then be seconded by another judge to finalize the nomination. The winner of the award is an-nounced at the banquet. The nominations Northwest received included: “Joined at the Head” for Best Drama, “Scapin” for Best Com-edy, Garrett Atkinson for Best Actor in “Joined at the Head”, Daniel Jones for Best Actor in “Scapin”, Kevar Maffitt for Best Featured Actor in “Joined at the Head” and in “Scapin” and Best Cameo in “Joined at the Head”, Nic Tem-

ple for Best Featured Ac-tor in “Scapin”, Camille Bishop for Best Actress in “Joined at the Head”, Gabby D’arcangelo for Best Featured Actress in “Scapin”, and Abi Wig-gins for Best Featured Actress in “Joined at the Head.” Nominees also in-clude Sadie Shannon for Best Director of a Drama for “Joined at the Head”, Joel King for Best Direc-tor of a Comedy and Best Set for “Scapin”, Katie Hardeman for Best Costuming and Best Hair and Makeup in “Scapin.” At the formal ban-quet, dinner was served

and the Allie award win-ners were announced by category, separated by live performances from muscials put on during the year. It was a posi-tive experience for those involved, as Yaz Lynch, a freshman theatre major from California, said. “It was an extremely fun experience and it was amazing to see all the performances from all different types of shows,” Lynch said. It was also an oppor-tunity to meet with other theatre members and directors from other pro-ductions and theatres. “It was great to see

some old friends dur-ing the Allies,” Cameron Jones, a sophomore theatre major from Gre-nada, said. Though Northwest did not win every Allie they were nominated for, they consider it an overall success. “It is an honor for Northwest to be nomi-nated for Allies, and to win them is just that much better,” Jones said. “It reflects really well on Northwest and the theatre department to see so many Allie nominations.”

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C1 • February 21, 2013 Senatobia, Miss. ARTS & LIFEC2 • February 21, 2013 Senatobia, Miss.

Student releases EP with A Moment Shy Johnathan Morris, a sophomore general education major from Southaven, is the bassist for the Memphis-based band A Moment Shy.Morris, who goes to the DeSoto Center campus, has been playing bass and guitar since the age of 13. Morris describes his band, which formed in May 2012, as alternative or “active” rock and says that bands such as Three Days Grace and A Day To Remember are their big-gest infl uences.

“We write songs that get people pumped up and excited,” Morris said. Morris said that the band’s main goal as of now is to continue book-ing shows around Mem-phis and promoting their new EP, “All or Nothing,” which was released on Jan. 12. “We’re really proud of [the album],” Morris said. “We put a lot of work into it. Blake Allison, the drummer for the band Egypt Central, produced it. He was really fun to work with, and he did an

amazing job.” Morris said that the songs he is most proud of off the album are “Dreams” and “Close Your Eyes,”which are both upbeat, catchy tunes. A Moment Shy’s lat-est show was at the New Daisy on Jan. 12, where they opened for the band Shinedown. Their next show was a short acous-tic set at Minglewood Hall on Feb. 3. Radio Station Local X streamed the performance live. They also had a perfor-

mance at the Memphis Rehearsal Complex on Feb. 20. Morris said that he hopes the band will start to get a bigger follow-ing and attract attention from possible record labels. “We plan on being on tour by the beginning of 2014,” Morris said. For more informa-tion, A Moment Shy has a Facebook page. Their EP, “All or Nothing,” is available for download at www.idefi music.com for $4.

By Brian Norwood

Johnathan Morris, a sophomore general education major from Southaven, is the bassist for the band A Mo-ment Shy. (Photo by Brian Norwood)

Students participate in blood drive

Adriana Jackson, a freshman nursing major from Horn Lake, gives blood at the blood drive. (Photo by Chey-enne Fair)

The Mississippi Blood Services blood bus was parked in the Taylor Hall parking lot. (Photo by Cheyenne Fair)

D1 • February 21, 2013 Senatobia, Miss.SPORTS

By De’Issac House

Baseball starts strong Baseball season has rolled around and ball-park music has started to ring in the air.

The Rangers started the season off with a hot streak. They gained two great wins over South-west Tennessee on Feb. 16. They are starting 2-0, while Southwest has dropped to 4-9 with a long season to go. The fi rst win came in the 10th inning with an 8-7 victory. The Rangers jumped out to a 2-0 start in the fi rst inning. Southwest responded with four unanswered runs and that brought the score to 4-2. This lead would last until the seventh until the Rangers tied the game up with two runs

of their own and this brought the score to 4-4. With the game back even it got interesting

from there as Southwest took the lead in the top of the ninth. They jumped up by two and took the score to 6-4. The Rangers held their destiny in their own hands. The Rangers had back-to-back walks. They had the two tying runs on base. All they needed were two great hits or a home-run to tie the game up. Dylan Castoria stepped up to the plate and had a single that gave the Rangers fully loaded bases. Then a sac fl y was hit and both runners scored and the Rangers forced extra in-

nings. In the 10th South-west had their own sac fl y that gave them a 7-6 lead. At the bottom of the 10th, Garrett Blaylock singled and J.D. Tackett hit another sac fl y to put him in scoring position. Southwest had the game in their hands and all they had to do was get a double-play. Casto-ria sent a sac fl y up that tied the game up. With a wild throw from the outfi eld Bren-nan Pugh put the game on ice with the winning run. Jim Tom Copeland got his fi rst win by pitch-ing in the 10th. The second game was just as thrilling and it also came down to one run. The Rangers jumped out to a 2-0 lead early in the fi rst inning. James Lear and Jordan Barnes both scored. The game was tied in the fi fth 2-2 by Southwest. Northwest gained control after Taylor King scored. Southwest came back with a score of their own in the sixth which tied the game back up 3-3. The game winning score came in the bot-tom of the sixth when Lear scored. Tyler Scholl got his fi rst save after relieving Matt Ferguson, who got the win.

Rangerettes looking for dancers

By De’Issac House

The Rangerettes dance team is holding auditions for the fall team. The team performs with the Ranger Band at all home games as well as travel to a few away games during the fall. During the spring the team performs at home basketball games. The auditions will be held in the McLendon Center, on the Senatobia campus, April 26-27. Registration begins on Friday, April 26 at 4 p.m. You are required to have an application and physical documentation. There will be instruc-tion given on a jazz rou-tine, high kick sequence and pom and hip-hop routine. “There will be at least two cuts,” Aime Ander-son, sponsor of the Ran-

gerettes said. “The fi rst cut will be Friday evening after all participants have learned and performed a jazz routine and high kick sequence.” There are no require-ments to audition. How-ever, there are dance and performance skills that would increase one’s chances in being selected as a Ranger-ette. “Those dance skills are high kicks with pointed toes and good posture, a double pir-ouette, a toe touch, a right or left leg split, split leaps, and rhythm. Per-formance skills would in-clude facial expressions, placement of hands and feet when dancing, and overall appearance,” Anderson said. On Saturday, April 27, the second day of audi-

tions will start at 8:30 a.m. Many current Ran-gerettes have enjoyed their time on the team, including captain Adrian Tillman. “I loved being on the Rangerette team,” Till-man, a sophomore social work major from Grena-da, said. “I had a won-derful time showing my Ranger pride, I’ll never forget it.” Anderson stressed high kicks and double pirouette are essential. “These are skills that someone could start working on now and have mastered by auditions. I would encourage anyone planning on auditioning to start stretching and working on their fl exibil-ity.”

Domenick Carlini stands tall and delivers a strike down the middle. (Photo by De’Issac House)

Rangerettes dance at halftime at the basketball game in the fi rst half of the season. (Photo by Deantae Smith)

Sports Talk with Mike & Ike With football season long gone, all of the off-season chores are ahead. The recruiting process is one of the most impor-tant things on that list. So we, Lifestyle Sec-tion Editor Mike Haskins and Sports Section Edi-tor Ike House, sat down with Head Coach Brad LaPlante, to see what he,

his new coaching staff, and his mainly freshman team are bringing to the table. M&I: How does it feel coming into a new sys-tem with mainly fresh-men? LaPlante: It is a posi-tive and negative side to the situation. The nega-tive is that we do not have a lot of people com-

ing back. The positive is that we are bringing in new players that we can mold. We can teach them what we want them to know. M&I: How do you feel about your new coaching staff that you have put together? LaPlante: I can say that I am proud. We have not been together lon-

ger than a month and I already see more chem-istry in that month than more teams have in a year. M&I: With 19 return-ing players, who do you feel like is your leader? LaPlante: All of them are being great leaders because they are doing what we ask them to do as far as the study tables

and weight room. Even in the classroom they are providing great examples. M&I: With no line-men returning, how do you feel about your new recruits and their produc-tion? LaPlante: We will not have the same produc-tion as last year’s unit because of the experi-ence up front and in the

quarterback, but we will fi nd ways to move the ball. M&I: With a strong receiving corps coming back, how do you feel about your signal caller? LaPlante: We will not have the whole playbook this spring, but we will have time to see who can do what in the of-fense the best.

By Mike Haskins & De’Issac House

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Shaquilla Isom, a sophomore nursing ma-jor from Abbeville, is this season’s leading scorer through 21 games with 12.2 points per game. Although she leads the team, scoring is the least of Isom’s concerns. “I’d rather get assists than points,” Isom said. “I like to see my team-mates get in a rhythm.” As a freshman, Isom averaged 12 points per game which led the team, 4.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists. Isom also started in 20 of the team’s 22 games. “My experience as a freshman helped me become better this sea-son,” Isom said. “Last season I was nervous a lot, now I’m calmer.” When the topic of basketball after North-west comes up, Isom

is not thinking too far ahead, she wants to fi nish this season. The Lady Rangers are 17-5 overall and 8-3 in the north division. The Lady Rangers are in position to make the region tour-nament for the fi rst time in three years. To make it to where they want to be Isom stressed the need to make their free throws. Isom has started 20 of the 21 games played this season. After suffer-ing a knee injury early in the Mississippi Delta game, Isom is listed as day to day and will miss the fi nal regular season game, with hopes of returning to action by tournament time. “I’m going to do everything I can to get back for my team-mates,” she said. “I’ve

never had a ring and that’s our goal.” Isom will lean on fellow sophomores Monique Biggins of Horn Lake and Nikki McChris-tian of Abbeville, who are second and third in scoring behind her. The Lady Rangers will be at home one last time versus Holmes. Holmes defeated the Lady Rangers in their last meeting 71-64. Biggins led the team with 22 points and was one of three Lady Rangers who posted a double-double. Isom and McChristian also had a double-double. The fi nal regular sea-son home game against Holmes will be Feb. 21. It is also sophomore night for the Lady Rang-ers. The game starts at 5 p.m.

National Signing Day brings in 37 Rangers

High school athletes can not wait to tell the world where they are tak-ing their special talents. National Signing Day is a special day in col-legiate sports. This time around it was football’s turn to bring in some new talent. Northwest signed new talent and sent some of their standout talent to four-year univer-sities. The Northwest play-ers who signed Feb. 6 were Demarcus Pegues, linebacker, Byron Scott, defensive end, both to Mississippi Valley State; Christian Chalmers, of-fensive lineman to West Alabama; Desmond Lavelle, middle lineback-er and Jerome McClain, defensive tackle, both to South Alabama; Cor’tez Hibbler, offensive guard to Delta State; Aaron Thompson, defensive back to Faulkner Uni-versity and Danterrius Young, offensive guard to Belhaven University. Northwest brought in new talent to fi ll those holes that were left by a lot of sophomores. On offense they brought in: Johnathan Clerk- Beamon, the 6’1, 195-pound quar-terback from East Side; Karsten Miller, the 6’3, 215-pound quarterback from North Davidson (UNC-Charlotte); and Andrew Soper, the 5’11, 200-pound quarterback from Saltillo. In the back fi eld will be Charles Moore, the 6’0, 200-pound running back from Itawamba; Boston Newsome, 5’7, 175-pound running back from New Albany; Patrick Purnell, 5’9, 200-pound running back from Wino-na and Jap Payne, 5’10, 170-pound running back

from Olive Branch. Going deep this season will be Jamarius Maybry, 6’3, 185-pound wide receiver from Forest Hill; Kentrell Spencer, 5’9, 165-pound wide receiver from Starkville; and Malik Mayweather, 6’0, 185-pound wide re-ceiver from Olive Branch. Providing protec-tion up front will be Nic Thomas, 6’4, 300-pound offensive lineman from DeSoto Central; Crishawn Gri-ham, 6’3, 270-pound offensive lineman from East Side; DeAndre Wilson, 6’6, 345-pound offensive lineman from Opelika (Ala.); Justin McKannon, offensive lineman from Water Valley; Draven Har-rington, 6’3, 280-pound offensive lineman from Winona; Jordan Hall, 6’2, 255-pound offen-sive lineman from Olive Branch; Kevin Snow, 6’0, 275-pound offen-sive lineman from Olive Branch; and Josh Rea, 6’1, 280-pound offen-sive lineman from Lew-isburg. On the defensive side of the fi eld will be some dangerous men. The QB chasers will be Kamian Lucas, 6’1, 200-pound defensive end from East Side; Johnny Russell, 6’2, 240-pound defen-sive end from East Side, Cortez Coleman, 6’3, 250-pound defensive end from Lafayette; Austin Howard, 6’0, 240-pound defensive end from New Albany; Tony Hibbler, 6’2, 240-pound defensive end from North Panola; and Deuce Lyons, 6’4, 265-pound defensive lineman from Center Hill. The men who will be backing them up will be Josh Barry, 6’3,

190-pound outside linebacker from Lafay-ette; Alec Michael, 6’0, 215-pound inside line-backer from Lafayette; Kalen Coleman, 5’11, 205-pound inside line-backer from Lafayette; Sharkey Luna, 6’2, 200-pound inside line-backer from Magnolia Heights; and Quinterrio Bailey, 5’11, 210-pound inside linebacker from Water Valley. The men who will be covering everything deep will be Brandon Mack, 6’1, 185-pound corner from Lafayette; Colby Terrell, 6’1, 180-pound safety from Lafayette; Latroyce Murden, 5’9, 165-pound corner from Southaven; Marcel New-son, 5’10, 180-pound safety from Coldwater; Lenny Taylor, 5’10, 165-pound corner from Ackerman; Raphael Mc-Clain, 5’9, 165-pound corner from Starkville; and Jonathan Barnett, 5’9, 150-pound corner from Moss Point. The special teams unit will be a one-man show as Matt Bratton, the 5’10, 175-pound kicker and punter from Lewisburg. will be han-dling all special teams duties. The team has a lot of holes to fi ll from the bowl-winning team from last season. The team is looking for at least a six-win performance this season.

By De’Issac House

New Head Football Coach Brad LaPlante points at his board as he talks about his defensive players. (Photo by De’Issac House)

Shaquilla Isom plays defense against division rival Northeast. The Lady Rangers lost 73-69. (Photo by Deantae Smith)

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Nursing students hold baby shower for “Noelle”By Kayla Peeples

The Division of Nurs-ing is hosting a baby shower for their birthing manikin “Noelle,” and all items received will be do-nated to the Care Preg-nancy Resource Center in Southaven. On Feb. 27, from 12 to 2 p.m. “Noelle” will have her baby shower to honor the future birth of her twins. It will be hosted in the nursing building and is open to the public and all of the Northwest campuses. Walmart, Babies-R-Us, and Target all have gift registries for “Noelle Range.r” The top three items most needed for the care center are

clothes for newborns to three months, ready-to-use formula, and diapers.“Noelle” needs both boy and girl items because she is having twins. The shower is sponsored by the Divi-sion of Nursing and the Student Nurses Associa-tion. According to Nursing Instructor Monica Wil-liams, a former nursing student introduced the idea of a baby shower for “Noelle” to benefi t needy mothers. The baby shower for Noelle is one way that Northwest students can help their community.

Northwest instructor Pam Briscoe, coordinator of the Nursing Simulation Lab, checks in on “Noelle,” the college’s Birthing Simulation Manikin, as the nursing division prepares for Noelle’s upcoming baby shower. Gifts received are being donated to the Care Pregnancy Resource Center in Southaven. “Noelle” is expecting twins (a boy and a girl) and is registered under “Noelle Ranger” at Walmart, Target and Babies-R-Us. (Staff photo)

Join the Division of Nursing as they host a babsy shower for their manikin,

“Noelle.” Feb. 27 12-2 p.m. Nursing Building

All donations go to Care Pregnancy Re-source Center in Southaven