Mississippi State

Two Mississippi State football players have been kicked off the team after their arrest on campus. Starting left tackle Michael Brown and backup defensive tackle Quinton Wesley are pending a campus judicial hearing. The incident is reported to have involved handguns.

Police have charged Brown with possession of a firearm and Wesley with aggravated assault, both felonies. It’s against state law to carry a firearm onto campus.

MSU officials released this information Friday, a day before the annual spring scrimmage game held each year during Super Bulldog Weekend. Head coach Sylvester Croom had no comment and won’t until he knows more about the incident.

Head baseball coach and MSU legend Ron Polk has decided to retire. His retirement will go into effect at the end of the current season.

“It goes without saying that we are most appreciative of the outstanding job Ron Polk has done for Mississippi State baseball,” Templeton said. “His decision does not come as a surprise because we had a conversation about this timeline even before this season started.
“With Ron making his decision public at this time, it will allow our institution to properly put together a process for the selection of our next head baseball coach,” Templeton added.

Polk has won 1,360 games as a college head coach, ranking among the nation’s top 10 all-time winningest coaches. Polk has taken 23 of his previous 34 teams to NCAA regional play, with eight of those making it to the College World Series. Six of those teams were while he was at Mississippi State.

Polk has several honors including being elected to the American Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame (1985), both the state of Mississippi and the Mississippi State University Sports Hall of Fame (1988), and the Georgia Southern University Hall of Fame (1990).

This Friday the Barnes and Noble campus bookstore is hosting Easter Kids Corner. It’s a free event for kids and will consist of many activities like coloring and reading.

The event begins at 11:30am and ends at 1:30pm. Kids can also get their picture taken with the Easter Bunny and have their face painted. It is free but with a $15 purchase.

It’s getting near the end of the semester, and there are some important dates to keep in mind.

March 21 - Holiday

March 25-April 4 - Faculty advising for pre-registration

April 11 - Last day to withdraw from University (ten class days remaining)

April 15-May 1 - Apply in person at Registrar’s Office for May 2008 Graduation $250 fee applies

April 25 - Classes end

April 28-May 2 - Final examinations

Summer and fall classes are now available online. Go ahead and start planning your summer and fall schedule now.

You can search by many different options like classes that have available seating or choose which MSU campus to find classes.

May 9 is the final registration for the Maymester. Classes begin May 12.

May 30 is the final registration for the summer session. Classes begin June 3.

Fall classes begin August 18.

The Mississippi State Men’s Basketball team, which finished the regular season 22-10, gained a No. 8 national seed. They will open NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship against 9th-seeded Oregon in first-round tournament action at the Alltel Arena in Little Rock, Ark., Friday, March 21.

Mississippi State will be allotted 550 tickets. Season ticket holders with a Bulldog Club rank of 250 or better can may begin requesting up to four tickets by email at mrichey@athletics.msstate.edu or by calling 662-325-3074.

Fifty tickets will be held for MSU students with a valid university identification. Those tickets will go on sale Wednesday at 8 a.m., at the Bryan Athletic Administration Ticket Office. One ticket will be available per student ID.

Spending the weekend in Starkville and want to know what is going on? It’s a big weekend for MSU sports with several home games plus the annual AQHA show is happening. Here are more details:

March 7- 9, 8am Bulldog Classic AQHA Show Mississippi Horse Park Free Event

March 7, 1pm, March 8, 4pm, March 9, 5pm, MSU Softball Bulldog Classic Softball Field Free Event

March 7, 4pm, March 8, 6pm, March 9, 1:30pm MSU Baseball vs Baylor Dudy Noble Field / Polk-Dement Stadium

March 8, 3pm Men’s Basketball vs. LSU Humphrey Coliseum

The boys of summer have kicked off their season. So far, MSU has won 5 games and lost 4. Listed is the date of the game, the opponent, location and time of the game. Also listed is the network of televised games.
Here is their complete regular schedule.

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A few events that are going on this month on the campuses of MSU.

March 20th 7:00 pm Vagina Monologues Lee Hall Auditorium

March 38th - March 30th Super Bulldog Weekend

March 28th 9:00 am to March 30th 5:00 pm Charles Templeton Ragtime Music Festival Mitchell Memorial Library John Grisham Room & Templeton Music Museum

March 28th 8:00 pm The Smothers Brothers with Spencer Bohren Riley Center, Meridian Historic Grand Opera House Theater

March 29th 9:00 am to March 30th 2:00 pm 2nd Annual Super Bulldog Balsa Bash North Farm