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Powell set to headline leadership event
15 speakers will lead panel discussions during two-day summit
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In addition to Powell’s keynote speech on Sept. 24, there will be 15 conference speakers. These speakers will lead panel discussions and break-out sessions on topics related to the summit’s theme of high-definition leadership. Associate dean for the College of Business and Industry Barbara Spencer said high definition leadership has a two-fold meaning. “Like in the television industry, HD means change or die — you’ve absolutely got to,” Spencer said. “But a sec- Powell ond meaning that might be even more important for executives, even if you’re a very successful company or a very successful person right now, is the things that you’re doing today are not the same things that are going to get you where you want to be tomorrow.” Plans for the Leadership Summit began two years ago as a way to promote the College of Business and Industry, Spencer said. “We wanted to put together an event that would bring business people from around the state and the region back to campus to hear great speakers and to keep on learning,” she said. Anthony Lowe, manager of program development at AOCE, said the summit is expected to have more than 250 participants. Smith said this year has already outSEE
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Campus prepares for first game day
Final touches applied for first home game
BY DAVID BRELAND
Managing Editor
Retired Gen. Colin L. Powell will deliver the keynote speech for the second annual Leadership Summit hosted by the College of Business and Industry and Academic Outreach and Continuing Education Sept. 23 and 24.
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With the first football home game of the 2008 season looming tomorrow, campus has been abuzz with activity. University workers are erecting tents, placing traffic barricades, mowing grass and putting the final touches on the game day preparations that make the thrill of an MSU home game a reality. Despite the recent activity in and around Davis Wade Stadium and the Junction, preparations for the first home game were taking place over the summer as game operations student workers toiled to make sure the stadium was ready to accept visitors. “We’ve been working all summer painting and cleaning the stadium,” Brandon Jennings, a senior physical education major and student worker,
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Student groups to sponsor voter drive
Event scheduled for Tuesday
BY COLIN CATCHINGS
Staff Writer
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A mid-sized car sits partially submerged in the storm surge generated by Hurricane Gustav at the Ken Combs Pier in Gulfport on Monday.
Storm made landfall over Gulf Coast as Category 2 hurricane Monday
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BY LAWRENCE SIMMONS | Staff Writer
ince Mississippi and Louisiana weathered Hurricane Gustav’s pounding wind and rain, residents from across these states now face with the storm’s aftermath. According to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency, more than 14,000 evacuees were housed in Mississippi shelters and 44,841 total outages were reported statewide. Electric Power Associations senior vice president Ron Stewart said by Thursday evening a majority of homes should have power reinstated. “However, there will be some that remain without power,” he said. “It just takes a little longer to restore power in rural areas.” Rain, road flooding and high winds have slowed down the time it takes to restore power, Stewart said.
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Waves crash against a stop sign on Beach Boulevard in Bay St. Louis on Monday Sept. 1, as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall on the Coast.
The Student Association and the Stennis-Montgomery Association will sponsor a voter registration drive on the Drill Field from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday to prepare students for upcoming national and local elections. Whitney Holliday, SMA president and SA secretary, said the drive will be used in conjunction with MTV’s Rock the Vote campaign. “We’ll be passing out applications on the Drill Field,” she said. “Rock the Vote will allow people to print off registration forms and send them to their secretary of state [Delbert Hosemann].” Holliday said students intending to register on the Drill Field will need to bring a valid copy of a governmentissued photograph identification. “We’re going to be having two big days of voter registration Tuesday and Sept. 23,” she said. Holliday said Sept. 23 will not be the last day registration help will be offered to students. “On Sept. 29 through Oct. 3 we’ll have a voter registration table out on the Drill Field, just a single one, to do the last push for people to register,” she said. “Oct 3. is the last day to send in
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