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  Mississippi State University Bulldogs Official Athletics Site - MStateAthletics.com
ANAHEIM, Calif. - On the heels of their 68-53 Thanksgiving Day victory over UC Irvine in the opening round of the inaugural Anaheim Classic, the Bulldogs of Mississippi State (3-1) meet the 18th-ranked Southern Illinois Salukis (2-0) in Friday's semifinal-round tournament action.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Senior forward Charles Rhodes scored his seventh career double-double to lead Mississippi State (3-1) past the Anteaters of California Irvine (2-2) on Thanksgiving Day by a score of 68-53 in the first round of the Anaheim Classic.
CANCUN, Mexico — Iowa controlled the boards and scoring most of the afternoon as the Hawkeyes (4-0) defeated the Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs (4-1), 60-54, at the 2007 Caribbean Challenge in Cancun, Mexico on Thursday afternoon.
www.mstateathletics.com   (395 words)

  
  The Sports Network I-A College Football
Alabama held a 9-3 lead and was threatening for more with the ball at the Mississippi State two-yard line with 21 seconds to play in the first half.
Tiffin added a 29-yard field goal with 8:39 left in the first half and Mississippi State finally answered on its next series, as Adam Carlson drilled a 35-yard field goal to make it 9-3.
State head coach Sylvester Croom earned a second straight win against his alma mater, as the Bulldogs posted a 24-16 win in Tuscaloosa last season...Alabama still leads the all-time series 71-18-3.
www.sportsnetwork.com /default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&page=/cfoot/news/AFN4112012.htm   (484 words)

  
  Mississippi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mississippi was the 20th state admitted to the Union, on December 10, 1817.
Mississippi was the second state to secede from the Union as one of the Confederate States of America on January 9, 1861.
Mississippi was considered to typify the Deep South during the era of Jim Crow.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mississippi   (1849 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Mississippi State University   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in north east-central Mississippi in the town of Starkville and is situated 125 miles northeast of Jackson and 23 miles west of Columbus.
Mississippi State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master's, specialist, and doctoral degrees.
Mississippi State competes in the NCAA in football, basketball (men's and women's), baseball, softball, tennis, golf, soccer, volleyball, track and field, and cross country running.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Mississippi-State-University   (1932 words)

  
 Mississippi, state, United States. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Institutions of higher learning in the state include the Univ. of Mississippi, at Oxford (which was also the home of writer William Faulkner) and at Jackson; Mississippi State Univ., at Mississippi State; the Univ. of Southern Mississippi, at Hattiesburg; Jackson State Univ., at Jackson; and Mississippi Univ. for Women, at Columbus.
In 1817 Mississippi became a state, with substantially its present-day boundaries; the eastern section of the Mississippi Territory was organized as Alabama Territory.
State pride was highly gratified by the choice of Jefferson Davis as president of the Confederacy.
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 Introduction to Mississippi - The United States of America
Stately antebellum mansions are preserved across the state, hosted by women in billowing hoop skirts during the spring and summer months.
Mississippi is a state that is proud of its history and works hard to preserve the memory of the Old South.
The Bayou State: Mississippi is sometimes referred to as "The Bayou State" for it's slow-moving streams that wander through marshes and lowlands along the Mississippi River and the southern section of the state to the Gulf coast.
www.netstate.com /states/intro/ms_intro.htm   (669 words)

  
 Read about Mississippi State University at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Mississippi State University and learn ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in north east-central Mississippi in the town of Starkville and is situated 125 miles northeast of Jackson and 23 miles west of
The University began as The Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi, one of the national Land-Grant Colleges established after Congress passed the Morrill Act in 1862.
Mississippi State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate,
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Mississippi_State_University   (549 words)

  
 Booklet
The State Bureau of Vital Statistics is to furnish, without charge, copies of birth and death certificates when they are needed to establish claims for dependency, disability, or survivors benefits for any veterans who are legal residents of the State of Mississippi or their claimants.
Any legal resident of the State of Mississippi, who is a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor and the unmarried surviving spouse of such person is privileged to obtain annually, one (1) motor vehicle license plate or tag for a private passenger motor vehicle or pickup truck in the county of his residence.
Any legal resident of the State of Mississippi who was a prisoner of war and the unmarried surviving spouse of such person is privileged to obtain annually one (1) motor vehicle license plate or tag for a private passenger vehicle or pickup truck in the county of his or her residence.
www.vab.state.ms.us /booklet.htm   (2189 words)

  
 Mississippi History in the Mississippi Encyclopedia of Missississippi and Mississippi History State of Mississippi
Mississippi's physical geography is characterized by two distinct regions: the Mississippi River Floodplain and the Gulf Coastal Plain.
The western part of the state is drained by the Mississippi River and three of its tributaries - the Yazoo, Big Black, and Homochitto rivers.
Mississippi's population in 2003 was estimated at 2,881,281.
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 ABC News: Tennessee Upends No. 11 Mississippi State   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury called a timeout, and Crump missed on the other end for Tennessee, giving the Bulldogs a chance.
Mississippi State got the ball with 7.4 seconds to go, and Patterson batted the ball out on the inbounds pass.
Mississippi State was playing its first game without guard Winsome Frazier, the Bulldogs' top 3-point shooter and second-leading scorer.
abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=407895   (461 words)

  
 Mississippi State Flag - About the Mississippi State Flag, its adoption and history from NETSTATE.COM
Though Mississippi flew the flags of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865, the Magnolia Flag actually remained the "official" state flag for 33 years.
This vote would determine whether the state flag that had flown over Mississippi for 107 years would continue to fly over the state or whether a new design would be raised over the state capitol.
he new state flag design was similar to the 1894 design except that the canton corner color was changed from red to blue and the representation of the Confederate Battle Flag was replaced with 19 small white stars surrounding one large white star.
www.netstate.com /states/symb/flags/ms_flag.htm   (860 words)

  
 State symbols
The committee to design a State Flag was appointed by legislative action February 7, 1894, and provided that the flag reported by the committee should become the official flag.
Found in all sections of Mississippi, the cheerful Mockingbird was selected as the official State Bird by the Women's Federated Clubs and by the State Legislature in 1944.
An act to designate milk as the state beverage was adopted by the Mississippi State Legislature during the 1984 Regular Session.
www.its.state.ms.us /et/portal/MSSymbols/symbols.htm   (474 words)

  
 Mississippi State Resources
Each state sets eligibility ages for services to children and youth with disabilities.
NICHCY State Resources are listings of selected state-wide organizations that can refer people to organizations in their area.
We update our state resources continuously; however, the addresses and telephone numbers of these selected groups are constantly changing.
www.nichcy.org /stateshe/ms.htm   (476 words)

  
 Mississippi State Capitol   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The state capitol is the third capitol building built in the capital city of Jackson.
Among the trees on the grounds are the state tree, the magnolia, along with two Japanaese magnolias.
The Mississippi State Capitol is designated a Mississippi landmark building and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
www.ls.state.ms.us /htms/cap_info.htm   (403 words)

  
 Mississippi State Memorial   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Mississippi State Memorial is located on Confederate Avenue at Milepost 12.3 of the park tour road.
It was erected at a cost of $32,000 and dedicated on November 13, 1909 by Governor F. Noel and accepted by Blewett Lee.
The memorial was repaired in 1954 by Western Waterproofing Company of Jackson, MS under contract with the State of Mississippi.
www.nps.gov /vick/ms/ms_stm.htm   (131 words)

  
 Mississippi
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The right to withdraw from the Federal Union on account of any real or supposed grievance, shall never be assumed by this state, nor shall any law be passed in derogation of the paramount allegiance of the citizens of this state to the government of the United States.
The rights hereby secured shall not be construed to justify acts of licentiousness injurious to morals or dangerous to the peace and safety of the state, or to exclude the Holy Bible from use in any public school of this state.
The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be sus- pended, unless when in the case of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it, nor ever without the authority of the legislature.
www.harbornet.com /rights/mississi.txt   (754 words)

  
 MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION
The people of this state have the inherent, sole, and exclusive right to regulate the internal government and police thereof, and to alter and abolish their constitution and form fo government whenever they deem it necessary to their safety and happiness; Provided, such change be not repugnant to the constitution of the United States.
The right to withdraw from the Federal Union on account of any real or supposed grievance, shall never be assumed by this state, nor shall any law be passed in derogation of the paramount allegiance of the citizens of this state to th e government of the United States.
All persons resident in this state, citizens of the United States, are hereby declared citizens of the state of Mississippi.
www.olemiss.edu /depts/law_lib_research/laws/msconst.html   (785 words)

  
 Mississippi, state, United States
Mississippi, one of the Deep South states of the United States.
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and Mississippi State University will study the differences between domestic catfish and Vietnamese basa and tra fish that are marketed in the United States as catfish under a $178,714 grant from the Department of Agriculture.(Business Briefs)(Brief Article) (Arkansas Business)
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.
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 ESPN - Miss. State earns second straight win over Bama - NCAA College Football Recap
Anthony Johnson returned an interception a school-record 100 yards for a touchdown and Anthony Dixon helped Mississippi State seal the win with 84 tough yards rushing and a second-half score set up by another interception.
Mississippi State beat then-No. 14 Kentucky two weeks ago and the win over Alabama made the Bulldogs 2-2 during a streak of four straight games against ranked opponents.
Mississippi State struck again on the first drive of the second half.
sports.espn.go.com /ncf/recap?gameId=273140344&campaign=rss&source=NCFHeadlines   (1059 words)

  
 Press of Atlantic City: Football   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ole Miss holds a 58-37-6 advantage in the series with Mississippi State dating back to 1901, and the Rebels have won the last three meetings.
Mississippi State is averaging only 11.8 ppg and 262.9 yards ypg of total offense, both of which rank last among the SEC's 12 teams.
Mississippi State has too much pride to go winless in SEC play.
www.pressofatlanticcity.com /sports/college/football/story/2925667p-11592626c.html   (953 words)

  
 Mississippi State University
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 Mississippi State Symbols Capital Constitution Flags Maps Song
Mississippi - Travel Guides Photos & Reviews mississippi.
The committee to design a State Flag was appointed by legislative action February 7, 1894, and provided that the flag reported by the committee should become the official flag.
Topography: Image Low, fertile delta between Yazoo and Mississippi rivers; loess bluffs streching around delta border; sandy gulf coastal terraces followed by piney woods and prairie; rugged high sandy hills in extream northeast, followed by fl prairie belt, Pontotoc Ridge, and flatwoods into the North central highlands.
www.50states.com /mississi.htm   (221 words)

  
 MSCONST: Table of Contents
Section 100 Release of obligation or liability owed to State or political subdivision.
Section 102 Elections for state and county officers.
Section 222 Support of Mississippi national guard by county boards of supervisors.
www.mscode.com /msconst   (1088 words)

  
 MSU sports - The Clarion-Ledger
Mississippi State coach Rick Stansbury knew there would be nights this season when his young, inexperienced team would play great at times and downright awful at others.
Mississippi State redshirt freshman quarterback Michael Henig continues to earn favorable reviews from his coaches, even as his statistics may not bear it out.
Mississippi State basketball coach Rick Stansbury has never been a huge proponent of zone defenses, but that might soon be changing.
www.clarionledger.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=SPORTS030102   (471 words)

  
 Mississippi: Facts, Map and State Symbols - EnchantedLearning.com
state in the USA; it became a state on December 10, 1817.
The official state flag of Mississippi was adopted in 1894, replacing the older Magnolia Flag (which had been adopted in 1861, after Mississippi seceded from the union).
Today's Mississippi state flag has a small Confederate Battle Flag in the upper left corner (it is also called the "union square").
www.enchantedlearning.com /usa/states/mississippi   (317 words)

  
 Alabama Crimson Tide, NCAA Football, Mississippi State Bulldogs - CBSSports.com
The former Tide assistant coach and player led Mississippi State to its second straight win over No. 21 Alabama with a bruising 17-12 upset on Saturday.
He was passed over by Alabama when Shula was given the job five years ago and Mississippi State hired him the following year, making him the first fl head coach in SEC history.
Mississippi State's Anthony Johnson races 100 yards for a score on an interception.
cbs.sportsline.com /collegefootball/gamecenter/recap/NCAAF_20071110_AL@MSST/rss   (1055 words)

  
 Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | SportsDay | Colleges: Cotton Bowl
The 20th-ranked Longhorns rang in 1999 and what appears to be a bright future under Brown by completely dominating No. 25 Mississippi State in a 38-11 victory before 72,611 fans (capacity 68,252) in fog and drizzle Friday morning.
After a 37-yard touchdown run in the third quarter against a Mississippi State jail-break blitz that put Texas ahead, 21-3, Williams, who normally just hands the ball to the officials, brought his right knee to his chest and jutted out his right arm.
On defense, it was Texas' no-name squad that outplayed Mississippi State's bonzai blitz attack with memorable performances from unlikely heroes such as linebacker Aaron Babino, the defensive MVP, and cornerback Joe Walker.
www.dallasnews.com /sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/cottonbowl/history/1999.html   (792 words)

  
 Mississippi: State and Local Government on the Net
IMHOFF and ASSOCIATES practices in state, federal and all criminal courts.
Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning
Mississippi State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors
www.statelocalgov.net /state-ms.cfm   (83 words)

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