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After the town hall meeting on Sept. 14, sophomore Daniel Miles spent 12 hours in the library studying USM’s budget books. Now, after a month of research, Miles has a proposal that he believes could save the teachers and programs currently slated for termination. Miles explained that if USM cut the student fee each full-time student pays to athletics through his
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This change would leave athletics short $3 million, however. Currently, students pay a total of $384 to athletics each year, and they can attend athletic events for free. Miles’ proposal cuts this in half and gives $192 per student each year to athletics and requires that students buy tickets to athletic events, separately from tuition. Miles pointed to numbers in the budget book, which show that the projected figure for the athletic program’s expenditures is the same as the figure for its
revenue – $19,739,991. “They’re spending every dollar that we give them or that they make,” Miles said. USM Chief Financial Officer Russell Willis said the Institute of Higher Learning requires that the projected expenditures equal the projected revenues. “In the budgeting process, it is a requirement that the university submit a balanced budget to the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL),” Willis said in an email.
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or her tuition ($192 per semester) in half, this would cut the athletic budget by $3 million and leave this $3 million in the Education and General Fund. This money could then be used instead to keep the programs and teachers recommended to be cut, Miles said. Although nearly $15 million in cuts were made across the university, only approximately $3 million came from cutting teachers and programs. (See a graph of the cuts at www. studentprintz.com.)
USM’s Student Government Association is in the early stages of making a bike proposal. If passed, they plan to paint lines around campus that designate bike lanes to make traveling around campus safer. SGA president, Kasey Mitchell said, “Anytime we can do something that meets the needs of students, the better, and this bike proposal meets those needs.” SGA is still in the early stages of planning the proposal. They have
extended an invitation to students to come to the Senate meetings every Tuesday at 5:15 p.m. in the Thad Cochran Center to offer thoughts and suggestions. International business major Lance Logan, talked about how he feels about the proposal. “I feel pretty good about the bike proposal,” Logan said. “A lot of doors will open once we work things out. Everyone hates having a biker in the way and if there’s a way to open up blocks then we need to find a way to obtain that. Having bike lanes would make less traffic between walking students and student riding bikes.” Art education major and bike
rider, Jeffrey He m p h i l l , is pushing for the bike proposal. “One of the biggest problems with riding bikes on campus is that there’s always a Photo illustration by Bryant Hawkins/Printz risk of hitting someone ing can’t be expected to wear a or crashing to avoid pedestrians,” helmet. I think designated bike Hemphill said. lanes could cut that risk, plus cut “We can wear helmets, but down the travel time we spend other people who are just walk- avoiding crashes.”
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Conference honors Civil Rights heroes Jonathan Andrews Printz Writer The Centennial Civil Rights Conference, which occurred Oct. 21-23 at USM, brought several important figures from Hattiesburg’s part in the Civil Rights Movement back to the university and held a bus tour which allowed participants to see important places that were part of the movement and commemorated the sacrifices of the many people who lost their lives in their fight for equality. Speakers stressed the importance of the youth in remembering the sacrifices of the participants in the movement in moving forward. Peggy Jean Connor, one of the first black students to attend and graduate from USM said the importance of conferences like this is to inform youth. “Some young people don’t even believe it all happened,”
Connor said. “They need to know that if they don’t continue to fight, we could go back. “They have to keep it going,” she said. Connor helped to serve as a tour guide on one of the buses that toured the Palmer’s Crossing area as well as some places in downtown Hattiesburg that were integral to the Civil Rights Movement here. Connor remembered her old neighborhood and even pointed out the spot where a beauty shop she owned and operated in the 60s. Two tall oak trees stand there now. “They were just twigs when I left,” said Connor. Raylawni Branch, the first black student admitted to USM, remembers the difficulties she and Connor faced as students here. She said they didn’t have any classes together, and the people who were there to protect them often were not very good at it. Branch also noted the lack
of young people who attended the conference, and said “it’s a shame” that there weren’t more there. Charles Cobb, who spoke at the luncheon for the event also pointed out the lack of young people who made it to the event. His speech, given over lunch, revolved around the importance of improving education in public school systems around the world. He called the education that students receive in public schools “sub par” and compared them to “sharecropper educations,” a reference to the poor education that sharecroppers received. “We’re standing at a crossroads,” Cobb said. When freshman Alex Washington asked why more was not being done to improve schools in the area, Cobb rebounded the question to Washington. “You have to make your own voice,” he said.
campus in one way or another,” Miles said. “Right now I feel like everybody’s their own separate entities – the students are the students, the faculty have their problems, academic departments are dealing with academics. We’re not really being a single unit. The whole thing in keeping both worlds happy is to unify – to get the faculty and students to come together to voice their opinions in a unified way and show the administration that we do care and that we want to be involved in this.” So far, Miles has received promising feedback on his proposal. Chair of the School of Mass Communication and Journalism and director of the Council of Chairs Christopher Campbell said he plans to discuss Miles’ proposal with other department chairs at the group’s next meeting Nov. 4. “I can say personally having seen the work that he’s doing, that I’m impressed, and I definitely think it’s something worthy of consideration,” he said. “And certainly it seems like the athletic fees charged to students – that should be more transparent.” Miles proposed his idea to SGA’s Executive Cabinet on Friday. Kasey Mitchell, SGA president, said SGA plans to seek and evaluate student feedback on the proposal. “I encouraged [the Executive Cabinet] to get the word out there and get feedback from students,” Mitchell said. “Is this something students are willing to push for? Are they essentially willing to pay
more to purchase athletic tickets? We want to see if student support is there on a wider scale before we move to a vote.” Mitchell said that although she would be willing to pay for athletic events, she and SGA want to know what the students think. Sophomore Jordan Garrett, Miles’ roommate, said he supports his friend’s proposal. “I’m backing him because I know he has the best interest in the students and that’s what the university is about,” Garrett said. “Athletics are great, but athletics doesn’t bring regular students to the university.” Through his research, Miles found a 2004 study by Cornell University that concluded that athletics don’t attract students to a university. Willis said the UPC Administrative Services subcommittee recommended a review of the portion of tuition that goes to athletics, and it is currently under consideration.
miles, from 1 “That is, revenues and expenditures must be the exact number. The budgeting process is just a projection of what revenues and expenses will be for the upcoming year. Any money that remains at the end of the year is set aside for future expenses.” Still, Miles said the athletics program receives too much student tuition – $5,900,000, an increase of $250,000 from the 20092010 budget. “We give them 38 percent of their budget, and they just spend it, when the university could be using that money for themselves internally,” he said. Instead, athletics should seek more external funding, Miles said. “The athletics department has access to major donors; they won’t let the university touch them to donate to the university itself,” he said. “That’s where the eternal money would come from. They won’t let the university access those donors.” Willis said the athletic program is continually seeking ways to generate more revenue. “The athletic department generates a significant amount of money (approximately $13,000,000) from self-generated (external) sources,” Willis said. “This revenue is generated from ticket sales, television revenues, guarantees, licensing fees, media rights, conference payouts and private giving.” Miles has discussed his proposal with some faculty already, seeking support. “The mission is to unify the
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Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks during the Civil Rights March on Washington, August 28, 1963. He visited a church in Hattiesburg two weeks before he was assassinated.
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Century Park residents to move out temporarily
Century Park has been undergoing maintenance problems since the start of the semester, and Associate Vice President of Student Affairs and Interim Director of Residence Life Sid Gonsoulin confirmed that some residents will
have to temporarily move out of the residence hall. See www.studentprintz.com for updates as The Printz learns how many students are affected, where will they go, and what caused the problems that led to the students to move out.
Jon Mark Weathers, former district attorney for the Twelfth Judicial District, will join The University of Southern Mississippi as university counsel beginning Nov. 15, President Martha Saunders announced Oct. 20. “Joining my alma mater in this capacity is a great opportunity, and one I’m very excited about,” said
Weathers, a lifelong resident of Hattiesburg and a 1970 graduate of Southern Miss. President Martha Saunders said, “I am delighted that someone with the professional experience and ability of Jon Mark Weathers will be joining the Southern Miss team. He will be a great asset to the Office of General Counsel.”
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Board of Trustees extends Saunders’ contract The Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning recently voted to offer new four-year contracts to Delta State University President Dr. John M. Hilpert and University of Southern Mississippi President Dr. Martha Saunders, becoming effective as current contracts expire.
“We feel very fortunate to have such dedicated and visionary leaders at these universities,” said Bettye Neely, president of the Board of Trustees. “We appreciate their leadership and commitment to putting students first, even in the difficult economic times we are facing today.”
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Carribean studies offers tropical twist Ashton Pittman Printz Writer The Caribbean Studies Program is once again granting students the opportunity to spend two weeks studying abroad in the island nation of Jamaica. The program, which takes place during the intervening period between the fall and spring semesters, will allow students to take Caribbean-flavored courses in literature, art, history, business, crime, philosophy, chemistry, biology and sociology – just to name a few. During that time, students will stay at an oceanfront condominium complex in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. The cost of the trip, which includes airfare, lodging, social activities and ground transport, but not personal expenses, is $3339 for qualifying undergraduate students and $3599 for graduate students. The online application deadline is Nov. 5. A $250 deposit is required, with the full balance being due by Nov. 12. Patricia Biesiot, who teaches in Jamaica, said that, since the program is attached to the spring semester, students may use their spring financial aid to help pay for the course. Students who participated in the program in the past said that it was well worth the cost. “It’s one of the less expensive study abroad programs offered at USM, and I think that I really got my money’s worth,” said Elizabeth Himel, who studied in Jamaica in 2009.
Amy Beaugh, who also took part in the program, said that not only was the program worth the cost, but that she would recommend it to anyone interested in learning about a third world country, its culture, history, and people. Xandria McWaters, another alum of the program, said she was initially hesitant because, as a physics major, she didn’t feel any courses were offered that were relevant to her major. “But then I realized it didn’t matter because no matter what you take there, it counts as four credits towards your required elective hours. That means you can get four hours in two weeks, and it’s like a vacation.” Beyond a vacation, though, McWaters felt the best part of the trip was the chance to experience another culture. “What I found most beneficial about study abroad wasn’t the coursework – because you can learn all that stuff here,” she said. “What I liked most was going to an underdeveloped country that’s so close to ours and learning in the context of another culture.” Andrew Haley, who will be teaching in Jamaica for the first time, said he is looking forward to offering a history class on Caribbean trade that fuses the Caribbean culture with a course on history. “The class I’m offering could not really be offered anywhere else,” he said, explaining that his class centers around the trade of barbecue, rum and sugar – the latter of which gave birth to the Jamaican slave trade. “Now, I can tell you this and I can tell you how arduous work
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Climbing Dunn’s River Falls is one of the top attractions at Ocho Rios in Jamaica.
on a slave sugar plantation was, or I can show you sugar cane on a former slave plantation on a hot, rainy day in Jamaica,” he said. “This is history made visceral.” Another course that could not be offered anywhere else is Biesiot’s Caribbean marine biology course. “Students will snorkel in sea grass meadows, at the edge of mangrove forests, and on coral reefs,” Biesiot said. One intriguing part of the class the previous year, she said, was when the group swam near the mouth of the Martha Brae River. It is one of only five places in the world where bioluminescent dinoflagellates, which
are small planktonic algae, exist in large concentrations. “We swam there at night, making ‘water angels’ at the surface so we were surrounded by a green phosphorescent glow,” she said. “The algae sparkled on our bodies like living glitter – really cool!” Deanne Nuwer said she is offering a course on the diseases transferred to the Caribbean and eventually the New World from the holds of African slave ships. “The Caribbean was the first leg in this slave trade triangle, and diseases such as yellow fever were introduced into that region when the first slaves from Africa were forcibly brought over,” she said, adding that these diseases wreaked havoc in the Americas, killing thousands. “I hope to visit a local hospital and speak to an infectious disease expert. This is something that would be a unique study because you are basically at ground zero for these diseases.” One other course that could not exist outside the tropics is a course called Caribbean tropical otany, taught by Mac Alford. He said the biodiversity in Jamaica is
such that one could walk through a forest without ever feeling as if he had seen the same tree twice. “This is very much unlike Mississippi, where most plant species found here could be found from Texas to Delaware,” he said. “On islands, species may be restricted to one mountainside or one bog.” Aside from the chance to study in courses like these, students will also get to spend time at the beach, interact with the Jamaican people at the local markets and shops, travel to local attractions and even participate in a service project aimed at giving back to Jamaican friends and colleagues. “What has always impressed me about the Caribbean Studies Program is that we experience what the Jamaican culture has to offer,” Biesiot said. “Students can expect their experience to be one of discovery on several levels – understanding a new culture, trying new foods and observing other ways of looking at things and doing things during daily life.” Interested students may visit the Caribbean Studies Program section of the USM study-abroad website for more information.
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Students band against Chilean government Michelle Holowach Printz Writer Tucked into the southernmost part of South America lies a land where pristine waters flow endlessly and snow-covered mountains climb into misty, clear blue skies – this place is the paradise region of Patagonia, and it is one of the last truly natural places left on earth. That is why students Dylan Harris, Emily Simmons and Ashley Long have come together to help save Patagonia from the modern development of hydroelectric dams threatening to destroy its land, resources and culture. The trio came up with the project when they realized their common interest in working with developing countries. On Wednesday and Thursday they will be showing the movie 180 Degrees South and giving a presentation about saving Patagonia from the construction of dams threatening its environment. “This is a really sweet film about this guy that travels to Patagonia and realizes the environmental effects that these five dams being built are going to have on the area,” Harris said. “The whole idea is that they do large development projects like
this in an attempt to say, ‘You know we are going to give power to the big cities to help everyone so it will be a good thing,’” he said. “But anytime you build a dam like that you have to think about the thousands of people down river that aren’t going to have as much water anymore and the thousands of people up river that are going to be flooded from their
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homes, not to mention all the culture that’s going to be moved around by that.... They don’t really think about those things and move on with the projects.” After the movie Harris, Sim-
mons and Long will give a threepart presentation about Patagonia and alternative measures that can be taken to prevent building the dams.” “The main fight against this is that there are alternatives,” Long said, “and there are things they can do to get just as much energy or more energy with less devastation, less destruction of the environment.” The trio will have USM students sign letters that will then be sent off to the president of Chile immediately. “What’s cool about this project is that we can actually stop the dams from being built by signing letters,” Harris said. “Some tiny town in Mississippi is helping the government, and that empowers them even more to know that they have that kind of support from somewhere else. That’s basically the gist of the whole project.” The government is giving the rest of the world until Oct. 30 to send in alternative ideas to the dam-building, and then they will make their final decision. “We hope to raise awareness on our campus,” Simmons said. “I hope to be just one university around the world that when the government of Chile sits down at the end of this month to make their decision that they’ll see there is widespread support for
other initiatives other than the dam just to help them face up to the pressure that they’re getting from these development companies for the dam.” Through their project Harris, Simmons and Long hope to show that the indigenous people of Patagonia should have a say as to what happens in their land as well. “Patagonia is like a huge Jurassic park without dinosaurs,” Harris said. “It’s a protected area. But the Chilean governments failed to respect this by building these dam. They are ignoring the indigenous culture there…. The farmers have been having lots of protests against the dams but the government doesn’t seem to be listening to them.” To Harris, the overarching
theme is government accountability. He said that they are a democratic nation, so they should listen to their people. “There are going to be five dams that are going to displace hundreds of thousands of people... It’s going to drastically affect the entire environment with the people living there included,” Long said. “They’re fighting for their place. It’s going to be devastating to lots of people.” “We wouldn’t want somebody to come in and tell us ‘Hey, you gotta get out; you gotta move,’” Long said. “It should be important to anybody who cares about human rights.” On Wednesday night the movie and presentation will show at 7 p.m. at Benny’s Boom Boom Room, and on Thursday in LAB Room 28 at 5:30 p.m.
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Arts & Entertainment
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
On the record: students making music Hannah Jones Printz Writer Southern Miss has many interesting odds and ends that make campus unique, such as environmentally friendly dorms, a women’s rugby team – and its own record label. South City Records is an independent, student-operated record company first founded at Southern Miss in the 1970s, but has since been revamped by professors Darko Velichkovski and Paul Linden in 2005. Functioning as both a student organization and state-recognized corporation, SCR seeks to scout, sign and promote artists as well as produce professional studio albums for artists signed to their label. USM’s entertainment industry program works side by side with SCR, giving students hands-on experience and offering local artists across South Mississippi promotion and exposure within the Hattiesburg music scene. Former SCR President Jaz Johnson said South City Records is not only open to artists but also to any students interested in working in the music industry. “We have so many students who are interested in doing many things
in artist management, planning festivals and events, and [sound] engineering,” Johnson said. “We have a really good team working in all areas of our student organization.” Students interested in currentlysigned artists can tune in to SCR’s “South City Radio Show” on WUSM every Friday at 10 p.m. Johnson, who is also the current producer of South City Radio Show, said that SCR is interested in signing even more artists to the label and encouraging all students to work on artist and event planning projects. “I believe it is important for students to know about us,” Johnson said. “So many people are interested in music. It’s a universal commodity.” Though the primary goal of SCR is to teach students the ins and outs of the music recording industry, they also use their business savvy by providing and booking entertainment for concerts and hosting events and festivals all around Hattiesburg. One upcoming event SCR will be hosting is College Night at the Fair, which will be held Thursday at the Forrest County Multipurpose Center. Gates open at 5 p.m., and admission is free with a student ID. The first 200 students through the gate will receive a
complimentary gift from one of the event sponsors while everyone in attendance is eligible to win various prizes such as a pizza party from GattiTown or free textbooks for a semester from Textbook Brokers of Southern Mississippi. SCR’s Vice President Ravin Floyd encourages Southern Miss students to attend College Night because she said it will be “a night to come out and enjoy local music.” “Get out and do something different,” Floyd said. “The fair is a different atmosphere of fun.” Live music will also be provided for the event by South City Records beginning at 5 p.m. and continuing past midnight. Current SCR president Gayla Jones is excited for SCR’s annual involvement with College Night at the Fair. “We have been working with the Forrest County Multipurpose Center to provide entertainment for the fair for the last three years,” Jones said. “This year they have invited us to put on our own music stage.” SCR-signed artists Mississippi Shakedown, Vanilla Jane and RaceCar RaceCar are scheduled to perform as well local artists such as Matthew Funches, Melody Drive, SMAASH and Hillcrest. Mississippi Shakedown’s Allan
Carson and Chad Cox said that they are hopeful that their performance will get them good exposure before the debut of their upcoming album with South City Records. “We are excited to play the event,” Carson said.
“This town has been great to us.” For more information about South City Records or for a complete listing of bands, sponsors and other SCR hosted events, visit South City Records’ Facebook page or www.forrestcountycenter.com.
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USM players get back in the game Cade Morrow Printz Writer Southern Miss is coming off of a much needed bye week to face the UAB Blazers Saturday. The bye week has allowed most of the players to regain their health for the game. The offensive line will get some help from Joe Duhon, who will be playing in his first game in over a month. Duhon had a second degree MCL sprain and it was thought that he would be able to return after two weeks. However, he was slow to recover and wasn’t in full game form until the beginning of last week. “I’m doing well right now,” Duhon said. “It is just good to get back in to the swing of things.” Duhon has been ready to go for the past week, but the bye week has helped him get back in shape after his extended stay on the injury report. “The bye week has helped me get back in shape and get used to the tempo of the game,” Duhon said. “It has helped me work off some of this fat I gained during my absence.”
After such a long time on the sidelines, Duhon said that he has never been more ready to take the field again. “It hurt me to be on the sidelines watching my team play and knowing that I couldn’t be out there to help them,” Duhon said. Duhon is ready to get out on the field, but he was impressed with the way that the offensive line played during his absence. “They played real well,” Duhon said. “A lot of people that never played at certain spots played well. Guys like Austin Quattrochi and James Brady really stepped it up and now I have to get back and compete for my spot.” The Golden Eagles will also have Quentin Pierce returning to the lineup against the Blazers. Pierce has had a string of bad luck, seemingly having an injury of some sort in every game this season. “It doesn’t seem like I can catch a break, but I hope I can now,” Pierce said. “I’m back to being healthy now, and I am just trying to stay that way.” Coach Fedora is hopeful that Pierce will be able to fully contribute by the time Saturday
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Southern Miss wide reciever Quentin Pierce celebrates a touchdown during USM’s game against the Kansas Jayhawks on Saturday Sept. 17, 2010.
rolls around. “Quentin has looked good in practice,” Fedora said. “In fact, I
don’t think that he has missed a rep. So yeah, I think that he will be ready.”
Southern Miss will take on the Blazers Saturday at M.M. Roberts Stadium.
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USM hosts weekend of sports
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Southern Miss 2nd baseman Travis Creel attempts to put out William Carey University’s Sean Hodges out during their Fall Exhibition Game on Saturday. Southern Miss won 20-9.
Football vs. UAB
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Southern Miss defender Samantha Polley heads a ball away from from USM’s goal during their game against Tulsa on Sunday. The Southern Miss soccer team ended there final two games in losses this weekend with a 3-1 loss to SMU Friday afternoon and a 4-1 loss to Tulsa Sunday afternoon at the Southern Miss Soccer Complex.
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Junior middle blocker Lauren Sears spikes the ball as East Carolina’s Marina Brown attempts to block. The Southern Miss volleyball team defeated both Marshall 3-2 (22-25, 18-25, 25-20, 25-19, 15-11) Friday and East Carolina 3-0 (25-15, 25-16, 25-21) Sunday in Reed Green Coliseum.
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Vroni van Berlo lost in the semifinals of the Flight 1 singles to Jessica Jackson (Rice), 6-2, 6-4. Åsa Bengtson lost to Paula Alvarez (UAB), 6-2, 4-6, 10-6, in the semifinals Moorea Williams won her singles with a 2-6, 6-2, 10-6 victory over Alexandra Glebova (UTEP) Elja van Berlo crushed Alex Rasch (Rice) in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0, Zoë Lee won with a 6-2, 6-0, win against Bernice van Den Berth (Texas State) Shannon Rogers won her match, defeating Leah Smith (Lee), 6-2, 2-6, 10-8. Alex Bradley lost in semifinals singles to Elena Kasakova (Houston), by a score of 1-6, 6-4, 7-5. In doubles, Elja van Berlo and Bengtson defeated Gabriela Vasquez/Ximena Fuentes (UTEP), 8-6, Kellie Gutterman lost her singles match to Sharon Siegel (Tulane), 6-0, 6-1.
Southern Miss Box Score
Southern Miss Sports: Upcoming Games 10/29 All Day Tennis Halloween Classic USM Tennis Complex
10/30 11:00 a.m. Football vs. UAB M.M. Roberts Stadium
Soccer:
10/29 7:00 p.m. Volleyball at Memphis Memphis, Tenn.
10/31 1:00 p.m. Volleyball at UAB Birmingham, Ala.
Volleyball:
10/29 7:00 p.m. Soccer at UCF Orlando, Fla.
11/3 7:00 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs. Mobile Reed Green Coliseum
Baseball:
10/23 v.s. William Carey W, 20-9
10/22 v.s. SMU L, 3-1 10/24 v.s. Tulsa L, 4-1
10/22 v.s. Marshall W. 3-2 10/24 v.s. E. Carolina W, 3-0