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ALUMNI
Civil Rights figures share stories
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OPINION
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Gwendolyn Chamberlain-Armstrong, on left, and Raylawni Branch answer questions about their experiences as being the first African American students at the university on Jan. 27 in Bennett Auditorium.
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Printz Writer Forty-six years ago two women accidentally made history and left their footprints here at Southern Miss. In September of 1965 Raylawni Branch and Gwendolyn Elaine Armstrong Chamberlain became the first two African Americans to set foot on campus as enrolled students at The University of
Southern Mississippi. Since then, they have left their legacy behind as two memorable figures of the Civil Rights Movement. On Thursday, Jan. 27, Branch and Armstrong presented a forum in Bennet Auditorium to tell the students of USM their story. President Martha Saunders opened the presentation, stating that the forum is a continuation of the Centennial Celebration, and that it celebrates a “history of triumphs over long odds.”
The event was set up in a panel discussion format and was hosted by Austin Simmons, a broadcast journalism major. As the evening unfolded so did the stories of these two remarkable women. “It was really enjoyable and inspiring to hear the stories, experiences, and life lessons Branch and Armstrong shared with us,” Ashleigh Ladner, a freshman at USM and attendee of the forum, said. As African American females in a Southern university dur-
ing the 1960s, Branch and Armstrong did not have easy lives, but through their own determination and with the help of others they overcame many obstacles. Armstrong said she made the decision to attend USM so that she could stay close to her disabled mother, and she wanted to grasp hold of the opportunity to mingle with people of another ethnicity so
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ON CAMPUS
Workshops prepare students for jobs Mary Margaret Halford Printz Writer
For the first time, Career Services is hosting a series of workshops this semester with the theme “Backpack to Briefcase.” The workshops are aimed at getting students ready to transition from college into the workforce. Three free seminars will be
hosted throughout the semester, each focusing on a different topic that relates to helping students find jobs. The first is called “Facebooking Your Future” and will be held at 5 p.m. today in Union Room B. This workshop will show students how to make a clean Facebook profile that can be used to make connections when searching for a job. The second seminar, called “Speed Networking,” will be held
March 1 at 5 p.m. in TCC 218B. It will be an interactive workshop during which students will learn how to make a great impression in the first minute of an interview. Confidence and networking skills will also be discussed. The final workshop will be held on April 12, in the TCC 218. The title is “Fashionably Functional,” and it will cover dressing stylishly yet professionally for men and women. Lisa Parker, marketing special-
ist for Career Services, says that the workshops will not be set up in a conventional classroom learning style. “The workshops are going to feature speakers and presenters from outside campus who will help give a more real world perspective rather than a classroom setting,” Parker said. “We’ll give
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Playwright hosts workshop for students Earvin Hopkins Printz Writer Over the weekend, USM hosted its annual Blaine Quarnstrom Playwright’s Series, in which a working playwright comes to USM to talk to students to teach writing workshops and to even produce a staged reading of the guest’s work. Every year, USM gets a new playwright to come to campus;
Theater and English majors participated in a workshop series with an experienced playwright over the weekend. this year’s playwright was Robert Caisley. Caisley has written over a dozen plays and came to share some of his expertise with students here at USM. The events hosted were a question and answer session followed by a dessert reception, a seminar on play writing in America, four workshops and a staged reading of Caisley’s never-before-seen plays.
The series began last Thursday with the Q and A. Junior theater B.F.A. major Darren Hayes attended the session. “Caisley seemed like a very cool, down-to-earth, very funny guy who started out as an actor and then later discovered that his true calling was to be a playwright,” Hayes said. USM student and senior general theater major Adewunmi
“look at the person next to you as a human being; we could create an atmosphere of love and break down barriers.” Both women were attended by six body guards each while they had been students on campus, but they said they tried their hardest to just be like every other student. “There were good days, and there were bad days,” Armstrong said. Armstrong said they were under scrutiny all the time. For Branch, “everyday was about getting through the day.” In the end the advice that Armstrong left for her listeners was “You can change the world. You never know what you are helping a person to learn or to do, but just be the best you can be and you can change the world.” Armstrong also stated that “what you did yesterday or what you are going to do tomorrow is not
as important as what you can do now, which is to show love. Reach out to someone that you don’t know because you might be the only person to tell them you love them, you care about then, and they’re important.” “You can tear down dreams or you can give people the power to build dreams just by love,” Armstrong said. Branch said that she and Armstrong helped to set a tone for USM. “We came here to get an education, not to integrate.” She said she is awestruck to have such a large part in the history of the university. “It changed my life; it impacted it in a very positive way,” Branch said. “I am very thankful that I made the decision to come here.”
Alumni, from 1 that they could see she, too, “had dreams and aspirations.” Branch chose to go to USM because “it was a great place.” She knew Kennard and was very active during the Civil Rights movement, and knew that because of all the Civil Rights breakdowns “someone had to step up to the plate at USM.” “This is home for me,” Branch said. “This was the place for me to establish myself.” Armstrong looked at attending USM as an adventure. She was “happy but apprehensive,” and didn’t know what to expect. She said that some students were very warm, but others were just the opposite. “I was never able to understand how people could hate you just because of color,” Armstrong said. “Overall, I felt like there was something to be gained in opening doors to others who might come.” She said to
Career, from 1 out prizes at each workshop, and those who attend all three workshops will have their name put into a drawing for an iPod Touch.” The workshops are free and open to all students of every major and classification. Career Services has hosted workshops before but never an actual series with a name and theme. Parker added that seniors looking for jobs are not the only ones who could benefit from attending. “It’s going to focus on practical things they can do before they ever start seriously looking for a job,” Parker said. “We want to help students through the job search and prepare for it early on.” Senior Andrew Brown agrees that the program should be beneficial to those who attend. “Many students don’t know appropriate dress or how to sell themselves to future employers,” Brown said. “Even more, with Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites students need to learn how to represent themselves appropriately at all times.”
Holly Jones, also a senior, plans to attend all the events. “I could always use help with interviews,” Jones said. “Every interview I have ever had has been different, which makes it more difficult to prepare.” Jones is a nursing major and plans to get a job wherever she can after graduating in May. “It’s always nice to get a refresher on the do’s and don’t’s of transitioning from college into the professional world,” Jones said. Brown said she supports Career Services in this endeavor. “I think it’s a great move for Career Services to help students reach their career goals as well as help the university get a better name with more prepared graduates,” Brown said. Parker is hopeful that this series will be a success. “Our office is thrilled to reach out to students and help them succeed,” Parker said. “Southern Miss students are some of the best and brightest around, and we want to make sure employers know that.”
Oke has attended the events since she was a freshman. “These workshops have been truly beneficial to my development as a theater artist,” Oke said. “I have had the opportunity to learn different processes for developing plays. In addition, I had an opportunity to work with Kia Corthron, an African American female playwright, both in class and in rehearsal. That was such an incredible experience. I think the more people who are aware of this workshop, especially English students, the better. Dramatic writing is a genre that usually gets taught at Southern Miss, not practiced. And I think that’s a shame.” During the sessions, Caisley discussed with students new play ideas, emphasizing the importance of plot and
themes, Oke said. Caisley informed students of his “seven deadly diseases of play writing,” which Oke said were medical terms which coincided with play writing, such as muscular skeletal disease. Caisley offered students tips, such as writing monologues for characters before giving them names. Theater graduate student Brooke Aiello went to the playwright sessions as well. She talks about her experience there. “Robert Caisley is such an amazing person,” Aiello said. “These events were such an amazing, rare experience, especially at this level. Aiello talks their about upcoming play at USM. “The theater department hosts three shows a year, and our next one is Feb. 22,” Aiello said. “We want everyone to come out and support our show.”
Correction The university has not taken disciplinary actions against the USM student charged with distributing a controlled substance within 1500 feet of the university, as reported in the article “Spice burns the Ra Shop, students,” published Thursday, Jan. 27. The university’s decision to seek disciplinary action has yet to be made. The Printz regrets the error.
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Oscars bring surprises Hannah Jones Printz Writer Nominees for the 83rd annual Academy Awards were announced Tuesday morning, sending Hollywood into a frenzy. With the passing of the Critics’ Choice Awards and the Golden Globes, this year’s award season is officially drawing to a close, leaving many films that have gone unnoticed praying that the Oscar gods will show them a little favor. Although many films have done exceptionally well at earlier award shows, others were stunned by snubs dished out by the Academy. Leading in nominations was British historical drama, “The Kings Speech” with a total of twelve nods while the sequential western adaptation “True Grit” trailed by two, scooping up 10 nominations. The Mecca of all Oscar nods, the “Best Picture” category, rounded up 10 nominees to vie for the title of “the best in film of 2010.” The nominees included “Black Swan,” “The Fighter,” “Inception,” “The Kids Are All Right,” “The King’s Speech,” “127 Hours,” “The Social Network,” “Toy Story 3,” “True Grit” and “Winter’s Bone.” Many of these nominees may seem unfamiliar. They include several films that only showed in
limited release, such as the modern family comedy “The Kids Are Alright” starring Julianne Moore and art-house drama, “Winter’s Bone” starring “Best Actress” nominee, Jennifer Lawrence. Other films who have been award-winning heavyweights such as, psychosexual thriller, “Black Swan,” biographical sports film, “The Fighter,” and “dramody,” “The Social Network” are readily familiar, headlining entertainment news with rave reviews and high-grossing box office sales. Though “The Social Network” racked up at the Golden Globes and the Critics’ Choice Awards, the film is noticeably lacking in Oscar nods. The culturally and critically acclaimed “Facebook movie” faired extremely well at the Golden Globes, a more vibrant, youthful award show. Unlike the “Best Actor” and “Best Actress” nominees, having roaring success at earlier award shows occasionally causes films to lose the favor of the Academy judges. While the film may be golden at the Globes, “The Social Network” may be too trendy for the seriously traditional Academy Awards. In contrast, last weekend “The King’s Speech” won the top prize at the Producers Guild of America Awards, whose winner often goes on to take home the gold at
the Oscars. Though “The King’s Speech” has been heavily nominated all season, its chances at winning an Oscar are most likely. Representing a culturally highbrow film, experts say “The Kings Speech” is this year’s juiciest Oscar contender. While the battle over best picture is yet to be fought, the predicated winners of the “Best Actor” and “Best Actress” categories are, according to critics, presumably locked up. Colin Firth, who stars as King George VI in “The King’s Speech” has snagged both the Critics’ Choice Award for “Best Actor” and a Golden Globe in the same category. Considering his prior successes, Firth is said to be a shoe-in for “Best Actor.” In the “Best Actress” category, Natalie Portman leads predictions for her performance as Nina Sayers in “Black Swan.” Portman, like Firth, won both the Golden Globe and Critics’ Choice awards for her category making her chance to nab an Oscar even greater. Although there are endless sources foretelling the fate of Hollywood’s finest, the Academy has a history of surprising and upsetting audiences. Tune in to see who takes home the gold at the 83rd annual Academy Awards airing live on ABC, Sunday, Feb. 27 at 5 p.m.
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Theron plays for pre-party Sunday Courtney Carter Printz Writer As Superbowl Sunday approaches, a local band made up of a few Petal natives are prepping for their pre-game show. Theron will play their biggest gig yet at the Superbowl Pre-Party in Dallas, Texas. Theron began with Petal natives Eddie Kendrick (lead vocals), David Kelly (lead guitar), Jeremy Langford (rhythm guitar), Scott Goodwin (bass guitar), and James Towns (drums) after parting from the band Fusion, which was actually the first band to ever play at Mugshots on West 4th Street in Hattiesburg. The members each have 15 years experience with music and having been playing together for over 10 years. Theron kicked off after its part from Fusion in 2000 with its debut at Tal’s in Hattiesburg, and since then have been playing all over the state of Mississippi. Shortly after the debut, Theron signed with a management company based out of Jackson. Having a manager is not the same as having a label though, and the differences have proven detrimental to the band. “We are not signed to a label,” said Kendrick, Theron’s lead singer, “so you can only imagine the financial burdens we have endured with our own recording and production costs.” The costs are so extreme that equipment upgrades are impossible. Theron’s guitar players David Kelly
and Jeremy Langford have been experiencing equipment problems, and without the money to make the necessary repairs, the two have had to withdraw from the Pre-Party performance. Local guitarist and keyboard player Bucky Cole has been signed on with Theron to play the PreParty, along with two other local musicians, Ron Liverett and Darren Fitzgerald. Cole, Liverett and Fitzgerald have traveled the U.S. playing gigs with various bands at various venues, including the Grand Ole Opry. The new three members are also from Petal. Despite the issues, Kendrick is keeping a positive outlook on his career as a musician. “Since we were already booked under the name Theron, we will play under the name Theron and perform those songs,” said Kendrick, “the immediate future will be active for the Prophets of Pain, (which is the new band spawned from Theron).” Theron will perform their songs “Shine,” “Over,” and “Souls Collide,” at the Superbowl Pre-Party in Dallas on Superbowl Sunday. Theron was featured on Southern Miss Today in November 2010 and “Souls Collide” was played over WUSM airwaves. All of Theron’s recorded work is available on Amazon.com and on iTunes. For more information on Theron, check out Reverberation.com or contact lead singer Eddie Kendrick at admin@ontherocks.com.
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Smartphones are the new deal Jonathan Andrews Printz Writer Smartphones are taking over the mobile phone market, and more and more people are adopting a platform that was once left to professionals and nerds. Roger Taylor is the CEO of Carphone, a major European mobile phone retailer. He said 75 percent of the phones sold over the three-month period leading up to Jan. 1, 2011, were smartphones, according to an article on Gaurdian.co.uk. The operating platform (or operating system, OS) on a phone determines how users interface with their devices, the applications available to them and the availability of certain features (e.g. voice commands, GPS navigation, etc.). These include Apple’s iOS, which comes standard on their line of iPhones; Google’s Android, which is available on a variety of devices from a number of manufacturers (Motorola, LG, etc.); Microsoft’s current iteration of the Windows Mobile OS in the form of Windows Phone 7; and RIM’s tried and true Blackberry OS. In total, smartphones encompass 25 percent of all mobile phone usage in the US. According to a November 2010 report by Comscore, a company that measures mobile phone statistics in the US, Blackberry still reigns as the top mobile phone platform with 33 percent of the total subscribers. Google’s Android is quickly gaining on it with 26 percent (up by 6 percent in only a month) and Apple’s iOS is next with 25 percent. Nine percent of users reported having Windows Phone 7 devices. Blackberry OS phones tout messaging features like a physical QWERTY keyboard, fast Internet access and document viewing features built in, but receives some negative feedback from being somewhat dated in terms of interface. E-mail is also a significant feature for BlackBerry users and a fan blog for the devices, Crackberry.com, talked to a user who switched from using a Palm Pre and iPhone to a BlackBerry simply for the e-mail capabilities. The blog said, “It’s the totally integrated e-mail experience that often makes users email on their BlackBerry – even when their desktop is right there.” That user told the blog, “When you have five free minutes to answer some e-mails, being able to squeeze in three instead of one makes the difference.”
BlackBerry OS is proprietary, meaning that the company that develops it, Research in Motion (RIM), develops it exclusively for the phones they make. Google’s Android operating system boasts the support of a variety of different devices by many manufacturers because of its lack of exclusivity. John Taylor, a senior biological science student from Hattiesburg is new to the world of smart phones and, coming “from an outdated LG phone,” Taylor said he loves the Samsung Galaxy S. “I can do anything on it except type word documents,” Taylor said. “I can keep in touch with over 1,724 people with the touch of a button.” Taylor said the phone is like all of the devices he uses rolled into one. Mesia Eaton, a theater student, said she enjoys the versatility of the Android OS as well. “It allows you to set live wallpapers, swipe text, talk text – literally thousands of free apps, and it doesn’t have that stupid internal battery that the iPhone has,” Eaton said. The “swipe text” feature Eaton mentioned on the Android’s on-screen keyboard is known as Swype and allows users to slide their finger between letters to type words instead of lifting off between each one. Google’s Android Marketplace hosts over 150,000 applications
for users to download. These applications range from games to augmented reality apps that allow users to view information about their surroundings overlaid on an image through the phone’s camera. Eaton added that, perhaps more importantly, many Android phones are more affordable than the alternatives. Those alternatives include, of course, Apple’s iPhone. The most recent version of the device, the iPhone 4, along with the iPad contributed to record sales for Apple in the 1st quarter of 2011. The iPhone has long been exclusive to the mobile carrier AT&T, but in a move to make it available to more people, Apple released the phone to Verizon customers. Eaton, a Verizon subscriber, does not appreciate some of the caveats that came along with the iPhone. Eaton said, “Verizon is getting rid of early upgrades, customer reward cards, and virtually alienating a lot of loyal customers in order to carry the iPhone.” Getting the iPhone isn’t the first time Verizon and Apple have worked together, though. On Oct. 28 of last year, Verizon began to support 3G on Apple’s tablet device, the iPad. Eaton said she isn’t an Apple hater, in fact she likes Apple products. The change to policy by Verizon on account of smart phones is nothing new either, though.
Late in 2009, about a year after the release of the first Android devices, Verizon raised its early termination fee “for customers purchasing Advanced Devices” from $175 to $350. Though Apple doesn’t sit well with everyone in the smartphone world, it bears a cult-like following in many of those who use their products. Mike Blount, a reporter for the Hattiesburg American and a current iPhone user said, “I have been a Mac user for years and I enjoy the integrated nature of their products.” The simplicity of use of Apple’s various products is a draw for some, but has garnered some criticism for the company as well for not giving users access to some of the inner workings of their products. Still, Blount pointed out, the iPhone revolutionized the smart phone market including their mobile application store. There are over 330,000 apps available to users on the store, which pioneered that model for distributing applications to users. “Coincidentally, competing companies have realized the success of this business model and created their own. I’m looking at you Android,” Blount said. Paul West, another longtime Apple product user and music production student, said he likes his iPhone, but he agrees that the ability to customize his invest-
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Junior sociology major Erick Brown, of Columbus, uses his Blackberry Tour smart phone outside of the Barnes and Noble bookstore on Monday, Jan. 24.
ments more would be nice. In a rare slip-up, Apple had a problem with its hardware design with the release of the iPhone 4 on AT&T, but has reportedly fixed it in the Verizon version. Bloggers, tweeters and other news outlets called the flaw the “death grip.” When the current of the antennae, a metal band surrounding the device, was interrupted by something (like a person’s touch) the phone lost its signal, causing dropped calls and disrupted users’ 3G signals. Since it was a hardware problem, the only fix Apple could offer was a free protective silicone case called a “bumper”. The bumper covers the outer edge of the phone, protecting the sensitive spot that caused the aforementioned problems, but not much else. The problem gained national media attention and is still a thorn in Apple’s nearly perfect record. Eaton joked, “The Samsung Galaxy doesn’t need a special case to keep from dropping calls if you hold it a certain way.” Aside from this hardware hiccup, the iPhone 4 was well received. Jailbreaking is the process of installing software on a device that unlocks some features and tweaks that can be downloaded with an underground application store called Cydia on the iPhone. Jailbreaking affords greater freedom in the use of the devices but also voids the manufacturer’s warranty. Jailbreaking is also possible on the Android platform and gives users similar features in those devices. One problem that came along with jailbreaking, however, is piracy. Jailbreaking phones allows for applications that would normally have to be bought through Apple or Google’s respective application stores to be downloaded for free. The programs that allow for jailbreaking take advantage of exploits in the devices’ programming, which developers race to fix the problems with each release of their own official OS version. In an interview with Computerworld.com, Apple CEO Steve Jobs called the relationship between developers and hackers trying to jailbreak devices “a catand-mouse game.” West, who currently owns an iPhone 4 had his 3G model “jailbroken” for a long time but “got bored of it.” “I heard they have really improved the software though, I think when the next release comes out I may try it,” he said.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Academic advisers: friend or foe? Marie John Printz Writer Students are given primary responsibility for being knowledgeable of degree and course requirements, but in order to register for classes each semester, students are required to see an academic adviser in their major department or waive their right to advisement. So, which one is the best to choose? Well, I guess that depends on how lucky you are as a student. Many students find an ever helpful academic advisor who is willing to go through each semester and be sure they are meeting all of the requirements, but then, there is always a chance you get stuck with the adviser who either doesn’t know or doesn’t care about your degree requirements.
Sure, you’ve heard about the student who complains about being the fifth year senior because their adviser didn’t tell them they had to take HIS 101 to graduate, but does their argument have any backing? The student responsibility statement printed at the top of each student’s academic requirements sections would tell you no: “Students at The University of Southern Mississippi are responsible for knowing and complying with all prerequisites and requirements for their respective degrees,” but some students would argue yes. “Advisers are supposed to make sure your transcript is in order for you to graduate on time and with the classes you need,” says a current fifth year senior who wishes to remain anonymous. “My adviser signed me up for a math class that wasn’t the one I needed to graduate. Now I’m stuck coming back to take the correct class to graduate.” There’s also the possibility for students to be placed with
ADVISEMENT TIPS
Take a copy of your SMART sheet (transcript) with you and actually read it before you go. Have an idea of what classes you would like to take that actually FIT into your degree plan. Tell your adviser some classes you have liked/disliked and why you feel that way so they can guide you in what to take next. Be upfront about when you want to graduate. Ask questions – this is your chance to get them answered. If you don’t like your adviser, change! Ask to see the department chair or another professor (maybe one you’ve had and you trust). advisers in their department they’ve never met. “I walked into my appointment last fall, and the lady was
an adjunct professor that I had never met with ten minutes set aside to see me. The appointment was a waste of both of our times,” said another anonymous student, who took her bad advisement experience and turned it around. “I waived my right to advisement the following semester, printed out my transcript and just started following that.” In most departments, the right to advisement can be waived by your adviser on SOAR. So, are academic advisers a friend or foe to students? I’m not sure, but I can give you a few tips on how to make sure your advising appointment is informative and efficient.
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If it’s called fast food, then why does it take 20 minutes to be served at Chick-Fil-A? Selling spice should not be illegal. Maybe this semester the intramural referees will pay attention during the game so that I don't have to call every single foul myself and then get smoked by a dodgeball.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
I was thrilled to see that I am not the only person on campus who knew that it was Donna Reed’s Jamie Barnes is a junior Eng- There were only stumps, mud, they benefit us as a community. somewhere and walk off never to birthday last Thursday! So, if we all take a second to see it again. Throw it in a trash lish major from Raleigh, Miss. and few academic buildings. In
USM, stop littering and start caring
We have so much to be proud of as a university. We all make up the Southern Miss family and community – a community that is Creative, Bold, Determined. Because of such, we have so much to take pride in as a university and as a family; we just have to take some initiative. This brings me to my point: If we think back on the very beginnings of this place, when we were but a modest Normal College, there were no trees.
order to walk from one building to another without getting one’s shoes dirty, walking on wooden planks was necessary. Now, think on what you see today – beautiful oak trees galore, rose gardens, scenic landscaping around buildings, and green spaces where all can rest and relax. Things have drastically changed since those desolate times were there was only mud. We’re all guilty of taking these things for granted and not being appreciative of how
look around, we will undoubtedly see the hard work and loving devotion that was put into this very special place. Over the past century, our campus has become a beautiful place that thousands of students, hundreds of professors, (and a few cats along the way) have called home. That alone should be enough reason to take pride in our school. So I urge you, Southern Miss family, help take care of this place. Please, don’t throw your trash on the ground. Don’t set it down
can. Recycle it. Have more initiative to help keep our campus beautiful. And if you happen to walk by and see a Coke can on the ground, or you happen to stumble across a McDonald’s bag, please, I beg of you, pick it up and throw it away. It only takes a few seconds, I promise you. We can all do our part to help. We can all help keep our campus beautiful. There are enough of us to make a difference. We’ve just got to try.
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Sports
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Page 7
Tennis wins weekend games
Tennis
Travis Thornell Printz Writer
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(Above) Stephanie Dellocono a senior from Baton Rouge, La., serves and defeats Raisa Guasti of Jacksonville State 4-6. 7-6 (7-5), 6-1. (Right) Vroni Van Berlo a sophomore from Erp, The Netherlands returns shot. Berlo defeated Marani Vivane of Jacksonville State 6-2, 6-1.
Track & Field
Spring-like weather welcomed the Eagle tennis teams on their first home matches of the year. Both squads were win-less headed into the weekend but were able to capture their first victories of the season. On Friday, the Lady Eagles (11) faced off against Jacksonville State and took the match, 6-1. The women’s team got off to a great start with sweeping the doubles and was led by the duo of sophomore Vroni van Berlo and senior Stephanie Dellocono. The pair finished off the doubles sweep by defeating JSU’s Vivane Marani and Martina Dessbesell, 8-7 (7-3). Van Berlo and Dellocono carried the momentum into singles play, where both came out with clutch victories. Van Berlo started the Lady Eagles with her straight set victory of Marani, 6-2, 6-1. Meanwhile, Dellocono sealed the win by taking the last match 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 over Raisa Guasti. Second year coach of the women’s team, Raynie Theis, said of her team’s first victory of the season, “It was a good win for the
team. I thought everyone handled the pressure well and stayed mentally tough.” On Saturday, the Men’s team took the court against Alcorn State. After splitting the first two double matches, the Eagle’s number two pairing of freshmen Paulo Alvarado and Alex Doleac won their match against the ASU team of Y Shearron-Hawkins and Alejandro Dominequez, 8-3, to give Southern Miss a 1-0 advantage going into singles play. Seniors Julien Roussel and Jan Burmeister led the Eagles with straight set wins to give the Eagles their first victory of the season, 5-2 over Alcorn State. Roussel
spoke of the improvements the Eagles have made already: “For the moment, it is pretty tough. We are looking forward to keep improving. We are a young team. We just need to get better and better every day.” First year men’s Coach Ki Kroll commented on the goals of the season, “It is all about building, so we are just trying to get as much out of this season as we can.” The men’s team will next play in the UNVL Rebel Classic against Cal Poly, New Mexico State and UNLV this upcoming weekend. They will return to Hattiesburg to play Nicholls State February 15th at 1:30. The women’s team, on the other hand, will play their next three matches at home with a double-header Saturday against Alcorn State and Southern University at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and next
Long jumper qualifies for national competition Junior Tori Bowie set a USM record with a jump of 6.43 meters at a track meet in January at LSU Purple Tiger Invitational.
Parker Waters
Tori Bowie recorded the top mark in the nation with a jump of 6.43m.
Tyler Cleveland Printz Writer Most haven’t heard of the tiny town of Sand Hill, Mississippi, but one Southern Miss junior is about to put tiny hamlet on the map. For Golden Eagle long jumper Tori Bowie, one outstanding leap has changed the game-plan for an entire season in the year’s first event. Bowie set a personal record long jump for an indoor event with a 6.43-meter (21-foot, 1.5 inch) jump at the LSU Purple Tiger Invitational on Jan. 15, automatically qualifying her for the National Championships on March 11 in College Station, Texas. “I could tell as soon as I hit the board,” Bowie said. “I was smiling and busting out laughing by the time I landed, and if you watch the tape you can see it as I’m standing up.” She had reason to smile – that jump was a long time in the making. Bowie came to Southern Miss from Pisgah High School, a small, 1-A school ranked 163rd out of 189 public schools in the state in enrollment near her home town of Sand Hill. It was at Pisgah she started jumping, and joined the school team in the 10th grade. Although proficient in other events (she placed second in the triple jump at the same Jan. 15
meet, and currently ranks first in C-USA in the same event), Bowie has specialized in the long-jump in the five years since she began track and field. That’s five years concentrating mostly on one thing: jumping longer. Unlike most sports, training with that precise a focus is a yearround commitment, and for this psychology major, that means practice and workouts six days a week and eating right all seven. “It’s still fun,” Bowie said. “We work hard but we have our fun, and I have some great teammates and coaches. We’re really like a big family.” One teammate is family. Bowie’s younger sister Tamarra also competes for Southern Miss as a sophomore in the triple jump event. The team’s only competed in one of its three scheduled meets before the Conference USA Indoor Championships on Feb. 25 in Houston. Bowie’s championship-qualifying jump, which was about two feet further than the length of an average limousine, came in the teams’ first event of the season, meaning she now has those three events, plus the conference championship, to hone her craft before competing on the national stage at Texas A&M. She is training under first-year assistant Adrian Ghioroaie, who
just joined coach Kevin Stephen’s staff after leaving his alma mater of Kent State, where he helped coach the Lady Golden Flashes to a 2010 Mid-America Conference Indoor Championship. “Coach Stephen did a great job of recruiting Tori and her sister to USM,” Ghioroaie said. “I have started coaching her since August, and obviously he has done an outstanding job of getting her to where she was, then he had the confidence in me – the new guy – to work with her.” That student-teacher tandem seems to be working so far. The jump Bowie registered at Baton Rouge beat her personal best by over seven inches. Ghioroaie says while the rest of the country’s long-jumpers will be using the rest of the indoor season trying to qualify alongside Bowie, she’ll be concentrating on having her best jump ready for March 11. “That’s one advantage she has now,” he said. “Everyone else is still going to be worried about getting in, and she can start concentrating on that date and use the rest of the season to improve on her previous best and get more confidence in her triple jump.” Bowie said she’s not satisfied with simply qualifying. “I want it,” she said. “My goal is to win that national championship, and I know I can do it with a lot of hard work and confidence.”
Sports
Page 8
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Eagles defeat Tulane 76-54 BASKETBALL
Travis Thornell Printz Writer On Saturday night, the Southern Miss Golden Eagles were able to continue their home court dominance with a 67-54 victory over rival Tulane Green Wave. The win improved the Golden Eagles to 16-5 and 5-3 in Conference USA play. The Eagles appeared to be rolling once again after losing to Memphis and SMU. This win coupled with their win against ECU Wednesday night showed that the Eagles will still be in strong contention for the conference championship. The Green Wave (12-8, 2-5 CUSA) were carried by performances by sophomores Kendall Timmons and Jordan Callahan. Timmons scored 10 of his 18 points in the first half while Callahan chipped in 6 of his game high 20 to keep Tulane even with the Eagles.
The Eagles used a great defensive effort to finally grab a comfortable lead with 7 minutes to go. They were able to carry a 34- 22 halftime lead. Senior forward Gary Flowers, who accomplished his 15th career double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds, said, “Defense and rebounding are our number one characteristic and when we get away from that we tend to lose games. We’ve been giving up well over 50 percent (field goal average) and we felt like we had to come out and stop that.” During the second half Callahan used his excellent three point shot to climb back into the game in the early minutes of the second half. He hit on four three point attempts to allow the Green Wave to close within a five point margin at 45-40, but that would be as close as they would get. The Eagles used a 16-2 run to put away Tulane. Along with Flowers, senior R.L. Horton and juniors Maurice Bolden and Angelo John-
son turned in stellar performances. Horton and Bolden contributed 12 and 11 points, respectively. Johnson, who threw in 9 points, commented on the adjustments made defensively by saying, “We’ve been getting scored against the highest percentage in league play, so we’ve been taking that pretty personal. It was good to see them shoot 37 percent.” The win marked a milestone in the Larry Eustachy era. The Golden Eagles have not been .500 in the league in the seven years he has been coach. Coach Eustachy gave the reason for the success of the season by saying, “We’ve got great players and we have worked hard as a staff to get great players. It’s as simple as that. We’ve gotten great fan support. This is the best fan support we have gotten here.” The Eagles will be on the road Wednesday night to take on the Blazers of UAB at 7 p.m. They will return to play Marshall Saturday at 5 p.m.
Top Left: Corey Trotter and son, Corey Trotter Jr. from Hattiesburg, Miss. cheer at the USM basketball game. Above: Sai’Quon Stone, guard, grabs the ball from Tulane’s defender at the USM basketball game Jan. 29. /photos by Eli Baylis/Printz Bottom Left: Freshman guard Niesha Pierce struggles to pass the ball against tight defense during the basketball game against SMU. The Lady Eagles went on to win the contest 75-63 over the SMU Mustangs on Thursday, January 27, 2011. /photo by Jordan Moore/Printz
Men’s Basketball at UAB Day: Date: Location: Time:
Wednesday February 2 Birmingham, Ala. 7:00 p.m.
UAB’s last 5 games:
Overall Record 15-5
1/17 vs. East Carolina 1/19 @ SMU 1/22 vs. Memphis 1/26 vs. Marshall 1/29 vs. UCF
W, 66-59 W, 67-53 L, 76-73 W, 60-56 W, 74-69
Southern Miss Box Score M. Basketball:
1/26 @ East Carolina W, 84-77 1/29 vs. Tulane W, 67-54
W. Basketball:
1/27 vs. SMU W, 75-63 1/30 @ Memphis L, 78-58
M. Tennis:
1/29 vs. Alcorn St. W, 5-2
W. Tennis:
1/25 @ Ole Miss L ,7-0 1/28 vs. Jacksonville St. W, 6-1
Southern Miss Sports: Upcoming Games Wednesday, Feb. 2 at 7:00 p.m. Men’s Basketball @ UAB Birmingham, Ala.
Saturday, Feb. 5 at 2:00 p.m. Women’s Tennis vs. Southern Hattiesburg, Miss.
Friday, Feb. 4 at 12 p.m. Men’s Tennis vs. Cal Poly Las Vegas, Nev.
Saturday, Feb. 5 at 12:00 p.m. Men’s Tennis @ UNLV Las Vegas, Nev.
Saturday, Feb. 5 at 10:00 a.m. Women’s Tennis vs. Alcorn State Hattiesburg, Miss.
Saturday, Feb. 5 at 5:00 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Marshall Hattiesburg, Miss.