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College Hall to open doors early Tyler Hill News Editor
After undergoing about a year of construction, College Hall is opening a little earlier than expected. When a tornado ripped through campus, many spaces in the Performing Arts Center and Fine Arts Building were destroyed or heavily damaged, leaving many courses without classrooms. To alleviate the spacing issue, the School of Mass of Communication and Journalism started moving into its new home, College Hall, this week, while some of the music and fine arts department moved into MCJ’s offices and classrooms in Southern Hall. Originally, the MCJ department was not scheduled to move until fall 2013. In the days following the tornado, the PAC and FAB classes were moved to what is now dubbed Twister Town, roughly 20 module units used as classrooms, professor offices and the School of Music Office located near Hillcrest Residence
Hall. Along with Twister Town, many courses have moved to either Bennett Auditorium or various parts of campus such as Centennial Lawn and The Hub for music rehearsals. Before the School of Music moved to Southern Hall, professors had to travel from the Hillcrest parking lot to Bennett Auditorium to teach classes. Director of Bands Catherine Rand said the move to Southern Hall has been a pleasant surprise. “I’m very happy we are in this kind of facility and set-up,” Rand said. “It doesn’t take much to please us...as long as we have a space. The university has also been very good to us by being accommodating and giving us this space.” Rand said they even received an upgrade. “We actually have windows,” Rand said. “Many offices in the PAC don’t have windows, so it’s nice to see the weather, students walking around campus, and we even get fresh air.” For the School of Mass Communication and Journalism, the forced, early move isn’t entirely unwelcome.
Mary Margaret Halford, executive editor of The Student Printz, said she and her staff will be relocating to their new offices on the third floor of College Hall in about two weeks. “Since I’m a senior, I didn’t think I would actually get to work in College Hall,” Halford said. “I hate the circumstances that are forcing us there, but I’m excited to get to use the new building.” Due to the early move, the university had to rent furniture for classrooms and some of the department’s offices. Director of MCJ Chris Campbell said that other than having to wait on furniture, the department is excited about the move. “We’re thrilled about the building,” Campbell said. “It’s such a beautiful building, so we’re very excited for the reopening of College Hall.” Campbell said it may take anywhere from two to six weeks for the building to be fully furnished. Christopher Little/Printz
RIGHT: Junior music education major Kris Chandler packs boxes during the music department’s move to Southern Hall on Wednesday afternoon.
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Philanthropy hits home for Greeks Mary Margaret Halford Executive Editor
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Freshman Haleigh Hughes cheers with the ladies of Kappa Delta as they perform in Delta Delta Delta’s Triple Play cheer competition on Wednesday night. Kappa Delta took first place at the philanthropy event.
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Southern Miss students will be busy this weekend raising money for their philanthropies, but the events are more than just another fundraiser to the Greeks who are hosting them. On Saturday, Delta Tau Delta will host their 23rd annual philanthropy event at the Payne Center, including a Great Strides Walk and Children’s Sports Challenge. The money raised will support cystic fibrosis research, a cause that directly impacts their chapter on campus.
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“Our first chapter president, Stephen Richards, has the disease and is one of the oldest living people with it,” said Hunter Nichols, a senior sport coaching major and member of Delta Tau Delta. “He is still very involved in our chapter and is like a father to us.” Current chapter president Tyler Albin said raising money that helps one of his brothers means a lot to the fraternity. “Thirty years ago, the life expectancy of someone with cystic fibrosis was only 19 years old,” Albin said. “Steve just celebrated his 49th birthday last week, which is a statement of how far research regarding cystic fibrosis has come.” Albin said the Saturday event
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will include a Great Strides Walk that is open to everyone and a Children’s Sports Challenge featuring three-legged sack races, bowling, kickball and other games for kids. Albin said Delta Tau Delta has raised more than $370,000 for cystic fibrosis research since they started hosting the event. Last year, they raised about $40,000. At the Intramural Fields, Delta Delta Delta sorority will be hosting their annual Triple Play event, a softball competition to raise money for their national philanthropy, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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City Council to hold meeting on campus with city government is important at any time. “I’m very excited about this because I think it will allow students to see the inner workings of Hattiesburg,” Bush said. “This city is a true community and it has so much to offer USM students, so I’m hoping that this is the beginning of them getting to see that. It’s so important for students to invest in Hattiesburg and make it their city during their college years.”
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with an experience that will be their moment for life,” Ismail said. “To know that we as an overall community were able to make such a contribution and have such an impact on this child’s life holds greater value over any grand prize.” Ismail said that though the event will be a good time for anyone who comes out, it’s important to remember the reason for the fundraiser. “When I learn that something like a trip to an amusement park may be the highlight and peak of experience for a child’s entire life, that makes me put things into perspective,” Ismail said. “In turn, I feel obligated to take the ability and resources I have and help these children come to the realization that they are powerful and they are indeed fighters throughout it all.”
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After finishing up a day of athletics at Sports Challenge and Triple Play, Greeks will head down to The Venue in downtown Hattiesburg for a charity banquet, Pi Kappa Alpha’s annual drawdown. The event raises money for Give the Kids the World Foundation, which focuses on providing children with terminal illnesses a seven-day getaway to Disney World. Pike philanthropy chairman Mo Ismail, a junior psychology major, said the fraternity has a goal of raising $5,000 at the event. The event, which will feature a live jazz band, will have allyou-can-eat food provided by Crescent City Grill and unlimited alcohol from Keg and Barrel. Tickets are $100 and can be split four ways for $25 each. Contact any Pike for ticket information. The grand prize at the drawdown will be $5,000, and random draws for cash prizes will take place throughout the evening. “It allows our fraternity’s current members and alumni members, as well as the Greek Life and Hattiesburg community, to come together under one roof in unity to provide a child in need
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greek, from 1 “Since I have gotten to visit St. Jude firsthand and see the children our philanthropy helps, I am able to appreciate this event even more,” said Haley Hollomon, a junior elementary education major. “I am so appreciative to be a member of a sorority that is so passionate about our philanthropy.” The members of Tri Delta made a trip to St. Jude in Memphis in November 2011, getting to see just how their hard work was paying off for patients in the hospital. “The children at St. Jude deserve so much, and the fact that we can help, even just a little bit, means the world to me,” said junior marketing major Rebekah Segraves. Besides the softball competition, Triple Play also features a cheer competition among sororities that took place Wednesday night in the Payne Center. “I really love that we do Triple Play to support our philanthropy because I feel like it’s an event the whole campus can participate in,” Segraves said. “It’s a fun, upbeat event that brings in money for a great cause.”
lations major, is the social media intern for the City Council and thinks this meeting would be a good one for students to attend because of its focus on the Midtown Project. “It would be great to learn about the changes that’ll be taking place in the future, and those changes will help define Hattiesburg as more of a college town,” Bush said. But Bush said getting involved
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The Hattiesburg City Council will be taking its show on the road next week when it relocates its meetings to the campus of Southern Miss in the Trent Lott Center. “We’re really excited about having the meeting on campus,” Council Vice-President Dave Ware said after the Feb. 4 meeting
be able to speak up at the citizens’ forum to be held at the end of the Monday meeting. The first meeting will include a public hearing and agenda review, in addition to the usual citizens’ forum in which anyone can speak. The Tuesday meeting will include routine business and a presentation about the Midtown Project, a plan to reshape the area of Hattiesburg near Southern Miss. Hayley Bush, a senior public re-
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downtown when the change of venue was announced. “We want as many students as possible to come out and see what we do.” The meetings, which are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday at 5 p.m., will be the first time city council has met on campus. Though the meetings will be taking place in a different environment, the agenda will not be affected. Ware added that students who are interested will even
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Week offers bevvy of new releases Billboard’s Top 100
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Dear people in the parking garage: please take time to actually park. Just because one person parks badly does not mean you have to follow suit. Signed, Everyone who knows how to park The only thing Apple Pie City needs is YOU. Come join the fun at Stage Monkey auditions, 7-9 pm tonight in JGH 115. You could be Apple Pie City’s newest star Thank you all so much for supporting Crystal Johnson in this year election! She really deserved it! :) The #Impeach era is over! Let’s hurry up and get Chilcutt into office so she can bring some much needed change to SGA and Southern Miss! #TeamChilcutt
JH, you’re welcome for that. Hey! don’t get me wrong the trees that got destroyed do mean a lot to USM but I’m pretty sure the lost of Dr. Wiggins was more important. We can get trees back not Dr. Wiggins. His story should’ve been first. Want to study abroad but don’t really know much about it? Check out @studyabroadusm @theabbeyprogram @britishstudies & @ compassprogram on instagram for updates, deadlines, informational meetings, & photos of past or current students! Seriously you guys lets organize a game of human vs zombies organized To the kind person that returned the ID cards to CP1 on Monday morning, thank you! You’re an angel!
Don’t forget to support Tri Delt this weekend in Triple Play!!! To KS: You will always be our special snowflake, even after graduation. Xoxo, Gossip Girl. #JSTTT
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Opinion
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Music to my ears: Students play on despite the odds Tyler Hill News Editor
Imagine: You’re walking through the Southern Miss campus, sipping on Coca-Cola from Seymour’s, hearing a crazy preacher man call students devil children and “so-whoreity” girls, all while listening to the sound of live music in the background. Well...that’s what happened to me on Tuesday. After the tornado damaged music buildings, students from the School of Music were forced outside to practice playing their instruments throughout various parts of campus, such as Centennial Lawn, West Memorial Drive and even the parking garage, creating a wonderful soundtrack to serenade students to class. In a few months, however, those students will be moving
back into buildings and auditoriums, leaving campus musicless, sans the sounds of trumpets, saxophones and other instruments. That is not a good thing. Students have embraced the music and have come to expect to see their peers blowing their horns. It’s hard to imagine walking by the Shoemaker Square fountain not hearing the sound of a saxophone or driving to the fourth floor of the parking garage and not seeing the guy with his tuba. Working in the Office of Admissions as a student tour guide, I’ve picked up on activities that prospective students love to see. Prospectives love to see a campus that is vibrant and full of student life. Whether it’s watching the Quidditch team play on Pride Field or seeing students hammock in the gigantic oak tree by the Kennard-Washington building, visitors love seeing students roam campus. Music students playing their instruments throughout campus undoubtedly creates a fun, exciting and lively atmosphere that everyone can enjoy. Can’t
you just see President Lucas walking down the red brick road by Shoemaker Square sporting a fancy bow-tie and listening to jazz music? Or am I the only one? Director of Bands Catherine Rand said students playing instruments outside has been good for the School of Music. “Instead of being stuck on one end of the campus, we are now within the campus and within the student and university life because people get to see us,” Rand said. “It also brings you guys [the student body] to us in a way. You walk around saying, ‘Oh, that’s pretty nice.’ We have some amazing players.” On behalf of the USM student body, I beg: please, don’t stop the music.
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Sports
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Angels predicted to be MLB champs Josh Campbell Printz Writer
Last offseason, the Los Angeles Angels stole the show by signing the best position player and starting pitcher available in free agency in Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson, respectively. The New York Yankeeesque spending spree did not translate into wins, however, as the Angels failed to reach the postseason. This offseason, both Los Angeles teams made huge splashes in free agency. The Angels made the biggest and most unexpected move similar to last offseason by acquiring perennial All Star outfielder Josh Hamilton to the tune of five years, $125 million. The Los Angeles Dodgers did not shy away from shelling out cash either, as they signed starting pitcher Zack Greinke to a six-year, $147 million deal. But as the baseball world has seen over the past decade, spending bundles of cash does not translate into winning championships. Just ask the Boston Red Sox how that worked out for them; they stumbled to an abysmal 69-93 record that led to the firing of manager Bobby Valentine. Instead, it was the teams that built from within that had the most success last season. The Baltimore Orioles, Oakland Athletics, Washington Nationals, St. Louis Cardinals and the champion San Francisco Giants all made the playoffs with rosters comprised of mainly home grown talent. This season appears to be no different, though. The Nationals appear to be the cream of the crop this year and will be led by fiery 20-year-old Bryce Harper. Harper took the league by storm as a teenager last season and helped revive baseball in the nation’s capital. He, along with electric right hander Stephen Strasburg, should continue to build on their early success and make the nationals a serious contender come October. One of the better storylines of the offseason was the Atlanta Braves acquiring the talented Upton brothers, outfielders B.J. and Justin. Adding these two brothers to a lineup that already features Jason Heyward, Brian McCann and Freddie Freeman should help ease the pain for Braves fans as they move on with life without retired great Chipper Jones. They could challenge the Nationals for the NL East. In the NL Central, there are two teams that stick out, the St. Louis Cardinals and the NL Central Division winner Cincinnati Reds. Both teams will be returning their core players and could contend for the NL pennant. The NL West could be up for grabs this season despite containing the Giants. The Arizona Diamondbacks, San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers all have re-
alistic chances to improve. In the division, the Dodgers have had the biggest overhaul over the past eight months, acquiring the likes of Carl Crawford, Adrian Gonzales, Hanley Ramirez and Greinke. The Dodgers will have the highest payroll in MLB history this season at a whopping $250 million. The reigning AL champion Detroit Tigers should contend with one of the fiercest lineups in all of baseball. Their lineup contains Triple Crown winner and AL MVP Miguel Cabrera, All Star slugger Prince Fielder and speedy leadoff man Austin Jackson. The AL West could be up
for grabs as well this season. While the Angels went on another spending spree, the Rangers regressed after losing a lot of pop in their lineup, and the Athletics kept their team together and hope to surprise everyone once again and win the division. Newcomer Houston Astros owned the worst record in baseball over the last two seasons and are years away from contending. The Angels’ Mike Trout will look to build on one of the most impressive rookie campaigns in MLB history, as he finished as the runner-up for the AL MVP award to Miguel Cabrera. Trout hit .326 with 30 home
runs, 83 RBI and 49 stolen bases. The AL East received a makeover this offseason as the Toronto Blue Jays appear to be the best team in the division on paper. The team north of the border added reigning NL Cy Young and knuckleballer R.A. Dickey along with former All Stars Jose Reyes, Mark Buerhle, Josh Johnson and John Buck from the payroll-slashing Florida Marlins. The Yankees have an aging and expensive roster that could put up a bunch of wins but do not have the pieces anymore to truly contend. The Tampa Bay Rays and Orioles could compete, but like the Yan-
kees, it seems that they will not have enough firepower to compete with the Blue Jays. There are a lot of questions to be answered this season, but as it sits now the teams with best chance to win the World Series this year are the Angels, Reds, Tigers, Blue Jays and Nationals, in order. The Dodgers, Braves, Orioles, Athletics and Giants, along with a handful of other squads, all could easily make their case for supremacy this season. If one thing is certain, it’s that the Chicago Cubs will not win the World Series for the 105th consecutive year.
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Sophomore infielder Michael Sterling defends second base against a Missouri State runner during the game played on Saturday evening as part of the Southern Miss Invitational. The Golden Eagles lost out 6-2. The Eagles will travel to Troy this weekend to continue their season. At this point in the season, their record is 5-3, with one loss occurring at home and the other two on the road.
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Golden Eagles blow lead, lose at ULM Barrett Negus Printz Writer Southern Miss stranded runners on first and third after blowing a two-run lead in the bottom of the seventh against University of Louisiana-Monroe on Tuesday night. The Golden Eagles had 15 hits for the second consecutive game, with four players collecting two hits and sophomore Connor Barron banging out four base knocks. Southern Miss and ULM each
scored a pair of runs in the first inning. The Eagles scored their runs on four singles, with Tim Lynch and Bradley Roney each picking up a run batted in. ULM tied the game in the bottom of the inning, scoring two runs on a Roney throwing error from third base. They took a 3-2 lead in the third, scoring a run when Kodie Tidwell hit into a bases-loaded double play. Southern Miss starter Jake Winston lasted only two innings, giving up three runs, only one earned, while walking four batters in a no-decision. The loss wiped out another
dominant pitching performance from Jay Myrick, who gave up only a single run on two hits in four innings, striking out five Warhawks. Southern Miss took the lead back in the sixth on the second of two RBIs from Breck Kline and added another run in the seventh on a line-drive shot over the left field wall by Blake Brown, his first of the season. “I was looking middle-away, and he hung a slider on the inside part of the plate,” Brown said. “I was able to barrel it up and drive the baseball. I have hit some balls hard and had
nothing to show, so it felt good to finally hit a ball hard and see the results.” The Warharks took the lead for good on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eight by Dalton Herrington. ULM tied the game up on a two-run shot off reliever A.J. Glasshof, who allowed two runs on two hits in an inning of work, falling to 0-1 on the season. Southern Miss (5-3) travels to Troy this weekend for a three game non-conference series.
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