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Caroline Bradley elected SGA president Hiba Tahir Printz Reporter
On Tuesday, the Student Government Association held elections to choose the new student leaders for the USM Hattiesburg campus. For the first time in several years, students voted not only for executive officers but for Senate members. Subsequently, a record number of people voted. The turnout was so unforeseen that election commissioner
Phoenix Pope announced there would be no runoffs Thursday. “With more candidates on the ballot, we were able to reach a bigger portion of the student body,” Pope said. “I’m glad that the voter turnout was high because that means that the students voiced their opinions to elect their Student Government Association leadership.” Caroline Bradley won the office of SGA president with 1,002 votes. Bradley, a sophomore English
major from Lucedale, Mississippi served on the SGA Forum branch of Freshman Associates as president and co-director of Freshman Forum. “I am so thankful for the opportunities I have been given at this university,” she said. “I believed it was time for me to give back.” With the belief that serving as SGA president was her best option to return the favor, Bradley ran for president. She received
widespread support from the student body. “Having an amazing support system while making the decision to run and when campaigning definitely helped,” she said. Bradley hopes to implement her five-point platform soon after she is sworn in on Founder’s Day on March 30. The plan includes improving and developing student IDs, maintaining a strong relationship with Cook Library, improving and promoting parking,
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building up Student Initiatives and Speak Up Southern Miss and working with professors to find cheaper textbook alternatives. “I pushed for the One Card System and student IDs throughout my campaign,” Bradley said. “I plan to work to make it happen.” She was a finalist for Most Outstanding Freshman, the winner of the SOAR Award for Emerging New Leader and once high-fived Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow, but she is most excited about her collaboration with the Southern Miss student body. “I cannot wait to connect with the student body,” she said. “I want to hear what they have to say and listen to the ideas they want to bring to the table.” Bradley believes choosing to attend USM was the best decision of her life. “I have gained so much through my experiences in student organizations, [faculty] and student body at Southern Miss has done nothing but give to me,” she said. If given the opportunity to tell the student body anything, Bradley would thank them for electing her. “I am so excited for the upcoming year together, and I cannot wait to begin working for each of you,” she said. If the election is any indication, Bradley seems to have inherited a very politically engaged student body that will hold her to her promises. “Voter turn out this year has been higher than in the past,” Pope said. “A lot of that is because of the efforts SGA has made to inform students about elections through social media. Making sure that students know what is going on is important, and we have made huge steps this year to reach students in a multitude of new ways.”
Women’s Rights activist lectures on workplace discrimination Nan Beauti Copy Editor
Lilly Ledbetter, who initiated the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and fought against workplace discrimination spoke to the Southern Miss community Tuesday evening for the University Forum in Bennett Auditorium. In “Grace and Grit,” a presentation titled after her book, Ledbetter described her legal fight for justice. “What happened to me is
happening to women every day across this nation,” Ledbetter said. “One in five children will go to bed hungry tonight simply because one of their parents, most likely their mother, is not paid what she’s legally earning under the law.” She strived for women’s equal pay and made an effort to implement a law through the federal government. “One of the cool things about Ledbetter’s story is that it’s so universal,” said University Forum Director Andrew Haley. “There were
people in the audience who see their own lives reflected in what happened on stage in her story, and also that half of our audience was made up of young women that are about to go into the workforce.” Ledbetter’s efforts were commemorated when legislation named the bill after her. With a suit against a former employer, she fought her way to the Supreme Court to combat workplace discrimination. “One of the things I admire most about Lilly Ledbetter is she set out as
a radical to change the world,” Haley said. “She set out to fend herself from an unfair society.” Ledbetter’s journey to justice began when she started working at Goodyear Tire and Rubbers plant in Gadsden, Alabama. Nearly 20 years later, someone put a secret note on her paycheck, revealing she was being paid significantly less than her male counterparts in the workplace. LEDBETTER CONT. ON PG. 2
Austin Sylvest/Printz Lilly Ledbetter addresses the audience in Bennett Auditorium on March 1.
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USM students advance to USQ national Quidditch tournament Andrew Dutton Printz Reporter
The Facebook page of Baton Rouge and New Orleans community quidditch team, The Gulf Coast Gumbeaux says, “Anyone is welcome to tryout if they have the drive and determination to do whatever it takes to win.” The team hosts open summer practices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge with tryouts for the fall roster in late August as well as early January for the spring roster. The Gumbeaux’s recruitment efforts appear to be working, Two USM students were on the Gumbeaux’s roster when it placed in the United States Quidditch Southwest regional tournament on Feb. 20 and 21. Following the victory, the team is preparing to represent Louisiana at USQ Quidditch Cup 9 in April in its first year of existence. USM news editorial major Nick Kubicki founded the Southern Miss Quidditch team, which he left in 2015. He currently plays the chaser position for the Gulf Coast Gumbeaux Quidditch team. Kubicki said he, fellow USM
teammate Heather Burg and the rest of the team feels confident heading into the National Championships in April. “We’re ecstatic,” Kubicki said. “It wasn’t guaranteed that we would make it, but we definitely had a hell of a chance.” There are four different positions with seven players on each team. The positions for each team involve three chasers, two beaters, one keeper and a seeker, and there are two different balls with in play. As chaser, Kubicki is charged with scoring by throwing a ball called the “quaffle” through one the opposing team’s three goals, which are guarded by keepers. They all must contend with beaters, who use dodgeballs in order to eliminate enemy players in the game. According to the USM Quidditch site, quidditch is a full contact sport combining elements of dodgeball, flag football, rugby, basketball and soccer. Kubicki encourages students
interested in quidditch to try it out. “My general go-to answer that I say to everyone all the time is try it out,” Kubicki said. He said there is no way to judge the sport unless one has tried to play it. Biological sciences major Brittany Laurent plays the beater position on the Southern Miss Quidditch team, which she joined two years ago. As beater, she is to hit the other team’s players with bludgers and block the enemy team’s beaters from hitting her team. Laurent said the sport is unique because of its combined elements from several other sports. “Quidditch is a cross of everything,” Laurent said. “It’s a sport you’re probably never going to see again.” Laurent said she is proud of the USM players on the Gumbeaux team. “The [U.S.] Cup is an accomplishment for any team,” Laurent said.
LEDBETTER CONTINUED Ledbetter endured years of discrimination and disagreement with her movement. She sued for sex discrimination in pay through Title VII of the Civil Rights of 1964. She fought for the cause for eight years and won at the District Court. The Court of Appeals, however, reversed that decision, and the Supreme Court ruled against her. Ledbetter refused to stop there. For two years, she lobbied against sex discrimination, leading the U.S. Congress to pass the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. “It was the first bill President Obama signed, and it set the stage for real progress in our fight for equal pay,” Ledbetter said. The act mitigates the process for women in the case of sex discrimination in pay. “It’s been seven years since I stood beside the President and he signed the Ledbetter Bill, a bill that allows people to challenge every discriminatory paycheck they receive,” Ledbetter said. “I’ve learned that you young women need to be aware that if you are not asserting your rights from the beginning, even in what seems like a very progressive moment of age, there is no incentive for corporations and companies to pay more if they don’t have to,” Haley said. The fifth University Forum of the academic year strung in a crowd of nearly 200. Barbara Ehrenreich, author of “Nickel and Dimed,” will present the next and last university forum event of the semester on April 12. “We are engaged with the issues that matter, and despite what the national media might say about Mississippi, we are open to new ideas,” Haley said.
Courtesy Photo Gumbeaux Quidditch stands together after Southwest tournament victory.
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Acclaimed writers visit English department Lora Lavigne Printz Reporter
The Center for Writers at The University of Southern Mississippi kicked off its first presentation of the Visiting Writers Series on March 1. The English Department Center for Writers regularly invites internationally acclaimed fiction writers poets and to Hattiesburg for public readings, workshops and individual conferences with Center graduate students. Antonya Nelson, award-winning author and creative-writing teacher, is this year’s featured guest speaker. Nelson has taught in the Warren Wilson College MFA Writers Program, and currently teaches University of Houston’s creative writing program. She authored “Sherlock Helmes: the best mathematician the country has ever seen,” “In the Land of Men,” “Talking in Bed,” Nobody’s Girl: A Novel,” “Living to Tell: A Novel” and “Female Trouble.” Her notable works have appeared in Esquire, The New Yorker, Harper’s and Redbook, among others. With the success of her short stories, fiction writings and books, Nelson was recognized in “Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards and Best American Short Stories.” USM Center for Writers faculty members formed a wish list of potential visiting poets and fiction writers t. Andrew Milward, co-director of the Visiting Writers Series, said Nelson was high on their list for quite some time. “Antonya Nelson is one of the most renowned story writers and teachers of fiction writing working today,” Milward said.
Hannah Heneghan/Printz Antonya Nelson reads to USM students during March 1’s Visiting Writers Series.
“That’s a tremendous benefit to USM students.” Milward said Nelson visited USM nearly a decade ago and left an everlasting impact on the students of the university. The Visiting Writer Series will include readings of Nelson’s work, question and answer forums and book signings at the end of her appearance. English students and fiction writers from all over the USM community anticipate this year’s series. “Meeting other writers and discussing their work is a key part of developing as a writer because it shows an example of how inspiration can become a successful product,” said Emma Reeves, a junior English major. Reeves said there is value in all kinds of writing and that by having a guest speaker, students are able to step out of their comfort zones and expand their skills. “I hope this shows our students that literature isn’t just something that happens in the classroom,” Milward said. “It’s part of a larger community of writers and artists that happens outside of the classroom in events like ours.”
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GLOBE Program, Science Café discuss environmental science Jamaud Bell Contributing Reporter
The University of Southern Mississippi Library staff featured the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program in a Science Café event hosted in Cook Library on Feb. 29. A number of scientists with a vision created the program with the intent of spreading knowledge about the environment to students, teachers and willing participants around the world, forming the GLOBE Program. The program was founded and sponsored by NASA and the National Science Foundation in 1995 and celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2015. According to the website, GLOBE is a world-wide science and education program that provides students with the
opportunity to participate in data collection and contribute to human understanding of the global environment. GLOBE provides grade-level appropriate, interdisciplinary activities. Teachers use these activities in a classroom setting to teach their students about the atmosphere, the hydrosphere and soil. The teachers and students send their collected data to the GLOBE program website. During the event, Sherry Herron, associate professor and director of the Center for Science and Math Education, spoke about GLOBE. Herron is a GLOBE partner and facilitates the implementation of GLOBE in Mississippi. Herron said she is focused in her efforts to provide training opportunities and mentoring activities to promote an interest in science, enhancing environmental literacy and
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and the scientific process on campus. Other planned events for the Science Café revolve around environmental learning and data collecting. The next event, Rock the Café, will focus on geology and how earth science affects daily life.
The Science Café is an opportunity to participate in engaging conversations about science in a casual environment, and each Café features a brief presentation followed by discussion. The Cafés are free and open to the public.
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Jump Scholars spearheads latest retention efforts Joshua D Starr News Editor
The USM Office of New Student and Retention Programs is currently accepting applications for a program by which select incoming freshmen take summer courses, live in dorms and learn about the university’s various support services. According to Amy Miller, associate provost for Academic Excellence, the Jump Scholars program is intended to ensure the participants’ academic success and establishes them as resources for their peer freshmen in the fall. She said participants learn where tutoring is held for various subjects, are familiarized with university programs and hone their speaking and writing skills. “They’re kind of resources for other students by the time fall comes around,” Miller said. Freshman psychology major Lisa Brackeen told Southern Miss Now the resources she learned through the program have been immensely helpful to her in her academic career. “It helped me become more aware of how to explore campus, so I wasn’t lost my first day of fall semester,” Brackeen said. “Also, the program gave me so many resources and tips that have helped me come out of each semester thus far with a 4.0 GPA.” Miller said the Jump Scholars reflects the purpose of the New Student and Retention Programs, which coordinates with departments to support students from their first moments on campus through graduation. “There’s a lot of familiar
programs that are there,” Miller said. “For instance, First Year Initiatives, which has been highly successful and been around for a long time, is now housed within New Student and Retention Programs [and] also there are other things like the Jump Scholars program, [which] was exclusively in the College of Arts and Letters, has been expanded to be a university-wide effort.” Miller said supporting and engaging freshmen through such programs is of particular importance because it is one of the university’s best methods of retaining students and ensuring success down the road. She said most USM students that drop out do so as freshmen. According to USM Institutional Research, from 2001 to 2014, first-time, full-time freshmen who enroll directly after graduation from high school dropped out at a rate between 28.6 and 23.1 percent. “The more we can coordinate programs to support our students, the better,” Miller said. “I think you can look in the next few years to see more programs roll out, particularly around financial literacy and support to help students with financial management and understanding the role that plays in their success.” Interim Vice President of Student Affairs Thomas Burke said programs like Jump Scholars are important particularly because they engage students. He said his office and others coordinate with New Student and Retention Programs and work independently to engage students. “That old proverb ‘It takes a village’ – it really does take a lot of people to ensure a student’s
success,” Burke said. Burke said students who do not make friends, join organizations and don’t have a who don’t get involved with the university beyond their coursework are more likely to fall through the cracks. He said one of the focuses of his office is to engage freshmen in the residence halls. The one opportunity we have to affect students in a positive way is really through residence life because you have staff who are there 24/7,” Burke said. “Never again will you have that opportunity at the university to affect that many students as you do at residence students. There’s been a lot of conversation between Residence Life and Dr. Amy Miller in the areas relating to student success of how to be more intentional of what we do in the residence halls, especially with freshmen.” Burke said ways to improve retention are in constant development at the university. “The area in what is called the Learning Commons, we’re trying to create that as a student success area, but that’s in the early stages of planning to have a lot of services centrally located where the Writing Center is”. He said the plan is to create a physical one-stop location for students to access student support resources. “This is not going to be a quick turnaround effort. It’s going to take several years to get all the pieces in place,” Burke said. The deadline for Jump Scholars applications is March 18. For more information, visit artsandlettersnow.usm.edu/jump. For student success resources, visit usm.edu/success.
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USM alumni create sex-positive space The married couple co-own Pepper’s Parties, Too! and intend to promote sexual wellness with their services.
Cam Bonelli Printz Reporter
When imagining a sex shop, one may conjour an image of a shanty building on the far side of town with walls plastered with posters of pornstars and faulty fixtures flickering light in dark rooms. Its quiet, embarrassed clientele hover awkwardly in the isles. Pepper’s Parties, Too! breaks the stereotype of adult novelty stores by offering experienced staff with knowledge on sexual health and a comfortable atmosphere. Owners Kathi “Pepper” Sherman and James “Dr. Pepper” Hubbard, alumni of The University of Southern Mississippi, share a passion for sexual education and help others achieve comfort in their romantic relationships. Hubbard obtained a doctorate in research psychology from Southern Miss. “I’ve done a lot of statistical consulting,” Hubbard said. “I’ve at least had one article, one presentation each year. My background is literally staying in the background [with] researching, publications and presentations.” Sherman has a master’s degree
in counselling psychology and said she uses her degree through Pepper’s Parties. “I went into psychology because I wanted to help people,” Sherman said. “This is a way that I can do it most efficiently. I still feel like I practice psychology. I do a lot of counseling in the store - a lot of relationship counseling. Because I don’t have my license to do individual therapy, sometimes I’ll say, ‘You guys might want to go to counseling, then come back to me, and we can talk more about the sex part.’” Sherman started doing inhome product demonstration parties for women 20 years ago. She said she approaches sex from a sexual wellness point of view. Local erotica author Kim Jones said she first met Kathi at one of the parties. “She’s not intimidating,” Jones said. “I don’t want to go in some places and say I’ve got a problem. You feel safe to talk about things around her. The first time I walked into Kathi and James’ store, I felt comfortable. It’s not like you’re in an adult store.” Sherman said the parties led to
Cam Bonelli/Printz The novelty store carries a variety of adult items.
a store out of her house that she and her husband never planned on having. Four years ago, the duo established Pepper’s Parties, Too! in Hattiesburg. Sherman and Hubbard plan to open a party store in Ellisville. “I find that in Mississippi, because a lot of people have been sexually repressed, some people are very uneducated about sex,” Sherman said. “I get to teach them.” Mississippi currently requires public schools to teach pro-abstinence sexual education in schools without requiring contraceptive education. Mississippi also does not require STD or HIV/AIDS education. With this in mind, Sherman and Hubbard aim to educate the Bible Belt on how to have “safe, sane, consensual sex” and promote sexual wellness. “There is a big difference between ‘selling sex toys’ and the interactions you see between Kathi and our staff,” Hubbard said. “I even do it. We’re providing information, that’s first and foremost, and we get the benefit of being able to make a living. We’re not just the clerk selling sex toys.” Sherman said her staff is very well-trained and knowledgeable. “We have sex experts that we attend [meetings] with,” Sherman said. “[James and I] might view one of their training sessions online, and then the staff has to watch that training session. It can be about any sex topic, sometimes things that aren’t so popular or uncomfortable to talk about.” Sherman and Hubbard offer more than a way to fully express sexuality. With the knowledge to educate anyone who walks through their doors, they create a sex-positive environment conducive for spreading information about sexual health and wellness.
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Races narrow after delegates’ pledges on Super Tuesday J.D. Rimann Printz Columnist
On Wednesday, Ben Carson announced the termination of his presidential campaign and said he would not attend the GOP presidential debate Thursday in Detroit. For the Republicans, this was Super Tuesday’s biggest fallout. With Carson’s withdrawal, the Republican field is narrowed to four candidates: Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Marco Rubio, billionaire New York businessman Donald Trump and Gov. John Kasich. Now that Carson has withdrawn, Kasich is the only candidate who has yet to actually win a state in the Republican primary, although the governor has come in second in a number of Northern states. One thing to keep in mind is that even though he has won the majority of the states, The Donald is by no means guaranteed a win at this point. At this point, he has not even won half the available delegates as the field continues to thin and the opposition to his candidacy continues to increase, it is fair to wonder if the mogul is the steamroller juggernaut that the national media seem so eager to make
him out to be. Time will tell, but this writer still believes that if Rubio or Cruz were to leave the race, that might signal the death knell of the Trump campaign. On the Democratic side, Super Tuesday was an overwhelming victory for former First Lady
and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who buried her socialist challenger Sen. Bernie Sanders. She crushed him with 50-point margins of victory in several states and all but locked up the Democratic nomination. There are still many states to go, but it would take either
a collapse of unprecedented scale for Clinton to drop the nomination at this point. Well, a collapse or a felony indictment, which some pundits and politicos still believe is not outside the realm of possibility. If there is a possibility that Clinton might
be indicted for violating federal classification laws relating to her private email server, it makes perfect sense of Sanders to remain in the race. He would be the biggest beneficiary of such a revelation. He could likely become the Democratic nominee should that happen.
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Behind the mound: Hogue believes in revamped Golden Eagles Julius Kizzee Sports Editor
What makes this team better than last year, even with a worse record? “I think they hate to lose this year,” said coach Wendy Hogue. “I think last year, not that they didn’t want to win every game we played, but if we started off slow, there was no coming back.” This softball team is of a different breed than others in its conference and across the nation. The Golden Eagles are well underway in their second season under coach Hogue, and she has already put her stamp on her squad. “You can be a stumbling block by saying one thing and doing another and that’s the hardest, just trying to expect so much more of them and not accept mediocrity,” Hogue said. “At the same time, continue to remember it’s for [God’s] glory.” Religion aside, this team does have a different “feel” than in years past. You can not tell on the scoreboard yet, but the wins are well on their way. The Southern Miss softball team currently sits at 10-8, just a slight step back on where they were last year at 10-5. At this point, the team is not experiencing the on-field success of last year, but Hogue believes this team should experience even more on-field triumphs than they did last year. With newcomers such as Tori Dew, Lauren Holifield and Beth Taylor, the roster has just
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enough new blood to mix in with the old. The Golden Eagles look back at their wins in the Gulf Coast Classic against Southeastern Louisiana, Incarnate Word and Nicholls and see the productive offense that they are willing to output. On the flip side, USM dropped contests against Baylor and McNeese State, getting blanked 15-4 on the losing side. “Not only between the team [from last year], but the strength of schedule, we’ve played significantly better than we were than at this point last year,” Hogue said. This team possesses just enough talent to make it to not just .500 for the first time since 2004, but to the Conference USA tournament exclusive to the conference’s top eight teams. “Whether the record shows or not, I feel that [we are better,]” Hogue said. “I think our desire and our want to [greater].” Getting to the conference tournament should not only be the goal but should be the milestone for these ladies. Not only do they have the talent, but they should keep that chip on their shoulder from a disappointing first season where the Golden Eagles recorded a disappointing 18-34. You could make the excuse that last year was Hogue’s first season, but to say that this team is the same as the others is very near-sighted. This team has everything it needs with power – Tori Dew and Rachel Johnson; pitching – Danielle Block and Samantha Robles; and a solid coaching staff
to make this year somewhat of a redemption season behind last year’s disappointments. Assistant coach Coy Adkins is in his first season as an Golden Eagle, and he realizes that this team is all he ever asked for in a job. “The hospitality, the hometown feel of campus, the people involved in the booster club and athletic department,” Adkins said. “Without a doubt, that’s one thing that coach Hogue has established as a culture, she has a boundary for. With that boundary, you definitely have freedom to be yourself and show your individualism.” In 2016, the Golden Eagles not only play a different style, but the morale of the team has vastly improved. Players are talking more on the field, the coaches believe in the players when they are down on the scoreboard. Albeit not at the pace of last year, the wins will come soon enough for the Golden Eagles to reach their milestones. With religion on their side, Hogue and her team are looking at more than just on-the-field goals. “Softball is a tool that he’s given us to pursue our passion,” Hogue said. “My passion is not softball, it’s loving young ladies and helping them become the best they can be.” If the run at redemption fails, Hogue and her team can go down to the Duff Athletic Center and ask the football team how they turned it around.
Golden Eagles hope to improve in last road trip Kyle Williams Sports Reporter
Southern Miss played their last game at Reed Green Coliseum last Saturday against North Texas. The Golden Eagles are
Fadi Shahin/Assistant Photo Editor Kourtlin Jackson, above, will end his senior season March 5 against Marshall.
not in contention for the NCAA tournament but should not look back on the 2015-16 season as a poor one. Southern Miss still has two games to improve upon their 8-19 record. Southern Miss’ 8-19 record does not represent the effort the Golden Eagles gave this year. As stated by many players and coaches on the team, “missed opportunities” and “unnecessary turnovers” were the biggest flaws for the Golden Eagles this year. Close games against Alabama, UAB, UTEP and Rice all came down to minimal mistakes that Southern Miss made. The Golden Eagles as a team committed 357 turnovers and each Golden Eagles has double digit numbers in turnovers. Shooting the ball efficiently will have to be a focus for the Golden Eagles next year. From the field, Southern Miss did not perform horribly, but they have room to improve on their 40 percent from this season. The deep ball is an aspect Southern Miss needs to improve upon as the Golden Eagles only managed to shoot 35 percent this season. Southern
Miss managed to score 1,700 points this season despite their shooting lows. Looking back on last year, Southern Miss only managed to drop three percent from the field this year as they shot 43 percent and scored 42 more points last season. The Golden Eagles improved upon their 33 percent three-point percentage from last year but should look to aim for the 40 percent mark next year. Efforts of Iowa State graduate Kourtlin Jackson were a helpful hand for the Golden Eagles all year long. Jackson averages 27.8 minutes a game and provides Southern Miss with 13.5 points per game. Jackson will be a tough spot to fill next year, but with eight other guards, including veteran player Khari Price, Southern Miss looks to be in good shape. The Golden Eagles losing season proves to hold much improvement as Southern Miss will only lose two players next year. The young team holds all the potential to improve and make the conference championship in the 2016-17 season.
Fadi Shahin/Assistant Photo Editor Coach Hogue looks to improve during her second season as head coach.
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