Monday, October 10, 2016 Volume 101 Issue 13
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Daisy Stutts | Assistant Photo Editor President of the Board for the Spectrum Center Nathan Martin celebrates on Oct. 8 during an event at Town Square Park for Southern Fried Pride.
The Southern Fried Queer Pride Festival visited Hattiesburg for the second year in a row, raising awareness for the LGBTQ community in the Hub City. The majority of the festival’s events were held at the Spectrum Center, which was “serving as a host location for meetings for various groups affiliated with the LGBTQ+ community,” according to hattiesburgpride.com. President of the Board of the Spectrum Center Nathan Martin showed his support for the community and participated in the festival. “This whole weekend is about having events where people can come and be themselves and really be celebrated for who they are and their differences instead of feeling like outsiders,” Martin said. “We’re everywhere.” Starting on Oct. 7, the Hattiesburg United Southern Fried Festival kicked off with a “Gayest Tour Ever” themed show. The last day on Oct. 9 was a day of worship at Joshua Generation Metropolitan Community Church located in the Oak Grove area, followed by a Pride finale tea dance. With all of the events happening during the week, the festival brought LGBTQ members from all across America. “It brings together the community,” said Mobile native Josh Hill. “Even when we were on our parade, I saw people outside of the businesses taking pictures and videos and waving. [Pride is] feeling good about myself, who I am and where I come from.” For Hill to come into the Hattiesburg-area for the Pride festival, the awareness and comfort for the LGBTQ community had to be present. The Pride Walk and Pride in the Park, which were
held Oct. 8, gathered the LGBTQ community as they walked around downtown. Martin, who was a part of the walk, stresses the importance of making those in the community comfortable and safe with their differences. “It gives people a safe place to come and be themselves around other people that are similar and also love and accept them for who they are,” Martin said. “I think that’s really important especially here in Mississippi that we have safe areas like that for people of all sexualities.” Not all of the people in the park were a part of the LGBTQ community. “It’s really about the equality for my friends,” said Hattiesburg resident Anjuly May “I think that everybody has a right. It doesn’t bother me and it shouldn’t bother anybody else.” May has been married for three years with her husband, and she shows support for those in the LGBTQ community in Hattiesburg and beyond. “All these people [are] just fighting for things that are so easy for me to do and that really just breaks my heart and thats why it’s so important for me to be fighting for this and equality and that’s why I do what I do,” May said. “There’s lots of things that we’re fighting for for other people because they can’t do the things that I want to be able to do. It’s really important.” As a part of the LGBTQ community himself, while being a part of the Spectrum Center as well, Martin spoke about being comfortable with the community and developing understanding with those LGBTQ and not. “We’re already here, we’re already a part of the community,” Martin said. “It’s who we are as people. We like to think that we add to the experience and the culture of this area and of southern Mississippi.”
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NEWS MONDAY OCTOBER 10, 2016
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Pantry to open doors to USM community
Cam Bonelli | printz MSW graduate student Carlie Moon (left) and MSW Intern for the Eagle’s Nest Jennifer Martin collect food outside Walmart on Oct. 8.
JACK HAMMETT managing editor On Oct. 12, The Eagle’s Nest will hold its grand opening in Union Plaza from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The University of Southern Mississippi School of Social Work’s newly-founded nonprofit food pantry intends to offer USM residents and commuters access to free food when
needed. With the event, the pantry will commence its efforts to assist with food insecurity among USM students, faculty and staff, according to graduate student intern Jennifer Martin. “We are trying to help [the community out],” she said. “Everybody’s been down on their luck at different points in their lives. We want [food insecurity] to be one less thing they have to worry about.”
Martin said the event will have games, food and student organizations booths will be present at the event. “The event will be lots of students just having fun and playing games,” she said. “We’re hoping to raise awareness around campus and let everybody know that we are open and our services are here.” According to Martin, The Eagle’s Nest recently partnered with Extra Table – a Hattiesburg nonprofit
organization that distributes supplies to food pantries and soup kitchens – which plans to contribute to the grand opening and future events. Martin said The Eagle’s Nest conducted approximately 100 surveys on the Hattiesburg campus to determine the necessity of an open food pantry. “[The surveys] identified the need,” she said. “And then we kind of started rolling really fast with everything. It
was mainly word of mouth, hearing students say, ‘Yeah, I had to dumpster dive for food.’ If there are students having to dumpster dive, we need this.” The Eagle’s Nest intends to conduct a thorough campus needs assessment by visiting the school departments and conducting surveys, according to Martin. The pantry will operate on a “client’s choice” system by which each visitor can take food items of his or her choice from each food group to build balanced meals. According to Martin, the pantry will provide services to help visitors sign up for food stamps, Medicaid and health insurance. Martin said The Eagle’s Nest is a “dream come true” for her because she enjoys her area of studies. “My focus is resources and programs for students or for people who need that extra hand to restart,” Martin said. “Because I’ve had people step in during that time for me, and I know it was life-changing.” Eagle’s Nest co-chair Carlie Moon, who took donations outside WalMart with Martin, said she began contributing to the pantry because she is “in the helping profession.” “We do stuff like this – manage finances and [take donations] at WalMart – to help others,” Moon said. According to Martin, The Eagle’s Nest plans to organize an annual event and involve Hattiesburg community members. More information about The Eagle’s Nest can be found on the organization’s Facebook page.
USM theatre’s first production sells out opening night PATIENCE JOHNSON
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On Oct. 6, Southern Miss’ Department of Theatre debuted “Next to Normal,” its first play of the semester. As of now, the production’s first four shows have sold out. The rock musical centers around love, sympathy and tragedy and chronicles the experiences of an American family suffering from mental illness. Robin Aronson, director of “Next to Normal” and professor of voice and acting at Southern Miss, said she believes the play relates to many lives. “It’s a really touching story,” Aronson said. “It’s very personal, but I also think it’s universal, because everyone is dealing with something in their family or in their life. Tragedies happen. How somebody gets over it and survives, I think, is very applicable to people.” Crew members began preparing for “Next to Normal” at the end of 2015. Once the show was chosen, Aronson was given a design team
who attempted to strengthen the play’s universality. “For one, [I wanted] the students to have a really good experience in this theatrical venue and to be very collaborative and work with everyone on the team and tell the story,” Aronson said. “Everybody on the artistic team and the cast really felt very strongly and passionately about this story. So, I think that brought it to life. I think the audience is having a reaction and is affected by it. Therefore, it’s successful.” Rehearsals began at the beginning of the fall 2016 semester. Lisa Malloy, cast as Natalie Goodman, said she hopes to bring a message to audience members. “It’s a show, but we’re not putting on a show,” Malloy said. “These characters don’t know that they’re in a rock musical. This play gives representation to people who live in families or have had families like this who have never seen themselves represented in such a way.” Melissa Angelo, a University of Southern Mississippi graduate student cast as Diana, said she
Courtesy Photo | believes this play can help correct false preconceptions about mental illness. “Things like this aren’t talked about often,” Angelo said. “I know so many families who have lost children. They don’t even say their names. Your brain is an organ, and it works and functions just like the rest of your body. It is not a stigma that needs to be pushed under the
rug. It’s not something that you can just get over. This is real. This is what people go through. It needs to be talked about.” Cast members hope to continue having a supportive audience throughout the fall semester. “Theater is an art form, and there’s a reason why we do it,” Angelo said. “It’s to make people stop their day-to-day lives and
think, to see what’s right in front of them.” Tickets are still being sold for Oct. 14 and 15 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. in USM’s Hartwig Theatre. The department’s next performance will be “Silent Sky” on Nov. 3.
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FEATURE MONDAY OCTOBER 10, 2016
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Daisy Stutts | Assitant Photo Editor Southern Fried Pride participants gather in the park for an event on Oct. 8.2016.
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ENTERTAINMENT MONDAY OCTOBER 10, 2016
Kid Cudi enters rehab, opens discussion HIBA TAHIR
entertainment editor Scott Mescudi, better known for his stage name Kid Cudi, shocked his fans Tuesday when he announced that he was checking himself into a rehabilitation clinic in order to deal with depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts. “I am not at peace,” Mescudi wrote in a public Facebook post. “I haven’t been since you’ve known me. If I didn’t come here, I [would have] done something to myself. I simply am a damaged human swimming in a pool of emotions everyday of my life. There’s a [raging] violent storm inside of my heart at all times.” Mescudi added that he doesn’t know how to relax or what peace feels like before going into startlingly raw and candid detail about his condition. “My anxiety and depression have ruled my life for as long as I can remember and I never leave the house because of it,” he wrote. “I don’t trust anyone because of it and I’m tired of being held back in my life. I deserve to
have peace. I deserve to be happy and smiling. Why not me? I guess I give so much of myself to others I forgot that I need to show myself some love too. I think I never really knew how.” Ultimately, Mescudi painted a hopeful picture. “I’m scared, I’m sad, I feel like a let a lot of people down and again, I’m sorry,” he wrote. “[It’s] time I fix me. I’m nervous but [I’m going to] get through this… I’ll be back, stronger, better. Reborn.” It appeared that Mescudi had been planning the move for quite some time. He made sure his fans knew his album is “still on the way.” “I wanted to square away all the business before I got here so I could focus on my recovery,” he wrote. “If all goes well I’ll be out in time for Complexion and I’ll be [looking] forward to seeing you all there for high fives and hugs. Love and light to everyone who has love for me and I am sorry if I let anyone down.” Mescudi’s vulnerable announcement was immensely apologetic. Celebrities and fans alike
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[apologize]! You will become better, you will be happy” Mescudi’s announcement resonated particularly in the black male community and opened discussions that have been largely repressed. In the face of mental illness stigmas
and lack of access to healthcare, Mescudi’s message is particularly important because it’s all too common. The day after the post, the hashtag #YouGoodMan emerged and served as a place for black men to discuss their own experiences with depression.
Porter houses open mic for Hub City Comedy
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assistant photo editor Hub City Comedy Club, started around six years ago, hosted an open mic event at The Porter Pub Oct. 6 in downtown Hattiesburg. “I started this show because I wanted a local show filled with people that I thought were funny and wanted to hangout with – people I admire,”said English major and host Mallory Head. The Porter Public House has supported Hub City Comedy since
its opening last year by acting as a venue for open mic nights and advertising the events. “The Porter is willing to do anything to help us out,” Head said. “The owner loves comedy.” The club has exponentially expanded its voice in the Hattiesburg area over the past few years, according to Hub City Comedy Club founder Jamie Arrington. Arrington had the idea to start Hub City Comedy six years ago while participating in a comedy
battle with friend and comedian Mercer Morrison on local radio station Rock 104’s Comedy Battle. Arrington and Morrison wanted to create a space for local comedians to practice, perform and enjoy their talents in Hattiesburg. This led to open mic nights. “The process of writing a show really depends on the individual person,” Arrington said. “The first thing you have to do is practice, which is why open mic nights are great, and once you feel good about a joke, it goes into a set.”
Hub City Comedy Club not only hosts events to promote local performers, but they also strive to bring big name comedy to the Hattiesburg area. Arrington said booking larger name comedians grew in a snowball effect. Once the club booked its first big show, it became simpler to get in contact with performers and bring Hattiesburg’s potential to the attention of comedians with large followings. One of the club’s successful bookings was Hannibal Burress, a popular comedian, actor and writer featured in several Netflix specials. “One of the comedians we booked, Sean Patton, described Hattiesburg as ‘the Austin of Mississippi,’” Arrington said. “There is just a lot of cool stuff going on around here that we want to bring attention to.” A comedian with whom Arrington corresponded and booked in the past titled his book, “Thank You for Coming to Hattiesburg: One Comedian’s Tour of Not-Quite-the-Biggest Cities in the World,” which will be released in March 2017. This title was based on Arrington’s personal experience with Hattiesburg’s underground entertainment scene. In July 2016, Hub City Comedy teamed up with a friend of Arrington’s to raise funds for cancer patients. The club hosted “Laughs for Life,” a comedy event at Hattiesburg’s Historic Downtown Saenger Theater, featuring Frank Caliendo, a comedian known for his impressions and who performs regularly on Comedy Central. The event raised roughly
$125,000, which was donated to the Forrest General Cancer Center and the International Myeloma Foundation. “This will most definitely be an annual event from now on,” Arrington said. Hub City Comedy Club has a very busy and bright future full of events for Hattiesburg comedy lovers. Many comedy fans have been sticking around after the club’s weekly Monday night open mic shows at the Keg and Barrel for what Arrington referred to as “roasts” between the performers after their sets. This gave him the idea to make it into a whole show. On Oct. 20, the Hub City Comedy Club will host The Roast of Hub City Comedy at the Thirsty Hippo. The lineup for this event is set to include performers Ben Compton, Brandon Phillips, Brittany Purvis, Daniel Palmer, David Smith, Deveron “D” Dennis, Jamie Arrington, Mallory Head and Mark Brooks and will be hosted by J. Evan Curry. The event will begins at 8:00 p.m., and tickets will be sold for $10 at the door. Hub City Comedy Club’s relations with Southern Miss is an important one according to Arrington. “We have a lot of students like Mallory Head who come out and show their talents at our open mic nights. It’s a great way for them to get out there and practice,” Arrington said. “One of my biggest goals is to bring what comedy can offer to Mississippi.”
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OPINION MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2016
Trump tapes: It’s time to #DumpTrump J.D. RIMMANN
printz reporter
In college football, when a player commits a particularly egregious hit and is ejected from game due to targeting, it is normal for the referee to announce the decision by stating, “Player X has disqualified themselves from the game.” Donald Trump has disqualified himself from the race for president of the United States of America. When Rudy Giuliani admits that you are stating you committed sexual assault, when every story about republican leaders who make statements on Trump includes how long they’ve been married and how many daughters they have and how old those daughters are and when there are reports of even more damaging material out there, it is time to step down. You have disqualified yourself. Of course, to millions of Americans, Trump’s speech announcing that he would run was enough to disqualify him from the race. However, the audio leaked on Friday from a 2005 episode of “Access: Hollywood” was on a whole new level, even for the disgusting Donald Trump. And now, others are reporting instances of Donald sexually assaulting women – instances that come as no surprise to anyone who knows anything about Trump. These are uncharted waters. Bill Clinton had some ugly stuff happen, of course, but there has never been this kind of brutal audio or video evidence of a would-be-president displaying disgustingly uncouth behavior at best and admitting to criminal action at worst. Trump is now a radioactive. He has already lost dozens of endorsements and a handful of influential Republicans have called on him to step aside, a truly unprecedented move in American political history. Republicans are bleeding voters – aside from Trump diehards of course, people who would still vote for the con artist even if he “shot someone on 5th Avenue – and might lost demographics they have literally not lost in decades. Consider this: Republicans have not lost in the married woman demographic since the first time William Jefferson Clinton ran for office in 1992. Now, Donald Trump has all but guaranteed that the GOP will lose them this in this election. And, of course, he has all but guaranteed that the GOP will lose the Presidency as well. They will not only lose the Presidency. The Republicans will also lose the Senate if Trump remains at the top of the ticket in the coming weeks, and
perhaps even the House. It is unfair and incredibly damaging to Republicans running for other offices to constantly be bludgeoned by their opponents and the media with Trump comments as well as be asked to defend their presidential (but not presidential) candidate, because his comments are absolutely indefensible. Ignore the objectification of women, the sheer disgustingness of the presentation and the rejoicing in convincing married women to cheat with him, a married man himself, and consider this: Trump is bragging about committing sexual assault. Not only is it disgusting and immoral, but it is also illegal. Politically, it is impossible to defend Trump and easy to attack anyone affiliated with him,
including Republican candidates for other offices. Trump is an anchor dragging the Republican Party down to its grave, where it will rest alongside the Whig Party, the People’s Party, and the Law and Order Party of Rhode Island in the dustbin of history. All for what? So Reince Priebus can have an outsider? So cruelty and ignorance can be a political platform? So the Republicans have an excuse for getting nothing done for another four years? Certainly, if you are a Republican voter looking to win the White House, you cannot claim that ends of a Trump candidacy have justified the means: he will lose an election the GOP should have easily won, and do it in the worst possible way for the party. Just because a plurality of primary
voters voted for Trump does not mean he is the incarnation of the will of the people, nor does it mean he’s a good person, nor does it mean he would be a good leader. Many terrible individuals have been elevated in a popular vote, from Robespierre to Hitler to Mugabe. Mike Pence slipped away from his press pool rather than answer the questions he was going to be asked about his erstwhile partner. I certainly can’t blame him for doing so. Governor Pence looked solid in the VP debate last week and is well-known for being thoughtful, articulate and disciplined; and for being squeaky clean in his personal life; and for staying faithful to his wife of over 30 years. If the Republicans are going to do any winning in this
election cycle, they need to break the emergency glass, dump Trump and put Pence at the top of the ticket as soon as possible. Trump will cost Republicans the Senate. Trump might cost Republicans the House. The only way forward for the Republicans if they are to have any chance of maintaining their control of Congress and winning the White House is to remove Trump from the ticket and install Governor Pence as the party’s nominee. If Trump remains as the nominee, the Republicans have sacrificed this campaign and done nothing except stain their honor, discarded their reputation and destroyed their party. #DumpTrump
SPORTS MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2016
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Volleyball team serves up another win
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KYLE WILLIAMS printz reporter
Southern Miss (14-16, 3-2) split their two-game weekend battle between No. 25 Western Kentucky and Texas-El Paso. Southern Miss hosted the Lady Toppers (17-2, 5-0) Thursday, losing 3-1. Then, three days later traveled to El Paso, Texas to claim the victory over UTEP (4-14, 2-3), 3-0.
Thursday’s bout would be a back and forth game. In set one, both teams struggled with pulling away with the lead. The first set alone had 15 ties and seven lead changes. The Golden Eagles took the biggest lead of the night at 22-19 off of a kill by Alexis Coombs. Western Kentucky would find their way back into the game after two kills and a bad set by Southern Miss, 22-22. Minimal
mistakes would be the killer for the Lady Toppers as a bad set and attack error let Southern Miss win set one. “We just had too many errors.” said Head Coach Amanda Berkley. “The second set, we were there but made some timely errors.” Set two was another set including a plethora of lead changes and ties. There were 16 ties and nine lead changes. Opposite but very similar
as set one, the Lady Toppers would see the largest lead of the set at 22-19. A Stephany Purdue kill would allow the Golden Eagles to pull within one, 23-22. WKU’s Alyssa Cavanaugh committed an attack error but quickly redeemed herself with a kill to tie the game back at 25-25. The timely errors would occur at this point. After redeeming the lead, Southern Miss committed a service
error and an attack error which led to a Taylor Dellinger kill to claim the win for Western Kentucky, 28-26. Southern Miss would keep their play consistent in sets three and four , but a 10-3 run by the Lady Toppers was too much for the Golden Eagles as they lost set three, 25-20 and set four, 25-20. Southern Miss would not let Thursday’s loss dwell as they traveled 1,009 miles for their matchup against UTEP Sunday. The Golden Eagles would see a back and forth contest again in set one against the Miners. Tied at 9-9, Southern Miss would produce a 12-5 run to take a comfortable lead at 21-14. The run would be too much for the Miners to overcome as they dropped the set, 2517. Set two and three would prove no different as the first as Southern Miss won 25-17 and 25-22. Southern Miss did not allow one opposing player to touch double digits in the stat book. Chanel Joyce and Catherine Repsher would have doubledigit kills in the contest. Joyce would have 14 and Repsher would have 11. Southern Miss looks to continue their journey to .500 ball as they play host to La. Tech Friday at home. First set will be played at 6 p.m.
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SPORTS MONDAY OCTOBER 10, 2016
Eagles look forward to upcoming season
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ANDREW ABADIE
JULIUS KIZZEE
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sports editor
The Golden Eagles are coming off of a 40-win season and the Conference USA title. The team will face 10 teams that made it into the NCAA tournament. This includes in-state rivals Mississippi State and Ole Miss, while also conference rivals Florida International, Louisiana Tech and Rice. The toughest matchups of the season for the Golden Eagles non-conference schedule is when they play Tulane and South Alabama. Last year, Southern Miss dropped both games to Tulane. This game will be a high RPI (rating percentage index) game that could be the difference in national seeding later in the season. South Alabama beat Southern Miss in three out of four games last season, one of which was in the elimination game of the NCAA tournament, ending the season for the Golden Eagles. South Alabama will look again to be a strong team. The biggest series in the conference will be when Southern Miss plays Rice Apr.14-16 in Houston. The Golden Eagles will have to travel to Texas in the heat of the conference schedule. Rice will be looking to avenge the tough loss it took last year in the conference championship, increasing the stakes even further for that matchup. Another important series for Southern Miss is against Florida International. Florida International has begun to emerge as a baseball powerhouse and swept the Golden Eagles last season. This year the series will be played in Hattiesburg early in conference play. The team will wrap up its season on a four-game road trip to Southeastern Louisiana — a qualifier for the NCAA tournament — and then end the season at Texas-San Antonio.
Southern Miss will come into this season having to replace a plethora of important starters. Gone are the days of Cord Cockrell, the Friday night starter who finished tied for second on the team with seven wins. Also, Tim Lynch, who was drafted in the ninth round by the New York Yankees, will not be returning for Southern Miss after starting all 61 games and batting a team-high .365 batting average. Catcher Chuckie Robinson, who was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 21st round, was a consistent starter, also batting a .288 and raking in 44 RBIs, which was second on the team. This season will not be just about the loss of consistent faces on the team, but also the leadership of those players who have stayed. Taylor Braley, who was injured early in the season, will be returning to the team after leading the conference in home runs at the time of his injury. Dylan Burdeaux, who led the team in home runs with 11, will come back for his senior season. Jake Sandlin, who bated second in the rotation will also return for his senior campaign. The newcomers on the team, from all positions on the field, will look to add a spark to a baseball team looking to go back to an NCAA Regional this season. Most of the newcomers on the team are pitchers, and the influx in arms will be a boost to the rotation that just could not last until the NCAA Regional where the Golden Eagles fell against South Alabama in Tallahassee.