2010_09_30

Students at Saint Andrew’s Episcopal High School in Jackson, Miss., have decided to voice their opinions about the recent budget cuts a� ecting the Latin program at Southern Miss.

About 25 Latin students at St. Andrew’s have written letters to the provost concerning the pro-gram’s recommended termina-tion.

Patsy Ricks, who has taught Latin for over 40 years, came up with the idea of involving her students. “One day I mentioned to them that Southern Miss was planning to cut the classics de-partment, and they all felt really enthusiastic about writing letters to share their thoughts,” Ricks said.

“� e bottom line is that they have really enjoyed their stud-ies in Latin at St. Andrew’s and wouldn’t want to go to a univer-sity that did not o� er them the chance to continue,” Ricks said.

Laura Landrum, a senior at St. Andrew’s, is one of the students who wrote letters to the school.

“Latin is not just a language,” Landrum said. “Taking a Latin class is like taking literature, his-tory, language, riddle and a mo-rality course all in one.”

Landrum said she is upset about the Latin program being cut at USM. “� is choice speaks to extremely ignorant judgement on the part of Southern’s leaders,” Landrum said. “I can unfortu-nately say that I do not believe I will be applying to USM because it seems the leaders do not care to consider the students when mak-ing decisions about their futures.”

Not only is Landrum’s opinion of Southern Miss being a� ected, but she said the opinions of her peers have been a� ected as well.

“I know for a fact that their application decisions are greatly a� ected by the cuts,” Landrum said. “I believe USM is making a grave mistake in cutting Latin not only because of the loss of those in the major but because of the image it portrays for the school.”

TODAY

86/57

TOMORROW

84/52

INDEXCalendar ...................... 2Crossword ................. 2News ............................ 3Opinion ......................... 5Feature ......................... 6Arts & Entertainment ..... 7Sports ......................... 8

STUDENT PRINTZThe

Thursday, September 30 , 2010 Volume 95 Issue 12SERVING SOUTHERN MISS SINCE 1927

www.studentprintz.com

ON CAMPUS

WHAT-APALOOZA?

SPEED

DATING

ATHLETIC

BUDGET

See ST. ANDREW’S, 4

See page 4

See page 3

� eatergoers will be whisked to a turbulent era tonight with the opening performance of Peter Weiss’ “Marat/Sade” at 7:30 p.m. in the Martha R. Tatum � eatre.

“Marat/Sade” is set in 1808 in post-revolutionary France. � e play takes place in the con� nes of an insane asylum, where the in-mates engage in the production of a colorful and charged play of their own under the direction of the noted libertine, � rebrand and fellow patient the Marquis de Sade.

“Marat/Sade” is a play within a play, explained cast member Twoey Truong.

“It focuses on the historical imprisonment of the Marquis de Sade, who actually wrote plays and was allowed to have them performed at the asylum during his internment there,” she said.

“It’s one of those pieces that has inspired generations of artists,” said the play’s director, profes-sor of theater Monica Hayes. “It’s had a huge impact on the devel-opment of alternative theater. A lot of people have built on this as a method of storytelling in a postmodern way of mixing time-frames and genres. It’s an exciting, environmental piece of theater.”

Truong, a third-year gradu-ate student, plays Charlotte Corday, an inmate and the con-troversial historical murderer of the titular Jean-Paul Marat. Truong explained that on one level, the play is an overt cri-

tique on the politics and society of 19th century France.

“In ‘Marat/Sade,’ they’re per-forming this play about 15 years a� er the French Revolution and during Napoleon’s reign as em-peror. � rough the play within a play, Weiss is trying to show how the Marquis de Sade feels about the Revolution and his role in it, and it makes a political and social commentary on French society. I

feel it is about the consequences of revolutions, the idea that his-tory repeats itself and that power is easily abused.”

However, Weiss’ brush may paint a much wider arc according to junior Chris Dixon, who plays

the patient starring as Marat.“� e play was written when we

were starting to get into the Viet-nam con� ict, so the whole world was changing, which is true for now as well. It has some inter-esting concepts, because you can � nd similar aspects at di� erent times in history, so now is a good time to play it.”

Freddie Lance Newman/Printz

Third year MFA students Joseph Lopez, left, and Towey Truong, right, portray two of the main characters of Marat/Sade. French revolutionary leader Marquis de Sade is whipped by Charlotte Corday for his rebellious actions.

Insane play opens

See page 6

Patrick LaughlinPrintz Writer

Mary Margaret HalfordPrintz Writer

Angry high schoolers send letters

BUDGET

See MARAT/SADE, 4

They’ll enter into the world of the play the moment they walk in.

Cast member Annie Cleveland

“

”

Across1 Dance fundamental5 Spreading trees9 Cosmic payback14 __-up: slow Web connection15 Bubbly label name16 Like some kites17 Menlo Park middle name18 Former credit card giant19 Shakespeare’s title Athenian20 Eagle

23 Big pix: Abbr.24 Reagan era prog.25 Ball club28 Pancho was his sidekick30 Running independently32 Trite33 Eagle37 Leg-shaving alternative39 “Science Guy” Bill40 Baking soda target41 Eagle46 Tint

47 Composer Berlioz48 WWII blockade vessel50 Joseph of ice cream fame51 Tic __: mint53 Sale condition54 Eagle59 Ambulance attendant62 Cathedral section63 “Dark Angel” actress Jessica64 Worship65 Bring up66 Diver’s haunt67 Au courant, with “in”68 Ancient Persian69 Ilk

Down1 Nebr. neighbor2 Roofer’s piece3 Whence icicles hang4 Does a cabinetmaking task5 Harris of country6 � ey may be pierced7 See 32-Down8 Pierces9 Destructive 2005 newsmaker10 Zealous11 Part of most eyeglasses12 “Little Red Book” author13 Ex-Texas governor Richards21 Check sent with a ltr., e.g.

22 Adored one25 Sanskrit for “awakened one”26 Enjoyed Denny’s, say27 Girardi’s predecessor as Yankee manager28 Scratched29 Stupidity31 “� at’s __”: “Uh-uh”32 With 7-Down, feeling better34 Toledo-to-Detroit dir.35 Port on the Firth of Clyde36 Sen. counterpart38 Road to nowhere, metaphorically42 Spied43 Schlep44 Like monastic life45 Cleanup hitter’s stats49 Annual Hollywood gala, with “the”52 Amulet53 Syrian leader54 Take on55 Fencing sword56 Stick on the table57 Opposite of unter58 First president to take up golf59 Pin cushion?60 University URL ending61 Put on

CalendarPage 2 Thursday,September 30, 2010

Student Printz

The

Serving Southern Miss since 1927

� e Student Printz is published every Tuesday and � ursday during the fall and spring semesters. Signature O� set of Hattiesburg provides printing services.

Opinions expressed in � e Student Printz are those of the writer and not necessarily those of � e Student Printz, its publications manager, USM, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning or the USM Board of Student Publications.

Executive EditorSamantha Schott [email protected]

Web EditorNathan [email protected]

Managing EditorMeryl [email protected]

Art DirectorBryant [email protected]

Chief DesignerChristopher [email protected]

WebmasterChris [email protected]

News Content AdvisorChuck [email protected]

WritersJonathan AndrewsEarvin HopkinsStormy SpeaksAshlyn ErvinAshton PittmanCade MorrowHannah JonesMary Margaret HalfordMichelle HolowachDeonica DavisSarah RogersKurt Cavataio

PhotographersJordan MooreMyesha ArringtonDusty MercierFreddie Lance Newman

DesignersLisa GurleyTaylor Fesenmeier

www.studentprintz.comFind us online at

Executive Editor601.266.6431

News Content Advisor601.266.4288Advertising Manager601.266.5188

Advertising [email protected]

Mark Your Planner30 1 2 3 48:30 a.m.Voter Registration DriveLAB and Cook Library Lobby

7:30 p.m.Marat SadeMartha R. Tatum Theatre

8:30 a.m.Voter Registration DriveLAB and Cook Library Lobby

7:00 p.m.Women’s Soccer at UAB Birmingham, Ala.

7:00 p.m.Volleyball vs. TulsaHattiesburg, Miss.

7:30 p.m.Marat SadeMartha R. Tatum Theatre

8:00 p.m.Friday Night at the Fountain Centennial Green Space

1:45 p.m.Softball vs. Baylor at the College ClassicSpring, Texas

4:15 p.m.Softballl vs. Texas A&M at the College ClassicSpring, Texas

7:00 p.m.Football vs. MarshallHattiesburg, Miss.

9:30 a.m.Softball vs. Texas State at the College ClassicSpring, Texas

11:45 a.m.Softball vs. Blinn College at the College ClassicSpring, Texas

1:00 p.m.Women’s Soccer at MemphisMemphis, Tenn.

1:00 p.m.Volleyball at SMUDallas, Texas

8:00 p.m.Homecoming: Kick-o� PartyThe District

All DayWomen’s Golf at USF Waterlefe InvitationalBradenton, Fla.

Men’s Golf at Squire Creek InvitationalRuston, La.

4:30 p.m.Homecoming:Golden Eagle ChallengeUnion Plaza

Classifi eds •2 BR, 1 BA apartment close to campus. $200 deposit and $350 per month due by the 10th of each month. Call 601-310-1296 and leave message or email [email protected]•Earn $1000-$3200 a month to drive our cars with ads. www.AdCarDriver.com

Place your Classifi eds at w w w . s t u d e n t p r i n t z . c a m p u s a v e . c o m /

Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle

News Page 3Thursday,September 30, 2010

When polling USM students on whether they had been or planned to go to Eaglepalooza, many came back with a shock-ing response: “What’s that?”

“Eaglepalooza is a free con-cert put on by the Student Gov-ernment Association in down-town Hattiesburg, started by the SGA several years ago,” said Kasey Mitchell, SGA president and business management ma-jor.

“To students [Eaglepalooza] is free; to the directors it is about 7 months of your life and a whole lot of stress, work and pride,” said Katherine Miller, Eaglepalooza director.

Mitchell says that over the past few years there have been a variety of diverse acts including Sister Hazel, Robert Randolph Band, Mute Math, Dave Barnes and Girl Talk. “We are in the process of finalizing [this year’s] lineup and will be revealing the acts soon,” Mitchell said.

Amber Haik, a senior entre-preneur major at USM, said she’s been three times. “I’ve seen

Dashboard Confessional, Mute Math and Girl Talk,” she said.

“My favorite part was the en-ergy from the crowd, everyone was so pumped – each year,” Haik said. After she and her friends left the show Haik said they ate at downtown pizzeria, Bianchi’s.

“It is the centennial year so we are trying to make it special,” Miller said.

“Of course we always strive to make things bigger and better every year,” Mitchell said. “This year we are looking to have a larger variety of vendors and get more people out there earlier in the day, rather than just people showing up for the final act. We also want to do some kind of re-veal party to get people hyped up and excited.”

In collaboration with stu-dents, the Eaglepalooza direc-tors make lineup decisions. “[The directors] did a great job this year of seeking input from students and getting the opin-ion of people on campus while making their decisions, so I am extremely proud of them and know it is going to be a great event,” Mitchell said.

Eaglepalooza is funded solely by the SGA and its sponsors. Regarding the recent budget cuts, Mitchell said, “Of course the budget for something like this is not as large as we would like it to be, and we could do more with more money, but we are definitely stretching the money and making the most of every penny we can to put on a

great event.”“Money is tight everywhere,”

Miller said. “All it really affects is sponsorships. Our budget pushes us to be creative and put on the show people expect while not having some of the luxuries schools like State have. It is go-ing to be awesome though,” Miller said.

“I plan on going this year, but

I’d rather know ahead of time who’s playing,” Haik said.

For those wondering who will be playing this year, the SGA will host a reveal party on Oct. 18. Eaglepalooza will be on Nov. 19 in downtown Hattiesburg.

To those students still unsure of what to make of Eaglpalooza, Miller said, “To me, [Eaglepal-ooza] is college at its finest.”

What-apalooza?

Ashlyn ErvinPrintz Writer

Gregg Gillis dances and claps on stage with Southern Miss students last year when Girl Talk performed at Eaglepalooza.

LocaL

SGA prepares for biggest downtown concert of year

Christopher Bostick/Printz

Girl Talk dances on top of his equipment table as he entertained students last year at Eaglepalooza. Girl Talk is a mash-up artist from Pittsburg who specializes in combining snippets of popular songs.

Christopher Bostick/Printz

NewsPage 4 TThursday, September 30, 2010

  Find  out  how  to  ring  in  the  new  year  in  the  Caribbean  –  and  earn  USM  credit!  Thursday,  12:15  September  30th  International  Center  Room  101.    

Study Abroad in Jamaica

Offi ce of International Programs. International Center 401. [email protected]

ON CAMPUS

� e UPC’s recommendations for the budget for next � scal year have a� ected the entire university, but the question has come up whether all parts were a� ected equally.

Some believe that the athletics de-partment didn’t bear as much of the cuts as other parts of the university.

Richard Giannini, USM’s Direc-tor of Athletics said that in situa-tions like this, there will undoubt-edly be belt-tightening all around.

“� ese are tough economic times for everyone,” Giannini said. “Budget cuts are a� ecting not only education and higher education but every person.”

Giannini clari� ed that tuition and state money are not major sources of funding for the athlet-ics department, hence the rela-tively small percentage of money it lost in the big picture.

“We got hit a percentage this year and last year, and if you add up the hits we’ve taken in the past two years, it’s quite a bit,” Giannini said.

University President Martha Saunders said the athletics de-partment receives a � at rate of $1 million from the university along with a percentage of tuition.

Saunders said the administra-tion accepted without question the UPC’s o� cial recommendations concerning the athletic budget.

“Whatever it was, that’s what we took without question... and then it said reconsider it said re-consider the percentage of tuition that is going to athletics, and that

is exactly what we will do.”“� e recommendation was to

cut a percentage of the � at $1 mil-lion that athletics gets... and then it said reconsider the percentage of tuition that is going to athlet-ics, and that is exactly what we will do,” Saunders said. Saunders said this suggestion is one that will take time to assess.

Saunders said the football expe-rience at USM is pretty consistent with other universities.

“It’s considered part of the uni-versity experience,” she said. “It is almost certainly a factor in students’ decisions on where to go to school and not something to whimsically dismiss,” Saunders said.

She included that the division one standing does not necessar-ily have to do with the budget, but with the number of sports USM o� ers.

AnnMarie Chilcutt, a freshman nursing major from West Point, Miss., said she doesn’t know much about the game of football itself, but she enjoys going to games and cheering for the team.

As far as her decision to attend USM, she said seeing the football team’s tactful behavior a� er the game did encourage her to attend the university.

A� er the football game she at-tended on Black and Gold Day, Chilcutt said the team stood in front of the Pride as it played the alma mater for them.

“It was something about how they showed respect to the band, the Di-xie Darlings, the students. Never be-fore had I seen football players show

respect for the people who cheered for them,” Chilcutt said.

Chilcutt said the school spirit she saw at that game was a factor in her decision to bring her tu-ition money to USM.

Aaron Mans� eld, a 2010 alumna of the � lm program, said he doesn’t feel the football team plays teams

that are “worth caring about.”Mans� eld, who is a Hattiesburg

native, said, “I’m going to school to be educated in the liberal arts, not because we have athletics teams,”

“I don’t think it’s worth the money we spend on them,” he said.

Giannini said he and the athletics department are constantly working

on ways to generate more revenue while making sure that the cuts they do have to make are not too obvious for fans and supporters.

“Our goal is to maintain ex-cellence in our program and our position in conference USA,” Giannini said.

Jonathan AndrewsPrintz Writer

Athletics tripped up by cuts

Bryant Hawkins/Printz

USM’s Chelsea Cruthirds and Marshall’s Emma Harrison chase after a loose ball during their match up on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. The Thundering Herd beat The Lady Eagles 1-0.

Senior Annie Cleveland, who plays the role of the Herald, observes an even broader interpretation.

“I think it’s fair to say that Weiss wrote ‘Marat/Sade’ to apply to the Sexual Revolution of the 1960s. It deals with chaos and order, social hierarchy and the de� nition of art. It’s even similar to the politi-cal environment on campus now, the way people are protesting the program cuts. It’s de� nitely some-thing that’s resonant today.”

Myriad of interpretations not-withstanding, the chief attribute of the play appears to be its un-conventional goal of making the audience feel as if they are present in Charenton, and not just out-siders regarding from a di� erent time and place.

“Our aim is to make the audi-

ence feel as though they are part of the story,” Cleveland said. “We’re taking them back to 1808 and treating them as if they are an audience invited to Charenton asylum. I recommend to the au-dience members that they come early; when we open the doors at 7:15 p.m., they’ll be able to inter-act with performers. � ey’ll enter into the world of the play the mo-ment they walk in.”

� is element is something both Dixon and Cleveland de� ne as very “edgy.”

“Part of what is edgy about ‘Marat/Sade’ is that we’re com-pletely breaking down the fourth wall,” Cleveland said.

“We don’t want there to be any barrier between the actors and the audience, no pretense of ‘we can’t see you and you can’t see us.’ � at’s

what I’m most excited about.” “Marat/Sade” shows at 7:30 p.m.

from Oct. 5 through 8. A matinee showing will take place on Sunday, Oct. 10, at 2 p.m., to be preceded by a pre-show talk at 1 p.m.

� eater lovers should be alerted to the fact that due to the content of the play, “Marat/Sade” is in-tended for mature audiences only.

Truong said she hopes that all attendees come with an open mind and prepare to be moved.

“� ere will be so many things,” she said. “� ere’s going to be song and dance, there’s going to be puppets, and there’s going to be a lot of very engaging and intense moments as well as moments of humor and levity. It’s going to be a really moving experience, we hope, and we want to bring the audience along with us.”

Leah Fonder-Solano, chair of the Department of Foreign Lan-guages and Literatures at USM, said that St. Andrew’s students are not the only ones sending letters

regarding the Latin program.“We’ve received many letters,

not just from students, but from concerned members of the com-munity, alumni, doctors and law-yers that have all studied Latin, all telling us how bene� cial and help-

ful it was to them,” Fonder-Solano said. “Many people told us their Latin courses got them into grad-uate school, how helpful it is in their careers and its importance to education in general.”

Other schools and corporations

are showing their encouragement for the Latin Department as well.

“We’ve also heard from other uni-versities and law schools, all showing us their support and giving reasons for why Latin is so important to edu-cation,” Fonder-Solano said.

Fonder-Solano is anticipating that these letters will do good for the Latin program and show just how important it is. “� ese letters keep pouring in, and we just hope they make a di� erence.”

ST ANDREW’S, from 1

MARAT/SADE, from 1

After I graduated from USM in May, I was sure my focus would shift entirely to my new educa-tional challenges at Mississippi College School of Law. But even now, as I sit in a civil procedure class, my mind is thoroughly wrapped up in the crisis facing my alma mater.

It’s been like this since I learned that the Latin program, which helped to get me where

I am today, is one of the dozen or so slated for elimination next year. I would share my lamenta-tion with you at this outrageous idea, but I think my seven-page letter of appeal to the adminis-tration will do for now.

Everyone who happens to come across this publication should think long and hard about the priorities of any university but especially the one to which you (or a creditor) regularly pay thousands of dollars.

This brings me to my point: universities are essentially busi-nesses that provide services to

paying customers. What ser-vice are the customers paying so much for? The answer should al-ways be an education, if nothing else. The customers – that is, the students – pay tuition in return for a chance to earn a degree.

From a business standpoint, it makes sense to keep your cus-tomers paying for as long as pos-sible, which in a university con-text is generally at least three or four years, as long as the custom-ers keep their promise to attend class and make average grades or better. To attract more custom-ers, it also makes sense to provide

extra services – student organi-zations, to build a sense of com-munity; pep rallies and concerts, to keep the students entertained throughout the years; or sports teams, to create a tangible sense of loyalty. Many universities, in-cluding USM, provide these ex-tra services to their students.

Tuition pays for the educa-tional services, as well as the more entertaining ones. Student tuition makes up at least a third of USM’s operating budget, and the rest is supplemented through alumni donations, endowments and state tax revenue.

State funding has decreased year after year, but USM has had record enrollment for at least the past two years, if not more. So although state funding is less, students pay higher tuition than ever, year after year. And because a college education is now prac-tically mandatory, that customer base of students has increased substantially without any fore-seeable decrease in the future.

An increasing number of students paying an increasing amount of tuition would seem to support the cost of at least the most basic services provided; and the most basic service a uni-versity can provide is education.

So why is USM cutting the education it provides, when there are so many other super-fluous services that could be cut instead?

I would think that any person willing to shell out thousands of dollars in tuition over a 4-year commitment is not doing it to see whichever random artists the SGA picks to perform that year or to watch the Golden Eagles play in person. I would also ven-ture that no student picked USM because it has more than 250 stu-dent organizations, unless he or she was planning to write a book based on the effort to attend meetings at each and every one (which might be a good idea, if only to pay back those substan-tial loans). No, I’m pretty sure students choose USM for the ed-ucation provided and the faculty who make it possible more than any other reason.

Now USM is cutting its faculty and its curriculum to sustain its operating budget. Well, USM, most of your operating budget comes from tuition rendered for an education, so what gives?

If USM is going to shift its fo-cus from educating its “custom-ers” to entertaining them, it then becomes a venue, not a univer-sity. If Hattiesburg wanted an-other convention center, it would have voted for one. The students at USM are paying for an educa-tion, so if USM decides to cut the kind of education it will offer, tu-ition should be cut, too.

But we all know that will nev-er happen.

How does USM hope to keep its paying “customers” when it eliminates the specific services those students are looking for? This is no way to retain a stu-dent’s business. It is not a path away from your problems, but a short-term decision that will lead to long-term deficits bigger than you had before. The point is USM’s priorities are out of whack as both a university and as a busi-ness, and from an alumna’s per-spective, it’s a damn shame.

Letter to the Editor Page 5Thursday, September 30, 2010

JOB: CES-COR-N82065 KDESCRIPTION: ’10 Cell South B/W retail newspaper print for wk 9/26

BLEED: NoneTRIM: 7.71” x 10”

SAFETY: NoneGUTTER: None

PUBLICATION: MS State Reflector / due date 9/23 / Insertion date 10/1ART DIRECTOR: Greg Elkin 8-3759

COPYWRITER: Kevin Odonoghue 8-3352ACCT. MGR.: Max Lemberger 8-3739

ART PRODUCER: Bill Gastinger 8-3727PRINT PROD.: Luigi Lubrano 8-4238PROJ. MNGR.: Luigi Lubrano 8-4238

This advertisement prepared by Young & Rubicam, N.Y.

0I62650_CES_k4.2_pg.indd

CLIENT: Cellular South TMG #: 0I62650 HANDLE #: 6 JOB #: CES-COR-N82065 K BILLING#: CES-COR-N82064DOCUMENT NAME: 0I62650_CES_k4.2_pg.indd PAGE COUNT: 1 of 1 PRINT SCALE: 100% INDESIGN VERSION: CS3STUDIO ARTIST: paul gruberg LAST SAVE DATE: 9-27-10 4:40:00 PM CREATOR: Paul Gruberg 6-9931 CREATION DATE: 9-27-10 4:18:32 PM

DOCUMENT PATH: TMG:Volumes:TMG:Clients:YR:Cellular South:Jobs:2010:0I:0I62650_CES-COR-N82064:Mechanicals:0I62650_CES_k4.2_pg.inddFONT FAMILY: Avenir (35 Light, 55 Roman, 65 Medium, 85 Heavy, 45 Book), DINOT (Black), TT Slug OTF (Bold), Geneva (Regular)LINK NAME: 9K58603_CES_c1_w.tif, CellSt_logo_diff_KO_TM_yr.eps, WirelessQuality_BW_yr.eps, 0H61988_CES_a1_w.tif, 9I57852_CES_c1_w.tif, 0H62330_CES_a1_bw_r.tif, 0H61988_CES_c1_w.tif, 0H62102_CES_a3_bw_w.tif, 0i62557_CES_a1_bw_w.tif, 3g3d_bothColors_BW_yr1.ai, gradient_bw_light.psd, 0F61394_CES_m6_bw_v.tif, EMERGE.logo_horiz_KO_news_yr.epsINK NAME: Black

T:7.71”

T:10”

shop online • cellularsouth.com or shop by phone • 1-877-9CSOUTH

New activation and 2-year contract required. Visa Prepaid Cards are issued by MetaBank pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. This card does not have cash access and can be used at any merchants that accept Visa debit cards. Card valid through expiration date shown on front of card. Phones and offers good for a limited time only. Samsung Fellow R100 free, no mail-in reward card required. LG 230 free, no mail-in reward card required. Samsung Freeform free after $50 mail-in reward card. Buy One Get One offer available for a limited time only. In order to qualify for the Buy One Get One offer, one phone must be on a new activation or on an existing line that has entirely fulfi lled any promotional offer contract. Upgrade eligibility requirements apply. Eligible phones include the HTC Desire™, the HTC Hero™, and the Motorola Milestone™. Free phone must be of equal or lesser value than fi rst phone

purchased at promotional price. Phone pricing, availability and offers may vary by market. Switch fee means only any early termination fee imposed by your current carrier under your contract with your current carrier. It does not include any other fees associated with switching from your current carrier to Cellular South. Offer valid for new activations for a limited time only. Limited to $100 per new activation. Taxes not included. Allowance for early termination fee will be given as credit on subscriber’s Cellular South bill. Customers participating in these plans must reside in the Regional/Primary Area which is defi ned as the Cellular South Network in MS and generally in and surrounding Memphis/West Memphis, AR/nearby West TN; Mobile and Baldwin Counties in AL; and Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton Counties in FL. Participation in third-party text messaging contests or promotions, and the purchase of third-party content may result in additional charges on your bill above and beyond standard messaging rates. Certain restrictions, taxes and/or fees may apply. Visit cellularsouth.com or see store for complete details on phones, plans and offers. All trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners. ©2010 Cellular South, Inc. All rights reserved.

Area A: Hattiesburg, MS

PUBLICATIONS: U of S MS - Student Printz

COLUMBIA: Highway 98 Bypass, in front of Wal-Mart • HATTIESBURG: Highway 98 West/Turtle Creek Mall; 4930 Hardy Street

Highway 98 West • LAUREL: 330 North 16th Avenue • SOUTH HATTIESBURG: 5910 Highway 49 • WAYNESBORO: 1318 Azalea Drive,

next to Hibbett Sports

SAMSUNG FREEFORM

FREE After $50 mail-in reward card 2-year contract required • Full QWERTY keyboard • MP3 player

LG 230

FREE No mail-in reward card required 2-year contract required • Camera • Voice command

SAMSUNG FELLOW R100

FREE No mail-in reward card required 2-year contract required • Mobile web capable • Speakerphone

NEW!

At least one new activation required for buy one get one free offer.

NEW!

HTC HERO™

Sale Price: $79.99 After $50 mail-in reward card 2-year contract with data required • Powered by Android 2.1™ • Turn-by-Turn Google navigation • Video and picture messaging

HTC DESIRE™

Sale Price: $149.99 After $50 mail-in reward card 2-year contract with data required • HD video recording (720p) • Snapdragon processor • 5 megapixel camera

MOTOROLA MILESTONE™

Sale Price: $149.99 After $50 mail-in reward card 2-year contract with data required • Powered by Android 2.1™ • Turn-by-Turn Google navigation • Video and picture messaging

Buy one, get one FREEMix and match any two Androids.™

Limited time only

Contract holding you back?We’ll cover $100 of your switch fee

Smartphone Unlimited Plan

$5999Price per line when you have two.

Talk • Text • Email • WebUnlimited

cellularsouth.com/emergeDownload the free app today

Are we paying for entertainment or education?Lesley Walters

Graduated USM in May 2010 with mass communications degree

Budget

It’s not every night that 18 guys and 14 girls are thrown together for a chance to meet each other, but this is what happened at the speed dating hosted by SMAC on Wednesday night.

� e third � oor of the Power House became a dating hub; tables were lined up with the guys on one side, girls on the other, and the air was full of excitement as each per-son prepared for their 3-minute windows of opportunity to make new friends and possibly � nd a sig-ni� cant other.

Joel Hues, the adviser for SMAC, said the night was a huge success. “� is is a healthy thing if you ask me,” he said. “Students who might not be outgoing get the chance to sit down and talk face to face to people.”

Many of the participating stu-dents seemed to enjoy their evening as well.

“I would de� nitely do it again,” said SMAC Vice President Janet � ompson. “It was interesting. I didn’t really know what to expect. I just like meeting new people.”

When asked if the night went like he hoped it would, Sean Forrester shrugged and said, “We’ll � nd out.”

Each of the participants were giv-en a sheet of paper. On it they wrote the number on each partner’s nam-etag and then circled either “yes” or “no,” a� er talking to each person, noting whether they wanted to ex-change emails.

If the yes is mutual, then infor-mation is exchanged, and a second date is scored.

Everybody had his or her own reason for participating in speed dating. For Justin Stevison, it was “just to meet new people.”

For Emmanuel Walker, he did it “mainly because I’m not as social as I would like to be, so I seized this op-portunity to meet some new people.” He said that everybody was very friendly; he only wishes he could

have had longer to talk to them.“I would probably do this again.

It was something I could really get into,” Walker said.

Ronalda � omas was the brain behind the speed dating as SMAC decided to take a new approach to encourage people to meet each other.

“I did it last year with the psy-

chology department,” � omas said. “It was a really fun experience. I thought it would be nice to let other students have this experience.”

� omas said that originally a per-fect number of people had signed up for speed dating – 30 guys and 30 girls. Not all of these people, however, showed up. Instead, peo-ple who hadn’t signed up showed

up, and surprisingly there ended up being more guys than girls.

“But people seem to be having fun,” she said. � e fun was evi-dent, as participants’ heads leaned across the tables and laughter rang through the air as the daters eagerly shared as much of their lives as they could during their short 3-minute windows.

FeaturePage 6 Thursday, September 30, 2010

712 N. Main Street601-582-5557www.mstreetumc.org

Sundays8:30 & 11 AM Traditional Worship in Sanctuary

9:00 AM Contemporary Worship in Fellowship Hall10:00 AM Sunday School

The Student PrintzReligious DirectoryPlease call if you would like to add your church.

601-266-5188 or email us at [email protected]

Hattiesburg UnitarianUniversalist Fellowship A safe, welcoming atmosphere for spiritual exploration

Services are held each Sunday at 11:00 am in Hatties-burg Area Garden Center at 209 N. Hutchinson Ave, just

south of Hattiesburg High Schoolwww.huuf.us (fi nd us on facebook) 601-543- 0400

Trinity Episcopal Church509 West Pine St. 601- 544-5551

Sundays 8 & 10:30 a.m.Sunday Classes all ages at 9:15 a.m

WednesdaysEucharist &Healing Service9:30 a.m.

www.trinityhattiesburg.org fi nd us on facebook

3200 W. Arlington Loop(2 blocks south of Hardy St. and Sou. Miss)601-264-6908www.ubchm.org

Become a fan of University Baptist Church Hattiesburg on Facebook

University Baptist ChurchBible Studies--Sunday WorshipWednesday Supper---Coffee HouseMissions & Service Opportunities

ON CAMPUS

Students rush for romanceMichelle Holowach

Printz Writer

USM students take part in a SMAC-sponsored speed dating event at the Power House on Wednesday. 33 students took part in the event.Bryant Hawkins/Printz

SMAC speed dating event succeeds

Arts & Entertainment Page 7Thursday, September 30, 2010

Brownstone’s: a downtown taste of New Orleans

Just across Highway 49 lies many venues that offer both inter-esting and exciting experiences in music, art and food. One of these is Brownstone’s, a New Orleans-style restaurant of the downtown scene.

Brownstone’s was opened four years ago on July 4 by Ken Brown who said, “We purposely pursued this downtown location for Brownstone’s to complement other local music venues, such as Thirsty Hippo, B&E Wine Bar and Benny’s Boom Boom Room, and help foster the ‘college town’ experience which towns like Ox-ford, Starkville, Tuscaloosa and Athens, Ga., have established.”

Brown, the owner of Brown-stone’s, said his restaurant has a “lively, friendly, casual New Or-leans atmosphere and the fusion of flavor and fun you would ex-pect,” Brown said.

The balcony on the top floor of the restaurant offers a view for diners. Many events are held at Brownstone’s ranging from birth-day parties to wedding receptions. The atmosphere allows romance as well as fun, much like the city of New Orleans.

Brian Beck has been working as a server at Brownstone’s for three weeks and said he enjoys work-ing in the downtown atmosphere. “People seem to think that West Hattiesburg is all that Hattiesburg has to offer, but downtown is re-ally beautiful and has a lot of cul-ture,” he said.

There’s a sense of community and camaraderie that comes from working amidst the quieter down-town scene, Beck said. “People that work in the downtown com-munity are friends,” Beck said. “We all hang out together.”

James Benge, an advertising major at USM, said that he’s had some pretty interesting experi-ences while working at Brown-stone’s. “Deuce McAllister comes here occasionally and I’ve gotten his autograph,” Benge said. Benge has been working at Brownstone’s over a year and is the lead server and training to be a bartender.

In addition to the live music of-fered at Brownstone’s every week, they also participate in many downtown events. “Eaglepalooza has become a Brownstone’s tradi-tion and is our single biggest day of the year,” Brown said.

Brownstone’s will also be par-ticipating in Down Town Boogie Down on Oct. 8 featuring George McConnel from Widespread Pan-

ic as well as Homecoming and the Art Walk on Oct. 9.

“The coolest thing we do from my point of view is that on Thanksgiving Day Brownstone’s hosts a free community Thanks-giving dinner where we share food donated by local merchants served by family, friends and volunteers, many of whom are USM students,” Brown said. “Of

course, we welcome volunteers who would like to donate a couple of hours of their time on Thanks-giving Day to join us in serving a wonderful and welcome dinner to our guests,” Brown said.

Brown agreed with many downtown employees, stating his interest in revitalizing downtown. “We wanted to participate in the downtown Hattiesburg revitaliza-

tion and be an integral player in the growing restaurant and music scene,” Brown said.

Beck said his favorite thing about coming to work is seeing downtown Hattiesburg in the morning. “It’s so beautiful see-ing the sun come up over all the buildings, there’s just so much beauty here, and I don’t think people know that.”

Ashlyn ErvinPrintz Writer

lOcal

James Benge, lead server at Brownstone’s, chats with customers on Saturday. Brownstone’s is a locally owned, New Orleans-style restaurant in downtown Hattiesburg.

Dusty Mercier/Printz

SportsPage 8 Thursday, September 30, 2010

Southern Miss is getting ready to open up conference play against the Marshall Thun-dering Herd, and the Eagles will have to face their opponent with some key players out due to injuries.

Jason Weaver has been out since week two, and it was an-nounced this week that he will be lost for the season.

“Jason is done for the season with a knee injury,” said Coach Larry Fedora. “He had surgery on Thursday and will be out for the season. He injured it in the Prairie View game.”

Blake Anderson, the Eagle’s offensive coordinator, is confi-dent in his offensive line depth heading into conference play.

“We’ll be glad to have (Weav-er) back for next fall, but guys have stepped in and played well in his absence,” Anderson said.

Thomas Edenfield will re-place Weaver at tackle for the rest of the season. Fedora said he has confidence in Edenfield to get the job done.

“Thomas Edenfield played great the other night,” Fedora said. “We were really pleased with the way he played.”

Deandre Brown is also anoth-er player that could be sidelined for the Marshall game. Brown is day-to-day right now, but he will not practice in the begin-ning of this week.

“Right now, he is day-to-day with a lower leg strain,” Fedora said. “He will not practice to-

morrow from my understand-ing. There is no concern that this is a lingering injury from his (leg) break in 2008.”

Fedora believes that one of the many keys to Saturday’s game will be the home field advantage that the Eagles will have.

“We have our crowd behind us, and they do a great job,” Fe-dora said. “Our students do such a great job. Our players feed off that energy, and it is a pretty neat situation to play in that en-vironment. There is a tradition here, and our players take a lot of pride in that tradition.”

The Eagles will have the op-portunity for a fast start in Conference USA, with three of their first four games at home. Fedora said his team is ready, because they’ve had much prac-tice in the first few games.

“That was kind of the way we wanted to work things and why we played so many play-ers in the first four games, so we would be ready for C-USA play,” he said. “I think we are ready now.”

Fedora has watched the Mar-shall tape and has seen a lot of youth and inexperience that the Golden Eagles could be able to take advantage of.

“Just watching them overall, they are a new staff with kids still learning what they want them to do,” he said. “They have been playing real hard but just have not gotten over the hump.”

Southern Miss will take on Marshall Saturday at 7 p.m. The game can be viewed on CBS College Sports.

Herd heads to the BurgCade Morrow

Printz Writer

USM’s DeAndre Brown, right, embraces teammate Desmond Johnson, left, after a touchdown against Prairie View on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. Brown will not be playing this Saturday against Marshall in in Conference USA opener.

Bryant Hawkins/Printz

FootBall

Southern Missvs. Marshall

Day: Saturday Date: Oct. 2, 2010Location: The Rock Time: 7:00 p.m. CT

Onlinestudentprintz.com

Visit us at studentprintz.com after the game for recap, photos and video.

3-1 1-3

Southern Miss Sports: Upcoming Games

Friday 7:00 p.m.Women’s Soccer at UAB7:00 p.m.Women’s Volleyball vs. Tulsa

Sunday 9:30 a.m.Softball vs. Texas State in Spring, Texas1:00 p.m.Women’s Soccer at Memphis1:00 p.m.Women’s Volleyball at SMU

Saturday 11:45 a.m.Softball vs. Baylor in Spring, Texas4:15 p.m.Softball vs. Texas A&M in Spring, Texas7:00 p.m.Football USM vs. Marshall

Southern Miss Weekend Box Score

Softball:9/25 vs. Southeastern Louisiana W, 7-0 9/25 at William Carey W, 4-1

Soccer:9/25 vs. Marshall L, 1-0

Volleyball:9/24 vs. Rice L. 3-1

9/25 vs. Rice W, 3-1

Football:9/25 vs. Louisiana Tech W, 13-12

USM’s DeAndre Brown catches a pass despite tough defense from Prairie View during their match up on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. Brown will not be playing this Saturday against Marshall in in Conference USA opener.

Bryant Hawkins/Printz