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Thursday, May 5, 2011 Volume 95 Issue 58SERVING SOUTHERN MISS SINCE 1927

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On Tuesday, Mugshots returned to the people of Hattiesburg a� er a 42-day absence brought on by a � re that devastated the West Fourth Street location.

Mugshots now resides in the building of the old Alumni House restaurant, located at 204 North 40th Avenue near The Grand movie theatre.

Ron Savell, owner of Mug-shots, is thrilled that the restau-rant has finally reopened since the fire.

“This is a huge weight off our shoulders,” said Savell. “These past 42 days have felt like seven years, and last night brought a big smile to my face to get to see everyone enjoying our food again. Getting back to what we do best is exciting.”

Savell was very pleased with the crowd, saying that up to 500 meals were served Monday night at the opening for family and friends of Mugshots.

The new Mugshots has a more than doubled its staff,

Father Tommy Conway blesses Mugshots’ new building Monday at a private opening. The restaurant’s previous location burned down in March.Eli Baylis/Printz

Mary Margaret HalfordPrintz Writer

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Senior Lisa Lucas and freshman Allyson Cooney unload a car of donations for tornado victims. St. Thomas Aquinas Church accepted donations all day Tuesday, and members of the Catholic Student Association helped sort the items at a parishioners house. Items included canned foods, blankets, pillows, sheets, household items and more. The students then loaded boxes into a U-Haul, which a parishioner drove to Tuscaloosa Wednesday and brought to distribution centers in the area.

“I feel that whenever the opportunity to help someone walks right in front of your face, it’d be foolish not to take advantage of it,” said junior Joey Tramuta, when asked

why he decided to help that day. “Also, I’m from Alabama, and I know people who were in school at Tuscaloosa, so it was personal.”

CSA member Matthew Bell helped for different reasons.

“I decided to help out because I remember how grateful I was after hurricane Katrina of all the people who took their time to help out or donate supplies,” Bell said. “I told myself then if I was ever given the chance to do the same I would. It really is a great feeling to know that you can help out others in need.”

“I know that I helped people, even if only in a small way,” Tramuta said. “I helped someone and that’s what life is all about – helping others.”

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Catch me if you can: some cheaters win

The stress of finals and main-taining a good GPA leaves some students faced with a tough deci-sion: to cheat or not to cheat?

“I won’t say I’ve never done it,” said a junior history major who wishes to remain anonymous. “But I sure didn’t feel good about it afterwards.” The student also describes her innovative cheat-ing style: “I actually stapled index cards to the inside of my dress that I could turn out and put back … ruined the dress but I ended up with a B in the class.”

While cheating is against Southern Miss’s academic integri-ty policy, students find themselves overwhelmed with the amount of material they are expected to re-gurgitate: “When you take 16 or more hours in a semester, you could potentially have three fi-nal exams in one day which can be intimidating,” said sophomore Jeff Henderson, journalism major and Tallahassee, Fla., native. “I can see why cheating appeals to some people to keep their grades up, but I’m too chicken to try it.”

Advice from frequent cheaters will tell you to “find the person who annoyed the class the whole semester and who took a lot of notes. Sit by them, and you’re golden … just pray they have big handwriting.”

Other students use their own notes: “When I took the first test, I felt like I had adequately conveyed my knowledge of the subject … but when I got the test back, I made a C. So for the rest of the tests, I just filled out my blue book with the notes beforehand. When I copied down the notes verbatim, I made 100’s,” said a se-nior broadcast journalism major who also wishes to remain anony-mous, because “the university would love to make an example out of [cheaters].”

Apart from the standard cheating styles of trying to find answers on a classmate’s Scantrons or the ‘leaning tech-nique’ to decipher those Blue-book scribbles, professors have witnessed some interesting attempts to provide the mate-rial necessary: “We look at the bathrooms during tests, and one time found essay answers squirreled away in a stall –

ready for a student to have to go to the bathroom. Sadly for that student they found noth-ing but a note from us that the answers had been removed and that it was best to study,” said Andrew Wiest, professor of History. “One guy kept going all cross-eyed, and we found his notes taped to the inside bill of his baseball cap,” Andrew said. “Having taught here for more than 20 years now, I am pretty sure I have about seen it all.”

Cheating can also happen in writing assignments, where instructors enlist the help of technology like TurnItIn.com to catch tricksters hoping to pass. “In the worst situations, students lift whole paragraphs from websites, copy their friend’s homework and submit it as their own, or, in the most fascinating cases, lift mate-rial from their own professor’s book,” said Susannah Ural, as-sociate professor of history. “Systems like TurnItIn are in-valuable, though – they make it much easier for professors to catch cheating and focus our energy on the students who truly want to learn.”

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Student cheating goes high tech. Scribbling notes on your hand or peering at another student’s test? No, today’s cheaters use scanned paper candy wrappers, MP3 players and camera phones.

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Mugshots waitress Summer Diaz delivers the famous Mugshots burger to patrons during the private opening Tuesday. Mugshots recently reopened at the Alumni House’s previous location.

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News in BriefEagle Edge Study Gum

This Wednesday, Eagle Edge Study Gum officially went on sale in Barnes and Noble and the Pods on campus.

The caffeinated gum is said to be the equivalent of an eight-ounce energy drink.

At the bookstore, gum is avail-able for $1.99 and at the Pods for $2.50. Eagle Edge comes in four flavors: peppermint, cinnamon, spearmint and citrus.

The gum is sponsored by the

USM College of Business.

Sig Ep to return

Members of the indefinitely suspended fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon, have been notified of their potential to return to cam-pus in fall 2011.

Upon completion of certain conditions from the national office of Sigma Phi Epsilon and the university, the frater-nity will regain its status of an active chapter.

Membership reviews and an outline of a plan for success are a few features of the stipu-lations required for the frater-nity to return.

The university has reserved the Sigma Phi Epsilon house should all requirements be met.

Kate Greene update

A university request for a psy-chological evaluation from political science professor, Kate Greene, has been revoked.

The USM chapter of the Amer-ican Association of Association of University Professors sent a letter to the President Martha Saunders concerning their un-ease about the university’s failure to provide Greene with due pro-cess before her suspension.

Ken Watson, a member of the AAUP executive committee, was upset with Greene’s suspension given without the

“Students have a right to com-plain but teachers have the right to respond to those complaints and no such possibility was made

available to Professor Greene,” said Watson. “I would regard this as deeply problematic.”

Watson is pleased with Greene’s recent restoration to the classroom saying, “The requirement for a psy-chological evaluation has been re-ceded and Kate needs no note from a shrink saying she is mentally ca-pable of teaching.”

“It’s pretty much over now, though our feathers are a little ruffled because of the whole affair,” Watson said.

with close to 90 staff members as opposed to the 37 when it burned.

Savell also said that Mugshots is working to transition into more of a restaurant, with serving food being their main purpose.

“We will offer acoustic music and late night happy hours, but we won’t have live bands,” Savell said. “We’ll have some good music out on the patio and some inside.”

Savell said the building is not set up for a band bar, but the kitchen will stay open late, with the bar closing two hours after the kitchen.

“People who are out will be able to come in and have a cocktail and grab a burger,” Savell said.

Jazmine Torrey was a regular at Mugshots before it burned, and now she is working there.

“I’m excited about Mugshots being open,” Torrey said. “Even when it was closed I just wanted it, and we’re so excited about this new place.”

Torrey agreed with Savell in say-

ing that opening day was a success.“Today has been busy but we’re

just glad everyone is enjoying it,” Torrey said. “Some people don’t even eat, they just come in to say hello and look around.”

Mary McGrath has worked at several Mugshots locations, in-cluding the Hattiesburg branch that was destroyed, and now she is back to work in the new location.

“I’m just glad it’s open again because I’ve been out of a job,” McGrath said. “I remember waking up at six the morn-ing it burned. I had to drive to see it for myself because I just couldn’t believe it.”

McGrath is quite pleased with the new location, and said that the Hattiesburg branch is her favorite.

“I want everyone to still love Mugs,” Savell said. “It won’t be the same, but we had to pick up and move on.”

As far as a band bar, Savell said, “I won’t say much, but don’t give up hope yet.”

Downtown is preparing to give students the send-off of the semester this Saturday with Feel the Beat of Front Street: Block Party.

“This was really designed for students,” said Jason Leviere, co-owner of Click Boutique on Front Street and one of the organizers for the event.

Leviere’s partner, Adam Myrick, said the party is more than just mu-sic. “Feel the Beat of Front Street – it’s musically themed but it’s not like Jazz Fest or anything like that,” he said. “Really the theme means feel the new vibe of front street, the new vibe of downtown.”

The Block Party, which starts at 4 p.m., will feature food and drink specials, discounts at local busi-nesses and several bands playing in businesses and outside on the SouthBound Bagels stage. The streets will be blocked off for the entirety of the event.

May 7 also happens to be inter-national Free Comic Book Day, an event Southern Fried Comics has prepared for well in advance.

“The only rule to FCBD is that you can’t sell the comics,” said Barry Herring, USM almunus and owner of the downtown comic book store. “The whole point is to match the person with the comic they might like. We’re keeping it low key so we can get the chance to really talk to people and find out what fits them.”

Herring named some of the free comics that would be available to customers all day Saturday: The

Amazing Spiderman, Worlds of Aspen, Spontaneuos, Atomic Robo, Top Ten Deadliest Sharks and even Super Dinosaur. With issues from classics to horror to sci-fi and ev-erything in between, Herring said there’s something for everyone. “The Intrepid Escape Goat,” he read from his list of com-ic book titles. “Now how could you not be excited about trying s o m e t h i n g like that?”

A n y o n e who wears a comic book or Southern Fried Com-ics T-shirt Saturday will receive a 10 percent dis-count to SFC, Click Bou-tique, A-Gal-lery/Plums, McKenzie’s on Main, 206 Front, Depot Coffee House and Bistro, Bi-anchi’s Pizze-ria, The Shed, Brownstones and South-Bound Bagel and Coffee Shop.

Herring’s store is also one of many participating in a Red Cross dona-tion drive Saturday to benefit tor-nado victims.

“We just wanted to do something to help out,” he said.

“My wife went to community college in north Mississippi where we’re both from, and she used to drive through Smithville every day. And now Smithville is basically gone. It’s something that’s near and

dear to us, so we wanted to try to do something.”

Those who donate money or items to the fund will be entered into a raffle at SCF to win a gift bag of

books, a gift card, and other items from the store. Herring said he wants the sense of community Hat-tiesburg has downtown to extend to neighbors up north, thinks raising funds and items at the Block Party will be very successful.

“We’ll end the semester with a bang, usher in the sum-mer, give away some comics and raise money and items for a very good cause,” Her-ring said.

M c K e n -zie’s on Main will be the main drop-off point for tornado re-covery items. Those who donate will receive free S t a r b u c k’s coffee and a wristband that gets 10 percent off at all previously ment ione d businesses.

In addition to monetary d onat i ons , the stores are

asking for non-perishable food, hy-giene items, cleaning supplies and other necessities such as cell phone chargers, flashlights, batteries, etc.

The Block Party has an after par-

ty as well. SouthBound Bagels will host Beatz to the Streetz that night, featuring Skinny Fingers and DJ Sub Statik.

Heidi Hackbarth, co-owner of SouthBound, said since the theme is “Feel the Beat of Front Street” she already had a DJ booked during the day. “We thought about it and decided to have a dance party that night at ten,” she said. “Glow sticks and glitter!”

Hackbarth said they will also be previewing their new dinner items Saturday night with a Greek-style tapas menu. Starting May 19, the restaurant will open on Thursday and Friday nights to serve tapas and beer. Chris Hackbarth, who started SouthBound in 2004, said it’s time for something fresh. “I’m excited about changing things up after seven years of just doing breakfast,” he said. “It’s like opening a new restaurant.”

Myrick and Leviere are equally excited about how the entire Block Party will affect the popularity of the downtown area in the future. “It’s like a buffet,” Leviere said of the night. “A sample platter you order in a restaurant. The next time you come, you remember, ‘I like that, I’ll order that for my meal.’”

Leviere said the reason they aren’t bringing in any street vendors is because “we want people to realize there doesn’t have to be a block party for you to come down here and do this stuff.”

“It’s a really awesome time for downtown,” Myrick said. “The next few years are going to be a nice awakening. The idea of community is so intense down here, and now it’s about growing our community.”

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Hub city gays hit The G-SpotEvery Friday night, people

gather at The G-Spot to watch their favorite drag queen or stud perform and fight for the winning spot for the week. These visual art-ists transform into their “alter ego” through the use of clothing, ex-travagant makeup and gaudy hair-styles in order to put on a fabulous showcase to entice customers.

Located at 5601 Highway 42 just past Ropers, The G-Spot opens its doors every Friday night at 9:30 p.m. and prepares its customers for a show they will never forget. Spot lights, strobe lights and laster lights of many colors flash throughout the small club with red walls accented with metal and black accessories. The quaint bar not only exudes a city feel but ads a modern twist for its customers to enjoy.

With its grand opening on April 22, The G-Spot hopes to be defined as the gay bar in Hatties-burg that is open to any and all.

Known simply as M.H., the manager of The G-Spot hopes to attract people from every eth-nic background. Although The G-Spot is a gay bar, people with every sexual preference are en-couraged to explore a fascinating and unique show that is one-of-a-kind in the Hattiesburg area.

“We wanted to open a club for everyone. We play several differ-ent genres of music and hope to make everybody feel comfortable. At the end of the day, we’re all family,” M.H. said.

As of now, the club is only open on Friday nights, but M.H. hopes to expand hours as business picks up. Shows begin at 10 p.m. every

Friday evening, and members who pay for VIP access receive two complementary drinks and a free appetizer.

Many students feel that a gay bar in Hattiesburg is a wonderful idea.

Jason Jones is a freshmen gen-eral studies major who trans-formed into Jasmine DuMore at the grand opening two Fridays ago. When choosing his stage name, Jones picked DuMore be-

cause, “Honey, I can do no less.”Jones cross-dresses and per-

forms at shows because he said it’s a way to express himself.

“It’s like a mask,” Jones said. “While I’m Jasmine, Jason’s prob-lems are left at the door. I get to have fun regardless. You get to choose the soundtrack you per-form to. That song reflects you.”

Justin MitchellPrintz Writer

A man dances to the music of The G-Spot Friday.Eli Baylis/Printz

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Jones went on to say that the best way to perform in drag is to tell a story. He said that if you ef-fectively present your story, then the audience loves your perfor-mance. Jones will be perform-ing this Friday at Bottoms Up in Jackson. “It’s gonna be hot, I’m gonna be hot, and that’s all I can say,” Jones said.

Former USM student Raoul Boughton said that it was im-perative to have a gay bar in Hat-tiesburg. “I think a new gay bar is a great idea,” Boughton said. “It’s also a shame that gay men and women have to create a speci� c place to go out even though they welcome straight people with open arms. Either way you look at it, it’s still a form of oppression, and people need to get past that.”

As a straight man, Boughton went to � e Groove when it was open two years ago. He enjoyed the atmosphere of � e Groove and loved the creativity and indi-vidualism shown in a drag show.

Boughton also said that while he felt uncomfortable at � rst, he had a great time at a drag show that his friend participated in. A group of his friends went out to support their friend in the competition, and the announcer of the show speci� cally asked Boughton about his feelings rea-garding the show. Boughton got on the microphone and said he loved it.

“It’s actually kind of fascinat-ing to see a man look, dance and walk like a woman. That’s pure talent.”

Boughton challenges other men to be open-minded and re-spect the LGBT community.

“As straight men, we need to learn to respect the gay lifestyle,” Boughton said.

Senior political science major Devon Foucha said that having bars like � e G-Spot are integral to supporting the LGBT commu-nity in Hattiesburg.

“I feel as if Hattiesburg has a large gay and lesbian community who are largely under represent-ed in every way,” Foucha said.

Foucha spent many nights in the old gay bars that used to re-side in Hattiesburg. She hopes to visit � e G-Spot soon. “I think everyone has fun at gay bars. Generally, the environment is more relaxed. My gay and straight friends all have a blast

w hen we go to gay bars. And though straight people tend to be hesitant about going to gay bars, I’ve never met a single person who just hated it and refused to go back,” Foucha said.

Foucha said that Friday night shows at the G-Spot that fea-ture queens, studs and kings will become very popular. “Drag shows are high energy and ex-tremely entertaining,” Foucha

said. “� ere are so many talented people who participate, and they put on really good shows.”

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Cinco de Mayo gives students an acceptable excuse to set aside study materials for a night and celebrate a Spanish holiday as well as the end of the semester with margaritas and Mexican food.

Many restaurants in Hattiesburg have created great drink specials or a festive food menu to attract

students and residents alike to cel-ebrate and relax.

Caliente Grille invites custom-ers to come in tomorrow for Mus-tache Madness between 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Customers will be given a free mustache and offered two-for-one regular and mango margaritas and Mexican beer.

Caliente owner Charles Arinder said that if weather permits Tiny Explosions will be performing on the outside deck from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

“T-shirts and gift cards will be given away in between sets as well,” Arinder said.

In addition to two-for-one mar-garitas, La Fiesta Brava will be host-ing live music from Hillcrest tomor-row evening.

Steven Dauenhauer, a senior coaching major, is a server at Cane-brake Country Club and said he will be out and about for Cinco de Mayo.

“A bunch of coworkers and myself will start the night out for a friend’s birthday with listening to Hillcrest at

La Fiesta Brava,” Dauenhauer said.Oscar’s Cantina is having kara-

oke from 8:30 p.m. to close tomor-row as well $2 shots of Jose Cu-ervo and longneck bottles of beer. Pitchers of beer will only be $5, and margaritas and draft beer are two-for-one all night long.

Chili’s is having a “Cinco de Mayo Block Party” starting at 5 to-morrow evening. SL 100.3 will be at the bar and grill from 5 to 7:30 giving away door prizes. Margarita and appetizer specials will be avail-

able all night as well as live music by The King Fridays.

John Neal, the owner of the Keg and Barrel, said that the pub will have a margarita machine and live music for tonight.

“All-you-can-eat chicken and beef fajitas, tacos and enchiladas will also be available for custom-ers,” Neal said.

No matter what restaurant, Mexi-can or not, people choose to eat at today, margaritas and delicious food will be readily available.

Justin MitchellPrintz Writer

Margaritas para todos: fiesta, foreverlocal

The Thirsty Hippo, after 11 years, announced on its Facebook that significant changes will come within the next month.

“The time has come that the Hippo will no longer be in its original home,” they wrote. “We’re pursuing different ventures and want every-one to know Downtown Hatties-burg is still in our best interest.”

While they have a full schedule filled for May, the business plans to move after the month “for the better, not dying.”

USM alum Sumner Bagget post-ed, “The Hippo truly was the begin-ning of a good music scene in Hat-tiesburg.”

Jason McClure wrote, “I can re-member when there was absolutely

nothing going on in town, especially downtown ... and then along comes this little dive with great people, great music and a great beer selec-tion. It was the beginning of some-thing special in Hattiesburg and re-ally jump started what we know as today’s downtown Hattiesburg.”

The Hippo enigmatically reas-sured their customers, however.

“The future holds great things for the Hippo, and the space that it has occupied for the past de-cade plus,” they posted.

“Yes, the Hippo as you know it is closing its doors but not gone! So please be patient, have faith and in due time y’all will have two new places to enjoy!”

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Thirsty Hippo take a break

The end of a new semester has come around again, and it is time for the Southern Miss Dance De-partment to show off its talent.

Tonight is the opening night of the Dance Studio 115 Con-cert – a concert featuring a colorful assortment of unique dances performed by students and faculty. The concert will feature five pieces, two cho-reographed and performed by students and three produced by faculty members.

Bethany Cline, a junior dance education major, has been work-ing hard all year to choreograph one of the pieces being show-cased in the concert. For Cline the most challenging aspect has been trying to express her thoughts and inspiration and translating it from her ideas into movement that everybody can understand and relate to.

“Once we got into it, it became a little easier,” she said, “and things just kind of snowballed into the final product.”

Cline said that her favorite part of the concert is its close-ness and intimacy. “With this you are up close,” she said, “you’re almost in the dance.”

“There’s a lot of things that people have experienced,” Cline also said. “There’s love in the duet and a lot of people can ex-perience either having that or wanting that in some way, then there’s the solo that explores how close and vulnerable you can be as an artist, and everyone has been in a vulnerable posi-tion before…so it’s all things that we’ve all experienced in some way that is just done in an entertaining, engaging way.”

Elizabeth Warshauer, a junior dance performance and chore-ography major, choreographed one of the dances and is per-forming in the concert. War-shauer said she has loved work-ing with the cast and getting insight from them, and now she can’t wait to see her dance come together under the lights.

“It’s really exciting to see something I have worked on for four months or so that I’ve done come to life on stage,” Warshau-er said. “I think it’s a great ex-perience to experience the arts at Southern Miss, and it’s a very diverse concert.”

Students and faculty have been practicing for three hours a week since January, and now they finally get to see the re-wards of all their hard work. The dances they will be per-

forming range from six to twelve minutes long, but each one is unique.

“There’s one that’s a ballet that has a live musician, there’s a solo that explores how close you can get to the audience, there are two group pieces, and there’s one that is a duet about love,” Cline said.

“Every piece is specifically dif-ferent,” freshman and dance major Britney Kuehn said. “They’re all unique which is cool because you get some concerts that are the same

thing over and over, but with this one every piece is a new surprise.”

To Kuehn, the most impor-tant thing that a student can get out of coming to see this show is a new cultural experience.

“Modern dance especially is so much about the artistic pro-cess,” Kuehn said. “Just the work that goes behind the pieces, it’s so in-depth, and very much an artistic thing. It’s not showy, there is so much work and so much thought process behind each piece that makes it a very

cultural and artistic experience.”The performers encourage

students to come out to the concert, which is being per-formed all weekend, and sup-port the arts at Southern Miss.

“This is the rewarding part,” Cline said, “you’ve worked hard and you’ve pushed through ev-erything trying to get through writing papers and tests and rehearsals and crazy weather canceling rehearsals and you get to this part and you’re like finally, its together. This is just

the highlight of it all.”“The whole concert together

is probably about an hour,” War-shauer said. “And it’s cheaper than a movie. Come see some amazing dances. I think the stu-dents here will appreciate it and it will really open their eyes to what Southern Miss has to offer.”

The concert opens tonight at 7:30 in Dance Studio 115. It will run May 6 and 7 at 7:30, and Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door.

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Almost ten years ago, they were just young students at Hogwarts, fending against fantastical beasts and a semi-threatening fairytale villain.

But when the � nal � lm debuts in July, Lord Voldemort will be a more menacing villain than ever, and Harry, Ron and Hermione will not be children running around a warm castle. � ey’ll be battle worn adults charging to the climax of the � ctional wizard equivalent of a post-9/11 world.

When “Harry Potter and the Sor-cerer’s Stone” was produced, “ter-rorism” was not yet a word that had entered the average person’s daily vocabulary. � e timing of its release, then, was impeccable; the warm, whimsical � rst installment hit the-aters just a little over two months a� er the 9/11 attacks. It provided the perfect escape for a world freshly doused in fear and uncertainty.

It is � tting, then, that the � nal installment, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two,” will arrive just a little more than two months a� er the killing of the man responsible for 9/11, al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden.

� at’s especially poignant for the Millennial generation – a generation whose entire trajectory was drasti-cally altered on that fate-ful September day. For them, bin Laden and 9/11 de� ned the frightening real-ity of the world they grew up in. Harry Potter, on the other hand, de� ned an alter-nate reality that many of them could escape to.

And now, the arcs of reality and fantasy are closing side-by-side.

“It’s like Voldemort is dead,” historian Neil Howe told USA to-day, speaking of the reaction of the Millennials to bin Laden’s death. “It’s a Harry Potter world. For this generation, there’s either pure evil

or pure good. � ere’s no anti-hero. � ey’re out to get rid of these ter-rible forces and have a celebration. A happy ending. � is is very de� n-ing for our generation.”

J.K. Rowling said in a 2005 inter-view that she never set out to write a “post-9/11 Harry Potter book.” Indeed, by the time tragedy struck, four of the seven books had already

been written and published.But when the � � h book, “Har-

ry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” was published in 2003, there was a noticeable change; the series was far more political, characters were far more cynical towards their government and

the � nal chapter of the book was titled “� e Second War Begins.”

By the time of the sixth book, Voldemort and his army of Death Eaters were wreaking havoc on the world, killing hundreds of innocents along the way.

“What Voldemort does, in many senses, is terrorism,” Rowling ad-mitted. “And that was quite clear

in my mind before 9/11 happened.”

“� ere were some very startling parallels at the time I was writing [the sixth book],” she conceded.

But Rowling could not have pre-dicted at least one parallel. � e deadly 2005 London bomb-ings took place just weeks before the release of the sixth book. It had already

been written for months, but in the � rst chapter of that book, Volde-mort’s Death Eaters also committed deadly acts of terror in London.

Because of that coincidence, Row-ling cancelled plans to read to fans from that chapter upon the book’s release, choosing a passage about a joke shop for the reading instead.

Still, Rowling denies that she in-tentionally sought to allegorize the post-9/11 world. In that respect, she is similar to J.R.R. Tolkien, who steadfastly denied that his se-ries, “� e Lord of the Rings,” was meant to serves as an allegory to World War II.

But for Tolkien fans of the time, reality and � ction were inextricably linked. Such is the case for many Harry Potter fans.

Former Today producer Elliot Walker was one of the few people who saw the � rst plane as it crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. In the a� ermath, she discovered the Harry Potter series.

“As [J.K. Rowling] continued to produce more books,” she wrote on the Today website, “I contin-ued to love the vision and the magic, but I also came to crave the message, and to believe that these are, in fact, the quintessential books of our time, a sort of moral compass in an age of terror.”

For fans like Walker, echoes of 9/11 will always be present in the Harry Potter books and � lms. � ose echoes may be even more pronounced now, as the arcs of fan-tasy and reality are set to close two months apart – the same way they began a decade ago.

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“ I would just like to rant for a moment about the Math Zone. It makes absolutely no sense that 1) a 3-credit course requires an hour in class and three in the Math Zone per week, and 2) the allotted work for the week usually amounts to about 45 minutes, forcing students to waste time by star-ing at a blank screen when they could be doing something else. Additionally, what dense mind in the math department thought a Saturday morning fi -nal exam would be convenient for students? This is why USM students take their basic math classes elsewhere.

Just because there are sev-eral tables in the curricu-lum room DOES NOT, I RE-PEAT DOES NOT give you the right to move in with your 100-person group and start discussing your work. Shut up, pack your things and move this study group to a private room upstairs or to someone’s house/apt!

Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.

Jordan Fiala, Love ya, mean it!!!!

Today three students went across W. 4th without push-ing buttons for the pedes-trian lights. Will someone at USM please include remind-ers about the dangers of walking without the warning lights? They do this after dark too while wearing dark cloth-ing! That dimness doesn’t make the school or city look good and someone is going to get killed and traumatize the poor souls who hit them.

Hey Cordie. What are you doing tonight?

Just so you know, if you are not in the white lines when you walk in front of my car, I will hit you. Look out.

Voldemort joins bin Laden in hell?NATIONAL

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Opinion Page 11Thursday, May 5, 2011SPORTS

Editor wraps up year in sports

All in all, it has been a rather interesting year for Southern Miss athletics. As Golden Eagle fans, we are somewhat immune to the fact that our teams are prone to losing close games. We had our fair share of heart break-ing losses, but not all things were a complete let-down.

The school was able to claim its first individual national champion with long jumper Tori Bowie. Bowie, along with the entire track and field pro-gram, has put the university on the map with successful outdoor and indoor campaigns result-ing in national rankings and all-American honors for the women’s team and great perfor-mances for the men’s team.

Tragedy struck the school when three football players were shot in a nightclub altercation, but the foot-ball team rebounded well to make an appearance in the Beef O’Brady’s Bowl in St. Petersburg, Fla. against Louisville. Fans should take solace in the fact that Coach Fedora and

the boys were a handful of defensive stops from being 12-1.

Reed Green Coliseum was awak-ened by a renaissance of Golden Eagle basketball. A strong veteran lineup allowed for the men’s pro-gram to have one of the best seasons in a decade. � e team was able to take a down a ranked opponent at home for the � rst time in 20 plus years. Coach Eustachy and his team were poised to make it to the NCAA tournament, but unlikely breaks at end of games caused that opportu-nity to slip past Southern Miss.

On the women’s side, the Lady Eagles had to overcome some brutal injuries. It was a tough year for Coach McNelis and her team, but a good thing is that young players were able to garner tons of minutes and should rebound nicely next season.

As for so� ball and baseball, their regular seasons are wind-ing down with both teams playing home weekend series. So� ball has a tough go at things this season but a big win over LSU shows big strides in the program.

Baseball team looks poised to make big things happen down the stretch. The team is in the top 15 in all major polls and ap-pears likely to host a regional. With the way they have been playing so far this season, do not be too surprised to see the Black and Gold end up in Omaha.

We all wish that things could

have bounced our way a little more in both football and bas-ketball, but take comfort in knowing that at least we aren’t Tulane or Ole Miss.

Travis � ornellSports Editor

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Mary Margaret Halford is gorgeous and has a stunning personality!

Topher Bostick is awesome!

Give Meryl Dakin free food for her birthday!

Samantha Schott is the edi-tor of this paper and can do whatever the hell she wants.

The Printz loves the designers! They make everything so perfect and pretty! :)

To the people who drive around the speed bumps, it irritates the crap out of me! I think they should make the speed bumps stretch all the way across the road. Take that, drivers!

I don’t like that The Village gate has been broken for a long time. Someone might come and abduct me in my sleep.

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This year has been a good one. I hope Professor Joby Bass agrees.

I’ve learned so much. I’ve learned the names of too many fonts, and I’ve become a con-noisseur of all things frozen yogurt. (Want to know a secret? Managing Editor Meryl Da-kin and I often took Twist and Taste breaks on Monday and Wednesday nights; that’s why that headline is so lame.)

I’ve learned to communicate with my staffers … every day, if necessary (and it always is). I’ve learned to hover over them while they type and to bug the hell out of them. However, I did manage to make it through the year without learning how to fix the office printer when it jams. I think that’s pretty impressive. (I know my Chief Designer To-pher Bostick appreciates it.)

During the year, I’ve felt re-sponsible for every typo and every mistake, and I’ve felt re-sponsible for the looks of bore-dom on staff members faces during meetings. But I’ve decid-ed this guilt was a good thing – it motivated me to find s o l u t i o n s , whether it be in the form of more copy-editing or more ice-b r e a k e r s . (The Printz staff loves icebreakers. E x a m p l e : “Before we begin to-day’s meet-ing, we have to find Mrs. Mumbles. She’s an old Printz adviser who disappeared a long time ago, and today we have to find her. We’ll go around the circle, and each person will ask their neighbor, ‘Have you seen Mrs. Mumbles?’ Keep in mind that Mrs. Mumbles doesn’t have

any teeth, and she gets really offended if she sees you talking and showing your teeth.” Af-ter that introduction, Jonathan Andrews got up and tried to sneak out the door.)

I’ve learned that freshman

Michelle Holowach can write an excellent story on any-thing, and she conducts her interviews loudly in Starbucks. Sophomore Mary Margaret Halford can write a story in five minutes, and senior Jonathan Andrews breaks his phone ev-

ery day (or doesn’t like to talk to his editor on the phone…). Web Editor Ashton Pittman can make a controversy out of any-thing, and Hannah Jones has a ‘tude, and she’s going to tell you what she thinks. Earvin Hop-kins is the most pleasant, dedi-cated staff member, and Meryl can go three weeks without an alarm clock. Justin Mitchell doesn’t give up, and Marie John loves the anonymous glory of coming up with a headline. Art Director Eli Baylis loves his music, and Travis Thornell is undoubtedly our MVP, swoop-ing in and saving the paper from my ignorance of sports. (And Stormy Speaks says hi as she is copy-editing this article.)

I’ve been able to practice interviewing celebrities (yes, practice; I will continue to in-terview celebrities during my lifetime). I’d say I’ve come a long way from the starstruck, giddy moron who interviewed Jimmy Buffett in the fall. When I talked to Brett and Deanna Favre Sunday night, I dare say I fooled them into thinking I’m a normal person who interviews celebrities every day. (I did

walk away with two autographs and a picture though. Take that as you will.)

And I’d never have had these experiences or learned these lessons if not for my freshman geography professor Joby Bass. After writing an 8-page pa-per at the end of the semester on what I learned in the class (titled, “What in the world will he talk about today?”), he stopped me as I was leaving the auditorium class and told me my paper was great. “Oh, cool. Thanks,” I said (or something equally riveting). I was startled that he even knew my name. And he continued, telling me he was serious, and it was one of the best papers he’d ever read – and he’d read a lot of papers, he told me. He said I should change my major to journalism … and I listened. Thank you, Professor Bass; you’ve changed the direction of my life.

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Printz editor reflects on the year

Samantha SchottExecutive Editor

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This was an article of opinion by Samantha Schott, editor of The Student Printz. Email questions or comments to [email protected].

Jimmy Buffett visits campus

Samantha SchottSeptember 9, 2010

This online story broke the news to USM and Hattiesburg that Jimmy Buffett was in town. Published on our website a few hours after the editor and photo editor tracked him down, the sto-ry generated tons of clicks on our website. But we got even more hits when Jimmy Buffett’s website fea-tured a link to the story later that day. Then we broke records.

USM undergoes examination

Samantha SchottSeptember 14, 2010

This story was part of a series that won 1st Place for Best Investi-gative Series at the Mississippi Press Association. This story revealed that USM was on the radar of the national American Association of University Professors, who moni-tor university behavior and issue reports on violations of tenure and other university procedures.

USM senior wins FOX’s MasterChef

Jonathan AndrewsSeptember 16, 2010

Jonathan wrote this story as the show aired on a Wednesday night, hurrying to have it ready for Thurs-day’s issue. He went to the Alumni House, where Whitney Miller and her family and friends were watch-ing. He walked across the street to University Edge, where he lives, to work on the story, and then he walked back toward the end of the show to interview Miller and oth-ers. Jonathan’s story won 2nd Place in the Breaking News Category of the prestigious Mark of Excellence competition.

‘Andre was fired because he was gay’

Ashton PittmanOctober 21, 2010

USM student Andre Cooley gained national attention when he alleged that the Forrest County Sheriff’s Department had fired him upon discovering that he was gay. Ashton’s coverage of the story included interviews with Cooley’s attorneys at the ACLU and an ex-clusive interview with Andre him-

self. It won Ashton “Best Printz Writer” in the Department of Mass Communications Student Show-case Awards and earned him sec-ond place for “Best Reporter” at the Southeast Journalism Conference.

Suspect in shooting arrestedPrintz Staff

November 23, 2010

On November 14, a shooting at Remington’s Hunt Club in Hat-tiesburg wounded USM footballs players Martez Smith, Tim Green and Deddrick Jones. Over a week later, USM students and Hatties-burg residents present at Eaglepal-ooza erupted into wild cheers and applause when it was announced that the suspect, 29-year-old Tra-vis Brown, had been arrested by the U.S. Marshal’s Task Force.

Mugshots burns: Owner, students react to fire

Samantha SchottMarch 22, 2011

Now framed on the wall of the new Mugshots location, this story documented reactions to and the aftermath of a fire that destroyed one of Hattiesburg’s most loved nightlife spots. It won Samantha

the “Best Print News Story” in the Department of Mass Communi-cations and Journalism Student Showcase Awards.

Documenting the Ku Klux Klan

Michelle HolowachMarch 31, 2011

This story’s excellent writing was overshadowed by the contro-versial front-page photos we ran it with ran with. The fact of the matter is that this is a well-report-ed story and Michelle worked hard to tell it well. If you didn’t get a chance (or didn’t want) to read it, go back and look at it in an old issue or on studentprintz.com.

Hate speech comes to HattieAshton PittmanMarch 31, 2011

Ashton’s opinion article about his experience listening to Reverend Jeremiah Wright speak at Shady Grove Baptist church earned a lot of hits on studentprintz.com from USM students and others who simply stumbled across it alike. 588 Facebook “Likes” and 66 com-ments show just how much buzz this article generated.

Professor returns after suspension

Justin MitchellApril 26, 2011

We’ve received many Shout-outs in response to this story, but we couldn’t run them. We had to be really careful with our coverage of this controversial situation. Justin worked hard to gather facts and make sure that everything was re-ported fairly, so hard that we held the story several times before pub-lishing it. Though not everyone we contacted wanted to talk about it, the facts were reported.

And justice for allMeryl DakinMay 3, 2011

A decade after the devastating attacks of September 11, President Obama announced that retribution had come to Osama bin Laden.This story reported the response to that event on USM’s campus. Now, the issue it appeared in hangs in the Printz office next to the special is-sue from September 12, 2001, that reported on the attacks all those years ago.

Printz picks Top 10 stories of year

Thank you Pro-fessor Bass; you’ve changed the direc-tion of my life.

Samantha Schott

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