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ADAM LEVINEAMERICAN REUNION WEATHER

Governor Phil Bryant signed a bill into law Monday morning that would increase the alcohol by weight, or ABW, cap in beer from 5 to 8 percent in the state.

� us, the alcohol by volume, or ABV, cap will increase in Mississippi from around 6 to 10 percent.

� e bill, known as SB 2878, will go into e� ect on July 1, 2012.

Local bar owners and beer sup-porters rejoiced and immediately planned events in celebration of the new beer law.

Raise Your Pints, a non-pro� t grassroots organization fully com-posed of a volunteers, played a large role in the bill’s passing Monday.

Butch Bailey, president of Raise Your Pints, said the organization is an advocate of cra� beer and beer drinkers in the state of Mississippi who promote legislation, education and public awareness of cra� beers throughout the state.

“� is was our bill,” Bailey said. “� is is the third year we’ve been pushing for it. We got this intro-

duced and lobbied for it hard as well as got partners in the beer industry to support the bill.”

Bailey said he was happy with Monday’s outcome.

“� is is the culmination of three years of really hard work and e� ort on a volunteer basis,” Bailey said. “� is is de� nitely thrilling and hum-bling. We are very thankful to the governor for signing the bill.”

John Neal, owner of Keg and Bar-rel, said that the ABW increase is great for local business owners in the Hattiesburg area.

“It’s important for Mississippi business owners to be on a level playing � eld,” Neal said. “Currently my customers are driving out of state spending their money on gourmet beers that the Keg and Barrel cannot legally provide.”

Neal also said the bill’s passing is a win-win situation for residents and business owners alike.

“With the passage of SB 2878, our customers can spend money locally, which means more tax dollars for the state,” Neal said.

To celebrate, Keg and Barrel hosted music by the 6550’s and all-you-can-eat craw� sh for $15

Monday evening. A beer truck was also brought in by Neal that carried various cra� beers for cus-tomers to enjoy while celebrating SB 2878’s victory.

“It’s great the law passed because now there will be a better beer selec-tion in Hattiesburg,” senior medi-cal technology major and attendee Crystal � ompson said.

Neal also said the beer truck will be � lled with beer from Lazy Magnolia Brewery and Rogue Beer as a thank you for the two companies for supporting Raise Your Pints in the legislative pro-cess of passing SB 2878.

Senior business administration major Barret Cobb works as a bar-tender at Keg and Barrel. Cobb said

he was happy the law passed so he could venture into business owning.

“I want to open my very own brewing company,” Cobb said.

People who wore their Raise Your Pints t-shirts also received a compli-mentary beer courtesy of Raise Your Pints and Keg and Barrel.

STATE

Justin MitchellNews Editor

Bryant brings better brews to state

When walking around cam-pus at the University of Southern Mississippi, one may see many beautiful landmarks, such as the historical district, the dome on the Administration Building and the Friendship Tree located next to one of the oldest buildings on campus, Hattiesburg Hall.

Another inescapable part of Southern Miss is the presence of felines. Many wonder who takes care of the cats, so the question was taken to students, faculty and sta� members.

“I’ve heard that the cats are a part of a feral cat program to help us rid of bugs, mice and other creatures,” senior communication stud-ies major Paige LeBlanc said. “I know that they live in cat world, which is below the George Hurst Building, and they take care of them-selves, I’m assuming.”

Freshman biology major Brock Kercher expressed a di� erent opinion.

“I heard that Southern Miss adopts the stray cats,” Kercher said. “Anybody that is a tree hugger or

loves PETA takes care of them.”Yet again, another opinion was ex-

pressed by sophomore Ginny Kram-er. She said the cats are on campus because “there are a lot of hiding

places, and they are very fertile creatures.”

“I think the nice caf-eteria ladies and jani-tors take care of them,” Kramer said.

Finally, and per-haps the most bizarre answer, was given by freshman Nektarios Schwartz.

“I heard that it was for an experiment of some sorts,” Schwartz said. “I have seen food

bowls outside of various buildings in strategic locations.”

Not surprisingly, these answers were wrong, but luckily, Karen

Reidenbach, iTech Business and Operations O� cer, and Susan Dobson, UG Coordinator, are members of the USM Feral Cat Association and helped answer the questions.

� e USM Feral Cat Association was created in January 1997 for the purpose of � nding an e� ective and humane method to control USM’s growing feral cat population.

Feral cats have been abandoned by their owners, become lost while in search of a mate, reverted in some degree to a wild state, or they are the o� spring of such cats.

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Tyler HillPrintz Writer

Feral Cat Association caters to campus cats

See CATS, 3

To celebrate the passing of SB2878, which increased the ABV allowed in beer in Mississippi, Keg and Barrel hosted an all-you-can-eat crawfi sh event Monday evening.

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The Feral Cat Association at USM aims to provide fair treatment of the campus cats, including food and spaying/neutering.

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5 THINGS YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW

*On average, cats spend 2/3 of every day sleeping. That means a nine-year-old cat has been awake for only three years of its life.*A cat can’t climb head fi rst down a tree because every claw on a cat’s paw points the same way. To get down from a tree, a cat must back down.*Cats make about 100 different sounds. Dogs make only about 10.*Cats are North America’s most popular pets; there are 73 million cats compared to 63 million dogs. Over 30% of households in North America own a cat.*Some cats have survived falls of over 65 feet (20 me-ters), due largely to their “righting refl ex.” The eyes and balance organs in the inner ear tell it where it is in space so the cat can land on its feet.

*On average, cats spend 2/3 of every day sleeping. That means a nine-year-old cat has been awake for only three

*A cat can’t climb head fi rst down a tree because every claw on a cat’s paw points the same way. To get down

*Cats make about 100 different sounds. Dogs make only

means a nine-year-old cat has been awake for only three

*Cats are North America’s most popular pets; there are 73 million cats compared to 63 million dogs. Over 30% of

*On average, cats spend 2/3 of every day sleeping. That means a nine-year-old cat has been awake for only three

*A cat can’t climb head fi rst down a tree because every claw on a cat’s paw points the same way. To get down

*Cats make about 100 different sounds. Dogs make only

*Cats are North America’s most popular pets; there are 73 million cats compared to 63 million dogs. Over 30% of

means a nine-year-old cat has been awake for only three

claw on a cat’s paw points the same way. To get down

73 million cats compared to 63 million dogs. Over 30% of

about cats

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On Friday, former Major League Baseball pitcher John Smoltz spoke at the inaugural Fellowship of Christian Athletes Breakfast of Champions.

Smoltz made his MLB debut in July 1988 with the Atlanta Braves. In 1996, he won the Cy Young Award for the National League. Smoltz re-counted that a year earlier in 1995, he found a deeper connection to God and that his faith rekindled and grew, changing him not only as a person, but also as a player.

“In 1995 was when I really, truly understood the relationship with Christ it took to become a Christian,” Smoltz said. “� e tri-als and tribulations of becoming a Christian didn’t make me a Cy Young Award winner in 1996, but it certainly helped me prepare to deal with success that I don’t

know if I would have been able to deal with without Him. My message to people is just to love on them and see them through wherever they’re at.”

Smoltz has been a part of FCA dating back to his high school years. He has donated many hours to FCA throughout his life and believes it is one of the most important organiza-tions in a Christian athlete’s life.

“FCA is one of the greatest orga-nizations in the course of my career that I‘ve been involved with,” Smoltz said. “Every opportunity I can I re-ally make an e� ort to get to an FCA event. I’ve been to so many of them, and the work they do with athletes, colleges and kids has so many gi� ed people that if I can bring a small, im-pactful message I’m just glad to be a part of it.”

FCA provides Christian athletes and coaches a place where they can fellowship and � nd comfort and also to make a di� erence in their com-munities. � e organization focuses

on creating a positive atmosphere in which members and nonmembers alike can grow both athletically and spiritually together.

“With the FCA and the amount of opportunities, it has reached out to a lot of athletes,” Smoltz said. “� e people who donate their time and really become leaders and are lead-ing these kids in a new generation in a tough world that exist today, I’m honored to be a part of.”

At the event, students chosen by their head coaches from high schools throughout Mississippi were honored with leadership awards and John Smoltz auto-graphed baseballs. Several adults also won awards for their lifetime contributions and dedication to the FCA. Among those was for-mer University of Southern Mis-sissippi athletic director Richard Giannini. Giannini has been in-volved with the FCA for many years, and � ve years ago was given the opportunity to be an FCA di-

rector on the Hattiesburg campus. However, James Cochran became director instead.

Giannini believes FCA is para-mount for the growth of the com-munity and the students because it provides opportunities for students to reach out to and work to improve their community in a positive way.

“Like John Smoltz said, ‘It’s very important in today’s time to sup-port such a tremendous group such as the Fellowship of Christian Ath-letes,’” Giannini said. “I’ve seen what it’s done on the campus of Southern Miss, and I try to do the best I can to support them both � nancially and just helping them.”

Former WDAM news anchor and Sports Journal host Mitchell Wil-liams organized the Good Friday event. Williams has been an active member of FCA for many years and has been the head of the area direc-tor of the Pine Belt FCA for the past several years. He hopes FCA will be on every campus in the area one day.

� e next FCA event will be a pre-season football event and is sched-uled for this summer. FCA will also make plans for the fall at that time. � ey hope to have former NFL Hall of Fame star running-back Emmett Smith speak at the event.

COMMUNITY

Former MLB pitcher speaks to FCAJosh Seabrook

Sports Editor

Former MLB pitcher John Smoltz speaks to FCA at USM on Friday.

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CATS, from 1According to Neighborhood Cats,

an organization that seeks to con-trol the nation’s cat population, they originate from former cats who were lost or abandoned and then learn to live in environments with little hu-man contact, such as warehouses, factories or abandoned buildings.

� e USM FCA consist of volun-teers, approximately 15 faculty and sta� members from Southern Miss. Each person volunteers his or her time during the school year and summer, as well as holidays.

� e USM FCA doesn’t receive any funds from the university or state to help maintain the popula-

tion or provide food for the cats. Reidenbach said the association has identi� ed nearly 10 colonies throughout campus with an aver-age of seven cats per colony.

� e association uses the trap-al-ter-return program. � is method in-volves having the cat captured, ster-ilized and then released back into its environment or colony. Accord-ing to Reidenbach, the association works closely with Southern Pines Animal Shelter to spay or neuter the cats, which costs $44 per cat.

Dobson said the Southern Pines Animal Shelter greatly helps the as-sociation.

“Without that partnership, I don’t know how the volunteers would do it,” Dobson said. “It would be way too expensive.”

Before the USM FCA came into existence in 1997, the solution was to catch and eradicate the cats. � is program didn’t work because anoth-er feral or stray cat would move in and begin reproducing. By using the trap-alter-return program, USM’s cat population has decreased from roughly 400 to 70 cats.

“We’re not the crazy cat people,” Reidenbach said. “I think most of the volunteers would say they wish these cats had loving homes. It’s not

our desire that we have hoards of cats living in colonies. We’re trying to maintain the population in a hu-mane way.”

� e association has been weary of the press and news articles pertain-ing to the cats in the past because many Hattiesburg residents bring their cats to campus in hopes that USM will become a shelter for the felines, but Reidenbach and Dobson say cat owners should bring them to a shelter instead.

“Typically we’re hesitant to talk about the issue because it must be a balance between educating new people on campus and perpetuating

the problem,” Reidenbach said.“USM is not a place for people to

bring their unwanted, tamed cats,” Dobson said. “Cats need to go to a shelter because they are in the busi-ness of sheltering unwanted animals and adopting them out.”

� e feral cats declined comment on the issue.

Although the association is made up of faculty and sta� , students are allowed to volunteer their time and service to the group. Contact Karen Reidenbach, Susan Dobson or any FCA member for volunteer oppor-tunities with the USM FCA.

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ON CAMPUS

Student promotes “it” lifestyleIs “it” in you?Less than a month ago, Caleb

Minnis, a junior sports management major at � e University of Southern Mississippi, created � e it Lifestyle, a business that sells apparel and pro-motes a #winning concept.

“‘It’ is not something one does; ‘it’ is something one has,” Minnis said. The it Lifestyle expands on the idea that the people who are in successful positions, whether it be sports or business related, are often known for having “the it-factor.” The object of this life-style is to define that “it-factor” and to promote those attributes that create winners.

“I truly believe this is a God-given idea, and I believe there is purpose behind the concept that far exceeds selling apparel,” Minnis said.

� e idea sparked from a class discussion on Tim Tebow and how he had “the it-factor.” � at “it” is what helped him win games when it mattered, even though he may not have been the best passer or the fastest runner, according to students in the class.

Minnis recalls thinking to him-self that day of what Tebow had inside of him that gave him that edge. Words that came to mind included att“it”ude, amb“it”ion, comm“it”ment, compet“it”ion, fa“it”h, intens“it”y and humil“it”y.

Discovering that the word “it” is present in many of the words that encompass good morals and a winning attitude, the idea for � e it Lifestyle was born.

� e business sells pieces of ap-parel that include t-shirts, dri-� t

shirts, snap back hats, Polo-style hats and wristbands. � ey feature � e it Lifestyle design as well as motivational sayings. Minnis said he has received nothing but positive feedback so far on both the concept and the quality of the products.

Minnis said the concept seems to relate to a variety of people. Re-cently, youth ministers, coaches and band directors have con-tacted him wanting to out� t their groups in � e it Lifestyle apparel.

Junior sports management major Michelle Ponti� , Min-nis’s classmate, said she thinks the clothing line is a great concept.

“I think it’s something that can go far beyond a simple t-shirt design,” Pontiff said. “Just the name of the business is enough to make an impact that we should always challenge our-selves to live out this lifestyle.”

Minnis said the business seems to be growing every day. He believes “it” can start a revolution of accom-plishing things never thought pos-sible if teams, businesses and indi-viduals live out the attributes that de� ne the lifestyle every day.

� e business’s motto is, “Win the Day, Everyday.”

“Each and every day is a gi� ,” Minnis said. “It is up to us wheth-er we are going to use our gi� to make a di� erence or simply let it waste away.”

A variety of “it” apparel is available for purchase at Campus Book Mart across from campus on Hardy Street.

Leighanne LockhartPrintz Writer

ON CAMPUS

News in BriefSouthern Miss Got Talent

SMAC will be hosting Southern Miss Got Talent tonight from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Bennett Auditorium.

Formerly known as Southern Miss Idol, the talent show changed so that more than just singers could participate.

Alesha Knox, SMAC presi-dent, said that many vari-ous groups will be partici-pating this year.

“We have 12 different groups of Southern Miss students performing this year,” Knox said. “There will be a student performing comedy, a couple of rap-pers, a dance group, one duo, singers and guitar players.”

Southern Miss Got talent is free event to students. Doors will open shortly be-fore 7 p.m.

Wine tasting at Oddfellow’s Gallery

On Friday, April 13, 2012, the Purple Parrot Café is hosting the New South Wine Expo.

The wine tasting will be held at Oddfellow’s Gal-lery on Front Street down-town. The wine tasting will be held from 6-9 p.m.

Tickets are $75 per per-son, and 35 winemakers from across the globe will be present. Over 100 wines will be featured for tasting.

For more information or to purchase tickets, call 601-264-0656.

Students model clothing from The it Lifestyle apparel company. A Southern Miss student developed and implemented the concept to promote winning, confi dent lifestyles among the line’s wearers.

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REVIEW

‘American Reunion’ Funny no matter how you slice it

Friday, theaters were bom-barded with another raunchy “American Pie” sequel, “Ameri-can Reunion.”

Viewers got what they expect-ed when the movie dished out several cringe-worthy scenes and enough sexual humor to make Hugh Hefner feel awkward.

The “American Pie” series follows the hero, Jim, and his friends Oz, Kevin, Finch and Stifler. While the movies focus on Jim, his friends all play im-portant parts in Jim’s life – and sex life.

The movie takes place 13 years after the original 1999 “American Pie.” Jim is now mar-ried to band geek Michelle, and they have a child together. Oz is a sportscaster in Los Angeles and has a young, wild girlfriend. Kevin is a stay-at-home archi-tect who’s engaged. Stifler is a temp for an investment firm. And Finch? Well, no one knows exactly what or where Finch is.

Jim and Michelle have fallen into a rut in their marriage and decide to re-ignite their passion while in town for their reunion. What follows is what the audi-ence has come to expect from “American Pie” movies: sex, nudity, binge drinking and lots of laughs.

Things begin to fall apart as

soon as the couple gets to their hometown, East Great Falls. The first night, Jim drinks too much and passes out before the sparks even begin. The next night he gets into an interesting situation while driving a drunk neighbor home. The audience has to guess throughout the movie if Jim will ever get it right.

While Jim and Michelle are trying to get their groove back, the film also looks at how the other guys are dealing with the reunion and old flames. Kevin and Oz both have to fight their feelings for their high school girlfriends, while Finch finds new love with a band geek turned hot bartender.

“American Reunion” is the first time the original “American Pie” cast has been in a sequel to-gether since “America Pie 2” in 2001. The old gang gets just as many laughs, too. Jim is still ev-eryone’s favorite awkward, nice guy, and Finch is as eccentric as before. Stifler, as expected, hasn’t managed to get a filter and keeps to his nice guy/jerk tendencies, although he does get sweet revenge on Finch.

The film received generally favorable reviews from critics. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers gave the film 2.5 out of 4 stars, saying, “‘American Reunion’ re-minds us what we liked about the original.”

Some critics weren’t as favor-able as Travers, however. Jus-tin Chang of Variety Magazine said, “While it’s poignant see-ing the whole gang again, the tired gross-out antics and limp romantic reprisals keep this hapless if heartfelt effort from qualifying as a decent comedy, let alone a generational classic.”

The “American Pie” movies have held their spot in the hearts of this generation. We all snuck behind our parent’s backs and watched the original on VHS, snickering at Jim’s apple pie scene and web cam striptease. “American Reunion” holds on to the original comedy while showing that growing up can still be fun.

Amber GrubbsPrintz Writer

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“ I wanted to thank the FFC for spending money on decorations such as the gingerbread house, but not allowing me to take pineap-ples which I feel have been paid for by me.

To those that also speak Gallifreyan, Join the Doc-tor who group on facebook. Search Southen Miss Doc-tor Who. Look forward to hearing from you.

here a few things that I think this campus should change. First, the way they treat smok-ers. I understand designated smoking areas, that’s fi ne. But the guy who said it earlier was right, bikes get treated better on this campus than smokers do. At least give the smokers somewhere cov-ered and comfortable to at. Also, iTech, please make it to where we don’t have to log our laptops into wifi EVERY single time. It is a hassle. Get it set so that once we log in, it remembers us for at least a week at a time. Fellow stu-dents, if you agree, speak up. We will be heard, we can get this school changed for the better.-Demosthenes

Appreciate Internet meme humor? Go to USM? Check out “Southern Miss Memes” on Facebook!

Sure, I’ll give y’all a hoof bump! Look for about 5’1” of ladybrony REALNESS around Owings-McQuagge on Friday afternoons. I’ll start wearing my pony shirts more often so y’all can spot me - I can’t believe there are other fans here! Friendship IS magic!

Tinker! This is our last se-mester being on campus together :( I LOVE YOU TREMENDOUSLY and I KNOW things are going to be GREAT, EXCITED about the future #B4A #DU #ETCLove Kitty! :)

Dear Adam Levine,I knew it was love at first

listen when I heard your first single on the radio when I was in ninth grade. Hearing that whimsical, high-pitched sound come out of a man truly made it “Harder to Breathe,” and this was before I came out of the closet. #gayboyprobz

I knew that such a beautiful voice had to have a beautiful face behind it. Flashback to sophomore year of high school. Picture it—Justin Mitchell, on the couch being angsty with his scene-ster haircut, chunky highlights and a Taking Back Sun-day tee shirt on watching MTV’s TRL. “Helena” by My Chemical Romance had been at the number one position on the show for three

weeks. Naturally, I was thrilled. But, in a twisted turn of events, Helena dropped to number two. What mu-sic video could possibly trump the dark, beau-tiful “Helena?” “This Love” by Maroon 5 did. That’s when I became obsessed with you, Adam Levine.

When I heard “She Will Be Loved” for the first time, I knew your producers made you change it from “He Will Be Loved” so you could better market yourself. We all know that song was writ-ten about yours truly. Yes, it’s still in the Top 25 Most Played list on my iPod. We all know that “Songs About Jane” was supposed to be Songs about J (short for Justin, of course).

I followed your career and tattoo growth as I began college at South-ern Miss. I lost my freshman 15 in

hopes that you would some-how realize I was the one for you. � en you released a new album - what a “Wake Up Call.” I knew you would be coming down here soon to sweep me o� my feet. � en, the impossible happened. You started dating some bimbo Victoria’s Secret model. It re-

ally made me wonder if I ever gave a damn about you.

Then you debuted a fresh new haircut and relationship status on � e Voice last week, and I got over myself. Rae Lynn then hugged you after her admittedly won-

derful performance of “Wake up Call,” and I became green with jealousy. Rae Lynn is one of my favorites this year, and I would hate to have to cut her. It made me never want to leave my bed.

What have we learned today, Mr. Levine? Clearly, I’m the one for you. Your naked picture serves as the background on my phone. “Sun-day Morning” wakes me up every Sabbath Day. My best friend even has lyrics to “She Will Be Loved” tattooed on her body. (Clearly she thinks she will get to you before I do. #wrong). I’ll see you on May 20 at the Gulfport Music Festival. My favorite jeweler is David Yurman. I also have no problem with the Gym Class Heroes playing at our wed-ding as long as we can still invite Katy Perry.

Love and with obsession,Justin Mitchell

The Miss Canada 2012 com-petition is off to a rocky start after disqualifying and then re-admitting a transgendered con-testant into the pageant.

Jenna Talackova, a transgen-dered woman from British Co-lumbia, was disqualified from the contest because she failed to “meet the requirements to compete despite having stated otherwise on her entry form.”

One of Miss Talackova’s law-yers, Joe Arvay, argues that the pageant’s “natural-born” requirement is “not allowable under Canadian human rights legislation.”

� e complication is that Ta-lackova’s birth certi� cate, pass-port and driver’s license have all been accepted to project that she is legally a woman. She says she knew she was male at the age of 4, began hormone therapy at age 14 and received gender reassignment

surgery at the age of 19 to make her “physically” female.

Many women have argued that Talackova should be barred from the competition because she had “large” amounts of plastic surgery to make her more feminine in appearance, though some of the most beautiful women in world have gone under the knife. Megan Fox, anyone?

A� er being eliminated from the contest, Talackova told the Van-couver Sun that her elimination “doesn’t make sense because I was conscious I always felt this way. I am a woman.”

Yesterday the blonde beauty gra-ciously answered a series of ques-tions from the ladies of � e View, candidly admitting that she is able to have “normal” sexual relations and that she has a boyfriend who is “supportive.” She also expressed sympathy towards those who can-not understand her situation.

“My family didn’t understand,” Talackova said. “I had three older brothers, very macho, but they grew to understand and now I’m the sister they’ve always dreamed of.”

Amidst a sea of past beauty queen scandals, Talackova ap-pears to be a noble, kind-hearted woman. In past years Donald

Trump, the pageant’s owner, has forgiven many contestants in his various pageants for “inappro-priate conduct,” such as admis-sions to underage drinking and topless photos scattered across the internet. Talackova has no previous involvement in any sort of reckless behavior.

Despite her clean record, the stigmas against transgendered people remain shocking. In New York, it is still legal to � re someone based on the discovery that the employee is transgendered.

It doesn’t help that “respected” � gures of society like Rick Santo-rum believe that transgendered issues and discussion will “have a devastating impact on our chil-dren” as an “implementation of gay marriage,” as though the two issues are related.

Earlier this year, Girl Scouts took a positive stance and accepted a transgendered girl despite back-lash and “cookie boycotts,” which aimed to revoke the decision to ad-mit the child who “has boy parts.”

� e women involved in the aforementioned scandals are not “wrong” in their transgressions, but they were neither penalized for something that demoralized an entire organization that claims to

be “pro-woman.” Talackova sim-ply wants a fair chance at succeed-ing; transgendered women cannot compete in a beauty competition in which the “natural-born” wom-en take for granted, abusing their limitations just because “they can.”

� is same “pro-woman” organi-zation also disallows contestants to have children or have given birth, to be married or to have been formerly married. Whoever is crowned Miss Universe also must remain single throughout the du-ration of her term.

Since allowing Talackova to re-enter the pageant, Trump says the organization will “probably decide to open [the rules] up,” allowing transgendered contes-tants from every country to com-pete, since the rules were “bro-ken” for Talackova.

� e Miss Canada Universe pageant will be held on May 19. Talackova will strut her slim, 6’1” frame across the coveted stage in hopes of ful� lling a dream similar to that of most girls: the dream of being crowned queen.

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Sports Tuesday, April 10, 2012Page 8, Student Printz

Southern Miss Sports: Upcoming Games

Southern Miss opened up a three-game home stand against in-state opponent Alcorn State Thursday night.

Despite a lacking perfor-mance by the Golden Eagles in game one, they came through with timely hitting to take the game from the Braves.

With the game 2-2 in the sixth, Alcorn State scored five runs off two Southern Miss pitchers be-fore Matt Warren came on to record the final two outs for the Eagles. Southern Miss would then go on to score seven runs in the bottom of the seventh in-ning to provide the final score

of 9-7. Kameron Brunty’s sacri-fice fly that would bring in the Eagles’ eighth run proved to be the game winner.

At the plate, Southern Miss was led by Mason Robbins with three hits and two runs bat-ted in while Isaac Rodriguez recorded two hits and Ashley Graeter had a hit and a pair of runs batted in.

Boomer Scarborough was the starting pitcher for the Eagles, going six innings and giving up two runs on six hits while walk-ing three and striking out five batters. Warren replaced Scar-borough in the seventh inning and aided a Southern Miss win after the Eagles scored seven in the bottom of the frame.

Braves pitcher Ryan Fuentes gave up four runs on one hit while walking three batters.

Game two was won 13-1 on the right arm of Eagles starting pitch-er Andrew Pierce.

Pierce, who has been one of the go-to pitchers for the Eagles this year, recorded the first complete game of the season and the first since Todd McInnis last season in the Atlanta regional. Pierce gave up four hits and one run while striking out thirteen Braves.

Dillion Day led the Eagles at the plate with five hits and two runs batted in. Ashley Greater recorded four hits while knocking in two runs while Austin Roussel had two hits and hit in two runs and Connor Barron knocked in two runs as well.

Braves starter Troy Williams received the loss, giving up eight runs on ten hits while allowing two walks and striking out five.

While game three also provided great pitching, it was the Golden Eagles offense that stole the show, winning the game 17-3.

Mason Robbins recorded three hits and three runs batted in, Ashley Grater had two hits and knocked in two runs and Isaac Rodriguez had two runs batted in.

Jake Drehoff recorded the win for the Eagles. He went eight innings, allowing six hits and three runs while walk-ing one batter and striking out eight. Mason Robbins pitched the ninth inning for the Eagles, giving up just one hit.

Alcorn State struggled with their control on the mound all day, hitting five batters and walk-ing eleven more. Southern Miss scored seven runs off these hit-by-pitches and walks.

The Braves bullpen also strug-gled on the day, allowing six runs in the seventh inning and seven runs in the eighth inning.

Southern Miss infielder Mi-chael Sterling was hit by a pitch seven times over the series, pushing his total on the season up to nineteen.

The Eagles (19-12) head to Metairie, La. on Wednesday night to play SEC foe Louisiana State University. First pitch is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

The American League saw a plethora of big name free agents change leagues and move from National League teams to the American League. The biggest

surprise of the off-season was the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, who landed Albert Pujols, the biggest name on the market.

The Angels have a very solid pitching staff from one to five in the rotation that is led by Jared Weaver and Dan Harren, who provide LA with a strong one-two punch. The Angels could pose the biggest threat to last year’s AL pinnate winner the Detroit Tigers, but before the Angels can contend with the Tigers, they have to get past the powerhouse that is the Texas Rangers. Former MLB pitcher and current minority owner of the Rangers Nolan Ryan opened up his pocketbooks and brought in Japanese League pitching sen-sation Yu Darvish, the most cov-eted young arm on the market. The Rangers also bolstered their bullpen by signing former Min-nesota Twins closer Joe Nathan. The Rangers lost C.J. Wilson to AL West Division foe the An-gels. Wilson was a key cog in the starting rotation for the Rangers over the past several years after making the move from the bull-pen to the starting rotation just a few years ago.

The AL Central is the Tigers to lose. Detroit has one of the most complete teams in the majors. Of-fensively, the Tigers have Miguel Cabrera, who moved from first base back to his original position of third base to accommodate new slugger Prince Fielder. Field-er’s father Cecile played for the Ti-gers during his career, and his son looks to continue his legacy in the Motor City. The Tigers lost catch-er/first baseman Victor Martinez to injury for the season, which would have caused problems for the Tigers until they landed Fielder. The Tigers also have last season’s AL Cy Young and AL MVP Justin Verlander. Verlander became the first pitcher to win the MVP since Dennis Eckersley in 1992 and the first starting pitcher to win the MVP since Roger Cle-mens in 1986. Verlander boasted a record of 24-5 and an abysmal 2.40 ERA while racking up 250 strikeouts on the season. Verland-er also won the unofficial “Triple Crown” award for a pitcher by leading the AL in wins, strikeouts and ERA among all AL pitchers. The Tigers also have Jose Valverde at the end of the bullpen, who was a perfect 49 of 49 on save attempts

on the season. The Tigers look to recapture the AL crown and go back to the World Series under skipper Jim Leyland.

The AL East is the most wide open of the divisions. The Boston Red Sox look to bounce back af-ter last season’s historic collapse. With Adrian Gonzalez and Ja-coby Ellsbury leading the charge on offense and Josh Beckett and Jon Lester leading the pitching staff, the Red Sox look to spring back from last year. Also look-ing to bounce back from a down year is Carl Crawford, who may have been feeling the pressure of playing for a new team with a new contract for the first time in his career. Boston fired manager Terry Francona and hired Bobby Valentine. The Red Sox also lost Jonathan Papelbon to the Phila-delphia Phillies. They acquired former Oakland Athletics closer Andrew Bailey to fill the closer role vacated by Papelbon. Baily will open the year on the deal af-ter suffering a thumb injury that requires surgery that will have him out until the All-Star break. Also, GM Theo Epstine left the team to take the same position with the Chicago Cubs. The

New York Yankees are looking to hold on to their place at the top of the AL East. The Yankees brought in former Seattle Mari-ners pitcher Michael Pineda to bring some depth to the pitch-ing staff. They also traded A.J. Burnett to the Pittsburg Pirates. Andy Pettit returned to the Yankees after retiring before last season. If Jorge Posada had not retired, the “Four Horse-man” - Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter, Pettit and Posada - came up through the ranks of the Yankees farm leagues together and played 16 seasons together in New York. The Tampa Bay Rays also look to move up in the East and threaten the Yan-kees for supremacy in the divi-sion. The Rays have a handful of talented young stars, includ-ing Evan Longoria, David Price and Desmond Jennings. The Toronto Blue Jays also have a viable chance for playoff con-tention behind the bat of Jose Bautista, who led the American League in home-runs last sea-son. The AL East is up for the taking, and these teams look to be in a constant battle for the division crown.

Baseball sweeps series against Alcorn State

MLB Preview: American League is loaded

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Kyle SmithPrintz Writer

Josh SeabrookSports Editor

4/13/126 p.m. Baseball vs. UCFPete Taylor Park

4/14/123 p.m. Baseball vs. UCFPete Taylor Park

4/14/122 p.m. Softball vs. South AlabamaHattiesburg, Miss.

4/10/12All Day Men’s Golf at Memphis Intercollegiate Cordova, Tenn. (Colonial CC)

4/11/127 p.m. Baseball at Louisiana StateMetairie, La. (Zephyr Field)

Baseball:4/5 vs. Alcorn State W, 9-74/6 vs. Alcorn State W, 13-1 4/7 vs. Alcorn State W, 17-3

Softball:4/6 vs. Marshall L, 2-1 4/7 vs. Marshall L, 6-24/7 vs. Marshall W, 3-2

Women’s Tennis:4/5 vs. UAB L, 4-3 4/7 vs. Memphis L, 6-1

Men’s Tennis:4/6 vs. Middle Tennessee L, 4-3

Southern Miss Box ScoreBaseball vs. Alcorn State

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