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May 3, 2012 Volume 96 Issue 58

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SPORTS IN REVIEWCLICK WEATHER

Lucas takes presidential reigns for third termON CAMPUS

Aubrey K. Lucas and his famous bow ties have been involved with the University of Southern Mis-sissippi since he was an under-graduate student in his 20s. Now, the 77-year-old has been named interim president of USM in light of Martha Saunders’s resignation, which was announced Friday and will be e� ective June 30.

Lucas served as president of USM from 1976 until 1995, and in 2001 he came back to serve as interim president for just un-der a year.

“Do you know what the fun-ny thing is?” Lucas asked. “I’ve never left Southern Miss. I have been President Emeritus and professor of higher education, so I have been on campus serv-ing as a professor and helping with fundraising.”

Lucas is scheduled to take over on July 1, and his appoint-

ment was officially announced Wednesday at a press confer-ence on campus.

“We are very pleased that Dr. Lucas has agreed, once again, to take on the role of leading the University of Southern Mis-sissippi,” said Hank Bounds, commissioner of higher educa-tion. “His love for the univer-sity is without question and his thoughtful leadership style will be an asset to the university and the system as a whole.”

Saunders, who has served as

president of the university for five years, said she was pleased to hear that Lucas was chosen to fill her spot.

“I can think of no one better suited to step in as interim presi-dent than Dr. Lucas,” Saunders said. “His deep understanding of the university will serve us well.”

The news of Saunders’s res-ignation was met with varied reactions from students, faculty and alumni across the country,

Mary Margaret Halford and Justin Mitchell

Printz Editors

During the 2011-2012 academic year, the University of Southern Mississippi has faced the departure of two coaches, provost and president; controvery surrounding the UTab pilot program and rising debt. Despite these challenges, however, USM has seen record enrollment, athletic success and national recognizition.

Kelly Price/The Southerner

USM soars to the top amidst challenges

Aubrey K. LucasCourtesy of USM

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5 days till graduation! 2 p.m.Student’s Study BreakSA HUB 1st Floor

All dayGo Gold FridayWear gold to support your Eagles

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10 THINGS YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW

*In the 1840s, the summer break was created by Horace Mann.*Mosquitoes are insects that have been around for 30 million years. They have chemical sensors that can detect mammals from 100 feet away. *The fi rst “bathing suits” for women were introduced in the early 1800’s.*The late President Reagan declared July National Ice Cream month. It is also the month the most ice cream is sold. *In 1827 the fi rst swimming school opened in the United States in Boston, Massachusetts. *The US has more than 12,000 summer camps. These in-clude sports camps, day camps, and sleepaway camps.* The ‘dog days’ of summer, which are the hot, sticky days, get their name from the rising of the Sirius, the Dog Star. The Sirius rises around the hottest time of the year.* The highest recorded temperature ever measured in the United States was at Furnace Creek in Death Valley, Cali-fornia, on July, 10 1913 - a sweltering 134 degrees.*USM’s summer offi cally starts in 10 days!! ;)*The last day of summer is September 20th. The fi rst day of autumn begins on September 21st.

*In the 1840s, the summer break was created by Horace Mann.*Mosquitoes are insects that have been around for 30 million years. They have chemical sensors that can detect mammals

*The fi rst “bathing suits” for women were introduced in

*The late President Reagan declared July National Ice Cream month. It is also the month the most ice cream is sold.

*In the 1840s, the summer break was created by Horace Mann.

*In 1827 the fi rst swimming school opened in the United

*The US has more than 12,000 summer camps. These in-

*In the 1840s, the summer break was created by Horace Mann.

years. They have chemical sensors that can detect mammals

*The fi rst “bathing suits” for women were introduced in

*The late President Reagan declared July National Ice Cream month. It is also the month the most ice cream is sold.

years. They have chemical sensors that can detect mammals

*In 1827 the fi rst swimming school opened in the United

*The US has more than 12,000 summer camps. These in-

*In the 1840s, the summer break was created by Horace Mann.*Mosquitoes are insects that have been around for 30 million years. They have chemical sensors that can detect mammals

*The fi rst “bathing suits” for women were introduced in

*The late President Reagan declared July National Ice Cream

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*In 1827 the fi rst swimming school opened in the United

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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

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trains47 MLB league48 Knights’ horses50 Rang, as a bell52 Sound asleep?

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Good luck on your fi nals, and have a great summer!

See you in the fall!

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News Student Printz, Page 3Thursday, May 3, 2012

Athletic department racks up debton cAmpus

With people still reeling from the announcement of Martha Saunders stepping down as president of the University of Southern Mississippi, on Friday the Hattiesburg American re-ported that the Southern Miss athletic department is more than $1 million in debt.

Jeff Hammond, Southern Miss interim athletic direc-tor, told the newspaper that he and his staff are working to fix the situation by scheduling big football and basketball games to bring in more revenue.

“This university athletics de-partment is going to deal with it not this year, but in the years ahead,” Hammond said. “It was due to a lack of accountability and probably a lack of creative thinking in ways to develop

revenue, such as scheduling.”Hammond told the Hatties-

burg American the debt was discovered through an internal audit of the athletic department earlier this year.

Hammond took the interim athletic director job in January after Richard Giannini retired in December, and Giannini re-portedly defended himself in reference to the mismanage-ment and debt.

“Every year, the NCAA re-

quires us to be audited,” Gianni-ni said. “In 13 years, there were no irregularities that were ever discovered. We always had a clean bill of health. If they think someone out there found issues, they can take them down to the grand jury and let the public know. I stand by my record.”

Giannini added that the ath-letic department saw success under him on and off the play-ing fields. The football team had more wins than any team in

school history, and he said they “changed the face of the athletic facilities.”

Hammond told the Hatties-burg American the most impor-tant thing in this time of finan-cial distress is to stay united.

“We’ve got to come together,” Hammond said. “We’ve all got to look in the mirror. It’s time to stand shoulder to shoulder, back to back. We have to come together unified. I’m the first one to look in the mirror.”

Mary Margaret HalfordExecutive Editor

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Customers check out Wednesday at Southern Fried Comics in downtown Hattiesburg. The store will be hosting Free Comic Book Day on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in which comic books will be handed out. Participants can also make a donation to a local children’s shelter in order to recieve a chance to win a tote bag filled with prizes. Snacks and drinks will also be provided.

Chris Little/Printz

but many were happy to hear of Lucas’s appointment as interim president.

Chuck Scianna, a USM alum-nus who will be the commence-ment speaker next week, said he was solemn when he heard Saun-ders would be stepping down, but has faith in Lucas.

“I believe that Dr. Saunders was the best president Southern Miss has seen since Aubrey K. Lucas,” Scianna said.

Lucas said despite his age, he is ready to tackle the role of the presidency and continue to ad-vance the university.

“I’m a little older now than I use to be, but I still have energy,” Lu-cas said. “It kind of feels natural to come back to the presidency. There are a lot of wonderful things to be done, and we are seeing how that will go.”

When asked whether he would make the decision about a new athletic director, Lucas said he was not sure.

“That has not been decided,” Lucas said. “I would be able to make that decision if I were to feel it should be made now, but of course, it could always be that op-tion that the decision will be wait-ed for a person who will serve in the presidency for a longer term.”

Lucas began transitioning into the interim president position Wednesday, and he’s excited to get started yet again.

“This is only my first day back,” Lucas said with a laugh. “The university is doing really well now. We want to keep that mo-mentum going.”

Lucas has also served as di-rector of admissions, registrar, professor of higher educa-tion and dean of the Graduate School at USM.

College Board president Ed Blakeslee has faith that Lucas is the the right person for the USM presidency right now.

“His vast knowledge of higher education, and particularly the University of Southern Mississip-pi, will serve the university well during this transition period,” Blakeslee said.

News Thursday, May 3, 2012Page 4, Student Printz

Amnesty show to benefit Afghan womenlocal

The Amnesty International chapter at the University of South-ern Mississippi will be holding its fourth semi annual benefit show at Benny’s Boom Boom Room tomorrow at 10 p.m. The show will feature Brownout, including members of Grammy award win-ning act Groupo Fantasma, as the musical act. Money raised from tickets sales will benefit Women

for Afghan Women, a New York and Kabul based organization that advocates for women’s rights in New York and Afghanistan, which USM’s Amnesty chapter has cho-sen to highlight this semester.

“For the past forty years, Af-ghanistan has been ravaged by various regimes and wars and is now on the brink of a potentially peaceful future,” said senior po-litical science and religion double major and active member of Am-nesty Dylan Harris. “The women of Afghanistan, mostly silenced under the rule of the Taliban,

have an opportunity to have their voices heard and play an integral role in the peace building process that is under way. The gendered nature of conflict is often ignored, and women could play a pivotal role in the future of Afghanistan if they are allowed to join the peace building discussion.”

Since 2001, Women for Af-ghan Women’s mission has been to secure, protect, and advocate for women’s human rights in the Middle Eastern country, accord-ing to their website. Since then, the organization has set up fam-

ily guidance centers for men and women who have suffered human rights violations, women’s shelters, children’s support centers, and halfway houses. Awareness and outreach is also promoted at these establishments in order to educate and train all Afghans about wom-en’s rights in the country.

“We’re super passionate about this issue,” junior English major and Amnesty cochair Stephanie Craig said. “We’ve been working all semester to get the word out there and raise money for Women for Afghan Women.”

Tickets for the show will be sold prior at T-Bones Records & Café for $7 and will be $10 at the door. T-shirts will also be sold at the event for $10.

“I hope to raise as much money for women for Afghan women as possible to help promote women’s rights and empowerment,” Harris said. “I am always looking for ways to catalyze the USM and Hatties-burg communities’ ability to act together on important issues.”

For more information, con-tact Craig at [email protected].

Stormy SpeaksCopy Editor

The University of Southern Mississippi will host its first on-camps farmers’ market be-ginning May 7. The market will be from 3-6 p.m. each week until the end of October and will be located on the lawn of the Baptist Student Union on Montague Boulevard adjacent to International Building. The market will feature homegrown fruits and vegetables, flowers, baked goods, jellies, jams, art-work and craft items.

News in brief:

USM farmers’ market begins

May 7

The College of Arts and Let-ters at the University of South-ern Mississippi will be offering a follow-up prize to the 647 people who “liked” the college’s Facebook page during a Febru-ary promotion. Friday, the col-lege asks those who participat-ed in the promotion to wear the shirts that were given away for a group photograph. The col-lege will distribute coupons for a small smoothie to those who participate in the photo. Visit the College of Arts and Letters Facebook event page for more information.

CoAL to take group photo tomorrow

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Arts & Entertainment Thursday, May 3, 2012Page 6, Student Printz

Comedian headlines BoCoReview

Comedian Jarrod Harris joined the ranks of Hattiesburg’s finest funnymen for a comedy show at The Bottling Company Tuesday evening.

Harris first gained public at-tention with his popular YouTube series “Action Hero Therapy” and being featured on numerous television shows, including TBS’s “Lopez Tonight” and Comedy Central’s “Live at Gotham.”

The evening kicked off with Hub City Comedy member Jamie Arrington hosting the event, throwing in a few one-liners and celebrity imperson-ations along the way.

George W. Bush and Matthew McConaughey à la Arrington were a big hit with the audience. As a fan of Hub City Comedy, I’ve frequented shows in the past and had heard the majority of Arrington’s jokes before, which proved to be disappointing. How-ever, Arrington acted as a lively host, overall.

Southern Miss alumnus Mercer Morrison was next on the evening’s lineup. Morrison stuck to his usual chain of pop culture and current event jokes, mak-ing jabs at the anniver-sary of Osama Bin Laden’s death, Mexican restaurant employees on Cinco de Mayo and defeated Repub-lican train wreck Rick Santo-rum. Overall, Morrison’s set was up-to-date and clever.

USM student and fellow Print-zer Corbin McDavitt was the last local comedian to perform before

the headliner. The audience was receptive to McDavitt’s stoner hu-

mor and pregnancy cracks. Hands down, the highlight of the set was McDavitt’s contagious, non-stop

energy—not to mention his green and sherbet pais-ley button up.

Armed with plaid shirt, black-rimmed glasses and mixed drink in hand, headliner Jared Harris took the BoCo stage at 10 p.m. Throughout his set, Harris joked about being from Atlanta, assuring the audience that there are no peaches in Geor-gia, just Bobby Brown.

Harris also covered a bevy of hot topics, including Chick Fil

A, whose advertisements use “Charles Manson family mur-der font,” Jersey Shore, a.k.a. “today’s modern Holocaust” and Dog the Bounty Hunter, whose “racist mullet resembles an Indian burial ground.”

Harris then segued his set to talk about his new home, Los Angeles. His jabs at his hipster/homeless neighbors and Cher were some of the best of the night.

After the show, Harris tweeted about his first trip to the Hub City, saying “Packed out in Hat-tiesburg!” and “I love MS.”

After seeing Hub City Come-dy’s previous big-ticket comedy shows, I anticipated seeing yet

another professional comedian, and Jarrod Harris didn’t disap-point. Noah Gardenswartz from Creative Loafing, an Atlanta-based culture hub, sums up Har-ris’ comedy as an “oddly com-fortable mix of trailer-park filth, comic angst and hipster irony.” I couldn’t agree more. Harris’ awkward Southern charm and raucous sense of humor is com-edy that keeps on giving.

Comedian Jarrod Harris headlines a show hosted by Hub City Comedy at The Bottling Company in downtown Hattiesuburg Tuesday night. Harris, an Atlanta native, first gained public attention with his popular YouTube series “Action Hero Therapy” and was featured on numerous television shows.

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Harris’ awkward Southern charm and raucous sense of humor is comedy that keeps on giving.

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Arts & Entertainment Student Printz, Page 7Thursday, May 3, 2012

Click loves your curvesloCal

“I think recent pop culture icons like Adele and Christina Hendricks from the hit tele-vision series ‘Mad Men’ have very openly shown us that there is nothing wrong with eating three meals a day and loving your curves,” Adam Myrick, co-owner of Click Boutique & Gallery, said. By the end of the month, Myrick and his business part-ner Jason LeViere said they will expand their clothing assort-ment inside of Click, located on East Front Street in downtown Hattiesburg, to include smaller and larger sizes. “Two phrases the Click girl lives by are, ‘Be true to who you are’ and, ‘Dress like you mean it,’” LeViere said. “We can’t tell cus-tomers that if we are only offering sizes small through large.” Click will begin carrying size extra small in many of their re-tail clothing options as well as introduce a “Curvy Girl” line. The lines that will encom-pass the “Curvy Girl” line are emerging designers based in Los Angeles. “We are expanding our assort-ment to include a broader range in sizes,” Myrick said. “Our cus-tomers don’t have the same body type, so it’s important for us to have an assortment as diverse as the people who shop with us. We are excited to be debuting a few new lines that now come smaller for our petite customers as well as more flattering sizing for our curvy customers.” LeViere said that it’s impor-tant for Click to offer a wide se-lection of products. “We don’t want our boutique to feed into the stereotype that only one body type or size is beauti-ful,” Le Viere said. “At Click, we work with you to compliment whatever curves or lack of curves you are blessed with.”

Students were excited to hear about Click’s expansion in sizes. Kayla Krieger, a senior mar-keting major, said that in to-day’s world, sizes are not true to fit any more. “Sizes have shrunk in the re-tail world,” Krieger said. “Ev-erything is made for thin, av-erage height girls. If Marilyn Monroe were to go shopping today, she would have to shop plus size.” Krieger said that she will def-initely shop in Click’s “Curvy Girl” section. “No one should have to be forced to shop in plus size sec-tions in malls just because they

have hips,” Krieger said. “I’m excited for Click to launch their new line.” Courtney Cuevas, a junior engineering major, said she is excited to see the petite cloth-

ing options Click will have for sale at the end of the month. “I’m 5’9” and 115 pounds,” Cuevas said. “It’s so hard to find dresses that fit because I’m so tall and slender. I shouldn’t

have to belt every dress I wear because it doesn’t fit me in the waist. I’m excited to see what Click will offer for its petite customer base.”

Justin MitchellNews Editor

Click Boutique & Gallery owners Adam Myrick and Jason Le Viere sit outside their store on a rainy afternoon. The boutique will be launching clothing in petite and plus sizes soon.

Chris Little/Printz

To find out more about Click go to:

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Opinion Thursday, May 3, 2012Page 8, Student Printz

Student Printz year in reviewWhen we came to the basement

of Southern Hall to print our � rst edition on Aug. 25, 2011, we had no idea what was in store for the year.

We knew we would be report-ing the typical stories about foot-ball games, Eaglepalooza, Student Government Association and Greek Life, and, of course, we would be re-ceiving countless Shout Outs in ref-erence to love at � rst sight and bad drivers on campus.

What we didn’t think about cov-ering, however, were the more dra-matic things that happen on a col-lege campus, like the deaths of two students in our very � rst publication.

Just two months into the year, Southern Miss was forced into the national spotlight when a group of sorority girls on campus dressed up as the Cosby family for a party, and they were labeled racists and ac-cused of blackface.

A week later, USM was under � re yet again when students were illegally given Samsung Galaxy Tablets and told they were gi� s. � e students were forced to return the tablets, and a few administra-tors lost their jobs in connection with the incident.

With all this negative attention swirling around the university, the Golden Eagle football team was having a historical season, and they took the title of C-USA

champions a� er beating the Hous-ton Cougars in December.

� e men’s basketball team also made it to the NCAA tournament for the � rst time in years, though their success was overshadowed when a few pep band members chanted, “Where’s your green card?” at a Kansas State player, once again causing USM to catch heat for racism.

Despite the negative atten-tion, USM was voted into the top twentieth percentile of most popular universities in the country, and the school saw re-cord enrollment.

Now, we are at a crossroads. Our president is resigning, and there is turmoil surrounding the hiring of a new athletic director. How-ever, we have so many things to be thankful for.

For example, we have an excel-

lent student newspaper on campus. In case you were wondering, we won best newspaper in the state by the Mississippi Press Association. #holdyourapplause. As an edito-rial sta� , we have only you to thank. Well, you and � e Hog, our editorial meeting spot.

We could not have had the year we did without you, your constant complaining in the Shout Out sec-tion, dumb letters to the editor and your readership. We can also thank those bright stars on campus who see the good in every situation. By this, we mean Kelly Price and Me-lissa McCraw, who turned an armed robbery into a campus-wide day of hide-and-go-seek.

Justin Mitchell has probably per-sonally o� ended each and every one of you out there with his biting opin-ion articles, starting with his editor, Mary Margaret Halford, who has

never been seen wearing anything other than Nike shorts and over-sized t-shirts. #FratFashion

Our beloved ginger, Justin Sell-ers, never made it through a night toning photos without a glass of Jack Daniels and an argument with hipster Hannah Jones, usually about something stupid like a YouTube video or, really, anything else.

� is year has taught us that we can deal with anything, and by we, we mean the Southern Miss community. We’ve faced some tough challenges this year, but nothing we haven’t overcome. � at is a testament to the value of the education we get here, not just academically, but as people.

Southern Miss is a family, and in these uncertain times where we don’t know what the future holds, whether it be in administration or athletics, the most important thing is that we remember to hang in there with each other. Remember what made you choose to come to Southern Miss, and what makes this university special to each of you.

Keep reading � e Student Printz, because we’ll all be back next year (except for Sellers, but we don’t want to talk about him leaving, it makes us emotional).

We’ll see you all on Tuesday in August, and, until then, Southern Miss To the Top.

Student Shout-outs

To see your anonymous comment in � e Student Printz, submit it under the ‘Contact’ tab on studentprintz.

com.

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“ Shout out to MY-SELF for graduating

next Friday May 11th!! Its been a long time coming but I made it!!! Class of 2012 we made it!!!!!!!!

shout out to my r.a and others for covering my peep hole on the door with their fi nger so I can’t see who is knocking and have no choice but to open it !

To the PIKE with spiked hair and earrings, thank you for holding the door open, oh and your really really really HOTTTTTT!!! :)

To the person who gave a shout-out about hating Greeks, I’m sorry you’re so bitter you weren’t pop-ular in high school. Now that you’ve cried yourself a river, you can build a bridge and get over it!

I am really glad the library is staying open 24 hours this year! However, you should open more fl oors so I’m not fi ghting for a spot on the fi rst and second fl oor.

We need some more Asian girls on campus thats where it’s at!!!

To the person who wrote article about the dress code at the frat house, you don’t see white peo-ple going to club taste or the hunt club do you?

To the fellow bike rider. If we arent suppose to ride on the sidewalks then why are there bikes painted on some side-walks indicating its a bike lane? also, riding in the street is dangerous. most people cant drive!

I’m sooo glad somebody wrote about the Frat-house’s dress code! I’ve been a few times and its always bothered me & makes me feel not wel-comed as a person of color. Something needs to be done!!

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Hello, students of Southern Miss. It’s at this point that we are at a crossroads in our ath-letic history. It is at this point that we will decide where our future will point. Will it point

forward or backward? It is time to act now if you want us to move forward. General Jeff Hammond is the leader Southern Miss needs in the Athletic Department. He finds problems and fixes them. This military leader has command-

ed armies of men and has re-vitalized an apathetic Southern Miss fan-base in the short time he has been here, but that does not mean the job is his. There are many big money donors who are strongly against Jeff Hammond due to the fact that

they are involved in no bid con-tracts with the University to provide things for the athletic department, such as conces-sions. General Hammond sees these contracts and put them up to bid so that the school can make more money and get rid of this deficit of over one mil-lion dollars that the school is in. General Hammond is the man we need in charge of our athletic department.

Our time is now, students. We must step up and show our support for General Hammond. Your support can bring South-ern Miss Athletics to a whole new level. Don’t let corporate greed win this battle. Let your voice be heard. Let it be known who you support. Please sign the petition at the website be-low and let others know about this. We have little time. We need every signature we can get, so spread the word stu-dents. Our time is now. Are you ready? http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/name-jeff-ham-mond-athletic-director.html

Brett RushingCommunication Studies

AS WE SEE ITThe Student Printz’s Editorial Board

Mary Alice Truitt/Printz

Opinion Student Printz, Page 9Thursday, May 3, 2012

Printz Picks: Top 10 StoriesPRINTZ

1. Eagles tame Cougars in title game

Travis � ornell� e No. 24 ranked Southern Miss Golden Eagles knocked o� the No. 6 ranked Houston Cougars 49-28 in the 2011 Conference USA Cham-pionship game to win the school’s � � h title and � rst since 2003.

2. Students on probation a� er blackface incident

Mary Margaret Halford Six USM sorority women were placed on probation from their organization a� er dressing up as the Huxtable family from � e Cosby Show for a party.

3. Tabletgate: Students asked to return Samsung Galaxy Tabs

Mary Margaret Halford USM students participating in

the U-Tab pilot program will have to return their tablets upon leaving the university or gradu-ating. � ree university o� cials were put on administrative leave pending completion of the inves-tigation surrounding the mix-up with the tablets.

4. President Saunders resigns Mary Margaret Halford

In April 2012 Martha Saunders announced her resignation as USM president e� ective June 30. She will become a faculty member on the Gulf Coast campus.

5. Frat fashion: � e good, bad and ugly

Justin Mitchell Greek men and women have pop-ularized several fashion trends, ranging from Chacos to brightly

colored sports bras, but not all are exactly fashion forward.

6. Don’t Kill the Music: Ordi-nance sparks controversy

Justin MitchellOver 200 Hattiesburg residents sat in on an open town hall meet-ing concerning a proposed city ordinance that would change Hat-tiesburg nightlife.

7. Hattiesburg resident is ‘Born � is Way’

Justin Mitchell As a Hattiesburg resident, Justin Bentley paints a picture of his life for readers that includes women’s clothes, makeup, and hairspray. He doesn’t identify as a man or a woman; he identi� es himself.

8. Manic Monday 2012: @hancockrobber

� e Student Printz Editorial Board

� e Printz editors re� ect on the hysteria surrounding the Han-cock Bank Robber incident in February 2012.

9. Nugget hopes to soar once more Tyler Hill

In September 2011, the SGA Sen-ate proposed to bring a live gold-en eagle back as a mascot.

10. USM ranked most popular Miss. university

Justin Mitchell According to U.S. News & World Report, USM ranks in the top 20th percentile of the nation’s most popular universities.

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Can we stop turning every-thing into a race issue? We will never progress forward if we keep looking back.

From us unattractive socially awkward frater-nity men, thank you for making us feel even bet-ter about ourselves. Be-cause honestly we don’t care, we represent the school well. #gogreek

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Conference USA to add up to six teamsFOOTBALL

While Conference USA is set to lose four schools to the Big East Conference in the upcom-ing year, they have begun to ex-plore replacements.C-USA is poised to add as

many as six schools in 2013, CBSSports.com reported Tues-day afternoon.Louisiana Tech, Florida Inter-

national, North Texas, Texas San Antonio, Charlotte and Old Dominion are all scheduled to join, pushing the total amount of schools in the conference to 14. By maintaining at least 12 football teams, the annual conference championship game can continue to be held.

Memphis, Houston, Central Florida and SMU are all sched-uled to leave for the Big East following this fiscal year.Charlotte and Old Dominion

are currently not Football Bowl Subdivision football programs.

Charlotte will add a football program in the 2013 season, while Old Dominion is cur-rently playing in the Football Championship Series. They will require a two year transi-tion period to move up to the FBS level.

By adding Old Dominion, FIU, Charlotte, Louisiana Tech and Texas San Antonio, this will move the conference to 11 base-ball schools - two more baseball programs than are currently in the conference currently.

In February, it was announced that C-USA and the Mountain West Confer-ence were plan-ning to merge into one con-

ference, but because of legal conditions that is likely no lon-ger an option.The additions to C-USA will

come from four conferences: North Texas and FIU from the Sun Belt, Louisiana Tech and Texas San Antonio from the Western Athletic Conference, Charlotte from the Atlantic 10, and Old Dominion from the Colonial Athletic Association.Southern Miss is expected to

be in the Eastern division on the conference with East Carolina, FIU, Marshall, UAB, Charlotte and Old Dominion.� e Western division is expect-

ed to consist of Louisiana Tech, North Texas, Rice, Texas San An-tonio, Tulsa, Tulane and UTEP.It is believed that an official

announcement could occur as early as Friday morning, sourc-es said.

Kyle SmithPrintz Writer

Southern Miss Sports: Upcoming Games

Southern Miss Box Score

Baseball at Marshall

5/4/126:30 p.m. Baseball at TulaneNew Orleans, La.

5/5/121 p.m. So� ball at HoustonHouston, Texas

5/5/122 p.m. Baseball at TulaneNew Orleans, La.

5/5/123 p.m. Softball at Houston Houston, Texas

5/6/1212 p.m. Softball at Houston Houston, Texas

5/6/121 p.m. Baseball at TulaneNew Orleans, La.

Baseball: 4/28 at Marshall L, 2-1 4/29 at Marshall W, 5-35/1 vs. Ole Miss L, 3-0

Softball:4/28 vs. UAB L, 2-14/28 vs. UAB L, 5-1 4/29 vs. UAB L, 4-2

Women’s Tennis:4/19 vs. UCF L, 4-2

Men’s Tennis:4/20 vs. Memphis L, 4-0

Men’s Golf:4/224 at Conference USA Championships 9th of 11

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Golden Eagle sports: The year that wason campus

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”

This is the best possible way to describe the season that was in Southern Miss athletics. We ex-perienced great highs with Gold-en Eagle football’s record break-ing season that culminated with a C-USA Championship to the men’s basketball team making its first NCAA Tournament ap-pearance since 1991. Then came the lows, after the dream seasons of both the football and men’s basketball teams, both teams found themselves without a head coach as Larry Fedora headed to Chapel Hill, N.C. to take over the UNC Tar Heels and Larry Eustacy left for the head job at Colorado State. Despite bidding farewell to two head coaches that led USM athletics to the peak of the mountain, two new coaches have been hired who will hope-fully take us to the promise land. USM landed former South Caro-lina defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson to become the new head football coach and former More-head State head basketball coach Donnie Tyndall to take over on the hardwood.

Football and men’s basket-ball went undefeated at home in the 2011-2012 athletic season, a feat that no other Division 1AA team accomplished. The football team saw unprecedented success with a record 12-win season and spoiled the Houston Cougars’ dreams of an undefeated sea-son by handing them their only loss of the season in the C-USA Championship game. On top of winning the team’s fourth C-USA title in school history, the Eagles finished the season ranked in the Top 25. USM also completed their 16th straight winning sea-son, a standard of excellence that only a hand-full of teams can boast. The men’s basketball team also made a mark by taking down C-USA foe the Memphis Tigers for the first time in the Eustacy era in route to the Golden Eagles’ first NCAA Tournament apper-ance since 1991.

Golden Eagle head baseball coach Scott Berry reached a sig-nificant achievement by becom-ing the coach to win 100 games the fastest. He passed names such as Hill Denson and Pete Taylor, who are two staples of Southern Miss baseball lore. An-other bright spot in the baseball season is former Jones County Junior College Bobcat star An-drew Pierce. Pierce has had fans in awe as he came within only a

few innings of setting a new re-cord for most consecutive score-less innings that came to an end at 26 against the Memphis Ti-gers. Kameron Brunty and Blake Brown have provided the pop at the dish, and on the base paths it is freshman sensation Con-nor Barron leading the charge. Southern Miss is set to make yet another appearance in an NCAA Regional and hopefully another miraculous trip to Omaha, Neb. for the College World Series as the team did in 2009.

Women’s basketball geared up this off-season, signing several big name recruits. Women’s soft-ball and soccer are also primed to make a good showing in the 2012-2013 season as the two teams gain more and more valu-able experience and build up chemistry to match the high tal-ent level of two teams.

The sky is the limit for South-ern Miss athletics, and each team looks to soar to new heights in the upcoming season. Southern Miss also bids a fond farewell to quarterback Austin Davis, who became the leading passer in many major, categories such as touchdowns and yards, during his time at Southern Miss. Gold-en Eagle athletics also saw the end of Richard Giannini’s time as athletic director, as he retired af-ter many years of dedication and service to the university. Gianni was replaced by Jeff Hammond, who is looking to have the inter-im tag removed and lead South-ern Miss athletics to new heights as the official athletic director.

Regardless of what has hap-pened, this was truly a year to remember in Golden Eagle ath-letics. Looking back, we can only now truly appreciate what the teams have accomplished. We were fortunate to witness history in many ways this year, and for those lucky enough to have been a part of this historic year, we thank you for taking us fans on a great ride. This season marked the 100th year of Southern Miss athletics, and what a century it has been. Hopefully, the next century will be just as successful.

Josh SeabrookSports Editor

Senior wide receiver Ryan Balentine (80) kisses the 2011 Conference USA trophy. The Golden Eagles defeated the Houston Cougars in the championship title, which would be Southern Miss’s fifth.

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