On Thursday, 1200 new park-ing spots became available to the faculty, staff and students of Southern Miss when the park-ing garage officially opened to the public.

So far, all reactions to the parking garage have been posi-tive ones. Students living in Century Park are especially pleased with the opening of the new structure.

Johnna Chislom, a freshman from Hurley, Miss. living in Century Park, said that since the parking garage’s opening she has not had to park in the Hillcrest lot.

“It has been great,” Chislom said. “Most of my friends that I have talked to have parked in it. We no longer have to circle around the parking lot waiting for a spot to open up.”

Chislom added that before the parking garage opened, she often had to park in the Hillcrest gravel lot and walk to Century Park.

“I was always really cautious walking from the gravel espe-cially when it was late and I

was by myself,” Chislom said. “It made me nervous because it isn’t lit well. The new garage is lit well and so close and it’s nice not having to worry about walking back at night.”

Amber McCraine is a sopho-more living in Hillcrest, and she says that though she does not plan on parking in the new structure, it has greatly im-proved her parking situation.

“The people from Century Park that used our Hillcrest parking now go to the park-ing garage which is nice for all of us living in Hillcrest,” said McCraine. “Before the parking garage, the gravel lot was often full and now there aren’t many people there at all.”

Campus residents aren’t the only people who benefit from the new parking garage, how-ever.

Commuter Kimberly McRaney, a junior from Ray-mond, Miss., says that finding a parking spot is usually an in-credibly difficult task on this campus, but with the parking garage that has changed.

“I usually drive around for fifteen minutes looking for a

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Cookie Monster strikes in the FreshON CAMPUS

Visitors to the Fresh Food Company in recent days have had no reason to scream since the ice cream machine there has been re-moved as a result of mechanical problems with it.

Bruce McVay, the director of

operations for the “Fresh” said the case of the missing confection boils down to logistics.

“� e so� -serve machine we use isn’t really made to handle the volume of customers that come through the Fresh Food company every day,” McVay said.

Elizabeth Cobbins wasn’t a fan of the ice cream in the cafeteria before but the absence of another

treat has come up on her radar.“I did like the cookies,” she said.Cobbins and her friends had

speculated that cost-cutting was one of the main reasons for the mysterious disappearance of the ice cream machine but she also pointed out that she noticed the machine was o� en out of service.

Joe � omas, a freshman from Slidell, La., said he also noticed

the loss of the popular desserts. He eats in the Fresh Food Compa-ny twice a day and said he is sad-dened by the sudden loss. He also concluded that the machine was removed to try to save money.

McVay clari� ed that the way the cookie crumbles, the problem is mechanical, not monetary.

“� is isn’t a matter of us trying to save money or to be cheap; the

machine is just broken,” he said.“We’ll have a replacement one

in there as soon as possible until it’s � xed.”

� omas feels that that excuse doesn’t hold milk anyway.

“It takes money to � x it, which they don’t want to spend, even though we pay for them to keep

Jonathan AndrewsPrintz Writer

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04-04-11 Petit LarcenyAlpha Tau Omega - House residents reported the theft of the “ATO Craw� sh Boil” wooden sign.04-05-11 Lost PropertyPayne Center Lot - The reporting party could not locate his vehicle in the parking lot. Parking management located the vehicle.04-05-11 Abandoned PropertyShelby Thames Drive - A vehicle has been parked on side of road for 4 to 5 days. Incident report � led.04-05-11 Grand LarcenyPAC - Montrail Brown, B/M, 19 yoa, Memphis address, was arrested and charged with Grand Larceny.04-05-11 Petit LarcenyThad Cochran Center - One post arrest a� davit was issued for Petit Larceny. The property was recovered and returned to the owners.04-06-11 Petit LarcenyPayne Center Lot - A student reported the theft of several textbooks from his unlocked vehicle.04-07-11 Vandalism Bobby Chain Tech Bldg - Custodial employee discovered chalk writings on the entrance steps and two interior walls.04-07-11 Grand LarcenyThad Cochran Center - James Pankey, B/M, 19 yoa, Carthage address, was arrested and charged with Grand Larceny.04-07-01 AlcoholFraternity Drive - One campus citation was issued for Possession of Alcohol on State Property.04-07-11 DisturbanceFraternity Drive - Edgar Adkins, W/M, 22 yoa, Meridian address, was arrested and charged with Assault on Police O� cer, Public Drunk, Resisting Arrest and Disorderly Conduct.04-08-11 VandalismService Drive - Spray paint was sprayed on two di� erent sections of the chiller building. UPD follow-up.04-08-11 Simple AssaultSouthern Miss Drive - A sta� member reported being struck in the side by unknown object that was shot from a slingshot. The suspect vehicle was described as red Explorer.04-08-11 Vehicle Tra� c Stop4th Street - Nequata Gray, B/F, 22 yoa, Hattiesburg address was arrested and charged with Speeding, No Insurance and Suspended Drivers License.04-08-11 AlcoholPi Kappa Phi - One campus citation was issued for USM Alcohol Policy violation.04-08-11 AlcoholAlpha Tau Omega - Two campus citations were issued for Minor in Possession.04-08-11 Simple AssaultGolden Eagle Ave - A student reported being struck with unknown object that came from a passing vehicle described as a black Explorer.

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ON CAMPUS

Eagle Club offers front row seating to games

Getting to the football sta-dium an hour early to reserve seats is a thing of the past for members of Southern Miss’ newest student organization, the Student Eagle Club.

� e organization will become active in Fall 2011, though stu-dents can sign up now for $10.

One of the biggest amenities that comes with a Student Eagle Club membership is the pre-ferred seating at football games. Members will get a season ticket, allowing them to sit in the front

rows of the student section, which will be reserved for mem-bers only next season.

Members of the club will also re-ceive a free T-shirt, as well as a dis-count card with over 40 businesses on it. � roughout the year, students will get the opportunity to meet with coaches and athletes of dif-ferent teams at events and tailgates sponsored by the organization.

Chad Foote is leading the push for this new organization, and he says the club was started mainly to get students more involved.

“Students are the life blood of an athletic event; fans and players feed o� that,” said Foote. “It creates a better atmosphere and gives stu-

dents a reason to come to games, and we want them to have fun so they will want to come back.”

Foote also added that the organization is not about mak-ing money for the athletic de-partment, but instead is about building relationships with students. The money from the fee to join will all be used di-rectly for food, T-shirts and other things for the club.

For the � rst seven days of school next semester, students will be allowed to charge the $10 join-ing fee to their student account, though anyone can sign up now.

Kristina Quinitini, a senior sports management major, is

serving as president of the Stu-dent Eagle Club right now and says that the club aims to create memories for undergraduate stu-dents at USM.

“A� er speaking with several athletes, they too want to get to know their classmates and fans,” said Quintini. “� is organization will � nally close the gap between the two. Unity is key to running and successful school and keep-ing students that attend happy.”

Je� Hammond, a former South-ern Miss football star who now works with the Athletic Depart-ment, agrees that this club is going to do great things for the university.

“We want our students to de-

velop a long term connection to the school,” said Hammond. “This sort of program has something for everyone and in the end it provides fellowship and a chance for all students to cross over into one single orga-nization.”

Like Quinitini, Hammond pointed out the unity that this organization can bring to Southern Miss.

“� is program is low in ex-pense but high in value,” said Hammond. “� is is going to help grow our identity as a school. We want to show that these are our people and we’re the best in the state. We are Southern Miss.”

Mary Margaret HalfordPrintz Writer

Eagle Employment to name Em-ployee of the Year

Southern Miss Student Em-ployment will host a reception on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. to recognize Southern Miss student workers and name the Student Employee of the Year. � e reception is part of Na-tional Student Employment Week,

a nationwide program sponsored by the National Student Employee Association to honor the outstand-ing contributions and achievements of students who work while at-tending college. � e program takes place on several hundred campuses each year. � e winner will receive a scholarship, certi� cate, and other gi� s donated by local businesses.

Career Service to host � nal career session

Career Services will hold the � -nal installment of the “Backpack to Briefcase” series on Tuesday. Titled “Fashionably Functional,” the session will focus on how peo-ple students can dress profession-ally while still having fun with their

style. Journalism professor Cheryl Jenkins and science professor An-dre Heath will be the presenters.

No Boundaries Week begins

� roughout this week, the men of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity are hosting their annual No Bound-aries Week in support of their

philanthropy, Push America. An Empathy Dinner will take place at 6 p.m. at St. � omas Catholic Church for $5 a plate. Attend-ees will get the chance to at-tempt to eat dinner with some sort of disability. A cookout will take place on Pride Field at 3 p.m. � ursday followed by a basketball tournament at 4 p.m.

News in Brief

everything running,” he said.Rachel Callman, the marketing

director for the “Fresh” said there are plans in the works to create a hand dipped ice-cream station there which would include vari-ous sundae toppings to complete the experience.

Callman also explained that the large number of people that come through the Fresh daily, around 3,500, made it di� cult to main-tain the so� -serve machine.

As far as the cookies, Call-man said the selections in the cafeteria vary based on the choices of the chefs who help to prepare the food.

“We try to do di� erent desserts all the time... � e chefs want to get new recipes in there for cus-tomers to try,” she said.

“We encourage everyone to go on our website to voice their concerns and tell whether they want to see one thing or the oth-er more or less.”

Callman named chocolate waf-� es and dessert nachos as some of the more exotic dessert choices that the Fresh o� ers.

McVay said the Fresh is con-sidering renovations to make the hand-dipped ice cream concept a staple in the estab-lishment, to complement their

other dessert choices.In the event that it does become

a reality, Cobbins said the hand-dipped sundae idea was one she might be interested in, but only if she were in an “ice cream mood.”

� omas said he would be in-terested as well, should the plans come about in a timely manner. For now, he just isn’t eating des-sert which he said is better for him anyway. He sees no reason to cry over spilled ice cream.

� omas said, “ Plans are only as good as their results. ... I can say that I’m going to � nish my 10-page research paper tonight but doesn’t mean I’m going to do it.”

spot,” said McRaney. “I can get to class much quicker now that I can � nd a place to park.”

� ough McRaney intends to use the parking garage for her day classes, she pointed out a down-side in it for her night classes.

“I don’t really plan on parking there at night,” said McRaney. “To me, parking garages always seem dangerous when it’s dark out.”

SGA president Erick Brown commented that he is happy with the outcome of the project.

“SGA is always glad to see any-thing that serves the needs and interests of the student body,” said Brown. “� is parking garage is a big step in the right direction in

� xing parking issues on campus.”Brown added that all feedback

he hears has been positive.“People are glad to see the

promise come to fruition and they are anxious to see how this will change parking on the rest of campus,” said Brown.

� e structure contains an elec-tronic sign that counts the num-ber of cars coming in and out, and informs those on the outside about whether there is parking available inside.

It is also equipped with 10 code blue phones in case of emergency and will be patrolled regularly by university police.

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Soul Surfer makes waves in box offi ce

From the looks of the pre-views, one would think that

Soul Surfer looks just like an-other teen surf movie really resembling a movie released in 2002 called Blue Crush. How-ever, this movie provides view-ers with a little bit of a twist

dealing encompassing real life events and a traumatizing shark attack. Having been based on the story of Bethany Hamilton, a surfer who was attacked by a shark at age 13, the movie is set in Hawaii and centers on her life both before and after the at-tack.

While the previews did not do the uplifting and inspiring

movie full justice, it is por-trayed as a story of hope and perseverance.

The movie uses main char-acter Bethany as an example of how to hold on to your beliefs even after something tragic has happened to you.

Each character played off an different emotion for audience members, with A-listers like Helen Hunt, Dennis Quaid and AnnaSophia Robb filling the casting ranks and Carrie Un-derwood made her acting de-but.

Based on the true story of Bethany’s life changing ampu-tation, the movie depicts her journey to becoming a self-taught professional surfer and the challenges she faced along the way.

According to redcarpet.com, Hamilton hopes the story would encourage audiences. “For me, I’m just doing what I love. I love surfing and I love competing and being out there – one arm or two – I’m out there doing it. It’s pretty exciting to share my story and hopefully encourage other people,” Hamilton told host Chris Balish of redcarpet.com.

Soul Surfer came in at fourth place at the box office at $11.1 million on its debut weekend, just beating out “Your High-ness,” staring Natalie Portman and James Franco. Rottento-matoes.com was pretty harsh on the movie, only giving it 52 percent while viewers gave it 86 percent.

“There’s an amazing true sto-ry at the heart of Soul Surfer – and unfortunately, it’s drowned by waves of Hollywood cheese,” said a critic on rottentomatoes.com. However, I give the movie a B because it was inspirational and is appropriate for family audiences.

While the movie can’t use its shark-caused amputation to earn it an A in this critic’s eye, it’s definitely B worthy.

Alicia EsterPrintz Writer

The Farmers and Artisans Market opened Thursday afternoon in downtown Hattiesburg. The market featured several local vendors selling their homemade and homegrown wares such as goat cheese, soap, blueberry lemonade, jewelry, chipotle chocolate brownies, and even rocking chairs. At right, six-year-old Sophie Suter purchases a honey stick from a Runnelstown, Miss. farmer.

The market opens every Thursday at 3 p.m., often accompanied by live music. Members of Snarky Puppy played during the fi rst afternoon to preview their show that night at the Thirsty Hippo.

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A for amputated, not for effort

Feature Page 5Tuesday, April 12, 2011

“Hey love! How you per-colatin’ today?” These words can be heard almost every day at the Fresh Food Company as one goes through the “Sizzle” line during lunchtime, a line that is always lengthy, and for good reason. Not only does the line promise delicious grilled cheese sandwiches, but also Ms. Gloria, or “The Per-c o l ator,” a woman with a smile for everyone, a gener-ous por-tion of food and, most fa-mously, a new vo-cabular y word.

G l o r i a P e t e r -son, or Ms. Glo-ria, was born in the mid-1950s in Philadel-phia, Miss., and was raised along with eight siblings by her father, a preacher, after her mother died when Ms. Gloria was a young child. She attended school in Philadelphia until the ninth grade when she moved to Hattiesburg at age 15. Here, she attended Blair Center Hat-tiesburg High School, but did not graduate. She had a son, Ira, and eventually got mar-

ried. At age 23, she had her second child. She worked at the Hattiesburg County Club until 1991, when Ms. Gloria came to work in the cafeteria at South-ern Miss.

“One day in the church, the word ‘percolator’ came up,” Ms. Gloria said of her famous phrase. “My pastor told me, ‘God is going to give you some-thing.’ He said, ‘It’s going to be a little something, just a little ole bitty something.’ And that

word was percolator.”

Ms. Gloria has endured several chal-lenges dur-ing her time at South-ern Miss. When she p u r c h a s e d a brand new home for her and her grand-son, she was forced to sleep on the floor for the first year be-cause they could not af-

ford to buy furniture. Ms. Glo-ria ultimately had to foreclose when the payments became too expensive, and she and her grandson went to a shel-ter and lived there for a year. While there, she began attend-ing church for the first time since she was young. She now credits her renewed faith with a life that is much more fulfilling than it previously was.

In addition to holding a full-

time position at the Fresh Food Company, she loves to read, is an active church member at Anointed Word Ministries and sings in the choir, cares for an elderly family member and has been taking GED classes at Pearl River Community Col-lege. In fact, she took her last two tests this past Saturday. Once she obtains her GED, she hopes to attend college, obtain her chef ’s license, and open a restaurant in Hattiesburg. And, no, she will not be leaving the Fresh Food Company; Ms. Glo-ria said she loves to work.

“I’m going to buy me a restau-

rant. It’s my dream,” Ms. Gloria said. “I’m down-home cooking: black eyed peas, cornbread, chitlins, fried chicken. All that sounds delicious. That’s what I want to cook.”

Ms. Gloria says cooking is her favorite part of working at the Fresh Food Company and that “the children,” us students at Southern Miss, are her in-spiration. And Ms. Gloria is an inspiration to us, too. At the time of writing, her Facebook page, “The ‘how you percola-tin’’ lady in the FFC @ USM,” had 1,638 likes, a page descrip-tion that reads, “She makes me smile everyday,” and posts that

say things like, “She is an icon,” and, “She gives me a reason to go to the Fresh as many times as I possibly can in one day!”

“I love all these children,” Ms. Gloria said, tears welling up in her eyes. “I want to thank the children. I want to thank them all, for the Facebook page and the kind words. Just thank you.”

“Love yourself, and get the best education you can get. Don’t let nothing stop you from going for your dreams. Don’t let nothing stop you from doing what you want to do, because you can.”

‘How you percolatin’ today?’on campus

Stormy SpeaksPrintz Writer

Ms. Gloria serves lunch at the Fresh Food Company at the “Sizzle” section. Ms. Gloria is famous for her upbeat attitude and her phrase, “Hey love! How you percolatin’?”

Jordan Moore/Printz

I want to thank the children. I want to thank them all, for the Facebook page and the kind words. Just thank you.

Gloria Peterson

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Trumpet players make some noiseMUSIC

Not to toot our own horns or anything, but five exceptional trumpeters of USM have suc-ceeded in putting Southern Miss’ School of Music on the map as they were named Na-tional Finalists in the Ensemble Division at the National Trum-pet Competition in March.

Last October, auditions were held by the School of Music to se-lect the members of Trumpet5, the trumpet studio here at USM. � e results: Ander-son Romero, Tim McMillen, Barrett Gray, Jonathan Walker, Ismael Brandão and a na-tional title.

Out of the 31 participat-ing trumpet ensembles that advanced from the taped audi-tion round to the competition at George Ma-son University in Fairfax, Virginia, seven were se-lected as finalists. Trumpet5 was one of these pres-tigious groups.

“It was the first time that a major trumpet ensemble from here participated,” Jason Berg-

man, trumpet professor at USM, said. “So to be able to make the finals the first time is a big accomplishment and a big step forward for us.”

Bergman said that a lot of hard work is what got Trumpet5 to where they are today. “We set a goal early on that they wanted to try to compete in it, so we picked out a challenging piece of music and then rehearsed al-most weekly,” he said. “The few weeks before we left for semi-finals they rehearsed multiple

times a week, some of those I coached and other times they did it themselves, the majority of it was very self guided.”

The schools that usually com-pete in this competition include Julliard and Northwestern Uni-versity, schools that are known to have some of the best trum-pet studios in the country. But this year, Southern Miss left its footprint in the in the tracks of prestige and success as well.

Winning this title means sev-eral things for the university.

“It demonstrates the level of trumpet playing and musician-ship we’re striving for,” Berg-man said. “Something that’s

recognized on a national stage, it also demon-strates the tal-ent that we have in our student body, and it kind of helps Southern Miss to be put on the map ... to show that it’s a very serious mu-sic school with great students that are striving to do well.”

“I learned that hard preparation was the key for all the success we had,” Ander-son Romero, a graduate student working for his Master’s in trum-

pet performance, said. “The sky is the limit.”

“I was so proud of them even trying,” Bergman added. “And

the thing I’m most proud of is that we set a goal as a team to raise our standard and do the best we can, and we talked a lot about preparation and hard work. As they prepared and worked really hard they were able to see their success. Be-cause they did it the right way I mean I couldn’t be any proud-er… the results speak for them-selves, but it was the process that was the learning part.”

Bergman added that this was more than a competition for the members of Trumpet5. It was also a way for them to meet professional trumpeters and get their foot in the door for a future career of playing music on the instrument they love. They got to hear not only their peers from around the country and what these other leading

trumpet players sound like, but they also heard from and had the privilege of being taught by many well known professionals.

“It was a fun learning experi-ence,” Barrett Gray, a music edu-cation and music performance double major, said. “We got to per-form, as well as watch other stu-dents and professionals perform.”

“It was great to have the ex-perience of going to one of the most famous trumpet compe-titions in the world,” Romero said. “I think I learned a lot at NTC, and all of it contributed to me being a better musician.”

Bergman said that the com-petition was great for network-ing and education as well. “Ev-erybody’s eyes were kind of opened to the potential that is out there.”

Michelle HolowachPrintz Writer

Members of Trumpet5 (Ismael Brandão, Anderson Romero, Timothy McMillen, Barrett Gray and Jonathon Walker) were selected as National Finalists in the National Trumpet Competition which was held March 17-20 at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. Trumpet5 was selected as one of seven fi nalists from a semi-fi nal group of 31 trumpet ensembles. This was USM’s fi rst appearance in this national competition.

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Hey USM, you and your dumb decisions are pissing me off more and more everyday. I pay too much for your bull!!!!

You’re cute and I’m cute. So we might as well be cute together.... Enough said.

Why is it that someone can get an admissions scholarship for being in the top 50 of their high school graduating class, and I didn’t get one for being the SALUTATO-RIAN? Really?

Forgive me BSC 103 professor for turning my paper in three weeks late! Oops...

In the Agora this after-noon as I was enjoying my bagel a voice came over the intercom. The employees were playing an audio fi le of a preach-er racially discriminating against Caucasian people. With his vibrant choices of slandering words, an-ger grew. If you want the racism to stop, stop being racist towards others.

To whomever is making a big deal about birthday shout outs in The Printz, Are you upset that no one shouted you out? Anyway, happy birthday Shanta Lott!

To the cool Sigma Nu who’s in my ENG 333 class: we should hang out.

Student Shout-outs

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

studentprintz.com.

When did the stu-dent shout-outs become the new eHarmony?

Not every Residence Hall has laundry facilities, so get your facts straight. The laundry facilities shared between Pinehaven and the Village are not that bad, and they’re free. So quit complaining.

In case you don’t know, throwing a food party in the library in kinda rude. I go the library to study in a quiet place. I don’t go to hear a group of girls eating bag af-ter bag of Doritos. Seriously... learn some etiquette!

Dear whoever has the au-thority to block off whole sections of student park-ing, we pay $140 for mea-ger parking as it is... How dare you?

To the person that believes faculty and staff should not be able to park in the parking garage.I totally AGREE with you. They’re already getting cut and fi red left and right so why give them more parking spaces. There are way more students and many of us do not get parking spots, espe-cially us commuters.

It’s great Hattiesburg has so many bars to offer, but my idea of a night out is not karaoke and bingo. Please, can we get some real clubs! I have to go to New Orleans just to fi nd a place to dance.

To the person suggesting that only students be allowed to park in the parking garage: I second that. The faculty and staff already have the most convenient parking avail-able on campus. We, the stu-dents, paid for it; therefore, we should get fi rst dibs.

I can’t take the elevator to the 2nd fl oor, but the 3rd fl oor is perfectly fi ne??? Give a break! It’s Missis-sippi; we all need to be stair climbing!!

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Shady Grove ≠ Rev. WrightLETTER TO THE EDITOR

DeAndra Johnson is a senior bi-ology major from McCall Creek, Miss.

I am writing in response to the articles about Reverend Wright.

First of all, I am not writing to bash anyone for their opinions of the situation or even to bash Rev-erend Wright and his opinions. I am writing to give my opinion, as these articles have stirred much controversy, as have the sermons. I was at Shady Grove every night of the revival. I believe that what we must � rst understand is that Rev-erend Wright is NOT the pastor of Shady Grove Baptist Church. He was only a speaker there, and all his opinions are NOT necessarily the opinions of the pastor or of the church members. I personally felt that Reverend Wright was a little too political for my liking, and I did not agree with everything he said. I believe that Mr. Pittman made it seem as if every black per-son in the church was agreeing

with the speaker, by saying that we as “church people” easily agree with preachers without question-ing them. � is is simply not true.

As I am becoming an educated African American college student, I question more and more every day. Rev. Wright’s beliefs are sim-ply that - Rev. Wright’s beliefs and not anyone else’s. While reading the articles, I felt as if the speaker’s beliefs and the church members’ beliefs were being intertwined, as if to say all of our opinions/beliefs were the same. Mr. Pittman, if you have visited Shady Grove “several times before” and those times were positive, maybe you can share the Word from one of those times – brought forth by the pastor of the church.

I am writing in hopes that ev-eryone realizes that not all “church people” agree with every speaker that is brought before them. When a speaker is brought before you, it is best to choose what elements you want to take from the sermon

and what elements you want to leave alone. � en, it is up to you to determine if you want to hear the words of that speaker again.

If Reverend Wright wasn’t your cup of tea, well then that’s okay, because he doesn’t live down here anyway.

Last week, Public Policy Polling released a poll of 400 Mississippi Re-publican voters showing that 46 per-cent in Mississippi believe that in-terracial marriage should be illegal. Another 14 percent are undecided.

� at means that at least 60 percent of Missis-sippi Republicans are at least unsure whether or not two people who love each other should be allowed to marry when their skin is a dif-ferent color.

� at’s an un-acceptably high number for us here at the Printz. It’s also shocking, especially for those of us here at USM who foster an envi-ronment that encourages diversity.

PPP’s blog says that one of the poll respondents emailed, stating the reason for answering “illegal” to the question of interracial mar-riage: “I believe God made us a dif-ferent color for a reason and should be honored by not marrying outside of the race that God picked for me, however the color of one’s skin does not make him/her better than an-other color.”

� e Supreme Court Case Loving v. Virginia overturned bans on inter-

racial marriage in 1967. Mississippi has historically been behind the rest of the country when it comes to race relations. But it’s hard to imagine that a majority of the voters in this state’s dominant political party could

literally be 44 years behind the rest of the nation.

We aren’t go-ing to question the reliability of the poll; PPP has proven to be a reliable source.

But we would like to point out that

it is possible that the results may be much di� erent if Democrats and Independents were included in the survey.

Also, among GOP voters, there’s a considerable gap when it comes to the question of whether or not interracial marriage should be legal. Among those over 65, a whopping 56 percent believe interracial mar-riage should be illegal.

But among college age voters, a majority supports interracial mar-riage with 31 percent opposed. � at’s better, but these numbers are certainly alarming no matter how you slice it.

Black or white, not gray

Leon and Rosina Watson, pictured May 7, 2009, were married in 1950, just after the California Supreme Court became the fi rst in the nation to strike down interracial marriage bans. The Oakland couple raised three children and remains living in their same home for the past 59 years.

Karl Mondon/Contra Costa Times/MCT

AS WE SEE ITThe Student Printz’s Editorial Board

I believe God made us a different color for a reason and should be honored by not marrying outside of the race that God picked for me.

Poll respondent

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SportsPage 8 Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Southern Miss Sports: Upcoming Games

Friday, April 15 at 6:00 p.m.Baseball vs. New OrleansHattiesburg, Miss. Saturday, April 16 at 1:00 p.m.So� ball vs. UTEPHattiesburg, Miss. Saturday, April 16 at 2:00 p.m.Baseball vs. New OrleansHattiesburg, Miss.

Southern Miss Box Score

Baseball:4/08 @ Memphis W, 6-54/09 @ Memphis W, 13-24/10 @ Memphis W, 5-2W. Tennis:4/10 @ Memphis L, 5-2M. Tennis:4/10 @ ULL L, 6-1So� ball:4/09 @ Tulsa L, 8-34/09 @ Tulsa L, 8-04/10 @ Tulsa L, 8-5

Tuesday, April 12 at 6:30 p.m.Baseball vs. Ole Miss.Pearl, Miss. Wednesday, April 13 at 6:00 p.m.So� ball @ Nicholls State� ibodaux, La. � ursday, April 14 at 2:00 p.m.Women’s Tennis @ TulaneNew Orleans, La.

Day: TuesdayLocation: Trustmark Park, Pearl, Miss.Time: 6:30 p.m.

Baseball vs. Ole Miss

Ole Miss’s Last Five Games: 4/03 @ LSU L, 8-24/05 @ Memphis L, 9-24/08 vs. Georgia L, 9-84/09 vs. Georgia L, 8-34/10 vs. Georgia L, 12-7

Overall record: 20-13, SEC: 5-7

FOOTBALL

Black beats Gold in spring game� e annual Black and Gold

Spring football game was held this weekend at M.M Roberts Stadium with the Black team victorious with a 45-10 win over the Gold team. � e hyped out scrimmage allowed for coaches and fans to get the � rst glimpse of the Gold-en Eagles as they prepare for the 2011 season.

� e unveiling of new defen-sive coordinator Dan Disch’s 3-3-5 scheme was one of the most talked about topics headed into the game. � e defenses were both kept ‘vanilla’ and the main ob-jective was to work on their base packages. � e Black team, pri-marily made up of starters, was able to dominate the Gold team by only allowing 169 yards and forcing three turnovers. Jamie Collins led both teams with eight tackles. Gold team member Alex Smith had an interception while Kendrick Presley and Alexander Walters grabbed one each for the Black team.

Senior defensive lineman Cor-darro Law, who caused chaos in the back� eld with three sacks, talked about the new defense say-ing, “Overall we did pretty good. We need to get o� the � eld more and gave up some plays that we should not have. I de� nitely see this defense taking us to a new level. I got to put the weight on my shoulders with it being my last year. We want a championship.”

On o� ense, the Golden Eagles looked crisp with senior quar-terback Austin Davis calling the shots with a very crowded and talented back� eld. Davis seemed to be in midseason form with his 28 completions out of 32 attempts for 326 yards and 3 touchdowns. Kelvin Bolden appeared to be Da-vis’ go-to deep threat with a 65 yard scoring pass to give him 8 catches and 147 yards on the day.

� e already crowded back� eld will now be even deeper with the performance of freshman Jamal Woodyard. � e 5’8 running back that some teammates have de-scribed as Reggie Bush-esque has been the star of spring practices and his spectactular 10 carries for 111 yards with one touchdowns showed that the strength of the o� ense will be in the back� eld. With Kendrick Hardy being lim-ited for the spring with hamstring issues, Woodyard and Desmond Johnson took most of the snaps. Johnson added 119 yards on 12 touches with 2 touchdowns.

“I did pretty good today, but I feel like I could have done better in the open � eld. I am pretty good at hitting the holes with my vi-sion. Bouncing to the outside and getting to the open space, I think I can always make that � rst guy miss. We’ve got at least two others guys that will for sure play. I am just going to have to keep work-ing hard and work myself into the rotation,” said Woodyard, who was able to break free of numer-ous tacklers to gain extra yardage.

Coach Larry Fedora seemed pleased with his entire team’s ef-fort. “Coming out of this, I wanted to see great e� ort from the guys, and I felt like we got that today,” said Fedora. “I didn’t feel like we were dragging. Guys were moving around. I wanted to have as few mistakes as possible, and from what I could see, there weren’t many mistakes made.”

With the plentiful assortment of running backs, Coach Fedora knows not to complain about his predicament. “You can’t ever have enough good players. � e � rst in-stance you feel good about depth, you’ll have an ankle injury. We’re pleased with what we have at the position. We’re going to have to use all of them.”

The Golden Eagles will open the 2011 season on September 13 at the Rock against Louisi-ana Tech.

Travis � ornellSports Editor

Senior quarterback Austin Davis threw for 326 yards on 28-of-32 passing with 3 touchdowns. The Black team beat the Gold Team 45-10 Saturday.

Christopher Bostick/Printz

Eagle fan can win Bu� ett autograph

� e Southern Miss Alumni Association will ra� e one auto-graphed, game worn Jimmy Buf-fett-inspired jersey during the sev-enth-inning stretch of the Golden Eagle baseball game against the University of New Orleans, Fri-day, April 15. Ra� e tickets will be sold for $5 and will be available for purchase during the game. � e winner may choose to have either Jimmy Bu� ett or the Southern Miss Golden Eagle baseball team autograph the jersey.

Proceeds from the ra� e of the jersey will bene� t the baseball support organization, the Dug-out Club, and a scholarship fund in the name of Bu� ett’s mother, Peets.

Track and Field on a roll

� e Southern Miss Track and Field program continues to hit its stride a� er another steller performance at the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas. Zuna Portillo broke her own school record in the 3000m steeplechase. Ke’Airra Jones, who owns the school’s in-

door record in the high jump, broke the outdoor record with a height of 6 feet. Chastity Riggien scorched the school record twice in the 100m dash with her fastest time of 11.13 seconds. With her performance in Texas, Riggien is the number one ranked sprinter in Conference USA. Ganna De-mydova, the conference’s number one triple jumper, also took down a school record with a jump of 44 feet and 3 inches to take second place in the meet. Indoor national champion Tori Bowie took the long jump event with the distance of 21 feet and 7 inches.

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