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One person was taken to the hos-pital Tuesday night a� er a � ght on campus led to a stabbing near the Human Performance and Recre-ation Building and Jones Hall at the University of Southern Mississippi.

No arrests had been made as of Wednesday night, but University Police Chief Bob Hopkins said a pool of suspects had been identi� ed.

“We’re still interviewing between the suspects we have,” Hopkins said. “It’s a hodgepodge of people, a com-bination of non-students and stu-dents living on and o� campus.”

Hopkins said the � ght, which involved about 10 people, was a continuation of an altercation that started Friday night at an o� -cam-pus party when a group of people showed up uninvited.

“As a result of that, there was some pushing and shoving at the party,” Hopkins said. “� is was ultimately the end result of that altercation.”

Hopkins said that about 45 min-utes a� er the disturbance call, the police department was noti� ed by Forrest General Hospital that a man, who was not a student, came in with a stab wound from an incident he said happened at USM.

“We were able to get up there and he told us where it happened,” Hop-kins said.

Hopkins added that though police did not recover the weapon used in the attack, they did collect a pair of sunglasses, a cell phone and clothes.

“We got quite a bit of physical evi-dence,” Hopkins said. “You could tell there was a pretty good scu� e there in the grass.”

Hopkins said the last aggravated assault on campus was on May 8 when a domestic disturbance led to a stabbing in Reed Green Coliseum at PACE Head Start graduation.

“Aggravated assaults just don’t happen very o� en here,” Hopkins said. “� ey usually occur as a result of something else, like a domestic disturbance or alcohol. � is is the � rst time in a while we’ve actually had a student-related issue.”

Hopkins said UPD has a strong presence on campus and part of their job is to prevent problems from arising, not just addressing them af-ter the fact.

“� e fact still remains, though, that we’re a community and issues will occur,” Hopkins said. “We hope to keep those to a minimum, but they will still occur.”

Hopkins said Eagle Alert is a key factor in keeping students safe dur-ing incidents like the one Tuesday.

“Awareness is part of prevention, and we have a good noti� cation system,” Hopkins said. “We were comfortable in knowing that this situation wasn’t a direct threat to students.”

One injured in attack on campus, no arrests madeON CAMPUS

Mary Margaret HalfordExecutive Editor

Above: Offi cers with the USM University Police Department investigate the scene between the Human Performance and Recreation Building and Jones Hall on campus Tuesday night following a stabbing.

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Left: Police offi cers collect a pair of broken sunglasses as evidence Tuesday night. The victim of the assault, who was not a student, was treated and released from Forrest General Hospital.

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MCJ Hall of Fame inductee speaks to studentsON CAMPUS

Sally-Ann Roberts, a University of Southern Mississippi graduate and recent inductee into USM’s School of Mass Communication and Jour-nalism’s Hall of Fame, spoke with a select group of students about her successes Wednesday as part of the annual Mass Communication and Journalism Symposium.

Roberts, who is the sister of “Good Morning America” reporter and Mississippi native Robin Rob-erts, graduated from USM with both

her bachelor’s and master’s degrees and began the journey of becoming the successful broadcast journalist she is today.

Roberts is co-anchor of the high-est-rated news station in Louisiana, WWL-TV, and is widely recognized for her work in the New Orleans community. She discussed with stu-dents everything from career advice to advice on getting jobs and pro-gressing in the industry to how to � nd faith in the Lord in everything.

“I was always told to get my foot in the door no matter what it took,” Roberts said. “Students should focus on landing that internship or work-ing towards getting that small job,

even if it’s not exactly in the line of work the student wants to do in the long run. Once you get your foot in the door, you can work your way up to anywhere.”

Students responded enthusiasti-cally and asked questions through-out the two-hour Master Class. Roberts would o� en repeat her key phrase, “Pray, prepare, proceed,” along with words of encouragement.

Chris Campbell, director of the School of Mass Communication and Journalism, spoke highly of the women speaking at the symposium. Former USM President Martha Saunders, Vice-President of zap2it.com Rebecca Brown Baldwin and

founding president and CEO of Hub City TV Margaret Loesch will be inducted to the MCJ Hall of Fame along with Roberts.

“We are honored to claim each of these women as our own,” Campbell said. “� ey are absolute-ly incredible.”

“I never dreamt of this day—the day I would be inducted into the MCJ Hall of Fame – whenever I was a student on this campus,” Roberts said. “I never even imagined that my photo would be hanging on the wall along with the others in the Hall of Fame. I would never be where I am today had I not come to Southern Miss those years ago.”

When asked about her success, Roberts gave glory to God and cred-ited Southern Miss.

“You have the privilege of be-ing a student at the University of Southern Mississippi,” Roberts said. “� e graduates before you are do-ing so well because of the founda-tion received at Southern Miss. You cannot go wrong with an education from USM.”

� e symposium will continue today in the � ad Cochran Center. For more information, call 601-266-4258 or visit www.usm.edu/mcj.

Carly TynesPrintz Writer

Famous conservationist lectures at USMON CAMPUS

Tuesday evening, a renowned scientist, author and conservation-ist spoke at what turned out to be the University of Southern Missis-sippi Honors College’s biggest fo-rum this year.

Margaret Lowman, known as the “Real-life Lorax” or the “Einstein of the Treetops,” is the author of “Life in the Treetops,” in which she describes her time working in such countries as Australia and Peru with her chil-dren studying the canopies of rain-forests.

� e Honors College and USM biology department teamed up to bring Lowman to the university for an hour-long lecture in the � ad Cochran Center. Two ballrooms were full, and several attendees stood or sat on the � oor.

“We wanted to go out with a bang,” Coordinator of University Fo-rum Johnell Anderson-Goins said. “Because of our collaboration with

biology, we wanted to make this a campus-wide event. Attendance was staggering.”

“We try to have science speakers represented on the forum rosters,” said Dean of the Honors College David Davies. “We are delighted to have so many students turning out.”

Lowman not only discussed her studies, but she also talked about a few ways in which she worked with the locals, including teaching na-tive people in Ethiopia to gather test samples and ecotourism, an idea that made her famous.

Lowman � rst brought the idea of ecotourism to America Samoa to use their natural environment to bring in revenue from tourists. � is involved building bridges going through the canopies of their forests for the use of scientists and travellers to experience the natural wildlife.

Sherry Herron, associate profes-sor of science education, worked to bring Lowman to campus a� er hearing her speak at a meeting in Washington, D.C. Lowman’s lecture also inspired Herron to make use of Hattiesburg’s abundance of trees.

“We would love to build a canopy trail along the Longleaf Trace and Lake � oreau,” Herron said.

� ough nothing o� cial has been decided, Herron hopes this lecture

could build excitement for it.“� e most important thing is to

follow your passion, but I hope that some of that journey will inspire ev-eryone to get involved with Mother

Nature and seek solutions to global environmental issues,” Lowman said.

For more information about Low-man visit www.canopymeg.com.

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� e Alpha Nu Gamma chapter of English honor society Sigma Tau Delta at the University of Southern Mississippi hosted their ninth annual “Literary Jeopardy” event Wednesday night in the Liberal Arts Building. Students and professors alike made up an eager audience hoping to exhibit their literary knowledge.

Sigma Tau Delta president Matthew Germenis enjoyed the event and hopes that more stu-dents will participate in “Literary Jeopardy” in the future.

“It was an incredible experi-ence just to see everyone come out and show their support,” Germenis said. “I would love to see more members next semes-ter. I hope English majors and minors can see this is the kind of thing we love to do.”

Professor emeritus Stanley Hauer served as host for the event. English major and audi-ence participant Henry Shepard said his favorite part of the eve-ning was seeing Hauer resume his hosting duties.

“Dr. Hauer’s presentation of ‘Literary Jeopardy’ is quite frank-ly the best thing I have ever seen,” Shepard said. “I’m happy to see he is in good health and seeing him have fun with something he’s done for the past nine years.”

� ree teams participated in the event, and each team had one English major paired with one English professor. Team one

consisted of English major Mark Hilderbrand and professor Mark Dahlquist. Team two was made up of English licensure major Tessa Willoughby and professor Martina Sciolino. Team three was comprised of English major Justin Noble and professor An-drew Milward.

Audience members were also encouraged to contribute through audience participation rounds for door prizes donated by partici-pating sponsors for each question answered correctly.

Sigma Tau Delta member and “Jeopardy master” Cade Varna-do facilitated Hauer during the event by monitoring the ques-tion and answer board and writ-ing many of the event’s questions.

“We, as English majors, are all very knowledgeable about literature, and that’s kind of the problem sometimes,” Var-nado said. “Sigma Tau Delta has boiled that intellectualism down and made it more fun. It’s always very interesting to see what the professors know, and it’s hilari-ous to see what they don’t know. You’ve just got to transfer all of that intellectual jargon into a nice, succinct game.”

� e � nal literary round con-sisted of a William Carlos Wil-liams question that ultimately lead team two to win the com-petition with more than 10,000 points total.

For more information about the USM chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, visit www.facebook.com/UsmSigmaTauDelta.

English dept. competes in ‘Literary Jeopardy’ON CAMPUS

Hannah JonesManaging Editor

From left to right, teammates Mark Hinderbrand and Mark Dahlquist of team one, Tessa Willoughby and Martina Sciolino of team two and Justin Noble alongside Andrew Milward of team three compete during Sigma Tau Delta’s ninth annual “Literary Jeopardy” Wednesday night in the Liberal Arts Building.

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Professor emeritus Stanley Hauer introduces round one’s categories at Sigma Tau Delta’s “Literary Jeopardy” Wednesday night in the LAB.

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‘Buy In Or Get Out’: Greek stereotypes, valuesGreek

Wednesday evening, the Uni-versity of Southern Mississippi Interfraternity Council and College Panhellenic Council hosted speaker David Stoll-man, who presented his “Buy In or Get Out” keynote, as part of the Office of Greek Life’s an-nual Greek Week. Two sessions, one for new and newly initiated members and one for active members, were held at 5 and 7 p.m. A profit share benefit-ting Stop Hunger Now was also hosted at Glory Bound Gyro Co. that evening.

Hundreds of members of fra-ternities and sororities at USM attended the event in the Thad Cochran Center ballrooms. Stollman’s presentation about fraternal values, standards and what to do about those who break them was dotted with both humor, like stereotypes of fraternity men and sorority women, and seriousness, such as when Stollman recounted the story of a new fraternity mem-ber who died because of haz-ing. He also spoke about Greek unity, hazing and what it truly means to be a member of a fra-ternity or sorority.

Stollman stressed that Greek life is not about social events or competitions. Rather, it is about upholding the traditions that have ensured the survival of fraternities and sororities. He also condemned hazing as an unacceptable way to communi-cate these values and urged stu-dents to report hazing incidents in order to protect other Greek life members from harm.

Stollman also gave many profound statements, such as “All fraternities and sororities exist...to make women better women and men better men through brotherhood and sis-terhood,” “You ‘earn’ your let-ters by living up to the values those letters represent,” “Letters are about making us better than we were,” and “Don’t just put the letters on your chest; put

what they mean in your heart.”Stollman has spoken about

the value of Greek life on more than 500 college campuses since 1994. He served the North-American Interfraternity Con-ference for two years and has filled various faculty positions. He actively volunteers with his fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon, serves as a chapter advisor for the Delta Phi chapter of Alpha Sigma Tau sorority at New York University, and actively com-

bats hazing in fraternities and sororities. He is also the owner of CAMPUSPEAK, which pro-vides educational program-ming, training and educational resources to Greek organiza-tions.

“I made some real mistakes in my chapter, and part of it is my penance,” Stollman said. “Part of it is that I really believe in what fraternities and sorori-ties should be and could be, and many are close to being, and if I

could add a push to some of the leaders to get there, then I’m excited to do that.”

Approximately nine million college students are members of Greek organizations.

Check out #BIOGO on Twit-ter for attendees’ highlights of

the event. For more informa-tion about CAMPUSPEAK, vis-it www.campuspeak.com.

Stormy SpeaksChief Copy Editor

David Stollman speaks to the USM Greek community Wednesday in the Thad Cochran Center. Jamie Gominger/Printz

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‘Legally Blonde’ comes to the ‘BurgLocaL

“Oh my god, oh my god you guys!” Elle Woods is taking over downtown Hattiesburg this week-end as Hattiesburg Civic Lights

Opera brings Broadway musical “Legally Blonde” to the historic Saenger Theater. The show will run today, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. along with a matinee on Sunday at 2 p.m. The show boasts a phenomenal cast, with more than half the roles filled by students from USM, that has prepared for a grueling eight weeks for the show’s opening.

The show stars USM’s Mollie Betsch as blonde firecracker Elle Woods. Betsch, a junior fine arts major with an emphasis in acting, went up against roughly 80 women

for the role of Elle and was thrilled to learn that she would have to op-portunity to hone her craft.

Betsch said that a lot of what she learns in the classroom is translat-ed to her stage work.

“For the breakup scene specifi-cally, I try to recall the same emo-tions from my own experiences,” Betsch said. “This technique is something I’ve learned in classes that I’ve taken.”

Junior music education major Matt Strickland plays the leading male role of Emmett. While it is his first HCLO production, this

is the biggest role Strickland has played on stage. He professed to look a lot to Christian Borle’s por-trayal of Emmett, who opened the show on Broadway, as well as to Luke Wilson’s comedic timing in the movie version.

Strickland has enjoyed his time working with HCLO.

“It’s a phenomenal cast,” Strick-land said. “It really has been an honor to work with the director and the band. It’s unlike any other musical out there. It relates to the teenager in us and the young adult. It’s geared toward kids our age with humor from the 90s and now.”

Veteran director Michael Gar-ner was pleased with the talent the USM students brought to the table. While HCLO has featured high-quality actors and productions, Garner dubbed these students triple threats; their acting, singing and dancing abilities have raised the bar on the quality for this par-ticular production.

Students are encouraged to take a trip downtown to support their fellow Golden Eagles and enjoy a night of great musical theater.

“This is a show a lot of students will know because it’s a movie we all remember,” Betsch said. “It’s crazy hectic and a lot of fun.”

Garner wants students to expe-rience the show.

“It’s a night out of fun and fri-volity,” Garner said. “This is the type of show that you can sit down and forget you’re still in Hatties-burg, Mississippi.”

Tickets can be purchased at www.saengertheater.com or at the Saenger Theater Box office between 12 and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Caitlin SealePrintz Writer

‘The School for Scandal’ set to open this weekendTheaTre

Friday will mark the third South-ern Miss theatre production of the season and the last of the semester with the Richard Brinsley Sheridan comedy “The School for Scandal.”

Headed by Lou Rackoff, who holds a master of fine arts in direct-ing, this production involves USM’s most experienced theatre students tackling this classic play.

Often called the “vintage cham-pagne” of English Drama, “The School of Scandal” was first per-formed in 1777 and pokes fun at British etiquette and propriety.

Despite the play being several hundred years old, Rackoff is not worried about connecting it to the

modern audience.“This play could be about any one

of us,” Rackoff said. “It really could be about any married couple; it’s very clever.”

The plot of the play centers around the timeless themes of gos-sip, jealousy and deceit juxtaposed with British high society.

“We are trying to keep the charac-ters 3D,” Rackoff said. “We want the audience to care.”

“It’s very witty, fast paced and in-telligent,” third-year graduate stu-dent and leading lady Rebecca Yea-ger said. “I’m really excited to see it all come together.”

Yeager and Alex Piper, who plays the male lead and is also a third year graduate student, de-scribed the classic play as a vocal and physical workout.

“It’s not one type of joke but end-

less forms,” Rackoff said after re-counting that the production crew could be heard laughing during the first real rehearsal of the play.

The production crew kept in mind that the writing and humor are the foci of the play. The set, cos-tumes and lights consciously have been muted in order to direct atten-tion to the actors and the action.

“We really wanted the actors to pop like a three-D pop-out book,” said third year graduate student Lauren Roberts said.

While the stage takes up a lot of space, much is left unused to allow the actors to walk around and utilize the entire stage with few props.

Even the costume designs and lights were kept subtle.

“We kept it a period silhouette,” third year graduate student Stepha-nie Albey said. “We went a little ex-

treme on some costume element but pulled some back.”

“The School of Scandal” opens to-day and will run Friday and on Nov.

28 until Dec. 1. For more informa-tion, visitwww.usm.edu/theatre or call 601-266-4994.

Chase LadnerPrintz Writer

M.F.A. Acting Candidates and cast members of School for Scandal Alex Piper and Rebecca Yeager rehearse on Friday.

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It is easy to see them: the stu-dents in class who are different from the rest, who have had more life experiences. Non-traditional students are a small but significant portion of the student population at the Uni-versity of Southern Mississippi.

Dawne Kennedy, 42, is part of the non-traditional stu-dent population at USM. Her life story took many twist and turns, leading her to Southern Miss in 2010. She is a junior with a work load that is legend-ary. She is double-majoring in history and religion and triple-minoring in German, Latin and classics. She is an Honors College student and a Ronald McNair Scholar. She plans to attend graduate school in Oslo, Norway.

These accomplishments are above and beyond what is ex-pected for many college stu-dents, but they are just the most recent endeavors of a highly motivated individual. Kennedy said that for many years she had a success-ful sales career in corporate A m e r i c a and did a stint in New Or-leans as part of the entertain-ment in-dustry.

“ W e b o o k e d e v e n t s from for-tune tell-ers to mu-s i c i a n s ,” Kennedy said. “It was great fun.”

Kennedy always had a pas-sion for travel and lived in Los Angeles, Calif. when she was younger.

“I was really into music when I was younger, so I lived in Los Angeles for two years,” Kenne-dy said. “I really had the gypsy bug when I was younger. I loved to travel...I still do.”

Kennedy is planning to take a class trip to Rome next year.

After her sales career, Ken-nedy worked as a police officer. She was the first female police

officer in the town of Lake, Miss.“It was strange and serendipi-

tous how I got the job,” Ken-nedy said. “I enjoyed the train-ing and physicality, but the job wasn’t my cup of tea. In a small town you get in a car and ride around. Sometimes you get a call out. It was kind of boring. I wasn’t intellectually chal-lenged.”

At this point, Kennedy had many experiences and suc-cesses under her belt, but fate intervened; the most pivotal, shattering moment of her life was yet to come.

“I was on my way home from work one afternoon, and my car was struck from head on,” Kennedy said. “For four years, I didn’t walk. Doctors never expected me to. It took me for-ever to get on disability. It was a dark time in my life.”

However, Kennedy kept her optimistic spirit and slowly re-covered. The injuries were the kindling for her desire to return to college.

“I am not this person. I will not be content, and I can’t af-ford to sit in a chair for the rest of my life,” Kennedy said.

“I always wanted to go back to school but didn’t have the time. My mind is still my mind, and I am going back and m a k i n g something out of my-self.”

At first, K e n n e d y used a walker but

now walks on her own.“I plan classes so I don’t have

to do a lot of walking because there is still a lot of pain in-volved, but I am released for exercise by my physician to get myself ready for the Rome trip next year,” Kennedy said.

Kennedy has made many friends in her time at Southern Miss. Melanie Boyd, a junior photojournalism and religion major, is in a class with her deal-ing with the New Testament.

“Dawne is an inspiration to everyone,” Boyd said. “Through the devastating accident, she

came out on top and bettered her life. Most people would give up but not Dawne. She went to school and accomplished so much. Not only is she ridicu-lously intelligent, but she en-joys learning, and she enjoys helping people. I went into this 300-level class feeling intimi-dated by the material and my fellow classmates. Dawne im-mediately welcomed me and helped me understand the class a lot better.”

Kennedy offered advice for individuals considering enroll-ment as non-traditional stu-dents.

“Just do it,” Kennedy said. “Commit to it. You can’t do it without sacrifice. Don’t feel intimidated because everyone is younger than you. There are so many things you can learn from everybody, from youngest freshman to the best professor. You have to be serious about it and love it. Have zest for life.”

Zest for life is certainly some-thing Kennedy has in abundance.

Non-traditional student inspiresprofile

April GaronPrintz Writer

42-year-old advises others to ‘just do it’

Dawne Kennedy, a junior history and religion double-major, is one of many non-traditional students at Southern Miss.

April Garon/Printz

Just do it. Commit to it. You can’t do it without sacrifice...You have to be serious about it and love it. Have zest for life.

Dawne Kennedy

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Feature Student Printz, Page 9Thursday, November 15, 2012

Dorms vs. apartments: It’s a personal choiceLIfe

Iesha Taylor’s evening ritual involves driving back to her apartment, deciding what to cook for dinner and studying in the comfort of her home.

Colleen Gregg grabs a bite to eat at Fresh Food Company. She then either studies in her room, at Cook Library or the Honors House.

Which option is better? It is a personal choice. All students at the University of Southern Mis-sissippi must make the decision about where to live: on-campus in a residence hall or off-campus in an apartment or house. There are varying views on the merit of each choice, and that choice has a big impact on students’ social and academic lives.

Gregg, a senior marine biology

and Spanish major, believes on-campus housing had a positive impact on her college career. She has lived on campus since her freshman year except for a se-mester she spent studying abroad in Spain. She is currently a resi-dent of Mississippi Hall.

“Having a roommate is fun,” Gregg said. “My suite-mates and roommates are all my really good friends. It’s easier to see my on-campus friends more often than the ones that live off campus. I hardly see them anymore.”

Living on campus pushed Gregg to do better in her stud-ies as well.

“It gives me more time to study,” Gregg said. “I can walk to the library or the Honors House and study. If I was at home I wouldn’t be able to study. I get more work done because it’s a school environment.”

Taylor is a junior recreational therapy major who lives in an apartment off campus. She lived in residence halls her freshman and sophomore years, and said she sees both the pros and cons of living off campus.

“It’s cheaper [to live in an apartment] and you have more freedom,” Taylor said. “You don’t have a curfew, and you aren’t limited to how many visi-tors you can have at one time or how long they can stay.”

However, Taylor said she misses some aspects of living in a residence hall, especially the convenience and social life.

“It was easier to socialize when I lived on campus,” Tay-lor said. “Now I just go home in the evenings. You can socialize with people, meet a new room-mate, go to social activities and mingle with other people. Get-

ting to class was quicker, too. I also miss not having to prepare my own food.”

Though Taylor said living off campus can be inconvenient, she feels it is worth it for aca-demic and personal reasons.

“The inconvenience is worth having your freedom,” Taylor said. “I am able to focus more and my grades are a whole lot better. I can go into my room by myself, then take a break and go to the living room to watch TV. I am happier now that I have a private place that I don’t have to share. It’s more peaceful.”

It seems the choice to live on campus or off campus is a per-sonal choice, according Gregg and Taylor. Offering more liv-ing options on campus may help bridge the gap.

Catherine Lamb, a senior psychology major, used Jackson

State University’s on-campus housing as an example of a bet-ter option for students.

“I feel that apartment style halls would be an improvement to residence life options,” Lamb said. “Jackson State University’s Campbell Suites have separate bedrooms for each student with a shared kitchen and living area.”

Southern Miss offers fewer on-campus living options than both Mississippi State University and University of Mississippi. Ole Miss offers Northgate Apart-ments on campus for undergrad-uates, while many halls at Mis-sissippi State have community kitchens on each floor, according to their residence life websites.

Until USM offers more va-riety in on-campus living, stu-dents must make compromises among convenience, freedom, social life and privacy.

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eating gourmet on a college budgetfooD

College students often think gourmet cooking is beyond their reach, but delicious food can easily be incorporated into a budget with the right ingre-dients. With the holidays com-ing up, the following recipe will keep you from relying on the thought of Christmas dinner to get through finals.

This pasta recipe, with white wine Parmesan mush-room sauce and seared chicken breast, sounds restaurant wor-thy but can be prepared in an apartment. Many common in-gredients are used and can be reused in other dishes. Save leftovers by freezing to have a gourmet home-cooked meal anytime.

White Wine Parmesan Mushroom Pasta with Seared

Chicken Breast1 package chicken breasts, cut into tenders1 box angel hair pastaSauce:2 teaspoons flour4 tablespoons butter or olive oil2 cups milk2-3 tablespoons white wine1 package sliced mushrooms (optional)2 teaspoons garlic powder2 teaspoons onion powder1 tablespoon chives1 tablespoon parsley½ teaspoon paprika1 teaspoon salt½ teaspoon pepper1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:Cook pasta according to pack-

age directions. Rinse and drain. Heat a large skillet to medium high heat and add 2 tablespoons oil. Cook chicken four to five minutes on each side or until no pink remains in the middle. Press chicken down with spatula. Sea-son each side with paprika, garlic and onion powders, salt and pep-per while cooking. Remove from heat immediately when done.

Sauce:In a medium saucepan, heat oil

or butter to low heat. Stir in flour carefully and remove lumps. Heat until simmering. Stir in milk. Stir continuously and scrape the bot-tom of pan. Add wine, mushrooms and seasonings. Cook until thick-ened and mushrooms are cooked. Add Parmesan cheese.

Serve chicken over sauce and pasta. Serve with salad and garlic bread. Serves four.

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Opinion Thursday, November 15, 2012Page 10, Student Printz

You want to secede? I dare you...

NATIONAL

Barack Obama won a second term as president of the United States of America. What’s the next rational step? Secede from the union, right? According to petitions in all 50 states, people are legitimately considering such an option. An online peti-tion in Texas has received more than 90,000 signatures, while one in Louisiana approached 34,000 as of late Wednesday night, according to the White House’s website.

Enter Mis-sissippi; the b i r t h p l a c e of Ameri-can music is also partici-pating in the online peti-tion, which has more than 15,000 signatures. It should be noted that no o� cial state government has formally de-clared or spoken intent to secede from the U.S. Instead, people of this great nation have ignorantly opined.

Your humble news editor will be the first to admit his disap-pointment with the turnout of the election. When the election was called, I had all of The Frat House alcohol at my disposal to induce a four-day coma, but in-stead, I took the high road and slept away my sorrows.

For those who want to � ee to Canada, if, a� er subjecting your-self to a Canadian citizenship test, a national health-care sys-tem (also known as Obamacare on crack), legalized marijuana and gay marriage you still want to move across the border, then realize most conservatives do not want you in America anyway.

Barely a week after the elec-tion, the petitions to secede gained popularity. What would it look like if such states as Mis-

sissippi, Alabama, Kentucky, Texas and South Carolina se-ceded from the union? The his-tory books have covered it; a little thing called the Civil War comes to mind. At face value, the idea to secede again seems comical, but it is no laughing matter. For those who seri-ously humor the idea of seced-ing, are you willing to have a war between the states? Are you willing to kill your broth-er (metaphorically speaking, of course)? Do you have the means to protect you and your family against potential mur-derers and looters?

Hypothetically, what if the U.S. government allowed states to peacefully secede?

Texas would not have a prob-l e m . Of the 50

s t a t e s p e t i -t i o n i n g the govern-ment, Texas is the only one that stands a chance. Texas has one-quarter of the nation’s oil reserves. According to State Impact, a NPR reporting proj-ect, Texas leads the nation in natural gas production with 23 percent of the nation’s natural gas reserves, which accounts for 14.9 percent ($159.3 billion) of Texas’s gross state product; the state’s gross state product in 2011 was $1.332 trillion. If Texas were its own country, it would have the thirteenth high-est gross domestic product in the world. Essentially, Texas also has its own army, which includes the Texas State Guard, Texas National Guard, Air Guard and Texas Rangers.

Mississippi, on the other hand, would run into some problems. It is the poorest state in the union, according to data

released by the U.S. Census Bureau, with median income reaching only $36,919. Missis-sippi also has one of the nation’s worst education systems, along with highest obesity rate and the seventh-highest unemploy-ment rate at 9.2 percent. These figures do not include money that the state receives from the federal government, includ-ing, but not limited to, Federal Emergency Management Agen-cy dollars during natural disas-ters, entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and funds for highways and roads. It is safe to say Mississippi would have a hard time surviving. Though Texas and other states receive these same federal benefits, it is evident that Missis-sippi is not pre p are d

for an ex t reme a c tion like

secession.D i s -

claimer: I love Missis-sippi. I’ve lived here my whole

life. However, I’m stating facts.In the end, most

people will move on with their lives and � nd another outlet

to ex press their exaggera-tions, but for now, continue to hear the stroke of pens as strangers, ac-quaintances and family members sign secession petitions.

Have a great life in Canada! Eh?

Tyler HillNews Editor

Student Shout-outs

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“ Don’t forget to come out for the last Friday

Night at the Fountain of the season this weekend!! Sup-port your Golden Eagles!

Glad our basketball team can at least get a win this season, our football team sure can’t. Perfect season. 0-12.

On Wednesdays we wear pink. Mean Girls TTT.

Fraterniture — Best part of the speaker Wednesay night. Greek Life is awesome. That is all.

To the tall dark haired boy who student coaches with the football team: you’re hot. But really. We should hang out sometime? Call me maybe?

Seriously? Not on the sexiest man alive list? I am worried about future generations!

#teamimpeach

Did you know that Southern Miss Football is still going for that perfect season? #WeBe-lieve 0-12.

Dear girl that sits up front in my paralegal classes. No one cares to hear your sto-ries so please be quiet and let the teacher teach.

Tornado warning at USM! Ev-eryone head to the stadium...no chance of touchdown there.

What happened to my America? What happened to the land where everyone got what they worked for, instead of having it given to them?

To the Pi Kapp on the Printz staff, I like your short shorts. Your chubbies make me smile.

To everyone having a date party this weekend, let’s meet at Ropers after!!!!!!!!!!

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

studentprintz.com.

Student Shout-outs

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“ ATTN USM Adminis-tration:

There are too many feral cats on campus. It makes the uni-versity look very mismanaged and is bad for recruiting.

JG, will you please do me the honor of being my date to Chi Omega’s semi for-mal?-RPV

Hey USM Eagles! Make sure you all come out to Friday Night at the Fountain this Fri-day! This is our last FNATF! Come out and have a great time!!

I think it’s totally sexist that the Printz would put a “Sexiest man alive” article in the Printz. I’m not a piece of meat!! I’m a vegetarian actually. #ryangoslingiso-verated

Students, the last Friday Night at the Fountan is this Friday at 7pm on Centinneal Lawn. This fountain will feature Mt. Rushmores, popcorn, cotton candy, photobooth, and more! Plus, I heard Gavin Snyder will be there. #iamattendingforth-ecutie

ICE COLD ADVISO-RY: Come out Monday, 11/19/12, to Mu Xi Chapter of ??? Fall 2012 Neophyte Presentation Show in the TCC Grand Ballrooms. FREE Admission, wrist bands are REQUIRED for entry. Follow @MuXi_1906 for more info...

SMTTT Go Eagles! USM’s Equipment Managers are sexy. <3 A Tree

We could win a game if we stopped using NCAA ‘13 for our plays.

Hang in there, USM, only one home football game left.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is not that cute. Sorry bout it, hipsters.

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

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� is was an article of opinion by Tyler Hill a writer for � e Student Printz. Email questions or com-ments to a.t.hill@eagles.usm.edu.

Sports Student Printz, Page 11Thursday, November 15, 2012

Down year ends, bright future remains for Southern Miss volleyball team

VOLLEYBALL

� e Present

Southern Miss volleyball dropped the final two matches of their season over the week-end. The Lady Eagles lost to Memphis in five sets on Friday and four sets to UAB on Sun-day. The two losses finished an 8-20 season for the Eagles, who struggled in conference, post-ing a 4-12 record in C-USA play. The Eagles did not qualify for the conference tournament.

On Friday, the Eagles found themselves on the wrong end of a late run in the � rst set. South-ern Miss controlled most of the set but allowed Memphis to come back and tie the game at 18 points before using a 7-2 run to end it. � e � rst set predicted the rest of the match, as neither

team won a set by more than � ve points. In the end, Memphis took the match by a score of 3-2.

Two Eagles hit career-highs in the match. Sophomore Jas-mine Crowell recorded 20 kills, while freshman Rachel Johnson recorded 14 kills. Senior Eliza-beth Rinaudo had 20 digs, and sophomore Kristin Fleming had 55 assists.

A slow start doomed the Ea-gles on Sunday. UAB took the � rst two sets 25-14 and 25-15 before the Eagles got it rolling. Southern Miss battled back to take the third set 25-23 despite their � ve point lead being cut to one by a late run for the Blaz-ers. � e Eagles tried to use a late run of their own in the fourth set before UAB shut the door and closed out the Eagles’ season with a 25-20 set victory.

Southern Miss was led by their two seniors on Senior Night. Halie Ecker was all over

the court with her nine kills and 11 digs. Fellow senior Elizabeth Rinaudo posted a match-high 25 digs as she tried to end her career with a win.

� e Future

Last season, the Lady Eagles � nished with a 17-15 record and were 11-9 in C-USA play. � at team was led by six seniors, who all saw the majority of playing time. It was going to be a tough � ght for this year’s team to repeat that level of success.

� e 2012 Eagles returned two seniors and one junior and fully relied on inexperienced sopho-mores and freshman to battle night in and night out. Nine dif-ferent players saw action in more than 20 matches this season. Of those players, two were seniors, three were sophomores and four were freshmen.

Next season, Southern Miss

will return two of its three high-est kill scorers and its leading setter. Crowell led the team in kills and blocks this season with 317 kills and 99 total blocks, 30 more than the next Eagle. John-son was third on the team in kills and blocks with 233 kills and 52 blocks. Fleming will be back at setter next season a� er her 1,070 assist campaign this year.

Head volleyball coach Abbey Sutherland and sta� will miss se-niors Halie Ecker and Elisabeth Rinaudo next season. Ecker was second on the team in kills, and Rinaudo led the team in digs. Growth from Johnson and fel-low freshman Quinci Hayward should combine with Crowell to make up for the loss in kills. Look for sophomore Alex Pfef-ferle, second on the team in digs, to have a bigger role next year to try to replace Rinaudo.

“� is squad has a bright fu-ture,” Sutherland said. “With al-

most the entire team returning, a lot of work and progress needs to be made in the o� -season. Next season, the team will have a ton of experience and a better under-standing of the game.”

Postseason Honors

It was announced on Tuesday that freshmen Lydia Bonner and Quinci Hayward were both named to the C-USA All-Fresh-men Team.

Ben WelchPrintz Writer

Southern Miss Sports

11/15/127 p.m. Men’s Basketball at Georgia

Athens, Ga.

11/16/127 p.m. Women’s Basketball at South Alabama

Mobile, Ala.

11/10/12Football vs. SMU

L, 34-6

Men’s Basketball vs. Western KentuckyW, 67-64

11/11/12Women’s Volleyball vs. UAB

L, 3-1

11/17/127 p.m. Football vs. UTEP

Hattiesburg, Miss.

11/19/127 p.m. Men’s Basketball at Sam Houston State

Huntsville, Texas

11/20/125 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. UC Irvine

Houston, Texas

Upcoming Games:

PreviousGame Scores:

Southern Miss Sports in Brief:Basketball to face Geor-

gia in first road contest

The Golden Eagle men’s basket-ball team will hit the road Thurs-day night to take on the Georgia Bulldogs. This will be the third-ever meeting between the two pro-grams, with Georgia winning both previous contests.

Southern Miss is expected to have guards Neil Watson and Ced-ric Jenkins back in the lineup after both players missed the last few games with lower body injuries.

Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. The game will be shown on FoxS-portsNet and ESPN3.com.

Baseball signs three re-cruits Wednesday

The Southern Miss baseball program signed three players for the 2014 season on Wednesday. Dylan Burdeaux (West Monroe, La.), Dustin Berrong (Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.) and Christian Tal-ley (Diamondhead, Miss.) signed their national letters of intent to play collegiately with the Eagles.

Burdeaux plays both infield and outfield, while Berrong and Talley are both right-handed pitchers.

“We are thrilled to have these three individuals join our class of 2014,” head baseball coach Scott

Berry said. “Our assistant coaches, Chad Caillet and Michael Fed-erico, have done a fantastic job of continue to recruit and sign qual-ity people both on the field and off into our program.”

Volleyball places two on All-Freshman team

Two Southern Miss volleyball team members were selected to the Conference USA All-Fresh-man volleyball team, the confer-ence announced Tuesday.

Outside hitter Lydia Bonner and middle blocker Quinci Hayward

were both named to the six-wom-an team.

Bonner ranked third on the team in kills and points this season, while Hayward was fourth on the team in kills and second on the team in blocks. Both players played in all 28 matches this season.

Sports Thursday, November 15, 2012Page 12, Student Printz

Seniors aim to close home career with winFootball

At the beginning of this sea-son, the returning Southern Miss senior football players had lost only two home games in three seasons. On Saturday, the win-less Golden Eagles will try to gain their only home victory of the season. Southern Miss (0-10 overall, 0-6 in C-USA) will host the Minors of Texas El-Paso (2-8 overall, 1-5 in C-USA) and try to make a memory during a not so memorable season.

Southern Miss will need something positive to happen on offense if they expect to pull off the victory. The Eagles were held to only 178 yards of total offense and 51 yards rushing last weekend against SMU. Three quarterbacks saw action after two left the game with injuries.

Eleven weeks into the sea-son and the Eagles have failed to even remotely replace four-year starter Austin Davis at the quarterback position. The start-er against UTEP will depend on the health of all involved. Ar-senio Favor is the healthiest of the possible starters but is com-ing off a one-game suspension he served last weekend.

Offensive coordinator Steve Buckley has built the offense around a strong running game. Without a passing game, de-fenses have started keying on the run game and have shut down the Southern Miss of-fense, which is scoring just un-der 18 points a game. The Ea-

gles must find some production through the air in order to find their first victory of the season.

If the offense continues to struggle, the defense will once again be looked at to make the

opponent low-scoring. UTEP brings the least potent offense the Eagles have seen all year. The Minors rival the Eagles with their ineptitude of scoring; they average just more than 19

points a game.The Minors boast one of the

better defenses in the confer-ence, however. UTEP held Oklahoma and Ole Miss under 30 points to start the season.

They also held the same SMU offense, which the Eagles strug-gled to stop, to 17 points.

“Our problems right now are not coaching,” head football coach Ellis Johnson said. “Right now, though, let’s face it, we’re depleted with injuries and we’re not playing well. I think these are two winnable ball games we have left to finish up, but it’s go-ing to be a challenge for us to be able to do it.”

Southern Miss will look to leave the list of the nation’s win-less teams on Saturday, a list on which there is only one name. It will be the last time seniors such Tracey Lampley, Jamie Col-lins and Austin Quattrochi will wear the black and gold in M.M. Roberts Stadium, and the Eagles hope to let them walk off the field one last time as winners.

Ben WelchPrintz Writer

Fans in the student section show their unwavering spirit during the football game played against UAB on Nov. 3. Melanie Boyd/Printz