By: Daniela PerezContributing Writer

The Spring Hill College department of Fine and Per-forming Arts has been work-ing diligently for several weeks to put on their spring production of “Frankenstein”. The theater department here at Spring Hill College has been working since the end of January to put on the play. Director of the play, Fr. Stephen Campbell stated in an interview that he chose the play Frankenstein because, “ I love the novel Franken-stein, and I’ve been think-ing about doing it for a long time.” He continued by talk-ing about an art class that he co-taught with Mr. Favier last year where all the art proj-ects had to do with themes directly taken from the novel “Frankenstein”. He added that he really enjoys “doing adaptations of novels, and I think it’s a good way to un-derstand what is going on in the novel.” In reference to the play, Campbell said that everything said in the play comes strictly from the novel, and that he kept it faithful to the novel. When asked how long a play like this takes to put on Campbell said, “it takes al-most an entire semester.” He added that rehearsals are organized based on the dif-ferent characters and scenes. The play’s lead characters are Lane Brunson, as the Crea-

ture and Seth Polansky as Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Camp-bell said that selecting these two as the leads was easy be-cause they are both very good actors, and he felt confident that their delivery of the roles would be perfect. The lead, Brunson, is feel-ing excited yet nervous to be playing the Creature. He feels like it is going to be challeng-ing but is ready to accept the most challenging part of his role, portraying the emotions of his character. “I have to be bland a lot and angry and sad he’s [the Creature] all over the place because he was just born and doesn’t know how to control the emotions just yet; so it’s difficult to capture that.” He is most excited to be a part of another play here at Spring Hill and has been par-ticipating in the plays here since his freshman year. He is looking forward to showcas-ing all the hard work he and the rest of the cast has put into the production of the play and can’t wait to see who comes out to support them all. The other lead in the play, Seth Polansky, Doctor Vic-tor Frankenstein. His fa-vorite scene is the last scene where he gets to die. He said, “I’ve always died in most of the plays here, so it’s fun.” The most challenging part of Frankenstein is the lines he has to memorize because some of it gets confusing and mixed up. He has been in-volved in the theater program

here since his freshman year and has played all sorts of parts from minor roles to lead roles like he is about to do with the role of Frankenstein. The play Frankenstein will run from April 14th through the 17th at eight o’clock each evening. Come out and support your fellow badgers at the Arlene Mitchell Theater on one of these days for only five dollars a ticket.

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Homecoming on the Hill

By: Kelly Dolph Contributing Writer

This weekend, April 8-10, Spring Hill College is hosting their annual Homecoming on the Hill, in which events will be offered throughout the weekend and will spot-light the graduating classes with years ending in ‘1’ and ‘6.’ Check-In and registration will be from 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. on Friday in Byrne Me-morial Hall. The weekend will kick off with the Silver Anniversary Social at 5:30 p.m. on the second floor of the Student Center, which will be the 25 year reunion honoring the class of 1991. Following that, from 6:00

– 8:00 p.m., the Badger Bay Boil will take place and is offered to all alumni. There will be a seafood boil, beer, wine and live music. On Sat-urday from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. late check-in or regis-tration will be available in Byrne. The Badger Carnival will take place on Saturday from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. on the Stan Galle Field. This is open to all; food trucks and carnival games will be offered. At 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, there will be an Alumni Me-morial Place in St. Joseph’s Chapel. Following mass, at 6:15 p.m. on the Rydex Com-mons there will be a cham-pagne toast from the class of 1961, in which they will present SHC with a scholar-ship gift. Then from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. the Golden Badger Dinner will take place on the second floor of Byrne. This will be the 50 year reunion party for the class of 1966, including the reunions for the classes of 1956 and 1961. That same night in the Student Center, there will be a Badger Ball from 7:00 – 10:00 p.m., in which beer, wine and live music will be offered. Then on Sunday at 10:00 a.m. outside of Java City, there will coffee and Krispy Crème doughnuts, giving students a chance to

talk with the Jesuits. Finally, to close off alumni weekend, there will be an 11:00 a.m. mass offered in St. Joseph’s Chapel. There will also be campus tours of-fered on Friday and Satur-day along with many other activities, such as sporting events, so make sure to pick up a pamphlet of events. Ashley Rains, the Assistant Director of Alumni and De-velopment, said, “This is my first experience in organizing such an amazing event with so many moving parts. I am thrilled to have so many of our athletics teams on cam-pus and active during the Saturday carnival. Baseball, softball, basketball, soccer and rugby will all be playing plus the spirit teams will be on hand. Bringing the alumni together is exciting but hav-ing them see the student activity is even better.” Rains stressed that stu-dent involvement is always welcomed and that they are eager to get current Badgers more acquainted with our alumni Badgers. Make sure to check out some of these awesome events, you don’t want to miss out! Photo: The Class of 1985 at a past Homecoming on the Hill

Service Work as Post-grad OptionBy: Desire Houston Contributing Writer With graduation less than a month away, Spring Hill seniors are mak-ing plans for their post-grad life. For most, this means going into their intended career path or securing an internship. But for others, this means choosing to devote a year or two to service work. According to Colleen Lee, campus minister for service and retreats, the service organizations most popular among SHC graduates are Jesuit Volunteer Corps and Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest. The programs’ core values are “simplic-ity, spirituality, social justice, and community”. Lee said there are currently six students who have finalized their post-grad service plans. Lee said the office of campus ministry strives to help students who are interested in joining ser-vice organizations. When asked about how they assist students, Lee said, “We [campus ministry] are here to students. We can look at their service resumes. These programs want a different type of resume that’s more focused on service work. We’ll also help

with prepping for the interviews. We also part-ner with Jeremy [Moore] in career development for resources, such as help building the resumes and in-terview questions prep.” JesuitVolunteers.org, the website for JVC, states they place volun-teers domestically or internationally in over 25 differ-ent ministries such as children and youth services, immigration advoca-cy/refuge services, women’s’ issues, health care service, and more. There are other organizations that graduates can join as well. Senior Asia Hudson will be joining the organization Teach For America for the minimum commitment of two years. Graduates are placed in low-income classrooms and aim to en-rich the potential of impoverished

students. According to TeachForAmeri-ca.org, one in three of over 16 mil-lion impoverished children will not graduate from high school, and their members work to change those statistics. TFA’s mission to help under-privileged children aligns with Hudson’s mission in life. Hudson said, “When I was a junior, I became involved in service organizations. I

enjoyed the teaching programs. I like helping low-

income communities and commu-nities that are historically under-represented. And I think that I kind of have a calling there because I share values and a socio-economic background with them.” Hudson is a sociology major with a concentration in criminology. When asked about what she hopes to gain from the experience, Hud-

son said, “I hope to gain building a relationship with the kids that I will be serving and with the community that I’ll be serving in. I think it’s a vital component in life to build relationships with these people and to help people help themselves.” When asked about her plans for after the service, Hudson said she’ll consider becoming a permanent staff member.

To join TFA, you do not have to be an education major. To apply, the requirements are that you receive your bachelor’s degree before training starts, earned a minimum cumulative 2.50 GPA, and are a United States citizen or permanent resident. The other requirement is that you are aligned with their core values of “transformational change, team, leadership, respect and hu-mility, and diversity”. Graduates in this organization will work full-time at a school and will receive a salary and health benefits. If you are a senior who has not fi-nalized any post-grad plans and de-sire to do service work, you should visit with campus ministry for help searching for a position.

Senior Asia Hudson

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Hey SHC, Intramurals Need Your HelpBy: MJ Connell Editor-in-Chief

All around the country universities and colleges provide various intra-mural sports for their students to get active in. Spring Hill College is one of those in-stitutions, but chooses to the leave the fate of those intramurals in the hands of the students. It wasn’t always like that, however. When I first stepped foot on this campus and participated in my first intramural league, Angel Gray was the supervisor and had a group of students working under her to make sure they ran smoothly. Once Gray and SHC parted ways, a former pupil of hers took the reign of coordinator of the intramurals. While the leagues may have ran smoothly under that student, who was working with Gray for a couple of years, things took a dip in terms of how well they ran. This past school year many students participating in intramurals have been frustrated with the way schedules of the games have been constantly switched around. Intramural football started late, and although weather may have ruined some of the evenings for games, there is no reason the league was separated into two semesters. Having an almost complete season take place and then waiting another month over winter

break to finish it is ridiculous. The next conflict came when the intramural basketball season started. During the first couple of weeks, several games had to be pushed back or moved to another date because the men’s and women’s basketball seasons weren’t over and would delay the start of the intramural games. Not only were scheduling conflicts occurring, but finding a referee for a game or someone to run the score-board was a struggle week in and week out. The most recent intramural debacle has to be the overlapping of the conclu-sion of the basketball league and the beginning of the soccer league. Stu-dents who play in one league may not have been able to participate in their game in the next league due to time changes and even fatigue, because let’s be honest, most of us are using this as our only form of getting active. Not everybody can go from running a bas-ketball game and then hustle over to the soccer field to play their next game. How can you allow the same people to run one league go ahead and run the next, but without finishing the previ-ous one? I understand that you have to make sure you get them all in, but where’s the support when it comes to getting this all together? The fact that games from two different sports were running into one another is unaccept-able. Students should not have to be

constantly worrying about their game getting changed last minute because of organizational errors. Things that are out of their hands, like the weather or another team not being able to get enough people should be the only things to worry about. This is a service schools all around the country provide for their students and even have posi-tions for in order to prevent this type of chaos from happening. Where was the communication between the intramural organizer and whoever is in charge of scheduling times at the gym? Why did the school abandon their intramural program to leave it in the hands of the students? Yes, I understand that professionals have other things to worry about be-sides running intramurals, especially if it’s not their main job. But students also have their own worries as well, from internships, to part (or full) time jobs, to studying all night for a couple of big tests later on in the week. This is why there needs to be come synergy with someone who is in charge of the athletic facilities and the student organizer. I have some things I would suggest to bring more organization to this whole intramurals mess. First, I think if the school were to continue to leave it in the hands of the students, that there should be a board that gets together and puts everything into place. I’m sure there are people who would love to help out, but don’t know how to get

involved and this could be a great way to do so. Another thing that came to mind was maybe a new branch of the SGA can be annexed on that focuses strictly on intramurals. That way it can actually be concentrated on and not something someone is trying to throw together. From what I understand, there used to be a work-study incentive to work-ing and operating the intramurals. If this has ceased, I suggest bringing it back. I say this because it can be very hard to get dedicated members of something if there are no incentives. This can really help prevent referees and scoreboard operators from blow-ing off their obligations. Having a faculty member there to supervise the events and actually enforce the rules of the leagues (I’m looking at you, JV basketball players who hop into intramurals) is essential, and I know it works because I witnessed it first hand when Gray was in charge. I wrote this piece because I have been involved in SHC intramurals all my four years here, and I love to play sports. To see the direction of where they are going since I was a freshman is a sad sight. Intramurals are sup-posed to be fun and a great way to get out of the dorms at night. This can’t die out and it may very well meet its demise if the program doesn’t get some help.

So Long & Farewell, Dr. BaughBy: Gaillard Teague Web Editor

We can probably all identify with the bittersweet ending to a really good book. Sweet because of the satis-faction of completing something that perhaps once seemed a bit daunting; sweet because of the anticipation of being able to pick up a new book and hopefully experience new joys and challenges. Bitter because of basi-cally everything else: saying goodbye to something you’ve probably come to identify so intimately with; say-ing goodbye to the characters, to the feelings, and the person you became when you read it all. For these past few weeks I have been experiencing that familiar bit-tersweet feeling as I resistively crawl toward graduation. However, we seniors aren’t the only ones in the midst of completing the final pages of our Spring Hill College novella. Or, better yet, we seniors aren’t the only ones Spring Hill College has to say goodbye to. Jesuit novice Dr. Matthew Baugh, will bid his adieus to the Hill come May, and I think I speak for most people who have had the pleasure of meeting him that he will be dearly missed. I first met Dr. Baugh as a wayward sophomore with barely five friends and a deep desire for anyone I could identify with. My father had some-how met him before me, and for weeks at the beginning of the school year, he called me everyday asking me if I had introduced myself to the new Jesuit. I didn’t even know what

the man looked like yet, so the pros-pect seemed fairly unlikely. But, after hearing him introduce himself to another person one day after Mass, I seized the opportunity to acquaint myself with the guy. That moment I will never forget - primarily because I was abundantly embarrassed when he corrected me for calling him Fr. Baugh. “I’m actually not a priest yet,” he chuckled. “You can just call me Matthew”. After letting go of my frustration toward the Catholic Church for setting up such a confus-ing circumstance and allowing non-priests to wear collars, I developed a deep admiration and respect for this little dark-haired man with the kind-est eyes and most humble demeanor I had ever encountered. Since then I have developed a men-tor, a spiritual leader and a friend in Matthew Baugh. I have seen the way he loves this school, and more impor-tantly, I have seen the way he loves the people at this school –it s unlike anyone else I have encountered here. He gave me courage in some of my darkest moments, and encourage-ment each of the 60 times I consid-ered transferring. A pure example of selfless devotion, I saw the way he expended himself day in and day out to service of the college, and the students, and the community around. I saw the way it weighed on him, never manifested in his behavior, but simply by the steady increase of gray on his once complete head of black. His impact, I know - has been great. His spirit - contagious. This is not because of any superior intellectual

ability - although the dude has got some brains - or a loud, infectious personality - although his Donald Trump impersonations are impres-sive. But because of his ability to love. His ability to be present and available and joyful. His ability to be a friend. These seemingly simple, yet im-mensely valuable, characteristics are something indistinguishable from the way many people have come to identify him. Sophomore Alex Scalco speaks on the subject emphatically: “He was our friend. He just really made himself accessible to us, to the point where most of what I learned from him wasn’t coming from what I learned from him in the classroom - even though I learned a lot from him in the classroom- it was coming from my friendship with him. Like what he taught me about being a person.” Senior Conner Bueche shares simi-lar sentiments saying, “Dr. Baugh’s dedication to students is unparalleled - anyone who has gotten to know Dr. Baugh is aware of his genuine and heartfelt dedication to the betterment of students. He has and always will make time to meet with any student whether such purpose is spiritual direction or politics, it makes no dif-ference.” A man with a superior ability to make those around him feel the love he himself claims to experience through Christ. In other words, a man with an aptitude for Christ-like love. In his perfectly organized third floor

Quinlan office, modestly decorated with natural light and images of long departed saints, I asked my friend if he had any final words to say to the Spring Hill College community. Taking a deep breath, he took a few moments inside his own head before delivering a response - a quintes-sential Baugh-like practice - and then replied: “Let yourself be changed by an en-counter with Jesus Christ. We come to college not principally to prepare for a career, or to study something we like, we come to be changed by what we encounter, the people we encoun-ter, the ideas we encounter. It is just the firm conviction of the Jesuits that is the most important encounter that you can have intellectually, spiritu-ally, emotionally, etc. is the encounter with Jesus Christ. I think people are a little bit afraid of that. If you get through college and you have not had a conversation about the mean-ing of life, then you have not been to college. I mean, I thoroughly believe that. So don’t be afraid of it. Don’t be afraid to encounter even the difficult things about Christianity because the difficult things are themselves beau-tiful, and they are meant to change you. Let yourself be changed. He concluded, “And I should say thank you. I am super grateful. That is the principle experience I have had here. Is just gratitude.” And I’ll just go ahead and once again speak on the behalf of the people when I say: No, but actually, thank you.

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THE HILL

Above: Marie Gardner and Katie Drez hanging out with prospective students at “Welcome to the Hill.”

Above: Ashleigh Townsend, Jamal Encalade, Arielle Joseph take a selfie break at “Welcome to the Hill.”

Below: Royce Martin, Cole Enmon, Hannah McIntyre, Arianne Stallings, Hunter Dupepe and Mark Mullen snap a photo on the golf course before the Lambda Chi formal.

Above: Lucy Lee and Iriel Evans posing for the gram during “Welcome to the Hill.”

Below: The Phi Mu team “Dodge n’ Dab”, winners of TKE Dodgeball Tournament , pose after beating out 5 other teams.

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Above: Top: Clare Wojda, Hunter D’Armond, Emily Wellmeier, Gabrielle Smith, Laura Hadgraft, Nick SmithBottom row: Sarah Bolotte, Susanna Whitman, Paige Guillory, Alex Mestre, Jacquelyn Saunee

These badgers were taking advantage of the great weekend weather while hiking in Oak Mountain State Park.

Above: Mr. Tony and Tonisha Houston pose for a lovely father-daughter photo after conquering deep sea fishing.

Below: Alex Hunt, Victoria Tanner, Tiffany Fairchild, Brigit Reynolds and Georgy Gat hanging out with a baby alligator at Alligator Alley.

Fresh off the boat, Jake Favier and Chrissy Madison pose after deep sea fishing.

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By: Will WardContributing Writer The beaches won’t be the only reason thousands of people will be in Gulf Shores this upcoming May. A music filled weekend late in the month will draw in thousands of tourists as the summer begins. Local restaurant, The Hangout, puts on a music festival every year to begin the season of fun. The Hangout Music Festival, or more commonly called, Hangout Fest will be May 20-22 this year. The festival brings in many top name musical talents that showcase the event. The big names this year include, but are not limited to, The Weeknd, Ellie Goulding, Calvin Har-ris, and Alabama Shakes. Many other rock and hip hop artists will be there as well. If you cannot attend the full week-end show there is a Thursday Night Kickoff Party on the 19th. Artists like Lil Dicky and Matt and Kim will be performing. The Hangout restaurant has been around for decades but when it was rebuilt in 2008 the new owners decided music was just as important to Gulf Shores as the white sandy beaches. Ultimately they decided to start Hangout Fest in 2010. Ever since its birth, Hangout Fest has been a blessing to the community bringing in business even after the festival ends. The music festival is unlike any oth-ers being that the performances are directly next to the water. The stages are set up right behind the Hangout restaurant on the white sandy beach that way participants can enjoy the beach while enjoying the music. The restaurant is located at the southern end of Highway 59 where it intersects Highway 182. Many lesser known artists will be performing as well as a few local artist that win Reach For The Beach by 92ZEW. This is a contest put on by a local radio station for bands in the area to get their name out there and get on the same stage as many big-name artists. One band will get a full performance while a few others will be opening acts for larger artists. Over the years many artists have performed at Hangout Fest like Outkast, Zach Brown Band, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon. Classic bands such as these have a multitude of shows to do but choose to take a weekend off at the beach and relax. Hangout Fest is always after high school and college graduation which prompts the beginning of summer. This year the sand will be hot and the music will be loud in Gulf Shores.

Hangout Music Festival

By: Sarah BolotteContributing Writer

Spring Hill College students pa-tiently anticipate the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival as the spring semester comes to a close and the festival inches closer.Also known as Jazz Fest, the 10-day cultural feast starts Friday, April 22, then ending Sunday, May 1, located at the New Orleans’ Fair Grounds Race Course. Jazz Fest is a gumbo pot of all things Louisiana, where thousands of musicians, cooks and crafts-people welcome all visitors to their unique and tasteful life. Accord-ing to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival website, there are around 400,000 visitors each year. If you have never attended Jazz Fest, it is a quick 2-hour drive from SHC to the heart of the festival. There you can witness around 11 stages of the most unforget-table music, the best Louisiana cuisine you could ever imagine and the most creative crafts you will ever see.Speaking of Louisi-ana cuisine, senior, Louie Treuting, has been working one of the festival’s food booths since his soph-omore year in high school. He works for Panaroma Foods where he cooks the much sought after crawfish bread. It is so delicious that it will make you want to slap ya’ momma. Food critic Tom Fitzmor-ris claimed that the crawfish bread is “an essential Jazz Fest dish that should not be missed.” Treuting explained that his older brothers started working for the family friend’s catering company back in 2003, “it really became a family tradition to go work for John Ed [Panaroma’s owner], a rite of passage if you will.” In addition, Panaroma Foods, makes shrimp bread along with sausage and jala-peño bread for the fest.Treuting said, “The live music dominates the day, which ranges over all types of genres, from a good variety of the popular hits of today to the classic brass bands of sweet New Orleans Jazz.” Some of the headliners this year include: Stevie Wonder, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young + Promise of the Real, Snoop Dogg, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Paul Simon, Beck, Nick Jonas, J.Cole, Maxwell, Flo

Rida, Irma Thomas and Ms. Lau-ryn Hill. The thing that keeps bringing Treuting back to the festival is the “fun-loving and free” atmosphere. He said, “I never see a frown at Jazz Fest, everyone is a family for those two weekends. It is a great testimo-ny to the spirit of New Orleans and her people.” Jazz Fest is really a family event, there are things to do for all ages, from a Kid’s tent to a craft area, there is fun for everyone. SHC senior, Arianne Stallings, should know; she has been attending the event since she was born. “My parents would always bring me and my brother with them when they would go, it’s really entertainment for all ages,” explained Stallings.Along with the wonderful am-

bience, Stallings expressed her thoughts on the food, “It’s almost better than the music. My favorite is the crawfish bread, mango freeze and cochon de lait po boy...Hint, get everyone in your group to get something different and sample them all.” Speaking of ambience, this hap-pens to be Stallings’ favorite part of the festival. She explained that the music festival is a mix of every-thing New Orleans and it expresses the fun, welcoming festive spirit. “It isn’t the rowdy vibe of Voodoo or Bonnaroo. Its people of all ages coming together and just enjoying the weather, the city, the music and the food. You’ll make new friends. You’ll see old friends. It’s just a good, carefree time,” described Stallings. Growing up and attending Jazz Fest, it’s hard to keep yourself away from it, for Stallings it has even sparked her career dream path.

She hopes to one day work for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation. The foundation works in New Orleans as a non-profit to fund cultural preservation projects, local music projects and education. “It’s a non-profit focused on every-thing that I love and want to protect about New Orleans,” said Stallings. For all Jazz Fest newbies, Treuting and Stalling gave a little advice. “Water is your best friend, drink lots of it because it gets hot. Park-ing and leaving the Fest is a traffic nightmare, so make a plan before-hand to get to the fest and leave. You don’t want to get stranded,” said Treuting. For students that do not want to drive to the festival, Gray Line Tours will operate round-trip transportation - the Jazz Fest Ex-press - from City Park, the Sheraton

Hotel and the Steamboat Natchez Dock. According to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival website, the Jazz Fest Ex-press will run from 10:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Stallings’ advice to all first timers is, “Wan-der. The festival has so much to offer. There’s various stages all with different kinds of music, like Zydeco and Congo Square. Wander and experience as much as you can.” To learn more of what the festival has to offer you can visit www.nojazzfest.com. A short list of what fest-goers are allowed to bring include, small bags or backpacks, collapsible chairs, ground tarps, water bottles and umbrellas. Some things

not to pack include, hard-sided cool-ers, tables, skateboards and ropes. If you are interested in attending Jazz Fest you are able to purchase your tickets from Ticketmaster, the festival website, or at the gate. Weekend single day tickets are $65 online and $75 at the gate, the first weekend single day tickets include April 22, 23, 25 and the second weekend single day tickets include April 28,29,30 and May 1. Beginning in 1970 with only about 350 people attending, the festival has grown to a whopping 460,000 in 2015. The festival-goers come out to celebrate the culture of Louisi-ana with the combination of gos-pel hymns, the soul of jazz and the twang of Cajun. The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival has grown into an array of all things wonderful.

Photo by Hannah McIntyre Jazz Fest 2012

The Ins and Outs of Jazz Fest

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Tennis Searching For a Conference Title

Fishing the Deep Sea with SHC

By: Darian MillerContributing Writer

With the end of the Spring Hill College tennis season closing in, both the men’s and women’s teams are seeking confer-ence titles after their last home game of the season. The season openers took place on Janu-ary 30, 2016 with home matches in which the men competed against Birmingham-Southern College and the women faced the University of Montevallo. While both teams lost their first matches of the season, head coach John Dotson, believes both teams have made tremendous strides of improvement. Dotson stated, “I feel we are making progress. We are very young with only two seniors, one man and one woman. The on-court performance was up and down, mostly up. All the players are working hard at improving and have improved.” While in season, the players practice five days a week for two hours on the court along with voluntary workouts in the gym. During off season, players are in the gym four days a week for an hour along with a two hour practice once a week. The men’s team has an overall record of 11-11, and

the women’s team has an overall record of 9-15. During their practice sessions throughout the week, each player works on improving both individual strengths and weaknesses. Dotson said, “Most of the players have their basic skills, so I do try to refine them or remind them that they changed to forehand and why. We work on match strategies and doubles team work. Doubles can be difficult because tennis is an individual sport, but in doubles you have to have a team mentality.” Each game is comprised of singles and doubles matches, and play-ers rotate doubles partners throughout the season. With only three matches left, Dotson has a specific goal in mind. Dotson stated, “My immediate goal would be to win our conference by the time we can play in the championships.” Currently, the men are tied for second and the women are fourth.” Both the men and women will travel to Clinton, Missis-sippi, on April 8, 2016 for two exhibition matches. Throughout the season, there are two SIAC Round-Ups that consist of multiple, back-to-back matches in a period of two or three days between teams within the

same conference. Dotson said, “The number of matches per week varies. We just finished our conference Round-Up which consists of eight matches in three days. It is important to rotate my players to keep them fresh. Typically we have two matches per week.” The SIAC Round-Ups are used to assess standings within each conference. Last year, the men’s team earned a win-ning 12-9 record, and the women claimed an overall record of 8-13. Most members of both teams are rising upper classmen with only two seniors graduating this year. The last match of the season will take place in Ocean Springs, Mississippi on April 16, 2016. For more infor-mation on the tennis team, visit shcbadgers.com or contact John Dotson at jdotson@shc.edu.

Photo by Sarah Bolotte

By: Griffi n MillerContributing Writer

Campus Programming Board hosted an all-day deep-sea fishing trip for a group of Spring Hill College students last Saturday. On Saturday April 2, 2016, CPB took a group of 46 students to Orange Beach, Ala. to go deep-sea fishing. The assistant director of student involve-ment and CPB’s event planner Joy Morris was in charge of the event and said that the trip has been successful in years past. “This trip is a great way for those not from the Gulf Coast areas to experience our waters in a different way and for our locals to participate in an excursion that is quite familiar to them,” said Morris. Every CPB voyage down to Orange Beach for their annual deep-sea fishing trip has been on the “Zeke’s Lady,” a 58-foot rebuilt party boat that now specializes in saltwater fishing excur-sions and is one of the largest companies along the Gulf Coast. Morris stated, “The staff at Zeke’s is easy to work with and really enjoys meeting our students and providing this experi-ence for them. ” The staff will also gut and clean the fish you choose to keep for $0.50 per pound. “Zeke’s Lady” was fully stocked with plenty of fishing rods, hooks, and weights. The ship hands helped teach anyone on the boat who didn’t know how to properly cast their hooks into the water how to do it. Our very own Mr. Tony passed out gloves for anyone who didn’t want to get their hands dirty while fishing. The bait grossed out many of the people and they needed help hiding the hook with the bait. Overall, fish-ing was not that successful due to the weather,

but it was still a great atmosphere and expe-rience for the students to get away from the stressful school environment. This was CPB’s fourth year going on a deep-sea fishing trip and they hope to continue provid-ing the trip, assuming the budget allows it, for the students because it is such a unique experi-ence. The past couple years, the CPB group have reached max capacity of both students on the trip and fish on the boat. This year, the trip was a little shakier than in years past. Due to the recent storms, the water was rougher than what is optimal for deep-sea fishing. With the rougher water, many of the students got motion sickness or elected not to fish. Those who did fish struggled to catch any-thing that was large enough to keep. The morning started for students at 5:45 a.m. loading the bus to leave for the 6 hour fishing extravaganza. Due to the sickness, cold and lack of success, CPB called an audible and we went to Pirates Cove for some food and relax-ation. Once we returned to the dock, at around 2:00 p.m. if you had wanted the fish that you had caught you could go have it cleaned and gutted while the rest of the group walked back and got pizza. The bus ride back was quiet as students slept from their exhausting day with brand new memories.

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ON THE SPOTWhat do you like to do on a nice, Spring day?

8 April 7, 2016 TheSpringhillian

Alexandra SinkusSenior

“Go on a drive with the win-dows down and the music up.”

Raquel GalianoSophomore

“Stop by the caf, get a sand-wich, and have a picnic out-side on the Rydex.”

Kameron PowellFreshman

“I would play basketball.”

Henry PineJunior

“Play in the snow!”

HILL YEAH!

By: Jacquelyn Saunee and Cree Pettaway Contributing writers

For Fr. Mario Serrano, SJ, his work is simple: “You don’t need an entire path ahead of you. Just take a step. If you see a need, meet it.” Fr. Mario, National Director for the Social Apostolate of the Dominican Jesuits, is a man of his word. He saw a need, and began to meet it. In doing so, he set out to accomplish, step by step, the ultimate goal of Jesuit com-munities: providing service and secu-rity to those in need of a helping hand. His helping hands are currently out-reached to young Haitian migrants liv-ing in the streets of Dajabón, a border town in the Dominican Republic. In an effort to protect and care for these children, he runs a boys home, Hogar de Cristo (Home of Christ), where his main goal, he explains, is to “protect those kids who live by themselves in the streets on Dajabón, and to help them to get a permanent place and have the opportunity to attend school.” Hogar de Cristo is a continual work in progress. The shelter is simple: a kitchen, a large room with school desks and a chalkboard, bunk beds, and an outdoor area. The shelter’s policy is also simple: stay as long as you want, leave whenever you feel inclined to. The boys are not forced to stay at the home, and are not repri-manded or punished for leaving and then later coming back. The young boys who stay at Hogar de Cristo, and boys in similar situations, constitute a significant proportion of

Haitian migrants living in the Domini-can Republic with the hope of finding a better life. Fr. Mario attributes this to the traditional responsibility placed on the males within a community to not only fend for themselves, but for their families as well. He states that when observing the streets of Dajabón, girls are less likely to be found roaming the streets. This reality, Fr. Mario says, develops from the fact that boys are seen as more capable of going out on the streets and earning money. Earning money, finding work, and receiving an education are all tasks that are deemed more feasible in the Dominican Republic as opposed to Haiti. As a result, many young boys are either sent across the border or even choose to cross the border in an attempt to escape a rough home life or simply find a better life. Achieving this sought after “better life,” however, is not an easy task. Once in the Dominican Republic, these children must find a way to earn money. As a result, boys as young as six-years-old often carry around their own handmade wooden shoe shining kits filled with toothbrushes, small bottles of cleaning solution, torn dish rags, and spare pesos from any will-ing patron on the street. This is one of the menial tasks that the young boys complete in an attempt to earn money, which they often send to their fami-lies, many of which still live in Haiti. At night, however, these boys, many of whom are orphans, did not have anywhere to sleep. That’s where Fr. Mario stepped in. He initially began helping the boys by feeding them in

the church’s courtyard. He was, however, met with some resistance from the community. One local radio criticized Mario for his ef-forts to help the children because they are Haitians. Fr. Mario’s response, not surprisingly, was simple, logical, and poignant. An article on JRUSA.org explains how Fr. Mario handled the situation: “Mario gave the station a gift, a nativity scene made by the boys. On the program Mario spoke about the Holy Family’s flight to Egypt in Matthew’s Gospel. He reminded the audience that Jesus was a migrant just like the children living on the streets of Dajabón.” The community gradually changed their mindset and began to support his work. Financial support, however, is still a constant battle. Currently, Hog-ar de Cristo receives financial support from Jesuit Refugee Service, Caritas, an international program that assist in aiding the poor, and a family who is assisting in opening a permanent boys home in Wanamint, Haiti. Financial support, Fr. Mario ex-plains, is just the beginning: “These kids need an opportunity in their life. They cross the border because they are lacking love and opportunity. Let’s give them a chance to experience love and opportunity. To have a home, food, sports and an education.” He hopes to change the lives of the boys of Hogar de Cristo by providing them with these experiences to ulti-mately show them that there are, in fact, people that care about them. Another part of showing the boys of Hogar de Cristo that they are cared

about, Fr. Mario shares, comes with helping them deal with the current psychological issues they face. Fr. Ma-rio says that financial support for the program will aid in hiring a psycholo-gist for the boys, so that they can “deal with deep injuries that [they] carry.” Fr. Mario explains their current financial status: “With the coopera-tion of people of good will we’ve been operating for a year and a half. We are opening a house in Wanamint, on the other side of the border so that the kids can have an opportunity to go to school. I am sure that God will send people that will help us support the whole program.” Members of Spring Hill College’s International Service Immersion Pro-gram (ISIP) are trying to be the people of good will Hogar de Cristo so des-perately needs. This past Sunday, our group (Yes, it’s time for a full disclaim-er: we were both on this year’s ISIP trip to the Dominican Republic where we visited Hogar de Cristo and met both Fr. Mario and many of the boys at the shelter) hosted an event “DR Comes to Spring Hill” in an attempt to share our experience with the Spring Hill College community, and to raise money to send to Hogar de Cristo. If you are interested in learning more about our experience or fund-raising efforts, please visit our web-site, Our Brothers’ Keepers at http://brotherskeepersshc.weebly.com.

Our Brothers’ Keepers