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InsideLIFESTYLES

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Creepy occurrences on the Hill

Do you have anything to hide on the Internet?

Badger footwear fashion

Sweet 16 picks

Preparing to start conference play

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HILLIAnSTAFFEDITOR(s)AllisonPATRICKKatelynGARDNER

ADVISORStuartBABINGTON

NEWS editorCoraALLEN

LIFESTYLE reporter(s)AliciaCANDELABrandyJONES

SPORTS editorMattLaBORDE

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ceive mandatory paperwork, find out the application process, and have their resume and cover letter re-viewed. For any further information contact Elizabeth Dexter-Wilson at edexterwilson@shc.edu.

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On Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., BP America is partnering with The YWCA of Greater Mobile to present both the Women’s Money, Power and Leadership Summit and the “Miss Representation” documentary film screening

scheduled for March 29-30 at the Mobile Marriott. The main theme for the summit is “Developing Your Personal and Professional Power.” For more information contact Rhonda Lucas at rlucas@shc.edu.

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3/25/12RHA’s Minute to Win it

Residence Hall Association is presenting a Minute to Win It competition where 18 contestants will be chosen from the audience that day. There are going to three great prizes: Kindle, flip video recorder, and an iPod shuffle.

This event will take place on Sunday in the Cafeteria from 2 - 3:30 p.m.

Junior Katelyn Hinson slides into home during Monday’s softball game against Birmingham-Southern College.Photo by KeliMAZZA

At 7:30 p.m. in LeBlanc Room C, Dr. Nader Entessar, Professor of Political Science at The University of South Alabama and an internationally-recognized expert in Iranian and Middle East politics, will deliver a lecture titled

“War Addiction: Vietnam to Afghanistan and Beyond.” In light of current tensions with Iran and in the Middle East, this lecture promises to be of great interest for all. This special event is sponsored by Alpha Sigma Nu, the interna-

tional Jesuit honor society. For more information contact Fr. Mike Williams, S.J. at mwilliams@shc.edu

‘War Addiction’ Lecture

Delta Chi’s Earth Ball Event EarthBall will be held from 11a.m. until 4 p.m. at Spring Hill College’s Dorn Field. It is a game played between two teams at a time where each team attempts to push the ball (roughly 7 feet in diameter) into the other’s goal to score points. Food and beverages will be provided for all who attend the event, so come out and play or support the teams playing. All proceeds from the event will go toward the V Foundation for cancer research. For more information on

this organization and other opportunities to lend your support, please visit: www.jimmyv.org

3/27/12Safe Space Training

Dr. Franco-Zamudio and Dr. Hager will be leading a “Safe Spaces” training for faculty, staff, or students in leader-ship positions. The training will provide attendees with a better understanding of the issues that affect Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, or Questioning (GLBTIQ) students. Students from P.R.I.D.E. (Protecting and Re-

specting Individuality, Diversity, and Equality) will take part in the discussion portion of the training held in Quinlin Hall room 225 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

3/30/12‘Developing Your Personal and Professional Power’

Homecoming on the HillAlumni will return to the campus for the annual Homecoming on the Hill event April 20-22. Class years ending in 2’s and 7’s will be honored, including alumni celebrating their 50-year reunion. Events include the annual Zogby-DeVaney Scholarship Golf Tournament, sporting events, Delta river boat tours, a reception to honor the 1992 Badgers baseball team that won the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference championship and an unveiling of a portrait of Dr. Charles Boyle.

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Public Safety discusses plans to enforce campus security

Students create peer mentoring program

Numerous incidents of suspicious nature have been taking place on the Spring Hill College campus, a school that is conveniently located in one of Mobile County’s safest neighborhoods. Students are starting to fear for their well-being, and the Public Safety Department is making strides to create a safer environ-ment.

These incidences, involving what stu-dents are calling “creepers” and “peeping toms,” have been reported a number of times just in this last semester. Director of Public Safety Todd Warren says that he received two calls last week of suspi-cious behavior.

One student, sophomore Mollie Rea-gan, was directly involved in an incident where an unidentified man was sitting on the floor of her dorm room in Skip’s Place when she woke up early one morn-ing. “At first, I thought it was just one of my guy friends so it didn’t really phase me,” said Reagan, “I woke up a little more and realized that it didn’t look like my friend, in fact, it didn’t look like anyone I had ever seen.”

According to Reagan, the mystery in-truder glanced at her and instructed her

Photo by MatthewLaBORDE

Public Safety Director Todd Warren implements plans to develop a new on-campus police force.

MOBILE, Ala -- In fall of 2011, senior psychol-ogy students Ashley Derenbecker, Sally Reese and Caro-line Wilson proposed the creation of a peer mentoring program at Spring Hill College. They enlisted the as-sistance of their Research Experience professor, Dr. Ja-mie Franco-Zamudio and consulted with Lynda Olen, counselor of the Wellness Center, who thought the pro-gram would make a great addition to the existing pro-gramming at the Wellness Center.

In order to create the job description, application materials, performance evaluation, training workshops, and advertising plan, Franco-Zamudio enlisted the as-sistance of the fall 2012 Industrial/Organizational Psychology students. Twenty-one students, including Derenbecker, Reese, and Wilson developed a training manual and advertising plan in eight weeks. Reese tested the training workshop material with Olen’s assistance.

When asked why they wanted to create the program, Derenbecker replied, “I feel like Spring Hill could use a place students can go talk to other students. I want to

By MatthewLaBORDESports Editor

to be quiet. After a few minutes, Reagan “got the guts” to move past him and get help from a guy friend who was in the next room. “When I arrived in the room next door I heard the ‘pod’ door slam and he was gone,” stated Reagan.

Students tend to ask Reagan ques-tions such as, “Why didn’t you just scream?” or “Why didn’t you wake up your roommate?” To answer, Reagan had this to say: “Thinking back, I wish I would have done those things, but until

you are put into a situation like that you really don’t know what you are actually going to do.”

After the ordeal occurred, Reagan and her pod-mates called Public Safety, who responded in less than five minutes. “I think the student body should have been more informed about the situation and the security of the school should be increased,” said Reagan. “Everyone needs to make sure their pod doors aren’t propped open so that things like this do

not happen again” stated Reagan.Although Public Safety failed to make

the student body aware of the Skip’s lurk-er, the department is beginning efforts to improve security around the Hill. Todd Warren held a public forum on Monday night where students were invited to learn about the possibility of hiring police of-ficers to work for Spring Hill.

Warren presented a well-researched Power Point, which explained the prob-lem of campus security and how it could be fixed by adding a police force.

The newly hired officers would be state commissioned police officers who would work for SHC. According to Warren, this addition would have many benefits such as quicker response times, access to better resources such as DMV records, and added authority to make ar-rest against trespassers.

Warren opened the floor to the 14 students who were present and al-lowed for them to voice their concerns. Warren explained to the students how the program would be paid for: “Financially, it will not be a huge burden. There is a good chance that we will receive money from grants.” Warren hopes to continue having talks with the students so that the two groups can be on the same page.

give back to my fellow students, and feel this is a great way to do that.”

In a similar vein, Wilson said, “Spring Hill has given me many opportunities and I don’t want other students to miss those chances because they feel they are not con-necting well with the school and the SHC community.”

According to Derenbecker, “Peer One Project is in its early stages, and is currently only a pilot program. We are mentors, not counselors, and act almost like big brothers and sisters. While we can cover some of the same topics as mentors in the CAE, such as time man-agement, we also are able to assist with interpersonal problems. We do not attempt any form of mentoring that requires specialized training, such as crisis manage-ment. “

The program began as a research project which de-veloped its major platform in the Industrial Organiza-tional Psychology class. The students will be working on finalizing the rest of the program details, with a goal of launching it in fall of 2012.

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By CoraALLENNews Editor

It is the 11th year of the Ex-change Clubs’ Luck of the Irish Cook off. There were 15 cook-ing teams gathered in downtown Mobile, Ala., on March 17. The Exchange Club hopes to raise $12,000 with the Luck of the Irish Cook Off this year.

The event was coordinated by Events by Mallory. According to Mallory Carrey, a Spring Hill College alumni and owner of Events by Mallory, the Exchange Club of Mobile hosts the event each year to raise money for the Family Center for the prevention of child abuse and neglect. Ac-cording to Carrey, they have par-enting classes where they teach new parents about the dangers of shaken baby syndrome. At the event, there was a booth with a doll that showed the areas of the brain that is effected by shaken baby syndrome as well as just how little shaking can cause the syndrome. “It doesn’t take much

to cause shaken baby syndrome and that is one of the things the family center helps to show new mothers,” said Carrey.

“I started setting up the event about seven weeks ago in the beginning of February. There were a couple of things

already done when I started. Most of the participants of last year came back and then we have gotten a few extras from word of mouth,” said Carrey.

The cook off had different versions of Irish stew and corn beef and cabbage for visitors to try. At the end of the event there

were awards for best stew with the Mobile Mystics taking home most of the awards. “We have a chefs meeting a week before the event and they fill out a food handling form that is cleared by the health department,” said Carrey.

There were several vendors there including an Irish jewelry booth and a place to buy drinks like sodas, water and beer. There was also a snow cone seller, hot dog vendor and a place to buy popcorn. Drinks and vendor food were bought with tickets that cost a dollar a piece. There

By BrandyJONESLifestyle Reporter

Exchange Club holds 11th annual Luck of the Irish cook off in downtown Mobilewas a $15 dollar entrance fee for anyone over the age of 12.

Entertainment for the event included the Mississippi Magic Irish Step-dancing team, music by Mark Kent, and Darwin Sin-gleton of NBC news as an MC. Kent sang traditional Irish songs

such as “Black Velvet Band” and “Wild Rover” while playing along on his guitar. Kent, who is a photographer for the Press Register, is also a former Spring Hill graduate. There was also a face painting station for kids as well as a jumping castle to play in. “It is a lot of fun and it is

really great to see the finished product,” said Elizabeth Neal, an intern for Events by Mallory and a Spring Hill sophomore.

The Knights of Columbus Little Flowers has participated in the cook off for five years. According to Gregg Smith, a member of the Knights of Co-lumbus, they have used the same recipe in their Irish stew every time. The stew consists of pota-toes, carrots, beef, and the chef ’s special ingredient.

“It is really great out here. I’ve had some food and enjoyed the parade as well as had my first moon pie. It’s been fun,” said Neal.

There were two parades. The first was with the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, an Irish group that always parades on St. Patty’s day. Their parade was around 11 a.m. There was also the Mobile Exchange Club parade which went around 2 p.m. Both pa-rades threw a variety of stuffed animals and beads to onlookers. “I love it, it is quite chaotic and it never stops going,” said Neal.

Photo by BrandyJONES

The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick march in the Luck of the Irish Parade on Saturday, March 17.

So far in 2012 the unemployment rate has been steadily decreasing. In December of 2011 the national unemployment rate fell from 9.8 percent to 9.4 percent and then to 9.0 percent in January. According to esa.doc.gov, the last time employment fell that much in a two-month span was in 1958. The rate is now down to 8.3 percent for February. This is the lowest the figure has been (during or after the recession) since it peaked at 10 percent in October of 2009.

The Labor department stated that the rate dropped in 45 states and only increased in one, New York. This indicates that nearly all of the country is benefitting from an improved economy and better job market. Nevada had the nation’s highest unemployment for January at 12.7 percent, while California and Rhode Island followed, each

with 10.9 percent. The rate in Alabama is below the national average at 7.8 percent and down from its 10.6 percent peak in November 2009. These rates are high compared to the pre-recession rates that were as low as 4.4 percent in March of 2007, but according to the Economic and Statistics Ad-ministration of the United States Department of Commerce, “The labor market recovery is well underway.”

The unemployment rate for those who have achieved at least a bachelor’s degree is less than half of the national average, and is a little less than the national average pre-recession rate of 4.2 per-cent.

Senior Jessie Sumpter says that this is reas-suring news: “Lots of us seniors are going to be thrust out into the job market come May 5, and it’s nice to hear that the unemployment rate is the lowest that it has been since the recession started when we were in high school.”

Unemployment rate affects seniors Lambda Chi Alcohol Awareness WeekMarch 26 - March 31

This week is dedicated to being a sober week for on-campus Greek organizations.

Upcoming Events:

Alcohol awareness speaker from Budweiser •will be speaking on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Lambda Chi will be hosting a canned • food drive

Lambda Chi will be displaying a wrecked • car from a drunk driving accident

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The Green Keepers is an on-campus organization that has students helping out not only Spring Hill’s beautiful cam-pus, but also the rest of the environment.

According to the president of the Green Keepers, Josh Taylor, “Green Keep-ers possess mind-sets that involve main-taining a healthy environment, through conservation.” Taylor goes on to explain-ing how the Green Keepers are able to pro-vide for the campus saying, “This is done through fund-raisers, events, and tutorials on campus.” According to Taylor, the ad-visor of the Green Keepers, Lesli Bordas worked continuously to have a new cov-ering placed on the campus greenhouse. This contribution has made it possible for the Green Keepers to grow plants out-side of the green house and seeds inside the greenhouse.

This past Saturday the Green Keep-ers transplanted seeds from the green-house and placed them into the garden on the backside of New Hall. “Through

this event, students can see up-front how not only fun gardening can be but also how it can help build healthy habits. Gar-dening is soothing to the mind and the body,” says Taylor. Some of the fund-raising events for the club included “Pen-nies for Purifi cation,” which was held on campus along with the sale of a type of fl ower called mums and pecans that were cracked and stored by the Green Keepers.

The upcoming event that the Green-Keepers have is Earth Hour 2012 which is March 31, 2012 at 8:30 p.m. “The Green Keepers have decided to include the Hill on this world-wide event by al-lowing Badgers to pledge that he or she will conserve as much energy as possible on this day and time,” explains Taylor. In order to spread the word, The Green Keepers have been passing out badges to everyone not only about the event hap-pening on March 31 but also to help save the environment.

Green Keepers, meetings are held on Mondays at 4:30 p.m. in the Chemistry Building room 103 and for more infor-mation check out the Green Keepers Fa-cebook group.

By AliciaCANDELALifestyles Reporter

By CoraALLENNews Editor

Conservation on the Hill

A recently released study aims to dis-prove the common notion that today’s young Americans are more concerned with conservation and the environment than older generations. The study has found that Millennials, those born after 1982, are actually less concerned with conservation efforts and less civic mind-ed in general than the Baby Boomer gen-eration.

Despite growing up during the green movement and learning mantras like “give a hoot, don’t pollute,” or “reduce, re-use, recycle,” younger generations just aren’t as motivated to get involved. According to the report, only 21 percent of the Ameri-can Millennial population considered it important to get personally involved in programs to clean up the environment,

compared to about 25 percent of GenX-ers born during the years 1962-1981 and about 33 percent for the Baby Boomers who were born between 1946 and 1961. The study also concluded that Millen-nials were also “less likely than Boomers and GenX to participate in the politi-cal process through voting, writing to a public offi cial, participating in demon-strations, boycotts or giving money to a political cause.”

Dr. Leslie Bordas, Chemistry pro-fessor and faculty chair of the Green Keepers organization on campus, is not surprised to hear the information. She says that she sees the trend right here at Spring Hill. Bordas says that there are about three or four students who are re-ally passionate, but most everyone else is uninterested and wouldn’t go out of their way to make a change. She says that while she doesn’t want to “diss the generation,”

this can be attributed to a selfi sh, entitled attitude. “The consequences of their ac-tions are not really seen. They don’t see the immediate results of what they do. They will sit there right next to a trash can for cigarettes and fl ick their cigarette somewhere else,” stated Bordas. She adds that it takes 200 years for a cigarette butt to biodegrade. Bordas also thinks that the lack of passion for conservation is even worse in the American South, despite the priceless and precarious resource that we utilize every day, the Gulf.

Senior Michael Latady is also not sur-prised by the results of the study. “Young people these days feel like they will get everything done for them, and that they are entitled to treat the earth poorly. We need to learn some responsibility,” stated Latady.

The academic analysis was published this month in the Journal of Personality

and Social Psychology. The study con-sisted of surveys spanning more than 40 years, and included surveys among high school seniors and incoming Col-lege freshmen. It focused on the views of the youth with regards to life goals, con-cern for others and civic orientation. The study also noted that in the past 40 years, a decline in young people’s trust in oth-ers, their interest in government and the time they said they spent thinking about social problems.

One of the authors of the study Jean Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego State University, has published a book called “Generation Me: Why To-day’s Young Americans Are More Con-fi dent, Assertive, Entitled — and More Miserable Than Ever Before,” in which she attempts to discredit or explain many commonly held beliefs about the Millen-nial generation.

Report shows that youth involvement in environment is on a decline

Alcohol awareness speaker from Budweiser •will be speaking on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Lambda Chi will be hosting a canned • food drive

OPInIOn | 6 March 22, 2012

By AllisonPATRICK

Co-Editor

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Have something to hide on the Internet?

With many seniors nearing graduation and most of them are hot on the trail searching for jobs soonafter, the question comes up: should employers do Internet background checks on their future employees?

In the past, companies

used credit reports and crimi-nal background checks, but now companies are requiring future employees to pass Internet back-ground checks. There is a year old company, which goes by the name of Social Intelligence that is hired by companies to com-plete searches on perspective employees. The majority of the information comes from your most commonly used social media outlets such as Facebook or Twitter, but this company searches even deeper placing that magnifying glass on virtually anything you have ever done on the the Internet such as informa-tion from forums, blogs, or any user group you may be or have been associated with. No stone is left unturned so to speak, as even Craigslist postings are also

examined. As reported in The New

York Times, Max Drucker, chief executive of the company, states, “We are not detectives. All we assemble is what is publicly available on the Internet today.” Some privacy advocators believe that the searches will lead to employers to look into infor-mation that does not pertain to job performances, but Drucker guarantees that the reports re-move any references to a person’s race, religion, status, disabilities and any other information that is protected by federal employ-ment laws. Drucker also believes, “Googling someone is ridicu-lously unfair. An employer could discriminate against someone inadvertently. Or worse, they are exposing themselves to all kinds

By BrandyJONESLife Style Reporter

When it comes to raising our children the government should have no say

Recently on nccivitas.org there was an article by Matt Wil-loughby. The article was about the government’s regulation of lunches in schools. In this article, the Pre-K program at West Hoke Elementary School in Raeford County made students accept a school lunch in addition to their home made lunches. The rea-son? The homemade lunches did not meet the standard set by the Obama school food bill. In the article, the government forced a little girl to eat a school pro-

vided lunch because her mother did not include a vegetable. The little girl was so intimidated that she only ate the chicken nuggets provided in the school lunch.

In the New York Times there is an article that high-lights the proponent of the new school food regulation. It is due to a bill that Michelle Obama lobbied for through Congress. The bill was passed. It requires that schools provide lunches for students that offer a differ-ent fruit and vegetable every day of the week, so students will be exposed to new things. It phases out candy and soda machines as well as the use of salt. It requires that a least one serving of whole grain or whole wheat be served. And that is just a small portion of the bill.

The American parents aren’t stupid. They know how to raise their children and they certainly do not need the federal govern-ment or the state government to step in and tell them how to do it. The federal government has

no business when it comes to family matters, unless a crime has been committed or unless there has been some form of neglect. In the case of the nc-civitas.org article, neither was happening.

The inspector said that the lunch was insufficient because it did not include a vegetable. The lunch was a turkey sandwich, a banana, apple juice and potato chips. If the mother doesn’t start adding vegetables to the girl’s lunch they are going to charge her the daily lunch fee. Which of course will add up. So here is the thing. If this is happening in North Carolina, it’s happen-ing in other areas of the U.S. For every reported incident there are unreported incidents that pass beneath the radar. This is wrong.

The government should only have power over things that concern the safety of the whole nation, not a select group. They shouldn’t have the right to tell the citizens how to live their

daily life, how to raise their chil-dren or even what to wear. The only regulation in any of those aspects that the government should be able to regulate is if any of the above is obscene or criminal. Any other form of reg-ulation on the lives of citizens that is not obscene or criminal is, in my opinion, and should be seen a direct violation of the citizen’s natural rights.

The majority of the parents that send their children to public schools are middle class citizens who can’t afford to buy food that their kids won’t eat, and who certainly can’t afford to pay for a lunch on top of the lunch they send to school because the government said it isn’t meeting the new standards.

Speaking from experience, when it comes to children and vegetables the general rule of thumb is hide it, disguise it or cover it in cheese and pray to God they do not notice that it is green. If they recognize that it is a vegetable and that it is

green, they won’t eat it. You can’t make them eat it and all you will get for the trouble of trying is a nasty headache and a plate of vegetables. It takes an act of ex-treme patience to get them to eat at least two bites of the veg-etables.

So if we let the government come in and tell us how to raise our children, what is next? Will we let them tell us that we can’t pierce our ears or write with pink ink? Will we let them take away our right to drink? How many civil liberties will we give up? And how many government regulations does it take to go from democracy to socialism?

I firmly believe that this kind of regulation is not what our fore fathers, the writers of the Constitution, wanted. I know it is not what I envisioned for our country. When it comes to our children and to our lives, we need to tell the government to “back off ” or we may see an all too controlling government on the rise.

EDITORIAL POLICY

of allegations about discrimi-nation.”

I can understand businesses wanting to perform background checks on future employees, but Internet searches, really? What people do on their own time—especially from their own computers—is their own business! I do understand there being a company image conflict when employees decide to post inappropriate images or racial comments, but only ignorant individuals would do that. In the end, whether we agree or disagree with Internet searches it won’t make an impact. In-stead, if we clean up our online presences and make ourselves appealing to employers, then the need for services like Social Intelligence disappears.

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By KatelynGARDNERCo-Editor

Binge drinking at an all time high on college campuses

Stressed at school or cel-ebrating the end of a great year? Is it time to drink a cold one? From projects to exams, it seems as if alcohol can cure all ails these days for the majority of us college students. Instead of taking a stab at your keg-stand skills this weekend, why not put your drink down and learn how fun games can turn into danger-ous health risks in seconds.

First off, did you know that a high intake of alcohol can re-sult in neurological damage, liv-er disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases? If this does not deter your Saturday night binge, then maybe statistics will.

According to the Center for Disease and Control, excessive alcohol consumption is respon-sible for over 79,000 deaths and 2.3 million years of potential life lost in the United States each year. In addition, binge drinking, defined as consuming 4 or more drinks per occasion for women and 5 or more for men, is responsible for over half of the deaths and two-thirds of the YPLL due to drinking. Al-though hanging out with friends and de-stressing on the week-ends can be beneficial, maybe you should look at the risks of including drinking with social-

izing and relaxation. High school and college are

prime times for underage drink-ing. Whether we want to admit it or hide it, the statistics are answering the questions of who is drinking and how much they are actually consuming. Accord-ing to the Center for Disease Control about 90 percent of the alcohol consumed by those who are under the age of 21 in the United States is in the form of binge drinking. Another fright-ening statistic is that out of the proportion of current drinkers that binge, 51 percent of them are in the 18 to 20-year-old group.

Now that you have all the information, what is there to do? Although I have never condoned underage drinking, it seems as if our society puts a pressure on the youth that says “you’re not old enough or cool enough until

you can drink.” I have been pres-sured by friends, parties and even graduation events where parents were encouraging me to drink and I’m not sure how “bad” it gets until we are trained to drink until you pass out or even black out. When drinking becomes our only way of releasing stress or having a good time at a bar, I think that is where the problems start.

Binge drinking can lead to bad decisions like driving under the influence. Most of the peo-ple I talk to don’t think drinking and driving is such a big deal. They relate it to driving sober or even tell me they drive better drunk. The truth is that drink-ing inhibits our ability to think clearly. Since alcohol is absorbed into your bloodstream, the ef-fects it has on driving are seri-ous.

According to alcoholalert.

com some effects of alcohol in-duced driving consist of being less likely to observe traffic signs, bikers, pedestrians or cars com-ing from the opposite side. Also, having less control of your reac-tions in traffic situations since your eyes are slower and they remain focused for longer on the same object. Your space per-spective narrows and you tend to focus more straightforward and don’t look right or left while intoxicated. While your reaction time increases, your reflexes di-minish, making response time slower and your body unable to adapt to the traffic stimuli.

It’s not that alcohol in itself should be avoided by those who are of legal age, but it is some-thing to think about. It’s not the alcohol that is bad, but our abuse of it that makes the sub-stance harmful to ourselves as well as those around us.

On Feb. 28, our Student Agency class, a class designed as a student-run ad-vertising agency that works for the clients Historic Mobile Preservation Society and Historic Oakleigh, held a focus group event to test our cam-paign concepts. The Avenue Agency, named after The Avenue of Oaks, would like to thank Aramark Dining Services for donating the food for the focus group meetings. The generous donation included wraps, sandwiches, chips, drinks and an assortment of cookies. The food was delicious and was essential to making the event suc-cessful. All guests were complimen-tary, and we students were grateful for providing us dinner.

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LIFE STYLE | 8 March 22, 2012

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Top: Delta Chi Fraternity mem-bers practice playing Earth Ball for the big event on March 24.

Bottom Left: Falon Humphries and Ashleigh Boutwell enjoy the sunshine on the Rydex lawn.

Bottom Right: Elizabeth Neal tries an Irish stew at the Exchange Club’s Luck of the Irish Cook Off in down town Mobile, Ala on March 17.

All photos by BrandyJONES

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Top: Students gather outside of Quinlan Hall, above the dugout of the home team, to get a bet-ter view of the Badger’s baseball game. This has been a long stand-ing tradition here at Spring Hill.

Bottom: Juniors Caroline Starr and Amelie St. Romain show their support for victims of Multiple Sclerosis at the MS walk. St. Romain shows her support by walking in honor of her friend Erin Hulin.

Badgers getting involvedPhoto by KieferGINGLES

Photo by AliciaCANDELA

LIFESTYLE | 10 March 22, 2012

Badger footwear kicks off summer fashion statements

When you get up in the morning do you ever think of what pair of shoes to wear or is it instinctive just to pick your favorite pair? Well listen up Badgers, be-cause here is the latest news for shoes.

We are all familiar with popular brands like Converse, TOMS, and even Rainbows. We all have a favorite pair of shoes according to our own taste, but it’s what we do with them that make us stand out among the crowd.

Sophomore Brian Kampen is an ex-ample of someone who makes a state-ment with shoes. His shoe trend includes wearing different color Converse on each foot. Kampen says that it all started when he was inheriting his brother’s old Con-verses. “Eventually my parents asked why I had so many Converses. So then, that’s when I decided to mix and match them,” says Kampen. Most students recog-nize Kampen because of his shoe trend.

By AliciaCANDELA

Lifestyle ReporterKampen explains why Converse is his fa-vorite brand of shoe saying, “I like Con-verse because they are comfortable, old school, and a lot of people dig them.”

According to chucksconnection.com, Converse is the oldest, most popular bas-ketball shoe. The Converse Rubber Cor-poration opened for business in 1908. The Converse shoe was one of the first basketball shoes made in the 1920s and it was made in all-black canvas and leather versions.

With the variety of different bas-ketball shoes we have today, most people wear Converse not just for the sport but because they are “comfortable and go with anything,” stated sophomore Lind-sey Frechou.

Another trend that is noticeable here on the Hill is the obsession with TOMS. TOMS are canvas-like shoes that come in many different colors and styles. Every time someone buys a pair of TOMS, a pair is sent to someone in need in Africa.

“TOMS is a great cause and it is great to be able to help children in need just by purchasing something you wear every-day,” says Frechou. Another student who also said that TOMS is her favorite brand of shoes is sophomore Kim Stevens. “I like TOMS because they are comfort-able, come in different variations and styles, and they go with everything,” said Stevens.

According to toms.com, TOMS started out in 2006 with American trav-eler Blake Mycoskie. While he was in Argentina, he grew close to the children there and realized they had nothing to protect their feet. When he came back to America, Mycoskie created the TOMS company that would match every pair of shoes purchased with a pair of new shoes to give to someone in need.

The one trend that has been linger-ing for a while is flip-flops and all the different pairs. What used to be strictly beach shoes has turned into an everyday

fashion statement. If you don’t feel like putting sneakers on then flip-flops are the easiest things to grab. Flip-flops have been around for about 6,000 years ac-cording to pecheblu.com. The oldest sur-viving pair was made from papyrus leaves around 1500 B.C. and can be seen at a British museum.

Needless to say, flip-flops have come a long way since those days. Today, we have brands like Rainbow, Roxy, Reefs, and Yellowbox among others. One student who constantly wears flip-flops is sopho-more Jenny Jones. “My favorite pair of flip-flops would have to be my Rainbows because they are the most comfortable shoes that I can wear anywhere; and since it is socially unacceptable to walk around barefoot, then I choose to wear my Rain-bows,” stated Jones.

Everyone has a certain pair of shoes that they like to wear everyday and a pair of shoes can say a lot about a person. So if the shoe fits, then wear it.

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If you could marry any scientist who would it be?

What draws you to science?

Favorite element?JIMENEZ: “Carbon is definitely my favorite…diamonds are a girls best friend.”FORZANO: “Tungsten is my favorite element because it turns a flame green when you burn it, and I like to burn green things. “

JIMENEZ: “Ferran Adriá Acosta because he’s a molecular gastronomist, so he can cook, and he’s got a pretty last name that matches with mine.”FORZANO: “Nicolaou because he’s original, imaginative and dedicated.”

JIMENEZ: “Science is beautiful, there is an art to science which is beyond us, and trying to understand it

brings me closer to finding ways that God works.”FORZANO: “I am drawn to science, particularly

Chemistry because it is amazing. It’s a puzzle waiting to be solved.”

SENIORAnna Forzano

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WEEKAPPLICATION

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Photos provided by AliciaCANDELAScreenshots of the application Shazam.

Third generation iPad hits the market

Apple’s new third-genera-tion iPad boasts its crystal clear “retina display” and has now of-fi cially been on the market for over a week, but with the high demand, it’s still quite diffi cult to fi nd one in stores.

Although it isn’t offi cially labeled the “iPad 3,” for some strange reason, Apple users have dubbed this as the new tablet’s name and it surely hasn’t de-terred them from drooling over the new release. Unlike the usual much-anticipated Apple prod-ucts that have a laundry list of new improvements from the

By KieferGINGLES

Sports Reporter

previous versions, the iPad 3 has only a few upgrades, but what it lacks in quantity it makes up for in quality.

The new iPad’s biggest sell-ing point is its vastly increased visuals. What Apple is calling its “retina technology” pos-sesses four times more pixels than its predecessor, the iPad 2, and claims a million more pix-els than a standard HDTV. The technology, new to the tablet market and developed by Sam-sung, changes the entire tablet experience by giving everything a much more lifelike and vivid look.

According to apple.com, the secret to the enhanced display is

the breakthrough technology in which Apple engineers elevated the pixels onto a different plane and separated them from the signals that tell each individual pixel when to light up. By put-ting the two on separate planes, which is the new invention, sig-nals are less likely to get mixed up and distort the image. With the new “retina technology,” ev-erything from reading a newspa-per article, to playing the latest downloadable app, or just brows-ing the web is entertaining.

To power the upgraded dis-play, the iPad 3 has a slightly more powerful A5X chip with quad-core graphics processing which allows for smooth game

play, photo editing, and movie watching. Also necessary for coping with the power-sucking display is an upgraded battery which still promises up to 10 hours of life.

The other enhancements to the iPad are a much better cam-era which Apple is marketing as the “iSight camera,” 4G LTE compatibility, and “dictation” or voice control which allows users to talk to text, update a status on Facebook, or share thoughts on Twitter all without typing a word on the keyboard. With that being said, the voice recognition technology is not comparable to the iPhone 4s’ Siri like many hoped it would be.

The iPad 3 is undeniably eye-catching, but for the most part it seems like Apple took a shortcut in innovation, basically turning their iPhone 4s into a tablet. While this is break-through technology in the tab-let market, everything from the “retina display” to the 5-mega-pixel iSight camera and auto-stabilizing recorder can already be found in the iPhone.

Without a doubt, there’s not a better tablet out there and with a starting price of $499, it’s not unreasonable, but for those who already own the 4s, it may be a steep price to pay for a larger version of what he or she already possesses.

Have you ever walked into a

restaurant, a club or some place where a good song was playing and you did not know the art-ist or the song? Well, believe it or not there is an application for that and it is called Shazam.

What Shazam does is it listens to the song that is being played and tries to match it up according to song title and art-ist. Other uses for Shazam in-clude, buying tracks on iTunes after fi nding out what the name of the song is, sharing music with friends on Facebook and Twitter, watching music videos and concerts on YouTube, learn-ing lyrics to your favorite song, and fi nding out when a new al-bum will be available and if an artist is on tour or not.

No longer will we have to wonder “what song is this” or

“who is this artist?” From now on just “Shazam it” and you will have all the answers.

Shazam has recently intro-duced a $5 premium version called Shazam Encore that of-fers unlimited tagging of music

and recommendations that sug-gest similar music to the track being played.

This application is com-patible with BlackBerry smart-phones, iPhones, iPads, Nokia as well as Androids.

By Mz.KNOWITALL

Advice Columnist

Dear Mz. KnowItAll,

Lately all my friends and loved ones have been avoiding me and I don’t know why. I mean, I know it’s not like I smell bad because I shower myself with Abercrombie cologne every day, and that stuff smells sick. My mom won’t even answer my phone calls. My boys won’t even hit the gym with me anymore, so I have no one to spot me when I’m getting my swell on. This past weekend I smashed this Bud Light Platinum bottle and screamed “YEEEAH BRO” afterward and tried to high fi ve my bro and he left me hanging. I think they might be jealous because I am usually the life of the party. - Flying Solo

Dear Flying Solo,The answer to your question

is short. You are simply bro-ing out

too hard. I am not surprised your family has been avoiding you, the average human only has a slight ca-pacity to spend time with bros. The fact that even your bros fi nd you too bro-tastic is however, alarming.

You desperately need to take it down a notch. How about only one spray of your Abercrombie cologne rather than 12? Maybe you could limit the number of times you look at yourself in the mirror and com-ment on how huge you are to only three times per gym session. An-other helpful tip is that just because everyone is staring at you after you break something doesn’t necessar-ily mean that you are the life of the party. Try talking with a normal tone of voice, and practicing self control with regards to your de-structive behavior.

Lastly, despite everything that you have learned in your years of bro-dom, female companionship is a good thing. It would be helpful for someone who is a bro of your magnitude to have a female infl u-ence in your life. Perhaps you could try seeing a woman as an actual per-son rather than just something to (usually unsuccessfully) spit game at. If you follow these guidelines you should be able to take your bro level down a few notches to a level that is bareable to the average hu-man.

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The weather is warming up Badgers and it’s time to make plans for Spring Break. With less than two weeks to book your hotels, these destinations will have you wishing you would have planned sooner rather than later.

Cancun

Daytona Beach

Panama City BeachThis Floridian beach offers 27 miles of stunning white sand, emerald green waters and fun activities whether you enjoy being on or under the water. Explore its vast ex-panse of things to do, from family-friendly mazes and Florida sport fishing to exciting nightlife and relaxing spa getaways.

South BeachThis Miami beach, nicknamed SoBe, is known for its spectacular beaches and event-filled nightlife. South Beach is con-sidered a hot spot for tourist because of its numerous restaurants and is famous for hosting the MTV award show every year.

Cabo San Lucas

With plenty of nightlife and wide stretch-es of pretty beaches, Cancun is a tourist’s dream. Although accommodations can be expensive at the area’s resorts, your all-inclusive price can include both your food and nightlife expenses.

With a city located at the far end of Mexico, Cabo San Lucus provides tour-ists with activities such as sport fishing, water sports and over 20 miles of luxuri-ous beaches. With daily and nightly theme parties, this destination will attract any college student.

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Top 5Spring Break Destinations

Although this Floridian city has been try-ing to shed its party image over the past few years, it still attracts packs of students to its shores every year for the beaches and the nightlife. Daytona is also very af-fordable, with cheap chain hotels and res-taurants along with plenty of package deals for students in the springtime.

This Friday, March 23, the epic teen series “The Hun-ger Games” will be released in movie format. As avid fans of the books as well as movie goers flock to the theatres to watch the film there are a few things that they should consider. The ac-tors, content, director and over-all look of the film, will make or break the movie.

“The Hunger Games” is “Mortal Kombat” meets “Glad-iator.” It takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where North America has been dwindled down into 12 districts and the Capitol, the wealthiest and most powerful province. Each dis-trict represents a different from of industry and is in a differ-ent economic state. In the story, there were 13 districts that rose up against the Capitol.

The districts lost the battle and the 13th district was de-stroyed. As a reminder and pun-ishment for the attempted rebel-lion, the Capitol requires that each district put forth one girl and one boy, ages 12 to 18, to compete in a death match. The competitions or “The Hunger Games” end with the victor be-ing given special quarters and being financially rewarded for the duration of their years. The victor must also mentor the new combatants in the following year’s games. Each month, the victor’s district gets an allotment of food to celebrate the winning of the games.

There are two main charac-ters to watch for in the cinemat-ic rendition: Peeta and Katniss, the tributes or combatants from district 12, the coal mining dis-trict.

Peeta Mellark is the 16-year-old son of a baker and is slightly higher up the economic chain than Katniss, yet still pret-

ty impoverished in the desolate coal mining district. Peeta is the ‘good’ character in the sense that he is likable with a defined sense of humor and a caring attitude toward his fellow combatants. He is played by Josh Hutcher-son, best known for his roles in “Journey to the Center of the Earth” and “The Kids Are All Right.”

Katniss Everdeen is the sec-ond tribute from District 12. Also 16, she is the protagonist of the novel and lives in the highly impoverished section of district 12, where she supports

her mother and sister with her illegal hunting skill. Years of hunting to keep her family off the brink of starvation has hard-ened her. She is resourceful and of the two she has the most re-solve to survive and is the most pragmatic. Katniss is played by Jennifer Lawrence, known for her roles in “X-Men: First Class” and “Winter’s Bone.”

The four secondary charac-ters are Haymitch Abernathy, Ef-fie Trinket, Gale Hawthorne, and Cinna. Haymitch is the drunken, yet caring mentor and previous “Hunger Games” champion.

‘Hunger Games’ comes to theatres on March 23By BrandyJONES

Lifestyle ReporterHe is played by Woody Harrel-son who is known for his roles in many movies with “Zombie Land” being among them. Effie is the prudish ambitious Capi-tol representative of district 12. She is played by Elizabeth Banks who is known for her role as Av-ery Jessup on “30 Rock”. Gale is the pragmatic hunting partner and best friend of Katniss. He is played by Liam Hemsworth who is known for his role as Will Blakelee in “The Last Song.” Cinna is the caring and inventive stylist for district 12. He is played by rock star Lenny Kravitz. The movie is directed by Gary Ross, who also directed “Seabiscuit.”

There will be several differ-ent color pallets for the movie. According to the “Official Hun-ger Games Movie Guide,” Dis-trict 12 will have a bleak color scheme when in the district and a natural color scheme when in the wooded area. The Capitol and train color scheme will be bright, almost neon like colors to reflect some of the descrip-tions in the book. The Capitol’s television journalist who inter-views the tributes is decked out in various colors.

What can one expect? Ac-tion. Tons of action and sus-pense as Katniss struggles to stay alive in the arena. There will be political intrigue as Katniss and Peeta try to side step the po-litical landmines in the Capitol while attempting to obtain the interest of sponsors before the game begins. There will also be a little bit of romance. If the film is anything like the book, it will be a riveting, emotional roller coaster from start to finish.

According to the “Official Hunger Games Movie Guide,” the author of the series Suzanne Collins has had a hand in the screen writing process through-out the movie production.

Photo by JeromeGRIFFIN

With “The Hunger Games” hit-ting the big screen Friday March 23, numerous movie fanatics and book lovers will be rushing to theatres at midnight. This movie is sure to be a big hit this coming weekend.

13 | SPORTSMarch 22, 2012

Despite an upsetting opening-game loss against

Southern Polytechnic State University, the Spring Hill College baseball team rallied back in two down-to-the-wire games with final scores of 3-2 and 4-3, picking up both conference wins in Saturday’s doubleheader.

In every baseball season, it’s expected to go through a rough patch, and that seems to have been exactly what the Badgers were suffering from until they took two much-needed wins last weekend. The two exciting victories, which tested the team’s heart and determina-tion, may be what this team needs to get back into the groove.

Friday’s game against 21st-ranked SPSU was a tough and potentially demoralizing loss of 11-0. How-ever, nothing says more about a team’s vigor than their ability to come back after a loss.

Saturday’s first game started off with runs in the first inning by both teams. The Hornets began the scor-ing in the top of the inning with a run-scoring single to centerfield. The Badgers answered with two runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning with run-scoring hits by catcher Ryan Stevens and left fielder Kendell Carvin.

Starter Casey Adams held the Hornets scoreless for the next four innings, but in the top of the sixth inning, they were able to get back-to-back hits and tie up the game at 2-2.

The game was still tied in the bottom of the final seventh inning when first baseman John Hollingsworth hit a double into left field before being moved to third by designated hitter Rick LaForce’s line drive that was deflected by the Hornets’ pitcher. With Hollingsworth on third and the game tied in the bottom of the 7th,

Baseball team gets two important conference winsBy KieferGINGLESSports Reporter third baseman Justin Martin hit a game-winning sacri-

fice fly to right field, scoring Hollingsworth on the tag.Adams pitched all seven innings of game one for the

Badgers, allowing just 5 hits, 2 walks, 4 strikeouts, and bringing his season record to 3-2.

As if the first game weren’t thrilling enough, game two of the doubleheader was even more intense, going all the way to the 10th inning before the Badgers won in exciting fashion.

After the first three innings, the Badgers were ahead again 3-1, but the lead only lasted until the seventh in-ning when the Hornets struck again, adding two more runs and tying up the game. Reliever Jeff Keenum man-aged to extinguish the opposing rally, and held the game at a stalemate until the Badgers brought in closer Keller Douglas. Douglas shut the Hornets down in order in the top of the 10th, giving his team some momentum going on offense in extra innings.

In the bottom of the 10th, Martin capitalized on an error by the opposing first baseman and quickly pro-gressed to third base. With pinch hitter Robert Bou-dreaux up to bat, Martin got his lead in anticipation of being the winning run, his role reversed from the previ-ous game.

With two strikes on him, Boudreaux swung at a wild pitch that got past the catcher and Martin raced toward home, just narrowly reaching the plate before the Hor-nets could apply a tag.

Martin, a freshman, was excited to be such a big part of two very important wins against a ranked, conference team: “Southern Polytechnic is a very good team, and to take two wins from them is huge. Our pitchers did a great job of keeping us in both games and thankfully we came out on top with two exciting wins.”

The Badgers’ timely hitting in Saturday’s double-

header was essential for the victories and they will need to continue hitting the ball when it counts if they want to make a run at a conference championship, but the im-pressive wins have the team moral high and they hope to get on a winning streak as the season rounds the halfway point.

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This week in Badger SportsThursday, March 22thWomen’s and Men’s Tennis

SHC at University of Mobileboth men and women play at 4 p.m.

Friday, March 23rdBaseball

SHC at (15) Belhaven University at 6 p.m.

Friday continuedSoftball

Judson College at SHC at 1 p.m.

Women’s and Men’s Tennis

SHC at Loyola University at 3 p.m

Photo by KieferGINGLES

Although the Badgers have been playing well, Monday’s game against Arkansas Tech University ended in a loss.

Saturday, March 24

SHC at (15) Belhaven University

1 p.m.

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By KieferGINGLES

Sports Writer

The Spring Hill College softball team has had an up and down season, dropping two games on Monday de-spite freshman pitcher Lindsey Dick-erson throwing a no-hitter the previous week.

The Badgers have been busy on the road, playing in the Gulf Coast Invita-tional in Gulf Shores, Ala., where they picked up two of four games before travelling to play in the William Car-ey University Invitational where they could only hold onto one of three close games.

After two hard-fought games against Birmingham-Southern College on Monday afternoon, the Badgers again found themselves on the losing side of two 2-1 games. The first game looked promising, with the Badgers leading going into the 7th inning but unfortu-nately they couldn’t maintain the lead and a couple of unearned runs gave the Panthers the win.

Even though the ladies have strug-gled with some upsetting losses, they aren’t letting it demoralize them. Senior outfielder Kayla Tompkins knows just

Spring Hill softball ready for conference play

how close they are to winning all the games they’ve played: “We are as good or better than any team if we could get the whole line up hitting at the same time. We are continuously having a dif-ferent part of the line up do their job while the other half is having an off game, and the past games we’ve been

losing have been only by one run.”Dickerson got the loss for the game

despite pitching solidly, giving up only four hits but also struggling with con-sistency, allowing six walks. Highlights for the Badgers’ offense included right fielder Katelyn Hinson getting two hits and center fielder Taylor Webre picking

up the only run with a single to right field.

It was more of the same in the sec-ond game of the doubleheader as the Badgers lost again with another final score of 2-1. It wasn’t the way the team would have liked to come back home af-ter a streak of away games, but they are still glad to be back at Murray Field for the next four games. This weekend kicks off conference play for the Badgers and they are gearing up for a good run.

“Defensively, we are outstanding and have clearly come a long ways from last year. Offensively we have amazing, strong hitters all the way through the line up. We just can’t seem to execute our runners when we really need to. But the whole team has a large amount of faith that by the time our conference starts on Saturday we will get it all to-gether and become unbeatable,” said Tompkins.

Next on the schedule is Judson College who will take on the Badgers in a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m. on Friday. The two games will serve as precursors for the doubleheaders on Sunday against 13th-ranked Auburn-Montgomery that will begin at noon.

Badgers finish fourth out of eight teams at InvitationalOn Sunday at the final day of the

University of West Georgia Invitational held at Sunset Hills Country Club, soph-omore Avery Kyle finished second among the individual competitors as the Badgers improved from fifth place after Day one to fourth place of the eight teams attend-ing the event.

Kyle, from Plano, Texas, shot a 2-day score of 155 (81, 74 +11) over the 5925 yard, par-72 course to finish nine strokes behind the tournament’s Individual Champion Nikki Crowley (72, 74, 146) of Columbus State University.

Her teammate, senior AnnMarie Coan of St. Louis, Mo., finished 10th out of the 43 competitors with a score of 163 (80, 83, +19).

Other SHC golfers included sopho-more Audrey Dombrowski of St. Louis, who placed 22nd with a score of 177 (88, 89, +33), freshman Stephanie Lee from Mobile’s Baker High School who carded a 190 score (97, 93, +46) for 30th place and freshman Rachel Failla of New Or-leans, La., with a +57 score of 201 (104, 97) in 35th position.

The Badgers next play at the SSAC Championships on April 23-24 at The Oaks Golf Club in Pass Christian, Miss.

In this photo: Sophomore Avery Kyle stands among other competitors as she accepts her indi-

vidual award.

Photo by KeliMAZZA

Softball season takes on full gear as the Lady Badgers try to rise above defeat.

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SWEET 16

ELITE 8

SOUTH EAST

WEST MIDWEST

1 Kentucky4 Indiana

3 Baylor 10 Xavior

1 Michigan State 4 Louisville

3 Marquette

7 Florida

1 Syracuse4 Wisconsin

6 Cincinnati 2 Ohio State

1 North Carolina13 Ohio

11 North Carolina State2 Kansas

Breaking down ‘The Big Dance’

By MatthewLaBORDESports Editor

The sweet 16 has finally arrived. If, from here going forward, you picked teams based on seeding to advance, you may want to reconsider. All of these match ups are going to be interesting to follow and exciting to watch. Here’s the teams that I believe are pretty strong candidates to move to the Elite 8.

Wisconsin defeats Syracuse. You can’t help but be amazed at the tempo and speed at which the Badgers play basketball. We all knew that Vanderbilt was more talented than Wisconsin, and we saw how that ended up.

Michigan defeats Louisville. I’m surprised at Louisville’s performance so far but I think their road to glory will end very soon.

Ohio State defeats Cincinnati. I picked Ohio State to win the whole thing, so I’m going to stick to my guns.

I think the “Bearcats” defense will keep them afloat for a good game, but Ohio State will prevail.

Marquette defeats Florida. Todd Mayo gives Marquette the added depth they need off the bench. They also play at a fast tempo that will keep Florida on their heels.

Baylor defeats Xavier. The only hope Xavior has against Baylor are guards Tu Holloway and Mark Lyons, but other than that, Baylors backcourt has scorers and defenders and if they continue to pull their act together, they look like the favorites in this match up.

North Carolina defeats Ohio. The NC frontcourt will be too much for the bobcats.

Lastly, Kentucky defeats Indiana in one of the closest games of the sweet 16. Teams that win in the sweet 16 will move on to the Elite 8. The first games will begin on Thursday and end on Fri-day.

Who’s in, who’s out?

Badgers finish fourth out of eight teams at Invitational

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On the Spot

KATIENORES

“I haven’t noticed any changes, so I don’t have a problem with them.”

“I actually feel pretty safe, I’ve only had my car broken into once, other than that I have not have anything bad happen.”

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“I think we are safe here but you cant be naïve about it, you have to practice safety like always travel in pairs.”

“I feel pretty safe. I know a lot of other people don’t that’s for sure. Recently, there has been a lot of stuff going on but overall I feel safe.”

‘Movers and Shakers’ is a weekly series that highlights influential individuals on the Hill.By BrandyJONESLifestyle Reporter

Movers and Shakers

Photo by BrandyJONES

Jennifer Dimitry is a sopho-more at Spring Hill College. She is majoring in Chemistry and has a minor in studio art. She is the director of activities in Delta Gamma which has her preparing a team for Delta Chi’s Earthball event this Saturday. Along with many other activities, Dimitry is also involved in SHAPe.

Dimitry lounges on the steps outside of the Student Center as she talks about her passion: Chemistry. A petite girl with brown hair and a laundry list of talents.

According to Dimitry, Chem-istry club members try and show people that Science can be fun. “We do Science Olympiad where we bring middle school children down to campus. We have differ-ent activities to show them that Science can be fun and get them more involved.”

Dimitry said that she has helped with a junior Chemistry seminar. She said that she went with the junior class to a middle school to participate in an activity to try and get the middle school children excited about Science. “The last one I went to, we did

a physics experiment with a water balloon drop. We had to time the balloon to figure out how long it was going to take for it to drop. As the balloon dropped, someone walked underneath it, to see if you could hit them with it. And they were really excited about that because they got to get people wet,” said Dimitry.

After graduating Dimitry is planning on becoming involved in research. “I love chemistry lab and I love being hands on and seeing the result of what we are learning.” Dimitry’s favorite thing to make in Chemistry Club is ice cream.

With the recent philanthropy events that Dimitry has coordi-nated teams for, she expresses her reasonings: “We are trying to

promote Greek unity through our participation,” states Dimitry.

She also participated in SHAPe this past semester. “My friends talked me into it. It was probably one of the best experi-ences of my life. I got close with God and learned a lot about myself as well as met a ton of new people,” said Dimitry as she shows off her SHAPe shirt with the word “Awakening” scrolled across the front.

In her free time she likes to play guitar. According to Dim-itry, the hardest song that she has ever played was “Desperado” by the Eagles. She just received a new guitar and is excited about getting to play it. “It is acoustic and electric which means that I can play it as an acoustic or I can plug it into an amp.” Dimitry is a fan of classic rock music. She said that if she had to choose her favorite band then she would choose the Rolling Stones.

She also enjoys playing Disk Golf with her boyfriend and fel-low Spring Hill student, Alex. “Disk golf is a mix between throwing a frisbee and playing golf. There are chains that stick up out of the ground and you throw a disk a them,” she said.

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