The Mississippi College Board recognized Eddie Holloway, USM dean of students, its 2009 Black History Educator of the Year last week.

Holloway, an assistant psychology professor, said it was “quite an honor” receive the award on behalf of the university.

“The better part of my adult life has been spent at the university... I count it as my home,” he said in a USM press release.

Holloway fi rst came to USM in 1968 to take his fi rst job as a dishwasher at Wimpy’s, a popular campus eatery. The Hattiesburg native went on to earn his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the university and is a member of the Alumni Hall of Fame. He has served as an instructor of psychology and as a counselor in the Southern Miss Counseling Center.

Holloway was one of 15 people across the state chosen to serve on the newly created Mississippi Civil Rights Education Commission. He is also a former president of the Hattiesburg City Council.

“His calm yet fi rm approach, coupled with his fair and equitable philosophy, has given him a well-respected reputation on our campus and in our community,” university President Martha Saunders said in the press release.

In her letter nominating Holloway, Saunders praised him for working “tirelessly to develop and maintain strong relationships across racial, gender and economic boundaries.”

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Mississippi lawmakers discuss local bailout plansGovernor Haley Barbour

may be toying with the idea of refusing federal money, but others in Mississippi are already making plans to make use of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, a $789 billion recovery measure that was signed by President Barack Obama Feb. 17.

Barbour is arguing that certain

stipulations of the bill, like unemployment insurance for part-time workers who are laid off, will end up being more trouble than they are worth, but

has not outright refused federal aid.

Mississippi stands to gain $2.3 billion from the plan, according to the Clarion Ledger.

Hattiesburg and other cities in the Pine Belt area plan to take full advantage of the money that will become available from the economic stimulus package. According to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Hattiesburg alone has over 40 projects planned, estimated to

create over one thousand jobs.Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny

Dupree said the city is expected to get about $60 million to fund its projects. If for some reason the city receives less, he still expects it to do a lot of good.

“When you have needs like we do here in Hattiesburg,” Dupree said, “with infrastructure needs and people who are looking for jobs, anything we get is what we want. There’s certainly a number of projects I would love

to complete or to begin, but whatever we get, we’ll be proud to use those funds.”

Tom King, a state representative for nearby Petal, said the bill “came out at a very good time, with the economic times we’re living in.”

He is especially looking forward to federal funds to the tune of $600 million for the statewide support for education the bill will provide, the Southern Miss alumnus said, and wants to

see a lot of that going to USM. He’s also looking forward to the money that will go to the state’s roads, which he estimated to be about $350 million.

Although King applauded the bill’s education and highway funding, he said it doesn’t do nearly enough to spur job creation or business growth.

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A mother and her child receive ashes from Father Tommy Conway during the student organized Ash Wednesday services at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.

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Dr. Eddie Holloway was named the 2009 Black History Educator of the Year. Holloway is the current dean of students and an assistant psychology professor at Southern Miss.

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Maggie Evans, a junior biological sciences licensure major from Louin, won the Miss USM Scholarship Pageant Saturday evening at Bennett Auditorium. See page 3 for the full story.

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The Career Fair is scheduled for March 4, noon to 4 p.m., on the third floor of the Thad Cochran Center. More than 70 employers, organizations and graduate school programs will be present at the fair, and many will accept résumés. Some will be doing on-site preliminary interviews.

“It’s one of the best opportunities for juniors and seniors to give out resumes and set up interviews,” said Samson Whitfield, a senior sports administration major at USM. “From what I have experienced, many of my friends have even gotten interviews out of going to the Career Fair as well.”

Among the businesses represented at this year’s Career Fair are: Blue Cross

Blue Shield of Mississippi, Buckle, Cintas, Citizens National Bank, Comcast Cable, Diversified Technology Inc., Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Fastenal, Forrest General Hospital, Saks Fifth Avenue, Trustmark Bank and the U.S. Peace Corps.

“Students should look at the list of employers coming to Career Fair, pick three or four that interest them and talk to them at the fair,” said Linda Shelby, marketing specialist for USM Career Services, the office on campus coordinating the Career Fair. She said there are opportunities available for those finishing a bachelor’s degree or a graduate degree.

“Students should fully take advantage of the vast variety of employers coming to the Career Fair,” said Landon Dowdy, a USM junior marine biology major. “Even if you aren’t a senior, it is well worth

all students’ worth to go and check out the opportunities offered.”

Leading up to the Career Fair, Career Services personnel will continue to offer workshops in room 102 of the Bobby Chain Tech building every Wednesday to help students learn more about successfully finding a job, Shelby said. During those sessions, students can learn about everything from building a résumé to proper dress for impressing potential employers.

“First impressions are important in any situation, especially while trying to impress a possible future employer,” Shelby said. “Guys should wear khakis and a nice shirt, while girls should keep the jewelry to a minimum and wear a nice dress that isn’t revealing.”

“We also offer students

the chance to sign up for the opportunity to go through a mock interview to prepare themselves for any questions that they may face when they go to the Career Fair,” she said.

With Career Fair right here on campus during the spring semester, what could be easier? That was the question posed by Chad Matthews, a construction engineering major.

“Career Services makes preparing for the job hunt so much more stress-free,” he said.

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For its spring 2009 Scholars Series, the College of Health and representatives from the AIDS Services Coalition in Hat-tiesburg, Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada and the National Library of Medicine will speak at the Thad Cochran Center to speak on HIV/AIDS in Mississippi, the aging population and the health care industry. The series begins today at 12:15 p.m. with “The Face of HIV/AIDS in South Mississippi.”

‘Transportation’ survey offers students prizes

As part of USM’s compliance with the American College and University President’s Climate Commitment, the Office of Sus-tainability and the College of Science and Technology are ask-ing the university community to complete a “transportation” sur-vey. Students, faculty and staff can fill out the survey online at usm.edu/green by Saturday for the chance to win an XBox enter-tainment system or $300 in Eagle Dining Dollars.

Exchange program deadline extended

The International Exchange Programs application deadline has been extended to tomorrow. Students interested in studying abroad for a year in Wales, Can-ada, Mexico, France, Spain, The Netherlands, Germany or Eng-land can pick up an application in the International Programs Office in Room 401 of the Inter-national Building. Contact Alex Kenner or Jessica Lamb at 601-266-4344.

Res Life will provide shuttle service

Preparations for Century Park, the University’s new 864-bed living-learn-ing residential facility are underway. Parking in this area has been moved to the gravel lot next to the Hillcrest housing facility. The Department of Residence Life will provide shuttle service from Hillcrest to the Thad Co-chran Center five-days-a-week, begin-ning Wednesday, Feb. 25. The shuttles will run non-stop from approximately 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Thursday and 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Fridays. Residence Life will provide three, regular 16-passenger shuttles at this time (more may be added, depend-ing on demand). Electric shuttles will replace these beginning March 2. The shuttles will pick up at the northwest corner of Hillcrest, at the open zone sign. Shuttle stop signs are being made, and will be posted soon.

Students and faculty in the School of Mass Communication and Jour-nalism will honor a longtime pro-fessor of journalism tomorrow dur-ing a symposium, “Subverting the Dominant Paradigm: Celebrating the Legacy of Arthur J. Kaul.”

The symposium, which will be held in the R.C. Cook Union Hall of Honors, will consist of panel dis-cussions that focus on Kaul’s areas of expertise: literary journalism, media ethics, the history of jour-nalism and teaching/mentorship. A luncheon will be held in Union Rooms A and B.

During the luncheon, Kaul, who died last year at age 62, will be in-ducted posthumously into the MCJ Hall of Fame, and the first winner of the Arthur J. Kaul Memorial Scholarship will be announced.

His wife Nancy Kaul, a collec-tion development officer for Uni-versity Libraries, said it was her late husband’s desire to provide finan-cial support for doctoral students in journalism who have completed their coursework and are in critical stages of research and writing their dissertation. She recently initiated the memorial scholarship endow-ment with a $10,000 donation.

“He received such assistance while working on his doctorate at Southern Illinois University, and he never forgot the difference it made in helping him complete his Ph.D. and begin a long and successful ac-ademic career,” she said in a USM press release.

Before he entered into academia, Kaul worked as a reporter and education writer for daily news-papers in Kentucky and Missouri. He joined the Southern Miss fac-ulty in 1984 and was chosed for the University Excellence in Teaching Award in 1989. A respected lec-turer and active academic leader,

he also served as president of the faculty senate.

Chris Campbell, director of the School of MCJ and one of Kaul’s former students, said the professor had a “positive and enduring im-pact” on his students, the university and the field of journalism.

“We believe this symposium is an appropriate way to honor him and advance the scholarship and ideas that brought him joy,” Camp-bell said in the press release.

The keynote address will be de-livered during the luncheon by two journalists who were part of the New Orleans Times-Picayune’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Ka-trina, photographer and alumnus Ted Jackson and Jed Horne, retired metro editor of the Times-Picayne and author.

Panel presenters will include some of Kaul’s former students or faculty and alumni who worked with him. Scheduled to present for the literary journalism panel discussion is Beth Christian, a pro-fessor of mass communication and journalism at Louisiana Tech Uni-versity.

Christian said Kaul was the first journalism professor she met when she came to Southern Miss in 1993. She added that Kaul kept a few in-teresting decorations in his office: a poster above his desk that read “If you aren’t outraged, you aren’t paying attention” and a craft hung on his wall with “Subvert the Dom-inant Paradigm” in cross-stitching.

“Words can’t convey the kind of teacher he was,” Christian said in the press release. “He exuded what he taught literally with every fiber of his being, and a day doesn’t pass that I don’t recall or talk about something he taught me.”

Tickets for the luncheon are $25, and proceeds will go to support the Arthur J. Kaul Memorial Fund. For more information, contact the school of MCJ at 601-266-4258.

Lesley WaltersNews Editor

MCJ symposium to honor late professor

Maggie Evans, a junior biological sciences licensure major from Louin, won the Miss USM Scholarship Pageant Saturday evening at Bennett Auditorium.

“I wasn’t’ expecting it, and now I’m just excited about preparing for Miss Mississippi,” said Evans, who is the daughter of Iris and Marcus Evans of Louin.

For the talent stage of the pageant, she p e r f o r m e d “ W h i s p e r s of the Wind” by composer R a n d a l l

Faber on piano. Her platform for the Miss Mississippi Pageant will be her advocacy of bone marrow donor registry, inspired by two young boys in her hometown who are

struggling with cancer. “There aren’t many people in

the country who are registered, and I want to raise awareness to increase the numbers,” she said.

Southern Miss Associate Dean of Students Brooks Moore said he’s thrilled for Evans and feels good about the chances of having a Southern Miss student repeat as Miss Mississippi. Last year, sophomore Christine Kozlowski of D’Iberville won the title.

“Maggie is a talented young woman who represents the ideals of Southern Miss,” Moore said. “We’re excited about her continuing this process at the Miss Mississippi Pageant and we will support her all the way, as we do all Golden Eagles.”

Evans said she’s looking forward to representing Southern Miss in Vicksburg. “I love the university, and I’m so glad to I chose to attend college here,” she said.

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Bailout continued from page one Holloway continued from page oneInternational Business at USM Dr.

William Gunther said the stimulus package is important because it will get people to start spending money again.

“Businesses have no incentive to invest unless consumers resume spend-ing.”

Gunther said that Hattiesburg will benefit from the bill in two specific ways. First, the stimulus package will reduce the rate of job losses, which will improve consumer confidence. Second, “the spending that will occur from the extension of unemployment benefits, reduced payroll taxes, and higher child tax credits will impact job growth and city tax collections.”

Gunther added that the increase in Pell Grants included in the bill will directly benefit both Hattiesburg and USM.

Dr. Michael Forster, a professor of social work at USM, said the stimulus package will be especially useful at the social level.

“Our local economy is not immune from the fallout from the financial crisis and the economic downturn,” Forster said, adding that the stimulus package will be especially helpful to more vul-nerable people in the population, such as those in poor health, or without a home, or who are unemployed.

He said funding programs for more vulnerable elements of our society will have the added advantage of helping USM and other public education facili-ties.

“Money in the package for Medicaid, for example, will take pressure off legis-lators and the governor to cut education in next year’s budget,” he added.

Interim Associate Provost Cynthia Easterling said in the press release that Holloway has a positive impact on both students and colleagues at Southern Miss.

“He’s always there to help a student in need who may be facing academic or personal challenges,” she said, “and does so in a way that empowers them in the decision-making process.”

Holloway said in the press release that the most gratifying aspect of his career at Southern Miss has been witnessing the personal and academic development of students at the university, especially those who took advantage of second chances.

“Watching students when they first come to campus, following their days at the university until they complete their program and then seeing them when they return to campus and learning about their momentous success -- and knowing that you played some small part in that process -- that’s a great feeling,” Holloway said.

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Many celebrate Black History Month, but I can think of one

group that probably cringes at the thought of blacks getting a month of honor.

Until a few weeks ago, I was not aware that the Ku Klux Klan is still very much a thriving or-ganization. Call me naïve, but I guess I thought that sort of thing phased out decades ago. After some research, I realized I was wrong.

The KKK sticks by its age-old principles but has a seem-ingly new approach these days. Lynching appears to be out of style. Now the organization

settles for only burn-ing crosses in what it calls Cross Light-ings and has even upgrad-ed its name to the Missis-sippi White Knights.

A c c o r d -ing to its website, the group is a holy order that no longer believes in violence. So, does that mean this originally no-torious and violent group has reformed? Sure, if reformed means that whites are meant

to be the dominating race and that every nonwhite is beneath them. The White Knights have given up violence, but do be-lieve in “self-defense.”

The group’s definition of self-defense is unclear; how-ever, based on what it says about interracial relationships, one could assume the White Knights are threatened by the presence of mixed coupling and feel the need to “defend” or preserve the sanctity of the white race.

At least that’s what I walked away from their website with. What upsets me the most is that the White Knights use

scripture to justify their racial beliefs. For instance, the web-site offers a list of questions like “What does the Bible say on race mixing?” and provides a scripture verse that is sup-posed to answer the question. Unfortunately, the verse is completely taken out of con-text and some of the verses have nothing to do with the question.

As if this was not enough to make a judgment call, I decided to enter a chat room where I could chat with mem-bers and perhaps get a better understanding of the thought process behind this madness.

One of the chatters, who used to be a member of a resistance organization called the Nation-al Alliance, opened up to me about his feelings on the topic, saying “I’m ready to fight and die for my race…I’ll fight to the last breath.”

He also said that after a few months of reading about Nazis, he realized the real enemy was the Jews. I believe this type of thinking greatly reflects the deluded beliefs of the Missis-sippi White Knights and any other group with a similar agenda. It is quite clear that hate is still very much a part of the equation, and as long

as people believe they are in a battle to become the best race, it will always be about hate.

These people need to give it up. In today’s society, efforts like this are comparable to pissing in the wind -- a useless venture that winds up covering those involved with piss.

What’s worse is that these la-dies and gentlemen are cover-ing the rest of us Mississippi-ans in their proverbial bladder juice. Give it a rest; you’re giv-ing the rest of us a bum rap.

Jonah S. Taylor is a staff writer for The Student Printz. Comments can be sent to printz@usm.edu

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Printz Writer

The Klan taints Mississippi’s reputation

Most of us spend Black History Month talking

about well known figures like Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rosa Parks, who were very im-portant -- don’t get me wrong. But have you ever wondered who inspired them? I always try to learn about historical fig-ures I have heard little about, and once I ran across the name Teddy Roosevelt Mason How-ard, I became extremely in-trigued by the man and what he did for Mississippi and America.

In my opinion, he was the

match that lit the fuse of Civil Rights.

On His-tory News Network, I found out Howard was born in Ken-tucky in 1908 by the name Teddy Roos-

evelt Howard, to a mother who worked for a white doc-tor named Monroe. Early in Howard’s life, the doctor saw the boy was extremely smart and let him work in his office.

Monroe went on to pay for all of Howard’s education, includ-ing medical school where he became a surgeon. Howard was so grateful for the doctor’s generosity that he added Ma-son to his name.

He moved to Mound Bayou, an all-black city in Northern Mississippi, and became the richest African-American in Mississippi. He used his mon-ey to build zoos, parks, medi-cal centers, and the first black public pool in the state. He also organized the Regional Council of Negro Leadership in 1954.

But Howard set himself apart further...

He played a key role in the Emmett Till Case. He provid-ed a place to stay for Emmett Till’s mother and key witnesses for the prosecution during the trial. He received death threats and harassment for this, as did many during the time. The atro-cious murder of a fourteen year old boy affected Howard in a profound philosophical way, as did the not-guilty verdict the all-white jury handed the two defendants.

Two months after the end of the trial, Howard gave a speech

in Montgomery, Ala., at the fa-mous Dexter Baptist Church. Two key cCvil Rights Move-ment catalysts were in atten-dance that night--Martin Lu-ther King, Jr., and Rosa Parks.

Parks often stated that How-ard’s speech that night implant-ed in her the necessary courage for her famous bus sit-in only two weeks after the speech.

A Mississippi man gave the speech that launched a move-ment, that changed a nation forever, and yet the average Mississippian has probably never heard of him until read-ing this column. Important

Mississippians like Howard should not be lost in the pages of history books.

I encourage the students of Southern Miss to learn more about influential people from our great state and see how they influenced our home-towns, states and nation as a whole. We would not be where we are today without people like Howard; he at least de-serves to be acknowledged by our generation.

Qimmah Dailey is a staff writer for The Student Printz. Comments can be sent to printz@usm.edu

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Martin Luther King isn’t February’s only hero

If you’ve been conscious at any point over the past year and a half, perhaps you’ve

noticed our economy devolving into the most epic of Charlie Fox-trots. And if you’re like me, perhaps you’d like to know where your par-ents’ and grandparents’ retirement funds went.

Chances are, some of that cash wound up in the hands of one or

more of the fol-lowing: an East-ern European stripper, a Croa-tian seamstress, a rogue U.S. Postal worker, a Russian bath house attendant or perhaps in the pockets of all

four. They were all part of secret un-derground ring of inside traders, led by by a male ballerina/screenwriter.

As much as I wish I was making this stuff up, I’m really not; this is just some of the craziness that hap-pens in a more-or-less laissez-faire market.

It all began in the aforementioned Russian bathhouse in Manhattan, where two Goldman Sachs em-

ployees and a Merrill-Lynch analyst met during male-only bath hours. From these auspicious beginnings, the three men launched a campaign of incredibly brazen insider trad-ing. Throughout 2004 and 2005, Stanislav Shpigelman, the Merrill-Lynch employee, fed the other two information concerning a half dozen major market events; these events included the $61 billion purchase of

Gillette by Proctor and Gamble and the $3.67 billion purchase of Ree-bok International by Adidas-Salo-mon AG. The insider info Shpigel-man brought to the table made the ring between $2-6 million.

But Eugene Plotkin (the balleri-na) and David Pacjin weren’t quite finished pillaging the coffers of Wall Street. Next, they performed that classic insider move: stealing advance copies of Business Week. The New York Times reported that the men bribed Juan Renteria and an unnamed “Other Guy” to feed them information about the con-tents of the “Inside Wall Street” column. That information report-edly gained the Goldman Sachs as-sociates about $340,000 in trades.

All good things, or rather all good highly illegal schemes of white-collar theft, come to an end. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission quickly caught on when the Croatian seamstress, David Pacjin’s aunt, purchased $130,000 worth of Reebok stock two days before the sale to Adidas-Salomon. Pacjin and Plotkin had been opening accounts all over Eu-rope to hold their ill-gotten gains. However slippery that might have been, it did not take long for the SEC to blow the whole thing open; today the three ringleaders and

their accomplices are serving three- to five-year prison sentences—and they had to give back the money they made.

Alright, kids: who can tell me the moral of the story? Of course we can’t blame the recession on these idiots, but think about it a minute.

Stanislav Shpigelman was an analyst for Merrill-Lynch. Perhaps if he’d spent the work day perform-ing some sort of analysis rather than puttering about finding info for the ballerina, he might have noticed that his company was poised to implode spectacularly, taking my grandfa-ther’s retirement savings with it. Eugene Plotkin was a fixed-income specialist. Perhaps if he’d spent his time, you know, specializing, may-be he could have had something to say about fixed-income families and mortgages.

Plotkin and his fellow uber-capi-talists had their shot. Greed and common sense don’t make good bedfellows; let’s try something dif-ferent, America. Support nation-alization—or at the very least, do business with a credit union. Just don’t let men like these near your money again.

Jacob Key

Printz Writer

Jacob Key is a staff writer for The Student Printz. Comments can be sent to printz@usm.edu

I’d like to get my hands on those inside traders

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I m a g i n e the follow-ing scenar-io: You are standing on a boat look-ing down into sav-age waters where your mother, your favorite mu-

sician, and the only taxi driver in town are all drowning. You have a single life raft and enough time to save but one of these people. Who do you save?

Such a question has been presented to the university as it anticipates a $10 million re-duction in state-appropriated funds for the next fiscal year.

Do we cut the pay of our teachers who provide us with the education we came here for to begin with? Reduce the al-lowance of student activities? Or terminate the $1.8 million lease-purchase charter for the private plane I bet you didn’t

know the university keeps on retention for “important trav-els.” Teachers or a private plane? What to do?

The issue of where cuts should occur is a delicate, un-certain topic which is debated, unfortunately, by various au-thorities who have personal investments or affections for each of them. Of course, cuts cannot occur across the board and therefore must be picked and chosen carefully with re-spect to the best interest of the entire Southern Miss family.

While the number of propos-als to save money is huge, the issue of precedence must be addressed. Some of the most supported proposals include the removal of the tuition cap, effectively charging students for every credit hour they take regardless of overall quantity; the reviewing of out-of-state tuition waivers; and the ter-mination, consolidation, or reduction of some academic programs that do no not at-tract enough students to pay

for themselves.Looking at these things, you

might see a pattern. Who do they affect? You; as will any and all decisions made with regard to this matter.

One of the first actions tak-en by the university to soothe budget worries is the deci-sion to close the campus over spring break, sending students into the woods with a compass and a pocket knife when they paid for summer camp. I dis-agree with this decision.

During this week, residence halls, dining locations, and other student amenities will be evacuated, powered off, and locked up tight, forcing stu-dents who do not have plans to leave campus for the break to fend for themselves.

Although the majority of students will leave to spend their break with family or at a vacation spot, there are per-haps a few handfuls of stu-dents who cannot afford to go home for only a week, or per-haps have to work locally. The

university’s arrangement for students to receive discounted lodging at the Western Motel at a rate of $55 per day/night does little to compensate for the inconvenience this creates for such students.

Southern Miss students pay upwards of $1500 per semes-ter for housing and an addi-tion $1150 for a meal plan; certainly this entitles them the security of not having to va-cate their quarters and pay for additional temporary housing, right? Closing the school for spring break is understand-able, and the idea of spending money to keep the deserted campus running for an entire month is ludicrous, but how much money can honestly be saved in a mere week?

If certain locations must close, at least leave open the residence halls and the Fresh Food Company as not to aban-don students who are certainly paying for these amenities throughout the entire semes-ter. Or, if the amount of money

to be saved during this week is so pertinent to the survival of the Golden Eagle checkbook, why not end the semester one week early? In this instance, the situation of all students, not just the majority, must be kept in mind.

I think the answer to this di-lemma lies in moderation.

Faculty salaries, making up 70 percent of the university’s spending, could be cut gen-tly from the top end. If the same approach is taken to student activities funding, we wouldn’t lose anything terri-bly important, right? Students are here primarily for the edu-cation, and perhaps a reduc-tion in entertaining lagniappe could help.

Finally, if we reduce energy costs through conservation and care, we might wind up losing the title of Mississippi Power’s largest non-industrial customer...

Stop meddlingL o r d

knows, I have been writing, a l m o s t exclusively, about the e c o n o m i c s t i m u l u s package and government bailouts for the past few

weeks. This weekend I had a disturbing realization. The economy has yet to finally hit rock bottom.

We keep throwing money at the problem. We keep bailing out companies and fueling the fire of various government programs with cash. What do we have to show for it?

We gave various corporations millions of dollars last year in an attempt to keep them from failing, and what did they do? They used it to pay for their Christmas shopping. Then, a stimulus package was finally pushed through Congress.

Republicans harshly opposed the bill. No Republicans in the House of Representatives supported the package for reasons that are becoming increasingly clear to me. Now, the government is talking about nationalizing banks, and the Republican governor of South Carolina is comparing the Obama administration to the regime of Joseph Stalin.

First of all, that comparison is completely bogus and no educated person could take such a statement seriously. It just shows me that there are idiots in all walks of life. Secondly, why exactly is nationalizing banks necessary?

Americans just seem to be freaking out at this point.

What would happen if we just let the economy bottom out and then tried to pick up the pieces afterward? I know this is a radical idea and no one wants to think about what condition we would find ourselves in if the American economy finally hit rock bottom. But what else can we do?

We bail out companies; other companies fail. We pass a stimulus bill; states refuse to accept the money. Ultimately we are still in the same position as we were at the beginning of this mess. The difference is that it’s worse now because since we are in such a large debt, our grandchildren will still be paying it off whey they are our age.

Just a few weeks ago I was the one yelling about how we all needed to get along and the Republicans needed to stop being so stuck in their ways and take some action. Please understand; I am in no way rescinding that statement.

The economy is having some major issues, yes. I do not think anyone will deny that. However, the problem now is that we have already done so much to no avail. Will nationalizing banks actually help? It seems to me that nationalization is dancing entirely too close to the boarder of socialism. It makes me wonder if it is finally time to give doing nothing a try.

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“Music’s mad scientist” Keller Williams will drop some science at the Bottling Company this Sunday. Williams received his scientist nickname for his unique one-man show set up. Typically, Williams will perform alone and construct his songs by running his guitar through a Gibson Echoplex Digital Pro looping unit. By doing so, the guitarist can create multiple backing loops that he builds upon on the fly. During recent tours, Williams has stepped out of the lab for shows with a full band backing him. His current tour, of which the Bottling Company show falls in the middle, is a return to his original one-man band setup, a move praised by fans. “I think the return to a one-man setup is a good idea for him,” sophomore journalism major Stephanie Massey said. “Having a complete band works for some people, but his style and his music is even better when it’s just him.” For other fans, Williams’ return to his performance roots is not as important as the music itself. “I’m not

too concerned with how he plays, as long as the music he produces is good,” sophomore anthropology major Katie Holmes said. Compared to the other dates on Williams’ tour, The Bottling Company is an intimate show. The concert is sandwiched in between shows at the New Daisy Theatre in Memphis and the Sunoco Performance Theater in Harrisburg, Penn., both large, high-scale venues. “It’s definitely a great feeling to have someone that big play here at Hattiesburg,” Bottling Company general manager Brad Cornett said. “He’s someone you’d usually have to drive to New Orleans or Memphis to see.” Williams seems to have taken the intimate nature of his first Hattiesburg show to heart. After the performance, the musician plans to stick around the venue to sign autographs and meet fans. Since putting out his debut record Freek in 1994, Williams has been a very prolific artist, putting out twelve albums of either studio or live material. Though his recordings are usually solo affairs, he has occasionally collaborated with others, such as The Keels (on 2006’s Grass) and The String Cheese

Incident (on 1999’s Breathe). In 1998, the guitarist signed to the latter’s Sci Fidelity label, where he has remained since. Despite his prolific

recording history, the main appeal of Williams for many is still his live show. “He seems like a showman, meaning, he will entertain

a crowd to the fullest extent,” Holmes said. “Who doesn’t want to be entertained thoroughly?” Doors for the show at open

at 7:00 p.m., and the show starts at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at www.thebottlingco.com.

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Williams to drop ‘science’ at Bottling Co. SundayEric NagurneyEntertainment Editor

Keller Williams is playing Hattiesburg’s Bottling Company Sunday. Tickets are $20 and doors open at 7 p.m. Williams blends acoustic rock rhythms and looping technology to make an interesting sound that has landed him critical praise.

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‘25 Things’ meme provides new level of Web-narcissism

You can’t escape it. It’s out there, waiting for you. In fact, it’s probably gotten you already, and the worst part is, you’ve succumbed to for no other reason that you wanted to. You should be ashamed.

Yes, it’s the now-ubiquitous “My 25 Things” list, an amalgamation of facts and trivia the author writes about himself or herself so that their friends can revel in how unique and clever

they think they are.To be fair, I must make a confession. I, too,

have compiled such a list and published it on Facebook accordingly. I am a self-proclaiming hypocrite, a walking contradiction if I’ve ever met one. Yet, somehow, I feel my actions can be excused and forgiven based on my self-awareness. Naturally, I’m just kidding myself, but if I’m AWARE I’m kidding myself…

I digress. We’re here to discuss an online movement, not my daily internal struggle, complex and multifaceted as it may be.

I first began noticing these lists popping

up a few months ago and I honestly didn’t think much of it. Lists and online questionnaires like this one have existed for years, long before Facebook. L i v e J o u r n a l and Xanga were constantly showcasing the newest group of questions, be they basic, like “What was your first…?” to the increasingly infuriating “If you’ve seen 50 of these 250 movies, you have no life” variety.

Online surveys are not a new trend, so why did “My 25 Things” become so popularized that it was mentioned as the subject of satire in “Entertainment Weekly” and filled out by celebrities?

Perhaps the answer lies in its simplicity. No prewritten questions. No limitations. Just 25 blank spaces for you to put the things you find most interesting and clever about yourself. It’s a playground for narcissism where one’s ego can roam wild and free.

It is also a place for subtle manipulation. If there’s a piece of information you want to share without actually having to tell the person yourself, just tag them in your note and make it one of the 25 facts! The next time you are tagged in one of these notes, just scroll down to the fifth or sixth fact your friend has shared, and see if it may indirectly relate to you.

The list has already experienced some minor

mutation since its inception. Just recently I discovered another list, this one called “The 25 Albums That Most Influenced My Life.” This list is a perfect way for music snobs to show the lesser folk just how awesome and obscure their music taste is. Of course, there will probably be an Elliott Smith album in there as a “mainstream” choice, just to be inclusive.

These lists of facts and preferences are essentially what amounts to online networking masturbation. Every time someone fills out one of the blanks, they get off a little on how clever and unique they are. I say this not as a criticism, but as an observation. As I said, I have filled out the “25 Things” survey just like everyone else and I say it with pride, knowing full well my intentions as I wrote it. It all goes back to this tried and true rule: If a guy tells you he doesn’t enjoy masturbation, odds are he’s lying to you.

Patrick Fisackerly is a staff writer for The Student Printz. Comments can be sent to printz@usm.edu

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The ‘25 Things’ Internet meme launched on Facebook has caught the attention of every-one from Entertainment Weekly to the New York Times.

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Junior Kyle Lindsey was phenomenal pitching sidearm Wednesday night in his South-ern Miss debut.

Then he was near perfect over-handed.

Finally, he dominated by changing things up with a three-quarter release.

It didn’t seem to matter what pitch the Pearl River Commu-nity College transfer threw, or where it came from – South Alabama hitters just couldn’t connect.

The Southern Miss baseball team used Lindsey’s complete–game shutout performance and pounded out 18 hits in rout to a 12-0 win over South Alabama at Pete Taylor Park.

The Eagles (5-0) scored double-digit runs for the fifth game, and found yet another pitcher that could end up being a weekend starter before the season is over.

“I’ve been watching games here at the Pete since I was five years old,” Lindsey said.

“It was a dream for me just to get out there and pitch, then to have a game like that was very special.”

Lindsey allowed just four hits, issued one free pass and struck out 10 of the 30 Jaguar hitters he faced.

“Complete game, allows four hits, I don’t know how he could have done it any better,” head coach Corky Palmer said of his starter. “The biggest part of the game was that he kept us in it when it was closer early on, and allowed us to get our offense going in the middle in-nings.”

Brian Dozier again led the Eagles at the plate, tallying four hits, including two dou-

bles, and raising his batting av-erage from .625 to .667.

Bo Davis hit his second home run in as many games, and true freshman Kameron Brunty hit his first career homer. First baseman Joey Archer was also

three of five at the plate and added three RBI’s.

The Eagles return to action Friday night, when they host the University of Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns for the first of a three-game series.

First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. and Todd McInnis will be on the mound for Southern Miss.

Palmer said that Cody Schla-gel will start on Saturday, and Scott Copeland will get the nod on Sunday.

Southern Miss running back Damion Fletcher entered a plea of not guilty on charges of discharging a firearm with-in the city limits Tuesday in Hattiesburg Municipal Court.

Fletcher was arrested on Sunday, Feb. 15 for firing a small-caliber pistol in the air outside the football team’s 38th Avenue apartment com-

plex.The 21-year-old Fletcher en-

tered his plea through his legal counsel, lawyer Jim Dukes of Hattiesburg.

If convicted, the Biloxi na-tive could face a maximum of one year in jail and/or a fine of up to $1,000.

City prosecutor Robert Da-vis told reporters Tuesday that no trial date had been set in Fletcher’s case, and that his penalty could vary.

Fedora said he could not comment on Fletcher’s case as it was ongoing, and Dukes could not be reached for com-ment.

Golden Eagle offensive line-man Brennan Houston, a Nor-walk, Calif. native, also had his day in court, and pled no contest to his charge of mis-demeanor possession of mari-juana.

Houston was also arrested the night of Feb. 15 after po-

lice responded to the sounds of gunshots.

Houston’s charge will be dropped, and his record ex-punged if he successfully completes his probation.

Fedora said that he will handle Houston’s punishment internally.

“I’m going to address the issues one at a time,” Fedora said. “I will do what I think is necessary in each case when the time comes.”

Southern Miss Athletic Di-rector Richard Giannini said Wednesday that he could not comment on the legal situa-tion of either player, but that he stood by his original state-ment that the University takes the situation seriously and that

“necessary disciplinary action will be taken when the review is completed.”

Giannini did say that he had not spoken with Fedora since the players had entered their respective pleas.

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“It was a dream for me just to get out there and pitch, then to have a game like that was very special.”

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