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Black and Gold Team returns for homecoming

After beating out traditional homecoming teams in its de-but last year, the Black and Gold Team is back, and in-vites USM students to join in the campus-wide competitions next week before the Home-coming Game Nov. 1.

The Black and Gold Team is the brainchild of the Student Government Association. The team provides a way for stu-

dents who would otherwise be left out of the homecoming festivities to get in on the fun.

Before 2007, only teams as-sociated with student groups could take part in homecoming events, leaving out students unaffiliated with Greek life or other organizations. Since the majority of USM students are not members of the organiza-tions that participate annually, the SGA created the Black and Gold Team to fill the gap and make participation possible for a large section of the stu-

dent body.SGA President Melissa Ciri-

no said joining the Black and Gold Team is a great way for students to connect with oth-ers they may have never met otherwise.

“I guarantee you’ll make great new friendships,” Cirino said. “It’s all fun and geared toward enriching the student experience.”

Heather Murray, an English and anthropology double major from Flowood, was a member of the Black and Gold Team

last October and plans to join the team again for this year’s competitions. The sophomore echoed Cirino’s opinion of the Black and Gold Team, saying that the best part of her expe-rience last year was “getting to know all the other students who were a part of the team.”

“To be honest, sometimes it’s easy to feel ‘left out’ if you aren’t participating in a Greek organization or anoth-er big campus organization,” Murray continued. “Every student at USM should have

the opportunity to participate in our university’s traditions, and the Black & Gold Team makes this possible.”

Andrew Brown, a sopho-more biological science major from Madison, said that as a member of a fraternity, he can appreciate the competition the Black and Gold Team brings to homecoming festivities.

“I think it’s good that peo-ple who aren’t in Greek life or other organizations have a way to participate in home-coming events,” the Pi Kappa

Phi member said.Last October’s events in-

cluded a Miss Varsity pageant as well as float-building and judging.

Those who want to experi-ence the friendly competition of homecoming week but are not a member of one of the participating organizations are welcome to join. To find out more about the Black and Gold Team, call the SGA of-fice at 601-266-4407, or con-tact Melissa Cirino at melissa.cirino@usm.edu.

Ben SuttonPrintz Writer

Members of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity build their annual haunted house at the ATO chapter house Tuesday. The project is a fundraiser that will benefi t the Hattiesburg chapter of Habitat for Humanity. The haunted house is open today until Saturday and cost is $5 at the door.

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Wicker looks to keep seat

Candidates face off

Challenging incumbent Senator Roger Wicker in the Mississippi special election is former Gov-ernor Ronnie Musgrove, native of Tocawa. He was born July 29, 1965 (which, incidentally, he proclaimed “Ronnie Musgrove Day” in 2002 when he was gov-ernor). A graduate of the Univer-sity of Mississippi Law School, he was appointed governor in 1999 by the Mississippi House of Representatives when neither he nor his Republican opponent succeeded in gaining a majority of the popular vote. Formerly, he had also served as state senator and Lieutenant Governor.

He has served on the executive board of several committees, including the Democratic Gov-

ernor’s As-sociation and the National Gove rno r ’s Association. He’s served as chair of the Southern Re-gional Board,

the Southern States Energy Board, and the National Confer-ence of Lieutenant Governors in 1998.

A concern of many voters is the allegations made that Mus-grove has accepted bribes. Wick-er’s ads have brought even more public attention to the connec-tion between Musgrove and trial lawyers Dickie Scruggs and Paul Minor, both of whom have been incarcerated for bribing judges.

See MUSGROVE on page 3

Meryl DakinPrintz Writer

In the special election for Mississippi Senate on No-vember 4th, incumbent Roger Wicker will face former Gov-ernor Ronnie Musgrove in a race that the Rasmussen Re-ports showed were neck-and-neck in the beginning of Octo-ber, with Wicker leading 49% to 47%.

In November of 2007, Sena-tor Trent Lott resigned, leaving open his senate seat mid-term. Governor Haley Barbour ap-pointed Roger Wicker to this seat to finish the term until a special election could be held to contest for it.

Wicker hails from Pono-tac, born July 5th 1951. Like his adversary, Wicker gradu-ated from the University of Mississippi’s Law School and became an attorney. He served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force from 1976 to 1980, and then remained in the re-

serve until 2004 when he retired from duty.

He entered the world of politics in 1980, serv-ing as Trent Lott’s Counsel on the House Rules Committee. In 1987, he was elected to two terms on Mississippi’s State Senate. In 1994 he was elected first dis-trict representative after Jamie Whitten declined to seek re-election.

He served on the leadership team as deputy whip in the House of Representatives, and belonged to the House Appro-priations Committee. He was also a member of the Defense Subcommittee and in 2007 was named ranking minority member of the Military Con-struction/VA Subcommittee.

Campaign ads between the

See WICKER on page 3

Meryl DakinPrintz Writer

Roger Wicker

Ronnie Musgrove

Campus organization encourages voters to make a stand

Now that the presidential election is a dozen days away, and registration deadlines have come and gone, one cam-pus organization is focused on stressing the importance of exercising the right to vote.

Collective Hip-hop: an Ar-tistically Original Society will host Vote Out Loud this evening to encourage USM students to vote Nov. 4. Start-ing at 5:15 p.m. in the Union Plaza, the area between R.C. Cook Union and M.M. Roberts Stadium, members of CHAOS will use their many talents to entertain and encourage young voters.

CHAOS began as a freestyle

organization, but changed its name last year. Now their members perform poetry and spoken-word prose along with different styles of music.

Chelsie Pope, the public relations manager for CHA-OS, said the College D e m o c r a t s and College Republicans would be there to help them empha-size the im-portance of voting, and con-tribute information about each of the major parties.

Simon Smith, a representa-tive for the College Republi-cans says, “It’s great that the language arts community is taking such an interest in this

election, and I look forward to being able to speak about John McCain and his platform.”

Roy Logan, president of the College Democrats, said he is looking forward to the event.

“I don’t know all the full lo-

gistics of what they’re going to perform, but I’m anxious to see what they’ve come up with and what they’re going to do,” said the administration of jus-tice major from Petal. “Maybe it will help convince young people about the necessity to

vote, especially now with our country in such bad shape as it is.”

Pope, a native of Birming-ham, Ala., said their street team, “our pep squad,” would be mingling in the crowd this

evening to lead chants and hype up the audience.

Michael Jones, the music direc-tor for CHAOS, said his organi-zation will not be taking sides,

since their aim is “just to let [students] know that they should go out and vote, no matter who it’s for.”

“Now that everyone is sup-posed to have registered,” Jones said, “we want them to go out and practice their right.”

The Jackson native said the CHAOS music committee will perform a rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” that includes a mixture of hip-hop and choral styles. He added that the poetry committee has prepared several pieces fo-cused on the upcoming elec-tion as well.

The junior forensic science major said the eclectic col-lection of work prepared for the rally would speak to a di-

verse group of people, while expressing the purpose behind CHAOS in the first place.

“There’s nothing wrong with being different and chang-ing things, as long as it’s for the better or for good,” Jones said.

He said students should re-member that their vote can make a difference, but that is not the only option available to spark change. He said stu-dents should get involved in their communities and educate themselves on the issues.

“Instead of just looking for the president to do something, we need to look at ourselves and try to do something as well,” Jones said. “We as peo-ple have to try to make a dif-ference … Make a stand.”

Lesley WaltersNews Editor

’’‘‘It’s great that the language arts community

is taking such an interest in this election, and I look forward to being able to speak about John McCain and his platform

-Simon Smith, College Republicans

CHAOSTonight

5:15 in the Student Union

VOTE OUT LOUD

Musgrove to beat incumbent

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Campus EventsTODAY

All Day – “Breaking the Veils: Women Artists from the Islamic World” – Hattiesburg Train Depot

10 a.m. – Museum of Art presents: “A Private Collection of Japanese Prints” – Museum of Art

11:45 a.m. – Wesley Foundation Thursday Lunch – Wes-ley Foundation

5:30 p.m. – Pink Womanless Beauty Pageant – Thad Cochran Ballrooms I and II

8 p.m. – Alpha Tau Omega Haunted House – Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house

TOmmOrrOwAll Day – “Breaking the Veils: Women Artists from the

Islamic World” – Hattiesburg Train Depot10 a.m. – Museum of Art presents: “A Private Collection

of Japanese Prints” – Museum of Art3 p.m. – Southern Miss Soccer v. Tulsa – Marshell Bell

Track and Field Complex6 p.m. – Cancelled: Horn Choir Concert – Marsh Audi-

torium7 p.m. – Southern Miss Volleyball @ UAB – Birming-

ham, Ala. 7:30 p.m. – Brad Gilmore Voice Recital – Marsh Audi-

torium7:30 p.m. – La Langue d’Anna – Gilbert F. Hartwig

Theatre9 p.m. -- Alpha Tau Omega Haunted House – Alpha Tau

Omega fraternity house

SATUrDAYAll Day – “Breaking the Veils: Women Artists from the

Islamic World” – Hattiesburg Train DepotAll Day – Zora Neale Hurston Hat Parade @ Art Walk

– Downtown Hattiesburg10 a.m. – Museum of Art presents: “A Private Collection

of Japanese Prints” – Museum of Art7 p.m. – Southern Miss Football @ Memphis – Mem-

phis, Tenn.7:30 p.m. – Rachel Taratoot Ciraado Guest Recital

– Marsh Auditorium

SUNDAYAll Day – “Breaking the Veils: Women Artists from the

Islamic World” – Hattiesburg Train Depot1 p.m. – Southern Miss Volleyball @ Memphis – Mem-

phis, Tenn.1 p.m. – Southern Miss Soccer @ SMU – Dallas, Texas

2 p.m. – La Langue d’Anna – Gilbert F. Hartwig Theatre2 p.m. – Black and Gold Baseball Game – Pete Taylor

Park

mONDAYAll Day – “Breaking the Veils: Women Artists from the

Islamic World” – Hattiesburg Train DepotAll Day – Southern Miss Men’s Golf – Sam H. Hall

Intercollegiate – Hattiesburg, Miss.4 p.m. – Byron Johnson Voice Recital – Marsh Audito-

rium7 p.m. – U.S. Air Force Concert Band and Singing Ser-

geants Concert – Bennett Auditorium

Members of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity build their annual haunted house at the ATO chapter house Tuesday. The project is a fundraiser that will benefit the Hattiesburg chapter of Habitat for Humanity. The haunted house is open today until Saturday and cost is $5 at the door.

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Make a DifferenceMake a Difference Day will take place

Saturday, October 25th. Events will in-clude construction on a home, located at 800 E. Eighth St., which will be donated to a needy family. Student volunteers, in conjunction with Christian Services, Inc., of 301 E. Second St., will distribute afford-ably priced food to area families as part of the Angel Food project.

AASO’s ApolloThe Afro-American Student Organiza-

tion will host “It’s Showtime at the Apollo” in Bennett Auditorium Thursday from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00.

ATO’s Haunted HouseThe Alpha Tau Omega Haunted House,

which benefits Habitat for Humanity, will be held at the fraternity’s house Thursday from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m., and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. Tickets are $5.00, and more information is available at 985-237-9020.

Step Show FridayTickets to the National Pan-Hellenic

Council’s Step Show will be available in Shoemaker Square Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Gulf Campus RadioSouthern Miss Gulf Coast will host Rip

Daniels and WJZD FM 94.5 Thursday, from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., for “It’s a New Day,” a call-in show featuring a discussion of the upcoming presidential election by a panel of Southern Miss Gulf Coast students. The show will be available online, and listeners can call in at 866-945-9455.

Eagle Dining SurveyCampus Dining Services is conducting

a survey of student’s “lifestyle and pref-erences.” The survey can be accessed at http://www.college-survey.com/southern-miss. Students who complete the survey will be entered into a drawing to win an Apple iPod Touch or one of two $25 Best Buy gift cards.

Forrest Ave ClosedForrest Avenue will be closed to vehicu-

lar and pedestrian traffic from Southern Miss Drive to the Pedestrian Plaza until approximately March 1, 2009. The Lucas Lot parking entrance will be inaccessible; a temporary entrance will be constructed off Southern Miss. Drive.

Big Read’s Grand FinaleThe Big Read’s grand finale festivities

will begin with a hat parade Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Faulkner Building downtown, and will conclude at the Bottling Company at 7 p.m. The Piney Woods School Gospel

Choir and other groups will provide enter-tainment.

Learn the “Thriller”The Southern Miss Payne Center group

exercise instructors will perform the Mi-chael Jackson “Thriller” Dance October 27th at 5:30pm. Audience members can join in and learn the dance after the per-formance, which has been rehearsed since September in preparation for this event.

CHAOS host voteC.H.A.O.S. – Collective Hip-hop: an Ar-

tistically Original Society is hosting their Vote Out Loud Rally Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 5:15-6:15pm at Union Plaza near the football stadium. All students are invited.

Womanless Pageant todayThe Paint Southern Miss Pink Event

Womanless Beauty Pageant is this Thurs-day, 5:30 p.m., at the Thad Cochran Center, Ballrooms I and II. Men from the South-ern Miss community will compete for the title of Miss Pink 2008. Admission to the pageant is $1. All proceeds will go toward Paint Southern Miss Pink.

ArtWalk SaturdayDowntown Hattiesburg’s ArtWalk will

be held Saturday from 4 to 9 pm. USM stu-dents Beth Alexander, Greg Gandy, Jacob Key, Lizzie Maloy, and Robin White will display their artwork. Bradley Warshauer, Brittany Rosella, and Samantha Nix will present poetry and short story readings be-ginning at 6pm. Musician and singer Sam Zeanah will perform from 7 to 9 pm. South-bound Bagels is hosting these student art-ist showcases. Come out and support your colleagues!

Campus News Briefs

A National Republican Senatori-al ad says, “Paul Minor and Dickie Scruggs: trial lawyers who gave thousands to Ronnie Musgrove’s campaigns... Minor had so much influence with Musgrove, insid-ers called him ‘the judgemaker.’ Now Minor and Scruggs are in jail, convicted of trying to bribe a judge.” Musgrove had received campaign contributions from both during his gubernatorial campaign, but Bozzi says Musgrove has ac-cepted nothing from them during the senate campaign. Musgrove has pointed out that Scruggs, brother-in-law of former Sena-tor Trent Lott, has also donated to many Republican campaigns.

Bozzi commented on the nega-tivity of the campaign ads in gener-al, saying “Like most Mississippi-ans, Governor Musgrove has been disappointed by the tone of this campaign.” Bozzi called Wicker’s ads “filled with false allegations” and he says the Wicker campaign has largely resorted to personal character attacks, all of which he says are untrue. He says that all of Musgrove’s ads have focused on the issues, centered on those such

as NAFTA and trade with China. He further described, “They’ve in-cluded Wicker’s votes against pay as you go budgeting and to increase the national debit and deficit.”

Washington needs a change, said Bozzi, and that would include a senate seat exchange between Wicker and Musgrove. Bozzi re-marked, “If they had a better em-ployee verification system in place, stronger penalties on employers and more investigators on the ground they could have prevented the situation at Howard Industries. Roger Wicker voted against all of those proposals. Howard Industries should be an example of economic development in Mississippi. In-

stead, it has become another example of the failure of Rog-er Wicker and Washington.”

Bozzi says that Musgrove is running to “restore fiscal respon-sibility and accountable govern-ment. He will put Mississippi first, not a political party, not spe-cial interests and not insiders.”

Lawyers and Law Firms, Demo-cratic/Liberal organizations, and Leadership PAC’s contributed the highest dollar amount to Musgrove as industries. Among Musgrove’s highest contributors to his senate campaign are ActBlue, Entergy Corporation, Green Mountain PAC, Office and Professional Employ-ees Union, and Howard Industries

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two candidates have been nationally recognized as un-characteristically vicious this election. In an AP interview, Wicker said, “Elections are tough. The choices are big this year, and the stakes are very high…that’s why we’re seeing so many negative ads.”

Musgrove’s campaign has accused Wicker of voting to raise his salary nine times. He’s also suggested that Wicker’s staff leaves only to become lobbyists for groups Wicker supports. As to the sal-ary charge, Wicker’s campaign points out that the raise in pay was signed into law years be-fore he became senator. In 1989, Congress approved leg-islation allowing for automatic cost-of-living increases unless lawmakers specifically vote to reject them, according to a Clarion-Ledger article.

Lott said of Wicker, “Few elected officials in America have public service experience as vast and diverse as Rog-er’s.” This has also become a talking point of Musgrove’s ads, which indicate Wicker has been corrupted by too

many years in politics. Adam Bozzi, Musgrove campaign spokesman, said, “We have a chance to change Washington and end corrupt systems like pay-to-play.”

The Pay-to-Play system he discusses accuses Wicker of prioritizing his earmarks and pork barrel spending depend-ing on who contributed the most money to his campaign. Of this, Wicker said in a Clar-ion-Ledger interview: “The idea that campaign contribu-tions over a 14-year period somehow qualify as a pay-for-play, and that somehow there is a quid pro quo in terms of contributions I receive from folks and political action com-mittees…The things that I’ve been criticized for have in most cases created jobs for Mississippians.”

On the subject of earmarks,

he then added, “I can guar-antee you, if (Sen. Thad Co-chran) and I weren’t fighting for that small portion of job creation money, and disease-fighting money, Texas and California and the other really big states that really have a lot of bureaucrats, they would be happy to spend that money in-stead of us.”

Lawyers and Law Firms, Health Professionals, and In-surance companies contribut-ed the highest dollar amount to Wicker as industries. Among Wicker’s highest contributors to his senate campaign are BancorpSouth, Responsibility and Freedom Work PAC, Euro-pean Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, FedEx Cor-poration, and Defend America PAC. A full list of campaign contributions can be found at OpenSecrets.org.

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Elections need revampingIf you’ve been keeping up

with The Student Printz at all, you know that Homecoming elections have been taking place.

You also probably know there have been some pretty crazy issues regarding Mr. Southern Miss. Initially J.P. Pegues won the runoff election over Omari Pittman. Then, after a recount, Omari Pittman won the election.

Let me get this straight right off the bat: I have no preference about who represents USM. I know both of these fine men; they are both great guys and would make wonderful representatives of the university.

However, I do have a problem with the election results. I don’t blame Omari for requesting a recount. Here’s my question: what student workers somehow missed 17 ballots in their initial count? And what university supervision did they have that allowed them to do this?

Regardless of who has an opinion about what candidate should win, shouldn’t the count should be thorough, fair, and accurate the first time around?

The office of the dean of students is the administrative office in charge of supervising the SGA and the election. When the results of the recount emerged, J.P. suggested that the students revote, in order to guarantee the accuracy of the election.

Dr. Holloway, Dean of Students, refused this logical request. He also refused Omari’s suggestion that both men serve as Mr. Southern Miss, on the grounds that it is unconstitutional and would discredit the election.

Has the election not already been discredited? J.P.’s letter to the editor (10/21) suggests that there are allegations of ballot stuffing surrounding the election. The results of the recount suggest that something

is seriously wrong with how our votes are being counted. And, why is the Dean of Students against a revote that would clear up any controversy surrounding the election?

As a student, I want to know that my vote counts, and counts the first time around. I would like to know that the candidate who deserves to win the election is the one who actually wins it.

It is impressive that Omari and J.P. are both willing to serve together as Mr. Southern Miss. Each man has a right to the title, in one way or another. I would imagine that neither of them would oppose a complete revote. I would also venture to guess that none of the students would oppose a revote, since all the voters I know want to be sure that their

votes are actually counted.Regardless of who represents

us as Mr. Southern Miss this year, the entire election process at USM will be permanently tainted. The Dean of Students does not seem willing to make sure that the proper candidate receives the title. The election commission is rumored to be biased. Ballot stuffing has been alleged. And two wonderful, highly-qualified young men are the victims of an unfair election.

The students should vote again. It is the only way to guarantee a fair vote with an accurate count. Maybe Dr. Saunders could supervise this one.

Olivia LightseyPrintz Writer

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

’’‘‘The election commission is rumored

to be biased. Ballot stuffing has been alleged. And two wonderful, highly-qualified young men are the victims of an unfair election.

Nothing eco about EcoEagle

T h e “ E c o ” Eagle bike p r o g r a m a p p e a r s to have survived a fitful start and settled in as a system of

personal rentals. If you haven’t heard, in

September the Office of Sustainability purchased 17 bright yellow bicycles along with a maintenance policy, to be scattered about campus for students to pick up and ride to their next destination, where they would leave the bike for another student to use.

Perhaps not surprisingly, the bikes disappeared within less than a week. At $300 each, that put the university behind $5,000, which although unfortunate, isn’t that high of a price to pay for a good idea tried and a hard lesson learned.

Some of the bikes have been recovered, and will now be rented out to individual students for one semester at a time. A good idea, but this sounds more like a student service than an “eco-program.” That’s perhaps a tedious distinction, but when public funds are involved, it’s important that projects be accurately presented and receive funding from the appropriate sources.

In its original incarnation, there was never any credible claim to the “eco” bit in the program’s title. The plan, as I understood it, was to discourage students from driving by providing them

with a convenient alternative. Ours is already a walking campus, however - just try to drive to campus, park near a particular building, then drive to another part of campus and park again.

The only thing the bikes offered an alternative to was walking. Furthermore, because they could not be removed from campus(legally anyway), they weren’t going to get students here in the first place, leaving driving as the only option for all but a tiny handful who live very close to their classes. At least now that the students renting the bikes can presumably ride them to and from school, the possibility is created that the bikes will have a positive effect on the environment. Given both the layout of Hattiesburg and its decidedly un-bicycle friendly streets, however, I doubt it.

The original incarnation of “Eco-Eagle” was a great idea, if poorly executed. Personally, I’m willing to subsidize some growing pains, but not a part of any alleged “eco” program. Call it what it is, and give the students the courtesy of funding the program from whatever fee corresponds.

The current system of personal rentals is just as far a cry from being an environmental program as the first incarnation, but it, too, provides a worthwhile service to students. Let’s see it expanded.

Just don’t call it environmentalism.

Bob WorthPrintz Writer

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

If one could subtract all po-litical party identifications from the remarks Sunday of former Secretary of State Colin Powell, it could be said that he put a voice to what a lot of people, many of them political leaders, have been thinking as the race for presi-dent between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama has progressed.

Powell offered substantive reasons why he thinks Obama is the better of two candidates who, he said, would both make good presidents. At the same time, he made clear his exasperation with the diversions of the campaign that have little or nothing to do with the important issues of the day but seem intended to stir up antagonism and suspicion in the electorate.

Example A: the McCain cam-paign’s emphasis on Obama’s relationship with 1960s radical William Ayers, now a Chicago college professor. Ayers was indeed a member of a group that organized bombings of govern-ment buildings in opposition to the Vietnam war.

“Mr. McCain says that he’s a washed-out terrorist,” Powell said. “Well, then why do we keep talking about him?”

McCain has received the endorsement of several other Republican former secretaries of state, including Henry Kiss-inger, James Baker III, Lawrence Eagleburger and Alexander Haig. But Powell, also a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has a large enough public profile that he would have been a credible presidential candidate himself.

And though Powell, while head of the Department of State, was said to have been reluctant to have the Iraq war conducted in the way President Bush and Vice President Cheney wanted it conducted, he did his duty, making the country’s case in a memorable appearance at the United Nations that was based on tragically flawed intelligence.

Asked about Palin, Powell was polite but to the point: He called her “very distinguished,” but said, “I don’t believe she’s ready to be president of the United States.”

Powell gives

voice to voters

Raleigh News & ObserverMcClatchy Newspapers

This editorial appeared in the Oct.21 issue of Raleigh News & Observer. Comments can be sent to printz@usm.edu

I remember just a year or two ago when it felt like newspapers were the only industry facing financial catastrophe.

Papers were being sold, budgets were being cut, and then there were the layoffs and voluntary leaves.

I couldn’t believe it. I’m in my 20s, and my college years aren’t that far behind me. Yet there I was looking at a buyout offer.

It’s a scary experience. And very few of my peers understood what I was going through. Why would they? We’re all under 30. This is the kind of stuff we read about in history class or heard our parents talk about. We’d never lived through a period of our own economic upheaval.

Then Wall Street took a nosedive, and all of my friends started plugging in. We have 401(k) plans, some of them dabble in the stock market, and a few have their own businesses. It isn’t just newspapers facing hard times. Everyone is.

A coming recession? What is that all about?“I’ve honestly never even thought about it,” says my friend Chic

James, 28, an Atlanta graphic designer. “We had been so involved with what was going on overseas with the war that I don’t think anyone even knew what was going on with the state of our econo-my until recently.

“It all happened so fast that it seems like it came out of nowhere. The gas prices should’ve told us something, but how were we to know that that was our warning?”

Corporate giants everywhere _ eBay, Pepsi, American Airlines _ are feeling the economic crunch, and hard-working Americans are losing their jobs.

Now I have friends in Atlanta, Los Angeles and right here in Kan-sas City who are unemployed. And despite what some may think, being younger doesn’t always make it easier.

Chic unexpectedly lost her job only weeks ago. She has a college degree, five years of experience, and she has faith that it will help her get another job, but the experience has been distressing.

“The thing that really can discourage a person is this modern-day way of applying to positions that you feel you’re qualified for,” she says. “It’s overwhelming to apply to hundreds of jobs online and not get one callback.”

Van Sneed, an illustrator, says what bothers him most about being laid off is that he didn’t do anything wrong.

“I didn’t do anything to cause the economic woes, yet I am the one being punished,” he says of losing his job. “I went to school, I graduated, and I did what I was supposed to do. But none of that matters right now. It’s not helping me put food on the table.”

Despite the economy, Van still believes everything will work out. “I’m not losing sight of the visions and goals I have for my life, I still plan to one day wake up and do what I love to do every day _ make art.

“I am more motivated now than I was before,” says Van, 25. “I am going to pursue my dreams like there is no tomorrow.”

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Jeneé Osterheldt

Jenee Osterheldt is a columnist for the Kansas City Star.

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I f you talk to Democrats these days, they’ll tell you that the economic

meltdown is all the fault of George W. Bush and the GOP. Republicans, understandably, have a different story, blaming the disaster largely on bad home loans made by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, both beloved of Democratic politicians.

Hey, it’s an election year, what do you expect?

Even so, it would be wrong to let campaign rancor obscure a truth voters should face squarely: The fiscal calamity now rocking the nation was

brought upon us by both parties.

Consider these three landmarks on the primrose path to quagmire:

In the spring of 1998, a leading government financial regulator named Brooksley Born informed Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt that the booming but unregulated market in credit derivatives posed a major threat to the financial system.

According to The New York Times, Greenspan and Rubin pushed back hard against her watchdog proposal, later joining Levitt in lobbying

Congress to ignore Born’s advice. Congress then effectively stripped Born’s agency of its regulatory power.

In 2000, the Commodities Futures Modernization Act expressly forbade the government from regulating credit-default swaps, a risky form of private insurance. At the last minute, Republican Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas attached the legislation co-sponsored by two Democratic senators to a mammoth appropriations bill. It passed 95-0, and President Bill Clinton signed it into law.

Absent government oversight, the credit-default-swap market ballooned and was estimated to be worth $40

billion to $62 billion before its ongoing collapse, which would have taken down the giant insurer AIG if not for a U.S. government bailout.

In April 2004, the five members of the SEC met to consider a request by the big five Wall Street investment banks to repeal a rule limiting the amount of debt their brokerage departments could assume. Under the rules, the banks had to have $1 in cash for every $12 of debt it took on. The requested rule change would have exempted the power quintet from the rule.

All five commissioners -- three Republicans and two Democrats -- agreed to the rule change. And the Wall Street thoroughbreds were

off to the races. Bear Stearns, for example, assumed $33 in debt for every dollar it held in assets. As we know, it all came crashing down this year.

Wall Street lobbying cash, plus what investor George Soros recently called the quasi-religion of “market fundamentalism,” found eager takers on both sides of the aisle for two decades. It’s not a politically useful or emotionally satisfying conclusion for Democrats or Republicans, but it can’t be denied that this economic debacle is a bipartisan achievement.

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This editorial appeared in the Oct. 20 edition of The Dallas Morning News. Comments can be sent to printz@usm.edu

Party elites to blame for economic woes

Rachel’s Cry not heard (Oct. 14)

The United States of America was not founded upon Chris-tianity. The founding fathers constructed the Constitution and the future government so that it would be secular. As we all should know by now, secularism is the separation of Church and State. Think of it this way, Church and State are two men in two different apartment buildings across a busy street from one another. There are no crosswalks, phones and the internet do not exist, and jaywalking is punishable by death.

With the definition of secularism out of the way, let us take a look at the founding fathers, of whom some were Christian, some didn’t give a blip, and some were Deists. Their conflicting views are one of the reasons the United States was structured to be secular. Thomas Jefferson was a Deist, while he believed in a single God, it is not the same God as that of Christianity. If we are to be true to the founding fathers, then no one should bring up or force their religion on this nation.

In A Comprehensive Collection of the Views of Thomas Jef-ferson, Jefferson is quoted: “Religion is a subject on which I have ever been most scrupulously reserved…it is a matter be-tween every man and his Maker, in which no other, and far less the public, has a right to intermeddle.” Do not attempt to assert your religion upon others. Do not put on a show while praying for the politics of this nation. If you are going to pray, “go into your room, close the door, and pray,” (Matthew 6:6). To keep the United States of America free, to truly support equality and choice, this nation can have no religion.

Jennifer LambJunior Biological Sciences major

Secular America

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Brittney, I just wanted to thank you for your bold and eye-opening article you entered in the Student Printz. It was quite refreshing to see a Christian speak up for what is right for our Lord and also for our nation, The United States of America. Thanks for standing strong in Him.

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Make your voice heard

Just like a n y -b o d y

else, I have recently been i n u n d a t e d with all things frightening, confusing and d o w n r i g h t maddening about our cur-

rent government. Yet I have been instilled with the distinctly Ameri-can sense of optimism that leads me to believe we can get out of this mess.

It’s going to take a saintly degree of faith, patience and sacrifice on our part as citizens. But we must exercise strict judgment and scru-tiny on the overall efficiency of our public officials -- and certainly, some things will need to change.

Furthermore, we must be will-ing to educate ourselves as much as possible, become involved in our communities and, most im-portantly, to clearly communicate our interests to those that represent them.

It is obvious that our government is run by the people we choose, and we entrust them with authority over our lives and the responsibil-ity to protect our rights. But we often forget that as citizens of this government we have the responsi-bility to choose wisely, or bear the ultimate blame for sub-standard leadership.

Since our taxes are used to pay the salaries of our representatives, I would personally like to know they are making every effort to secure my interests and my future. This

year we are paying rank-and-file members of Congress a salary of $169,300, according to usgovinfo.about.com, and the president has received $400,000 a year, plus a $50,000 allowance, since 2001.

The last time I turned on C-Span, I saw a nearly empty Senate floor. Right now, our legislators are argu-ing over a solution for our foun-dering economy, and the last good idea was a loan of $700 billion in taxpayer money to banks. Does that seem backwards to anyone else?

But our economy isn’t the only bad apple in the barrel -- it’s just the most rotten at the moment. Con-sider how much debt you will have when you graduate or how you will afford a house, a car and health in-surance on a starting salary. Now that we are facing a recession, you will be lucky to get a starting sal-ary that remotely pertains to that expensive degree.

So what will we do about it?Forty years ago, when most of

our parents were in their 20’s, peo-ple were holding strikes and pro-testing all over the United States and the rest of the world. 1968 was the year Richard Nixon was elected with the intention of ending the Vietnam War; Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy were assassinated; and on college cam-puses around the country, students held protests and rallies on Nation-

al Turn in Your Draft Card Day. So again I ask, what will we do?

I fear my generation will be known forever as the one that let our nation, once a pinnacle of self-governance and human progress, become a joke that is simply too sad for a laugh.

I beg for my peers to prove my cynicism wrong. We are all -- or should be -- desperate for a strong, wise and capable leader to steer us away from failure, who can tell us exactly what to do to get back on track...

But he is not one of those two candidates.

There is no one candidate who can do that for us. We are the col-lective captain of this sinking ship. It is the harmony and volume of our voices as individuals that will stir some real change in this country, even if the change is whose names appear on the roll in Congress. So to make that cacophony possible, I have a proposition for my fellow citizens.

Send a message to the leaders of this nation. Not just to the new president -- whoever that is -- but to all of the people who represent you. Step out onto the street with some kind of sign that conveys your po-sition on whatever issue is most important to you. For ten minutes during your lunch break, hold up your sign -- or chant or march or break out in song -- whatever. Ten minutes would be quite enough if all of us did it.

Sure, you can write a stern let-ter to each of your state’s legisla-tors or the president and his posse any time. But at high noon Nov. 5, make your voice heard.

Lesley Walters

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The federal government’s infusion of $250 billion for major banks, with

very few strings attached, should help restore confidence in the fi-nancial industry.

But it’s become increasingly clear that the broader economy faces more pain, more job losses, and a longer recovery. That means policymakers in Washington must focus more attention on struggling families and job creation.

The nine large banks receiving Treasury’s initial outlay will now be better able to lend and borrow. But the fact that the government has given them nearly a blank check compels these institutions to follow through on the expecta-tion, as Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. put it, to “deploy” capital.

Community banks don’t like the plan announced Tuesday by President Bush, saying their larg-er competitors are being rewarded for irresponsible lending. Small banks, meanwhile, don’t need as much help because many of them didn’t buy into risky subprime mortgages.

As drastic as this step was, Treasury probably didn’t have much choice. The panic in the credit market was preventing even the most profitable of com-panies from obtaining short-term loans to finance their operations, such as making payroll.

European governments led the way by making similar invest-ments in their banks to ease the global credit crisis. Their concert-ed action apparently convinced the Bush administration to make a move that Paulson had earlier resisted.

Treasury will buy $250 billion of preferred stock in banks, using part of the $700 billion bailout approved by Congress and the president two weeks ago. The government’s preferred stock will

pay a 5 percent dividend for the first five years.

As part of the deal, banks will be restricted in what they can pay their executives as long as the government is an investor. The idea is to discourage CEOs from making risky investments. That feature was needed to allay public anger as well.

This plan is intended to spur lending, not to reward bank shareholders with lucrative divi-dends. But more assurances that taxpayer dollars will not end up in the pockets of shareholders are needed. Paulson hasn’t addressed that concern.

He also insists this rescue is tem-porary. But weaning the financial industry off this free milk could be difficult in the years ahead.

Nor has this plan soothed the stock market. The Dow fell more than 800 points in the last two days, largely erasing the gains from Monday’s huge rally. It’s a sign that investors are still wor-ried about the health of the wider economy.

There’s good reason for that in-vestor skepticism. Nearly nine out of 10 people think the country is on the wrong track, and consumer confidence has plummeted. Con-sumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of the economy.

Congress is talking about pass-ing another stimulus package, this one aimed at Main Street. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is advo-cating as much as $300 billion for infrastructure, job creation, food stamps, unemployment insur-ance, and health care for children and seniors.

These are costly steps, but they may well be needed to help peo-ple through an economic down-turn that looks to be prolonged and severe.

This editorial appeared in The Phila-delphia Inquirer on Oct. 16. Com-ments can be sent to printz@usm.edu

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New Orleans rap star Juvenile will be making a stop at downtown’s Bottling Company this Saturday.

The artist has been active in the rap community since the 1995 release of his debut album, Being My-self. During the late 1990s, he was a member of the Hot Boys, along with fellow New Orleans rapper Lil’ Wayne. In 2006, the rapper released Reality Check, his first #1 album.

Opening the show will be rap duo Partners ‘N’ Crime, also from New Orleans. The group is support-ing their 2005 album, Club Bangaz. Saturday will not

be the first time Partners ‘N’ Crime have played Hat-tiesburg, as they have previously played at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house.

The show was booked by Alpha Tau Omega. With this show, the fraternity hopes to provide an experi-ence different from most concerts in the area. “If you’ve ever heard of a sock hop, well, it’ll basically be like an adult sock hop,” said Alpha Tau Omega’s Brian Bosworth.

Tickets can be purchased now at www.thebottling-co.com. Presale ticket prices are $10 for Greeks and $15 for all other USM students. Admission at the door will cost $20. The show will begin at 9:00 p.m.

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If you are looking for a film that will take you back in time and plant you in the arms of love, faith and laughter, then “The Secret Life of Bees” is the one to see.

The film is based on the New York Times Bestseller by Sue Monk Kidd and is directed by Gina Prince-By-thewood, whose other work includes the widely acclaimed film “Love & Basketball.”

“Bees” has buzzed its way to the Top Box Office in less than a week since its opening with a cast featuring Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, Jen-nifer Hudson and Alicia Keys. Set in the days when racism still flourished, Fanning stars as Lily Owens, a 14-year-old girl obsessed with a tragic memory of her late mother.

To escape her lonely life

and tattered relationship with her father, Lily runs away with her black surrogate mother, Rosaleen, to a South Carolina town where she hopes to un-veil the secret to her mother’s past.

There she is taken in by the wise and self-reliant Boat-wright sisters whose secret world of beekeeping, honey and the Black Madonna pro-vides a safe haven from the clutches of the outside world. That is, until Lily’s presence brings the outside world in with them, threatening some-thing, or someone, they all hold dear.

Thanks to the convincing characters, relatable dialogue and emotional plot, “Bees” is a poetic masterpiece that will leave the audience in tears, laughs, and fuzzy feelings.

In addition, I think this is one of the best performances yet for Latifah and Fanning,

who are a different kind of on-screen mother-daughter duo.

I suggest anyone who in-tends to see the movie prepare to have an overwhelming and strange desire to move in with the Boatwright sisters if such a thing were possible.

‘Bees’ is a moving film

Juvenile to play Bottling Co.Eric Nagurney

Entertainment Editor

Gypsy rock band Man Man will play the Thirsty Hippo tonight.

Due to their off-kilter musical style, the Philadelphia five piece has garnered comparisons to Tom Waits, Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart. Their songs are marked by speedy compositions and the use of whimsical lyrics. Despite the whimsy, their music contains a strong emotional undercurrent, most visibly seen in their 2006 ballad “Van Helsing Boombox.”

This past April, the group released their third album, Rabbit Habits. The record is their first for Anti Records, the label of Neko Case, Islands, and the aforementioned Tom Waits. Previous records were released through New York City label Ace Fu.

The group’s live shows are known for being high energy affairs. Between songs, the band does not stop to rest or talk to the crowd. The

shows are also notable for the group’s use of unconventional instrumentation, including kazoos, boxes of silverware, and bowls of water.

Fellow Anti Records artist Tim Fite will open the show. The New York-based songwriter is known for blending gravelly-voiced folk music with hip-hop influences. Fite released his fifth album, Fair’s Not Fair, earlier this year.

Admission will cost $12 for 21+ and $14 for 18+. Tickets are available for purchase at T-Bone Records. The show will begin at 10 p.m.

Man Man to rock Thirsty HippoEric Nagurney

Entertainment Editor

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If it sounds like I’m gushing when I talk about Ingrid Mi-chaelson, it is probably because, well, I am. From the moment I heard her breakthrough single “The Way I Am,” I was abso-lutely smitten. With the release of a new CD featuring origi-nal songs, live recordings, and covers, Ingrid Michaelson has produced another thirty min-utes of sweetness and charm. The new release, entitled Be OK, plays less like an actual album and more like a compi-lation of songs, which is essen-tially what it is. Be OK was a sort of side project for Michael-son, who recorded it to raise money and awareness for the Stand Up To Cancer organiza-tion. It could have been called “B-Sides OK” (bad joke) or “Be Nine Tracks” (really bad joke – especially considering there are ten on the album). While Be OK doesn’t quite

flow as an album, the songs it contains are, by and large, beautiful compositions with quality equal to or better than that of her last album, Girls and Boys. The penultimate track, “You and I,” contains lyrics that are downright cute-sy, in a good way: “Let’s get rich and buy our parents homes in the South of France / Let’s get rich and give everybody

nice sweaters / And teach them how to dance.” From a lesser singer, this would come off as saccharine idealist nonsense, but Ingrid Michaelson sells it and it works. The two covers on Be OK are “Over the Rainbow” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love.” They are appropriate choices; both are reoccurring staples of her live shows. The only song missing is her catchy, melodic cover of the theme song to “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.” I suppose that is my one com-plaint about Be OK – with the exception of perhaps “You and I,” the album is lacking in the dorky goofiness of an Ingrid Michaelson live performance. However, until Ingrid can pro-vide us with a completely live album, complete with on stage banter and audience participa-tion, we have Be OK to tide us over.

Be OK is satisfying, erraticPatrick Fisackerly

Printz Writer

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

Art Walk returns downtownHattiesburg’s long running

art walk tradition returns to downtown this Saturday.

This fall’s art walk will be host to many notable art exhibits. At the Roy Calvin Eure Interior Design & RE Gallery, there will be a showing of Mobile, Ala., painter Brad Roberts’ works inspired by unnoticed objects. The Faulkner Building will host the Pinebelt In Bloom Exhibition, which features the artwork of South Mississippi Art Association members following a tree, flower, and shrub theme. Southern Miss student Robyn White will be exhibiting her photography at the Business Launch Point. These exhibits are only a sampling of what will be shown, as art will be displayed in locations throughout downtown.

In addition to visual art, a number of musical acts will be performing at the event. Folk

musician Thomas Jackson will perform in front of South Bound Bagels during the evening. The Hattiesburg High Strings will perform at the Depot at 6:00 p.m. Natalie Kirk and Matthew Funches, two of the recording artists for the university’s South City Records, will be performing at the event. At 7:00 p.m., the Bottling Company will hold a free concert featuring The Cotton Blossom Singers.

The event will act as a showcase for local business as well. Every gallery, shop, and restaurant in downtown Hattiesburg will be open. Many of the local businesses will be hosting special events

in conjunction with the walk, along with providing their regular services. There will also be a number of vendors present throughout the downtown area.

The fall art walk will take place from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Eric Nagurney

Entertainment Editor

TONIGHTATO Haunted House - 7 p.m.Man Man w/ Tim Fite @ Thirsty Hippo - 10 p.m.March of Dimes Benefit @ Bottling Company - 8 p.m.Wes Lee & The Hub City Allstars @ M.J. Hooligans - 9 p.m.

TOMORROWATO Haunted House - 7 p.m.Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk @ Bottling Company - 10 p.m.Live After Five: New Orleans Klezmer All-stars @ Town Square Park - 5 p.m.Speakfreely @ Bennie’s Boom Boom Room - 10 p.m.Thomas Jackson Orchestra w/ Mark Mann @ Thirsty Hippo - 10 p.m.

SATURDAYFall Art Walk @ Downtown Hattiesburg - 4 p.m.Grateful Dead Tribute Band @ Bennie’s Boom Boom Room - 10 p.m.Great Commission Gospel Sing @ Forrest County Multipurpose Center - 6 p.m.Hinge @ M.J. Hooligans - 9 p.m.Juvenile w/ Partners in Crime @ Bottling Company - 9 p.m.Mike Blount @ The Tavern - 10 p.m.Squirms w/ Del Mar Boys @ Thirsty Hippo - 10 p.m.

--Compiled by Eric Nagurney

EntErtainmEnt calEndar

Jonah TaylorPrintz Writer

What: Be OkReleased: Oct. 14, 2008

INGRID MIcHAelSON

Philly band brings off-kilter music to Hattiesburg

When: 10 p.m.Where: Thirsty Hippo

Cost: $12 for 21+/$14 for 18+Tickets are on sale at T-Bone

Records and the Thirsty Hippo

MAN MAN w/TIM FITe

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RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER!Sports Briefs1958 football team honored

HATTIESBURG - The unde-feated 1958 Mississippi South-ern College football team will be honored with a 50th Anniversary Commemoration and Recognition Dinner at 6 p.m., Friday, Nov. 14, in the South End Zone Club Level of Carlisle-Faulkner Field at Rob-erts Stadium.

The dinner commences at 7 p.m. Dress is casual, and parking is available at Loyalty Field. Tick-ets are $30 and the public is invit-ed. The deadline to order tickets is Oct. 31.

The 1958 Mississippi Southern football team won the inaugural UPI National Championship that season, leading the poll every week the poll was taken that sea-son. It also marked the first team in school history to capture a na-tional crown.

The event is part of the Univer-sity’s commemoration of the 1958 team’s accomplishments that weekend and will also include a DVD, “1958 Southern Miss Foot-ball: The Championship Season” and a book, entitled “A Season to Remember – 1958 Southern Miss Football,” signing at Barnes & Noble Bookstore on campus, Sat-urday, as well as recognition dur-ing the game.

Women’s Golf ties for fourth at ldr investments intercolleGiate Bay St. Louis, Miss. – The South-ern Miss women’s golf team shot a final round 308 to earn a tie for fourth place at the LDR Invest-ments Lady Colonel Intercolle-giate. The tournament was hosted by Nicholls State University and was played at the Bridges Golf Club in Bay St. Louis, Miss. Soph-omore Virginia Espejo earned her fourth-straight top ten finish, clos-ing with a four-over 76 to finish in a tie for ninth-place. Sophomore Jennifer Judge and junior Clara Viladomiu tied for

15th-place. Judge shot a final round 77, while Viladomiu fin-ished with a 76, respectively. For Judge, it was her first top-20 fin-ish of the season. Senior Heather Golden shot an 80 to tie for 25th place, while junior Samantha Holt closed with a 79 to earn a 43rd-place finish.

McNeese State’s Lacy McKin-ley won the individual competi-tion, defeating Samford’s Sara Hunt and teammate Maggie Welch in a playoff. All three finished at two-over par.

McNeese State won the team competition with a 21-over par 597. Sam Houston State finished in second with 607 strokes. Sam-ford took third place with 611 strokes. Southern Miss and South Alabama tied for fourth with 621 strokes. Lamar earned a sixth-place finish with 622 strokes, while host school Nicholls State finished with 628 strokes for sev-enth-place. Troy took eighth after shooting a 641, followed by Jack-son State (659) and Centenary (669).

eaGle landinG heads to memphis

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Southern Miss fans are invited to the join the Alumni Association in support of the Golden Eagle football team when they play at Memphis on Saturday, Oct. 25.

The Eagle Landing, which will begin at 4:30 p.m., will be held at the Liberty Bowl Fairgrounds at Liberty Bowl Stadium. The location will be in the charter bus area around the Mid-South Coliseum.

Cost of the Eagle Landing is $10 and includes barbeque and beverages.

For more information, please call or email Dawn Smith with the Southern Miss Alumni Association at 601-266-5013 or dawn.smith@usm.edu.

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Eagles eye elusive C-USA winSouthern Miss looks to end losing streak in Black and Blue bowl

Tyler ClevelandSports Editor

After falling to Rice last Saturday in Houston, the Southern Miss Golden Eagle football team’s attitude can be summed up in one word: hungry.

The Eagles have lost their three conference games by a combined 15 points, causing headaches for Southern Miss coaches who see how hard the team prepares for games.

“It’s frustrating more than dissappointing,” Fedora said. “Because these guys do work hard, day in a day out during the week. They get after it in practice, our tempos haven’t changed from day one, but its very frustrating when we don’t reap the rewards on Saturdays.”

The Eagles will try to reap some of those rewards this Saturday when they travel to West Tennessee to take on the rival Memphis Tigers. Tiger coach Tommy West, now in his eighth season as head coach, has come under fire from critics after going 3-5 through the first eight games.

The Eagles will be matching strength for strength with the Tigers, who run the ball well (171.9 yards per game) and haven’t played very well defensively as of late.

Three of the Tigers five losses have been by margins of less than a touchdown, and the two that weren’t, Ole Miss and East Carolina, were to teams with big, physical defenses.

“Memphis is another team that spreads it out and throws it around,” Fedora said Monday. “We’re not sure who they are starting at quarterback, I guess we’ll figure that out on Saturday. It’s not focusing on Memphis, it’s focusing on us and cutting down on our mistakes.”

Memphis tailback Curtis Steele averages just under 100 yards per game, and relies heavily on his speed, while Charlie Jones, fresh from missing three games due to injury, brings a bowling-ball running style with his 5-foot-10, 230-pound frame.

At quarterback the Memphis picture gets a little hazier.

Arkelon Hall has started all eight games for the Tigers, but was suffered a broken thumb early last week in a loss to East Carolina and will likely be out 4-6 weeks according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal. The Tigers then turned to backup Will Hudgens, who proceeded to tear both his ACL and MCL on his first play.

Finally, third option and likely Saturday starter Brett Toney stepped in and was a serviceable 11-of-15 for 65 yards, but the Tigers had just 184 yards of offense against the Pirates.

No matter who the quarterback is, it’s a safe bet that he’ll look to Memphis wideout Carlos Singleton, who Southern Miss fans should remember well from last year’s game in Hattiesburg.

The 6-foot-8 Singleton had five catches for 96 yards and a pair

of touchdowns in the Tigers’ 29-26 victory. Singleton is on pace this season for 1,000 yards, and should provide a real challenge for Southern Miss defensive backs.

Southern Miss defensive coordinator Todd Bradford said the team knows what they have to do to shut down Memphis

“They are running the ball very well right now,” Bradford said Monday. “We will have to make stops in the open field, because they are going to spread us out and get those one-on-one matchups so we just have to make those tackles.”

While the Golden Eagle defense may have its hands full with the Memphis rushing attack, the offense will likely look to their own explosive rushing attack to exploit the Tiger defense, which ranks 82nd nationally against the run.

The Tigers rank 62nd nationally against the pass, but that number could go up after Eagle quarterback Austin Davis and receiver DeAndre Brown come to town this Saturday.

Brown caught 12 passes for 221 yards against Rice, numbers that don’t surpise Davis at all.

“We’re starting to get on the same page,” Davis said. “I’ve started to realize just how hard it must be to cover that guy, and the other team’s can’t just lock in on him because

we have so many other weapons.”Without a win this week at

Memphis, the Eagles only hope of mantaining the streak of 14 consecutive winning seasons will be to win out and take home a victory in a bowl game. It’s a notion that coaches haven’t ignored, but Fedora said it shouldn’t be on their mind on Saturdays.

“We talk about having a winning season,” Fedora said. “But we have to worry about this next game. If we’re not constantly concentrating on whoever we play next, we won’t win any (games).”

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Saturday at the Liberty Bowl in Memphis.

USM (2-5,0-3) v. UM (3-5,1-3)

When: 7 p.m., CBS College SportsWhere: Liberty Bowl, Memphis

Black and Blue Bowl

Saturday#6 Okla. State @ #1 Texas, 2:30 p.m., ABC#7 Georgia @ #13 LSU, 2:30 p.m., CBS#2 Alabama @ Tennessee, 6:45 p.m., ESPN#3 Penn State @ #9 Ohio State, 7 p.m., ABC

Games to watch this weekend

The Southern Miss baseball team will culminate the past month-and-a-half of fall baseball practice when they play the annual black and gold game at Pete Taylor Park at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday.

The rosters, which pit mostly veterans against newcomers were released Wednesday.

Likely starters for the black team, which will be coached by as-sitant coach Chad Caillet, include ace Todd McInnis, shortstop Bri-an Dozier, centerfielder Bo Davis, catcher Travis Graves, relievers Wade Weathers and Johnathan Johnston, outfielder Michael Ewing and midweek pitcher Seth Hester.

The Gold team is made up of new faces such as likely starting pitchers Moses Munoz and Scott Copeland, and red-shirted reliever Matt Warren, but also has some familier faces like reliever Colin Cargill, second baseman James Ewing and designated hitter Kyle Maxie. It will be coached by assistant Richie Harrelson.

“We tried to make the rosters as even as possible,” head coach Corky Palmer said. “We like both lineups and we think it’ll be com-petitive and fun to watch.”

Palmer said he’s looking forward to watching as more of a specta-tor than a coach.

“As far as evaluations go, we’re pretty much done,” head baseball coach Corky Palmer said Wednesday. “This game is just for the guys to go out there and have fun.”

Palmer said that assistant coach Scott Berry will likely call the pitches for both teams to make things as fair as possible.

Admission is free and fans are encouraged to attend to see the new faces of the baseball team, some of which will play a huge role in the spring.

Black TeamCoach: Chad Caillet

IF B.A. VollmuthOF Bret ShattlesOF Daniel CovertSP Todd McInnisOF Tyler KoellingSS Brian Dozier

OF Bo DavisC Travis GravesIF Josh Fields

RP Paxton KingRP Wade Weathers

SP Cody SchlagelSP Houston Brown

RP Johnathan JohnstonOF Michael Ewing

IF Adam DoleacRP Jeff StanleySP Seth Hester

Gold TeamCoach: Richie Harrelson

OF Anthony DossOF Nick Smith

RP Kyle LindseyOF Corey Stevens

C Drake ZimmermanIF Travis Creel

SP Moses MunozRP J.R. Ballinger

OF Kameron BruntyIF Taylor WalkerRP Matt WarrenIF James Ewing

SP Scott CopelandRP Collin Cargill

IF Joey ArcherDH Kyle MaxieRP Derek Copley

Tyler ClevelandSports Editor

Spring game SundayAnnual Black and Gold game showcases ‘09 talent

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Southern Miss baseball will have their annual Black and Gold game Sunday at 1:30 p.m.Courtesy of King Photography

SundayTampa Bay @ Dallas, NoonGiants @ Steelers, 3:15 p.m.

--Compiled by Sports Editor Tyler Cleveland

Right: Senior wide receiver Ed Morgan practices making a catch Wednesday afternoon. The Golden Eagles face Conference USA rivals Memphis Saturday at 7 p.m. in Mem-phis, Tenn. Bottom: Britt Barefoot practices kicking field goals Wednes-day afternoon. The Golden Eagles face Memphis Saturday at 7 p.m. in Memphis, Tenn. Maggie Sanford/Printz