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Instructor awarded national honor Michelle Holowach Printz Writer History was made at the University of Southern Mississippi September 29 when one of its own faculty members was named Honorary Consul to France and presented three WWII veterans with the Legion of Honor, the highest decoration in France.

Sponsored by L’Association Francaise de USM, the ceremony held in the Thad Cochran ballrooms on Thursday recognized Keltoum Rowland, a French instructor at USM, as Missisppi’s first Honorary Consul to France. Her first duty as Consul was to host an event in which three WWII Veterans received the Legion of Honor.

“France wants to show its gratitude to these men who risked everything to liberate my country,” Rowland said.

The wife of an officer in the

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French professor Keltoum Rowland, Honorary Consul to France, presented three WWII veterans with the Legion of Honor Thursday. The Legion of Honor is the highest honor in France.

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Century Park receives LEED Gold certification Leighanne Lockhart Printz Writer The University of Southern Mississippi’s newest residence halls have recently received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold certification, a top honor for environmentally friendly buildings.

The Century Park residential complex opened in the fall of 2010. It was designed with the intention to be a state-of-the-art residence hall with systems installed that respect the environment and provide a healthy liv-

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ing and learning environment for students.

LEED is the nation’s preeminent program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.

These buildings use less energy by reducing Thomas Pearson/Printz g r e e n h o u s e Century Park, the newest edition to the residence halls, have gas emissions, officially received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental which in turn Design Gold certification.

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reduces costs for families, taxpayers and businesses.

The $37.7 million development is a gated community located on West 4th Street. It consists of four four-story buildings and a Learning Center with classrooms, study space and a kitchen.

“It is definitely one of the safest and most secure places to live on campus,” resident assistant Rebecca Seale said. “Any way

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that Southern Miss can be recognized for its top-notch features is always an accomplishment. Why wouldn’t someone want to come to college here when they see a residence community like Century Park?”

Century Park houses freshmen, Honors College students and scholarship recipients.

Each room houses two residents and includes two bunkable beds, two dressers, two desks with chairs, two closets, a sink and vanity area and a private bathroom. The room also

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

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11 a.m.

Voter Registration Drive Shoemaker Square

10 a.m.

Transylvania Bowl Union Lobby

10 a.m.

Transylvania Bowl Union Lobby

10 a.m.

Transylvania Bowl Union Lobby

11 a.m.

2nd Annual Rocking for Ronald Penny Drop TCC Lobby

11 a.m.

Rugby Club Recruitment TCC Lobby

11 a.m.

COGIC Fellowship Bible Study Promotion Shoemaker Square

11 a.m.

2nd Annual Rocking for Ronald Penny Drop TCC Lobby

11 a.m.

2nd Annual Rocking for Ronald Penny Drop TCC Lobby

11 a.m.

Rugby Club Recruitment TCC Lobby

12 p.m.

Phi Theta Kappa Interest Meeting TCC 216

11 a.m.

Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser Union Lobby

12 p.m.

CSA Info & Recruiting Shoemaker Square

5 p.m.

Safety First “Survival 101” Union Plaza and R.C.’s Lounge

7 p.m.

Rocking for Ronald Union Room B

6 p.m.

Competition Karoake Power House 6:30 p.m.

Forensic Science Society Seminar TCC 216

6 p.m.

March of Dimes: Signature Star Chefs Auction TCC Grand Ballrooms 7 p.m.

Generation 6:20 Thursday Night Live TCC 214, 218

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Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser Union Lobby

9 a.m.

Men of Excellence “T.R.U.S.T. Your Brother” Union Rooms B, C H, Hall of Honors 9 a.m.

Miss USM Pageant Interviews HUB Black Conference Room 11 a.m.

Miss USM Pageant Judges Luncheon HUB Gold Conference Room 1 p.m.

Alpha Delta Pi Rocking for Ronald Pride Field 7 p.m.

Miss USM Pageant Bennett Auditorium

5 THINGS YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW *The average person spends about 2 years on the phone in a lifetime. *The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had. *Karaoke means “empty orchestra” in Japanese. *A skunk’s smell can be detected by a human a mile away. *Children grow faster in the springtime. *Flying from London to New York by Concorde, due to the time zones crossed, you can arrive 2 hours before you leave.

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Consulting club provides connections Justin Mitchell Printz Writer For many Southern Miss students, securing an internship and obtaining careers after graduation can be a drawn out process with mediocre results.

However, some students and faculty said that linking small business owners and students together can provide a gateway to a successful career after college graduation.

Chelsea Wahl, a biochemistry major, helped create the Golden Eagle Student Consulting Club

to facilitate this. Wahl said the club will help connect small business owners to students who hope to start their own business in the future.

“The Golden Eagle Student Consulting Club will also help students with planning, creating business plans and interpreting financial analysis. The club is also a great way for student-business interaction as well as a way for students to obtain potential internships,” Wahl said.

Wahl also said that students from any major can join the club to learn more about entrepreneurship.

“Joining this club will be a really great networking opportunity for students to find jobs after graduate,” Wahl said.

Bianca Jagers, President of the consulting club, said she was excited to meet new students interesting in business, consulting and networking.

“I’m looking forward to engage in many new ventures with this group and engage with students,” Jagers said.

SherRhonda Gibbs, a USM professor in the department of Management & International Business, is the advisor of the Golden Eagle Student Consulting Club.

“I am thrilled that students are spearheading efforts to ignite the entrepreneurial spirit at Southern Miss. This group is the first of its kind on campus and is sure to make an immediate impact on aspiring student entrepreneurs across campus,” Gibbs said.

Gibbs also said she encourages students who are interested in business or entrepreneurship to consider joining the club.

“Students will interact with and provide valuable services to entrepreneurs and are positioning themselves for great career and entrepreneurial opportunities in the future,” Gibbs said.

The club’s motto is “Transforming Knowledge Into Experience.” Wahl said students will be able to gain important business-related experience from club meetings.

“We will hold workshops during every meeting to make sure everyone is on the same page,” Wahl said.

Students interested in joining the Golden Eagle Student Consulting Club can attend meetings the first and third Wednesdays of each month in Joseph Greene Hall 104. The first meeting is Wednesday.

An Alumna of USM herself, Rowland has been teaching French at Southern Miss since 2004. She has served as President of the American Association of Teachers of French for Mississippi, is a member of the French Alliance and is the advisor of the French Society of USM. Vice President of the French Society of USM Joseph Nguyen said he thinks Rowland is a very good fit to be Mississippi’s Honorary Consul to France.

“She’s very passionate about both sides of the culture,” he said. “Very passionate about the American side, very passionate about the French side, she’s very hands-on with things, and I think she’s very active. I don’t think there’s a better person for it really.”

“I was thrilled to hear the news of Keltoum’s success,” Steven Moser, Dean of the College of Arts and Letters, said. “It’s just one more manifestation of the quality of our faculty and staff and how much they reach out to the community.” Moser also said that anytime the university can collaborate in such a global way it extends its reach and speaks highly of its colleagues in the college who move

outside of their discipline.

After Rowland was recognized as Mississippi’s Honorary Consul to France, History professor Andrew Wiest spoke on the importance of “remembering the cost of war” and “honoring the heroes of America’s greatest generation.”

His expose was followed by a presentation from LTC Joseph E. Worley, Jr., the professor of Military Science. Deputy Director of Mississippi Veteran Affairs Randy Reeves also spoke before the three veterans were bestowed with their monumental award.

France and America were then united in granting these three members of America’s greatest generation the Legion of Honor.

Veterans Jack O’Hearn, James W. Williams, and the widow of Louis K. Brown were presented with medals, displaying France’s gratitude for the liberation of their country during World War II. To witnessing the presentation of this esteemed French honor is to experience history in the making. “The WWII veterans are walking history books, they’ve lived through it, they know and seen it,” Nguyen said. “So for Southern Miss stu-

dents to come in contact with them, to maybe even ask questions, is a rare opportunity.”

President of the French Association of USM Ashleigh Ladner said this ceremony shows USM is involved and interested in Foreign Affairs. “Legion of

Honors is really prestigious and it’s not everyday that you see people get awarded that,” Ladner said, “So I think it’s an awesome opportunity for foreign affairs and military affairs to be incorporated in the University.”

French, from 1 Army, Rowland said she personally knows the sacrifices of those soldiers who have risked their lives.

“I think it is very important to honor those men who give up everything to go and fight for us,” Rowland said.

The event opened with the singing of the American and French national anthems, followed by an address from USM Provost Bob Lyman. Deputy Consul of France Caroline Pasquier was also in attendance and officially recognized Rowland as Consul.

Rowland said she is deeply honored to be awarded this title.

“My first objective is to make sure that all French residing here in Mississippi know that they have a point of contact,” she said. “The second point is to develop some kind of cooperation in the arts, in the science, and in the culture, and to bring a tad bit of France here to Mississippi.”

There are approximately 100 French citizens living in Mississippi who will now be able to contact Rowland if they need help with passports and identity cards or face any kind of emergency.

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Sophomore kinesiology major Lisa Edwards is living in Century Park for the second year in a row. When considering moving off campus last year, in the end she decided she was content staying on campus in the new residential complex.

“CP is a wonderful community for students and are

“Go Green” in every aspect of living,” Edwards said. “From our lights, water and washing machines, everything that makes up CP was well thought through in order to be environmentally friendly.”

Senior public relations major Cher Cannon was a resident assistant in Century Park last year. She thinks the complex’s receiving of the GOLD standard is fitting for

Southern Miss’s priorities of attaining healthy minds, bodies, and campuses.

“I think it’s great that we are taking big steps and striving for a better campus,” Cannon said. “Sustainability is one of our campus’s strongest aspects so it would only make sense that we would move forward in our efforts to have healthy, green living environments for the students.”

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Q&A: Luc leads on-campus living Arielle Edwards Printz Writer

Alicia Luc has been the Residence Life Coordinator for the Village and College of Business Honors House for three years now. Her job entails managing the day-to-day activities of the Village, supervising a staff of resident assistants, and managing all other housing related issues. Starting off as a hall director in Wilber Hall, Luc has never failed to put a smile on someone’s face and has continued to bring positivity and kindness to the Southern Miss campus.

Q: As Residence Life Coordinator, what exactly are you in charge of managing?

A: I manage day-to-day operations of the Village (which

includes sorority houses, upperclass scholarship women, the nursing living learning community and athletes) and the College of Business Honors House. I supervise a staff of 12 RAs, two peer mentors and one assistant hall director. I manage any housing related issues, supervise RA programming and serve as a resource to the students. I also advise the Rho Eta Alpha chapter of the National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH), which is an organization that honors the top one percent of leaders living on campus.

Q: What do you love most about your job?

A: I think my favorite thing about working here at Southern Miss is the people that I meet through my job. I get to know so many wonderful women by

working with the sororities and a lot of great students from the other buildings. I also love working with my student staff members. They are among the best and brightest undergraduate leaders I have ever met and they never cease to amaze me. Students are truly the reason that anyone goes into student affairs as a profession, and they often give you an education you’ll never forget.

really great people in the Division of Student Affairs here, and they have been very positive mentors for me as I began my career. And, of course, the students make my job totally worth it each and every day. They never fail to make me laugh or put a smile on my face. I honestly didn’t picture seeing myself in Mississippi after graduate school, but I absolutely love my position here.

A: I finished my Master’s degree here in the Summer 2009 semester. During my graduate education, I was the Hall Director in Wilber Hall, and I really loved the culture of Southern Miss. It’s a mid-sized school with a small school feel and a lot of Southern hospitality. There are also some

A: Our RAs go through an extensive two-week departmental training at the beginning of the fall semester. They spend a lot of time learning about the position, how to address situations that might come up, plan programs and get our buildings ready for opening. We also do a lot of on-

Q: Why did you choose to work here at Southern Miss?

Q: What do you have to do in order to train the RAs?

going training throughout the year as well. We also meet once a week as a staff and we often do mini training sessions during those meetings. Being a RA is an excellent leadership opportunity – our RAs learn a lot of transferrable skills that they are able to apply to future positions. I think one of the most important lessons that they learn by being a RA is learning how to work on team and work with others who might be different than them selves. It really is a fun job, and being a RA at my undergraduate institution helped me become who I am today and find a career path that I truly love.

Luc has served Southern Miss with love and enthusiasm, and her leadership skills will continue to push this campus to the top.

News in brief: Midtown Project: Hattiesburg Students are encouraged to attend the Midtown Project: Hattiesburg student forum in the Hub Activity Center from 4 until 5 p.m.

Wednesday.

Sid Gonsoulin, member of the leadership

Student Governtment Association The Student Government Association has released applications for student organizational funding.

Any organization registered with the

Alpha Delta Pi and Ronald McDonald House The ladies of Alpha Delta Pi are hosting a trivia night tonight from 7 until 9 p.m. in Union Room B to de-

committee, will be there to note ideas and advice from students as to what kind of businesses they would like to see in Hattiesburg.

Midtown Project: Hattiesburg hopes to bring new businesses, restaurants, living and nightlife to the Hub City. Some ideas being

Office of Student Activities is eligible to apply for the funds, which have been set aside by SGA. Applications must be completed and submitted to the SGA office by Oct. 12 at 5 p.m.

Applicants must be available for a hearing/interview time,

termine the King and Queen of rock.

Questions asked during trivia will include questions about the USM’s ADPi chapter, music and Ronald McDonald House Charities, ADPi’s phi-

discussed include art venues, music venues, late night restaurants, and loft apartments.

Students should bring their voices and ideas for new business strengths to the Hub Activity Center on Wednesday.

which will be held Oct. 17 through Oct. 21. Failure to show for an interview will result in a voided application.

For more information, contact Corey Stapp, Senate President Pro Tempore, at corey.stapp@eagles. usm.edu.

lanthropy.

Students are encouraged to come out and support the Alpha Delta Pi ladies and fight to become the King and Queen of Rock.

Arts & Entertainment

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Review

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50/50: Just what the doctor ordered Hannah Jones Managing Editor Inspired by a true story, Summit Entertainment’s latest production 50/50 examines the life of a young man diagnosed with cancer and his journey of finding love, friendship and means of survival in the most unlikely places.

As the film progresses, Adam’s (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) vitality and health fade, and he comes to terms with his life and illness as well as the illness’s effects on his life. During the various stages of treatment, Adam learns to appreciate what he has, especially the things he once took for granted before his diagnosis.

Director Jonathan Levine’s (The Wackness) most recent film acts as a new age “dramody” loosely based off the real-life experiences of screenwriter Will Reiser, who battled a potentially fatal form of cancer in his 20s.

Gordon-Levitt, known for his roles in 500 Days of Summer and Inception, stars as Adam Lerner, a 27-year-old radio program writer who is diagnosed with spinal cancer. From beginning to end, Gordon-Levitt delivers an astounding, passionate performance that,

in turn, generates legitimate empathy with audience members.

The evolution of his character is both evident and believable without seeming contrived from the strain of meticulous direction.

Personally, Gordon-Levitt is one of my favorite young actors in Hollywood, not only because of his acting capabilities but also his choice of films. As for 50/50, I laughed, I cried…I lusted.

(Brief fan-girl moment.)

Kyle, played by infamous foulmouthed funny-man Seth Rogen, aids Adam during his battle with cancer through a bounty of inappropriate humor, complicating his life in antagonizing but humorous ways. Rogen plays his typical stock character of a chubby, comical stoner friend. However, Rogen functions as the primary source of comedic relief for the film. Compared to his other films where he plays a supporting role, Rogen’s depiction of Kyle seems complimentary rather than brash.

50/50 also co-stars Bryce Dallas Howard, known for her role in The Help as well as being director Ron Howard’s most famous offspring.

Howard plays Rachael, Adam’s “supportive” girlfriend.

Anna Kendrick, who nabbed

a spot on Hollywood’s A-list after co-starring alongside George Clooney in the 2009 Academy Award nominated drama Up in the Air (Yes, I refuse to formally accredit Twilight.), takes on the role of Katherine, a medical student who acts as Adam’s therapist.

The supporting cast adds a supplementary, dimensional presence in the film. Each individual, whether it’s Adam’s therapist (Kendrick), girlfriend (Howard) or mother, (Anjelica Huston) plays a key role in Adam’s life as well as his battle with cancer. As the relationships between Adam and the people in his life grow and fade, the audience can distinguish a deeper, developed understanding of Adam’s character, making 50/50 a relatable film as well as a story of human growth and understanding.

50/50 has received mostly positive reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes reports that 93% of 120 critics have given positive reviews. The film, thus far, maintains an overall rating of 7.8 out of 10. Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average on a 100 point scale from mainstream critics, gives the film an overall score of 72 based off 40 reviews.

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From left, Anna Kendrick, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen star in “50/50.”

Overall, 50/50 weaves both comedy and drama in unassuming ways. In layman’s terms, the film is a heartwarming tale of love and friendship while simultaneously being a raunchy “pothead comedy.”

At first glance, a comedy about cancer doesn’t seem like the most efficient way to approach such a sensitive subject.

50/50 doesn’t venture too far to either end of the drama versus comedy spectrum and finds a sweet spot through sustain-

ing a steady stream of touching sincerity in balance with heartwarming hilarity. Moreover, 50/50 does an excellent job harmonizing the two genres alongside the overall story and incorporating characters within that story without any sense of force. The film reminds audiences that love and friendship are life’s greatest healers.

50/50 is sincere filmmaking at its finest.

on campus

USM professor shines on Broadway Music, Kyle likes to bring an ele- Lopinto says Kyle taught him as Maria in West Side Story.

“The producer obtained one ment of theatre, dance and art into voice while she was completing of my recordings and decided her musical projects. When she her degree at Southern Miss.

“After years of bringing the she wanted to get to know me,” decided to develop the concept further, she knew just whom to call. world’s finest to Mississippi Kyle said.

“Mike Lopinto has been a with the Symphony, it thrills me “One thing led to another, and she expressed interest in putting friend for many years and has to be able to have this production by Southern Miss altogether a show,” Kyle said. ums take on the Big Apple,” Sondheim in the City is a After years of bringing Lopinto said. cabaret-style production that Although Kyle and Lopinshowcases the multi-faceted the world’s finest to Misto are two crucial elements Maryann Kyle, but she hasn’t sissippi with the symphoin making this production forgotten her roots. ny, it thrills me to be able a success, the show would “I’m always happy when I to have this production by not be complete without return from New York because USM student Brett Barnes, I get the tremendous opporSouthern Miss alums take a senior music education tunity to come back to work on the Big Apple. major who is accredited for with such a talented bunch of his choreography across the students,” Kyle said.

United States.

“I miss my students very “I lived and studied in much.”

New York City in 2007 at This is the first time in the American Musical and the history of the university that a project that originated at served the university brilliantly Dramatic Academy,” Barnes Southern Miss has appeared on in the areas of marketing and said. “It’s thrilling to return Broadway. event production,” Kyle said. with a production that showThe 65-minute, one-night “We went back to his kitchen cases Southern Miss talent on only performance took place table where it all started and and off the stage.”

Kyle’s Broadway musical deat 7 p.m. Saturday at the Laurie began reworking the script and Beechman Theatre, the same staging into the form it is now.” picts a journey of defining motheatre where Joan Rivers hosts Lopinto is currently the PR/ ments in her life and the sacriher show Joan Rivers: Live in Marketing and Auditorium Co- fices she has made.

Times Square. ordinator for the School of Music.

According to USM’s School of According to usm.edu/music,

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Southern Miss music professor Maryann Kyle starred in the Broadway musical Sondheim in the City Saturday.

Rachel Beech Printz Writer USM’s very own voice opera musical theatre professor Maryann Kyle starred in the new Broadway musical Sondheim in the City.

This creative material of pop and opera, created by the woman herself, is a reflection of Kyle’s life.

Kyle recently packed up her belongings in the ‘Burg and headed north to the Big Apple, where she will perform her Sondheim repertory.

Kyle is a prime example of the importance of networking and building connections.

Kyle was discovered by the producer of Marni Nixon’s act Mostly Marni Nixon, the singing voice for Audrey Hepburn as Eliza in My Fair Lady and for Natalie Wood

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Mike Lopinto

Opinion

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

TECH

Student Shout-outs

Bad mojo all around

Turnitin.com discourages originality

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Eaglepalooza lets have a repeat of how awesome Girl Talk was, Wiz Khalifa is definitely like a million times the wrong direction of what we need to go in. MSU is bringing the Avett Bros, that’s good and all but let us have a good old fashion dance party!!

I miss the 90s. Can we have a 90s theme day during homecoming week?

To the worlds leading authority on “the real world”, B = -31.5. If you seriously can’t do that then Mississippi State is taking applications, you’re their ideal candidate.

I think the teachers should park where the commuters park and vice versa because we are here only a few minutes or a few hours a day and teachers are here all day. 135 dollars to park is already insane.

You’d think we’d get close parking for that price!

To the Concerned Woman: Please explain to me how taking a pill that causes you to go into early labor without a doctor, and seeing your dead baby land in the toilet is physically or emotionally healthy for a woman?

Thanks, Pro-Woman They should allow us to vote one who students want to bring to Eaglepalooza, I say put Coldplay on the ballot, but if that’s a stretch skrillex.

That awkward moment when you realize what that catchy song from your childhood is actually talking about, a.k.a.

“Too Close” by Next.

Justin Mitchell Printz Writer Whether you’re earning a degree in polymer science, physical therapy, coaching or theatre, chances are you will have to write a paper or two or twenty in your undergraduate career at Southern Miss. While some enjoy writing papers, others would rather clean bathroom toilets with toothbrushes than chalk together ideas for a three page paper about a reading from a World Civ book.

For the sake of passing, students suck it up and put their best thoughts forward into a typed essay and turn it in before the deadline. As if this isn’t enough, many professors require students to submit their essays to turnitin.com, an online database that checks documents for “originality.” My question is this: why do professors think an online database can decide if my paper is original?

First of all, turnitin.com compares a student’s paper to other papers linked within the website and other internet sources.

How is it a student’s fault if they happen to use the same word or lingo as another student? How can turnitin.com respectfully say that a student from Southern Miss copied a phrase from a student’s paper from UCLA? It just doesn’t add up, friends. #Messy.

Next, it’s quite easy to improperly cite a source when typing a paper. If a student types one letter or page number incorrectly when citing

MLA or APA format, turnitin. com can report that a paper is plagiarized. Plagiarism and citing incorrectly are not the same thing. Students should not receive a failing grade because they accidentally typed the wrong word or number.

For example, let’s say a student decides to write a paper about monkeys for his zoology class.

The student finds an article online from the National Geographic website about monkey population over the past century. However, monkeys.com also has an article about monkey population over the past century. If the student cites the National Geographic website in his paper, then he should be fine. Well, turnitin.com only has a paper on file from a student who used the same words in his article but quoted monkeys.com.

Turnitin.com says that the student’s paper is plagiarizing. This monkey business is simply not fair.

Imagine if this student was writing a research paper about monkeys. I guess the joke would just be on the student. That’s some funky bananas, my friends.

When writing a research paper, all students have to do is look up information, type the information to make it cohesive to their personal writing style and cite the article. A research paper is merely studying a topic in-depth.

If all of the information from a research paper comes from cited topics, then how in the hell can it be 100% original? Oh, wait. It can’t.

If professors really want to catch a student who cheats, they should not look on a database website that checks for “originality.” It’s completely biased to the database. If a professor suspects plagiarism, all one has to do is type a phrase into Google.

If a website shows up with exact

wording, then information has been copied. I find it offensive that a professor would entrust a student’s grade in a class to a computer-generated database that spits out information.

Judging creativity and originality based on a website database is unjust.

Wikipedia is an awful website to use when writing a paper, but it gives students an idea of what to look for when writing about a topic. Turnitin.com does nothing but punish students for something they may or may not have done.

Let’s face it, guys. Students are much more intelligent than turnitin.com gives them credit for. We learned how to source information and put things into our own words when we wrote our senior research papers in high school. Plagiarism is a nasty and fatal offense. Students have looked beyond that by paying others to write their papers for them. Get with the program, professors. Turnitin. com is a dated, over-used tool that punishes students for being original.

This was an article of opinion by Justin Mitchell, a writer for The Student Printz. Email questions or comments to justin.mitchell@ eagles.usm.edu.

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Here is a radical idea: instead of going through the complicated process of curing a hangover, why don’t you just moderate your drinking and avoid a hangover in the first place?

Then you can do stuff like... idk, go to class and go running.

6b + 196 - 7 = 0 solves to b = -31 and 1/2. You apparently can’t add, subtract, or divide. If you want to complain about math, get out of MAT099 first.

That straight guy is just jealous that my girlfriend is hotter than his. -proud lesbian student Can The Pride PLEASE stop playing “My Girl” at the games. It is super cheesy, doesn’t get anyone pumped up for the game, and has no connection to football whatsoever!

Big thanks to whoever made all of us over in Hillcrest look bad with that Shout-Out the other day. Heaven forbid you take it up with the person you had a problem with or talk to your r.a. about it. Good lookin’ out, champ!

It’s great and commendable to root for your (our) team, but have a little class. Don’t “boo” the opposing team just for being there to play. When the refs make bad calls (and they will, and do), then sound off, but again, have some class. Chanting BullS**t is not what I would consider classy. Think before you open your filthy, podunk mouths!

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To the people who sit outside the room talking before their W 6:30 class in TEC, quit acting like a bunch of middle schoolers and let the grownups study.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

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SOCCER

Lady Miners pull past Lady Eagles Josh Seabrook Printz Writer The Southern Miss Lady Eagles soccer team took the pitch against the UTEP Lady Miners in the annual “Pink Out” game on Sunday. The Lady Miners took the match 3-1.

The opening salvo was fired

by UTEP as Katie Dorman snuck the ball past USM goalie Hannah Vanderboegh to make the score 1-0 UTEP. The goal was unassisted off a steal from a defender from the penalty mark on the USM half of the field.

With only 11 minutes until the half, USM got a throw in from Macie Wallace, which landed at the feet of Brooke Hendrix. Hendrix found an open Mischa Tice, who went for a goal that bounced over the keeper’s head to tie the game before halftime.

In the second half, it was all UTEP as the Lady Miners dominated the ball and time of possession. The first goal of the second half came from UTEP’s, Azia Nicholson with 38 minutes to go, making the score 2-1 UTEP. With 31 minutes left, the Lady Miners scored another

goal. Lauren Katada scored to push the score to 3-1.

The Lady Eagles fell to 3-73 overall and 0-2-1 in conference while the Lady Miners improved to 9-3-1 overall and 3-1-0. Lady Eagles head coach Scott Ebke was pleased with the team’s effort but felt they could do better.

“We’re not playing as well as we want to play,” Ebke said.

We’re definitely dangerous when we keep the ball. I’m definitely pleased with the progress. We’re playing a lot of players in different positions which continues to add to our attack-

ing mentality.

“We expect to be in our conference tournament, which is the top eight teams,” Ebke said.

“We just go to get the results on the weekend and make that happen.”

Sophomore forward Mischa Tice scored the only goal for the Lady Eagles.

“It took a lot of effort from every person that contributed,” Tice said. “First it was Jordan’s [Wagner] throw, Brooke’s flick on, then the other team’s mental breakdown and it just took all of that to get it into the back of the goal.”

Freshman Macie Wallace notched an assist in the game and played hard off the bench in the game for the Lady Eagles.

“We’re definitely becoming a little better with every game,” Wallace added. “We work hard every week to try to come out and be better. We’re coming out and we’re giving everybody a battle. We just got to make sure that some things we’re not doing get done.”

This week the Lady Eagles will embark on another tough road trip to play conference foes East Carolina on Friday and Marshall on Sunday.

Sports in brief:

Volleyball splits weekend games The Southern Miss Lady Eagle volleyball team won their home conference opener against Memphis on Friday 3-0 but lost their match on Sunday to UAB 3-1. In Friday’s game, three Eagles totaled doubledigit kills against the Tigers, with junior Halie Ecker leading the way with 12. Seniors Ashley Mell and Lauren Sears finished second on the squad with 10 each on .714 and .526 hitting, respectively. Senior setter Kelsea Seymour led the team with 39 assists and was able to notch her 1000th career dig. Senior libero Lisa Knecht tallied 16 digs while Elizabeth

Rinaudo collected 13.

Sunday’s game featured another great effort by the Lady Eagles as senior Amelia Hendrickson tallied her fifth double-double with 12 kills and 12 digs for the Golden Eagles (7-9, 1-3).

Seymour dished out 36 assists to go with 14 digs in posting her eight double-double of the season. Knecht collected a match high 27 digs while Elizabeth Rinaudo added 16 digs.

The volleyball team will hit the road to play two matches against Tulsa this weekend and will be back at Reed Green Coliseum on October 14 to play East Carolina.

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The Lady Eagles totaled 32 kills during the match against UAB Sunday. Senior Lauren Sears from Ashburn, Va. contributed 10 kills to that effort.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Football

Golden Eagles blackout Owls Jeff Haegar Printz Writer The Southern Miss Golden Eagles (1-1 C-USA) earned their first conference win of the season on Saturday with a 48-24 home victory over the Rice University Owls (1-3, 0-1 C-USA).

After three consecutive wins, the Golden Eagles now have an overall record of 4-1 and this win marks their first victory in three contests against the Owls.

Junior bandit Jamie Collins was a catalyst for the Southern Miss defense once again as he slammed Rice running back Sam McGuffie to the turf for a loss of eight yards on the first play from scrimmage.

“On the first play of the game Jamie [Collins] picked a guy up and slammed him on his head, so a big play like that is going to set the tone all night,” redshirt senior linebacker Ronnie Thornton said of his teammate’s tackle.

Each of the Owls’ first three possessions stalled after three plays while the Golden Eagle offense marched the ball up and down the field at will. Late in the first quarter Southern Miss seized a 13-0 lead off a 47-yard sprint by Kendrick Hardy to the end zone as well as a perfectly executed 46-yard flea flicker touchdown pass from Austin Davis to a wide open Ryan Balentine.

Southern Miss watched its lead evaporate in five seconds of actual game time as Rice quarterback Taylor McHargue connected with wide receiver Vance McDonald for a two-yard touchdown pass, making it 7-0. On the ensuing kickoff, Rice linebacker Michael Kutzler put the Owls up 14-13 when he returned a fumble 17 yards for a touchdown to end the first quarter.

Southern Miss head football coach Larry Fedora thought his players responded how he expected when they faced this kind of adversity throughout the game.

“We just kept playing. We [didn’t] panic,” said Fedora. “We

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Southern Miss wide receiver Ryan Balentine catches a 46-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter of the Golden Eagles’ 48-24 victory over the Rice Owls.

didn’t tackle well at that point. We were trying to knock guys off their feet instead of just wrapping up, and they were picking up seven or eight yards a pop. Once we settled down, and relaxed, and played football like we can, we were fine.”

Following a Davis interception late in the second quarter, Rice had a second and goal to go from the Golden Eagle four yard line when Southern Miss responded with a big play of their own.

Cornerback Marquese Wheaton scooped up a McHargue fumble at the Golden Eagle 25 yard line and returned it 75 yards for a momentum-shifting touchdown.

Early in the third quarter, the momentum swung back in favor of the Owls, as a fourth and one Hardy run on the Rice four yard line turned into a costly fumble and a 96-yard Xavier Webb return for a touchdown, making the score 24-20 Rice.

Down the stretch, the Golden

Football vs RICE

Eagles capitalized on big plays against an exhausted Owl defense en route to scoring 28 unanswered points to end the game. This stretch included rushes of one and two yards for scores by Davis and wide receiver Tracy Lampley, respectively, as well as two Davis touchdown passes to wide receivers Kevin Bolden and Balentine for 45 and 23 yards, respectively.

Bolden finished the game with nine receptions for 132 yards and a touchdown while Balentine hauled in seven grabs for 114 yards and two scores The Golden Eagles finished the game with a school record 654 yards of total offense, 370 of which came on the ground at an average of 7.3 yards a carry.

Coming into the game, Rice was allowing 233.3 rushing yards per contest, and for Southern Miss it hardly mattered who was gash-

C-USA games this weekend

Southern Miss Box Score

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game by turning the ball over four times. The Golden Eagle defense also helped the cause by forcing two turnovers of their own as well as limiting Rice to just 33 net yards rushing.

“I just think it says a lot about our team,” Fedora said of his team overcoming adversity. “Defensively, I thought we played really well. Obviously, you don’t want to turn the ball over like we did. So we have to do much better in those areas. But it’s a win.

We’ve got a lot to work on and we’ve got to get ready for Navy.”

The Golden Eagles will travel to Annapolis, Md. Saturday to take on the non-conference Midshipmen at 2:30 p.m.

Watch Larry Fedora’s Interview at: www.studentprintz.com

Southern Miss Sports: Upcoming Games

Football:

10/7/11 6 p.m. Soccer at East Carolina Greenville, N.C.

10/8/11 2:30 p.m. Football at Navy Annapolis, Md.

Soccer:

10/8/11 1 p.m. Volleyball at Tulsa Tulsa, Okla.

10/9/11 12 p.m. Soccer at Marshall Huntington, W. Va.

Volleyball:

10/8/11 2 p.m. Softball hosts Chipola College Hattiesburg, Miss.

10/9/11 1 p.m. Volleyball at Tulsa Tulsa, Okla.

10/1 vs. Rice W, 48-24 SMU 40, (20) TCU 33 (OT) Marshall 17, Louisville 13 Tulsa 41, North Texas 24 North Carolina 35, East Carolina 20 Middle Tennessee 38, Memphis 31 Troy 24, UAB 23 Army 45, Tulane 6 Houston 49, UTEP 42

ing through the Owl defense.

Hardy totaled 172 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries before leaving for the remainder of the game with an injury in the third quarter. Running backs Jamal Woodyard and Jeremy Hester also left this game with injuries, so Lampley carried the load in the fourth quarter as he accumulated 70 yards on only nine carries. Even fifthstring running back Bruce Johnson had a 25-yard run to his credit.

“For our offense, when we needed it, we drove the ball down the field,” Davis said of the game. “A huge credit goes to our offensive line. We were able to run the ball and really control the tempo in the second half. It was a huge game for [the offensive line] and I am really proud of those guys.”

The Southern Miss prolific ground attack helped stabilize an offense that kept Rice in the

9/30 vs. Colorado College L, 3-0 10/2 vs. UTEP L, 3-1

9/30 vs. Memphis W, 3-0 10/2 vs. UAB L, 3-1