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April 24, 2012

Volume 96 Issue 55

LOCAL

Band poster whips up controversy Justin Mitchell News Editor Last Thursday, a poster promoting a bondage-themed party at local pub The Tavern stirred controversy around USM’s campus. Local DJ group Ca$h Fountain Productions hosted the VIP Dungeon Party at The Tavern on Saturday. Group member Drew Bardin, a University of South-

ern Mississippi graduate, created a poster for the event that was placed throughout campus and Hattiesburg that included a graphic of a naked woman on her knees with her hands tied behind her back. Many students and faculty members on campus were outraged when they saw the flyer. “A faculty member in the English department alerted me and sent me the photo via e-mail,”

Joe Paul, vice president for student affairs, said. “It depicted a woman in a submissive position. It was objectifying and degrading a woman.” Bardin said that the poster was not created to objectify women. “I was Google surfing when I saw the picture,” Bardin said. “I wasn’t trying to find a demeaning picture. “

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Above: Drew Bardin, Greg Brooking and Terrence Bridges, members of Ca$h Fountain Proudctions, meet to discuss the controversy surrounding a poster created for their VIP Dungeon Party at The Tavern last week. Left: A ripped poster from the VIP Dungeon Party was found defaced outside the Elizabeth Harkins Nursing Building Monday night.

ON CAMPUS

Intertribal Society hosts annual pow wow Hayley Bush Printz Writer This weekend, the Golden Eagle Intertribal Society held their 10th annual pow wow in The District on campus. The event lasted all day Friday and Saturday and featured Native American people, food and products from all over the South. Psychology professor Tammy Greer serves as the sponsor for the Intertribal Society. “We have about 10 students in our organization, and our goal with the pow wow is to bring

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awareness to the Native American population,” Greer said. “With the event we hoped to bring a greater meaning to diversity.” The pow wow had members in attendance from a variety of tribes including Houma, Echota Cherokee, Choctaw, Poarch Creek, Eastern Cherokee, Choctaw-Apache, Muscogee Creek and Otobe-Missouria, among many others. The central activity of the pow wow was dancing, and tribal members and the general public all participated. Many of the dances were broken into categories by age and style, and the Native Americans who par-

ticipated were dressed in handcrafted and traditional outfits. Two drums, a Northern and a Southern, were also at the pow wow and provided beats and songs for the dancers. The drum is made up of four to six members all beating on the same large instrument while chanting. The Northern and Southern drums have differences in the songs they play and the way they constrict their voices to deliver the chant. Medicine Tail, from Northern Alabama, was the Northern Drum at the pow wow. The Northern Drums have more of a high pitch when they chant

and sing. The Southern Drum, Southern Pine, was from the Indian reservation in Philadelphia. They have a deeper tone to their chants. Both the Northern and the Southern drums are present at each pow wow. Vance “Beaver” is of the Muscogee Creek nation in Broken Arrow, Okla. He currently resides in Paris, Tex., and is a Southern Strait Dancer, which means he competitively dances. He is the head dancer, and he explained that he is the one who starts all the dances. “No one dances before me,” Vance said in a joking manner. He also said that he travels to a differ-

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ent pow wow every weekend and enjoys getting to educate others on Native American culture. “It’s really neat to get to see different cultures in the Native American communities and to allow the public to see how we have adapted,” Drew Sigona, a member of the OtobeMissouria nation, said. “We are now more open to Caucasians participating in our dances and activities, and that is something that has definitely changed over time.” Sigona is a fancy dancer, which is a high energy style of dance where the beats of the drum can change at any time.

INDEX

Calendar ........................ 2 News .............................. 3 Feature ...........................4 Arts & Entertainment......5 Sports...............................6


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