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November 20, 2012
Volume 97 Issue 24
FOOTBALL
A fall from grace: Golden Eagles 0-11 USM goes from undefeated to win-less at home Ben Welch Printz Writer
As UTEP lined up in the victory formation, it became official. Southern Miss would finish the regular season win-less at home for the first time since 1977. Just a mere season after being undefeated at M.M. Roberts Stadium, the Eagles continued a win-less campaign with a 34-33 loss to the UTEP Miners. Southern Miss fell to 0-11 on the season and 0-7 in C-USA play, despite the best performance of the season from an offensive player. Quarterback Arsenio Favor made his second start of the season and went 16-22 for 374 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. The 374 yards through the air were a season-high for the Eagles and a career-high for Favor. “The thing was, coming in, they were going to stack the box,” said Favor after the game. “Teams have
been stacking the box, and finally I felt comfortable and the receivers felt comfortable with catching the passes so we just attacked.” As per tradition, the final home game was dedicated to the seniors, a senior class that had only lost a total of two home games in their three previous seasons. Southern Miss responded by coming out on fire to start the game. Favor hit wide receiver Dominique Sullivan on a 41 yard touchdown pass on their opening drive of the game. The Eagles and the Miners traded blows all game. Down 27-20 with six minutes left in the fourth quarter, Favor found wide receiver Quentin Pierce with no one around him for an 81-yard touchdown. The touchdown was redshirt senior Pierce’s first of the season, and it was a career-long for him and Favor. That touchdown shifted the momentum towards the Southern
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Junior wide receiver Francisco Llanos pulls the ball in for a reception at The Rock during Saturday night’s game against UTEP.
ON CAMPUS
Local artist carves campus tree A dying tree on the Southern Miss campus was brought to life Saturday, but not with the help of soil and water. Instead, the live oak was restructured by a local artist to take on the shape of a Golden Eagle. Dayton Scoggins, a local carver whose work is wellknown on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, worked for hours Satur-
day on the tree, located on the east side of the Walker Science Building across from the west entrance of the Student Union. The sculpture of the eagle was completed right before the Southern Miss kickoff against UTEP Saturday evening. Loren Erickson, superintendent of campus landscape for Southern Miss said keeping the tree around in a different capacity was a better option than removing it totally. “This tree was dead and in
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need of removal regardless, but the chance for it to remain as an art piece makes its loss much easier to absorb,” Erickson said. Preservation and maintenance of all trees on the Southern Miss campus is taken on by the Tree Management Task Force. When a tree has to be removed, another tree is planted to take its place. The task force commissioned Scoggins to transform what remains of the Jill Johnson/Printz
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tree trunk into a banking eagle, according to a press release from the physical plant. “I am excited about this unique opportunity to incorporate art with recycling,” said Chris Crenshaw, Physical Plant Director. “The Tree Management Task Force deserves much credit for this creative use of a tree, and I look forward to seeing the work of this Mississippi based sculptor.”
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INDEX
Calendar ........................ 2 News .............................. 3 Feature ...........................4 Fall Fashion......................5 Arts & Entertainment.....13 Opinion..........................14 Sports ............................15