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December 4, 2012
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Greeks give ‘A Gift for Christmas’
Ginny Kramer Printz Writer This past September, Brandi Carter, a therapeutic recreation major at the University of Southern Mississippi, began her senior practicum at CARES School in Hattiesburg. Despite its close proximity to campus on U.S. 49, many students at USM have never even heard of the school. “I would call it an alternative school, but the kids also have mental disabilities, “ Carter said. “A lot of them have been neglected and abused.” Per the CARES School website, there are multiple branches of the nonpublic school, and the program describes itself as
a special education curriculum that also provides psychosocial services to its students. CARES is available to Mississippi children ages 6-18 who struggle in their native school and home environments. The CARES organization serves students who have exhausted all available options of intervention targeted towards personal relationships and behavioral problems. In addition, CARES schools work to help children who display an inability to learn but lack any proven link to intellectual, sensory or health factors. In other words, CARES schools help students who have reached the end of their ropes in their original educational systems and give them hope that they can suc-
ceed with the aid of personalized attention. When one considers the struggles many of these children have endured, it’s not hard to imagine that the students at Hattiesburg’s CARES school tugged at the heartstrings of Carter. After just two months at the school, Brandi came up with the idea to adopt the entire school, which enrolls about eighteen students. “I took it upon myself to take the idea to my friends and my sorority, AKA, to adopt the whole school,” Carter said. “We sent out an open invitation to groups on campus to ask them to bring certain items along with monetary donations.”
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The ladies of Delta Gamma perform their 1960s themed routine, “The Corny Collins Christmas Show,” in Chi Omega’s 61st Annual Songfest. Delta Gamma took home the first place overall prize while Tri Delta and Pi Kappa Phi took home first place sorority and first place fraternity.
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Volume 97 Issue 27
BASKETBALL
Two more charged in campus fight Mary Margaret Halford Executive Editor Two more Southern Miss students were arrested Thursday in connection with last week’s on-campus fight involving two guns that left two other students behind bars, including Southern Miss quarterback Anthony Alford. In addition, Alford’s original aggravated assault charges were dropped, and he was charged with conspiracy to possess a weapon on school property and hindering prosecution. Curtis Williams, a 19-yearold from Sumrall, was arrested and charged with felony possession of a weapon on school property, hindering prosecution and tampering with evidence. Bradford Drummond, also 19, of Moss Point was arrested and charged with hindering prosecution and tampering with evidence. Both were arrested Thursday evening and taken to the Forrest County Jail. Alford, a freshman, and Korey Hathorn, a junior, were arrested Wednesday afternoon after a fight was reported near the Walker Science Building around 11 a.m. that day. University Police Chief Bob Hopkins said the fight, which involved four people, left no one injured. Though two guns were allegedly involved in the incident, none were fired. Hathorn was charged with felony possession of a weapon on campus by a student and taken to the Forrest County
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Jail Wednesday afternoon. Eddie Holloway, Dean of Students at the University of Southern Mississippi, said the students arrested in connection with the incident would be placed on interim suspension until a hearing with the Dean of Student’s office is held. “We’ll schedule a hearing and follow the steps from there,” Holloway said in a press conference Wednesday after Alford’s and Hathorn’s arrests. According to the Hattiesburg American, per his bond, Alford is not allowed contact with any of the alleged victims or co-defendants in the case, and he is not allowed on campus without written consent. His bond was set at $5,000 according to jail records. Hathorn, whose bond was set at $10,000, also faces suspension and possibly expulsion from the university pending a hearing with Holloway’s office. Holloway said he was unsure as to how the incident would affect Alford’s future with the Golden Eagle football team.
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