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March 7, 2013
Volume 97 Issue 43
ON CAMPUS
Fallen Eagles recognized in ceremony Tuesday Carly Tynes Printz Writer
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Senior Brandon Baker sings during the Fallen Eagles Ceremony held on Tuesday night in the Thad Cochran Center.
In a quiet room in the Thad Cochran Center, a small group of family, friends and University of Southern Mississippi students and faculty members gathered to celebrate and remember the lives of students and faculty who died during the last year in the Fallen Eagles Ceremony. This somber ceremony, which was held Tuesday night, is a Student Government Association initiative that has been held annually since 2003 to remember and honor the lives of members of the Golden Eagle family, who many feel were taken too soon. Each Fallen Eagle had his or her profile read, and a plaque was presented to family members present at the ceremony. There were a total of nine stu-
dents and four faculty members remembered at the ceremony. Allie Solomon, SGA Vice President, coordinated the event. Solomon said she has a personal connection with the event and believes it is extremely important for the Southern Miss family to recognize the Golden Eagles who are no longer with us. “I had two friends commemorated by the Fallen Eagles Ceremony,” Solomon said. “I cherished this opportunity to be able to put on this special ceremony for friends and family members to come together to celebrate the lives of the loved ones lost.” Speakers and a duet of live musicians honored those taken from the Southern Miss family. The main message of the ceremony was the importance of living a life worth remembering and leaving
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ON CAMPUS
Lecture series features USM professors
Andrew Wiest gave a lecture titled “The Boys of ‘67” Wednesday night as part of Phi Alpha Theta’s Lecture Series. The University of Southern Mississippi’s chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, a national history honor society, is hosting the lecture series throughout this semester. Dawne Kennedy, president of the organization, hopes students participate in the series. “I am excited to be able to share our brilliant faculty with the rest of Southern Miss, who may not always get the opportunity to sit under any of our amazing professors,” Kennedy said. “I hope lots of history majors
and friends of history will come to these lectures,” said Phyllis Jestice, chair of the USM Department of History. “It’s a wonderful opportunity to see how professors conduct their own research and to put them on the spot.” Wiest, professor and director of War and Society, spoke about his new book, “The Boys of 67: Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam.” According to Wiest, the book follows a single company of men and their experiences in Vietnam, including the 25 deaths and 105 injuries the group of 160 men experienced. “We tend to argue and write about the big things of war—strategy, effect on culture. But too often we forget the reality of war—what war does to the lives of its young participants,” Wiest said. Jestice will give the next lecture in
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History professor and Vietnam specialist Dr. Andrew Wiest gives a lecture on his newly published book “The Boys of ‘67,” kicking off Phi Alpha Theta’s lecture series.
the series. “Imperial Ladies: The Dynamics of Women’s Rule at the Turn
of the First Millennium” will be held on March 27.
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Jestice’s research focuses on Otto III, a king of Germany, who was only three years old when he became king. “First his mother, then his grandmother, then his aunt ruled for him. Because women’s rule was so strange, it’s a wonderful opportunity to see how German kingship had evolved by this time, so that even a woman could rule,” Jestice said. Miles Doleac will give the third lecture on April 10, titled “Triclinium Pauperum: Poverty and the Christian Charity to the Time of Gregory the Great (590-604 CE).” Doleac’s research explores the nature of poverty in Roman antiquity and Christian responses to it. “Until very recently, Roman historians have written the history of the
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