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Southern Miss to be outfitted by Russell Josh Campbell Printz Writer Southern Miss Athletics celebrated the beginning of a new era Wednesday at M.M. Roberts Stadium as they unveiled the new Russell Athletic uniforms for the upcoming season. Russell and Southern Miss announced the agreement of a five-year deal that will pay Southern Miss $2.75 million once their contract with Nike expires. Russell uniforms will be donned by all 16 Southern Miss athletic programs. The main uniforms that were displayed during the press conference were for the football and basketball programs. The baseball team will be completely dressed by Russell when its contract with Under Armour runs out. The football team will have a revamped look as they attempt
to rebound from last year’s disappointing season. The senior class helped Russell design the new uniforms. The uniforms will take some getting used to but should grow on the fan base. Pieces of the new look include helmets that have yellow flakes in the black paint and pants that have a two-tone color scheme. The uniforms have state-of-the-art features, including MSC fabric, which allows for more comfort and flexibility. The basketball uniforms are a replica of those worn by the 1987 NIT Championship team. It brings a classic look to the program, which is trying to keep improving after an impressive season that resulted in a No. 1 seed in the NIT tournament. “This is an extremely exciting time at Southern Miss and this partnership with Russell Athletic further solidifies our future” USM Athletic Director Jeff Hammond said.
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Southern Miss student athletes Bruce Johnson, Deron Wilson, Neil Watson and Jerrold Brooks display new uniforms designed and selected for the 2013 football season and 2014 basketball season. The USM Athletic Department held a press conference for the release of new uniforms and the new contract with Russell Athletics on Wednesday morning.
The Southern Miss football team will debut their new uni-
forms Aug. 31 when they take on Texas State at The Rock un-
der the leadership of new head coach Todd Monken.
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Miss. STD rates climb, USM pushes awareness Carly Tynes
April is STD Awareness month, meaning it’s time to educate, inform and aim to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases and sexually transmitted infections. More than 20 million sexually transmitted diseases are transmitted each year, with Mississippi ranking at the top of almost every category of disease. According to information released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than $16 billion are poured into treating the some
20 million STDs transmitted each year. Mississippi ranked No. 6 in the United States for highest rate of new HIV infections, with Forrest County ranking third in the state. Seventy-five percent of those newly diagnosed with HIV are men. Mississippi also ranked No. 1 in the U.S. in cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea. It is vital for those who are or have been sexually active to get tested, Kathy Garner, executive director of the AIDS Services Coalition in Hattiesburg, told WHLT in an interview. Garner said when one has sex with someone, he or she is also
sleeping everyone they have slept with. “If you don’t treat those diseases, they can get worse,” Garner said. “It is important that everyone is made aware that HIV is not the only sexually transmitted disease that can and will progress into something worse if untreated or undiagnosed.” Jodi Ryder, health educator with Student Health Services at the University of Southern Mississippi, said the key to effective treatment of STIs and STDs is early detection. Ryder said it is vital that if you are sexually active or are with a partner who has been sexually active that
you and your partner each get tested. “STIs, which are sexually transmitted bacterial infections such as chlamydia and gonorrhea, can be treated and cured if caught early,” Ryder said. “However, some can be caught so late that they can leave a woman infertile.” Ryder said that STDs like HIV, HPV and herpes are not going to completely be cured, but can be placed in a dormant stage with some medications. It is during this dormant stage that most do not realize they are still able to spread the disease. Students at USM are encour-
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aged to educate themselves, others and, most importantly, get tested. Students, faculty and staff can take advantage of free HIV testing offered at the clinic on campus, as well as reduced fees for testing for sexually transmitted infections. “People should always be aware that sexual intercourse is not the only way to spread or contract an STD or STI,” Ryder said. “The spreading of an STD or STI can happen through oral sex and genital to skin contact.” According to the CDC website, half of all new STD diag-
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ACROSS 1 Fashionable heelless footwear 12 “The Sixth Sense” sense 15 Liqueur used to color a Bloody Smurf cocktail 16 It’s at the top of many a round face 17 Pejorative nickname for one supporting a cause via unproductive feel-good measures 18 Place for a gondola 19 Pub.’s client 20 Showed some hustle 22 Peerage member 24 Legal defendant: Abbr. 25 Chain that makes a lot of dough 28 Only British prime minister of Jewish birth 32 “I’m with you!” 34 Infamous 2001 shredders 35 So-so connection? 36 Conjure up 38 Teddy’s Mount Rushmore neighbor 39 Voltaire’s worldview 42 Glass, vis-à-vis electricity 45 Like carry-ons 47 Most unusual 48 Adriatic port 49 Pasta suffix, commercially 50 It was spawned by the Manhattan Project 54 Precious ones 57 Statesman in a Warhol series 58 Sitcom about the Buchmans 61 Word of repulsion 62 Stand firm in the face of defeat 63 Buns, e.g. 64 “Prepare to be amazed!”
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Relay for Life set for Friday night Stormy Speaks Chief Copy Editor On Friday night, the annual 12-hour Relay for Life will be held on Pride Field at the University of Southern Mississippi. Beginning at 6 p.m. and lasting until 6 a.m. Saturday, the fundraiser will feature student teams who have spent the past few weeks working toward a fundraising goal for the American Cancer Society. Each team pledged to raise a certain amount, and for those who don’t reach that goal, they must face the “consequences.” Today, the Relay for Life committee is locking these offenders up during the Jail-N-Bail event. A representative from each team has agreed to raise a certain amount of “bail” to go towards their team fundraising goal. If the representative does not raise the money by today, he or she will be “arrested” by a University Police Depart-
ment officer and taken to “jail,” a location near the fountain in Shoemaker Square, where he or she will be cuffed and given a bucket to collect change as well as phone calls to his team for a certain amount of time in order to get his bail and be released. “Mug shots” of each representative will also be taken. As of Monday night, representatives from Sigma Chi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Kappa Delta, Pi Beta Phi, Zeta Phi Beta, Phi, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and Residence Hall Association will be going to jail if they do not make bail. In addition, a “warrant” on a student or faculty or staff member can be issued for a fee by the issuer, and a member of the Relay for Life committee will deliver the warrant. This can be done between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. today in Shoemaker Square. So far, 28 teams and 210 participants in Relay for Life have raised $3,695.50 to donate to the ACS. To sign up or donate, visit http://main.acsev-
ents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/ R F LC Y 1 3 M S ? p g = e nt r y & f r _ id=48535. Luminarias can also be purchased in honor, memory or support of a loved one affected by cancer.
If you go: Relay for Life— Southern Miss Pride Field from 6 p.m. Friday until 6 a.m. Saturday. The event is free and open to the public.
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Eagles challenged to go green for Earth Day Chase Ladner Printz Writer Beginning Monday, the University of Southern Mississippi will be participating in a week’s worth of environmental conservation and sustainability related events in honor of Earth Day. These events include several public displays, lectures and personal challenges put forward to
try to live a more eco-friendly lifestyle. The first of these events is a mock oil spill from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Weathersby Lawn outside Walker Science Building. Accompanying this will be a farmers’ market at the Baptist Student Union from 3 until 6 p.m. and a challenge for students to go meatless for Monday. Sustainability Advocates, the group hosting the mock oil spill, said similar events will be
held on several other college campuses. “As of right now oil is vital to the economy and way of life,” said Kat Knauer, a doctoral student in polymer science and group founder. “What we are doing is raising awareness about alternative energy services.” Tuesday’s events will be lower key, with a lecture on recycling at 12:15 p.m. in the Thad Cochran Center Ballroom with the challenge to create as little waste as possible. “Water Wednesday” will focus on using as little water as possible with a bottled versus tap water tasting in Shoemaker Square from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday brings the chal-
lenge to avoid using a motor vehicle all day and choosing to walk or bike. Friday is scheduled for three events and the final challenge of trying to do all the previous challenges at once. The first event involves the Conscious Living Information Station, which will be in Shoemaker Square from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Here students will be able to see demonstrations, get tips and try out different things for living a more ecologically friendly lifestyle. The second event will be a town hall meeting from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. with guest speakers and catering in the Student Union. The Council for Community and Civic Engagement
will be hosting the “Okatoma Clean Water Project,” which involves picking up litter around the Okatoma River all day. “The goal is to lead our state and our region in sustainability,” said Owen Terry, Vice President of SGA. SGA and the Office of Sustainability have both been part of the organization of these events. Terry went on to say that there will be a focus on conservation. “Next year we are getting senators who are passionate about sustainability,” he said. For a full list of events, visit usm.edu/green/earthweek. To register for the Okatoma project, call 601-266-5047.
std, from 1 noses occur in those ages 1524, placing many college students in the midst of those being diagnosed. The CDC’s website also suggests mutual monogamy, vaccination, proper use of male condoms and abstinence for effective ways of lowering chances of contracting an STD or transmitting one to another. If you think you may have
an STD or STI, it is recommend you get checked as soon as possible. Student Health Services will be set up from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on April 25 in the Union giving out information and offering free HIV testing. Those who attend and participate will be given a $10 Walmart gift card. “Get tested with each new partner and practice safe sex,”
Ryder said. “Simply using a male condom consistently and properly will greatly reduce your risk of spreading or contracting an STD or STI.” For more information regarding this event or getting tested, contact Student Health Services at 601-266-5390.
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Freshman adopts fashionable philanthropy Mallory Hatten Printz Writer University of Southern Mississippi freshman Kelly Liles saw a need for change and made a bold venture; the biological sciences major started her very own non-profit organization, “Dresses of Hope,” as a high school junior in 2010. Her humanitarian effort provides formal apparel and accessories to young women in need of financial assistance. “I was inspired to create this organization when I discovered there were no prom dress drive organizations listed in the Donate My Dress directory for Mississippi,” Liles said. “I felt like the Pine Belt area really needed an organization like this.” Liles hosts showcase events at local schools, churches and community venues at which she displays a collection of donated formal dresses in a boutiquestyle fashion. Girls from around the community are invited to attend Liles’ events, where they may select for free one of the dozens of dresses to wear to prom or other
formal events. “As long as [I bring] hope and encouragement to at least one young lady, then I am happy,” Liles said. Donations to the organization come from women around the community who have formal attire they don’t plan to wear again. Liles and her team of volunteers have also received donations and support from many groups in the Southern Miss community, including the Honors College, the College PanHellenic Council, the National Pan-Hellenic Council and Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity for Women. In its three-year history, Dresses of Hope has collected 350 dresses, giving away 141 of them to students from Hattiesburg, Oak Grove, Collins, Forrest County Agricultural and Seminary high schools, as well as young women of the Hattiesburg Association for the Rights of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities (ARC). “If you had asked me three years ago if I thought we would have been this successful, I wouldn’t have believed you,” Liles said. “I honestly can tell you I never imagined to be running this
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Kelly Liles shows off one of the dresses that has been donated to her organization, Dresses of Hope, which provides underprivileged high school girls with dresses to wear to school dances.
organization for so long and into college, but like always the Lord has had much different plans.” Liles foresees Dresses of Hope continuing to succeed for many years to come and assured that no matter what, the purpose will always be to remain available for
service to those in need. “When I started this organization, I certainly didn’t think I was qualified; I mean what did I know about prom or formal dresses as a sophomore [in high school],” Liles said. “Regardless of being qualified, I simply said yes to
this opportunity, and I have been blessed by the experience and opportunities to serve others.” To find out more about Dresses of Hope or for donation inquires, e-mail Liles at dressesofhope@gmail.com.
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Dept. of Music to host guest musicians Friday Executive Editor The Southern Miss School of Music will be hosting a concert Friday night, and music professors and students alike say the show will be unlike any other the university has ever seen. “It’s something that has never been seen or heard in Hattiesburg,” said John Wooton, Director of Percussion Studies at USM. “It’s going to be really exciting.” The performance, set to begin at 7:30 p.m. in Bennett Auditorium, will feature about 50 student musicians from the Southern Miss Steel Pan Orchestra and Jazz Lab Band along with three guests artists from across the nation. “It’s a mix of cultures, and the show will have a lot of cultural aspects,” said DJ Louviere, a senior music education major. “It will mix a lot of different styles of music.” Though the event is free for students, tickets for the general public will range from $14 to $20, but Wooton said the price shouldn’t discourage anyone from coming to the show. “The admission is dirt cheap for a show of this magnitude,”
Wooton said. “A presentation like this in a big city would be between $50 and $80.” The performance will feature
guest artists Andy Narell on the steel drums, Lord Realtor on the calypsonian and Mark Walter on the drum set.
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“Assassins” scheduled to open tonight Chase Ladner Printz Writer The opening of the Tony Award-winning musical dark comedy “Assassins” will close out the University of Southern Mississippi’s theatre season tonight. From the same playwright who wrote “Sweeney Todd” and “West Side Story,” “Assassins” follows several historic characters remembered for the infamy. One common feature is that they have all killed or tried to kill men power, particularly presidents. Taking place in a surreal limbolike carnival, the anarchist and revolutionaries talk amongst each other and describe their history in musical fashion. “It’s supposed to be disturbing,” said senior Parker Singletary. “At least, I find it disturbing.” Singletary is playing the part of Sam Byck. He described his character as “a hardworking man who tried to do everything right by everyone.” After Byck was denied a loan and not able to get his tire business off the
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USM students (left to right) Bennett Forrest, Kendall Kiker and Dylan Parker Singletary prepare for the opening show of The Assassins, which will be at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the Tatum Theatre. The show will be performed a total of eight times until April 28.
ground, he begins to look into the loan process. The further he looks, the more he is convinced of a government conspiracy.
Soon he believes the only way to set things right is to kill President Nixon by crashing a Boeing 747 into the White House.
“It’s designed to make the audience think,” said junior Courtney Calato, who plays the Ensible, whose role is to help
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Live @ Five returns to downtown Caitlin Seale Printz Writer
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The Southern Belltones, Southern Miss’ female a capella group, perform for a public audience in the Thad Cochran Center on Tuesday afternoon. The Belltones formed in the fall of 2010 and perform at various Southern Miss events and choral activites. Their next performance will be at the Spirit of Southern’s Stefan Meyers Memorial Concert on April 27 at 7:30 p.m. at Parkway Heights United Methodist Church in Hattiesburg.
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guide the audience through the plot. “The gist of the play is why they did what they did and how did they do it.” The darker tones have also leaked into the advertising for the play. For example, cast members holding guns are depicted. “A lot of the images are somewhat controversial,” said senior Heather Howard, who is the theatre department’s social media coordinator. One scene includes a character dressed as Santa Claus brandishing a pistol. “It’s a weird type of disturbing,” said Howard. However, these scenes match the absurdity seen in many of playwright Stephen Sondheim’s works. “I think the audience will be surprised with how entertaining this piece is; it is hilarious at times,” said director Robin Carr. “I think it is a brilliant piece and would encourage patrons to not be hesitant because of the subject matter.” The show will be in the Tatum theatre and will be running through April 28, with a preshow talk scheduled for Sunday.
Live @ Five is back just in time for the warm spring weather. The weekly event will be bringing music to downtown Hattiesburg every Friday during the month of April. The concert series is held in Town Square Park from 5 until 9 p.m. and is free and open to the public. The event kicked off last week with Dillon, Vidacovich and Singleton. This Friday, Hattiesburg based Americana rock band Vanity Furr will take the stage. The effortless sound and tight harmonies of the band are sure to provide the perfect end to a long week of school or work. Mississippi Blues artist Lightnin’ Malcolm will per-
form on April 26 to wrap up the spring Live @ Five season. Vendors from local restaurants will also be there every week. Qdoba will be selling their delicious nachos, and with sponsors from local restaurants such as Bianchi’s and Walnut Circle Grill there are sure to be lots of yummy treats available. Live @ Five is the perfect way to get out of the dorm room and enjoy some fresh air and great music. Grab some friends, blankets and lawn chairs and head downtown to Town Square Park every Friday in April for some free fun.
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Trashy Moms instead of Teen Moms?
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Good Job NPHC! Keep up the Good Work and continue in your Service to the Community! Day Man. Fighter of the Night Man. Champion of the Sun. You’re a master of karate and friendship for everyone. #AlwaysSunny Mu Xi would like to thank everyone for the support that you have been showing during our week. Please continue to participate in our events and our $25 Photo Challenge. Follow @MuXi_1906 for more info.. Has anyone noticed all those people in rocking chairs in the Union today? They’re raising awareness for autism! Stop by and help them raise $4,000 to send six autistic children to summer camp! If you only have to sacrifice one night of darkness for future students to be able to enjoy this great university, you will be alright To the girl who saved my jump drive and therefore my life today (Tuesday) in starbucks you are amazing! If you see this then come see me on Tuesday or Thursday morning for that cup of coffee! #youTTT We, the members of the NPHC, would like to thank the students of Southern Miss for all of the love shown. We’re not perfect but we’re striving for perfection. UNITY is our goal, so please work with us not against us. #NPHC TTT It is terrible that we have turned our shout-out section of the student newspaper into a bashing section. To my fellow golden eagles: grow UP! For all you young ladies that walk around campus in heels, learn how to walk in them first PLEASE. Also lets not get club attire confused with everyday class wear. you look foolish and the streets is talking.
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Diapers. Alcohol. Car seats. Lingerie. Do these sound like things that mix well together? I hope everyone reading this is thinking “no way!” Many young people, however, think the popular MTV show “Teen Mom” is entertaining, inspirational and a great representation of how a woman learns to parent at such a young age. This might have been true in the first season of “Teen Mom,” that featured women like Farrah Abraham, who embraced the opportunity to care for her child while trying to balance a job and school. Now it seems like these moms are more concerned with their own celebrity status rather than actually taking care of their children. For example, since the show aired, Farrah has been charged with a DUI and reported waxing her 3-year-old daughter’s eyebrows to enhance her appearance. To make her reputation even worse, she was recently caught in lingerie at a bar, kissing another girl. Sounds like your typical soccer mom, right? It could be in this generation, which could be the sickest truth in our society. Ken Shadford, director of Maxim TV, told Fox News, “I
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think with reality stars there is always pressure to continually one-up.” This constant pressure contradicts trying to be a good mother. Why can’t Farrah learn from her mistakes? Why has she become so trashy and scandalous? It could be because she had her child, Sophia, too young and wasn’t ready, or maybe it was due to the unexpected passing of Sophia’s father in 2008. It could be a number of things going on in her life. The real reality is she needs to learn how to
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grow up and act like a mother. “Teen Mom” is a great concept of a young parent’s struggle, but it has gone too far. The show has turned into a laughing stock within society and has made mothers like Farrah too focused on being famous reality TV stars. What can we learn from Farrah’s scandalous life? Leave your experimentation for your own private life and not post scandalous photos on the Internet that can and will stay there forever. If you do have a child, look up to people who know how to be parents, not “Teen Mom” reality stars. Young women need to realize they are not only jeopardizing their children’s future, but the decisions they make will most likely influence their children. No, we do not have to go back to the 1950s and wear sundresses, bake apples pies and maintain
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