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September 16, 2013
Volume 98 Issue 7
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Hattiesburg mayoral election 2.0 Christian Baker Printz Reporter
Hattiesburg voters will take to the polls again on Sept. 24 to vote for mayor of the city in a special election. The special election is the result of the contested June 4 election that declared incumbent Mayor Johnny DuPree
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winner by 37 votes. DuPree was challenged in a court of law by opponent and former City Councilman Dave Ware on accusations of voter fraud and witness and juror intimidation. After listening to testimony from key witnesses from the DuPree and Ware camps, the jury deliberated and decided in a 9-3 vote that Dave Ware was to be declared the winner
of the June 4 election. When Judge William F. Coleman polled jurors in open court, one of the jurors changed their original vote, making the vote 8-4 and leaving Ware without the nine necessary votes needed to secure the election win.
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Record enrollment for Honors College Chase Ladner Printz Reporter
The University of Southern Mississippi’s Honors College experienced record growth this year due to renewed recruitment efforts and increased quality of the university’s programs. The freshmen class produced 178 new Honors College students, about 10 percent of the incoming class. This is an increase from last year’s record of 175. “That’s a pretty big spike from a few years previous,” said David Davies, Dean of the Honors College. Davies said it is a significant increase in numbers from six years ago. “I applied to Honors College for the small classes and opportunities for things like active learning classes where you get to take trips to other cities as part of the course,” said Will Mueller, a freshman entertainment industry major. “Also, it’s pretty nice getting to stay in Century Park.” “Honors classes ask a lot from students, so we see more students every year become more focused, involved and excited,” said Ashten Redell, a senior English major and Honors College Ambassador. To be accepted into the Honors College, incoming students must
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The Honor House is home 178 new Honors College students, and is located on the Hattiesburg campus at The University of Southern Mississippi.
have a core high school GPA of 3.5 and an ACT score of 27. This fall’s new Honor students have an average GPA of 3.8 and an average ACT score of 30. They will be required to maintain a 3.25 cumu-
lative GPA, take Honors courses and attend a series of lectures to maintain their Honors status. “I think we tried harder over the last seven or eight years to really push for Honors College
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growth and enrollment, and that across that campus.” paid off,” Davies said. “Honors Sonya Evans, administrative College has high quality pro- assistant to the dean, attributes grams, and the students know much of the Honors College that. But more importantly, we See HOCO, 3 have high quality programs all
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