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September 30, 2013
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Volume 98 Issue 11
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DuPree wins four more years Carly Tynes Executive Editor After nearly a year of campaigning and three elections, incumbent Mayor Johnny DuPree was re-elected mayor of Hattiesburg Saturday after votes from Tuesday’s special election were tallied. After days of counting and verifying ballots at City Hall, the final vote tally placed DuPree ahead of Ware by 207 votes. DuPree had 7,512 votes over Ware’s 7,305, leaving DuPree’s supporters feeling victorious. Independent challenger Dave Ware issued a statement saying he wouldn’t challenge the election results. He also congratulated DuPree on his election win. “After a long and hard fought campaign, a very difficult legal challenge and an unanticipated special election, Hattiesburg finally has a mayor. Congratulations to Mr. DuPree on his victory,” Ware said Saturday at his campaign headquarters. DuPree supporters gathered
DuPree supporter and Hattiesburg Public Schools employee Angela White Carter said she is excited the process over. “We just trusted God for Him to do the right thing. That’s all, we just trusted God to do the right thing,” Carter said. “It’s just history. It’s history for my grand kids and for all of us,” she said. DuPree said changes should be made to Hattiesburg’s election laws. “We need to look at the way we do absentee ballots,” he said. “We need to make sure we get early voting because that’s what we need to have. That’s what the citizens deserve. It doesn’t need to be so cumbersome for people to go vote.” After DuPree spoke, his campaign manager, Rev. Kenneth Fairley spoke to the crowd of DuPree supporters regarding Hattiesburg media’s election coverage. Christopher Little/Printz “We want to make it clear that Mayor Johnny DuPree shakes hands with Rev. Kenneth Fairley in front of City Hall in downtown sensationalized reporting, failure Hattiesburg after the release of the mayoral special election results Saturday afternoon. to accurately investigate will not “My family and I thank you all be tolerated,” Fairley said. at City Hall both in the Council was read, DuPree addressed his Chambers and on the steps of supporters and thanked them so much… This is really about the future of Hattiesburg,” he said. See ELECTION, 3 City Hall. After the final tally for their support.
ON CAMPUS
“Rent” brings bohemia to USM Chase Ladner Printz Reporter The USM theatre department will open its fall season Oct. 3 with its take on the Tony awardwinning Broadway show, “Rent.” Written by Jonathan Larson, “Rent” follows a group of artists, rebels and bohemians in 1980s New York city during the AIDS epidemic. “We are opening with this because, I think, it’s a big name,” said Robin Carr, associate professor
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and director of “Rent.” “I think [theatre] students and audiences will be very excited with it.” “We’re coming out with a bang,” she added. “And everyone is totally pumped.” Jennifer Diaz, a senior theatre major, will take on the role of Mimi, a 19-year-old club dancer who is an addict and HIV positive. She said the cast wanted to bring a grittier element to the show and ground it in modern day reality. “This is a celebration of life among despair,” Diaz said. “We are really excited to present it to
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the Hattiesburg community.” Jamiaus Marion, a sophomore dance performance major will portray Angel, a drag queen with AIDS. “‘Rent’ is more than just a show,” Marion said. “It represents people in life and what they do every day.” As for Angel, Marion said, “I
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To the right: Cast members pose for a scene from this season’s opening production, “Rent.”
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