October 31,2018

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f people from ICE are here, can you at least wait to deport me until after I speak,” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and immigration rights activist Jose Antonio Vargas joked as he took the stage. Vargas was the last University Forum speaker of 2018 Tuesday, Oct.23. Τhe founder of Define American, a nonprofit organization intended to open up the dialogue about the criteria people use to determine who is an American, told his story of being an undocumented immigrant.

Vargas discovered he was not in the United States legally when he took what he thought was an authentic green card to the DMV in an attempt to receive his driver’s license in 1997.

He hid his identity as an undocumented citizen from friends and coworkers until 2011 when he risked his career and revealed that he had migrated from the Philippines as a child without proper papers.

Vargas went on to describe the years he spent hiding his true identity and acknowledged that he had lied countless times on job applications about his citizenship.

“I learned that forgery was probably the highest offense. I will actually never be an American citizen because I kept lying about being one,” Vargas said.

He said legality has always been a construct of power.

“This is not about papers. This is not about laws,” he said. “Culture is politics. You cannot change the politics surrounding an issue until you change the culture surrounding the issue.”

Vargas described the help he received from the people around him after he admitted his status as an undocumented citizen. Vargas said his editor at The Washington Post Marcia Davis guided how he thought about his career and what he was trying to build in this country.

“When I was working at [The Washington Post] I was always so paranoid about everything. I always thought I was being judged for something I didn’t even know, and Marcia said, ‘Jose, the work has to be so good that they cannot disqualify you. This is about the work,’,” Vargas said.

Despite his belief that America is in the midst of the biggest cultural war in its history, Vargas still believes in the future of the country.

“I love America more than any country in the world. If I didn’t love it I would’ve left,” he said. “I really would love to see Mexico, I would love to see Europe, I would love to see my mom. But I decided to stay because this is my country.”

After the forum, students reflected on the importance of hearing Vargas’ story.

“It gives perspective from the other side.

What we hear in the media is a negative point of view that lacks any kind of empathy,”

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junior public health major Lydia Thompson said. “Since [the negative view] is the only thing some people hear, that’s all they know.

Hearing the testimonials of people actually affected and marginalized creates an emotional connection.”

Junior social work major Krystal Shull believes Mississippians need to hear stories directly from undocumented citizens.

“We have to educate ourselves on the problem and use our voices to inform people who have biases based on false information.

We have to use our voices to give the 11+ million undocumented immigrants a voice,” Shull said.

Vargas noted the importance of the South in regard to changing the current culture.

“I think the future needs the South. What did William Faulkner say? ‘The past is never the past.’ We need Southerners for this conversation of a culture war. I think we have become victims of all the stereotypes that we

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hold about each other. Letting go of that is really hard, but we have to start doing that,” Vargas said.

After hearing Vargas speak, Thompson said she believes Southern Miss should start a chapter of Define American.

“Mississippi needs a place where undocumented people feel comfortable sharing their feelings and stories. Starting a chapter of Define American at USM would provide a safe environment for undocumented people and those in support of them,” Thompson said.

Vargas believes that speaking out about the lives of undocumented citizens is the beginning of change for America.

“I think undocumented people are a part of every other group of people in this country; black people, Native Americans, women of all races, who had to fight for what full citizenship actually means,” Vargas said. “As far as I’m concerned, I’m already an American. I’m just waiting on my country to recognize it.”

hairman of the Student Government Association outreach committee and senior biological sciences major Senator Andrew King unveiled legislature that he has had on his mind for years. The legislative resolution involves the removal of a row of 14 parallel parking spaces on Pearl Street.

King introduced his resolution to the Senate on Oct. 25 during the weekly Senate meeting and the resolution was given to the campus living committee for further research before moving forward on voting.

King said he believes the spaces are dangerous, taking up a large portion of the road on the Harkins Hall side of the road. He spoke with Parking Management about the problem in 2017 and started polling students Sept. 13.

Junior communications studies major Senator Sean Smith said the idea behind King’s resolution is decent because it is about safety over parking. However, he did not feel there was enough research done to justify taking the spots.

“As written, I probably would’ve voted no,” Smith said. “I am glad it was referred to the committee so that the committee can work on some of the finer points, do more research and make it a better piece of legislation.”

According to the resolution written by King, 14 spaces on Pearl Street are hazardous not only for that parking in them but vehicles passing by. King said the spots are far too narrow for two-lane traffic. The resolution goes on to say with the advent of the Gold Route, Hub City Transit buses pass through Pearl Street, making it even more of a hazard.

Sophomore English major Alec Blaylock said he understood the danger of the narrow road, but taking any spots away could do more harm than good.

“We barely have enough parking as it is, so people are going to have to take what they can get,” Blaylock said. “I can see where it can be dangerous, but I’ve never had a problem.”

King said that the resolution’s aim is not to take away the spots. He himself has been looking into different areas to move the 14 spaces. He said that he would be hesitant to recommend any spot without more research but has found a promising spot not far from the original area.

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Throwback: STARS caries 8 extra phone lines LELA WALKER

PRINTZ REPORTER, 1989 tudents using Southern’s Telephone Assisted Registration System (STARS) to register for the 1989 summer and fall semesters will find that several new features have been added.

Danny Montogmery, USM registrar, said 24 phone lines are now available for use as compared with the 16 lines last semester for easier student access to the computerized system, he said.

“We were very pleased with the system last semester,” he said. About 8,000 students used STARS to register for spring classes. Montgomery said students did experience some problems, however, in getting through to the system because many people missed their appointment times. To improve the situation, students will now be assigned a “window period” for telephone registration.

Since early registration is held April 10-16 for the summer semester and April 17-30 for the fall semester, students in senior, junior, sophomore and freshman levels will be assigned specific time periods in which to call in.

After their appointed time period, they will not be able to call again until the open time period towards the end of early registration. Montgomery cautioned, then, that students should “pay close attention to their time period.”

Students will have the advantage of open registration periods on weekends, however, and graduate-level students will be allowed to register at any time.

A fee option menu has also been added to the system to allow students to choose one of the five available meal plans. Students can also choose to add a vehicle registration fee or a #1 contribution for Nugget, USM’s mascot.

Montgomery said students still must get registration packets from their advisors so that they will have the personal identification number, or pin code, to gain access to the system.

New freshman and transfer students may obtain

packets by attending a special orientation session on April 27.

He said the cost savings and efficiency are major advantages of the $75,000 STARS system which allows a student to register in an average of four and one-half minutes.

Optimistic about the success of the system this semester, Montgomerey said. “From the standpoint of the system doing what it is supposed to do, it does.”

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CORRECTIONS •British National Debate Team visits Southern Miss by William Lowery Oct. 23, 2018 •John Beckham was listed as a public speaking major but is a history major •Méabh McMahom Flanagan’s name was misprinted as May Macklehaim.

•Owen Mooney’s name was misprinted as Owen Glasgow.

•Iyanna Marshall name was misprinted as Ayona Marshall.

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SOMTC performs ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’ CONRAD ACOSTA PRINTZ REPORTER

he Southern Opera and Musical Theatre Company performed Bob Martin’s “The Drowsy Chaperone” Thursday, Oct. 25 in the Mannoni Performing Arts Center.

Bob Martin wrote the musical in 1998 as a parody of 1920s musical theatre trends. The story features a man in a chair showing the audience his favorite musical from the 1920s, “The Drowsy Chaperone.” When he plays the record, the musical comes to life on the stage.

It tells the tale of a wedding that is interrupted by a series of unfortunate antics while the man in the chair gives commentary throughout.

The production uses sarcastic quips and slapstick humor to highlight the trends of twodimensional characters, linear plot lines and racist undertones that existed in the culture of 1920s theatre.

The audience consisted of both Southern Miss students and Hattiesburg residents.

Actors made use of the eccentric movements and personalities of the characters to create a lighthearted atmosphere in which the story could take place.

Lauren Rosa-Wise, a senior music education major, played the role of the uppity Mrs. Tottendale who was hosting the wedding.

“When I was cast as Mrs. Tottendale it was so much fun learning all of the hoots and hankies and all the craziness, the whole process was just really fun,” Rosa-Wise said.

Many of the actors said they were able to really connect with their characters because of the tropes that they represented in the

musical. Joe Van Zandt, a high school teacher from Purvis, played the Man in the Chair who moved the plot along through his love of musicals.

“This guy is me. I’m obsessed with musicals, I don’t really like to leave my house just like he doesn’t, and when the director asked me to do this I had never heard of this show but when I watched the video I immediately fell in love,” Van Zandt said.

The musical aspects of this production were largely carried out by the orchestra that was positioned below the stage, providing musical effects as well as the accompaniment to the vocalists. Pablo Ranlett-Lopez, a sophomore jazz studies major, played the drum set for the orchestra.

“I’m a jazzer, so most of the stuff I do is improvised, whereas with this I have to play the stuff that’s on the page. This really taught me that music could be funny, we spend so much time worrying about playing the right notes and being super musical and do this and do that, but this was more relaxed,” RanlettLopez said.

Many of the musicians said that doing this production was a very enriching experience that gave them a different perspective on music as a whole. Sophomore jazz studies major Morgan Webster played the saxophone for the orchestra.

“This has been the most enjoyable thing I’ve done in music for the past year and a half. It’s been really fun seeing the performers up there and playing along with them to help make a great show,” Webster said.

In order to keep up with future productions, check the School of Music’s page on the Southern Miss website.

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SUNDAY, OCT. 21 * At 12:43 AM in the parking garage, an individual was reported to have violated his or her restraining order and was reported to have harassed an individual. * At 4:09 PM in Wilber Hall, an individual was found in possession of alcohol by a minor. * At 5:24 PM, another minor in Wilber Hall was found in possession of alcohol.

MONDAY, OCT. 22 * Harassment was reported at 1:02 PM at Hillcrest. The case remains open.

TUESDAY, OCT. 23 * At 1:16 AM, an individual or individuals were reported to have received stolen property at Pi Kappa Phi. * At 10:53 PM, an individual was arrested at Scott Hall (CP South A) for Domestic Assault.

THURSDAY, OCT. 25 * At 11:06 AM in the Business Office, Forgery Uttering was reported. This case remains open.

(Forgery Uttering is the passing on of forged documents that someone else has made with the attempt to defraud.)

“A big problem people had was, ‘You are taking away spaces, and you’re not offering a solution,” King said. “In my personal opinion, I felt like that would be a bit too much micromanaging of Parking Management.”

One area, in particular, King mentioned, would be a good area to move the spots. King said Pearl Street is much wider in front of the LAB than where the spaces are currently. He said that it looked to him that the area in front of the LAB was specifically made for parking.

“People park there naturally anyways,” King said. “[The area] isn’t super wide but there are no apartments on the other side.”

If the Senate moves forward with the resolution, King will present his suggestion to Parking Management during their yearly meeting. King said that he feels the statistics of his polling speak for themselves. Ninety of the 193 students polled answered the spaces should definitely be removed.

Smith said he believes the poll’s numbers were good even if there needed to be more clarity. The question in the poll was, “Do you think Parking Management should look into the possibility of removing [the Harkins hall spaces]?” The possible answers were “definitely yes: the spaces should be removed,” “probably yes: Parking Management should study this further,” “maybe,” “unsure,” “no I don’t believe the spaces are a hazard” and “N/A: I don’t drive here.”

“College students aren’t necessarily just going to read every single word in every single option,” Smith said, “For an issue that is potentially this big, we need to make sure we do our due diligence and make sure we research whether or not there is any ambiguity.”

Smith said he felt that the affirmative answers added more than the question asked.

“The big issue with [the resolution] is people see we are removing parking which, naturally, that’s a very scary thing,” King said.

“We’ve had [space removal] happen to us very recently, so I think if me make it very clear that the legislation encourages that they move the spaces to safer locations.”

King said the resolution will be ready within the next two weeks.

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SGA encourages students to live out the creed MAKAYLA PUCKETT PRINTZ REPORTER

he Student Government Association’s judicial board hosted Creed Week to promote the creed and its values. Creed Week began in 2014 when the Honor Code written by Dean of Students Eddie Holloway was adopted into the student code of conduct as the creed. When it was written, the creed’s goal was to encourage general civility among students. Creed Week now also promotes issues such as diversity, inclusion and sexual assault.

SGA Attorney General and junior political science major Lauren Hunter Gaudet is responsible for overseeing the judicial board, therefore making her the point person for Creed Week.

“Creed week is a time to think about the creed and understand what it means and try to apply it to your life and what you do at school,” Gaudet said.

Throughout the week, the judicial board hosted events such as a tabling event in the Thad Cochran Center, a cultural fair with various campus organizations and a reader’s theatre featuring Southern Style.

Southern Style leader and junior sociology major Michael Matrick said each event’s purpose was to bring awareness to the creed and how students can use it.

“The whole purpose [of Creed Week] is to bring attention to the Creed because I don’t think it’s something that people look at every day but it should be,” Matrick said. “It helps to have a whole week dedicated to it and people discussing it.”

The reader’s theater performed by Southern Style on Oct. 25 consisted of lines saying that discrimination and sexual

assault should not happen on Southern Miss’ campus.

“Not on our campus, not on our organizations, not at Southern Miss,” the Southern Styles leaders said. The performance also discussed how students should find their voice in order to speak up if their peers are being mistreated.

Freshman psychology major Elizabeth Gentry attended the reader’s theater because she said it stuck with her after orientation.

“I have never been somewhere where they address issues that people like to ignore because it is uncomfortable or hard to talk about so I appreciate this,” Gentry said.

Southern Style leader and senior political science major Aaliyah Elbert said that the creed is special to her because she belongs to two minority groups as an African American woman.

“While I might be stigmatized against it, it is still not right for me to stigmatize others because they are different from me,” Elbert said. “Others have different opinions so knowing that and that being diverse makes you a better person is important.”

Gaudet also emphasized the importance of being accepted in a variety of ways.

“It doesn’t even have to be about only including other’s cultures or ethnicities or races. It can also be recognizing and appreciating other political perspectives or ideologies,” Gaudet said. “To recognize that people have different ideas and backgrounds and being able to appreciate that on a college campus is so important.”

Although it is not an official document that students are required to abide by, the Southern Miss administration along with SGA strongly encourages students to live by the creed.

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Office of Sustainability hosts Social Justice Fair OLIVIA SALDANA PRINTZ REPORTER

n Wednesday, Oct. 24, Southern Miss’s Office of Sustainability hosted the Social Justice Fair in Shoemaker Square. The event aimed to engage students in their community by raising their awareness of on- and off-campus organizations that are available to them.

From 10 a.m. until 1 p.m., campus organizations like Amnesty International and Eagles Nest were present at the fair as well as local non-profit groups like Edwards Street Fellowship and Oak Arbor Veteran Support.

Sustainability Coordinator for Southern Miss’s Office of Sustainability Melissa Covington-Olsen said that the hope for the event was to get students involved in their communities and help them develop skills to produce social change.

“Once they leave the university, they can continue building on the knowledge they have gained and apply that to issues that they are most passionate about,” Covington-Olsen said.

Covington-Olsen said she wanted to give students the chance to talk to various charities and notfor-profit organizations and to find volunteering opportunities for their time at Southern Miss.

According to the Office of Sustainability’s Facebook page, their mission is to support conversations and actions within the campus and the broader community that create awareness of how their impact affects future generations. A major goal of the fair was to make students and other participants knowledgeable of social issues and give them tools to help solve it.

This is the third year the Social Justice Fair has

been held, and each year has been more successful than the year before. “We are always excited to see new and returning faces at the information booths.

The turnout was better than expected,” CovingtonOlsen said.

Jaq Jefcoat, a junior English Licensure major, volunteered for the Prism Center at the fair on Wednesday. The Prism Center is Southern Miss’s resource center for its LGBTQ+ students.

Jefcoat said his table got a lot of visitors. “We got around 10 or so students and a few faculty members interested in what programs and services our office offers here on campus,” Jefcoat said.

The many organizations in attendance advocate for various social issues, including human and civil rights like hunger and shelter, veteran and disability support and LGBTQ+ rights.

“In the society that we’re in right now, it’s best to support others who are stigmatized and considered minorities,” Jefcoat said.

Covington-Olsen said that because the Office of Sustainability is a member of the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, she believes it is important to educate students on social and economic sustainability as well as activism.

“This specific event brings awareness to other issues dealing with inequality. In doing so, this allows different charities to be able to communicate their messages of respect, dignity and equality to the campus community,” Covington-Olsen said.

The Office of Sustainability is currently hosting a bra drive for women at the Lighthouse Rescue Mission and Fieldhouse for the Homeless in Hattiesburg until Nov. 2. More information can be found on their Facebook page or on their website at usm.edu/green.

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Habitat for Humanity participates in Social Justice Fair.

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Tennis team completes team building exercises ASHLYN LEVINS PRINTZ REPORTER

outhern Miss’ men’s tennis team traveled to Camp Shelby with the university’s Army ROTC cadets for team building exercises in the early morning of Saturday, Oct. 27.

The team used a leadership course the ROTC cadets practice frequently. The idea of the course is to make the team overcome a stressful environment together.

Each course consisted of a scenario the team must accomplish in an allotted time such as climbing over a wall, using planks to cross a pool of water or carrying each other over certain obstacles. The ROTC cadets performed one course so the team could observe what they were about to do. Professor of Military Science Joseph Swindle works with the ROTC cadets and was excited to see the tennis team work together through the same courses.

“The cadets have been practicing this for a while, so they will make it look easy while it will challenge the tennis team to work together,” Swindle said.

The tennis team quickly realized how difficult the courses would be and had to rely on each other’s leadership and strengths to overcome the obstacles.

Each of the seven players come from different countries: India, Switzerland, Poland, Ecuador, Indonesia, Thailand and Taiwan. Head Coach Zubin Engineer said the course taught the team how to support each other.

“Today is a good experience for the team. It helps them to see their own and everyone else’s strengths and utilize that to build each other up,” Engineer said. “They find out who they really are and dig deeper into working together as a team. Each player is from a different culture and home, and they understand that. They

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Men’s Tennis Players wear ROTC uniforms. (Pictured left to right: Tom Cecchetto, Mieszko Kwasniewski, Ronit Bisht.)

work great as a team.”

The ROTC cadets showed the players how important communication and teamwork is.

Each course had a designated leader to facilitate the team. Each person has a different strength and the tennis team used that to problem solve.

International Business major Tom Cecchetto is an international student from Switzerland and expressed how important the leadership

course was.

“Being here today helps us to bond together more than we already are. It is teaching us and giving us the capabilities to lead, and it shows the teams chemistry on and off the tennis court,” Cecchetto said.

The ROTC explained to the team how important working together and knowing each other is when in the field. The ROTC

experiences different leadership courses to prepare them for more real-life situations.

“Last summer the cadets did something similar to this exercise at Fort Knox,” Swindle said. “It is called a Field Leadership Course where they camped in the woods and experienced scenario-based courses like loading wounded into a helicopter. They were assessed and graded on their leadership and teamwork.”

Students observe medieval combat reenactment BETHANY MORRIS PRINTZ REPORTER

hen you think about a traditional history class you think about reading historical documents, books or watching films that capture the period being studied. Southern Miss history professor, Andrew Wiest, Ph.D., took a different approach when teaching his Honors 303 class on the armor martial fighting of the Middle Ages in Europe Oct. 25.

The Honors College had a special event for the students in Weist’s class. Four knights and a squire of Southern Academy of Swordsmanship demonstrated armored combat of the Middle Ages. Wiest discovered the men of Southern Academy of Swordsmanship in Laurel when he had the group perform for a high school class.

“I figured the best way to make the class different was to make it experiential,” Wiest said.

Southern Miss 1989 graduate and Honors College alumnus Scott Wilson is the director of the Southern Academy of Swordsmanship, Western Martial Arts and a long-standing martial artist re-enactor. Wilson’s interest in the medieval period started at a young age. By age 13, he had read all the King Arthur stories he could find and spent his days playing dungeons and dragons.

A material engineer by trade, Wilson is also the owner of Darkwood Armory, a company specializing in high-quality swords and armor for practitioners of medieval and renaissance martial arts, theater and re-enactment since 1996. His primary interest is in the practical

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application of these historical techniques in fighting situations.

The knight’s armor was modeled after armor of Italian, Spanish, French and English knights.

The knights included Wilson, Evan Smith, Benaiah Anderson, Stan Roberts and Rock Hartfield as the squire. Most of the armor worn was hand forged by Wilson at Darkwood

Medieval reenactors participate in mock-combat.

Armory in Laurel. Wilson uses his craftsmanship to create high- quality swords and armory.

It was fitting that this event was held on Saint Crispin’s Day. According to William’s Shakespeare’s play Henry V of England, Saint Crispin’s Day is the feast day of the twin Christian saints, Crispin and Crispinian, who were martyred in c. 286. It is the day of the

famous Battle of Agincourt in 1415. The Saint Crispin’s Day Speech in Shakespeare’s play Henry V called the soldiers that would fight on that day a “band of brothers.”

Wiest’s sophomore seminar class is called “Conflict & Culture: The Interaction of Violence and Humanity in the Modern Age.” The knights demonstrated how combat was done during the middle ages and the different weaponry involved.

“Who knew that there were people doing actual period armored fighting? It was really awesome that Dr. Wiest was able to bring these folks here so that our students and other people from campus were able to experience a glimpse into history,” Dean of the Honors College Ellen Weinauer, Ph.D., said.

One of the things that the faculty of the Honors College wants the honor students to understand is that learning takes place in and outside of the classroom.

Sophomore health policy and administration major Kellie Jackson said, “Experiencing the medieval fighting in person was far more effective than reading about it in a book or watching it in a movie because you realize what is real and what is fake.”

For example, her and her classmates expected the knights to swing their swords like baseball bats, yet the medieval combat experience showed them that knights battled with one hand at the base of the sword and the other hand closer to its pointed end to fully utilize the weapon’s sheer size and strength.

Jackson believes that this experience helped her further understand topics discussed in Wiest’s Honors 303 seminar because it allowed her to actually visualize medieval combat in action as well as the many aspects that go into creating a well-protected suit of armor.

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The Thirsty Hippo throws costume contest CALEB MCCLUSKEY PRINTZ REPORTER

he Thirsty Hippo held a show and costume contest Oct. 27 for Halloween.

Local musicians came together from other bands to bring the music of Blondie and Nirvana back from the dead while the ghouls and goblins of Downtown Hattiesburg got to show off their costume making skills.

Owner of the Thirsty Hippo Brad Newton said they have always done something to get into the spirit of Halloween but started cover band shows three years ago with Weezer cover bands. Newton said people come not only to dress up and have fun, but also to listen to bands pull off the covers.

The show was held in the backroom stage of the Hippo where they covered the stage in cobwebs and other spooky paraphernalia. Taking the stage first was the Hairy Debbie’s—a Homage to the lead singer of Blondie Debbie Harry— performing a plethora of Blondie greatest hits from “One Way or Another” to “Atomic.”

Drummer of the Hairy Debbie’s and senior Biology major William “Bird not Byrd” Bird said they have been practicing Blondie songs for months in preparation for the show. He said he mourned that this will be the band’s only performance.

“We practiced a whole bunch, and the musicians are really talented. I think when we bring it all together it is going to be a good time,” Bird said.

Bassist for DeeDee Catpiss and the Fuzz Coffins and a major player in the Hattiesburg punk scene Randy Riley said he will go to anything at the Hippo that involves local music. He said even cover shows are important in supporting local art.

“I know that DeeDee, who is fronting Nirvana as Kurt Cobain, loved Nirvana, so I know their songs will be done well,” Riley said.

The costume contest took place between the two cover bands. On the stage, local comedian and rapper Jamie “Massive J” Massengale, who also writes for the Student Printz said, “You were being judged all night,” as he began naming the honorable mentions and third through first place winners.

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Rylee House took third place for her “Taco Belle,” costume, which was a mixture of the famous fast food restaurant Taco Bell and Belle from the fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast.” Second place was a couple’s costume of Macho man Randy Savage and Hulk Hogan by Whitney Miracle and Justin Tracy. Honorable mention went to Brittany Purvis who dressed up as a moth.

First place collectively went to nurse at Pine Belt Dermatology Stephanie Sharp and owner of ATM

Meagan Thrower and Will Foley dressed as Steve Irwin and a crocodile.

Solution Kiley Sharp for their couple’s costume of a raven and scarecrow. They worked for three weeks to build their costumes, which involved crafting a set of pumpkin guts under plastic ribs for Kiley’s outfit and affixing feathers to Stephanie’s dress.

Stephanie and Kiley Sharp both wore masks they crafted themselves. Kiley Sharp’s pumpkin head was crafted out of a precut jack o’lantern they found at target and Stephanie sharps raven mask

had a masquerade mask base built to look like a raven’s beak.

The two Sharp’s said they love costume building and design and they always work hard every Halloween, as it is their favorite holiday.

The Thirsty Hippo is holding another event called “Halloween at the Hippo,” starting at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday where Electric Witch, Swamp Temple and Sleepyhead will be performing.

Locals participate in Make a Difference Day ASHLYN LEVINS PRINTZ REPORTER

he City of Hattiesburg participated in National Make a Difference Day by holding its own event in Hattiesburg on Oct. 27.

Early Saturday morning, volunteers throughout the Hattiesburg community participated in 16 different projects throughout the city with the intent of making a difference. The projects involved picking up trash, building fences and updating playgrounds and parks.

Assistant to the Mayor of the City of Hattiesburg Betsy Mercier explained the city’s plan for the day.

“Today is City of Hattiesburg Make a Difference Day, and it is Make a Difference Day nationwide,” Mercier said. “So it’s a national initiative for clean-up and beautification, and this is the first time we have participated as a city. We have 16 projects across the city, and there is at least two projects in every ward. We have everybody from the Mayor’s Youth Council to the Hattiesburg High Football team, different neighborhood associations and church’s all involved in those projects.”

Students from Presbyterian Christian Secondary School and Sacred Heart Catholic School Anna Bradley Black and Mary Mcintire are both involved with the Mayor’s Youth Council which is comprised of 32 high school students across Hattiesburg.

“It’s a cool opportunity to be able to clean up areas we didn’t even know about,” Black said. “We get to represent people our age who don’t have a place in the community.”

Mcintire said the Mayor’s Youth Council helps her feel more involved in the community she has lived in for her entire life.

“I really like it so far. I feel like I get a say, and I’m more involved,” Mcintire said.

The students said they were excited to be a part of Hattiesburg’s Make a Difference Day, and encourage fellow students to become more involved in the community.

“If you are thinking about joining the Mayor’s Youth Council, definitely do it.

You can meet a lot of new people, and you discover that you have a say in the community and can help others just by doing little things like picking up trash,” Black said.

Mercier said she was astounded by how many volunteers the city had. From the Mayor’s Youth Council to Hattiesburg High Football, Mercier said she was grateful for the impact the day had on the City of Hattiesburg.

“We did not expect to have 16 projects,” Mercier said. “We were really hoping to have five solid ones and we were just blown away at the volunteers that came in. We had students on North 38th and 4th Street, so we were really moved by the different people that wanted to come today. We think this is just the start bigger Make a Difference Day’s in the future.”

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‘Mid90s’ feels authentic but not enjoyable JACK MCCALLUM PRINTZ REPORTER

onah Hill’s directorial debut, “Mid90s,” is a coming of age story about 13-year-old Stevie (Sunny Suljic) discovering skating and the friends that come with that scene. While the film might be pretty, the story is not original and the characters’ ideas are incredibly ugly.

“Mid90s” really banks on the aesthetic and nostalgia of the 1990s to separate itself from other coming-of-age stories. It is predictable when Stevie’s mom does not accept skating or his new friends. Stevie’s mom coming around to the idea of skating and his friends after a breaking point is even more predictable.

The movie starts off with promise with the eye-catching 4:3 aspect ratio, something that has made the film stand out since the trailer was released. There is a charm to the film with the bright colors of 90s cartoon characters contrasted with the neutrals of the grunge scene.

Costuming really brings the time period together as well as the original score by Trent Reznor.

The beauty of the film is lessened by the grimy characters’ gross jokes and ideas that are authentic to that of heterosexual teenage boys.

It is difficult to forget that this film is written and directed by the straight, white Jonah Hill when slurs to describe black and gay people are used throughout the movie. The abundant use of slurs compacted with the rape jokes may be authentic to the age group and time period, but nothing is gained from this in terms of storytelling.

The characters in the movie are unlikeable, and it is hard to feel bad for anyone when mistakes are made. Stevie’s mother first says that his friends are bad influences after he falls off a roof, which makes sense. Well after Stevie almost dies in a drunk driving accident his mother for no reason decides that his friends are fine.

Ray, played by Na-kel Smith, is supposed to be the older and wiser friend, but he is incredibly weak and allows these young kids to drink and do drugs while he just shakes his head. There is a

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scene where Stevie is given amphetamines by his friend and Ray, whom Jonah Hill expects for the audience to find father-like, just shakes his head and lets everyone be.

Stevie, Ray, Ruben and the entire friend group of the movie do not make sense. Jonah Hill tries to tell the audience that this friend group is cool, but it is hard to imagine a world in which cool 20-somethings are hanging out with 13-year-olds. Also, it is difficult to develop any emotional attachment to these kids because hardly any information is given regarding the other kids except a few throwaway lines saying

that their lives are hard.

There are quite a few scenes that are just plain hard to watch like the party scene where 13-year-old Stevie has his first sexual encounter with a girl who is at least 20. It seems like an inebriated 13-year-old having his first sexual encounter with an older girl at a party should be an issue. Too bad this is not an issue for Jonah Hill and the characters inside “Mid90s,” instead this is all passed off as being just another rebellious moment for Stevie.

While the movie was largely unenjoyable and predictable, the acting was all pretty solid. Lucas

Hedges plays the role of Stevie’s older brother, Ian, and is believable as the angsty teenage brother. Ian could have been a likeable character had he not been punching his brother for half the movie.

“Mid90s” had a phenomenal cast and lovely visuals, things that can be expected from an A24 film. Ignoring those things, this coming-of-age story is nothing new and the time period its set in do not make up for the unlikeable characters.

“Mid90s” is only a must-see if 90s nostalgia and skating is your thing.

‘OITNB’ set to end after seventh season JESSICA FIELDS PRINTZ REPORTER

range is the New Black” was one of Netflix’s first original series.

Debuting back in 2013, it was met with widespread acclaim from viewers and critics.

Originally based on Piper Kerman’s memoir “Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison,” showed the world what it was like to be a woman in the penitentiary system.

“OITNB” follows the life of Piper Chapman, a woman in her 30s living in New York when she is sentenced to 15 months in Litchfield Penitentiary, a minimum- security women’s prison, for a crime she committed 10 years earlier.

Chapman is forced to leave the comforts of her own life behind and face the cruel realities of having to deal with the repercussions of her past.

While in prison, Chapman is exposed to racial and gender inequalities, social injustices and the intolerance of how the world views those who are incarcerated.

As the seasons continued “OITNB” slowly shifted its focus away from the main protagonist and began to use the show as a platform to highlight issues that were going on in the world.

Vice President of Original Content for Netflix, Cindy Holland released a statement expressing her feelings about the cancellation of “OITNB.” “During the production of season one, everyone involved with ‘Orange is the New Black’ felt like we knew we had a special secret we couldn’t wait to share with the world,” Holland said. “Since then, we have laughed, cried, raged

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and roared with the women of Litchfield and every moment spent with them felt like borrowed time—too good to last forever.”

“OITNB” was groundbreaking for Netflix. It became more than just a show, it became a way for viewers to gain empathy for people whose lives are different from their own and understand that everyone who is incarcerated may not always be a bad person. “‘Orange is the New Black’ has profoundly impacted popular culture worldwide and has

played a prominent role in building Lionsgate into a platform-defining brand,” said Lionsgate Television Group Chairman, Kevin Beggs.

“Thanks to the brilliance of Jenji Kohan, the mastery of the creative and production team, the transcendent cast and our tremendous partnership with Netflix, the series has surpassed our expectations year after year. With great pride, we are working together to bring this landmark series to a triumphant, satisfying close with the upcoming seventh season.”

The cancelation of “Orange” will mark the end of an era for Netflix, but fans of the show still have a little while longer before they will have to say goodbye to the women of Litchfield.

Season seven is slated to premiere in summer 2019.

“After seven seasons, it’s time to be released from prison,” series creator Jenji Kohan said.

“I will miss all the ladies of Litchfield and the incredible crew we’ve worked with. My heart is orange but fade to black.”

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Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’ holds up as a classic WILLIAM LOWERY PRINTZ REPORTER

irector Stanley Kubrick (“2001: A Space Odyssey,” “Full Metal Jacket”) released “The Shining.” in 1980. Based on the book of the same name by author Stephen King, “The Shining” initially received mixed opinions from critics and did not perform well at the box office.

Over the years the film has been re-evaluated by critics and is now regarded as one of horror’s most important films. On Oct. 28 and Oct. 31, “The Shining” will be shown at the Grand Theatre as part of their “Flashback Cinema” program.

The film stars Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd and Scatman Crothers. Nicholson plays Jack Torrance, a struggling writer who takes a job as the caretaker of the Overlook Hotel during the building’s winter break. The only occupants are him, his wife played by Shelley Duvall and son played by Danny Lloyd.

From there, the film portrays a tale of isolation at its worst. As “The Shining” progresses, Jack starts losing his mind and becomes abusive toward his wife and son. Meanwhile, Danny experiences horrible visions of him and his mom being chopped to pieces by his father.

Although considered a horror movie, “The Shining” relies more on atmosphere and setting to set the mood, rather than pure horror. That’s not to say there are scares and gores, but the movie is at its creepiest when the camera moves around from hallway to hallway, slowly luring the audience into its grasp before hitting them with moments of shocking imagery.

Jack Nicholson is excellent as Jack Torrance.

Yet, one of the problems is that from the get-go, we see Torrance is an eccentric individual, so the transition into a deranged killer is pretty quick.

That said though, he is terrified when he becomes a full-on psychopath trying to hunt down his family and chop them into pieces. Part of the mystery in “The Shining” is whether or

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not this is all in Jack’s mind, or if the causes are more supernatural. Without going into too many plot details, but the movie suggests that it’s a little of both.

While the film holds up well and is an excellent picture, the pacing can get really slow. Not a whole lot happens during the middle portion of the movie, which drags, and considering “The Shining” is two hours and 40 minutes, some of that runtime could have been devoted to fleshing

out the characters more.

As an adaptation of the book, “The Shining” does deviate a bit from its source material, so much so that writer Stephen King has a love/ hate relationship with the movie. He realizes the film’s importance to horror but felt it wasn’t the best adaptation of his work. Although there was a miniseries that was more faithful to the novel, it lacked the suspense and memorability of its film counterpart.

Over 38 years have passed since the release of “The Shining,” and it is still one of the horror genre’s finest efforts. Director Stanley Kubrick hit it out of the park with this film, and though it can be slow, the engaging performances, creepy and shocking visuals, and foreboding sense of dread and paranoia solidify this movie’s status as an iconic film. Those who have not seen this masterpiece must do so during the film’s limited run at the Grand Theatre.

‘Twilight’ is actually a horrifying Halloween saga CARLTON MCGRONE ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

here’s nothing more horrific than sparkling, mind-reading vampires who inhabit a luxurious mansion while seducing mortals. Despite its less-than-stellar, almost trashy, reputation“Twilight” presents a terrifying narrative on the backdrop of a fantastically cheesy love story.

Much like the polarising debate of the appropriate time to watch “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Twilight” presents a more pressing argument concerning the angel one should watch or read the story from. While on one hand Edward’s and Bella’s journey of dramatic love and loss may offer a desirable forbidden love story, their trials and tribulations are accompanied by ghastly occurrences.

Namely, with the physical introduction of the higher order of vampires, the Volturi, comes a horrific set of characters that prove throughout the four novels and five films that they are not above mass homicide and alienation to achieve their goals.

It is through these particular vampires that Stephanie Myers demonstrates the horror that resides underneath this romantic flick. Jane, in particular, proves to be a terrifying force several time throughout the series with her ability to cause scarring mental pain through illusions. Her brother Alec also possesses a most vile ability of blocking one’s senses either completely or partially. Even the Cullens’ powers range in terms terrifying gifts.

Despite the fact that vampires are presented as beautiful, graceful creatures to readers and viewers,

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the narrative also demonstrates several instances of carnage and destruction that vampires bring with them. In the first two entries of the series, Victoria and her coven roamed the streets of Forks, Washington piling up drained, bloodless bodies. As this conflict comes to a head in “Eclipse,” viewers are treated with gory, horrific scenes of an all-out

war between deadly newborn vampires and beastly werewolves.

Though nothing quite compares to the gruesome transformation scenes that take place in “Breaking Dawn.” On Bella’s deathbed, Edward must make the gripping decision to “turn” Bella, finally consuming the forbidden fruit that’s dangled in his

gaze for years. Cracking under days of pressure and antagonizing, Edward makes the faithful decision, throwing audiences into a terrifying series of scenes and images of his vampiric blood ravishing and transforming his true love. Truly, in many ways, “Twilight’s” romance is just as terrifying as battling, bloody vampires.”

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Crowe previews Lady Eagles’ basketball season BRAD CROWE

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he Southern Miss women’s basketball team is just days away from the first tip-off of the 2018-2019 season. With a lot of experience returning from last year’s team and the addition of a talented freshmen class, Head Coach Joye Lee-McNelis and her staff are thrilled to begin a season full of potential and promise.

Joye Lee-McNelis is entering her fifteenth season as head coach of her alma mater, and she has a very familiar staff around her to help guide the Lady Eagles. Director of Basketball Operations Drew Granger, Assistant Head Coach Kiley Hill and Assistant Coach Lauren Pittman are all returning members from last year’s staff.

In addition, Patosha Jeffery joined the staff this summer as an assistant coach for the team.

Jeffery played for Lee-McNelis at the University of Memphis and was a member of the inaugural C-USA Championship team in 1996. Now a coach, teacher, author and player-evaluator, Jeffery became the first women’s basketball player to have her jersey retired at her alma mater, Hamilton High School in Memphis, Tennessee.

Along with the experienced staff return a group of experienced players. The Lady Eagles return 10 of their 14 players from last year’s roster, including four of five starters. Redshirt senior guard Megan Brown led the team in minutes per game last year while averaging 12 points and five rebounds per contest. Junior guard Shonte Hailes also brings much experience to the backcourt after being the team’s leading distributor a year ago with over five assists per game through 26 appearances. Redshirt junior center Amber Landing will once again be a strong presence in the paint for the Lady Eagles after blocking a team-high 45 shots during her sophomore season.

Lee-McNelis is also excited to have contributions from three promising freshmen

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— two guards and one forward — in 2018.

Destiny Smith of McComb, Mississippi, Shania Edgecombe of Jacksonville, Florida and Daishai Almond of Athens, Georgia will all compete for playing time and the opportunity to contribute early in their college careers.

The Lady Eagles traveled to Costa Rica in August to compete in exhibition contests against national and professional teams. Southern Miss showed a lot of potential in those exhibition games, winning games against the Costa Rican and Guatemalan national teams during the seven-day trip. Megan Brown led the team offensively, averaging 16 points per game.

Having won 50 percent or more of their games in five of the last six seasons, the Lady Eagles are poised for yet another successful campaign. Coming off a 15-15 record from last season, Lee-McNelis feels her team can capitalize on the amount of athleticism and experience on the roster to once again be a highly competitive basketball team. The plan for 2018 and 2019 is to push the tempo and play high-intensity basketball.

“We grind, we really do. We work very hard,” Lee-McNelis said on Conference USA Media Day. “All programs do, but we do go above and beyond because of the way we play. We’re going

to play fast, we’re going to press 94-feet, and we have to get players acclimated to that.”

The Lady Eagles will begin the regular season on Nov. 6 with a home game versus William Carey. They will play a slate of non-conference matchups through November and December to fine-tune their system before starting C-USA play on Jan. 3 with a home game against the Rice Owls. One of the more notable games on the schedule for Southern Miss is when the team hosts the Mississippi State Lady Bulldogs at Reed Green Coliseum on Friday, Dec. 14, with the opportunity to test themselves against a team that has made back-to-back Final Four appearances.

Golden Eagles fall to Louisiana Tech in season finale JALEN DOGAN PRINTZ REPORTER

he Southern Miss soccer team (11-5-1, 5-4-1 C-USA) fell to Louisiana Tech (12-5-2, 5-3-2 C-USA) in the team’s regular-season finale on Friday night.

The first half of the match was a defensive battle as both teams remained scoreless throughout. It was not until the 60th minute when Techsters’ freshman forward Connor Barker broke through the Southern Miss defense and scored on a onetouch cross, giving Louisiana Tech a 1-0 lead.

Techsters’ senior Numvula Kgoale setup Barker with the assist. Kgoale and Barker kept their 1-2 punch going, as 4:37 later in the match Kgoale setup Barker with yet another assist, with Barker hitting a shot into the right corner of the net. That goal expanded the Techsters’ lead to 2-0. The Lady Eagles were not able to retaliate as they were held scoreless by Louisiana Tech for the duration of the match.

The Golden Eagles finished the match with a total of 14 shots compared to Louisiana Tech’s nine shots. Each team also had three shots on goal.

Golden Eagles’ sophomore goalkeeper Kendell Mindnich also recorded one save.

Southern Miss finishes its 2018 regular season campaign with an 11-5-1 record, the team’s best win output since the inaugural 1997 season. The team’s .676 winning percentage is good for third best in C-USA. Southern Miss is now gearing up for the 2018 C-USA Women’s Soccer Tournament. The tournament will take place in Norfolk, Virginia, Oct. 31-Nov. 4.

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Southern Miss plagued by turnovers in loss GRANT CHIGHIZOLA SPORTS EDITOR

1.Turnovers are killer once again Generally, holding a team to 224 yards of total offense indicates a stellar defensive performance and results in a win at the end of the day. While the defense did look good against the Charlotte 49ers, the offense had trouble with turnovers again this week. Redshirt sophomore quarterback Jack Abraham arguably had his worst game of the season against Charlotte, throwing three interceptions and only 210 yards through the air, including a 79-yard interception that was returned for a touchdown

by Charlotte’s Juwan Foggie as time expired in the first quarter.

2. Whatley shines in one quarter of play Abraham was injured following a hit while attempting to convert a 4th and 11 at the 3:53 mark in the third quarter. By the time the Southern Miss offense got the ball back in the fourth quarter, Head Coach Jay Hopson inserted freshman Tate Whatley to play in relief of the injured Abraham. Whatley gave the Southern Miss offense a much-needed spark as he led the offense on two touchdown drives in the quarter.

Whatley showed mobility and good arm strength in his one quarter of play, going 6-of-8 with 87 passing yards and two touchdowns to wide receivers De’Michael Harris and Jordan Mitchell. He also led the team in rushing, with eight attempts for 62 yards on the ground. If there is a positive takeaway from this loss, it is that the depth at quarterback is solid heading into the final stretch of the season and beyond.

3. Running backs hit a roadblock against 49ers Defense.

One week removed from the team’s best

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performance on the ground against UTSA, the team only gained 129 yards on the ground. After rushing for 142 yards against the Roadrunners, freshman running back Trivenskey Mosley

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was held to just 37 yards on 10 carries against Charlotte. However, the lack of carries and yardage is in part to Southern Miss trailing for the entirety of the game and having to adjust

the offensive game plan accordingly. Steven Anderson fared better in his limited body of work, carrying the ball five times for 30 yards, an average of six yards per carry. In order for Southern Miss to have any chance of going bowling this year, I still maintain that the run game must get rolling in order to achieve that goal.

4. Defense played well (again) As has been the case throughout the season, the defense as a unit has been very stout. As mentioned earlier in this article, Charlotte was held to 224 yards of offense in the game, including 78 yards passing. Charlotte also converted just five-of-13 third-down attempts against the Golden Eagles. Southern Miss is also ranked number two in total defense in Conference USA, allowing 280.5 yards per game. Consequently, in the team’s four losses this season, the Golden Eagles have allowed just 21, 24, 30 and 20 points to the opposing teams in those contests.

5. Bowl prospects look tougher and tougher With the loss to Charlotte, Southern Miss stands at 3-4 overall and 2-2 in C-USA play.

Generally, six wins is the magic number to achieve bowl eligibility (Do not get me started on the amount of bowl games in existence today and how some 5-7 teams can go bowling nowadays) The C-USA games left on the schedule include matchups against 5-2 Marshall, 7-1 UAB, 6-2 Louisiana Tech and 0-8 UTEP. With three tough games remaining against teams with winning records, I do not currently see a path to six wins for the Golden Eagles as of right now, though anything is possible.

Southern Miss will return home to face Marshall at M.M. Roberts Stadium on Saturday, November 3.

Kickoff is set for 2 p.m.

Golden Eagles finish 4th in C-USA championship ANDREW ABADIE EXECUTIVE EDITOR

OCA RATON, Fla.— The Southern Miss cross country team competed in the Conference USA championship race on Saturday, Oct. 27 and came away with a fourth-place finish.

“Today is not exactly what we were hoping for but that definitely wasn’t from a lack of effort from our girls part,” Head Coach Aaron Kindt said. “I thought that our girls ran hard. You saw a lot of personal bests and season bests.”

UTEP won the meet, placing four runners in the top 10 and posting a team score of 44 points.

Middle Tennessee finished as runners-up with

48 points. Ahead of Southern Miss’ score of 91 points was Rice, which finished in third with a score of 74 points.

A tough drawback for the Golden Eagles was the course which was a two-loop 5K that featured a narrow start and a hill to finish the race.

“At the beginning, it was really packed because it narrowed really fast. It was a fast start but it is hard to run whenever you have so many people packed around you,” freshman Lina May said.

“You kind of have to step through people. It does slow you down a bit. The hill wasn’t that bad. It was steep but we got up it fast.”

Leading the way for the Golden Eagles was junior Sandra Szpott who ran a personal record of 17:25 and finished in 10th place. “[A] positive was Sandra’s spot in her first conference meet, 10th, and running with the

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lead pack the whole time and giving us a chance to have a front-runner,” Kindt said. “That girl wasn’t worried about time. That girl was trying to race the top as hard as she could.”

Behind Szpott was sophomore Kate Mattox, who ran 17:43 to finish in 13th place.

“Kate had been off to a slow start got a little banged up at the end of the summer,” Kindt said. “She’s been kind of clawing her way through these meets not with a tremendous base under her. Just seeing the effort and fight with some of these girls gets me excited for the future because I think once we kind of can put all the pieces together we can have a really good team.”

Following close behind and closing out the top five were juniors Emma-Kate Holdbrooks, Monika Gebarzewska and May who ran 18:01, 18:04 and 18:12 to finish in 20th, 22nd and 24th place.

Junior Regen McGee ran 18:39 to finish in 37th place and senior Victoria Hoppe ran 18:45 to finish in 43rd place to round out the top seven for the Golden Eagles. Junior Theresa Harto ran 18:57 to finish in 49th and senior Madeleine Bell ran 19:34 to finish in 67th.

The highlight of the race was Holdbrooks’ and May’s performance. Holdbrooks has had a great season and finished as Third Team AllConference C-USA. “Emma-Kate Holdbrooks, she goes from being 40th last year to 20th this year,” Kindt said.

“That’s just a girl who has worked her butt off the last two and a half years to get to this point. She went from barely being able to hang our team on runs and now she’s one of our best runners.

That just kind of shows the commitment some of these girls have to our program.”

May, just a freshman, impressively ran a personal record and was just three spots away from finishing as all-conference.

“Lina May our top freshman from Vancleave, Mississippi, is a girl that no one knew about,” Kindt said. “She had some success in Mississippi but for the most part, no one knew what she was

capable of doing and being right there top 25 in her first conference use meet and having a shot to be all-conference shows the potential she has.

I’m really excited about her future.”

Szpott finished Second Team All-Conference C-USA and Mattox finished Third Team AllConference C-USA. “A little disappointed that we couldn’t repeat on what we did last year finishing in the top two but like I said we went up against some heavy hitters and we did our best. We came up short but I’m proud of them,” Kindt said. “I’m proud of this group and what they accomplished this year and I’m excited with what they will do.”

Southern Miss will travel to Tallahassee, Florida, to race in the NCAA South Regional on Nov. 2.

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