The Student Printz, December 1, 2014

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Monday, December 1, 2014

Volume 99 Issue 27

SPECIAL REPORT

Res Life pulls plug on Pine Haven Grad students, families lose on-campus housing

Nikki Smith News Editor

The doors of Pine Haven, The University of Southern Mississippi’s only on-campus graduate and family housing option, will close indefinitely Jan. 1, 2015.

These apartments have been home to married or single parents, graduate students and international students since 1959.

Residents have been asked to vacate the buildings no later than Dec. 31.

Questions have been raised by past and current residents alike about the reason behind the closing of Pine Haven and why the university will not replace the buildings.

“Pine Haven has been a part of the university community for a number of years and quite frankly it is time for it to close,” said Scott Blackwell, director of Residence Life. “It has outlived its life expectancy.”

According to the Hattiesburg American, Blackwell said there is a decrease in demand for graduate student and family housing at USM. “In 2011, only half of Pine Haven apartments were occupied, and currently only 40 doctorate/ graduate students with families live in the complex now,” he said to the Hattiesburg American. He said only 130 of the units were occupied when the decision was made to close.

However, 141 of 168 apartments were occupied in the spring of 2011, and 145 in the fall of 2011. The apartments only began to see a decline once residents received notice in May 2013 that the apartments would close in 2018.

At that time Residence Life quit taking applications for Pine Haven and as residents began making other arrangements and moving out, those apartments

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Brittny Roberts/ Printz Pine Haven apartments on the Southern Miss campus resemble a ghost town as residents vacate the apartments. The complex will officially close Jan. 1, 2015.

Pine Haven has been a part of the university community for a number of years and quite frankly it is time for it to close.

- Scott Blackwell, director of Residence Life were closed. There was still a waiting list at that time.

“It’s overdue and the demand for apartment housing has been in decline,” Blackwell said. “A year and half ago it was decided to go ahead and announce the closing of Pine Haven for maintenance reasons.”

The buildings were initially scheduled to close in 2018, but the date was moved up when Institutions for Higher Learning (IHL) mandated that every residential building be equipped with sprinklers by December 2014.

According to Blackwell, Pine Haven will be torn down due to the age of the buildings and the amount of money needed to

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install fire safety sprinklers in every apartment.

Michelle Shinall, assistant director of marketing and campus relations for Physical Plant, said the reinforced concrete in Pine Haven made the installation of the systems impractical.

Blackwell said the apartments were built when there were few off-campus apartments available.

“I do not believe there is not an abundance of off-campus housing available,” Blackwell said. “Pine Haven has served a niche market. Since that time a lot of construction has occurred around the perimeter of campus to offer more housing options.”

When asked if he heard some students may have to drop

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out of school because of their inability to afford other housing, Blackwell said, “I would have to ask how hard have those students been looking for off-campus housing. We realized it would be inconveniencing some, so we decided not to raise costs and allowed residents to leave early without financial penalty.”

Vicki Copeland, assistant director for family and special interest housing, said these students need affordable housing options.

“If there was a way to build something at a low cost that they could afford, that would be great,” Copeland said. “Housing in the community is just not affordable for most.”

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Shyrle Wallace, a graduate student at USM and current Pine Haven resident, said Pine Haven was the reason she decided to earn a degree at the university. Wallace said although she realizes the buildings are “old and infested,” she said on-campus housing for graduate students and families is a necessity.

“If not for the option of living on campus, I might have had to give up my pursuit of an education because I had not owned a car in over 12 years and had no way to commute at the time,” Wallace said. “To say that family housing has no future on the USM campus, to me, it just seems like Southern Miss is turning its back on those

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Editor’s Note In Thursday’s paper, be sure to read the special feature on the Pine Haven current and former residents. Multimedia on Pine Haven will be available on the Printz website Thursday.

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NEWS

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STATE

Miss. universities to increase tuition Mary Beth Wolverton Printz Reporter

In the wake of reduced state funding for Mississippi universities, The University of Southern Mississippi will see a rise in the cost of tuition for the 2015-2016 school year by 3.2 percent, according to the Hattiesburg American.

Mississippi’s College Board recently voted to approve increases in tuition at universities across the state. Southern Miss will increase tuition costs by 3.2 percent, while some schools are seeing a rise of up to 4.9 percent.

Two schools, Delta State University and Mississippi Valley State, will continue to offer the

same tuition as 2013.

Currently, tuition for an in-state student at Southern Miss, as listed on the school’s website, is $3,490 per semester, or $6,980 per year.

A nonresident will pay $4,285 per semester, or $8,570 per year. The increase means that tuition for an in-state student will cost about $7,224 per year, depending on the student’s program.

Nonresident students will see a congruent increase, according to the Hattiesburg American.

Southern Miss experienced a bump in tuition this academic year as well, yet still faced budget cuts and financial crunches.

Money taken from the school’s spending was still not enough to balance the budget, so Southern

Miss, and other universities, must turn increasingly to students.

Bethany Norris, a sophomore social work major, is very aware of how increasing tuition could affect her schooling.

“I am expecting to get less financial aid next year, so an increase in price will make me have to take out more money in student loans,” Norris said.

“I think that if I did not receive any financial aid, the hike in price would make college more difficult to afford, but as long as I’m getting some financial aid, it should not make it too much more difficult to afford.”

But while Norris might not experience insurmountable difficulties paying for the 2015-

2016 school year, she said that if prices continue to increase, families like hers would shoulder more financial burdens.

“I still have a minimum of two years left of school and in another year, my sister will be in school.

As long as prices are rising, it could put a burden on my parents to put both of us through school,” Norris said.

John Davenport, a sophomore exercise science major, also recognizes the potential dangers of increasing tuition another year in a row.

“I completely believe that if tuition keeps going up, it will end up being a deterrent to potential college students,” Davenport said.

When asked what Southern

Miss could do to help take financial pressure off students while dealing with budget cuts, Davenport had an answer.

“An obvious answer would be to slow down on spending.

Every time you turn around on campus, construction is going on, and not all of it is necessary,” he said. “Also, spoiler alert: maybe it’s time to take just a chunk of the football budget and put it toward academics instead.

Otherwise, budget cuts are going to have to be made, hence the loss of the yearbook.”

Tuition increases are expected to continue over the next few years at Southern Miss, with no apparent ceiling for how high tuition costs may rise.

ON CAMPUS

Southern Miss observes World AIDS Day Mary Sergeant

Printz Reporter & Photographer On Dec. 1, The Research Initiative on Social Justice and Equity (RISE) will host a day of events in honor of World AIDS Day. RISE is a group comprised of faculty, staff and students who wish to bring equity to Mississippi and the rest of the world. The group stems from the College of Education and Psychology. The group is made up of 16 individuals, four of which are directors.

The day will begin with a luncheon at noon, held in the Thad Cochran Center Ballroom I. The luncheon will be an event where researchers, experts and community leaders can speak about HIV and its affect on Hattiesburg and the state of Mississippi. Guests were required to register for the event by Nov. 21.

At 3:30 p.m., the group will be showing “How to Survive a Plague” in R.C. Cook Union.

This movie specifically focuses on HIV and community activism.

The viewing is completely free and those in attendance will also have the opportunity to win door prizes.

Throughout the entire day, students will also have access to free and rapid HIV testing.

Students can come to Union rooms A, C and D for testing.

“It’s incredibly easy, takes only 15 minutes and is completely free and confidential,” said Kamden

Strunk, a director for RISE. “Knowing our status is one of the most important individual steps we can take in this fight.”

Also throughout the day, students will be able to view the AIDS Memorial Quilt in the main atrium of the Thad Cochran Center.

According to the AIDS Quilt website, the quilt was created in 1985 by Cleve Jones, a gay rights activist.

While planning a march in honor of San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone, Jones found that over 1,000 people in the San Francisco area had also lost their lives to HIV/AIDS. The quilt has now been viewed by over 14 million people and is made of 48,000 panels from across the nation.

According to Strunk, Mount Olive Baptist Church, Trinity Episcopal Church, City Hall and USM are all home to panels of the quilt.

“They are memorials to those who have died due to the epidemic,” Strunk said.

“In that sense, they are a very visible and poignant reminder of the real, human cost of the continued soaring HIV infection rates in Mississippi, and the urgent need for us to take action to change the pattern.”

In 2010, The Mississippi State Department of Health issued an STD/HIV Epidemiologic Profile that found roughly 14,000 cases of HIV had been diagnosed in Mississippi as of Dec. 31,

2010. Four percent of the cases found in 2010 were found in Forrest County.

Then, in 2011, the Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention released a study stating that Mississippi ranked 20th in the number of HIV

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diagnoses that year.

For more information of RISE and World AIDS Day visit usm-rise.weebly.com.

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NEWS

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SPECIAL REPORT PINE HAVEN

continued from page 1 who need it most.”

Delta State University and the University of Mississippi offer apartment-style family housing on campus with the option to pay with financial aid.

“Right now around the country, there appears to be a trend in not only building apartment-style housing for traditional undergraduates, but also in removing the older buildings that were traditionally family and graduate housing,” Eric Neilson, assistant director for apartment living at Kansas State University, wrote in Talking Stick, a campus housing publication.

He said this happens as the structures become older and repair costs are not always covered by rental rates.

Neilson said there is a need to work with the undergraduate population, but also to do that without alienating the graduate students and families.

According to Blackwell, Pine Haven was built for $900,000, but it would cost approximately $20 million to rebuild the nine existing buildings.

At this time there are no plans for rebuilding or what will take its place. However, Blackwell said Greek Life housing is a possibility.

In 2005, one-third of the apartments were removed to make room for The Village sorority housing on campus that opened in 2008. Pine Haven was full with a waiting list at that point.

Blackwell said plans to close Pine Haven were discussed as early as 2007.

“It makes me very sad knowing how many nontraditional and graduate students have reached their educational goals because of the affordable housing that Pine Haven offered,” Copeland said. “I understand the reason for tearing them down, but wish we could offer another housing option for this population of students.

The cost of offcampus housing may be out of reach for this population.”

Rent for many of the apartments bordering campus ranges between $500 to $560 per month, plus the cost of utilities. Rent at Pine Haven averages out to around $435 each month with utilities, basic cable, Internet and local phone service included. There is also the option to use financial aid to pay the bills.

Jefferson Saint Saens, a

STUDENTS ELIGIBLE TO LIVE IN PINE HAVEN GRADUATE STUDENTS

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS

of all students

of all students (undergraduate and graduate)

of undergraduate students who are 25 years or older

Source: Office of Institutional Research

RENT PER MONTH FOR APARTMENTS BORDERING SOUTHERN MISS CAMPUS NOT INCLUDING UTILITIES: LA MAISON APARTMENTS:

LEXINGTON APARTMENTS:

$560-580 $540

Southern Miss alumnus who moved out of Pine Haven July 2013, said the condition of the apartments was unpleasant, but because of the need for graduate housing Pine Haven should have been torn down and rebuilt.

Britney Slack, a senior elementary education and special education double major, current Pine Haven resident and single mother, said she chose to live in Pine Haven because it was convenient for her family, close to campus and affordable.

“The closing of Pine Haven has affected me a lot, because I am planning on going to grad school and I now have to rush to find a new place,” Slack said.

“I hate that USM will no longer be offering family housing considering how helpful it was to my family and how many students (who) attend the university (and) have families.”

Wallace’s concern is not primarily for graduate students.

“I do not believe that it is so much the graduate part that bothers me,” Wallace said.

“Single grad students can always do dorm living. It is the (would-be) future families –

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international and local – that I see losing a very beneficial and necessary thing.”

PINE HAVEN APARTMENTS:

AVERAGES $435 INCLUDING UTILITIES, BASIC CABLE, INTERNET AND LOCAL PHONE SERVICE.

Infographics by Cody Bass

In Thursday’s paper, be sure to read the special feature on the Pine Haven residents.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Monday, December 1, 2014 | Page 5

REVIEW

‘Mockingjay’ delivers best action yet Karyn Lewis Printz Reporter

“Mockingjay - Part I” has the perfect balance of action, adventure and romance, and it’s filled with emotional impact. The film created and broke boundaries within the franchise, and Gale finally had more than one scene.

The first two “Hunger Games” films simply prefaced a massive revolution, but the third installment took its symbolism and action to another level. Jennifer Lawrence’s character, Katniss Everdeen, has morphed from being the emblem of the revolution against the Capitol to leading that revolution.

“Mockingjay - Part 1” is surprisingly matured and reveals how our beloved characters have ripened since “Catching Fire.”

Characters were introduced, characters died and some characters were reborn, so to speak. Supporting roles President Alma Coin

and Plutarch Heavensbee, portrayed by Julianne Moore and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, respectively, help bring the saga to another level.

There is humor throughout the film, courtesy of Haymitch Abernathy and Effie Trinkett, portrayed by Woody Harrelson and Elizabeth Banks, respectively.

Some may argue that the love triangle between Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark and Gale Hawthorne has ruined the film series, but I strongly disagree.

The “Twilight” franchise does not remotely compare to “The Hunger Games,” but the deepening of the love triangle in this film was reminiscent of the Team Edward vs. Team Jacob thing. Perhaps it was intentional, seeing as popculture has conditioned us to crave the madness of watching love triangles spin out of control. I’m confused as to whether I’m Team Peeta or Team Gale

after watching this addition to the franchise. Either way, watching Gale grow more irritable over Katniss’ obvious growing compassion for the now partially insane Peeta was fulfilling.

Speaking of which, poor Peeta looks horrid in “Mockingjay - Part 1.” What I love about “The Hunger Games” is that the hero is a woman and the damsel in distress is a man. What I don’t love so much about “The Hunger Games” is the extent to which Peeta is tortured within this first installment of “Mockingjay.” He’s been captured, along with other tributes, by President Snow and he is used as bait in The Capitol.

The film leaves us with a stressful cliffhanger, and now, the only thing left to do is wait an entire 12 months to see if Katniss Everdeen’s story ends satisfyingly. Of course, if you’ve read the book, then you needn’t wait a year to find out how the story ends.

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OPINION

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TECH

Snap it, cash it: popular app goes too far Karyn Lewis Printz Reporter

Snapchat’s new feature “SnapCash” may open new doors to amateur porn. Snapchat partnered with payment firm Square to allow users to send money to friends, or whomever you’re snapchatting.

Users simply add their debit or credit card information, type in the amount they would like to send and the money goes directly into the recipient’s bank account. There’s also a swiping feature where users can “make it rain” into the recipient’s account. The new feature appears to be more convenient than other banking systems.

“A vast majority of Snapchat users never log out of Snapchat,” said Brian Roemmele, a Quora user. “Thus when needing to send cash, your graph is very likely to be a recipient. With the very simple process it makes great sense to use Snapchat as the launch point. The demographic also may not have aligned with any payment platform prior to SnapCash and this will have a rather large network effect over time.”

This feature could be good and it could be bad. I don’t believe anyone will be sending money to their friends, especially for pictures. Instagram is free. I do, however, see it as an excellent way to beg for money from my parents with a sad face attached.

I’m sure Snapchat is already used for sexting, so the new SnapCash feature is likely to

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increase such usage.

“The Reg has found several wannabe blue movie stars who have offered to expose their most intimate parts in exchange for donations via SnapCash,” said Jasper Hamill of The Register.

This feature is a step too far for the app. I miss the simple days of Snapchat when

Would you honestly send money to your friends via a picturesharing app? Maybe if they were nudes, but friends don’t exchange nudes. At least my friends and I don’t.

-Karyn Lewis

there was only one button.

Now there’s photo and video sharing and chat, and it’s officially become comparable to a Western Union.

Snapchat used to be only about having fun, and it appeared that things would stay that way when CEO Evan Spiegel rejected a $3 million takeover from Facebook in

2013. Unfortunately, the app’s first ad appeared in October, signifying that it’s just as much about money as every other form of social media.

Snapchat was already an extension of sexting for some people. But now we may as well call it SnapPorn.

Would you honestly send

money to your friends via a picture-sharing app? Maybe if they were nudes, but friends don’t exchange nudes. At least my friends and I don’t.

Snapchat users won’t be charged for SnapCash. Even so, this could mean an end for sex hotlines and a beginning for a modern form of sexting.

Smart move, Snapchat.

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SPORTS

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FOOTBALL

USM drops final game 45-24 to UAB Jacob Kemp Printz Reporter

The Southern Miss Golden Eagles fell 45-24 to the UAB Blazers in a game that never felt all that close. The Golden Eagle defense could not get stops consistently against the up-tempo UAB Blazer offense and it cost them a win Saturday.

“Well, it was not the way we wanted to end the season,” said head coach Todd Monken. “It’s just not the way you want to go out. We had a good two weeks leading up to this and I thought our guys were motivated.”

The smallest crowd in M.M. Roberts Stadium’s history, 17, 103, was on hand to send out the latest group of seniors that is highlighted by linebacker Alan Howze, Dasman McCullum and Emmanuel Johnson. Howze was injured twice in the first half and was unable to return to the game.

“I am appreciative to the seniors for the effort that they have put in the last couple of years,” Monken said. “It has been tough. It’s tough on everybody. You don’t work as hard as we work and put your name out there and play and not taste victory and not have it be hard, but our guys have done that.”

The Golden Eagle defense

could not find an answer for UAB running back Jordan Howard, who rushed for 247 yards and a touchdown in the win. Howard also became the UAB singleseason leading rusher during the game.

Howard’s hard running softened up the USM defense and allowed UAB quarterback Cody Clements to pass proficiently.

Howard almost never went down on the first hit and would take several Golden Eagles to wrap him up.

“It is pretty obvious what happened,” Monken said. “(Howard) is a good running back. He is big, powerful and gets downhill. If you don’t make him go sideways they are hard to go down.”

Emmanuel Johnson finished with 12 tackles and said afterward it was missed assignments and missed tackles that led to Howard’s big night.

The offense, led by Nick Mullens, did not go without a fight however and scored almost step for step with the Blazers. Mullens finished 24-42 for 263 yards and a score. After halftime, the offense made an adjustment and started to pick their spots underneath the coverage and it worked to great success.

However, miscommunication

among the offensive line led to multiple sacks for UAB and knocked USM out of touchdown opportunities several times.

USM tried its best to cut the lead in the third, getting it to 2810, but a back-breaking 99-yard kick off return would all but suck the wind out of USM. Mullens’ lone touchdown came in the second half after being shut out in the first half, but that did not stop UAB from sacking him seven times.

Despite becoming bowl eligible with the win, it appears as if the UAB football program is about to be shut down permanently. UAB Athletic Director Brian Mackin is working on a separation agreement with the university and head coach Bill Clark is all but certain the program has seen its last days.

“I think it’s going to happen,” Clark said. “Unless something changes before the weekend ends, I think it’s over. I think the odds are very high it ends this week. To shut the doors? That’s sad.”

In true Southern Miss pride and passion, the senior class, including Markese Triplett and McCullum, did not go without a fight and even caused a scene in the third quarter when USM was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct.

BASKETBALL

Susan Broadbridge/Printz Southern Miss quarterback Nick Mullens runs past the UAB defense as the Golden Eagles host their last home game of the season. USM loses 45-24.

Despite being flagged, it showed the frustration and passion that the Golden Eagles played with. The senior class has passed on a valuable lesson to the younger players.

Mullens will return next

season with two years under his belt and will hope to lead USM back to the bowl season in 2015.

He will not be the only one as Jalen Richard will also return and looked to emerge as the most talented back USM has.

USM embarrassed by Drexel, 59-36 Ashley Hickman Printz Reporter

Southern Miss traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday evening where they were defeated by the Drexel Dragons 59-36.

USM was confident coming off a huge home victory before Thanksgiving break, but were dull the entire game against the Dragons. Their 36 points were the fewest they have scored since 2005.

“We’ve got to understand that once you go on the road, it’s a totally different basketball game (than) it is when you’re at home,” said Southern Miss head coach Doc Sadler. “There’s not a team that could’ve given us a better lesson today than Drexel. They gave us a lesson how to control the basketball, control the game, defense, everything about it.

They were in total control from start to finish.”

In the first half, Drexel went on an 8-0 run, forcing USM to

call a timeout. Norville Carey was granted his first start with the Golden Eagles, and he made a statement. Carey scored the first 12 points for USM cutting Drexel’s lead to seven, 19-12 with 11:12 on the clock.

Drexel pushed its lead to 15 with five minutes remaining when Dallas Anglin sunk a three-pointer, the first points for Southern Miss by someone other than Carey. USM’s first half woes continued as they ended the first half down 14 points, 35-21.

Drexel’s Damion Lee produced 19 points in just the first half.

USM only shot 32 percent from the field in the first half compared to Drexel’s 46.4 percent. The Golden Eagle offense was in desperate need of a spark, but never got it.

Matt Bingaya’s layup in the paint cut Drexel’s lead to 12, 3725, with 17 minutes remaining.

Offensively, the Golden Eagles were unable to score and had no answer on defense, trading baskets with the Dragons. Drexel was ahead by as much as 25

points over the Golden Eagles.

The Golden Eagles only scored 15 points the second half with two steals, resulting in a 59-36 loss.

Overall, Carey led all scoring with 16 points. The next closest was Matt Bingaya with seven. The Golden Eagles were outrebounded defensively and offensively.

Drexel had eleven offensive rebounds to USM’s eight and 27 defensive rebounds to USM’s 16.

USM’s field goal percentage stayed the same in the second half while Drexel’s improved to 50 percent. The Golden Eagles were woeful from behind the arc, making just 2-13, just 15.4 percent while the Dragons shot 43 percent from deep.

In recent games, the Golden Eagles were able to keep their turnovers to eight or under, but were guilty of 11 against Drexel, resulting in 20 points for the Dragons.

Southern Miss fell to 3-2 overall and will return home Dec. 3 taking on North Dakota State at 7:30 p.m.

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