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In a time of unfavorable ap-proval ratings, President Obama is taking his political opponents head-on as he seeks to pass the massive $447 billion jobs bill he proposed over a week ago, along with a deficit reduction plan he proposed on Monday.

� e de� cit reduction plan would be used to pay for the jobs bill he proposed before a joint session of Congress. � e proposed American Job Act in-cludes tax cuts for employees and employers, assistance to the unemployed, and spending on infrastructure and education.

Obama said that the act would put more people back to work and more money in the pockets of consumers. “It will provide a jolt to an economy that has stalled and give com-panies confidence that if they

invest and hire, there will be customers for the products and services,” Obama said.

However, since his impas-sioned plea, he has been met by an onslaught of criticism from Republican lawmakers. On Mon-day, a� er announcing the de� cit reduction plan, Obama made clear his belief that de� cit reduc-tion must come through a com-bination of tax increases for the upper class and spending cuts.

“Class warfare isn’t leadership,” House Speaker John Boehner said on Monday. � at comment came despite Obama’s declaration that, “� is is not class warfare. It’s math.”

Along with tax increases for upper-income taxpayers, Obama’s plan targets tax loop-holes that bene� t large corpora-tions. Because of these tax in-creases, Social Security would be spared the drastic cuts many believe are necessary.

Obama also suggested im-plementing the “Buffett Rule,”

named after billionaire investor Warren Buffett, which would establish a minimum tax for taxpayers who make more than $1 million a year.

Obama threatened to veto Re-publican attempts to pass a bill that would cut Medicare bene� ts for the elderly without also raising taxes on the rich.

“We can’t just cut our way out of this hole,” Obama said.

Republican opponents disagreed.“Veto threats, a massive tax

hike, phantom savings and punt-ing on entitlement reform is not a recipe for economic or job growth or even meaningful de� cit reduc-tion,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Along with tax increases, Obama’s plan would reduce spending for Medicare and Medicaid by $580 billion. An estimated $1 trillion would be saved over 10 years from the withdrawal of U.S. forces in Af-ghanistan and Iraq.

Obama proposes jobs billAshton Pittman

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ON CAMPUS

Initiative 26 is an anti-abortion bill that will be voted on in Mississippi on November 8.

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Initiative 26: right to life or right to choose?

On November 8, Mississippi-ans will vote on whether to pass or veto Initiative 26, a controver-sial anti-abortion bill.

While the bill’s advertisements mainly target creating laws mak-ing abortion and cloning ille-gal, the initiative seeks to obtain stricter birth control regulations through regulating and diminish-ing certain options women have today regarding birth control.

While some � nd Initiative 26 a wonderful option because it de� nes life at conception, others said that the initiative is a clear

infringement on women’s rights.Mickey Lyon is a Hattiesburg

native who volunteers for the “Yes on 26” campaign.

“I work to encourage people to vote ‘Yes on 26’ in order to ensure equal protection for every human being from the moment on con-ception,” Lyon said.

Lyon also said the most impor-tant aspect of the initiative is that it would protect human life at the moment of conception.

“We are trying to inform the public that initiative 26 is about protecting the lives of unborn children. It will not ban contra-ception, it wont ban in vitro fer-tilization, and it wont jeopardize healthcare,” Lyon said.

Planned Parenthood, however, supports women’s rights rather than the aspects of Initiative 26.

Leola Reis is the Vice Presi-dent of External A� airs for the Southeast branch of Planned Par-enthood. Reis said that Planned Parenthood opposes any kind of initiative that would limit access to birth control.

“Planned Parenthood o� ers core services for woman that in-clude birth control, exams, STD screening and treatment, preg-nancy testing and additional ser-vices based on community needs,” Reis said. “We also do advocacy work to implement sex education

Justin MitchellPrintz Writer

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11 a.m.American Heart Association FundraiserShoemaker Square

2 p.m.SGA Freshman Associate InterviewsSA Hub Board Room

3 p.m.Interviews with Alpha Kappa PsiUnion Room C

6:30 p.m.Running in RedPride Field

8 a.m.Forrest/Lamar County American Heart Association WalkPride Field

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7 p.m.Phi Beta Sigma 35th Anniversary Banquet/Family DayTrent Lott Center 103

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11 a.m.Lacrosse Bake SaleShoemaker Square

11 a.m.Christian Nurses Fellowship Monthly MeetingElizabeth Harkins Hall

11 a.m.Men’s Rugby Club RecruitmentTCC Lobby

5 p.m.IFC Recruitment Week Begins

12 p.m.Health Awareness DayUnion Lobby

2:30 p.m.Pro-Life Chalk DayUnion Plaza

5 p.m.Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship MeetingTCC 228

7 p.m.Stage Monkey MeetingJGH 116

7 p.m.The Total Woman: The Choice is YoursUnion Room B

11 a.m.Grow the Game Bake SaleShoemaker Square

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INITIATIVE, from 1

� e College Near Peer Mentor Program o� ers college students a rewarding experience to mentor middle school children on college life. Several middle schools in Jef-ferson Davis County and Copiah County will open their doors to members of this program to en-courage children to pursue post-secondary education.

“� ese college students will meet at these school districts once or twice a month for a six hour period,” said project leader Arnecca Byrd.

� e requirements to enter the program are quite simple. Mentors must work well with children, have a reliable trans-portation method, be at least a sophomore in college and have a positive outlook on their college experience.

“� ese children look up to

college students, and these stu-dents have the opportunity to encourage them to pursue their education,” said Byrd.

Considering the enjoyable experience Southern Miss has to o� er their students, sharing this with younger children will be quite bene� cial and easy to relay. For applications to enter the College Near Peer Mentor Program, contact Arnecca Byrd at 601-266-6112 or Rebekah Young at 601-266-5388.

Erin LowreyPrintz Writer

News in brief:

Over the years, some dated computer jokes have been told in the computer science field, especially among students. A once popular one was “What can your PC do that my Mac can’t?” “Right-click.” It was true a decade ago – the Mac mice didn’t have a right-click button. Even the latest Magic Mouse by Apple skipped the implementation by just making the whole thing touch sensitive.

Nowadays, this is just a joke from the archives. For years, people have plugged in USB mice to get around the old ste-reotype. However, there are

still many other antiquated statements cited as fact around college campuses, where, according to a 2010 report by Student Monitor, an astounding 27% of laptops are Macs (as opposed to its worldwide compo-sition of 7.8% as of July 2011, accord-ing to the World Wide Web Consor-tium).

Two popular myths are “Macs can’t get viruses” and “Macs don’t crash.”

Years ago, the first statement was slightly more accurate, but today these

concepts are complete non-sense. Apple.com has now up-

dated its “Why Mac?” page to announce the inevitable devel-

opment of viruses for alternate operating systems.

The statement “Macs don’t crash” is also a fallacy. In fact, the term ‘“pin-wheel of doom” was coined for the load-ing cursor, a con-stantly spinning rainbow wheel that pops up when a Mac freezes. If the spinning doesn’t stop, the only way to get the computer to start working again is to cut the power and reboot – just like Windows. The pop-

ularity of the infamous cursor is well-established; it yields the

number one result on Google search and was parodied by the popular cartoon Family Guy.

So while browsing for a new computer this school year, keep in mind that technologies ad-vance past their reputations, good or bad. Windows operat-ing systems may be infamous for viruses and blue screens, but many think Windows 7 is a big improvement from Vista and XP. The tech-savvy might want to try out a version of Linux, if they haven’t already. Stay up-to-date with technolog-ical evolution, and make sure to listen to all sides of the debate every couple of months to see if anything has changed. You may be pleasantly surprised.

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in schools. We are big proponents based on what science says.”

Reis said that Initiative 26 poses a huge government interference and limits a woman’s access to birth control.

“Initiative 26 is bad medi-cine, bad public policy and will threaten various items that could help prevent unplanned pregnancy,” Reis said.

Ashley Strahan is a junior elementary and special educa-tion major who supports Initia-tive 26 because of her pro-life standpoint.

“� e proponent of Initiative 26 that is the most important to me is de� ning life at conception. If it becomes a life at conception, then abortion becomes murder,” Strahan said.

Lyon agrees with Strahan.“Initiative 26 is about a child’s

right to live, not about a woman’s right to choose,” Lyon said.

Reis, however, o� ered another standpoint on abortion.

“Abortion is a complex and dif-� cult issue. Abortion is decided by a woman, her family and the concepts of her spiritual belief,” Reis said.

Some students said that Initia-tive 26 will create an extremely negative e� ect on society.

Zach Booth is a University of Southern Mississippi gradu-ate with a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Foreign Lan-guages. Booth urged voters to say “no” to Initiative 26.

“No state has ever passed anything so extreme before. It could lead to more government intrusion in our personal lives, such as getting into our medical records to investigate miscar-riages, dictating what kind of

birth control we use and inter-fering with medical decisions in treating women for fertility problems,” Booth said.

Booth also said that college students would be the group that would be hit hardest if Initiative 26 were placed into action. “Col-lege students need more birth control, not less,” Booth said.

Devin Ladner is a junior English major who thinks that students need sex education and not an ini-tiative that de� nes life before wom-en even know they’re pregnant.

“Initiative 26 is only causing a vicious cycle. Until we � x our high levels of teen pregnancy, I don’t think we should be focusing on eliminating one of the only op-tions that teens are able to use to stop this cycle,” Ladner said.

Lyon, however, stresses the importance of defining life at conception.

“Modern science has demon-strated that from the moment of conception you have a new hu-man being with its own unique DNA pattern,” Lyon said. “Most abortions destroy a functioning human heart and a functioning human brain.”

Ladner disagrees.“It seems ridiculous to not al-

low teenagers to have abortions but yet we are not giving them an alternative option because we fail to educate them about alterna-tive options. It seems that many people think that by educating teenagers about safe sex, we are in some way promoting it. If any-thing, our silence has only done worse,” Ladner said.

Mississippi residents are urged to take a stance on either side and vote on November 8 regarding Initiative 26.

Feature Tuesday, September 20, 2011, Student Printz

Whatever students may need, there is probably a service on cam-pus to solve problems one may ex-perience as a college student.

If a fear of public speaking is an issue, the Speaking Center in Cook Library can be a lifesaver.

“We are designed to help students throughout the entire speech cre-ation and presentation process,” said Carl Brown, a graduate peer consul-tant in the Speaking Center, which can help students with everything from choosing topics to outlining and finding ways to organize the in-formation they find from sources in a logical manner.

“We also do workshops, and we can do those for small groups, class-es, students or faculty on various topics,” Brown said.

Those workshops cover anything from speaking with PowerPoint to verbally presenting research papers, and those interested can even get a workshop customized.

Brown said the Southern Miss community should understand that the services are available to

everyone on campus.“It doesn’t matter if you’re a fresh-

man or a Ph.D. student,” he said.For students with trouble working

through difficult issues, the Student Counseling Center, located on the second floor Kennard-Washington Hall, is the place to get help from a trained and licensed psychologist.

Sidne Buelow, supervising psy-chologist for Student Counsel-ing Services, said concerns about confidentiality are one of the main things that stop students from seeking help.

In response to those concerns, she said that anyone who comes seeking help is subject to the same protections as they are at the on campus clinic.

“If a faculty member or parent calls asking if so-and-so is coming to counseling, we give them the same standard response: ‘We can’t confirm or deny if someone is or is not coming to counseling here’,” Buelow said.

Buelow said counseling services, which are free to students, are avail-able for a wide range of concerns. She named grief over the death of a friend or family member, residual feelings from a breakup, depression,

anxiety, and alcohol or drug depen-dence as a few things for which the center offers help.

“We work to provide the re-sources to help students learn how to make decisions about important things in their life,” Buelow said. “[The patients] do all the hard work.”

Students more worried about their occupational health than their mental health may find the Career Services office in McLemore Hall helpful.

Arthur Lumzy, manager of ca-reer counseling, said he would like to see the entire student body use the office.

Lumzy said he mainly helps students looking for jobs after graduation.

“We also help prepare students for jobs in the realm of résumé cover letters and mock interviews for full or part-time employment,” Lumzy said.

He also said he helps prepare students to succeed in school with guidance in “helping students de-cide on what major they should choose while here at USM.”

Lumzy said students should wor-ry about finding a job in the current

economic climate.“The word I would use is that

they should be cautiously opti-mistic,” he said.

“They can’t control the eco-nomic climate or the job market, but they can take control of what they’re doing here at Southern Miss to make themselves the best employee they can be.”

Lumzy said the services that the

office offers can be helpful to any student at any point in their South-ern Miss career.

“Until 100 percent of the student body uses our services, I can’t ef-fectively say that enough people use them,” he said.

These resources and a number of others on campus are avail-able to students and most of them are free of charge.

Jonathan AndrewsPrintz Writer

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The Speaking Center is open Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. until 7 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. and Sunday, 2 p.m. until 5 p.m.

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Vegetarian and vegan eating on campusAbby Loranger

Printz Writer

When most of us think about Southern cuisine, we think of deep pit barbeque and fried chicken. So, it’s only natural that the majority of the eating establishments we frequent serve foods that are fried up and slathered in barbeque sauce.

Then there are those who don’t eat meat, a staple in almost every Southern meal.

For instance, at the Fresh Food Company, every Friday is chicken tender day, and with every Sunday comes fried chicken like clockwork. In the Home line, a piece of meat is the focal point of every dish.

Even a grilled cheese sandwich is accompanied with a few slices of bacon.

Though we live in a country where the classic food pyramid tells us to eat two to three servings of meat per day, a survey done by the College & University Consumer Trend Report found that 21 percent of college students limit their meat intake—or only eat meat occasionally—and have switched to a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle.

Another study done by ARAMARK, the food service provider for USM, found that one in four college students are actively

seeking vegan options while dining.It’s no wonder the classic

food pyramid design has been thrown out in favor of a new plate design. More people are choosing meatless diets or limiting their meat consumption.

So what is the difference between being vegetarian and vegan?

They are similar in that they are plant-based diets. Vegetarians are generally more flexible in their diets. Some eat fish or chicken, but no red meat, and they can consume dairy products if they so choose. Veganism, however, is very strict and forbids consumption of any animal-derived products.

What, then, is USM doing to provide vegetarian-friendly dining options?

A recent USM graduate, who chose to remain anonymous, shared a real-life scenario when it came to eating on campus.

“I developed an eating disorder because it was hard finding suitable options for me. I am a vegetarian, and it was hard for me to trust how certain foods were prepared. I lived off whole-grain cereal and soy milk until I realized I wasn’t treating my body the right way.”

Another former student had a different perspective.

“I loved eating on campus. I

always felt like I could never get enough of the fruit or salad bars,” USM graduate Hannah Jones said. “I also loved the smart line, but sometimes they aren’t open every day or for certain meals. I liked being able to find something in every line, mix it together, and create something of my own.”

When asked for their advice on how to improve veg-health on campus, both students agreed that creativity is the key. “Don’t limit yourself to a plain spinach salad. Top your salad with salsa, raisins, apple sauce, or different beans.” one student recommended. “It’s healthy, filling, and isn’t boring.”

Aside from creativity, both alumni were in agreement on something else: labeling.

“It would be helpful if everything was labeled. What are the ingredients? How was it prepared?”

On the main page of the Eagle Dining website, visitors can click on the nutrition link and find helpful resources on leading a healthy lifestyle, as well as nutrition tips and wellness tools.

Aside from the Fresh, other on-campus eateries offer numerous options for the veg-crowd.

Spare Bonus Bucks can be spent at Subway, which offers veggie-filled options, as do the PODs and the Agora.

Urbanspoon, a local website which gives reviews of suggestions

of Hattiesburg eateries, can help with off campus dining. It offers a list of the “Best Vegan Friendly” joints, citing Caliente Grill, Twist and Taste, and Petra Cafe among others as viable healthy options.

Microwaves and refrigerators in dorm rooms can also be used. Purchasing healthy ingredients at the grocery store and whipping up healthy creations is cheaper than using Dining Dollars three times a day. Residence Life friendly cookbooks such as PETA’s Vegan College Cookbook are perfect for easy-to-make recipes for the dorm dweller with limited cooking supplies.

PETA recently named its winners for their annual “Most Vegetarian-Friendly Colleges,” in which the healthiest colleges received recognition for choosing healthy, “cruelty-free” dining options. The winner this year is Indiana University-Bloomington, where “vegan and vegetarian options are clearly marked and always delicious,” boasting dishes such as a Vegan Garden Burger, Hot Cakes, and Sesame Noodle and Pea Pod Casserole.

With some fine-tuning, USM could join the ranks and become PETA-perfect.

In the South, vegetarians and vegans have reported having a hard time finding food options.

MCT Campus

Opinion Tuesday, September 20, 2011, Student Printz

Student Shout-outs

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“ Hey all you Lil Waynes in the Quad, where do you see yourself in ten years?

Where are all the cats on campus this year?

S to A: Thanks for making work awesome. You rock!

To the egotistical and im-becillic person who com-plained about whiny soror-ity girls: I dare you to try recruitment.

Travis Thornell’s mustache is bringing sexy back.

To the jerk in the Thad: The escalators were not intend-ed for your amusement, GET A LIFE!

Southern Miss To The Top. Literally! - a non Eagle Club student

Studying in France next semester- BEST decision I ever made. So much better than studying in a regular classroom. You should try to study abroad, too!

Brittany Watts is my hero!

Teachers, don’t act like you’re doing me some big favor by letting me out of class 5 minutes early.

If you’re going to be an RA, please be professional about your duty. Don’t show obvi-ous favoritism and carry on hall-wide gossip discussions about people on your fl oor at meetings! Thank you!

To the Bob Ross of Yoga: I totally have a crush on you. Can I be YOUR happy tree? :)

Walk like you want it, Celesta.

Ron Paul smoked the other candidates, just sayin’.

Playing Never Have I Ever in public is probs a bad idea.

Everybody buy baked good-ies and help support USM’s womens lacrosse team!!!

Love thy neighbor or the virtue of selfi shness?POLITICS

We have far more pressing issues to face in this election than religion. Among those issues are lack of civil-ity in politics, hungry children, lack of health care, slums, and dwindling education. At least, that’s what John F. Kennedy once told an audience of Protestant clergy who were skeptical of a Catholic candidate.

But today’s Republican � eld is polluted with politicians trying to leapfrog each other across the pews and to the presidency. Mi-chele Bachmann claims that God called her to the Presidency. But in His in� nite � ckleness, God appar-ently reversed course last month when he supposedly called Rick Perry to the highest o� ce in the land. One must assume that the Big Guy was wooed by Perry’s NFL stadium-sized prayer rally.

In fact, the only two candidates to not make a big deal out of their religion seem to be Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman, whose Mor-mon faiths draw suspicion from Evangelical circles.

Even Ron Paul has jumped on the religious bandwagon, bragging on his website that he has “accepted Je-sus Christ as his personal Savior” and that he “endeavors every day to follow Him in every person I advocate.”

Among the positions he claims to model a� er the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth are positions that would strip all � nancial aid to the poor, repeal the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and deprive millions of Americans of health care access. In fact, at the CNN Tea Party debate last week, he was asked if he would let the unin-sured sick die rather than provide them with government assistance. While Paul did not deny it, some of his more enthusiastic supporters re-soundingly shouted, “YES!”

But it’s not just Paul; most of the Republican � eld support stripping the poor of government resources to some degree. � at’s quite a bold stance coming from a group of peo-ple who claim allegiance to a proph-et who threatened those who do not aid the poor with eternal hell� re.

It’s not shock, then, that many of their compassionless � scal views come from another source. Repub-licans like Ron Paul draw much of their inspiration from Ayn Rand, a 20th century writer who articulated the “virtue of sel� shness.” Her phi-losophy states that “man must exist for his own sake, neither sacri� cing himself to others nor sacri� cing oth-ers to himself” and that his own self-interest and happiness is “the highest moral purpose of his life.”

But if modern Christian con-servatives really buy into Rand’s philosophy, then what the hell do they think about their sav-ior sacrificing himself, not for his own self interest, but to save them from being held ac-countable for their own ac-tions? Is the Christian Jesus not the

antipathy of Rand’s idea of a virtuous conservative?

Despite that glaring inconsis-tency, conservatives like Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Ron Paul continue to tout Ayn Rand as a political prophetess.

But Rand was an avowed athe-ist who believed that “the concept of God is degrading to man” and called John 3:16 a “monstrous” mes-sage. And that part about caring for the poor and loving your neighbor? “Immoral and impossible,” she said.

Personally, I don’t deny the pos-itive role Christianity has played in politics in the past. Martin Lu-ther King, Jr., for example, rooted his advocacy for racial and social equality in his personal faith. But today, advocacy for social justice

is tantamount to hearsay in the Evangelical circles that court Re-publican candidates.

Republicans have two choices: Love Rand and hate Jesus, or love Jesus and hate Rand. If you truly be-lieve in the virtue of sel� shness, drop the pretense of piety and embrace sel� shness wholeheartedly.

Because in the end, to steal a line from Kennedy, it doesn’t really mat-ter what kind of church these candi-dates believe in; what matters is what kind of America they believe in.

� is was an article of opinion by Ashton Pittman, a writer for � e Student Printz. Email questions or comments to [email protected].

Time to decide: Jesus or Ayn Rand? Republicans can’t serve two masters

Ashton PittmanPrintz Writer

The Student Eagle Club is a good idea. The way they’re at-tracting members isn’t. True, the club will probably “help grow our identity as a school,” as Senior Associate Director of Athletics Jeff Hammond put it last April. After all, some of the organization’s goals are to help students show Southern Miss pride, create unity between stu-dents and athletes, and create a more exciting atmosphere on campus and at athletic events. In addition, the club has rewards, like Southern Miss t-shirts and discount cards to local businesses, which help promote the university and en-tice college students to boost the Hattiesburg area economy. High-minded goals and valu-able rewards. These efforts are good.

The fault lies with changing seating for the students and how the club set out to accom-plish it.

Think back to April last year when registration started for Student Eagle Club and “prior-ity” seating for students. Sure, one line in the April 12th edition of the student newspaper might suffi ce for publicity, but it obvi-ously wasn’t enough because the club took promotional visits to various sororities and frater-nities during the spring to help them sign up. Not to mention offering to allow all the Student Eagle Club Greeks to sit togeth-er in the lower section. Then, at the beginning of the semester, advocates of the club proceed-ed to promote it to freshmen at GEWW. Finally, a few signs were placed around campus and it was mentioned in emails so the general student popula-tion could learn about it. Con-gratulations on creating unity.

Here’s why it’s a terrible idea and how changing student

football seating does nothing to accomplish the goals of the Student Eagle Club.

This separation and perks for those with money strikingly resembles the seating ar-rangement for the general fan base– pay more and get bet-ter seats. Where’s the student privilege of being able to sit where you want for the regular price of a game? Even Chad Foote, a Student Eagle Club advocate, said, “Everything at this school lives and dies with the students,” later mentioning that general fans get rowdy and have fun when the stu-dents do. So let’s take away their privilege.

Finally, to be frank, football does not need more student fan support. Volleyball, women’s basketball, soc-cer, and softball (to name a few) could benefi t from more student fans. How does chang-ing football seating and anger-ing an already strong fan base there “create a more exciting atmosphere on campus and at athletic events,” Mr. Foote?

So give the seats back and fi nd a way to reward student fans at other sports that need support. I know you “want [your] members in that lower deck cre-ating the best atmosphere pos-sible,” but where do you want non-members? Alienated from everyone else and not creat-ing “atmosphere”? News fl ash: students cheered last year, and they didn’t pay $10 to be heard in the lower sections. And why are you “excited about the turn-out,” Chad? Of course there is a big turnout. Students weren’t given a choice and were essen-tially punished for not buying in. Don’t get too excited. It’s not to support athletics or the band – it’s to get their seats back.

Letter to the EditorStudent Eagle Club seating by Jordan Moore

Arts & Entertainment Student Printz, Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Stand-up comedian Jamie Arrington is hosting a Hub City Comedy event at The Shed Barbeque & Blues Joint this week, and Comedy Central’s Pat Dixon is the special guest.

This isn’t any ole comedy night, though.

USM alumnus Mercer Morrison, also known as the hilarious Charlie Sheen dop-pelganger who hosts movie reviews on Hattiesburg’s WDAM, is headlining for Dixon iconic Comedy Cen-tral comic of New York.

“I want this event to shine a light on Hub City Comedy,” said Morrison.

“Hattiesburg is known for its live music scene, but many are unaware about Hub City Comedy. Pat is one of my favor-ite comedians. I reached him through Facebook, and we went from there to book the show,” Morrison said.

According to Comedycen-tralsjokes.com, Pat Dixon is one of the most promising young comedians working today, and he’s coming to Hattiesburg in a

matter of days.“I hope this event will open

doors to different venues for more acts around the area,” said Morrison.

Dixon is stopping in Hatties-

burg mid-tour to share a few laughs Thursday for a night of jokes, BBQ and cold ones.

The show starts at 8:30 p.m. There is a $5 cover, but this night is well worth the small wage.

Dixon will entertain Shed-go-ers with his fluidity and boldly creative banter. Dixon has been dubbed as a top-notch writer who engages his audience by using conversational styles.

His fiery material, charged

by an adversely off-kilter co-medic sensibility, makes him both funny and entertaining to watch.

Dixon has appeared on Com-edy Central with his half-hour

special, Comedy Central Presents: Pat Dixon. The show made its big break in April 2006, and Dixon reached a new audience as host of Summer Games on CMT.

Along with his popular-ity on television, Dixon is widely recognized for his numerous appearances on the nationally syndicated Bob & Tom radio show. His call-in movie reviews are heard every Friday by hundreds of thousands of

devotees.Featured on The Late Late

Show with Craig Ferguson and several shows on the E! Net-work, Dixon has proved his reputation as a well-rounded comedian in the dog eat dog world of showbiz.

A plethora of audiences in-ternationally have relished in Dixon’s calm, dry delivery and ingenious material, and it’s coming straight for the Hub City.

Rachel BeechPrintz Writer

Not your average Comedy NightloCal

Comedy Central personality Pat Dixon will perform at The Shed in downtown Hattiesburg on Thurs., Sept. 22nd.

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I want this event to shine a light on Hub City Comedy.

Mercer Morrison

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Sports Tuesday, September 20, 2011, Student Printz

Southern Miss Sports: Upcoming Games

09/23/117 p.m. Volleyball at HoustonHouston, Tex.

09/24/112:30 p.m. Football at VirginiaCharlottesvilla, Va

09/23/11Friday Women’s Cross Country hosts Golden Eagle ClassicHattiesburg, Miss.

09/23/117 p.m. Women’s Soccer at TulsaTulsa, Okla.

Football vs. Southeastern Louisiana

C-USA games this weekend

SaturdayTulane 49, UAB 10Houston 35, Louisiana Tech 34Memphis 27, Austin Peay 6SMU 40, Northwestern State 7UTEP 16, New Mexico State 10Florida International 17, UCF 10(7) Oklahoma State 59, Tulsa 33Ohio 44, Marshall 7

Football:9/17 vs. Southeastern La. W, 52-6

Soccer:9/16 at Northwestern State L, 2-0

Volleyball:9/16 vs. La Tech W, 3-09/16 at Houston Baptist L, 3-19/17 vs. Southeastern La W, 3-052 6

Southern Miss Box Score

The Southern Miss Golden Ea-gles improved their record to 2-1 Saturday with a 52-6 win over the Southeastern Louisiana Lions (1-2). The Golden Eagles dominated the game with stifling defense and a phenomenal ground attack that gashed a helpless Lions defense for 335 yards on 53 carries.

Junior bandit Jamie Collins set the defensive tone early as he deflected passes on the first two plays of the game, and the South-ern Miss run game was clicking on all cylinders from the get-go.

The Golden Eagles took an early 7-0 lead in the first quar-ter when quarterback Austin Davis connected with freshman running back Jamal Woodyard for a 23 yard score, Woodyard’s first career receiving touch-down. Southern Miss piled on the points in the second quar-ter by wearing out their defense with a barrage of long and pow-erful runs from Woodyard and

running back Kendrick Hardy, who finished with 99 and 155 yards, respectively.

Hardy put the Golden Eagles up 14-0 on a bruising five yard run, and Woodyard increased their lead to 21-6 on a 25 yard scamper, his first career rushing touchdown.

Eight of Hardy’s 10 first half carries resulted in first downs or touchdowns. “When you’re mov-ing at 10 yards a clip, it should only take you about 10 plays. That will get you 100 [yards],” Southern Miss head football coach Larry Fedora said of his running backs’ performance, making it easy to move the football. “When you’re able to run the football like that, you can basically do whatever you want to. You can play action. You basically control the game when you can run the football like that.”

When Southeastern’s offense sustained drives of their own, the defense of Southern Miss re-sponded strongly by allowing only two second quarter field goals in two trips to the red zone. The first of these field goals was the result of a taxing 16 play drive

that witnessed two of three fourth downs converted, as well as a suc-cessful fake punt that was preced-ed by a partially blocked punt that was muffed and then recovered by the Lions. The Golden Eagle de-fense and special teams were on the field for 24 consecutive plays combined.

The half ended on a 60 yard in-terception return for a touchdown by Southern Miss senior linebacker Korey Williams, which put all the momentum in the Golden Eagles’ favor as they went up 28-6. “I think there were eight sec-onds left on the

clock, he picks the ball, [and] it probably took him 30 seconds to get to the end zone,” Fedora said humorously of Williams’s inter-ception return.

In the second half, Southern Miss exploited an exhausted Li-ons team for 24 more unanswered points. This included a 17 yard strike from Davis to freshman tight end Collin Jarbo, as well as a 15 yard sprint from sophomore running back Jeremy Hester and a six yard interception return by redshirt sophomore defensive lineman Octavius Thomas with-in 17 seconds of one another. All three touchdowns were the first of each player’s respective ca-reers, and Jarbo’s reception was the first by a tight end for South-ern Miss all season.

The Golden Eagles looked much improved against the Lions as they played a complete game on both sides of the football for 60 minutes. The defense collected three interceptions, held South-eastern’s offense to six points in three trips to the red zone, and out-scored the Lions’ offense 12-6. The 52 total points scored by

the Golden Eagles is 13 more than they scored in their previous two games against Louisiana Tech and Marshall combined.

While Southern Miss commit-ted six turnovers in their loss to Marshall, they did not record any against Southeastern as they efficiently scored five touch-downs and accumulated 478 to-tal yards on offense.

Despite their success against Southeastern, Fedora could not yet pinpoint his team’s identity in this young season.

“I’m still searching,” Fedora said. “I don’t know. I don’t re-ally know what our identity is yet. We’re probably still devel-oping that as a football team because this was just our first complete game. We’ve got to put some more things together before we start talking about who we really are.”

Fedora and the Golden Eagles will look to find this identity on the road against Atlantic Coast Conference opponent Virginia Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in Charlot-tesville, Va.

Golden Eagles soar past lionsSportS

Jeff HaegerPrintz Writer

Jamie Collins (8), Deron Wilson (7), and Jacorious Cotton (28) rush together to take down wide receiver Carl Pearson at the football game against Southeast Louisiana on September 17, 2011. The Golden Eagles won the contest 52-6.

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Sophomore running back Kendrick Hardy dives into the endzone for a touchdown at the football game against Southeast Louisiana on September 17, 2011. The Golden Eagles won the contest 52-6.

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