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Just a few days ago, a film-maker from San Diego released a documentary that captivated the world of social media and spread throughout the internet.

Jason Russell, cofounder of In-visible Children, created a docu-mentary for the campaign Kony 2012. � e documentary begins with the story of a young boy from Uganda named Jacob and the troubles he faced daily sim-ply because he lived in an area where children were mistreated. In the video, Jacob tells about his brother, who was murdered by the Lord’s Resistance Army.

The Lord’s Resistance Army, led by Joseph Kony, is known for mutilating civilians’ faces and abducting children for use as sex-slaves and soldiers. Ac-cording to the campaign’s offi-cial website, Kony began using children when he ran out of fighters. Kony has no mission with his army other than to maintain his power.

“Kony 2012” is a cry to social media for help in uniting the world to arrest Kony and his top commanders and try him at the International Criminal Court.

According to the campaign’s website, “Invisible Children’s

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Jennifer LowePrintz Writer

Kony video triggers online outburst

Next week, construction is slated to begin on a two-build-ing food and nightlife venue that will channel the vibe of the old Mugshots Bar and Grill.

Ron Savell, owner of Mugshots, said he was convinced by his co-owners Brian McLelland and Scott Lowry to create a new bar that would bring back the night-life aspect that Mugshots was known for before the previous lo-cation burned down last year.

� e new construction will have two separate venues: a bar and full-service outdoor restaurant. Both will be located on 4th Street near Strick’s Bar-B-Q and Family Dollar and will share a parking lot.

“We had plans to build Mug-shots at that location one day, but since we decided to open something new, this dream be-came a reality,” Savell said. “� e location is right past the ‘Mug-shots Graveyard.’ We have three and a half acres to build on.”

Savell said that new bar will be 45 feet long and offer more seating as well as spots for pa-

trons to walk up and order

drinks. The parking lot will have 200 spots, about quadru-ple the number the old Mug-shots offered.

“When designing this new place, we thought of every con the old Mugshots had and de-veloped a plan for the new loca-tion,” Savell said. “The new bar will hold over 500 people.”

Savell also said the new res-taurant will offer covered, out-door seating that can accom-

modate over 200

people. The restaurant will be landscaped with trees, foun-tains and bricked walls.

“We hope to offer a pizza-type menu in the bar and New Orleans inspired cuisine inside the restaurant,” Savell said. “It’s going to be the best of both worlds. I’m tickled to death about it.”

Savell said the new bar will offer many of the same drink specials and live bands that Mugshots used to offer.

However, Savell and his man-agement team decided that

student input was needed to work out speci� cs for the new restaurant such as atmosphere, drink specials, decor, dancing, menu choices and naming the location.

University of Southern Mis-sissippi marketing majors developed a survey in their advanced research class for stu-dents and residents to complete in order to provide personal in-put in creating a nightlife spot that will appeal to the masses.

Marketing major Kevin Buck-ley said it is an opportunity for students to have voice regard-

ing nightlife in Hattiesburg.“Students have a huge part

in creating this bar,” Buckely said. “The survey can take

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New bar planned for Hattiesburg

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Stephen Williams, a senior biochemistry major, relaxes in his hammock in the lawn behind Southern Hall on Wednesday evening.

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� e University of Southern Mississippi has yet another � nal-ist for the prestigious Truman Scholarship.

Lilianna Deveneau, a junior marketing major, is one of only three � nalists in the state of Mis-sissippi and was picked among 587 candidates from 272 colleges and universities around the na-tion, according to the scholar-ship’s website.

� e Truman Scholarship pro-vides up to $30,000 to college juniors “with exceptional leader-ship potential who are commit-ted to careers in government, the nonpro� t or advocacy sectors, ed-ucation or elsewhere in the public service sector.” It provides � nan-cial support for graduate school, leadership training and fellowship with other students through pub-lic service.

Last year, Marie Holowach be-came the � rst-ever speech pathol-ogy major to win the nationally esteemed award. Before Holowach, no student from Southern Miss had won the scholarship in 12 years, but she broke that losing steak.

Deveneau is hoping to follow in Holowach’s footsteps and win the award. She traveled to Nashville,

Tenn. on Wednesday to interview with the Truman Scholarship Foundation’s Regional Review Panel. Last year, Holowach said the panel interview is “the point in the process where you must defend your application and yourself.”

Deveneau is a student in the Honors College and a member of the university’s Committee on Services and Resources for Wom-en and Sociological Society.

Dean of the Honors College Dave Davies was quoted in a press release by the O� ce of University Communications last week.

“Lili is so deserving of this recognition,” Davies said. “She brings a passion to her service work that speaks well of Honors College students’ commitment to social change.”

In order to be eligible for the Truman Scholarship, a student must be endorsed and nominated by the university. Each university is limited to four nominees, how-ever, and because of the highly competitive nature of the scholar-ship, USM rarely has more than one student each year, according to the university’s national schol-arship o� cer Robyn Curtis.

The scholarship is extremely competitive and requires a con-siderable amount of time and service, but Southern Miss is proving that it has students

who can handle the pressure.“I think having � nalists in con-

secutive years shows that USM is doing a good job of identifying students who can be competitive for these prestigious awards and encouraging them to put in the substantial time to gone their ap-plications,” Curtis said. “We’ve had theses students all along. � ey just needed the guidance to be successful.”

Curtis also encourages stu-dents who are interested in scholarships to make an appoint-ment with her o� ce.

“Many students aren’t aware of my office or think I only work with Honors College students, but I serve the entire university,” Curtis said.

She says that students should vis-it her o� ce sooner rather than later.

“Last fall, Lili came in to � nd a scholarship to pay for British Studies. As we talked, I realized she would make an excellent Tru-man candidate,” Curtis said. “If she had come to see me even a few weeks later, she would have missed her chance to apply, and now she is a � nalist.”

Anyone interested in learning more about available scholarships should contact Robyn Curtis at 601-266-4263 or robyn.curtis@usm.edu.

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Student up for Truman ScholarshipTyler HillPrintz Writer

MUGSHOTS, from 1

anywhere from five to 30 min-utes and is solely run and oper-ated by Southern Miss students.”

Buckely and Savell both said it was important for students to participate in the survey.

“We’re asking students to name this bar in the survey,” Savell said. “I hope they take it seriously.”

Construction for the new bar and restaurant is set to be com-pleted on Aug. 1, 2012.

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Kony 2012 campaign aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to cel-ebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for in-ternational justice. In this case, no-toriety translates to public support.”

Since the documentary’s release, Kony’s face is displayed all over the internet, and the cause has united everyone from college students to celebrities in support for the cam-paign. “Kony” is trending on Twit-ter, the video is being shared on Facebook and over 10 million peo-ple have watched the documentary on YouTube.

“Watching the video and see-ing what these kids go through just made me want to burst into tears,” said Kim Nobles, a bank-ing and � nance major. “� ese children live in fear every day and never know what will happen when they fall asleep. I can’t even imagine what goes through their minds while this happens.”

Nobles and other supporters will cover Hattiesburg in Kony posters on April 20, in hopes of gaining even more recognition for the campaign.

“I’m passionate about this movement because I know we can make a di� er-ence,” Nobles said.

Gabby Mooney, a regional representative for Invisible Children, travels with one of the 16 teams that visit colleges and places of worship across America, spreading the word about the horror in Uganda.

“I’ve been supporting [Invis-ible Children] for years now, and to see people � nally understand and see it click in their head that this is an issue that matters is so encouraging,” Mooney said. “Our tour has only been going on for two weeks, and to see how far this campaign has already gone is absolutely incredible.”

Mooney noticed the impact the tour and the video has made in the hearts of the American people, but the mission to make sure everyone knows the identity of Joseph Kony isn’t complete just yet.

“We want him to be known as the world’s worst war criminal,” Mooney said. “We want him to be arrested and tried at the In-ternational Criminal Court.”

For more information, visit www.kony2012.com.

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Peace Corps: Option after graduation

Although there are nearly 13,000 students living and learn-ing at a four-year university with the goal of preparing ourselves for the “real world,” a lot of us still have no clue what we are going to do when we grow up.

As this question continues to plague us, perhaps it is time to think outside the box and move out of our comfort zones. It may be time to “expand our horizons,” and not just beyond Hattiesburg, or even beyond Mississippi, but beyond the borders of our country.

For the past 100 years, the United States has been spreading the message of peace and friend-ship around the world through a special body of volunteers: the Peace Corps. In stretching out a loving hand to nations that need it the most, the Peace Corps has impacted millions of lives.

� e organization began in 1961 when Senator John F. Ken-nedy challenged University of Michigan students to serve their country by working to spread peace in developing countries, thus prompting the creation of a federal government agency that

would help thousands of people all across the world.

Scattered throughout 76 coun-tries, Peace Corps volunteers spend 27 months living, learning and working in another country. � e opportunities among the ranks of the Peace Corps are endless and can take volunteers anywhere from Asia, Europe, Afri-ca and the Middle East to Central America, South America and the Paci� c Isles. As part of training for the agency, volun-teers will be taught the language and cul-ture of the country where they live and work.

Whether majoring in Eng-lish or physics, computer sci-ence or nutrition, everyone can put their talents to use in a place where they are most needed. � e organization provides assistance to developing countries through six programs: health, youth and communication development, agriculture, education, environ-ment, and business and commu-nication technology.

University of Southern Missis-

sippi alumna Nikki Leist has spent two years as an environment vol-

unteer in Panama. While there, her primary task has been to teach environmental edu-cation at a school and fund-raise to install a solar panel system.

In her volunteer pro� le, Leist said the highlight of her Peace Corps service was hiking with a group of children to the cross over-looking the town where she lived.

“We chatted as they threw pa-per airplanes down the hill,” Leist said. “My Spanish was horrible, but they were understanding.”

� is hilltop visit was Leist’s � rst view of the commu-

nity where she would be living out the remain-

ing two years of her service.

“Now, a� er two years in the com-munity, I feel so privileged to have watched those same kids grow into young adults as I taught

them not only en-vironmental eth-

ics, but life skills that I hope they will use

throughout their lives.”Being a part of the Peace

Corps is a leadership experience that will mold and de� ne the rest of one’s life. However, this is not the only bene� t of engaging in such an organization.

Some student loans will be eli-gible for cancellation, and a pay-ment of $7,425 will be made to the volunteer upon completion of two years of service in order to aid in getting started with life again in America. Not only does joining the Peace Corps provide monetary bene� ts, but it also opens a door of opportunities when applying to graduate school or for a job.

To date, there are over 200,000 Peace Corps volunteers. Leist strongly encourages USM students to sign up for Peace Corps service.

“If you’re from Mississippi and thinking about the Peace Corps, you’re already in select compa-ny,” Leist said. She advises those who are interested to stick it out through the lengthy training and application process.

“Understand that the U.S. has a strong world influence, and you probably won’t be com-pletely isolated from it,” Leist said. “The experience can be ev-erything you want it to be.”

By joining the Peace Corps, one will be have an opportunity to not only to impact the lives of others, but also to make a dif-ference in one’s own life. A� er two years of living and working in a country on the other side of the world or hemisphere that is completely di� erent from any-thing one has ever known, one’s life will be changed in ways that could never have been imagined.

For more information about how to apply for the Peace Corps, contact USM recruiter Emily Webster at ewebster@peacecorps.gov

or at (404) 562-3476.

Michelle HolowachPrintz Writer

Peace Corps volunteers donate 27 months of their lives to living, learning and working in foreign countries to better the lives of others.

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Solomon to inherit SGA gavelJust a week ago, junior

Spanish major Allie Solomon clenched the the title of Student Government Association vice president along with her run-ning mate, SGA president-elect Jazmyne Butler. As vice presi-dent, Solomon will preside over the Senate, which drafts legisla-tion concerning students and campus life.

Despite the nerve-wracking process of campaigning and a long election week that went to run-offs, Solo- m o n took working the campaign trail as a learning ex-perience. She was constantly r e m i n d e d of the com-mitment re-quired on her part, and she continu- o u s l y wondered what more she could do to contribute. She also wor-ried if she and Butler were ex-pressing themselves to students in a way that showed they were capable to serve and to repre-sent their campaign slogan of “Bridging the Gap: Service, Ac-countability, Progress.”

Overall, Solomon said she gained more knowledge about the needs and wants of the stu-dent body at the University of Southern Mississippi and how to best serve them.

Once the election results were announced, Solomon said all of the hard work and commitment put into her and Butler’s cam-paign paid off.

“I felt relieved that the stu-dents believed in us, that they’re placing us on the bridge Jazmyne [Butler] and I stand for within out campaign creed,” Solomon said. “As Dean of Students Eddie Holloway mentioned in a black history program during the campaign, ‘If you find a turtle on a fence, you know someone put him there.’”

Solomon has been extensively involved in student body affairs since her time at Southern Miss. She has served on Freshman As-sociates and the SGA Executive Initiative branch of SGA cabi-net, co-drafted the smoking ini-tiative legislation while serving on Senate, and has been a mem-ber of Lamda Sigma honor so-ciety and is an Honors College Ambassador, just to name a few accomplishments. She also does a considerable amount of volun-teer work.

Solomon said she decided to run for vice president because she wanted to serve the needs of students and because of the impacts she has seen legislation make on the university.

“I have always felt compelled to contribute to the legacy and goals of an organization to which I belong,” Solomon said. “The feeling of collaborating with efforts of differing meth-ods, abilities and people’s back-grounds is invigorating. You feel you belong to the cause of the group once you’ve worked to make an impact on it.”

Even though she will not take office until the end of the month during the Founder’s

Day ceremony, Solo-mon already has ideas

to improve the Senate. These include broad-

casting Senate sessions, install-ing boxes in

each colleges in which students can submit feedback and suggestions, vis-iting campus organizations to gather their ideas and input on legislation and coming up with better ways to brainstorm and draft legislation. Solomon be-lieves these methods will allow students to voice their needs, ideas, and concerns.

Although Solomon has several plans of her own, she above all urg-es students to hold her accountable.

“Entrust in and challenge SGA to better serve you as stu-dents,” Solomon said. “The pro-liferation of its students reflects the legacy of USM, and we in-vite you to provide us with as much information as possibly of how to better serve as true rep-resentatives for you.”

Stormy SpeaksCopy Editor

Junior Spanish major Allie Solomon was elected SGA vice president last Thursday. Her duties include presiding over the Senate. She will take offi ce on Founder’s Day on March 30.

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“ Hey Tiger! wish-ing you a wonderful Happy Birthday this month! i’m not that far behind. Give me two more weeks! - Your moon

To the guys who stare at my behind as i walk past: please stop looking. There is nothing there anyway and staring at it is NOT going to make it grow!!

Shout out to the best girl-friend in the world. She is in the Delta Gamma So-rority, is a senator in SGA and just recently became obsessed with NUTELLA!I think she knows who she is :)I miss her and love her so much!I cannot wait to see you my fl ower.

Dear Printz,PLEASE stop talking about Rihanna! If she wants to date Chris Brown and run around singing sexual songs...so be it. She’s grown. So lets fi nd something else to complain about. Like the Fresh Food Co.!!

To the two girls trotting on the trace yesterday out by the mile and a half marker, WHY?!!! Skinny guys in tiny shorts can still plow over you at high speeds. WATCH WHERE YOU GOIN.

To the guy in my Spanish 202 class, why don’t we just go out on a date al-ready. You’re hot, I’m hot. #ProblemSolved

USM is trying to control what it should have no part of. If you had really looked at what other schools do, you would realize that a lot of fraternities own their own houses off campus. You can’t expect fraternities to thrive with these new hous-es. That’s just asinine logic.

To my borderline creepy adoring fan base, I’m fl at-tered and I’m ready. Let’s take it to the next level. You know where to fi nd me, Corbin McDavitt.

Rack em. Rack. Rack em. Oh when you

beat a Georgia Bulldog, you’re gonna feel a bulldog BITE.

The yogurt and ganola is really great. I eat it just about every day.

MMM Geographer is bring-ing sexy back

According to US News and World Report, Regis-tered Nurses were ranked No. 1 career on the list of The Best Jobs of 2012. Besides possibly saving your life one day, guess who will have a job upon graduation? Those pesky nursing students that al-ways complain about the diffi culty of their major and are at home on Fri-day night studying.

I’m good, I’m gucci.

The Payne Center smelled like dookie the other day. It was just bad. #stank

Please take 30 minutes out of your day and watch the video “KONY-2012” on youtube. Help to change the world.

Brooms standing alone: What does it all mean?

When I’m not busy defending my honor from accusations of being the Hancock Robber or the creator of his parody Twit-ter account, I’m always keeping an eye on what’s trending on the internet. #kellyprice #me-lissamccraw. I was casually con-templating my next narcissistic move on Facebook when my news feed erupted with pictures of brooms standing up by them-selves. They were sweeping my news feed! You knew it was coming. But why were there so many pictures of brooms? Did I miss something important? In all my years of internerding, this is hands down the weird-est thing I’ve ever seen. Is there actually any science behind the standing brooms, or is it just another hoax?

According to the myth bust-ing website Snopes, pictures of brooms standing alone sur-faced early this month and have been attributed to the spring equinox and the axial align-ment as a result of the equinox. But, sadly, a broom can stand on its own any day of the year

with the proper technique. Thank you science for putting this to bed, but now here are my thoughts. Folks, it’s a broom…standing upright…on it’s own. You literally can get a college level education on the internet for free, but posting a picture of a broom standing on its own just blows minds. Did you also know that with a broom you can conveniently collect dirt without bending over to pick it up? That’s a Christmas miracle! For the record, if you’re going to post a picture of your broom standing up, make sure your floor is clean.

In conclusion, let’s put this meme to bed. Brooms are only

cool in Harry Potter, Fantasia and curling, if you’re into that. Even planking gave people the opportunity to lie down in pret-ty creative spots. Let’s get back to obsessing over Condescend-ing Wonka, Good Guy Greg and Scumbag Steve. By the way girls, if I read one more post on Facebook about Pinterest, cats or Nutella, I’m going to get a period.

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The Golden Eagles (24-7) concluded their regular season with a disappointing 75-79 loss to Marshall on Saturday. South-ern Miss is now focused on the Conference USA Men’s Bas-ketball Championship, which began Wednesday at FedExFo-rum in Memphis, Tenn. While the Eagles have come up short in their last four road outings, their 11-5 conference record has earned them the second overall seed in this year’s con-ference tournament to the Memphis Tigers’ conference best 13-3 record.

Throughout the regular sea-son, the documented successes and failures of the Eagles have come directly at the expense of their ability to play to their strengths and weaknesses on a game-by-game basis. The Ea-gles’ regular season has been de-fined by the following five areas, and the amount of success they have in the upcoming confer-ence tournament will be deter-mined by their ability to rely on these keys to victory.

1. Neil WatsonThe All-Conference USA Sec-

ond Team guard was a spark plug for the Golden Eagle of-fense off the bench for a major-ity of the season, as he led the team in scoring (12.1) and as-sists (4.5), and his team-leading 2.1 assist/turnover ratio was good for second in the con-ference. In two games against

UCF on Jan. 28 and Feb. 11, he poured in a combined 41 points and scored a career-high 23 points in the Eagles’ first outing against the Knights. Although he struggled from the field at home against Tulsa on Feb. 15, Watson provided a game-tying three-pointer as the game clock nearly expired, and the Golden Eagles ultimately prevailed 77-69 in overtime.

2. Jonathan MillsIn just over 23 minutes per

game, the All-Conference USA Third Team forward averaged 9.8 points per game and led the Eagles with 6.2 rebounds per contest. He was second on the team in field goal percentage, and he played his best in the most critical games. During one stretch of a game in the Golden Eagles’ second outing against UCF, Mills scored nine straight points in the second half, and he helped Southern Miss seal a victory down the stretch by con-verting 12 of his 13 free throw attempts. In the overtime thrill-er against Tulsa, Mills poured in a career-high 25 points, and added 10 rebounds to his cred-it. It took him until the waning moments of overtime to miss his first shot, as he finished the contest 6-7 from the field. Mills successfully converted all 13 of his free throw attempts.

3. Free Throw ShootingThe Eagles lived and died by

the free throw in the regular sea-son. They led C-USA with a team free throw shooting percentage of 74 percent, and sophomore guard Watson finished the reg-

ular season shooting a stellar 85.6 percent from the free throw line, good for third best in the conference. They stole several close games away from respect-able opponents with clutch free throw shooting late in games, as they converted a staggering 24 of 27 attempts in a signature 75-72 win over Memphis on Feb. 1, as well as a prolific 31 of 35 attempts in the dramatic over-time victory over Tulsa. They lost several winnable games due to dismal free throw shooting. The Eagles shot a combined 57.3 percent from the charity stripe in their five conference losses.

4. ReboundingStrong rebounding was a

staple for the Eagles all season long. They boasted a +4.7 re-bounding margin during the regular season, good for third in C-USA. They were second in the conference with 13.8 offensive rebounds per game, and were led by forwards Torrye Pelham and Mills with 2.9 offensive re-bounds per game a piece. South-ern Miss was also a top three team in C-USA in defensive and offensive rebounding percent-age per game.

5. Home Court Advantage The Eagles finished the regu-

lar season with a perfect 15-0 record at Reed Green Coliseum, while they only produced a 9-7 mark in away or neutral site match-ups. Unfortunately, the Eagles have played their last game at home this season.

If the Eagles are able to rely on their play makers and con-tinue doing what they have done successfully for the ma-jority of the season, they will be poised to make a deep run into this year’s conference tourna-ment, hopefully landing them an NCAA Tournament bid come Selection Sunday.

Head basketball coach Larry Eustachy and the Golden Eagles play their first game of the con-ference tournament against the East Carolina Pirates today at 12 p.m. The game will be televised on CBS Sports Network.

Five keys to victory for Golden EaglesBaskEtBall

Jeff HaegerPrintz Writer

Southern Miss Sports: Upcoming GamesSouthern Miss Box Score3/8/12 12 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Rice/East CarolinaMemphis, Tenn.

3/8/125 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs. UTEPMemphis, Tenn.

3/9/126 p.m. Baseball at Louisiana-LafayetteLafayette, La.

3/9/12 All Day Track & Field, Cross Country NCAA Indoor Championship Nampa, Idaho

3/10/1212 p.m. Women’s Tennis vs. TulaneHattiesburg, Miss.

3/10/123 p.m. Softball vs. UTEP El Paso, Tex.

Men’s Basketball:3/3 at Marshall L, 79-75

Baseball:3/4 at Auburn W, 5-4 3/7 vs. South Alabama L, 5-3

Softball:3/4 vs. Northwestern L, 7-23/7 at Jackson State W, 8-5

Women’s Basketball:3/7 vs. UCF W, 71-49

Men’s Tennis:3/3 at Tulane W, 4-1 3/4 vs. Lamar W, 5-2

Women’s Tennis:3/4 at Monroe L, 6-13/7 at Jackson State W, 8-5

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Sports in BriefThe Southern Miss

baseball team lost 5-3 to the South Alabama Jag-uars Tuesday night. Tay-lor Nunez started on the mound for the Eagles and went 4.1 innings and gave up two earned runs and took the loss. Ryan Ellis

on offense had an RBI for the Eagles. Michael Sterling, Dillon Day, Mas-son Robbins and Blake Brown all had two hits for Southern Miss. USM re-turns to action Friday at Louisiana-Lafayette at 6 p.m. CT.

Golden Eagle head coach Larry Eustachy has been named the Conference USA Gene Bartow Coach of the Year, the league announced Wednesday morning.In his eighth season at Southern Miss, Eustachy has led the Eagles to a 24-7 record heading into the conference tournament today against UTEP. Eustachy adds the award to his milestone 400th career victory from earlier this season. He also joins Eagle basketball coaching legends James Green (2001 Conference USA) and M.K. Turk (1985-86 Metro Conference) as the only Southern Miss coaches to win the award.Although this is his first Coach of the Year award in C-USA, he won the award twice during his tenure at Utah State (Big West) and twice at Iowa State (Big 12). He was national Coach of the Year in 2000 and runner up for the same award in 2001 at Iowa State.

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Eustachy named Conference USA Coach of the Year

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