August 17, 2015

AUG. 17, 2015 VOL. 57 #4

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USAPD crime blotterIf you SEE somethingSAY something!251-460-6312

Patrick Bigbie

AUG. 17, 2015

08/15/20159:18

Theft of Property The Grove Apartments

In building 10 a black iPhone 5 was taken from the

resident’s room.

08/09/201514:36

Burglary in the third degree

The Grove Apartments A black Samsung series 45 flatscreen TV was taken

from bedroom. There were no signs of forced entry.

08/10/20157:59

Theft of property in the second degree (Greater

than $500 to $2000) The Grove Apartments Black iPhone was stolen

08/06/20159:01

Harrassing communications

Stokes Hall An individual reported that they were being harrassed

08/05/20151:01

Domestic Violence The Grove

Non-student male assaulted his girlfriend at

the Grove, building 3

08/03/201511:00

Property Damage ILB

Light pole was struck and knocked over by

unknon vehicle

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The Prowl announces move to FM Student radio station gains funding for transition to FM, expects to be ‘on-air’ by the end of the year

By MITCHELL KAHALLEY Managing Editor

After spending five years exclusively online, the University

of South Alabama will soon have a real radio station to call it’s own. The Prowl has officially announced that they will be making the transition to a full FM radio station by the end of the academic year.

“I got the call on vacation and my jaw just dropped. it was one of those things that you’re just so proud of you’ve been waiting on so long,” station manager Jackson Armstrong said.

Members ot the Prowl staff have been petitioning the administration for the funding to go FM for over a year. Prowl advisor Heather Stanley said that a joint venture between the department of Student Affairs, Academic Affairs and Athletics are footing the bill for the startup costs. The Department of Communications will be responsible for all operations costs once the station goes live.

Before the station can go live, the FCC has to approve the location of the antennae. As of right now the Prowl plans to have the antennae and shelter between the track and the soccer field.

Once the location is approved the Prowl will have to construct a shelter for the antennae and outdoor equipment. Once the shelter is constructed and the antennae, transmitter and outdoor equipment are placed inside the station can begin broadcasting.

Stanley said the Prowl is not ready to announce a launch date because of possible issues that could arise when constructing the shelter, such as inclement weather, but hopes to go live by the end of the fall semester or the start of the spring.

The Prowl will be played in JagTrans and in a few different buildings on campus. Students can expect to hear top 40 music during the day with some speciality shows focusing on specific genres such as soul and jazz. The Prowl will also offer talk shows and coverage of South Alabama sports.

“We will be doing a lot of the women’s sports.” Stanley said. “We still do men’s sports as well. We don’t have the official contract for that, but we do broadcast for those games...We’re in the process of trying to figure out which sports we’re going to broadcast exclusively.”

Armstrong said that the sports coverage on the Prowl could take South Alabama athletics to a level it has never

been at before. “We’ll call games and people who

live in Mobile who can’t go to the game can tune into 97.1 and be able to listen. Because not all South games are on ESPN you know.” Armstrong said.

Armstrong, a senior digital cinema and television major, said he didn’t expect to see the station make the move to FM during his time here at South.

“I knew we had the staff to do it but I just didn’t think that we would get the funding that we need. So it’s really a big surprise and it’s really awesome. It’s really the best case scenario.” Armstrong said.

Armstrong said that the devotion of the students that make up the Prowl’s staff past and present have made the move a reality.He said that Steven Spears, the Prowl’s previous station manager who graduated in the spring, played a major role in making the transition to FM possible.

“Steven was just going all out last year and just petitioning, petitioning, petitioning and going to student forums, going to the presidential forum. Any opportunity that we could to get in front of the president or anybody we took.I think it just shows how committed our

staff is because you know, our staff doesn’t get paid. This is a hobby. This is a job that people are doing to hopefully have a future in”

Dr. James Aucoin, the chair of the Department of Communications said that the Prowl has been a student effort from the very beginning. “

“Students came to me and said they would like to start a radio station. So we started it as an internet station. The experience of a internet station led to our interest in getting a broadcast station.” Aucoin said.

With the move to FM, this student led effort will lead to more opportunities for those that want to work in the broadcast field.

Stanley said that while people that work in the business of radio in Mobile listen to the online station, the move to FM will help students in getting internships and entry-level positions. With these new opportunities also come new pressures.

“It’s a lot of pressure because there are some parts that we’re all learning together.Basically, they’re having to learn a lot and learn how to be professional broadcasters.” Stanley said.

Even though the station will be facing new pressure, Armstrong knows that the students that make up the staff will be ready.

“This staff is very very committed.” Armstrong said. “They want this as much as anybody else and I think it’s just gonna be a great thing for this university.”

Editor-In-Chief Alyssa Newton contributed to this story.

Station manager Jackson Armstrong has been with the Prowl for three years. The station will go from an online format to FM before the end of the academic year. ( Alyssa Newton | Editor-In-Chief)

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Just in time for the new school year, the university has made some much needed

updates to the online campus map.After the additions to the physical kiosk maps

and signs were placed throughout the campus, the university now offers an online version that is responsive and works in cohesion with the maps around campus.

Farzam Bayat, a computer programmer analyst with the university, and graduate student Phaninder Reddy spent over six months building and designing of the new online campus map.

“This is something that students have been looking for” Bayat said. “We looked at some other universities to see what they were doing. Some of the other universities use a third party to have what we have here. We developed this in-house with the help of a graduate student. We are pretty excited about it.”

The campus map is still located online on the South Alabama website and can be accessed on any device.

When the page fi rst loads, it will automatically show the map with the main campus academic and student service buildings.

You can toggle what campus or USA medical facility you want to see and then, from there, have multiple options for searching for the building that you want to fi nd.

There are 14 different categories for the locations ranging from administrative, Greek life,

dining, athletics and more. Many locations are under two or more categories. The map now also shows the different parking locations.

When the building is selected, the map will show users where the location is on a map and will now have google directions to that location. Navigation can be from an address or the current location when the device’s location is turned on for the GPS. The directions will tell the users how long it will take and the mileage breakdown depending on what form of transportation.

When the location is selected, the menu shows a picture of the building for easier navigation along with location and contact information.

“I think it’s very user friendly,” Bayat said. “It’s easy for the students to use to get around and hopefully by the end of the fi rst week, that this will be a cool application that they can use in conjunction with the campus kiosks. Hopefully it will be easier for everyone.”

Users can also search the buildings within the app using keywords. On the search bar, students can type in the building abbreviation, the building name or the number of the building using a campus kiosk.

A help menu will also be available for users that will explain the image keys used, navigation tools and other features. Soon, Bayat said that there will be an option from this menu to submit a form to the map if there are any departments missing.

“I have been a student here for a long time,” Bayat said. “I hope that this map will make it easier for our students at South Alabama.”

The map is now live on the university website at southalabama.edu/campusmap.

By ALYSSA NEWTON Editor-In-Chief

University launches interactive campus map

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The USA Study Abroad program has received more than $100,000

in scholarships. USA International Education Department awarded USA study abroad students a total of $121,212 in scholarships and grants for summer 2015.

The University also received an additional $9,000 from the national Benjamin A. Gilman scholarship, taking the total for summer 2015 to $130,212 in scholarships, grants, endowments, funding from other departments on campus, and national funding.

During the 2013-2014 academic year only 74 students went abroad. Due to the increase in funding for the study abroad program, the University has been able to send 175 abroad.

This summer students were able to show Jag spirit in countries like Spain, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, Japan and Italy.

South Alabama aluma Jackie LeBatard said that studying abroad was one of the best decision she made in college.

“I think studying abroad is one of the best ways to find out just what you’re capable of,” LeBatard said. “If you can live, navigate around and study in a country where you barely speak

By BRIA JOHNSONStaff Reporter

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compliance with all USA academic and student code policies, found in the Lowdown and the USA Bulletin.

“Scholarships are awarded during all semesters,” says Bri Altier, coordinator of International Education. “Most students tend to study abroad in the summer, so that ends up being the period in which most scholarships are awarded, but funding is available year round.”

For more informationvisit the university website.

Increase in funding allows more students to study abroad while at South Alabama

Jackie LeBatard studied abroad in Europe. (Facebook)

RON AND DAWN EVERTS

Kappa Sigma will now have a home on South Alabama’s campus after

the completion of their brand new house.The fraternity has bounced from six

to seven locations in the past 30 years be-fore officially breaking ground on May 11 for the building of their lodge house on the traffic circle.

“We’re in the best spot, we may not be on Greek Row, but we are literally in the best spot on campus,” rush chairman Garret Crawley said. “We are close to classes, we’re really closer to everything.”

Kappa Sigma will use half of the Gamma 9 dorm as their housing, which many of the members like about their fu-ture home.”

“There’s less distraction,” philanthro-py chair Sam Lowe said.

Kappa Sigma president Ben Scar-borough said that the fraternity would not have a house if it were not for their alumni.

“They’ve done so much for this frater-nity,” Scarborough said. “Without them we wouldn’t be building this house and we’d be somewhere else, none of this would have happened without our alum-ni.”

This was not the first time plans for a house on campus occurred.

In February 2013, ground broke in the same place for the new house.

Gerry Strang, then treasurer of the Kappa Nu Housing Corp. that helped to

raise funds for the new house, said that the house idea was actually from Dr. John Smith who was acting president at the time, according to the 2013 AL.com ar-ticle.

Scarborough said that there were finan-cial issues that led to the stalling of the project, but that the money still needed for the house was quickly raised.

The fraternity said that the alumni group raised over $200,000 to help build the lodge house. The University then

matched that number, and that will be the amount that the current members will help to pay off. The project is estimated to be more than $400,000, a quarter of the price to build a house with room and board.

“Once we’re done paying it off, we will be the only fraternity to own our own house here,” Crawley said.

Donors who gave over $5,000 will be commemorated with the Gamma dorm rooms being named after the donors.

Eighty freshmen scholarship applications were leaked by

the University in April, according to USA spokesman Bob Lowry.

The incident occurred in April and was discovered on July 16.

The applications included students’ names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, names of parents, high school grades, and transcripts. Eleven of the leaked applications also included the student’s’ social security number. This information was put on

a public server that could be accessed with just an internet search.

This information was accessible online for three months.

“When the situation became known on July 16, the University promptly removed the documents from the server and requested the Internet search engines remove all cached copies of the documents. The University has conducted an investigation into the incident and has taken steps to ensure that only authorized individuals have access to the applications,” said Lowry.

After the leak of information was

discovered, the University sent letters to all those affected by the incident.

Jodi Moody, a mother of one of the affected freshman Kaitlyn Moody, told Local15 that she was concerned about her daughter’s identity.

“Once it’s out there it’s out there,” Moody said. “You don’t want anything like that to happen to your child, especially when she’s just starting out.”

The University has offered each individual one year of identity protection services free of charge.

By ALYSSA NEWTONEditor-In-Chief

As for the old house by Picklefish, it is now owned by fellow South Alabama fraternity Phi Kappa Sigma.

Although the house won’t be ready in time for the first week, that is not slowing down the fraternity from recruiting new members.”

“We’re rushing our butts off,” Craw-ley said. “We’re trying to get 30 to 40 new members.”

Kappa Sigma expects that the house will be completed by mid-September.

By ALYSSA NEWTON Editor-In-Chief

Kappa Sigma has new home on-campus After over thirty years of having off-campus housing, new fraternity house is almost completed

Freshmen information leaked by UniversityEighty scholarship students’ personal information put on public server, University corrects mistake

Kappa Sigma members Sam Low, Garrett Crawley and Ben Scarborough in front of what will be their new house this coming fall. ( Alyssa Newton | Editor-In-Chief)

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LIFE

By NATALIE FRANKLIN Life Editor

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Port City Mini Golf is located on 10 South Conception Street. (Port City Mini Golf website)

The nine holes are modeled after local attractions. such as the Bankhead Tunnel and the Battleship (Natalie Franklin| Life Editor)

Do you ever feel like there is a shortage of activities to do in

Mobile? Yes, there are great restaurants and cute boutiques for fashion lovers, but there aren’t many businesses that can offer everyone a genuinely “fun” experience. That is until now. Port City Mini Golf, owned and operated by Nick and Theresa Chamblee, offers a fun, friendly environment for people of all ages. This is the new place to go and relax while also enjoying a game of mini golf.

Port City Mini Golf is located in the heart of downtown Mobile on South Conception Street. According to Chamblee, the grand opening on Saturday, August 8, produced a great turnout. “We had like 150 people through here on Saturday, and then about 40 to 50 on Sunday,” said Theresa Chamblee. By using Facebook and simple word of mouth, Chamblee’s business experienced a successful opening. “Mobile has responded really well.”

In the past, there have been a couple of mini golf courses in the area, but these courses have since closed. Port City Mini Golf is unique in the fact that it is the first and only indoor mini golf course in Mobile, Alabama. But what gave her the idea to open a mini golf course here? “We just wanted to have more attractions here in Mobile. We wanted to have some alternative.” Chamblee said.

Port City Mini Golf not only contains a nine hole course, it houses 60 arcade

games and two skee ball machines. The arcade games offer some old school fun that all ages can appreciate. The holes are modeled after local attractions such as the Bankhead Tunnel and the “Dolly Parton” Bridge. The holes are specifically characteristic of Mobile culture. “There is a lot of iconic stuff here in town, and I think we should show that a little bit more,” Chamblee stated.

The course is conveniently located indoors. People can be comfortable while playing the course. “Mobile is so hot down here and when it’s not overheated it’s raining, so we were like let’s put it in doors and make it available all the time for everyone,” Chamblee said. Port City Mini Golf ’s location helps to maximize

it’s fun. After grabbing a bite to eat at one of the restaurants in the downtown area, you can swing by and play a round or two. “You’re already down here getting dinner or at the park, just stop in and play some mini golf.” Chamblee highlighted “the sense of community” in the downtown area.

Chamblee expects to experience the largest crowds on weekends. She hopes to grow and expand the business in the future, possibly making the course 18 holes and adding more arcades. Prices for Port City Mini Golf are reasonable and totally within the college student budget. It is $7 per person, and for a group of four or more it is $5 per person. The arcade games are free. Chamblee did

mention that after five it is BYOB, if you are 21 years old or over of course. “If you’re wanting to have a couple of beers before you hit the bars or have dinner you can bring in your drink in here,” Chamblee said.

Port City Mini Golf is opened from 11 a.m.- 8 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 11 a.m.- 11 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m.-11 p.m. on Saturday. Mini golf is a perfect activity for every type of person. Port City Mini Golf is new, exciting and just an overall good time.This new attraction adds character to the downtown area. The advent of Port City Mini Golf will finally give Mobilians a chance to get out and engage in a little competitive entertainment.

Port City Mini Golf brings a classic game indoors

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Week of Welcome offers students friends, fun and a Solo Circus act

By CAITLIN SMITHStaff Reporter

South Alabama’s Week of Wel-come is designed to ease fresh-

man students into the exciting campus life and the new school year. Finding your place in college can be overwhelm-ing but WOW gets you out of your dorm and into campus life. It helps you get in touch with all of the orga-nizations and groups on campus, and it pumps up your school spirit.

“USA First Night: Welcome to the Jungle!” was a perfect example of how you bring in the school year: with free food and a Solo Circus act, Michael Dubois. At first glance, you might not think a one-man circus could be that entertaining, but it was impossible to not love his act. Dubois took run of the mill circus tricks and made them into gasp-inducing stunts that ranged from multilevel plate spinning to riding a six-foot-tall unicycle. The best part though was how much he involved the crowd.

Students were used as obstacles for his unicycles, got to throw balls at him to juggle and even pull a clown balloon out of his nose, which was then thrown into the audience. You know it is a great show when the free food isn’t the best part.

Even though the first night will be hard to top, WOW still has so much to offer. The Kick-Off Cookout on Tuesday will celebrate the first day of classes and promises free food and free goodie bags, plus you get first hand ad-vice from seasoned upperclassmen who are prepared to help new students learn about campus life. And don’t forget to go to Karaoke Night at the Student Center on Thursday, nothing shakes off the nerves of meeting new people like belting “Don’t Stop Believing.”

Making new friends and really becoming part of your campus com-munity really changes how your college career will go. Yeah, you can stay in your room all day watching Netflix but the best stories come from getting out of your comfort zone, not staying in it.

Performers entertain students. (Caitlyn Smith | Life Reporter)

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20 JP Karaoke NightStudent Center Terrace 7 p.m.

22 Student Recreation Center Open 8 a.m.- 9 p.m.

21 AASA Party Student Center Ballroom10 p.m.

Local businesses offer discounts to South Alabama students

Classes begin

Kick-off CookoutSorority Commons4 p.m.- 7 p.m.

Sorority Recruitment Orientation Student Cemter Ballroom5:30-6:30 p.m.

23 Student Center Open9 a.m.- 9 p.m.

Student Recreation Center Open 8 a.m.- 9 p.m.

As a college student, you will inevitably run into some fi nancial hiccups

throughout the years. We all could use a lit-tle help when it comes to buying dinner or other miscellaneous items. Luckily there are some restaurants and businesses in the Mo-bile community that offer discounts to USA students. Think of your Jag Card as a pass-port to “Discount Town.” Here is a full list of the restaurants that offer student discounts to South Alabama students.

Buck’s Pizza Location: 8155 B Cottage Hill Rd. Phone: 251-633-7737 Discount: Medium 1-topping pizza and cheese stix for $10.00. Limit 1 per visit.

Buffalo Wild Wings Location: 6341 Airport Blvd Phone: 251-378-5955 Discount: 10% off food purchase FOR STU-DENTS ONLY with valid student ID. (May exclude already discounted items)

Cookies By Design Location: 855 Hillcrest Rd Phone: 251-461-0900 Discount: 10% off any in-store purchase with a valid student ID. At this location only.

Hungry Howies Pizza and Subs Location: 5611 Old Shell Rd. Phone: 251-345- 3333Discount: Buy a large specialty pizza at regu-lar price and receive a large 1-topping pizza for FREE. Not valid with any other discounts.

Jimmy John’s Location: 6920 Airport Blvd Ste 115 Phone: 251-414-5444 Discount: 10% off, limited to not more than 1 combo meal (sandwich, side, drink) per per-son. Not valid with other discounts/offers or with delivery.

Los Arcos Mexican RestaurantLocation: 5556 Oldshell Rd. Phone: 251-345-7484Discount: 10% off food purchase with valid student ID.

Mellow MushroomLocation: 5660 Old Shell Rd. Phone: 251-380-1500Discount: 10% off dine-in food Monday- Thursday.

Ollies Mediterranean GrillLocation: 1248 Hillcrest Rd. Phone: 251-634-9820Discount: 15% off with Jag Card. Excludes alcohol.

Panda Haven Chinese KitchenLocation: 6300 Grelot Rd. Suite K Phone: 251-633-6808Discount: 10% off for all USA students. Must show student ID.

Pickelfi shLocation: 5951 Old Shell Rd. Phone: 251-344-9899Discount: 10% off to all USA students

Roly PolyLocation: 809 Hillcrest Rd. Phone: 251-607-6378Discount: Any half sandwich, chips, and a medium drink for $5.00+tax.

Tropical Smoothie CaféLocation: 9 Du Rhu Dr. AND 570 Schillinger Rd. Phone: 251-378-5648Discount: 10% off purchase with student ID.

Waffl e HouseLocation: 5610 Old Shell RdDiscount: 10% off with valid ID.

Other businesses in Mobile offer student dis-counts on their services, too.

A Schillinger Self Storage/Best Lil Store-house Location: 400 Schillinger Rd AND 6515 Old Shell Rd. Phone: 251-633-0104Discount: 10% off storage rentals with stu-dent ID.

Bebo’s Express Car Wash Location: 3250 Airport Blvd. Phone: 251-476-9876

Discount: 50% off on the Whole 9 Yards Ex-terior car wash AND $5.00 off any oil change. MUST SEE CASHIER INSIDE.

Bellasia Spa Location: 5821 Old Shell Rd Phone: 251-345-8874 Discount: Full service salon. Get 10% off hair, waxing, mani/pedi, massage, facial, etc.

AT&T Location: 5821-A Old Shell Rd. Phone: 251-340-1735 Discount: Students get 15% off cell phone plans. All students also get at least 10% off accessories such as cases, chargers, head phones, etc.

Studio 5’4” Location: 216 Dauphin St. Phone: 251-554-3195 Discount: In FREE till midnight with student ID Thursday and Friday.

Trax Tires Location: 5909 Old Shell Rd. Phone: 251-344-6100 Discount: 5% off tires and 10% off service. Not valid with any other coupons or specials.

So whether you’re in need of a meal, a car wash or a relaxing day at the spa, your student ID is your ticket to a great discount!

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Over 1,000 new students arrive for Move in Day

teers were present collectively. Athletic teams were there to provide assistance as well as members from on-campus clubs such the Sus-tainability Council and members from the Jag-uar Marching Band.

Jaguar Marching Band members, Kayla Ad-ams, Courtney Martin and Deanna Thorp, vol-unteered to help with move in day.

“I enjoy it because I saw everyone helping last year, and it was a big help to me when I was moving into the dorm, so I know how much

people appreciate it.” Martin said. These volunteers provided crucial help

with unpacking cars and moving student’s pos-sessions to their rooms.

There were more than 2,000 beds available to incoming and returning South student with USA Housing and Dining. USA Housing & Dining opened at 100 percent capacity this year, meaning that residential housing, all 32 buildings, is full. This comes as no surprise considering the sizeable amount of new and

returning students this year. Some students were placed in interim housing to await the availability of more beds after classes begin.

In an effort to reduce waste and promote recycling, the Sustainability Council set up near New Hall and the Epsilons to collect unwant-ed cardboard from students. Goodwill Easter Seals was able to provide a truck to contain the cardboard. This was the Sustainability Coun-cil’s fi rst year running this event.

New student Christopher Waterhouse, from Birmingham, Alabama, moved into the Deltas. “I’m super excited. I’m just ready to get settled in and get everything started,” Water-house said.

Waterhouse is a fi rst year freshmen major-ing in physical therapy. “I’m ready to start class and see the atmosphere at athletic events,” he said.

Libi Jacobs and Stephanie Russell, both from Birmingham, Alabama, moved in to New Hall.

Both students are excited to emerge them-selves in student organizations. Russell men-tioned that she was interested in Camp Kesem.

When asked about what they were most ex-cited about in college, Jacobs said “The differ-ent activities that everyone puts on. And the school part is really cool, too.

The day wrapped up at around 1 p.m. This was the fi rst event to kick of the Week of Wel-come. There will be fun and engaging activities all week long for students to participate in.

Piles of TVs, furniture and clothes lined the sidewalks of South Alabama as

new students poured onto campus early Sat-urday morning. Over 1,300 new students took part in Move in Day.

Various student organizations, faculty and staff were also present to assist new students and parents with moving in. Over 550 volun-

New students, Libi Jacobs and Stephanie Russell, settling into their new home. (Alyssa Newton |Editor-in-Chief)

Band members help students move into the Delta dorms. (Alyssa Newton |Editor-in-Chief)

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Movie review: Ant-Man By ALEXANDER MOYLANOpinion Editor

Disney’s latest entry into the Marvel Cin-ematic Universe may not draw the

same attention as that of “The Avengers,” but Marvel’s “Ant-Man” has fi rmly grasped the reigns of the summer feel-good movie.

“Ant-Man” stars Paul Rudd as the titular character (otherwise known as Scott Lang). Evangeline Lilly (of ABC’s “Lost”) fi lls the role of Hope van Dyne and the great Michael Doug-las stars as Hank Pym (the original “Ant-Man”).

The story follows the events of “The Aveng-ers: Age of Ultron” but fi rst opens with a scene dated to 1989 where Hank Pym (Michael Doug-las) has decided to leave SHIELD fearing that his shrinking technology will fall into the wrong hands while in their care. Pym vows to keep the shrinking technology a secret and begins his own company.

Flash to the present day and Pym has nearly been forced out of his own company thanks to his former protégé, Darren Cross (portrayed by Corey Stoll from “House of Cards” and “The Strain”). Cross is close to establishing his own shrinking technology which forces Pym to take action.

Enter Scott Lang. Rudd’s character is released from prison and fi nds a roof over his head thanks to former fellow inmate and friend, Luis (Michael Peña). Pym devises a ruse to persuade Scott to become the next Ant-Man and help him prevent Darren Cross from completing his own shrinking technology.

Scott’s motivations come from wanting to ap-pear as a hero in his daughter’s eyes. Scott and his wife appear to have separated before or dur-ing Scott’s time in prison, and she is now dating a police offi cer. Regardless, Scott’s daughter still loves her father, yet Scott wants to be sure he can provide for her.

From here, the 117 minute fi lm delves deeper into another facet of the Marvel Cinematic Uni-verse that moviegoers have yet to see. Thanks to the Ant-Man suit viewers are treated to plenty of awesome visuals as well as a heavy dose of Paul Rudd’s charm. Through “Ant-Man” the viewer gets the impression that as the Marvel Cinematic

Universe continues to grow with each fi lm, the connections between each fi lm’s characters grow stronger.

Still, what hurts the fi lm in the eyes of other reviews is what sold me on it.

The strength of this fi lm is the audience’s ability to see themselves in Scott Lang/Ant-Man. He is a hero who is without the super human serum that created Captain America, the billion-aire’s wealth that has funded Iron Man, the godly lineage that has given us Thor or the accidental gamma radiation exposure that turned Bruce Banner into Hulk.

Essentially, Scott Lang is the “everyman,” the individual we can connect to more easily than some of the other more prominent heroes. Scott is a smart, good-hearted individual whose alle-giance is with his family and friends, and he uses this Ant-Man suit to protect others.

Another strength of the fi lm is it’s cast. Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, and Michael Peña are well-established actors who each give the viewer someone to connect to. There are moments where each actor seemingly steals the show, especially in the case of Michael Peña.

While “Ant-Man” features some minor tie-ins to “Age of Ultron”, such as Scott’s remark that this job is perhaps better-suited for The Avengers, overall there is very little acknowledge-ment to the events of prior fi lms. I’ve always expected the events of both “Avengers” fi lms to play more heavily to each individual fi lm’s plot but instead they’re practically bread crumbs loosely tying each fi lm together.

Regardless, “Ant-Man” also leads the viewers into the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe which will feature a sequel to 2014’s “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Captain Marvel,” a third “Captain America” fi lm, a “Black Panther” introduction and more.

“Ant-Man” was a fi ve star type of fi lm for all of the reasons above. Be sure to stay tuned af-ter the movie for a mid-credits scene as well as a post-credits scene. For the casual moviegoers, I defi nitely suggest watching at least the two “Cap-tain America” fi lms and both “Avengers” fi lms in order to understand some cool easter eggs sprin-kled throughout the fi lm that may appear minor on the surface but will surely have big ramifi ca-tions for future fi lms.

Actor Paul Rudd at the world premiere of Marvel’s Ant-Man (Wikicommons)

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MARY ALICE WILSONSPORTS EDITOR

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BY MITCHELL KAHALLEY Managing Editor

Did you spend all summer cheering on the United

States Women’s National soccer team as they lifted their third World Cup?

There’s no need to stop those USA chants just yet as the South Alabama Jaguars are looking to re-tain their conference championship and make a third straight NCAA Tournament appearance.

The Jags return all 11 starters from last year’s title winning cam-paign including freshman and of-fensive player of the year Charde Hannah, and defensive player of the year Nini Rabsatt-Smith.

Hannah fi nished the season with 20 goals, the most in the conference and tied for third most in the coun-try. Her 20 goals year also ranked No. 2 on South Alabama’s all-time single season goalscoring list.

After her freshman year, Han-nah is already tied for 10th most goals in a career at South Alabama.

Hannah will continue her strike partnership with sophomore for-ward Rio Hardy, who bagged 12 goals and notched eight assists last season. Hardy also earned First Team All-Sun Belt honors.

The pair will be complemented by senior forward Jordan Duncan, who scored six goals and provided six assists while appearing in all 23 matches last season. The new sea-son also sees Ashlynn Jones trans-fer to USA after being redshirted in her fi rst season at the University of Memphis.

Senior Nini Rabsatt-Smith an-chors an experienced backline for the Jags. Rabsatt-Smith was named Sun Belt Defender of the Year and was awarded First Team All-Sun Belt honors. Rabsatt-Smith poses an attacking threat as well, scoring fi ve goals and providing three as-sists.

She is joined by junior Nikki Shirtcliffe, and sophomores Steffi Hardy and Emily Farrell. The Jags fi nished last season with 11 shut-outs.

Junior goalkeeper Sarah Hay

was in between the sticks for 10 of those shutouts, while sophomore Courtney Baum played in the other. Hay fi nished the season with a .092 goals against average, tied for fi rst in the country. Hay also fi nished the season with the second most clean sheets in the nation.

Last year, Monique Autmon, Danielle Henley, Chelsea Follow-well and Sophie Haywood com-bined for 17 goals and 13 assists from the midfi eld in their freshman season.

Haywood proved to be the most potent member of the Jaguar mid-fi eld in attack, notching seven goals and fi ve assists for herself and earning First Team All-Sun Belt Honors.

In an interview with USA Jag-uars, coach Graham Winkworth called Monique Automn one of the most underrated players in the Sun Belt and that she has the defensive midfi eld position locked up.

“She doesn’t do anything too frilly; she runs probably further than anybody on the fi eld on game-day. It’s going to be tough for any-

one to take that position from her.” Sophomore Tiina Trutsi scored

one goal and grabbed two assists in 22 appearances and 11 starts for the Jags last season.

Last season the Jags went 2-2- in their fi rst four matches and then won 19 straight, going undefeated in conference play. Despite the suc-cess, the Jags were given a 16 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Winkworth hopes that playing a tougher out-of-conference sched-ule will help their chances in the postseason.

“If we’re 5-5 going into the conference schedule, our RPI rank-ing is going to be higher than when we were 8-2 last year because of the quality of opponents we’re play-ing,” Winkworth said in an inter-view with USAJaguars.

Last season USA’s’ out-of-con-ference schedule had a combined average RPI ranking of 262. This year the combined average RPI ranking of the Jags’ out-of-confer-ence schedule is 148.

The Jags will be playing two SEC opponents this season, Missis-

sippi State and Auburn, as well as a Big East opponent in Marquette.

South Alabama’s fi rst home game will be against the University of South Florida Bulls featuring Costa Rican national team defender Diana Saenz. Saenz traveled with the Ticas to Canada for this past summer’s Women’s World Cup.

The Jags opened their season with a 1-0 win in an exhibition match against Jacksonville State Sunday.

Ashlynn Jones scored the only goal of the match in the 84 minute. The Jags outshot the Gamecocks 30-to-5, with 17 shots on goal for South and 2 on goal for Jackson-ville State.

Courtney Baum played the fi rst half in goal and had to make zero saves for the Jags. Sarah Hay re-placed Baum for the second half and only had to make two.

The regular season offi cially gets underway this Friday when the Jags travel to Starkville, Mississippi to play Mississippi State. South beat the Bulldogs, 2-0 in Mobile last sea-son.

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The rivalry between South Ala-bama and Troy is a fairly

young rivalry, but it coming up strong. There is now talk between the two schools’ SGAs to even po-tentially name the game.

“It’s definitely grown,” senior of-fensive lineman Chris May said. “I think this year is really fueled. This is the year. It’s a tradition building. As for the SGA trying to name the game, me, personally, I think it should be named the Foosacklys bowl. Kid-ding, of course. I could care less about the name, as long as there’s a trophy there. I think that builds tra-dition. It would add so much.”

Defensive back Roman Buchanan “It’s a huge rivalry.” He goes on to say, “I grew up about 30-45 minutes down the road from Troy. I’m not saying I would’ve went there, but it kinda hurt that I didn’t even get an offer there.”

Buchanan emphasized that any-time you’re in state, you want to win.

When asked about a possible trophy, Buchanan liked the idea, but thought it’d be more for the fan base.

“A trophy would be cool. For the fan’s sake, there should be a trophy for a sense of pride.”

Troy University’s new head coach, Neal Brown, was also asked about the rivalry between Troy and South Alabama. He recognized the game as a true rivalry.

“It’s a fairly young rivalry,” Brown states, “but its a game that people in the state can rally around.”

Head Coach Joey Jones told The Vanguard wouldn’t mind the game being named, as long as we come up with something catchy.

South Alabama and Troy have been working together to come up with a name and trophy idea. A de-cision is planned to be made some-time during the Fall 2015 semester.

What is your opinion on the game? Tweet us at @USAVGSports or message us on facebook at The Vanguard USA to have your opinion featured in a future edition of the Vanguard.

By Mary Alice Wilson Sports Editor

South Alabama vs. Troy rivalryThe journey to name the game -- What are your thoughts?

Chris May blocks for former QB Brandon Bridge during last year’s Troy gme. (Vanguard)

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JagSwag Student Rewards App

Have you ever heard the phrase, “There’s an app for that?” South

Alabama athletics is in that club. Students can attend athletic events and

receive South Alabama gear with an app called “Jag Swag.”

Not only can you keep up with the up-coming athletic events, this app is a part of a student rewards program.

The events tab will show you a schedule of upcoming sporting events and give you an option to check in to each event. You receive two points for each event you

check into. These points can eventually be turned into rewards. The rewards tab in-cludes prizes such as free chick fi l a, free oil changes and free South Alabama ap-parel.

The social tab on the app takes you di-rectly to USA Jaguars Athletics twitter feed. This will keep you up to date with everything going on in South Alabama’s sports world.

There is a “fan cam” option. This in-cludes photos that are all things Jaguars. These photos show South Alabama athlet-ics from all different people and points of view.

Don’t forget to get the app. The fi rst event coming up is September 4, a soccer game, USA vs South Florida.

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On Wednesday we wear JagSwag.Last summer South Alabama

basketball started a hashtag that has taken JagNation by storm. On Wednesdays stu-dents wear their favorite Jag wear and hashtag #JagWearWednesday on social media.

If the picture is chosen by the basketball instagram, friends and followers can vote on pictures and the winners receive prizes for showing their South Alabama pride.

Assistant basketball coach, Russ Willem-sen, has been the mastermind behind the hashtag, with a little inspiration. Willemsen said that Jason Kelly, Assistant Athletic Di-rector/Athletic Academic Services, talked to him about a community-wide tradition at Mississippi State.

Every Friday businesses throughout the community would give discounts if students

and fans wore school gear that day. “I thought we need to start something like

that at south,” Willemsen said. “It’ll be good for developing school pride and say ‘Hey, this is our school and we’re proud of it.’”

Willemsen said that the hashtag may have started from basketball, but it was meant for the entire school to show support for all ath-letics.

“It was supposed to be a whole school thing, and we tried to promote it giving stu-dents tshirts and it’s kinda taken off.” Willem-sen said. “I’ve talked to the SGA president, Ravi Rajendra, and he’s been wonderful. He wants to start a committee and really blow JWW out of the water. I actually got a call last week of a couple businesses who reached out to the athletic department about trying to sponsor it.”

I just a year since its launch, Willemsen said he’s seen a huge amount of growth and excitement, especially with the new class of students coming in this fall.

“You see people tweet out – you don’t even have to put reminders anymore, it’s just habit,” Willemsen said. “We’ve tried to pick up #USA19 students and we’ve probably added 400-500 new followers, so we can tag them and keep that going. We have students that aren’t even here yet post. We’ve had people over in Europe post. We’ve had people in Key West post on vacation. It’s cool to see the va-riety of pictures people are starting to post.”

Willemsen said he’s looking forward to what the new year will bring and the more South Alabama pride to be displayed through-out social media from students, faculty and staff.

“Keep the pictures coming.. It defi nitely gives a sense of pride.”

#JagWearWednesday

South Alabama had its first scrimmage game of

the year on Saturday, August 15.

These are a few take-aways from the Jags’ first Saturday at Ladd.

OFFENSE: The offense ended the day

with a total of 469 yards on 83 snaps.

After being named starting QB, Cody Clements recorded 127 yards and 3 touchdowns.

Freshman Dallas Davis 74 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Gerald Everett and Claude Garrett each caught 40-yard

passes from Cody Clements.Aleem Sunanon kicked 3-3

for field goals with his longest at 50 yards.

Corliss Waitman ended the scrimmage by hitting a 60-yard field goal.

South Alabama had no turn-overs recorded during the scrimmage.

DEFENSE: The defense had eight stops

behind the line of scrimmage and two sacks on the day.

Nigel Green 2-4 with 6 total tackles, 1½ tackles for a loss and 1 passeds broken up.

Randy Allen ended the day with 5 tackles and one pass bro-ken up.

“We need some work in some situations, but I saw some good things. ... The effort was

good.” head coach Joey Jones said to USAJaguars, We have some people who were lead-ing out there, and once we get enough to lead we will have a good football team. We have to learn from this scrimmage and be able to get better every day so we can come back and have a better week of practice.”

“It was not as good as it should’ve been. I had a few too many mental mistakes.” When asked what he will work on dur-ing the upcoming week, he told USAJaguars, “To continue to get better every day. To try and become a better player and bet-ter leader, and to get everybody around me ready.”

The Jags will have two days off. Players will return to the practice field Tuesday morning.


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South Alabama fi rst scrimmage take-aways

South Alabama held its fi rst scrimmage on Saturday. (Alyssa Newton | Editor-In-Chief)

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ALEXANDER MOYLAN OPINION EDITOR

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By ALEXANDER MOYLANOpinion Editor

Underpaid, overworked trend continues for student workers

AUG. 17, 2015

Have you worked on campus within the last year and plan on continuing

to do so this fall? If so, chances are there are a couple changes facing student workers like yourself that you may be unaware of.

Student workers are the most taken advantage of population on this campus today. Both undergraduate and graduate workers alike are working for minimal pay yet are often tasked with providing the university with services that far outweigh the value of what exists in the students’ bi-weekly paycheck. Even worse, many student workers must now work less hours than before.

First, let’s examine graduate students on campus. During the 2014-2015 academic year, graduate student workers could work a total of 27 hours a week, 54 hours total per pay period. The 27 hours per week were split among two positions, never allowing a student to work more than 20 hour in one offi ce per week.

However, beginning this fall graduate student workers will be capped at 20 hours per week. Essentially, this is the difference between having an extra $175 in your paycheck per pay period or not without those extra 7 hours per week (on a $12.50/hour

pay scale, typical of some graduate student worker positions).

For graduate assistants, who unlike normal student workers are also reimbursed with a tuition waiver, working no more than 20 hours per week has been the norm since last year. However, these graduate assistants could still potentially seek extra hours elsewhere on campus with permission from their department.

This year? Not an option whatsoever. I’ve been told that under no circumstances are graduate students allowed to work more than 20 hours per week and be compensated for it, monetarily-speaking.

Okay, this covers graduate students, but I’m sure many readers are concerned with the changes facing undergraduate students too. Perhaps the biggest change is one that will actually affect both graduate students and undergraduate student workers.

In previous years, student workers were allowed to work one extra semester’s worth of time after graduation. One could even put off working during the summer following a May graduation and instead work during the fall, essentially doubling the fi nancial gains. However, this crème de la crème option will no longer be afforded to students beginning this fall.

The option to work an extra semester

post-graduation was one of the things I admired most about being a student employee at South. At my alma mater, this wasn’t an option. Here, I viewed it as a way South was looking out for us and giving us the means to segway from life as a student to maybe an entry-level position or even a career. It may only be approximately 8-15 extra weeks with pay but this was huge for those unable to fi nd work in their fi eld prior to graduation.

So, what gives?At the moment, all I can muster is: Thanks,

South. All you’ve done with these changes is put yourself in a position to micromanage my life and presume that what’s best for you

and me is that I work fewer hours. Honestly, restricting my hours doesn’t help ensure that I set aside enough time for my studies. You know I have bills to pay too, right?

If I can’t work more than 20 hours a week and be compensated, then my options are to either struggle month to month living independently or seek off campus employment, of which will have no reason to be supportive of my studies or class schedule.

All I want are answers. Plain and simple. What are the university’s reasons for taking away that bonus semester of work after graduation? Can you argue that it’s not to the benefi t of recent graduates to allow for this?

Employee Information Portal (USA PAWS)

Student workers facing changes regarding work availability starting this fall

For returning students, what’s one thing you regret not doing when you fi rst came to South that you’d recommend incoming students try this fall?

ANNA HENRIKSON introduce yourself to the professors and go over the test with them afterward!

JUSTINE BURBANK Asking for help when I needed it. I was too nervous to talk to my professors.

MARY BETH LURSEN I wish I had joined clubs or organizations sooner! I met some of my best friends when I fi nally decided to join clubs that

interested me.

BRITANY JADE WOLFE I recommend joining clubs and organizations to easily make friends. I transferred and it was harder to meet people.

LOLA OLSON Don’t skip lectures and labs. Trust me, your professor knows who comes to class and not. If you skip a lot, you’re going to have a hard time to convince your professor that you are worth that 1 extra point to get an “A” in class.

Think about it.

LISA RENYE Explore campus on my own! I was always afraid of going places alone, but when I fi nally did I had the chance to wander around and fi gure out campus without being in a

rush to go wherever a friend wanted to go next.

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See if you can fi nd the 10 hidden words!

See how many words you can make with this word wheel. Use each letter only once!

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The ultimate Harry Potter Crossword

The Vanguard SudokuEasy Medium Hard

I turn polar bears whiteAnd I will make you cry.I make guys have to pee

And girls comb their hair.I make celebrities look stupid

And normal people look like celebrities.I turn pancakes brown

And make your champagne bubble.If you squeeze me, I'll pop.

If you look at me, you'll pop.Can you answer this riddle?

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