Tuesday evening, former Sec- retary of State Madeleine K. Al- bright spoke at the Saenger e- atre in downtown Hattiesburg. She visited for a lecture series and spoke on “e Future of NATO.” e crowd in attendance consist- ed of students from USM and Hat- tiesburg residents, who came close to filling the 1,000-seat theatre. Before her presentation, Al- bright gave a brief interview ses- sion with local media. Some top- ics discussed included NATO’s role in a non-Cold War world, safety and freedom in a time of global terror, and her own role as a shaper of world policy. When asked if she meant to in- spire students to careers in mili- tary or public service, Albright said she hoped to. “I believe in public service,” Albright said. “I so admire our military for everything they do to keep our country safe and help other countries. I hope people will see that military service is something so essential even in this time.” At the lecture, a welcome was given by Denise von Herrmann, dean of the College of Arts and Letters, followed by a history of the lecture series by Beverly Dale. USM President Martha Saunders then introduced Albright, and she began her speech. Albright started the presenta- tion by commenting on her ex- citement to visit USM. She com- plimented the school, calling it “a leading public research univer- sity that has overcome much ad- versity since Hurricane Katrina.” Albright then spoke about NATO and its continued impor- tance in the world today, even aſter the Cold War is over. “It is not what it is against, but what it is for,” Albright said in reference to NATO’s role in the world. Following her speech, Albright answered questions written and submitted by audience members. e questions ranged from her opinion of immigration policy to her favorite pin to wear. Michael Forster, a professor in the College of Health, thought the lecture went very well. “is is a rare opportunity. I wouldn’t have missed it,” Forster said. TODAY 87/49 TOMORROW 88/51 INDEX Calendar ...................... 2 Crossword .................... 2 News ............................ 3 Feature ......................... 5 Arts & Entertainment ..... 6 Sports ......................... 8 S TUDENT P RINTZ The Thursday, October 21, 2010 Volume 95 Issue 17 SERVING SOUTHERN MISS SINCE 1927 www.studentprintz.com LOCAL SILENT FOR LIFE ART SHOW: MUSIC MAJORS A DAY IN THE LIFE... See ALBRIGHT, 3 See page 5 See page 3 See page 6 LOCAL Albright speaks to packed house Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks to press at the Walnut Room before her speech at the Saenger on Tuesday. Bryant Hawkins/Printz Mary Margaret Halford Printz Writer USM President Martha Saunders shakes hands with Madeleine Albright after introducting the former Secretary of State before her speech at the Saenger on Tuesday. Albright spoke on the future of NATO to a packed house. Bryant Hawkins/Printz ‘Andre was fired because he was gay’ The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Mississippi Forrest County Sheriff’s Department on behalf of a former employee who claims he was fired because he is gay. The lawsuit alleges that the Constitutional rights of USM student Andre Cooley, a former Forrest County corrections of- ficer who worked with juvenile detainees, were violated. On June 14, Cooley placed an off-duty 911 call when his boy- friend became physically violent. Chief of Corrections Charles Bolton, one of Cooley’s supervi- sors, learned that Cooley was in a same-sex relationship upon re- sponding to the call. Cooley was informed the next day that he was being terminated permanently. Cooley said Staff Sergeant of Jail Operations Don- nell Brannon told him he was fired because of his sexuality. e Forrest County Sheriff ’s Department, which did not re- turn requests for comment, has publicly denied that Cooley’s sex- uality was the reason. Bear Atwood, attorney for the ACLU of Mississippi and co-counsel for the case, said that Cooley had protection un- der federal law because he was publicly employed. “ey can’t just fire someone for animus – ‘I don’t like what you did,’” Atwood said. “And that’s what happened in this case – An- dre was fired because they didn’t like the fact that he was gay.” 100 ALUMNI Ashton Pittman Printz Writer See COP, 4
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Tuesday evening, former Sec-retary of State Madeleine K. Al-bright spoke at the Saenger � e-atre in downtown Hattiesburg. She visited for a lecture series and spoke on “� e Future of NATO.”
� e crowd in attendance consist-ed of students from USM and Hat-tiesburg residents, who came close to � lling the 1,000-seat theatre.
Before her presentation, Al-bright gave a brief interview ses-sion with local media. Some top-ics discussed included NATO’s role in a non-Cold War world, safety and freedom in a time of global terror, and her own role as a shaper of world policy.
When asked if she meant to in-spire students to careers in mili-tary or public service, Albright said she hoped to.
“I believe in public service,” Albright said. “I so admire our military for everything they do to keep our country safe and help other countries. I hope people will see that military service is something so essential even in this time.”
At the lecture, a welcome was given by Denise von Herrmann, dean of the College of Arts and Letters, followed by a history of the lecture series by Beverly Dale. USM President Martha Saunders then introduced Albright, and she began her speech.
Albright started the presenta-tion by commenting on her ex-citement to visit USM. She com-plimented the school, calling it “a leading public research univer-sity that has overcome much ad-
versity since Hurricane Katrina.” Albright then spoke about
NATO and its continued impor-tance in the world today, even a� er the Cold War is over. “It is not what it is against, but what it is for,” Albright said in reference to NATO’s role in the world.
Following her speech, Albright answered questions written and submitted by audience members. � e questions ranged from her opinion of immigration policy to her favorite pin to wear.
Michael Forster, a professor in the College of Health, thought the lecture went very well.
“� is is a rare opportunity. I wouldn’t have missed it,” Forster said.
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Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks to press at the Walnut Room before her speech at the Saenger on Tuesday.
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USM President Martha Saunders shakes hands with Madeleine Albright after introducting the former Secretary of State before her speech at the Saenger on Tuesday. Albright spoke on the future of NATO to a packed house.
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‘Andre was fi red because he was gay’
The American Civil Liberties Union on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Mississippi Forrest County Sheriff ’s Department on behalf of a former employee who claims he was fired because he is gay.
The lawsuit alleges that the Constitutional rights of USM student Andre Cooley, a former Forrest County corrections of-ficer who worked with juvenile
detainees, were violated.On June 14, Cooley placed an
o� -duty 911 call when his boy-friend became physically violent. Chief of Corrections Charles Bolton, one of Cooley’s supervi-sors, learned that Cooley was in a same-sex relationship upon re-sponding to the call.
Cooley was informed the next day that he was being terminated permanently. Cooley said Sta� Sergeant of Jail Operations Don-nell Brannon told him he was � red because of his sexuality.
� e Forrest County Sheri� ’s
Department, which did not re-turn requests for comment, has publicly denied that Cooley’s sex-uality was the reason.
Bear Atwood, attorney for the ACLU of Mississippi and co-counsel for the case, said that Cooley had protection un-der federal law because he was publicly employed.
“� ey can’t just � re someone for animus – ‘I don’t like what you did,’” Atwood said. “And that’s what happened in this case – An-dre was � red because they didn’t like the fact that he was gay.”
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Forster also said he learned more about NATO during the presentation. “I didn’t realize the continued relevance of NATO. I thought it was waning.”
“I enjoyed it greatly. It was quite interesting, and Albright is a very smart lady and an engaging speaker,” Forster said.
Hannah Barrett, a sophomore USM student in the Honors Col-lege, said the event was a great speech for students and residents of the Hattiesburg area to attend.
“Madeleine Albright has long been a powerful and influential
woman in this nation, and I felt like attending this event was a rare opportunity that I should not pass up,” Barrett said.
Barrett agreed with Forster in saying that the speech was enjoy-able and beneficial to those who attended.
“I greatly enjoyed the lecture and felt like she did an out-standing job connecting with the audience about an issue that is extremely relevant to both students and older citizens alike,” Barrett said.
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speaks to press at the Walnut Room before her speech at the Saenger on Tuesday. Albright spoke on the future of NATO to a packed out crowd.
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students go mute for lifePro-life students at Southern
Miss participated in an effort across campuses nationwide Tuesday to express their beliefs on abortion. USM student John Taylor, a pro-life advocate who recently helped petition to get the Personhood Amendment on the November 2011 ballot, said he led the Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity at USM.
The effort, which is promoted by the website silentday.org, asked participants to wear red duct tape with the word “LIFE” written across it. Participants were also asked to remain silent while wear-ing the tape.
The website says that although it is meant to be a day of silence, students should be willing to en-gage others who may have ques-tions or want to discuss the issue.
Taylor emphasized that the Day of Silence is about prayer, not protest.
He said he encouraged pro-lifers to use the time of silence to pray.
“We should pray that people learn the truth about abortion from a biological, physical, and scriptural stance,” he said.
At the same time, he stressed that the day was not meant to at-tack people who are pro-choice or women who have had or consid-ered an abortion.
“These women are mothers, not murderers,” he said.
USM student Jessie Armstrong
said she got involved in the event after Taylor asked her to join. She joined Taylor outside the Interna-tional Center to hand out cupcakes to students and participants.
“Each cupcake represented a birthday cake for an unborn baby,” Armstrong said.
Amber Ryals said she took part in the event as well by donning the red tape.
“I think it’s a great way to stand for something you believe in,” she said. “You’re not arguing with anyone; just simply making your stance known.”
Taylor said the day was not about taking away women’s rights, but about educating people and pre-senting an alternative viewpoint.
More than 200 students partici-pated, he said.
Ashton PittmanPrintz Writer
news in brief: usm host civil rights conferenceUSM will host a conference
titled “A Centennial Celebration of the Civil Rights Movement” on Oct. 21-23.
Sponsored by the Southern Miss Centennial Committee, the Center for Black Studies and the Center for Oral History and Cultural Her-itage, the conference will feature nationally renowned scholars.
Registration is $35 for the general public and $20 for students. This fee includes lunch on Oct. 22 and 23 and heavy hors’ doeuvres at the opening reception and closing session.
“Few people realize the central
role Hattiesburg and its residents played in the national Civil Rights Movements, and our conference will shed light on that fact,” said Curtis Austin, associate professor of history and director of the Cen-ter for Black Studies at USM.
The conference will open at the African American Military History Museum at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21 with remarks from USM President Martha Saunders, Austin and Ray-lwani Branch, one of the first two African Americans to attend USM.
Another speaker is civil rights veteran Peggy Connor, who rep-
resented the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) at the 1964 Democratic National Con-vention in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The two days of presentations will take place in the Thad Cochran Center. The conference will con-clude with a closing session com-memorating Clyde Kennard, the first African American to attempt to desegregate Southern Miss.
“No civil rights conference as-sociated with Southern Miss would be complete without a dis-cussion of the Clyde Kennard af-fair,” Austin said.
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Breast Cancer Awareness Dive-In Movie and Potluck, will be hosted at the pool deck in the M.C. Natatorium at the Payne Center Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. for an evening of Pretty in Pink.
The Dive-In has two purposes: to raise money and more importantly, to raise awareness of breast cancer. Those who attend should bring a
raft for the pool or a blanket for the pool deck. Anyone can bring food to contribute to the potluck, so they can eat and enjoy the movie. Students should enter through the back gate, because the Payne Center will be closed at that time.
USM student and lifeguard/swimming instructor, Tremayne Davis, came up with the idea.
“I just wanted to think of ways to get people thinking about breast cancer,” Davis said. “The movie Pretty in Pink will be shown, and it is apart of a great theme. We want
people to show up and show their support, and see our facility. I would really appreciate it if people showed up to show their support because this is a really great cause.”
Aquatics coordinator Jessi Hobart is in charge of the event this year and talked about their mission.
“Our mission is to get a lot of people to show up and show their support,” Hobart said. “We are do-ing a potluck and encourage every-one to bring a dish. We wanted to do a potluck instead of ordering food because a potluck brings a sense of
community to the event.”Courtney Payne, a gradu-
ate student at the University of West Alabama, said she always comes to support Southern Miss activities for health.
“I love how Southern Miss gets so involved in the community’s well being,” Payne said. “They are a leader in student activities in Missis-sippi, and the Breast Cancer Aware-ness Dive-In is a great way for me to educate myself about breast cancer and to show support for those who may come that need a compassion-
ate friend to talk too.”Payne talked about how excited
she is about the activities.“I can’t wait to try other people’s
dishes, and I can’t wait to share my dish I am going to prepare,” Payne said. “I am really excited about watching the movie Pretty in Pink; that’s one of my favorite movies.”
Jessi Hobart said he wants every-one to come out to enjoy the event.
“We are really excited about this event,” Hobart said. “Come join us and watch Pretty in Pink to show your support.”
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Dive-in to fight breast cancerEarvin Hopkins
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cOp, from 1Cooley said that his firing
was not due to the domestic disturbance.
“I was the victim of domestic violence,” he said. “The police re-port confirms that I was the vic-tim and did nothing wrong.”
Cooley said the sheriff ’s de-partment never gave him an of-ficial reason for his termination. He said finding a job has become difficult because it is hard to ex-plain why he was terminated to new employers.
Atwood said she was confident that, despite the conservative views of many Mississippians, most would view Cooley’s firing as unfair.
“They might not think it’s okay for gay people to get married and they might not think it’s okay for gay people to adopt children,” she said. “But Mississippians are basi-cally fair and decent people, and they can look at this and say, ‘It’s not fair to fire gay people.’”
Atwood said the case would be a first of its kind in Mississippi. She hopes a ruling in Cooley’s fa-vor will provide clear case law for future cases. At the same time, she also hopes it will educate people about discrimination that gay people face in the workplace.
“If you’re the best person for the job, you should be allowed to do your job,” Cooley said. “Whether you’re gay or not should have nothing to do with it.”
Atwood said that had Cooley been working for a private em-ployer, he would have had no legal recourse. That is because Missis-sippi has no state anti-discrimi-nation law to protect lesbian, gay, bi, or transgender citizens from workplace discrimination.
Joe Jervis, who runs the site Joe.My.God., a popular blog that fo-cuses on gay rights issues, said the case illustrates the need for Con-gress to pass legislation to protect LGBT workers.
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Feature Page 5Thursday, October 21, 2010A DAY IN THE LIFE...
Music majors: they got the beat“The thing with being a mu-
sic major is that you don’t have time,” said Thomas Giles, a se-nior music performance major from Colorado Springs, Col.
The choice to be a music major is not one to be taken lightly. In addition to committing to around 18 hours of coursework per se-mester, students are required to practice on their own for two to three hours per day.
Giles said it takes a certain kind of person to be a music major.
“There’s a lot of outside the classroom work to improve your-self,” Giles said. “It’s setting goals for yourself and trying to do something on your own.”
Giles said the classes taken by music majors are more for guidance; most work is done independently.
“That can give you a lot of opportunity to slack off, too, though,” Giles said.
After he graduates in the spring, Giles plans to take a year off to learn French. After that, he wants to move to France to study at the Paris Conservatory to further pur-sue his career as a performer. As a backup plan, Giles is also consid-ering attending Eastman Univer-sity or Indiana University.
Graduate school is typical for many students who come out of
the music department at South-ern Miss, said the director of the School of Music, Micheal Miles.
Miles said through the Univer-sity Priorities Committee process, he learned how well the program prepared students for graduate school and their future careers.
“I really came to admire our faculty and past faculty in what they have accomplished in terms of preparing the students for their future,” Miles said.
Steve Wiest, a 1980 alumnus of the USM music program, looks back fondly on his time at USM.
Wiest, a trombonist, now works as the director of “The One O’Clock” Jazz Lab at the Univer-sity of North Texas.
“Without the mentoring and guidance of the many great teachers at Southern, most im-portantly Raoul Jerome in jazz, I would never have made it at all,” Wiest said.
Wiest said the music program here, at least in jazz, gives stu-dents a good basis to further their studies and skill.
Wiest said, “The great jazz stud-ies program, now very ably led by the wonderful Larry Pannella, gives young students of jazz the founda-tion that they need to succeed.”
Miles added that the 40-50 music education majors who graduate annually have a 100% placement rate.
“When you come out of a mu-sic degree, you’re expected to
have a wide range of skill sets and knowledge sets,” Miles said.
“We have to have the skills to not only play our instrument, but we have to be able to sing accu-rately, and we have to be able to play the piano.”
Beyond the core curriculum that students are required to take at the university, as well as theory courses, learning the piano, sing-ing and learning the history of western music since the Roman times, students are required to participate in ensembles.
These ensembles are where “students learn to be musicians,” Miles said. They meet at various hours throughout the week. The department’s ensembles include the orchestra, chamber groups and even the Pride of Mississippi Marching Band.
“You put it all together, and the music major is booked up probably 12-14 hours per day,” Miles said.
Recitals are required of mu-sic performance majors and give students a chance to show-case their skills onstage. These
performances are graded by a panel of judges and are another requirement the students have to satisfy before they graduate.
Although it is not perfect, Miles said he feels like the uni-versity’s approach to the music program is solid.
“I feel like the university values the School of Music,” Miles said. “I feel like our community values the School of Music. I feel like the university is doing as much as it can possibly can to support us and give us the resources we need to do our job properly.”
Jonathan AndrewsPrintz Writer
Southern Miss senior Sara Rodriguez plays violin during the USM Symphony Orchestra’s rehearsals for “Celebrations” Wednesday, Sept. 22.
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Steve Wiest - Now teaching jazz composition and jazz trombone at the University of North Texas.
Tom “Bones” Malone - Member of The Blues Brothers band and a member of the CBS Orchestra, the house band for the Late Show with David Letterman.
Craig Wiseman -American country music songwriter. He has had his songs recorded by Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes and several other acts.
Ben Peters - Named one of the most successful Nashville tunesmiths of the country-pop era, winning the Grammy for Best Country Song with 1972’s “Kiss an Angel Good-bye.”
Carroll Freeman - Member of Knoxville Opera Hall of Fame, honored by the Na-tional Federation of Music Clubs with a Presidential Citation. Recently named Classical Singer magazine’s “2010 Stage Director of the Year.”
Jay Dean - Music director and conductor of the Southern Mississippi Symphony Or-chestra since 1988.
Maryann Kyle - Appeared in many operas as a solo lyric soprano. Associate professor of voice at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Notable USM Music Graduates
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on campus
centennial art show features alumni work
The Department of Art and Design is hosting the 100 Alum-ni exhibition at the Museum of Art in the Fine Arts Building. The exhibit features 100 alumni’s art pieces in the show.
The director of the art mu-seum, Jan Siesling, said the idea for the exhibit came to him about a year ago when he was talking to an alumnus, Alehan-dro Wooten. Wooten asked Sies-ling what the art department was doing for the centennial year. Siesling said he thought to himself, “I can’t not take advan-tage of this opportunity. Here is an opportunity to get all of these people back together, and it will never come back.”
Siesling sent out 1000 invita-tions inviting USM alumni to submit their artwork. The alum-ni had to graduate from South-ern Miss with an art degree. He also requested that they be from the class of 2005 or earlier, and they had to be a practicing artist with recent art to submit. Each artist submitted three pieces, and one was selected for the ex-hibit. Nearly 100 pieces of art-work now hang on the walls of the art museum, one piece from every year of USM’s history.
The participating artists in-clude painters, graphic design-ers, sculptors and ceramists. “The visual artists – they are constantly making things that they learned from here,” Sies-ling said. The alumni are com-ing from everywhere to see this show take place.
“They want to be here,” Sies-ling said. “They tell me in emails and on the phone how happy they are to come back to the uni-versity they haven’t seen, some-times, for dozens of years.”
The Museum of Art has al-ready had one show earlier this year to celebrate the university’s birthday. A solo show by a retired USM professor, William Baggett, was presented in Septemeber. The centennial show, however, will revolve around 100 people.
A reception will be held on Friday at 5:00 p.m. for the ex-
hibit. A few of the artists will make speeches, and a concert will follow. Alumnus Richard Waters will be playing his mu-sical instrument, the Water-phone, which is an instrument that makes music with the help of water.
Waters, who has played both nationally and internationally, will play for the first time in Hat-tiesburg at the reception.
This experience is not just for the alumni of Southern Miss or for the art students but for all of the students at USM. The alumni
want to experience the art with the students.
Robert Smith, a 1965 graduate who will have art in the show, said, “We alums have great expe-riences to express to art students who are wondering what they will expect from life after USM.”
“All of our work has to do with different dimensions,” Woo-ten said. “The work deals with multi-dimensional thinking.”
The Centennial Alumni Ex-hibition will be taking place from Oct. 21 through Nov. 20.
Sarah RogersPrintz Writer
Jan Siesling, Director of the Museum of Art, levels a portrait to set up and prepare for the Centennial Alumni Exhibition that opens today in Marsh Hall. A reception will be held Saturday, October 23 at 5 p.m.
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Arts & Entertainment Page 7Thursday, October 21, 2010
Pillowman: ‘edgy, controversial, realistic’
Southern Miss Theatre De-partment will present The Pil-lowman on Thursday, Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Gil-bert F. Hartwig Theatre. The P i l l o w m a n is nothing to sleep on, and it is definitely contemporary.
The Pillow-man which was written by Mar-tin McDonagh is solely based on a fiction writer who is living in a police state and is interrogat-ed about the gruesome content of his short stories and their simi-larities to a number of bizarre child murders occurring in the town.
T.J. Kent, a third year MFA graduate student from Knoxville, Tenn., is the director. Kent has always been interested in direct-ing, and he has directed a few shows including Macbeth which was performed in the spring at
Southern Miss.“It is a little more in your face, and
there is a lot to think about,” Kent said.“It’s a really good piece of theater,
and the show will be surprising,” said professor Sean Boyd, who is a fifth year acting and movement in-structor in the theater department.
“The students that are involved have worked so hard. This is a dif-ficult piece con-sidering that it has murders in it.”
Boyd also par-ticipates as part of the cast for The Pillowman.
Cast member Stephen Cefalu, a
senior BFA acting major from La-combe, La., is anxious to deveop the deeper meaning of the show.
“The play is about art for art’s sake,” Cefalu said. “Where does the responsibility lie when some-one misinterprets it: the artist or the guardian?”
Although the theater depart-ment has presented many shows, The Pillowman is set apart in nu-merous ways.
“It is very easy to watch the harsh-ness on T.V. but what theater is chal-
lenging is where a person has to actually act it out, and it’s truly pow-erful,” Boyd said. “It ticks because it’s accessible and contemporary.”
“This play is more edgy, con-troversial and realistic than any
other play that I have ever been in, and I look forward to the turn-out.” Cefalu said.
The show will be performed Oct. 21, 22, 23, 27, 28 and 29 beginning at 7:30 p.m. General admission is $8
for the public and $6 for students, and it is suggested that viewing is for mature audiences only.
“There is a lot of violence in this play, and it creates a need to make the audience think,” Kent said.
MFA performance students Terry Jordan, Sean Scrutchins, and assistant professor Sean Boyd rehearse a scene from The Pillowman, by Martin McDonagh. The play opens on Thursday. The Pillowman contains strong language and violent content for mature audiences only. Tickets are $8 for adults, and $6 for students.
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SportsPage 8 Thursday, October 21, 2010Football
Southern Miss Sports: Upcoming Games10/232:00 p.m. Baseball v.s. William CareyPete Taylor Park
10/241:00 p.m. Volleyball v.s. HoustonReed Green Coliseum
A bye this week couldn’t have come fast enough for the South-ern Miss football team. Offensive and defensive starters on the team have been bitten by the injury bug throughout the year. The time off will give the Eagles a chance to get healthy before they return to con-ference action.
“We are not calling it a bye week; it is a get healthy week,” Fedora said in his Monday press conference.
CJ Bailey and Desmond John-son went down with injuries in the game against Memphis last Satur-day. Coach Fedora spoke on those two players on Monday.
“We should know more today at practice on the two guys who went down in the game, C.J. (Bailey) and Desmond (Johnson), but I do not think that either one of those will be a critical situation or any-thing. We anticipate getting a lot of guys back this week, which is a blessing,” Fedora said.
At wide receiver, Quentin Pierce continues to battle inju-ries. Pierce didn’t make the trip to Memphis, and it is unsure if he will be available for the UAB game in two weeks.
“The doctors did not clear Quentin (Pierce) to play this week,” Fedora said. “I did not have a choice in the matter. He was not cleared to play so he did not even make the trip to Memphis.”
The offensive line will have two players in question for the game in two weeks. Joe Duhon has battled injuries since the Prairie View A&M game.
“I am anticipating that Joe (Duhon) will come back this week from what I have been told, and we need to get him back,” Fe-dora said.
Austin Quattrochi has been filling the spots left open by the injuries, but now his status is un-certain for the next match.
“On (Austin) Quattrochi, I have not heard anything, but again until practice today (when I will see how he is) we probably will not know anything else,” Fedora said.
Fedora has been impressed with the way that his team has responded in the face of all this adversity with the injuries.
“This season so far has been a true team effort because we have had so many injuries,” Fedora said. “(The injuries) have depleted our special teams, not to mention the guys who have gotten hurt on both offense and defense. There are guys who are playing that did not anticipate getting a lot of playing time going into the year. So you have got to commend the coaches for having those guys prepared and ready to play. Then you have to commend those kids who have prepared themselves, even though they are backups and stepped up and made plays this season in the situations that we have needed.”
Eagles use bye to heal injuries
Cade MorrowPrintz Writer
Southern Miss placekicker Danny Hrapmann received a mid-season honor by Phil Steele Magazine, Wednesday, by being picked third-team All-America by the publication. Hrapmann, a junior from New Orleans, La., converted 16-of-17 field goals over the first seven games this season and currently holds a No. 1 nationally in the Foot-ball Bowl Subdivision in field goals per game at 2.29 after last week’s contests, as well as being tied for 10th in scoring at 10.29 points per contest.
E a r -lier this s e a s o n , H r a p -mann es-tablished a school s i n g l e -game re-cord with five field
goals against East Carolina and last week at Memphis he saw a streak of 17-straight field goals made snapped, which was the longest in school history.
Golden Eagle kicker receives mid-season honor
(Top) Southern Miss middle blocker prepares to block Tulane opposite hitter Cori Martone’s return during their game on Wednesday. (Bottom) Southern Miss’ Lauren Sears attempts a kill while Tulane’s Cori Martone (25) and Azarri Badawi (7) attempt a block. The Eagles ended up defeating Tulane 3-1 (25-17) (23-25) (25-19) (25-14).Southern Miss move up to 4-5 in C-USA standings and 11-9 overall. The Golden Eagles take on Marshall this Friday at 7:00 p.m. in Reed Green Coliseum.
