September 15, 2011 Volume 96 Issue 7 S TUDENT P RINTZ The SERVING SOUTHERN MISS SINCE 1927 www.studentprintz.com INDEX Calendar ........................ 2 News .............................. 3 Arts & Entertainment......5 Opinion............................ 6 Sports...............................8 DeRe’ LaRouge Page 6 Thursday 81/60 Friday 85/62 Saturday 89/66 Page 4 Page 8 TIPPING WEATHER FOOTBALL Michelle Holowach Printz Writer An exciting future lies ahead for Southern Miss as the proposal for the installment of a new polymer science engineering program will be presented before the College Board in November. If approved, this degree program will open many doors for USM stu- dents and graduates, and it will be the first of its kind in Mississippi. Dean of the College of Science and Technology Joe Whitehead said the proposal for this new program was prompted primarily because of the new opportunities it will offer to students. “In the U.S. we have a short- age of scientists and engineers overall,” Whitehead said. “And some of the research indicates that underrepresented minori- ties tend to major in areas where they can help society, and en- gineering is one of those areas because there’s a tangible benefit for people to see, and so we are appealing to all Americans.” Whitehead added that South- ern Miss will have an opportunity to help a great section of the Mis- sissippi society because it has one of the largest minority popula- tions in the U.S. “So if we’re going to capitalize on one of our most precious re- sources,” Whitehead said, “that’s our people.” Professor of polymer science Robert Lochhead foresees this pro- gram at Southern Miss as a tremen- dous asset to the University. “e polymer science and engineering program gives the graduates a much broader de- gree,” Lochhead said. “And as far as employers are concerned it carries a lot more weight; the engineering title is highly val- ued by industry. While some of our students do go to academia, the vast majority of our students have been groomed for industry - research and industry - and when you’ve got both science and engi- neering it opens doors.” Southern Miss is already the number one undergraduate pro- gram in the country for polymer science, Lochhead pointed out, but adding the engineering com- ponent to the already established School of Polymers and High Performance Material will bring more people to recognize this prestigious level. “Polymer scientists look at un- derstanding and developing new molecules,” Lochhead said, “and the polymer engineer takes those new molecules to practical appli- cations. So the polymer scientist and engineer are like two facets of the same thing, and if you take polymer science and engineer- ing you’re a much stronger person than taking either polymer science or polymer engineering by them- selves. So we would now be recog- nized as the number one polymer department in the country.” Sophomore polymer science major Tyler Brown thinks the new program, if approved, would be very beneficial to the univer- sity and the scientific community. “is program could potentially establish new collaborations with other chemical companies, indus- tries, etc., which would benefit every single research group in the Polymer Science Research Center,” See POLYMER, 4 USM works to welcome new degree ON CAMPUS Jack Ly, a junior polymer science major, works to create a nylon 6,10 through interfacial polymerization. If approved by the College Board, the University of Southern Mississippi plans to add a polymer science engineering degree as an additional undergraduate option for students. Southern Miss is already home to the number one polymer science program in the nation. If approved, the program will only require the hiring of two new professors. Melissa McCraw/Printz
An exciting future lies ahead for Southern Miss as the proposal for the installment of a new polymer science engineering program will be presented before the College Board in November.
If approved, this degree program will open many doors for USM stu-dents and graduates, and it will be the � rst of its kind in Mississippi.
Dean of the College of Science and Technology Joe Whitehead said the proposal for this new program was prompted primarily because of the new opportunities it will o� er to students.
“In the U.S. we have a short-age of scientists and engineers overall,” Whitehead said. “And some of the research indicates that underrepresented minori-ties tend to major in areas where they can help society, and en-gineering is one of those areas because there’s a tangible benefit for people to see, and so we are appealing to all Americans.”
Whitehead added that South-ern Miss will have an opportunity to help a great section of the Mis-sissippi society because it has one of the largest minority popula-tions in the U.S.
“So if we’re going to capitalize on one of our most precious re-sources,” Whitehead said, “that’s our people.”
Professor of polymer science Robert Lochhead foresees this pro-gram at Southern Miss as a tremen-dous asset to the University.
“� e polymer science and engineering program gives the graduates a much broader de-
gree,” Lochhead said. “And as far as employers are concerned it carries a lot more weight; the engineering title is highly val-ued by industry. While some of our students do go to academia, the vast majority of our students have been groomed for industry - research and industry - and when you’ve got both science and engi-neering it opens doors.”
Southern Miss is already the number one undergraduate pro-gram in the country for polymer science, Lochhead pointed out, but adding the engineering com-ponent to the already established School of Polymers and High Performance Material will bring more people to recognize this prestigious level.
“Polymer scientists look at un-derstanding and developing new molecules,” Lochhead said, “and the polymer engineer takes those new molecules to practical appli-cations. So the polymer scientist and engineer are like two facets of the same thing, and if you take polymer science and engineer-ing you’re a much stronger person than taking either polymer science or polymer engineering by them-selves. So we would now be recog-nized as the number one polymer department in the country.”
Sophomore polymer science major Tyler Brown thinks the new program, if approved, would be very bene� cial to the univer-sity and the scienti� c community. “� is program could potentially establish new collaborations with other chemical companies, indus-tries, etc., which would bene� t every single research group in the Polymer Science Research Center,”
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Jack Ly, a junior polymer science major, works to create a nylon 6,10 through interfacial polymerization. If approved by the College Board, the University of Southern Mississippi plans to add a polymer science engineering degree as an additional undergraduate option for students. Southern Miss is already home to the number one polymer science program in the nation. If approved, the program will only require the hiring of two new professors.
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News Student Printz, Page 3Thursday, September 15, 2011on campus
usm senate appoints new members
College of Arts and Letters:Corey StappPatrick MartC.C. Dixon
Zach Knight Donald Holmes Emma Burleson
Kacie Bailey
College of Science and Technology:
Stephanie Ledgerwood West Harwell Michael Sims
Wade KingstonCecily LaRue Ashley Regan
College of Business: Darren Holland
Julien Bousquet Krista Moylan
Christian Myrick
College of Health:Triyonna Green
Claire Thrash Jonathan Nelson
Ben Nowell John Hii
Kara Moylan
College of Education and Psychology:
Morgan Brand Suzanne Smith Ebonie HopkinsKathryn Winsley
Jessica Richmond
Campus At Large:Austin Gilbert
Katherine Miller Jeffrey Haeger
Jacquasli Williams Seth Barron
Meghan LindAustin Howell
sGa senators
From commissioning the Payne Center to helping implement a fall break into the calendar, the Senate at Southern Miss has worked to create policies to better the University of South-ern Mississippi as a whole.This week, 35 students were ap-pointed to carry on the tradi-tion of passing legislation that will make USM a better place.“For the first time in years, ev-ery senate seat is filled,” said Jeffery McClendon, SGA Vice President and head of the Sen-ate. “All of the senators know I mean business, and they mean business, too.”This year, the senate hopes to
pass legislation that will extend the hours of the Fresh Food Company and Hillcrest, expand the width of the student sec-tion in the football stadium and make the campus more handi-cap accessible.“Our options are limitless,” Mc-Clendon said. “It doesn’t mean everything we try to make hap-pen will happen, but the point is that we have the maximum efforts to try. It’s our job to make sure that the students’ problems and concerns are the university’s foremost priority.”This year, the senate has rep-resentation from each college, as well at campus at large. The senators live on and off campus and represent all classifications. Senior Austin Gilbert is serv-
ing as a senator at large this year and has been on Senate once before.“I wanted to leave the campus better than it was when I got here,” Gilbert said. “I’m very excited this year and I think we’ll get a lot accomplished.”Gilbert added that he hopes to offer more eating choices to students that stay open later.McClendon shares Gilberts en-thusiasm about the upcoming year for senate.“I’m very excited, but what’s more exciting is seeing those who have invested so much in senate witness us finally thriv-ing and evolving into an impor-tant and effective body,” Mc-Clendon said.
Mary Margaret HalfordExecutive Editor
Feature Thursday, September 15, 2011Page 4, Student PrintzOn campus
Laissez les bons temps rouler There is a new restaurant in
town giving the typical south-ern soul food buffet a kick to the curb. DeRe’ LaRouge is a Cajun eatery inspired by true Louisiana dishes. Owners Dan-iel and Renae Edwards have lived in Hattiesburg their entire lives but felt the town lacked true Cajun flare.
“We wanted to offer the com-munity a Louisiana atmosphere,” Renae Edwards said. “Our goal was to serve food people could relate to as if they were really eating on the bayou.”
The name “DeRe’ LaRouge” has a sentimental background for the owners.
“My husband and I combined our initials for the “DeRe’” part, then we combined Louisiana and Baton Rouge to keep with the theme,” Edwards said. “It was just
a fun way to represent our place.” DeRe’ LaRouge has a pletho-
ra of true Cajun dishes that are sure to make taste buds sizzle. The most popular dishes range from fried alligator tail to tradi-tional Louisiana jambalaya. All the dishes are made with fresh seafood cooked by seven trained chefs specializing in Cajun cui-sine. The dishes are reasonably priced, which keeps the typical college student’s budget in mind. Along with fantastic dishes, the eatery also offers a wide range of alcoholic beverages.
“Our drink specials really bring in the crowds,” said Ed-wards. “We have happy hour 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday along with 25 cent shots on game days, one dollar beer night and drink specials periodi-cally throughout the week.”
Among the vast amount of bev-erages served, the crowd pleaser of the bunch would be “the fish bowl,” which is served in an actual fish
bowl and is made with nine differ-ent liqueurs. The drink is sweet and
pairs nicely with any signature dish. Along with the great food and
bar, the venue excels in entertain-ment. Every week the restaurant offers dueling pianos, karaoke and acoustic bands. The most popular event, Smoking Idol, has an incred-ible prize to offer if entered. “The winner of our Smoking Idol singing competition receives $2,500 and a recording session in Nashville,” said Edwards. “The final round is in two
weeks, so we encourage all to enter before the deadline.”
DeRe’ LaRouge is open Sun-day through Wednesday from 11 a.m. until midnight and Thursday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. The restaurant also offers cou-pon deals in the Southern Miss plan-ners. For more information contact Daniel or Renae Edwards at 601-467-3500.
Erin LowreyPrintz Writer
Patrons enjoy dinner and drinks at new Hattiesburg hotspt DeRe’ LaRouge.Mary Alice Truitt/Printz
pOLymer, from 1Brown said. “More collaboration means more funding, more funding means more access to materials to run reactions, more projects means greater advances in science.”
.Brown also said that if the uni-versity is able to effectively find a way to finance the program with-out cutting anything out, the new Polymer Engineer Degree would immensely benefit not only the research at the Polymer Science Research Center but also the uni-versity as a whole.
Along with opportunities for students and research, Whitehead says there is an economic devel-opment component as well.
“It will bring more visibility for Southern Miss as a whole,” White-head said. “It means more oppor-tunities for economic development. For example there are companies who need engineers with the Poly-mer background and therefore it can be attractive for companies to locate in Mississippi.”
If approved in November the program will be up and running at Southern Miss by fall of 2012. Because of the already established School of Polymers it would re-quire no new construction, and only two new faculty members will need to be hired.
Whitehead said the university thinks this is do-able because it already has a solid foundation in Polymer Science. “So we don’t have to start from the very begin-ning, we have that set already in place,” he said. “Now we have to add the engineering component to have the undergraduate degree in Polymer Science and Engineer-ing. And so we have some exist-ing money that we can reallocate to target adding the engineering capability that we need.”
It is expected that, if approved by the College Board, the program will start out small. But as its recog-nition and reputation grows it will continue to expand over the years.
“I’m expecting 10 students the first year,” Lochhead said. “Those ten students will hopefully get us through the first year get the new faculty and get the program run-ning so by the second or third year its running smoothly and then we can move to rapid expansion.”
The benefits of adding the Poly-mer Science Engineering degree goes beyond benefiting the stu-dents who would choose to ma-jor in it. As Lochhead said, “It benefits the university because it gives us a number one national program that nobody can refute.”
Arts & Entertainment Student Printz, Page 5Thursday, September 15, 2011Music
Leaf summer behind: fall indie previewAs summer draws to a close, a
new crop of anticipated album re-leases has emerged for eager listen-ers to continue their post-summer music mania. This fall’s fresh mu-sic mix offers listeners a bounty of new records and EPs sure to pack a punch in 2011’s concluding months. Although the sun may be setting on summer, this fall will feature a cornucopia of new music from a variety of artists within the alternative-indie circuit. Hipsters and music snobs rejoice.
Feist - Metals, Oct. 4For fans of: Broken Social Scene,
Rilo Kiley and Cat Power
Four years have passed since the indie songstress’s single “1234” dominated airwaves. The Grammy nominee has since recorded her up-coming album, Metals, in collabora-tion with Björk’s producer Valgeir Sigurðsson. Overall, the album possess an art rock tone, with each track highlighting her celestially lush voice. Feist has teased the release of Metals by posting online vignettes of tracks “Graveyard,” “A Commotion” and “Bittersweet Melodies”, and in the process, caused a stir amongst legions of eager fans.
Listen to: “How Come You Never Go There”
Neon Indian - Era Extraña, Sept. 13
For fans of: Dum Dum Girls, Beach House and Real Estate
Perhaps one of the most buzzed-about bands within the current indie music scene is Neon Indian. The Texas-based band has gained much attention since the release of their 2009 album, Psychic Chasms, which made its way onto numerous “best-of-the-year” lists including Mecca for all music snobs – Pitchfork. Era Extraña, which means “It was strange,” in Spanish, is the second studio al-bum self-produced by the band, who’s music is informally labeled as “noise electronica.” The album’s single “Polish Girl” is currently at the top of college radio charts and has gained over 8,000 YouTube hits since its release Tuesday.
Listen to: “Polish Girl”
St. Vincent - Strange Mercy, Sept. 9For fans of: Beirut, Grizzly Bear
and Sufjan Stevens
Following critically-acclaimed album, Actor, Dallas native An-nie Clark, the one-woman force behind St. Vincent, has once again delivered an indie tour de force. Strange Mercy features dark lyrics sung in a sugary-sweet delivery. All 11 tracks are a melt-ing pot of influences, ranging from “hard-edge” indie rock to
theatrical, almost film score-like sounds. Pitchfork’s review of the newly-released album focused on Clark’s personal and emotional involvement with Strange Mercy. “Clark’s role-playing is grounded in emotions that are as cryptic as they are genuine and affecting.” Overall, Strange Mercy showcas-es Clark’s vocal talent as well as her adept songwriting skills.
Listen to: “Surgeon”Surfer Blood – Tarot Classics
Oct. 25For fans of: Spoon, Real Estate and
Pixies
In late October, the Floridian quartet is set to release a four track EP via Kanine, featuring remixes produced by members of Baroness, School of Seven Bells and The Pains
of Being Pure at Heart. Following their 2010 release, Astro Coast, the power pop band released “Miran-da,” the EP’s first single. The track offers a lively introduction to the much-anticipated EP. Surfer Blood is scheduled for an extensive U.S. tour this fall, including numerous shows with famed late ‘80s/early ‘90s visionary-rockers Pixies.
Listen to: “Miranda”
Hannah Jones
Managing Editor
Opinion Thursday, September 15, 2011Page 6, Student Printz
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“ It’s like Christmas when I see a line of cars all with white, shiny tickets waving in the breeze. We should get another parking garage from all the money your making off of us.
Praise God. Soror-ity rush is FINALLY over. The ubiquitous effeminate whin-ing might settle back into its usual amount now!
I tried to make a call from a landline phone, and I forgot I had to dial 1 before the area code. #firstworldprob-lems
The Mobile Lepre-chaun has finally made it to Tosh.0. YES. “Where the gold at?!”
In Tuesday’s issue of The Printz, it looks like Saunders has a beard. All I’m sayin’.
Brittany Tyrone is my hero.
Don’t bro me if you don’t know me.
I love it when the poster dude comes to the Union. It’s for real my fave.
Can we pretend that our football team is at least slightly above average?
Welcome to Club USM, where white leggings and shirts as dresses is appro-priate for English 101 at 8 a.m.
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Tips on tippingLIFE
People still seem to find ways to validate bad tipping.
� e excuses are endless. People don’t tip because they got bad service or because it took too long for the waiter to re� ll their sweet tea. Some people claim they just can’t a� ord to tip while others break out their tip cal-culator because they would never dare tip over 15%. Let me enlighten all you horrible tippers out there. � e rea-son you don’t tip is because you’re cheap.
� e fact is that men and women in the service in-dustry make $2.15 per hour. � us, if servers work full-time, they bring home about forty dollars per week on their paycheck. I don’t think many people could � ll their cars up for a measly forty bones.
Below is a list of hard-hitting truths about tipping and dining etiquette:
Servers, remember who you are when you only tip two dollars on a twenty-� ve dollar meal. Do you really expect to be treated like Angelina Jolie when your tip is as awful as Charlie Sheen’s lifestyle? Sorry, you’re not #winning. You’re just setting yourself up for a life-
time of mediocre service at your favorite restaurant.
1. Even if your waiter is awful, a 15% tip is necessary. Sometimes people just have a bad day. Give them the bene� t of the doubt. Good karma is always something great to have on your side.
2. If you’re that person (like me) who has an extremely picky taste and always has a compli-cated order, be patient and un-derstanding. If your food gets messed up, politely send it back. Incorrect food is never a server’s fault. Don’t take your anger out on their tip.
3. I’ll be the first to admit it:
I’m a fish. I drink four or five glasses of water every time I dine out. If you are a refill-whore like me, leave an extra dollar or two. If you’re needy, let your server know you appreciate their extra time and effort.
4. High school students: when your parents give you money to go out on the weekend, make sure you save some cash for a tip. I assure you guys, your girl-
friends’ snotty little attitude and complicated order gives you more reason to tip your waiter well when on a date.
5. If you go with a group of friends to a restaurant, it is tacky and down-right embarrassing to sti� a waiter because all of your friends tipped him or her. If I was one of your friends, I would loudly remind you that our waiter served you, too. When people do that, it makes everyone in your party feel obligated to tip more because you’re a cheap skate.
6. If you eat casual for lunch, remember that at some places you are still expected to leave a
little sign of appreciation. Servers at Sweet Peppers only make $2.15 per hour as well. Food runners at Newk’s, � e Spicy Pickle, and McAllister’s also bring you food, extra napkins, and re� lls. Leaving a dol-lar on the table as a sign of appreciation is not going to break the bank.
7. Religious pamphlets do not pay the bills.
Working in the food service industry is a great experience
for a college students. One has the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, meet new people, and make awesome money. All of us have friends who are students and servers. Remember that tip-ping is a way to thank your waiter for the service they provided.
� e fact of the matter is simple: tip your waitress, and if you can’t a� ord to tip, then eat at home.
Justin MitchellPrintz Writer
If you don’t want to ALMOST get hit by a car, use the cross-walk.
If you don’t like the food in the fresh, buy some Ramen, eat in your dorm.If you have prob-lems with parking, its been a problem, sorry. Sorry i’m not sorry. Be a little more creative with your shout-outs.
The Bob Ross of Yoga? I like it. Now, let’s all be happy trees! - MP
Girls of Hickman Hall who ride bikes, you are aware we only have one bik-erack, aren’t you? Can we please stop being scared of one another and park our bikes closer together so I don’t have to play tetris with my bicycle? Thanks.
Look, I understand. Walking to class can be really scary sometimes, but just because it can be terrifying doesn’t mean you need to do it slowly. Walk faster, m’friends... Walk faster.
Baby dolphins rock-kkkkkkkk!
Spotted: E running. Running fast. It was funny. xoxo.
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The Good: USMThe Bad: StateThe Ugly: Ole Miss
September 19th is talk like a pirate day! ARGGGH!
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Two views on Michele Bachmann froM lefT To righT
Michele Bachmann became na-tionally known before the 2010 congressional elections when the Tea Party started to gain momen-tum throughout America. The Tea Party is generally known as extremely fiscally and socially con-servative. Bachmann is known as the founder of the House Tea Party Caucus. It wasn’t until her first debate, however, that Bachmann
became one of the front-runners in the Republican elections. But can she gain the attention of mainstream Republicans? Or is she only relevant to the Tea Party Republicans? Let’s look at Bach-mann on the issues.
The main issue that originally fueled her campaign involved President Obama’s health care legislation, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or as Bachmann says, “Job-Killer Bill” and “ObamaCare.” She remains one of few congressional mem-bers that continues the fight to re-peal and replace ObamaCare, and rightfully so. However, it seems
like this is the only topic she would address as president. Her answers continually lead back to this topic; sometimes, it feels as if she is a broken record repeating the same substance over and over again. For example, when asked about national security at her first GOP debate, she claimed that the repealing of ObamaCare is a ne-cessity to protect ourselves from foreign countries. Wait... What?
As a congresswoman, Bach-mann has led the fight in lower-ing taxes for all Americans. Prior to her election to the Minnesota State Senate, Bachmann signed a “no new taxes” pledge. She ef-fectively held her position. She drew criticism from the Repub-lican Party for not agreeing to a cigarette tax increase, but she said she opposed the state surcharge “100 percent- it’s a tax increase.” Unfortunately, she can’t escape her past. For over 20-years, Bach-mann served as an IRS attorney tax collector. Having your name associated with the IRS isn’t ex-actly appealing to conservative voters. Luckily, to her advantage, no Republican candidate has publicly condemned her for being tied to the IRS.
Michele Bachmann is the most socially conservative Republican candidate. Bachmann identifies herself as “100 percent pro-life” even in the case of rape and incest - this category makes up approxi-mately one percent of abortions. Bachmann is also against gay marriage. At a debate hosted by CNN, Bachmann said she wants to pursue a constitutional amend-ment banning gay marriage
across all 50 states. This opinion-ated approach is acceptable if you support higher powers granted to the federal government. Bach-mann, however, claims to be a constitutional conservative; she argues that states should hold more power compared to the fed-eral government. Therefore, she is contradicting herself. These de-cisions should be decided by state legislators. Unfortunately, Bach-mann is mainly pure rhetoric and no real substance.
All the candidates will agree that Barack Obama must be a one-term president because of his broken policies. While many of the contenders may be better than Obama, Republicans must handle the situation realistically. Michele Bachmann is not electable. And if she wants to remain in the race, she must become prominent in the debates. Rick Perry entering the primaries dramatically hurt her chances of remaining rel-evant. Despite her low chances of winning, Bachmann does add heat to the fire. Her charisma and humor definitely livens the de-bate. Who knows, maybe she will become the next Vice President.
Tyler HillPrintz Writer
I don’t care about Michele Bach-mann’s latest fashion faux pas. I don’t care about her eye makeup or the volume of her hair. For that matter, I really don’t care how beautiful her high heels are.
Of course, listening to much of the sexist media banter surrounding her, one might think that a female Presidential candidate was qualified or disqualified on such merits alone. Not I.
I do have a litany of reasons why I believe she’s unqualified to be Presi-dent. However, I believe my reasons are a little more substantial. When it comes to the company she keeps, for instance, Bachmann has a group of friends that would make even Obama’s former Pastor, Jeremiah Wright, blush with shame.
Take, for example, her friendship with charismatic extremist Lou En-gle, whom she joined hands with to pray against healthcare reform. He’s the traveling evangelist who likened America’s acceptance of homosexu-ality to the holocaust.
Or her friendship with Bradlee Dean of You Can Run But You Can-not Hide Christian youth ministry. He’s a preacher and talk show host often goes on extremely homopho-bic rants such as when he praised extremist Muslims for being better Christians than, well, Christians.
Dean has also provided imaginary statistics that purport to show that, on average, gay men will molest 117 people “before they’re found out.”
Despite Dean’s hateful rhetoric, Bachmann has actually helped raise money for his traveling youth min-
istry and prayed that his ministry would be multiplied tenfold.
But perhaps her biggest PR disas-ter is the one she can’t easily rid her-self of — her husband.
“We have to understand,” Mar-cus Bachmann said not so long ago, “Barbarians [gays] need to be edu-cated. They need to be disciplined. Just because someone feels or thinks it doesn’t mean that we are supposed to go down that road.”
Perhaps in this instance, the irre-sponsible one is Marcus Bachmann, who is stupid enough to endanger his own wife’s political chances. But wait — there’s more. Bachmann has a clinic where he promotes and of-fers so-called “ex-gay” therapy. Ev-ery legitimate medical and mental health association, by the way, rejects “ex-gay” therapy and other attempts to change sexual orientation as both dangerous and ineffective.
It’s no shock that Bachmann is an opponent of gay rights; she’s made that clear even recently in the cam-paign. But her words from years ago — before the presidency was on her mind — reveal a woman who has likely been heavily influenced by her spouse’s profession and by the beliefs of the radical preachers she calls friends.
As progressive as it would be to finally have a female president, the installation of someone as radically intolerant of gays and lesbians as Mi-chele Bachmann into the Oval Of-fice would completely negate all else.
Ashton PittmanWeb Editor
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Sports Thursday, September 15, 2011Page 8, Student Printz
Eagles looking to dominate LionsfootbaLL
The Southern Miss Golden Eagles return home on Saturday to take on non-conference op-ponent Southeastern Louisiana. The Lions (1-1) are coming off a 63-6 blowout victory over Sa-vannah State, while Southern Miss (1-1) is looking to rebound from a disappointing 26-20 con-ference loss at Marshall.
The series between Southern Miss and Southeastern dates back to 1940 as the Golden Eagles have won 18 of the 21 match-ups. The Golden Eagles most recently defeated the Lions at home 45-0 on September 9, 2006 behind 116 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns from true freshman Damion Fletcher. Southeastern last de-feated Southern Miss in 1954 en
route to an undefeated season.Although Southeastern is
0-14 against Football Bowl Sub-division schools since resuming their football program in 2003, both teams are coming off games with very different re-sults, and this weekend’s game promises to be more competi-tive than their last.
“What I know so far is that they’ve had over 90 plays of-fensively in both games. They are a very up-tempo, move the ball around team and they didn’t have any trouble scoring,” Southern Miss head football coach Larry Fedora said of this week’s opponent.
“Defensively, they’ve played two different types of game plans where they put a lot of the receivers and loaded the box against Tulane and played a lit-tle more base against Savannah State. In both of them, they had
a lot of success,” Fedora said. The success of the Lions’ de-
fense will be tested by a poten-tially explosive yet struggling and inconsistent Southern Miss offense. The Golden Eagles re-corded seven dropped passes as well as six turnovers and a blocked punt against Marshall, areas that Fedora knows must improve in order for Southern Miss to secure a win against Southeastern.
“We’re going to have to come out and play the way we can play, and we have not done that yet in these first two games,” said Fedora. “The chal-lenge this week is for us to execute our offense, our defense, and our special teams.”
The newly schemed 4-2-5 defense of the Golden Eagles will be challenged by a Lions offense that is averaging 48 points and 483 yards per game. Their offensive attack is led by
wide receiver and Brookhav-en, Miss. native Sammie Yarbor-ough, who en-ters Saturday’s game 238 yards shy of break-ing the school record for total yardage.
A c c o r d i n g to Fedora the Southern Miss defense has yet to arrive, and while it has much room for i mprov e m e nt , the success of the team on Sat-urday will rely on the improve-ment of offen-sive leadership by Austin Davis.
“Austin has to do a better job of tempo and ball placement,” offensive coor-dinator Blake Anderson said of the Golden
Eagles’ quarterback. “There were some balls that guys caught that were almost uncatchable and there were dropped balls we shouldn’t have had. We’re double-crossing each other.”
“Everybody’s got room to im-prove. [Davis] knows that. He’s critical of himself. He wasn’t happy with his performance either week. The conditions the first week were bad, throw-ing a wet ball. This week, he had pressure and bodies flying around. He’s got to get better and he knows that. So does ev-erybody else.”
The offense will have to get better against a Lions defense, allowing a respectable average of 26.5 points and 302 yards per game this season.
“I know from the bit of film I’ve watched this morning and last night, they’ve got a defensive end and defensive tackle that are really good players,” Fedora said of the Lions defense. “They’re playing a true freshman at safety that is lead-
ing them in tackles and seems to be all over the field making plays.”
Anderson has been positive of his offensive players follow-ing Saturday’s loss to Marshall.
“We watched every snap of that game as an entire offensive staff, players all together,” Anderson said. “What came out of the meeting is ‘yes, we can do it’ and ‘no, we haven’t done what we feel like the standard we have offensively in the first two weeks.’ Every guy really took own-ership on their mistakes, and we probably had our best Sunday night practice in a long time.
“I’ve seen a bunch of guys in the building [on Monday] on a day off, studying film and get-ting ready. They have a sense of ownership that we’re not proud of what we put on the field for two weeks and we’re going to get better. We can and we ex-pect it.”
Southern Miss will try to im-prove to 2-1 on Saturday when they play Southeastern at 6 p.m. at The Rock.
Southern Miss Sports: Upcoming Games
09/17/1111 a.m. Volleyball vs. Southeastern LouisianaHouston Baptist Invitational
09/17/116 p.m. Football vs. Southeastern LouisianaHattiesburg, Miss.
Southern Miss Box Score
09/15/1111 a.m. Volleyball vs. Louisiana TechHouston Baptist Invitational
09/16/117 p.m. Women’s Soccer at Northwestern StateNatchitoches, La.
Football vs. Southeastern Louisiana
C-USA games this weekend
SaturdayTulane at UABUCF at Florida InternationalAustin Peay at MemphisHouston at Louisiana TechMarshall at OhioUTEP at New Mexico StateNorthwestern State at SMU(7) Oklahoma State at Tulsa
Football:9/10 at Marshall L, 26-20
Soccer:9/13 vs. MSU, 0-0
Volleyball:9/9 vs. Marquette L, 3-09/9 at Milwaukee L, 3-19/10 vs. Akron W, 3-2
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The Southern Miss defense makes a play at Marshall. The Eagles will take on Southeastern Louisiana Saturday at 6 p.m. in the The Rock.
