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Track and field team "held their own" at first competition

By Emily Hill

Photo courtesy of Patrick Lameka Top Left: Wesley Pietri jumps hurdles at the first track meet in SHC history.

Top Right: Sophomore Ben Fleming finishing a race.

Bottom: Team photo of the first SHC track and field team.

The men's and women's outdoor Track & Field teams competed at the Mississippi College Twilight Invitational on Friday, April 5 in Clinton, Miss. The men finished 12th out of 16 participating teams and were 3rd of six NAIA programs with 18 total points. The women were 14th out of 14 overall teams with eight total points.

“We held our own. There were a number of division one schools and we did very well,” said Head Track and Field Coach Craig McVey. “We didn’t want to get wrapped up in the historic part of it. It wasn’t something we took lightly, but we wanted to compete that day like we want to compete every day and do our best,” McVey said.

A few notable performances are Jordan Travis’ 1,500-meter men’s

SHC student survey receives positive results

with academics and social activities, Students, faculty and staff worked technological needs, alcohol and drug together to compile questions for a use, perceptions of campus safety and survey about overall student satisfaction confidence in academic abilities. The with Spring Hill College. Assistant data was collected in the fall of 2012 professor of psychology, Jamie Franco- from 272 students who completed the Zamudio, along with admissions entire survey. counselor and lab manager Nate “This started as a freshman study. We Tenhundfeld complied questions knew student experience was important submitted by public safety, student to retention,” said Zamudio. The affairs, admissions, Dean Joe Deighton main goal of the study was to promote and Father Salmi and other campus retention in students at SHC. The organizations. Students were then majority of students surveyed said that emailed a link to the online survey. they stayed because Spring Hill was a The survey questions addressed good fit, because of academics student expectations, satisfaction

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relay at 4:09.57, Phillip Travis’ 400-meter men’s dash at 51.12, Yiting Cao’s women’s long jump at 4-meters, and Emily Dolan’s 400-meter women’s dash at 1:04.76.

“It was a great start. Everyone straight across the board had a great day,” McVey said. He expressed how pleased he was with the team’s ability to work well together and said the athletes train hard and have great mentality.

“They are a bonafide intercollegiate track and field team.

There are programs that have been around five or 10 years that have not made the progress we have made in less than a year,” McVey said.

The track and field team will next compete at the University of South Alabama on Friday and Saturday, April 12-13.

Two students work to establish Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity

By Emily Hill

Two Spring Hill students who are members of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity at the University of South Alabama are in the process of recruiting students in order to establish the fraternity on the SHC campus.

Last year juniors Najgee Gatson and Charles Gordon came up with the idea to try to get Kappa Alpha Psi on the Spring Hill campus. “My interest started through my father, he’s a member,” Gordon said.

“We have had several meetings with SHC faculty and administration and USA chapter members. Since we have been becoming members, it’s been at a standstill. Now is when most of the work will be done to gain interest of other black males on campus," Gatson said.

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The Christus Theological Institute presents a lecture by authors

Judith Valente and Charles Reynard on April 11, 3-4:30 p.m.

Homecoming on the Hill will be April 12-14 and will celebrate the reunion of graduating classes ending in 8 or 3, including alumni celebrating their 50-year reunion.

The Run of the Hill 5K will begin at 8 a.m. at the Avenue of the Oaks. For more details and to register, visit their Facebook page at Run of the Hill 5K. The Jesuit Heritage Lecture will be by Rev. Michael Garanzini, S.J. Fr. Garanzini is President of Loyola University Chicago and Secretary for Higher Education of the Society of Jesus. His lecture is titled, "Adaptation and Innovation: Playing the Hand We are Dealt." All are welcome and encouraged to attend this event.

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Potential Badgers flock to the Hill

By Summer Ranaldson

SHC had about 175 students RSVP for “Welcome to the Hill” day, which generated more than 500 guests. SHC is improving on the way it does business in the admissions office with the help of Vice President of Admissions and Financial Aid Bob Stewart. Stewart said 100 students are still in the admitted stage and about 70 have committed to attend SHC in the fall. He said Welcome to the Hill day is a great way to take one last look to make sure that SHC is the right place for students, as well as to meet future classmates.

The admissions office is seeing more students interested in being a part of the Spring Hill family. Stewart said that SHC has been more methodical about the invitation process. The school has tried to communicate with families much earlier and more consistently in terms of event dates and plans. “Chris Hughes in the AIS Department has been instrumental in helping us see what parts of the SHC website is being viewed, and what needs an upgrade. SHC is in the process of reviewing some things on

the website now. It may be small, but effective changes over the next few months,” Stewart said.

The social media team produces monthly reports to update the admissions office on the number of fans on Facebook and the number of followers on Twitter, as well as the likes and favorites they get on individual posts. The admissions office has developed a culture of curiosity about data in its own department.

Stewart said the admissions department deals with numbers day in and day out, but it stems from having a curiosity about what makes a high school student or transfer student excited about what SHC is doing, and how the college can engage them in developing a life-long relationship.

The social media team is led by recruiter Kendrick Dunklin, Junior Emery Finegan and Freshman Conner Bueche. They are in charge of the social media for the college Twitter, Facebook and Facebook Class 2017.

Social media intern Junior Emery Finegan said that 162 high school seniors who have committed to coming to SHC came this past

Gordon at cegordon@email.shc.edu Although the group is a historically black fraternity, Gordon said anyone Although the group is a historically can join. Gatson and Gordon are black fraternity, Gordon said anyone the only two SHC members of the can join. Gatson and Gordon are fraternity. Five more people must be the only two SHC members of the recruited to join Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. Five more people must be through USA before the fraternity can recruited to join Kappa Alpha Psi establish itself at Spring Hill. through USA before the fraternity can “It seems that we have a lot of establish itself at Spring Hill. support from alumni and national “It seems that we have a lot of officials. So I think as soon as we get support from alumni and national members, there shouldn’t be much officials. So I think as soon as we get hesitation on their part to allow it,” members, there shouldn’t be much Gordon said. hesitation on their part to allow it,” “The big thing is the Kappa Alpha Gordon said.

Psi motto, which is achievement in “The big thing is the Kappa Alpha every field of human endeavor. Kappas Psi motto, which is achievement in promote that you don’t settle for every field of human endeavor. Kappas anything but the best in everything promote that you don’t settle for that you do,” Gordon said. anything but the best in everything Students committed to be part of that you do,” Gordon said.

SHC’s first National Pan-Hellenic Students committed to be part of Conference (NPHC) fraternity would SHC’s first National Pan-Hellenic go through induction at USA in the Conference (NPHC) fraternity would spring of 2014 before Kappa Alpha go through induction at USA in the Psi can be at SHC (after receiving the spring of 2014 before Kappa Alpha proper approval from administration Psi can be at SHC (after receiving the and faculty). For more information proper approval from administration about Kappa Alpha Psi, contact and faculty). For more information Gordon at cegordon@email.shc.edu about Kappa Alpha Psi, contact

News weekend to the campus. Finegan said the high school students worked with current students on Saturday morning to help the nonprofit organization “Feeding Children Everywhere."

She said afterwards they attended a barbeque outside during the day and then got to walk around an outdoors Badger Expo. “It has been an amazing experience to work with the social media team in admissions. All the incoming freshman are so excited to come here and any communication they get with the school or current students gets them that much more excited,” Finegan said.

Freshman Zachary Cunningham said that he used social media to decide on SHC. “Social media plays a pretty big role in deciding where a student may go to college. It provides students with a good visual source, and gives them more insight about the school they’re interested in,” Cunningham said.

“I think it provides a place where people that are considering different colleges can meet and talk,” Jackie McGarrahan, incoming freshman, said.

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Survery results and because of relationships they established.

91.4 percent of students surveyed agreed with the statement, “It is enjoyable to be a Spring Hill student.”

The survey also questioned students about their self-efficacy and the level of academic difficulty of the college. On a scale of one to five, with five being the highest, the average response given was 4.2. 69 percent of students believed SHC is academically challenging. Overall, students agreed with the statements, “I know how to schedule my time to accomplish my schoolwork” and “I have the ability to get good grades at SHC.” The survey also revealed that most SHC students prefer to

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On a scale of one to five, with five being “strongly agree,” students ranked overall student satisfaction with their Spring Hill experience as a 3.8. They agreed with statements like, “SHC staff and faculty show concern for students as individuals.” When asked if SHC was student’s first choice, 53 percent replied no.

Students also revealed they spend most of their time doing homework, socializing and procrastinating. SHC student’s favorite social activity according to the survey is hanging out with friends. One student specifically responded, “It does not matter what the activity is as long as it is one that brings the student body together, like a sporting event.” While students are for the most part content with their social lives and activities offered on campus, they did say they would like

April 11, 2013 to see football, swimming, band, more religious activities, school sponsored parties, dances and guest speakers on campus.

When asked if students feel safe on campus, responses were split. Students who replied yes said they felt safe because of public safety, because it was well-lit and because of the school’s tight-knit community. Students who said they did not feel safe on campus gave a variety of reasons including the easy accessibility of the dorms, recent events, public safety was not a sworn police department and because strangers frequently visit the campus.

Students also answered they were most satisfied with the academics as well as the faculty and staff on campus. They were least satisfied with the dining offered at Spring Hill.

Banquet W h a t i s h a p p e n i n g SHC hosts Hunger was able to experience poverty instead of Campus ministry Junior Emma Fahey hear stories. “I really felt guilty when I a r o u n d t h e w o r l d ? hosted a hunger banquet for students on just participated in the food simulation because

By Summer Ranaldson

Death toll in China bird flu crisis reaches seven

According to China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission, 24 people in China are infected with bird flu. The virus had been discovered previously in pigeons but was discovered in humans last week after a series of cases were reported. Since last week, more than 100,000 live birds in Shanghai have been killed in an effort to contain the virus. A representative from the World Health Organization said, “Although we don not know the source of the infection, at this time there is no evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission.”

Seven deaths have been reported.

Pakistani women runs for parliament

Badam Zari, from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas region in Pakistan is the first woman to run for Pakistan’s parliament. “They kept on making promises and never fulfilled them,” said Zari. She also said she is disgusted with the failure of the established political parties and plans to run as an independent. She calls for peace, jobs, education for all children and proper basic services such as garbage collection, electricity and clean water. Zari hopes to win one of the 60 seats set aside for women in the National Assembly.

UK plans funeral for first female prime minister

Margaret Thatcher, the first woman to become British prime minister, died Monday, April 8 after a stroke.

Thatcher, who was known as the “Iron Lady” served as prime minister from 1979 to 1990. Thatcher is wellknown for her Cold War friendships with Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev as well as her personal toughness which earned the prime minister her nickname. Thatcher’s funeral, with full military honors, will be held Wednesday April 17.

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April 8 in the Leblanc Room.

The hunger banquet was a simulation about people around the world who live in poverty and how their social classes change simultaneously. About 16 Spring Hill College students participated in these groups ranging from low, middle and upper-class. SHC students received a name tag with a different name and a different lifestyle once they entered the room. Students listened to different stories that included a woman having to walk ten miles a day just to have water for her family. Students learnt about the struggles of low income families. For these families, educating their children is a luxury and one event such as a hurricane could change a middle-class family to low-income.

During the event, each student participated in the eating simulation and learned how poverty affects different social classes. If a student was in the lower-class group they ate a plate of rice, middle-class had beans and rice and upper-class had the cafeteria food.

Junior Michelle Perez had the name tag Jorge, a Guatemala native who owned a carpentry business that a corporation took special interest in. Perez went from middle-class to upper-class. “One thing this banquet helps me realize is that I could have been born into poverty and any student in here,” Perez said. Perez said it was very eye-opening for her because she

I was in upper-class and everyone ate beans and rice.”

Emma Fahey said she hosted the event because she wanted other students to understand poverty in the world. Fahey said she got the idea for the hunger banquet from her high school and some combine efforts in research. “I decided to do the hunger banquet for a class and talking with Colleen Lee from Campus Ministry, she previously participated in the hunger banquet when she attended Spring Hill College,” Fahey said.

Campus Minister for Service & Retreats, Colleen F. Lee, explained that students can help with poverty by supporting organizations assisting in poverty relief or supporting fair trade companies. “This event is more about awareness and helping students understand what food and security looks like,” Lee said.

The Campus Ministry is doing their part to end hungry by donating money to Oxfam America Hungry. According to the Oxfam America website, it is a global organization working to help end poverty and social injustice. They help develop long-term solutions to poverty by helping people start businesses or donating to hungry in different places around the world. There are 17 members of the International Oxfam Confederation, and they work with people around the world in 90 countries.

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By Bridget Fleischut

In the past, the U.S. has never took threats

by Kim Jong Un, supreme leader of North Korea, seriously but it is very possible that Kim is not just “crying wolf ” this time. An attack from North Korea to America or any other country could turn a cold war into World War III. Only time will tell if North Korea will act on their threats, but the world should not take these threats lightly anymore and the should be prepared to act. Earlier this week, Kim Jong Un shared plans of a nuclear missile attack in Guam, Hawaii or America’s West Coast warning, “moment of explosion is approaching fast.”

Many experts believe this is just another empty threat from Kim, but the Pentagon

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by North Korea. Earlier this week, Kim warned foreigners in South Korea to evacuate before the North attacks.

With high tensions between North Korea and other countries, the world should be prepared for a potential war.

Japan, South Korea and United States are all preparing to counter-react if North Korea does fulfill their threats. Japan has three different sites in Tokyo equipped with missile-defense systems and South Korea has missiles at border ready to launch.

With so many missiles pointed at at North Korea.

North Korea probably shouldn’t threaten countries who have missiles of their own, but Kim can’t get enough.

Opinion

By Efren Flores

Dishonoring the Crucified Christ

By Rev. Michael A. Williams, S.J. Associate Professor of English

Good Friday is one of the holiest days in the Catholic calendar, a day for prayer and meditation as we recall the sacrificial death of Christ Our Savior. Here at Spring Hill, the Liturgy of The Passion takes place in the afternoon, and last Friday, as worshipers drove onto campus, they were presented with the spectacle of a women’s softball game going on just yards from St. Joseph’s Chapel. I’m sure many were shocked and scandalized to see Good Friday dishonored

and indeed desecrated at a school that professes itself to be Catholic.

Good Friday is not “business as usual” here on the Hill, except in the Athletic Department, which apparently just doesn’t get it. There was also a men’s baseball game on Good Friday. What a disgrace and what a sorry example we gave to the Mobile community when our basic religious values were so blatantly ignored.

Now, the Athletic Department will probably say that they don’t create the game schedules, leagues do this, etc. Maybe so, but we DO

have a choice whether we play a game or not, and on Good Friday it is a moral choice. We teach our students that they must have the courage to stand up and do what is morally right, even if it is unpopular and brings down consequences.

But we, Spring Hill College, have to set the example for our students about what it means to be faithful to Christian values and ideals by the policies we create and the decisions we make, and having sports events on Good Friday is a violation of our Christian and Catholic values and identity, and an insult to Christ

Himself. If the league schedules games on Good Friday, we should have the moral courage to refuse to play them even if it means a forfeit.

That’s a small price to pay for fidelity to who we are and what we believe. We should stand up proudly and put the faith we verbally profess into our decisions and actions.

I call upon Father Salmi, President of Spring Hill College, to make sure that this kind of disgraceful behavior doesn’t happen again, and that our athletic teams do not play games on Good Friday, either at home or away.

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Left: Fine arts professor Wanda Sullivan poses with students Julia Lloyd and Madilyn Holmes in front of their artwork for their senior seminar presentations.

Below: TKEs and a few tour guides from Saturday's Welcome to the Hill take a break from the day's events to put up their badger claws for the camera.

Photo by Summer Ranaldson

Photo by Emery Finegan

Left: Efren Flores, Abbey Roam, Graphic Design Instructor Janden Richards and Kayla Bosarge at last Friday's senior seminar presentations.

Photo by Summer Ranaldson

Right: Phillip Travis, Greg Hardnett, Jordan Travis and Robert Treuting at the Mississippi College Twilight Invitational in Clinton, Miss.

Travis, Hardnett, Travis and Treuting are all a part of the relay team.

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Left: Kyndra Perry and Sara Dumas enjoy their meal at CPB's crawfish boil last Sunday afternoon.

Below Left: Students line up for crawfish from CPB's annual crawfish boil.

Below Right: Prospective Badgers participate in a service project during last Saturday's Welcome to the Hill.

Bottom of page: Guys from the Lambda Chi dance crew and the Jabus wait to hear the results from SHC's Best Dance Crew Tuesday night. The Jabus won first place.

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Editorial Policy

The Springhillian is published weekly from January to April, except during examination periods and vacations. The views expressed herein do not represent the views of Spring Hill College and are not the views of the faculty, administration, staff or students, but are the views of the individual columnists.

By Tyler Hartlage

Gay marriage and the Bible called woman for out of man this one has been The subject of gay marriage seems like it taken.” has always been a controversial issue for most of It is obviously stated in Leviticus that it is a us. Even ABC news mentions in an article that sin for a man to sleep with another man and same sex-marriage is “one of the touchiest social the verse from Genesis states that woman was issues of the past decade.” created from the rib of the man to be the man’s Those who deny same-sex marriage say partner for life. something along the lines of it is immoral, there Now that I have covered one side I want to is an issue with procreation, and of course the discuss those who do support same-sex marriage. most popular argument is that in the Bible it says Those who support same-sex marriage believe marriage is meant for a man and a woman. that gay people should have equal rights.

There are many passages in the Bible that Although I understand that this is a very suggest marriage is for a man and a woman. controversial subject, as I stated in the first line In Leviticus 18:22 it states, “You shall not lie of the article everyone has their own opinion with a male as on this issue. My opinion with a woman; is as follows I believe that such a thing is there is nothing wrong with an abomination.” two people, whether it is Another one that two females or two males, I came across getting married and being was from Genesis able to receive the same 2:22-23. “The benefits that a straight Lord God then married couple receives. built up into a woman the rib that he had taken What harm are they doing to society by getting from the man. When he brought her to the man, married? They just want to be happy with the the man said: this one at last is bone of my person they love and why should someone stand bones and flesh of my flesh. This one shall be

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On a different note, I see no problem with gay couples raising children. As far as adoption goes, I think it is a great opportunity for gay couples to adopt children because there are so many children out there without a home. For those children to have a family is a great treasure to them. Even if they are the biological parent to a child, I still see no problem with two married gay people raising a child of their own.

My true belief is that God is an all-loving creator who taught us to love and He wants us to be happy no matter what our destiny is. In 1 John 4:7 the passage states: “Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.” I think that this verse is encouraging us to love just how God taught us. The way I view this is if we are denying someone’s right to marry someone that they love, then we are not loving one another like God wants us to.

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Fallon replaces Leno on "The Tonight Show"

and this time he is not coming back

By Lesliey Flores

NBC announced that by next spring the show Leno, hosted for 21 years, will be replaced by Late Nights with Jimmy Fallon. Although Jay Leno is the most-watched latenight host, the network believes replacing Leno with Fallon will attract younger viewers. It seems foolish for NBC to have made this decision because late night is the only thing working for them. Leno had the most viewers of any latenight host. According to Late Night TV Ratings Leno's show averaged 3.6 million viewers in the first quarter of 2013. For the last 19 weeks in a row Leno has delivered bigger 18-49 audiences than Late Show and topped Jimmy Kimmel Live for 10 of 12 head-to-head weeks.

The replacement announcement did not bring rivalry between Leno and Fallon, in fact they each congratulated each other in their monologues. Fallon joked about taking over "The Tonight Show" but both men took the time to congratulate and thank one another.

The biggest question on the minds of Leno's fans is "What's next for Leno?" There have been a few rumored options for the man, for instance that Leno is retiring. It's also been said that Leno could move to work with networks such as FOX, CNN or HBO. Fans are just going to have to wait and see what is next for Jay Leno.

Lifestyle

Summertime fashion trends white checkerboard prints are a musthave for this summer, and the bigger the The weather is heating up in Mobile, and this summer’s fashion motif, the bolder.

Kitten heels: Rather than forecast is looking just as hot!

Now that spring break is over and strapping on their four inch counterparts, invest in a pair of kitten the end of the year is looming, heels this summer. They’re more formal it’s time to start amassing your than sandals, but not quite as dramatic wardrobe arsenal for May, June, (or painful) as pumps, and—for those and July. Below are just a few of you who’ll be working in an office setting—they’re great with business of the runway trends that stylewatchers are crushing on and how casual outfits.

90s grunge: It seems to wear them. counterintuitive to wear bomber jackets Oriental: Flowy Japanese and leather in the summertime, but if silhouettes are a commonly utilized you’ve been to Forever 21 or Charlotte summer option, so it’s no surprise Russe in the past few weeks, you know that Vogue recommends stocking up that hasn’t deterred designers. Throw a on loose-fitting articles for when the leather jacket on with a pair of frayed temperature is in the upper 80-90s. blue jean shorts for an updated version Bring this style to the beach with a of the “grunge” look. floor-length patterned skirt, or opt for a baggy kimono-style shirt if you need to Fluorescent: Go bold or go home this summer! Bright yellows, blues, and pair something with jeans. pinks are great to accessorize an outfit Monochromatic: White is (jewelry, hair clips, etc) or you can always a go-to for summer fashionistas, wear them loudly and proudly (brightly but notable designers have been updating colored pants, shirts, shoes). this tried and true trend. Black and

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Senior Art Show

By Bridget Fleischut

The graduating art major seniors held an event this last friday to present their artwork from the past four years. The event marked the end of the Studio Art Senior Show and kicked-off the Graphic Design Senior Show "Diverse Designers". This show will include three different shows (dates and times listed below.) Even though the Studio Art Show has passed, you can still go check out their work in the Eichold Gallery until Friday April 12.

By Summer Ranaldson Top: Efren Flores, Abbey Roam, Janden Richards and Allison Patrick in front of their art.

Bottom left: Julia Lloyd with one of her paintings Bottom right: Madilyn Holmes with one of her paintings

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By Emily Hill

Tryouts for Spring Hill’s first bowling team will be held April 25 at Skyline Lanes on Government Boulevard from 4-6 p.m. and the team will officially start this September.

A few weeks ago Bowling Head Coach Bernard Hoefs announced that Darian Miller of Northshore High School in Slidell, La., signed an Athletic Grant in Aid which made her the first to sign up for bowling in SHC history.

“First of all, I saw that Spring Hill College was a great school with an amazing education to offer. The fact that they decided to have a bowling team was icing on the cake for me since I really did want to pursue collegiate bowling,” Miller said. She has been bowling for six years in the Park Ten Youth League in Diamondhead, Miss., since her high school did not have a bowling team.

Miller has received about $2,000 in scholarship money for the past four years and has placed fourth or greater in the city and state tournaments for the past six years. Last year she placed second in the Pepsi Scholarship Tournament in Jackson, Miss., and won a spot to go to the Junior Gold Championships in Indianapolis, Ind. Last weekend she placed first in the Pepsi Scholarship Tournament and has qualified again to go to the Junior Gold Championships in Detroit, Mich.

“I think being a part of the first SHC bowling team is a huge honor. I

Softball Badgers defeat Lady Rams The Spring Hill College softball team defeated its rival the University of Mobile in a doubleheader on April 6.

By Summer Ranaldson

Badgers scored 6-0 and 1-0 in a doubleheader against Lady Rams with pitcher freshman Carolina Sagrera. Sagrera leads the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics with 247 total strikeouts. She had 15 strikeouts, allowed no hits in the first five innings of the opener and in game two allowed five hits to the Lady Rams. Badgers had one hit in the third inning by senior third baseman Mariha Partman, a hit in the sixth inning by Katelyn Hinson, and four hits in the 7th inning by Elise deBruler, Jade Bourgeois, Shea Blanchard and Mariha Partman. Badger right-fielder Shea Blanchard had one run, Partman had two runs and one RBI and first baseman Elise deBruler had one run and two RBIs. Lady Ram’s third baseman Brittany Dunson had one hit and catcher Emily Vickrey had one hit and no runs.

“It was the University of Mobile’s senior night during this doubleheader that went to the eighth inning. During the game in the eighth inning, Partman hit a triple, Jade Bourgeois came up to bat, and hit a line-drive to the left-fielder. The crowd watched and the left-fielder dropped it,” Second-baseman Raleigh Downs said.

No. 24 Spring Hill College Badgers will play No. 10 William Carey University Lady Crusaders in a divisional doubleheader on April 9 at 4 p.m.

feel like I am going to be a part of something big, and knowing that we are going to be the foundation of this program is amazing,” Miller said. She will be a freshman at SHC in August and looks forward to being a part of the school and the bowling team.

Hoefs is just as excited about the new team. “I’m living the dream,” Hoefs said. “To have the opportunity to start a brand new program is a dream come true.”

Hoefs, from Wisconsin, began bowling when he was 7-years-old and has accumulated many bowling titles over the years, including several city, state and national titles and an international title.

“Now, having the opportunity to give back to the sport that’s been very good to me, and to mentor young kids in the sport, it’s a tremendous opportunity,” Hoefs said.

The team needs at least five boys and five girls, but Hoefs said seven of each is ideal. This year the girls and boys will participate in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the following year the girls will be in division two of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), however the boys program does not have NCAA. Hoefs hopes that soon there will be enough players to have two girls teams and two boys teams. If you are interested in being a part of the first SHC bowling team, contact Hoefs at bhoefs@shc.edu

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Applications are being accepted for the Fall 2013 positions of student-editor and assistant editor of the weekly campus newspaper, The SpringHillian. To be considered, interested applicants should submit a resume and cover letter (including your reason for wanting to be considered) to the Division of Communication Arts, attention: Stuart Babington. The application deadline is Monday, April 20. It is recommended that the student editor be enrolled in the class CMM 400-401 during the Fall 2013 semester.

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