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September 15, 2016

Volume 103 Issue 5 ∙ Ad Majorem Del Gloriam

PUBLIC SAFETY CRACKS DOWN ON PARKING CITATIONS By: Conner Fincher Contributing Writer

Spring Hill College Office of Public Safety continues its efforts to keep parking on campus organized, adjusting certain fines and creating more noticeable distinctions between parking spots.

With the student body growing at an accelerated rate, Spring Hill College Public Safety is taking care in ensuring that all students and faculty have places to park. Certain parking areas are designated as faculty and staff, commuter, and resident parking.

According to Todd Warren, Director of Public Safety, there is plenty of commuter parking. When the residents park in commuter spots, however, commuters start to take up faculty and staff parking. Each designated area is identified with a

sign, and to distinguish spots even more, faculty/staff parking spots have been painted purple. Every resident parking lot can be utilized by all resident students. All legal parking spots on campus are open after 4 p.m. until 6 a.m. the next morning.

Failure to abide by the parking rules will result in a citation. If a student has five citations, he or she can have their parking privileges revoked. Fines for parking violations range from $35-100. This year, the fine for parking in a handicapped area is $100, when in the past it has only been $50. Additionally, the fine for failing to register a vehicle has been raised to $50.

Warren explains that the number of citations given to stu-

dents rose exponentially after he implemented the new parking system last year. He does not know whether or not the number of citations this year exceeds or falls behind those written last year, but he does note that Public Safety has given out a substantial amount of citations this semester. The amount of citations written correlates with the size of the student body. Warren states, “Last year’s graduating class was the last one here that was under 400 students. This year, every class has about that much.

Because there are so many students, we have to be a little stricter about parking.”

Previous complaints about parking have come from both commuters and faculty/staff. Commuters have in the past complained

about the lack of parking on campus, while faculty and staff members were concerned with residents taking their parking spots. Complaints are still made to Warren regarding parking, but he claims, “There’s plenty of parking for commuters, and there’s plenty of parking for faculty and staff.”

Despite the adjustments made to the parking on campus, the same issues continue to arise.

Residents are parking in commuter spots, and commuter are parking in faculty/staff spots. When asked if there could ever be a situation in which the parking system worked out, Warren explained, “The only way for it all to work is through compliance. Park where you’re supposed to.”

Bagels Anyone?

By: Tom Burcham Contributing Writer

Construction has begun on Einstein Bros. Bagels. Spring Hill College’s newest eatery is on schedule to be completed around the end of October or early November. It will replace former Java City in Burke Library.

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College Begins Marketing Strategies With New Leader By: Travis Cummings Contributing Writer

Among many of its major changes this past summer, Spring Hill College filled a role that the institution has never seen in all its history. Although the college took a peak in the fall of 2016 with enrolling its largest freshman class of 433 and rising on-campus living occupancy, it aspires to take its name even further.

On July 20, the college welcomed Donna Heroux of St. Louis to serve as its Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Heroux comes to the Port City from St. Louis where she served nearly eight years as the Executive Director of Integrated Marketing & Branding at the Washington University School of Medicine.

In a traditional sense, the role of a CMO is to supervise the planning, development, and implementation of an organization’s marketing and advertising initiatives. By Spring Hill not having a body in place for these duties, Heroux is finding herself in the very foundational stages of marketing the college’s mission and image.

Despite the establishment of her position, the new CMO is finding a home rather quickly at Spring Hill. In a press conference with a group of student journalists, Heroux called the transition from her old institution a “pleasant” one. “I am mostly impressed with the thoughtfulness of the students and how articulate they are,” and

went on to say that it prompts her to ask “Is that a part of the Jesuit education?”

Since the end of the summer, she hit the ground running by developing a situational analysis, has been in discussion with SHC President Christopher Puto to talk about upcoming plans and is in the process of creating many tangible resources. The core of her foundational work though, includes doing a digital assessment to develop “who” the college is and its current standing.

Heroux also emphasized that in working to build the brand architecture of the college, she and others are “working to understand what the various stakeholders feel is the brand of Spring Hill, interviewing alumni, talking to prospective students through surveys and also people who choose not to go here to understand why they chose not to go here.” She also announced that from this, she will create a document that states the brand attributes which will hopefully promote buy-in around it so that it can then be placed into the market.

A push for diversity is something else that the Spring Hill College community has been seeking to align itself with but according to Kendrick Dunklin, director of admissions, there are certain factors that drive their work in that area. “On the admissions side, one of the things we recognize is that our enrollment for Hispanics has to climb,” Dunklin explained.

According to the SHC Office of Institutional Research, the number of Hispanic students went from 77 in 2014 to 56 in 2015, creating a decline in just one year. “Ms. Heroux can play a big role in that,” Dunklin expressed. Heroux also talked about revamping the Spring Hill College Magazine with the hope that it will better appeal to students of color. The work will cover a story on community engagement and also highlight what it means to give back and be a part of the community and Mobile at large.

Along with her colleagues, students seem to also be satisfied and eager about Heroux’s arrival. Joseph Crapanzano, Student Body President, stated that “hiring Ms. Heroux sends a clear message: the school is looking to attract the best and brightest.” The student representative connected the importance of the position to the college’s identity. “Ms. Heroux shows off the things about the College that really makes it special, that is we are a private, Jesuit, Catholic college; and we care deeply about developing students into men and women of faith and men and women for others,” he added.

In her role, Heroux splits her work into two components: brand reputation and marketing. Brand reputation comes from press and coverage. She showed the college community her expertise in this by pitching the idea of covering move-in day for freshmen this year.

Volume 103 Issue 5 By: Jacob Campos Contributing Writer As students, we have heard many times that “for every one hour in class, you should study for two hours outside of it.” While research does back this statement, with effective study skills, one may be able to minimize the amount of study hours needed to learn the material.

Think about it--wouldn’t it be nice if memorizing class material was easy? Imagine if you could remember your professor’s lectures with ease, or recall all of the information on a class PowerPoint with minimal effort. Unfortunately, perfect memorization is nearly impossible; however, there are some simple study techniques that can help you get closer to that 4.0.

The most common study technique students use is repetition. It is important to review the material multiple times to enhance the learning experience. Whether it is rereading notes or the text, studies show that, repetition is a major key to studying; however, while repetition may be a contributing factor in memorizing material, there are many more methods that can enhance your learning process even more effectively.

By: Jack Culotta Jr.

OPINION Study Skills For Success For instance, perhaps the easiest, most surprising and tempting study method is to sleep. When people sleep, the brain organizes and stores different information appropriately; this process is called memory consolidation. The more one sleeps, the more time one’s brain has to process the day’s information. For an adequate amount of memory consolidation to take place, it is recommended for one to get no less than 6-8 hours of sleep. So, sleep up!

Now you have a valid argument for naptime.

Now, imagine that you are playing a sport. You have a big game in a week and have seven days to prepare for it; however, you do not start to practice one day before the game. Odds are you and your team will not perform well. This lesson here can be applied to one’s study habits.

Just as you would not start practice the day before a game, you should not wait until the day before an exam to begin studying for it— in other words, avoid cramming!

Research indicates that people have better recall when they space out

their study periods, rather than try ing to memorize all of the material in one session. So, for example, it’s best to study in three 2-hour study sessions instead of studying for one long 6-hour session.

Lastly, and most importantly, people learn most when they are actively engaged in the material they are trying to learn. What does this mean? Well, passive learning would involve some study habits such as simply rereading material or highlighting information.

In contrast, active learning involves quizzing oneself,

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being able to draw connections and/or differences between two different ideas, and being able to have a conversation with a fellow classmate about the material. These methods of active learning can help one understand the material, whereas passive learning simply helps people memorize it.

So, there it is! Remember to sleep, space out your study time, and be actively engaged in the material.

Using these study methods could give you the academic edge you need to reach that 4.0.

If Not the Hand, Then At Least Stand

Our national anthem is what binds all Americans together as one united nation. As almost everyone knows, recent actions by NFL players Colin Kaepernick and Brandon Marshall is stirring controversy and debate around this great country. The important thing is to remember that there are always two sides to every story.

Those who support the decision of these professional athletes to kneel or sit during the national anthem, say that they are exercising their First Amendment right to practice free speech or expression. Some even feel that, in due time, Kaepernick will be a hero for taking a bold stance in the face of adversity and ridicule. The argument here is that it takes guts to publicly protest such a highly serious anthem on a national scale. If somebody in the crowd decided to sit during the national anthem, no one would ever know.

No stories would be written. So, for the NFC Championship quarterback to place himself under a not-so popular spotlight, some consider brave and courageous. My good friend since high school and SHC junior, Brandon Myers expressed his viewpoint on this matter. While we disagree on aspects of this debate, our discussion was important and necessary to open our minds and eyes to both sides of the conversation. Myers said, “I am in support of Colin Kaepernick’s peaceful demonstration of the national anthem.

It is his right as an American citizen to protest his beliefs against the country’s justice system.

Despite the amount of criticism that comes with his stance, actions like his help provoke change.

Attention is needed to highlight issues such as racial inequality and police brutality as it relates to the number of police officers in cities around this country killing unarmed black men.” I understand the side Brandon takes because he recognized the freedom to protest and the amount of media attention it takes to make a difference in the country, even if that media attention sparks major controversy and opens the floor for things to be taken out of context and too subjectively.

However, after doing some historical research and hearing a certain speech from an NFL coach to his players regarding this issue, I feel the need to share my opinion that this issue is primarily “a respect thing.”

Though “a respect thing” is a commonly said phrase, the words come from NFL head coach Jeff Fisher’s speech during his players’ meeting that followed Kaepernick’s opting out on standing with his team during the “Star-Spangled Banner.” Fisher looked seriously to his players during the team meeting to show them how the team stands during the national anthem, saying, “This is important to me. It’s a respect thing... for your teammates, this game, and this country.

This is important to us,” Fisher showed a visual, adding, “That is how you show your opponent that you are ready to play.”

What it boils down to is humble respect. For your country, the people you live and work with, and this country. If you’ve ever seen the USA national anthem played at the Olympics when an American wins gold, you will agree with me that the three medal winners have always stood on their respective pedestal throughout the song.

With that being said I must totally defend the recent Olympic criticisms toward US gymnast Gabby Douglas in Rio. Douglas stood attentively without her hand over her heart for one in a million anthems. Moments later, photos surfaced the web and the media world played a little game of “telephone.” It was ridiculous.

These devoted girls had just won their country a team gold medal., yet certain media groups could not think of anything else to cover so they singled out the former all-around champion who appropriately stands for every anthem, always handling herself with class. That is my girl. She is America’s sweetheart. Plus, she stood for the anthem! Sitting is where I draw the line. Not just sitting down doing so blatantly without your team, while all other competitors stand in unison, breaches a particular respect code among any member of an organization that, in its very

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title, clarifies it is the National Football League.

It is the national anthem, so in my opinion Kaepernick’s protest came at the wrong time in the wrong place within the wrong national organization.

Nevertheless, Kaepernick serves as sort of a martyr to protest criticism along with former Olympians. For that, I respect him. However, if he walked into the room, even though I was disappointed with his decision, I would still stand to shake his hand. Notice the two main words there--stand and hand. Even if Kaepernick is disappointed with the country at the moment, he should still stand to greet it at the start of every great game of football. Along with my personal respect code, the QB also neglected to follow a constitutional Flag Code title. Title 36 of U.S. Code § 301, under “National anthem,” directs the military to follow strict codes and salute the flag and that“all other persons present should face the flag and stand at attention with their right hand over the heart, & men not in uniform, if applicable, should remove their headdress with their right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand being over the heart; and when the flag is not displayed, all should face toward the music” as “if the flag were displayed.”

I rest my case, but I can definitely understand and relate to both sides of this debate.

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AROUND THE HILL

September 15, 2016

Trying to juke out the opposition, freshman fly-half Joe Skryptkun, looks to make a break downfield.

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Tri Delta’s pose before their “jungle” themed invite party

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Juniors Holly Hubenak and Rachel Benoit transform into sloths for the tri delta invite party

Phi Mu’s Maggie Mastriogiovanni, Maggie Nelson, and Rae Koch pose before their invite party

Senior Josh Montgomery stands in front of his letters at TKE’s “tiki luau” themed philanthropy event

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Disc Golf Pokemon GOes to the Hill Flies onto Campus

By Connor Fincher

Contributing Writer

By: Riley Johnson

Contributing Writer Have you been wondering what those cages are around Spring Hill’s campus? The Disc Golf course, is one of Spring Hill College’s newest additions. Over the summer, the Spring Hill College staff worked hard to implement a Disc Golf course throughout campus. Many Spring Hill students enjoy playing disc golf, and this year they no longer have to leave campus in order to do so. Spring Hill College Senior, Ryan Bujol, has been playing Disc Golf since his Freshman Year. “I’m very excited to have a course on campus, so I don’t have to go too far away to get a round in,” said Bujol.

Bujol’s goal is to play a round of Disc Golf at least three or four times a month. When asked about Disc Golfers from all over the community that come play Disc Golf at Spring Hill, Bujol stated, “If there’s a course to be played, they are going to play it.”

Spring Hill College’s campus has become a playground for those who participate in the app Pokémon

GO. Pokémon GO was released on July 6, 2016, and has since become a widely-played game. The interactive app allows players to find Pokémon, collect items from PokéStops, and battle other players at Trainer Gyms. The app looks similar to Google Maps, using GPS signals to follow players’ locations. Because of this, landmarks found in the real world are paralleled by features in the game; works of art, churches and some businesses, oftentime serve as PokéStops and Trainer Gyms. The locations of the PokéStops and Trainer Gyms were selected by the company who created the app, Niantic. According to an interview with Mashable, the company combined a database of locations previously used in a different game, Google Earth and player input to select locations for Stops and Gyms.

Although Pokémon GO has been released for about two months, many players are still active in their quest to be a great Pokémon Trainer.

Spring Hill College is home to several of these players; with 14 PokéStops and two Gyms, Spring Hill College doubles as an opportunistic playing field for Pokémon GO participants. While

According to the Disc Golf

Association, disc golf began with a group of devoted disc players who threw disc at “golf holes” such as water fountains, garbage cans and

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Spring Hill College did not choose to have these features on campus, students who play the game actively utilize them. In doing this, those students have made Pokémon GO part of their Spring Hill experience.

Some students claim that, while they’ve been playing the game since its release, their activity has in-

creased after moving back to Spring Hill. The abundance of opportunities is not the only reason some students play Pokémon GO on campus. Jack Manahan, a junior on the Hill and an avid Pokémon GO player, said, “There’s more of an interest on campus, because of how close the PokéStops and Gyms are.” While this does account for some of the game’s popularity at Spring Hill, the appeal of community attracts players as well. Manahan later said, “Living on campus with all of your friends makes it fun. At home, if you have friends, you have to go out of your way to get together. Here, you just call them up and meet outside to play.”

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Whit’s Worth the Wait: Meet the Hill’s Newest Coach

By: Jack Culotta Jr. Lead Sports Writer

An Alabama native, former Ohio University assistant coach Allison Whitworth steps under the spotlight as the new head coach for the Spring Hill College women’s soccer team.

She and the Lady Badgers have prepared a great deal of time and energy to revamp the women’s soccer program as they approach this provisional year in the NCAA Division II. Whitworth feels that she is more than qualified to revitalize the Badger women’s soccer program and work to achieve some short-term and long-term team goals. Upon being hired as coach back in December of 2015, Whitworth met up with SHC sports information director Jim Stennett to give an opening statement, saying: “I am excited to join the Spring Hill College Badgers and for the opportunity to lead the soccer team. I am thankful to Athletic Director Jim Hall and President Dr. Christopher Puto for entrusting the team to me as we complete the transition to NCAA Division II in the Gulf South Conference. I am very excited to get to know the current players and help them achieve their goals and aspirations. I would not have this opportunity without the many coaches, teammates, players, friends and family who have supported and taught me throughout the years. I am looking forward to continuing the growth of the women’s soccer program at Spring Hill and expanding the Badger family with more quality student-athletes.”

Recently, the new head coach shared some cool facts and thoughts about her and the team as the season has already kicked off this fall. While at Ohio, Whitworth served as one of the assis-

tant coaches and primary recruiters but, due to her past professional career as a goalie, served mainly as the head goalkeeper coach. Her keepers tallied 322 saves with 10 shutouts over three seasons. In 2014 she joined the Region II Olympic Development Program staff as a goalkeeper coach.

Whitworth noted that her squad has a great balance of young and experienced players, coupled with great junior and senior leadership.

While she sees the team’s record improving from last year, she added that these next two seasons also serve as developmental years for the program. She said, “It takes longer than a few games to get into it, so we’ve been telling the girls the whole season to keep learning, keep going, and keep believing that it is going to come. We as coaches are looking four to eight games down the road, and even two years down the road, for where this team is going to be and knowing how good they can become as long as they continue believing that the ‘not yet’ will come.”

The Lady Badgers have played four games so far this season, two at home and two away. Unfortunately, they lost two close ones in West Palm Beach two weeks back to start the season 0-2.

With home games usually falling on Fridays and Sundays, the Hill team hosted their home openers this past weekend. With a tie and a loss, they look ahead to another 2-game weekend at home on Library Field.

The Badgers face Christian Brothers University and Union University at 1 p.m. on both Friday and Sunday. Whitworth and her freshly inspired team look to get their first victory in front of their home crowd, so be sure to come out and support your fellow Badgers.

If you Google her, you will see the short bio that states, “Allison Whitworth is a former American football goalkeeper who last played for the Atlanta Beat of Women’s Professional Soccer. Currently, Whitworth serves as an assistant coach for the Ohio Bobcats women’s soccer team.”

Soon, this Wikipedia description will be updated to say that Whitworth is “now the head coach for the Spring Hill College soccer team.”

A former professional goalie, a master of recruiting, and now a head coach, Allison Whitworth is surely the right person for the job.

Before her interview with the Springhillian, head coach Allison Whitworth stands in front of the Badger wall in the coaches’ office.

Rugby Men Win Nailbiter Over Bama By: Tamiera Nash and Jack Culotta Jr. Contributing Writer The Spring Hill College men’s Rugby team won their season opener against the University of Alabama this past Saturday. The team had its first home victory of the year over Alabama Crimson Tide, 38-37. It was truly a nail biter.

The Badgers started the afternoon in a strong fashion. The men circled around one another and began to gain levels of morale and excitement as they began their battle cry before kick off.

The Badgers had a fierce start against the Tide recovering the ball after only two phases of play before sprinting back up the field toward their try zone. The Tide racked up their first penalty putting the Badgers in position for their first score in the early minutes of the game. Connor Wilkins would attempt the first goal attempt of the game for 3 points, but it was not converted.

Alabama would be anxious to come back with the ball after another turnover and a few phases of play. Once Spring Hill regained possession, Wesley Grace would touch the ball down in the corner giving the Badgers their first 5 points on the board. The kick was not converted afterwards, so the scoreline read 5-0 Badgers.

A familiar site in the early moments of the game, the Tide coming back tried against the Badgers defense and then connected on the conversion.

This would put Alabama on top 7-5. In the next series of play the Badgers racked up a penalty, while the Tide are in field goal range. The Tide chose the penalty kick which was converted. The Tide went up again 10-5. They would not stay there for long.

Callum Corley pushed through the Alabama line to put the Badgers back on the board and tie the game at 10-10. Following Corley’s try, Alabama would convert on another penalty kick. The Tide took the lead again 13-10.

Following Corley, Mark Spicer Jr. broke a few tackles to run in for his first try with the following conversion successful. At this point the Badgers looked over Alabama 17-13.

Joseph Skrypkun has an impressive run on the outsides lines and another conversion the Badgers increase their lead 24-13 over the Tide.

Spring Hill fans were roaring from the sideline cheering the Badgers into what seemed like an easy win over Alabama.

The fans provided enough support to push the Badgers into another score by Corley with a good conversion, Badgers up 31-13 over Alabama.

The crowd continued to cheer and it seemed as though the Alabama team was eager to respond racking up another score 31-18 the Hill still in the lead.

Alabama followed up their last score by finding the try zone again cutting into the Badgers lead

31-23.

The Tide was heating up and the crowd stood on their toes as the minutes of the game were winding down. The Tide scores again to get within one of the Badgers’ the score 31-30.

With the game being so close the Badgers know they need to hold onto the lead, but a penalty against Spring Hill results in an Alabama try and they take the lead in the final minutes of the game 37-31 Alabama.

With the final moments of the game coming to an end Corley completes a hat trick in regulation play forcing down the final try of the game in the Alabama try zone.

The referee blows the whistle to end regulation time and the Badgers storm the field realizing they have beaten the Crimson Tide 38-37.

The final moments of the game exhilarated the crowd to stand with their Badgers and after the game was over the team stormed the field in celebration.

After the cheer for the Sir (the game’s official), Bama, and the Hill, the victorious Badgers raced over to their fans to enjoy the win with the home crowd. Hill yeah!

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ON THE SPOT

If you and Taylor Swift broke up, what would her new hit song be?

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“Left wanting more.”

“Heartless hick.”

“Worst day of my life.”

“Second worst day of my life.”

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