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October 28, 2010

Volume 91, Number 7 Mobile’s 1st Collegiate Newspaper

Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam

JASMINE WILLIAMS Op-ed Editor

The nursery rhyme

“Sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite,” holds true now more than ever as the bed bug infestation across the country continues to grow.

According to the Center of Disease Control (CDC), the United States has seen an alarming increase in bed bugs, a number that dropped drastically in U.S history in the 20th century. New York, Philadelphia and Ohio are just some of the areas CNN cited this past summer as having some of the largest infestations in the country. This does not mean that other areas are not affected; and with the summer over, bed bugs are going back to school, specifically back to college dorms.

The most common places to come in contact with bed bugs are in college dorms, hospitals

and hotels, according to WebMD. While bed bugs are more of a nuisance than a health hazard, the little parasites are making a significant impact on public health, affecting humans physically, mentally and economically, according to the CDC. Spring Hill College senior Dayna Shonk bought extra mattress covers and pads, “a lot of my friends have been complaining about bed bugs. I am definitely trying to avoid them.”

Junior Michael Latady has experienced bed bugs first hand. He warns: “they are biting your people up. So hide your sheets, hide your clothes and hide your roommate ‘cause they are biting everything up here.”

Culturally, nursery rhymes make bed bugs seem like a See BED page 5

Photo by Amanda Hymel

‘Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite’ Supreme Court to weigh in on video games

Andrew Metcalfe and Jules Harvison enjoy playing “Halo:Reach” in New Hall.

JACOB BROWNING News Editor

The “Governator”

of California is bringing a lawsuit against the Entertainment Merchants Association for the sale of violent video games to minors.

This case marks the first time the Supreme Court will weigh in on

the issue of banning or restricting the sale of video games.

How much damage could video games do to young people? Psychology professor Dr. Royce Simpson says video games tend to increase aggression.

“It is believed that violent video games

increase aggressive tendencies by providing a model of aggressive behavior and also by desensitizing the player to violence,” said Simpson.

Simpson stated, “It is important to understand that aggression is a very complex behavior with many causes – the research See SALE page 2

Photo by Alicia Barbour

Pizza and live music create a laid back setting Privacy at risk on Facebook?

College Dives

The SpringHillian’s tour of Mobile’s college hangouts

or leaping on one foot before wiping out and being “jacked up” in the hospital or (what’s sure to be Hopjacks’ favorite) a killer pizza joint with lots of beer and live music.

The atmosphere of Hopjacks is laid back, with album sleeves of dozens of Jay Hay, Maggie Schaefer and Megan Powe spent the bands lining the walls. It is evening at Hopjacks for Maggie’s birthday. located at 251 Dauphin Street, downtown Mobile and is open ALICIA BARBOUR Life and Culture Editor from 11 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. every day.

The top of Hopjacks’ website

Sophomore Maggie holds the question, “What’s a hopjack?”

Schaefer, after her first visit to Hopjacks, and proceeds to explain it. Hopjack(s) said “I wanted to go here for my 21st may be used as a noun or a verb to birthday See HOPJACKS page 3 describe rabbits on speed, springing

DEMARCO WILLS Co Editor-in-Chief

Farmville is one

of the many Facebook apps sending its users’ information to advertisement and Internet tracking companies.

On Oct. 18, The Wall Street Journal website revealed that many popular Facebook apps have been transmitting information that provides access to people’s names and also their friends’ names in some cases.

It was found that the “Top 10” Facebook apps were guilty of transmitting user information. They include Spring Hill College

students’ favorites such as FarmVille, Mafia Wars, Causes, Café World and Texas HoldEm.

Sophomore Edwin Burgess, unaware of the privacy breach said, “It’s kind of a crappy thing to do. I think that it’s an invasion of privacy. And if there’s nothing legally wrong with it, then it is still morally wrong.”

According to wsj. com, several of these apps were made unavailable to users after the Journal informed Facebook that users’ personal information was being released.

“Apps,” defined See PROTECTING page 5

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Jacob Browning News Editor jpbrowning@stumail.shc.edu

Campus Briefs

A week of standing up against bullying at SHC

Submission to The Motley All are welcome to submit, just send your piece as a .doc (for written submissions) or .jpg (for visual) attachment to mpiafsky@shc.edu with “submission” in the header. Pieces received

by Nov. 15th will be considered for the December issue; all others will automatically roll over to the April edition.

We look forward to reading the best our students have to offer.

On Thursday.

Oct. 20, tweets, Facebook statuses and messages went out around the world encouraging people to wear purple for a Spirit Day against bullying. Celebrities like Wanda Sikes, Whoopi Goldberg and Jason Mraz participated in the “Give a Damn” campaign, a campaign that cares about gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual equality.

Spring Hill College’s senior James “Jay” Hay joined the reigns hosting the “Bullying and Teasing Prevention” week Oct. 25-28.

“The Bullying and Teasing Prevention” week kicked off Monday, Oct. 25 with Hay’s talk “Face

Admissions Guidance and College Counselor Visit Day Friday, 07:30 AM , Student Center. Join the Office of Admissions in welcoming local high school guidance and college counselors to Spring Hill. While on campus, they will attend sessions to learn more about admissions, scholarships, financial aid and our academic programs. Also, Father Salmi will talk about the college’s vision.

They will have the option to take a campus tour and eat lunch in the new Student Center.

Quick Health Tip! Always double check Halloween candy for razors, poison and other dangerous items. Have fun and be safe.

YOUR Fear: Speaking Out Against Bullying” at 9 p.m. in Byrne Memorial Hall. Like a lot of the other national events, this week stems from the suicide of Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi and other students in the month of September and October.

“Those suicides definitely struck a personal cord with me,” Hay said, “I was bullied and teased for seven years of my life.

It needed to be addressed and unfortunately, tragedy sparks action in people.”

The talk Monday was very personal and emotional for Hay. “I never shared this story with my peers.

It was very intense and at

times hard to get through, but I did it.” Hay said, “My parents are concerned about the campuses reaction to my talk. I am not naïve to the fact that this is a small campus and word spreads quickly, but I am holding on to the belief that anyone who accomplished anything great did not do so in silence.”

Senior Janell Roy attended the talk that she described as “very powerful and inspirational. It was much needed and I hope, I really hope, it makes a difference.”

Biology professor Dr. Culberson attended because “I am friends with Jay. He has expressed to me some of the things he

has been through. I really have an interest in people who have taken control of their lives and turned their situations around.”

Tuesday, Campus Ministry, Student

Involvement and the Multicultural Student Union hosted “Anatomy of Hate” at 7 p.m. in Byrne Memorial Hall. “Anatomy of Hate” is a documentary about hate and social justice and a session with director Mike Ramsdell.

Wednesday students stopped by the cafeteria and signed the anti-bullying pledge and picked up a blue ribbon.

Thursday students See STANDARDS page 4

Sale of violent games to minors sparks California lawsuit Continued from page 1

does not indicate that playing violent video games will make everyone aggressive but rather that it makes it more likely – in the same way that smoking doesn’t necessarily lead to lung cancer but increases the risk.”

Australia already has laws in place that completely block the sale of video games that are deemed too violent for the general public. Is this what America is heading to?

According to history professor Dr. Neil Hamilton, if history is cyclical then the Comics Code Authority has something to tell us.

The Comics Code Authority was set up in 1954 to censor comic books because the government thought comic books could be damaging to children. The CCA rose to great power, but today is not given much attention by those in the comics industry. It was thought that comics were to blame for the ills of the youth.

“People always wanted to blame something: video games, novels, comic books, whatever. Once people find out that it isn’t true, they move on to something else,” Hamilton said.

Photo by Amanda Hymel

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JASMINE WILLIAMS Op-ed Editor

Chris Stephens likes playing Xbox 360 in the afternoons after classes.

The state has the powers to restrict the sale of video games using their broad police powers to “protect the health, safety and morals” of the citizens, according to political science professor Dr. Tom Hoffman.

“They can restrict the sale as long as they don’t restrict individual rights or someone’s right to privacy,” said Hoffman.

The movie industry went down a similar path but was able to save itself due to industry regulation.

The Motion Picture Association of America is the regulatory body submitted to by most of the popular film industry. This body watches films

and rates them on content, generally rating movies between G, for “General Audiences,” and R, “Restricted.”

The video games industry also has a regulatory body, the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB), which essentially does the same thing but generally rates games between E, for “Everyone,” and M, for “Mature Audiences.”

Where do industry and corporate responsibility end and parental responsibility begin?

According to junior Claire Roy, parents should be held responsible.

“I don’t think young children should be exposed to violent video games. But, I think it’s all parental responsibility,” Roy said.

Junior Jose Paris thinks video games should be treated like movies.

“I think there should be… censorship, in that we have rated entertainment content and since games are forms of entertainment they [the government] should follow similar protocol,” said Paris.

The California case is going before the Supreme Court soon and the whole video game industry is waiting with bated breath for this decision.

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Coming up this month on campus...

Event

Time

Location

Contact Person

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Cloister Social: Think Pink!

Praise and Worship

8:00 pm 9:00 pm

Cloister St. Joseph chapel

CPB cpb@shc.edu Campus Ministry

Friday, October 29, 2010

Guidance Counselor Visiting Day Faculty Bowling Night

7:30 am 7:00 pm

Student Center Skyline Lanes

Melinda Turncoff 380-3034 Michelle Hackman 380-3088

R.I.P. Rams Family Weekend Soccer Game Mens Soccer Volleyball Casino Night

1:00 pm 3:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:00 pm

Library Field Library Field Rec center LeBlanc Ballroom

Student Government Association

Community Mass Student Mass

11:00 am 9:00 pm

St. Joseph chapel St. Joseph chapel

Campus Ministry Campus Ministry

Thrill on the Hill on the Rock Wall

12:00 pm

Outside Student Center

CPB cpb@shc.edu

Volleyball vs. Mobile Greek Letter Org. Weekend Bash

7:00 pm 8:00 pm

Rec center Stewartfiel

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Sunday October 31, 2010 Wednesday November 3, 2010 Thursday November 4, 2010

CPB cpb@shc.edu

Center for Student Involvement csi@shc.edu

Hopjacks’ Butcher Block pizza a meat-lovers’ favorite Continued from page 1

because I’ve heard great things about the pizza, and they have an amazing beer selection.”

The beer selection in the restaurant is, according to previous employee, George Jenkinson, “impressive.” There are 36 taps and over 150 bottled beers to choose from. The complete list of beers and wine Hopjacks has to offer can be found on their website along with their regular menu. “They do their best to keep the online menu updated with the beers they have in stock,” said Jenkinson.

For pizzas to order, Jenkinson recommended the Butcher Block as his personal favorite. “I’m a meat-lover pizza kind of person, so the Butcher Block is a good place to start,” Jenkinson said. The Butcher

Block pizza is made up of smoked bacon, filet mignon and pepperoni. Jenkinson mentioned that it gets a lot of compliments from customers.

Hopjacks also has a selection for vegetarians on their menu. “We actually have a lot of vegetarian pizzas,” said Jenkinson. His personal favorite veggie pizza is the Veggie Greek pizza, but a more popular menu item is the Garden pizza. This pizza is topped with caramelized yellow onions, roma tomatoes, bell peppers and wild mushrooms.

For dessert “if you have room,” Jenkinson highly recommends Hopjacks’ dessert pizza. The menu reads that the dessert is made up of “fresh Hawaiian gold pineapple, maraschino cherries, sweet cream

cheese, agave nectar and melted chocolate chips.”

“If you bring a friend, you can split a meal for under $20 each and still enjoy dessert and a beer,” said Jenkinson. Album covers line the walls at Hopjacks. Photo by Alicia Barbour Besides The band listing is sparse for food, Hopjacks also provides the winter months, however. No entertainment from various local bands are currently scheduled to bands. A calendar is posted on play through December, but they the Hopjacks website listing the update the calendar continuously. bands playing for the month.

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Standards of respect enforced on the Hill Continued from page 2

wore blue ribbons around campus and the antibullying pledge signing continued.

“I chose the color blue because I saw a lot of anti-bullying symbols with blue ribbons.” Hay stated, “I felt that blue is a neutral color and promotes peace and tranquility and what I think this week is all about.”

“This is definitely not the ‘Jay Hay’ week,” Hay said. “It is planned this week because October is bullying prevention month and “Anatomy of Hate” fell on this week. I met with Margarita Perez and we bounced ideas off each other. The College, a lot of organizations and students came together to help.”

Spring Hill College has basic standards of

respect and a specific and strict policy “I felt blue is a neutral col- remove any or and promotes peace and against confusion tranquility and what I think harassment, whether this week is all about.” but SHC -Jay Hay such admits the behavior is Rutger’s allowed…

University suicide raises which it is not.” some questions, stated

Organizations like Dean of Students Joe P.R.I.D.E (Protecting, Deighton. respecting, individuality, “We have diversity and equality) mentioned looking at a have been working to share privacy policy that would their experiences and help explicitly prohibit covert anyway they can. tapings or photographing

P.R.I.D.E’s people without their contribution to Spring Hill permission. This is being College’s efforts is the talked about in light of “Safe Space” program. the incident at Rutgers “A program,” Beathard University involving the said, “whose main goal webcast of a roommate is to get the word out and without that roommate’s provide a ‘safe space’ for permission.” Deighton LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, stated, “That could have Bisexual, Transgender) been viewed as bullying but and other students to talk was much more serious. We about suicide, bullying are considering verbiage or any other issues that that would be more may be going on in their

lives.” According to Beathard, some professors participating in the “Safe Space” program may have a sticker or sign outside of their office, but not all of them. Professors who participate in the program are trained to deal with these types of issues.

As far as “Bullying and Teasing Prevention” week and all of the other efforts to prevent bullying and suicide, “P.R.I.D.E is very upset and we definitely send out our condolences to the victims,” Beathard stated, “but P.R.I.D.E is not condoning suicide but is empathizing with those who are bullied.”

As for Hay’s talk, he says he has not yet received any backlash, “Spring Hill College just has an air of acceptance and diversity but it is not without its problems.”

Public Safety Reports for Oct. 11-Oct. 24

At 0620 hours on Monday, October 11, 2010, SHC Grounds staff members found that someone had damaged the turf on the soccer field by dragging the goals across the field.

At 1114 hours on Monday, October 11, 2010, a college staff member reported that someone had stolen the golf cart at Byrne Hall which is assigned to Development. At 1130 hours, Public Safety personnel recovered the cart.

At 1147 hours, Public Safety was informed that someone had damaged the vending machine which is located in the Laundry Room area of Viragh Hall. Some of the snack items had been removed from the machine.

At 1330 hours on Wednesday, October 13, 2010, a student reported that someone had written on her vehicle’s windows with what appeared to be paint. Her vehicle was parked in the Toolen parking lot at the time of the incident. A second student reported a similar incident having occurred in the Toolen parking lot a few minutes later.

At 2215 hours on Friday, October 15, 2010, some students reported that someone had broken their room window on the first floor of Walsh Hall.

At 1152 hours on Sunday, October 17, 2010, a student reported that someone had damaged the electrical outlets in her Skip’s Place room, as well as the exit sign located outside of her room.

At 1000 hours on Saturday, October 23, 2010, a student reported that her bicycle had been stolen from a bicycle rack at Toolen Hall. The bicycle had been locked to the rack at 1700 hours on October 22, 2010. The lock was also reported missing. The bicycle was described as blue in color with some rust spots on the handlebars. The make of the bicycle was unknown.

At 0255 hours on Sunday, October 24, 2010, Public Safety received a report of someone having stolen a departmental golf cart from the parking area at the Student Center. Public Safety personnel recovered the cart which had sustained damage to the left tire rim.

At 0420 hours on Sunday, October 24, 2010, someone damaged the lawn sprinklers at Skip’s Place. The damage was discovered by Public Safety.

Spring Hill College chosen to participate in national project

Washington, D.C., Mobile, Ala. – The Association of American Colleges and Universities announced today that Spring Hill College is one of 32 colleges and universities nationwide chosen in a competitive process to participate in General Education for a Global Century, a curriculum and faculty development project that is part of AAC&U’s Shared Futures initiative. The project is funded by the Henry Luce Foundation.

More than 140 institutions applied to be part of the initiative.

“Spring Hill College is honored to be chosen to participate in this important project,” said Dr. George Sims, Spring Hill’s provost. “It parallels the college’s commitment to nurture informed dialogue with the world’s cultures, religions and peoples, and promote solidarity with the entire human family.

“Dr. Margaret Davis, professor of English, will lead Spring Hill’s faculty team in collaboration with the project’s national experts and the other campus teams.”

General Education for a Global Century builds upon innovative efforts to reframe general education courses and programs, and create coherent curricular designs that address complex global issues across divisions and disciplines.

In concert with a Global See GENERAL page 5

General Education for a Global Century will focus on real-world global issues Continued from page 4

Learning Leadership Council, Spring Hill College will help lead a high profile, national effort to:

Articulate essential global learning outcomes for all students; Refine and disseminate models of global general education curricula that can be adapted across all institutional types; Provide faculty development opportunities to assist college faculty in designing and teaching interdisciplinary, integrative courses that focus on real-world global issues; Develop rubrics to assess global learning outcomes.

Institutional teams will spend the fall and winter on their home campuses refining general education reform strategies and strengthening con-

nections between existing general education goals and outcomes and essential global learning outcomes.

They will also inventory the curricular and co-curricular opportunities for global learning that already exist on their campuses and ways those opportunities could be better integrated within their larger general education efforts.

Working through a social networking Web site, team members will help identify common areas of interest and concern. Those critical issues will be addressed in the project’s central activity, an intensive summer institute in 2011.

For additional information about the initiative: http://www. aacu.org/SharedFutures/ global_century

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Protecting your personal info on Facebook Continued from page 1

by wsj.com, are pieces of software that let Facebook users play games or share common interests with one another.

Apps allow Facebook to offer all kinds activities to the users of its website and have been a growing source of revenue according to the Journal. Most of the apps offered on the website are developed by independent companies.

In its Facebook Platform Policies, it is explicitly stated that app makers cannot give user information to outside advertising and data companies even if they have consent from that user.

Some of the information being transmitted includes the “unique” Facebook ID number. Every user of Facebook is assigned such

a number when joining this social web site. With possession of this number, anyone can use it to search for a specific user even if the user has the strictest settings on in their privacy options to keep them from being found. It’s as simple as typing the number in a web browser such as Internet Explorer. The Facebook ID number can reveal information such as age, residence, occupation and photos. All of this information can be set to be seen by “everyone.”

Only a few weeks ago, Facebook had created a control panel that would allow a user to see the categories of information a specific app is accessing about them.

Junior Valencia Bell said, “Facebook has been running into a lot of privacy issues. They should just rebuild everything from scratch. If they keep

having these issues, people are going to lose their faith in them because I know I’m starting to.”

The Journal hasn’t been able to find out whether the developers know their apps are transmitting user data, but they all use a common Web standard known as “referer.”

“Referer” is an HTTP header which allows websites and servers to identify where users are visiting them from.

According to wsj. com, the “referer” can be used on social media sites to expose a user’s identity by passing on the address of last page viewed when a user clicks on a link.

A Facebook spokesperson reported to the Journal that they are taken immediate actions to disable all applications that violate their privacy policy terms.

Gulf Coast Technology Bed bugs: flat, brown and wingless clutter that allows for the bugs to hide.

Council Scholarships go to Sealing pillows, mattresses, box springs sweet, mythical bug; in reality, bed and using mattress pads are a few easy Spring Hill College seniors bugs are real. According to the CDC precautions to take. The web site also Continued from page 1

mation systems major from New Orleans, received $1,000.

Mullek is completing an internship with NASA. Bradford

Photo courtesy of SHC Website serves as a tutor From left, John Strope, president of Gulf for economics and Coast Technology Council; Rhonda Lucomputer inforcas, business management instructor at mation systems Spring Hill College; and David Mullek. majors at SHC.

The Gulf Coast TechMOBILE, Ala. – Two Spring Hill College seniors have been nology Council’s goal is to foster the long-term growth awarded scholarships from of the technology sector on the Gulf Coast Technology the central Gulf Coast and Council. David Mullek, an position the region as a global applied mathematics maleader in the creation of jor from Robertsdale, Ala., received a $2,000 award; and technology-based jobs. It is Kyle Bradford, a finance/eco- a program of the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce. nomics and computer infor-

and badbedbugs.com, bed bugs are flat, brown, wingless bugs and can be seen with the human eye.

Bed bugs are blood-sucking, external parasites that fall under the same category as head lice, cites the CDC. A reaction to a bed bug bite can vary from a small bite mark to a full-body reaction.

Bed bugs are not known to transmit diseases. The scratching of bed bug bites, however can lead to secondary infections.

Bed bugs can hide in the seams of mattresses, box springs, sofas, rugs, televisions, phones and various other places. They are experts at hiding and are rarely seen. The easiest way to detect a bed bug infestation is by a bite.

A bed bug infestation is not the result of bad hygiene. Bed bugs can travel on clothes, in luggage and can live up to a year without drinking any blood. Badbedbugs.com cites that the best way to rid a dorm of bed bugs is by vacuuming, sealing cracks and removing

suggests storing clothing as far away from the bed as possible since this is one of the ways bed bugs travel into the home.

Mentally, according to a study done by the CDC and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), bed bugs have been known to cause anxiety, insomnia and other reactions. Government officials are also concerned about the overuse of pesticides to rid homes of bed bugs.

Economically, while there is not a specific dollar amount, the USDA and other federal government agents are working to make pesticides and other developments for managing the bloodsucking insects. In the past year alone, 95 percent of pest control companies have seen an increase bed bug infestations complaints compared to the less than 20 percent companies faced in the year 2000, CNN cites. The government will also continue to look for the cause of the bed bug increase which is still unknown.

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Opinions & Editorials

Jasmine Williams Opinions & Editorials Editor jrwilliams@stumail.shc.edu

Flames destroy family The next generation of politicians home but not spirits »A tragic accident over the weekend teaches Alicia some of life’s most valuable lessons My grandparents’ house burned down this past Sunday. Nobody was hurt, thank goodness, but things like this make you appreciate the small things.

According to the U.S. Fire Administration, there were 377,000 residential fires in 2009. With these fires, there were 2,590 deaths, 13,050 ALICIA BARBOUR injuries and $7,796 million dollars Life and Culture Editor lost.

Apart from “It’s not that their house is gone, these statistics, it was their home,” imagine how many memories are invested in your home. My mom said something very insightful to me while she was surveying the damage of my grandparents’ house. “It’s not that their house is gone, it was their home,” she said.

They have their lives, for which our entire family is extremely grateful, but all of their keepsakes and photos are gone forever. They still aren’t sure what caused the fire.

According to the National Fire Protection Association, everyone needs to be prepared for fire emergencies. “A disaster plan will help with safety, security, and comfort,” reads the website (www.nfpa. org).

Firesafety.gov reads “In less than 30 seconds a small flame can get completely out of control and turn into a major fire.” The website continues to encourage practicing escape plans from every room of the home.

“The best plans have two ways to get out of each room.

If the primary way is blocked by fire or smoke, you will need a second way out. A secondary route might be a window onto an adjacent roof or using an Underwriter’s Laboratory (UL) approved collapsible ladder for escape from upper story windows. Make sure that windows are not stuck, screens can be taken out quickly and that security bars can be properly opened. Also, practice feeling your way out of the house in the dark or with your eyes closed.”

The website goes on to detail extra precautions to take when a house fire occurs. “When a fire occurs, do not waste any time saving property. Take the safest exit route, but if you must escape through smoke, remember to crawl low, under the smoke and keep your mouth covered.” Belongings are important, but they can be replaced much easier than your life.

Additionally, firesafety.gov also says that once you are out, stay out. Your family should designate a place to meet away from the home in order to make sure everyone See TRAGEDY on page 8

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Staying safe on Halloween night

I am like many people when it comes to Halloween costume shopping; I wait until the last minute. It is not like I have not thought about my Halloween costume, it is just I have not had the time to actually look around and finalize my decision. This usually becomes a problem every year. There are some tips to ensure you have a safe, fun Halloween with the perfect costume.

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Voting alone doesn’t give you the right to complain

A few days ago, I was solicited by a of group senior citizens to register to vote. “You can’t complain if you don’t vote” one lady said, as I grabbed a sample ballot and kept walking.

Her words resonated with me the entire ride home. At a red light, I gave the sample ballot a look over and realized I hadn’t heard of any of the people running for these offices in Alabama.

Most of the time my television is tuned to CNN, so it isn’t like I didn’t know the midterm elections were coming up. It just didn’t dawn on me that they happened in Alabama, because I hadn’t voted since President Obama was running for office. And then, I only casted my vote for president and ignored the other candidates running for their respective offices.

All of this had me thinking, “Is it enough just to vote that gives me the right to complain?”

Because without the information about each candidate, I’ll be basing my vote solely on who has the cooler name.

I don’t follow the political views of my parents. I’m not a fan of political parties because anyone who casts a vote based on a candidate’s party is completely delusional to me.

Even if I voted, and believes that it is an it wouldn’t make me ethical and moral duty feel better about casting to protect the dignity of my ballot since I didn’t human life, especially the know anything about the most vulnerable of the candidates or their plans human race. He thinks if they got in the office. the government shouldn’t Therefore, I went out and borrow money from researched to compile America’s foreign DEMARCO WILLS a little information creditors to create jobs.

Co Editor-in-Chief about some offices Shelby believes that I’ll be voting for in the largest incentive the midterm elections: state for job growth and economic senator and representative. The recovery is broad, sustained information I am presenting and tax cuts as well as elimination more can of undue and be found unnecessarily “Exercising our right to vote isn’t just on each burdensome about showing up Election Day and candidate’s filling out a ballot. It’s about getting federal regulatory official involved in your community and requirements. knowing how national issues affect you website.

Barnes locally.”

wants to provide I don’t incentives for favor one candidate over another companies that bring American in presenting this information. made jobs in Alabama and raise Some of them just had more to taxes for those companies that offer on their websites than others. send them overseas. He believes in I also picked issues from each providing grants for students that of their websites that concerned stay in Alabama after graduation me when I’m casting my vote for for ten years and giving college someone. credits/tuition discounts for

Republican Sen. Richard offering services to “economically Shelby and Democrat William depressed areas.”

Barnes are running for senator.

Congressman Jo Bonner

According to and Constitution party candidate shelbyforsenate.com, the site said David Walter are running for Shelby is “resolutely” pro-life United States Representative.

Bonner wants to cut government spending and fight against the “government takeover of healthcare.” He wants to defend the rights contained in the Constitution especially the right to bear arms and the right to life.

Walter plans to reinforce the principles of the Constitution.

He wants to reduce the size of the Federal Government and return the power to the states and balance the budget to prevent deficit spending unless in a state of war.

Exercising our right to vote isn’t just about showing up Election Day and filling out a ballot. It’s about getting involved in your community and knowing how national issues affect you locally.

Voting doesn’t give someone the right to complain.

Informed decision-making gives someone the right to complain.

If you’re voting in the midterm elections without any information about who’s running, don’t blame the candidate in office when they do something wrong in their decision. It’s not completely their fault. We all know the United States is a democracy, and the people appoint its representatives.

If you don’t know, let the other voters make the decision for you.

America’s longest and costliest war: the War on Drugs

America’s longest and costliest war needs to be brought to an end. It is clear through the last 30 years that the War on Drugs has wasted hundreds of millions of dollars and has destroyed the lives of millions of Americans.

It is no secret that the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world.

This is a byproduct of the War on Drugs. According to the Washington Post, 1.5 million Americans are arrested every year

on drug charges. More than California has one a third of these arrests lead of the largest prison to imprisonment. In 1997, systems and since more than half of the total the War on Drugs U.S. prison population were heated up the incarcerated for drug related California prison crimes. These figures are population has risen simply staggering. eightfold, according

The amount of to testimony JACOB BROWNING of a University arrests and incarcerations News Editor certainly cause tie-ups in of California the justice system. Perhaps professor. more seriously it creates an

The recession is hitting overcrowded environment in state budgets extremely hard right many of the nation’s prisons. now. It is obvious that the War on

Drugs is stretching the U.S. prison system, and by extension state budgets, to the absolute limit.

Solutions to this problem vary, but the most likely would be to privatize the entire prison system which would mean that prisons would be held accountable for the squalid conditions in which they keep prisoners.

The current drug laws seem aimed at keeping the poor and the minorities down.

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crack cocaine and powder cocaine.

This means that if five grams of crack warrants a five year mandatory minimum sentence, it would take 500 grams of powder cocaine to get the same sentence.

This hits the poorer people who are the principle users of crack cocaine. This 100:1 ratio was lowered to a more reasonable 18:1 in 2010 with the Fair Sentencing Act. Personally, I think the legalization of cannabis, the drug which lands most people in the back of a squad car or behind bars, should be seriously considered.

Cannabis accounts for more than half of the drug arrests in the U.S. and is the fourth most common cause of arrests according to

good on campaign day to have “Obama loves drugs because he ended the War on Drugs” posters hanging up everywhere. I don’t think “The current drug laws seem this aimed at keeping the poor and the minorities down.”

the FBI. Having 250,000 less prisoners per year would certainly help the overcrowding problem. A bigger help would be in the fact that the courts would have to process far less drug related offenses.

Will this costly war ever end? Probably not.

It would look to

administration is brave enough to undertake something like this. Compared to the War on Drugs, healthcare looks like small potatoes.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone except die-hard junkies say that drugs are good. Drugs are very bad, it turns out, for the United States and her entire justice

system. There are solutions, but they aren’t politically easy for a nation so strongly divided right now. It is only a matter of time before people see the ills created not by the drugs themselves, but by the effects of the strong handed United States justice system.

I encourage everyone to look at the facts for themselves and write your congressman.

You elected them, now you should call on them to take a hard look at the practices undertaken by the proponents of the War on Drugs.

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despite the political controversies that surround Palin, it seems that the show will attempt to focus more of the wilderness and Alaska. That’s what everyone watches reality television for, the fish and bears and the wilderness. A show focusing on the state she loves so much that she stepped down as governor for personal reasons.

A lot of political analysts, per se, have obviously questioned Palin’s motives. Unlike McCain who after losing in the 2008 race has fallen of the face of the earth, Palin still seems to reign.

By her actions, it seems like Palin is trying reign in Hollywood more so than Alaska or in the White House.

Since 2008, Palin

has appeared on Oprah, working on her second book, her daughter Bristol was featured on television show “Dancing With the Stars” and Bristol’s baby daddy Levi has talked about a reality show in the works as well. So while, Palin may not be a successful politician, the Palin’s definitely seem to have the reality show thing perfected.

Mark Burnett is the executive producer of Palin’s show and has also produced shows like “Survivor”. According to CBS news, it is even rumored that Palin will be joining fellow reality star Kate Gosselin and her eight children on a camping trip. Welcome to the new generation of politicians.

Will you tune in?

Tips and tricks for trick-or-treating Lessons from a house fire Continued from page 6

Second, is to be comfortable. According to weather.com, Halloween 2010 will be mostly sunny with a high of 80 degrees and a low of 54 degrees. So, by the time the trick-ortreating begins it might be a little cool. In this case, be sure to get a costume that has a little room to possibly fit in warmer clothes underneath. Everyone works so hard on finding or making the perfect Halloween costume to only have it covered up with a jacket.

Next, if you are planning to attend a Halloween party, make sure your costume is appropriate for the guest

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list. If it is an “adult” party feel free to wear whatever costume you desire. But, if you are planning on going to more of a family affair make sure to keep your costume appropriate for children.

If you want to have a costume that is a little more thought provoking, select a costume that goes along with some current news event. A classic example of this type of costume is a politician.

Another route may be a reality television star like Snooki from “Jersey Shore.” Or other celebrities like Lady Gaga.

Since we are in college, money is tight and

in this case some might choose to make their own Halloween costume. If you choose this route there are some things you need to consider. You need to think about your budget, sewing capability, artistic ability and creativity. Make sure your skills go along with your costume. Do not select something that is way too detailed and extravagant.

Above everything else, just have fun and be safe. Halloween is a fun time of the year to unleash your creative side. So, enjoy your Halloween night and do not eat too much Halloween candy, it has to last until Christmas break.

is okay. “Designate a meeting location away from the home, but not necessarily across the street. For example, meet under a specific tree or at the end of the driveway or front sidewalk to make

sure everyone has gotten out safely and no one will be hurt looking for someone who is already safe. Designate one person to go to a neighbor’s home to phone the fire department.”

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Get to know the Manager of Campus Services: Ginny Johnston KATELYN IKNER Co Editor-in-Chief

Over the past nine

years, Manager of Campus Services Ginny Johnston has seen dorms built, torn down and renovated to accompany the growing number of students coming to the Hill.

With the record number of freshmen classes that have continued over the past several years on the Hill, the office of Residence Life has had to do some adjusting to accompany the increasing number of students.

Johnston said, “Just from

last year to this year, to Johnston, the we have over 100 office has seen a high more students living turn over in the last on campus. It was nine years. Although challenging to find many have come and rooms/space for all gone, Johnston has the extra students.” truly enjoyed the Johnston added, “In friendships she has addition to more made. “I continue to freshmen on campus, keep in touch with we had the largest directors and area number of transfer coordinators who students move on have worked in this campus in August.” department, but have

The dorms and left and moved away,” the record number of said Johnston. freshmen classes are Photo by Amanda Hymel Johnston enjoys not the only changes the Ginny Johnston celebrates 9 years at SHC. the interaction office of Residence Life with students and have seen during Johnston’s time. According staff the most about

her job. “I enjoy my working relationships and friendships with current staff across campus,” said Johnston. But, Johnston admits that it gets pretty hectic in the office from housing sign-ups in March, to move-in in August.

Spring Hill is often referred to as a “home away from home” for many students and former students. Johnston believes the reason for this is because of the personal attention students get from faculty and staff.

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Student Spotlight: Adam Beathard discusses his goals ALICIA BARBOUR Life and Culture Editor

Upon finding that his picture was not being taken at the time of the interview, Adam Beathard complained that he had put on his makeup especially for it. Beathard is a senior at Spring Hill College, majoring in electronic communications. He is also the president of P.R.I.D.E., a leader in SHAPe, Vice President of ADPRO and Vice President of the Communications Honor Society.

Beathard has not always wanted to be in the communications field, however. “I came in thinking I wanted to be a lawyer,” he said. In high school, Beathard was part of Model United Nations, part of the debate team and a speech competition winner. “I was president of drama club and president of the school; I was the SGA president.

I did a lot of stuff in high school,” said Beathard.

“I fell in love with the communications department and I thought it was something that I could work on. I wanted to work in writing and film and television and acting.”

After college, Beathard hopes to attend graduate school at Boston University for their screenwriting program.

Beathard does not have any particular genre of film he would like

to write after graduate school. “But my favorites are Oscar award-winning ones,” he said. “My favorite film right this second is ‘Interview with a Vampire.’”

As far as goals before his (undergraduate) college career is over, Beathard said, “I want to get my seminar done and get it done right.” He will be presenting a screenplay he wrote himself to the school as his finalized product. “It is sort of a Marxist critique of retails and the retail industry and consumerism. It’s about mannequins and it’s sort Photo by Amanda Hymel of like a parody.” Beathard Adam Beathard aspires to work writing for spoke on the subject and television while keeping up his enthusiastically, “I’ve got film hobbies of singing, dancing and participating in drag. a logo and everything. I’m ready to go.” guys.”

Beathard works at the GAP in

For hobbies, Beathard is a wellBel-Air Mall, where he has worked for rounded individual. “I sing, I dance, I three years. “You’ll notice most of them want to start doing drag shows – I do [my clothes] are from the GAP. Mostly drag on the side. I also write on the side; my shirts, the jeans I haven’t purchased short stories, poetry and plays. Just yet.” Beathard joked, “I wait for my about anything I can put pen to paper… jeans to wear out. I’m one of those utility or finger to type.”

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life & CulTure Intern Spotlight: ‘Paranormal Activity 2,’ terrifying James “Jay” Hay KYLIE BABB Ads Editor/Staff Reporter

CHELSEA MACK Contributing Writer

James Hay interned at two law firms and a biomedical engineering company in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a legal intern responsible for confirming appointments with clients, creating trial binders, and interviewing potential witnesses. Also, he used social media to find evidence through photos and statuses against witnesses or help clients to use in trial.

He started his search for an internship by networking with a family friend that was an attorney. He said, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” He went through formal interviews process after reviewing his resume before being chosen for the positions.

Hay’s interest in these law firms was getting the experience needed when applying for law school.

He said, “The experience is an excellent preparation and learning how to handle conflict management.” Conflict management involves dealing with the judges, attorneys and clients.

Overall, he learned the importance of writing efficiently and quickly for a trial because if not it could lead to a mistrial, disbarment, etc. Therefore, writing is important for trials or cases for clients.

“It’s important to know how to deal with different personalities to be successful in the business because it shows you have patience,” Hay said.

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Johnston believes personal attention to students makes SHC a ‘home away from home’ Continued from page 9

Johnston enjoys having former students return to their “home away from home.” “I love hearing from graduates. I love seeing them come back for a visit and finding out all the good things that are happening to them,” said Johnston.

Johnston is a Mobile native, and graduated from McGillToolen Catholic High School. When Johnston

attended McGill-Toolen however, it was just Toolen. Toolen was an all girls Catholic school that later would become McGill-Toolen Catholic High School.

Outside of Spring Hill College, Johnston enjoys spending time with her 6, 11 and 13 year-old grandchildren.

She also enjoys gardening, working in her yard and reading.

Entering the movie theater, there is a spooky aura in the almost full auditorium as the audience murmurs to each other about their expectations for the film. As the movie begins, the soft voices of those in their seats go silent.

Paranormal Activity 2 has been anticipated since its prequel release in 2007. Paranormal Activity 2begins with Kristi bringing home her newborn son, Hunter, with husband Dan. There is a series of video clips that play taking the audience through the first several months of Hunter’s life. From the moment the movie begins, the audience is waiting for the horror to start. This is what creates the terrifying experience of the film.

As the story unfolds, the family experiences what they think is a home intrusion. Dan decides to install cameras in various locations around the home. The movie is from the view of these cameras. Immediately after the last camera is installed, the suspicious activity in the family’s home begins. Night after night, the family is terrorized by what they have come to learn is a demon that is haunting their home because of a family curse. The demon seems to be after Hunter, Kristi and Dan’s one-year-old son. The rest of the movie offers a personal view for the audience

Photo courtesy of fandango.com A scene from Paranormal Activities 2.

as the family tries to find a way to escape the horrific and violent experiences that the demon is causing for them.

Characters from the first Paranormal Activity are also brought back as well in the film; this causes a little confusion for those who are unfamiliar with the first movie.

Paranormal Activity 2 is definitely a creepy experience, mainly because it is filmed in a way that makes the audience feel like they are watching their own home since the view is from cameras in the house. A must see for the thriller movie buffs looking for a petrifying scare during the Halloween season.

For those who sleep with a nightlight, the movie is a giant red flag for these viewers to proceed with caution.

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Intern recommends networking Student Reaction Continued from page 10

Hay encountered issues while interning at the law firms.

One conflict, with his boss, was a “silent” one, according to Hay. This meant he had to do pointless tasks like running errands for his boss. Hay decided to put up with the grunt work and take lessons from the situation.

Overall, Hay’s internship experience has matured and helped him for when it’s time to apply

Photo courtesy of Chelsea Mack James Hay networked with family friends to secure his internship.

for law school. He feels he has an advantage over his peers and most law

students because he has been to client interviews in prison and has sat at a counsel table.

“The new skills I have learned have given me the confidence and [the] talent to be a successful attorney in the future,” Hay said.

He suggests that future interns apply for as many internships as possible and network with many people.

Hay says that it’s never too soon to start looking.

For more information on internships visit www.shc. edu/careerservices.

What scares you and why does it scare you?

“Monkeys, because everyone thinks they are cute and cuddly and funny, but I think they are sneaky and smart and dangerous.”

- Joey Cabrera Senior

“Death, because that is the end and I’m having way too much fun for anything to end.”

- McCall Hedrick Junior

“LIZARDS! I found one in my room and still have trouble sleeping in there. Nightmares of Godzilla haunt me.”

- Anna Beykirch Senior

“Failing, because I never want to accomplish less than I know that I can do, and I never want to feel like I could have done better.”

- Katie Doyle Junior

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Coming up this week in Mobile...

Date

Event

Time

Location

Thursday, Oct. 28

Film: Prince of Persia Sands of Time

6 pm

Saraland Public Library

Friday, Oct. 29

Benjy Davis Project

9 pm

Soul Kitchen

Saturday, Oct. 30

Market on the Square

8 am

Cathedral Square

Sunday, Oct. 31

Boo-seum

1 pm

Mobile Museum of Art

Open Studio: Artist Demonstrations

11 am

Cathedral Square Gallery

Open Mic

8 pm

The Blind Mule

Monday, Nov. 1

A closer look at Spring Hill College’s collection of rare works JOE ACKELS Contributing Writer

Photo courtesy of John Kerr

In 1990, thanks to the Friends of the Spring Hill College Library, a place was created in order to house rare collections that have accumulated throughout the history of Spring Hill. Donations from several benefactors and the Huisking Foundation allowed for the completion of the Archives and Special Collections room. Originally, the Archives and Special Collections room was located in the Thomas Byrne Memorial Library,

but in 2004 the room was moved to the Marnie and John Burke Memorial Library. The room is specifically designed to protect rare materials and manuscripts.

Although the Archives and Special Collections room is not large, it is home to some unusual and rare pieces including, a first American edition of the “Blithedale Romance” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, a first English edition of Immanuel Kant’s “Critick of Pure

The football helmet worn by Robert B. Rimes, SJ circa 193940. Although baseball was his most successful sport, Father Rimes played on Spring Hill’s football team. He jokingly brags that Spring Hill football has been undefeated since 1942.

Reason”, a third edition of Samuel Johnson’s “Dictionary,” a 1941 first edition copy of T.S. Eliot and two incunabula (works printed before 1500), one from 1496 and the other from 1497. The collection also contains a 19th century edition of the “Acta Sanctorum”, an encyclopedia written about the lives of Christian saints.

Richard Weaver, the acting college archivist and the head of the circulation department for the Burke Memorial Library, has maintained the collection since Dr. Charles

Boyle retired from Spring Hill in July 2008 and is charged with organizing the collection of rare books, but he also offers guidance when visitors are looking for references. Weaver has had both students and scholars come to him looking for information on specific topics.

“The works remain available to scholars and students by appointment and for well-defined needs,” Weaver said.

On one occasion, an individual came looking for information about a local legend and Spring

Hill College alumnus Paul Morphy who was considered the dominant chess player in the late 1800s. “There were a lot of holes that needed to be filled on Morphy,” Weaver said and “When all was said and done, it came down to about 1,000 pages of information on him.” Morphy was born in New Orleans, La., and was considered the dominant chess player in the late 1800s.

“There are two main areas in the archival room: the outside room is See ARCHIVES page 13

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Five must-see horror movies KYLIE BABB Ads Editor/Staff Reporter

Psycho (1960)

A classic scary movie, Psycho revolves around its main character Marion Crane and her attempt to reunite with her lover Sam Loomis.

The movie follows Marion as she steals $40,000 from her real estate agent boss, who asked her to deposit the money in the bank. Instead Marion flees her town of Phoenix to go to California where Sam lives so that they can be married. In the middle of her nervous drive to Sam, she stops at the now infamous Bates Motel where she is greeted by Norman who runs the hotel.

The movie progresses with a horrifying mystery when Sam comes looking for Marion because she never made it to him.

The Shining (1980)

Main character Jack Torrance and his wife and son become caretakers of the Overlook Hotel in Colorado.

Jack being a novelist uses this time in the quiet of the mountains to write, but while being secluded he slips into insanity and both he and his son begin to see frightening images of ghosts that are the former caretakers of the secluded hotel. These ghosts and images are known as “The Shining”.

As Jack slips deeper into insanity the movie takes a sinister turn as the movie unfolds.

The Exorcist (1973)

This terrorizing movie experience follows a 12 year old girl,

Regan, whose body has become a host for a demon. Along with Regan, the movie follows a priest who is struggling with his faith. He is having strange encounters and omens. As the movie progresses the two are brought together in an effort for the priest to find a way to get rid of Regan’s demon as well as find his faith. The Exorcist is nothing short of horrifying and bone chilling.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

As a group of friends drive through the backwoods of Texas, they pick up a petrified hitchhiker who shoots herself in the back of their van.

The friends are shocked and terrified by the turn of events and when they go looking for help they knock on the door of an inbred crazed, inbred family that leads them running for their lives.

Alien (1979)

A mining ship responds to a SOS on a planet in outer space. What the crew members don’t know is that there is a horrifying experience waiting for them when they go to investigate.

The crew finds mysterious eggs on the planet and when one of the crew members is attacked, he is brought back to the ship to try separating the parasite that has invaded his face. As the ship leaves the planet the parasite turns its new host body into a way to terrorize the crew members on board.

The crew must find a way to defeat the monster while in outer space, making for a suspenseful ride.

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more current and is meant to be more accessible, but still by appointment only. The larger inner room has a more control environment with fireproof drawers for one of a kind documents, and materials that only scholars would most likely have an interest in,” Weaver says.

The Archives and Special Collections not only consist of written works, but also a large amount of military paraphernalia, which includes muskets from the Civil War, rifles from World War II, pistols, cannonballs, uniforms, military buttons, patches and dozens of antique military knives.

In addition, the Archives and

Special Collections store a set of materials written about Mobile or by Mobile authors. There are duplicate copies of some of these works that have literary and historical value.

There are also artifacts found from an excavation of Spring Hill’s campus that took place in the 1980s.

The Archives and Special Collections room offers visitors a glimpse into the past and highlights the history of Spring Hill College and the lives of those who were touched by it in some way. Certain collections can be viewed by appointment. If you are looking for more information on the Archives and Special Collections room, contact Richard Weaver at the Burke Library.

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Family weekend schedule FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29TH

Badger Softball Scrimmage v. Bishop State 2:30pm and 4:30pm at Murray Field Family Weekend Registration & Check-In 3:00pm-7:00pm in the Student Center Lobby

Dinner with Your SHC Student: On your own or in the Fresh Food Company Cafeteria 5:00pm-7:00pm SHC Baseball: Purple & White World Series 7:00pm at Stan Galle Field Welcome Reception 7:00pm-8:00pm in the Fine Arts Lobby & Quinlan Quad

Spring Hill’s Got Talent 8:30pm in the Student Center Cafeteria

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30TH

Family Weekend Registration & Check-In 8:00am-10:00am in the Student Center Lobby

Jazz Breakfast 8:00am-10:00am in the Student Center LeBlanc Room Italy Center Interest Session 10:30am in the Gautrelet Room SHC Baseball: Purple & White World Series 11:00am at Stan Galle Field Family Picnic & Tailgate 1:00pm-4:30pm at Library Field

SHC Soccer: Women v. University of Mobile 1:00pm at Library Field

SHC Soccer: Men v. University of Mobile 3:30pm at Library Field

Family Mass 5:00pm at St. Joseph Chapel

Dinner with Your SHC Student: On your own or in the Fresh Food Company Cafeteria 6:00pm SHC Volleyball v. University of Alabama Huntsville 7:00pm at the the Outlaw Recreation Center Family Casino Night 8:00pm in the Student Center LeBlanc Room

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31ST

Mass 11:00am in St. Joseph Chapel

Sunday Brunch in the Fresh Food Cafeteria 12:00pm in the Student Center Cafeteria Alumni & Legacy Brunch * By Invitation Only 12:00pm in Java City

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Sports Peggy Martin: antidote for SHC volleyball AMANDA HYMEL Photography/Sports Editor

If you love some-

thing enough, it becomes an intricate part of you.

If this is true, then Peggy Martin exceeds this; she IS volleyball. This marks the second season head coach Peggy Martin has been at the helm of SHC volleyball and she has already rebuilt the program with a 23-2 overall and 5-1 conference record.

For the past couple of seasons, Spring Hill College volleyball was in a rut with losses and the antidote was head coach Peggy Martin’s prestigious title of winning. Martin still holds the record for most NCAA Division 2 wins and guided University of Central Missouri to 31 consecutive winning seasons. Needless to say, it only took two seasons for SHC volleyball to be back on top with the help from Martin. This is her 35th season as a collegiate coach, but Martin didn’t even plan on being a coach for this long.

“I retired [after UCMO] and my mom is elderly

Amanda Hymel

Photography/Sports Editor alhymel@stumail.shc.edu

in Mobile so it was time give back to volleyball an 8-17 record during to come home. It was because so many people her first SHC season to divine intervention I have helped me. We just a whopping 22-2 record guess that the Spring revised the book actuthis year. Martin exHill [volleyball] job was ally and it is going to be plained the huge differopen and they needed a purple,” Martin said with ence and stated, “The coach. I was available so a smile. Spring Hill Colteam I inherited were here we are,” Martin said lege colors will live on in great kids, but in all with a chuckle. this respected drill book honesty, we weren’t very

With over three that coaches and players good. The kids that we decades of were able coaching to bring under her in really belt and stepped coming back up the from retireproment, Margram.” tin doesn’t Martin see herself kept her leaving the modesty game any and said, time soon. “I “You rereally enjoy ally can’t it. I want take a to coach a lot of couple more credit as years. I Photo by Amanda Hymel a coach. miss it when The volleyball team celebrates a big win against the Loyola You I’m not do- Wolves this past Tuesday. The Badgers are 5-1 in conference. either ing it.” Not only does will read. Martin went have the players or Martin coach, but she on to say, “It’s really to you don’t. The playis also an author. “101 help coaches coach and ers make you look good Volleyball Drills” was to train younger playor they make you look published in 1998 and ers. I wanted to share.” bad and these girls are has high reviews from She didn’t just stop at making me look really fellow volleyball coaches a book though. Martin dang good right now on Amazon.com. Martin even published the DVD, and it’s really all about explained why she de“Drill Ideas to Start and them.” Martin went on cided to write this book.

End Volleyball Practice.” to state that competi“Well I believe I have to

Martin went from tion within the players

has also really improved the team’s performance.

“There is competition in the back court, there is competition at the outside hitter, and we have another good middle, Holly [Shultis] who is not getting to play and is right behind the other two starters. So I think the competition is really good in how they are pushing each other…everybody is competing.”

Martin is one of the best coaches in the game because she never just settles. The team seems flawless with an impressive 22-2 record, but Martin explains that improvement is still needed. “We still make mistakes and we still have a long way to go.

We’re not anywhere near where I would like to be.

I would like us to think the game a little better, that’s one of our goals this year.” Martin then praised the positives of the team’s progression on offense. “The two junior college kids that came down here really picked up our offense.”

These two transfer See VOLLEYBALL page 15

Cat fight breaks loose in Jordan-Hare stadium AMANDA HYMEL Photography/Sports Editor

Auburn led by Cam Newton is the last team to stand undefeated in the NCAA after a 24-17 victory against LSU this past Saturday. The game was based on Auburn’s impeccable offense versus LSU’s stonewall defense. The real tigers showed their claws and Auburn prevailed.

Newton proved his Heisman worthiness once again by running for 217 yards with two touchdowns on 28 carries. He has already run more yards than any other SEC quarterback so far this year and has done so with ease. As a team, the Auburn Tigers had 440 rushing yards against the LSU Tigers, the most Auburn has ever compiled against an SEC defense.

Onterio McCalebb for Auburn proved to be the deciding factor for the fate of both Tiger Titans. McCalebb had a 70-yard touchdown run with only 5:05 remaining in the game that lifted the War Eagle soaring high in victory. LSU Tigers were unable to pounce back and admitted defeat. This key player also burst down the field for 60 yards earlier in the game, making it 17-17. LSU was able to tie up the game twice, one time including in the fourth quarter, but could not shake off Newton’s presence.

Auburn has now taken the SEC Western Division lead, tarnishing the record of the once unbeaten LSU Tigers. LSU plays Alabama on Nov. 6 at home and Auburn will duel Ole Miss on the road this upcoming Saturday.

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Coach brings new life to the volleyball program Continued from page 14

student athletes are right side hitter Yiting Cao and outside hitter Abbey Roam. Cao has rounded up 314 kills and Roam has produced a total of 180 kills so far. With numbers like these, offense is reaching a high peak. Cao takes pride in her team’s passion by stating, “I just want to be around people who love volleyball and I’m glad to see that everyone wants to play. We have exceeded my expectations so far this season… my goal was to win Conference and now it’s to win Nationals.”

Another key player Martin highlighted was setter Taryn Nash. “I trained Taryn when she was like a sixth grader.

She came to my camps in Missouri. She thinks the game like I do and I think that is important. The setters are like the quarterback of your team and to me, she is the most important player out there.” Nash

explained how her position is like the role of a quarterback, “The goal of a setter is to be able to see the whole court.

From that, you make the play and then choose who to set the ball to, exactly what quarter backs do.”

Photo by Amanda Hymel Sha Sha Buchanan takes a massive swing at practice.

One particular player has surprised Martin so far this season and that is middle hitter Sha Sha Buchanan.

“Sha Sha has really stepped up her game with her blocking for being an undersized middle.

She swings and blocks really, really well. She has probably surprised me the most.”

Buchanan may be considered small for her position, but she produces big stats in blocking with a total of 78 in the season.

What is the key to all of these wins against SHC’s opponents? It’s one simple word: respect. Martin never underestimates her opponent and this has certainly yielded her success. “The thing I really like to do is to respect your opponent regardless of who they are so that you prepare the same way for every match, not just for the Mobile and Loyola teams of the world that the girls get really up for. We really try to be mentally prepared and do everything the same way every time and do it consistently.”

What Martin wants to accomplish by the end of this year cannot be seen in

the statistics and this is where passion shines through. “I don’t have goals of wins and losses believe it or not. I have maturation type goals. Do we grow up as a volleyball team?

Does our IQ get better? Does each player grow up a little bit as a person?” Martin is all about team effort and really wants to change how volleyball is viewed at SHC. “What we wanted this year was to change the culture of Spring Hill College volleyball and change that culture into a winning tradition and a discipline tradition. We would love to win Conference and Nationals, but those are secondary goals. The foundation needs to be set before we can do this.”

Nash backs this up by stating, “At this point in my volleyball career, personal accomplishments and awards don’t mean as much to me as being the best I can be for my team.”

Volleyball is not just a

game to Martin and her players; it’s a passage in life to better enhance each individual.

The game is an equal part of their past, present, and future.

“It’s all about growing up. I firmly believe that volleyball is a part of education. It’s how you handle winning and losing with class. I think they will carry that into their professional lives and also into their families.”

Throughout her experiences, Martin emphasized how all of her players have molded her into the coach she is today. The focus has always been and will always be on her players. “I think I’ve been very blessed in my career to be surrounded by extremely good people and most of those were my players. I don’t think that I’m different than other coaches, I’ve just been blessed with good people.” The Badgers hostz D2 Alabama-Huntsville this Saturday at 7 p.m.

Saints opt for Browns’ tricks instead of treats AMANDA HYMEL Photography/Sports Editor

Colt McCoy has

done what most other rookie quarterbacks can’t say they have: beat the Super Bowl champions in his first NFL victory ever. The Cleveland Browns did the unthinkable and won 30-17.

The Browns knew they had to be innovative to keep the Saints off balance and boy, did they have a few tricks up their sleeves. The Browns used a little special teams magic to get them ahead of the Saints quickly. Josh Cribbs from Cleveland started the “trick or treat” game and threw a lateral pass during the punt return to

Eric Wright. The Saints never knew what hit them and the Browns found themselves on the 19 yard line, ready to score. The Saints received a slap to the face when the Browns kicked a field goal for a 3-0 lead.

But the bag of treats weren’t empty just yet and the Browns delivered another trick or treat play on the Saints during the second quarter. Punter Reggie Hodges decided to use his kicking foot a tad differently and bolted straight down the field for a 68-yard run from a punt fake. After another field goal, the lead turned into

13-3.

McCoy got a little help from teammates and decided to let the fate of a thrown ball lay in the hands of running back Peyton Hillis. The ball was snapped to Hillis, who then threw the ball for a reception to McCoy, resulting in a first down.

Speaking of first downs, the Browns only managed seven in the third quarter while the Saints had 17.

Brees looked a little frustrated and couldn’t find his momentum in the game. He was disconnected from the team and threw four interceptions. Two of those interceptions were

touchdown returns by lineman David Bowens.

This is the third season that Brees has had an interception returned for a touch down. Brees had trouble reading the defense and threw more than 50 passes with only two touchdowns to show for it. The running game is definitely missed.

Hartley, who has had trouble in paradise lately, kicked a 32-yard field goal to help out his team. Kicker Phil Dawson outshined Hartley, however with an impressive 48-yard field goal to shut out the Saints from a possible tie. The Browns’ special team celebrated Halloween

early and brought their trick or treat bags to the game, dishing out tricks with no sweet ending for the Saints. The black and gold play the Pittsburgh Steelers at the Superdome this Sunday at 7:20 p.m.

Photo courtesy of smugmug.com Phil Dawson kicked a 48yard field goal for the win.

Page 16 The SpringHillian October 28, 2010

Sports Volleyball tame wolves

Athletes of the Week

Photos by Amanda Hymel

and douse blazers

Josh Ledet Men’s Soccer

Avery Kyle Women’s Soccer

UPCOMING GAMES TEAM BB

DATE Oct 29

OPPONENT Purple & White WS

SITE Home (7:00)

BB

Oct 30

Purple & White WS

Home (11:00)

WG

Oct 29

SHC Fall Invitational

Home (TBA)

WS

Oct 30

University of Mobile

Home (10:00)

MS

Oct 30

University of Mobile

Home (3:30)

KEY

MCC-Men’s Cross Country WCC-Women’s Cross Country MS-Men’s Soccer WS-Women’s Soccer

Cassandra Marchand watches as Yiting Cao spikes the ball. The Badgers swept all three matches for a conference win against the wolves.

VB-volleyball WT-Women’s Tennis MT-Men’s Tennis BB-Baseball

RECENT RESULTS TEAM WG

DATE Oct 25

OPPONENT NAIA National Preview

RESULT 9/14

MG VB WG

Oct 25 Oct 26 Oct 16

Lake Caroline Fall Invitational Loyola University NAIA National Preview

6/14 W: 3-0 10/14

Sha Sha Buchanan and Taryn Nash jump high and make a perfect block .

Abbey Roam returns a serve against Loyola as Meredith Donald backs up.