The SpringHillian

SpringHillian the

October 8, 2009 Volume 89, Number 5 Mobile’s 1st Collegiate Newspaper

Around Campus

Portier Lecture comes to campus. pg. 2.

Public Safety reports for October. pg. 2.

Opinions & Editorials

The Wixy write about some life lessons learned outside the classroom, but with the same great professors. pg. 4

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G.I. Bill helps veterans to attend classes on the Hill

Post 9/11 G.I. Bill helps veterans to continue their education following service within the U.S. military.

PAIGE MALONE News Editor

Since the Post 9/11 G.I. Bill became effective in August, Spring Hill College opened its doors to the men and women of the United States military.

The Bill offers educational opportunities to individuals who have served in the

military. Veterans can get up to 36 months of educational benefits including money for tuition, books, housing and other living expenses. The extent to which they receive the benefits varies from 40 percent for a veteran who has served 90 days, to 100

percent for veterans with over 36 months on active duty since Sept. 11, 2001.

This semester, Spring Hill has four veterans who are enrolled and have begun their educational journey in our community.

Dr. George Sims says, “It’s a start and we welcome

Spring Hill student government officers Lauren McCarthy and Matthew Jordan share what the organization is doing to improve Spring Hill.

Increasing amount of violence among American teenagers has Kendrick wondering what we can do about it. pg. 5.

Life & Culture

O.A.R. making an appearance in Mobile sometime soon. pg. 10.

Need a book to read over fall break? Check out Anna’s review. pg. 11.

Sports

Men’s soccer wins on Tuesday, but lady Badger’s fall. pg. 14

Check out Evan’s fantasy football picks for this weekend. pg. 13.

See Veterans page 2.

Student Government works with administration

Seeking happiness?

Ashley Robinson has some ideas. pg. 4.

Delta Delta Delta raises money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital through their annual Score-A-Cure. pg.

8.

veterans and anticipate this number to grow.”

The GI bill offers tuition up to the maximum cost of an in-state public institution. Some would think that the cost to attend Spring Hill would exceed this amount, making it impossible for

DOUG BRUCE/ Photography Editor

Badger Volleyball has all hands on deck this semester as they take on their opponents with Coach Peggy Martin, who currently holds the most wins for volleyball in the NCAA. See Lady page 14.

The Hill and Beyond:

English majors can enjoy various jobs post graduation Despite weakened economy, English and language majors are still successful.

ELIZABETH FARREN Editor in Chief

There is always a long running joke that English majors have specifically selected a major which will result with them living in a box.

The good news is its not that bad. There are a variety of positions available for English majors after graduation, according to the University of North Carolina, department of English and comparative literature.

Many of the obvious

ones include: becoming a teacher, working in publishing or law school.

According to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, department of English and comparative literature Web site there are multiple options including some unexpected ones. The site suggests many career paths, some including working as an account executive, a bank officer, working in the journalism industry, or psychology. This list further

emphasizes the idea that an English major allows the graduate to go into any field that they wish.

Heather Bozant, a senior at Spring Hill echoes the University of North Carolina, “There are a number of professions that you can gain entry into with an English degree. Of the obvious, many graduates will tend to go into education and become elementary/sec-

See English page 3.

Spring Hill College Student Government Association has several cabinet positions that serve the students.

One of which is student concerns. This position is in charge of reading and recognizing the student’s concerns and voicing them to the President and to the administration.

The goal of the VicePresident of Student Concerns is to run the Student Concerns Committee and Service Committee, and to create new outlets for students to voice their concerns. This year, Student Government Association has developed these new outlets.

For example, a new student concerns email studentconcerns@shc.edu has been created. The Vice President for Student Concerns and Executive President, Colby Melvin, both have access to the account and will check it on a constant basis.

Also, a committee has

See Student page 2.

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Campus Briefs Public Safety

On October 3, someone pulled the fire alarms on all three floors of Quinlan Hall. The Mobile Fire Department responded.

On October 5, a motorist struck the bollards on the north side of Walsh Hall with her vehicle. The motorist’s vehicle and the bollards were severely damaged. The Mobile Police Department responded to the scene and conducted an investigation.

Campus Life

Dr. James Farrell, Professor of History and Director of American Studies, at St. Olaf College, will deliver the twenty-ninth annual Portier Lecture on Tuesday, October 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Byrne Memorial Hall at Spring Hill College.

His topic is “The Nature of Our Lives: Environmental Histories of College Culture.”

Spring Hill College will install the Rev. Richard P. Salmi, S.J., as its 38th president at an inauguration ceremony at 3:30 p.m.

Friday, October 23.

News

Paige Malone News Editor kpmalone@stumail.shc.edu

Veterans join the Spring Hill College community Continued from page 1. military members returning from active duty. According to Sims, this is not the case.

He estimates that the majority of the students benefiting from the bill will be continuing education students or part time, and in that case the tuition costs are very close.

For those who choose to be full-time traditional students, the GI bill covers about two-thirds of the tuition costs. Sims estimates that when you consider the amount of scholarship money that the majority of traditional students receive, the veteran’s benefits will cover payments of the same amount

if not more.

Although Sims suspects most of these students will be attending classes at night, it is also likely that there will be some students doing their studies during the day. For instances, Sims says that those who go into the nursing school will have to register for many classes and clinicals that take place throughout the day.

It is often said that the transition from soldier to civilian is difficult mentally and physically.

So, from soldier to student offers certain speculation as well. Sims believes Spring Hill is the perfect place for

veterans and those on active duty to expand their educational background. With the committed staff and close knit community, the students will ease into their new lifestyle.

Sims says, “I think the way the college community cares about every person as an indiDOUG BRUCE / Photography Editor vidual will make it easier for veterans to transition to close with Veterans Affairs to college at Spring Hill easier, help all men and women who or more than they would at have served our country pursue many other institutions.” a higher education. Benefits are

There are many other also available for dependents programs offered to veterans of veterans if they qualify. who do not apply for the GI For more information visit the bill, and Spring Hill works Spring Hill Web site.

Student Government creating programs to help students Continued from page 1.

been formed which includes members of both Student Government Association and non-members to handle the concerns the students have. An open forum meeting will be held every two weeks in the Cloister at 9:00pm on Tuesdays, where students can voice their concerns or check on the status of the concerns that are being handled by the committee.

The Vice President for Student Concerns also serves on the food services committee and works closely with Aramark food services to get what the students want in the cafeteria. A new twitter page, twitter.com/shcfood, has been established so that students can directly praise or suggest new ideas for the cafeteria’s progress. The job does not end there.

THE RETURN OF THE This year the committee is also looking at providing umbrellas in The Newly Remodeled Spring Hill College Golf every building Course ClubHouse will be open and back in for students to business on Thursday, October 15. use when it rains, New MENU ITEMS INCLUDE: and the students Red Snapper Sandwich (fried or grilled) would return them “Original” Badger Burger (made with Black Angus Beef) to the destination “Big Breakfast” Biscuits and hashbrowns building so that -PLUSMore Grab N’ Go options such as Sandwiches and Sushi other students can Large selection of Beverages to choose from use them as well.

This project is still in the works Spring Hill College Golf Course Club House Corner 4000 Dauphin St. but will be a posHours of operation: Mobile, Al 36608 sibility in the near Mon-Sun (251) 380-4655 6am-6pm future.

CLUB HOUSE CORNER!!

Another project is to increase safety on campus by providing a new “blue light system.” These telephones on campus will be identified by a blue light on top and will have a direct access to the gatehouse where public safety is situated and possibly to 911 incase of dire emergencies.

The project needs a lot of work, in regards to company use, costs, locations, etc. but Student Government Association seems hopeful that this plan will launch during Melvin’s administration.

The Committee also is looking for a new alternative to Safe Ride. They have contacted taxi companies to give them discounts for students who present their Spring Hill IDs to the Taxi driver. The students, not Student Government Association, will be responsible for paying the taxi once it is used.

Aramark will continue to serve food in Rydex Commons while the weather is good, to make it easier for students to get their food during the rush time of lunch and those students whose schedules are too close together that they are forced to miss lunch.

The next Student Government Association meeting for student

concerns is Tuesday, Oct. 13th at 9:00 pm in the Cloister.

The Spirit Committee, chaired by the Secretary of the Press Lauren McCarthy, has also been working this semester. A badger spirit tailgating event will be held on Thursday, October 15th at 4:30pm by Library Field.

This is event is aimed at increasing spirit for athletics and will be held during the soccer games that evening.

There will be free food and giveaways at the event. Any student can join the spirit committee and new ideas are always welcome.

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Coming up this month on campus...

Day & Date

Event

Location

Contact Person

Phi Mu Charity Jean Sale Praise and Worship

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

9:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 15,2009

Praise and Worship

9:00 p.m.

St. Joseph Chapel

Campus Ministry

Friday, October 16, 2009

Fall Formal

8:00 p.m. & 8: 15 p.m.

Buses leave from New Hall

CPB, cpb@stumail.shc.edu

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Delta Gamma Anchor Splash Catholic Cemetery Clean-up

12:00 p.m.

9:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.

Dorn Field unknown

Caroline Wilson, ccwilson@stumail.shc.edu Sr. Patty Huffman, 251-380-3496

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Mass of Thanksgiving

9:00 a.m.

St. Joseph

Campus Ministry

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Time

Outlaw Recreation Center St. Joseph Chapel

Kat Renik, karenik@stumail.shc.edu Campus Ministry

Special Notices: •

“misc. & etc.” at Eichold Gallery October 5, through October 30

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Students for Life will be selling LIFE ROCKS T-shirts for $5 in the cafe every other Wednesday starting October 7

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There will be no classes October 12 and October 13 because of Fall Break.

English department offers many opportunities for graduates Continued from page 1. ondary education teachers or college professors. However, having an English degree also prepares a graduate for a background in a number of other fields including, but not limited to: law, business, publishing, communications, publishing, etc.”

Bozant continues, “Graduating with a degree in English provides the graduate with analytical and communication skills that are acquired through the reading and writing required in classes. Also, writing well is an asset in any profession and graduates in English have definitely acquired this skill.”

According to the Spring Hill College survey of Spring 2009 undergraduate degree candidates, English majors are the third highest major attending graduate or professional schools. The majority of English majors choose to continue on to graduate schools in order to obtain their masters degrees and some even go on to receive their doctoral degree.

There are some schools that have their programs set up so that you can get your master’s and doctoral degree

through the same program.

One such example of this is the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. Another option for English majors is to study abroad for their masters, in reality, this an option for student wishes to further their education.

Schools in Europe frequently offer courses and programs that only a select few United States school offer; many examples include Eastern European literature or Russian literature.

Under the division of English and Languages there is also writing. Many writing majors continue there passion for writing while holding other jobs. Some are more creative than others, one such example is senior Lindsey Worley who studying both writing and

graphic design.

Worley says: ‘Writing is a pretty broad term, and I’m actually not sure what I want to do once I graduate.

Ideally, I’d love to work at a publishing company. I know I will have to work my way up the ladder, doing editing work at first and other small jobs since the publishing business is competitive.

Since I don’t have a specific career in mind, I took on a graphic design minor because I think that computer skills and design skills are extremely important in any career, but especially the writing area.”

For those are passionate just about writing, there are a variety of fields for their careers including: journalism, lobbyist, program coordinator or even a volunteer coordinator,

according to the University of North Carolina at Wilmington Web site. Writing very much like English is a fairly universal major which allows doors to be opened to you in almost any field.

This department is also home to the languages professors and students. Spring Hill current offers courses in Spanish, French and American Sign Language.

Students are required by the core curriculum to take up to six hours of a foreign language, however many students opt to take more.

In addition, some majors require that students take additional foreign language requirements, one such example is Spring Hill’s international relations major which states that students must have 12 hours of foreign language classes in

order to graduate.

Despite the stereotype that having a major based in foreign languages will also land you in a box, many jobs available in this field are quite interesting.

According to Skidmore College Career Services, Language majors can work in a variety of fields including: diplomacy, journalism, law enforcement, language analysis and many other areas. There are a variety of employers include the Library of Congress, Department of State, banks and financial institution, restaurants and the hotel industry.

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Opinions & Editorials

Letter from the Editor: Keep our national parks instead of continuing to build suburbia How much good would it do to close national parks? Would it do more harm than good?

ELIZABETH FARREN

eafarren@stumail.shc.edu Editor-in-Chief

As I was staring at my computer the other evening attempting to research information for my editorial, I opened Facebook and noticed that a friend of mine had signed a petition to Congress asking that they not close any national parks.

I originally had to do a double take to realize what the Facebook news feed was alerting me. I heard rumors that Congress wanted to shut down our National Parks, so I thought I would research this issue.

Teddy Roosevelt started the National Park program just after the turn of the twentieth century, with the goal of preserving America’s natural beauty for centuries to come.

The first national park was dedicated and founded as such on March 1, 1972 and named Yellowstone National Park.

The park lies between three states: Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, according to the

Friends of the Little Bighorn Battlefield Web site.

Today, there are over 391 National Park Service parks ranging from national battlefields to historic sights to national parks. Sadly, with the current economy, Congress is looking at closing these parks.

However, I am not sure that this is the best approach being that the parks help to preserve America’s natural beauty.

Coming from a city that gets a natural high from construction, I have found what happens when free reign is given for construction and development. Dallas is a city that has gone from being in north central Texas to just not so far from the Texas and Oklahoma border. Obviously, I am including the suburbs in this, and there is a slight exaggeration, but not much.

I realize the national parks in Washington State or parks in Wyoming are less likely to be filled with three story condominiums, but honestly the idea that anyone wants to shut down our national parks is sad and disheartening.

A fairly common argu-

ment for shutting down the parks is that the government cannot afford to keep them running, but in all honesty, the parks cost the government less than one-tenth a percent of the federal government’s total costs, according to The New York Times Web site. That’s like saying for every one hundred dollars you spend, only a dime, that’s right, ten cents goes towards keeping national parks alive.

Our national parks were founded and continue to be conserved as a treasure trove for America; as such they should be preserved for generations to come. Possibly, I am being selfish because I would like to visit all the national parks before my death, just as I would like to visit all fifty states. Fortunately there are national parks in every state but Delaware, so I can accomplish both at the same time.

The fact that there are so many national parks should send a statement to the nation: to outdoors lovers and indoor bums alike, we should all care about our country and the gifts given to us.

Ten ways to live longer and happier Ashley Robinson discusses several ways in which people can live better lives ASHLEY ROBINSON

acrobinson@stumail.shc.edu Editor Emeritus

I blink…and another day tramples past me. Yes, trample is the perfect adjective to describe how fast and vigorous my life is moving.

My memory is fleeting, and my vision is worsening.

How many of you feel the

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same as I do?

Since the day I stepped onto this campus, I knew that it wouldn’t be long till that same foot would be stepping off of it. College is a wonderful experience but a short-lived one at that.

Soon we will all be at our desk jobs, either working “for the man” or “being the man.” Oh, I can’t wait to “be the man” (in a very girlie way of course).

Mentors have always told me to live the next day like it was my last. Great advice, but I seem to get in trouble when I attempt to rob a bank and head for the border! An even more influential piece of advice was from someone I would not categorize as a mentor. It was from a kid I use to help tutor. She told me to break my patterns in my everyday

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Life is like Monopoly

Devon Austermann, Tim Corbett, Kyle Jones and Neilson Lea learn from professors over a classic game.

This past weekend, the Gentlemen of the Wixy each had separate festivities and events that we attended

Mr. Austermann and Mr. Jones went backstage to enjoy Alan Jackson’s performance at BayFest, while I, Tim Corbett, played a beefy game of Monopoly with some old friends and two of Spring Hill College’s finest faculty members: Dr. Hamilton and Fr. Borbridge.

Therefore, this week, The Gentlemen decided that instead of writing about the usual politics that would incite people to action, we would write about Monopoly.

Upon arriving at the pre-determined, neutral location—for everyone knows how quickly Monopoly can go from a peaceful board game full of laughter to one of fisticuffs—we prepared ourselves to play. With our good friend, Mr. James “Buddy” Love, leading off the rolls, the game officially began. The seven of us at the table watched as Jim bought the first “piece of prime real estate,” as Fr. Borbridge claimed, finding a way to justify nearly every property as “prime real estate.”

As the game continued, we all, of course, took our turns at rolling the dice, each buying prospective property that hopefully would lead his opponents to their destruction, conquering the realm of the Monopoly board.

Over the hours that followed, the table talked about the problems and issues plaguing humanity that we would be forced to face in the near future: Would Miami beat Oklahoma?

When will “Mises-ssippi” State play as well as we all

know they should be? Would I ever be caught slipping hundreds from the bank to Fr. Borbridge and Jim?

As time moseyed forth, so did the game as it devolved into one of anger. All of this anger was directed towards yours truly because of the aforementioned shady dealings that worked out in mine and Fr. Borbridge’s favor. However, by this time, the other five players were forced to hemorrhage their fortunes to the mighty wrath of Fr. Borbridge’s Park Place/Boardwalk “Monopoly of Doom” and Dr. Hamilton’s ever-present “St. James’ Hotel from Hell.”

In the end, the group succumbed to these champions of Monopoly and the game ended without physical confrontation.

So, as you reflect on this article, we would like to leave you with the thought that all students should get to know their professors better, for in the end it will benefit you. Plus, it makes for amazing stories and great times.

The wealth of information one can learn from just an office visit with a professor is invaluable, so one can imagine how much wisdom is passed in the hours around a Monopoly board.

Our readers should stay tuned for the Wixy’s next article: a journey to meet the President, Owner, and Founder of Alamo Beer in San Antonio, Texas.

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Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito, The Gentlemen of the Wixy, Devon Austermann, Tim Corbett, Kyle Jones, and Neilson Lea

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Opinions & Editorials

Fined-ing America’s problem: Violence amongst teenagers violence has been on the rise in America, but what has our nation done to address the Community at Teen issue. Kendrick Dunklin looks at the lost lives of two teenagers to address his concerns Spring Hill men, like Derrion Albert and so on; however, the issue of munity center is a place for John Merrill discusses how to deal with vandalism in New Hall JOHN MERRILL

jamerrill@stumail.shc.edu Contributing Writer

Recently Residence Life held an informational meeting in New Hall regarding the recent outbreak of vandalism and disrespect in the building. As a long time resident of New Hall, I have a couple of thoughts on the issue, but first I suppose I should bring the rest of campus up to speed.

On Saturday Sept.

11, around 3 a.m., the front exit sign to the building was destroyed (in what the Residence Life staff believes was an act of drunken buffoonery.)

The first official response of Rob Brooks, the area coordinator in charge of New Hall, was to announce on Friday, Sept.

16, via e-mail that a reactionary response would occur, which was quickly followed by a similar email announcing charges were being filed against all 212 residents of New Hall at $10 per person.

The purpose of this fine was to “First, hopefully to serve as a deterrent to the person(s) committing the vandalism. Second, to encourage any witnesses to come forward and identify the guilty party. Finally, to cover the cost of the repairs required to fix the issue.”

Though the fine was later reduced in an e-mail sent out on Sept. 23 to $5 per person, a total fine of $1110 between all New Hall residents, the reasoning behind the

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Derrion Albert, a 16year-old honor roll student in a Chicago high school, was beaten to death by a group of other teenagers on Thursday, Sept. 24. As Albert walked home from a community center, he accidently wandered into a melee, which brought about his tragic death.

On April 17, 15year-old Markel Anderson, a Mobile high school student, was killed leaving a community center in the Toulminville area.

These tragic events, along with many others, bring up the question, “What is wrong with America’s teenagers?” Why are they killing each other? Why are young

Markel Anderson, dying without an opportunity to graduate from high school?

If you ever watch the news, broadcasters and reporters are constantly reporting about crimes that were committed by teenagers in America. Teenagers are now committing senseless acts of violence to illustrate their statements, and the statements they are trying to get across have certainly grabbed my attention. Yet, what statement are they trying to make?

What exactly are they trying to prove?

I know I am asking a lot of questions, but I am only asking the questions that many of you are asking, because the situation is troubling. America is a country where we debate about everything from health care to immigration to abortion and

teen violence is sometimes ignored. Of course we know what’s going on, but it is an issue Americans would rather not deal with. I don’t think it’s anything wrong with helping other nations that are underdeveloped, but I think we have an issue in America that we must tackle before it is too late. Perhaps, it’s already too late, especially for the families of Albert and Anderson.

From the news reports that I have read, both Albert and Anderson were innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire of heinous acts of other teenagers. Both young men were reportedly intelligent young men, and both were active in their respective community centers where they were killed. The act of being killed near a place, like a community center, is heartrending because a com-

America’s youth to escape the ills of society so they can better themselves and each other.

It’s a sad day when the ills of this country are brought to the very place where these kids go to as an escape. If schools and community centers aren’t safe, then where can these kids go to gain solace and enrichment?

Many people throw blame at the violence that is exploited on television and movies or in video games, and others throw blame towards rappers and rock stars that may illustrate violence through their lyrics and music videos. I think it’s time that we throw blame towards the parents. America often looks for an easy way out of a sticky situation, making it easy to blame the entertainment industry for many of its

See Teenagers page 6.

With October comes the postseason of baseball Jim Love reveals his excitement over one of America’s favorite pastimes: Major League Baseball

In my three plus years in Mobile, I have learned that October represents the heart of the SEC football schedule and that college football around here is supreme. The Saints also garner a good bit of attention, especially from our Gulf Coast students.

However, when I think of October, the baseball postseason is the first thing that comes to mind.

Yes, I know that the football purists on campus are rolling their eyes right now, but baseball is most definitely my favorite sport

to watch. After all you must know that I am pretty dedicated if my heart is still into baseball even after my woeful Washington Nationals got eliminated from playoff contention in what seemed like early April --- actually they did not officially get eliminated until September 2nd.

The Nationals may be pretty bad, but they did end the season with seven straight wins to match their record from last season of 59 wins. Furthermore, the Nationals are not even the pro sports team in Washington.

The Washington Redskins are the most embarrassing 2-2 team in recent memory, because their two wins have

come by a combined five points at home against the St. Louis Rams and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Oh, did I mention that the Redskins lost to the Detroit Lions.

Now that I have successfully gone on a tangent on how pitiful the Nationals and Redskins; I think I can explain why I like the MLB playoffs so much. Only eight of the thirty MLB teams make the playoffs and that puts a greater emphasis on the regular season. The NBA and NHL send more than half of their teams to playoffs and more half of the NCAA football teams now go to a bowl game. Since there is one less round in the MLB playoffs, they do not seem to drag on

as long as the playoffs do in other sports. Finally, even though I have learned to love football more since I came to Mobile, I just love watching baseball more than any other sport and I don’t have to wait until the weekend to get my baseball fix.

After my Kentucky Derby debacle in the paper last semester, I am shocked that I am about to make sports predictions in the paper again. Here is how I think the MLB playoffs - which started last night, but after press time - will shake out.

The American League Division Series pitting the New York Yankees against

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Opinions & Editorials Teenagers are trying to make a statement Continued from page 5. problems. I have even read textbooks that have contributed to the rise of violence in teenagers to the entertainment industry, yet it is not printed that the lack of parental guidance may be a contributing factor. I have discovered that many kids are a product of their environment, (thanks to Dr. Larry Hall), so maybe the adults that are raising these kids should evaluate the environment in which their children are raised.

I applaud programs like the Foley Center and the

Upward Bound program at Spring Hill College. Although it may not seem like much, but these kids are given an opportunity to better themselves.

The tutors may think they are there to help those kids academically, but the tutors are also giving many of those kids the hope that somebody actually believes in their future. Those kids could be using their time for something less valuable, yet they choose to step up to the plate to try to better themselves because they are inspired by

the Spring Hill community that is willing to do whatever they can to help them.

America salutes and praises the soldiers that fight and sometimes die to protect this country. Well, I salute those individuals who take the time to help build and inspire young minds that may one day lead this country to greatness. It is my hope that you all have helped save a life that could have been lost due to the senseless acts of troubled teenagers, which tragically took the lives of Derrion Albert and Markel Anderson.

Jim Love makes predictions for the World Series Continued from page 5. the Minnesota Twins should undoubtedly go the Yankees’ way. The Yankees have had trouble in the playoffs this decade, but this may the most complete team - in regards to genuine talent, not overpriced washed up talent - they have fielded since they lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2001 World Series.

The Twins have won 17 of their 21 games, but the epic 12-inning tiebreaker game that they played on Tuesday night wore them down and their will have a tough time being rested for the Yankees offensive juggernaut. The other American League Division Series between the L.A. Angels and the Boston Red Sox will be a compelling series, but I think the Red Sox will overcome the Angels’ home field advantage and set up the dream matchup with the Yankees for the right to go to the World Series.

The National League Division Series between the L.A. Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals will be competitive, but they Cardinals should be able to win a five game series solely on the arms of Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright; and

having Albert Pujols and Matt Holliday in the middle of their lineup does not hurt their case for success.

The other National League Division Series between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Colorado Rockies is the toughest to predict in my eyes. The Phillies are the defending World Series champions, but the Rockies look eerily similar to their World Series losing team from two years. They have been excellent since they fired their manager earlier this season and have come on strong at the end of the year to clinch the wild card and when they followed that formula in 2007 they were unbeaten in the National League playoffs. I flipped a coin on this one and George Washington thinks that the Phillies will take advantage of home field and win in a decisive fifth game.

The season series between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox was split at nine games a piece.

The home team did win 14 of the 18 matchups this year and in a rivalry of this magnitude, it never hurts to have the home field advantage.

The Yankees did sweep the last series of the season between these two in late

September and did win the division by eight games.

They will take advantage of home field and will steal one at Fenway Park to win the American League Championship Series in six games.

The St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies only met five times this season and the Phillies won four of those matchups. However, the Cardinals should turn the tide in the postseason and win the National League Championship Series in by winning game seven in Philly.

So the World Series is going to pit two titans in baseball history - the Saint Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees - against each other. These two teams have won a combined 36 World Series and are number one and two all time in World Series titles - the Yankees have 26 and the Cardinals have 10.

This will be a compelling series, but the Cardinals aces may be spent and the Yankees have been consistently the best team in baseball all season - winning a league best 103 games. As much as I do not want to say this, I think the Yankees will take their 27th World Series title, winning the series in six games.

“Coffee Talk” from Spring Hill College

Where students can voice comments, concerns and suggestions about recent issues on campus.

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• We welcome your comments that are submitted face-to-face with a SpringHillian staff member. Come to our weekly meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays or you can set up an appointment through hillian@ stumail.shc.edu.

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THIS WEEK’S TOPIC:

What are your thoughts on the Senior Bowl staying in Mobile? Should it stay or should it go?

“I think it should stay here for the rest of the time I’m in college. I enjoy going out to the Senior Bowl because I have a good time.

After that, I’m okay with it moving or staying here in Mobile.”

-Lauren St. Germain, 2011 “Yes because it’s fun a fun game in which we can tailgate. And it brings additional revenue and attention to the city of Mobile.”

-Mark Ponseti, 2011 “Yes because it is a tradition. The game just wouldn’t be the same anywhere else.”

-Coleman Hengesbach, 2011 “Yes because the atmosphere is amazing and it brings a high level of football to Mobile.”

-Cody Walker, 2011

NEXT WEEK’S TOPIC: What are your suggestions as to how Residence Life should handle vandalism and disrespect?

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Student offers ideas to stop vandalism in Motivating yourself towards makes life exciting New Residence Hall and around campus excellence Continued from page 4.

Continued from page 5. fines remained the same. Punishment makes a lot of sense in this situation; since no one on the Residence Life staff can actively prevent the offensive action, and because presumably the reinforcer of vandalism is a feeling of power over their environment, they can’t simply let the behavior burn out to extinction itself. They have to use punishment to decrease this vandalistic behavior. Now, while it’s pretty clear to everyone that $1110 is a bit of a ridiculous fine for a broken exit sign, Residence Life has a bit of an issue regardless of their actions, so in that light, $5 per person seems hardly an issue at all.

The problem with Residence Life’s response is that not what they did was uncalled for or inappropriate; it was just misguided. There are really two problems at work here: New Hall is being vandalized, and no one is coming forward with information to help discover who the culprit is. Those are separate issues.

Though obviously, if the first one was dealt with, the second wouldn’t exist.

Okay, so New Hall is being vandalized. Why? Well if what Residence Life says is true, then things are being destroyed by drunk people for the hell of it. But that’s not the real reason. Drunk people don’t destroy their own property often, and when they do, it’s usually an accident. Since

this incident of vandalism was obviously not accidental (they flipped over every piece of furniture in the room as well), the problem must be that the culprits don’t see the communal property of the hall as their own, hence they don’t protect it.

Rob even half-jokingly said in a recent meeting in New Hall, “if you’re drunk and you want to break stuff, break your own stuff.” It got scattered laughter from the crowd, yet even this off-hand comment reveals the larger problem: the property of the Hall isn’t theirs. I don’t think I’m going out on a limb when I say that no one treats the furniture in the common room as if it was the furniture in their room or apartment. The very communal ownership dilutes any feeling of attachment or responsibility. Hence the rampant vandalism.

This diluted feeling of responsibility also becomes an issue in terms of the second problem facing Residence Life. They obviously don’t want to punish everyone (not only is it imprecise, but in order to prevent a major backlash, they have to dilute the severity of the punishment over all 212 residents, and thus the punishment loses its effectiveness), but they have to. However, by punishing all the residents, they have created an environment of hostility in which it is difficult, if not impossible, to find the truth.

To be honest, I’m not surprised that the culprit hasn’t been caught; five pieces of silver is a small price to pay to keep your friends. I am, however, surprised that no one has been brought forward as a suspect. Why the difference? Scapegoating. The more universally the punishment is applied, the more anxious and aggressive people become.

Hence if these fines continue, it’s only a matter of time before someone plays martyr for the crowd.

So what should Residence Life do? Should they just stand by and let New Hall get torn down piecemeal? Hell no! I like my dorm, shower mold and bad sheet-rocking aside. Residence Life has two options if they want to end the vandalism of New Hall: create a situation in which every resident of New Hall feels like an owner of the building, like part of its community (like Toolen and Walsh), or create a way to focus on the punishment more closely to the guilty parties (like Viragh, Skip’s Place, and the Fairway Apartments).

So either they should remove all furniture and breakables from the common area (which is both a bit ridiculous and likely to be seen as a punishment), or they should promote hall programs that unify more than just a wing or an RA group at a time. Sure, it may seem a bit crazy to hold a barbecue to stop vandalism, but it might just work.

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but to others who will just schedule. call you silly. If you’re in

Breaking patterns is class and you see the person risky. I might forget to put next to you is upset, draw socks on, or for heaven’s something funny on a piece sake something else that of paper and slide it to them. could be an important unHumor is contagious. dergarment! For those who

6. Eat different foods. would like to break your I know we are college kids mold and make your life a and the cafeteria and Mclittle more exciting, thereDonalds are our main food fore making it at least feel sources, but go out to eat at as though it is longer, I have different restaurants. Try a compiled a list. different culture’s foods and

1. Never burn bridges. broaden your tastes.

You would be surprised how 7. Stay healthy. Eat having more friends would right, take vitamins and get affect your self-esteem. some rest. Nothing is worse Even if they are not your than feeling sick and not frequent spectators, wearing being able to have fun. You a smile can go a long way. literally feel like you are dyYou never know who may ing when you are unhealthy, help you out in the end. change it!

2. No negativity. Go

8. Love your job. With a whole day without comthe economy being in a menting on something nega- shuffle, I understand settling tive. Even try weeks at a with the lesser job of your time. I’m not asking you to choice. Make the best of the bottle situation no up your Even if you find yourself matter what. emoSome of the overwhelmed with school tions best years of work, try communicating and my life were outside your dorm. explode spent working on as a cashier at a McDonalds! someone later on, but keep A personality can go a long in mind thinking positive way in making your life betkeeps you and others around ter. you happy.

9. Do not oversleep.

3. Me time. Take a I know we party, study and couple of hours out of your obsess over the little things, week and go to the park. Lie but one thing that I find in the grass and try to ignore most depressing is when I the Mobile humidity. Stress oversleep. Most of the time, is killing us, and most of us I feel horrible getting too let it get the best of us. Fly a much sleep, and on top of kite, read or just stare at the that, I am wasting a portion sky. Either way, get outof my day. doors at least once a week.

10. Be self motiva 4. Keep social. Hutional. If you are not on your mans are social beings. side, who is? Every deciEven if you find yourself sion you make, good or bad, overwhelmed with school take responsibility for them. work, try communicating I know that in some cases outside your dorm. Meeting you would like to blame it new people is always exciton that hot chick/guy that ing. If all else fails, buy a talked you into it, but make pet. your own decisions and

5. Laugh. Throughout back them up with reason. your day, say random stuff.

Motivate yourself towards Not to yourself of course, excellence.

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Abby Cowart Life & Culture Editor alcowart@stumail.shc.edu

Delta Delta Delta philanthropy event raises funds for St. Jude Delta Delta Delta’s annual fall softball tournament, Score-a-Cure, was a success, raising funds and awareness for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital ABBY COWART

Life & Culture Editor

The ladies of Delta Delta Delta hosted their annual philanthropy event, Score-a-Cure, on Saturday, Oct. 3, on Dorn Field.

The softball tournament received a huge turnout, including 19 teams spreading out over four fields to compete. The following teams competed in the event: Delta Gamma, Phi Mu, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Lambda Chi Alpha, the baseball team, basketball team, softball team, soccer team, men’s and women’s volleyball, nursing students, and a team of freshmen women. In addition to the teams from Spring Hill, five teams from the University of South Alabama competed in the event.

The teams were competing to win several different awards in conjunction with the weeklong event. The baseball team won first place in the tournament, the soccer team was awarded second place and the team from Lambda Chi Alpha was awarded third.

The ladies of Delta Gamma received the “most spirited” award, and junior Hannah Kraus was named the Tri Delta MVP.

The entrance fee for participating in the tournament was addressing 20 pre-written letters for each team participant asking for donations for Tri Delta’s philanthropy. According to senior Helen Winchell, Tri Delta’s philanthropy chair, “Between the 19 teams and Tri Delta, we will be sending out over 5,000 letters. Our goal is to raise $20,000

through our letter writing event.” Participating teams could also gain extra points by writing extra letters, raising donation money, decorating cars and making door decorations for the members of Tri Delta.

Winchell was very happy with the success of Saturday’s event, which had over 300 people in attendance. “Between the beautiful weather, the music, and the popcorn, pizza, cotton candy, peanuts and hotdogs, the event turned out better than I could have hoped for!” said Winchell. “I couldn’t have pulled all of those teams together without the help of every girl in my chapter. The event was a blast, and all for a purpose.”

All the proceeds from Saturday’s event benefited Tri Delta’s philanthropy, St. Jude Children’s Research

Hospital.

St. Jude is a renown pediatric treatment and research facility that boasts some of the most gifted researchers who have had a part in revolutionary discoveries in the realm of pediatric oncology.

In addition to Scorea-Cure, Tri Delta also hosts “Krawfish for Kids” in the spring to raise money for their philanthropy. “We are always educating and raising awareness for St. Jude in our own chapter. We also are invited every summer to a Collegiate Leadership conference in Memphis at the hospital,” said Winchell.

“The children in that hospital are such an inspiration. It’s such a humbling experience speaking with the patients and families and doctors at St. Jude. I am so proud to be a part of such a great cause.”

ELIZABETH FARREN / Editor-in-Chief

A member of the Spring Hill College baseball team steps up to bat at Delta Delta Delta’s Score-a-Cure event last Saturday.

Source: Fr. Marvin Kitten, S.J.

The Jesuits gather together at the Jesuit residence on campus.

Get to know: The Jesuits The Jesuits that reside on campus give students an inside look as to what brought them to Spring Hill ELIZABETH FARREN Editor in Chief

Many residents of Skip’s Place and Viragh Hall have noticed there are a set of homes that lay on the north edge of campus, for members of the Spring Hill College community who do not go that route, the houses are home to fourteen Jesuits who reside on our campus.

For this week’s ‘Get to Know’ The SpringHillian sat down with Fr. Marvin C. Kitten, S.J. to learn about the fourteen Jesuits that work to make Spring Hill and Mobile a better place.

Fr. Edward B. Arroyo, S.J. more common called Ted by his peers works as director of the Spring Hill Jesuit community.

Arroyo graduated from Spring Hill with an undergraduate degree in sociology as well as his secondary degree in philosophy.

He was ordained as a Jesuit priest in 1975.

Fr. Stephen F. Campbell, S.J. is head of the Fine and Performing Arts department at Spring Hill. He is also a professor of theater. This semester he is directing As You Like It by William Shakespeare. Campbell graduated from Northwestern University with a Ph.D. in 1994.

Fr. Jesús Rodriguez, S.J. is originally from San Antonio, Texas and is professor of Spanish at Spring Hill. Rodriguez is also a University of Alabama Crimson Tide football fan. He works as the minister of the Spring Hill

Jesuit community, helping to organize community living for the Jesuits.

Luis M. Blano-Döring works as a graphic design professor in the communication arts department. He is a third year regent in the Spring Hill Jesuit Community. Originally from Mexico, Blano-Döring has a post-baccalaureate degree in computer graphics and graph design in University of California Los Angeles.

Fr. Ferrell J. Blank has been at Spring Hill for 47 years and he proudly says he is the only brother at Spring Hill.

Blank worked at Spring Hill for many years as the locksmith, but now holds the title college locksmith emeritus.

Fr. David C. Borbridge, S.J. works as an assistance professor of theology and philosophy at Spring Hill. He received his Ph.D. from University of California at Berkley in 1979.

Fr. Marvin C. Kitten, S.J. works in the Campus Ministry department of Spring Hill.

This is his second year on the Hill after living 17 years in New Orleans, where he resided on Loyola’s campus.

Fr. Robert B. Rimes, S.J. works as the spiritual director for the Mobile diocese at the age of 86. As well as working with the Mobile Archdiocese, Rimes works in various other pastoral area through out Mobile.

See Jesuits page 12.

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How trashy are you? Student Spotlight: Afiya Hooker Dr. Bordas proves that keeping Spring Hill College clean is not a difficult goal to achieve

Senior student combines the obligations of college life with the creation of her own business.

DR. LESLI BORDAS

KENDRICK DUNKLIN

lbordas@shc.edu Associate Chemistry Professor

America’s total yearly waste would fill a convoy of garbage trucks long enough to wrap itself around the Earth six times and reach half way to the moon. If all of the 6 billion inhabitants of the world had the same consumer appetite as Americans, we would need four additional planets full of resources.

The average North American consumes ten times as much as the average person living in China and thirty times as much as the average person living in India. Our consumerism is out of control.

So what’s so bad about being consumers? It stimulates the economy, right? Well, it does. Pride of ownership is a good thing but we are forgetting to own the whole package. We are responsible not only for our consumerism but also the trash it leaves in its wake.

Spring Hill College has two full-time employees that do nothing but go around picking up our trash!

Couldn’t they be doing something more productive like fixing the leak in your faucet you called about two weeks ago? Maybe maintenance would be more efficient if it didn’t have to spend a week repairing acts of vandalism from our peers.

Maybe it’s time we “manned up.” Is all that waste really necessary? Was putting bubbles in the fountain and destroying the pump really that funny? Where is our pride of ownership? We have one of the most beautiful campuses in the South, and we are the ones trashing it up.

Just Stop! Think about you actions! If you throw it down, someone has to pick it up. If you break it, someone has to fix it. If you drive through it, well . . . that’s just reckless and selfish.

Don’t allow others to vandalize your space.

Don’t allow others to represent you. Speak for yourself, and show people what you believe in. Take the time to do the right thing, you won’t regret it.

Op/Ed Editor

At 21, Afiya Hooker has accomplished more than what most 21-year-olds can say they have tried to achieve. She can say this because she is a business owner.

Afiya, of Mobile, is a senior psychology major at Spring Hill College, an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and is involved with Spring Hill’s Foley Center. In the past, Afiya has been a Spring Hill resident assistant, a Springhillian Ambassador, a Spring Hill Preview Guide, a member of Residence Hall Association (RHA) and a part of the Showstoppers Dance Team.

Afiya became a member of the Pi Rho Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc in April 2009. She exclaims that the experience has been amazing.

“I love all of my sorors in the sorority and it’s just like having another family outside of your own immediate family. We enjoy time together through

service and also in casual and social situations. It’s an amazing experience and I wouldn’t change it for anything,” Afiya said.

She also proclaims that her experience as a resident assistant at Spring Hill was an interesting experience because she was living in Mobile Hall her sophomore year, and her residents were mostly seniors. “It DOUG BRUCE /Photography Editor was hard to reach out to was great being a mediator them and get their respect between the residents and since they felt like I was a residential life whenever younger student,” said Afithey were having problems ya. “Other than those little because you learn several obstacles, this too was a coping methods in the progood experience. I was able cess.” to use my creative thinking On top of everything to come up with hall decoelse, Afiya owns an E-comrations and hall programs, merce business, which opalong with different ideas erates mainly through the and programs for RHA.” internet. The business is a According to Afiya, part of Quixtar, also known being around constantly to as Amway Global. Afiya assist the entire residential was introduced to the busicommunity was one of her ness her freshman year by difficult tasks of being a resher sister, an attorney in the ident assistant, but she was Washington D.C. area. “I excited she was able to help. started it because I was a “I loved that I was able to struggling college student, reach out to all the students adjusting to the college and form relationships with See Student page 12. them,” Afiya stated. “It

The business and science of music festivals are complex matters The immense amount of work that takes place behind the scenes at music festivals such as BayFest often goes unnoticed DOUG BRUCE

Photography Editor

As the weather cooled down, the music turned up in Mobile for the 15th annual BayFest music festival.

Crowds gathered to see some of their favorite musicians perform live on stage. Most patrons that attend a music festival come and go to the event, appreciating the experience and the shows they have seen, but they do not give much notice to all of the behind the scenes happenings.

They do not think much about who puts on the show or how

they do it, and that’s just fine.

But for those that are interested, this should provide some insight, not only to festival science, but also to the music industry.

First of all, every festival is different. Festivals vary from BayFest in Mobile, to Austin City Limits in Austin, or Lollapooza in Chicago, and Bonnaroo in Tenn., for example. There are many entertainment companies that put on these events. Some of them do multiple large festivals, while others focus on club and theater shows and maybe do a festival a year.

Some have two stages and sell tickets to only a few thousand people. But most large ones sell tickets to thousands and thousands of people.

To put on a festival, the most important step is to determine if the event location has a market. If you cannot sell promote and tickets, then it won’t make money.

So, the festival will not work.

Period.

The company who puts on the festival must have a venue to produce the event and the money to back it up.

Music shows are a business just like anything else, but

no matter how much the artist loves their fans, they have to cover expenses and make money. The artist’s management wants a contracted guarantee that the artist will be paid a negotiated amount from the talent buyer (who is also sometimes called a “promoter”). It is up to the promoter to know their market and what artists will draw attendees. Secondly, they must know how many they need to draw in order to keep ticket prices reasonable, and still make a profit. If they do not, it is not the artist, as much as the promoter that takes the

hit.

A Mobile based company called Huka Entertainment puts on shows around the U.S. While they do not put on BayFest, they do produce large outdoor events and are very familiar with what it takes to run a large event.

According to A.J. Niland, Chief Executive Officer of Huka Entertainment, festivals cannot run on assumed ticket sales income alone. This is why it is important to have sponsors and other investors.

Before the artist is contracted though, the enSee Music page 11.

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Hit band to make appearance downtown Residence Life resolves conflict Popular American rock band, O.A.R, is returning to Mobile to perform live at downtown Mobile’s Saenger Theatre to promote its most recent album.

Life & Culture Editor

SUDOKU

PAIGE MALONE News Editor

ABBY COWART

Huka Entertainment announced last week that popular American rock band O.A.R. is scheduled to play live at the Saenger Theatre on Monday, Oct. 19.

After making an appearance last November at the University of South Alabama’s Mitchell Center, O.A.R. is returning to grace Mobile with one of its critically renowned live performances.

The show will promote O.A.R.’s 2008 album, “All Sides.” Matt Wallace, the mastermind behind many of the band, Maroon 5’s biggest hits, produced the album. The track list features the hit song “Shattered” which was the second single released from the album and proves to be the band’s biggest hit to date, peaking at #36 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The album offers a wide variety of songs, ranging from sweeping ballads to guitar anthems.

This unifying experience, plus the realization that the song selections showcased every facet of the band and its musical tastes, led to the band naming the unit “All

Resident Assistants discuss ways to solve conflicts

Source: Of A Revolution Web site

Sides.”

For those people who are unfamiliar with the band’s works, O.A.R., or Of A Revolution, exhibits a rock feel with an alternative pop flair. Since it’s start in 1996, the band has gained fortune and following, hitting mainstream success in 2005 when its fifth album, “Stories of a Stranger,” debuted at #40 on the Billboard 200.

In December 2008, VH1 named the music video for “Shattered” as number 18 on their Top 40 Videos of 2008, saying, “O.A.R. is no longer this well-kept secret; they finally have broken through to mainstream.”

Eleven years after the group’s first release, O.A.R. has come to stand for authentic rock music that reflects the collective

Answer to last week’s puzzle:

triumphs and tragedies experienced in this world: real people making real music that resounds deeply with their fans. And what a crowd O.A.R. attracts.

Hailed as one of the best live bands on the planet, O.A.R. has built a rabid following and a well-deserved reputation as a must-see band when they come to town.

Doors for Monday night’s event will open at 6 p.m. with the show starting at 7 p.m. The Saenger Theatre is located in downtown Mobile on 6 South Joachim Street. Tickets for the concert are available for $32.50 and can be purchased at all Ticketmaster outlets, the Saenger Theatre Box Office, Ticketmaster.com, HukaEntertainment.com, or by phone at 1-800-277-1700.

The transition from high school to college is never easy.

Students go from being completely comfortable with the people and situations around them, to completely starting over in a new world

The relationships that have propelled them forward for the last 17 years are suddenly gone, and they are forced to meet new people and adapt accordingly. Student affairs have realized over the years that with the building of new relationships, conflict often follows.

Wellness center counselor Lynda Olen says “we see so many students who do not have fundamental communication skills: listening effectively, speaking clearly, awareness of importance of body language (7 percent words vs.

93 percent body language in any effective communication), patience with those who are different, and attitude toward finding a compromise.” For this reason, they have developed a program to attend to this issue and teach freshmen how to properly deal with conflict.

They are also concerned with the impact that it will have on students in the future if they are lacking these skills.

Olen says, “If they don’t start learning now, it could severely limit their choices as they follow their career paths and/or the job market. Not knowing how to resolve simple issues can cause someone to act drastically rather than more routinely. One might quit a job he/she likes rather than confront a coworker about simple boundaries. “

In the past couple of weeks, students of the Residence Life staff have been meeting with freshmen seminar groups showing them how to deal with conflict between roommates, family members, professors, significant others as well as other people. During these sessions, freshmen are presented with tactics on how to approach conflict through different exercises.

One exercise requires students to identify similarities and differences among small groups. Resident Assistant Ryan Cole says through this exercise students find that it is much harder to find similarities than differences. He says this shows students that they must accept these differences and learn to cope accordingly. The session teaches students how to handle these situations focusing on different components of conflict resolution such as speaking clearly, listening, self-control and diversity awareness among others.

Olen says the best way to resolve conflict is “with a soft ‘information gathering’ approach, hoping to invite an answer, rather than starting in by drawing a line in the sand in a threatening delivery” she describes it like tossing a ball, Toss it so can be caught. Do not throw it so hard the other cannot catch.

Ryan Cole, a resident assistant helping with the project, says is conflict is inevitable, “there’s a lot of drama at this campus, conflict is going to happen eventually and it helps to do stuff like this.” He explains that as a resident assistant, they are trained to handle such conflicts, but urge students to handle them on their own.

Olen says learning to handle conflict is “like learning to ride a bicycle. If you don’t ride and fall off a few times, you won’t learn how to do it.”

Aside from this new program, one tactic they have employed is roommate contracts. Cole says this establishes agreement between the roommates regarding issues like study times and guest visitation which can help prevent issues in the future. Students dealing with conflict issues can talk to their resident assistants or area coordinators or they can make an appointment to see Mrs. Olen in the Wellness Center.

These people have been trained to handle these situations and are always willing to help.

Cole says they have gotten positive response thus far. “They have liked it a lot, it seems to be a good topic,” says Cole.

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Music festivals require knowledge of scene Book Review: Blake Nelson’s novel offers advice to teenagers

Continued from page 9.

tertainment company must secure permits for the venue, be it a park or city streets, and find sponsors to help relieve the financial burden. Local government support is essential because the festival will need support from police, noise ordinance, media publicity, businesses, public transportation and more.

After the venue is secured, artists can be contracted and a team within the entertainment company can begin moving forward on meeting other needs. It does not matter who you bring in, if you do not have a venue and financial support first, you cannot begin the rest.

As soon as artists are lined up, publicizing begins.

There is an initial publication of the line-up months ahead of the event, followed buy continued output to stay in the public’s attention. This means television releases and advertisements, radio spots and give-a-ways, newspaper advertisements, Web site and social network presence and business sponsorship. Usually a public relations film is hired to handle these tasks, maintain a brand message, and filter who gets press and V.I.P. access during the event.

As the hype builds, many entertainment companies have found a lot of value in generating feedback, conversation and interaction through social networking sites like Facebook. For Austin City Limits and Lollapalooza, the promoter C3, Inc. released an iPhone application with custom schedules, updates, and artist biographies. Some festivals that have video screens have hallowed attendees to text photos and massages in that are displayed on-screen.

When publicizing begins, the promoter starts securing all the assets that are needed for a festival. This means the contractors who

Nelson’s coming of age story reflects the lives of many ANNA PLOVANICH alplovanich@stumail.shc.edu Contributing Writer

DOUG BRUCE / Photography Editor

Workers gaze from backstage as the crowd gathered to see the Dave Matthews Band at the Austin City Limits music festival. will build stages, provide sound and lighting production services, generators, security personal, first-aid services, landscape and custodial engineers, fork lifts and other construction equipment, on-site transportation, videography and projection, mobile bathrooms and sanitation services, office trailers, catering services, hotel accommodations for headliners, fencing and barricades, food vendors, etc.

Spring Hill College senior Jared Stoves interned as a member of the marketing team for BayFest. Stoves said he was amazed by how “many separate elements can come together like clockwork. Hundreds of sponsors, artists and festival employees worked around the clock for months to provide 3 days of solid entertainment for the city of Mobile.”

Most festivals use an outside agent to handle ticketing services. For example, you have probably heard of Live Nation. They are the largest “promoter” in the country, but you usually buy your tickets from Ticketmaster. This is an example of how there are many levels in the food chain of sub-contracting to produce a festival.

See, Ticketmaster does not put on the event, but they provide a service to the promoter and help publicize the event.

Before, during and

just after the event, the entire team from the entertainment company is “all hands on deck,” so-to-speak. There will always be things that come up, go wrong, or change, so the same ingenuity that formulated the event, will be put to the test as it is happening. At the end of the day, if everyone does there job well, most attendees will never know what or if something went wrong.

Tour buses get lost and break down, weather changes, vendors cancel, people get hurt and countless other scenarios can occur, but a small, dedicated army works to take care of these issues as soon as issues arise. That is why these festivals are put on by a team of hard working professionals and not just a random meeting of 100 or more artists. Stoves explains, “Something going wrong in a huge event is inevitable but it takes many dedicated people and planning to be able to divert the problem as quickly as possible.”

After the event is over, there are always notes to be taken for improvements next time, sponsors to follow-up with and fans to connect with. The better job an entertainment company does at maintaining its event as a recognizable brand, the better chance it has of selling more tickets next time.

There are a few books I associate with coming of age, such as J. D. Salinger’s Franny and Zooey, The Diary of Anne Frank, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird.

For my own personal canon, I have added Blake Nelson’s Girl to this list, a modern novel that has quickly become an underground classic and favorite of angsty, soul-searching teenage girls.

Girl follows Portland, Ore. native Andrea through her last two years in high school.

Amazon.com describes the novel aptly: “Andrea’s candid and surprisingly sweet monologue, uncondescendingly records a world of clothes anxieties, coolness consciousness and her confusing mix of tender, erotic and angry feelings toward alternative rocker, downtown big shot and onand-off lover Todd Sparrow.”

While I didn’t have an affair with a grungy front man, this sounds very similar to the worries that occupied my own mind as a high schooler.

Reading through the novel, I found myself able to totally relate to Andrea’s predicaments.

Andrea makes new friendships, loses old ones, and experiments with boys, all while trying to make sense of her place in the world. In the end, she reaches a beginning in self-discovery before she must prepare for college. Fans of My So-Called Life (or any girl at all, really) are sure to thoroughly enjoy this novel.

A film version was also produced in 1998, starring Dominique Swain [Andrea], Sean Patrick Flannery [Todd Sparrow], Selma Blair, Tara Reid and Portia de Rossi. It was more or less an adequate

adaptation, but probably could have been done better with a larger budget and a more experienced leading actress.

Made famous for boob-exposing, Tara Reid is humorously cast as a deep, troubled youth who fronts a rock band and influences Andrea to join her counter culture. Overall the movie is alright, but not one you might care to view a second time. My advice is to check out the book instead.

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BayFest music festival a success despite the weather

Sunday’s rainy weather did not deter huge crowds from attending the 15th annual BayFest music festival in downtown Mobile PAIGE MALONE News Editor

Music lovers from all over the country gathered in downtown Mobile over the weekend enjoying all that the 15th annual BayFest had to offer. Although Sunday’s rain may have slowed them down, this year’s festival brought in a record crowd, meaning a huge economic boom for the city of Mobile.

The festivities began around 6:30 p.m. on Friday and ended

late Sunday night. From morning till night fans roamed the streets listening to everything from the Steve Miller Band to Ludacris. Looking at the line-up it was clear that no matter what your musical tastes are, with four stages constantly hosting a variety of acts, there was something for everyone.

Music was not the only thing on festival-goers minds, there was food games and fun for every age. For the children there was a variety of activities such as face painting and a

petting zoo, but do not feel bad for the parents, the cold beer was always near by.

One of the best things about this years BayFest was the diversity in the crowd and music.

It is amazing to see a 75 year old and a 17 year old rocking out to the Commodores side by side.

Not only did the crowds have a blast, local businesses also made out pretty sweet. Vendors selling t-shirts, hats and other goods made tons of money off of the large crowds. Local businesses

surrounding the festival also got a huge surge of business. Although most of the partiers had been out all day, they were still going strong through the night giving local bars a reason to stay open late.

But the event did not go off without a hitch.

As Ludacris rounded up the last performers of the night the concert took a very dangerous turn. One concert-goer decided it was a good idea to stand on top of a gas meter, it definitely was not. Before long the meter sprung a leak and

thousands of concert-goers were evacuated. Fortunately no one was hurt, but Ludacris did have to cut his show short.

Despite a little rain and a minor gas leak, this year’s BayFest brought in over 200 thousand people and millions of dollars to the city of Mobile.

Organizers say this is largely due to the big-name line up. The music festival keeps growing every year, so if you missed it this year, it’s a likely assumption that next year will be even better!

Jesuits call Spring Hill College home Student creates business Continued from page 8.

Fr. Javier San Martin, S.J. is originally from Peru and he works specifically with Hispanic ministry in the Archdiocese of Mobile.

Fr. Christopher J. Viscardi, S.J. works at Spring Hill as department chair and professor of theology. Viscardi came to Spring Hill in 1986 and he current serves at a board of trustee member for the college.

He also serves as Vicar for Hispanic Ministry in the Archbishop of Mobile, where he has been since 1983.

Anthony Wieck is a Jesuit scholastic who’s beginning his first year at Spring

SUDOKU Fill in the grid so that every row, column, and 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9. Answers for the puzzle will be in next week’s paper.

Hill. He works with Residence Life as an area coordinator for O’Leary and Toolen Halls. On Oct. 24, Wieck will become a deacon. The ceremony will take place in San Francisco. Wieck will be ordained as a priest on June 5, 2010 in St. Joseph Chapel.

Fr. Michael A. Williams, S.J. works as a professor of English. As well as being a professor, Williams is also involved with student life and activates as coordinator for Lambda Chi Alpha and Knights of Columbus. As well being involved in the community, Williams travels to London to work with a local parish church . He

has been traveling overseas for over 30 years.

The final two Jesuits residing on campus are Fr. Richard P. Salmi, S.J. and Fr. Gregory F. Lucey, S.J. Salmi is the 38th president of Spring Hill, who traveled here from Loyola University at Chicago.

Lucey, the former president of Spring Hill, is considered by some to be the missing 14th Jesuit because of this is his sabbatical this year.

For more information on the Jesuits and the Spring Hill Jesuit Community contact Fr. Marvin C. Kitten, S.J. at mkitten@shc.edu or by visiting him in the 1st floor east wing of Walsh.

Continued from page 9.

life,” said Afiya. “My sister informed me about the business opportunity and I loved the idea. So, I sat in on a few meetings and decided to become an entrepreneur in about a week.”

Afiya has an online store where customers can buy everything from washing powder to energy drinks to renter’s insurance to facial care products. Afiya said that the experience of owning her business has been great but can be quite overwhelming. Yet, Afiya does not let it get to her.

“The good thing is that when I want to slack off from business, I can because it’s my business,” Afiya exclaimed. “And when I want more income and more success, I can put more into my business and get results because it’s my business! It’s pretty good both ways!”

It has not been easy for Afiya to balance owning her own company and being a student. She understands that her main priority is graduation, so she puts school before everything. “I believe that if I work hard in school, my business will

reap the benefits,” Afiya said. “I say that because if I’m upset about not having time to study or not doing well on a quiz or an exam, I can’t focus on my business in a positive way.” Afiya said she is perfectly fine missing a few business calls and a few business trips to focus on her education.

Aside from her education and activities at Spring Hill and her business, Afiya is active in her church, she is active with the J.L. Bedsole Scholars program and she is involved with a community outreach program where she mentors and tutors.

“I currently tutor a young boy in the fourth grade and I’ve been mentoring and tutoring him for about a year now,” Afiya said. “This is my own outreach that I try to do for at least one adolescent that is outside of the school.”

After graduation, Afiya plans to attend graduate school to earn her doctorate in psychology. She also plans to take a few economics and finance courses for the economist position that she has been offered at a government agency.

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Greenberry Taylor Sports Editor gbtaylor@stumail.shc.edu

Sports

Cross Country teams traveled to Florida this past weekend Both men’s and women’s cross-country teams traveled to the University of West Florida to compete in the Gulf Coast Stampede GREENBERRY TAYLOR Sports Editor

Last weekend the cross-country teams traveled to compete in the Gulf Coast Stampede hosted by the University of West Florida. Both the men and women’s teams performed well at this meet.

The men finished eighth out of 11 teams and second among GCAC teams that were present. The Badgers top five runners clocked a total time of 2:29:52 over the 8-kilometer course and tallied a total of 240 points with an average time of 29:58.40. Sophomore Will Kirkikis took the number 48 spot with a time of 28:57.00 while sophomore Christian Boyer placed 55 with a time of 30:05.

Other runners for Spring Hill College who placed Saturday include freshman Ben Pace placing 60th at 30:13, senior Mark Kirkikis, placing 61, at 30:17, sophomore Brian Otero, placing 62 at 30:20, freshman Thomas

Kinsey, placing 66 at 30:33, freshman the Badger record books, Imwalle Garrett Schumacher, placing 74th at also lead Spring Hill with a time of 31:45, freshman Bryan Dulion, plac19:21.00 and placed 16th among 99 ing 68 at 36:38 and junior Robbie total runners.

Farrell placing 89 at 39:16.

As a team, the lady Badgers

So far this season the men have beat GCAC opponents Loyola Uniplaced fourth out of seven in the Troy versity-New Orleans by more than University Meet and fourth out of two minutes. However, they fell short seven in the of beating Azalea City “ We’re ahead of where I thought we’d another conbe at this point. But we’re still not Classic. ference rival, where we want to be.

We’ll get there,

While Xavier Unithe men fin- however. Today I think our runners versity-New ished with Orleans, by saw just how good we can be.” respectable two minutes.

-Joe Williams times, the Spring Hill women’s placed tenth team witnessed one of their members out of 12 teams running a total time enter the Spring Hill athletic’s history of 1:49:54.10 with an average time of books.

21:58.82.

Sophomore Kate Imwalle ran

Coach Joe Williams told The the seventh best 5-kilometer time in SpringHillian, “ We’re ahead of Spring Hill women’s cross country where I thought we’d be at this point. history Saturday at the University of But we’re still not where we want to West Florida. be. We’ll get there, however. Today

Aside from going down in I think our runners saw just how good

we can be.”

Other runners for the Lady Badgers who placed Saturday include senior Kayla Fox placing 61 at 22:13, freshman Kiearstan Carter placing 67 with a time of 22:34, junior Ceci Venker placing 69 at 22:41, sophomore Emily Stewart placing at 23:05, sophomore Lynne Fritscher placing 77 at 23:25, sophomore Ashley Derenbecker placing 80 at 24:03, freshman Julie Sellers placing at 26:42 and junior Davanne Piccini placing at 27:00.

The women so far this season have placed fifth out of seven at the Troy University Meet and fifth out of six at the Azalea City Classic.

This weekend proved not only to be a milestone for individuals like Imwalle, but also for the College itself.

Having athletes like Imwalle shows that the rich athletic traditions of the Hill are still much alive.

The cross-country teams run next in Clinton, Miss., Saturday, October 17 at the Mississippi College.

What’s your fantasy? Picks for week five in the NFL

Get a breakdown of who to start and who to sit and the options for your fantasy team for this upcoming NFL weekend.

EVAN PARROTT

enparrott@stumail.shc.edu Editor Emeritus

One of the key rules of fantasy football is that a fantasy owner should always start their stars. Regardless of performance, streaks or matchups, a fantasy owner should always play their best players.

However, this NFL season is creating a bit of doubt when it comes to that issue.

In past years, an owner would never think about benching Ladainian Tomlinson in favor of a waiver wire pickup just because Tomlinson was having a couple of bad games. But after 70 total yards and a total of 10 fantasy points through four games, owners have to decide where and when to draw the line.

Owners must ask themselves whether or not it is time to bench their “premium” player in favor of bench player with a good match-up. It’s

hard for an owner to admit a mistake and bench a player they smugly selected in the first or second round (Dwayne Bowe) in favor of a guy who they selected in the eleventh round because they had a cool sounding name (Pierre Garςon). But, sometimes that is what it takes to win each week.

Keep that in mind as you read my article this week.

Don’t let your allegiances to your perceived “best” players blind you from maximizing your team’s points. It’s tough to make these decisions, but sometimes an owner just has to man up; fantasy football isn’t about pride, it’s about winning…. and somehow making games like the Rams vs. the Buccaneers interesting.

Quarterback Start ‘em

Tony Romo @ Kansas City Chiefs

Owners may be discouraged from playing Romo considering his struggles the past two weeks. The Dallas quarterback has not thrown a touchdown since week two.

Look for Romo to bounce back against a passing defense that has given up an average of two passing touchdowns a game.

Owner Beware David Garrard @ Seattle Seahawks

Garrard had a career day last week against the Titans in which he threw for over 300 yards and three touchdowns.

Owners should keep in mind that Garrard’s performance was against a depleted Titans secondary and that it is extremely tough for a team to travel across the country. Expect

Jacksonville to heavily run the ball in Seattle and for Garrard’s numbers to adjust accordingly.

Sleeper

Trent Edwards @ Cleveland Browns

Owners have begun to give up on Edwards, who was a preseason favorite to become a surefire starting fantasy quarterback. Edwards has not been able to get the ball to receivers Terrell Owens and Lee Evans very successfully this season. He should have a much easier time against an inferior Browns team this week.

He is quietly averaging 14 fantasy points a week. He faces the worst rush defense in the league this week in the Houston Texans.

Sit ‘em

Running Back

Marshawn Lynch @ Cleveland Browns

It seems that Lynch has successfully become the number two RB in Buffalo’s backfield. In his first game back from a three game suspension, Lynch was relegated to less carries than his replacement, Fred Jackson. Look for this trend to continue, as Jackson has become the every down back in Buffalo’s offense.

Start ‘em

Owner Beware

Tim Hightower vs. Houston Texans

Hightower has flown under the radar this season.

Michael Turner @ San Francisco 49ers

See Picks page 16.

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Lady Badger volleyball keeps positive outlook on semester After a short break for women’s volleyball, the Lady Badgers are coming back strong with positive momentum.

GREENBERRY TAYLOR Sports Editor

Since the Badgers match against Talladega College was postponed on Sept. 25, the women’s volleyball team has been as busy as bees on the hardwood.

The Badgers had a nice break, thanks to the transportation problems, but were back in action at home Sept. 30 against conference opponents Dillard University. Spring Hill College avenged an earlier 3-1 loss they suffered to the Bleu Devils this season by sweeping them 3-0. The Badgers won by scores of 25-14, 25-22 and 26-24.

The most challenging match for Spring Hill proved to be the third when Dillard was up 4-0 early. However, the Badgers found a way to recover and took a 7-5 lead.

After that Spring Hill found themselves with a 21-13 lead and it seemed like they were a shoe-in for the victory. But Dillard came back firing, tying

the game at 24 all. In the end, the Badgers regained composure and finished the game off scoring the final two points making the final score 26-24.

Sophomore Sarah Stacey led the Badger with 10 kills while sophomore setter Sally Reese tallied 19 assists.

Senior Melissa Williams and Reese each added 13 digs and junior Emily Williams dished out three aces for the Badgers.

This win marked the second straight win for Spring Hill. Feeling confident about this shut-out conference win, the Badgers (4-6) traveled to Talladega College to play their match up that had been postponed.

Spring Hill tasted another shutout victory last Friday night, beating Talladega College 3-0 by scores of 25-15, 25-17 and 25-16.

Leading the Badgers was junior Cassandra Marchand with 13 kills while Holly Shultis added 11 kills for the night. Reese added two ser-

vice aces. Williams added 25 digs for the Badgers, proving why she is nationally ranked second in the NAIA with a 6.69 digs per set average.

This victory brought the Badgers record to 5-6 and their winning streak to three as they were set to face non-conference rival Faulkner University Monday night at home.

The Badgers three game winning streak ended Monday night as Spring Hill fell to the Faulkner Eagles 3-1, losing by match scores 25-18, 18-25, 25-21 and 25-17.

Spring Hill had its first taste of defeat in three games in the first match when the Eagles took a 3-0 lead out of the gate before finishing the Badgers off 25-18. However, the Badgers bounced back in the second match taking a 6-0 lead right out of the gate before defeating the Eagles 25-18. The third match was a struggle for both teams to find a constant momentum until

Soccer teams find victory and defeat at home The men’s team tasted victory, while the women were left with the sour taste of defeat as the Badgers faced LSU-Shreveport at home.

GREENBERRY TAYLOR Sports Editor

The men and women’s soccer teams hosted LSU-Shreveport Tuesday afternoon on Library field.

While the men managed to edge off Shreveport, the women’s team fell short in a defensive battle.

The men are undefeated in the GCAC after getting the 3-1 victory over LSUShreveport Tuesday at home.

The Badgers drew first blood when senior middle forward, Zechariah Townsend, scored at the 19:23 mark of the first half.

Juniors Price Privet and Deven Arnold are credited with the assist to Townsend.

Both defenses were

sharp, but Shreveport found a way to score in the second half at the 56:53 mark when Zach Kelly scored on a penalty kick, which tied to game at one all. However the Badgers would prevail, scoring two goals late in the game. Arnold scored at the 79:35 mark while sophomore Gable Fortune scored the Badgers final goal at the 82:59 mark of the game.

This win brought the Badgers record to 1-0 in the GCAC and 2-9 overall. The men travel to play William Carey University on Oct. 13.

While the men found success against LSUShreveport, the women fell short in what proved to a hard fought game on the defensive front.

The two teams battled it out for almost an entire half without a goal until Shreveport’s Martina Dosen found the goal with five minutes remaining in the first half, putting LSU-S up 1-0.

After failing to score in the first half, the Badgers struggled to get on the scoreboard, but held strong on defense, holding Shreveport scoreless. However, the Badgers would fall short to the ladies of Shreveport, losing 1-0.

The women host Union College from Kentucky this Friday on Library Field at 5 p.m.

the eagles went on 6-1 run and edged the Badgers 25-21. The Eagles prevailed in the fourth match, although Spring Hill hung tough before losing 25-17.

The leader for the Badgers was Marchand who had 14 kills while Reese dished out 32 assists. Stacey had four service aces and Williams piled up 23 digs.

This loss put the Badgers at 5-7, who are set to play in the Faulkner University Invitational Friday. The Badgers open the Invitational against Shorter College at 1 p.m.

DOUG BRUCE / Photography Editor

Sophomore Sarah Stacey goes up to spike the ball at home against Dillard University on Wednesday, Sept. 30.

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Picks for this weekend get much more in depth in the NFL Continued from page 13.

Michael Turner is exactly one of the people I was referring to in the introduction of my article. Turner is averaging less than four yards a carry and 10 fantasy points a game. This week, Turner faces a top five rushing defense in the 49ers.

Feel free to start Turner, but I would heavily consider other alternatives on your team.

Wide Reciever Start ‘em DeSean Jackson @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Jackson has recently solidified himself as one of the most dependable fantasy options at wide receiver. Jackson is one of the best homerun threats in the league and he goes up against one of the worst

secondaries in the NFL this week. Regardless who starts at quarterback for the Eagles, Jackson is poised to have a great game.

Sit ‘em Roy Williams @ Kansas City Chiefs

Since last year’s trade, Williams has yet to prove that he isn’t a bust in Dallas. It is a little disheartening to know that last week when the Cowboys were driving down the field in the final minutes of their game against the Broncos, Williams was on the sideline.

It seems that the Cowboys’ coaching staff have as much faith in Williams as I do.

Romo should have a pretty good game this week, but look for his passes to go to other Dallas receivers.

Sleeper

Tight End

ends this season.

Sit ‘em Derrick Mason @ Cincinnati Start ‘em Kellen Winslow @ Philadelphia Bengals Chris Cooley @ Carolina Eagles

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