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...but let’s not forget all that happened!
“Have a great summer.” -The staff of SP’09
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SpringHillian The
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Volume 88, Number 20
Mobile’s First Collegiate Newspaper
Thursday, April 23, 2009
The Spring Hill College Treasures Series: SHC’s first library, Byrne Hall, is a story of generosity Byrne Memorial Hall was built on the behalf of the generous donations made by Mr. Thomas Byrne and wife Nora, but tragically neither one was ever able to see the final product. ASHLEY ROBINSON (Co) Editor in Chief
A Fond Farewell: Gregory F. Lucey, S.J. is retiring in June. Lucey sat down with The SpringHillian to let students know what his retirement plans are and to talk about how SHC is doing in these tough economic times.
See A Sit Down page 2.
Most notably known for its soaring columns and descending steps in front, prominent speakers and central location, Thomas Byrne Memorial Hall was the second and last building to be built according to the Walsh Plan. Built in the late 1920s and dedicated in May 1931, Byrne Hall was noted as the “most up-to-date library in the South,” according to a 1931 publication of The SpringHillian. Equipped to hold up to 150 volumes of books, the library was built after an atrocious fire destroyed the East Wing of the Administration Building. The library’s benefactor was Thomas and Nora Hyland Byrne of Chicago, Ill. According to Gleanings: From the Spring Hill College Archives by Charles J. Boyle, Thomas Byrne came to New York as an Irish immigrant. He soon moved to Chicago where
Photo by Maria Walser
Byrne provides visitors to SHC a beautiful and traditional backdrop as they head down the Avenue of the Oaks.
he became very successful, owning numerous commercial buildings, including hotels and apartments. In 1886, he married Nora Hyland and later became the father of ten children. Several of their children attended Spring See Byrne page 5.
Spending your money domestically; help boost the shaky economy college graduate, that the economy in the United States is in a recession. Stocks are low, unemployment is up and the American car industry is about to close up shop- literally. There have been jokes about ways to keep your money in America, like by buying American beer like Abita or, ironically Corona, LINDSEY PETERSON (Co) Editor in Chief prostitutes and baseball tickets, but It comes as no surprise to any let’s get serious. The United States American citizen, or soon-to-be could soon see a way out of this mess,
It’s an all out battle as American companies fight to stay afloat in this unstable economic climate. Here are a few tips about how to keep your money in not only Mobile, Ala., but in the American economy.
and it would really start with putting money back in the economy. Some clothing companies, while they are scarce, still actually do make their clothes in the USA. For instance, Mademoiselle, Hartstrings, New Balance and thousands of designers like Tory Burch and Lauren Moffatt all make their apparel in the United States. Unfortunately, it is rather difficult for apparel companies to decide to make their products in the
U.S. because of high costs of labor and real estate. To get a complete list of companies that make clothing in the U.S., check out Apparel Search’s Web site. While ladies’ apparel and children’s clothing may not be what you’re looking for, another great way to keep your money in the economy is by supporting local businesses. Mobile, Ala., has many See American page 3.
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2 THE SPRINGHILLIAN Thursday, April 23, 2009
A sit down interview with Fr. Lucey Piracy not tolerated by Fr. Gregory F. Lucey, S.J. takes a moObama Administration ment out of his day to answer some questions from The SpringHillian. ELIZABETH FARREN News Editor
For many Spring Hill College families, the first time they are introduced to Fr. Gregory F. Lucey, S.J. is when he speaks at the annual Freshman Convocation with his famous “Shipwreck” speech. For over a decade, SHC students have been forewarned that college comes with countless shipwrecks and that if you survive SHC without any, then Fr. Lucey will reimburse your tuition. Come August this year, there will be a new convocation speech and no Fr. Lucey, but his legacy will be left behind. For some students, Fr. Lucey is just a familiar face; for others, Fr. Lucey knows their name and they chat upon seeing each other about school or current events. In June, Fr. Lucey will retire from being president of SHC, so The SpringHillian wanted to take this opportunity to interview him. We hope that students who do not know Fr. Lucey will know him a little better after this interview and that the students who know him well already will chuckle at his responses. When asked about how SHC’s financial are doing during this economy, Fr. Lucey responded by saying that our endowment has been affected, but that the college is still doing well because of other sources of support and funding. Fr. Lucey ended by saying that this time is “perhaps the most economically difficult [time he] has experienced [at SHC].” Fr. Lucey still considers the partnerships between alumni, the Board of Trustees and the SHC community to be his greatest accomplishment. He feels having such a partnership allows for “good governance of the school and good support for the school.” EF: The Springhillian wanted to talk to you about your retirement and your last month at Spring Hill. GL: 45 days, but who’s counting? EF: With the current economic times, how have enrollment numbers been affected? GL: You know, I am really pleasantly
surprised that with freshmen, incoming freshmen, it would appear, that it’s not affecting them, that our numbers look better than they did last year. So, we’re very optimistic; very optimistic. You kind of hold your breath, and hope that the shoe doesn’t fall. Sometimes, this time of year you have good numbers and then it will melt during the summer. And you know if fifty families lose their jobs or something. But, right now it looks very good. Today we have thirty families here all accepted, ten have deposited, with the possibility of ten more depositing, so our deposits are up. EF: What do you plan to do during your retirement? GL: The first thing I am going to do is go to Wisconsin where I grew up. I am going to spend some time praying, but I am also going to just enjoy summer in Wisconsin, visit with friends and relatives and just kind of hang out. For the fall, I am looking into sabbatical programs for religious men and women who are in transition; they’re moving from whatever to whatever and are able to take out time for a formal reflection, to learn what is going on in theology and to sort of take care of myself and looking at what’s in the next chapter for me. Then that takes me up to Christmas, so that second semester, I am not sure what I am going to do. I am thinking about possibly an immersion experience: go down to Belize or go to India or going to a different culture and experience a different lifestyle and experience a kind of poverty. Then I would come back sometime in the summer of 2010 and do whatever Fr. Salmi would like me to do. EF: How is the campus center doing? Is it still on schedule? GL: I think so; it should be completed by this time next year. We figure by graduation it will be completed. There have been some needs to kind of change around the sequence of things and the rain has slowed them down a bit, but it’s going to be great! Student Government Association will be throwing Fr. Lucey a “Bon Voyage!” party in front of the Outlaw Recreation Center from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday, April 27. Contact Colby Melvin at cjmelvin@stumail. shc.edu if you have any questions.
U.S. Navy SEALs rescue Capt. Robert Phillips from Somali pirates. ASHLEY ROBINSON
While many were settling into their beds after a long day of finding Easter eggs and stuffing their faces with chocolate, President Obama gave the go-ahead to the U.S. Navy to take down the Somali pirates that had taken USS Maersk Alabama’s Captain, Richard Phillips, hostage. According to an article published in early April by BBC, there have been more that 130 hostile encounters off the coast of Somalia in the past year. Piracy has been growing in numbers in the past years. On April 8, the USS Maersk Alabama was attacked. USS Maersk Alabama is a container ship owned by Copenhagen and is operated out of Norfolk, Va. The ship was en route to Mombassa, Kenya, to deliver food aid and other cargo. The crew encountered pirates off the
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Captain Richard Phillips coast of Somalia and were successful in keeping control of the vessel; Phillips was eventually captured and held hostage. The day after the captain was rescued, Obama vowed 500 miles away from where the sea stand-off took place to band together with other countries in order to strengthen the fight against piracy. At a Washington news conference, Obama said, “I want to be very clear that we are resolved to halt the rise of piracy in that region and to achieve that goal, we’re going to have to continue to work with our partners to prevent further attacks.”
Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Web site
USS Bainbridge tows the lifeboat that Capt. Robert Phillips was held hostage in from April 8 to April 12, 2009.
News Day & Date
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Coming up this month on campus...
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Event
Student Art Exhibition PRCA Professional Development luncheon Lecture: Eddie Snyder Fine Arts: Great Expectations Opening Night
Time
Location
Contact Person
All Day 11:00 a.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m.
Eichold Gallery Communication Arts Communication Arts Arlene Mitchell Theater
Wanda Sullivan, wsullivan@shc.edu Alicia Reeves, aareeves@stumail.shc.edu Alicia Reeves, aareeves@stumail.shc.edu Lynne Sciple, 380-3855
Saturday, April 25, 2009
TKE: Culberson Golf Tournament
9:00 a.m.
Spring Hill Golf Course
J Hay, jdhay@stumail.shc.edu
Monday, April 27, 2009
Bon Voyage, Fr. Lucey!
12:00 p.m.
Outside Outlaw Rec. Center
Colby Melvin, cjmelvin@stumail.shc.edu
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Senior Fairway Farewell Yard Sale Fine Arts: The Archduke Trio Altmayer Lecture: Dr. Margaret Davis
2:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m.
Fairway Apartments at the Gazebo Laura Classen & Chris Johnson, 504-952-8508 Fine Arts Department, 380-3855 St. Joseph Chapel Cheryl Kirkland, 380-2262 Gautrelet Room
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Late Night Breakfast
9:00 p.m.
Cafe
Student Activities, 380-3027
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Commencement Begins
10:00 a.m.
Avenue of the Oaks
Academic Affairs, 380-2262
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Great Expectations runs from Thursday, April 23, through Sunday, April 26, at 8 p.m. nightly. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for SHC students.
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Please note that will be there no class Thursday, April 30.
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Exams begin Friday, May 1.
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All residents need to be moved out of their rooms 24 hours after their last exam or by noon on Thursday, May 2.
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Summer Mini I starts on Wednesday, May 13.
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On April 1, 2009, at 10:30 p.m., a student reported that he had discovered that someone had broken the glass out of the driver’s side window of his vehicle. The vehicle had been parked at the Fairway parking lot at 2:00 a.m. on April 1, 2009. He found that his CD player and an amplifier had been removed from his vehicle. The Mobile Police Department is investigating. On April 8, 2009, at 2:32 a.m., a Public Safety patrol officer reported finding that someone had taken the stop sign from the intersection of Rimes Road and Plant Drive. On April 8, 2009, at 2:51 a.m., a Public Safety patrol officer reported finding that someone had removed a section of wall paper from the wall in the basement of the New Residence Hall. On April 9, 2009, at 2:45 p.m., a college staff member reported that the campus signs on Plant Drive and on the Avenue of the Oaks had been damaged. On April 10, 2009, at 8:41 p.m., a Public Safety patrol officer found that someone had removed a “No Construction Parking” sign from the ground near the Visitor Parking spaces adjacent to the Central Energy Plant. On April 14, 2009, at 3:40 p.m., a Public Safety patrol officer reported finding that someone had bent and removed portions of the railing on the third floor of Viragh Hall. On April 17, 2009, at 9:10 a.m., a staff member from Plant/Operations found that someone had broken a card reader on the second floor of Skip’s Place. -Courtesy of James Crosby
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Businesses that students at Spring Hill College have the opportunity to support. Carpe Diem, Picklefish, Holiday Inc., Whistle Stop Café, Metzger’s and many more companies are locally owned and operated. Finally, another tip—keep travels focused in America. Summer is coming up and why even leave the country? Several places in the U.S. are over looked. Sure, head to NYC or L.A. but don’t forget about places like Hilton Head, N.C., Seattle, Wa. or Phoenix, Ariz. Hilton Head has
beautiful beaches and a crisp Atlantic wind that keeps the beach warm by day and cool by night. Seattle explodes in the summer. The foliage comes alive and visitors can catch bands playing in the streets outside of funky coffee shops. Phoenix is smack-dab in the middle of the desert and that means when the sun sets, the colors burst in the evening sky. Check out Phoenix and all of the cool Southwest culture that the city has to offer, and pick up some authentic turquoise while you’re there. Purchased an airplane ticket, yet? There they are—
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4 THE SPRINGHILLIAN Thursday, April 23, 2009 ATTENTION STUDENTS!! Are YOU interested in being the next Student-Editor of
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SHC staff member to have art displayed
WHIL Creative Director will have his work shown Applications are being accepted for the fall 2009 position of student-editor of the weekly camat the Mobile Arts Counpus newspaper, The SpringHillian. To be considered, interested applicants should cil starting May 8. submit a resume and cover letter (explaining your reason for wanting to be considered) to the Division of Communication Arts. The application deadline is Monday, April 27. It is recommended that the student-editor be enrolled in the class CMM400/401 during the fall 2009 semester.
MICHELE LAMARQUE Contributing Writing
He’s been a concert photographer for BayFest here in Mobile for nine years and most of you have seen him around campus either with his book bag or his camera. Who is he? He’s Keith Necaise, the Creative Director for 91.3 WHIL and Spring Hill College’s photographer. Necaise got his first camera when he was 16, and his father is a professional photographer who opened Necaise Photography in 1982. He is the vice president of Mobile’s Photography club called Camera South. He gets his inspiration from the work of Robert Frank, who Necaise says he sees several comparisons between his work and that of Frank, which Necaise describes as “people being challenged to overcome adversity. That’s what I like best.” One of Necaise’s favorite shots he’s taken was a man in a wheelchair on Royal Street in New Orleans. After taking an ethics course at SHC, he became inspired to get involved with a program called “A Face in the Crowd,” which benefits the homeless and shows them in a different light, giving them “more than just a quarter,” Necaise says, “It gives them human contact.” Necaise makes sure there is paperwork
that puts a name with a face, telling the age of the person and how they came to be homeless, such as losing a loved one and trying to start over. As stated earlier, he’s been one of four concert photographers at BayFest for the last nine years. However, concert photography is not one of Necaise’s favorite types of photography. He explains, “Concert photography is probably the hardest out of all photography because the subjects are always moving, lights are always changing, there’s always background distractions, you can’t have flashes, you can’t shoot past the first three songs…You’re lucky if you get one good shot.” With BayFest, Necaise has gotten shots of several well-known artists, such as B.B. King, Alice Cooper, Hinder and Flyleaf. Necaise is having a free show at the Mobile Arts Council on May 8 from 6 to 9 p.m. which showcases his concert photography. This will be Necaise’s first solo show at the Mobile Arts Council. His work has been featured in Look Up Mobile, a book that shows Mobile’s best architecture. His day job is the Creative Director for 91.3 WHIL and this allows him to put some of his own work in the site. If he needs a shot, he just simply goes and out takes a picture of what he needs. He has also produced 10 musical soundscapes called Tranquility Base for Radio Avalon on 92.1 WZEW.
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Chain of bacteria can be spread by your cell phone Cell phones could be carrying more germs than shoes or bathrooms. ASHLEY ROBINSON (Co) Editor In Chief
Imagine a food product, say for example an apple, is placed on the counter in the restroom, taken from there and placed on the cafeteria table, then placed in a pocket where millions of germs live from having a person’s hand reside there throughout the day. Now imagine that the apple is your cell phone. For most people, cell phones are a part of the everyday and come in handy when they need a quick answer or just want to socialize. Cell phones carry many bacteria that can cause everything from pimples to meningitis and even pneumonia. This handheld device is most commonly placed in warm spots like pockets, purses and book bags that tend to be breeding grounds for germs. According to a study done by Telephia, the leading provider of performance measurement information to the mobile industry, “Consumers age 18 to 24 use their cell phones the most, spending more than 1300 total voice minutes on average per month.” That amount of minutes equals to approximately 21 hours a month and around 43 minutes daily in an average 30-day month. Would you want that germy apple touching your face that many times a month? Microbiologists at Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester, England, have discovered the average cell phone is dirtier
Courtesy of ABC News
Medical staffs’ phones tend to carry more germs than most other professionals.
than a toilet seat or even the bottom of your shoe. The same study found that work desks harbor more than 400 times the bacteria found in an average toilet. Another study published by the Examiner found, when swabbing the cell phones of 200 doctors, nurses and other healthcare staff workers in intensive care units and operating rooms, that 95 percent of the cell phones housed bacteria. Some of the phones had more than one type of bacteria, and some had antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Cell phones may also spread the “super-bug” known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), for which there is currently no treatment. In the United States alone, 60 percent of all hospital infections are caused by MRSA, and the bacteria has killed 19,000 people in the United States in 2005, while infecting an additional 94,000 patients. Keeping a bacteria free cell phone may not be an easy task, since it goes wherever you go most of the time. Start by using alcohol wipes and hand sanitizer to swab down your cell phone at the end of the day. Be careful not to saturate the cell phone because it will malfunction, but be sure to protect your body from bacteria.
Byrne Hall serves as a foundation for knowledge Continued from page 1. Hill College. Two of their daughters became nuns. Bess entered the Poor Clares and took the name “Sr. Raphael,” and Jane entered the Sisters of Mercy and took the name “Sr. Mary Camillus.” Though both sisters were artistic, speculations of who painted the portraits exhibited in the first floor of Byrne are still not solved. Some say the paintings were by their daughter Sr. Camillus and others say it was Sr. Raphael. From the 1930s until her death in the early 1950s, Mabel, another daughter, lived in Stewartfield. Several sons attended SHC also. Peter David, the youngest son, started at SHC but transferred to Catholic University and then to Georgetown.
He was killed in a train accident while he was living in Washington. On June 28, 1929, the generous Thomas Byrne passed away in Chicago. After his death his wife desired to build a building for her late husband. So the construction of Byrne, known as Thomas Byrne Memorial Hall officially, began. The building was not finished before Nora Byrne’s death. She passed away on March 15, 1931. Nevertheless the building that we see today was built in honor of the family that dedicated so much to SHC. Built in a colonial style and meant to “reflect the future arch plans” of the college, according to some papers in the archives, Byrne stands tall and was retired as the college library about five years ago.
The price of the building at the time was approximately $89,704. The library had very interesting items like a copy of the Declaration of Independence, Gutenberg Bible, Body of Sacred Heart and even had a caged area for banned books. We know Byrne today as a place to hold lectures and welcome prominent speakers. Important figures like Sister Antona Ebo, Rodrigo Carazo Odio, Herman Boone, Michael Ruse, John M. Shackleford and Charles Kargleder are just a few to mention. Through Christus lectures, dialogues, trialogues and many informative, enlightening speeches, Bryne has many memories that will never be forgotten.
Magazine prices increase with economy People Magazine may have to increase prices because advertisement sales are not always covering the costs of production. ELIZABETH FARREN News Editor
Advertising is what drives the magazine world. With the current economy, magazine companies can no longer just rely on advertisements to keep their magazines alive. Many companies have tried a variety of different ways to raise their income levels, including lowering prices in attempts to gain more subscriptions; however, many companies are now having to raise prices to earn enough money to keep the magazines afloat. According to the New York Times, People Magazine has been raising their prices since 2005 for a current total of five percent, totaling $104 per year for subscribers.
People Magazine, surprisingly, is not the most expensive magazine; The Economist has raised their price to just under $7 per issue, totaling around $100 per year. According to The New York Times, for many companies the costs have not caused their readership numbers to decrease. In contrast, some companies have been fortunate enough to see an increase in their subscribers. Other companies have experienced the same consistency with the changes, while others have experienced frightening decreases. In an interview with the New York Times, David Ball, vice president for consumer marketing at Meredith, which owns magazines More and Fitness, said “It’s amazing how price-sensitive people are. [. . .] Honestly, we’ve tested raising it 50 cents and we see a drop-off — sometimes startlingly high.”
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Opinions & EDITORIALS
The Letter from the editor: Thank you for reading SpringHillian
Being the (Co) Editor in Chief is a hard job, but Lindsey is glad that she was able to do it. LINDSEY PETERSON (Co) Editor in Chief
For my last column as the (Co) Editor in Chief at The SpringHillian, I wanted to write an article about all the ways the paper has influenced how I am today. I have learned a lot in these past few months, and there is just so much that goes on behind the curtain that most readers don’t even realize. Most people who read this paper have seen the change in the layout. In
December, as Ashley and I rounded up the troops, so to speak, we also hit the “delete” button and started from scratch. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, but I still wouldn’t change a thing. When the semester started, we were all united and on a mission. All eight of us were so very excited and eager to produce our first paper. We lay out all the issues on Tuesdays, and on the “First Tuesday,” as we referred to it, laying out all 16 pages went very smoothly. We began at 11 o’clock that morning and sent it to our publisher at about 2 a.m. It was a long day but very worth it. On Thursday, when the papers were dropped off and we were all able to see our work, we all breathed a collective sigh of relief. We did it! Issues two and three came and went as we experimented more and more with layout designs and wrote new articles. We
were trying to have a unified theme to each paper, and thus the “Mardi Gras” issue was born. Elizabeth was working hard on News, Adam was busy laying out Opinions as well as keeping up with our advertisers, Kate was knocking out solid issues of Life and Culture, Maria was snapping photos at every event on this campus and Eric and Devin took Sports to new heights—even getting their articles published on College Fanz’s Web site. We had some amazing contributing writers as well. Anna’s reviews were not to be missed, Tyrone’s columns provided insight that no one even knew they needed to be insight-ed about and Jim’s Six Packs were not only informative, they were entertaining week-to-week. Every Tuesday and Thursday we would meet as a class and the gruesome workload began to take its toll. I can’t speak for
anyone else, but I personally put in about 35 hours a week into the paper, on top of all of my other responsibilities, and writers’ block was about to kick in. Everyone was delirious. If you could only have seen us those late nights and early mornings! There were several cups of coffee and infinite playlists that went into those Tuesday nights and Wednesday mornings. We wrote articles about the economy, Greek events, basketball championships and whatever took hold of our minds in our columns. And so, as much as I thought I was ready to up-and-leave this paper, it is going to be hard to say goodbye. There were countless numbers of laughs; like my dancing with Kate at 12 a.m., drinking so much coffee I couldn’t blink and calling the friendly people at our publisher at 2 a.m. just See Thank You page 7.
In honor of National Poetry Month: Turn the Page campus, it will conclude my position as (Co) Editor in Chief of this staff. No longer will I be a part of filtering what you guys read. It’s sad when I think about it, although the work load was overbearing at times. I can only choose to look at this closure one way: as an end to one thing that will only force a new beginAshley celebrates our ning. I truly hope everyone National Poetry Month has enjoyed this semeswith a personal poem ter’s paper and continue to that she hopes will in- read the upcoming issues. Being an obnoxious spire us all. news writer is not my only ASHLEY ROBINSON hobby, I have many. In (Co) Editor in Chief honor of National Poetry As the stacks dimin- Month, I’d like to share anish and this paper makes other one of my hobbies: poits way into the hands of etry. Although it will not be individuals throughout this able to stand beside Shake-
speare’s love affair sonnets nor will I reflect on a blade of grass like Walt Whitman, I will truly do my best and hope you judge kindly. The message of this poem is simple. I believe every person is a story just waiting to be told. Everyone has their own creativity and excitement to their life. As we get older and the pages turn, I hope all of you remember what you have learned and move forward from your experiences, soaking up only the good aspects of your understandings. As one page is turned, Another lesson is learned, As every story will lead you to its conclusion, So will a new beginning
lead you to its allusion, People will transform into what they choose, Some will win and some will lose, Either way a story will be created, And another lesson will be translated, Page after page we consume this knowledge, Piddle and chatter about this new edge, Borders we find ourselves in constrained to learning, Afraid to think of nothing unless it’s earning, Strengthening of an ending, The seasons will come and go but the story will forever be changing.
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Our hearts are like puzzle pieces, everyone has a perfect match
Tyrone explains why the great journey of love is sometimes filled with speedbumps and potholes. TYRONE BARNES Contributing Writer
Welcome back as we continue our journey towards possible answers to the age-old emotion that plagues the hearts of countless individuals across the globe. At the conclusion of our last mission, we came, we saw and we conquered the concept of love originating within the individual. As we learn to accept ourselves for who we are, and we learn new ways to improve our human conditions,
we create a productive environment in which love may thrive, and we give it direction. Of course, the direction love takes in our lives depends not on who we choose to love but how we choose to love others. Again, this decision is determined by how much love we choose to extend to ourselves. This insinuation provocatively brings us to the next stepping stone on our climb to the top: loving another. Love has many degrees and forms when it comes to loved ones who keep warm by the passionate flames of our hearts. We may love ice cream more than we love shaving cream, or we may love to write weekly columns in hopes they will inspire people to look deeper into their lives and motivate them to have a sense of humor about themselves. Love can have an intrinsic factor in that it can exist as an innate affection like a person would have for his parents or it can exist as an extrinsic factor as when a person meets someone
from whom a mutual attraction nurtures a growing love. Despite the circumstance, love is not stricken by any limitations once it progresses from the heart; its non-discriminatory, outgoing nature allows it to pervade any land it chooses. It seems that at this point we lose control over the very thing that we birth from the womb of our own heart. For all of the vigilant readers, I am sure I raised a question to the tune of this: “Well, then why is it that you stated that love’s course of direction is predetermined by the way in which we love ourselves?” Well, my inquisitive little readers, you are exactly right in your observation. We ARE the dictators of how we choose to love others, but we do not have any control over who we love. This is because love does not make pit-stops at a select group of hearts and then gives up on itself; rather, it runs on a continuous track in which it knocks on the doors of all hearts and it sees which ones are willing to welcome
it into their hearts. When we think of love in this way, it can be proposed that our love seeks out those hearts that contain love that is compatible to the love that is in our hearts. For example, an individual who half-loves himself runs the risk of only being loved half-heartedly by others. On the same token, an individual who fully loves himself welcomes the possibility of enjoying all of the boundless possibilities the love of another has to offer. I think it could be beneficial to think of love in these terms because it gives us a sense of control over the destinies of our relationships with others. We can realize that love is still the purest of all of the emotions, but it is also the most malleable of the emotions because we are able to carve it into any shape we please. I mean it’s like having a favorite type of cake: although everyone may have different kinds they like, we all expect the cake to taste sweet. Similarly, we all expect love to be something that makes
us feel good and something that makes us want to do good things for ourselves and others. If that example was a bit bland, then imagine the game of love as something similar to a puzzle: there are a variety of puzzle pieces (our hearts) that come in a myriad of shapes and sizes. Yet still, all of these various pieces play a collective role in that they all will be an essential part of the beautiful picture that is love. The different shapes we see represent the many ways in which we love ourselves, and how this method of self-love attracts the people we find ourselves letting into our lives. This idea is a reminder that we tend to be our worst enemies. Instead of holding love accountable for our failed relationships, rather we should explore our failed attempts to create and to learn love within ourselves before we seek to teach it to someone else. Love only has as much power as we give it, so watch how you treat yourself. Keep walking. We’re only halfway there…
Obama challenges University’s virtues Thank you to all of our readers
Anna addresses the issue of going against your values just to please others.
ANNA PLOVANICH Contributing Writer
I don’t really watch the news that often, as it depresses me, and frequently I rely on newspapers and emails to update me on the
goings-on of the world. I received one such e-mail from my mother this weekend, regarding a scandal in the Obama administration. She sent me a number of articles detailing President Barack Obama’s visit to Georgetown University, in which he apparently gave the order to cover up the IHS monogram in the hall where he gave his speech. My mother was outraged, and frankly, I am, too. As far as I can tell, other important people who have spoken in Georgetown’s Gaston Hall have never requested to cover the IHS, which stands for Jesus’ name. To do so, I feel, would be disrespectful of the school’s
Jesuit heritage and also of Catholicism. According to NBC’s Web site, Obama’s people defended their actions by saying that they were merely being “consistent with what they’ve done for other policy speeches.” Three years ago, Laura Bush gave a speech in Gaston Hall and the IHS was evident in photographs taken at the time. For Obama’s speech, a little painted triangle of plywood was attached over the IHS monogram. I can only imagine that this occurrence adds more fuel to the fire regarding Americans who find Obama’s background questionable. See Christian page 9.
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to make sure that everything was ok and delivered. I have produced 10 issues of this paper that I am proud of, and I have worked with seven of the most dedicated people on this campus. There is no way I could have done it without any of them; we became a family these past 10 issues. This position has helped me in so many ways and it has given me so much real-world experience that I can’t wait to get out there and do more. I would like to thank the Communications De-
partment, especially Dr. Stuart Babington, and all of the professors and students that have helped us in all of our articles. I also want to thank everyone for reading the paper and for the remarkable outpouring of support from the SHC community. This has been a tremendous opportunity and I know that if I didn’t go to a small, close-knit school like SHC there never would have been an opportunity like this for me at all. I love this campus and reporting about it, and I love this paper, too. Keep reading— ‘cause its only bound to get better.
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Jim’s ‘Six-Pack’: Who will take home the Roses? starts. He also won the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes in Florida in February by a commanding 4.25 lengths. He looks similar on paper to Big Brown who won last year’s Kentucky Derby with only three career starts before the race and two wins in Florida to prepare.
Jim lists the top six horses that he thinks have the best shot to win the Kentucky Derby. (5:04 p.m., May 2, NBC) JAMES LOVE
Contributing Writer
The 134th Kentucky Derby is fast approaching. In nine days, 20 three-year-old horses will “Run for the Roses” at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The race is a mile and a quarter on a dirt track and is often known as “the fastest two minutes in sports.” Although 20 horses usually enter the Derby, only a select few have a legitimate shot at winning the $1.24 million first prize for their respective owner. Since all of the major prep races for the Derby have been run, expect no changes to this list. The post positions for the race will be drawn next Wednesday. Inclement weather on Derby day could be a factor and it would favor Friesan Fire, Dunkirk and Quality Road the most. Quality Road Quality Road will go into the Kentucky Derby after two very fast races in Florida. His most recent race was the Grade 1 Florida Derby on March 28, which he won by 1.75 seconds over another top contender Dunkirk. He is bred to go the mile and a quarter distance and he has an impressive three wins in four career
of the Derby horses. He ran in the U.S. last fall, but all three of his starts this year have been in Dubai. He has been shipped back across the globe to run in the Derby and he will go into to the race off of a March 28 win in the United Arab Emirates Derby. He has the best distance pedigree in the race and he will Friesan Fire probably be a long shot because no one expects him to run well I must say that Friesan Fire after all of the overseas travel. has been my number one Derby horse since mid-January, so it was Dunkirk a difficult decision to make him number two on my list. He will Dunkirk may even look come into the Derby with three more like Big Brown on pastraight graded stakes wins at per (three career starts, ran in the Fairgrounds in New Orleans. Florida) than Quality Road, He won the Grade 3 Lecomte in but because he was beaten by January, the Grade 3 Risen Star Quality Road head-to-head in in February and the Grade 2 Florida, he is just number five Louisiana Derby by 7.25 lengths on the list. Dunkirk’s jockey for on March 14. His trainer, Larry the Derby will be 2006 winner Jones, has trained the Derby run- Edgar Prado and he has the best ner-ups the last two years and overall pedigree (but not the best he also has an impressive pedi- pedigree for the distance). With gree. The reason Friesan Fire is only three career starts, most my 1A horse is that he has never would have dismissed Dunkirk won (or raced) at a mile and an five years ago, but Curlin (3rdeighth, so a mile and a quarter 2007) and Big Brown (1stmight be tough for him to get. 2008) only had three starts goHe also comes into the race on ing into their impressive Derby a seven week layoff, which is a runs. The head-to-head loss to little long for most Derby horses. Quality Road in the Florida Derby (his only attempt in a graded I Want Revenge race) definitely hurt his stock, but he will still be heavily bet. I Want Revenge had run solely on artificial tracks in Cali- West Side Bernie fornia with only one win in six starts until his trainer decided I have always been a fan to try him on the dirt tracks in of throwing a real long shot into New York. He is two for two in the mix and West Side Bernie New York, winning the Grade is certainly worthy of the long 3 Gotham by 8.5 lengths and shot label. He will be ridden by the Grade 1 Wood Memorial 2004 Derby winner Stuart Elby 1.5 lengths on April 4. His liott and he did look impressive 3 for 8 overall is not as impres- when he ran second to I Want sive as the other contenders, but Revenge in the Wood MemoI would not be surprised if he is rial. Although he has not won the betting favorite on May 2. at a mile and an eighth, he did run his fastest career race in the Regal Ransom Wood at that distance. Most are skeptical of this horse because Regal Ransom is abso- the Wood was a career race for lutely the most intriguing of all him and he still did not win.
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Seniors: What are your plans after Graduation? “Moving to New York to work in fashion magazine publishing!” -Rae McConville, 2009 “No idea. I don’t want to go into the real world” -Gabe Taylor, 2009 “Going to graduate school at Georgia Tech for Materials Science Engineering.” -Graham Sanborn, 2009 “I’m going to the University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh, Scotland, for a Master’s degree in English literature.” -Kate Griffith, 2009 “I am moving to Lafayette, La., where I will be working for an Oil Field Company in Offshore Sales and Boat Brokering” -Michael Boudreaux, 2009 “I’m going to grad school and getting married! I’m hopefully going to Tulane from September to May and then I’m getting married in May. I’ll probably move back to Mobile after that and commute to class in New Orleans twice a week from May until I finish in December of 2010. “ -Emily Mitchell, 2009
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5 great albums to listen to while driving home Christian ideals covered for President
Here are five albums that you can put in, push play, and sit back and enjoy on your long car ride home for the summer. ADAM PFAFF
Advertising Manager
For someone who lives more than five hours away from Spring Hill College’s campus, the most traumatic times of the year are those long drives to and from home. The main question on one’s mind, especially the driver’s, is “What music am I going to listen to?” For me, the 12-hour drive between Ft. Worth, Texas, and Mobile is often dominated by silence because there are only so many playlists that one person can make in preparation for a long drive. This very reason is why I have compiled a list of five entire albums that you can listen to all the way through so that you don’t have to spend six hours the night before your drive at your computer creating the latest “driving home” playlist. 1. Arctic Monkeys: Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2006)
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This album was the British group’s first fulllength album, and until 2006, when this record hit the states, they were pretty much out of the public eye. However, as soon as alternative radio stations started playing “I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor,” everyone decided to jump on the Arctic Monkeys’ bandwagon. Since the album’s release, the group has put out a couple more full-length albums as well as a few five track discs, but this album just seems to encompass everything that I loved the first time I listened to their low-quality, high-energy 2005 demo. 2. Bob Dylan: The Essential Bob Dylan (1967) Photo courtesy of Google Images
3. Kings of Leon: Only by the Night (2008) Photo courtesy of Google Images
I know it may seem kind of cliché to list this somewhat recent album as one of my top albums, especially since it has gained so much press coverage due to the single “Sex on Fire,” but this album is great for listening to while driving. Some may say that the intricate musicianship or the melodies are what will make you take a breather and listen to the album. However, to me, it’s the fact that you can only learn to appreciate lead singer Caleb Followill’s sly and sometimes crude lyrics if you are actually not trying to catch them. By letting this album make up the background music for your drive home, you will learn to appreciate parts of this album that you would never have known existed.
Most people would say that it is a travesty to label a mixed collection of an artist’s songs as a great work of music since it may 4. The Libertines: The not reflect a central theme, Libertines (2004) yet I believe that The Essential Bob Dylan does in fact encompass what the stages of Dylan’s career truly was like. Starting off with “Blowing in the Wind” and winding down with “Hurricane,” this two-disc set is completely political, completely counter-culture, completely blues and completely Americana, and that is what makes it a great lisPhoto courtesy of Google Images ten all the way through.
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I do not place the blame solely with the presidency; I believe that Georgetown is also at fault for allowing the name of Jesus to be covered up. According to the CNS Web site, Julie Green Batalle, associate vice president for communications at Georgetown, said, “Georgetown honored the White House staff’s request to cover all of the Georgetown University signage and symbols behind Gaston Hall stage.”
This self-titled, sophomore album by Pete Doherty’s original band is what Mick Jones from the Clash once labeled as “the future of music.” This disc is full of great Brit-pop and postpunk tunes that are as clever as they are erratic. The album, at first listen, is truly a discombobulated mixture of out-of-tune guitars, off-key vocals and ingenious lyrics. Other tracks such as “The Man Who Would Be King” and the Kate Moss inspired “What Katie Did” make the album shine, while still making it grungy enough to make the listener rewind a few spots in order to catch some of the quirky lyrics.
My question is, What’s next? How far is too far? I see the event as a blatant disregard for free speech as well as an instance of giving into presidential pressure. Also, I wonder if this would have been publicized more if it had been a Star of David or an Islamic symbol (if they had any)… While I do not associate myself with either political party, sometimes I am scared for our country considering whose hands it’s in.
the realm or genres of the aforementioned albums, yet this sophomore album from Kanye West proved to everyone that he was more than just a Bush hating, college drop-out: he is a well-versed, creative and resilient musician. The album starts off with “Good Morning,” incorporating a bell-and-chant style sound that has become very, well, Kanye West. The album slowly ventures from the melodic bell chimes into the next couple songs, highlighted by hits such as “Stronger,” “Good Life,” an my personal favorite, “Homecoming.” “Homecoming,” a collaboration with 5. Kanye West: Graduation Coldplay’s Chris Martin, (2007) embraced Kanye’s Chicago roots while giving the listener a sneak peak into his past, not just his recent years as was divulged in College Dropout. If you are a huge fan of 808s & Heartbreak, then this album may be a little too upbeat for you, (especially since this album was made Photo courtesy of Google Images prior to Kanye’s emo This album might stage) but still, press play, not necessarily fit into sit back and enjoy the ride.
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Farewell! Auf Wiedersehen! (Oh, and... we’re so vain, we probably think this page is about us)
Adieu!
So long!
ABOVE: (Co) Editor in Chief Ashley Robinson was essential in publication, often staying in The SpringHillian’s office until the wee hours of the morning sending the final PDFs of the paper to our printer!
ABOVE: (Co) Editor in Chief Lindsey Peterson was always amazed at how marvelous the paper looked.
ABOVE: The SP’09 staff strove to make this semester’s paper the most informative, entertaining and accurate paper to date. ABOVE: News Editor Elizabeth Farren kept the staff very informed about the latest breaking news, nation and campus-wide! BELOW: Devin and Adam Pfaff, Advertising Manager, work diligently to lay out newspaper pages on Tuesdays.
BELOW: Sports Reporter Devin Golden, or “Spots Reporter” as he prefers to be called, oftentimes napped right through class on Tuesday.
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Mardi Gras Ball • GRSSK EVENTS • Immersion Trip •Earth Day
Who says there’s nothing to do on this campus?
Photo courtesy of Mackie Duhon
ABOVE: SHC students Lynne Fritscher, Jimmy Rapp, Mackie Duhon and Gabi Rivera went way down south on the Immersion Trips in February.
ABOVE: SHC students gathered on the Rydex Commons to celebrate Earth Day this past Tuesday, April 21. BELOW: Ladies from Delta Gamma and Delta Delta Delta came out and supported the ladies of Phi Mu at the Kickballin’ for the Kids event in March. Both photos by Maria Walser
Photo courtesy of Doug Bruce
ABOVE: Students passed the night away at the CBPsponsored Mardi Gras Ball in masks and beads.
LEFT: SHC students Anne Standley, Adam Pfaff, David Burkenstock, Camille Charvet and Courtney Carter went hands first into the crawfish at Delta Delta Delta’s Krawfish for the Kids.
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Get to know: Father Jesús Rodríguez, S.J.
The foreign language department’s chair the Society of Jesus in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. takes a seat with our staff to share a little Rodríguez entered the society of the Jesuits in 1983. more about himself. LINDSEY PETERSON (Co) Editor in Chief
Every student at Spring Hill College is required to take six hours of a foreign language. Some take classes off campus to fill these requirements, and others take French with professors like Madame Windish; but why not take Spanish with Fr. Jesús Rodríguez, S.J.? He knows the language like the back of his hand, (after all it is his native language), and he will probably entertain you with his physical impressions of the vocabulary you are studying. You may have seen Rodríguez walking around campus dressed head to toe in Alabama Crimson Tide gear during football season. That is probably because he spent three years at the university receiving his Ph.D. in Spanish in 2004. But I’m getting ahead of myself; before that he received his undergraduate degree from Incarnate Word College in San Antonio, Texas, which is a smaller, Jesuit school that focuses on liberal studies. Afterward, Rodríguez entered the New Orleans Province of
He also received two master’s degrees. The first came from Saint Louis University in 1989 and was for Spanish. The second came from the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, Calif., in 1995 and was a master’s in Divinity. Before he came to SHC, he taught at Boston College for three years. He said, “I always knew I wanted to be a teacher at the university level.” Now, he has been in the foreign language department on SHC’s campus since 1998 and teaches several classes in the Spanish language. In the fall semester of this past year, he assumed the role of the Chair of the department. This semester, students can find him teaching three classes. He teaches Elementary Spanish II (SPA102), Spanish for Medical Personnel II (SPA108) and a survey course of Spanish-American Literature (SPA313). If you are a senior, you will probably also see him directing a senior seminar group. Something that most students probably do not know is that Rodríguez has a particular passion
Photo by Maria Walser
for a 16 century Dominican priest and bishop named Fray Bartolomé de las Casas. He fought for civil rights for the “native indigenous population of the Americas,” as Rodríguez put it, and a lot of his course studies have reflected his love for the bishop. Because of this dedication, Rodríguez had been asked to participate in the canonization process of his cause for sainthood. Finally, back to the Alabama football thing, Rodríguez rarely misses a home game! If a student would like to know more about him, stop by his office in the Lucey Administration Center, room 259, or call him at (251) 380-4649. He is also featured on SHC’s Web site under the heading “Not Lost in Translation.” ¡Adiós! th
Music Review: Jeff Buckley TKE tees off for St. Jude’s
Anna shares her music secrets one studio album during his lifetime, This weekend’s charity golf for the last time this semester, Buckley has influenced many modern tournament will raise money to musicians and has quite a following revealing her favorite artist. support the St. Jude’s Children’s today. With the help of bassist Mick Research Hospital. ANNA PLOVANICH Contributing Writer
As my last review of the semester, I have chosen to pay tribute to my all-time favorite musician: Jeff Buckley. Okay, I’ll admit it: the first time I ever actually heard him was on the Vanilla Sky soundtrack. I’d seen his name in connection with other artists I listened to, like Radiohead and Ours, but had never taken the opportunity to check him out. The song I first heard was one of his more pop-orientated tracks called “Last Goodbye;” from that moment on I was infatuated. Imagine my disappointment in finding out my new favorite singer was dead. Apparently, Buckley drowned in some freak tugboat accident in 1997 outside of Memphis. (He was swimming with a friend and got pulled under the wake; some say it was suicide.) Despite releasing only
Grondahl and drummer Matt Johnson, Buckley recorded Grace in 1993. Buckley’s incredible vocal skills and expertise at electric guitar are made evident throughout the album. “Mojo Pin,” “So Real” Photo courtesy of Google Images and “Lover, You Should’ve Come Over” are favorites. Also included are covers of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” and the Middle English hymn “Corpus Christi Carol.” If you’re interested in further material on Jeff Buckley, check out the biography Dream Brother, the photo book A Wished-For Song and the album Sketches for my Sweetheart the Drunk, a collection of songs Buckley was working on before his death.
KATE GRIFFITH
Life and Culture Editor
The men of the Upsilon Alpha chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity will host the First Annual Dr. Donald Culberson Charity Golf Tournament benefiting St. Jude’s this Saturday, April 25. The tournament is named in honor of Culberson for both his service to the Upsilon Alpha chapter as an advisor and honorary member of TKE as well as his dedication to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Thus far, 10 teams have registered for the tournament. The four-person teams are made up of freshman girls, Greeks, Greek parents and even a Coca-Cola sponsored team. For entertainment during the golf tournament, event organizer and TKE fundraising chair J Hay explained that “95 KSJ will be there playing music and
broadcasting from the tournament. We also have great prizes and raffles, ranging from dinners to free memberships to both our golf course to golf courses in Pensacola, Fla.” Hay has been organizing the event since October, working to gather support from local businesses and get teams signed up to participate in the tournament. The idea for the tournament came about when Hay and former TKE vice president Christopher McCabe brainstormed for big fundraising events. Hay said, “It has become something beyond my wildest dreams. It went from a small, low-key event to being broadcasted over three radio stations and all over the Internet.” The tournament will be held this Saturday, April 25, at the Spring Hill College golf course. Registration is at 9 a.m., and the teams tee off at 10 a.m.
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Supposedly sage senior bids her fond farewell to the Hill It-Which-Must-Not-BeNamed (that dreaded Gword) approaches rather quickly. I hope that I have learned a thing or two that can maybe enlighten my dear readers. And since this will be my final column for The SpringHillian, it’s about A good-bye that’s been time to pass on a bit of my wisdom. Soak it in while you a year and a half in the can. And I’ll put off facing writing. that scary world on the other KATE GRIFFITH side of the Avenue of the Columnist Extraordinaire Oaks as long as possible. After four years here First off, the staircases at Spring Hill College, in AB (or rather the Lucey Center) have no rhyme or reason. It’s part of the CARPE DIEM charm—get used to it or get over it. COFFEE & TEA CO. The same goes for Mobile weather. You can’t predict it or plan for it, so don’t even try. You’ll never get another chance to do 240 loads of laundry all at the same time. Take that opportunity now, but be prepared to MOBILE’S ORIGINAL face the consequences when EUROPEAN-STYLE someone else needs to use a COFFEE HOUSE washer, especially if they’re bigger and meaner than Try Our you. Loyalty The apartments are worth the wait. Card Louisiana is grossly Your Loyalty Card overrepresented at SHC. If is a lifetime membership that entitles you to you aren’t from Louisiana, buy 10 get the 11th FREE just pretend to be. No one on all drinks! will know the difference, $25 MEMBERSHIP FEE! until you start chugging RECEIVE FREE DRINK OF CHOICE! water to quench the fire in Go online: your mouth after CajunFest. springhillcoffee@mindspring.com www.springhillcoffeeroasters.com Oh, and the fact that you PRESENT YOUR STUDENT ID can’t peel crawfish might FOR 50% OFF THE give it away, too. MEMBERSHIP FEE Try to make it to the Let your card serve early morning Mass at the as a debit card and Sodality Chapel just once. I ZIP THROUGH THE LINE! realize it’s an ungodly hour for a college student to get Hours Mon-Sat 6am-10pm out of bed but make an effort Sun 7am-10pm anyway. 4072 Old Shell Rd. Always follow the caf’s Mobile, AL 36608 etiquette rules which (251) 304-0448 have been painstakingly WI-FI AVAILABLE!
established over hundreds of thousands of years. Ok, maybe not that long, but still: say “please,” “thank you” and “excuse me,” don’t take all the hot cookies from the tray when there are other people in line, and always, always ask before you take a chair from another table. Don’t let the Spring Hill bubble consume you—you know what I’m talking about, the way you can get caught up in our self-sustaining campus and forget that there is an entire city around you. Keep your eye on The SpringHillian for ideas of things to do if you’re unsure how to venture out into the great unknown. Oh, but be careful on Airport B o u l e v a r d — o r just avoid it at all costs. It’s practically suicide to drive down that road. Make sure you budget your print quota. It goes more quickly than you think it will. Relationships can be a great thing, but don’t let them consume you either. College is a time of selfdiscovery, and don’t give up something that you love just because it doesn’t jive with the person you think is the love of your life. Believe me, your “relationship status” can, and probably will, change; sacrificing who you are will stick with you for much longer. The speed bumps on campus may be annoying, but they aren’t the worst ones in Mobile, thank goodness. Just take them slowly (that’s the point, after all) and make sure your Camry has no more than two people in it. Otherwise, it might be bad news, bears.
Take an afternoon to find Mirror Lake. Just don’t get in. While you’re here in Mobile, you should experience a Mardi Gras parade at least once. I don’t care if you think it’s stupid, odds are you’ll regret it down the road if you don’t. The incoming freshmen will always get preferential treatment. Don’t take it personally; it’s just a fact of life. Take a couple random classes if you can. I realize that some majors leave no room to breathe, let alone take unnecessary classes, but when else can you learn about deviant behavior or take ballet for credit? You WILL miss the caf at one point or another. And I already miss the conveyor belt—a moment of silence, if you please, for what we’ve lost. Senior seminar isn’t as scary as everyone makes it out to be. If you take it one step at a time, you’ll get through it just fine. Your professors have prepared you for it, and they won’t let you fail without a fight (after all, you failing would be bad for them, too). Take a deep breath, and I promise everything will be fine. We’re the Badgers. No one knows why, but embrace it, anyway. And while you’re filled with Badger pride, you should paint your chest/tailgate/ make the most of Badger Brawl. We may not have the sports programs of a big state school (though our football team, I’m happy to report, has been undefeated for over 50 years), but you
should still have fun with what we’ve got. Support your teams! Go on an Immersion Trip. It just might change your life. If you can, take a class with Dr. Kaffer. Where else can you learn what you get when an ob/gyn dates a neurosurgeon (a paradox) or get advice on what to do if you fall out a window (flap, of course)? Sure, I’ve taken a few classes with him in my years here (five, to be exact), and even though I’ve heard the same stories and jokes quite a few times, they never lose their charm. Just remember: when he cracks a joke in class, it’s ok to laugh. In the end, though, this isn’t a complete list to guide your time here by checking items off as they are accomplished. What I’m basically trying to say is: don’t let these opportunities pass you by. Seize the day (and while you’re at it, stop by Carpe Diem for a cup of coffee) and do things just because you can. It’s never too early or too late to live in the moment. By faithfully reading my column every week for the past three semesters, you’ve learned what it is to be a Spring Hill College student. Your four years will come to a close all too quickly and when that trip down the Avenue looms in your near-future, I don’t want you to say that you’ve missed out on anything SHC has to offer. With these thoughts, dear reader, I sign off for the final time. It has been an honor and a privilege sharing my clever nonsense with you. And, to borrow a line, in case I don’t see you, good afternoon, good evening and good night.
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Flyleaf to play at Soul Kitchen Preview: Great Expectations
Bayfest headliner Flyleaf will keep downtown rocking while many of us prepare for finals.
ADAM PFAFF
Advertising Manager
For those of you who may be in the mood to take a break from studying for your last exams or perhaps are blessed enough to be done with finals on Tuesday, May 5, then downtown Mobile is definitely the place for you to be. Flyleaf, the Texas-based, female-fronted, hardrock band is going to be playing an early show at Soul Kitchen Music Hall as they make Mobile one of the stops on their latest tour. Flyleaf, originally from the tiny city of Temple, Texas, first began receiving major radio play with their 2005 single “Fully Alive” and has since had major success with other songs, such as “All Around Me.” Some people may be turned off at
first listen by Flyleaf’s lead vocalist Lacey Mosley’s crisp, clean voice, but once she starts belting out the high notes, and screaming a little bit, it is obvious that she is a force to be reckoned with. Flyleaf made a Gulf Coast appearance this past fall at the 2007 Bayfest music festival where they were one of the Pepsi stage headliners, and it seems that they are back for some more. Flyleaf will take the stage (at Soul Kitchen) at 7:30 p.m., but the doors will open at 6:30 p.m. T i c k e t s a r e currently on sale at Soul Photo courtesy of Google Images Kitchen’s Web site for $15, and they will be selling tickets at the door for $20, if there are any left. This is one of the bigger shows to come to Mobile, so be sure to get your tickets ahead of time or be prepared to stand in a long line on Tuesday, May 5. This show is for all ages, so everyone should be able to take a much-deserved break and listen to some great music.
Get a dose of high culture on expectations” from a mysterious campus this weekend by seeing benefactor. His visits to the home of the eccentric Miss Havisham teach the semester’s featured play. KATE GRIFFITH
Life and Culture Editor
Charles Dickens’ classic story Great Expectations will come to life this weekend at Spring Hill College’s Arlene Mitchell Theater under the direction of Fr. Stephen Campbell, S.J. The production, based on an adaptation by Neil Bartlett, reduces the large cast of characters from the novel to only 13 actors, most of whom are frequently called upon to play multiple roles. The main character Pip will be played by junior Ryan Nocito, while the roles of the heartbreaking Estella and the heartbroken Miss Havisham will be played by freshman Agnes Burdsall and senior Emily Henry, respectively. The rest of the cast is completed with senior Brianne Perciballi, juniors Emily Williams and Patty McLaughlin, sophomores Seth Taylor and Jeffrey Merritt, and freshmen Whitney Hollinger, Ne’Ja Sanders, Geoffrey Shaw, Michele LaMarque and Adam McLaughlin. The story of Great Expectations follows an orphan named Pip who is raised by his sister and her blacksmith husband until he comes into “great
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him to despise his coarse upbringing and love her beautiful ward Estella, and his great expectations offer him the opportunity to become a gentleman and win her heart. His attempts to live up to the great expectations bring many surprises along the way as the story develops, and the audience watches as Pip experiences his coming-of-age. Continuing a theme he began last semester with Oliver Twist, Fr. Campbell again brings Dickens’ work to the SHC stage. He was attracted to Dickens’ work for a variety of reasons, including Dickens’ own fascination with the theater, his ability as a storyteller and the strong social element of his works. Campbell said, “Dickens wanted people to know about things they wouldn’t have had exposure to.” He further explained, “Many people say there is no happy ending to Great Expectations, but actually in the end the main character Pip realizes where happiness should come from.” Great Expectations runs every night from Thursday, April 23, through Sunday, April 26, at 8 p.m. in the Arlene Mitchell Theater. Tickets cost $10 for general admission and $5 for students and are available at the door.
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Sports
16 The SpringHillian Thursday, April 23, 2009
Men’s club volleyball beats women’s volleyball in first match ever Men’s club volleyball wins first game in its short history and then heads to a tournament. DEVIN GOLDEN Sports Reporter The Spring Hill College men’s club volleyball team played the first game in their history on Thursday, April 2, against the SHC women’s varsity team. The men’s team won the best of five matches by a score of 3-1.
In the first game, the women’s team was leading by a score of 21-19 before the men’s team called a time out. The men then went on a run to pull out a 25-23 win to take a 1-0 lead. In the second game, the action went back and forth before the men won once again by a score of 25-23. The men climbed out to a 159 lead before a timeout. Then the women tallied seven straight points to take a one point lead. After more
back and forth action, a time out was called with the score at 19-19. The men then went on a 6-4 run to grab a 2-0 lead. In the climactic fourth game of the match, the men climbed out to a 21-15 advantage. The lead disappeared after the Lady Badgers made a remarkable run to keep them in the game and tie the score at 24-24. With the winning team having to win by two points, the action went back and
forth, with neither team able to pull off two consecutive points until the men’s club team finally won 30-28 to win the match. The club team roster for the match consisted of co-captains and co-founders Tom Wimbermuele and Matthew Jordan, Will Currie, Jared Stoves, Andrew Bovine, Jeffrey Jules, Leo Coleman, Owen McNally, Stephano Bajos, Mark Kirkikis, Alex Del Rio and Geoffrey Hart. There was enough
money raised throughout the night to send the club volleyball team to a tournament at Tulane University in New Orleans, La., on the weekend of April 17-19. The team finished in third place in the tournament behind Louisiana State University and Tulane University. “We played very competitively and we kept with them,” said freshman SHC student and team captain Tom Wimbermuele.
Eric and Devin’s NBA Final predictions
Western Conference Finals Denver is really the Prediction: only team that can match up well against the Lakers. DEVIN The difference however will Denver Nuggets defeat Los be Kobe of course, and the Angeles Lakers in seven Laker bench. Lamar Odom, games. Sasha Vujacic and Jordan The Denver Nuggets Farmar all come off the have the best “player who bench and give the Lakers can suddenly become amaz- some quality minutes like ing once the playoffs start” no other team. in Chauncey Billups. Besides LeBron, no Considering I don’t one matches Kobe point for think the San Antonio Spurs point. For Kobe, this should will make it past Round be a warm up for LeBron in One, I think the Nuggets can the Finals. If he can score at easily make it to the Confer- will against the Nuggets and ence Finals in the West with their lineup, I think we’ll Billups and Carmelo Antho- see the epic match up that ny. everyone seems to want to Once they get there, watch. though, Billups has to show his extremely undervalued Eastern Conference Finals defensive skills on Kobe, Prediction: and I believe he will. I think the Nuggets un- DEVIN derrated inside players can Cleveland Cavaliers decontain Pau Gasol enough feat Orlando Magic in five to pull off an upset or two in games. Los Angeles and hold on for I honestly think the a game seven upset to shock Bulls can and will beat the the NBA world. Boston Celtics in the first round. The only problem ERIC with the Magic is the Bulls Los Angeles Lakes beat inability to defend an inside the Denver Nuggets in five presence like Dwight Howgames. ard.
The Cavs and LeBron James are going to roll right through their long time rivals in Detroit in the first round, and then the young Atlanta Hawks are going to bow out in a five game series. The Hawks are on the rise most certainly, but the Cavs are playing in a different league altogether, and no one will beat them in Cleveland. That includes Orlando when the conference finals begin. Howard might be able to carry the Magic to one win, but they cannot play on the same level as the Cavs are right now as a collective unit.
strong to be beat. So without questions the Cavs will be in the conference finals. The Bulls will be their counterpart and heres why. The 76ers did an amazing job shutting down Dwight Howard in the fourth quarter to erase an 18 point deficit to take the first win in Orlando. Bulls will look at the tapes and take note as to the fact that if you shut Howard down, the team shuts down. The Bulls have two explosive guards that proved their worth against the Celtics in game one and two that could very much handle the highly favored Magic. The Bulls will know exactly how to use Noah down low ERIC and the Bulls guards simply Cleveland Cavaliers beat over match the Magics. the Chicago Bulls in five The Cavs will handle games. the Bulls however in five LeBron without a games. I’ll give a charity doubt is the best player in win to the Bulls at home but this years NBA roster Fi- the Cavs should not have nally, for the first time in his any problem getting to the career, his team is helping Finals. him out and producing their own numbers. Instead of the NBA Finals Prediction: LeBron show, it’s the LeBron and Company show. DEVIN The team is just too Cleveland Cavaliers de-
feat Denver Nuggets in five games. The world will have to wait one more year for a LeBron vs. Kobe finals match up. LeBron will gain his first NBA championship, and he will do it because this Cleveland team shows the same unique “team” mentality that the Michael Jordanled Bulls teams showed, where one player rules the roost, but every other surrounding player does every little thing right. ERIC Cleveland Cavaliers beat Los Angeles Lakers in seven games. LeBron versus Kobe. A match up everyone wants to see. I hope this is the match up of the century. Probably not a Magic Johnson/Larry Bird match up, but hopefully its this era’s next best thing. LeBron is a much better all around player than Kobe. Kobe is a shooter while LeBron does a lot of everything. Kobe might have a little more help than Kobe as well and the Cavs home record proves that they are just too powerful at home.
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Silence! King James has spoken James was being cocky in promising something without a championship ring on any of his fingers. Now, I normally frown upon players that make promises to fans about an outcome to a game to come. This would have also been one of the only times I would agree with Bayless exLeBron James is Clevecept for the fact that LeBron land’s King; he can say is probably the only person in whatever he wants. the history of sports who can ERIC QUINTANA promise his fans a championSports Editor ship. LeBron’s lack of NBA I was flipping through all the sports channels the championship jewelry really day after LeBron James had has nothing to do with anypromised the Cleveland fans thing. All the ring tells the that the Cavaliers would bring people is that you know exhome an NBA championship actly what it takes to get to trophy home and I came across the Finals. It shows that you Skip Bayless saying that King know what it takes to extend
a season a month longer and win. Correct me if I’m wrong, but LeBron has gone the distance, he just couldn’t cash in at the end. Let me point out that I said LeBron, not the Cavs. Not only did LeBron go the distance, he didn’t really have much help against a powerhouse team like the Spurs in 2006. This year is quite a different story. I’m actually so confident in the Cavs beating the Lakers in the Finals that I made a small bet that the Cavs would win every home game throughout the playoffs. Being that the Cavs have the best record in the NBA, naturally, they have home court advantage throughout the playoffs.
So, why is his promise to the Cleveland fans an OK thing to do? Let’s start with the obvious: The Cavs have only one loss at home that LeBron has played in. LeBron is the best player in the NBA (sorry Laker fans, but he is). On top of all this, everyone seems to forget that just two years ago LeBron singlehandedly took the Cavs to the NBA Finals before losing to the Spurs. The team that surrounded LeBron was known for being very minimal help to him that year. Need I say more? “No Eric, Kobe is the best player in the NBA so LeBron can’t say that to his fans.” False! Take Kobe away
from the Lakers. Maybe they aren’t the number one seed in the west but they definitely still make the playoffs. Now take LeBron away from the Cavs. I’m not very confident that Cavs make it to the playoffs. LeBron knows he’s talented. He knows his team is talented. Their record has proved that they’re the best team and they are all playing at a very high level. The Cavs haven’t lost four games in any seven game span during the regular season. His promise isn’t cocky, its confident. Skip Bayless, what’s the last championship you’ve won? Last I checked, you make the most outrageous claims out there all the time.
Men and women’s Baseball and softball team golf place second strikeout batters for a cure Leading the Badgers Men’s golf struggles on final day while the wom- was junior Will Loweth, who shot nine-over par. Sophoen fall short as well. DEVIN GOLDEN Sports Reporter The Spring Hill College men’s golf team finished in second place at the annual Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Tournament held this past Tuesday, April 14. The Badgers ended with a score of 903, finishing three strokes behind the Mobile Rams for first place. The Badgers were leading by five strokes heading into the final day, but Mobile’s strong outing was enough to surpass SHC.
mores Eddie Smith and Javier Portal each finished the tournament shooting 10-over par. The Spring Hill College women’s golf team fell short to the Mobile Rams in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference tournament on Thursday, April 16. The Lady Badgers finished the tournament with a score of 685. Sophomore Meredith Haro and Anmarie Coan each shot 83s to lead SHC. Victoria Gonzales shot 14-over par and j unior Shea Bowers finished at 17-over.
Eight rounds of dona- nosed with ALL when was pledges from the specta tions were collected for five-years-old and is still tors in support of research maintenance for The Leukemia and eight strikeouts in hope receiving chemotherapy. For every Lymphoma Society. to find a cure. strikeout recorded by ev- Junior Brittany Abate ERIC QUINTANA ery team’s pitching staff and senior Matt Hasley Sports Editor that day, SHC will collect recorded eight strike outs between the two The Spring Hill Colof them. lege softball and baseball The baseball and softteams hosted “Strikeout ball teams wore red for a Cure” during their ribbons and the bases home games on Friday, were painted red in April 17. support of the fund Six-year-old Isaac, raising effort. who has acute Lympho Spring Hill athletes cytic Leukemia, threw from every sport were the first pitch at SHC’s opening softball game Photo courtesy of Badgers’ Web site on hand at both events against Thomas Uni- Isaac threw the first pitch of the soliciting donations versity. Isaac was diag- day and was given the baseball. and pledges.
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18 The SpringHillian Thursday, April 23, 2009
Men’s tennis manages to win one of four against conference opponents
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Men’s tennis struggles of 6-3. They took the second match to Tougaloo via foragainst ranked confer- and third doubles matches feit because of transportation to grab an early 2-1 lead. In problems getting to Jackson, ence foes. DEVIN GOLDEN Sports Reporter The Spring Hill College men’s tennis team won one of four matches against conference foes, beating Belhaven College (5-11, 3-5 GCAC) and losing to ranked Xavier – New Orleans (14-6, 8-0 GCAC), Tougaloo College (1-8, 1-7 GCAC) and Belhaven College. In the first encounter against Belhaven College, the Badgers won by a score
singles play, Belhaven countered to win the first two matches, but SHC took the final four matches for the victory. Jimmy Chassaing, Johnny Ngamvilay, Nick Rayburn and Jason Price all won singles matches for SHC. In the encounter with No. 13 ranked Xavier University, the Badgers were swept 9-0. Daniel Li and Chris Link were the closest to victories, losing 8-6 in the first doubles match. The Badgers lost their
Miss. The match against Belhaven, which happened on the same day as the forfeit to Tougaloo, SHC lost 3-2 in a shortened match due to rain. The Badgers were ahead 21 after doubles play but lost the first two singles matches before the day was called. SHC (2-7, 2-6 GCAC) will next take on Tougaloo College in the first round of the GCAC Tournament, which will be held this weekend at the Copeland Cox Tennis Center.
Andy McCall
Gina Pambianchi
Was 7-for-10 (.700) at the plate in a 3-game Badger sweep of LSUAlexandria over the weekend.
Recorded two crucial victories in the women’s tennis 4-1 victory at Belhaven College on Saturday.
Women’s tennis splits four UPCOMING GAMES games against conference foes Women’s tennis splits four games, forfeiting one loss. The Spring Hill College women’s tennis team split four matches, winning against Belhaven College twice (6-10, 2-6 GCAC) but losing to Xavier University (16-5, 8-0 GCAC) and Tougaloo College. In the first match against Belhaven College, the first doubles match went to Belhaven, but the Lady Badgers rebounded by taking the second and third doubles matches. In the singles matches, the Lady Badgers dropped the first two to fall behind 32, but they recovered to win the final four matches for a
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6-3 win. McCall Hedrick, Lynne Fritscher, Gina Pambianchi and Michelle Brochu all picked up singles match victories for SHC. Against No. 16 ranked Xavier University, the Lady Badgers fell by a score of 7-2. The first two doubles matches went to Xavier, but SHC rebounded to take the third and cut the deficit to 2-1. Unfortunately, the only singles victory for the Lady Badgers came in match No. 6 when Fritscher won in a third set. Alex Tovar almost won in the final singles match, but lost in the third set. SHC then forfeited their match to Tougaloo on Saturday afternoon because of transportation issues, but they were able to be on time for their matchup against Belhaven, winning by a final tally of 4-1 in a match that
was shortened due to rain. The Lady Badgers won two of the three doubles matches, and then Abbey Angelle and Pambianchi won their singles matches before the day was called. The Lady Badgers (44, 4-4 GCAC) have finished their regular season and have received a bye for the first round of the GCAC Tournament this weekend. Their second round matchup will be against Mobile University (11-4, 5-3 GCAC) at the Copeland Cox Tennis Center. Head Coach Hans Laub said, “Maybe this time we can overcome a major hurdle unlike in the previous 2 tournaments. Now its up to how motivated the players are to continue.” The winner of the matchup will receive a bid to the NAIA National Tournament.
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Softball team struggles to win consecutive games
In the second game of Men’s golf struggles on All three runs scored against the Lady Badgers split a con- lowed four hits to the Blaz- final day while the wom- SHC came in the first inning ference doubleheader with ers. The lone run for SHC the doubleheader, the Lady off starting pitcher Brittany Belhaven College (34-15, 4- was off of a sacrifice fly from Badgers pulled off the upen fall short as well. DEVIN GOLDEN Sports Reporter The Spring Hill College softball team (15-28, 4-6 GCAC) continued their season by splitting two conference doubleheaders over the past two weeks and losing both games of a doubleheader to non conference foe Thomas University on Friday, April 17. Against Thomas University, the Lady Badgers dropped the first game of a Friday afternoon doubleheader by the score of 3-0.
Abate (2-12). Abate settled down to pitch a complete game, allowing just five hits. The Lady Badgers could not put a run across the plate to help the cause, though. In the second game of the doubleheader, SHC lost to Thomas University by a final score of 2-0. Samantha Brooks (8-11) allowed a run in the first inning to Thomas, and then did not allow another run until the fifth inning. She allowed just four hits in her complete game outing. On Thursday, April 16,
6 GCAC), winning the first game by a score of 4-0. The win was in large part due to SHC starting pitcher Lauren Crane’s (5-4) two-hit shutout. She did not allow a single hit until the sixth inning. At the plate, Jessica Erickson hit her first home run of the season and the Lady Badgers combined for 13 hits. In the second game against Belhaven, the Lady Badgers lost by a score of 81. Seven unearned runs were scored in the second inning to put SHC in a hole that they could not escape from. Abate started for SHC and only al-
Lindsey Taylor in the fifth inning. On Monday, April 6, the Lady Badgers split a conference doubleheader with No. 7 ranked William Carey University (30-5, 5-1 GCAC), losing the first game by a score of 8-2. With SHC trailing 4-0 in the third inning, Crane drove in a run from a sacrifice fly and Abate drove in Monica Zeringue to cut the margin in half. WCU was able to pull away for good in the fourth inning with two runs and then two more runs before the game ended.
set with a 4-3 victory. SHC jumped out to an early 4-0 lead with two runs in each the first and second innings. Jessica Erickson drove in a run on a fielder’s choice and Crane scored on a passed ball. Jessica Whidden then drove in a run and also scored a run in the second inning to complete the scoring for the Lady Badgers. Brooks pitched the entire game for SHC, allowing seven hits and only three runs. The next stop is the GCAC tournament, which will begin on Thursday, April 23, in Gulf Shores, Ala.
Baseball team sweeps LSUA scoring 30 runs over the series The Badger bats really LSUA’s pitching had for Hall who hit a sacrifice LSUA’s pitching con- hits and two runs in the seccome through in the three only given up two hits to the fly ball that brought home tinued to be an issue in game ond inning to take the score SHC until the bottom of the sophomore Grant Brasher two as the Badgers were able to 2-0. Essington faced more game series. ERIC QUINTANA Sports Editor The Spring Hill College baseball team hosted Louisiana State University – Alexandria in a three game series last weekend. Game one was also used to host “Strikeout for a Cure” for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Senior pitcher Matt Hasley held the LSUA offense in check in game one only allowing four hits, three of which were in the first two innings, and one earned run in his third complete game of the season. Hasley recorded three strike outs and three walks. The Badger defense contributed as well by completing a double play in the second inning to minimize the damage done by a double and a single early in the inning.
fifth inning when the Bad- from third. Junior Andy Mc- to score 14 runs in two ingers went on a five run, four Call scored from third on a nings and ended the game in hit run that gave them a 5-1 wild pitch and Harrison add- five innings. lead. Freshman Ryan Cum- ed another after scoring on a Junior Nick Clapper mings homered over the left sacrifice fly. Four walks and kept LSUA hitless until the field fence with the second hit batsmen added two runs. fourth inning and only gave pitch he saw. After junior McCall ended the game 11-1 up four total hits in the five Blake Nelson was issued a in seven innings after driv- inning game. walk, senior Bill Saliski dou- ing in a run off a shot to right The Badger bats had a bled deep down the right field field. five run, four hit second inline, advancing Nelson to ning followed by a nine third base. Nelson scored run, nine hit third inning on a sacrifice fly and juto make the lead 14-0. nior Ryan Hall drove in The stretch of hits inGingles. Sophomore Brad cluded a double by SalHolstein scored two more iski, a triple by McCall runs on a two RBI double and a two run home run to make the score 5-1. over the left field fence The bottom of the by Brasher. seventh proved to be di A win in game three did sastrous for LSUA as not come as easily as the they gave up sic runs on Badgers had to score four only two hits to inevitaruns in the last two inbly end the game due to nings to come back and Photo by Maria Walser complete the sweep. the “mercy rule.” A walk, single and wild pitch put The Badgers scored 30 runs in the Freshman Josh Esmen on second and third three game series against LSUA. sington gave up four
hardship in the sixth inning as he gave up two runs and was replaced by senior Michael Bouche who struck out the next two batters to end the inning. The Badgers responded with a three run inning of their own. They scored three runs off two hits to tie the game at four runs each as Holstein provided a run-scoring single and Grant Brasher lifted the tying sacrifice fly to right field. Then with two outs in the 6th inning, Ryan Cummings added the winning run with a solid single to right field that scored Kiefer Gingles from third base. The final score was 5-4. The Badgers next play a three game series Friday, April 24-25 against LSUShreveport beginning at 6 p.m. Friday.
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20 The SpringHillian Thursday, April 23, 2009
Badger sports semester re-cap: Basketball • Baseball • Softball • Tennis • Golf
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ABOVE: Marcus Coleman helped lead the Badger basketball team to a championship game this season, setting himself apart with his 3-point shots. BELOW: The Badgers softball team has taken 15 wins away from other teams in the GCAC Conference.
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Above: Ryan Hall makes a swing for the outfield and makes serious contact! The Badgers baseball have given themselves a 25-24 season thus far.
above: The badgers baseball team has banded together and given some SHC baseball fans something to cheer about this season! Some students have even been spotted tailgating on the south lawn!