The artist formerly known re? e h w y r as the artist formerly known y eve u g s i h See t as PRINCE... is back!
Raccoon Attacks Local Cougar
See Prince page 10.
h tes whic o n e d e dh ’t Fool an rticles. So, don l i r p A e a He’s th ooligan” iously! h “ e r a s oo ser article take us t
Ms. Ineida Youngman was robbed of her iPod and Nike athletic shorts by a raccoon. See Raccoon page 2.
springhooligan the
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
Volume 88, Number 19
Mobile’s First Collegiate Newspaper
Thursday, April 2, 2009
The Spring Hill College “Treasures” Series: A faint light at the end of the tunnel for Mirror Lake After several calls to action, Mirror Lake is still in its neglected state; however, SGA hopes to make a difference if students are willing to help. MARIA WALSER Staff Photographer
Photo by Anne Standley
Gr∑∑k Update: Krawfish for the Kids a big success for the ladies of Delta Delta Delta fraternity. See Krawfish page 11.
On Spring Hill College’s campus there is one treasure that has been long forgotten and is in desperate need of being re-discovered. Mirror Lake was once a swimmer’s haven and a place that students and even residents of the local community would frequently visit. Now, more than 30 years after the lake was closed for swimming, it has turned into a place that is unrecognizable and overgrown with weeds and moss. The Chemistry Club once did experiments in the water and even that has now stopped. The lake remains stagnant and hidden away. In 2003, the lake had an opportunity to be funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in order for it to be restored. Unfortunately, those funds fell through, and Mirror Lake is still waiting to be restored to its original beauty. A few years after Mirror Lake fell into disrepair, the Student Government Association
Photo by Maria Walser
Mirror Lake is now a mass of cloudy green water and overgrowth of weeds and bushes. cleaned up the debris and drained the lake, but no one swam in it again. Students still visited the lake as a place to relax and get away from the ‘hustle and bustle’ of college life, but after awhile Mirror Lake became known as the place it is today: forgotten and abandoned. Last semester, an article was written on Mirror Lake as a call to action for students to want to do something about this cause. The response to the article was outstanding and several students wanted to take action, but See Lake page 3.
Spring Break brings with it the dangers of alcohol, Mexico’s drug lord issues College students are at their wit’s end and ready to celebrate big during SB’09; The SpringHillian wants to remind SHC students of the dangers they face.
Spring Break travelers is college students. There comes a point where all a college student wants is to relax, and that point comes right after all-nighters become a once-a-week routine or after you’ve been studying for so long you don’t remember ELIZABETH FARREN News Editor when you started. For The largest group of many Spring Hill College
students, this coming week is a reprieve from everything. Whether you are at home, the beach or a foreign country, there are some dangers that The SpringHillian wants to remind you about. One of the most common dangers over Spring Break is binge drinking, and sometimes increased
sexual activity. According to the American Medical Association’s survey 83 percent polled said that Spring Break brought heavier drinking than normal and 74 percent said that the break brought more sexual activity than normal. The AMA is trying to emphasize to young women that their bodies
react differently to alcohol than males, and that females are more susceptible to the health risks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that around 90 percent of the alcohol consumed by youths is in the form of binge drinking. The CDC also See Spring page 2.