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Voodoo Kings signs record contract Stormy Speaks Printz Writer Last Thursday, members of Dr. E and the Voodoo Kings, a Hattiesburg-based Chicago blues and 70s style funk band, signed a contract with Southern Miss’ student-run record label South City Records, allotting the band studio space, time to record a 40-minute studio album, and subsequent promotion for that album as well as the band.

The band’s front man and guitarist is Southern Miss assistant professor of psychology David Echevarria, known by many as Dr. E. Along with bassist Tate Thriffiley, percussionist Andrew Wooten and other members, the number of which varies depending on the size of the venue, Dr. E and the Voodoo Kings has been performing covers as well as original compositions since the fall of 2007.

Originally from New York City, Dr. E has been playing music professionally for over 20 years.

He and other groups he has performed with have struggled with record labels previously, but it seems a match has been made between South City Records and Dr. E and the Voodoo Kings.

“I first heard Dr. E and the Voodoo Kings at the Roots Festival last year and met with Dr. E shortly af-

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Photo by Sebe Dale IV

Dr. E and The Voodoo Kings fill the Keg and Barrel with bluesy guitar riffs and funky rhythms in the K&B’s Mardi Gras celebrations on February. 16, 2010.

ON CAMPUS

Update: ten programs saved in appeals USM has had pending budget cuts for a long time now, and now that the public has been notified

about which programs were cut, students, faculty, and staff must deal with life after the budget cuts in the process of moving on towards the next step.

On Jan. 19 USM President Martha Saunders sent an email to the

student body reading that she received a report from the Program Elimination Appeals Committee and had referred that report to the Executive Cabinet for review.

The report Saunders received was a list of recommendations for

the elimination of 11 programs, the retention of 10 programs and the retention of faculty or graduate assistant for two programs, which responds to the 23 appeals.

On Feb. 2 Saunders sent the student body yet another email reading

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that she and the Executive Cabinet have accepted the recommendations of the Program Appeals Committee regarding the elimination and retention of the suggested programs.

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INDEX Calendar ....................... 2 Crossword.......................2 News ..............................3 Arts & Entertainment ....4 Feature ...........................5 Opinion............................6 Sports............................. 7

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“Run for Love” 5K Walk/ Run Payne Center 10:00 a.m.

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Dirty Birds 02-08-11 Welfare Concern Phi Kappa Tau - Incident report filed and case cleared as unfounded.

02-08-11 Welfare Concern Wilber Hall - Referred to USM Counseling Center.

02-08-11 Vandalism Parking Garage - An employee of the construction company reported the door of the mechanical room was pried on causing damage. Entry was not gained.

02-08-11 Motor Vehicle Accident Payne Center Lot - Incident report filed.

02-08-11 Medical Assist Payne Center - A student was transported to FGH by AAA.

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News

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Voodoo Kings, from 1

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David Echevarria, or “Dr. E,” Assistant Professor of Psychology and leader of Dr. E and The Voodoo Kings, signs a record deal with South City Records in Starbucks on Feb. 3.

Appeals, from 1

said, I have stopped investing in the property in new ways. For example I am not going to plant my berry bushes as originally planned; anything that needs maintenance gets it right away, rather than putting it off, because in a year I could be back in sales mode and I don’t want to have to have a ‘to-fix-list’ a mile long.”

However, one program that was not as fortunate, the Early Oral Intervention MS program, has to deal with being eliminated.

Chair of the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Steve Cloud, talks about the disappointment of the budget cuts.

“I was very disappointed that the Early Oral Intervention pro-

gram was cut,” Cloud said. “It’s the only program of its type in the southeastern U.S. and it’s one of only three such programs in the entire country.”

Cloud says that the program had just received a 1.4 million dollar grant last semester, and was a contributing factor that led to his utter shock that the program was cut with a vote 4-5 while voting 5-4 to save the undergraduate degree for Education of the Deaf.

Cloud says that this program teaches students to work with young children who received cochlear implants to help improve their listening and speaking skills.

He says that the technology provided by the cochlear implants

label,” said Alex Pickle, a sophomore international business major who oversees the new blues label division of South City Records. “Because of their experience in the industry, and the work that Dr. E has done with us in the past, they are a perfect fit for our label.”

“The whole record deal was Dr. E’s brainchild,” said Wooten, a senior psychology major at Southern Miss. “There wasn’t much thought on my part when deciding if we should sign, but I thought it’d be silly to pass up an opportunity as special as this. It’s impressive the kind of work the people at South City have done to make this deal a reality.”

Dr. E recorded a solo acoustic session in the South City Records studio this past summer, which he said got him excited to be getting back in the studio as well as being the “flagship artist” of South City Records’ new blues label.

This particular album, totally comprised of original songs written by Dr. E and Thriffiley, will feature several musical talents, including those of Dr. E on gui-

tar and vocals, Thriffiley on bass, Wooten on drums and percussion, Southern Miss assistant entertainment industry professor and faculty advisor of South City Records Paul Linden on harmonica and piano, and even a horn ensemble. The band plans to start recording this month and finish by the end of the semester, pending studio renovations. The band also plans to perform approximately two gigs a month in Hattiesburg and surrounding areas.

“It’ll encompass a bunch of different styles,” said Dr. E. “There will be funk and groove aspects and electric stuff. We might even do an acoustic thing so it sounds like stripped-down Delta style blues.

I really want this thing to be like, ‘Wow, look, we all have ownership in this. Like, we all contributed to this big, 40 minutes of just funky, groovy, cool stuff.”

Now that the band is signed, should fans expect more records and even a tour?

“I would love to record more,” Wooten said. “Recording and touring would be a blast.”

with combination in early intervention prevents them from having to go to an institutionalized setting such as the Mississippi School for the Deaf.

Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion David Holley talks about the Philosophy MA being cut.

Holley said the Department did not contest the cancellation of the Philosophy MA; however, he said they argued that cancelling the program would not justify cutting any faculty positions and that there would be no significant monetary savings. Because the program provided teaching assistants who taught classes in that department, cancelling the program will actually increase

instructional costs. (Their position was upheld by the appeals committee.) The two faculty positions designated for termination in connection with the program cancellation were restored.

Holley talks about the stress faculty and staff faced.

“Even though all the tenured and tenure-track positions in our department were restored, that action does not reverse the significant impact on individual faculty members who received termination notices,” Holley said. “They were put through major stresses that look avoidable in the light of the appeals results. It is not clear how many of those professors will choose to remain at the university.

Because of what has happened to

Fedora announces new defensive coordinators Southern Miss Football Coach Larry Fedora announced that David Duggan and Dan Disch will be co-Defensive coordinators for the 2011 season. Duggan has been on the Golden Eagle staff for three years as the linebackers coach and will retain that job along with coordinator responsibilities. Disch’s previous job was at the University of Illinois where he last held the inside linebackers coaching job. He will bring with him a new defensive philosophy to be implemented over spring practice, the 4-2-5.

“We basically will go from a basic 4-3 to a 4-2-5 defense that will be multiple and something that we will still be able to bring a lot of heat without everyone knowing where we are coming from, which will be very good against the type of offenses we face in this conference,” Fedora said.

The defense will look to improve on the 29.5 points per game last season. The Eagles will take the field April 9th for the annual Black and Gold Spring Game. them, even those who do not leave next year may be disposed to keep looking for other opportunities.”

Provost Bob Lyman said in a press release, “We will retain necessary faculty or employ instructors to offer those courses for the length of time necessary to teach out the major.”

While USM is “teaching out the majors,” (a grace period in which students are granted to finish their program) USM is also accepting appeals for the programs that were cut, and that is exactly what Cloud is going to do.

“We’re still in the process of trying to salvage the program in one form or another,” Cloud said. “So the attempt to save the program is on-going at this time.”

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Sweet ideas for your sweetheart Michelle Holowach Printz Writer As big of a deal as Hallmark and Wal-Mart like to make of Valentine’s Day, it seems there are few who actually enjoy February 14th.

Those who are single may not like it because it reminds them of their lonely relationship status, and those with a significant other may not like it because it puts a strain on their relationship and raises the ultimate V-Day question: What do I get for my boyfriend/girlfriend?

The whole idea of hearts, chocolates and stuffed animals may seem like little more than a contrived ploy, but there are ways to have fun with this completely commercialized holiday. Instead of sticking to the typical teddy bear and box of chocolate, this year is a good time to get clever with the Valentine’s Day gifts and make them say more than, “This was all they had at Wal-Mart.”

Perhaps there’s a list of songs that make your sweetheart think of you. For anyone who loves gadgets, you could get an iPod shuffle and load it up with all the romance songs it can hold. Apple can even engrave a sugary mes-

sage on the back of it. This could be a creative new way to say “I love you” that walks with the quickening pace of technology.

There are also new ways to spice up a photo other than sticking it in a generic frame from the craft store. Get calendar maker computer software and personalize each month with a collection of photographs, or log into Windows Movie Maker and create a heartwarming montage of pictures, set a sweet song in the background, and burn the movie onto a CD for a Valentine’s Day gift.

Perhaps it doesn’t quite fit into your budget to go eat at a fancy restaurant, so a nice gift could be to cook dinner together, complete with wine and candles. Find a new recipe to experiment with or just make some mac n’ cheese and chicken tenders.

Anything sweet and sugary is a sure winner on Valentine’s Day. But instead of buying just another heart-shaped box of chocolates you could get a small fondue fountain and some fresh fruit to dip into its rich, chocolaty waves, or get an ice cream maker and enjoy making something sweet to eat with that special person.

There are also alternatives to sending a cliche, pre-fabricated

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Valentine’s Card from Hallmark to a significant other who may be separated by many miles. For guys to send to their gals there is ProFlowers – a flower company that will send a flower bouquet of the buyer’s personal choice through the mail and straight into the hands of an unsuspecting lady.

Another new way to send snazzy snail-mail is through a company called Cellphone Postcards; just visit their website and send a made-to-order postcard with a personalized picture on the front and a short, sweet message on the back for only 99 cents. That one picture may warm someone’s heart more than a hundred messages fabricated by greeting card writers.

Instead of throwing out 20

bucks at the movie theater, perhaps a carton of unpopped movie theater popcorn from Blockbuster with a movie inside of it to watch with that special person would be a relaxing way to spend the romantic holiday. And for anyone who may be sick of Twilight and The Notebook, there are several unlikely romances to cuddle up with instead.

Some fresh but still sweet ideas for your movie night are Benny & Joon starring Johnny Depp, (500) Days of Summer starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, The Corpse Bride by Tim Burton, Say Anything starring John Cusak, classical Disney favorite Beauty and the Beast, or My Big Fat Greek Wedding, a comedy sure to have anyone out of their

seats laughing.

And for the people out there who just really can’t get over the idea of being single, there is always the handy dandy “Grow a Boyfriend” or “Grow a Girlfriend” sponges. They are advertised to expand up to 600 percent their normal size. Apparently this boyfriend will “never argue, always agree” and will “never look at your credit card bill.” The girlfriend will let her man “enjoy Sunday football all day” and never ask, “Does this make me look fat?”

So if the goal is to come up with something new, stay cheap, or just not be lonely, there is a unique way to spend Valentine’s Day for everybody. Don’t let this year’s romantic holiday become just another “National Single Awareness Day” or relationship-stressor day; let it be a fun day to set aside a moment just to tell someone, “You’re special to me.”

Arts & Entertainment

Thursday, February 10, 2011

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SPOTLIGHT

Jazz student scales to success Michelle Holowach Printz Writer When Ryan Raziano picked up his first horn in seventh grade he never imagined that one day he would be aspiring to become a musician, or that his dreams would carry him so far.

Ryan Raziano, a senior at USM, is double majoring in jazz studies and music education. But on the side, he is playing gigs, making money and establishing a name for himself in the world of music.

“When I first got to USM a couple guys in the jazz studio used to have jazz sessions and I always wanted to go out and play with them, and that’s always been fun for me,” Raziano said about his beginning days as a musician. “So I would go out and play, and I would be told to sit down a couple times, but I would play with every opportunity I had with the people around here. I got a little better because I was playing a lot, and that turned into me getting more gig opportunities. Small, random things would turn into something big.”

When Raziano first came to USM he did not know that his life would lead him to become a musician. “My parents used to try to get me to be a doctor or something and I kept wanting to do this; I just was sucked into it, you know,” Raziano said. “Something my parents were kind of trying to fight, and I wasn’t willing to fight so I just let myself become absorbed in it. Now they support everything about it.”

“I didn’t really think about it, but I was lucky to find that there was a world-class faculty here to learn from at USM,” he said.

Raziano has played all over town with other groups or at popular venues, such as Thirsty Hippo and The Martini Spot.

“I got kicked out for being too loud,” Raziano said about The Martini Spot.

Not only has Raziano been making a name for himself in Hattiesburg, but he has branched out into other parts of the country as well. He has played in New Orleans and was invited to play with the Mobile Symphony Orchestra, and when The Pride took its famous trip to New York to march in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Raziano took a hold of that musical opportunity as well.

“I have a couple friends that live in Brooklyn and they were playing shows up there, so I actually went and hung out with them,” Raziano said. “One was a jazz gig in some small place in Brooklyn, the other was a lot of jazz musicians, like a Stevie Wonder cover.

Brittany Carroll/Printz

Ryan Raziano poses with a few of the six instruments he has mastered in his studies. Raziano hopes to pursue his master’s in jazz performance while continuing his performing career.

It was really cool.”

Raziano has been very successful in getting gigs, but he said that so far everything has been knowing people and having these certain connections. “Of course

there’s a small part of putting yourself out there when you meet new people, but I haven’t necessarily gone out looking for these. I just go out to look for other musicians to hang out with, and these

just turn into new gigs.”

Raziano is currently a member of Wind Ensemble, the Pride, a jazz band, Jazz Sextet and a classical saxophone quartet. He also plays drums with the Jazz Bones, the second jazz trombone group.”

It keeps me busy,” he said. He also plays every instrument, from the tenor sax to the alto and baritone sax, from the clarinet to the bass clarinet and flute, and from to the piano to drums.

Most of what Raziano does when he performs is improvisation. “That’s the thing I like about it,” he said. “When you’re playing with other people everybody is improvising at the same time, you just have a small form that keeps you in line with each other. It really helps you explore some neat things musically with other people.”

Other than “playing really, really loud,” the most rewarding thing about being a musician for Raziano is the connection that he forms when performing with others who share his passion. “To me the whole reason I play jazz is because, like I said you’re always playing with other people, and you get to explore new things with people and you really learn more about a person through how you interact with them. When you get into those really rare moments when you’re playing and something sparks it’s a really great feeling.”

Raziano has written a lot of his own music, some of which the sextet has performed. As of right now he does not know what he

career, but he knows his options are endless. “As of right now I’m planning on getting my masters in jazz performance, of course teaching is always going to be a part of what I do. Right now I have so many choices … there’s a lot of doors that I could try to aim for right now.”

Raziano said one of his greatest inspirations has been his jazz studies professor, Lawrence Panella. Panella said that he has seen Raziano grow a lot as a musician over the past couple of years.

“When he first came his awareness of jazz was fairly limited.”

Panella said, “And so we kind of expanded his outlook over the past few years … his playing has changed quite dramatically.”

Panella also said that Raziano has a lot of strengths. “He has a substantial amount of God-given talent – that would be the first thing. And he brings a natural curiosity with him, he’s willing to explore new things, he’s eager to explore new stuff ... Ryan has a teachable spirit.”

In the future Panella hopes to see Raziano make a living as a performer. “Ryan and students like him are the kind of things that make teaching a rewarding career. We look forward to those kinds of students who really take what we give them and run with it.”

Raziano’s advice to any other students aspiring to become musicians? “Don’t stop. Listen, and play as much as you can.”

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Opinion

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REGIONAL

Beef: the meat of the matter

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Jonathan Andrews

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Printz Writer Last month, an Alabama law firm filed a class action lawsuit against Taco Bell, alleging that the meat they use in their products was more filler than beef.

The lawsuit claimed that the “beef” in the fast-food restaurant’s offerings was only 36 percent cow and, therefore, does not meet the USDA’s minimum requirements to label its products as “beef.”

It is important to note at this point that the company has called their meat “seasoned beef” all along.

(Take that, nitpickers.)

Taco Bell responded to the fiasco by taking out full-page newspaper ads, blasting their message through social networks like Twitter and Facebook and ultimately releasing a statement from the company’s president, Greg Creed.

No publicity is bad publicity, right?

Creed’s retort said the 100 percent USDA inspected beef “is slowcooked and simmered with proprietary seasonings and spices to provide Taco Bell’s signature taste and texture.”

“Signature” is a good way to describe it.

It goes on to say that the “seasoned beef ” in question is 88 percent beef and 12 percent... you know, other stuff.

Also, according to the response, Taco Bell plans to sue the law firm because they “take this attack on our quality very seriously.”

Now, you’re caught up on the situation. But really, is the amount of meat in Taco Bell’s stuff really the thing people should be complaining about?

According to the nutrition facts on the company’s website, a single

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Powerhouse, could you be ANY slower bringing out food?

Waiting 20 minutes for fries is ridic.

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Taco Bell has recently been under fire for their alleged mystery meat. The fast food chain retaliated with a counter lawsuit and the claim that their beef has never boasted 100 percent cow – rather, it’s always been marketed as “seasoned beef.”

soft taco with beef has 210 calories (80 from fat) and 9 grams of fat, four of which are saturated.

That is on the low end, by the way.

A Chicken Ranch Taco Salad has a whopping 910 calories. That’s a salad? I thought they were supposed to be healthy.

The 55 grams of fat in that salad tell a different story.

Fast food companies use short cuts to preserve food or make it taste better. All that processing and those extra ingredients that have to be added to their food make it unhealthy, that’s no secret.

Those shortcuts also make it cheap for them to produce and sell these products to you as a Big Mac, or whatever.

If you haven’t seen the documentary Super Size Me, look it up on Netflix. In it, Morgan Spurlock takes on McDonald’s by choosing to eat it, three meals per day, for a month.

Spurlock had his health monitored by doctors for the 30 days and, not the least bit surprisingly, his health went on a steady decline throughout his diet. The doctors

were not sure whether he would die or do serious, irreparable damage to his body.

Mind you, that’s only from eating.

My problem with all of this fuss is that it is a well known fact that fast food is bad for you and that the companies that make that food are, for the most part, not concerned with your health.

Their first priority is their bottom line, not your waistline.

Don’t blame the companies though; they’re capitalists doing what capitalists do – making money.

The responsibility falls on us, as responsible consumers (and people), to watch what we eat.

I love McDoubles and grilled stuffed burritos as much as the next guy, but as the old saying goes, “Moderation in all things.”

Cook some meals at home – you’ll save money, calories and your heart.

Also, that way, you always know what you’re eating.

If you can’t cook (i.e. you live on campus or literally can’t cook) the Fresh Food Company is always (usually) open, providing whole-

some, square meals. If that fails, Subway is there for a healthier option, but make sure you tell them you only want a little mayonnaise.

Seriously though, look at any fast food company’s meat, and try to tell yourself that it’s 100 percent real beef.

Speaking of percentages, Taco Bell’s other 12 percent is everything from oats to yeast to cocoa powder.

Now that that’s cleared up, let’s get McDonald’s to tell us what’s in those McNuggets. On a FAQ on their website, a question reads, “Are the Chicken McNuggets really 100 percent chicken?”

McDonald’s opens its response with, “The only meat used in McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets is chicken breast meat.”

My question: what do you use besides meat?

This was an article of opinion by Jonathan Andrews, a writer for the Student Printz. Email questions or comments to jonathan.andrews@ eagles.usm.edu.

Back in the day it was about staying warm; today it’s about spending more money to look good while warm. Don’t complain about economy, that’s all I’m sayin’.

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Tell those people who ride bikes that they have to abide by traffic laws, too! iConfess might be the weirdest creation since Twitter ... or the Slap Chop.

Isn’t Donna Reed dead?

If Facebook were a country, it would be the fifth-largest country in the world, after China, India, the U.S., and Indonesia.

American car horns beep in the tone of F. Ironic much?

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Sports

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BASKETBALL

Basketball games peppy once more Travis Thornell Sports Editor Last season during basketball season, there was an unusual silence coming from the student section. This season, the problem has been fixed, and the Southern Miss Pep Band has regained their seats.

After recent budget cuts, the band was left without any sponsors or support to continue funding. Mack Grubbs, owner of Mack Grubbs Motors in Columbia and Mack Grubbs Hyundai in Hattiesburg, came to the rescue and gave $10,000 to bring the band back to life. The donation went towards scholarships for students to play all the home basketball games.

“I think it is very important to have the pep band playing at our basketball games,” Grubbs said.

“We need to have an environment where it is tough for opposing teams to play here, and the pep band only adds to that.”

The director of the pep band is music instructor Jamie Standland and two graduate students, Brian Joyce and Jonathan Helmick, also

oversee the band.

Joyce said the band was assembled last semester.

“They are all cream of the crop players. They went through an audition process and were selected before Christmas break. We had a couple of rehearsals over the break and played our first game January 5th.”

The pep band does more than sound out the Southern Miss fight song. They can usually be heard heckling the opposing teams. The general rowdiness from the band section has kept fans and students entertained. Great cheers such as “you don’t have a suitcase, but you travelled” can be overheard from the raucous musicians.

The band has garnered appreciation from people throughout the basketball community at USM. Lady Eagles’ Head Coach Joye Lee-McNelis said the band has an impact on the game.

“I am ecstatic that the pep band is back. Last year was definitely challenging for us not having a pep band. We just appreciate the students and Standland for all the hard work they have put in. The fans and team love them. They

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The Southern Miss Pep Band has returned to play and cheer at the home basketball games. After budget cuts the band was left without any sponsors, but Mack Grubbs of Hattiesburg Hyundai came to the rescue.

bring so much to the game and truly make a difference.”

Along with the great success of the Southern Miss basketball teams and reemergence of the pep band, one more thing has Eagle fans excited for basketball, and

that is the Raisin’ Cane’s Challenge.

The challenge is simple. When the men’s team scores 65 or the women score 60, fans can go with their ticket or student coupon to get a buy one, get one free combo meal at the restaurant on Hardy Street.

Kyle Stewart, manager of Raisin’ Cane’s, said, “(Raisin’ Canes Challenge) is something that Raisin’ Canes does in all of their local markets. It is a great way for us to reach out for the students.” The redemption of the challenge is only good for game day and the day after. The band even chants “Chicken, Chicken” when the score is getting close to the challenge.

The Challenge has been a relative lock for when Southern Miss steps on the court at home. The Men are averaging 81.5 point per game at home in the Reed Green Coliseum and the Lady Eagles are averaging just over 60 points per game overall. Fans will have six more opportunities to take in basketball at the Greenhouse. Both teams will be in action next week with the men’s team playing UTEP next Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. and the women’s team facing off against Memphis next Thursday at 7:00 p.m.

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Men’s Basketball at Memphis Day: Location: Time:

Saturday, February 12 FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tenn.

5:00 p.m. ESPN/ESPN2

Record: 17-6, 5-3 Conference USA

Memphis’ last 5 games: 1/26 vs. UCF 1/29 @ Marshall 2/02 vs. Tulsa 2/05 vs. Gonzaga 2/09 @ UCF

W, 77-61 L, 85-70 L, 68-65 W, 62-58

1/7/11 2:01 PM

Southern Miss Sports: Upcoming Games Thursday, Feb. 10 at 6:00 p.m.

Women’s Basketball at East Carolina Greenville, N.C.

Saturday, Feb. 12 at 2:30 p.m.

Softball vs. Central Arkansas Hattiesburg, Miss

M. Tennis:

Thursday, Feb. 11 at 1:30 p.m.

Men’s Tennis at Auburn Auburn, Ala.

Saturday, Feb. 12 at 5:00 p.m.

Men’s Basketball at Memphis Memphis, Tenn.

W. Tennis:

Saturday, Feb. 12 at 10:00 a.m.

Women’s Tennis vs. Arkanasa-Little Rock Natchitoches, La.

M. Basketball:

2/2 at UAB, W, 75-71 2/5 vs. Marshall W, 67-60

W. Basketball:

2/6 vs. Marshall L, 57-48 2/4 vs. Cal Poly L, 7-0 2/5 at UNLV L, 7-0 2/6 vs. New Mexico St. L, 6-1 2/5 vs. Southern L, 4-3

Saturday, Feb. 12 at 5:00 p.m.

Softball vs. Kennesaw State Hattiesburg, Miss.

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Tech

Top 7 iPhone apps for new owners

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Springpad

Pandora Radio

Springpad is a great app for keeping your life organized, saving ideas, and keeping lists. Not only can you take quick notes, but you can take quick snapshots of things you want to remember later, save barcodes of products you wish to eventually purchase, and even record your current GPS location to remember good businesses or restaurants.

Worried about clogging up your iPhone’s limited space with music from your iTunes library?

This app will help alleviate that problem by continuously playing music that fits your taste. Type in the name of a song or artist and Pandora will generate a play list of similar songs or artists. It’s also a great way to find new music.

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Ashton Pittman Web Editor Today marks the release of the long awaited Verizon iPhone 4. Until now, only AT&T customers had access to Apple’s popular smartphone. But now millions of Verizon subscribers have the opportunity to jump into the iPhone world.

Facebook The Facebook app for iPhone gives immediate access to all your social networking needs.

You can update your status onthe-go, get automatic notifications, and access Facebook chat.

You can even let your friends know when you’re at an awesome resort on Spring Break by checking-in using Places.

Perhaps the most important aspect of that world is the vast selection of apps, or applications, which can be downloaded right from the iPhone’s App Store. These applications make virtually limitless what the iPhone can do.

To help get new or potentially new iPhone users started, here are seven of my favorite picks.

Angry Birds The vindictive green pigs have stolen the Angry Birds’ eggs.

Now, the Angry Birds are out for revenge. While the premise sounds ridiculous, this game is easily one of the most addictive on the iPhone. Even I found myself spending hours trying to help the birds break through th

Tap DJ Ever wanted to create your own dance mixes? Tap DJ gives you two virtual turntables, where you load music from your iTunes music library to mix, scratch, and add FX effects. When you’re ready, you can record your homemade mixes and export them to your iTunes library.

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Word Lens

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Planning to study abroad this summer? Even if you’re not, perhaps you’ve found yourself wishing you could read a fancy foreign language restaurant menu to know what the heck to order.

Word Lens is a new app that uses the iPhone’s video camera to look at words in foreign languages and automatically translate them in real-time. It also translates in reverse. Currently, only Spanish is available, but app designers hope to soon add French, Italian, and German language packs to the Word Lens arsenal.

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Netflix If you have a Netflix membership, you can stream movies straight to your iPhone over a 3G connection. The video quality is somewhat reduced, but not so much that it detracts from your ability to watch. Even if you aren’t a Netflix member, the app gives you the option to try it through a free trial.