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Lighting the Way, an annual event for Southern Miss, took place Sunday evening. The event officially kicks off the holiday season at USM. For more Lighting the Way photos, see page 8.

FOOTBALL

Reports: Fedora to leave USM for UNC According to numerous media reports, fourth-year Southern Miss head football coach Larry Fedora has accepted the same position at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As of Wednesday night, no official word

was confirmed from either school regarding Fedora’s position.

“To be honest with you, it’s still

a rumor until I’m told directly it’s going to happen,” Southern Miss offensive coordinator Blake Anderson told the Hattiesburg American.

“We’ll continue to work and do our jobs... Everybody on our staff is hard at work, recruiting, doing home visits and getting ready for the bowl game. That’s all you can do.”

As early as today, North Carolina media outlets have reportedly planned to release information for

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LIGHTING THE WAY

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Larry Fedora

a news conference introducing Fedora as the new head coach. North Carolina’s former head coach, Butch Davis, was fired in July because of an NCAA investigation into the program’s relationship with agents.

During an interview with WUSM Wednesday, USM senior quarterback Austin Davis said the team was in the dark about Fedora’s status.

“We’ll have to wait and see,” Davis said. “Nothing’s official, it seems like

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it’s official, but not official... I think the biggest thing is not to forget what we just accomplished.”

USM athletic director Richard Giannini told the Hattiesburg American that he is confident in finding a strong replacement should Fedora go to North Carolina.

“We’ve got a quality program,” Giannini said. “If Fedora left the

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Calendar ........................ 2 News .............................. 3 Feature ...........................4 Opinion ...........................6 Sports...............................7 Lighting the Way..............8

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-The Printz We will be back Jan. 17, 2012.

5 THINGS YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW about CHRISTMAS *Contrary to popular belief, the Bible doesn’t actually mention a specific date for Jesus’ birth. *Five months into the first World War, troops along the Western front took a Christmas Eve break from fighting to sing carols to one another across the battlefield. *The author best known for creating the Headless Horseman also created the iconic image of Santa flying in a sleigh. *Like the Energizer Bunny, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer got his start as an advertising gimmick. *According to Celtic and Teutonic legend, mistletoe is magical; it can heal wounds, increase fertility, bring good luck and ward off evil spirits. The tradition of kissing under the mistletoe didn’t begin until the Victorian era.

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SGA to revamp campus theatre Arielle Edwards Printz Writer The University of Southern Mississippi’s Student Government Association is planning to renovate the Thad Cochran Center’s theatre, with help from private funding. Seth Barron, SGA senator-at-large, said that,

originally, the theatre wasn’t being utilized and couldn’t be finished due to lack of funding from Southern Miss.

“When talking to College of Health dean, Ryan Kelly, it gave me the idea of a public-private partnership,” Barron said.

A chosen organization would finish everything necessary to turn the building into a functioning theatre.

“The company would get a cut of the money from any events that take place there,” Barron said.

The theatre would be used housing events for student organizations and colleges at the university. Barron has contacted the Grand Theatre’s corporate office in New Orleans and asked if they would be interest-

ed in doing the public-private partnership.

“It is just a vision I see,” Barron said. “I hate to see that great space not being utilized due to lack of funding.”

SGA is currently seeking faculty members who want to help with the project.

SGA Vice-President Jeffery McClendon said that once fin-

ished, the theatre would be a great source of entertainment for students.

“Students would have a fun place on campus that would provide them with entertainment,” McClendon said. “We look forward to learning about what this building could do for the Southern Miss campus.”

top candidate at other schools such as Texas A & M, Arizona State and Kansas. Around 10 p.m. Tuesday night, the Hattiesburg American reported that UNC offered their head coaching job to Fedora, and that he had verbally accepted.

“Congratulations to Coach Fedora,” senior linebacker Korey Williams said via Facebook. “He is a great coach and deserves the opportunity to move up in the

coaching world. No one outside this team really knows how much he has meant to the players. Not only as a coach but also a great mentor and role model. I’m thankful that he was my coach.”

It is unclear if Fedora will stick around to coach the Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl in Honolulu on Dec. 24. The Golden Eagles will compete for the team’s first 12-win season in school history

at the bowl against the Nevada Wolf Pack (7-5).

Southern Miss has options to replace Fedora. These candidates include offensive coach Gus Malzahn from Auburn, running backs coach Frank Wilson from LSU, UL-Lafayette head coach Mark Hudspeth, defensive coordinator Kirby Smart of Alabama, offensive coordinator Todd Monken of Oklahoma State,

defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson of South Carolina, Louisiana Tech Head Coach Sonny Dykes, receivers coach Darrell Wyatt of Texas, a former USM assistant or promoting offensive coordinator Blake Anderson or defensive coordinator Dan Disch.

In a four-year stint, 49-yearold Fedora accumulated a 33-19 record and led the team to fourstraight bowl appearances.

FEDORA, from 1 program, it’s still going to be a championship quality program.

We’ll win just like past coaches have won here.”

Sine the beginning of the week, Fedora and Giannini have been in New York at the annual National Football Foundation’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony. It was there that Fedora reportedly interviewed with North Carolina officials. Fedora was mentioned as a

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Survival of the fittest: finals week Rachel Beech Printz Writer Many college students are guilty of cramming before finals. Some may learn their lesson after failing Dr. Monsterface’s History 101 exam freshman year after a night at Sidestreet (remember that dump?). Others, not so much.

First and foremost, deal with it. Everyone is in the same boat, and most people are here to get an education. Don’t forget why you decided to attend college in the first place.

So, you’ve screwed up majorly, and student judgment day is looming over your head like a black cloud. How do you deal with that reckoning?

Number one: Don’t be “That Student,” that zombified kid cracked out on Adderall desperately pestering everyone in the library for notes and answers to previous tests. Please, just don’t go there. Spare yourself the embarrassment of appearing heinous. Take notes

next time, or maturely address colleagues who have taken the course with questions will get you a lot further than disrupting people’s study time with those unnecessary outbursts.

Secondly, don’t stress out.

When looking at the bigger picture, profs are actually trying to teach their students a thing or two, believe it or not. If that wasn’t the case, they’d all be teaching everyone how to take the actual exam. Finals aren’t the end all be all when defining one’s education.

Next, calm down with the highlighting. Ever notice the chick who frantically highlights each and every word in every sentence with a different color for each verb, adjective, adverb and noun? Stick to a single, neutral colored pen on a crisp piece of lined paper. Outline any notes you may have, and lightly underline key words. This helps people focus on the material instead of staring at what’s gone from notes to something from the Lisa Frank section of Fred’s in 1994.

Everything doesn’t have to be perfect. By perfect, that means systematically constructing the perfect study haven with a cup of Mocha Choka Fatfat in your right hand and a lucky study pen in the left. Everything will be okay. Sadly, there is no way to compensate for what you didn’t learn in class by making a magic study nest. #Hoponthemagicschoolbus if you’re looking for a miracle.

Finally, breathe. Finals aren’t a matter of life or death; they’re tests of what you’ve grasped throughout the semester. It’s easy. Study and take breaks in between. Don’t go over notes and watch Breaking Bad simultaneously. That would flat out ruin the Breaking Bad sesh. Just watch the show and study afterwards.

Everyone is going through the same thing at the same time. Let’s remember we’re all lucky to receive an education, so there really isn’t much to complain about.

These finals are part of what this grand life experience called college is all about. Good luck!

News in brief: 11 Golden Eagles make all C-USA teams The Golden Eagle football team was able to get 11 players on the all Conference USA teams voted on by the league’s coaches. Offensive lineman Lamar Holmes, defensive lineman Cordarro Law, defensive back Marquese Wheaton and re-

turner Tracy Lampley garnered first team honors. Quarterback Austin Davis, offensive linemen Joe Duhon and Jason Weaver, and kicker Danny Hrapmann were selected to the second team.

Freshman team honors were given to runningback Jamal Woodyard, defensive lineman Rakeem Nunez and defensive back Trey Becton-Martin.

Recievers Ryan Balentine, Kelvin Bolden and Lampley were honorary mentions for offense while linebackers Jamie Collins and Ronnie Thornton with defensive back Kendrick Presley were honorary mentions on the defensive side. Creighton Nelms, long snapper, was given a honorary mention for special teams.

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A student takes a break from studying at Cook Library Tuesday afternoon. More students are visiting the library during its extended hours for finals.

Fans reminded to not give money to websites for parents A website, tothetopfamilypride. com, was started to get senior football players’ parents to the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl. The website has been shut down in violation of NCAA rules that would make players ineligible for the game. Jason Gray, the compliance and student

service director for USM, said,” NCAA rules prohibit the providing of travel expenses to the parents of studentathletes and by providing such You are putting the eligibility of those studentathletes at risk. In this case one of the senior football players would be declared ineligible for the bowl game and not even be allowed to travel to the game if this fund provided any travel expenses to a parent or relative.”

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EDITORIAL

Printz bids farewell to writer...and bacon cookies Printz writer Jonathan Andrews reflects on his college career and time on the staff. We’ll miss him and wish him the best of luck after graduation.

Jonathan Andrews Printz Writer You’ve heard enough from me over the past two-and-a-half years if you’ve been following the Printz, as I know you all have.

Instead of boring you with what I think I’ve learned over my past four years, I’m going bore you by thanking the people who have helped get me to the point that I am now: a college graduate.

First on my list, of course, is bacon, but this list isn’t in any particular order. Also, thanks to any haters of all flavors.

Mom, Dad, Van and Chris and the rest of my family - without the unwavering support, emotional, monetary and otherwise, that you have offered me over the past four years, I probably would have gone completely crazy by now.

Ebone, you are my best friend, no matter what. I love you.

Arty, ride or die, you’re my dog.

Flocka, you too.

Mike - thanks for being that

uate assistants and dose of realness. section leaders in the Hannah, Hannah, Pride and anyone else Koty, Ryan and Paul who had to deal with you are the best friends my crap when I was that anyone could ever a member of that orask for. All of my other ganization, thank you friends, you guys are for not kicking me okay too. I’m kidding, out and also not failbut seriously, thank ing me because of my you for putting up with chronic tardiness. my oft-flaky nature. I Dr. Campell, Mandy like to think of myself Nace, Sue Martinez, Dr. as a recluse.

Jenkins, Dr. Xue, Dr. DaThe Student Printz vies, Maggie Williams, staff past and present Dr. LeDuff, Chuck has given me a group Cook, Gina Gayle, Dr. of friends when I would The Printz staff bids farewll to fellow staffer Jonathan Coleman, Rodney and have probably been even Andrews Wednesday night during production. all of the Mass Commumore of an unsociable nications department’s loser without you guys.

Thornell, Stormy Speaks (if that is I proudly wear the (sort of racist) your real name) - it’s been wonder- excellent faculty and staff have guidbanner of token for y’all. ful getting to know all of you. I hope ed and taught me very well.

Dr. Saunders, Dr. Holloway, Dr. Jesse Bass - started me at this stuff. I got all of the editors I’ve worked Paul, Madame Rowland, Dr. GilThanks a lot. Marika, Samantha, under in there.

Meryl, Eli, Bryant, Topher Bostick, Thanks for putting up with lespie, Dr. Lares, Dr. Hillard, Andrew Mary Margaret Halford (the pretti- my lack of attention to deadlines. Milward (and all of Fiction Writing est editor to-date), Hannah Jones, Speaking of, Jen, Eryka and Arielle, III) and the professors in other classes I’ve taken whose names escape me at Ashton Pittman, Lisa Gurley, Taylor sorry for all the trouble! (boy and girl versions) Fesenmeier Dr. Schuman, Dr. Standland, the moment have all touched me and and Henry, Tyler Clevand, Travis Ms. Linda Kelly, all of the grad- made me a little better by passing on

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The Hattiesburg American staff, with whom I had the most fun summer of my college career working - I hope that I can get the chance to come back and work with you all (hint, hint.)

I guess I’ll bore you with a little of what I’ve learned too, though.

Hattiesburg is known as the Hub City for a reason. You’re no more than an hour-and-a-half from some of the best cities in the Southeast. Go north, you’re in Jackson. Travel east and you’ve found my hometown of Mobile. To the west is New Orleans (what up, Bourbon?) and to the south there’s Biloxi. You’ll meet some of the best kinds of people here.

USM is a great college. I’ve found my second home here. In addition, I’ve found a passion for bacon.

I also have a passion for quotes, so I leave you with one spoken by Nelson Mandela. It adorns the door of The Student Printz office, and I reflect on it every time I walk in there.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

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The end is nigh in 2012

Student Shout-outs

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Jonathan, We’re going to miss you and your delicious bacon cookies at The Student Printz! Good luck with graduation!

To my hot English teacher, your amazingly great looks made sitting through class bearable and then you got a haircut! Man, what were you thinking?!

Dear Century Park Gates, I’m sick and tired of getting stuck in the pouring rain because you don’t feel like opening after I swipe my ID. #bustingthroughnexttime Dearest Hillcrest, I sleep in and eat breakfast at 10:30am-you closed at 10am. I get off of practice, shower, and want a meal at 7pm-you closed at 6:30. By Saturday morning breakfast I’ve learned my lesson, and I arrive at 8am-you close every weekend...are you sure you’re ever open?

Joshua Starr Printz Writer The end is nigh, brothers and sisters. I don’t mean to alarm you, but as we speak the University is traipsed by men with guns — and badges. And war is surely imminent.

It will be a hard fought war, one between those with guns and those who pack. Come spring, the packers will make the first act of aggression, and soon enough the university will fall into anarchy.

As you know, next semester the university will start enforcing a new smoking policy. Come Janu-

Dear KD that I got to ‘know’ in Annapolis... You didn’t say you had a boyfriend. And I want my cover (hat) back.

For those who are unaware, President Obama spoke from the heartland Tuesday.

“Some billionaires have a tax rate as low as 1%,” he said. “That’s the height of unfairness.”

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I don’t understand why USM is being blamed for losing CUSA money for WINNING the game. Why aren’t they blaming Houston for LOSING the game AND the money? They had the bids. Have you people heard of a thing called PRIDE!!

Obviously USM has, because they [football team] played their butts off and won the game with PRIDE! SMTTT!!!

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will say, “Actions must be taken.” In a briefing, Bob Hopkins will explain, “There are known knowns, known unknowns…and something I can’t recall…but these buttheads definitely have to be put out.”

Tired of always being dissed by the Alpha Beta smokers, the nerds will answer the call. Acting as badskinned enforcers, the number of fines will soar for a while until one of the nerds shacks up with a fine number from the Pi Delta Pi house.

Then Hostages. Negotiations.

Montage. Apocalypse. Zombies.

Of course, I could be wrong, but just in case I’m not, maybe we could get some chairs?

This was an article of opinion by Joshua Starr, a writer for The Student Printz. Email questions or comments to joshua.starr@eagles. usm.edu.

Is our privacy being hijacked?

Sarah Hoffman

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zone’ and it is in my dorm room.

Ipso facto.”

As the semester progresses and other smokers get tired of looking for the apparently nonexistent zones by Walker, Scott and Cook, the packer ranks will swell, and their fearless leader will green light her most successful plans to date.

Uniform hoodies, oversized glasses and impromptu musical numbers will make the capture and prosecution of packers almost impossible.

And at a much later date, they will fondly remember the week when all the ‘designated zone’ signs disappeared and freedom was briefly regained its status as cool.

As the rebellion becomes stronger, the police will respond appropriately. First, they will shift their rhetoric to garner public support.

Calling cigarettes WMDs and dubbing smokers ‘lung terrorists,’ they

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ary, as smokers congregate in the new smoking zones, they will grow restless. At first, this will be a strictly physical sensation due to their low lung capacity and lack of chairs, but soon they will find a leader, “I want chairs,” she will say.

“We want chairs,” they will chant.

“We want chairs,” they will sit. Behind the LAB. Under a tree. Away from the zones.

And the fuzz will come to where they sit and rain down fines like turret fire. They will issue loads of tickets to real-sounding pseudonyms, and the smokers will take this sitting down. And they won’t stand for it. Having committed to the role of subversive douchebag, they will humor many plans.

“Officer,” they will say, “the zone boundary is line of sight.”

“Officer,” they will exclaim, “it does say ‘designated smoking

Printz Writer

My head turned as I heard these words. In his address to the nation, Obama set a foundation upon which his re-election campaign is expected to be built.

But this article is not about Mr. Obama.

In his speech, the president used moralistic language imbibed from the growing Occupy Movement across the nation, employing such phrases as “income inequality,” “fairness” and even “the 1%.”

I would like to state that this article is not in support of the

Occupy Movement, or any other movement, other than the progressive movement of we the people. This article is about our rights as Americans to free speech, due process and privacy.

Obama’s platform sets its stage amidst unprecedented mistrust of the American government by its people. Only in the last few weeks have news stories covered the impending legislation Congress is attempting to pass that will directly result in the loss of some of our most basic rights.

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In addition, Congress has proposed another bill intrusive on Americans’ liberties.

The Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, is described by the Electronic Frontier Foundation as the “blacklist bill” because “it would ‘allow the U.S. government and private corporations to create a blacklist of censored websites, and cut many more off from their ad networks and payment providers,’” says a source at businessinsider.com.

This piece of legislation is particularly dangerous to the right to free speech. Internet censorship is something you read about existing in China and North Korea, not here. This is some seriously scary business, folks.

With all this frightening legislation, new evidence has surfaced that reveals mobile carriers have been keeping tabs on their customers. Carrier IQ is the company who has patented the software, and it is allegedly installed in Androids, BlackBerrys and perhaps even iPhones via the phones’ manufacturers.

“Carrier IQ’s software is installed in your phone at the deepest level. You don’t know it’s there,” says gizmodo.com “You are never warned this is happening. You can’t opt-in and you certainly can’t opt-out.”

There’s not much you can do to avoid this interception of your privacy.

This was an article of opinion by Sarah Hoffman, a writer for The Student Printz. Email questions or comments to elizabeth.hoffman@ eagles.usm.edu.

Sports

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basketball

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Eagles aim to keep winning during the holidays Josh Seabrook Printz Writer On Sunday the Southern Miss Golden Eagles defeated the New Mexico State University Aggies 74-66, the second eight-point victory over NMSU for USM in only nine days. This was a crucial bounce-back game for the Golden Eagles, as it was their first time in action since losing 81-90 in double overtime to Murray State in the championship game of the Carrs/ Safeway Great Alaska Shootout.

This game was also an important momentum-building victory for the Golden Eagles, as the holiday season is quickly approaching.

“We’re just going to keep playing the way we play,” Southern Miss head basketball coach Larry Eustachy said when asked how his team would build momentum from the win. “We made a lot of mistakes and we were still able to win, so we’ll watch the film and move on.”

Excluding the Golden Eagles’ home game against Louisiana Tech on Saturday, the next elev-

en games will take place while the University of Southern Mississippi is officially closed for the winter holidays. In December they will face strong nonconference opponents such as Ole Miss, Arizona State and South Florida, as well as Belhaven, Alcorn State and McNeese State. On Jan. 4 they open up conference play against East Carolina and will also play Tulane, Memphis and UAB before the holidays come to a close.

In the latest ESPN/USA Today national polls, Memphis

was ranked No. 20 in the nation, so this will be an excellent test for the Golden Eagles at this point in the season. When asked where he wanted his team to be following the holidays, Eustachy implied that record was not the most important thing.

“I’m hoping we’re healthy,” Eustachy said. “We’ve lost several players to injuries, so I’m hoping we have enough depth to compete. But if we do, we’ll only be better for these games because they’re really good opponents coming up.”

If the Golden Eagles can stay healthy and produce some wins against quality opponents over the holidays, then maybe they can set their sights on a potential NCAA Tournament bid come March. But the season is still very young, and that is forward-thinking. The Golden Eagles have had a good start to the season, however, and they should continue to grow and improve into a real contender throughout December and into conference play in January.

football

5 things to watch for in Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl Travis Thornell Sports Editor The No. 22 Southern Miss Golden Eagles will face off against the Nevada Wolf Pack in the 2011 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl on Dec. 24 at 7 p.m. on ESPN. This will be the third match between the C-USA champs and a Western Athletic Conference school. Southern Miss won both the 1997 game (35-19) and the 1998 game (55-28).

1. Old meets new in quarterback battle

Southern Miss quarterback Austin Davis could punctuate his record breaking career with his second bowl game victory to go along with the 2008 New Orleans Bowl win over Troy. Davis, who holds virtually every record for a Golden Eagle signal caller, will play in his final game after leading USM to a school record with 11 wins this season. His counterpart from Nevada, freshman Cody Fajardo, has been impressive in nine starts and is a dual threat in the Wolf Pack offense. Fajardo, WAC’s freshman of the year, has thrown for 1,647 yards and six touchdowns and run for another 680 yards and 11 scores.

2. Nevada defense

The Southern Miss offense will go up against a solid Nevada defense.

The Wolf Pack is the second best total defense, giving up a respectable 372 yards a game and 25 points a game. Defensive lineman Brett Roy led the WAC with 10 sacks and 18.5 tackles for loss. Defensive back Isaiah Frey is second in the conference with five interceptions.

3. Pistol offense versus 4-2-5 defense

the pistol offense derived from the shotgun in which the running back lines up three yards behind the quarterback. The pistol has allowed Nevada and other schools to be balanced in both the pass and run. This season, the Wolf Pack is ranked fifth in total offense gaining 523 yards a game.

Southern Miss’s first-year defensive coordinator Dan Disch has returned the USM defense back to their vaunted “Nasty Bunch” days by implementing his attacking 4-2-5 defensive style. The defense took down the No. 1 offense in the country in their win over Houston.

The Golden Eagles are No. 20 against run (112 yards a game) and No. 31 total defense (345 yards a game).

4 .L ampl e y could hit 2,000 yards total

Running back/wide receiver/ returner Tracy Lampley has had a great season and shown that he can perform on the na-

tional scene. Lampley currently has 474 rushing yards, 549 receiving yards, 350 punt return yards and 405 kick return yards.

Overall, he has 1,778 yards with seven touchdowns, and combined with a big day, he could

break the 2,000 all-purpose yard mark.

5. Distractions

A whirlwind of distractions will surround the Golden Eagle program as the search for a new coach begins after head coach Larry Fe-

dora signed with North Carolina.

After what many have thought was a bad decision to play in Hawaii over bowls closer by, it is important for USM to make a great showing on national television.

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Right: Students of Dance South perform.

Far Right: Graduate student Cameron Weatherford performs with The Spirit of Southern.

Below: Myles Hendersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents receive a check from USM to support the Smyles for Myles scholarship fund.

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Christmas trees adorn the front of campus during the holiday season.