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USM professor to be buried today Justin Mitchell News Editor University of Southern Mississippi business professor Ernest King, Sr. died at Wesley Medical Center on Saturday, Jan. 28.

A visitation for friends and family was held Monday from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. at Moore Funeral Home in Hattiesburg.

Additional visitation will begin today at 12:30 p.m. until the service at Temple Baptist Church at 1:30 p.m. Graveside service will follow at Highland Cemetery.

King was a distinguished professor in the College of Business and taught courses in business law and business ethics. He was a member of Temple Baptist Church, where he was a media ministry volunteer.

King graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of South Florida. He went on to receive his Juris Doctor from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University as well as his Master of Law at the University of Miami.

Students and administrators said they were shocked and saddened after hearing of King’s death.

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DeRae Graham, a junior casino and tourism management

major, took a business law class taught by King in 2008.

“From the beginning of class, it was obvious that he knew what he was talking about, and what he had to say was very important,” Graham said. “I hung onto every word. He taught through sharing personal experiences, and every lecture was interesting.”

Graham also said professor King will be missed.

“USM lost an amazing man, and I’ll value what I learned form him very much,” Graham said.

Kayla Kriger, a former Southern Miss student, also had King for business law.

“I always remember him wearing bright-colored shirts and paisley ties,” Krieger said.

“I knew from the first day he was going to be a festive professor. He was always willing to help students excel. At the beginning of the semester, you could choose a book to read and have a 12-page paper written by the end of the semester.

You could use that to replace a low test grade.”

Rycki Haas, an accounting masters student at Mississippi State University, had King for a legal environment of business class in 2009.

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ON CAMPUS

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Southern Miss to build fence around campus Michelle Holowach Printz Writer

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Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. celebrated their Founders’ Day on Sunday in the Thad Cochran Center.

The highlight of the program was honoring high school seniors who have achieved in the area of academics, arts and athletics. Also, Phillip Wright of the Pine Burr Council of the Boy Scouts of America was honored with the Humanitarian Award.

The fraternity was founded in 1911, and the Hattiesburg chapter was started in 1960. The Founders’ Day celebration happens annually, and the Rev. Roland L. Austin was the keynote speaker at the event.

Austin, a graduate of USM, spoke about the future of children.

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As part of the master plan for construction at the University of Southern Mississippi, a fence will be built around the perimeter of the Hattiesburg campus in hopes of enhancing its aesthetic value and promoting pedestrian safety.

Vice President of Student Affairs Joe Paul said he believes the fence will benefit Southern Miss in a variety of ways.

“I think it will help to define the campus, where it begins, where it ends – visually,” Paul said. “I think it’ll give a sense of a place set apart that will psychologically give students and faculty and staff more of a sense of place.”

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Three sections of the fence have been proposed for construction: a Hardy Street fence stretching from U.S. 49 to the Jazz Lab, a 4th Street fence that will replace the plastic fence in front of Century Park, and a U.S. 49 fence stretching from Hardy Street to Felder Street.

Because of the continuing expansion of campus and volume of students parking in off-campus parking lots, it’s important to ensure they safely cross the streets.

“One of the things the fence will do is funnel pedestrians to proper crossing places,” Paul said.

The fence will be constructed of wrought iron and stand seven feet tall with brick columns eight

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College of Health works to improve state grade Leighanne Lockhart Printz Writer The state of Mississippi received a failing grade on its 2011 Public Health Report Card last week by the Mississippi State Medical Association and the Department of Health.

The report also revealed the state has more obese adults per capita than any other state in the nation along with the highest number of deaths from heart disease. In addition, Mississippi is among the highest in rates of diabetes and hypertension cases and infant mortality, ranking second in all three categories.

Despite these statistics, health educators at the University of Southern Mississippi have been working to reverse the state’s poor health.

The USM College of Health averages $10 million per year in funded research and applied programming and produces more than 700 health care professionals per year, according to the college’s dean, Mike Forster. These professionals include nurses, nutritionists, medical technologists, public health educators and recreation specialists all working toward and contributing to the improvement of the state’s health care services.

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“He was definitely one of the top five professors I’ve ever taken in the business program,” Haas said. “His class was challenging but informative. I came out of the class with an A. I’m sure professors and students alike will mourn Dr. King’s loss.”

USM President Martha Saunders released a statement concerning King’s passing.

“This is a very sad time for our university,” Saunders said. “Dr. King was a highly respected professor and active member of the campus community. He will be dearly missed.”

According to the College of Business, all of King’s classes will be covered beginning today.

to 10 feet tall interspersed along it and lights at its entrances.

Paul said that it is going to be a beautiful, decorative fence and not a stone wall. “Your vision of what is inside or out is not going to be impaired at all.

I think its just going to accent the beauty of the campus that already exists.”

In the spring of 2010 USM applied to the Mississippi Department of Transportation for a grant to use on building the fences. The fence construction has been approved by the Design Review Committee and University Master Planning committee.

The grant from MDOT provides Southern Miss with 80 percent of the funds, or $460,000, from the Federal Highway Administration leaving only 20 percent, or $90,000, for the university to come up with on its own.

Michelle Shinall, Assistant Director of Marketing and Campus Relations in the Physical Plant, said the project is not about spending university money.

sionate about what they do, and it really shows in the classroom,” said Ryan Kelly, College of Health External Relations Director.

According to Kelly, programs such as nursing, nutrition, community health and exercise science are taking charge not just by addressing these issues, but by instructing students on how to instill life changes in their patients and clients.

Kelly credits the state’s obesity rate and poor health issues to an unrelenting culture of eating high-calorie, high-fat, and highsodium foods in excess.

“There is no amount of exercise, apart from Michael Phelps’s train-

“This grant was available and MDOT provided it. It’s about providing additional safety on campus, not only to students but also to the many visitors that we have that come for games and many other activities and functions. Look at is as additions to everything we want to provide on campus a safe and secure environment as well as a campus feel.”

Although the university is preparing to begin several construction projects, Schinall says the small disruption this may cause will be worth it in the long run.

“There has to be a little bit of give and take to get to where it is that we need to be,” Schinall said. “It may take a little bit away from the aesthetics of the campus in building the fence, but what we gain from it in the next lifetime of the fence - the beauty and the safety and everything that comes with it is worth the few months of construction.”

Some students are hesitant about the effect these fences

ing regime, that will allow someone to burn the number of calories that many people in our state take in on a daily basis,” Kelly said.

Support from a social standpoint and early intervention with the children of this generation seem to be the strategies targeting obesity that ensure the highest success rate, according to Kathy Yadrick, the chair of the Nutrition and Food Systems Department.

Kelly said he agrees with the majority of the faculty in the College of Health that health education and early prevention through children is the way to change. The logic is to have children growing

may have on the appearance of the campus.

“I respect that they want to keep the students safe, but I’m disappointed by how closedoff it will make our campus seem to outsiders,” sophomore interior design major Jamie Jelinski said. “It will make our campus look less inviting.”

“It would make it safer because people will use crosswalks,” senior music education major Adam Wilbanks said. “However, it’s also going to be negative because with a big fence around the university it will take away the beauty of the campus, because you can’t be a beautiful campus through a fence.”

However, other students en-

up eating healthy foods and learning the value of proper nutrition and having that translate into a healthy population.

“This is how we change the prediction that this young generation will die younger than their parents,” Kelly said. “If you change the kids, you change the culture.”

As for the current cases of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, hypertension and infant mortality, Yadrick said the most effective way to create improvement is to have individuals partnered or placed within a group working towards a common goal to provide encouragement and motivation.

dorse the idea of positioning fences around the perimeter of USM’s campus.

“I like the idea of a fence,” Brent Newsome, a freshman kinesiotherapy major, said. “It gives more of a sense of security.”

Paul encourages students not to look at the fence as a barrier or a prison, but as a definition of the campus.

“I don’t see it as cloistering us at all,” Paul said, “but rather as kind of defining us.”

With the safety of the students in mind, USM will proceed with this next step in the master plan once the construction bids have been cast.

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State

Miss. bill to change welfare Tyler Hill Printz Writer Mississippi legislators introduced a bill last week that will change how the welfare system works in the state.

Senators John Polk and Nancy Collins authored the bill known as Senate Bill 2224.

If it passes, the bill would require anyone who receives public assistance to “comply with mandatory community service.”

Those included in the bill are people who receive Medicaid benefits, public housing or transfer payments such as food stamps.

For Mississippians who qualify for programs as such must complete 20 hours of community service per week at a nonprofit organization, a church where they aren’t members or a public or private school.

If a person receiving federal, state or local public benefits doesn’t comply, he or she will be ineligible to receive benefits for up to a year’s time.

Senate Bill 2224 comes at a time when legislators at the Mississippi Capitol are introducing bills that would require public assistance recipients to take random drug testings.

Senator Michael Watson, RPascagoula, stated earlier this month his intentions to propose a measure requiring all peoples receiving Medicaid, welfare, food stamps, electronic benefit transfer cards and other state assistance benefits to take mandatory drug test and verify U.S. citizenship.

Watson’s bill is modeled after a similar law in Florida, which bars applicants from receiving benefits if tested positive for drugs.

Senator Merle Flowers, R-DeSoto, introduced another assistance bill that would require all Medicaid Recipients to redetermine their eligibility every six months.

Sen. Watson says it’s time to reform the system to stop people from taking advantage of it.

“As a hard-working Mississippian, I understand the value of a dollar and try to spend them wisely at the state level,” Watson

said. “Public benefits shouldn’t be used to sustain those who simply do not want to get a job.

To the people who are taking advantage of our generosity and hardworking Mississippians’ tax dollars, we want to say no more.”

Sen. Watson said that by requiring random drug tests the abusers would be removed from the system and decrease the health care cost associated with drug abusers.

As for the community service legislation, Sen. Watson agreed that it is needed in the state.

“For those that are physically capable of performing community service, I do agree with this measure,” Watson said. “The notion that folks should work for what they get shouldn’t be offensive to anyone. Unfortunately, a sense of entitlement has been cultivated and is now deeply rooted in our society. That has to change if we want to turn our country around, and this bill is a step in the right direction.”

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on campus

SMAC to host game tonight Arielle Edwards Printz Writer

The Southern Miss Activities Council will be hosting their version of the Newlywed Game entitled “The Not So Newlywed Game” tonight. This event is a spin-off of the organization’s annual dating game.

SMAC President Alesha Knox said that they wanted to focus on couples.

“In the past, focusing on the

couple and their relationships has always been the best part of the dating game,” Knox said.

Newly engaged couple Natalie Oalmann and Jordan Garret will be hosting the event. Some of the competitors have been dating for as little as six months or as long as four years.

Competitor Jessica Moran is a junior at Southern Miss. Moran will be competing with her boyfriend of four years, Richard Clasen. Clasen and Moran met through mutual friends.

“One night a big group of us went to eat and he ended up coming,” Moran said. “ I thought he was really handsome, funny and also very sweet.”

Moran said that she and Clasen know each other well and hopes to do well in the competition.

“I honestly have no clue what to expect in this game,” Moran said. “I feel that there might be some sort of twist. I am looking forward to it.”

Freshman Chilevin Jones will be competing with her boyfriend, Michael Marshall. The couple has been together for two years.

“Michael and I met in the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Terry High School,” Jones said. “We know each other so well that we can predict each others’ questions, statements and just know what the other is thinking,” Jones said.

The couple said they expect the game to be competitive.

“I’m just ready to have fun with the SMAC crew and take home this win with Michael,” Jones said.

One of Jones’ friends, Shonice Musgrove, will be competing with her boyfriend Chancellor Montgomery. This couple has been dating for six months, but Musgrove said that they will show to be stiff competition.

“Chancellor’s sister, Bailey Montgomery, introduced us last year while socializing outside of Century Park,” Musgrove said.

Musgrove said she is confident in how well they know each other and said that she loves to be competitive.

“I’m expecting this game to ask us a series of personal questions that only our significant other would know, or should know,” Musgrove said. “We’re really excited and ready to blow our competition away.”

This event will be held tonight in Wilbur Stout Hall from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. Knox asked students to come and enjoy the show.

“We are excited about this event because this is the first time it has been done by us on campus,” Knox said. “I think it will be funny to see how well these couples know each other or do not know each other.”

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Arts & Entertainment

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Marsh Hall reopens after renovations

Student Shout-outs

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Dear USM, Who’s idea was it to hold construction outside classrooms?

I’d rather hear my teacher than a jackhammer.

Sincerely, Wilbur stout hall micro students I love my elementary education girlfriend. Takes a real woman to do that stuff. Ill stick to my EET degree.

Dear guy that ALWAYS wears a dark blue Atlanta Braves hat. I think that you’re super hot and I would love for you to ask me out and then marry me.

-Jill To all the people that smoke IN the smoke zones on campus, Thanks. I know it can be kind of weird. Thank you from the non smokers.

Hey people who like to hang out between the Thad and the stadium late at night: you do realize that you don’t have to scream to be heard right? Mississippi Hall residents are gonna start calling UPD on your behinds. We’re trying to sleep!

Dear boys with tall fades, We are not in the 90s, you are not Will Smith, and you look stupid. Please pick out a more practical haircut.

Sincerely, Every person who has to sit behind you in class.

If you don’t like what someone posts on facebook simply delete them from your friends list. Everyone has the freedom to post what the want, pending it’s not against terms of service.

To the gay guy in my modern dance class: in the nicest way possible, toothpaste and soap go a long way.

Why do we NEED to create a bald Barbie in order for kids with cancer to feel supported & loved? If we make them one, shouldn’t we make a Down Syndrome Barbie, a Barbie with a cleft lip, etc?

Why not address the other issues kids could deal with?

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From the majestic ringing of a trumpet to the rich hum of a cello, all sounds can now echo throughout the newly renovated Marsh Hall.

Unchanged since it was first built in 1954, Marsh Hall has hosted thousands of major performances despite its outdated appearance and uncomfortable accommodations.

In July of 2011, the School of Music decided to renovate the concert hall.

“The room itself had never had a major renovation, and it is our most used performance space by both students and faculty and patrons,” Michael Miles, Director of the School of Music, said. “So we made it the highest priority to renovate the space even if we had to do it with our own funding.”

The School of Music used their own funds, along with funds from the Dean’s office in the College of Arts and Letters, to transform the performance venue.

With seating for up to 200 people, Marsh Hall has become a completely new space with all new seating, carpeting, paint, lights and artwork. It is now also compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act and includes a handicap accessible ramp lead-

ing up to the stage as well as handicap seating.

According to Miles, there is something to be said about the aesthetic of a space.

“People will feel better about going there, we will feel better about parents attending the concerts of their students and we will feel better about the public coming to our concerts,” Miles said.

Miles also said the space has improved acoustically.

“It now is a much warmer, more resonate space for the performers,” he said. “And just as importantly, it’s comfortable now.”

Sophomore music education major Kris Chandler said the renovations create a more comfortable and enjoyable performance experience for both the performer and the audience.

“These new renovations put a better image out there for the School of Music,” Chandler said.

“Audience members that come from outside the university will see that we are making efforts to accommodate everybody’s needs.”

To show off their new space, the School of Music is hosting the Quink Ensemble tonight as part of their continuing Connoisseur Series. The series was begun three years ago by Miles as an opportunity for the School of Music to bring world class chamber music artists to the university and community and is only able to take

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Sophomore and Assistant Director of Public Relations for the School of Music Aaron Strum and University Piano Tuner Lonnie Young work on tuning the piano in Marsh Auditorium on Monday.

place each year due to a generous grant from Partners of the Arts.

“One of the goals of the series is to reach new audiences, and then also to make sure that we are reaching out to the students in our community by providing educational outreach opportunities to them through the series,” Miles said.

Quink Ensemble is an a cappella group from Denmark composed of three women and two men. They are an internationally recognized ensemble that performs music primarily from the Baroque and Renaissance eras.

Their concert marks the grand reopening of Marsh Hall.

According to sophmore marketing major Aaron Strumm, a school with a music program as distinguished as USM’s deserves a hall for student recitals as well as something that is welcoming to high profile

guest artists such as Quink.

“Quink Ensemble has been recognized all over the world for their unique sound and quality, and it really matches what we have here at USM with Dr. Fuller’s Southern Chorale and Dr. Flannery’s concert choir,” Strumm said.

Miles encourages students to attend the concert because listening to quality music and quality artists is a large part to the experience of being a music major and becoming a musician.

“Any time that we have the opportunity to bring world class artists to campus or to the community for students to hear it is going to impact them in terms of becoming a quality musician themselves,” Miles said.

The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Marsh Hall. It is a free event.

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Payne Center offers outdoor options Leighanne Lockhart Printz Writer The University of Southern Mississippi’s Payne Center has numerous programs and events scheduled for the 2012 spring semester.

The newest addition to the lineup is Southern Miss Outdoor Programs, which began in 2011.

Aquatics and Outdoor Coordinator Jessica Hobart said since the program started in the spring of 2011, the program has “hit the ground running.”

This year the program launched “Get Wild & Fit,” a series of free clinics throughout the semester.

The clinics will focus on outdoor activities and cover such topics as cardiovascular, strength and conditioning training, running, hiking and backpacking, in addition to proper nutrition. Other clinics will also include topics on swimming and kayaking.

SMOP will be hosting trips in addition to these clinics throughout the semester, such as hikes, whitewater rafting, skydiving and kayaking. To participate, register at the Outdoor Center in the atrium of the Payne Center and pay a fee for the trip to cover transportation, gear, food and instruction.

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Ted Olack, a junior sports recreation major, will be leading many of the trips for Southern Miss Outdoor Programs this spring.

also host “Wild Eagle Challenge” April 20-22 on Pride Field. Those interested are invited to form a team and join the competition as teams camp out and compete in various events.

In addition to the SMOP, the “No Payne No Gain” program starts Thursday with a kickoff

event from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. The event will be a Master Class with group exercise instructors each teaching in 15 minute intervals. The program will feature prizes redeemed after earning a certain amount of points.

“The program has been successful in getting students, faculty

and staff to the gym with hopes that lifelong habits for fitness and wellness will remain,” Susan Bone, Recreational Sports Assistant Director, said.

In addition, Group Exercise has added new classes this semester, including Cardio-Combo, Total Body Toning and TurboKick.

Cardio-Combo consists of highenergy cross training workouts.

Total Body Toning consists of muscle toning and fat burning that trains for power, strength and cardiovascular endurance. TurboKick is an upbeat cardio workout that fuses hip-hop and kickboxing for an ultimate calorie burn.

Group Ex will also be holding its Zumbatomic event, which is Zumba for kids ages four through 12 on March 21 from 12 p.m. until 1 p.m. in the Payne Center.

“It’s a great event that will promote fitness for both adults and kids,” Genna Hebron, Group Ex instructor, said.

Finally, the Southern Miss Coca-Cola Classic Rodeo will be held Feb. 17 and 18 at the James Lynn Cartlidge Forrest County MultiPurpose Center. It will serve as a fundraiser for student scholarships and professional development.

The event will include various competitions, such as barrel racing, calf roping, bareback riding and bull riding. Top riders will qualify for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo held in Las Vegas.

Those interested in any of these programs can stop by the Payne Center or refer to the continuously updated calendar of events on the Rec Sports page on the Southern Miss website.

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BASKETBALL

Eagles score another win at UCF Kyle Smith Printz Writer The Southern Miss Golden Eagles continued their winning season Saturday night with a 78-65 win against the Central Florida Golden Knights at UCF Arena in Orlando, Fla. Southern Miss (193, 6-1) proved to be the dominate team over the Golden Knights (15-6, 5-3), avoiding untimely turnovers and grabbing offensive rebounds in the second half to put the game away.

USM did not dominate the game from the start, however.

It took the Golden Eagles nearly the entire first half to respond to the Golden Knights fast offensive start, but once they caught up, there was no looking back.

Down 31-19 nearing halftime, Southern Miss closed the first half on an 11-0 scoring run, and that gave the Eagles confidence coming out of locker room to start the second half.

Southern Miss head basketball coach Larry Eustachy used a familiar spark in the first half to get his offense firing - his bench players. Southern Miss’s bench play proved to be a great advantage over UCF. USM bench players accounted for 51 of the 78 points the team scored, while UCF’s bench accounted for only 10 of their 65 team points.

The defensive effort was picked up in the second half, and the players knew it would be the difference coming into the game.

“We knew offense wasn’t going to win this game,” Golden Eagles guard Neil Watson said after the game.

Southern Miss held the Central Florida offense to just 40 percent shooting, while the Knights turned the ball over 15 times. The Golden Eagles also kept the Knights offensive weapon Marcus Jordan, son of NBA legend Michael Jordan, on the bench most of the second half in foul trouble.

Coach Eustachy was impressed with the way his team responded

in the second half.

“We’ve got a lot of wins, but I still felt we had yet to have a true identity and I was really on the team about that at halftime,” Eustachy said. “We needed to come out and establish who we are, and we did.

We went out there, controlled the boards, defended great, let the offense come to us. It was just a great step in the right direction as far as who we’re trying to be.”

Southern Miss was paced by bench players Watson and Darnell Dodson. Watson scored 23 points and accumulated six assists, both team highs for Southern Miss. Dodson, who has been a true force for opponents to deal with since becoming eligible in mid-December, accounted for 22 points and eight rebounds. Guard Angelo Johnson recorded nine points, forward Maurice Bolden recorded eight points, and forward Jonathan Mills added seven points for the Eagles.

With the win, Southern Miss snapped a 16-game home winning streak by the Golden Knights.

Southern Miss comes back home to play Memphis on Wednesday.

Tip-off is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. It will be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network.

2012 football schedule The Southern Miss Golden Eagles are coming off one of the most successful seasons in team history, but they are looking to replace the production of quarterback Austin Davis, who finished his time at USM last season.

This season marks the first season under new head football coach Ellis Johnson. The Golen Eagles will be getting a big road test to begin the year as they travel to Lincoln, Neb. to play the University of Nebraska Lincoln Cornhuskers of the Big 10. The first conference game for the Eagles comes in week three as the East Carolina Pirates sail down to The Rock.

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1/28 at UCF W, 78-65

1/26 at Ole Miss W, 7-0 1/29 vs. Jacksonville State W, 5-2

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UCF Knights guard A.J. Rompza (3) tries to steal the ball from Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles guard Neil Watson (5) in the second half of the game at the UCF Arena Saturday. The Golden Eagles won 78-65.

1/26 vs. UTEP L, 70-63 1/29 at UAB L, 65-59 1/29 at Auburn L, 7-0

Southern Miss also looks to rekindle an old C-USA rivalry against Big East foe Louisville.

Perennial BCS buster Boise State will make a visit to Hattiesburg as the Broncos begin the post Kellen Moore era. After Boise State, the Eagles dive head first into C-USA play for the remainder of the season.

One notable opponent to look forward to is the Homecoming match-up that pits the Golden Eagles against the Thundering Herd of Marshall, which handed USM their lone conference loss in the 2011-2012 season.

Sept. 1 ................................ @ Nebraska Sept. 8 ..............................................BYE Sept. 15 ........................... East Carolina Sept. 22 ...............@Western Kentucky Sept. 29 .................................. Louisville Oct. 6 ................................... Boise State Oct. 13 ....................................... @ UCF Oct. 20 .....................................Marshall Oct. 27 ........................................ @ Rice Nov. 3 ..............................................UAB Nov. 10.......................................@ SMU Nov. 17......................................... UTEP Nov. 24...............................@ Memphis

Southern Miss Sports: Upcoming Games

2/4/12 12:00 Men’s Tennis vs. Jacksonville State Hattiesburg, Miss.

2/1/12 7:15 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Memphis Hattiesburg, Miss.

2/3/12 ALL DAY Track & Field, Cross Country at Notre Dame Meyo Invitational South Bend, Ind.

2/5/12 10:00 p.m. Women’s Tennis vs. Arkansas Little rock Hattiesburg, Miss.

2/2/12 7:00 p.m. Women’s Basketball at Memphis Memphis, Tenn.

2/4/12 ALL DAY Track & Field, Cross Country at Notre Dame Meyo Invitational South Bend, Ind.

2/5/12 2:00 p.m. Women’s Basketball vs. East Carolina Hattiesburg, Miss.