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Volume 98 Issue 37
ON CAMPUS
Turning addiction into art
Student creates dance piece inspired by drug abuse Allison Edwards Printz Reporter
Feb. 19, the Department of Dance at The University of Southern Mississippi hosted the event, “Dancing Against Substance Abuse.” The event featured several speakers and a dance performance inspired by the true story of one student’s experience with her brother, who is struggling with substance abuse. Junior dance performance major Alexis Barbaresi organized the event and choreographed the featured dance “Forever Affected.” Members of the Southern Miss Repertory Dance Company were hand selected by Barbaresi to represent her family, her friends and herself as they each experienced the crippling pain brought by Drew, Barbaresi’s brother, with his drug addiction. “I’d been pondering the idea for a little over a year,” Barbaresi said. “I remember Mary Sergeant/Printz going into one of our dance The Department of Dance at The University of Southern Mississippi hosted an event called “Dancing Against Substance Abuse.” Dance performances faculty, Kelly Ferris Lester’s, and speakers talked about personal experiences with substance abuse. concerning their experiences “After a lot of research, I Barbaresi said. “I continued office last year to discuss the use it for something bigger.” with her brother’s addiction to found two lovely speakers to think about everything The program also featured idea because I wanted to use heroin, including Barbaresi’s from the area, Charles several speakers who gave it for a small project in class. mother, Diane Keller. Osbourne and Linda Vasquez,” their personal testimonies See ABUSE, 3 She suggested that I wait and
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Southern Miss elects new SGA officers were announced at 5:15 p.m. new SGA president. Ben Brewer was announced While many students voted Printz Reporter as treasurer, Meredith in the election, others were Barefield as the election not as willing to choose Tuesday, Feb. 18, The commissioner and Wilton between the candidates. Alex University of Southern Jackson as attorney general. Walters, a junior accounting accounting major major, chose not to vote Mississippi Student Govern- Junior ment Association announced Kyle Stoner was elected vice because he believes that the their newly elected president president and Jeffrey George, entire voting process should a sophomore political science be handled differently. and vice president. Walters said each candidate The SGA election results student, was selected as the
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should take more time trying to learn about their fellow students and earn each of their votes. “I find it pointless for people to come out on the day to vote and expect people to vote for them,” Walters said. “I’d rather them just talk and let the people get to know them and let them tell the people what they are
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going to do for the university.” Walters also discussed what changes he would like the new SGA officers to make. He said they should bring more unity to the campus by holding events that involve male and female students of all backgrounds, ethnicities and majors.
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