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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Volume 93, Issue 19
Southern Miss wide receiver charged with burglary Tyler Cleveland Sports Editor
Southern Miss head coach Larry Fedora confirmed Monday that former Golden Eagle wide receiver Torris Magee left the football team on Thursday, Oct. 23, one day before Magee was arrested and charged with one count of burglary of a 38th Avenue home. Police said Magee entered
a house, stole property and then fled on foot. Magee was arrested behind a local apartment complex. House tenant and Southern Miss student Sammi Guinan said that she called police around 1:30 a.m. after it was discovered that several items were stolen from her and other guests attending a Halloween party at her home at 309 N. 38th Avenue. “My camera was missing,
but I thought ‘Hey it’s a party, I probably just misplaced it,’” Guinan, a senior theater Torris Magee major, said. “Then not 10 minutes later one of my friends came running in with my wallet, which she found in the street. Stuff was everywhere, my checkbook and I.D. were in the
bushes, credit card receipts and bank statements were lying in the yard. “I didn’t get anything back, I found my checkbook in the bushes the next morning and my I.D. had been jammed into the trunk of a friend’s car.” Another guest at the party reported having her cellphone stolen. Guinan said that the carrying case to her digital camera was found in the bushes of
the apartment complex that houses the football team, which is located directly across the Larry Fedora street from the residence. Magee was released from the Forrest County Jail at 8:49 a.m. Saturday for medical reasons. Fedora made the announce-
ment of Magee’s decision to leave the team at his weekly press conference Monday. “Torris left the football team on Thursday afternoon and isn’t a member of the team,” Fedora said. “Whatever happened from there is his business and not mine to comment on. “It was his choice, and he did not give me a reason.” Magee led the team in See MAGEE on page 3
Homecoming events kick off Lesley Walters News Editor
In line with Southern Miss tradition, the week before the Homecoming game is filled with events aimed at raising school spirit and excitement until kickoff Saturday. Student Government Association President Melissa Cirino said most of the Homecoming events this week will involve competitions between the six Homecoming teams. Five of the teams are made up of specific student organizations. The sixth, the Black and Gold Team, includes any members of the student body who wished to join, regardless of membership in a student organization. The celebrations began when the Student Government Association hosted its Homecoming Kickoff Party Monday. Melissa Cirino, president of the SGA, said the event meant “to give students the chance to all come together to begin the celebration as one student body.” The main event today is the Fountain Sit. Each team will send a representative to sit in the fountain in Shoemaker Square for as long as possible. The team representative who
can stay in the fountain the longest wins. Competitors who correctly answer Southern Miss trivia questions earn privileges, Cirino said, like bathroom breaks. Answering incorrectly can send a soaking student into deeper water, or closer to the fountainhead. SGA will host the Miss or Mister Varsity Pageant in the Bennett Auditorium from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday. In this Halloween-themed pageant, male competitors will wear traditionally female clothes, and vice versa. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday night from 9 until midnight, SGA will host Powerhouse Late Night. A spelling bee will take place in the restaurant’s courtyard, with a “twist.” The Eagle Step Contest will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday in the Eagle Plaza, the area between M.M. Roberts Stadium and R.C. Cook Union. Each team has prepared a two-minute routine for the hop contest. During an all-day event called “Go Gold, Go Fright Win!” Friday, students can sign in at Shoemaker Square from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. wearing any Southern See HOMECOMING on page 3
A CLOSE SHAVE
Maggie Sanford/Photo Editor
Luke Post, a freshman sports broadcasting major from Mandeville, La., balances an egg on a spoon in hopes of being the first to make it to the pole during a relay race in the District Monday. The race was a part of SGA’s homecoming kick-off party for this week’s events.
Trick-or-treating helps local animal shelter Bob Worth Printz Writer
Local families will have a chance to trick-or-treat in a safe environment while supporting the Southern Pines Animal Shelter at Delta Tau Delta’s “Spooky Trails for Wagging Tails” fund-raiser Friday night from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., in front of the Payne Center. The event is free, but trickor-treaters are encouraged to donate items to the shelter. “We’re asking the general public to donate laundry detergent, bleach, toys for dogs,
toys for kittens and cats, nonscoopable cat litter,” said Karen Reidenbach, president of the Board of Directors of Southern Pines. One item the shelter does not need is dog food, Reidenbach said, since Hill Brands, the maker of Science Diet, now donates all of the shelter’s food. Members of Delta Tau Delta will dress in Halloween costumes and hand out candy to the trick-or-treaters, and animals from the shelter will be on hand as well. Delta Tau Delta member Jamani Johnson expects the event will be a success, adding
that, “20 or 30 people usually come out” to the annual event. “We have candy for the kids, as they walk around, they play with the dogs,” said Jamani Johnson, a member of Delta Tau Delta. “It’s just a fun time.” Reidenbach asks that trickor-treaters not to bring their pets. The event “is for the twolegged kids, not the four-legged kids,” Reidenbach said. Reidenbach said the animals’ names and information would be available to anyone interested in adopting a pet. But no animals will be available for adoption Friday night.
“Anyone interested in adopting them, we’ll tell them how to get in touch with the shelter the following week,” Reidenbach said. Senior guitar performance major Dan Kyzer, a member of Delta Tau Delta from Jackson, calls the event “something that our whole chapter can really embrace,” where everyone “has fun for a good cause.” “We are so appreciative of Delta Tau Delta,” said Reidenbach. “We look forward to (the event) growing, and the community coming out, bringing their kids to trick or treat.”
“Instead of only including the other sororities, we wanted to do something that would incorporate the entire community,” Bryant said. “Usually we only celebrate the day; this year it’s a whole weekend thing.” The festivities began Friday. Parents brought their children to visit USM’s sororities, where the members had created events to entertain the girls and boys. At the KΔ house, Bryant said they had as many as 50 children around the age of 7 or 8 pass through, including girl scouts and children of USM alumni and supporters. “We had a KΔ ‘spa’ set up, a little like ‘Club Libby Lu,’” Bryant said. “We did their hair, painted nails, gave mini-makeovers and even had costumes for them to dress up.” The event wasn’t just for the
girls, Bryant said. “We had a father and son come along as well,” she added. “We gave them both Mohawks, and I think even they had fun.” The children were able to visit some of the other Sorority Village houses as well, each holding activities specific to their sororities. At the Chi Omega house, sophomore fashion merchandise major from Bay St. Louis, Alexa Smith, said they set up a “pin the wings on the owl” game for the kids. Towards the end of the evening, children in princess and Superman costumes were sprawled across the living room watching “Ice Age” with the girls. “The alumni came and dropped off their kids while they went off and enjoyed their Friday night,” Smith said. “It was kind of like
babysitting, but more fun – probably for the kids too.” Senior Biology major Gail Sims, from Meridian, shared Smith’s sentiments. “Our alumni do so much for us, so this was a nice way of giving back to them while helping out with another sorority’s philanthropy,” Sims said. Saturday, which was Friendship Day, KΔ celebrated the culmination of the weekend with featured speakers Bonnie Warren and Elee Reeves. Warren is President of the National Council for Kappa Delta and Reeves is the wife of Tate Reeves, Mississippi State Treasurer. Sorority chapter presidents, sorority chapter advisors, and Erin Munton were recognized for their commitment to the Greek system at USM.
Women’s Friendship Day a success Meryl Dakin Printz Writer
Maggie Sanford/Photo Editor
Participants in the SGA Homecoming kick-off relay race attempt shaving a balloon without popping it. The race also involved passing oranges to a team member using their chin and racing while balancing an egg on a spoon.
The Kappa Delta sorority celebrated National Women’s Friendship Day over the weekend, complete with makeovers, dress-up and animated movies. National Women’s Friendship Day usually consists of an evening spent with the other sororities to promote “friendship with our Greek sisters,” said junior marketing major from Hattiesburg, Melissa Bryant. “We all get together and hang out, watch movies, eat, et cetera, to promote good relationships among all of Greek life,” the public relations vice president of KΔ said. This year, however, Bryant said they wanted to switch things up a bit.