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USM plans significant budget cuts Lindsey Kelley

expenditures with revenue.”

This process of supporting the expenditures with revenue has already undergone immediate changes, the first being a hiring slow-down.

Vinzant said this is not a hiring freeze, but a more in-depth look at the positions that are open and determining which open positions truly need to be filled.

“So, instead of, if a position becomes vacant automatically refilling it, it needs to be signed off on by higher levels of the university that (they) agree does need to be filled,” he said.

What this means for students is that they can expect to see larger classes, staff working with fewer resources and fewer sections of courses offered.

Provost Denis Wiesenberg explained that with the standard 20-1 ratio of students to faculty, a loss of students means a loss of overall number of faculty.

“Say, if you have 500 fewer students, then you’ll have 25 fewer faculty to keep that same ratio,” he said. “This (will make it) a challenge for students to work out their schedules.”

He also said some programs may have an easier time than others dealing with the budget changes, and the budget will not be cut uniformly across the board, but considerate of the needs of each curriculum.

“There will be some programs that will be protected because they need a certain number of faculty for accreditation or to deliver the curriculum in a certain way. What happens (in most universities) is that they make sure the academic programs are protected. We’re going to make sure we do that.”

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Due to an almost 3-percent drop in enrollment, Southern Miss administration has taken a hard look at the budget for the upcoming year and determined that a 3 to 5 percent budget cut must be made.

When enrollment numbers were finalized Sept. 10, many administrators were disappointed to see that enrollment numbers were lower than hoped. According to a recent press release by Mississippi Public Universities, USM had 16,468 students enrolled in fall 2012. This year’s enrollment numbers show a 1,623 drop from 2012, or nearly 10 percent.

According to Vice President of Finance and Administration Douglas Vinzant, this drop is what caused the budget discrepancy. He described how the university has two main sources of income: state appropriations and tuition, with tuition being the majority of funding. The state appropriations are given according to the number of total enrolled credit hours.

“When we have a decline in enrollment,” he said, “that automatically impacts the amount of revenue that is available to spend. So, when your revenue goes down, then you have to adjust your spending plans down.”

On Wednesday, a USM Mailout was sent to the student body containing a letter from President Rodney Bennett detailing the nature of the cuts as well as the reason for their existence.

“We must make budget adjustments in order to live within our means,” he said.

“The university has initiated a process designed to help us align

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‘The Liar’ Department of Theatre opens season with comedy.

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Military friendly USM recognized for exceptional support of military.

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Yik Yak threats The controversial app should be discontinued.

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Football Eagles lost ‘winnable’ game.

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Obama announces tuition plan Mary Beth Wolverton Printz Reporter

The Obama administration has apparently heard the cries of students struggling to pay for college and is taking action.

President Obama is drafting a plan, which will rank colleges across the U.S. based on criteria such as cost, dropout rates and graduate earnings, according to The New York Times.

The plan is designed specifically to lower the cost of attendance at universities. By creating comparisons of schools, the idea behind the plan is that students will be able to choose the most cost-effective school that has what he or she is looking for, which will in turn encourage universities to lower the price of tuition to be competitive.

Public universities are funded mainly through the cost of tuition and from money given by the state. If the state does

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not provide enough funding to cover rising costs of materials, the price of operations including energy and water and increasing salaries must be passed on to the students.

According to The New York Times, this is the problem that has recently plagued colleges: as colleges receive less funding from the states’ governments, students are paying more to attend school to make up the deficit while not actually bringing in more money to the schools than in past years. These increasing burdensome costs mean that students will have to take out more student loans to attend college, or they will face the decision of choosing to enroll in college or not.

Joshua Von Herrmann, a senior political science major, notes one of the major problems of the college education system.

“A college education is the new

high school diploma, so most students feel like they don’t have a choice but to find a way to fund their college education,” Von Herrmann said.

According to USA Today, the plan proposed by President Obama could help students dealing with the rising costs, but students are concerned with what appear to be some serious, inherent problems in the plan.

First, tuition rates are not entirely comparable.

One university may have lower instate tuition, but if you do not live in that state, you will not receive the benefits. The idea behind the plan - that schools will compete with each other and lower prices to attract students - cannot work when the student being appealed to is ineligible for the lower price.

Here, a comparison might only be able to make a person regret that not living in one

state and be unable to attend college in another state due to the price.

Secondly, there are problems with the ratings system. Some schools, which attract students with a poorer pre-college education, will perform worse in the rankings due to lower retention. Looking at postgraduate earnings also poses problems: will schools which attract already wealthy students automatically have a leg up?

Are areas of the country which are not as industrialized, like Mississippi, at a disadvantage?

Meredith McPhail, a junior English and Spanish double major, also weighed in on the idea of university ranking. “It’s more important for universities to focus on specific issues affecting student success on individual campuses, rather than focusing on statistics, which might not accurately reflect the reality of student

life,” McPhail said. “However, universities might be forced to strive for success according to this ranking in order to maintain enrollment and financial self-sufficiently.”

But, the plan proposed

by Obama might be able to influence the tuition prices of private colleges. These schools do compete for students, which will mean the rankings could cause schools to lower their prices. This is at the risk of putting schools out of business if they are unable to keep their prices competitively low.

Von Herrmann shared his thoughts on the plan’s potential impact on The University of Southern “For USM, I think this could be a problem if we are ranked poorly by this scale, because the university may feel the need to make even more cuts to the quality of programs to save money,” Von Herrmann said.

Season begins with ‘The Liar’ Yolanda Cruz

Social Media/Copy Editor The Department of Theatre opens its season with “The Liar,” a comedy-of-errors translated to fit the modern age.

The play is full of laughs from secrets, misunderstandings and mistaken identities.

The play is about Dorante, a young man who convinces his father to move to Paris so he may seek adventure. He soon finds an adventure as he falls in love with a beautiful young woman, but accidentally mistakes her for her sister. All the while, it seems as if no one is able to speak the truth to one another. Dorante is played by second-year MFA student Drew Davidson.

“It’s all about the importance of truth and love,” said Elizabeth McCoy, a senior BFA

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continued from page 1 Dean of the College of Business Faye Gilbert said despite the setback of the budget cuts, she remains optimistic about the future of not only the College of Business but also the university itself.

“I trust my chairs and my faculty and staff,” she said.

student. McCoy plays Clarice, the woman Dorante thinks he has fallen in love with. Clarice is also secretly engaged to Alcippe, played by senior BFA student Terrance Fleming, which adds to even more hilarity when Dorante enters the picture.

Probably one of the most interesting characters in the play is Cliton, played by thirdyear MFA student Michael Morrison.

Cliton, unlike the characters surrounding him, cannot lie.

“It is something of his tragic flaw because he has been fired from many jobs before for telling the truth,” Morrison said. “He is drawn to the truth and almost can’t help but say it.”

“Even when he does try to lie, he just ends up making everything worse in the end,” McCoy said.

Even though Pierre Corneille wrote the play in iambic pentameter, audiences should not have any trouble understanding it thanks to the adaptation by David Ives.

Iambic pentameter describes the rhythm the words form in the line, meaning the words are meant to be said in a particular fashion. Shakespeare is one of the most well-known writers to utilize iambic pentameter.

“David Ives still makes it very modern,” Davidson said.

“There are rhyming couplets and it’s sort of fun listening to the rhythm of the words.

He almost sort of pokes fun at iambic pentameter.”

The play opens in the Martha Tatum Theatre on Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m. with subsequent showings on Oct. 3, 4, 9-11, all at 7:30 p.m. as well. The Oct. 12 show begins at 2 p.m.

“I believe that we’re going to find some efficiencies in the budget, find some ways of bringing us through this and also beckon to new students to come join this new community as we move forward.”

John Warrick, chair of the Department of Theatre, said the current exacting details of the new budget are still a mystery.

“We don’t know the extent

of any kinds of realignment issues for resources. At the moment I’m putting together possible cuts for consideration,” he said.

Warrick also remained confident in his assertions that despite these setbacks, the arts will continue as usual and will remain at their topnotch quality.

“We’re pretty used to being scrappy,” Warrick said. “We find ways to produce our work

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Drew Davidson, Michael Morrison, Elizabeth McCoy and Terrance Fleming prepare for the upcoming play, “The Liar,” featured by the USM Department of Theatre. The play will be held in the Theatre and Dance Building Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m.

and we’re not always used to large institutional supports.

Part of the necessary skillsets of artists is being able to produce your work.”

Vinzant also pressed the idea of the unknown with the current plan of administration. He explained that each department is looking over the budgets carefully and seeing what can be cut, then bringing proposals before administration. When

these proposals are approved, the administration will know the extent of the budget cuts.

The main point he wants the students to know is that students are fully welcome to become involved in this process.

“Student input is welcomed by (all administration),” he said. “If you want opportunities to talk with (administration), those will be available to you.”

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INTERNATIONAL ON CAMPUS US military continues airstrikes against ISIS High schoolers Nan Buti

Printz Reporter The U.S. Central Command (Centcom) issued that since Thursday, the U.S. military has conducted 10 airstrikes in Iraqi and Syrian locations against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), an extremist group of militants. Much destruction has been caused by the seven airstrikes west of Baghdad in Kirkuk, including nine destroyed vehicles and a dismantled bunker and command checkpoint.

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Three airstrikes hit south of Dayr Az Zawr, Syria, and destroyed four tanks, according to Centcom. The United States’ involvement led to the use of multiple fighter jets and drones to conduct the airstrikes. The airstrikes against ISIS in Syria began early in the week of Sept.

21, when coalition warplanes targeted ISIS’s profit-making oil production warehouse.

“For a moment, they should do only enough that other countries should participate,”

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said Diondrae Reddice, an undergraduate nursing major.

“As far as other enemies, I suspect that there are multiple insurgents in the area and they might take advantage of the resources there.”

Many wonder how such an infamous group is able to attain funds. ISIS is believed to be one of the most highly supplied terrorist organizations in history because of its use of seized oil fields on Syrian soil.

“The oil fields should have been protected from the beginning, but since Syria is a third-world country, the fields might not have been getting attention,” Reddick said.

ISIS produces income through the unlawful sale of oil from these fields. According to Pentagon officials, the airstrikes in Syria would be carried out as planned, which target still objects and as “targets of opportunity” often seen when U.S. and affiliated aircrafts are in the sky.

“You’ll see a mix of what we’ve seen in Iraq the last several weeks, the result of active (ISIS militants) that are armed,” Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren said Wednesday, according to ABC News. Both manned and unmanned Intelligence,

surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft have been hovering over Iraq and Syria.

“We’ll strike targets of opportunity when present.

Additionally, ISR (reconnaissance) will allow us to develop more stationary targets we can strike when we choose,” Warren said to ABC News. “Those would be planned missile strikes.

I think you’re going to see a mix in coming days of both.”

The purpose of the airstrikes in Syria is to strategically target the ISIS militant group and its bases.

“We are trying to remove the means through which this organization sustains itself.

That’s the goal,” Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby said at a news conference Thursday, according to ABC News. The Pentagon’s goal is to aid Iraqi Security Forces in taking back territory occupied

by ISIS and to prevent attacks against the security forces as well as Iraqi citizens.

“The current involvement is appropriate, but we shouldn’t become more involved because other countries should pitch in equally instead of one nation being the global police for one area,” Reddick said.

USM receives military friendly recognition Nikki Smith News Editor

The University of Southern Mississippi was named to the Victory Media Inc., 2015 Military Friendly Schools list for the university’s support of active duty military, veterans and their families.

Maj. Gen. Jeff Hammond said this rating demonstrates Southern Miss’ work to go above and beyond for transitioning veterans, military service members and their families by providing them the tools they need for the best possible higher education experience.

“In this regard, military service members have made significant sacrifices to protect our freedom,” Hammond said. “As they return from service - or continue to serve - we believe it is our duty to provide the best in post-secondary education needs.”

According to its website, Victory Media is a veteran-owned business focused on connecting the military and civilian worlds. Non-financial military support on campus, academic credibility, percent of military students and veteran

graduation rates are just a few of the factors considered for rating.

“This official designation publicly signals our openness and ability to work with men and women who have devoted their lives to protect and to serve, and I am excited that this recognition places us among select institutions who intentionally focus efforts on supporting this important group of students,” said University President Rodney Bennett in a Southern Miss press release.

A factor contributing to the military-friendly nature at USM is the opening of the Center for Military Veterans, Service Members and Families on the Hattiesburg campus. Hammond said the center will offer veterans and military students the opportunity to pursue an academic degree and career future.

The goal for the center is working toward awareness and support for military students on campus and creating a network of active and helpful faculty and staff. The center, equipped with a lounge, kitchen and laundry room, will offer a fully staffed VA Educational Benefits

Kara Davidson/Printz Sophomore ROTC Cadet Lukas Dubose does push-ups on the end zone at the USM vs. Rice game Saturday. The university was named in the Victory Media Inc. 2015 Military Friendly Schools list.

administration program and a computer study/work room.

“Considering the history of Southern Miss, being named to the Military Friendly Schools list is of extreme importance,” said Andrew Wiest, founding director of the Dale Center for the Study of War and Society. “It was a flood of World War II veterans going to school on the GI Bill that really helped to put Southern Miss on the map.”

Wiest said the goal of the Dale Center has always been to serve the

veteran and military community given the rising number of veterans in the area and the proximity of Camp Shelby.

He believes being named to the Military Friendly Schools list will help the university achieve this goal.

Through Victory Media’s website GIJobs.com, veterans and military students are connected to more than 4,000 schools.

Approximately 1,600 of those schools were recognized with a Military Friendly School rating.

to attend USM journalism workshop Kara Davidson

Assistant Photo Editor Mississippi high school students will hone their mass communication skills at the 2014 Fall Journalism Training Workshop hosted Sept. 30 by The University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Mass Communication and Journalism.

Students will rotate through four sessions that will discuss various topics such as Photoshop, InDesign, news writing, interviewing and more.

Several USM faculty will lead sessions pertaining to areas in the mass communication field.

Dave Davies, interim director of the School of Mass Communication and Journalism, will lead a session on publication writing.

“We are hoping that they will sharpen their skills so they can go back and write better at their individual high schools next week,” Davies said.

He said 150 high school students attended the workshop in 2013. Davies said he believes that part of a university’s job is to reach out to the public to offer programs that support public schools and this program is a good way for USM to support high school students.

“It helps them and gives us a chance to demonstrate what we and our faulty can do,” he said.

One of the workshop leaders, Olivia Ann Hurst, is the social media specialist at the Office of University Communications.

She will address the rise of social media.

“It is important to remember that your social media presence is your online resume,” Hurst said.

“You can leverage social tools to brand yourself as an authority in your chosen field.”

She also said students should behave on social media as they would face-to-face with someone.

The day will begin at 8 a.m. with a light continental breakfast on the lawn behind the Lucas Administration Building, followed by a Golden Eagle welcome by President Rodney Bennett and a keynote address from Ashton Pittman, founder and editor of Deep South Daily.

After dismissal from the assembly, the workshops will begin in College Hall. The day will wrap up after the fourth session at around 2:45 p.m.

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Yichuan Tsai and Kim Plusaota admire the works of art at The Gallery of Art & Design Inaugural Exhibition, which opened Thursday. All of the artwork on display was created by the faculty of the art department and their personal selections are on display. The gallery features media types such as photography, drawing, painting, sculptures, ceramics, book art and printmaking. The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. These works of art are only on display until Oct. 9.

LIFE

‘Gen Z’ becomes focus of advertisers Johnathan Parr Printz Reporter Generation Y - otherwise known as the Millenials - are those born between early 1980s to late 1990s. They are the young, hip people we saw gallivanting around town, the ones we wanted to be. However, their time is over.

Advertisers and researchers are now moving on to Generation Z. People have cleverly named those born from the late 1990s to present Generation Z because they are the successors to Generation Y. A few other names floating around include Generation M, which stands for multitasking, Generation C, which stands for connected, the Net Generation and iGeneration.

Besides the multitude of names, Generation Z has certain characteristics and qualities.

Members of Generation Z are eager to work with 55 percent feeling a need for early professional development and 80 percent feeling they are more driven than their peers, according to Sparks and Honey, an advertisement, marketing and public relations agency.

Members of Generation Z also are mature and in control, according to Sparks and Honey.

They claim only 25 percent of Generations Z members have been in a physical fight, which is lower than previous generations.

Also, teen pregnancy rates are decreasing.

Aside from the generational personality, Generation Z is

"A well-balanced lifestyle contributes to a happier person in my opinion. Moderation is key. Healthy people enjoy life, but not so much that the pursuit of fun damages themselves or their relationships. Healthy people are committed to fitness, but not so much that fitness becomes an obsession.

Healthy people care enough to take responsibility for their bodies, minds and spirit."

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Junior polymer science major Sagar Duvvuri is a part of Generation Z, which is comprised of college students and younger whom are most recognized for their upbringing around technology.

demographically diverse. A little over 31 percent of Generation Z are from racial or ethnic minority groups, according to a report on teammates.org. This number is expected to grow every year.

Additionally, three-quarters of Generation Z college students are nontraditional by the National Center for Educational Statistics standards. This means that 3 in 4 college students fit into at least one of the following categories: delayed enrollment, part-time student, full-time worker, financially independent, have dependents, single parent or lack a high school diploma.

Generation Z is also hyperconnected, according to the Association for Talent Development. This means that they are more likely to seek other people, especially electronically.

According to a Wikia and Ipos Media CT study, 60 percent of Generation Z members like to share their knowledge online, 64 percent said they contribute to websites because they like to learn about new things, 76 percent said their online experiences help them reach their goals, and 66 percent said technology makes them feel that anything is possible.

This hyper connectivity benefits them because of the increasingly globalized world.

However, some reports show that younger people cannot converse as well in person, which could potentially be problematic.

One area where this could be a problem is in their urge to be a helpful generation.

The new generation feels a need to be a force of good in the world, according to Sparks and Honey. Twenty-six percent of the members currently volunteer and even more claim they want to make a difference and make a positive impact on the world.

Members of Generation Z said they want to be teachers and doctors, positions that

help people.

While they are ready to volunteer, teammates. org notes the increased political disengagement the generation exudes. They see the uncooperative nature of their government officials and associate that with the toughest economy since the “Greatest Generation,” the generation during the Great Depression.

The economy combined with the gargantuan debt being piled on by previous generations has supposedly resulted in this political disengagement.

One political figure does spark some excitement, according to an article by NPR. Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State and a former senator from New York, struck a chord among young people when NPR used Facebook to find their opinion of her.

“I have been following Hillary Clinton’s book tour, and I am eagerly awaiting her decision to run in the 2016 election,” said 18-year-old Emily Kazmierski, a computer engineering student at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York, in an NPR article.

Not all young people have a fond view of Clinton. Lauren McKinley, an 18-year-old moderate Republican from Houston, said, “If it was me, I’d pick Rand Paul.”

Some are saying the polarity of Hillary could get increased voting participation from younger people, and some people are saying it could but probably will not.

Virginia Sapiro, a political science professor at Boston University, said, “Only if it gets really exciting, or they think they have something important to gain or lose. Without the habit of voting, it’s not so easy to get young people to the polls — even when it could have a big impact on their lives.”

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LIFE

Learn to say ‘no’ once in a while Mary Sergeant

Printz Reporter & Photographer One of the most difficult lessons to learn in college is time management. Speaking from experience, the act of balancing school, involvement, a social life, healthy living and sleep can all be difficult when you only have 24 hours in a day.

Time management is something I continue to struggle with. It’s not that I am an overachiever, I just have many interests and have a lot of difficulty saying the word “no.” When someone asks me to do something, before I even glance at my planner, the three letters Y-E-S have already escaped my mouth. This habit has gotten me into a bind too many times.

For you overachievers out there, you have come to understand the pain I am speaking of. Learning to say “no” is a difficult lesson, but it is a lesson you need to take into consideration before your head explodes.

My sophomore year I purchased a large planner, one in which I could lay out my entire

week and month in front of me. Buy a planner, kids. That way the next time someone asks you to do something, you can pull that bad boy out and see if you actually have the time to do it. And then when your friends, boss or coworkers try to beg and plead for your help, you can show them your schedule and they will understand.

I am naturally a social person.

Some people find solace and comfort in reading a good book and keeping to the comforts of their home. As for me, I get extremely sad if I haven’t been around people for a few good hours during the day.

But there is some point that all of you social butterflies must say no to going to dinner, to a party or pretty much anywhere with your friends. You say that you will do what you need to do when you get home; but we all know that dinner turns into a movie and a party turns into a necessary twohour rendezvous at Taco Bell.

Career-building opportunities are hard to deny as well. But, when offered an internship or

Aaron J. Stewart/Printz Cool Your Jets: a photo illustration depicting the stress that overachieving students place upon themselves.

Model: Kyle Stoner.

job you need to give it all to that respective job or internship.

Employers will more likely consider your work at a company that you were dedicated to rather than seven companies you did

rarely anything for. Dedication is an admirable trait and you can’t show it until you start saying “no” and put in 110-percent effort into one or two internships.

Like I said, learning to use

the word “no” is a tough but important lesson to learn. So take a deep breath, check your planner and learn to prioritize your time. You will never be more thankful.

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Yik Yak dangers outweigh benefits Nan Buti

Printz Reporter As most USM students and faculty have been notified by either call, text message or email from Eagle Alert, recent threats on the social media application Yik Yak have been posted, causing commotion, worry, complaints and fear throughout the university.

The threats are poorly written and posted with minimal intent to do anything. With Yik Yak being an anonymous application where people can post without being identified (and yet tracked by the police), users have been taking advantage of this anonymity.

After the second threat was made toward this university, more than an arrest should have been made.

The application in its entirety should be shut down to prevent nationwide hysteria, which would occur because of ludicrous comments made on an application mainly used by young college students.

“It throws the whole campus off,” said Rebecca Aucoin, a junior anthropology major.

“I think Yik Yak should be shut down along with the Confessions page.”

Society is all about trends

and bandwagon techniques.

According to the Hattiesburg American, the Yik Yak threats began with a student’s post on Yik Yak threatening gun violence at the University of Alabama, and similar threats have been made nationwide at other universities and schools. Once a “funny” joke or statement is made, others will follow.

Why do folks make these threats on social media? I believe attention is their craving.

Their amusement is to get a reaction out of a large crowd, as in an entire university and all its students and workers. What a shameful way to entertain yourself or to even express your intense hate for a particular institution or a group in an institution! In what right mind would one be in to even think of posting these threats?

You think it’s anonymous, but it’s not. You can ruin your life by making the slightest offhanded comment.

-Rebecca Aucoin “The guy was charged for a felony,” said Aucoin. “You think it’s anonymous, but it’s not. You

Susan Broadbridge/Printz The Yik Yak application has been used to post harmful threats to universities across the country.

can ruin your life by making the slightest offhanded comment.”

Sure, Yik Yak is entertaining with ridiculously (and sometimes humorously) thought-out posts being shown every 60 seconds, but the posters’ statements and comments can get outright offensive, weird and irrelevant.

The only benefit I see of this application is that it brings minimal entertainment to those who are bored out of their minds and have absolutely nothing to do (which is usually not true - we all have things to do at all times).

There are more dangers to the app than benefits. One mistaken

statement, anonymous or not, can put a person or people in jeopardy.

Brandon Hardin, poster of the first threat, incriminated himself, being set on a bond of $40,000 according to University Police.

Hardin should have his lesson learned after getting arrested. Yes, his punishment was harsh, but the widespread panic he caused throughout the university was a pretty big deal.

These issues can’t be taken lightly ever since the Virginia Tech shooting in April 2007.

“Nothing is anonymous,” University Police Chief Bob Hopkins said, according to a Hattiesburg American article.

“You may not have to put your name on (a post), but there is a road map as to who did it. Some are easy and some are more difficult and take a little more time, but eventually you get in the ballpark of who that person is, and you’re able to resolve (the case).”

University Police are still investigating the second threat made on Yik Yak on Thursday, which threatened that “the purge” would occur. Hopefully, the second hooligan will be caught and taught a lesson, and hopefully no more threats will be made.

Use Yik Yak with class, USM.

SPORTS

Monday September 29, 2014 | Page 7

SOCCER

USM drops first two conference matches James Johnson Printz Reporter

Southern Miss opened conference play this weekend with two losses against Rice and North Texas. After dropping both games, the Golden Eagles are now 5-7.

The Rice Owls started strong in the first half and carried the momentum to hold the Golden Eagles off the scoreboard in the Conference USA opener.

Midfielder Gabriela Iribarne was the first Owl to put points on the board in the 16th minute, with a header that Jenny Fichera assisted on with a beautiful pass in the box. With the momentum in their favor, the Rice Owls continued to use it and go on to shut the Golden Eagles out 4-0.

Three minutes after Rice’s first goal, Fichera was called on for the team’s first penalty kick. Fichera

scored, putting the ball just over the outstretched Brittany Taylor.

The converted penalty kick gave the Owls a 2-0 advantage.

Southern Miss looked like they figured out how to slow down the Rice attack, until the 32nd minute of play. Samantha Chaiken scored, the score was set up by a Nia Stallings’ pass. Right before half, the Rice Owls were able to push their lead to 4-0 when Stallings made another pass, this time Lauren Hughes being the beneficiary, that led to an Owls’ goal. Both teams went scoreless in the second half and Southern Miss fell to 0-1 in C-USA play.

After losing 4-0 to Rice, the Golden Eagles wanted to show improvement in their play, but for the second consecutive game, they allowed an opponent to score four goals. USM had nine shots, four shots on goal, all landing outside

the goal. The first goal came in the 32nd minute when Kaylah Hunter scored after receiving a Leah Cox cross pass inside the box. The Mean Green added another goal right before half, when Kelci Slaughter found the inside of the goal, pushing the score to 2-0 at half time.

The Mean Green’s next goal came in the first minute of play in the second half. Amber Haggerty scored in the 46th minute; Karla Pineda assisted on the play. The final score came in the 52nd minute when Rachel Holden scored off of a Marchelle Davis pass. Southern Miss is now 0-2 in C-USA play.

The Golden Eagles return home this weekend to continue C-USA play. At 4 p.m. Friday, the Golden Eagles host the UAB Blazers, then play the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Sunday at 1 p.m.

Susan Broadbridge/Archives Red shirt sophomore Kay Kay Hypolite scurries the ball away for the Jackson State players as the eagles attempt to score at a home game in Aug. 29.

VOLLEYBALL

USM lose both matches on the road Joshua Campbell Sports Editor

Southern Miss struggled over the weekend, losing both conference matchups against Rice (3-0) and Middle Tennessee State (3-1) to fall to 12-8 and 1-2 in Conference USA. While the Golden Eagles dropped all three matches to the Owls, they were not dominated by any means. The match was tied 15 different times and the two teams traded the lead five times before Rice pulled away for the 26-24 win.

The second and third sets were much of the same story as Rice narrowly won the sets 25-23 and 25-22, respectively. Through the two sets, there were 12 tied scores and eight lead changes as the two teams were evenly matched.

Quinci Hayward led the way for the Golden Eagles with

13 kills and 14 total points.

Kristen Fleming was excellent in setting up her team for scoring opportunities as she recorded 25 assists.

Rice had three players reach double digits in kills with Chelsey Harris and Leah Mikesky leading the way with 14 and 13 kills, respectively. Sara Blasier was excellent for the Owls as well, posting 40 assists, five digs and four kills.

Rice’s biggest advantage was their offensive efficiency as they hit at a .263 clip compared to .169 for USM. They also had 11 more kills than the Golden Eagles.

In the first set against MTSU, the Golden Eagles struggled mightily, losing 25-14. It started off pretty even with the teams knotted up at 9-9, but the Blue Raiders went on a 16-5 run to close it out.

However, USM rallied back in

the second set and captured the momentum. USM used a 17-7 run en route to a convincing 2517 victory. But the momentum did not last long as the Blue Raiders dominated the third set, winning 25-14.

The fourth set was easily the most entertaining set of the match as the game came down to the wire. USM was playing their game in the early going and led

16-12, but MTSU was able to flip a switch and turn up the pressure with a 6-0 run, aided by four USM attack errors. Both teams battled from then on, but MTSU never gave up the lead and won 25-22.

The Golden Eagles’ struggles were directly linked to their efficiency issues.

They committed 32 errors compared to just 16 by the Blue Raiders.

MTSU also outhit USM .306 to .113.

Hayward and Jasmine Crowell each had 11 kills for the Golden Eagles while Fleming chipped in 35 assists. Monet Marshall dominated for the Blue Raiders with 16 kills and 22 total points.

Southern Miss will look to get back on track Friday when they host Charlotte (12-7, 1-1) to resume conference play.

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Jessica King/Printz Juniors Lydia Bonner and Elise Ames defend against Rice at their game Friday. The Lady Eagles were defeated by Rice 3-0.

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FOOTBALL

Missed opportunities plague Golden Eagles Joshua Campbell Sports Editor

Southern Miss showed they were capable of competing in Conference USA this season, but they made too many mistakes against Rice, losing 41-23.

Earlier in the week, Southern Miss head coach Todd Monken talked about what wins football games on a weekto-week basis. That formula included winning the turnover battle, having explosive plays and yet limiting the opponent’s explosive plays.

While USM was right there with Rice with total yardage, first downs and time of possession, they lost in the all three of Monken’s keys to winning.

What ultimately held back the Golden Eagles was making huge mistakes in crucial moments. There were too many dropped passes on third downs, unnecessary

penalties and ill-advised mental mistakes.

The biggest mistakes of the game came late in the second quarter.

With just under three minutes left in the half, USM trailed 17-10, but Nick Mullens was intercepted by Garrett Fuhrman, leading to a Rice field goal shortly after.

USM started their next possession with 1:20 remaining in the half and marched down to the Rice 22-yard line with a chance to make it a one possession game with a field goal.

However, there was a bad snap on the field goal, forcing holder and punter Tyler Sarrazin to try to make something out of nothing with the time expiring. He ended up heaving the ball toward the end zone, but his pass was intercepted, ending the half.

“That game was right there for the taking,” Monken said.

“We weren’t mature enough in a lot of areas to take

Susan Broadbridge/Printz Former Southern Miss punter Ray Guy was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame and celebrates his day during halftime of the football home game against Rice Saturday night. The first conference game was named Ray Guy Day in honor of his accomplishments at Southern Miss and with the Oakland Raiders.

advantage of it. Give them credit. They made the plays when they needed to make the plays. From field goal to PAT to kickoff to turnovers on our own end to some of the big third downs they got, some of the foolish penalties we had.”

Monken said the good news is these mistakes are correctable and they have to be corrected.

“It isn’t a matter of talent,” Monken said. “A lot of those things have nothing to do with talent. That has to do with discipline and playing good football. Good football still wins.”

Another aspect that hampered USM was their lack of balance offensively. They continued to struggle running the ball, averaging under two yards per carry. George Payne led the team with 40 yards on 10 carries and a touchdown.

The stat sheet shows that Mullens played well, but he missed a few easy throws on crucial third downs and the interception late in the first half should haunt him. He completed 24-45 passing attempts for 283 yards and two touchdowns.

“If you see the drives that we score (on), we are very smooth, execute well and are mentally sharp,” Mullens said. “We have to work to get that mental consistency throughout the game. The only way you can do that is to put in extra work with your teammates. There is no way to get around it really.”

Defensively, Picasso Nelson Jr., and Dasman McCullum led the way. Nelson had an interception that he returned for 45 yards and McCullum made several big plays in the backfield.

Despite the big performances from Nelson and McCullum, the defense struggled as a whole, especially in the second half. There were too many third down plays where Rice stepped up and USM failed to execute.

The biggest third down

Kara Davidson/Printz Southern Miss wide receiver Michael Thomas fails to catch the football while defended by Rice safety Cole Thomas in Saturday’s game at M.M. Roberts Stadium.

conversion came late in the third quarter with Rice facing a 3rd and 13, leading 2016. If USM made this stop, they would have had a great shot to win the game, but Driphus Jackson connected with Mario Hull for a 40yard touchdown.

“The touchdown pass from Driphus to (Hull) gave us the momentum,” said Rice head coach David Bailiff. “From that point on we settled in offensively.”

Rice went on to score touchdowns on their next two possessions to put the game away as Jackson and the rest of their offense was clicking

on all cylinders.

“I started off slow, I felt like we could have played a little bit better on offense, and I had a few bad throws,” Jackson said. “We made plays when we needed them and we took advantage of our opportunities. And I’m excited for the win.”

Southern Miss is going to have to clean up the mental mistakes and start winning the turnover battle if they want to win a few conference games this season.

Their next opportunity to do that will be Saturday when they travel to take on Middle Tennessee State.