October 22, 2012

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VOL. 51, NO. 13

“If it matters to the USA family, it matters to us.”

OCT. 22, 2012

Dyess to present breast cancer talk

JAGS MAUL OWLS IN DOUBLE OT New web Jags defeat Florida Atlantic 37-34 for their first Sun Belt win

filtering troubles students

By KALYN MCCLELLAN kbm1001@jagmail.southalabama.edu

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, USA professor Dr. Lynn Dyess will present her lecture, “What Every Woman Should Know about Breast Cancer” at this month’s Med School Café on Wednesday, Oct. 24 at noon. Dyess will present this lecture on breast cancer as a part of October’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. During the talk she will provide information on the diagnosis and prevention of breast cancer, as well as current and emerging treatment options. Dyess is a physician with the Mitchell Cancer Institute and a professor in the departments of surgery and physiology at USA’s College of Medicine. She has been a practicing surgeon in the Mobile medical community, as well as a faculty member at USA, for 20 years.

By JAYSON CURRY jayson-curry@hotmail.com

CASSIE FAMBRO | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Moments after the win, teammates and coaches rushed onto the field to celebrate the first-ever Sun Belt victory for the Jags. See the full story in Sports, page 9 and see more images on The Vanguard’s Facebook page.

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USAPD releases 2011 fire and crime report By JAYSON CURRY jayson-curry@hotmail.com

USA released their 2012 Annual Security and Fire Safety report and the report is filled with information that is important for students to know. The report, released on Oct. 1 includes information on the campus at the University of South Alabama and information pertinent to staying safe on and off of campus. The report gives students information ranging from how to report criminal incidents, the University’s alcohol and drug abuse policy and even how to reserve a JagBike. According to the report, the cam-

pus of over 1200 acres is home to over 3,000 residential students and over 15,000 total students. The report is filled with important contact information for everyone. This includes the address of USAPD which is located at 290 Stadium Blvd. in the Beta/Gamma commons building. The number to USAPD is 251-460-6312. There is also information for reporting sexual assaults and other serious crimes. The report assures students will be afforded all the privacy they want when reporting any crime and gives two separate options of giving anonymous tips. The USAPD anonymous tip line can be called at

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251-460-6667 and there is also a silent witness form that can be found on the USAPD website. The Security and Fire report also includes statistics from the past three years on campus crimes. According to the report the numbers of crimes of forcible sexual offenses, burglaries and arson have all dropped from 2010 to 2011. There were six reported sexual offenses on campus in 2010 compared to only four in 2011. The sexual offense statistics can vary when it comes to USAPD because the reported offenses include what was reported to on-campus counselors and

isn’t solely reported to USAPD. “To me you always respect the right of the victim but we want a chance to investigate every crime that occurs on campus and some of these we don’t get that chance especially in sex offenses,” USAPD Chief Zeke Aull said. “Even though they are down, it doesn’t provide an accurate number of what the police department investigates.” Also, the number of burglaries went from 58 in 2010 to 33 in 2011 and arson dropped from 10 in 2010 to zero in 2011. “Let’s use the Grove as an example.

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USA has recently begun the blocking of websites that the University deem to be outside of official business purposes. The web filtering has come into question by students and faculty on campus as all the University of South Alabama hard-wired computers follow the blocking regulation. “The University of South Alabama’s computers and internet service are state property and the University is responsible for ensuring that state property is used only for official business purposes, whether it is equipment, facilities, computers or computer bandwidth,” USA Director of Public Relations Keith Ayers said. “USA has contracted with an outside firm to help with issues related to the use of state-owned computers and internet service provided by the University. “The purpose of these controls is to allow for the greatest legitimate use of the computer system, at the same time protecting the University from the liability of allowing illegal activity on its computer systems or allowing employees to use state property for non-business purposes,” stated Ayers. “Many organizations have similar controls in place as part of their risk management,” Ayers added. The web filtering blocks websites for a number of reasons ranging from gaming to adult material. These sites are only blocked on University owned and operated computers, students in residence halls should be almost unaffected. “For students in residence halls, the only sites that are blocked are See FILTERING Page 4

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