January 28, 2013

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VOL. 52, NO. 3

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

JAN. 28, 2013

South team wins Senior Bowl 21-16

Zoo a local treasure By TIMOTHY BORLAND trb903@jagmail.southalabama.edu

You can’t just like animals to be a zookeeper, you have to love animals. You have to be devoted to them,” according to The Mobile Zoo’s keeper, Lacey Clarke. The zoo is the focus of this latest installment of Discover Mobile, a student guide to all things great about the Port City. Many Mobilians are not aware The Mobile Zoo exists, but it has been serving the community for more than 19 years. A possible reason for the relatively low notoriety of the zoo is its location in rural Wilmer, about 20 miles northwest of Mobile. Despite the rustic nature of the facility, it is easy to reach from USA campus. “Mobile didn’t have a zoo, so I donated the property to create one. See ZOO Page 4 USA’s BJ Scott helped propel the South Senior bowl team to victory this weekend. Scott is shown wearing the number 11. SEE FULL COVERAGE ON PAGE 10

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Internet issues plague students; solutions sought The Vanguard was alerted to the issue and found that it inconveniences many students across the campus By STUART SOX sgsox@att.net

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any students at the University of South Alabama aren’t satisfied with the wireless internet connection on campus. There have been complaints of the Wi-Fi being inconsistent and unusually slow. “The Wi-Fi is my dorm is pretty slow and sometimes our computers say we can’t connect to the internet at all,” says Matt Johnston, an exercise science major and resident of Delta 2. A number of students posted on the Vanguard’s Facebook page regarding the internet connection in the Stokes Hall. “Stokes never has a connection,” commented Katie Gray, an English and education major. Other students, however, like Me-

teorology major Briana Barr, have said that the connection at Stokes has improved. “I had connections issues all last year (2011-2012 school year), but it's been running rather smoothly this year,” Barr commented. The patchy connection in Stokes Hall can be attributed to the use of personal wireless access points and routers by residents. On Thursday, January 24th, Marketing and Conference Housing Coordinator Lauren Gulsby sent an e-mail out to campus residents saying these devices “have the potential to interfere with the building’s network connections” and “prohibit other students from successfully connecting to the network.” For this reason, Gulsby stated in

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the e-mail that personal wireless access points, routers, switches, hubs and other similar network equipment are not permitted in residence halls and asked that all students remove these devices. Other areas with poor network connection mentioned on the Vanguard’s Facebook page were Epsilon 1 and 2, the P.E. building, the Allied Health building and Shelby Hall. All of these areas of concern were relayed to the Computer Services Center by the Vanguard. According to Chris Cannon, the Executive Director of Information Technology, these areas have been scheduled for site surveys, at which officials from the Computer Services center will assess an area and make the adjustments necessary to

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improve a building’s network connection. In an interview with the Vanguard, Chris Cannon and Andy Lightbourne, the Associate Director of the Computer Services Center, said that by this summer the residential community and other buildings at South Alabama with unsecured networks will become secured with access granted via JagMail login information. Cannon and Lightbourne want students to know that they can best serve those with internet connection issues on an individual basis. Students are encouraged to call 251-460-6161 or email helpdesk@southalabama.edu for network connection assistance.

Life, Page 6

LUNAR RING BY CASSIE FAMBRO | EDITOR

Opinion: page 13. Is a “minority preview night” acceptable for USA to promote? See Point/Counterpoint. Life Spotlight: page 6. Get your Mardi Gras on. See Life for common sense tips and a complete schedule. Sports: page 9. The best Senior Bowl pictures you’ll see are in our sports section.

In this Issue: Sports, Page 9 Opinion, Page 12


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