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Tuesday, August 24 , 2010 Volume 95 Issue 2SERVING SOUTHERN MISS SINCE 1927

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The Southern Miss Panhel-lenic Council voted in October of 2009 to change the date of sorority Formal Recruitment from the week before school begins to Labor Day weekend from Sept. 2 to Sept. 7. The change means that instead of coming to school before classes start, potential new members of Greek life are in school for two and a half weeks before recruit-ment begins. They are able to see a whole new aspect of soror-ity life prior to going through the recruitment process.

Assistant Director of Greek Life at USM Lisa Moore said that the change was voted through for a few reasons, one of which was financial. This year potential new mem-bers pay a $60 registration fee, whereas in previous years they paid the registration fee plus a

housing and dining charge for the week of recruitment.

Another reason for the change is to give new girls a chance to “get grounded and be students first” before joining an organization, Moore said.

Kayla Waddell, a freshman from Vicksburg, Miss., agrees with Moore on the issue of be-ing a student first.

“I think it’s a good thing be-cause it allows us to get our feet planted and get used to living the college life before we join a sorority,” Waddell said. She also said that getting to know differ-ent girls before recruitment has been a positive experience.

“Every girl I’ve met has been very friendly,” she said. “I’ve gotten to meet new people without the prejudices of what sorority I may join.”

In addition to the financial and academic benefits of a lat-er recruitment, potential new members will also have the op-portunity to see the personali-

ties of each chapter on campus before recruitment begins. On the other hand, sororities will also see the personalities of the girls coming through.

Senior Delta Gamma, Lacey Blankenship, had mixed feel-ings about recruitment occur-ring after the start of school.

“I think it is a good and bad thing,” she said. “Being a GEWW crew leader, I had to be careful and worry about all the rules about talking to new girls, but I do like that we can

see these girls for who they re-ally are before Formal Recruit-ment.”

“Having recruitment after the start of school seems to be a na-tional trend, and people seem nervous about the change, but excited,” Moore said. “We’ve al-ready seen a dramatic increase in the number of women regis-tering for sorority recruitment this year.” As of Monday 361 girls had registered, breaking USM’s record.

Recruitment revamps

Mary Margaret HalfordPrintz Writer

GREEK LIFE

From left to right, Delta Gammas Lacey Blankenship, Amber Langley, Carlee Lewis, Amber Bailey and Caitlin Siedell work on costumes Sunday for Formal Recruitment which will occur on Labor Day weekend.

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From left to right, Delta Gammas Jessica Nester, Hadley Holifi eld and Lacey Blankenship work on costumes Sunday for Formal Recruitment which will occur on Labor Day weekend.

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12:00 p.m. Volleyball vs. South AlabamaReed Green Coliseum

4:00 p.m. W. Soccer vs. Miss Valley St.USM Soccer Complex

7:00 p.m. Volleyball vs. Nicholls StReed Green Coliseum

7:00 p.m. Centennial Dance PerformanceMannoni Performing Arts Center

10:00 a.m.SPLASHWesley Foundation Building

7:00 p.m. Volleyball vs. Kennesaw St.Reed Green Coliseum

7:00 p.m. Centennial Dance PerformanceMannoni Performing Arts Center

11:00 a.m.Fall Convocation (GC campus)Fleming Education Center Auditorium

6:00 p.m. CSA Student Mass St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church

7:00 p.m.Wednesday Night Bible StudyDanforth Chapel

11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.Wesley Foundation BBQHolloway Complex, Room B

12:01 p.m.LunchBSU

5:00 p.m.Painting of Little Rock (GC campus)Fleming Education Center Lawn

7:00 p.m. RUF Large Group Bible StudyTCC 210

11:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. 100 Pints for 100 Years: Centennial Blood DriveStudent Union Lobby

1:00 p.m.Student Success Seminar (GC campus)Fleming Education Center Room 105

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ARIES (March 21-April 20) Physi-cal vitality and social sensitivity are now changing. Respond honestly to all questions or observations from loved ones. For many Aries natives this is a powerful time for increased intimacy and meaningful emotional changes in long-term relationships. TAURUS (April 21-May 20) Unex-pected � irtations o� er surprising mo-ments of humor. Potential friends or lovers may be highly captivated with controversial proposals and unusual lifestyle choices. Competing values, creative sensuality and giddy argu-ments may all prove delightful. GEMINI (May 21-June 21) Joint � -nancial ventures or untested workplace partnerships may be disappointing over the next few weeks. Don’t be dissuaded. If a creative approach toward di� cult contracts can be established, surprising rewards will arrive by late September. CANCER (June 22-July 22) Group events and social invitations are unpre-dictable this week. Pay special attention to the shy or emotionally withdrawn types. Sudden outbursts, unexpected criticism or unrealistic romantic pro-posals may arrive without warning. Rely on silence and diplomacy. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Loved ones this week need to feel reassured by extra attention or shared home plans. Private career doubts, di� cult training programs or � nancial strain may be an underlying concern. Social distractions and a renewed interest in family inti-macy will provide a valuable alternative to emotional isolation. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) A close friend or work mate may soon ask for a lengthy explanation of recent events. Social loyalties, group invitations or planned celebrations may be at issue. At present con� dence may be low. Pay special attention to isolated colleagues or withdrawn friends. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Career as-pirations can now be fully explored. � is week many Librans will let unpro-ductive work partnerships or employ-ment contracts fade. Use this time to also renew old business opportunities. Over the next 8 to 9 days a surprising job proposal may trigger an important decision. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Co-workers, managers or governmental o� cials may now be stubborn and un-

responsive. Don’t be derailed. Creative projects and new business methods will eventually prove worthwhile. A� er Wednesday accept all late invitations and watch for unexpected � irtations. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) Fi-nancial planning and new business out-lets will soon work in your favor. Before mid-week study long-term opportuni-ties, property investments or unique work partnerships for valuable options. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 20) Busi-ness or � nancial strategies will this week require detailed planning. Younger col-leagues may challenge accepted ideas or cancel trusted work contracts. Remain patient and expect ongoing mistakes to be corrected by key o� cials. AQUARIUS (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) Rela-tions with authority � gures require will this week patience. Wrongful instruc-tions, costly mistakes or misinforma-tion may be quickly denied. Pride, so-cial doubt or low con� dence may be an underlying in� uence. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) � is week romantic proposals are complicated and socially unpredictable. Friends and lovers may unknowingly provide mis-information or o� er quickly changing promises. Times, dates or important numbers may all be a� ected. Remain cautious and wait for clearly de� ned terms before accepting new commit-ments.

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The Office of Student Activi-ties will host its bi-annual Big Success Event in conjunction with International Food Day this year at the Fresh Food Com-pany on Thursday from 12:15 to 1:00 p.m.

The Big Success Event is an op-portunity for any student organi-zation to inform and recruit stu-dents, said Audrey Charoglu of the Office of Student Activities. Around fifty groups will partici-pate this year, with performances and booths set up to interest stu-dents in the organization.

Each organization has its own ideas of how to attract students. Health Raisers president Sham-bry Clark said her group will be passing out health-related pam-phlets and “increasing awareness about student health services and the services the clinic provides as well as recruiting members for our organization.”

Kyle Tullos, president of the USM Ballroom Dance Club, said, “I will try and do little examples of the different dances that I will be teaching.” Tullos will also present information and pictures so students can get an idea of what they will be doing for the semester, he said.

President of the Southerner

yearbook group Marie John said her staff will participate in the event this year to include stu-dents in recording USM’s history.

“Many students are not aware that the book is entirely student-run,” she said. “Everything from reporting, photography and de-sign is done by the students on staff to produce an accurate and entertaining book.”

“We participated in the Big Success Event last year, and it was very helpful,” Clark said. “People were able to see our face and learn a bit about the organization.”

To register an organization for the Big Success Event, go to http://www.usm.edu/union/stu-dentactivities.php.

USM hosts Big Success Event

Ashlyn ErvinPrintz Writer

On Campus

Organizations recruit new members

Twenty-two-year-old South-ern Miss student Whitney Miller of Poplarville, Miss., reached the top 14 on FOX’s “MasterChef,” a competitive cooking show, according to the Hattiesburg American. On the show, “Hell’s Kitchen” Chef Gordon Ramsay hosts amateur chefs from around the nation.

Fifty contestants were selcted after auditions in July.

Miller, now among the final 14, is fighting for the title of “MasterChef ” and $250,000. Miller is a senior interdisci-plinary studies major. “Mas-terChef ” airs on Wednesday nights at 8 p.m.

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fun environment thatallows you to strengthen your relationship

with Christ and make friendshipsthat will last a lifetime.

Join us every Monday night for dinner at 6:30pm followed by a bible study at 7:15pm.

We are located on campus directly across from The Village on Montague Blvd.

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Without a doubt, successfully withdrawing our troops from Iraq is good for the United States. With 100,000 spare troops to devote to Afghanistan and any other “re-gional conflicts” which may occur, we may be one step closer to secur-ing victory in the war on terror.

Yet, successfully withdrawing is a task America has not done well since World War II. A 2010 withdrawal is a campaign prom-ise from Obama, but also a major gamble. If Iraq falls, American morale falls with it. War cannot be fought from Washington, and withdrawal may not be possible when done on a civilian timeline.

Take for example Vietnam. The

U.S. had a timeline for withdrawal in that war. The North Vietnam-ese forces knew about our time-line and stockpiled weapons and forces on the border awaiting our withdrawal. When the U.S. forces left Vietnam, South Vietnam fell rapidly in spite of a supposedly well trained Southern force. Few can argue that Vietnam was not a success, but it is not the only inad-equate withdrawal.

Korea is another example of an inadequate withdrawal. The cease-fire in Korea is still strained constantly by an aggressive North-ern power, and a resolutely inde-pendent Southern force. Yet, the Korean peninsula still consumes a great deal of American military resources including 28,500 troops.

Iraq risks the same result as Ko-

rea, but of more concern it risks the same result as Vietnam. Ex-tremists had power in Iraq before the U.S. invasion, and could po-tentially regain that power if our 50,000 remaining troops cannot do the job 150,000 were only bare-ly accomplishing.

In Iraq, the situation is admit-tedly different than either Ko-rea or Veitnam. The threats are largely from within the country rather than without, the insur-gents are likely outnumbered by the 700,000 Iraqi troops, Sad-dam is a distant memory, and vi-olence is down significantly. By all rights now may seem like a safe time to withdraw, and from a political standpoint, it is a safe time for America to leave.

We should be cautious, how-

ever, when the head of the Iraqi military feels incapable of securing Iraq without full U.S. forces until 2020. Suicide bombings and regional militant assaults are still occurring. We should not forget that Saddam once held the loyalty of the fifth largest land force on the planet, and many could still be loyal to his ideologies.

I do not pretend to know whether or not this withdrawal will end in success or failure. I can say that to withdraw be-

cause of political pressure rath-er than because of military as-sessment is taking a huge risk. If Iraq falls, American morale will fall and likely take the Af-ghanistan campaign with it. Then, not only would the lost lives and freedoms of count-less civilians no longer matter, but the efforts of our heroes who lost life and limb for our country are negated. Iraq may have been painful to hold, but the president risks too much by letting it go too soon.

Iraq withdrawal: proceed with cautionInternatIonal

David MartinPrintz Writer

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LOCAL MUSIC

Sam Adcock plays bass for Doctor E and the Kings of Voodoo Thursday at the Keg and Barrel. David Echevarria (Dr. E) is a professor of experimental psychology at USM.

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� e Southern Miss defense is well into its fall camp and is be-ginning to prepare for its season opener against South Carolina Sept. 2. � e defensive unit is ex-cited about its 2010 campaign but still has some progress to make before Sept. 2, said sopho-more Jaime Collins.

“We are still missing some-thing out there,” he said. “� e defense just isn’t clicking yet, and we just need to practice harder.”

Collins said he knows that the talent runs deep on this unit, but what the group lacks is chemis-try, he said.

“I think that everyone needs to come together and play together,” he said. “We just need to cut out the sel� shness and be a team.”

Collins, along with the rest of the defense, is working harder this fall to be more aggressive, he said. � e unit is seeking the “Nasty Bunch” mentality.

“Coach Bradford is doing a good job of telling us to be ag-gressive and to run to the ball,” Collins said. “As players, it is

our job to get our-selves up to go out there and do it.”

Senior cornerback CJ Bai ley has been a staple of the USM sec-ondary for some time now. A� er practice he commented on the sec-ondary and the defense in general.

“The coaches are doing a great job pre-paring us on the secondary,” Bailey said. “You have a ton of young guys stepping up for us, and they are going to be playing

big roles this year.”The defense strug-

gled last year against teams that run the spread offense, but Bailey said their woes weren’t due to any game planning issues.

“Any defensive call should work against the offense if you have the right people on the field,” he said. “We just

have to have the will to win and have everybody do the job that they are assigned.”

Bailey, who has been in the

� lm room diligently watching a tape of South Carolina, said that Southern Miss has their work cut out for them with the Gamecocks.

“They are a great team that is very vertical,” Bailey said. “They have great SEC backs and re-ceivers with a great Coach in Steve Spurrier.”

Despite the unit needing more time to gel, the defense has been called one of the best among college teams. Accord-ing to an article in USAToday, “The defense’s front seven is generally considered the stron-gest in Conference USA.”

FOOTBALL

“Nasty Bunch” practices working togetherCade Morrow

Printz Writer

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Saturday 7:00 PMWomen’s Volleyball vs Kennesaw State

Sunday 1:00 PMWomen’s Soccer vs Mississippi State Starkville, Miss

Todd BradfordDefensive

Coordinator

NewsPage 8 Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Sophomore Ben Kurtz ex-perienced the spill first hand working as a crew member on a BP barge involved in the clean-up along the shores of Perdido Key, Fla.

Armed with gloves, a hardhat and an array of other safety-gear, Ben and eight other work-ers patrolled the Gulf in search of any fragment of oil still hid-ing in its waters. Not only were there numerous safely precau-tions he had to follow, he also worked daily under intense

weather conditions.“As a worker I was always un-

der pressure to comply with a number of safety rules,” he said. “We weren’t allowed to stay in the Tyvek suits longer than 30 minutes due to risk of heat stroke and heat exhaustion.”

Over the summer, BP em-ployed thousands of workers to clean and protect beaches, estu-aries and wetlands along the Gulf Coast in response to the Deep-water Horizon oil rig explosion, the worst environmental disaster in United States history.

Kurtz’s work was not limited to skimming for oil and clean-ing boats; he described one

“nerve-racking” day of cleaning an accidental spill left by the night shift’s tugboat.

“Our crew scrambled to get it cleaned up knowing that the EPA, Coast Guard and National Response Company were all supposed to board our barge for inspection,” he said. “Luck-ily, we passed the inspection without incident.”

While Kurtz dealt with the oil spill in a hands-on way, junior Jeremiah Lanier’s family was af-fected in a fiscal aspect. Lanier’s cousin is a local seafood sales-man along the Mississippi Gulf Coast and since April his stock has greatly depleted, leaving

him with fewer profits and a blow to his livelihood.

“His business has de� nitely downsized,” Lanier said. “He makes a quarter of what he used to.

“He can’t seem to receive the kind of help he really needs at this time. He has just had to make it on his own. We hate to see him have to suffer for some-thing he has no control over.”

Students are not the only Eagles to have firsthand expe-riences with the oil spill. Many professors and scientists from Southern Miss have had the op-portunity to work together on a research team constructed by USM President Martha Saun-

ders to direct the university’s efforts concerning the Deepwa-ter Horizon oil spill.

The USM homepage displays Dr. Joe Griffitt, an assistant professor in the Department of Coastal Sciences. Griffitt was re-cently interviewed by Lisa Myers of NBC Nightly News, discuss-ing the adverse effects of toxic dispersants used by BP to aid in the cleanup process.

Teacher or student, the oil spill has a� ected almost every Eagle. While some cope with the unfor-tunate repercussions, others work to correct them, and some have the opportunity to take the experience and broaden our knowledge.

OIL SPILL

Vacationers enjoy the beach at Dauphin Island, Ala., on May 9, despite reports of tar balls washing up on shore the previous day. Deepwater Horizon was America’s worst oil spill.

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Boats participating in BP’s Vessels of Opportunity program search for signs of oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Mississippi Sound on Wednesday, July 14, 2010.

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Hannah JonesPrintz Writer

Oil spill hits home for students