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� e Epsilon Delta chapter of Chi Omega sorority will host its 60th annual Songfest Friday at 6 p.m. at Reed Green Coliseum. � e � rst Songfest was held in 1951 and is the oldest philanthropy event on campus. � e event will feature holi-day music performed by 18 Greek organizations, along with a per-formance by the winners from last year, Phi Mu sorority. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to support the sorority’s philan-thropic work for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

� e Make-A-Wish Foundation grants the wishes of children ages zero to 18 with life-threatening ill-nesses. � ese wishes range from trips to Disney World to a shop-

ping spree in Hattiesburg. One of the new traditions for Songfest is having an honorary Make-A-Wish judge the night of the event. � is year, the judge will be 15-year-old DeDe Pugh.

As Songfest director, Katherine Currie does everything, from event programming with Reed Green Coliseum to communication with each participating chapter to updat-ing decorations.

“I have wonderful committees and committee directors that have done such a fantastic job helping me with every little detail,” Currie said. Her favorite part of the night is sing-ing “Merry Christmas from Chi O” with her chapter.

“It is a long-standing tradition to end the night with that song just before we announce the winners of the competition and the amount of money we’ll be donating to Make-A-

Wish,” Currie said. “� is year will be even more special because we will be inviting all Epsilon Delta alumnae to join us in singing it.”

Alpha Tau Omega is one of the fraternities that will perform Fri-day evening. � is year is senior and ATO member Brandon Holmes’s fourth year to compete in Songfest.

“� e best experiences are the practices because everyone is com-ing up with funny skits,” Holmes said. His favorite part is competing.

“We usually place in the competi-tion, so being able to get an award is fun too,” Holmes said.

ATO usually holds two or three practices a week a few weeks leading up to the event.

“� is year is going to be pretty en-tertaining, so get ready for a laugh,” Holmes said.

ON CAMPUS

Greeks get in tune for annual Songfest

Arielle EdwardsPrintz Writer

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� e Southeastern Conference Championship game between No. 1 LSU and No. 13 Georgia will likely have more impact on South-ern Miss’s bowl fate than a win against Houston on Saturday at 11 a.m. on ABC.

An LSU victory would enact a bowl stipulation between the SEC and the Liberty Bowl that would allow for the SEC to face a Big East oppo-nent instead of a C-USA team. If the SEC has nine bowl eligible teams as it does this year (Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Mis-sissippi St., South Carolina and Vanderbilt), they force C-USA to give their tie-in to the Big East. � e SEC would give up their spot in the BBVA Compass Bowl in Birmingham, Ala.

C-USA associate commission-er Alfred White told the Hat-tiesburg American, “Right now, we’re at that number nine. � at number calls for us to vacate the Liberty Bowl in favor of the game in Birmingham.”

A Georgia upset would allow for three SEC teams (including Alabama) to be in BCS bowls and would negate the bowl provision allowing for a C-USA team to play in Memphis on Dec. 31 against a Big East opponent.

Plenty is still on the line for USM in Saturday’s game against Houston. A Houston victory will likely guarantee them a chance to play in a BCS bowl. � e Fiesta Bowl is a possible destination and would play host to the Cougars and the Big 12 champion.

Southern Miss will have to

set their eyes on winning their � rst conference championship since 2003 and just wait out the bowl selection process. An out-side chance still exists for USM to make it to a BCS bid as they are No. 24 in the latest rankings. � e Golden Eagles would need to be in ranked in the top 16, the Big East champion to be ranked lower than USM and both No. 7 Boise State and No. 18 TCU to

lose in order to grab a BCS bid.

“Although we may not play in Mem-phis, we feel our op-tions will certainly be excellent and will reward our football team for an excel-

lent season,” wrote Southern Miss athletic director Richard Giannini about the bowl picture for USM on his blog on Wednesday.

Including Southern Miss and Houston, C-USA has � ve bowl eligible teams: Marshall, Tulsa, and SMU. � e current bowl ties, other than the Liberty Bowl, are the Hawaii Bowl against a WAC opponent, the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl in Dallas versus Mountain West, the Beef O’Brady’s Bowl in St. Peters-burg, Fla. against the Big East, the R & L Carrier Bowl in New Orleans against UL-Lafayette (the Sun Belt champion) and the Ticket City Bowl in Dal-las against a Big Ten team. � e BBVA Compass Bowl may also be an option and would match C-USA with a Big East team.

Creative options could also be looked into by the conference.

“� e commissioner gets calls all the time about doing things that are creative,” White said. “We’ve got a bowl home for all of our bowl eligible teams.”

Liberty Bowl may not be an option for USM

Travis � ornellSports Editor

Laura Pace, a junior and member of Alpha Delta Pi, practices for Chi Omega Songfest with her chapter Tuesday evening. Songfest is set for Friday at 6 p.m. in Reed Green Coliseum.

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6 p.m. Lighting the WayIn Front of the Administration Building

8 a.m. “Bears on Patrol” Collection Union Lobby

11 a.m. KaneZ for Cancer Union Lobby

10 a.m. TOMS Campus Club Shoe Drive TCC Lobby

11 a.m. Food Drive for the Salvation Army TCC Lobby

2:45 p.m.Eagle Connection Group Tour Union Room C

11 a.m.Conference USA Championship GameHouston

9 a.m. Songfest Money Drop TCC Lobby

11 a.m. South Mississippi Children’s Center Fundraiser Union Lobby

5:30 p.m.SMAC Christmas Banquet TCC Ballroom II

6 p.m. Deltas Spirit of Giving: Gift Wrapping Party R.C.’s Lounge

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A bene� t wine-tasting in support of the Domestic Abuse Family Shel-ter (DAFS) will be held tonight at 7 p.m. at No. 3 St. Martin Road in Hattiesburg.

� e event, sponsored by Carl’s Wines of Hattiesburg, will also in-clude other beverages, hors d’oeuvres and entertainment. Tickets are $50.

According to The Clarion Ledger, the mission of DAFS is to break the cycle of domestic abuse by maintaining a program

with a broad base of services and community support as well as local and state involvement.

� e event will be hosted at the home of Janet and Walley Caldwell. � e DAFS bene� t will feature singer Madison Cook for entertainment and beer, wine, so� drinks and food to tingle the taste buds of those who spread holiday cheer for those in need. Janet Caldwell is preparing for the event by cooking all of the food with her husband.

“I think DAFS is an exceptional organization for those in need,” Caldwell said. “� ere’s more abuse than we realize. It a� ects children, and I’m really passionate about kids

and making sure they’re okay. � is event will raise money for a new shelter. A new building is desper-ately needed because the current shelter house is not adequate.”

Carl van Coppenhagen, owner of Carl’s Wines, sponsors the bene� t so men, women and children of Hat-tiesburg can be taken care of.

“Although we sponsored the event last year with free wine at BoCo, this year we decided to step up and host the bene� t at a private Hattiesburg residence,” van Coppenhagen said.

Van Coppenhagen doesn’t want the event to re� ect his business but wants itto re� ect on a good cause.

“� e bene� t to help out battered

men, women and children around the Pinebelt area will raise aware-ness about these very sad situations,” he said. “� ere are way more people abused than one may think, and ev-ery little bit counts.”

It’s not too late for students, fac-ulty and sta� members to purchase tickets for the Domestic Abuse Fam-ily Shelter bene� t. Tickets will be sold at the door.

Carl is donating the wine, and the Caldwell family is preparing the food and hosting the event at their home. Everything sold will bene� t the domestic abuse shelter.

Featured wines include Edna Valley Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc

Paragon 2009 with a crisp citrus taste, Alamos Torrontes 2010 with an aromatic character, Bridle-wood Estate Pinot Noir 2008 for dark fruit � avors and Barefoot Bubbly Pink Moscato for sweet � avors of red tree fruit and fresh berries.

Food pairings such as oyster shooters, shrimp bisque, meatballs and bon bons will be served with each tasting.

For more information on tickets for this event or about DAFS, call 601-408-3183 or visit www.domes-ticabusefamilyshelter.org.

Benefi t wine tasting to support DAFS Rachel Beech

Printz Writer

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Library rave set for tonight

Kacie BaileyPrintz Writer

Tonight at 10 p.m. the Student Government Association and Uni-versity Libraries will be hosting “Dance Party in the Dark,” a rave in the lobby of Cook Library.

Last year, the library rave was held in October for breast can-cer awareness. With the amount of people who attended last year, University Libraries contacted SGA about planning another rave for this semester.

A� er the YouTube appearances of � ash mobs all around the world, several videos popped up of uni-versity students holding � ash raves in libraries to relieve stress during exam times.

Sophomore Jonathan Nelson at-tended last year’s rave and said that while the event was not what he was expecting, it did show a lot of school spirit.

� is year, SGA planned around what they heard from students.

“� ere were a good bit of people that showed up last year, which was exciting,” said executive adminis-trator of event programming for SGA Tim Wells. “However, there were a few things that went wrong, so people were a little upset. A� er meeting with Sarah Mangrum, who is the coordinator from the library’s side, we discussed a few things and started the planning.”

A� er meeting with Mangrum, the two organizations coordinated to have music and lights during this year’s rave. � ere will be a deejay to provide music, and SGA will hand out glow sticks prior to the event.

� e front lobby of the library will be blacked out so students can en-joy the lights and glow sticks. Glow sticks will be limited, so students can bring their own. � e rave will last from 10 p.m. until 11:30 p.m.

“I think it will be a fun study break before heading into the � nal week of classes,” Wells said.

For more information, check out posters around campus or join the Facebook event “Dance Party in the Dark-Library Rave.”

ON CAMPUS

Phi Mu will be performing as entertainment since they placed � rst in last year’s competition. Last year, their theme was “Red-box Christmas.”

“It included all of the iconic Christmas movies, like How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Elf, Charlie Brown Christmas and many more,” said Meg Newman, a junior and member of Phi Mu.

� ose who attended last year will remember the iconic Charlie Brown head � oating among the crowd. Newman says that a lot of time and work went into the cos-tumes and props.

“Two girls came up with the idea to use paper mache for the three giant heads of Lucy, Charlie and Linus,” Newman said. She said that the dancers put just as much e� ort into making up their dance moves as the singers practicing for their solos do.

“We worked hard last year, but it was still a shock when we won,” Newman said. She said that all the chapters had creative performances, so she knows the judges had a hard time deciding the winner.

“We had fun with our perfor-mance and tried to make it hu-morous,” Newman said. “Hope-

fully that showed.”Even as special entertainment,

Phi Mu is putting in just as much work as all of the other competitors.

“We want to make something that the audience can enjoy,” New-man said. She believes that Songfest gives opportunities for singers in each chapter to be noticed. It is a

philanthropy in which every frater-nity and sorority can shine.

Currie said Songfest is spe-cial to Southern Miss as a uni-versity tradition.

“Although it’s hosted by Chi Omega, it really is a night of Christ-mas spirit and Greeks uniting for a very special cause,” Currie said.

“I cannot wait to see what the next sixty years will hold for Songfest.”

Everyone is invited to attend Chi Omega’s 60th annual Song-fest to cheer on the organiza-tions that will be competing as well as support Chi O and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

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Tips to stay fit during the holidays

“This year, I’m going to get in shape.” Sound familiar?

Year after year, “getting fit” and “losing weight” are among the top five most popular New Year’s res-olutions, according to USA.gov. But why wait until the New Year this time? Here are some ways to jump-start a plan to stay healthy over the holidays.

1. Don’t skip meals. One method commonly used around the holidays is restricting one-self throughout the day and sav-ing up for one huge meal. Ac-cording to bodybuilding.com, this can be detrimental to one’s metabolism and wreak havoc on one’s fitness goals.

Instead, it’s a better idea to eat smaller meals and graze throughout the day on fruit, vegetables and other low-calo-rie foods and to drink plenty of water to stay full and hydrated to keep away the temptation to binge at holiday parties. Graz-ing throughout the day will also keep that metabolism revved up and able to better handle any ex-cess calories consumed.

2. Control portions. Using the excuse, “It’s the holidays, so I can eat as much as I want,” will only put one in the wrong mindset for sticking to his/her goals. Af-ter stuffing one’s face with all the food he or she can get his or her hands on purely for the sake of

eating it because it’s there, all that will follow is guilt, a miserable stomachache and another set-back. Instead, just have a “taste” of everything. That way, deprivation won’t set in.

Ryan Kelly, director of exter-nal relations for the University

of Southern Mississippi’s Col-lege of Health, said portion control is the biggest problem people usually have.

“The best thing to do is to limit yourself to one scoop of everything you’re getting,” Kelly said. “Then, only get a couple pieces of meat, and make sure it is trimmed of fat.”

3. Don’t skip dessert. Just mod-erate it. One shouldn’t even try to avoid it. It’s there, and it’s tempt-ing. By depriving oneself, it is only setting up for disaster later. The tantalizing aroma and im-age of those holiday cookies and pies will not subside and will lead to a binge later. Pick a favorite (something that isn’t obtainable year-round) and have a piece, not everything in sight.

*Tip: Pumpkin pie is usually one of the lowest in calories. Pecan pie is usually one of the highest.

4. Skip/limit high-fat dress-ings, gravy, and condiments. Adding these to a meal can eas-ily tack on an extra 100 to 200 calories. Instead, opt for ketch-up, mustard or low-fat dressings and gravy, if available.

5. Sneak in a pre-party work-out. An article on bodybuilding.com states that a workout that in-corporates both muscle strength and cardiovascular endurance (such as circuit training or high-intensity interval training) - even for just 15 minutes - keeps an individual burning calories for several hours following exer-

cise. Planning and partaking in a quick, exciting workout will not only allow the body to utilize the carbohydrates in those starchy holiday dishes more effectively in muscle repair and glycogen replenishment, but also keep the metabolism heightened to help burn off extra indulgences.

6. Go outside. Instead of sit-ting in front of the television after eating, be active. Enjoy an outdoor game of football or frisbee with the family. Not only will being active burn off the calories, but it will also help the food to digest.

7. Don’t forget to enjoy your-self. The holidays are about let-ting loose and celebrating with loved ones. It’s important to keep one’s goals in mind and make healthy choices when pos-sible, but depriving oneself com-pletely isn’t necessary.

Group fitness instructor Lindy Miller said there is no such thing as a New Year’s resolution.

“Healthy eating and getting fit for life starts now,” Miller said. “During the holiday season, don’t go to parties hungry, practice moderation and portion control and incorporate exercise in your day, even when traveling.”

Kelly said for the holidays it’s not about what one eats so much as it is how much one eats.

“Gluttony is a very easy thing to fall victim to, but when people go into the day with a game-plan, it’s easy to stay trim,” Kelly said.

Leighanne LockhartPrintz Writer

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Rihanna talks that talk Rihanna successfully rein-

vented herself again through her techno-inspired album Talk � at Talk, which was released this week. � e album launches Rihanna from Good Girl Gone Bad and her pro-vocatively themed Rated R to an album that uses upbeat tempo and dubstep inspiration to deliver songs about love that anyone can relate to.

� e Barbados native’s � rst single to be released nationally was “We Found Love,” a light, techno themed song that may or may not be talking about her trials and tribulations with has-been hip-hop star Chris Brown. Calvin Harris’s inspiration in the song creates a perfectly harmo-nized tune that any girl can listen to in order to li� her spirits and any guy can raise his glass to in a club. People will be able to feel and relate to that tumultuous re-

lationship centered on love that Rihanna is talking about.

Jay-Z collaborated on title track “Talk � at Talk.” Next, “Cocki-ness” ensures listeners that the album as a whole is provocative, fun and sexual. � e “talk” Rihanna is speaking of is exactly what you think it is—sex, sex and more sex.

Of the 11 tracks on the album, four mention the word “love,” in-sinuating that Rihanna’s music has become more themed around sex and love and the retrospect that it

entails in every one of us.While “We Found Love” is my

personal favorite, the song that speaks the most to our generation is de� nitely “Drunk on Love,” a hypnotizing track that encom-passes the entire theme of the al-bum - to love without inhibition and to love everything.

“We Found Love” has been #1 on Billboard Top 100 for the � � h week in a row, and Talk � at Talk debuted at #3 on Billboard Album Chart this week. � e same track is currently the third most popular downloaded song on iTunes.

True to her fans, Rihanna diver-si� es herself as a multi-faceted art-ist through her newest album. � e techno beats added to her unique voice innovates her versatility as a person and an artist. Talk � at Talk, in fact, walks that walk.

Justin MitchellPrintz Writer

Travelogue for Exiles will be playing at � e Tavern Friday at 10 p.m. � e band was signed to the South City Records label in April and is currently recording an album that is expected to be released during the � rst part of the upcoming year. Natives of Hattiesburg, the band has been together for over three years. Jonathan Kahl is guitarist; Doug Wis-locki is bassist and Robert Delmas IV is drummer.Josh Slaven, band manager of Hub City Music, asks everyone to come and join this rock experience. � e CD release party will be some-time in early 2012.

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“ I may be a GDI, but I really do want world peace. We should stop arguing the geeds versus the greeks. Let’s just be thankful we aren’t Bulldogs or Bears. Amen.

We need to have instructor re-views so that when we sign up for a class we can see student reviews of the instructors be-fore we sign up for the class.:-)

I need all the sorority girls in the Village to start buying my meals, I’m out of bonus bucks. #greek-love

To the blonde beautiful fresh-man on the soccer team, could you explain to us what the hell are you still doing with your boyfriend rudolf-killer? Please, the whole university is drooling over you. Wake up!

Congratulations Jakob Wisdom on making it into the 2012 Blue Stars Drum & Bugle Corps! You make USM proud. Love, Sister Bear

Dear guy that I always see in the Fresh wearing the white and black nikes with a Southern Miss jacket, you’re beautiful. I’m sorry that I stare at you when-ever I see you. What is your name?!

If you have to do a presenta-tion of your research paper for a CAPSTONE class, AT THE VERY LEAST, learn how to pronounce the words correctly!!!

I Propose that instead of spend-ing money on bricking the new-ly closed road, why can’t the school and Engineering Dept. create a crosswalk BRIDGE for W. 4th St.?

To readers of the GreekLife color blind article, as a black CPC mem-ber I feel this article did not tell the whole story of black females in CPC. The article shares stories of females in CPC who had a “Great” experience in the CPC process, but this is very rarely the case. At the end of the day, change is not in our Greek system.

I am NOT thankful for Wall Street protesters who have signs that say “Death to Capi-talism,” (but don’t you dare call them socialists), and say things like “I don’t care if 9/11 happens 911 more times.” (but don’t you dare call them un-American), and have to set up “rape-free” zones, (but don’t you dare call them violent).

From left to right: two views on GingrichPOLITICS

In the 1990s, Newt Gingrich was a big deal in American poli-tics. As Speaker of the House, he faced former President Bill Clin-ton head-to-head on multiple oc-casions, but unlike current politi-cians, he was able to have rational conversations and compromise on

critical is-sues such as public wel-fare, capital gain tax cuts and passing a balanced budget.

It’s been al-most 13 years since he re-signed from the House of Representa-

tives, but it’s safe to say the Newt is back.

He is currently leading na-tional polls over rivals Mitt Romney and Herman Cain, primarily because Romney is a bore, and Cain either can’t keep his “thing” in his pants or is be-ing falsely accused of sexual ha-rassment. Nonetheless, Gingrich is finally leading the polls after entering the race more than sev-en months ago.

Like most of the Republican presidential candidates, Newt is promising to lower taxes, lead a smaller government and repeal Obamacare.

Despite similar talking points, one thing separates him from the other candidates - he is willing to

compromise with the Democrats. Viewers have seen in the debates that other candidates aren’t quick to raise their hands on the pos-sibility of compromise, but it’s absolutely necessary in a Democ-racy. Excluding Jon Huntsman, Newt seems to be the only one to understand this concept.

For example, during a recent debate, Gingrich said, “I do not believe that the people of the United States are going to take people who have been here a quarter century, who have chil-dren and grandchildren, who are members of the community, who may have done something 25 years ago, separate them from their families, and expel them.”

These words, so far, have been unheard of from another Re-publican presidential candidate. That’s a simple example of how he will compromise. It’s time to look at things rationally. To say that every single illegal immi-grant (approximately 13 million) will be expelled from the U.S. is simply unfeasible.

Gingrich is not stating, how-ever, that all illegal immigrants will be provided amnesty. Those who recently immigrated to the U.S. illegally will be prosecuted and deported, according the Gingrich.

The next issue Gingrich has promised to immediately tackle is the budget. If elected Presi-dent, he vows to balance the bud-get, something that hasn’t been achieved since 1999. Under the Clinton administration, Gingrich was the pivotal representative to help acquire the balanced budget.

Though he was a successful congressman, he made certain choices in the past that may come back to haunt him. In the mid 1990s, Gingrich was the leader of the investigation of President Clinton for perjury and alleged affairs.

It became evident that some-thing in President Clinton’s pants became extremely “happy,” so he got intern Monica Lewinsky to take care of it for him.

At the same time Gingrich led the investigation, he too was hav-ing an extramarital affair with a 23-year-old staffer.

It seems something was in the water in Washington, D.C.

With the Iowa caucuses only a little over a month away, Gin-grich still has plenty to prove, but he has risen just in time to make himself a viable candidate.

Following Herman Cain’s astonish-ing fall in the polls a� er allegations of sexual harassment and even an extra-marital a� air, pro-adultery Republi-cans shi� ed their attention to former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. While Gingrich’s ascent robs the GOP frontrunner position of the folksy charm Cain exuded, it does add some ingredients that Cain lacked: experi-ence and practicality.

His practicality was displayed strongly in his refusal at a debate to condemn families of illegal immi-grants to exile; he understands that a party that calls itself the “party of the family” can’t tear families apart. More than that, he understands that the Republican party can’t keep winning elections if it keeps alienat-ing Latino voters.

Gingrich’s political savvy is a di-rect result of his long history of expe-rience in politics. As Speaker of the House, he ensured that Bill Clinton’s second term enacted perhaps more conservative policies than George W. Bush’s second term.

Don’t let his practicality fool you; Gingrich works tirelessly to as-sure conservatives that he’s one of them. In fact, he considers himself a staunch defender of the sanctity of marriage against the hordes of dirty homosexuals attempting to in� l-trate it. Last year, he called Califor-nia judge Vaughn Walker’s overturn of the state’s prohibition against gay people marrying an “outrageous disrespect for our Constitution and the majority of people who believe...marriage is the union of one man and one woman.”

What an admirable position. But don’t just take my word for it. Ask Newt’s wife — either his current one or the two previous — about how strongly he feels about the sanctity of holy matrimony. Ask his � rst wife, whom he served divorce papers to a� er she was wheeled out of cancer surgery. No, no, ask his second wife, whom he cheated on with a young congressional aid while he was lead-ing the charge to impeach President Bill Clinton — for lying about a sexual en-counter with an intern.

C o n s e r -vatives are letting Gin-grich get away scot-free for the same of-fenses they condemned Cain, Clinton and John Edwards for. In fact, he’s being rewarded.

Retiring Democratic Congress-man Barney Frank was excited by the rise of the Newt.

“I did not think I had lived a good enough life to be rewarded by Newt Gingrich being the Republican nomi-nee,” Frank said. “It still is unlikely, but I have hopes...I look forward to debating, to take one important ex-ample, the Defense of Marriage Act with Mr. Gingrich. I think he is an ideal opponent for us, when we talk about just who it is that is threatening the sanctity of marriage.”

� is was an article of opinion by Tyler Hill, a writer for the Student Printz. Email questions or com-ments to tyler.hill@eagles.usm.edu.

� is was an article of opinion by Ash-ton Pittman, a writer for the Student Printz. Email questions or comments to ashton.pittman@eagles.usm.edu.

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It’s that time of year again. Fi-nals and projects are piling up and the end of the semester is calling. Long lines in Starbucks, students staying in the library until 1:59:59 a.m. and the various zombie-esque creatures walking around a� er a series of all-night-ers are just a few things one may encounter across our campus. It is easy to get wrapped up in the hustle and bustle of the holiday

season and the end of the semes-ter, so easy that sometimes we forget about the most important part of the holiday season, and that is our fellow human being.

Sure, it is easy to stay in our own path and not worry about anyone else, but does it really do us good as a human race? In my eyes, we are all in this rat race together, so why not help each other out along the way? Spread some of that holiday spirit to someone and promote goodwill towards others.

For starters, always be sure you say “Please” and “� ank you,” no matter where you are. � ese sim-ple words can change someone’s day in an instant. Take the time

to hold the door open for that beautiful girl behind you. Maybe she will see your gentlemanly qualities, give you her number, and then you can take her out to a nice seafood dinner.

When you go in almost any shopping establishment, throw that little bit of spare change to the Salvation Army volunteer who is standing out in the cold collecting for others in need. If everyone gave just a dollar, tre-mendous things could happen. So o� en we become stagnant and satis� ed with where we are in life we forget about our fellow man.

I know what you’re thinking: “Is this guy trying to be like that cute little kid o� of the motion

picture Pay It Forward?”While some days I do wish I was Haley Joel Osment with multiple mo-tion pictures under my belt before the age of 12, unfortunately I am not. � is does not mean we can’t make the same sized impact that he does in the movie.

We have hands and feet for a reason. This world will be a better place if we guide it in that direction. Instead of point-ing out differences like reli-gion, race, sexual orientation and social class, why don’t we point out how we are all simi-lar? Take the time to realize that the people around you may not be going through the same events that your life has given

you. Everyone has their own struggles, and sometimes your fellow man needs somebody to lean on. We are all trying to make it in a world that encour-ages us to fly solo and only look out for number one. We have to fight this trend if we want even an inkling of other’s help in our own greatest times of need. So I challenge you, do something nice for someone, you never know when you may need it down the road.

Dallas MedlinPrintz Writer

‘Tis the season for goodwill

� is was an article of opinion by Dallas Medlin, a writer for � e Student Printz. Email questions or comments to dallas.medlin@eagles.usm.edu.

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Amen to the Barfee shout out last Tuesday! The Spelling Bee is amazing and the Magic Foot is just too legit. Keep up the good work theatre majors, we’re all jealous.

For the minority spotlight, why don’t you try picking other minori-

ties? Like Asians, or Hispanics, or even women (of all races) and left-handed people? You are starting to seem biased with only using African Americans.

Almost done with this semes-ter. Thank goodness. Hang in there everyone.

Rex the pez is awesome. enough said.

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Sports Thursday, December 1, 2011Page 8, Student Printz

Southern Miss Sports: Upcoming Games

12/4/111 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. New Mexico StateHattiesburg, Miss.

12/7/117:05 p.m. Men’s Basketball at South AlabamaMobile, Ala.

Southern Miss Box Score

12/3/1111 a.m. Football vs. HoustonHouston, Texas

12/3/1112 p.m. Woman’s Basketball at Ark-Little RockLittle Rock, Ark.

Football at HoustonC-USA Championship

C-USA games this weekend

Marshall 34, East Carolina 27Florida Atlantic 38, UAB 35Hawaii 35, Tulane 23Houston 48, Tulsa 16UCF 31, UTEP 14

Football:11/26 vs. Memphis W, 44-7

Women’s Basketball11/29 vs. Florida A&M L, 77-66

Men’s Basketball11/24 vs. UC-Irvine W, 78-6711/25 vs. New Mexico State W, 80-7211/26 vs. Murray State L, 90-81

Eagles travel to Houston for championshipfootball

It all comes down to this - one game to decide the Confer-ence USA champion. Beat the University of Houston, and the Golden Eagles win their first conference championship since 2003, but a win might also deny the Eagles and C-USA as a whole upwards of $6 million in BCS revenue, which is divided amongst the conference teams who have a team in a BCS game.

“It’s probably taken longer than I wanted it to, to be honest,” said head football coach Larry Fedora. “This year, this team has overcome a lot of things to put themselves in a position to play for the conference champi-onship. We’re proud of the fact that all the great players from the state of Mississippi that we have on this football team have an opportunity to actually play for a championship.”

A loss by USM allows the C-USA teams to split up the $6 million from the BCS money that will be given to the confer-ence because Houston is pretty much assured a ticket to a BCS bowl. True, with a win the Eagles would almost certainly deny the Cougars a trip to the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans or Fiesta Bowl in Arizona, which would be the first C-USA team to make a BCS appearance.

This is not an unfamiliar sit-uation for the Eagles. In 2003, the team hosted another Top 10 C-USA opponent - the TCU Horned Frogs. USM played the spoiler in that game by handing TCU their only loss that season with a 40-28 victory in Hatties-burg. This situation is no dif-ferent; the Eagles are fully in-tent on playing the spoiler role once again, despite what many people say would be a very un-wise win.

The Houston Cougars have the No. 1 offense in all of col-lege football. They march to the tune of 449.7 passing yards per game - good enough for the

top passing attack in the NCAA with quarterback Case Kee-num. Also, Houston scorches opponents with a whopping 52.7 points per game.

Keenum isn’t the only great quarterback in this game. Golden Eagle Austin Davis is equally as good. Davis is the leading passer in USM history, and with his next touchdown pass he will pass former Eagle quarterback Lee Roberts for most touchdown passes in a single season.

This game will be a match-up of two high-powered offenses who, when in full throttle, can outrun and outgun anybody in college football. If the Eagles are to have a chance, the keys to victory are: 1.) Keep record set-ting quarterback Case Keenum

on the sidelines. 2.) Do not turn the ball over. 3.) Create turn-overs. If USM can manage to do these things, they can most definitely pull off the upset in Houston. Whatever the out-come, this game will possibly be the single most important game in the league’s history.

“I think it’s a great statement for the league and where this league is,” Fedora said. “This league has grown and gained more and more respect each year. It’s peaking at a time that’s good for college football and the league. Conference USA is showing that it’s as strong as anybody out there and can compete with any of the confer-ences. I think it’s really good for the league.”

Josh SeabrookPrintz Writer

Golden Eagle quarterback Austin Davis and head football coach Larry Fedora talk during the game against UAB on Nov. 17.Justin Sellers/Printz

Senior quarterback Austin Davis won the 2011 C Spire Wireless Conerly Trophy. Davis is the fourth Golden Eagle to grab the honor as the best college football player in Mississippi since the trophy was created in 1996. Rod Davis, Michael Boley and Damion Fletcher have captured the trophy during their careers at USM.

With Davis capturing the award, Southern Miss has won all three major state

awards for men’s athletics. Gary Flowers won the Bai-ley Howell trophy for bas-ketball and Tyler Koelling took the Boo Ferriss trophy for baseball.

Davis, who holds the ma-jority of passing records for the Golden Eagles, is up for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, the Burlsworth Tro-phy for former walk-ons who have excelled for their teams and the ARA National Sportsmanship Award.

Davis wins Conerly Trophy