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September 18, 2012 Volume 97 Issue 7
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The search is on to find the next president of the University of Southern Mississippi, and Institutions of Higher Learning has found an interesting way to narrow the search.
Members of the Board Search Committee will hear from con-stituency groups in Campus Listening Sessions on Wednes-day. Listening sessions will be-gin at 7:30 a.m. and conclude at 11:30 a.m. at the Hattiesburg campus. The Gulf Coast cam-pus will also hold sessions from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m.
While the listening sessions
will be open to the general pub-lic, each session will focus on a specific group, which, in turn, will focus on certain qualities and qualifications for the next president.
Robin Robinson, chair of the Board Search Committee, was quoted in the IHL press release.
“Everyone is welcome to at-tend any session and stay for as many sessions as they would like,” Robinson said. “The Board has designated specific times for each group to ensure that all voices have an opportunity to be heard, but the sessions are not limited only to those in that par-ticular group. We hope to have great participation from all fac-ets of the campus community.”
The process used to find the next president is one that in-volves not only faculty, staff, students and alumni, but also the Hattiesburg community. According to Interim President Aubrey K. Lucas, the process being deployed is effective.
A national consultant has been employed to assist the search by conducting consult-ing groups, which is taking place this week. These groups will help decide what kind of president is desired for the uni-versity. Once the information is gathered, the consultants will advertise that the position is open, at which point the ap-plications will be separated ac-cording to qualifications.
Candidates are required to have earned a doctorate degree.
Once the applications have been narrowed down consisting of three to five candidates, the remaining applicants will be interviewed by the board. After the interviews are completed, the board will choose a “pre-ferred candidate.” That candi-date will visit Southern Miss for one full day, where the press, faculty, staff, students, alumni and the public can meet and evaluate the applicant. Finally, the board will make its decision based on the opinions of all parties; if the report is positive, the candidate will be elected as president.
“It’s a great process,” Lucas
said. “We are hoping this process will be completed January 1.”
State Representative Toby Barker, who serves Forrest and Lamar counties, said students should take advantage of this opportunity and help with the process.
“As someone who participat-ed in the presidential search as a student ten years ago, I urge every student to take ownership in this very important chapter in our university’s story,” Bark-er said.
Faculty, staff and students’ listening sessions will be web-cast. For the full schedule, visit the IHL News section of missis-sippi.edu.
Search for USM president kicks offTyler HillNews Editor
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ON CAMPUS
Seymour enters the Make-A-Wish fundraiser breakfast with Make-A-Wish child Moriah fl anked by Southern Miss Dixie Darlings on Saturday morning at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. Moriah, a 10-year-old, suffers from myopathy, a muscular disorder, and had her wish granted with a trip to Disney World. Her trip was paid for with a portion of the proceeds from Chi Omega Songfest on December 2, 2011. At the breakfast, Moriah was also informed that she had been chosen to help judge Songfest 2012 to be held later in the semester.
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11 a.m. Speak Southern Miss Meet and GreetLibrary Plaza
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11:45 a.m.USM Wesley Foundation Free Lunch Wesley Building
12 p.m. The Southerner Yearbook Pre-SaleTCC Lobby
12 p.m.Disney College Program Information SessionOwens McQuagge Hall 100
7 p.m.R.U.F. Large Group Bible StudyStout Hall Room B
11 a.m. Phi Kappa Tau Blood DrivePhi Kappa Tau House
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News Student Printz, Page 3Tuesday, September 18, 2012
People learn in different ways; some do best sitting at a desk, while others thrive in a more tangible learning envi-ronment. For many students each year, the term “field trip” takes on a whole new meaning as they travel across the world with the study abroad program at the University of Southern Mississippi.
The study abroad program at USM enables students to get out of the classroom and get a hands-on experience while si-multaneously being in an edu-cational environment.
“It was such a great experience and a wonderful opportunity that I know I couldn’t have experienced anywhere else,” said Rebekah Se-graves, a junior marketing ma-jor who went to London over the summer to take six credit hours. “I didn’t know very many people that went, but spending a summer to-gether really helps you get to know them while also learning the his-tory of a wonderful place.”
To ensure that every student has options that they could enjoy, a variety of programs are offered.
One option is a short-term program, which lasts from one to five weeks and offers four to six hours of credit. Most of these programs are available during the summer, but some are also offered in the winter and during spring break. Another option is a semester program, which in-cludes the Abbey and Granada programs. These offer 12 to 15 hours of credit over a period of three months in France and Spain, respectively. These pro-grams are very similar to the exchange programs. However, in the exchange program a stu-dent may spend a semester or academic year at another uni-versity and earn school credit at USM. Other programs, such as affiliate programs and student teaching programs, are also available.
According to the USM web-site, assistant professor Kristy
Halverson has spent a major part of her academic career studying biology. She said she was inspired by her several trips around the country to of-fer a study abroad course.
“I’ve been given the opportuni-ty to take up to fourteen students with me to explore the Emerald Isle and learn firsthand about the local biodiversity and conserva-tion efforts,” Halverson said.
Study abroad is not only a great learning experience but also gives students opportuni-ties to be surrounded by an-other culture while learning. After all, the programs are cen-tered on making students feel as though they belong. They do this by encouraging interaction with the students and locals.
To learn more about studying abroad, contact the International Center at 601-266-4344 or visit www.usm.edu/study-abroad.
Study abroad still popular among studentsArielle Edwards
Printz Writer
The University of Southern Mississippi will host its annual Heart Walk on Saturday. The event will begin at 7:30 a.m. on Pride Field, and the walk will start at 9 a.m. The American Heart Association works to pre-vent, treat and defeat strokes,
heart disease and other cardio-vascular diseases. According to the American Heart Associa-tion website, these diseases are the United States’ number one and number four killers and claim over 800,000 American lives a year.
The mission of the AHA is to build healthier lives free of car-diovascular diseases. A 10-year goal was set to minimize coro-nary heart disease, stroke and
other diseases by 25 percent by 2010. With this goal accom-plished, an even greater one has taken its place.
“This new goal looks beyond helping people reduce their risk of heart disease and stroke by focusing on helping them build stronger health and a better quality of life,” according to the AHA website.
The money raised by the as-sociation impacts several fami-
lies by improving patient care, advocating for better health, reaching out to populations at risk, raising awareness, protect-ing the future and educating Americans.
The walk is routed to be a to-tal of 3.1 miles around the USM campus, and over 3,000 Hat-tiesburg area residents are ex-pected to join the Heart Walk to help raise money to fight these diseases. Each of the colleges at
USM has an ongoing competi-tion to see which college can raise the most money. The dean who raises the least amount has to kiss Oliver, a piggy bank. The total event goal is to raise $164,000.
For more information or to get involved, contact Heather Collins at 228-604-5310 or by email at [email protected].
Campus heart walk scheduled for weekend Arielle Edwards
Printz Writer
RIGHT: Students in the art photography class of the British Studies Program spend an evening beneath the Eiffel Tower during their class trip to Paris, France in July 2012.
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Southern Miss sophomore wide receiver Chris Briggs receives a pass during the game against East Carolina on Saturday.
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Save the date! The next home game is September 29 vs. Louisville.
News Tuesday, September 18, 2012Page 4, Student Printz
Fraternity Bid Day to be held SaturdayIFC aims to sign 200 new members
GREEK LIFE
Tonight, the Interfraternity Council at Southern Miss will host “Fraternity Row Night”, an open-house event for any men on campus interested in Greek Life.
� e event, which will begin at 7 p.m. at the intramurals parking lot on Fraternity Row across from the Kappa Sigma house, will give any-one interested the chance to meet members in all 10 fraternities on campus (Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Tau Delta, Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Tau, Pi Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Phi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Sigma Nu and Sigma Phi Epsilon).
� is event will serve as a conduit to get to know the fraternities on campus. � e week will conclude with bid day festivities on Saturday, when new members receive invita-tions, or bids, to join a chapter. Ear-lier this month, IFC hosted a “Coat and Tie A� air” in which members of the fraternal community at USM shared their experiences in Greek Life. � e rush chairmen from each chapter were also present to answer questions about their fraternities.
As with College Panhellenic Council recruitment earlier this month, growth of the Greek com-munity is expected.
“I am very optimistic about recruitment this year,” Assistant Dean of Greek Life Josh Schutts said. “Panhellenic was as strong as it was last year. I have no reason to be-lieve the IFC men will not experience the same success. All indicators point to anoth-er solid year of recruitment for our Greek community.”
Schutts anticipates that over 200 men will become frater-nity members by the time the fall semester concludes. Over the past few years, fraternity recruitment has shi� ed from a structured, formal recruit-ment process to a more re-laxed, “semi-formal” process. IFC expects the fraternities to recruit new members during the sum-mer, with bids to be signed on a
speci� c date, according to IFC president Keenan Dollar. However,
bids could be signed starting Sept. 5 in order to help recruit members through the o� cial bid day. Dollar said this new system has generated
a signi� cant growth in bids signed. In 2009, 98 men signed bids while
the formal recruitment sys-tem was in place. Last year, with the informal system, 220 men signed bids.
“Numbers are looking up, morale is up, grades are up, so everything is in our favor to do well with recruitment,” Dollar said. “It’s only getting better. We’re possibly get-ting new fraternity houses; that’s only going to add to the prestige and newness and the want to be Greek.”
“We really maximized our e� orts in recruitment this year,” Mississippi Gamma
chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon Vice President of Recruitment Hunter
Easterling said. “� e fraternity is at a pivotal point where we are fully capable of acquiring thirty-plus quality new members this year and also being able to ensure they are shaped and molded into balanced men. With our seniors being so well trained by our national fraternity, they will be able to pass down their knowledge so that SigEp will con-tinue to grow and our members will always strive for excellence.”
Both Dollar and Schutts believe Greek Life enhances the college ex-perience and provides opportuni-ties beyond graduation.
“I think there are a number of bene� ts to a student who choos-es fraternity life,” Schutts said. “� ese are social organizations, so the ‘fun’ aspect is certainly pres-
ent. Moreover, fraternity life isn’t about conforming and losing your identity. It’s about networking, de-veloping your skills and personal leadership capacities, challenging your perspective, managing your life and making di� cult choices. It’s about accountability and being a better version of yourself each and every day.”
Currently, there are approxi-mately 500 fraternity members at USM. As of Monday a� ernoon, approximately 120 bids had been signed. Men interested in joining a fraternity must be enrolled in twelve credit hours of classes and have at least a 2.6 grade point aver-age in order to sign a bid. For more information, contact the O� ce of Greek Life at 601-266-4823.
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Freshman Tyler Kinstle signs his bid for Phi Kappa Tau fraternity. Men were able to sign bids beginning Sept. 5.Susan Broadbridge/Printz
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“X-Factor” and “� e Voice”Two reality singing competitions will be vying this year for audiences’ attention. “� e Voice” is starting up season three, while Simon Cow-
ell’s brainchild, “X-Factor”, is kicking o� season two with a new slate of judges. Simon and L.A. Reid are returning for round two with judging newbies Demi Lovato and Britney Spears adding their sassy � air to the
mix. Don’t have time for both? “� e Voice” has Adam Levine.
“Elementary”� e classic Sherlock Holmes story is getting a modern twist in this new series on CBS. Twist one: Holmes has decided to cross the pond to New York City to start a new life as a consultant for NYPD instead of Scotland Yard. Change two: Watson is a lady, and not just any lady — she is Lucy Liu. However, all the deducing, obsessing and Sherlock qualities charac-teristic of the iconic � gure will be present in the new adaptation. Break out the magnifying glass and deerstalkers, the classic Holmes hat.
“� e Walking Dead”� e zombie thriller series “� e Walking Dead” will return for its third
season this year. � e series, based on the comic written by Robert Kirkman, focuses on a group of living who ban together to ride out a zombie epidemic. Season three returns to answer unsolved questions regarding the cloaked � gure that saved Andrea and the eerie prison at the close of last season. Get ready for more guts and gore and tune in
Oct. 14 to see what is waiting for Rick and the rest of the gang.
“� e New Normal”Step aside, “Glee;” Ryan
Murphy has a new series up his sleeve. “� e New Normal” focuses on a new kind of fam-ily as partners Bryan and Da-vid decide that they are ready to add a new member to their happy household. � e couple meets Goldie, who has recent-ly moved to Los Angeles with her eight-year-old daughter Shania, and the single mom decides to become a surrogate mother for the two. � is show has been compared to the ABC comedy “Modern Fami-ly,” so it may be worth a watch.
It’s about to be that time of year again—fall. While the weather doesn’t really seem like it is going to be refl ecting the season change any time soon, the fall TV lineup provides a reason to chill inside. Which shows should show up on the entertainment radar? Grab the remote and put off studying for that statistics test for just a few more hours. It
is time for some mindless entertainment. Happy watching!
Opinion Tuesday, September 18, 2012Page 6, Student Printz
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“Why is there is a diseased pre-schooler in the library? Why is ANY small child in the library? When will this be stopped?
Hey vote for Jobina Khoo for graduate maid!!!
On September 25th and 27th, Vote CONNOR KNOX for MR. SOUTHERN MISS! “Knox To The Top, baby!” Much Love, C-Baby
Booing your own fresh-man quarterback on his fi rst home game of his college career? Come on Southern Miss, have some class. Anthony Alford, I just wanna give you a hug. You’ll have better days!
Happy birthday to the awe-some french man who is always sitting in Starbucks. All your friends in Europe are missing you! Eat fried chick-ens, drink water-beers... just party hard for us! xxx
Seriously? Booing your freshman quarterback at his fi rst home game was inexcusable. I wanted to throw up. Where is all the class that you claim to have? Show some sup-port. Stop being idiots.
Future Black Law Students wants to see YOU Thursdays at 5 in Union Hall of Honors!
The fact that Southern Miss students booed their freshman quarterback at the fi rst home of his college career is disgust-ing. Even if he wasn’t having his best game, that is absolutely no excuse to boo him on the fi eld. Anyone who claims to have any class at all should be ashamed, and I’m ashamed that I go to school with such a bunch of idiots.
During the last week, the United States has witnessed many Middle Eastern nations protest against our freedom-loving country.
Protesters in Lebanon set a Kentucky Fried Chicken on fire. Massive demonstrations were organized. Last Tuesday evening, U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens and three other diplo-mats were killed in Benghazi, Libya. And the list goes on.
What instigated this anti-American hatred? The answer is a YouTube video.
Such individuals as Sam Bac-ile, an unknown producer who is using “Bacile” as a pseud-onym, put together the low-budget anti-Islamic film “Inno-cence of Muslims” and had the trailers uploaded to YouTube in July 2012. While the film’s producers had a field day ma-nipulating their First Amend-ment rights to ridicule Muslims and Mohammad, the Egyptian TV station Al-Nas TV broad-
cast the video on Sept. 8, giv-ing some Arabs a reason to be ticked off.
Extremist politicians used the video to gain support for their parties, and in places like Libya, innocent people faced the consequences of such Inter-net irresponsibility.
Should Nakoula and Bacile have made such a vulgar film? Probably not. If the film really was financed by more than 100 Jewish donors, then I would have expected the screenplay to have better quality, but the film was disgusting. I am a Chris-tian, but I do not understand why anyone has to create a film that antagonizes people of an-other faith.
That is not what is important. What is important is that the Middle Eastern peoples would have never known such a film was made had it not been for one thing: the Internet.
What people fail to realize is that the Internet is a public space. Once you post some-thing, anyone can find it, and sometimes what you post can have serious consequences.
Google “controversial tweets” or “controversial posts” and you will see what I mean. Athletes have entertained us for years with their tweets from locker rooms and sidelines (just ask
Chad Ochocinco how big a fine he had to pay). Celebrities tweet dumb things, too. People constantly post tweets without considering the repercussions.
The Chick-Fil-A contro-versy was fuelled by the Inter-net. Anything a person says, whether in an interview, like Dan Cathy, or blog post, could end up circulating on the Inter-net and igniting protests. Some people, like the man who ha-rassed a Chick-Fil-A employee over gay rights, lose their jobs because of what they say online. Canada has its moments too – Rogers Communications let go broadcaster Damian Goddard over anti-gay tweets.
Worse yet, though, is Face-book, a dangerous ground to tread. Brandon Raub, a former U.S. Marine from Virginia, was arrested in August for alleged anti-government Facebook posts. The FBI treated him as a terrorist.
What we need to learn is what I call “online responsi-bility” – thinking before post-ing. The next time you are on a social media site or blogging, think twice before you hit “en-ter.” You never know who might unearth your post and make a big deal out of it.
Watch what you say online
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Alan RawlsPrintz Writer
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“I’m deactivating my Facebook until SGA home-coming elections are over. Just give me that gold stick-er.....
Can’t wait to listen to the new The Killers album today!
If you’ve never watched Ac-tion Figure Therapy, you’re lame. #snow
SENIORITIS. BUT RE-ALLY. GET ME OUT OF HERE. #SMTTT
That awkward moment when Southern Miss loses to East Carolina.
Can’t wait for IFC Bid Day! Day-drinking TTT!!!!!!!!
Am I the only one who skipped class Monday be-cause of rain? Surely not.
There’s always money in the banana stand!
“Don’t go chasin’ waterfalls, just stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to.”
Due tomorrow? Do to-morrow. #seniorwoes
The Saints suck. Haha-hahaha.
Sports Student Printz, Page 7Tuesday, September 18, 2012
� e Southern Miss women’s soccer team (3-3-1) triumphed 2-0 at home Friday with a shutout against the Arkansas State Red Wolves (5-3).
� e match was not only phys-ically but also unusually hot. Jor-dan Wagner, senior mid� elder/forward from Geneseo, Ill., said the heat was the biggest challenge for the team.
“It was really cool this week in practice, so feeling like we couldn’t breathe was kind of hard, especially for a full ninety min-utes,” Wagner said. “It was rough.”
� e crowd, however, watched the game comfortably from the shade. Red Wolves and Eagles
fans alike saw a very aggressive non-conference game that ulti-mately resulted in a big win for Southern Miss. � e win also saw no injuries.
“I wanted to see if we could get through our last non-confer-ence game healthy,” said Scott Ebke, head coach. “Health is one of the rigors of the season, and we de� nitely came away from the game healthy, which is important for us.”
Junior forward Danica Rob-erts explained that health had been emphasized throughout the last week.
“We had weights twice this week and worked hard to get strong for this day, and in practice we focused on staying hydrated and healthy,” Roberts said.
Not only did the Lady Eagles
come out healthy, they came out with big saves and even bigger scores. Red-shirt junior Lindsey Schwaner had six saves, and the rest of the Eagle defense stopped other Red Wolves op-portunities dead in their tracks.
“Our defense played great to-day,” Wagner said.
O f fe ns ive ly, Roberts scored a goal in the thir-tieth minute. To top that, seniors Wagner and Kristen Wind-ecker assisted the other junior forward Chelsea Cruthirds with a goal in the 74th minute of the match.
With such a big win in the team’s last non-conference game, the Lady Eagles are preparing to focus on playing UAB Friday.
“It’s a physical game all the way through,” Ebke said. “� ey’re a very talented team. � ey move the ball around, they’re athletic, they’re fast and have a good goal-keeper. We’re just going to have to
prepare as best we can.” As athletic as UAB may be,
the school will be coming o� a disappointing loss to Florida At-lantic University last Sunday. FAU had a 20-11 shot advantage over UAB, and though the Blazers had a comeback bid later in the game, they lost 4-3, bringing their re-cord to 1-7.
Southern Miss and UAB will play at 7 p.m. Friday, and the next
home game will be Friday, Sept. 28 against Rice.
Lady Eagles continue home winning streakAlan RawlsPrintz Writer
The Lady Eagles left the UT Arlington Tournament last weekend after going 2-1 and feeling confident. However, this weekend’s trip to Texas was not as pleasant. After sweeping Rob-ert Morris on Friday, the Golden Eagles dropped both matches on Saturday to Northwestern State and Stephen F. Austin to fall to 4-8 on the season.
Southern Miss opened the Chilly Filmore’s Invitational against the Colonials of Robert Morris. Senior Halie Ecker re-corded 16 kills while sophomore Kristin Fleming out-assisted the Colonials with 34 on the way to a 25-16, 25-19, 25-17 sweep. The victory pushed the Eagles’ winning streak to a season-high three games.
The Lady Eagles faced the Lady Demons of Northwestern State for the second time in as many weekends. The Demons got the best of Southern again, taking a 3-1 match victory. Sophomores Mackenzie Neely and Emily Sweet again tortured the Lady Eagles with 13 kills and 39 assists, respectively. The first set saw an amazing 18 ties and seven lead changes before the Eagles fell 25-27. They pulled through the second set with a 25-19 victory but failed to lead in the final two sets, falling 18-25 and 12-25.
� e Lady Eagles looked to salvage the weekend when they faced the Ladyjacks of Stephen F. Austin on Saturday night. Fresh-man Lydia Bonner turned in 14 kills, and Fleming kept her sea-son rolling with 40 assists, but it was not enough as the Eagles fell 25-27, 16-25, 25-23, 20-25.
The Chilly Fillmore’s Tourna-ment closed out a disappoint-ing non-conference schedule for Southern Miss. The young Eagles experienced some highs and lows and their fair share of growing pains to start the sea-son. They will return to Reed Green Coliseum Friday night for the first time in almost a month to start conference play. Southern Miss will host Tulane (3-9) Friday at 7 p.m.
Volleyball ends non-conference play with rough weekend away
Ben WelchSports Editor
SOCCER
VOLLEYBALL
Southern Miss Sports: Upcoming Games09/21/11
7:00 p.m. Volleyball vs. TulaneHattiesburg, Miss.
7:00 p.m. Soccer @ UABBirmingham, AL
09/22/11All Day Cross Country - Screaming
Eagle 5K FestivalHattiesburg, Miss.
6:00 p.m. Football @ Western KentuckyBowling Green, KY
09/23/111:00 p.m. Volleyball vs. Memphis
Memphis, TN1:00 p.m. Soccer @ Memphis
Memphis, TN
SaturdayEast Carolina 24 at Southern Miss 14
Nicholls State 16 at Tulsa 66FIU 20 at UCF 33
New Mexico State 28 at UTEP 41Ohio 27 at Marshall 24
Middle Tennessee 48 at Memphis 30Rice 37 at Louisiana Tech 56,
UAB 6 at (8) South Carolina 49Texas A&M 48 at SMU 3
Houston 6 at (22) UCLA 37
Scores from C-USA
Southern Miss Sports Sophomore midfi elder Missy Wentz goes head to head with an Arkansas State defender during the soccer game played on Friday. The Lady Eagles shut the Red Wolves out 2-0.
Chris Little/Printz
Sports Tuesday, September 18, 2012Page 8, Student Printz
Last Monday, head football coach Ellis Johnson stressed how impor-tant it was to not start the season in a 0-2 hole. On Saturday, the Golden Eagles dug that hole. East Carolina ruined the home opener for John-son and the Eagles in both teams’ conference opener. Southern Miss out-gained the Pirates by nearly 100 yards and ran 18 more plays, yet were outscored 21-7 in the second half due to numerous miscues.
Because of the “Fill it To The Top” campaign, The Rock was rocking to a crowd of more than 34,400. The Eagles forced a three-and-out on the Pirates’ opening possession and then drove 70 yards in nine plays to take an early 7-0 lead. The drive was capped by freshman Anthony Al-ford’s first collegiate touchdown in his first collegiate start.
After the hot start, Southern Miss’s offense finished the first half with six straight punts, five of which came after three-and-outs. Neither teams’ offense seemed to find rhythm as the defenses held them in check. East Carolina punted seven times in the first half before closing with a field goal to cut the lead down to 7-3.
Everything came apart for the Golden Eagles in the third quarter.
Their four third-quarter possessions all ended in turnovers, which East Carolina turned into a missed field goal and three touchdowns. Alford’s day was done after his fumble was recovered and returned for a touch-down late in the third quarter.
Red-shirt junior Chris Campbell
replaced Alford with just more than a minute left in the third quarter. His first drive went eight plays and end-ed in a touchdown to cut ECU’s lead to 24-14. Momentum turned back in Southern Miss’s favor, but a huge drop killed the following drive and all of the momentum. The Eagles got
little else going the rest of the game, falling to 0-2 on the season and 0-1 in conference play.
Campbell finished the day 11 of 21 with 145 yards and a touchdown while Alford went 6 of 14 for 88 yards with an interception and a rushing touchdown. Johnson promised to
look at the film before making a de-cision, but the tone of the post-game press conference sounded like Al-ford would get the next start.
Defensively, the Eagles only al-lowed the Pirates to gain 228 yards of total offense and 171 yards through the air. Most of the damage was done on a 55-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Shane Carden to Justin Hardy.
“I thought they played competi-tively, and I didn’t see that at Ne-braska,” Johnson said of his defense. “We got some good players that are young. I thought they stepped up today and got some critical stops on third down, and I thought they made some really good plays.”
Senior Tracey Lampley touched the ball a total of five times: two in the running game, two receptions, and one kickoff return. He ac-counted for 73 yards with those five touches, which is an average of 14.6 yards per touch. The Eagles went for it on fourth down three times, con-verting one, while attempting zero field goals.
Southern Miss’s next game is in Bowling Green, Ky. against Western Kentucky. The Hilltoppers are com-ing off an upset win over the Univer-sity of Kentucky and currently boast a 2-1 overall record.
Eagles flutter late, fall to PiratesBen WelchSports Editor
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Freshman quarterback Anthony Alford narrowly avoids two ECU defenders during the Golden Eagles’ home opener played on Saturday.
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