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Volume 86, Number 7
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Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
O’Lear y’s evacuation leads to student’s arrest
By Michelle Bacho, Editor in chief
Ashley Robinson, Staff Writer
and Elizabeth Pace, News Editor
On Monday, Oct. 29 students
residing in O’Leary Hall were
evacuated due to possible hazardous
material believed to be in the
room of a Spring Hill student who
was later arrested on the charges
that he was in possession of drug
paraphernalia, according to both
Dean of Students Joe Deighton and
the Mobile Fire Department.
California
wildfires
dying down
By Elizabeth Pace
News Editor
Wildfires raging in Southern
California began to significantly
die down last Saturday, Oct. 27,
according to CNN.com. Fires
raging for roughly a week now
have left 497,963 acres, 778 square
miles, of land charred—an estimate
equal to about three-quarters of
Rhode Island. The National Post
reported 1,800 homes have been
destroyed. The International
Herald Tribune reported evacuation
orders in San Diego were lifted
on Friday and refugee center,
Qualcomm Stadium, closed that
afternoon.
So far CNN.com has posted
estimates that the nearly two-dozen
According to John
Kerr, Spring Hill’s director of
communication, the authorities
were called upon after Resident Life
inspected the room and discovered a
jar containing an unknown liquid.
According to Mobile Fire
Department spokesperson, Steve
Huffman said that the Hazardous
Materials unit, or HAZMAT, found
no dangerous chemicals or vapors in
the room. They did, however, find
other empty containers, tubing, and
packing materials. The materials
were confiscated by the Mobile
Police Department and are now
under investigation, added Huffman.
Deighton said in a press
release sent to students, faculty, and
staff of SHC, that there was not an
indication of a meth lab operation in
the residence hall.
According to Huffman,
approximately 50 students were
evacuated from their residence hall
for about 30 to 45 minutes due to the
possibility of hazardous chemicals
or vapors being present in the hall.
“At no time were resident
students in danger,” said Deighton.
According to Junior
Kiernan Ambrose, the students
were evacuated from the building
approximately 3:25 p.m.
“The firefighters were
banging on the doors and told
everyone to leave,” said Junior
Kendall Falana.
“We went outside and no
information was given to us. [The]
only info [we received was from]
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Herald Tribune
cited 57 people
were injured by
the fires.
Sooty
air still plagues
areas where fires
have died down,
particularly
in Bernardino
County and San
Diego, according
to CNN.com.
Those able to
return to such
areas were
advised not to
exert themselves.
Photo courtesy of www.nasa.org
This picture of Southern California was taken by one of Children and
NASA’s satellites.
people with
respiratory
fires were the direct cause of at least
problems
were
asked
to stay inside
seven deaths. The International
with doors and windows closed and
Herald Tribune quoted Sergeant
air conditioners running.
Mike Radovich of the San Diego
As fires die down,
Sheriff’s department as predicting,
some officials have turned their
“I imagine we will be finding
By Peter Teske
Contributing Writer
Methicillin Resistant Staph
Aureus or (MRSA) has taken the lives
of more people than AIDS, according
to recent government reports.
“MRSA is treatable, but, does
kill weak or debilitated people. It has
the potential to be rampant, or what
we would consider epidemic,” says
Margaret Cole, a nursing professor at
Spring Hill College.
Until recently, MRSA was
found most commonly in hospital
settings. “Usually it attacks the body,
by hands, etc. to an already sick
person. For instance, go in for a
simple surgery, and you are passed
MRSA from hands (nurses or doctors)
to your body, therefore it enters your
surgical incision,” says Cole. This
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to the seven known deaths, the
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Toolen break-in and ways to prevent these occurences
By Ashley Robinson
Staff Reporter
On October 16, 2007 at 6:40 p.m., two student
residents of Toolen Hall reported that someone
had entered their room and removed two laptop
computers, a plasma television and an iPod with
speakers.
The report was filed with the Mobile Police
Department and is being investigated by the
Spring Hill College Department of Public Safety.
The names of the victims could not be released
due to privacy laws and further details are
pending because it is an ongoing investigation.
With all the recent break-ins and incidents
occurring recently on campus he or she may be
wondering what actions one can take to make
sure these intrusions do not happen in the future.
The steps one can take to insure one’s safety and
personal belongings are safe are very simple. The
following are some tips to help you feel more
secure about your belongings.
First, make sure you always lock your door
(and have your key in hand), many of us find
ourselves propping our doors open when we are
just running down the hall for a short period of
time. This is a risky habit and invites burglars
into your room.
Second, try to know your roommates friends
as well as you know your own. This will ensure
the trust you and your roommate have and will
lead to discussions about who you should or
should not trust.
Third, know your roommates schedule.
Knowing when he or she is there helps you to feel
a little more secure knowing someone (hopefully
trustworthy) is there when you are not.
Finally, if you see anyone suspicious hanging
around that you know does not live on campus,
let someone know. Whether it is Public Safety
or just some residents on your hall, it is better to
have more sets of eyes watching than none.
According to James B. Crosby, director of
Public Safety and Security, “Incidents of theft
occasionally occur on campus as they do in any
area of the City of Mobile or Mobile County. Thefts and burglaries tend to occur in cycles. There has traditionally been an increase in
theft and burglary before and after the holiday
season. Crimes involving larceny have also
traditionally increased during move-in at the
beginning of semesters. Nothing may be reported
for months and then a series of incidents will
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people watching the news and over the
due to the Family Educational Rights
phone,” said Ambrose. Ambrose added
and Privacy Act, or FERPA, according
that students were let back into their
to director of Public Safety James
residence hall around 4:30 p.m.
Crosby. FERPA is “a federal statute that
“As a student, the most
protects the privacy of student education
frustrating thing was the lack of
records,” according to notes gathered
information provided by the school. It is during a meeting between Crosby and
disturbing when NBC
The SpringHillian staff
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in May 2006. However,
As
a
student,
the
most
what is happening on
other media outlets
your floor of O’Leary frustrating thing was
named the suspected
than you do,” said
student.
the lack of information When reached Tuesday,
Ambrose.
The suspected provided by the school. the suspected student
student, who lives
said “Why is it when
-Kiernan Ambrose Toolen almost burned
on the same floor as
Ambrose, said he is
down, there’s no news
facing a court date
coverage, but they are
on Wednesday morning. The student
fast to jump on the word ‘drug’ [in any
may not be named because the case is
circumstance]?”
still under investigation. An attempt
When asked if current resident
was made to reach the Mobile Police
life policies will be more strictly
Department in order to verify the
enforced, Residence Life Director Brent
suspect’s name, but no response was
McPherson responded with “We will
received.
continue to enforce the same policies
In addition, when asked about
that we always have.” McPherson
the identity of the student, Public Safety declined to comment further on the
stated that they couldn’t release a name
matter.
occur. Generally, when we have incidents of
criminal activities on campus, the same types
of incidents are occurring in surrounding
neighborhoods.” So turn on your television to
some local news stations and keep up to date with
the local crime sprees. Crosby also said that the annual crime rate
report for the U.S. Department of Education
shows that the crime rate on Spring Hill’s campus
is drastically lower than that of other institutions
of higher education.
“The Department of Public Safety patrols
the campus grounds, as well as the interiors
of campus buildings, twenty-four hours a day,
seven days a week. These patrols continue
throughout the year including during school
breaks and on holidays. The full-time patrol staff
is supplemented by part-time officers, as well
as by student members of the Department of
Public Safety’s “Safety Patrol.” Additional
patrols are conducted by members of the Mobile
Police Department, said Crosby.
Campus Security Blotter
On Oct. 22, 2007 at 6:39 a.m., an employee at the Golf Course
reported that someone had entered his unlocked office and removed a Dell computer, monitor, speakers, an Echo chain saw, and
an Echo weed eater. He stated that the theft occurred sometime
after he left work on Saturday, October 20, 2007.
On Oct. 23, 2007 at 3:15 p.m., a student reported that someone
had broken the left front window of his vehicle and removed a CD
case. The student advised that his vehicle’s window was intact at
12:30 p.m. He declined a police report.
On Oct. 28, 2007 at 6:10 a.m., a Public Safety Officer found that
someone had overturned the furniture in the lobby, and on the
patio, at the New Residence Hall. A trash can was also overturned
and its contents scattered in the hallway.
On Oct. 28, 2007 at 6:15 p.m., a Public Safety Officer discoverd
that someone had broken the Quinlan Hall sign.
On Oct. 29, 2007 at 3:30 a.m., a Public Safety Officer discovered
that someone had removed the Campus Center sign.
Submitted by James Crosby, Director of
Public Safety
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variety of MRSA is called Healthcare AssociatedMRSA or HA-MRSA. Theresa Youngquist, a
senior nursing major, said, “MRSA is usually
harder to get outside of a hospital setting. I think
the approaching cold weather of winter will help
because body parts will be covered.”
Cole said, “Many people believe and it is
true, that it is due to the overuse of antibiotics.”
Cole added, “We have already come up with
another infection: Vancomycin Resistant Staph
Aureus or VRSA. This is the antibiotic that we
used to treat MRSA.”
According to Mayoclinic.com, beyond
the doors of the hospital there is Community
Associated MRSA, which is spread among
people who participate in contact sports, live in
crowded or unsanitary conditions and those who
share towels or athletic equipment. The Center
for Disease Control and Prevention web site
says common locations for the spread of MRSA
are, “schools, dormitories, military barracks,
households, correctional facilities and daycare
centers.” When asked if MRSA should be a
major concern on college campuses Laura Jelf,
a senior pre-med student at Spring Hill College
said, “I think it’s a big concern because of the
close contact students have with each other
like eating in the same place and sharing living
spaces.”
According to Mayoclinic.com, both HAMRSA and CA-MRSA can appear in or around
breaks in the skin in the form of, “redness,
swelling, maybe drainage from a wound,” says
Cole. “Sometimes the bacteria remain confined
to the skin. But they can also burrow deep into
the body, causing potentially life-threatening
infections in bones, joints, surgical wounds, the
bloodstream, heart valves and lungs.”
Prevention of such a potentially serious
infection amounts to practicing simple hygiene.
FAQs concerning staph infec tions
By Will Currie
Staff Writer
Spring Hill has taken precautions
to prevent anyone from getting staph
infections through various procedures.
Among them are: regular cleaning and
disinfecting of college buildings with
special attention to athletic facilities
including locker rooms, training rooms and
restrooms and also a regular cleaning and
disinfecting of residence hall restrooms.
Staph is a type of infection caused by
the Staphylococcus “staph” bacteria. About
25% of people normally carry staph in the
nose, mouth, genitals, and anal area. The
foot is very prone to pick up bacteria from
the floor. The infection often begins with a
little cut, which gets infected with bacteria.
The type of staph infection that
involves skin is called cellulitis and affects
the skin’s deeper layers. It is treatable with
antibiotics. This type of infection is very
common in the general population -- and
more common and more severe in people
with weak immune systems. People who
have diabetes or weakened immunity are
particularly prone to developing cellulitis.
Staph cellulitis usually begins as a
small area of tenderness, swelling, and
redness. Sometimes it begins with an
open sore, however, there does not have
to be a break in the skin at all. The signs
of cellulitis are those of any inflammation
-- redness, warmth, swelling, and pain.
Any skin sore or ulcer that has these signs
may be developing cellulitis. If the staph
infection spreads, the person may develop a
fever, sometimes with chills and sweats, as
well as swelling in the area. If the infection
goes so deep that it involves muscles or
fibers that enclose muscles, it needs to be
surgically cleaned because the antibiotics
will not work.
Antibiotics are used to treat these
infections. But while most staph infections
used to be treatable with penicillin, in the
1980s that changed and stronger antibiotics
are now used. In about 50% of cases,
however, we see resistance to even these
stronger antibiotics. There are several more
potent antibiotics now, but doctors need to
know when to use them.
Steps can be taken to help prevent
staph infections. Good hygiene, such as
washing the hands, with good soap and hot
water is very important. Any time there
is a cut or skin breakdown, it needs to be
washed with soap and water, kept clean and
dry, wiped with antibiotic ointment, and
continually kept covered.
The staph infection is contagious if
the wound is weeping or draining, and if
people share towels or other items that are
contaminated. Wearing foot coverings in
locker rooms and other commonly used
areas can help prevent contamination. If
the sore becomes unusually painful or
red, get prompt medical attention. If red
lines develop, that’s a sign the infection
is spreading to the bloodstream and needs
immediate medical attention.
“Use antibacterial soap frequently. I always
encourage my students to bathe and wash with
antibacterial soap after being in the hospital,”
says Cole. The CDC Web site adds, “Covering
infections will greatly reduce the risks of surfaces
becoming contaminated with MRSA.”
Staph is a growing concern among
schools due to the death of Ashton Bonds, a
high school student in Virginia. There have
also been documented outbreaks in New York,
West Virginia, Ohio, Alabama, Kentucky and
Michigan.
In the areas where outbreaks have
occurred, schools have been closing as part of
proper disinfecting procedures. School and
health officials across the country are also
re-educating teachers on proper sanitation
techniques like hand washing, according to a
report on The Post Chronicle’s Web site.
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attention to determining what caused the fires. The Herald
Tribune reported that authorities have already determined
a large Orange County fire was started by an arsonist.
That particular fire has destroyed 30 square miles and nine
houses when the Tribune article published last Saturday.
The Herald Tribune also cited “prolonged drought and the
increasing intrusion of people into California’s wilderness”
as causes of some of the fires. According to New York
Times staff reports and various California fire agencies,
fires have also resulted from downed power lines and sparks
from construction work.
The situation in California hit home with Spring
Hill student Sean Driscoll, whose parents live in Running
Springs, in the mountains of San Bernardino. As of
publication time, Sean said the San Bernardino fires were
about 60 percent contained. A SWAT team had been sent to
the area to combat looting. His family, forced to evacuate
when the fires broke out, had not yet returned to their home.
Driscoll said his parents’ home is undamaged, though seven
houses in the area did suffer damage.
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Tropical Storm ravages Caribbean leaving 30 dead
At least 38 people were killed in
floods and landslides triggered by
Tropical Storm Noel as it barreled
across Haiti, the Dominican Republic
and Cuba, in the Caribbean, officials
said Tuesday.
After drenching Hispaniola, an
island shared by the Dominican
Republic and Haiti, Noel late Tuesday moved slowly across the Cuban
interior.
It left at least 30 people dead and
15 reported missing in the Dominican
Republic, and threatened to cause
more floods and mudslides across the
region, already drenched by weeks of
rainfall
The National Emergency CommitPhoto courtesy of www.afp.com
tee said nearly 20,000 people had to
Heavy rain swept away and destroyed homes
evacuate their homes across the country.
in
three
departments, said Marie Alta Jean BapIn Haiti, an AFP reporter in the capital city
Port-au-Prince witnessed four deaths, including a tiste, head of the country’s civil protection agency.
14-year old girl and her mother who were killed
The storm caused authorities in the Dominican
when an uprooted tree crushed their house.
Authorities in the impoverished and vulnerable Republic and Haiti to shut down airports.
Haitian Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis
Caribbean nation reported another four deaths.
said 1.5 million dollars had been set aside to as-
sist storm victims.
Dominican President Leonel Fernandez convened an
emergency cabinet meeting
and announced a thre million
dollar relief package for storm
victims.
In Cuba, 2,000 people in the
storm’s path were evacuated.
Tropical Storm Noel was
expected to head back out to
sea off the north coast of Cuba
Tuesday night or Wednesday.
It was then expected to
barrel over some of the Bahamian islands before heading
north into the Atlantic Ocean,
though forecasters said Noel’s
likely track would take it dangerously close to Florida’s east coast.
At 2100 GMT, the center of the storm was 45
kilometers (30 miles) south-southwest of Camaguey, Cuba. Noel packed maximum sustained
winds of 65 kilometers (40 miles) per hour.
-Courtesy of AFP
New marketing plans for Life Long Learning
By Elizabeth Pace
News Editor
Spring Hill’s Division of Lifelong
help reluctant enrollees feel more confident
Learning and Graduate Programs recently
in undertaking graduate study. According to
initiated an updated marketing campaign.
Tarasavage, students highlighted as faces for
According to Donna Tarasavage, Spring
the campaign were nominated by program
Hill’s director of marketing and recruiting,
directors for their “scholastic and personal
the campaign was prompted by market
merits.”
research conducted by the college in the
Research reflecting community
fall of 2006. The research was conducted
perception of Spring Hill as providing
to make sure graduate
exceptional graduate
programs effectively served
education prompted
We do have excellent graduate a name change to the
community needs,and
channels of distributing
simpler “Graduate and
programs and want to raise
marketing messages were
Studies.”
awareness, both internally and Continuing
reaching target audiences.
Tarasavage points out
New strategies aim externally, that they are being statistics supporting
to build and maintain brand offered.
this community
awareness and generate
perception: Spring
-Donna
Tarasavage
increased enrollment.
Hill graduate students
Tarasavage said a number
typically outnumber
of strategies are in the works. She predicts
undergraduates at a 2:1 ratio. “We do have
one of the most successful tactics will be
excellent graduate programs and want
the use of actual Spring Hill students and
to raise awareness, both internally and
graduates to create a face for the campaign.
externally, that they are being offered,”
Stories of graduates facing challenges in
Tarasavage said.
returning to school will be highlighted to
Photo courtesy of Shea Zirlott
Students hung from bungee cords in front of Spring Hill’s
Burke Library in an event sponsored by CPB.
Opinions&
Editorials
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 The SpringHillian
Halloween: How my siblings scarred me for life
By Michelle Bacho
Editor in Chief
Usually, I try to
make sure that my editorials
have some sort of life
lesson. But this week, in
light of the holiday, I’m
going to change formats.
For those who do
not have the pleasure of
knowing me, I would like
to start off by saying I
have three older brothers.
How much older you ask?
Let’s just say that when I
was born the youngest of
the three was in the early
stages of adolesence. As
one would expect, my
early years included a
lot of wonderful sibling
torture. And never was
their torment more blatent
than during the Halloween
full makeup, but Matt was
season.
worried about scaring me
My first memory of
(every once in a while they
Halloween was when I was would have some sort of
about 2 years old. That
fraternal compassion for
may sound a little odd,
me). Brian ignored him,
considering most people
and the three boys went
do not remember anything
into my room and turned
before their fourth birthday.
But this memory was so
horrific for a 2-year old that
it is burned in my brain.
I was in my crib,
minding my own business,
after a long night of
trick-or-treating with
my grandma. Two of my
brothers and their friend,
Tom O’Connor, decided to Photo courtsey of
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go out and cause whatever
King Diamond looks eager
mayhem that 14 and 15to scare anyone.
year old boys cause and
since it was Halloween,
well then why not dress up? on my lights. I remember
And being the young, early screaming and crying
1990s metal heads that they because there were three
were, they decided to dress
boys in my room with black
up as King Diamond. It was and white face paint and
scary, to say the least.
fake blood on their clothes.
I remember that my
It took my grandma at
brother Brian wanted to
least three hours to calm
say goodnight to me in his
me down and for about 12
years, I couldn’t sleep with
my door closed. Talk about
traumatic experiences, huh?
Another time I was 4years old and my brothers
were watching Killer
Klowns from Outer Space.
They forced me to sit
down and watch the movie
with them, and as cheesy
as I find that movie now,
it was 10 times scarier at
my young age. The next
day, the two knuckle heads
decided that it would be a
good idea to take me to the
circus and buy me clown
paraphnaelia which they
insisted on keeping in my
room. I haven’t looked at a
clown the same way since.
I’m 20 years old and
now I take liberties in
scaring my adolescent
nieces and nephew. My
brothers don’t appreciate it
much, but that’s what they
get for traumatizing my
childhood. I just hope they
don’t do the same things to
my kids…
Students have a problem with Cloister and Bookstore prices
We have two problems.
First, when is the administration
going to notice that there are problems
in the Cloister and do something about
it? For the past month, my friends and
I have been wanting ice cream from the
Cloister, but every time we go there,
the machine is not working. How long
does it take to get it fixed or get the
piece in to fix it? If they have ordered
the piece and it hasn’t come in over a
week, or even a month, then someone
should look into why it is taking so
long.
Also, why does it take so long for
people to get their order taken and
to actually receive their food? It takes
15 minutes or more to even get your
order taken sometimes and it takes
45 minutes to an hour to receive your
order. For someone on a time crunch,
the person might as well go to a fast
food restaurant or to the “caf ”. They
would get faster service and better
quality. My sister and best friend
complained that one night they waited
for about 45 minutes and still no one
had taken their order. Even more,
was that once they heard the workers
complaining, or almost debating, about
which one of them was going to fix
what. When you work in a place like
the Cloister, you will have to eventually
fix everything so there’s no point in
complaining. Also, if you don’t like
fixing food, don’t work in a place like
the Cloister.
Second, we all have our little
emergencies and we have to charge it
to the bookstore. Did you know that a
box of 10 tampons cost four dollars at
the bookstore and a box of 36 cost four
dollars at Target? Someone might as
well use the gas to go to Target because
they would get more for their money’s
worth. More so than just the tampons,
why is stuff such as food and drinks
almost twice as much as it would be at
a grocery store? People might as well
take the time to go across the street to
Bruno’s or CVS. At least they wouldn’t
spend that much money and they
would get their money’s worth.
Ashley Cyr and Suzanne Aysenne
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The rumor mill churns at SHC
By Adam Ganucheau
Columnist
I was planning on
writing about the rumor
mill at Spring Hill before
the events of Monday, Oct.
29. For those of you just
joining us, there was quite
a commotion after Public
Safety was tipped off on
a “suspicious” activity in
a room in O’Leary Hall.
The residence hall was
evacuated for an hour
and a half, as Hazardous
Material crews searched
the room. A student was
growing mushrooms on the
windowsill, and as of print
time, the mushrooms were
being tested to see if they are
of the illegal kind.
Here’s what I love
about Spring Hill: not too
long after the building
was evacuated on Monday
afternoon, students were
eager to find out what
happened. The rumor
started flying that it was a
meth lab. I then heard at
dinner that CNN had ran
the story on its ticker, and
then had to run a correction
when the police identified
the “hazardous material” as
mushrooms.
In a few short hours,
I had heard a wide gamut
of beliefs. One student
told me that it was ninjas.
Another told me that there
was a gun fight outside of
O’Leary. One member
of The SpringHillian staff,
who shall remain nameless,
thought the excitement was
about a “math lab” found in
O’Leary. Obviously, none of
these rumors are true.
The rumor mill
always seems to be churning
here on the Hill. I think that
we all have been victims of
it, or we have fed the fire.
Here’s another example: on
the first weekend that all the
students were back, I was
the Resident Assistant on
duty for Mobile Hall and the
Fairway Apartments. On
Monday morning, someone
asked me if it was true that I
had documented 30 people.
Needless to say, I was a little
taken aback. That rumor
was absolutely untrue.
It’s funny to me that
rumors get blown out of
proportion, especially when
it has to do with students
getting in trouble. A fellow
Resident Assistant told me
that she was rumored to
have documented 60 people
in one weekend. Again,
completely false.
With the drug bust
story, I found out more
about the situation from the
nightly news than I did here
on campus. NBC15 even
led their newscast at 10 p.m.
with the story, complete with
the student’s name, mug
shot, and student reaction.
The moral of the
story is that we need to be
cautious when spreading
rumors. I think we all can
show good judgment as to
what rumors are semi-true
and which rumors are utterly
bogus. Students’ reputations
are on the line when we
spread rumors.
Spring Hill is a
community, a great one
some may say. We need to
remember that rumors tear
away at the fabric of our
community. The better our
community is, the better
people we’ll become…
hopefully.
Opinions&
R eaction
Editorials
Student
“What is your
favorite Halloween
memory or costume?”
“I was Scary Spice, and I
got to be really
different.”
- Paige Bryant ‘11
“Me and my cousins
dressed up in robes and
masks with bowls in our
laps and when people
came up we grabbed
their arms.”
- Danielle Johnson ‘08
“When I was younger I
dressed up as a vampira
and teased my hair and
painted it grey.”
Yearbook makes a comeback on the Hill
Did you know we have
a yearbook?! Neither did I
until I joined the yearbook
committee. In the past
we’ve had had our problems
with commitment to the
committee. That problem
has been solved. We are
dedicated to the yearbook
and to the school for what
the yearbook means to the
school. Now it is your job
as a school to show your
support and buy a yearbook.
The yearbook is going to
be completely in color, 200
pages and it is only going to
cost $45. It’s cheaper than
my high school yearbook
which was not completely
in color. Buy your yearbook
now!
- Kate LaBorde ‘09
“I was a blue peanut
M&M when I was two.”
Suzanne Aysenne
Submit a Letter to the Editor. E-mail it
to [email protected] by 4 p.m.
on Monday.
-Brannan Griffin ‘11
Compiled by Shea Zirlott
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CULTURE
Rock 'n rollers that
don't need to dress up
By Ben Mackin
Columnist
Well boys and girls,
Halloween is here. Tonight if you
are driving around neighborhoods,
be sure to watch out for all the
little ones darting in and out of
the street. If you insist on hitting
one of the little demons be sure it
is one with a full bag of candy. In
keeping with holiday spirit and
considering I have no real ideas
that can be used at this time, I am
going to talk about some of the
scariest musical artists. Yeah, I
could talk about Alice Cooper,
Ozzy Osbourne and the like, but
those guys are all intentionally
scary. I’m talking about those that
have been playing for 40 years
and defy laws of nature for still
being alive, or those who have
not been around that long, but
did a massive amount of drugs
in a short period of time, leading
to their now frightening physical
appearance.
Okay, let’s get the cheap shot
out of the way. Michael Jackson,
who has probably been in more of
these lists then I care to count, but
this man scared me when I was six
and still scares me at the age of 21.
Add on the whole high pitched
voice, with all the allegations
of indecent liberties with
children, we have here ladies and
gentlemen, the creepiest man to
ever walk the earth. I feel like that
needs to be apart of his everyday
title. You know how they call
people who have been knighted,
"sir" and whatnot. People should
start calling him Mr. World's
Creepiest Man. Or we could make
it an annual thing like the Oscars
and have different categories.
“The creepiest performance in
a men’s airport bathroom award
goes to… (Wait a second to open
the envelope)… Senator Larry
Craig!!”
Anyways back to business.
Next on my list is one of the
world’s greatest guitarists and
believe me when I say the fact that
he is alive makes him the eighth
wonder of the world. For the
last 40 years Keith Richards has
been revolutionizing rock and roll
with a little band by the name of
the Rolling Stones. Perhaps you
have heard of them. Since the
Stones were formed in 1962 Keith
Richards has seems to have very
few breaks from a rock and roll
lifestyle, full of drugs, alcohol,
women and falling from trees. He
is the epitome of a walking corpse.
Perhaps Wayne’s World Two said
it best, “Keith Richards cannot be
killed by conventional weapons.” Last on my list of gruesome
rockers is Ziggy Stardust himself.
David Bowie has long pushed the
limits of fashion and music, often
blurring the lines of rock and roll,
R&B, pop and gender. To this day
the often androgynous Bowie still
manages to scare little children
and house cats with his skinny
figure and piercing stare.
So there you have it some of
the many musicians who have
managed to stay alive through
decades of excess and self-abuse.
God bless them for it too because
if they didn’t do it, what would our
children imitate and try to live up
to?
Last minute homemade
Halloween costumes
By Shea Zirlott
Staff writer
If you are one of those who wait
until the last minute to prepare for
everything, here are some last minute
costume ideas that will be easy to pull
off. Whether you want to go trick-ortreating for a little free candy or have
a Halloween party to attend, you can
pull something together off of this
list, most likely with things out of
your closet or even a junk drawer!
The Tourist: Wear a Hawaiian
shirt, shorts, carry a camera and maps
and look like you are lost.
Greek or Roman: Go to Walmart
and buy the cheapest flat sheet that
you can find, in any color and some
safety pins. Wrap it around yourself
and pin it to whatever clothes you
wish to wear under it.
Nerd: Slick back your hair and
find a pair of pants that are too short,
a white shirt, white socks, penny
loafers, a lot of pens to put in your
pocket, dark rimmed glasses and a
backpack.
Miss America: Any formal dress
will work for this costume, you
will just need to find a tiara, some
oversized jewelry and heels.
Static Cling: Wear solid colors
and safety pin socks, underwear and
dryer sheets to yourself.
Cereal Killer: Attach little cereal
boxes to a shirt, cut slits in the boxes
and put plastic knives in the holes and
you can get some fake blood to come
out of the cereal boxes.
Black Eyed Pea: Wear a white
shirt, cut out the letter P and use
makeup to make one of your eyes
black.
Basket of Laundry: Buy a thin
plastic laundry basket, cut a hole in
the bottom that you can fit through so
that it can sit on your hips and attach
laundry to your shirt.
Tickled Pink: Wear pink clothes
and carry a feather
God’s Gift to Women (or Men):
Find a box big enough for you to fit
in (optional), put a large bow on your
head, and hang a tag around your
neck that says “TO: Women, FROM:
God.”
Kangaroo: Tape a brown paper
bag to your stomach so that you can
put things in it.
Quarter Pounder: Carry a
quarter and a hammer. When anyone
asks what you are dressed as, hit the
quarter with the hammer.
Nudist on Strike: Dress in causal
clothes and carry a sign that says
“NUDIST on STRIKE.”
“B” Keeper: Carry several bags
filled with B’s cut out of construction
paper.
Peter Cottontail: Wear a name tag
that says “Peter” and attach a cotton
ball to your rear.
Pin-Up Girl: Pin safety pins onto
a solid colored shirt so that they make
an arrow pointing up.
Identity Crisis: Attach “Hello, my
name is…” stickers all over yourself
with all different names.
Quarterback: Attach a quarter to
the back of your shirt.
What am I?: Dress in all black
and attach question marks all over.
50 cent: Tape two quarters to
your chest.
Shot in the Dark: Wear all black
and hang a shot glass around your
neck.
Past your Prime: Put a sign on
your shirt that says “Sell by any date
that has already passed”
Mastercard advertisement:
Attach a sign to your back that says,
“Shirt $30…Jeans $50…Shoes $70…
Halloween costume that took minimal
effort: Priceless.”
If you can’t pull one of these last
minute, homemade costumes off…
well…best of luck to you!
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The SpringHillian Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Scare your pants off with these top ten Halloween movies
By Mallory Lindsly
News & Culture Editor
Halloween is
upon us (if you didn’t
know - it is today),
and other than trick or
treating and partying all
night, young adults also
enjoy marathons of scary
movies.
According to the
website best-horror-movies.com the top ten horror movies
are as follows: 10. The Evil Dead. 9. Psycho, 8. Nightmare
on Elm Street, 7. The Shinning, 6. Night of the Living Dead
5. Halloween, 4. Dawn of the Dead 3. The Descent, 2.
Alien, and finally 1. The Exorcist.
Number ten, The Evil Dead (1981) was directed
by Sam Raimi. This movie is about five friends who are
vacationing in the woods and find The Necronomicon, The
Book of the Dead. After finding this book, the friends listen
to a tape recorder that was left by the owner of the cabin.
Little do the friends know that listening to the tape turns
deadites because of the evil force that was unleashed in the
forest. The only way to conquer a deadite is to dismember
the body wholly.
Number nine, Psycho (1960) was directed by Alfred
Hitchcock. In this movie Marion Crane steals $40,000
so she can move away to start a new life. While driving
through a rainstorm to California, Marion gets tired and
decides to stop at a desolate hotel on a side street. In this
hotel she decides to calm down with a hot shower, and we
all know what happens after that.
Number eight, Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), was
directed by Wes Craven. In the early 1980s a psychopath
called Freddy Krueger went around torturing and murdering
children with his “razor sharp” fingers. After being arrested,
a judge decided to let Krueger go free, but an angry mob
of parents burned him alive in a broiler room for revenge.
Years later, the children of the parents who helped murder
Kruger were having terrifying dreams of a burned man
wearing razor sharp gloves, which then begins to kill the
children in their sleep. One of the people suffering from the
nightmares, Nancy Thompson realizes that the only way
to fight these deadly nightmares is to stay awake and fight
Freddy herself.
Number seven is The Shinning (1980), directed
by Stanley Kubrick. The Shinning starts out when Jack
Torrance, a novelist, becomes the custodian for Overlook
Hotel for the winter months. Since this hotel is not
functioning during the winter months, Jack brings his
family with him for company. Jack is trying to write a
novel but runs into a spout of writer’s block. With the
combination of writer’s block and cabin fever, Jacks sanity
starts to slip. His son Danny starts to have telepathic visions
and realizes the hotel is haunted his father is possessed, and
he is attempting to murder he and his mother.
Number six is Night of the Living Dead (1968),
directed by George A. Romero. This movie starts off when
a radiation covered satellite falls from Venus. This satellite
is the speculation of why the deceased are turning into
zombies. Somehow, the radiation awakens the brains and
allows the dead to become zombies, feasting on the living.
The only way to beat these zombies is by beating the brains
out of them.
Number five is Halloween (1978) directed by John
Carpenter. After a night of trick or treating, six year old
Michael Myers murders his older sister on Halloween
night in 1963. Fifteen years later Michael escapes the day
before Halloween and stalks Laurie Strode and her friends.
The girls are planning their night for Halloween and all
of a sudden the lights of the house her friends were in go
off. The friends are not answering the phone any more.
Curiously, Laurie goes over to see what is wrong with her
friends.
Number four is Dawn of the Dead (1978), which is
the sequel to number six, The Night of the Living Dead and
is written and directed by Romero. This sequel is set a few
weeks after Night and the situation has gotten worse. Some
reporters go along with some members of the SWAT team
and try to find a desolate place to rest. The group comes to
find refuge in a deserted mall, but instead of just trying to
fight off zombies, there is a group of angry mobsters trying
to rob the mall.
The most recent movie on this list is The Descent
(2005) directed by Neil Marshall. Friends went on a hiking
trip and encounter difficulty when a trap collapses trapping
everyone underground. There are limited supplies left and
the group doesn’t know how to get out. While underground
they encounter bloodthirsty creatures and try to survive
from being murdered by them and harming each other.
The second best horror movie is Alien (1979)
directed by Ridley Scott. This movie is set in the distant
future where a crew intercepts a SOS from a nearby planet.
However, the SOS was not a cry for help at all, but a
warning. When the astronauts explore the thousands of
alien eggs one egg is disturbed and attaches itself to one
of the men. However, the alien seems to not affect the man
until he implants into another host.
The final and best horror movie of all time is The
Exorcist (1973) directed by William Friedkin. This movie
is based on a 1971 novel by William Peter Blattly. In the
movie a young 12-year-old girl named Regan is very sick.
Her mother exhausts many different medical explanations
and she finally decides to contact the local priest. The priest
tries to exorcise the demon out of Regan, and instead
she dies. This is considered one of the best horror movies
because of how graphic it was for its time, and it is still
graphic for today’s audience.
Hopefully, with this list, you were able to decide
which movies to (and not to) rent this evening. Have a
happy and safe Halloween.
CULTURE
Horror-able
Mentions
Series:
Child’s Play (1988)
Child’s Play 2 (1990)
Childs Play 3 (1991)
Scream (1996)
Scream 2 (1997)
Scream 3 (2000)
I Know What You Did Last
Summer (1997)
I Still Know What You Did
Last Summer (1998)
I’ll Always Know What you
Did Last Summer (2006)
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Jeepers Creepers II (2003)
Saw (2004)
Saw II (2005)
Saw III (2006)
Saw IV (2007)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(1973)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(2003)
Texas Chainsaw Massacre:
The Beginning (2006)
28 Days Later (2002)
28 Weeks Later (2007)
Courtsey of Google
Images
Single Titles:
It (1990)
Slaughter High (1986)
The Birds (1963)
The Wickerman (1973)
Seven (1995)
The Silence of the Lambs
(1991)
Hellraiser (1987)
Jaws (1975)
LIFE &
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Entertainment News
Complied by Shea Zirlott
Fall Out Boy could be called Fall Down Boy
When Fall Out Boy made a guest
appearance on the CW’s show “One Tree
Hill” they were introduced as Fall Down
Boy. After Pete Wentz broke his foot
during an animated performance at the
Voodoo Festival Sunday night, maybe
the band should change their name to
the latter.
Fall Out Boy is a punk rock band at the
top of the charts with their most recent
hit songs, “This Ain’t a Scene, It’s an Arms
Race” and “I’m Like a Lawyer.”
Despite his injury, the band will not
be canceling any concerts, including
their show in Orange Beach at the Wharf
on Fri. night as part of their Young Wild
Things Tour. Also touring with Fall Out
Boy are the Gym Class Heroes and the
Plain White T’s.
Wentz jokingly said that, “I am
currently trying to get a ‘rocker’ boot to
I can have a walking cast, currently my
foot is the size of a small car. If you see
Photo Courtsey of Google Images
me at the show come sign my cast.”
Harper Lee to be honored by
the White House
Reclusive
Her book is often
author Harper
cited among the
Lee will be one
favorite books of
of this year’s
Americans. Lee
recipients of
the Presidential
Medal of
Freedom at the
White House
next week on
Nov. 5.
Lee wrote just
one book, To Kill
a Mockingbird,
Photo Courtsey
but she is
of Google Images
considered one of
the most beloved is actually an
U.S. authors that
Alabama native
are still living.
and has written
letters or essays
for magazines
over the years.
The Presidential
Medal of
Freedom is
the highest
civilian honor
in the U.S. and
other recipients
include Gary
Becker, Benjamin
Hooks, Brian
Lamb, Ellen
Johnson-Sirleaf,
Francis Collins,
Oscar Elias Biscet,
and Henry Hide.
Rhett finally able to tell his side of story
Next week another sequel
to Margaret Mitchell’s
Gone With the Wind will be
published, only this time
the main character will be
Rhett Butler and not Scarlett
O’Hara. The book by awardwinning Civil War novelist
Donald McCaig will be
entitled Rhett Butler’s People
and will release on Nov. 6.
The novel will overlap
Mitchell’s story but have a
different point of view. It
will chronicle his life from
his roots in South Carolina
to when he meets O’Hara
and subsequently leaves her.
Rhett Butler’s People is only
the second companion novel
that has been authorized
by Mitchell’s estate. Its
predecessor, Scarlett was
released in 1991 and was
immensely successful.
One of the lawyers for
Mitchell’s estate, Paul
Anderson has said that, “the
public itself wanted another
sequel.” Only time will tell if
his statement is true.
Monday Night Football Draft Beer Special (and DJ)
Tuesday Night $5 cover, 25¢ Wells (and Karaoke)
Wednesday Night Karaoke Contest, $1000 Grand Prize
Thursday Night Penny Pitchers, $5 cover (and DJ)
Friday Night Live Music, starting at 9pm, $5 cover
Saturday Night Football with Beer Special • Live Music
9pm till, $5 cover
Oct 30th: Scare Away Cancer Halloween Party, 9pm till
$7 cover, $2 towards American Cancer Society
25¢ Wells • Prizes for Best Costume (Male & Female)
Oct 31st: Bojangles Halloween Party, 9pm till
$250 for 1st-Place Costume
Prizes for 2nd and 3rd Place
Don't like The Springhillian? Think you can do better?
Put your money where your mouth is and apply to be Editor-in-Cheif.
If you think you are up to the job, turn in a cover letter and resume to
Ms. Dottie in the Comm Arts Department by November 20.
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CULTURE
A Fresher Perspective
By Stacie Taylor
Columnist
It’s almost time to
register for classes again.
I’ve loved this semester,
but I’m ready for some
new classes—and I’m sure
most of you are too.
Speaking of moving
on—freshmen, have you
looked at your degree
audit on BadgerWeb if
you have a major? If not, I
strongly suggest you do it
soon. I had briefly glanced
at it before registration,
but, recently, I really took
the time to go through it
and look at the classes
I would be taking. And
there are a lot of them. So
many, in fact, my parents
were worried that I might
not graduate in four years.
So—yes, we’re back to
time management—I
made a four-year plan.
Tentative, of course (I’ve
already changed it); but
it definitely helped me
see what classes I would
take when what kind of
workload I could expect,
and how flexible I could
be with my time. The
answers, by the way, were
core first two years and a
lot of upper level English
and communication
classes my last two years.
Needless to say, my
advisor was impressed
when it was time to go
into her office for schedule
approval.
I was a little stressed
to discover that I would
need to take 18 hours
every semester unless I
take some summer classes.
Something to which, after
looking at my schedule,
I’m completely open to.
In addition to helping
me choose classes (and
placating my mother),
this little life-planning
exercise brought up a lot
of questions, too. What
will my new advisor be
like after I declare my
major? What if I like who
I have now and don’t want
another one? Will I be able
to handle 18 hours? The
workload that accompanies
a full schedule? Will,
after so many years of
putting heart and soul into
English, my professors
like what I have to say and
how I say it? How will
work fit in? Will it all, for
that matter? Will I ever
have a life outside of work
and school?
I’m sure the answers
to all of these will become
evident pretty soon, but
I still wonder. Especially
about that last one! I just
have to remind myself
that this—a double
major of journalism and
English with a French
minor—is what I want.
I have to commit myself
to seemingly endless
communication classes
(and public speaking),
English classes, French.
But I know that this is who
I am, what I’m meant to
do. I’ve been writing for
most of my life and there’s
absolutely nothing I enjoy
more than a good book.
If I can keep all that in
mind, I believe I can make
it through all the papers,
classes, and work. If I can,
C a l e n d a r
Date
Details
then, hopefully, I can share
what I do with others.
Maybe I could even write
a book equal to those I
treasure so much.
So, my advice to
fellow freshmen is to
plan. If you don’t have
a major and have some
kind of idea, try and take
some classes to help you
narrow your choices and
choose one. If you have
no major and have no
idea what you want to do
with your life, that’s okay
too. Same advice—take
some exploratory classes.
If there’s a subject you’re
interested in, take some
of those classes. Talk
to people in that field.
Anything to jump start
your brain—you’ll find
something that clicks.
You’ll discover something,
I promise, that you just
know is what you were
born to do. And once you
discover that, there’s no
turning back, trust me.
All you have to do is
make a plan. And do try to
stick to it!
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Time
Jesuit priest holds
"Return to the
Atelier" exhibit
for the month of
November
By Mallory Lindsly
Life & Culture Editor
Realism returns to the Mobile
Arts Council with the art exhibit
“Return to the Atelier” by one of
Spring Hill’s Senior Jesuits, Rev.
Daniel A. Creagan, S.J.
The exhibit runs from Nov. 6th
– Nov. 30th with Nov. 9th including
light refreshments. His last exhibit,
“A Celebration of Realism” raised
$22,000 where all proceeds went to
fund the renovation of Spring Hill’s
Fine Arts Center.
Fr. Creagan is best known on
campus as establishing the Fine Arts
Department in 1961 which offers
degrees in art, music and theater.
He taught art, art history, music
appreciation and guitar from 1961
through 1983. In the 1960’s, Fr.
Creagan received the Mobile Press
Register’s M.O. Beal award for
inaugurating the Fall Festival of the
Arts at Spring Hill.
E v e n t s
Location
Wednesday Oct. 31st
Annual Commuter Club Halloween
Party
Free for Commuters, $2 for students
Thursday Nov. 1st - Nov. 3rd
Greek Fest
11:00 a.m. 10:p.,.
3 Day event with authentic homemade
Greek Cuisine, live band, Greek dancers
50 South Ann Street
Saturday, Nov. 3
A Gala Evening
7:30 p.m.
Featuring the New York City Ballet Dancers.
Tickest $10-$40.
Mobile Civic Center Theater
Sunday Nov. 4th
Anchor Splash
Delta Gamma is rasing money for its
philanthropy Service for Sight. Raffles
will be drawn at the event.
Spring Hill's Rec Center
7 p.m.
1 p.m.-4 p.m.
3655 Old Shell Road
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The SpringHillian Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Golf teams place 2nd in GCAC
By Will Currie
with a total score of 153 (+9).
Sports Co-Editor
Senior Jamie Mercurio led the
The men’s and women’s golf team
women’s team placing 3rd overall and
each placed 2nd behind the University
shooting a 168 (+24). The Lady Badgers
of Mobile in the Gulf Coast Athletic
shot a combined 703 for the tournament,
Conference Championship
shaving 11 strokes off of
held on Monday and
the first round’s score.
Tuesday at the Azalea City
Senior Mackensie Jimison
Golf Course.
shot a 173 (+29) placing
The men’s team
6th out of 12 golfers.
shot a combined 605 for
Spring Hill secured
the tournament, finishing
places eight through 12
19 strokes behind the
in the tournament with
University of Mobile.
Victoria Gonzalez placing
Senior Patrick Jenkins led
8th, followed by Shea
the team with a combined
Bowers, Adrienne Roberts,
th
148 (+4) and finished 4
Jasmine Bowers and Kara
out of 32 golfers. Including
Broderick, respectively.
Jenkins, there were four
Both the men’s and
Badgers who finished in
women’s golf teams play
the top ten. Will Loweth Ricky Escobar follows through. on November 4-6 against
placed 6th with a two-day Photo courtesy of SHC Athletic Web site the University of Mobile at
score of 151 (+6) followed by David
Azalea City Golf Course.
th
Lysaught, who tied for 7 scoring a 152
(+7). Freshman Javier Portal placed 10th
Some information from SHC Web site.
Great season comes to an end
By Will Currie
Sports Co-Editor
Friday in the GCAC
Tournament, the women’s
soccer team saw its season
come to a close in a shootout with LSU-Shreveport.
At the end of the game,
the two teams were tied
1-1, but LSU-Shreveport
scored four penalty kicks
to SHC’s two eliminating
the Lady Badgers (10-6-3)
from the GCAC Conference
Tournament.
Both of the teams
held each other scoreless for
the majority of the first half.
With 18 minutes left to play
Sarah Engels recorded an
assist, passing it to Kasey
Pruett who scored the only
goal of the half.
In the second half,
LSU-S shot 12 times, eight
blocked by goalkeeper,
Shannon Netherby. With 16
minutes to go in the game,
the Lady Pilots scored,
tying the Lady Badgers
and eventually sending the
match into overtime.
The game had to be
decided by penalty kicks
because neither team scored
in the two overtimes. In the
shoot-out, Laura Pawlik and
Kasey Pruett scored for the
Lady Badgers, but the Lady
Pilots netted four penalty
kicks goals.
The women’s soccer
team did finish its overall
successful season with
honors. Pruett was named
First Team All Gulf Coast
Athletic Conference by
the conference coaches
last Wednesday. Seniors
Shannon Netherby, Mary
Sullivan and Jennifer Huber
and junior Sarah Engels
were named to the second
team roster. Pruett led the
Lady Badgers in scoring
with 15 goals and six assists
for a total of 36 points. She
also recorded five of Spring
Hill’s 10 game-winning
goals this season. She was
named GCAC Offensive
Player of the Week twice.
Netherby recorded a school
record 10 wins and notched
7.5 shutouts with 71 saves
in over 1,500 minutes-ingoal. Sullivan started all 18
games for the Lady Badgers
and recorded two assists. Huber scored nine goals
with eight assists for 26 total
points. She was second on
the team with three gamewinning goals. Engels led
the Badgers in assists with
14 and added three goals.
Some information
from SHC Athletic Web site.
Sports
Lady Badgers
sweep weekend
tournament in
Volleyball
By Justin Woodard
Sports Co-Editor
This past weekend,
the women’s volleyball
team traveled to Jackson,
Miss. for a weekend
tournament. The Lady
Badgers won all three
matches they participated
in over the weekend. The
women’s record now stands
at 16-13 overall and 4-3 in
conference.
It all started Friday
night in a win over Millsaps
College and since it was
a tournament game, the
match was not recorded
as a conference game,
but counted towards the
women’s overall record.
The Lady Badgers won the
match against Millsaps three
games to one. The women
took the match by scores of
18-30, 32-30, 30-23 and 3025. Senior setter, co-captain
Lindsey Schmidt had 35
assists and 23 digs in the
match, senior mid-blocker,
co-captain Kristen Phillips
led the Badgers with 16 kills
in the match and sophomore
defensive specialist Melissa
Williams led the team with
28 digs. It was an all around
team effort as the Lady
Badgers kept its win streak
alive.
On Saturday, the
Lady Badgers won the
morning match against
Reinhardt College in three
straight games, 30-25, 3023 and 30-17. Sophomore
outside hitter Rachel
Williams and teammate
Melissa Williams each
recorded 16 digs in the
morning match. Phillips
dominated the net as she had
15 kills to help demoralize
Reinhardt.
In the afternoon
match, the women stayed
perfect on the day,
dominating Tennessee
Temple, who failed to reach
double digits in points in
two of the games. The Lady
Badgers won the match with
scores of 30-6, 30-20, 306. Rachel Williams shined
in this match, as she led the
team with 13 kills.
The Lady Badgers
are on a huge roll, winning
seven matches in a row
and 12 out of their last
14 matches. The women
(16-13, 4-3) played at the
University of Mobile (27-4,
6-0) on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
in a showdown of the Gulf
Coast Athletic Conference’s
first and second placed
teams. The women’s
volleyball team plays at
home this Thursday night
against the University of
West Alabama, a NCAA DII
school. Thursday night will
be senior night for the two
senior co-captains, Phillips
and Schmidt. Come out and
support the volleyball team
in its last home game of the
season!
Statistics provided by SHC
Athletic Web site.
Sports
Wednesday, October 31, 2007 The SpringHillian
12
ATHLETES OF Men’s basketball set to begin
Thursday against Jackson State
THE WEEK
By Justin Woodard
Sports Co-Editor
Patrick Jenkins
Led team shooting four
over and placed 4th
overall in GCAC Championship
The men’s basketball team is set to
begin the 2007 season with an exhibition
game against Jackson State University, an
NCAA Division I school, in Jackson, Miss.
on Thursday, Nov. 1.
The Badgers have three seniors on the
2007 roster, with senior guard Hays Zieman,
Lindsey Schmidt
Has been named setter of the senior guard/forward Noah Woolridge, and
senior forward Cash Covington. Woolridge
week for two consecutive
was second on the team last season in scoring
weeks
with 13.9 points per game. Junior guard
Jeremy Price led the Badgers last season
with 14.2 points per game and was named
to the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Preseason All-Conference team. The ten-player
UPCOMING GAMES
TEAM
SB
DATE
Oct. 30
OPPONENT
Jeff Davis-Exh
SITE
SHC
SB
VB
VB
Oct. 30
Oct. 30
Nov. 1
Jeff Davis-Game 2
Univ. of Mobile
Univ. of West Alabama
SHC
Mobile
SHC
MB
WCC
MCC
MB
WG
MG
Nov. 1
Nov. 3
Nov. 3
Nov. 5
Nov. 6
Nov. 6
Jackson State University
NAIA Region III Champ.
NAIA Region III Champ.
Univ. of South Alabama
Mobile Invitational
Mobile Invitational
Jackson, Miss.
Berry, Ga.
Berry. Ga.
Mobile
Azalea City
Azalea City
KEY
VB- Volleyball
MB- Men’s Basetball
WCC- Women’s Cross Country
MCC- Men’s Cross Country
WT- Women’s Tennis
MT- Men’s Tennis
MS- Men’s Soccer
SB- Softball
DATE
Oct. 29
OPPONENT
GCAC Champ.
OUTCOME
P: 2nd of 5
WG
Oct. 29
GCAC Champ.
P: 2nd of 2
VB
VB
VB
MS
WS
Oct. 27
Oct. 27
Oct. 26
Oct. 26
Oct. 26
Tennessee Temple
Reinhardt College
Millsaps College
Univ. of Mobile
LSU-Shreveport
W: 3-0
W: 3-0
W: 3-1
L: 1-2
T: 1-1 (2 ot) 2-4 PK
VB
Oct. 23
Faulkner Univ.
W: 3-2
WT
MT
Oct. 21
Oct. 21
UWF Fall Fling
UWF Fall Fling
P: semifinalists
Athletic Site
Statistics provided by SHC athletic Web site.
Justin = 25/48 Will= 25/48 Will went 7 for 8 last week, can he keep it going?
NFL
Justin’s
Will’s Picks NCAA
Justin’s
Will’s Picks
GAMES
Picks
GAMES
Picks
New England @
Indianapolis
Indi wins. Pats
have played no
one good except
for Dallas and it
shows up in this
game.
As much as I like
Manning and the
Colts, I think the
Pats will get the
upper hand this
year. Pats win.
Jacksonville @
New Orleans
RECENT RESULTS
TEAM
MG
team was chosen by a vote of the league’s
coaches. Covington averaged just under 13
points a game for the Badgers last season and
led the team in rebounding with just over six
rebounds per game.
Other contributing players to the team
will have to be sophomore guard Marcus
Coleman who averaged 7.7 points per game
last season, sophomore forward/center Owen
McNalley who played just under 17 minutes
a game last season and junior guard Rob
Murray who led the Badgers last season with
just under five assists per game. Good luck
to the Badgers as they look to get off to a
strong start.
Dallas @
Philadelphia
#4 Arizona State
@ #5 Oregon
#3 LSU @
#17 Alabama
OK, New
Orleans proved
me wrong last
week, so I’ll go
with them to beat
the Jags.
Payton said his
Saints would win
12 straight. They
get one closer
with win over
Jags.
The Boys beat
the Eagles and
stay atop the
NFC.
Cowboys do
well, but Eagles
will pull the
upset.
Baltimore @
Pittsburgh
#21 Wisconsin
@ #1 Ohio State
Arizona State
pulls off thriller
41-39
Oregon beats
Arizona St.
28-24
Bama knocks off
overrated LSU
31-27
LSU hangs on to
title hopes
35-24
Ohio State holds
on to top spot in
the land, winning
24-20
Ohio St. wins
42-27
Sooners beat
down the Aggies,
45-24
Sooners win
35-0
Texas A&M @
#6 Oklahoma
Steelers prove to
be too much for
Ravens.
Big Ben keeps
scrambling.
Steelers win.