Shortly before the start of spring break, � ve sculptures that adorned the campus of Southern Miss were removed as the centen-nial year came to a close.

To celebrate the university’s centennial in 2010, the Southern Miss College of Arts and Letters hosted a national Outdoor Sculp-ture Exhibition competition, and a jury selected � ve winners to display their works on campus for the duration of the centennial year. Each winner was awarded a $2,100 prize, making the total cost of the venture $10,500, a very cost-e� ective way to participate in the centennial, according to Dean of the College of Arts and Letters Denise von Herrmann.

� e works were placed at vari-ous locations in order to “comple-ment the natural beauty of the

campus,” according to the ap-plication released by the Depart-ment of Art and Design, who formulated the contest and as-sembled the jury.

� e � ve works chosen were In-side Out, a steel statue displayed outside the International Build-ing; Midsummer, a steel and paint sculpture displayed outside the Liberal Arts Building; Death Is Unacceptable, a stone arch dis-played between the Cook and McCain libraries; Recover, a steel and wood sculpture displayed near the Mannoni Performing Arts Center; and � rive, an alu-minum and steel � gure displayed next to a stop sign near the Fine Arts Building.

Art technician James Davis directed the installation of the sculptures and chose the loca-tions they would call home for the next year. He picked the locations

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USM baseball to host game ‘Parrothead-style’

� e Golden Eagle baseball team, USM Alumni Association and athletics department are working with Jimmy Bu� ett to bring Margaritaville to the Pete on April 15.

In addition to the team’s blue � oral print jerseys adorned with stylized “Parrothead” version of Seymour, Jerry DeFatta promises much more Bu� ett-themed fun for what the USM Alumni As-sociation is calling “Parrotthead Night at the Pete.”

DeFatta, the executive director of the alumni association, said the � rst 3,000 fans to arrive at the game will receive leis and Bu� ett’s music will play through the sta-dium between innings.

“If any students have ideas for things they would like to see at the game, we welcome them to send suggestions on our website,” DeFatta said.

“We are working on a few other things too … but the biggest thing will be the atmosphere. Everything that goes on during the day will be a Jimmy Bu� ett-related event.”

Head baseball coach Scott Berry said the themed game is a � rst for him, but he and the team’s

focus will be on the competition, not the festivities surrounding it.

“When it’s all said and done, we have a game to play,” Berry said.

Berry said the players on the team that know about the event and the jerseys are excited to wear them.

“� ey’re nice-looking jerseys,” Berry said.

“� ey are certainly something that’s di� erent, but they � t the theme of the Jimmy Bu� ett, Par-rothead style.”

A� er the game, those jerseys will be distributed to players and to Jimmy Bu� ett himself to be signed and auctioned, said DeFatta.

Richard Giannini, the Direc-tor of Athletics, said the auction

would raise proceeds not only for the baseball team, but will also bring some money to the univer-sity by way of the Mary Loraine Peets Bu� ett scholarship fund.

� e $5,000 scholarship, award-ed in honor of the singer’s moth-er, is given to in-state students to cover some of the costs of attend-ing the university and is renew-able for four years.

“It’s an opportunity to not only get a unique jersey but also to support the university and our students,” Giannini said.

“We want to get, in addition to our normal baseball fans, some Jimmy Bu� ett fans out for the game too.”

A� er the game, DeFatta said there will be a concert featuring Lloyd “Hurricane” Munn and the Forecasters, whose website touts the band’s “ability to play a ‘ton of Bu� ett tunes.’”

Giannini said excitement for the event is growing.

“We are all proud of Jimmy Buf-fett as an alumni of this university, and this is another way to get our name, and his, out there,” he said.

Defatta said, “Anytime you can honor a successful alumni, its a great thing. It’s an opportunity for stronger connections not only between Jimmy and the university but also the community, the team and everyone else involved.”

Greek organizations Zeta Phi Beta and Phi Beta Sigma celebrate their Blue White Week. Their philanthropy event, called “Sleepout for the Homeless,” occurred Wednesday from 7 p.m. until 7 a.m. on Weathersby Lawn. The evening included a moonlight stepshow.

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Google changes its search engineGoogle has been continually

improving its algorithms over the years to improve search results for users. It recently changed with Google Blog’s February 24th post, stating, “We launched a pretty big algorithmic improvement to our ranking – a change that no-ticeably impacts 11.8 percent of our queries.” By doing so Google hopes to reduce the amount of spam and content farmers that appear on search results.

For those unfamiliar with the terms, a search algorithm is the method in which a search engine

(like Google, Yahoo, Bing, and Ask) judges how useful a site is to the user searching. � ere are many methods an engine can use to search a website. One is by us-ing ‘crawlers’ or ‘spiders’ (a great pun on the World Wide Web) to search through the web � rst, then show the results to the user. An-other is by using a human-pow-ered directory, in which a webmas-ter submits his own description of his site, and then the search engine browses the site if the user’s query matches the descriptive data.

Sadly, some people take advan-tage of the way an engine collects data to make their sites appear higher up on search results. For example, JC Penney recently used

link farms (a form of spamming a search engine by hyperlinking a group of websites to other sites in the group) to boost their ranking. A study at Cornell University in 2006 on the distribution of clicks on a Google page showed that people picked the � rst search re-sult on their page more than 56% of the time. As such, a higher ranking for your site directly af-fects how much tra� c you get, and this can be exceptionally use-ful for commercial websites.

Many other websites also pay writers to write articles packed full with popular keywords, so that Google deems them ‘useful’ and their site scales up even higher on the Google’s result page.

� is is where Google’s improved algorithm, known as “Farmer,” comes in. � e algorithm is designed to “reduce rankings for low-quality sites – sites [that] copy content from other websites or sites that are just not very useful. At the same time, it will provide better rankings for high-quality sites – sites with origi-nal content and information such as research, in-depth reports, thought-ful analysis, and so on.”

Unfortunately, as Google tries to weed out spam websites, it also occasionally weeds out useful ones. Google’s online forum is riddled with furious webmasters who have been negatively a� ected by Google’s ‘improvement.’ Dani Horowitz, the creator of the IT forum DaniWeb,

recently stated, “We lost over half our US tra� c, and we’re a discus-sion forum with an editorial side. Our content is 100% unique.” Dani noted that the ‘farmer’ algorithm has only been released in the United States so far, so if it is implemented worldwide the website could take an even heavier blow.

� is is a problem that will con-tinue to haunt Google’s results and reputation. As Google Fel-low Amit Singhal states, “No al-gorithm is 100 percent accurate. � erefore any time a good site gets a lower ranking or falsely gets caught by our algorithm…we make note of it and go back the next day to work harder to bring it closer to 100 percent.”

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Southern Miss Trumpet Ensemble named � nalist

� e Southern Miss Trumpet En-semble was selected as a national � nalist in the National Trumpet Competition, which was held March 17-20 at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. � e � ve members of the ensemble are Ismael Brandão, An-derson Romero, Timothy McMillen, Barrett Gray and Jonathon Walker. � e group, named TRUMPET5, is one of seven � nalists chosen from a group of 31 semi-� nalist ensembles. � is was USM’s � rst appearance in the national competition. � eir � -nal performance was broadcast to

an international audience in a live webcast, and it will be featured on the National Trumpet Competition’s YouTube Channel in the near future.

Arts and Letters call for papers

� e College of Arts and Let-ters Undergraduate Conference is now accepting paper proposals for the judging, which will take place Saturday, April 16. � e criteria for the proposal is an original research paper that can be read aloud at the conference in 15-20 minutes. � ere will be eight $500 prizes in the following categories: best pa-per using statistical methods; best

paper using interviewing tech-niques as a primary source; best paper dealing with a gender issue; best paper dealing with an issue of race and ethnicity; best paper dealing with a transnational or in-ternational issue; best paper deal-ing with some aspect of religion or ideology; best paper dealing with a political, government, or military topic; and best oral delivery of a paper at the conference.

� e deadline for submitting pro-posals is March 28, and the dead-line for submitting papers is April 7.

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based on visibility and daily foot tra� c, as well as the buildings. For example, Inside Out, or “the Gandhi statue,” was placed out-side the International Building because of the quote emblazoned on its facade: “Above all nations is humanity.”

“Art is very much an important and cultural thing,” said Davis when discussing the importance of the sculpture placement. “It en-riches the culture, having pieces of art around you, whether you know it or not.”

Installing and assembling the sculptures took about a week to complete, as did the un-install-ing and disassembling. Initial planning took approximately 15 months, and although the pro-cess was laborious, the sculptures became icons as well as topics of conversation all year.

“We knew there would be more visitors to the campus throughout

the year, so it was the perfect time to do it,” said von Herrmann. “We got people thinking about public art in a way that just talking about it before hadn’t quite done. If art is literally in your path, you have no choice [but to confront it]. You have to decide whether or not you want to acknowledge it, whether you want to feel anything from it, whether you love it, whether you hate it. You have to confront it.”

Von Herrmann said plans for instituting a continual rotation of public art as a facet of the arts at Southern Miss are in the works, but nothing is de� nite.

“I love that our university is trying to bring art into other as-pects of education,” said sopho-more biochemistry major and Hattiesburg native Emily Bustin. “I would like to see a new sculp-ture to give students the opportu-nity to see art and experience it in their day-to-day travels.”

The sculpture that recently stood in front of the LAB now sits behind the 3-D Art Studio.

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“Stellaaaaaaaaa!”When most people think of the

play A Streetcar Named Desire they picture Marlon Brando in a tight T-shirt or a blonde Vivien Leigh rat-tling on in a thick Southern accent.

Starting � ursday, March 24, the Southern Miss Department of � e-atre and Dance will present its own interpretation of Tennessee Wil-liams’ famous play and is opening the doors in invitation to all USM students to view A Streetcar Named Desire the way Williams would have wanted it to be.

“I’m excited to introduce this play to new audiences who might not be familiar with it,” said Twoey Truong, a third year graduate who will be portraying the character of Blanche DuBois. “But I’m also excited to present this play to someone who is more familiar with it ... because I do think we are doing the very same play that Tennessee Williams wrote ... but it’s very much a fresh take on these characters.”

Rebecca Yeager, a � rst year gradu-ate student, is � lling the shoes of strong-willed Stella Kowalski from A Streetcar Named Desire. “I think our main goal with this show was not to do the Streetcar that everyone has seen, because it’s such a well known movie,” Yeager said. “Our goal is really to do the show that Tennes-see Williams intended, and not the

show that’s always been done. So I think the director’s goal is just to be honest to the script and honest to the characters and the words.”

Under the direction of T.J. Kent, the Department of � eatre and Dance is performing this classic play in honor of the 100th anniversary of

Tennessee Williams’ birth. � e play tells the story of a Southern woman, Blanche DuBois, going to visit her sister Stella and her husband Stanley in New Orleans, and it shows what happens when the old world and the new world – the Old South and the new American Dream – clash.

“� is play speaks to the human condition, and so it’s timeless in that respect,” Truong said. “Tennessee Williams writes not only Southern plays but American plays, and there’s a rich tapestry of his language that is distinctly American, so there’s so much that we can share with audi-ences with this piece.”

Playing the infamous role of Stan-ley Kowalski is Joseph Lopez, also a third year grad student. “� e direc-tor’s really trying to tell the story of a group of people who are � ghting for their lives and they will do anything to get it,” he said. “I mean the thing is called Streetcar Named Desire, and there are so many needs we have and we can’t control it. We can put on this sort of prim and proper what-not to us, but at the end of the day there’s just this kind of driving force that we can’t ever deny ourselves.”

“It’s about a � ght for each char-acter for their personal ways to sur-vive in terms of sanity and love and

hope,” added Leslie Datsis, stage manager of the show.

Not only is Datsis managing all of the cues for the show, but she has also organized a way for the audi-ence to get involved and participate in the fun of the iconic play as well. � ere is a video contest for any USM student who wants to try their hand at yelling “Stellaaaaa!” in the most creative way they can.

A YouTube video was published by Datsis to announce the contest, and there are three di� erent ways to respond. One can write on the Department of � eatre and Dance’s Facebook wall, send a video re-sponse on their YouTube page at youtube.com/USMTheatreDance, or email them at tadpublicity@usm.edu.

� e deadline to enter is March 29, and the winner gets two tickets to at-tend the second weekend of Street-car performances as well as free en-tree gi� certi� cates to Caliente Grill – dinner and a show!

“I think it’s a way to let people know that we’re listening to them,” Datsis said about the contest. “And we’re trying to � nd ways to reach our audience. And I think this is a step towards the right direction and we hope that people engage us as well, that kind of thing.”

Yeager points out that it is impor-tant for USM students to attend A Streetcar Named Desire because it is a part of their history. “It’s just great to broaden your horizons in such an iconic piece of literature and theater, and it’s just good to see lots of stu� .”

“� e arts are so important but without the support of the public and the student body they just fall to the wayside,” Yeager said. “But they’re so important to who we are as a society and who we are as a school that I think it’s important that we get support.”

� e show opens at 7:30 p.m. � ursday, March 24, and will run until April 3. Tickets are $6 for stu-dents, $10 for faculty, and $12 for the public. It is being performed in the Martha Tatum � eatre.

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This Saturday, downtown Hat-tiesburg will be filled with art, music and food for the 27th An-nual Hubfest, a free festival with something for people of all ages.

Different locations throughout the downtown area will play host to local and well-known musical entertainment over the course of the day. Ingram Hill, The Glitter Boys and Matthew Funches are only a few of the acts that will per-

form at Hubfest 2011.The music is aimed to reach

all types of people, no matter their tastes or preferences. Col-lege students, adults and chil-dren all are welcome and en-couraged to attend.

In addition to music, Hubfest will feature many different ven-dors set up downtown. Over 250 vendors will be present at the event, selling goods and promot-ing their businesses.

Groups like Pottery Farm, Cov-ered with Paint and Windham’s

Woodworks, will represent the arts. Businesses and craft vendors will also be present, selling ev-erything from luggage to sports

memorabilia, as well as informa-tion booths for some businesses.

Leanna Weaver, a junior public relations major, is serving as the events and communications in-tern for the event.

“It’s just a great way to spend a beautiful weekend because of all the different types of entertain-ment, food and vendors,” Weaver said. “There is something for ev-eryone and it is affordable.”

Weaver pointed out that no matter what a person’s age or in-terests are, there will be some-thing for them at Hubfest.

“The music is directed to-wards different interests, and the booths will sell things that interest different people,” said Alden Bennett. The sophomore business management major, a native of Hattiesburg, has at-tended Hubfest about five times, spanning from his childhood until now.

“I always enjoyed it very much,” Bennett said. “My favor-

ite part was going to check out all of the vendors and getting to see local bands.”

Bennett also noted that the event offers a great perspective on its location.

“Hubfest shows off the great downtown area of Hattiesburg that most people never even see.”

Encouraging people who complain about a lack of things to do in Hattiesburg, Bennett urges everyone to “take a few hours out of the day and go check out Hubfest; it’s a great Hattiesburg tradition with food, fun and a friendly atmosphere.”

Caitlin Seale, another native to Hattiesburg and sophomore at Southern Miss, agrees with Ben-nett that Hubfest is a great way to spend a Saturday and plans to at-tend the event this year.

“It’s a good way for students to explore the downtown area,” Seale said. “It’s just a great way to get exposed to one of the coolest and most eclectic areas of Hatties-burg. You also go for free which is always a good thing for students on a budget.”

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“The reason we are in Iraq is to plant the seeds of democ-racy so they flourish there and spread to the entire region of authoritarianism.” - George W. Bush

Nearly a decade has passed since the United States, at the helm of President Bush, began to, in his words, “plant the seeds of democracy” in the Middle East. Over the years, it became common wisdom for many that Bush’s mission in the Middle East was a colossal mistake.

But today, emerging demo-cratic revolutions are spreading across Middle East and North African nations.

Those events are leading some, like The Economist mag-azine, to ask, “Was Bush right?”

“I think that Bush’s invasion in Iraq could be perceived by

some as one of many catalysts that have lead to the various demonstrations in the Middle East,” said Marija Bekafigo, an assistant professor of political science.

It’s possible that views of Bush will have changed in 20 years, said Robert J. Pauly, Jr., director of the International Policy and Development P.h.D. Program.

“The Bush administration’s intent was to create an atmo-sphere that was conducive to reform throughout the Mid-dle East,” Pauly said. “I think he was correct in saying that there’s a desire for political re-form across the population.”

Bekafigo agreed.“There is no telling whether

democracy will spread through-out the region, but one thing we all have in common is our de-sire to be free.”

That desire may be more ap-parent than ever, with demo-cratic revolutions already bringing about reform in na-tions like Tunisia and Egypt.

If anything, Bush’s actions in the Middle East may have accel-erated such changes, Pauly said.

He said that the Bush admin-istration’s rhetoric represented a change in U.S. policy from time between World War II and 9/11.

“The break was that, ‘we’re going to encourage polite re-form across the region,’” Paul said. “You have to include plac-es aligned with the U.S. along with its adversaries.”

That’s a strategy, he said, that the Obama administration has continued.

In fact, Obama has continued much of Bush’s foreign policy, Pauly said. The only difference, Pauly said, was that Bush had already begun the process, and Obama “simply took a bunch of forces in Iraq and put them in Afghanistan.”

Saturday, exactly eight years to the day President Bush an-nounced the start of Opera-tion Iraqi Freedom, President Obama announced air strikes on Libya. He articulated a simi-lar purpose to the one President Bush stated years before – to defend an oppressed people against a brutal regime and en-courage democratic reform.

According to Pauly, that

could lead to a prolonged en-gagement.

“If you’re going to get rid of Gadha� for good, it’s going to cost somebody a lot of money and a lot of lives,” he said. “� ere’s not many options out there.”

Many believe such a decision runs counter to the kind of for-eign policy Obama promised when he first ran for president. So, has Obama changed?

“I think his viewpoint has definitely changed,” Pauly said. “I don’t think he had a clue what he was getting into when he was campaigning for president. But then again, I would say that’s true about a lot of presidents.

“We don’t have a lot of presi-dents who have much foreign policy experience going in – Obama certainly didn’t. George W. Bush didn’t have a lot of ex-perience, either.”

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It is so nice to see that beautiful parking garage out in front of my residence hall, Century Park, that I can park in now... Oh wait, I can’t park in it still... Hello Hillcrest gravel lot! What a short walk... NOT!

I’m so tired of getting less from the servers in the fresh just because I am white! Somebody has to do something about this blatant discrimination!

They are ‘magic crosswalks.’ If I’m in those lines and you hit me, my family can sue you for all you’re worth.

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Sports Page 7Thursday, March 24, 2011FOOTBALL

Tyler ClevelandPrintz Writer

Golden Eagles begin spring practice

Seven days into the spring prat-ice schedule, Southern Miss foot-ball coach Larry Fedora likes what he sees from his team headed into the 2011 season.

� e Golden Eagles return nine starters on o� ense, and are try-ing to install new co-defensive coodinator Dan Disch’s 4-2-5 de-fensive scheme.

“� ere’s a lot of energy and a lot of excitement,” Fedora said. “Guys are excited to be back out there and it’s been fun the � rst couple of days.”

� e Golden Eagles must pre-pare for a schedule that includes home dates against Louisiana Tech, Southeastern Louisiana, Rice, SMU, Central Florida and Memphis and road games against

Mashall, Virginia, Navy, UTEP, East Carolina and UAB.

Fedora said the spring practice should give he and his sta� a good idea of who will be running with the � rst string and who they’ll use in a backup role next season.

“� e � rst thing we want to do is � gure out who our best 22 players are,” Fedora said. “� en we have to work on getting those 22 players in the right spot at the right time.”

On defense, that starts with Disch, who along with former linebackers coach Dave Duggan, will take over a defense that strug-gled through the 2010 season un-der former defensive coordinator Todd Bradford.

Bradford le� a� er the season to take a position-coaching job at Maryland and has since been pro-moted to defensive coordinator.

Disch came to Southern Miss a� er serving eight seasons as in-side-linebackers coach at Illinois.

“I watched � lm of Illinois right away,” senior linebacker Williams said. “I met with coach Disch a few times and we’ve gone over the defense even though I am not able to participate right now. I wanted to get a good grasp of it so I can help the younger guys.”

Williams, the team’s leading tackler from a year ago, is sitting out the spring with a sports hernia.

His position may be solidi� ed, but there are several position battles coaches are hoping will be settled by the annual black-

and-gold spring game on April 9. On defense, new positions like the “spur” defensive back and the bandit position have been created to � t the new scheme.

On o� ense, the season may rest on the arm and legs of quarter-back Austin Davis, who returns needing just one touchdown pass to tie Brett Favre and Lee Roberts’ 52 for the most in school history, and 231 yards to surpass Reggie Collier’s school-record mark for total o� ense.

“I’ve been focusing on my body and getting it in the best shape possible,” Davis said. “I’ve been swimming, trying to eat better…

just taking care of my body all the time, not just when I’m in here working out. � e biggest di� er-ence this spring for me is knowing this is my last year. I want to be a part of everything we’re doing so when I look back on this last year I can say I gave it everything I had.”

� e Golden Eagles will hold their � rst scrimmage of the spring at 4 p.m. Friday at Biloxi High School, and fans are being en-couraged to attend.

� ey’ll practice three times next week before Saturday’s spring game at M.M. Roberts Stadium. Admittance to the spring game is free for students.

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BASEBALL

Southern Miss Sports: Upcoming GamesSaturday, March 26 at 2:00 P.M.Baseball vs. TulaneHattiesburg, Miss.

Saturday, March 26 at 3:00So� ball vs. HoustonHattiesburg, Miss.

Sunday, March 27 at 1:00Baseball vs. TulaneHattiesburg, Miss.

Southern Miss Box Score

Baseball:3/22 @ ULM L, 7-23/23 vs. South Ala. W, 15-3

M. Tennis:3/20 vs. FAMU L, 4-3

So� ball:3/23 vs. Jackson State L, 4-23/23 vs. Jackson State W, 2-0

Friday, March 25 at 2:00Women’s Tennis @ Southeastern LouisianaCovington, L.A.

Friday, March 25 at 6:00Baseball vs. TulaneHattiesburg, Miss.

Saturday, March 26 at 1:00So� ball vs. HoustonHattiesburg, Miss.

Day: FridayLocation: Pete Taylor ParkTime: 6:00 p.m.

Baseball vs. Tulane

Tulane’s Last Five Games: USA’s Last Five Games: 3/16 vs. Alcorn State W, 12-03/18 vs. New Orleans W, 9-23/19 vs. New Orleans W, 7-43/20 vs. New Orleans W, 7-63/22 vs. Nicholls State W, 5-1

Overall record: 17-4

Eagles dominate Jaguars 15-3Southern Miss hitters pounded

out a season-high 18 hits to de-featSouth Alabama 15-3 Wednes-day night at Pete Taylor Park.

� e 25th-ranked Golden Eagles (16-4) rebounded from a disap-pointing7-2 loss to Louisiana-Monroe Tuesday night with one of its most complete games of the season.

“I challenged the guys to bounce back tonight,” Southern Miss coach Scott Berry said. “It’s like this - either losing bothers you or it doesn’t – and I think last night’s game bothered our guys and I like the way we responded.”

A solo home run o� the bat of B.A. Vollmuth broke the 0-0 tie in the fourth inning, and a pair of two-RBI doubles from Adam Doleac and Travis Creel gave the Eagles a 5-0 lead they never lost.

Golden Eagle freshman Boom-er Scarborough started on the mound and picked up his � rst collegiate win, allowing three runs (all unearned) on six hits

in 6.2 innings of work. � e Bay St. Louis, Miss. native retired 21 of the 29 batters he faced on 96 pitches before the announced crowd of 3,152.

“It felt good to get out there in front of a home crowd and give them something to cheer about,” Scarborough said. “I want to be able to give (the team) at least six good innings, because we have a great bullpen that will take care of a lead.”

Josh � omason and Josh Rog-ers did just that, combining to al-low just two base runners in the last 2.1 innings.

Adam Doleac drove in a sea-son-high � ve runs on a pair of doubles and a single, and Kamer-on Brunty, Isaac Rodriguez, Tra-vis Creel and Mark Ellis all drove in a pair of runs.

� ey ran the lead to 8-0 with three runs in the � � h inning, and with the game already well in-hand, added seven more in the eighth.

It was a season-high for hits, runs and base runners for USM.

“Our pitching sta� has been great this year,” Doleac said. “We’ve got to be there for them

when they are throwing well like they were today. We � nally did tonight, and hopefully the mo-mentum will carry over to this weekend.”

South Alabama starter Je� Mill-er su� ered the loss a� er giving up

� ve runs on four hits in his 3.1 innings. � e Jaguars fell to 11-9 headed into Sun Belt Conference play this weekend.

� e Golden Eagles host the rival Tulane Green Wave for a three-game series, which begins

Friday at 6 p.m. at Pete Taylor Park.

Fans are encouraged to wear all black as part of the “black out” promotion, and Southern Miss ace Todd McInnis is expected to get the start.

Boomer Scarborough pitches against South Alabama at Pete Taylor Park Wednesday.Christopher Bostick/Printz

Tyler ClevelandPrintz Writer

USM Pitching IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP-----------------------------------------------------------------Boomer Scarborough.. 6.2 6 3 0 2 6 26 29 96Josh � omason............. 1.1 1 0 0 1 2 5 6 27Josh Rogers.................. 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 7

USM Batting AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB---------------------------------------------------------

Kameron Brunty lf..... 5 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 5Tyler Koelling rf........ 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 Joe Martin rf........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0B.A. Vollmuth ss........ 3 3 1 1 2 1 2 3 0Marc Bourgeois dh.... 4 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0Isaac Rodriguez 2b.... 5 3 3 2 0 0 0 3 0Adam Doleac 1b....... 5 1 3 5 0 1 8 1 1Jared Bales c............ 4 2 2 0 0 1 8 0 0Justin Diliberto cf...... 4 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0Travis Creel 3b......... 2 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 Mark Ellis ph/3b....... 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0

GAME STATS

After becoming the school’s first national champion in any sport, Southern Miss junior Tori Bowie was named the Conference USA Indoor Field Athlete of the Year.

Earning the same award on the men’s side was Houston se-nior Chris Carter. For the third consecutive year, a Tulsa run-ner has been named C-USA Male Indoor Track Athlete of the Year in sophomore Chris O’Hare. UCF junior Jackie Coward earns the school’s first

Female Track Athlete of the Year accolade, after the team captured its first C-USA In-door title last month. All four awards were announced by the league office Tuesday and vot-ed upon by the head track and field coaches.

Bowie became the third C-USA female athlete, and South-ern Miss’ first, to win a national indoor title at the 2011 NCAA Track and Field Champion-ships. The USTFCCCA All-American cleared a long jump leap of 21-4.75 on the open-ing day to capture the national crown. The 10 points scored at the national meet helped the

Golden Eagle team finish in a tie for 13th overall and earn a No. 13 national ranking in the season ending USTFCCCA Top 25 Poll.

Bowie also claimed the long jump title at the C-USA Cham-pionships, besting the field by nine inches with a jump of 20-10.75, and finished second in the triple jump (41-10). The Sand Hill, Miss., native re-corded a school-record perfor-mance and an automatic quali-fying mark in her first meet this season at the LSU Purple Tiger with a leap of 21-1.25 (6.43m).

USM student athlete of yearShirley Hill

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