August 29, 2011 | Vol. 49 No. 5

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Due to a significant increase in housing applications this se-mester, some students are being housed at USA Brookley campus.

The housing is temporary until rooms open up on the main cam-pus, Dr. Christina Vinet, director of housing, said.

“We should have everyone assigned to main campus by the end of next week,” Vinet said.

40 students have been living at Brookley, but half have already been assigned a room on the main campus, Vinet said.

Rooms are becoming available through a variety of situations. After recruitment for Greeks,

some students move to the Greek houses.

Some students decide to with-draw or can’t register for classes, probably due to financial aid.

Housing has chartered a bus to bring students to and from campus four times a day, and police are at the Brookley dorms 24 hours a day.

Collissa Smith, a freshman nursing student, has been stay-ing at the Brookley campus since Monday. Smith says the only inconvenient part of living there is having to take the bus.

“Most people on campus just wake up and go to class. I have to balance bus times and com-pare it to my schedule,” Smith Jag Bikes Roll

The Scoop on the New GRE

For many college students, the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) will be an important part of their post-undergraduate planning.

In August, Educational Testing Service (ETS), creators of the GRE General Test, began administering the GRE revised General Test in order to present a more “test-taker friendly” version of the GRE.

ETS also said that the new edi-tion would be a better gauge of a student’s preparedness for the thinking required in graduate schools.

One change to the GRE is the addition of an extra verbal and math section which will lengthen the overall test time to four hours, making mental stamina an even more important part of preparation for the test.

In an effort to ease the experi-ence, ETS has also added naviga-tion arrows which allow test-takers to move forward and backward

USA Housing Overfl ows

Football Kicks Off Third Season

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The 2011 Footbal l season begins Thursday when the Jags take on the Universi ty of West Alabama Tigers at Ladd Peebles Stadium.

Carey CoxCOPY EDITOR

See OVERFLOW page 9

Shawn LeonardContributing Reporter

See GRE page 10

The of f ic ia l Jag Bike Rol l -Out August 25

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PoliceBlotterHave a question for USAPD? Ask us, and we can ask them for you/ E-mail us your questions to editor.in.chief@usavanguard.com and we’ll get answers.

Total Accidents: 25Criminal Activity Report Compiled from 8/19-8/25

8/10 – Theft of Article from AutoPossessions were reported as missing from a vehicle at 9:02 a.m. at the Rear Parking Entrance of the Nursing College.

8/19 – Breaking and Entering AutomobileA suspect was found to have broken into a car at the University Library North parking lot at 5:13 p.m.

8/20 – Illegal Open House Party / Minor in possession of alcoholThe Sigma Chi fraternity house was found to have thrown an illegal house party that involved servingalcohol to minors.

8/21 – Theft of Property – Second DegreePossessions were reported as missing from Cleverdon Parkway Building 10 at approximately 6:49 a.m.

8/22 – Domestic IncidentA female reported being assaulted by a suspect at

Faculty Court South at approximately 8:23 p.m.

8/23 – Theft of Article from AutoPossessions were reported as missing from a vehicle at 8:23 p.m. at the South Humanities parking lot.

8/24 – Auto TheftA vehicle was reported stolen at the University Library North parking at approximately 9:41 a.m.

8/24 – Robbery First DegreeA victim was robbed at the corner of Jack Brunson Dr. and University Blvd. at approximately 10:00 p.m.

8/25 – Providing False Information to Law Enforcement OfficersMisleading information was given to South Alabama police officers at the corner of Jack Brunson Dr. andUniversity Blvd.

8/25 – Property DamageProperty damage was reported at Greek Row on the Delta Parking Lot at approximately 1:10 p.m.

Special Letter toThe EditorDr. Jim Connors is as Assistant Professor of Geology. He is also serving actively on Jag Smart, the university committee integrating environmental initiatives at USA.

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Dear Vanguard Editor and USA Com-munity, This past week we witnessed a transfor-mative happen-

ing at USA: the introduction of Jag Bikes.

While we’ve always had a small population of student bikers on campus, South Alabama has never seen anything like this!

Suddenly, 280 bicycles were spread all over campus, free for anyone to use.

These simple, low-priced, one-speed cruisers were graciously donated to you by an outside benefactor, with the facilitation of President Moulton.

They are intended to be a first step on the road to lessening our reliance on automobiles and creating

greener, more bike-friendly campus community.

But first steps are usu-ally the hardest, and we’ve already seen many problems with these inexpensive bikes.

The handlebars and seats seem to be in need of con-stant retightening.

The new chains stretch and some have jumped off their gear sprockets. Many of the plastic pedals have come apart and some of han-dlebar grips have slipped off in the summertime humidity and heat.

I know for a fact that the Administration is systemati-cally accessing each of these maladies and engineering appropriate solutions, and I am confident that the Jag Bikes will eventually roll reliably.

In the meantime, remem-ber that we are in the shake-down phase of a new and innovative program.

This is a time when prob-lems immerge and remedies

are designed and implement-ed. Also remember that these are YOUR BIKES!

Treat them as such, and in-sist that your fellow students do the same.

This week I’ve seen Jag Bikes ridden down stairs, taken apart, raced indoors, and thrown down in parking lots. I even saw one in a tree!

While these acts of neglect and vandalism are occurring, I’m glad to see that they are not the rule.

Mostly, I’ve observed happy and grateful students riding Jag Bikes to class or just cruising around campus, having fun.

I even witnessed a young man roving around one eve-ning tightening loose handle-bars, simply as a service to others!

More often than not, I’ve seen the best side of USA during this roll out, and those familiar with me know that I tend to ignore just about everything else

anyway. I also habitually ignore

naysayers, and many have come out of the woodwork this past week.

I’ve just never had much use for the “I told you so” crowd, or people who fold at the first sign of trouble. Thomas Edison once said, “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.”

The Jag Bikes program is bound to be fraught with initial setbacks.

Be prepared for these and be patient, but don’t give up.

Considering the enormous efforts we expend to pre-serve our environment, $3.50 gallons of gasoline thinning our wallets, and imported energy accounting for 65 per-cent of our nation’s disgrace-ful trade deficit, we should all support initiatives like Jag Bikes.

We need to!

Jim Connors, Ph.D., P.G.

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SGA Notebook for August 29, 2011The Student Government Association advanced plans to impeach Attorney General Jean Pierre Arditi on Tuesday, Aug. 23rd, but were unable to formally vote on a trial date with only one justice confirmed at the last meeting.

Arditi has not yet received evidence of his wrongdoings, something he must be provided in order to prepare a proper defense. The Lowdown also requires evidence to be presented to the Chief Justice and Supreme Court before a trial can be commenced.

The charges imply that Arditi improperly used his office to waive parking tickets for an individual, directly bypassing and overriding the authority of Chief Justice Coleman Wolf.

Arditi’s defense includes allegations that SGA President Colin Al-Greene pulled favors and appointed a friend, Nick Maxime, to a Senate seat in the College of Business without advertising the position with a campus-wide e-mail. Positions are always supposed to be advertised.

Al-Greene responded by saying that, “It’s the right of the president to make appointments to empty positions. They, however, must be approved by the senate.” The annual USA Student Government retreat took place over the weekend of Aug. 21st with members working on parliamentary procedure, appropriations and developing a budget. They also discussed Senate projects for the upcoming year. Icebreakers and activity planning projects were also included.

The SGA Senate approved $4,000 for the retreat and only spent $2,800 of their allotted budget.

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Another beautiful start to the school week with mostly sunny skies and highs in the mid 90s. Overnight lows will be around 70°. Starting Wednesday, we will see scattered thunderstorms come in to the forecast and that

will last into the weekend. Highs will be in the lower 90s with partly cloudy skies when it’s not raining and overnight lows will be in the low 70s during mid

week. For the weekend, we will still see scattered thunderstorms with partly cloudy skies when it’s not raining. Highs will be in the mid 90s and overnight lows will be in the lower 70s.

The Vanguard’s Weather Forecast: Aug. 29- Sep. 3

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Bailey Hammond, Life Editorlife.editor@usavanguard.comLife

Throughout the centuries, coffee has come to be a drink of choice not only for the elite, but also for the common masses.

College students in particular are fond of the bever-age, as it not only gives them that boost to study into the wee hours of the morn, but it also can taste so darn good.

USA currently offers two places for students to get their fi x: Ein-stein Bros Bagels at the Allied Health building and Java City at the dining facility near the dorms.

The Daily Grind is no longer a central campus option, as the Student Center is under construc-tion and will not reopen until next year.

However, students are limited in the hours that they can take advantage of the places that are open.

Or at least, they were. Java City started out this semes-

ter with restricted hours during the week.

Monday through Thursday, students could get coffee or other beverages at Java City from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and on Fridays only until 1:00 p.m.

The Vanguard recently sat down with Craig Stephan, food service director for the University of South Alabama, and he admit-ted that the hours would have to change.

“I knew that the times [for Java City] might have to be adjusted,

and just in this fi rst week we’ve seen that students come in later than we’d originally predicted. There are slow times, but it won’t hurt us to have Java City stay open later,” Stephan said.

“I want to be able to serve the most students, with the best service possible. It’s why we have a policy of listening and want-ing feedback from the students,” Stephan told The Vanguard.

Stephan added, “We’re always looking for ways to keep things interesting. If we can make things better, we’re going to try to make it happen.”

Having an open relationship with the student body is impor-tant to Stephan, and he welcomes any feedback that students may have and encourages open discus-sions.

There is a Feedback Form on the Dining Services website, so don’t hesitate to drop them a line.

Stephan tentatively suggested that the hours for Java City may be lengthened to 4:00 p.m. Mon-day through Thursday and until

Java City Hours Updated

Editor’s Note: As with all reviews, there is a potential for spoilers, and any opinons are solely those of the author.

When I decided to see “Fright Night,” a remake of the 1985 fi lm of the same name, I fi gured it would fall into line with other head-splitting 3D movies or recent vampire movies that left much to be desired (cough, “Twilight”).

As it turns out, “Fright Night” didn’t fi t into either. It was actu-ally pretty good.

The gist of the fi lm is this: Newly popular teenager Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin), fi gures out that his new neighbor, Jerry Dandrige (Colin Farrell), is a vam-pire.

After his ex-best friend, Edward

“Evil Ed” Lee (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) goes missing, he enlists the help of Las Vegas magician/vam-pire expert, Peter Vincent (David Tennant), to kill his neighbor and prevent more death.

How noble. The beginning of the fi lm is the

messiest in terms of structure and fl ow.

We’re basically thrown into this world with little to no backstory to guide us.

The backstory that is included is tossed into the movie only when it is unavoidable, and, even then, it’s painfully bare.

A prime example of this is when Peter Vincent reveals that his parents were killed by a vampire, who, surprise, surprise, turns out to be Jerry.

Movie Review: ‘Fright Night 3D’Jake Howell

SECTION WRITER

IMDb.comFright Night features vampires, teenagers, hunters and some good old 3D action.

college 101: Quick TipsWeekly Lowdown

Wednesday, August 31

Fall Greek Informational6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. in the Humani-ties buildingHosted by the National Pan-Hellen-ic Council

Thursday, September 1

South Alabama Football Kicks Off vs. West Alabama!6:30 p.m. at Ladd-Peebles Stadium

Welcome Block Party6:00 p.m.– 9:00 p.m. on Epsilon I lawn“Music, Food, Tshirts, Games!”Cosponsored by RHA and Army ROTC

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E-mail the name, date, time, price, place and a brief tagline

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event.

Bailey HammondLIFE EDITOR

Staff PhotoJava City is one of two on-campus op-tions for coffee.

See Fright page 8

See Java page 7

Jaguar Football Pep Rally 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. at Moulton Tow-er and Alumni Plaza“Open to the community!”

Tuesday, August 30

The South “Jaguar Prowl”4:00 p.m. at Ladd-Peebles Stadium

Monday, August 29

Jaguar Producti on Board Meeti ng5:00 p.m. in Room 1369 of the Aca-demic Support Center (old Rec Cen-ter)“Open to all students.”

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It’s safe to say that music festivals are back.

In spirit of the rapid resur-gence of interest in the Amer-ican music festival, Mobile presents its newest festival, LoDa Live, on September 10, 2011, on Lower Dauphin Street.

The multi-venue event will feature promising new acts from Mobile, Birmingham, Pensacola, Jackson, and New Orleans.

In addition to gaining noto-riety for many of the South-east’s finest young acts, event coordinators aspire for LoDa Live to be a music festival the Southeast can call its own.

“We wanted to get the best up and coming Southeastern bands in one place to connect them with the region’s public,

media, venues, and record labels. There is no other ex-clusively ‘Southeast Music Festival’ to our knowledge,” co-organizer Dr. Ted Flotte said.

As well as promoting pub-lic interest in local bands, the festival is coordinated with Mobile Bay Remembers: 9-11-11 Tenth Anniversary and net proceeds will be donated to the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, which benefits the children of lost firefighters and military.

Bands participating in LoDa Live, whose name is derived from its location, will perform on the main stage, which will be set up in Cathedral Square, and on the stages in various venues along Dauphin Street.

Participating venues in-clude: Serda’s, The Blind Mule, OK Bicycle Shop, The Brickyard and Callaghan’s Irish Social Club.

Bands booked to perform include: Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires, Coyotes, Gregg Fells, Jesse Payne, Paloma, Lane Fisher, Johnny Apple-Eyes, Morris Minor, Sun Hotel, Callooh! Callay!, The

Handsome Scoundrels, The Suzies, Un-derhill Family Orchestra and Vulture Whale.

With Fish-bowl Records, the Downtown Mobile Alli-ance, and Em-ily Hayes of 92 ZEW-FM all working togeth-er, LoDa Live is sure to be alive with music, mingling and plenty of local flair.

Wristbands, optional at some

venues, are only $10, and they are available the day of the festival at Cathedral Square and all venues.

New Music Festival Comes to Mobile

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“Green” has become the u b i q u i t o u s badge of the environmental movement.

It provokes images of trees and recycling arrows.

I have come to loathe the

use of the word “green,” because it is a far too simplified statement of what is needed from us as a so-ciety to correct the havoc humans have wreaked.

The sad fact is that as the trend rises, there will be those using it for profit, no matter what topic: your energy needs, your organic/local foods and your hemp cloth-ing. It’s all a part of this phenom-enon called “greenwashing.”

Greenwashing is “the act of mis-leading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a com-pany or the environmental benefits of a product or service,” according

to sinsofgreenwashing.org.This is more than a pet peeve; it

is a disgust of mine directed at the companies who follow a trend be-cause it is profitable, not because it is ethical. BP once marketed itself as “Beyond P e t r o -leum,” for instance.

You may have seen those weird green and y e l l o w toned com-m e r c i a l s with the driving ba-bies and w h i s t l i n g gas pumps?

T h a t ’ s BP’s ver-sion of gre-enwashing.

“ S i m p l y Orange” is a company that prides itself on attention to making orange juice out of orang-es, because it’s a popular trend.

It wouldn’t bug me so much if

they were subtle about it, but the purity of their process seems to be the only marketable thing about Simply Orange.

Many fads contribute to the “gre-enwashed” ideals of the present.

The issue of sustainability is far more complex than wearing a cheesy shirt with a mention of “going green” on it.

The environmental movement needs more than cute non-sweat-shop-manufactured clothes and TOMS.

Environmental progress is not a fashion statement.

As an alternative, we could fol-low Dirty Jobs’ Mike Rowe in his effort to “go brown.”

It is a fact of life that nothing be-comes “green” without growing up from the dirt and detritus be-neath us.

Even though it is also an over-simplified version of the issues, it symbolizes hard work and prog-ress built by your own hands, rath-er than expecting others to make it cheap and available, as green mar-keting conveys.

As a challenge, I hope you can find five examples of the green-washing and green marketing trend in your daily life—today!

Look closer at your window cleaner, or your beer case, or your gas station; it is everywhere.

Be aware of greenwashing, and hate it with me.

Going green has to actually mean something to make a difference.

Opinion: Why One Environmental Wri ter Hates the Word ‘Green’

Jeffrey GillENVIRONMENTAL WRITER

lornali.com/green

The whole world is going green, but what about the other colors?

Lance WilkinsonCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Music descends on Mobile September 10 as LoDa Fest has its inauguration.

8 August 29, 2011Vanguard LifeThe

Frightfrom page 5Fright

It’s a fact: most college students don’t have an abundance of cash.

Most of us are lucky to get by on money we get from our parents or what we can scrounge up working minimum wage jobs around cam-pus.

The Seattle Times reports that na-tionwide, undergraduate students average $208 a month for discre-tionary spending and 66 percent of college students get money from home each month.

When it comes down to spending money, most of us have the practice down to an art.

Books, paper, ink, coffee to fuel our study binges, pens and high-lighters of all hues, plus the pretty things that we have to have for our dorms—all of it is a drain on our wallets, and often it seems like there is no end to the amount of stuff that we need in order to go to class or simply exist.

One trip to get textbooks for fi ve classes can leave your credit card in shock, cueing your mother’s frantic phone call about, “Just WHAT did you BUY?”

Here are a few tips to help you make that buck stretch farther and keep those ‘rents off your back about credit scores.

Shop around for the best prices. While the campus bookstore of-

fers a great selection of some cool merchandise, often it is the smaller bookstores that can cut you the best deal.

Sometimes they may not have the books you need though, so there’s

that to consider. Also, looking online for those textbooks is good if you’re into planning ahead.

It’s easy to fi nd the ISBN number for the books you need for class on the Bookstore’s website, and once you have those, you can get the books you need online.

Easy peasy. Use your meal plan. If you’re staying on campus, you

are required to have a meal plan. It just makes sense to take ad-

vantage of something that you’ve already paid for.

If by the end of the week you haven’t used all of your meals, perhaps you need to stop going to McDonald’s or Five Guys, because, while those places are yummy, they cost you money out of pocket.

You might want to spend that money on tickets to Bayfest.

Look for discounts. A lot of the local stores, shops,

and restaurants offer discounted prices for students, so just be sure to ask if you go somewhere.

You might be surprised how much you can save.

For example, Brunos offers a 5 percent discount to students on Mondays, just be sure to have your student ID.

They also have a gas token pro-gram. For every $50 you spend, you earn a token.

Earn 10 tokens and you get a free $25 Shell gift card. This is going on until November 1.

Check out Jaguar Productions for entertainment news and dis-count tickets.

There’s always something going on, and these guys and gals can help with the cash aspect.

Sometimes, there might be an event going on that’s free. There are always events that happen right here on campus, ranging from free food to big name entertainers.

Last year, Grant Imahara from Mythbusters came to the Mitchell Center.

As a result of the college experi-ence, most people regard the years spent eating Ramen as a trial by fi re. It’s a time in people’s lives that either makes or breaks them.

Learning how to deal with money responsibly is just one more lesson that we all must learn.

While some of these tips may seem like no-brainers, sometimes it helps to be reminded of your op-tions when the wallet woes start to knock on your dorm door.

How to stretch your dollarBailey Hammond

LIFE EDITOR

Bailey Hammond‘Penny for your thoughts’ takes on a new meaning when all you have in your pockets are pen nies.

Biking tips for USA studentsCassie Fambro and Bailey Hammond

1. Protect yourself. Watch out for other bikers, some of them don’t know how to actually ride a bike.

2. Make sure your bicycle is ride-worthy, i.e. carry a wrench with you to tighten any pesky loose bolts (or handlebars.)

3. Check the brakes. Do this be-fore you head down that hill and straight for the cross-walk where JagTrans grumble past every two minutes. It may be more than your hair fl ying if those brakes fail.

4. See and be seen. Just because you can see that pedestrian in front of you does not mean he or she can see you. If you both go left when you though he or she would go right, well, it won’t be

pleasant to say the least. 5. Avoid biking at night. If you

lack the ability to glow in the dark, we can’t see you and that’s NOT GOOD. If you must form a Super Awesome Bicycle Gang, do so in the daylight. That way we can actually appreciate your syn-cronised biking, if we so choose.

6. Stay alert for obstacles. Let’s face it, people are dumb and they leave stuff laying around where just anyone can accidentally ride into it and hurt themselves. For example, bike pedals or hub caps.

7. Go with the fl ow. The right way is always the right way, no matter what you may think to the contrary. There is a reason for the bicyle lane and the sidewalk. It’s where you ride the bikes. The

road is for cars. 8. Check for traffi c. This goes

hand in hand with numbers 3 through 7. People on bikes do not fare well in collisions with cars, trucks, other bicyclists, pedestri-ans or JagTrans. As my favorite Auror once said, “Constant vigi-lance!”

9. Learn the rules of the road. Traffi c laws are there for a rea-son, and you should follow them. Survival of the fi ttest comes to mind, no?

10. Don’t fl ip over your bicycle. This means that you should make sure your wheels are well-fastened, and not completely detached. It’s kind of hard to ride with no wheels.

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greatness!

The casting was excellent, however, especially in regards to Farrell and Tennant.

Tennant is hilarious and steals the show whenever he’s onscreen.

The 3D and special effects were also nicely done.

Normally, I despise 3D, but its use in “Fright Night” played up the horror movie gore and scares much to my enjoyment.

The opening thunder cloud scene was pretty wicked as well, though it was a bit short.

Even the slightly funny trans-formation from human-like vampire to all-out, it’s time to eat, vampire only added to the movie’s appeal.

As Evil Ed says in the movie, “He’s not broody or lovesick...he’s the shark from ‘Jaws’!”

The movie also marks a return to the traditional vampire my-thology, including death by sun-light, staking through the heart, and being burned by Holy Water.

It was actually kind of refresh-ing.

I must say, though, I laughed out loud when Charley bursts into Jerry’s house looking like a ghost buster in his fl ame retar-dant suit.

All in all, “Fright Night” isn’t a horror movie. It’s more of a thriller/action movie with a dash of comedy that isn’t for those who dislike the campy gore of 80’s horror fl icks.

Finally, a vampire that doesn’t sparkle.

3:00 p.m. on Fridays. Also, the area where students

can sit and relax with their bever-ages of choice is going to get an artwork makeover.

So, if you’re in the vicinity in the coming weeks, stop by Java City to see the changes.

Javafrom page 6

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USA Alumni Owned and Operated

said. Even with the addition of a

new dorm, housing is still almost packed to capacity.

“While it’s nice that students are interested in coming to South, interested in living on campus, it certainly has been a concern and is part of the reason why we opened the new building. We added about almost 300 beds to the system this last year.

We are still surprised when we have as many people still request-ing housing as we did,” Vinet said.

“We are looking at potential plans to continue to add beds to campus to help with this prob-lem,” Vinet said.

“We think it’s important that students live on campus and not in an apartment setting their first year.

One of the reasons for the new building with the living learning communities and faculty and resi-dents is to try to give the students more access to academics.

Being on campus and living with a roommate, and getting to know lots of people is an impor-tant part of student development and student growth and getting connected to the University,” Vinet said.

“We’re fortunate we had it open as an option. A lot of the students down there are not able to com-mute. If we didn’t have the option for them, a lot of them would not have been able to go to school,” Vinet said.

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through a section to change or review their answers.

The revised GRE’s math sec-tion will also feature an on-screen calculator to help reduce the time it takes to perform more tedious computations.

Another change to the GRE’s format is the switch to “section adaptive” thinking rather than the original “question adaptive” style.

When taking the older GRE version, a correct answer would prompt the computer to increase the difficulty of the following ques-tion, resulting in a higher scoring potential for that question.

The revised GRE, however, ap-plies this process to an entire sec-tion of the test rather than individ-ual questions, meaning test-takers will no longer be able to devote more time to the first few questions in hopes of receiving higher overall scores.

Recent test-taker Danielle Maley said this change mainly had an im-pact on her confidence going into the test.

“There was a level of comfort with the old test, in knowing that I had some control over the weight of upcoming questions,” said Maley.

“By taking more time on the first

few questions, I could avoid being stuck with lower valued questions for the rest of the section.”

Most of the revised GRE’s con-tent changes are found in the ver-bal sections.

The new version no longer uses analogies or antonyms and instead places emphasis on the use of words in context.

The new questions will also require test-takers to pick multiple correct answers for many of the selections given in order to receive any credit.

Christopher Lele, an instructor with Magoosh Online Test Prep, said the revised verbal section will require test-takers to use a more analytical style of reading and, unlike the old test, places far less importance on vocabulary memo-rization.

While it is too early to determine the overall impact of the changes, ETS believes the new GRE will give the best account of a student’s ability to compete on the graduate level.

For more information about the GRE revised General Test or to reg-ister for testing students can visit www.ets.org/gre.

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August 29, 2011

Hurricane Katrina’s Sixth AnniversaryAs a sophomore in high

school, I remember being out of school for a month when what we coasties call “The Storm” hit.

I remember that landmarks were gone, the blue house where you turned to get to school was a slab. I had to ex-plain to my little broth-er than his kindergar-ten class-mate was never com-ing back.

Looking back, it isn’t the magnitude of the destruc-tiont that strikes me, it’s the impact that it’s had regionally.

Waveland, Mississippi just cut its police force, citing Katrina related expenses to this day, ac-cording to The Sun Herald.

Emergency responders are stepping up to volunteer their time instead of being paid while the city continues to struggle and recover.

The national image of the storm is New Orleans, and the dilapidated and destitute rem-nants of what was a city of soul

to many.The New

Orleans newspaper The Times Picayune says that residents recently took a per-sonal inter-est in the people in the path of Hurricane Irene.

Many residents reached out,

imploring the residents of New York and low-lying coastal ar-eas to retreat.

It’s better safe than sorry, they said with knowing eyes.

The National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration

(NOAA) estimated the cost of Hurricane Katrina to be $125 billion.

NOAA states that Hurricane Katrina’s storm surge caused the most damage to Mobile, “inudating” Mobile Bay with an excess of water and surpassing barriers built to prevent storm-surge.

Honors Biology Ju-nior Sandra Hunyh says Hurricane Katrina “absolute-ly” made her stron-ger and more ap-preciative of life and the necessi-ties.

“The part that really stayed with me was liv-ing without power and experi-encing real food competition.”

Many coastal residents were forced to live off of military meals, canned water and sparse goods.

The impact of a devestating storm has served to give coastal residents an increased vigilance and compassion for storm vic-tims.

The Hattiesburg American states that Hurricane Katrina claimed 1,800 lives on that day in 2005.

It goes on to say what many residents still feel, that there is a “deep emotional pain” in theirmem-ories.

The les-son learned is to take extra cau-tion in the event of a

storm, and remember what the

New Orleans residents warned those in the path of Hurricane Irene.

Better safe than sorry.

Cassie Fambro and Genny Roman

Biloxi, Mississippi lost one of its main bridges, hampering traffic for many months.

Dauphin Island suffered storm surge damage on August 29, 2005. Hurricane Katrina is remem-bered across the entire Gulf Coast.

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Letter toThe EditorA call to investigate an inconvenience

Editor’s Note: We will be doing a follow-up story on this topic for this student and investigate what steps are being taken to resolve this.

Dear Editor,

There are relatively few things that make me truly angry. Misuse of important resources is one of those things.

I fully realize that exacting change within any beaurocratic organization like a university can be difficult, but there comes a point to where inaction becomes negligence.

Throughout my academic career at the University of South Alabama, I have lived on campus, both in Delta 1 and Delta 5.

Each year that I choose to live in the dorms proves more disastrous than the last, and this year seems to be the culmination. The addition of Stokes Hall to the workload of the Department of Housing seems to have severely strained the intel-ligence and common sense of its workers.

I have always had an issue with laundry in the residence halls. While living in Delta 1, the major-ity of the machines either didn’t work correctly or didn’t work at all.

Coupled with this fact and the tremendous number of residence hall students needing to use the machines, the chances of encoun-tering a “good” machine were quite low.

I quickly learned there are cer-tain hours that you do and do not attempt to do laundry. Despite my complaints, I kept quiet. Last year, I moved into a private dorm in Delta 5.

Like many people, I had no idea that Delta 5 does not have a laun-dry room built into it like many of the other dorms.

Those that live there must do laundry in the Central Housing Office (the building containing the Delta Deli), or choose to walk to one of the other dorms that do have a laundry room.

When I noticed that the Delta Area Office was not open during the day on the weekends, I began to get extremely frustrated. Most busy students like me, who only have time to do laundry once a week usually on the weekends, found this extremely inconve-nience, so I decided to act.

Specifically, I sent an e-mail to the Department of Housing ex-pressing my frustration and was contacted some days later by the Business Manager, Mike Havard.

I went in for a meeting with Mr.

Havard and he was very cordial and seemed to empathize with my concerns.

He outright asked me what he could do to improve my residence hall experience and we discussed options with laundry, including opening the Central Housing Of-fice during the day.

This never happened, so I just continued to wait until 8 p.m., when the Central Housing Office opened, to do my laundry.

This year, with so many new students on campus and a new res-idence hall opening, the residence hall area has been utter chaos.

Though I was reluctant about living in the Delta 5 residence hall again solely due to the laundry issue, I thought that perhaps with a new residence hall opening, some of the high traffic in the sur-rounding laundry rooms might be relieved somewhat.

No such luck. On top of every-thing, since the Central Housing Office has moved to Stokes Hall, the laundromat in that building is no longer accessible at all on the weekends and only during the day on weekdays.

I have a huge problem with this. Even though Delta 5 residents are paying the same amount if not more than other surrounding residence halls, yet we have to trudge to other residence halls to do laundry, despite the fact that there is a laundromat right in front of our building.

This is a serious case of misused resources. The way I see it, the R.A. on duty can just as easily be on call at the Central Area Of-fice, like they were accustomed to doing in the past, as Stokes Hall, where they are currently.

Doing so would give both Delta 5 and surrounding residence hall residents access to those resources in the building.

Although I have not officially filed a complaint with the Central Housing Office, I have spoken with someone in that office and when I made my concerns appar-ent, she seemed very much like she neither had the time nor energy to take my concerns seriously; she was both rude and unsympathetic.

I would certainly like to see this change for myself and other stu-dents affected by this major incon-venience.

Sincerely,Chase Krebs

13OpinionO U R V I E W S T A F F E D I T O R I A L

SGA Needs to UnifySGA has already demonstrated that it’s fun-

damentally unsound, and it’s not even two weeks into the semester.

Tension has already exploded in the fore-front, with accusations flying and a possible impeachment looming already.

The Lowdown is not being regarded, with justices not even being sworn in for the im-peachment process as mandated.

The meetings thus far held have shown ob-vious disrespect for Robert’s Rules of Order, with formaility being disregarded.

If the SGA is our elected body and handling thousands of dollars that we contribute in stu-dent fees, they should be setting an example that embodies professionalism and serious-ness.

Several members of the SGA officers have shown a committment toward progress, with one reportedly calling out the senate for being overly flippant during the SGA Retreat.

This behavior is not acceptable in a setting that has $4,000 in student fees budgeted to

form a more cohesive SGA. We commend the SGA for saving money on the retreat and only spending $2,800 of it, which shows at least an effort to cut costs.

However, it was still $2,800 for a one-night retreat in Gulf Shores.

In a time where tuition is up, it’s harder to get a job, and financial aid is tight, it doesn’t show good faith in the student body to spend the night doing “icebreakers” with each other on the beach.

We would much rather see them in a confer-ence room on campus, hashing out the issues, and we’d rather have that $2,800 allocated to the students.

There is a lot of potential in this SGA, with a unique fusion of personalities and academic backgrounds.

It would be a shame to see the year become a never-ending squabbling match between members.

Unify, SGA, and set an example for those you represent.

EDITORIAL BOARD>>editor.in.chief@usavanguard.com

Cassie Fambro | Editor-in-ChiefGenny Roman | Associate Editor

Imran Mohiuddin | Opinion Editor

Matt Weaver | Senior ReporterBailey Hammond | Life EditorJayson Curry | Sports Editor

Caitlin Glenn SeniorChemsitry

Michael BrownSophmoreMeteorology

Shey GaranJuniorChemistry

Michael FaralliSophmoreChemistry

They are a nice convenience to anyone traveling through campus, especially those who may not want to move their cars.

I think they are convenient, maybe even a good idea... but with terrible execution, they are laying everywhere in disre-pair and susceptible to getting stolen.

The Jag Bikes are an excel-lent idea in theory, but I don’t think it is practical on our cam-pus. With a few changes I’m sure it will be running well.

What do you think of Jag Bikes?

I think that with the growing campus they are a good move to reducing the traffic on cam-pus as the parking is starting to fill up fast.

I think Jag Bikes are a good concept, but the bikes they purchased are cheap and many have broken already in the first week.

Travis MillerSophmore Meteorology

Musings on Anticipation: Is it Worth it?

Anticipation. It’s killing me. Pa-tience?

Bah humbug. If I hear that word one more time, I might tear some well-meaning person’s

head off and induct them into the Headless Hunt.

If you’re wondering why I sound a tad miffed (and ‘tad’ is somewhat of an understatement), let me set you at ease. Potter-more. (See pottermore.com for an explanation.)

However, I’m not here to discuss my love of Harry Potter, at least not this time. Let’s talk about expectations, shall we?

We all have them, it’s hard not to. If you didn’t have any expec-tations, I dare say you might not be alive.

Even zombies expect to catch

a person every once in a while, or else they’d just stop chasing people.

The thing about expectations that drives most people bonkers is sometimes the expectations in our lives are not ones that we have for ourselves.

Sometimes it is the expectations of our parents, friends, boy/girl-friends, teachers or bosses that creep into our lives and wreak havoc with our minds.

It’s become almost a cliché these days for teenagers to rebel against the expectations of their parents, get a piercing, maybe even a tattoo, and flaunt said rebellions in their faces.

I see it all the time on ABC Family, so much so that I’ve taken to not watching that chan-nel.

But here’s the rub: in order to actually make anything of your life, you’re going to have to meet some expectations, whether they

are your own or those of some-one else.

If your parents expect you to go to college, fine, that’s in your best interest anyway.

If your boss expects you to show up for work on time, awe-some, you get paid and money makes the world go round. If your teachers expect you to pay attention and come to class, spec-tacular, you make good grades.

Those are a whole bunch of win-win situations up there, but for some reason, I always seem to hear people complaining about how those expectations aren’t “fair” or “fun” or something equally selfish. And that is what it all comes down to in the end.

Are you going to go through life shirking responsibility and expectations in order to be a self-ish butthead?

If so, fine, I can’t stop you, but ask yourself this: is it worth it?

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The Vanguard’s Facebook page is also conducting its own poll.

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Visit www.thevanguardonline.com

Jag Voice

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Point Counterpoint

Facebook: The world-wide sensation that once was just for reconnecting with old friends is now a social networking monster, encouraging drama, stalk-ing, online bullying and

weak forms of commu-nication.

As that beloved physics law says of entropy—ev-erything degener-ates toward greater disorder. Sure, the concept of Facebook was gold and Zuck-erberg knew what he was doing.

From a business standpoint, it’s a

win-win situation: make 15 billion dollars and mem-bers make 15

billion “friends.” Happy day, right? Not really. First, who personally knows 500 to 1000 people?

If you meet someone once and don’t mind revealing everything about your life to them, you should really work on your trust issues.

“OMG, see my 749 closest friends, my list is bigger than yoo-ours” is ridiculous. Let’s be real, sweetie—195 just stalk you, 309 don’t remember who you are, 238 are people you barely remember from high school who start drama

when you delete them and the last are the only ones that know more than your name.

Next, Facebook is un-doubtedly distracting. Whether it be getting cyber bullied, addicted to adding pigs to your online farm, or seeing those brainless whores your ex is “dating,” Facebook is counterproductive for suc-cess in academic or profes-sional settings, no matter

who you are. We’re all human and will all get

distracted, angry or hurt. Soon enough, your piglets, corn husks, finding out about that ugly blonde skank with the fake tan or the hurt felt when you’re bashed in front of the world will make you sick and make you almost fail your physics exam when physics is your forte. Obviously, that’s not good.

Lastly, Facebook is a weak form of communication. Since when was friendship “liking” statuses and creeping on family pictures?

Instead of commenting “like OMG it’s been 4ever, we MUST catch up!!!!” (which you never do), meet for lunch and then actually catch up. It’s more genuine than a wall post and doesn’t take much effort.

Reaching out to people in more meaningful ways might make this world more meaningful, and in such a heartbreakingly cruel soci-ety, that’s surely what we need.

A feeling that a heat stroke is right around the corner, as the sun beats down upon you.

All these forces came into play in an attempt to kick this year off to a miserable start, but none of them were enough to keep this year’s outlook from being optimistic.

Returning to school last week, I immediately noticed that USA is still undergoing a massive a trans-formation, and it doesn’t look like it will cease anytime soon.

These changes seem so radical when considering the university’s history and how far development has come.

Established only in 1964, USA is still a fledgling in the Alabama collegiate scene, with Auburn and UA both being more than a hun-dred years older.

At its inception, South Alabama was aimed primarily for local residents and commuter students, but recently it has grown enough to draw attention from students across the country and the globe.

One look at the new Stokes Resi-dence Hall is all it takes to see that the winds of change are gusting through South Alabama’s campus.

Juxtaposed against the aging Deltas, Stokes looks dazzling, the kind of picturesque dorm you’d see in a movie. With private rooms, hardwood flooring and

brand new appliances, it will defi-nitely play a huge role in drawing in perspective students.

Another huge innovation that left me pleasantly surprised was the redrawing of the JagTran routes. I’m sure by now even the freshman have heard their fair share of JagTran horror stories, learning how the bus system could turn a two minute drive around the circle, into a 20 minute expedi-tion across campus.

This year, things are different with the JagTran, and the once cripplingly slow public transit sys-tem is now a viable way of moving across campus.

Green line, the route responsible for shuttling students from the residential area to the academic area, has been streamlined making the journey considerably faster. In fact, there’s now only one stop

between the Student Center and the cafeteria.

Also, the addition of the Jag Smart program proves just how progressive USA has become in recent years.

USA’s ability to invest resources into preserving the environment proves that our school is thriving and that the administration isn’t struggling to stay afloat like at some other public universities.

USA is on the fast track to be-coming one of state’s foremost universities and we have access to things that previous graduates never would have dreamed of.

Even though we may grumble about numerous small problems this school year, things are unde-niably getting better for students, and we really shouldn’t forget that.

With communication becoming more digitized in normal life, social network-ing is gaining incredible momentum, enabling users to interact across the globe in previously un-thinkable ways.

Websites like Facebook and Twitter grow in popu-larity each day, proving that people love to share their daily lives with their friends.

However, like with most good things, there are risks associ-ated with social networking use, especially to privacy. Neverthe-less, with proper security measures and some basic common sense, the dangers of social networking sites are minimal and the benefits are tremendous.

For example, consider the value of social networking websites dur-ing breaks like summer vacation. College brings people from all over the state and country together dur-ing the school year, but this chang-es once exams end.

Traditionally, communication grinded to a halt once students went home for the summer, with only the occasional phone call or letter to stay in touch. Nowadays though, social networking websites allow for relationships to transition seamlessly into the summer, allow-ing for friends to remain in constant communication no matter where they are.

Likewise, social networking websites give users the opportu-nity to scope out new places before

actually arriving. Being the only person from my high school to attend USA this year, I knew very few people when I arrived at orientation, but that all changed because of Face-book.

After meeting a few

people and exchanging Facebook in-

formation at orien-tation, I made some friends that I was able to communicate with for the rest of the summer and the current school year.

The thing that makes social net-working so success-ful is the ease at which information can be shared and the lightness of the communication.

It takes only a second to like somebody’s status or write on their wall, but these actions still demon-strate a level of care .

Even though it’s inevitable that we will hear stories of identities stolen because of Facebook or about cyberbullies that preyed upon vic-tims through wall posts, these cases are far from common.

After all, with over 500 million unique users on Facebook, and 150 million on Twitter, something must be working.

ArslanArshad

People are growing concerned with the growing role of social networks

They keep us together

EvaOsilla

Imran MohiuddinOpinion Editor

Pushing Boundaries

Things arecertainly looking up

Logo courtesy of facebook.com

Editor’s Introduction: In recent years, social networking websites have exploded, becoming the number one past time for mil-lions of people on the net. As these websites become more popular, concerns over privacy and safety have led many to shutdown their profiles. Still, others feel that the benefits exceed the risks , and that these sites are here to stay. The P/CP explains.

Too artificial to be worthwhile

August 29, 2011

SportsJayson CurrySports Editor

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Due to their unheard of 17 con-secutive victories, the South Ala-bama football team has received a great deal of support from the stu-dent body. Students are proud of their school’s dominance through the first two years of existence. But with all of their success, it begs the question, how on earth do most students not even know the names of their own team’s key players?

If you can name every player and coach from your favorite NFL team, it seems appropriate that you recognize the Jags’ playmak-ers as they work to keep the loss column clean yet again in 2011. In preparation for this week’s match-up, we provide a way for the ca-sual fan to learn about the players they cheer for week to week. OFFENSIVE PLAYMAKERS QB - #15 C.J. Bennett – As the season opens, the Jags look to Redshirt Freshman C.J. Ben-nett to lead the veteran offense. But do not let him being listed a freshman fool you – Bennett has experience leading the team and looks to build on what he began last season. Bennett, like many of the other contributors, keeps his freshman status due to the Jags status as a new program. In 2010, Bennett split time at QB but still managed to throw for 1,189 yards, nine touchdowns, and only two interceptions. After starting the last three games of 2010, Bennett enters the season as the starting QB for the Jaguar Offense. RB - #29 Kendall Houston – After previous starter Brandon Ross was injured, many wondered whether Ross’ contributions to the team could be replaced. Houston quickly answered the question and hasn’t looked back. A local high school standout, Houston led the team with 891 yards rushing and 10 touchdowns. Last season he posted five 100-yard rushing games, highlighted by his 31 car-ries for 175 yards against Georgia State. RB - #33 Demetre Baker – One of the only newcomers to the of-fense that is expected to have an immediate impact on the team is Baker, a transfer student from the University of Georgia. Although Baker was redshirted in his only

year at Georgia, he was highly recruited out of high school be-ing named a High School All-American by PrepStar magazine and Earning four stars from Scout.com. Look for Baker to spell Houston and provide the Jags with a worthy 1-2 punch out of the backfield. WR - #8 Bryant Lavender – No one will replace the presence that WR Courtney Smith had on the field last season, but a hungry corps of receivers looks to do their best to provide options in the passing game. Lavender had 16 re-ceptions for 276 yards last season while starting every game, but he looks to increase those numbers with the departure of Smith to the NFL. WR - #11 Jereme Jones – Stand-ing at only 5’8”, Jones utilizes quickness to be an asset in the slot position of the offense. Jones will also look to return on both kickoffs and punts. Like Houston, Jones is a local high school stand-out from McGill-Toolen and has made contributions to the offense since arriving on campus last fall. Jones ranked third on the team in receptions, catching 15 balls for 142 yards and two touchdowns. TE - #5 Paul Bennett – Voted by his teammates to wear #5 in honor of fallen teammate Anthony Mostella, Senior Paul Bennett looks to lead the Jaguars in 2011. Bennett has been a part of the Jag offense since their first season,

providing them with a reliable target at the tight end position. Look for Bennett to make his most significant contribution in the run-ning game, as his 6’, 240 lb. frame allows running lanes to open. TE - #12 Kevin Helms – No less significant than Bennett, Kevin Helms is the other senior tight end. Both Helms and Bennett split time as the starting tight end. Their statistics match up and duo combined for 18 receptions for 190 yards and three touchdowns last season.

USA Runningback Demetre BakerJayson Curry

Who To Watch: 2011 Jaguar OffenseLady Jags Dominant In 4-1 Victory

South Alabama soccer headed to Montgomery Friday to play a match against Alabama State.

The Lady Jags arrived in Mont-gomery ready to play.

Clarissa Hernandez struck the first goal eight minutes into the match with an assist by Brandi Smith. Hernandez later reversed the roles of the previous USA goal by assisting Smith in the 59th minute for the Jags second goal.

Landi Wilson put a third goal in the net from a cross with 6 min-utes remaining in the match. But that wasn’t good enough for the Lady Jaguars. With 6.2 seconds left in the match Wilson landed her second goal of the game.

The Lady Jags did give up one goal in the match in the 79th min-ute, but that seemed to spark the last two goals scored by USA.

USA dominated shots in the game by racking up 21 shots com-pared to Alabama State’s eight. South also dominated defensively by keeping the ball out of the defensive half for the majority of the game.

“We still have a lot to improve on, but I am pleased with our play tonight,” coach Mike Varga said. “We dominated the match. It was unfortunate that we gave up a goal late, but we responded with two of our own.”

The team has gained confidence and composure so far in the season. They have been devot-ing practices to improving their possession, speed of play and intensity, which seems to have really paid off. Determined to set new records and reach their goals, the ladies have committed themselves to working hard and staying disciplined and focused throughout the season.

The Jags are now 2-1 on the season and are looking keep their momentum going.

Alex WilesSports Reporter

USA Starting Quarterback C.J. BennettJayson Curry

Jayson Curry

USA Runningback Ken Houston

Jacie-Blaire ChandlerSports Reporter

Soccer

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The Offensive players on a football team are genrally more noticed and talked about than the defense. Quar-terbacks, Runningbacks and wide recievers are usually in the spot light, but that doesn’t mean they are the only stars on the team. And as most peo-ple have said or heard, defense wins championships.

This season will bring an-other stellar Jaguar defense on the field. These defensive play-ers are hungry and want to be perfect again. Here are your players to watch on the defen-sive side of the ball.DEFENSIVE PLAYMAKERS LB - #42 Jake Johnson – Leading the Jags in sacks last season, Jake Johnson looks to lead the linebackers after losing former Linebackers to gradu-ation. Johnson began his col-legiate career at Virginia Tech, seeing action in both the 2008 and 2009 seasons and even start-ed eight games as sophomore. LB - #28 Enrique Williams – Manning the other slot at middle linebacker is Enrique Williams, who looks to take over a major role in the defense. Williams has played in every game since join-ing the team and looks to take over a starting role this season. Now stepping into a leadership role, Williams will build on last season’s team-high 48 tackles. CB - #14 Anton Graphenreed – Providing senior leadership will be Graphenreed’s biggest asset. He is a two year starter and has been with the Jag pro-gram since the beginning of its existence. Rest assured that the defense is not complacent with their past success and still play with a chip on their shoulder. Speaking for his teammates at South Alabama Media Day, Gra-phenreed said, “There are people who have counted us out a lot. I just want to prove them wrong in the biggest way possible, and that’s going out with a bang.” FS - #1 B.J. Scott – The most well-known name that has

never played a game for South Alabama is undoubtedly the former five-star recruit, Burton Scott. After being part of a Na-tional Championship season at the University of Alabama in 2009, Scott found his way back to his hometown of Mobile. As a high school senior, Scott was the top-rated athlete by ESPN.com and manned a Vigor High School backfield with RB Kendall Houston. Scott will make a large contribution for the defense and return game immediately. CB - #4 Damond Smith – Af-ter a high school career where he was named the top overall cor-nerback and #32 player overall in the state of Michigan, Smith attended Western Michigan University. Smith played two seasons with the Broncos, where he was credited with 55 tackles and two interceptions. Smith’s first collegiate interception came from future USA opponent Kent State. Smith has come in to USA after transferring and moved into a starting role immediately. He will be a key in the success of the Jaguar defense this season. And as a self-proclaimed Deion Sand-ers fan, look for Smith to be one

of USA’s flashier players. HONORABLE MENTION: QB - #2 Myles Gibbon; RB - #46 Brandon Ross; WR - #7 Lamon-tis Gardner; G - #54 Jon Griffin; NT - #92 Montavious Williams; LB/SS - #9 Ken Barefield; K - #19 Jordan Means

Who To Watch: 2011 Jaguar Defense

South Alabama defense scrimmages against off ense in fall practi ce.

Alex WilesSports Reporter

Imagine that you’re an athlete on any level. You’re practicing and studying fi lm all week, and fi nally game day rolls around. You start getting warmed up as game time rolls around, and fi nally it’s time to take the fi eld or court. As you come out of the tunnel you’re expecting fans cheering and all eyes on you and your teammates, but you soon realize there is almost no one at the game. How would you feel? Suddenly all the pent up energy and expectations come crashing down, but there is still a game to play, and you may or may not play well. Would the fan support have something to do with your perfor-mance? In most cases, I would say yes, it would. When there is a packed house, and the fans are erupting with team spirit, the home team feels that energy and uses it to play to the best of their abilities. The noise from the crowd could give players an extra boost in confi dence because they feel they have something, and more impor-tantly, someone to play for. They will feel obligated to give fans a good show. You not only want to win for yourself, but you also want to win for the fans. One of the worst feel-ings in life is disappointing someone you care about. For athletes, multiply that feeling by the number of fans in attendance, watching, listening or reading about their game. There should be no reason why some sporting events on most college campuses should be empty, especial-ly if students have to pay an athletic fee up front. I’m not saying that you should miss class or work to make every game, but fans should try their hardest to make some of the games to let players know that they do have someone in their corner. Attendance and winning go hand in hand, so I understand not attend-ing a sporting event when the team you’re watching hasn’t been good in years, but one way to improve winning is better attendance. It isn’t impossible to have one without the other, but it certainly wouldn’t hurt. So if you are a student, employee or even just live in the area, try to support your Jaguars as best you can.

More Fan Support Needed At USA Sports

Ryan FranklinSports Columnist

Jayson Curry

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USA Cornerback Anton Graphenreed

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Sports BriefsJAG BASEBALL STUDENT ATH-

LETES REPORT FOR FALL

Fall classes at the University of South Alabama began Monday, and the infl ux of newcomers, as well as returners, on the Jaguar baseball team reported for their fi rst team meeting prior to the fi rst day of classes.

The Jags held their fi rst meeting with head coach Mark Calvi and assistant coaches Bob Keller, Jerry Zulli and Alan Luckie Sunday evening, which allowed coaches to lay out the ground work for expectations and get a feel for this year’s squad

Although fall practice will not start until Sept. 23, individual workouts will begin Monday

Entering the fall semester, USA re-turns nine letterwinners from last sea-son.

JAG-GALS FOOTBALL 101.2 EVENTS FOR LADIES TO BEGIN TUESDAY NIGHT

The Jag-Gals — a group of “athletic lovin’ Southern ladies” that supports University of South Alabama athletics — will hold the fi rst of six social/lunch events during the 2011 football season Tuesday at Tacky Jacks on the Cause-way.

Tuesday’s event will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. and feature head coach Joey Jones, associate athletic di-rector Travis Toth and equipment oper-ations manager Jeff Bailey. In addition to previewing the Jaguars’ season-opening contest against West Alabama, which is scheduled to kick off at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Ladd-Peebles Stadi-um, attendees will learn about USA’s game day operations.

Tickets for all Jag-Gals football 101.2 events are $15 in advance and $25 at the door and are limited to the fi rst 120 ladies who register. For more informa-tion on the Jag-Gals or to purchase tick-ets, individuals may contact the USA Athletic Development Offi ce at (251) 461-1366.

JAG VOLLEYBALL DROPS TWO ON DAY ONE OF UCF CLASSIC

The University of South Alabama volleyball team dropped a pair of matches on Friday at the Courtyard by Marriott/UCF Classic held at The Ven-ue at UCF, falling 3-0 to tournament-host Central Florida and 3-2 to North Florida.

“I think there were times today where our inexperience caused us to lose our composure,” South Alabama head coach Nicole Keshock said. “Both against Central Florida and North Flor-ida, we let some sets slip away. That was inexperience. Our errors today are things that we can easily work out with just more experience playing on the court. The positives of today are that individual performances got better in the second match, and we seemed to gel a little bit better as a team. I think that will continue as we play more.”

Senior outside hitter Samia Salomao became just the fi fth Jag to eclipse the 1,000 dig mark for her career with her 28 combined digs on the afternoon. She now has 1,010 for her career, just three behind Selena Chidester.

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Demetre Baker has come a long way from Orange Park, Fla. But when the football season starts Thursday, fans will be glad he made it here to South Alabama.

Coming out of high school, Baker was a great football recruit who was pursued by schools from all over the country, including teams in the SEC. Baker eventu-ally signed with the University of Georgia as a linebacker but is now at USA and will share a running-back load with Kendall Houston.

Baker chose USA after getting advice from coaches at UGA that assured him of the program and coaches South Alabama had to of-fer.

“My coaches told me they knew coaches at South,” Baker Said, “They said they had good coach-es, good players and it was the best fi t for me.”

Coaches like Head Coach Joey Jones have made the transition easy for Baker.

“Coach Jones handles the team really well,” Baker said. “We have a really friendly coaching staff and they make a great atmo-sphere.”

With all sports you run in to different types of coaches who are unique in their coaching style. In football, there is usually the coach that yells all day and then the coach that is more laid back. Baker believes he needs both to be successful.

“You need someone who en-courages you and you need some-one who will get in your face,” Baker said. “How you practice is how you play.”

After a very competitive spring and fall camp, the backfi eld is fi lled with talent, and, even though Houston is the starter, Baker and others will contribute greatly.

“Swapping in and out will give all of us fresh legs.” Baker said. “We are all different types of running backs so we are used in different scenarios. It will make us more explosive.”

As a player that is big enough to play linebacker, Baker is bigger than most running backs, but that will show to be an advantage to Baker and the Jaguars.

“I’m defi nitely a power back.”

Baker said. “Running back is a big time position, and I love going to practice every day.”

After ending last season unde-feated and leaving the football record at 17-0, there could be ar-rogance in the program, but Baker assures that isn’t going on at USA.

“We are going to take this sea-son game by game,” Baker said. “We are still hungry. We want to win. But there is no arrogance. We stay humble, and when you are humble, you win a lot of games.”

Baker is also one athlete who doesn’t show arrogance during games by trash talking. In football and most other sports, talking trash can elevate your game or take your opponents head out of the game. But Baker doesn’t agree with or participate in the talk.

“Talking trash degrades ath-letes,” Baker said. “I let my pads determine if I can play football”

And other than staying humble and not talking trash Baker knows what will help him and his team-mates this season. “Practice makes perfect,” Baker said. “You can always get better.”

Baker has already made an im-pact on other sports at USA after transferring last spring. Baker joined the track and fi eld team and broke the school record in the shot put after posting a 17.17m (56-04) toping the South Alabama all-time list.

“I knew coming in I needed to work on my technique,” Baker said, “It was great to fi nish second at the meet and even better after I found out I broke the school record.”

And even though as fans we for-get that these athletes are student athletes, Baker won’t let himself forget. “I just want to fi nish col-lege with a degree,” Baker said. “And then, hopefully, I can make it to the next level in sports.”

Baker might be one of the new-est members of the South Ala-bama football program, but he understands the fan support and appreciates it.

“To the fans,” Baker said, “En-joy the season, it’s going to be a fun one to watch.”

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