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NEWS NEWS LIFE LIFE OPINIONOPINIONFreshman Do’s and Don’ts
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come?come?NEWS NEWS SPORTS SPORTS OPINIONOPINION
Men’s Basketball first SBC win12
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New Year’s Resolutions15
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State of JagNation
It’s 2016. We’re constantly plugged in – to the chatter on the radio, to
our Facebook newsfeeds, to our iPhones. We’re constantly plugged in because we, as humans, naturally desire to connect our existence with the rest of humanity.
But, as Jags, are we connected to our campus? Are we connected to South? Is our natural desire to connect with the rest of humanity, to connect with JagNation being quenched?
Is JagNation more than just a hashtag?These are the questions our SGA set
out to answer as we began working to build a better South. Our initiatives are building a better South by connecting Jags to campus, connecting campus to the surrounding state, and connecting existing resources to Jags.
For a university to truly connect with its students, its students must be proud to attend the university. Student pride combats student apathy, and student apathy is a problem we’ve faced at
South. For this reason, our initiatives this semester have focused on increasing student pride. One hallmark initiative that captured our mindset on Jaguar Pride was the inaugural Battle for the Belt. The Battle for the Belt is and will always be a rivalry built by you – by JagNation. The inaugural Battle for the Belt was more than just a rivalry game for us. It was a moment where our students believed in the University of South Alabama. As Alyssa Newton eloquently wrote in her October editorial, “Who needs 150 years of tradition when you can be a part of history in the making?” Here at South, we build our own legacy.
Over the next semester, our SGA will work to connect JagNation to the surrounding state. The 1,456 books raised by Jags during “Book Your Ride to Troy” will set the basis for a pop-up bookstore in the impoverished Black Belt region of our state. The addition of the bookstore to Greensboro, Alabama will assist in improving literacy rates in the region. During the upcoming semester, SGA will encourage JagNation to board buses to Montgomery for Higher Education
Day on February 25th where our voice can make an impact on state funding of higher education. This issue is important to Jags because decreased state funding of higher education causes higher tuition rates.
Finally, our SGA has also worked to better connect Jags to existing resources. This semester, we’re excited to launch the JagTran Tracker. Now, by accessing the JagTran Tracker via the web browser of their smartphone, students can see where JagTrans are in real time. Students no longer have to guess when the next
By RAVI RAJENDRA SGA President
South Alabama Student Government Association President Ravi Rajendra addresses student body
JagTran will arrive at a stop.This is just a spotlight of a few of
the ways that SGA is building a better South. Our SGA is currently working on approximately 15 initiatives. Though their range is varied, each of our initiatives is united by one factor. Each initiative builds a better South by “connecting” our campus community and making JagNation more than just a hashtag. We can’t do this on our own: we need your input. Feel free to connect with us at our SGA Senate meetings or follow us on social media
Facebook Universit of South Alabama SGATwi er: @usa_sga Instag am: @usa_sga
SGA meets every Monday and is open for all students to attend. (SGA)
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Gravel parking lot Unknown person busted out
windows to vehicles,stole items out of victims car while they were parked in the gravel lot by the intramural fi elds.
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Unknown person busted out windows to vehicles,stole items out of victims car while they were parked in the gravel lot by the intramural fi elds. Stolen: front passenger window, black
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Victim reported he lost his Kuwait passport while walking on campus.
Unknown person apparently found it and did not return it. Value estimated
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taken while being evicted from The Grove. Property: Hewlett Packard
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hitting the back of his head on the fl oor. Required medical attention.
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Carrying concealed weapon. One male, one female not affi liated
with the university were arrested for forbidden possession of a fi rearm and
loitering. Subjects were arrested in Twin Oaks Apartments’ parking lot.
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In an emotional speech on Jan. 5, President Barack Obama
announced a series of executive actions aimed at gun control and reducing gun violence.
“Five years ago this week, a sitting member of Congress and 18 others were shot at, at a supermarket in Tucson, Arizona,” Obama said in his remarks on Tuesday. “It wasn’t the first time I had to talk to the nation in response to a mass shooting, nor would it be the last.
“Fort Hood. Binghamton. Aurora. Oak Creek. Newtown. The Navy Yard.Santa Barbara. Charleston. San Bernardino. Too many.”
The Obama administration has outlined the regulations that the president stated in his executive order aimed at strengthening gun laws.
Some of the provisions include:
- Directing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to require any business that engages in the sale of guns to obtain a
federal license and conduct background checks. The administration notes that individuals who conduct “even a few transactions” could be required to gain a license and a background check. Failure to do so could result in a $250,000 fine and up to five years in prison.
- Requiring the FBI to overhaul the
background check system to make it more efficient and accurate. The administration urges states to provide complete information, such as criminal history, to the federal database when conducting background checks and to increase communications between the state and federal levels.
- Calling for increased funding to ATF for the hiring of 200 new ATF agents and investigators to help enforce existing gun laws. Under law, if a background check takes longer than three days, the dealer can proceed with the sale. This will help to speed up the process. ATF
See Gun Control pg. 5
By ALYSSA NEWTON Editor-In-Chief
President Obama issued an executive order on Tuesday, Jan. 5 to strengthen gun control in the United States. (Wikki Commons stock photo)
President Obama issues executive orders addressing gun control Days into his final year, President Obama seeks to expand background checks, increase mental health recources and more
Beginning this semester, South Alabama is implementing an easy
way for students to get to classes on time using the JagTran. An application for your cell phones, called the JagTran Tracker, will go live on Monday, January 11, and will be available to everyone on campus.
“The JagTran Tracker app is up and will go live on Monday. It can be accessed through the South Alabama webpage or the South Alabama app,” Executive Director of Information Technology Chris Cannon said. “The South Alabama app was just recently updated to include the Jagtran tracker.”
A new JagTran route is also debuting this semester, the orange route, however the orange route will not be added to the application for a couple weeks.
The app was created over the last four years, in the hopes that more students would choose to ride the JagTran rather than drive.
The question is if they could see exactly when it would arrive to avoid
inclement weather or a long wait time, will they choose to ride the JagTran more often?
The main concern that lead to JagTran route changes and the app, was the heavy traffic that caused major delays, the worst being USA South Drive. With the implementation of new JagTran route changes and the JagTran Tracker app, the administration believes to help relieve the congestion.
“The app should improve it greatly,” Todd Culp, manager of facilities services, said when asked if the application will improve students’ views of the JagTran. “You shouldn’t have to wait more than seven minutes if it runs properly. Traffic from students using cars is what causes delays. If we can get more students to use the JagTran, traffic will become much better.”
The project altogether is estimated to cost approximately $4,000, not including future maintenance that the technology may require. It was created and developed completely in-house by the computer sciences department at the university by students. Multiple students from the department collaborated together over
the last four years to create the JagTran Tracker. The tracker is sponsored by SGA after allocating $3,750 in the fall to help start up costs.
The app is real time and will update every 5-10 seconds for students to accurately track when the next shuttle will arrive. Each JagTran stop will have a QR code for students to scan on their cell phones that will direct them straight to the application.
Underutilized employee parking spaces have also been altered to suit students’ needs, with more spots open near JagTran stops to promote use of the shuttle instead of student traffic. Several pick-up and drop-off sites have also been added to the Blue and Green routes, with more buses serving the grove, and fewer buses contributing to the traffic on USA South Drive.
The JagTran begins its routes at 7 a.m., with the new Orange route stopping service at 4 p.m., the Red and Yellow routes stopping service at 7:30 p.m., and the Blue and Green stopping service at 9:30 p.m. The JagTran Tracker will assist students for the duration of the JagTran’s daily run.
JagTran tracker app now live By ALYSSA NEWTON Editor-In-Chief
The JagTran Tracker can be found in the USA App or on the USA website. (Screenshot)
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is also directed to establish an Internet Investigation Center with dedicated personnel to track illegal online firearms trafficking.
- Making a $500 million investment to increase access to mental health care by increasing service capacity and the behavioral health workforce.
- Requiring inclusion of mental health information from the Social Security Administration (SSA) in the background check system about beneficiaries who are prohibited from possessing a firearm.
- Removing certain legal barriers preventing states from reporting information to National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
The president acknowledged that gun control will take time, even beyond his presidency.
“It won’t happen during my presidency, but a lot of things don’t happen overnight. A woman’s right to vote didn’t happen overnight. The liberation of African Americans didn’t happen overnight. LGBT rights – that was decades’ worth of work. So just because it’s hard, that’s no excuse not to try.”
This executive order comes just two weeks after four people were shot and injured outside of the Wynnsong movie theater in Mobile on Christmas. In 2015, there were more than 350 mass shootings, incidents that involve multiple victims of gun violence.
Although some see this as a step in the right direction toward addressing gun violence in the United States, many are lashing back at the President’s orders, including Alabama Governor Robert Bentley.
“America’s founding fathers prioritized the right to keep and bear arms, and President Obama is overstepping his authority and threatening to take away our Second Amendment rights,” Bentley said in a statement. “It is unacceptable for the President to bypass Congress and the U.S. Constitution with his plan.
“The overreach by the President seems to be his preferred way of leading our country, and it is another reason why it is critical for Americans to send a conservative back to the White House in November. I encourage the Alabama congressional delegation to listen to the message of the Alabama people and fight to protect the fundamental rights of gun owners.”
South Alabama senior and Student for Concealed Carry member Micah Messer said he questions whether Obama’s orders are constitutional.
"President Obama’s latest signing of
Executive Orders in order to restrict access to firearms and implement more background checks brings several things into question,” Messer said.
“According to the U.S. Constitution the president may issue orders to his agencies on how to enforce specific laws.
“He may not, however, create new additions to any law or create a new law himself. Most would agree that his latest round of executive actions restrict the Second Amendment and some states, including Texas, are refusing to obey them.”
Michael Stevanus, president of South Alabama College Democrats, said that the orders were necessary to start any conversation about gun control.
“People throw around the scare tactics every time Obama addresses gun control,” Stevanus said. “Fear mongering, exploitation and money. It is a real first step. The first step will hopefully get the ball rolling.”
Messer said that the biggest issue isn’t any “new requirement to do background checks,” it’s a failure of local and state police to enter people into the system.
“What has happened in the last twenty years is pretty consistent,” he said. “It’s not the legal buyers who are doing the killing of the innocent, it’s those who have mental health issues who take weapons from law-abiding citizens. … Maybe we should focus more action of fixing the mental health system as well."
Stevanus said that he believes that the $500 million aid to increase access to mental health care is a positive, but the senior said he did not agree with the action being included in a gun control law.
“It’s a double-bladed sword,” Stevanus said. “The vast majority of those affected by mental health issues are non-violent, but bigger actions to shine light on mental illness shouldn’t be after large violent occurrences. It's more of a large-scale societal issue that should be addressed.”
Despite Stevanus and Messer’s opposing views on the issue, the two agreed on one thing — they both said they believed Congress and Obama should work together to address the issue.
“President Obama’s executive actions do little to change the current system, but what it does show is his willingness to bypass Congress, the legislative branch of the government, to push his agenda,” Messer said. “There was a three-branch government for a reason.”
“It’s (Obama’s executive order) a good thing in general,” Stevanus said. “Since the current congress won’t move anything, at least it’s something.
“I would love to see a comprehensive bill that addresses multiple issues, see a uniform, federal law that would apply to every state. You can blame the necessities of the orders on a do-nothing congress.”
Gun Control Gun Control Continued from Page 4
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Construction Updates: By ALYSSA NEWTON Editor-In-Chief
Due to electrical duct bank instillation and storm drainage upgrades, the street in front of Epsilon 1 will be under construction for the next few weeks. (Alyssa Newton | Editor-In-Chief)
Over the past several months, construction has taken over various
parts of the South Alabama campus.Beginning last June, construction to
replace old underground piping and install chilled and hot water lines began to take place on the western side of campus.
Originally, the plans called for the project to be completed by the new year, but due to heavy rainfall over the break, the fi nal completion date has been set back a few weeks. From just Dec. 21-26, Mobile received more than seven inches of rain.
“The underground piping project from Stokes Hall through the Traffi c Circle and across North Drive was delayed due to the extensive rainfall we received during December,” Randy Moon said.
“Over the next four to fi ve weeks we should be completing the underground piping and will be installing the fi nal paving in front of Stokes Hall to the North Drive Area.”
The ongoing piping project is not the only construction currently taking place on campus. There is currently construction around the Epsilon resident area.
Heavy rain delays underground piping, administration revomes speedbumps, Old Shell to be repaved
“The street in front of Epsilon 1 construction is due to the electrical duct bank installation and the storm drainage upgrades. This area should be paved and returned to normal in a few weeks,” Moon said.
Outside of the campus, the City of Mobile will be repaving Old Shell beginning on Monday, Jan. 11 and is expected to last six to eight days. The construction will take place to the east of the University, between University Boulevard and McGregor Avenue.
Work hours and lane closures are scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., seven days a week.
Other changes on campus have happened more suddenly, such as the removal of the speed bumps throughout campus during the winter break.
According to Moon, that change came straight from administration.
““The removal of the speed lumps was a decision of the administration and are currently not planned to be reinstalled. The speed tables in Stadium Drive are scheduled to be removed summer semester.”
Another update on projects taking place throughout campus, Faculty Court South, the building located in front of the student
center is currently being renovated for a new purpose. Groups and organizations within the building began relocating in 2014.
“Faculty Court South has been closed and is being renovated for the relocation of
Student Health from Research Park Building 3,” Moon said.
The Vanguard will continue to update on the ongoing and future projects around campus.
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Constuction continues after heavy rain delays piping schedule. Workers are still attempting to complete Phases 5 that were scheduled to be completed in December. (South Alabama)
7JAN. 11, 2015
Dr. Andrea M. Kent was named dean of the College of Education at the
University of South Alabama. Kent was selected to lead the college
following a national search, according to Dr. G. David Johnson, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. She has served as interim dean since August and has been a member of the faculty of the college for the
past 11 years.“I am pleased to make this announcement,”
Johnson said. “The University community is excited about Dr. Kent’s appointment as dean and is anticipating a bright future for the college. She will assume her new role as dean on January 1, 2016.”
During Kent’s time at USA, she has been an active leader in program development, recruitment and retention efforts. She is passionate about the students while also confi dent in their abilities to achieve their goals.
Kent has been instrumental in securing nearly $7 million in external funding received by the College of Education this year, and the college is positioned to see this amount increase in the near future. She has also fostered signifi cant development opportunities that will enhance the mission of the college and University.
As a Mobile native, Kent has a keen interest and a personal investment in the success of K-12 and post-secondary education in the Mobile community.
“The USA College of Education has an excellent track record for preparing teachers and supporting local schools through research and outreach,” Kent said. “I have a strong commitment to continue cultivating positive relationships with our partner school systems and on developing collaborative opportunities for our teacher preparation programs and the education of K-12 students.”
Kent has served the college as director of fi eld services, state teacher certifi cation offi cer, interim director of graduate studies and associate dean. During her time at South Alabama, she has promoted high academic standards and advanced opportunities for professional mentorship.
Under Kent’s direction, a new student organization, Future Educators in Action, was developed. This organization is active
in mentoring new education majors and also in providing service to the community. Kent has also worked to enhance the quality of graduate education. These efforts have helped to ensure post-baccalaureate programs meet the University’s highest internal instructional standards and, when applicable, external accreditation standards.
Kent earned her Ph.D. in instructional design and development and her master’s degree in early childhood education from USA, and her bachelor’s degree in early childhood and elementary education from the University of Mobile.
By JOY WASHINGTON USA Public Relation
Dr. Andrea M. Kent named College of Education dean December 2015. (USA PR)
South Alabama names Dean for the College of Education Dr. Andrea M. Kent selected as College of Education dean after nation-wide search
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On Saturday, dozens of Mobilians gathered at Government Plaza to call for the impeachment of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore. Last week, Moore issued an administrative order stating that a ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court issued last March remains in effect, effectively instructing probate courts to not issue any marriage licenses. Two days after the order was issued, Mobile County resumed issuing marriage licenses.
Mobile Equality is a non profi t organization dedicated to advancing equal rights for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community of Mobile, Alabama. The organization’s founder, Amanda Scott said that she was pleasantly surprised by the turnout.
“There’s a lot of people here that I don’t actually know so I think it was people who saw the event and invited their friends and so I’m really excited about the momentum that’s been created,” Scott said. “People have really used word-of-mouth to get people out here. They’ve brought their own signs and it’s really more than I expected.”
Scott said that she feels that the country has moved on from the gay marriage debate since the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges.
“This is a battle that we’ve already won. The only person who is really putting up a fi ght is Roy Moore. And in Alabama of all places he’s really embarrassing us because all of the states have followed suit, they have followed the Supreme Court.”
Scott was not the only attendee of the rally who claimed that Moore was embarrassing the state. Robert Povilat, who married Milton Persinger on Feb. 12, 2015, making them the fi rst same-sex couple to be wed in Mobile County, said his fi rst reaction to hearing the news of Moore’s administrative order was one of embarrassment.
“It was how ridiculous could this be and how ridiculous could Roy Moore be.” Povilat said. “We thought this was settled back last February, we thought it was settled in June and he continues to just show what an embarrassment to the state he is.”
Peter Daigle, the outreach director for Mobile Equality and a 2014 graduate of the University of South Alabama, said that even though the county resumed issuing marriage licenses, the protest is about more than that.
Daigle said, “We’re protesting Roy Moore, the abuse of power and him defying the law of the land so that’s why we all came out today.”
President and vice president of the University of South Alabama Political Science Club, Noah Hacker and John Daigle both attended the rally.
The two said that they were there to support the LGBT community of Mobile, but were also there to push back against what they feel is an abuse of power by Moore.
“It’s part of the Republican push for more state power and less federal government and less big government and it’s kind of an attack on that and on the shifting values of America. It’s saying that in Alabama and in the South we are very morally conservative and you can’t tell us what to do.” Hacker said
Both Hacker and John Daigle feel that removing Moore from the bench for what they see as an abuse of power is the right decision. Hacker said, “We go overseas to fi ght religious tyrants and here we have one in our own state.”
By MITCHELL KAHALLEY Managing Editor
No Moore: Some Mobilians call for impeachment of Alabama Chief Justice
JAN. 11, 2016
Chief Justice Roy Moore’s administrative order. (Press Release)
(Top) One protester holds up “That’s it no Moore” poster. (Left) Noah Hacker and John Daigle of USA’s Political Science club joined the rally in support of LGBT community and to stand against Moore.(Above) Milton Persinger, who married Rovert Povilat as the fi rst same-sex married couple in Mobile, waves a pride fl ag as cars pass. (Alyssa Newton | Editor-In-Chief)
NATALIE FRANKLIN LIFE EDITOR
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Classes begin
Mobile Jewish Film Festival“Phoenix”Laidlaw Performing Arts
Wizard Con casts its spell on the Big Easy
Captain America panel at Comic Con. (Caitlin Smith | Staff Reporter)
I get to quit being Jamie for a while and be whatever
character I am dressed as. -Jamie Ellis
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By CAITLIN SMITH Staff Reporter
All the superheroes, villains, Who-vians, Trekkies and Storm Troop-
ers united this weekend in New Orleans for Comic Con to celebrate all things nerd.
Thousands of Darth Vaders and Doc-tors flooded the streets to see Chris Ev-ans answer fan questions and William Shatner just be Shatner. A convention like this brings locals and visitors togeth-er to bond over their beloved characters in a way that only Con can.
Aside from the panels with the stars and game/movie sneak previews, the most entertaining part about Comic Con is the people watching. The Cosplaying is almost unreal. “The people that put the effort and technicality and hand make these elaborate costumes are incredible,” Jamie Ellis, Geology student at South Al-abama, said of the costumes.
Ellis attended Con dressed as Silk Spi-dey, who is one of Spiderman’s girlfriends that was bit by the same spider as him.
“I am cooler than Spiderman because my powers are just like his but much stronger.”
Total transformation time from Jamie to Silk took an hour with hair and make-up, but her costume puff paint was com-pletely hand made.
Dressing up and becoming your favor-ite characters is like stepping into another world. “School and work don’t come into play. I get to quit being Jamie for a while and be whatever character I am dressed as. It is so stress free,” said Ellis.
The word fanatic gets taken to a whole other dimension at the Con.
You may believe that you are a huge Game of Thrones fan until you witness someone drop hundreds of dollars on a mini model of the Iron Throne. At that point, you just feel like an amateur. “If it
is out there in the pop culture or ‘nerdi-verse’ world, bet money that it already has a huge following and devout fan base,” Andrew Heath, Comic Con Artist, said of the event. Heath makes minimalist artwork of classic, well-loved movies and shows from Star Wars to Batman: The
Animated Series and even Bob’s Burgers. “I love doing this and seeing how pas-sionate people are about bringing make-believe to life.”
Long aisles of vendors filled the ex-hibit hall selling everything you can imag-ine.
“There are things here that I never knew I wanted until I saw it. It is like a nerd mall.” Con goer Ben White said.
Booths for corsets, handmade Harry Potter jewelry and even small pewter cat sculptures dressed in Fezzes and bowties or as Buffy the vampire slayer. It is such a specific market but it is selling in the right place.
The new Star Wars movie coming out right before Con amped up the popularity even more (if that’s possible).
It was reflected in the popular items that were purchased.
“I got Yoda and BB-8 oil pastel paint-ings for my new apartment,” Ellis said. “The artist is brilliant and they are all hand made.”
Purchasing one of a kind items that you cannot buy on Amazon is an impres-sive part of the whole Comic Con expe-rience. It puts you face to face with the people who created it.
It is impossible to leave Comic Con without planning your trip for next year.
“My boyfriend and I are already talk-ing about what we will cosplay as for DragonCon at the end of this year,” Ellis said.
Her first big Comic Con was a truly one of a kind experience.
It is one of the few things in life that is almost entirely exactly as you imagine it would be. May the force be with you at your next Con adventure.
Jamie Ellis (left) and Nick Bettner (right) attended Comic Con in New Orleans. Ellis is dressed as Silk Spidey and Bettner is dressed as Spiderman (Caitlin Smith | Staff Reporter)
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Top 5 commonly broken New Year’s resolutions for college students
By NATALIE FRANKLIN Life Editor
With the New Year comes new resolutions. The beginning of
January always sees packed gyms, new diets and self-help books flying off the shelves.
However well thought out these promises are, they soon become dreams deferred! Listed below are some of the most common resolutions that are short-lived. I hope yours is not among the list!
It’s safe to say that the majority of people make this one of their New
Year’s resolutions. They promise to put down the fork
and pick up the weights. Here at South Alabama, the Student Recreation Center
is conveniently located on campus. It’s packed with equipment, so we put
in an effort and start going three times a week. Three times a week slowly drops
to once a week…hopefully. Come February, you haven’t seen the
inside of a gym in weeks.
As college students, we all vow to study more and get better grades THIS
semester. Last semester was just a fluke, right?
We buy planners, create study plans and hit up the library at least once a week.
Those late night study sessions some-how morph into late night Netflix binge
watching. By the time you realize what’s going
on, it’s May and finals are a week away. YIKES!
This is a big one for college students. Your pockets are just burning with all that Christmas cash.
When you get back to campus, you’re going to want to hang out with your friends that you haven’t seen in a month. So you go out to eat, hit up downtown and have a good time. Now it’s March, and you don’t have a penny to your name. Time to
call Mom and Dad.
Namaste! Breathe deeply and keep calm. Easier said than done.
Midterms are always stress inducing. Unfortunately, there isn’t much that can
change that.
Drink lessTwo words. Mardi Gras. Its party season, so “Laissez les bons temps roulez.” Just remember to be safe.
Study more
Less stress Save money
Get fi t
What to leave in 2015
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JAN. 11, 2016
Britney Palmer’s all natural skin care products include ingredients such as coconut oil, fresh ginger and shea butter. (Photo| Instagram)
By NATALIE FRANKLIN Life Editor
Microbeads banned nationally, local student has the cure all
By NATALIE FRANKLIN Life Editor
Throw out your exfoliating facial wash. Beauty regiments across
the country will see some changes with the new ban put in place on microbeads, the tiny plastic beads that can be found in products such as shower gels and tooth-paste.
President Barack Obama signed a bi-partisan bill in late December, banning the sale of products containing micro-beads.
The majority of microbeads are used to exfoliate and clean dirt and oil from the skin. These small plastic beads, less than 5 millimeters, are designed to wash down drains.
However, research shows that micro-beads are polluting waters across the country. A study published in Environ-mental Science & Technology reported that 8 trillion microbeads were entering the United States’ open waters on a daily basis.
With this new ban put in place, some people will inevitable turn to alternative exfoliates for the skin.
South Alabama student, Britney Palm-er, has been making homemade skin care products for several years. “I've been mixing together skin care concoctions since I was a kid,” Palmer said.
Palmer, a senior history major, has now turned her creations into a business. “It was always something I knew I want-ed to pursue, and with the support of my friends and family I finally went for it,” Palmer said.
Palmer’s products consist of all natu-ral materials. “I use some pretty great
ingredients but my favorites are coconut oil, fresh ginger and shea butter.”
She currently makes and sells seven skin care products, which include body butters and scrubs. “My products help with acne, acne scars, oily skin and dry skin, cellulite… the list goes on and on. I try to have a variety of products that cater to various skin types.”
Palmer believes that natural ingredi-ents are better for your skin as well as for
the environment. The microbeads that are found in synthetic products are not dissolvable in water.
Not only do these plastic beads pol-lute oceans and lakes across the country, but they also pose a threat to aquatic life. Some water dwelling animals mistake mi-crobeads for food particles, which may be harmful to them.
All natural skin care products pose no threat to aquatic life.
Palmer encourages exfoliating the skin because of its numerous benefits. “Ex-foliating helps with removing dead skin cells, it reduces dull and dry skin, and helps improves the look and feel of the skin,” Palmer explained.
The young entrepreneur is looking forward to growing her business in the future. “My goal is to be on shelves by 2018.”
Palmer has amassed a satisfied clien-tele since she has been selling her prod-ucts. “Hearing my customers satisfaction is so rewarding. I'm constantly reinvent-ing my business to better cater to their needs. That's why I do it, to help others feel beautiful and free in their own skin.”
Palmer’s products have received sev-eral positive customer reviews. Nikki Sax-ton, a South Alabama student, purchased Palmer’s peppermint tea scrub, coffee scrub bars and the dark spot remover. “I have fallen in love with every product that I have gotten from her. They make your skin feel amazing right after you use them the first time, and I have seen great results in my skin,” Saxton said.
Alberta Lucas, also a South student, used Palmer’s coffee scrub. “The cof-fee scrub made my skin feel so soft and moisturized.” Lucas explained that she has eczema and that she used the coffee scrub for a week. “I noticed how my skin started to clear up as I used the scrub ev-eryday. I was very happy with the results and wish she would continue to make the product,” Lucas said.
To purchase Palmer’s all natural skin care products, email your order to [email protected]. Also, check out her Instagram page, peace_love_and_scrub.
2016 Mobile Jewish Film Festival returns to South Alabama
Culture and cinema collide this month with the 2016 Mobile
Jewish Film Festival.The annual film festival is in its 15th
season. It is sponsored by The Mobile Area Jewish Federation and South Ala-bama.
The festival kicks off Jan. 10 and lasts through Jan. 24.
A total of nine films will be shown. There will be three films shown at Laid-law Performing Arts Center on campus, “Phoenix,” “The Green Prince” and “Dough.”
The films showing at Laidlaw prom-ise to be exciting and will include, “a Hitchcock-style thriller; a taut docu-
mentary about Israeli espionage; and an uplifting Israeli dramedy.”
“Phoenix” follows a woman, Nelly Lenz, who returns to Berlin after suffer-ing from a gunshot.
She receives facial reconstructive sur-gery, but ultimately. she is disappointed by the end results.
“The Green Prince” tells the story of a Palestinian man who becomes a spy for Israel. His actions bring him great shame.
“Dough” is a humorous movie which follows a Jewish baker and his young Muslim apprentice. This film touches on prejudice and redemption in a heart-warming way.
A dessert reception will follow the showing of “Dough.” There will also be guest speakers at the first two film screenings.
The films at Laidlaw will play Jan. 12- Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. Students can attend the showing of these films for free.
The other films will be shown at the Springhill Avenue Temple, Bernheim Hall, Ben May-Main Library and Ahavas Chesed Synagogue.
There will also be a showing at the USA Fairhope Campus.
Several of the films will be followed by guest speakers.
There are a variety of films being shown. Some are documentaries, others are fictional.
There are even new film categories this year, which include “Kid-Friendly” and “The Classics.”
A full list and trailers for the films can be found at mobilejewishfederation.org.
Jerome Holder (left) and Jonathan Pryce (right) star in “Dough.” (Photo | reelga.com)
11JAN. 11, 2016
THE VANGUARD [email protected] SPORTS
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By MITCHELL KAHALLEYManaging Editor
The South Alabama men’s basketball team moved
to 6-9 this weekend after win-ning one and losing one in Georgia on their first Sun Belt conference road trip this week-end. The Jaguars are 1-3 in Sun Belt Conference play after beating Georgia Southern last Thursday and losing to Georgia State on Saturday.
The Jaguars led by 16 points in the first half, but a devastat-ing 24-8 run by the Eagles in the second half saw the game tied 49-49 with 8:12 seconds left in the game. The Jaguars were spurred on by an 8-0 run after senior guard Ken WIlliams hit back to back three-pointers and a Nick Stover jumper. The Jags remained in control for the rest of the game. WIlliams finished with 22 points. After scoring 23 points in the Jaguar’s previ-ous outing against Arkansas
State and the performance he had against Georgia Southern, all evidence points to his recent scoring slump to be over.
Defensively, the Jaguars held the Eagles to 26.9 percent shooting and just one made field goal in the final 4:31 seconds of the contest.
In an interview with USAJa-guars, head coach Matthew Graves said, “I think the mes-sage that can be learned from that – and we preach it all the time – is defense can keep you in a game...There will be nights when you can’t score the ball offensively, and you shoot your-self in the foot, but defensively, we kept grinding. Teams are go-ing to make some runs here and there, but overall we did an out-standing job of making it hard on one tough shot and then get-ting the rebound.”
The Jaguar’s reached a new season high on the defensive boards, finishing with 36 re-bounds. Tafari Whttingham had a career high with 10 of those
rebounds. Junior Georgi Boya-nov finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds for his fourth dou-ble-double of the season.
On Sunday the Jaguar’s trav-eled to Atlanta to grab a second conference win against Georgia State, but multiple runs Panther runs in the first half resulted in a 70-55 loss for the Jaguars.
In an interview with USA Jaguars, Graves said “Defen-sively I thought we did a really good job. They shot less than 40 percent and they went in stretches where they couldn’t score the basketball; the prob-lem is, we weren’t taking advan-tage on the other end, whether it was turning the ball over mak-ing the home-run play, or we weren’t quite finishing at the rim. We had a couple of open, kick-out 3s that just didn’t go down tonight.”
Georgia State used an 8-0 to take 22-15 advantage with 7:24 left to play in the half. Boya-nov scored 7 of the Jags next 9 points and held the Panthers to
only 1 to take a 24-23 lead, but Georgia State bursted open with a 10-0 run late in the half that the Jaguars could never recover from.
Boyanov came one rebound short of finishing with two double-doubles on the Jaguar’s Georgia road trip, he finished with 16 points and 9 rebounds.
“I thought Georgi was really good in the first half,” Graves said. “He was flashing in there and finding openings around
the basket. In the second half, they made an adjustment; we were still able to get him the ball, but when he was doing the right thing and kicking out to shooters, we just weren’t able to knock them in.” Graves said to USAJaguars.
The Jaguars are currently 6-9 with a record of 1-3 in the Sun Belt Conference. They host the 7-5 (1-2) Bobcats of Texas State at 7 p.m. on Thursday in the Mitchell Center.
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Senior guard Ken Williams had his second consecutive 20+ points game for the Jagas against Georgia Southern. He scored seven in the loss to Georgia State. (Photo | USAJaguars)
JAN. 11, 2016
By MITCHELL KAHALLEYManaging Editor
Chyna Ellis had 18 points and 12 rebounds in the Jagaur’s fi rst confrence win of the season. (Photo | USA Jaguars)
The South Alabama women’s basket-ball team won their first Sun Belt
Conference game in Georgia this weekend, beating Georgia State 60-52 on Saturday. The victory came after a 57-43 loss to Georgia Southern on Thursday.
The Jaguars opened Thursday night’s contest against the Georgia Southern Ea-gles, leading 20-7 at the end of the first quarter. However, the Jags were outscored 15-5 and 20-6 in the second and third quar-ters respectively leaving the Jaguars trailing 42-31 heading into the final quarter. Geor-gia Southern gave the Jaguars an opportu-nity to get back into the game by tallying only one point in the last five minutes of play; however, the Jaguars couldn’t capital-ize, only managing to score three them-selves, leading to the 57-43 Jaguar loss.
In an interview with USAJaguars, head coach Terry Fowler said “I just thought
we got stagnant in our offensive sets and just passed the ball around the perimeter so much. We never got the ball in attack mode or played inside out. That was a dis-couraging part of the game to me.”
The Jaguars responded in Atlanta on Saturday, notching their first conference win of the year against Georgia State. The Jaguars were led to victory by a tandem of Chyna Ellis and Juliann Miller, who com-bined for 35 points in the 60-52 victory.
In an interview with USAJaguars, Fowl-er said “We stuck together today and kept fighting, so it was really good to get a road win, especially after the Georgia Southern game (on Thursday),” South Alabama head coach Terry Fowler said. “This was one of those games that was either going to make us or break us. We were great in practice yesterday and I thought our players were really locked into the scout and did an out-standing job”
Ellis was 7-14 shooting and 4-4 at the free throw line. The sophomore also regis-
tered a double-double, finishing the night with 12 rebounds. She also accounted for 5 of the Jaguar’s 10 blocks.
The win stopped a three game losing
Lady Jags win one, lose one on Georgia road trip
streak for the Jaguars and moved the Jag-uars to 5-8 on the season, 1-3 in Sun Belt play. The Jaguars will host Texas State at 11 a.m. on Thursday in the Mitchell Center.
South Alabama will have nine op-ponents that participated in the
2015 NCAA postseason including the Women’s World Series Champion, Flor-ida.
“"Every year our goal is to schedule in such a way that we give ourselves a chance to compete with the best and earn our way into postseason play, I think we have accomplished that with this year's lineup," said South Alabama head coach Becky Clark to USAJaguars. "We will play the defending national champions, Florida, as well as WCWS participants LSU and Alabama. We have several teams that won their conference tournaments and went on to play in the postseason and several more that were at-large selections to the postseason. In addition, our conference play is always extremely competitive.
Last season, South Alabama finished 40-13, marking the program's fourth-straight 40-win season. The Jags played in their fourth-consecutive NCAA Re-gional final after claiming the third Sun Belt Conference Tournament title in four years.
“The Sun Belt Conference finished fifth in RPI last year out of 32 confer-
ences, which speaks to the level of com-petition in the Sun Belt,” Clark said. “We always have high expectations for our-selves, and I think this schedule helps prepare us to compete at the highest level."
The 2015 Jaguars set single-season program records in one-base percentage (0.405), stolen base percentage (0.909), walks (215), fewest strikeouts (184) and saves (7), in addition to losing the sec-ond-fewest games in program history.
South Alabama will open the season Feb. 11 against Conference USA’s UAB then will participate in the San Dollar Classic in Gulf Shores against Lipscomb, Ball State, Central Arkansas and South-east Missouri State.
The next week, Feb. 19-21, South Ala-bama hosts its own USA Invitational that will feature foes such as Mississippi State, Samford, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville and Southern Miss.
After a midweek game against SEC opponent LSU, the Jaguars will hold their second tournament in Jaguar territory for the South Alabama Invitational Feb. 26-28 and will host Bowling Green, Dart-mouth and Wichita State.
The Jaguars will face the UAB Blazers once again on March 2 before heading to Gainsville March 4-6 for the UF Invita-tional, hosted by the Women’s College Softball 2016 Champions. USA will face
Florida, Illinois State, Florida Interna-tional and Florida A&M.
South Alabama opens conference play on March 12-13 with a heated rivalry game against Louisiana-Lafayette. The Ragin’ Cajuns will face the Jags in a three-game series.
The Jags then travels on March 16 to clash with the Southern Miss Golden Eagles and return to conference play the as they host a series against Louisiana-Monroe on March 19-20.
March 25-26 South Alabama will face Appalachian State For the first time in the program’s history. The Jags return home to host McNeese State March 30 and Georgia State April 2-3.
The Jags visit Starkville when they face Mississippi State April 6. A home series versus Texas-Arlington follows on April 9-10. The Jaguars host Nicholls State a few days later on April 13 before hit-ting the road for two conference games against Georgia Southern and Texas State. April 30, South Alabama takes on the Crimson Tide at Alabama.
The Jags host Kennesaw State April 30 before concluding the regular season against in-state rival Troy on May 7-8.
South Alabama will host Sun Belt Conference for a second time in the pro-gram’s history. The event is scheduled to take place May 11-14.
Softball a month from opening season
By ALYSSA NEWTON Editor-In-Chief
Jags set challenging schedule in hopes to build off last season success
Collegiate Baseball has named South Alabama right-handed pitcher Kevin
Hill a 2016 Louisville Slugger Preseason All-American.
He earned All-American last year from three different organizations. He led the Sun Belt in ERA (1.73) wins (10) strikeouts (107) runs allowed (20) and opposing batting aver-age (.208)
He was also named the Sun Belt Confer-ence Pitcher of the Year last season after fi nishing four complete games in succession against Sun Belt opposition. He also recorded two shutouts.
His 107 strikeouts ranks as 12th on the single-season record list at USA with a mini-mum of 50 innings pitched.
His ERA, 1.73, ranks as the ninth-lowest by a Jag in a single season. The Jaguars were also ranked as 37th in Collegiate Baseball’s Fabu-lous 40 NCAA Division 1 preseason poll.
Hill named pre-season All-American
By MITCHELL KAHALLEYManaging Editor
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ALEXANDER MOYLANOPINION EDITOR
JAN. 11, 2016OPINIONRegarding resolutions and the mental side of changeRegarding resolutions and the mental side of changeBy ALEXANDER MOYLANOpinion Editor
A common New Year’s resolution can be a difficult, but healthy journey nonetheless
It’s a new year and this means that many have decided test themselves with new res-
olutions for 2016. Improving my eating habits and exercising more has been one of my reso-lutions for some time. Sound familiar? In fact, Nielson, a global trend-analyzing fi rm, reported last year that 37 percent of people’s resolution described a desire to “stay fi t and healthy” and 32 percent of people more specifi cally wished to “lose weight”.
However, fi tness-related resolutions are not temporary goals. They’re lifestyle changes. As such, these changes will require those interested to change their lives. When one chooses to im-prove their own fi tness they must realize that their cherished routines will be broken, their di-ets will change, the amount of daily exercise they experience will increase.
Focusing on fi tness and improving one’s health is a journey. It cannot be rushed and will not be possible without fi rst realizing how dif-fi cult such improvements will be. However, whereas one may think embracing fi tness and eating healthy only involves visiting a gym more frequently or purchasing “healthier” foods at a grocery store, the reality is that this alone is per-haps half the battle.
Instead, the largest hurdle I’ve faced on my own journey is mental. For better or worse, this mental hurdle has pushed me to achieve goals I thought were impossible, but it’s also been both physically and emotionally taxing. But why is im-proving one’s health so hard?
That’s a valid question, after all, physiologi-cally-speaking the benefi ts of focusing on health are extremely attractive; for instance, I’ve always felt more energetic throughout my day after weeks of following a workout regimen. As more
time passes I simply “feel” better about myself mentally, physically and emotionally. However, in 2013 the University of Scranton reported that only 8 percent of resolution-makers achieve their goal. Are the odds stacked against us?
Still, when we make our goals involve fi tness we tend to want the change immediately, not later. Sometimes we spend more time admiring someone else’s physique and wondering why we can’t have that versus spending time on our-selves and determining what will make us happy. Again, what many don’t understand is that the biggest change in confronting one’s health is un-observable.
Ironically though, what I’ve found during my own fi tness journey is that what drove me in the fi rst place is what haunts me to this day. Becom-ing more fi t, changing my diet, and liking the way I looked makes me even more critical of myself. This is how I perceive the change to potentially be negative too.
No matter the encouragement from others sometimes I feel like I’m not doing enough, or that I can’t live up to my own fi tness-related ex-pectations because I begin focusing on school more and lack the motivation to fi nd more time. As crazy as it may sound, these thoughts creep into my mind after less than a week of skipping the gym or my runs.
My best advice is remembering that this is a marathon, not a sprint. You may not see the change you desire overnight, or after one week or even after a month. For instance, bodyresults.com suggests that it may take three to six weeks for “results”, which include anything from physical or mental changes to eating habits, to be realized. Regardless, you will see the changes you’re pursuing if you stick to your resolution rather than abandoning it when the changes are immediately observable. We all have to realize that anyone’s fi tness-related resolutions are long-term goals.
For instance, what happens when you com-mit yourself to working out but a project forces you to take a couple days, maybe even a week off? No, any new muscles won’t disappear and fat won’t magically reappear in the mirror as your regimen is broken, but it certainly feels like those things are happening, at least from my experi-ence.
That is the hurdle. We need to realize that our hard work won’t dissipate instantaneously the moment we eat a slice of cake, drink a coffee or decide to sleep late rather than getting up for an early morning workout. For the longest time I didn’t think my goals were accomplishable be-cause I was cheating on myself too much with my diet or my choice to exercise or not during the day. It’s not that simple though!
Sacrifi cing your happiness in an attempt to reach your goals will only leave you unhappy. As you confront yourself mentally I suggest search-ing for balance. Know that you can have that slice of cake, but remind yourself to use that slice as motivation for your next workout, or your next visit to the grocery store.
Your journey will be unique to you, just as mine is to me. Know that positive, health-inspired changes are defi nitely achievable, but you’ll have to face yourself fi rst before accom-plishing your goals. Remember, this will all take time. Limiting yourself to seeing change in a couple weeks or months is unhealthy. The new year doesn’t have to be about fi nding a new you, it can be about the same old you, just a healthier version!
KAYLI ELISE RAMEY stupid!!!! does he not have anything better to do???
MONICA GANOE Completely idiotic. George Wallace Jr should be held in contempt of court.
VALERIE OGLE He is an embarrassment to this state.TRAVIS WILLIAMS George Wallace all over again
JagPulse: On January 6, Chief Justice Roy Moore released an order for Alabama probate judges to halt same-sex licences citing the Alabama Marriage Protection Act.
Soon after, Mobile stopped issuing licences. On January 8, Mobile resumed issuing licenses. What were your thoughts?
Nearly 50 percent of New Year’s resolutions are fi tness-related. (WikiCommons)
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