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Lucas takes presidential reigns for third term

Aubrey K. Lucas and his famous bow ties have been involved with the University of Southern Mississippi since he was an undergraduate student in his 20s. Now, the 77-year-old has been named interim president of USM in light of Martha Saunders’s resignation, which was announced Friday and will be effective June 30. Full story

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Comedian headlines BoCo

Comedian Jarrod Harris joined the ranks of Hattiesburg’s finest funnymen for a comedy show at The Bottling Company Tuesday evening. Full story

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Golden Eagle sports: The year that was

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” Full story

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Haley McMinn

USM receives “green college” recognition

The University of Southern Mississippi recently received a “green college” designation from the Princeton Review, alongside the University of Mississippi.

Roland Dale

Former Southern Miss AD dies

On Sunday evening, former Southern Miss Golden Eagle athletics director Roland Dale died in Jackson. He was 84.


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Memes: Oh, you have opinions?

As We See It

According to the dictionary, a meme is an idea, behavior, style or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture. It acts as a unit for carrying cultural ideas, symbols or practices, which can be transmitted from one person to another. It’s such a boring definition for such a hilarious concept that seeks to distract us all from finishing that paper that should have been started seven days ago, we know.

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InstaGRIM: The decline of Instagram

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Monday that the social networking site would acquire the hip photo sharing application Instagram and its 13 employees for $1 billion.

Features

kaitlyn mount

An abnormal and paranormal life

A white wicker porch swing on Mobile Bay is where it all began. Cecilia Harrison would sit with her four-year-old granddaughter Kaitlyn Mount as they dissected Kaitlyn’s horoscope.

jude chaney

Student documents Miss. subcultures

“If you wanna talk beauty, if you wanna talk revolution, if you wanna talk change, you look at Mississippi. Look at how far we’ve come.” – Vincent Jude Chaney

Arts & Entertainment

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Studio 115 Dance Concert opens

While finals are bearing down on students, the Repertory Dance Company of the University of Southern Mississippi invites the surrounding area to enjoy an evening of dance.

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Local record store reaches milestone

Rock and roll pioneer and soul crooner Chuck Berry once said, “Music is an important part of our culture and record stores play a vital part in keeping the power of music alive.”

Sports

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USM teams complete in C-USA championships

baseball

Baseball sweeps series against Memphis