Summer Plans

My plans for the summer only include going to two places. In June, I am going to Honduras on a mission trip and in July, I am going to work at a summer camp. Every year, I go to Honduras with my church on a medical mission trip. We take doctors, nurses, dentists, and pharmacists. This will be my 5th year to go. I am no doctor so I go and help out with the children's ministry or the pharmacy. I love going back every year to see all of the kids. Their faces light up when they see us walk up with toys and bibles for them. I cannot wait to go back there in about a month. It is one of my favorite places on earth to just sit and enjoy the beauty of it.

The other thing I am doing this summer is working a camp for children with mental disabilities called Abbie Rogers Civitan Camp. This year I am on staff. Past years I was a counselor for the camp. At camp we do lots of different activities like canoeing, swimming, arts & crafts, leisure, and dance & music. Then at night we do different activities like a cookout, swimming party, karaoke night, and talent show. My favorite night activity is the talent show. Some of the campers actually come to camp with props for the talent show. I love camp and all of the campers there. I cannot wait to see all of the minivans pull in with the excited kids this summer. This summer is going to be one for the books!

The New Parking Garage

Parking is a big deal on Southern Miss' campus. There always seems to be too many cars and not enough places to put them. Well that has all changed now with the construction of the new parking garage. The Student Printz described the facility as "5 layers of parking heaven." It truly is just that. It is conveniently located right by the new dorms built last summer. This is now where freshman residents of Century Park can park their cars close to their dorms.

The parking garage seems like it just has one function, when in reality it is much more than just a garage. It is going to be great parking for game days. This way student's don't have to move their cars all the way across campus in an open lot so ticket holders will have priority parking. The garage also brings a safety value with it. Before the completion of the garage, students who could not find a parking spot would have to park far away from their dorms in the gravel lots. Those lots are not well lit and could be potentially dangerous for students who were walking alone at night time.

The parking garage is a very useful and essential part of Southern Miss' campus. Those lone cars who could not find a spot now have somewhere to go. This was a great investment for the campus that students will enjoy long after we graduate. Here's a link to parking management if you have any questions about the garage.

Tri Delta Triple Play

My sorority's philanthropy is St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. One of our big philanthropic events during the spring semester is a softball and cheer competition called Tri Delta Triple Play. The first night is the cheer competition. That is when all of the other sororities compete and do a cheer for everyone. This year we also got all of the fraternities involved in the cheer competition. Phi Mu won for the sororities and Pi Kappa Phi won for the fraternities.


The rest of the week is devoted to the softball tournament. There are two days worth of games and it is one round elimination. Everyone loves our philanthropy event because we are all so competitive. We get lots of sponsors from the community as well as stories in the school newspaper and yearbook. During the games, we draw raffle prizes. This year the grand prize was a weekend trip for two to Perdido Key. After two days of intense softball, Phi Mu won for sororities and Pike won for fraternities.


Another way we raise money for the event is by having a Caliente Night. A portion of all the proceeds from that day go to St. Jude. This year we raised over $350 just from Caliente. Click here to check out Caliente and why we all love it so much!

Cultural Essay

          I chose to write my paper I chose to write my paper on one of the special exhibits in the library. It is called “A Golden Past: Southern Miss Football Programs, 1936-1953.” This exhibit has different images in the way of advertising, football programs, lineups, and team pictures. My favorite part of the exhibit was the different advertisements. It is so interesting to me to see just how much advertisements have changed since the 1930s. Most of the advertisements for the football team included a picture of a woman or a pack of cigarettes—two things that football players enjoy. I guess if a player thought he could smoke with a beautiful woman then he would join the team.

        All of the pictures of the front covers of the football programs were a little different than the advertisements. The front covers had the names of the teams that were playing that day along with a picture of a football player or a football team. Another interesting thing about that is to see how football uniforms have transformed over the years. So the outsides of the programs appeal to people who want to watch football while the inside of the programs appeal to men who like beautiful women and cigarettes. Coca-Cola was another huge part of the football programs during the 1930s. The classic Coca-Cola bottle was seen on at least every other page in the football program. This little section of the library that told the history of USM football through pictures was very interesting to look at. It was cool to see how football has evolved over the last few decades. on one of the special exhibits in the library. It is called “A Golden Past: Southern Miss Football Programs, 1936-1953.” This exhibit has different images in the way of advertising, football programs, lineups, and team pictures. My favorite part of the exhibit was the different advertisements. It is so interesting to me to see just how much advertisements have changed since the 1930s. Most of the advertisements for the football team included a picture of a woman or a pack of cigarettes—two things that football players enjoy. I guess if a player thought he could smoke with a beautiful woman then he would join the team.

        All of the pictures of the front covers of the football programs were a little different than the advertisements. The front covers had the names of the teams that were playing that day along with a picture of a football player or a football team. Another interesting thing about that is to see how football uniforms have transformed over the years. So the outsides of the programs appeal to people who want to watch football while the inside of the programs appeal to men who like beautiful women and cigarettes. Coca-Cola was another huge part of the football programs during the 1930s. The classic Coca-Cola bottle was seen on at least every other page in the football program. This little section of the library that told the history of USM football through pictures was very interesting to look at. It was cool to see how football has evolved over the last few decades.