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Multimedia: COVID-19 Times- Pine Belt Fair

Earl Stoudemire and Earl Stoudemire | November 19, 2020

https://youtu.be/LuNkKJGajEA

Photo by Earl Stoudemire.

Photogallery: Nov. 15 protest on campus

Earl Stoudemire and Earl Stoudemire | November 18, 2020

Black Student Organizations from Southern Miss and Black Lives Matter Mississippi held a peaceful protest on Sunday, November 15. The protest was in response to Cindy-Hyde Smith's renomination to Senate...

Cook Library’s New Renovations

Earl Stoudemire and Earl Stoudemire | November 10, 2020

https://youtu.be/v4g9zr-hzvc Student Printz Reporter Earl Stoudmire talks to students and Cook Library staff member and Assistant to the Dean of University Libraries for Publicity and Outreach, Dawn...

Multimedia: COVID Times: Downtown Hattiesburg’s Farmer’s Market

Earl Stoudemire and Earl Stoudemire | November 10, 2020

https://youtu.be/l_3u9FAHMmo Student Printz Reporters Niusha Karki and Earl Stoudmire talk to vendors at Downtown Hattiesburg's Farmer's Market in Town Square Park about the changes COVID-19 has...

Photo Courtesy of Cook Library FB Page.

Cook Library Reopens With New Changes

Earl Stoudemire and Earl Stoudemire | September 2, 2020
With Southern Miss reopening this fall welcoming students back, Cook Library does the same, stirring up some new renovations for all to enjoy.
Mobile Street March

Mobile Street March

Earl Stoudemire and Earl Stoudemire | June 16, 2020

The Mobile Street March took place Saturday, June 13, 2020 beginning at Mobile Street and at Vernon Dahmer Park, continuing toward downtown Hattiesburg, ending near the courthouse in support of the Black Lives Matter movement...

LeBlanc’s unwavering vision for SGA stands strong

LeBlanc’s unwavering vision for SGA stands strong

Earl Stoudemire and Earl Stoudemire | June 6, 2020
Olivia LeBlanc, 21, is a junior psychology/Spanish double major from New Orleans, LA. On April 1, she shared her emotions when realizing she won the Vice Presidency position running for it her second time.
Petal Protest on May 30, 2020. Man holds sign with words used in  Hal Marx's tweet regarding the death of George Floyd. Photo by Brian Winters

Prompt Protests Against Petal Mayor’s Racist Remarks

Earl Stoudemire and Earl Stoudemire | June 6, 2020
On Wednesday, May 27, Petal Mayor Hal Marx made a series of racist public statements online regarding the death of George Floyd.
On Wednesday June 3, 2020 the Southern Miss community gathered together to march and peacefully protest in support of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. The march was organized by presidents of the Afro-American Student Organization, I.D.E.A.L. Women, NAACP, National Pan-Hellenic Council, Men of Excellence and Women's Empowerment Assoication. Photo by Earl Stoudemire.

Southern Miss Protest in Solidarity for Black Lives Matter

Earl Stoudemire and Earl Stoudemire | June 6, 2020
On Wednesday, June 5, the Southern Miss student body, faculty and staff stood amongst one another in The District of USM’s Hattiesburg Campus to support Black Lives Matter in protesting racism and police brutality.
Members of the Petal-Hattiesburg community joined together for three days on the Petal City Hall lawn to remember George Floyd and peacefully protest in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Photo by Brian Winters.

The Suffocating Anger George Floyd’s Life Sparked

Earl Stoudemire and Earl Stoudemire | June 1, 2020
I wish I wasn’t writing this piece, but was compelled to do so. I’m sick and tired of being a young black man always watching my back out of fear for incidents like this, where George Floyd had a knee on his neck for 8 minutes, as if he was a dog and not human.
Illustration by Alexandria Moore.

Caution is not enough for students to return

Earl Stoudemire and Earl Stoudemire | May 9, 2020
The only way many students will feel comfortable is by rule enforcement to ensure the spread of COVID-19 is put at a halt.
Damage from the April 12 tornadoes inside of Key'Shawn Kennedy's house. Photo courtesy of Key'Shawn Kennedy.

USM students discuss impact of Easter tornadoes

Earl Stoudemire and Earl Stoudemire | April 20, 2020
Families scattered across the Pine Belt hunkered down in their homes April 15. Various EF4 and EF5 tornadoes hit the region last week with wind speeds reaching 70 miles per hour with golf ball sized hail.
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