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Kyron and Kamron Barnes stand next to each other during their first game at Southern Miss. | Photos: Charlie Luttrell

From Fayette to Hattiesburg, the Barnes Twins Stick Together on the Gridiron 

Jackson Howell, SM2 Reporter | September 21, 2022

Kyron and Kamron Barnes are two players who play the same position and come from the same place. They also share the same face.  Now both freshmen offensive linemen at Southern Miss, the Barnes twins...

Pedaling for a Change: One womans remarkable journey for a cause that matters

Pedaling for a Change: One woman’s remarkable journey for a cause that matters

Kalli Cox and Kalli Cox | May 14, 2022

By: Kalli Cox Cox beginning her journey with Pedal for Change. “Growing up, whenever someone mentioned human trafficking, my first thought was the line ‘I will find you, and I will kill you,’...

Cadet Julianna Vaughn, Alpha Flight Commander, standing in the cadet lounge in McLemore Hall 04-21-2022

Air Force ROTC: not your average group on campus

Garret Grove and Garret Grove | April 27, 2022

At 6 o’clock on a Monday morning, the average college student is asleep. Even if one is awake, they most likely have not left their dorm, their apartment or even their bed at that time in the morning.  If...

Blaze and Haize: Girl finds passions to overcome struggles with childhood disability

Blaze and Haize: Girl finds passions to overcome struggles with childhood disability

Loren Jones and Loren Jones | April 6, 2022

Haize Hinton of Soso, Mississippi, seemed like a healthy baby when she was born in September 2015. However, at two months, her parents noticed she was not using her right arm. A visit to the pediatrician...

Eagle Esports player-coach talks teams success, programs future

Eagle Esports player-coach talks team’s success, program’s future

Charlie Luttrell and Charlie Luttrell | March 29, 2022

When Joshua Mackie joined USM’s esports team, Eagle Esports, as a freshman in 2020, he was the only player to participate in the Rainbow Six Siege team’s tryouts. A year later, he led the team to...

Van T. Jones

Former Southern Miss basketball player leads community initiative

Clarissa Henry and Clarissa Henry | March 23, 2022

You come home from a long day of work, it's after five and you're tired. You arrive home to the Mr. or the Mrs. and your two children. However, upon arrival and fatigue you find three extra children,...

The Book Rack holds steady in Hattiesburg

The Book Rack holds steady in Hattiesburg

Seth Daspit and Seth Daspit | February 9, 2022

(Photos/Sarah Kofman) Tucked away on South 13th Avenue, there is a used bookstore that has been in the city for nearly fifty years. The Book Rack is inside a yellow house-turned-store full of overloaded...

nurse with sparrow tattoo

Under the Needle: how Hattiesburg’s tattoo culture affects USM’s Nursing students

Sarah Kofman and Sarah Kofman | November 2, 2021

As Hattiesburg’s tattooing industry grows around the University of Southern Mississippi, students have more access than ever to tattoos. But how will industries with traditionally negative views of...

Photo by Mariah Reed.

COVID clashes with curriculum

Mariah Reed and Mariah Reed | November 18, 2020
This year has been one that will not soon be forgotten. Classes were pushed online in March when the COVID-19 pandemic started. Students physically left campus the week before spring break and returned in August.
Photo courtesy of Eagle Dining.

Ms. Gloria retires from The Fresh Company after 29 years

Brian Winters and Brian Winters | November 11, 2020
On Nov. 4, Eagle Dining announced through a Facebook post that Peterson is retiring on Nov. 13 after almost 29 years of service.
Photo by Brian Winters.

Medical Marijuana Campaign reflects on efforts provide compassionate care to suffering patients

Carter Lishen and Carter Lishen | October 29, 2020
In the Nov. 3 election, Mississippians will decide whether to amend the state constitution with Initiative 65, which would legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes.
Photo by Brian Winters.

HAPA unveils new mural in Downtown Hattiesburg

Brian Winters and Brian Winters | September 16, 2020
Over the last year, new murals have made an appearance throughout Hattiesburg. These murals were created by the Hattiesburg Alliance for Public Art (HAPA), which just completed its newest mural project this past week.
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