Life At USM

The University of Southern Mississippi is cool. The first week was very fun and exciting. Southern Miss…to the top! The GEWW leaders were so excited and hype. I came here from high school not knowing what to expect. Everyone told me that college life will be the best years of your life. The campus is real beautiful and unique. The fountains are the life of campus. The campus is quite big I got lost a few times. Some of my classes are cool but others are boring. The cafeteria food is ok but I prefer chick-fil-a. Living in campus is a big responsibility. Waking up, studying, and washing is now your responsibility. Sometimes living on campus can be very boring especially on the weekend because many people go home. Living on campus, there are many decisions to be made. For example, going to the party or studying. It’s good that we don’t have a curfew. But there is a curfew for our visitors but that’s still good because some schools can’t have visitors of the opposite sex. Parking lots! It is so hard to find a park in a good distance of your residence hall. It seems to be one student parking lot to every five teacher/staff parking lots. And if u park in the wrong lot you will get fined. But overall, USM is a good school and so far I’m enjoying it. USM is my home outside of home. Southern Miss………to the top! Southern Miss……to the top!!!!!!

"Hurricanes"

Many had came and passed
But Katrina didn’t show any class
August 2005 she came
Left New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in pain
She hit as a cat three
Knocked down plenty trees
The government was nowhere to be found
The whole city had drowned
Rain, rain, rain
The levees broke
The city was under water
While many people was out looting
Some stood on their roof
Crying for help
Most evacuated but some stayed
Some survived while others didn’t
Bodies was flowing
Such a sad sight to see
I thought it was just TV
But it was real life
Left many in strife
Katrina was like no other
Didn’t show no mercy
Many got displaced
And still haven’t returned to the place
Many homes was destroyed
Still till this day
They are trying to rebuild
FEMA helped out as much as they could
But that still wasn’t enough
Katrina did the cities rough
Three years later
Katrina’s mark is still there
Then came another
A weird name he had
Gustav is what they called him
He struck the same places
Although, he hit only as a cat one
He bought the pain and much rain
The question was are the levees going to break?
But they stood strong
The city still flooded
But they had hope
Yes, they was prepared this time
They got them out
Bus full of peoples, not knowing where they going
They ordered a mandatory evacuation
Even Bush was presence
He was scheduled to speak at the convention
But it was postponed
Because of the bad weather!