Evy JagGuide's Blog

  Howdy everyone!   Today I'm turning our scope towards the weekend. Classes (hopefully!) are out of sight but not out of mind once Saturday approaches, so the question is... what to do with that free time?   Since I'm a commuter student, my normal weekend involves lounging at home, catching up on missed sleep and homework. But sometimes you want to go out even if you spend an average of 10 hours in the car a week! You want to see the sights! And I'm happy to say that South has a host of fun things to do and check out, even on the weekends. Relax, unwind, push that homework from your mind...   If you're apart of any sort of organization on campus, there's bound to be activities nearly every weekend that you can participate in. For example, I'm apart of the Honors college, and we are constantly emailed about fun events and seminars that are open invitation to us. The Honors college really likes to pay for and take students to Laidlaw to see student product...

  While there are so many things to do on campus offered to Jaguars, maybe you'd like to extend your scope. Is there anything you could do around good ol' Mobile that's enhanced by your student status, you ask? Well, the answer is yes, and you would be surprised at what kind of perks outside of campus await for us Jaguars.   There are many restaurant discounts available in the area for South Alabama students. Buffalo Wild Wings (Airport Blvd), Waffle House (Old Shell Rd), and Mellow Mushroom (Old Shell Rd), for example, offer a 10% discount for students with a valid ID. And, of course, those aren't the only restaurants that offer special benefits for South students.   But what about outside of the restaurant world? South students get a 10% off discount on storage rentals at A Schillinger Self Storage or Best Lil Storehouse. At Planet AT&T (Old Shell), students can get a 15% off cell phone plans, as well as at least 10% off cell phone accessories such as cases and ...

  Fall break is here, and that means it's time to unwind and catch your breath! Usually I'd have a grand plan for the break, full of excitement and adventure-- but this Fall break, I'm planning on just relaxing (after I get through my homework, of course!). I commute here to South from Ocean Springs, MS, five days a week, which ends up being about 10 hours I'm spending in the car a week! So, I think I'm just going to kick back in my pajamas and stay home. :-)   But Mobile is full of exciting things to do, that's for sure. Personally, one of my favorite stops when the weekend hits is the flea market off of Schillinger. My family and I would go and check it out even when I was a kid, and for good reason: it's a host of strange and interesting knick-knacks. You can find some really cool stuff there. My freshman year I went there and found a bootleg copy of a video game that was never released in the USA or officially translated... but this copy was translated...

  Hi everyone! Today I'll be talking about my favorite class this semester, which is easily Intro to Literary Studies (EH 300). My instructor is Dr. Steven Trout, and his class is genuinely a blast. EH 300 is a requirement for English majors and is considered a gateway course; once you've taken it, most all other EH classes open up for you.   The primary goal of the course is to teach us critical analysis skills when it comes to reading and studying literature. It gives us the tools we need to dig into any literary work that falls into our hands-- we should be able to read a work and examine it through many different lenses in order to garner further appreciation and understanding of it.   Dr. Trout himself is a wonderful professor with a real, tangible love for literature. He is especially fond of American literature; the books we're reading in EH 300 are all by American authors, such as Ernest Hemingway, Willa Cather, and William Faulkner. His passion shines through...