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Thad Cochran Center opens today

...The complex “is a tribute to the quality of this university,” Thames said after wielding a massive pair of glittery black scissors at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the center’s front steps.

“Southern Miss is indeed world-class – students, faculty and staff,” he said. “It’s not a matter of wanting to become that – that’s who we are.”