12 sororities. There are 19 fraternity and sorority houses.
=== Residential housing ===
The University of Southern Mississippi has 13 residence halls, and about 5,000 students live on campus throughout the school year.
=== Publications and media ===
Southern Miss Now is the official news source of the University Communications Office.
The Student Printz is the university's student-run newspaper, published once weekly during the fall and spring semesters.
The Southerner is the university's full-color yearbook publication. The Southerner was discontinued in 2015.
WUSM FM 88.5 is the 3000-watt Southern Miss public radio FM station, located on the first floor of Southern Hall.
Mississippi Review is a quarterly published journal that features fiction, poetry, and essays. Gordon Weaver founded it in 1970. Frederick Barthelme became editor in 1977. In 1995, it was the first large literary magazine to launch a fully online issue. In 1998, its print version was published twice yearly, the online version, a separate …
