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Volume 103, No. 69

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New zoning laws preserve historical districts of Oxford MADISEN THEOBALD, KAITY ELDRIDGE & COLE FREDERICK

Local developers have faced changes in zoning and building codes due to the Oxford Board of Aldermen approving a new zoning ordinance late last year.

The main change in the ordinance includes limiting houses to one family and limiting the number of homes in a dwelling unit.

More specifically, in the new ordinance, RC (multi-family) housing units were reduced from five dwelling units to three. RB (two family) housing units were reduced from three dwelling units to two.

City Planner Andrea Correll was asked to write a growth management plan in an effort to help keep the small-town quality of life in Oxford and not jeopardize structures, roads and the environment.

Correll said she is committed to keeping the historic feel of the downtown Oxford area while also accommodating the growth throughout the town.

“We need to be proactive, so we can do what is best for the community,” Correll said.

“The Historic District of Oxford is our golden goose, so

we wrote some ordinances on lot coverage in order to preserve the community and prevent space, sewage and plumbing issues.”

The new land ordinance will not affect previously existing subdivisions unless they are adding or renovating. It will mainly affect local developers, those looking to build their own house and students.

In a survey of the local Oxford residents conducted in the demographic of 50 students ranging from 19 to 22 years old, 68 percent of students said this new land ordinance will affect their housing decisions in future years to come.

Yet when conducting a survey on families in the Oxford community with five or more persons in a family, statistics showed that 92 percent of families will not be affected by this new change in zoning, and 8 percent said it will affect them due to renovations they

will be doing in the future.

Randall Crumbly, president of Royal Oaks subdivision, which is about two miles from the Ole Miss’s Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium, said the new ordinance would not affect his community at all.

“There are approximately 69 lots in our subdivision, which all have been built on,

and there has been no new construction in nine years,” Crumbly said. “There are no more lots available in Royal Oaks, so this ordinance does not really apply to us. I believe it is more for the constructors and student-housing off-campus.”

Royal Oaks, along with many other of the subdivi-

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sions in the Historic District, will not face any obstacles or problems with this new ordinance. Crumbly believes the city is doing its best to protect from the center (the courthouse on the Square) out because they don’t want to look back in 20 years to see a larger version of a large city.

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Two football players charged with disorderly conduct Ole Miss safety Trae Elston and receiver Damore’ea Stringfellow were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct early Thursday in Oxford.

Elston was also charged with resisting arrest. Both were booked in the Lafayette County Detention Center just after midnight, according to jail records, and both had posted bail as of Thursday afternoon.

The Associated Press reports that Oxford Police Department responded to a “large disturbance” in downtown Oxford outside of The Lyric just before midnight.

Several people were arrested along with Elston and Stringfellow. OPD Maj. Jeff McCutchen said the department

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had viewed a video of the incident and no further charges are expected at this time.

Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze said in a statement released by the university that “we are gathering facts on the mat-

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ter.”

Elston played in 12 games last season, starting 11, and finished with 59 tackles and an interception. The rising senior has been an important part to the Rebels’ defense for

three seasons.

Stringfellow is a transfer from Washington who sat out last season because of NCAA transfer rules. He left Washington after pleading guilty to two counts of assault and one

count of mischief after an incident in February following the Super Bowl.

Elston posted a public apology for his participation in the fight to Twitter Friday morning.

“I want to apologize for my behavior,” Elston tweeted.

“It was inappropriate and showed lack of respect to my family and to the Ole Miss community. I realize that I am a role model to some and I’m sorry for stepping out of my character this week.”

The arrests are the most recent in a series of incidents involving members of the Ole Miss football team over the last year. There have been nine Ole Miss players arrested in the last calendar year, and four in the last six months.

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Have you ever received a comment from a surprised white person on how you “don’t talk black”? Have you ever had a professor or an employer tell you to clean up your “slang” and speak “proper English”?

I’ve heard these stories over and over from friends. I’ve heard people talk about how they consider the way black people talk “lazy,” and that if they ever want to get anywhere in life, they must speak proper English.

Frankly, these sorts of comments display a malevolent ignorance of the workings of language.

Language has always been an intimate part of human society. A language, and more specifically a dialect, is a powerful way for a people to establish an identity and connect with other people. Common language is such a strong uniting force that some group identities are constructed exclusively around it. The Basque people of Northwestern Spain, for example, form their identity around their unique language, rather than ethnicity or religion. Entire nationalist movements have been developed around specific dialects of a language.

It’s important to recognize, however, that these languages and dialects are human creations. No one was born with the ability to speak. Moses never came down from the mountain and handed us a stone tablet covered in grammar rules. Languages evolve gradually, accumulating small changes in lexicon and phonology over the years. Eventually, if a group’s speech changes enough, it becomes THE DAILY

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a specific dialect of its mother language. If the language keeps evolving to the point that it and the mother tongue are mutually unintelligible, it becomes a new language.

English is no different, and evolves like every other language. At one point in time, English was simply degenerate German used by “barbarian” invaders imposed upon Britain’s native Celts. From that point on, it evolved into modern-day English, together with borrowings from many other languages. When the British hopped on their boats and brought English to America, this new isolated community developed their own dialect. To the British, it probably sounded atrocious.

Considering this, how can a “standardized” or “proper” form of English even exist? If language is always changing and branching out into different dialects, who determines which dialect is the standard?

How do we codify and enforce grammar rules that themselves are in flux?

The concept of grammar rules are actually a fairly modern concept. Grammar books did exist in ancient Rome, Greece and India, but their purpose was to document the common and accepted usage of language by a majority of people. Modern grammar has fallen prey to a fallacy known as “prescriptivism” – the idea that an objectively “correct” way to use a language exists.

There is little to no basis for this idea, and most prescriptivist notions of grammar and dialect are entirely arbitrary.

If English grammar rules are arbitrary though, why do they so consistently privilege the manner of speech used by rich white folk in modern America?

From here we must look to Pierre Bourdieu and the field of sociolinguistics.

Bourdieu introduced the concept of “cultural capital” to the public – an application of economic power domination to the realm of culture.

He suggested that money was not the only way to dominate society, but that one could ac-

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cumulate cultural capital in addition to economic capital.

One’s acculturation could be used as a way to set oneself apart from the lower class, even if one is not actually of a higher social class. The kind of culture that is privileged in society, that is, the kind of culture you should invest in if you want to be among the elite, is determined by those in power in society.

Bourdieu applied this concept to language. Like culture, the individuals in power establish a form of language and deem it “proper.” This arbitrary designation results in social groups who are unable or unwilling to abandon the form of speaking they were raised with to become disadvantaged in society. This strategy is often used by nation-states in order to foster unity and assimilation among its citizens. Franco’s Spain, for example, banned regional minority languages as a way of curbing dissent.

In America, those who possess the highest linguistic capital have a Midwestern American accent, or “broadcast standard English,” and use a lexicon and grammar arrangements in line with the arbitrary designation of the “standard.” Using slang, irregular grammar or speaking in a different dialect can make it distinctly harder to rise to higher levels in society economically or socially.

Bourdieu suggests that this is an intentional feature of prescriptivism. Those who speak the right way stay in power and those who do not fester in poverty.

Nowhere is this more evident than in the speech of Black Americans.

This dialect is maligned to a greater degree than any other. Speaking in African American Vernacular English (and, yes, that is its proper name, not “ebonics”) can bar people from many professions and social circles.

In the tradition of Bourdieu, I would argue that this stigmatization is an intentional means of preserving white supremacy. Stripping those

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who speak differently of any linguistic capital demolishes their chances at improving their economic situation and gaining positions of power.

Observe how President Obama speaks in press releases and compare it to how he speaks in casual situations.

He is consciously trying to bring his speech more in line with the white-imposed standardized form of English.

Otherwise, he would not be taken as seriously.

It’s worth pointing out that African American Vernacular English, even in Northern cities, shares a great deal with the southern American dialect. In fact, if you’re a white southerner, your dialect has far more in common with black people around the country than it does with white northerners.

So the next time someone hassles you about the way you speak, remember what we call “proper” speech possesses no objective qualities that make it superior to other dialects.

If history had developed differently, African American Vernacular English could have become the standard and Midwestern American English could be a stigmatized dialect. It would be just as arbitrary.

Take pride in your dialect, as it reflects your culture, your upbringing and your background. At the same time, respect the dialects and languages of others. The world would be far more just if we treated dialects as they are in reality – equals.

Robert McAuliffe is a junior international studies major from St. Louis, Missouri.

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Media consumption: you aren’t what you eat

CLARA TURNAGE

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I constantly find myself changing my “loves” to “likes” when writing emails, texts, tweets or any other updates. It’s just hard to love things right now when what you love is the strongest indicator of what – not who – you are.

I think the recent “Superwholock” debacle explains this well. (When you write about Superwholock, you can use the word “debacle” and hope Steven Moffat is somewhere smiling down on you.)

Superwholock is a collaboration of the storylines of “Supernatural,” “Doctor Who” and “Sherlock” which played out originally on Tumblr, a social media website that, though little different from Facebook, has attracted hordes of young people.

Odd as it may seem, it’s interesting to see a time traveling Sherlock solving clues to avenge the most recent death on Supernatural. At first, the collaborative Superwholockians responsible for the crossover content

were well liked. Then, as soon as Superwholock really took off, its fans became the bane of the blogosphere.

Now, if you even hint at Benedict Cumberbatch’s cheekbones or reference Supernatural’s “Moose,” you’re automatically a Superwholockian. With that comes the connotation of rabid fangirling and the need for every “ship” to be validated. The group’s name isn’t simply a fan base for three wildly popular television shows anymore. It’s an insult.

This is a great example of the hidden dangers of liking things.

Three years ago if you liked vinyl, you liked vinyl — that was the only meaning. Today, if you like vinyl, you’re a flower-crowned hipster waiting to wear your vintage Chucks to the next ‘Roo. Do you like wearing Polo shirts and khaki shorts, guys? Too bad.

You’re now donning the attire – and, thereby, the stereotype – of the rich fraternity brat waiting to take over daddy’s business.

Heaven forbid you add loafers.

Same thing goes for you, everything-on-my-body-is-monogramed girl and I-only-wear-Under Armor guys.

You’re a copy-paste now – the epitome of every stereotype ever given to what is perceived to be “your kind.”

Society doesn’t see who people are. We see what they present, and then we make assumptions.

Then, if anything validates that

assumption, it’s the truth.

Suddenly, it’s difficult to enjoy anything without worrying over how you are silently labeling yourself.

Do your glasses look like you’re trying to be a nerd? Is “hunch punch” only a freshman’s drink?

Why and how do these sudden animosities to certain proclivities crop up?

I have a hypothesis.

We have a concurrent deep-seeded sense of elitism, and we feel threatened by those who are more knowledgeable than we.

This allows us to take the appearance or likes of people we see and categorize them. Unlike the clever Sherlock, we have neither the faculty nor the right to do so.

For example, let’s use the nerd problem.

There are people who are so passionate about what they love that they have infinitely more knowledge than the everyday fan. They know things like how feasible the new lightsaber hand guard is in “Star Wars VII” and have definite opinions on the likelihood of the girl in the “Avengers: Age of Ultron” trailer being Shuri, princess of Wakanda and sister to The Black Panther.

Arguments arise that certain nerds are somehow less “nerdy” because they only play certain games, watch certain shows, or haven’t read the “Odyssey” in its original ancient Greek. These Loki-loving “fake nerds” must be inferior, right? And, if so, do

certain likes diminish your “true fan” status?

The problem is, neither of these groups are the “true nerds.”

Rather, they are all just passionate people. How avidly you show your love of something does not weaken your love of it.

At its heart, nerd is just another stereotype – just another way to dehumanize individuals and make them the embodiment of your assumptions. Nerds are, in all reality, people who love something.

Why, then, did “nerd” have a negative aura for so long?

Perhaps, we’re jealous of how deeply someone is committed or how well he or she does something. Perhaps, the word meant that “nerds” loved something that wasn’t socially acceptable.

And why does the word now convey self-appreciation?

We want to be the expert. Or, maybe, we’ve accepted nerd status because it’s an excuse to love something we don’t believe is within the societal norm – a free pass to being yourself.

From these examples, we see the way two mindsets develop.

One is the love of pop culture for its inherent popularity, and the other is the disdain for pop culture for that same popularity.

The former is stuck with likes as fickle as public opinion.

For the latter, this brings about the never-ending circle of loving something until everyone loves it and hating it until everyone hates it again.

What we seem to be missing is that taking personal enjoyment from a hobby or inclination is, in fact, personal. If you are deterred from your love of something because of what other people think, you love it for the wrong reasons.

Two truths remain: you have every right to love something, and you will likely be judged by what you love. This isn’t going to change until we give up stereotyping and give in to putting societal norms aside to enjoy whatever it is we may appreciate.

So, love the thing.

If you love the Taylor Swift daiquiri at Funky’s, drink it. How girly someone else thinks it is won’t affect its taste.

You are going to get judged by every proclivity – from your Tardis Toms to your hipster beard – but if you love it, enjoy the singular, life-giving rewards of loving it.

Clara Turnage is a sophomore journalism major from New Hebron.

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Mental health facilities limited in Lafayette County

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Citizens in Lafayette County and surrounding counties with mental health issues have only one place to be evaluated before they can be committed to a health center, the Lafayette County Detention Center.

This is the closest thing in Oxford and surrounding counties for mental treatment. Every time there is a mental commit submitted through the county, that person has to stay in the detention center for about two days until there is a free bed at the North Mississippi Medical

Center in Tupelo.

“There was one time that it was so crowded, the patient had to wait in the jail for two to three months,” Lafayette County Chancery Clerk Sherry Wall said. “But we have nowhere else to hold them because we need to keep them in the least restrictive environment where they are not a harm to themselves or others.”

Persons being committed are housed separately from other inmates and go through evaluations to ensure they need help.

“Ninety-nine percent of the time they are repeats,” Wall said.

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This year alone, 58 individuals have been committed through the Lafayette County Courts and according to the North Mississippi Behavioral website, the Behavioral Health Center is a 66-bed free-standing facility located on the campus of North Mississippi Medical Center.

Lafayette County is not alone in transfering patients to Tupelo. Patients from surrounding counties such as Calhoun, Yalobusha and Pontotoc are also committed to the Tupelo Behavorial Health Center, which causes overcrowding.

In order to help with the overcrowding, Lafayette County Detention Center has been certified to treat mental patients, so in a case where there is not room in Tupelo, the patients can get the help needed at the Detention Cen-

ter.

“A prime example of why we hold them in jail is a few years ago, there was a guy who lived in town with his parents,” Wall said. “His parents had him committed to a private facility. He stayed there two weeks, and they sent him home because they said he was fine. He came home and killed his brother and shot his dad. And that’s why we hold them in jail, but he had never been committed through us.”

Once the patients arrive at the detention center, they are examined by a doctor to determine whether or not they should be transferred to Tupelo for treatment, if they need drug and alcohol treatment or if they should be released.

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After the police hear from Tupelo, they will notify the patient’s parents or whoever needs to know to bring fresh clothes and toiletries, and the sheriff will transport them to Tupelo the following morning.

Once patients arrive in Tupelo, they are treated for about 30 days, depending on the case.

“This is a worst case scenario, last resort kind of situation for the people involved,” said Ken Winter, executive director of the Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police. “We know these people are not criminals, and we treat them with sensitivity and respect.”

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continued from page 1 Homeowners Association President of Canterbury Square Jim Clutcher owns 26 units that are all two or three bedroom units. The new land ordinance will not affect Canterbury Square subdivision.

“We are an older neighborhood that will not be seeking change anytime soon,” Clutcher said.

Correll also said there is some concern about having single-family houses next to duplexes in the historic districts of town.

“Many parts of the historic district are zoned RB or business because there are small lots that are not the standard size of traditional suburban America,” Correll said. “So the concern with the RB houses in that zone is when houses

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are demolished or the character changes of the house, you could have single-family house next to a duplex, which is something the city does not want.”

Prior to the new ordinance, the planning board had the authority to grant condominiums and townhouses in RB zones. Due to this, there was not a ceiling on the density of the properties they built, and they were getting more than two units. The new ordinance change fixed that loophole, and now the planning board no longer has the authority to grant special exceptions for condominiums to have three or more units.

Tannehill said her biggest concern was the number of bedrooms and the height of the buildings.

“There used to be five bedrooms allowed in multi-family houses, and it encouraged developers to build higher for

more space,” Tannehill said.

“There are several instances of that around University Avenue. Several developers voiced their disapproval against the ordinance because they were opposed to the decrease in units per household.

Jeff Pate, property manager of Old Miss Rentals in Oxford, said he was not opposed to the new ordinance.

“I want to keep the Square looking like the Square,” Pate said. “None of the buildings surrounding the Square or on University Avenue should be taller than the buildings on the Square. It shouldn’t be blemished by anything else because it’s so vital and important to the historical aspects of Oxford.”

However, Pate did have suggestions for other ways Oxford could expand to accommodate the growth throughout town.

Pate said there is room for growth around Highway 7 to

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the east, buildings and residential structures should be allowed to be tall because it wouldn’t impact anything with historical significance in Oxford, and it would help with the overcrowding in town.

Correll believes the new ordinance will have no problem achieving the goal to retain the residential character of historical neighborhoods.

“The ordinance will make it easier for Oxford to maintain the small-town charm that it has, but it will also help the city grow in the future,” she said. “The wisdom of the Board of Aldermen was evident during the discussions and voting of the new ordinance.”

Correll is adamant about maintaining the ability for Oxford citizens to be within walking distance of restaurants, grocery store and the Square in the Historic District. She intends on con-

tinuing to mix commercial buildings and residences to continue the small town and tight- knit feel of the community, also referred to as “smart growth,” since it gives citizens the ability to walk to near by services. Her buildings codes will follow this desire.

A new road to be completed this spring, Jackson Road, veering off Jackson Avenue toward the Square, will implement this mixed business and residential idea. Correll hopes this will also boost the use of zip cars, as well as bikes and healthy forms of transportation.

“These ordinances don’t just come out of my forehead,” Correll said, “I insist on maintaining the existing quality of life in this city.”

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‘BIRDMAN (the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)’ OLTON HERRINGTON

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From acting and directing to editing and score, director Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Birdman” is a soaring triumph for an otherwise mediocre year in American cinema.

A perfectly crafted dark-comedy focused on the pitfalls of ambition, “Birdman” follows fading Hollywood celebrity Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) and the colorful characters around him as he unravels in the days leading up to his Broadway debut. Iñárritu’s approach to this story, which could have easily ended up as unnerving and bleak as similarly themed masterpiece “Black Swan,” culminates in a film that is never too grim, never too lighthearted but always captivatingly somewhere in the middle.

Filmed and edited to appear as one continuous take and set to the beat of pulsating percussions, “Birdman” emerges as smooth as a stream-of-consciousness piece of Jazz poetry, with Riggan as the stricken subject of soulful Beat poet Iñárritu’s orations. The experimental qualities were risky but succeed in sweeping you fully and directly into the plot like a one-act play. Once the film starts rolling, there’s no going back, much like Riggan’s insane life and alter-ego Birdman both pull him into a

string of events beyond his control.

The story of Riggan is a story of a hopeless attempt at maintaining relevancy despite being decades removed from his prime. In many ways, this story mirrors actor Michael Keaton himself, who once famously played Batman and now finds himself flung back into the spotlight by participating in this film. Perhaps his own experience with fading starpower inspired the career-defining, brilliant performance he turns out as Riggan.

Riggan – a man who once played superhero Birdman – has responded to the dimming limelight by developing a separate personality channeling the titular character and the previous role he once inhabited. In the moments that Birdman emerges, Riggan reclaims the control he so desperately wants through hallucinations and suggested telekinetic powers. Keaton handles the interactions between Riggan – who just wants to be adored – his alterego and those around him masterfully as he struggles to reclaim his fame. The façade he uses with personal interactions is one and the same as the mask he wears as Birdman, with the real Riggan living somewhere between the

two poles. Keaton painstakingly brings this internal conflict to life.

The standout supporting characters are his daughter and recovering addict Sam (Emma Stone) and egocentric rival performer Mike Shiner (Edward Norton). Despite

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But these performances could not exist without the tediously written screenplay. The characters and situations are written to expose the shallow nature of the entertainment industry and the futility of striving to remain important in a fleeting life. The questions this script poses are answered cleverly, heartbreakingly and viscerally.

With the editing and storyline (including the parallels between Keaton and Riggan) and under the direction of Iñárritu (whose previous credits include “21 Grams,” “Babel” and “Biutiful”), “Birdman” becomes something fascinatingly meta. The lines between fantasy and reality blur, and by the end, you’ll be left questioning if those lines even COURTESY: MOVIEPOSTERSDB.COM existed in the first place.

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Ole Miss students and Oxford first thing on YouTube. Why not be coached by Lippa. One of the singers was Meagan Kennedy, High School students joined the create a resource that teachers the daughter of Ole Miss men’s crowd in asking Lippa questions. can tell people to go to? Why not basketball head coach Andy Ken- After the show, the cast of Oxford create a program that is in real nedy, who will play the role of High’s The Addams Family was time that people anywhere can Wednesday Addams in Oxford able to speak to Lippa one-on- interact with these acclaimed artists?“ High School’s upcoming produc- one.

“That was invaluable to get Balach wants Living Music Retion of The Addams Family.

“It’s not often, particularly in criticisms and critiques from the source to become associated with this part of the country, where composer himself,“ Meagan Ken- Ole Miss. She said she does not high school students actually nedy said. “It’s going to be really believe Hollywood should be the have the opportunity to speak to helpful in the long run because only place that can attract stars and work with the composer of a he totally helped me connect and ask them questions. She said musical that they’re performing,“ with the emotions of the char- she wants academia and Ole Miss said John Davenport, Oxford acter, and I think I can play that to be able to do that too.

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Lippa is a composer, lyricist, playwright and performer. His works include writing the music and lyrics for “Big Fish“ and “The Addams Family,“ writing “The Wild Party“ and “I Am Harvey Milk“ and being the music director for Kristin Chenoweth.

The Living Music Resource, a program put on by the university that “takes a 21st Century approach to classical vocal music research,” was honored to have the Tony and Grammy nominated artist as a guest.

“It’s huge for our students to have an artist of this caliber,” said Nancy Maria Balach, the creator and head of LMR. “He’s going to

go down in the history books as one of the composers of this time period.“ Living Music Resource featured Lippa in many different ways, including a Q&A with students, the program’s interactive online show “The Beat,” and a public master-class called “Between the Bar Lines.”

“There may be one person who needed to hear what Andrew Lippa had to say today,” Lippa said.

“And, if there’s one person, wow, what a thing. Who knows what the imprint moment is going to be?”

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What you missed over break about women’s basketball jbander2@go.olemiss.edu

Head coach Matt Insell and his Rebels have energized their fan base with an impressive run in the past month and a half.

Right before Christmas break, then 11th-ranked Baylor came to Oxford and put a whipping on the Rebels by a score of 98-69.

That result turned many people into fans and made them wonder how far off this team is from competing in the Southeastern Conference.

In women’s college basketball, the parity is at a maximum. Unlike in men’s, where the parity gap is a lot closer. Baylor is currently ranked 3rd in the nation, so it was hard to tell where the Rebels stood in the season after that result.

The team ran through the rest of their nonconference schedule with wins over South Alabama and Alabama A&M, a thrilling 68-66 victory over Southern Miss and coming through in overtime against Southeastern Louisiana by a score of 79-71.

Going into SEC play, Ole Miss stood at 10-3 and opened at home against Arkansas. It was a chance for them to get off to a good start after going an abysmal 2-14 in the league last year.

Conference play began with a bang. The Rebels defeated the Razorbacks 71-57. It was their first SEC home opening win since the 2010-2011 season when they defeated Vanderbilt 72-69.

“I am just so proud of the team and how tough they played. They had so much toughness throughout the game,” Insell said postgame. “I told the team this morning that it is huge in SEC play that you take control of momentum at the last four minutes of the first half, and the first four minutes of the second half. You

need to control the momentum in those two eras and we did that tonight.”

Next up was on the road to then 11th-ranked Kentucky. As did the men’s team days later, the Rebels hung in a game they had no business being in and dropped a close one on the road 64-58.

“We had a couple of missed execution situations there that we can fix, as a coaching staff and as a team, we talked about that at the end of the game,” Insell said.

“But I couldn’t be more proud of the effort that our team put in.”

That game in Lexington displayed a toughness that Insell always preaches.

That effort in Lexington led to the Lady Rebels winning three straight SEC games over Florida on the road in a gutsy 64-57 win, their first SEC road win since the 2012-2013 season. A few days later, Ole Miss knocked off Alabama 77-63 behind 24 points from junior guard Gracie Frizzell, including a school-record eight 3-pointers.

Ole Miss then pulled the upset against No. 16 Georgia at home 55-52. Frizzell, senior Tia Faleru, sophomore Erika Sisk, and senior Danielle McCray were at the heart of the upset by all scoring in double figures.

It was the first signature win in the Insell era. More importantly, it was also the first time the Rebels knocked off a nationally ranked team since the 2010-2011 season and snapped a 24-game losing streak to ranked opponents.

Squeezed in between the three-game winning streak was when A’Queen Hayes was named SEC freshman of the week in which she averaged 12.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals in wins over Florida and Alabama.

The Rebels ran into a buzzsaw the next two games in which they

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Gracie Frizzell looks for room past Florida guard Jaterra Bonds (10) during a basketball game Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. were tasked to face two nationally ranked teams back-to-back.

They dropped the first one to No. 12 Texas A&M on the road by a score of 58-49 and dropped a heartbreak to archrival No. 18 Mississippi St. at home to the tune of 64-62.

It was a game where the Rebels needed one last stop to get the game into overtime, but Morgan William of the Bulldogs made a game-winning jumper to send heartbreak to Ole Miss.

“I just want to thank everyone that came. Our team is hurting right now. They battled,” Insell said. “There is something about this team. When it gets tough, they step up and start making the plays they need to make.

Insell has done wonders for this team this year and brought optimism to the women’s program. Time will tell this year how far this team has come, but the ship is sailing in the right direction.

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I’m not trying to bring back painful memories, but we all know what happened on New Year’s Eve. Then 9th-ranked, Ole Miss traveled to Atlanta to take on 6thranked TCU in what was arguably the most highly anticipated of the New Year’s Six bowl games. The Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl was supposed to be a matchup of the touted “landshark” defense against a high-powered TCU offense.

Instead, the Rebels ran into a buzzsaw against the Horned Frogs and were demolished 42-3.

The Rebels could not put together a coherent offensive drive and stalled against a TCU team proving to be worthy of a spot in the inaugural College Football playoff.

Was the Ole Miss loss to TCU the sign of a fallen empire that was the SEC? The SEC West, which is considered the best division in all of college football, went 2-5 in bowl games. The bottom two teams in the standings were the only teams that won. Texas A&M won an offensive shootout against West Virginia 45-27, and Arkansas ran over their historic rival Texas 31-7.

The top five teams in the conference would not win a game the rest of the way, going 0-5.

Yes, I hear all the people about to chirp at me saying, “You do know the SEC East went 5-0 in their bowl games right?”

Yes, I do know that, but any college football fan would agree with me that the better teams and the national championship contending teams come from the SEC

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Further evidence shows that since 2000, only five SEC conference champions came from the East division, with Florida and Georgia being the only two teams to win it from that division.

The reign of dominance for the conference all started in 2006 with Florida. Head coach Urban Meyer started the impressive streak for the conference, winning the national title in 2006 and then another one (AP PHOTO) in 2008 with legendOhio State players celebrate after defeating the Oregon Ducks 42-20 in the College Football Playoff ary Heisman-winning National Championship at AT&T Stadium Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. quarterback Tim Tebow. The SEC would Auburn lost to Wisconsin, and third year as head coach. Michiwin seven consecutive titles Alabama lost to Ohio State in the gan State wins another BCS Bowl stretching from 2006-2012.

College Football Playoff semifinal. game. Penn State is building a It could’ve been eight in a row, It all looked certain that Ala- new regime under former Vanbut Florida State ended the mir- bama would reach the pinnacle derbilt head coach James Frankacle season conference champion of college football and once again lin and so on.

Auburn had in 2012, thus ending win another national championThe exclamation point was Jim the conference’s streak. ship. The last hope for the con- Harbaugh taking the Michigan Even with the Auburn loss, ference to win another title was job. Known as one of the best head most people thought the domi- dashed as Ohio State and head coaches in the NFL, Harbaugh nance from the conference would coach Urban Meyer pulled off the went back to his alma mater and not end there.

42-35 upset with a spectacular looks to build a powerhouse like However, after the conclusion performance from third-string Saban did when he went to Alof the 2014 college football sea- quarterback Cardale Jones. abama. If he can turn Stanford son, it became clear to me.

That game wasn’t just an upset. and the 49ers around, Harbaugh It’s over folks.

It was a changing of the guard in will have no problem doing that at We’ll never see a stretch of college football. Urban Meyer Michigan. dominance that the conference once again had the upper hand It’s not only the Big 10. It’s haphas shown during that seven-year against Alabama head coach Nick pening in the PAC 12 and Big 12. span ever again.

Saban and out-coached him in evAfter thrashing Ole Miss, TCU The Ole Miss loss to TCU ery facet of the game. returns 10 starters on offense, all seemed to have triggered an evenThe Big Ten is becoming the of whom are seniors, and six on tual downfall for the once over- new SEC. defense. TCU should be the favorpowering SEC West. Mississippi Urban Meyer brings a nation- ite heading into next season. OrState would lose to Georgia Tech. al title to Ohio State in only his egon, USC and UCLA will be the

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The SEC in 2013 was the most balanced the conference has been in a long time. As a result, all the teams beat up on each other.

During the seven-year title streak for the conference, the SEC was very top-heavy. The best teams in the conference beat up on all the other teams.

That isn’t happening anymore.

Schools in the conference are recruiting better and making the playing field more balanced. It makes the conference more competitive and entertaining, but it may knock the SEC out of the playoff for years to come.

Other conferences such as the Big 10, Big 12 and PAC 12, are becoming more top-heavy, and the favorites in those conferences will flex their muscle on the other teams they play.

With conference champion Alabama losing nine starters on offense and four on defense, they may take a step back. How many other teams can you definitively say can make the playoff next season?

There aren’t a lot.

Auburn could make a run with the hiring of former Florida head coach Will Muschamp as defensive coordinator. Ole Miss can put up a fight, but it all depends on how they replace Bo Wallace and the senior leaders on defense.

Georgia remains the favorite in the SEC East.

How many other teams can you name?

It may be hard to admit, but a change of power is happening.

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What you missed over break about men’s basketball

Out of nowhere, we saw a rejuvenated Ole Miss team score a season-high 96 points to upset the 19th-ranked Arkansas Razorbacks 96-82 in Bud Walton Arena. Top to bottom, this was the best basketball game the Rebels played all season. The tall guys came up big for the Rebels as sophomore forward Sebastian Saiz and sophomore center Dwight Coleby both chipped in 12 points. Ole Miss had lost 28-straight road games against top-20 teams before defeating Arkansas.

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@ Dayton - 12/30/14 Jarvis Summers scored 20 points, but it wasn’t enough to propel Ole Miss to victory as Dayton beat Ole Miss 78-74. The Flyers have now beaten the Rebels two years in a row, and they did it without their two tallest players on the team — center Devon Scott and forward Jalen Robinson, who were suspended by Dayton for an incident involving a dorm room theft.

However, the loss doesn’t look so bad now, as Dayton is currently ranked in the AP Top 25 poll. @ #1 Kentucky - 1/6/15 There’s no question that Ole Miss gave Kentucky their toughest challenge of the season as the Rebels fell 89-86 in overtime. The Rebels led 38-36 at halftime, and senior Jarvis Summers had a chance to win the game as he missed a last second three-point attempt as regulation time expired. Junior Stefan Moody and Jarvis Summers combined to score 48 points but couldn’t come through in the final minute of overtime as Kentucky survived. This was the closest game that Kentucky has played all year, and the scrappy Rebel defense made it tough all game for Kentucky, who is still

Ole Miss guard Stefan Moody goes up for a shot during the game against Florida Saturday. ranked number one in the country. Ole Miss is 0-16 all-time vs.

AP top-ranked teams and 13 of those losses have come against the hands of the Wildcats. vs. South Carolina - 1/10/15 The backcourt duo of Jarvis Summers and Stefan Moody played good basketball again as they combined to score 36 points

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in their first conference win of the season as they defeated the Gamecocks 65-49. Ole Miss never trailed in this one as they held South Carolina to 36 percent shooting. The Tad Pad also experienced a 23-minute power outage that caused a delay of the game.

simple, the Rebels got out-played and dominated by junior LSU guard Keith Hornsby, who scored 20 of his 23 points in the second half to propel the Tigers to a 7571 win over the Rebels. LSU did a good job of containing Summers and Moody as they both combined to shoot 11-of-35.

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@ Georgia - 1/20/15 The Rebels finally looked like they had gained some consistency as they led Georgia at halftime 31-25.

However, the second half was a different story. With Georgia leading 62-60, Ole Miss had two chances to take the lead or tie, but Stefan Moody turned the ball over, and Jarvis Summers committed an offensive foul that sealed their fate 69-64 in the loss. vs. Florida - 1/24/15 Jarvis Summers’ late-game heroics rallied Ole Miss to a 72-71 victory after he made two free throws with 3.5 seconds to play. The Rebels gained revenge on the Gators, who beat Ole Miss last year 75-71 in Oxford.

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We’ve been waiting all season for Ole Miss senior point guard Jarvis Summers to have his breakthrough senior moment. Nineteen games into his senior year, we finally saw Summers come through in the clutch as he hit two free throws with 3.5 seconds left to lead his Rebels (12-7, 3-3 Southeastern Conference) to a 72-71 victory over Florida (10-9, 3-3 SEC).

“He’s an all-league player,” head coach Andy Kennedy said. “He’s been there before.

We need him to carry us in those situations. We had a situation earlier in the year against Kentucky, and he settled a little bit. Tonight, he did a much better job of attacking off the bounce, got it to his strong hand and stepped up and made two huge free throws.”

Summers led the Rebels with 16 points and eight assists in a game that will shine bright for Ole Miss on their NCAA Tournament resume.

“We needed this,” Summers said. “We just need to get back on track. We’ll win one and then lose one, and we’ve got to be consistent. It’s going to start from here.

Florida seemed to be in the driver’s seat early as they controlled the lead at 31-21 with 5:21 remaining in the first half. After trailing 36-30 at halftime, Ole Miss went on a 13-0 run midway through the second half and gained valuable bench contribution from senior Terence Smith, senior LaDarius White and sophomore Dwight Coleby who combined to score 34 points.

Those guys stepped up huge for junior leading scorer Stefan Moody, who only scored six points on 2-of-10 shooting.

“We have quality depth,” Kennedy said. “I was playing a lot of guys early, but it’s hard

to get any kind of rhythm when you’re playing ten or 11 guys, so we have shortened it to nine guys. Today, we had to go a little bit deeper, and those guys responded, which is not easy to do.”

After a back and forth second half, Florida took the lead 71-70 after two free throws from junior shooting guard Michael Frazier II, who finished the game with 27 points. Immediately following that possession, Summers attacked the basket and drew contact as he attempted a layup that resulted in two free throw attempts. Summers drained both to give the Rebels their 12th win of the season.

The loss remains puzzling for the Florida Gators as they made 12 3-pointers and attempted 24 free throws.

“This was a microcosm of how little room for error there is,” Florida head coach Billy Donovan said. “If you look at the stat sheet, in just about every area, we won the battle. Free throw battle. Threepoint battle. But that’s just goes to show you how hard it will be for us unless we can really become a very disciplined, connected team.”

Ole Miss continued to shoot well from the free-throw line as they made 16-of-19 attempts. Ole Miss leads the nation in free-throw percentage at 80 percent on the season.

“It’s our mindset,” Summers said. “We’re just knocking them down.”

The Rebels will host Mississippi State Wednesday at 8 p.m., and the game will be broadcasted on the SEC Network.

For continuing coverage of Ole Miss basketball, follow @browningstubbs and @ thedm_sports on Twitter.

Dwight Coleby shoots a free throw during Saturday’s game against Florida.

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