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Volume 103, No. 91
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semester,” Sharrar said.”When I leave after the semester is over, I can donate what I didn’t
Last Wednesday, the College Board approved four universities to begin charging student activity fees this fall. The University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University will add $5-a-semester fees, and Jackson State University and Mississippi Valley State University will add $10-a-semester fees. Student government presidents first made requests for activity fees, with claims that student groups are in need of more money. There have not been student activity fees in Mississippi for 15 years, so several of these organizations have been underfunded since they have been founded. “I support the student activity fee,” said Pearce Crosland, Associated Student Body senator and junior integrated marketing communications major. “I think with such an increase in the amount of money available to student organizations, we will be able to better fund them, as well as help aspiring organizations form and become more established at Ole Miss.” These new funds will generate a significant amount of money to each of the four universities, ranging from $44,000 at Valley State to $201,000 annually at Ole Miss. The money will not be used to replace money currently being spent within the universities but to increase funding. ASB President Davis Rogers said the student activity fee is funded by students, controlled by students and used for student organization enhancement. “It gives the university the ability to strengthen our student groups and hopefully increase the productivity within our current organizations,” said Lauren Malone, junior nursing major and Ole Miss global ambassador. The ASB funds over 300 student organizations each year with an average of $40,000-$50,000, depending on the year. Rogers said these underfunded organiza-
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Oxford Police Department Patrolmen Johnny Sneed, left, and Jason Brown construct a barricade on Molly Bar Road, Monday. A portion of the road was closed due to ice. The National Weather Service in Memphis issued a winter storm warning for heavy snow in Lafayette County, Tuesday. The warning is in effect from 6 a.m. today to midnight and 3 to 5 inches of snow are predicted.
Local garden strives for community involvement DREW JANSEN
ajjansen@go.olemiss.edu
The Oxford Community Garden Association’s annual members’ meeting was held Monday at the Stone Center. President Jason Hoeksema discussed the garden association’s calendar of events for 2015 and plans to make the garden a better-known and more integral part of the Oxford community. The plans for conversion of the nearby former National Guard Armory into a pavilion space creates potential exposure for the garden by proximity. “What it means for us is one step closer to keeping that space green,” garden manager Tiffany Bensen said. “If the community starts to really appreciate that space as a gathering space, we might become
more permanent there.” The garden began operation in 2010 with a roughly 1,000 square-foot plot and a $5,000 donation from the Oxford Park Commission. The garden’s harvest last year ranged from tomatoes and cabbage to luffa and ghost chili peppers. The garden consists of roughly 60 plots that vary in size and range in cost from $20 to $35 annually. Last year, the garden association included approximately 120 members and nearly 100 plot holders. Members receive updates on garden events and activities and support the operations via $10 donations. Plot holders grow crops of their choosing in their designated space and participate in periodic work sessions to help maintain the garden. Senior linguistics and Arabic
The Oxford Community Garden is seen Tuesday. major Robyn Sharrar attended the meeting as a new member. “I’m really excited that I’m going to be able to plant and grow some of my own food this
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The Asian complex: being Asian in America AMIR AZIZ
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I remember a discussion with a Jordanian-American friend a year ago where I asked her, “Since Jordan is in the Middle East, which is part of a greater Asian sub-continent, would you identify yourself as Asian?” She thought about it for a moment and replied, “By that definition, yes, I am geographically Asian. By the conventional definition of ‘Asian,’ no. It does not matter if I choose to call myself Asian because most people think of ‘Asian-ness’ within a certain cultural context.” In other words, “Asian” carries a strong connection to a set of pre-determined stereotypes within a specific geo-cultural context. If you are “Asian,” you most certainly eat rice all the time, are naturally gifted at math and have strict parents who are probably related to Jackie Chan. “Asia” automatically conjures up images of East Asian culture, portrayed as an exotic land of dragons, samurai and flying kung-fu people. The THE DAILY
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popular depiction of Far-Eastern culture on American screens has conferred upon it rock star status and the honor of representing all things Asian. The irony is not lost: Asia is a massive continent of rich, diverse cultures that defy the very essence of categorization, yet it has entered popular American culture and our collective conscience as a condensed, homogenous collection of condescending stereotypes. Perhaps to simplify our understanding of America’s dizzying potpourri of cultures, we resort to using all-encompassing terms to categorize groups of people whom we assume share immutable, homogenizing characteristics: whites, blacks, Hispanics, Asians, LGBT, conservatives, Mormons and soccer moms. Perhaps the frivolous simplicity of this mode of categorization relinquishes us from the cumbersome task of having to contemplate the intricacies of diversity and beauty inherent in difference. God forbid we let ourselves be confused by the very idea
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of non-conformity or the multiplicity inherent in identity. If people defy categorization and we do not know how to shove them into neatly labeled boxes, how will we ever know how to treat them? The question becomes: why descend into abstract arguments over definitionism? Is it necessary? Perhaps the most problematic aspect with a restrictive geo-cultural understanding of the term “Asian” is that it condenses a diverse continent — from which three major world religions, numerous ancient civilizations and influential philosophical thoughts emerged — into a handful of patronizing caricatures. If we do engage in the task of definitionism and attempt to settle on a particular rendition, “Asian” at its core would reject the quality of sameness, as it most certainly cannot be used singularly to represent a conglomeration of culturally diverse nations. Another problematic aspect is that a singular term cannot accurately reflect the ever-chang-
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ing sociolinguistic landscape of an increasingly globalized Asia, from which Asian-Americans derive ancestral heritage. Take this as an example: the spread of the English language has altered the very character of numerous Asian nations. My parents come from Singapore, a tiny English-speaking island-state in the Asian Pacific. Singapore is predominantly ethnically Chinese, and my mother’s ancestral origins can be traced back to Yunan, a southeastern province of China. Yet, Singaporeans speak perfect English, a legacy of almost 150 years of British colonization. Singapore does not readily fit into the Eastern-centric definition of “Asian.” We look ethnically Chinese, yet we have mastered the language of our colonizers and now wield it with fierce pride. In particular, Singaporean-American identity is strongly rooted in the ability to express ourselves in English, a
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Attendance policies: coldhearted CLARA TURNAGE
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I had a class that I really enjoyed last semester. I completed the assignments early, got great grades on them and legitimately enjoyed the lectures – a rare and beautiful occurrence. But at the end of the semester, my score was dropped half a letter grade, and my cumulative GPA dropped two tenths because I missed one class too many. I was told that I was let off easy and not dropped a whole letter grade because I showed interest in the material and did well on my assignments. Think about that. My absence was made up for by the fact that I studied for every test and turned in my assignments on time – because I did the core of what the class asked me to do. This semester three of my syllabi say that if I miss more than the days we are so graciously allotted then my grade will suffer. What exactly are we measuring here? I can do well on my tests, study, show that I have learned the material and still be represented by a lesser grade because I had a family emergency, an illness or some other reason I wasn’t able to come to class. The grade that I use to apply to scholarships, grants and graduate school will not reflect my intelligence, my dedication to the material or the work I put into my class – it will reflect whether or not I had a serious illness that semester. I think this is so widely accepted by professors and students because there is a misconception about why we come to college. I came here to learn – whether in the classroom or in a study room. If I am learning the material,
I am accomplishing my goal. If your goal is to reprimand students for not attending class, base the test off of what is covered there and not in the notes. You will have the same result – those who do not attend will have a lesser grade – but for an acceptable reason. Don’t take liberties with what I have earned because you felt your lecture deserved more attention. Fast-forward one month. Last Friday, there were multiple reports of overturned cars, wrecks and ice-related injuries. Yet, class was not canceled; absences ticked away at students’ chances for decent grades all across campus for those intelligent enough not to risk the ice. Monday, UM Today Express sent out a mass email, which, if you took the time to click through, said, “Please check weather conditions and use judgment before traveling from your location. Employees should use personal leave if they deem it unsafe to travel from their area or location.” What they didn’t say was
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that this would come with the possible detriment to your grade. Any student who dared ‘use judgment’ would be rewarded with a reduced chance to, you know, receive the score he or she actually makes in the class. As for those who risked the weather and went to class, maybe you’ll actually get the grade you deserve. Make sure no one dies in your family, though; we’d hate you to risk the “attendance policy.” If I don’t go to class, my grade suffers arbitrarily; if I go to class and wreck on the way, my well-being and financial situation suffers. If I may ask, without risking the unwarranted drop in my chances to get into graduate school, what do you expect me to do? Ole Miss, if you’re going to allow someone to manipulate my GPA to fit his or her whims, fine. At least do so with some regard to my safety.
native language that will always remain ours. Yet the caricatural portrayals of Asians as exotic, non-American others often cause momentary confusion in those who lack perspicacity, triggering a cognitive dissonance between ancestral origin and native language. This makes for mildly amusing introductions, as I am asked all the time: “Your English is so good! But what is your first language, really, and where are you really from?” Such proclamations strive to strip away the legitimacy of
identity. Sometimes I find myself questioning my legitimacy in English, my own native tongue, and my place in American society, as if being “Asian” automatically precludes me from claiming certain languages as my own. The English language is the canvas onto which I paint my experiences: it is the source of my intellect and inspiration, the vessel of my dreams and ambitions, the refuge of my struggles and hardships, the proud bearer of my identity. And I just simply happen to be Asian. Amir Aziz is a senior international studies major from Singapore.
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2015 Elsie M. Hood Award to be presented mid-April ISABELLA CARUSO
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The topmost professor on campus will be recognized with the Elise M. Hood Award at The University of Mississippi’s 72nd annual Honors Day Convocation. The award will be presented to the most deserving professor on faculty at The University of Mississippi. Ann Fisher-Wirth, the 2014 award recipient, will bestow the award to this year’s winner and deliver a speech. “I am looking forward to making my speech at the Honors Day Convocation — though it’s also pretty scary — and to be sharing this wonderful award with next year’s winner, whoever he or she may be,” Fisher-Wirth said. The Elsie M. Hood Award is the highest honor one can re-
ceive as a faculty member at The University of Mississippi. The Faculty Senate of The University of Mississippi, which wanted a program of recognition that rewarded superior teaching performance, proposed the idea of the award to Chancellor J.D. Williams in 1965. In the following year during the spring of 1966, the nominations were requested to be “a supporting statement not to exceed 500 words,” from faculty, students and alumni. Vice Chancellor W. Alton Bryant requested the award to be bestowed on Honors Days and announced during commencement ceremonies. These parameters have continued on as traditions to this day. “This ability to grow, to change, has kept teaching alive and exciting for me,” Fisher-Wirth said. Fisher-Wirth explains that in
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2014 winner Ann Fisher-Wirth her mind there are responsibilities that come along with accepting the Hood Award. “To learn as much and teach as well as I possibly can; to be a whole person in the classroom, intellectually, emotionally and spiritually; to engage with and listen to students, encouraging them to develop their own
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engagement with not only the course material but also the life of the mind,” Fisher-Wirth said. William Berry, assistant professor of law and winner of the 2013 Hood Award, encourages students, faculty and alumni to nominate professors whom they believe to have made a difference in their experience at Ole Miss. Assistant, associate and full professors are all eligible to be nominated for the award. Nominations must include letters that describe examples of exceptional teaching and reasons of his or her deserving of the award as well as all previously submitted letters of the nominee. Nominations are due no later than March 1. “It is about the quality of the nomination and the details provided about the ways in which the teacher has made a difference in the student’s life,” Berry
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use to the food pantry and other community garden members.” The garden has designated plots for a volunteer fresh vegetable donation program. The proceeds of the Community Harvest program go to the Oxford Food Pantry and local families in need. Last year, the program donated approximately 143 pounds of food to the Oxford Food Pantry. Kathy Wachter, former treasurer and co-manager of the Community Harvest plots, recently decided to change her focus to marketing and education in hopes to garner more awareness of the garden and its mission. “It’s just a little passion of mine,” Wachter said. “I hope to be able to get more information out to the public in terms of what’s going on and organizing events.” Upcoming garden events include an orientation for plot holders in March and a seed swap in April. The Oxford Community Garden Association accepts applications for members and plot holders all year.
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news Disability-friendly activities on campus CAROLINE ABIDE
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Ole Miss’s Student Disability Services have partnered with the Campus Recreation department to create more disability-friendly activities on campus. Karolyne Rehner, graduate assistant for Student Disability Services and recreational therapist, said the goal of these programs is to help students and community members with disabilities participate in physical activities that they may not be able to partake in otherwise. So far, Student Disability Services has worked with Ole Miss Outdoors to organize a hike on the Thacker Mountain Trails on March 1, weather permitting, and a canoe trip at Wall Doxey State Park on March 22. In addition, Campus Recreation will be offering wheelchair basketball as an intramural sport this
spring. “We really want to see the campus become more disability-friendly and break down the stigma that comes along with disability,” Rehner said. “What we’re also trying to provide is a unique way for people to bond with each other.” Rehner also stated none of these activities are intended solely for students with disabilities. All are welcome, including community members and students without disabilities. Katherine Westfall, graduate assistant for Ole Miss Outdoors, noted that the whole point of these activities is to create unity between students with and without disabilities, which is why the activities are all-inclusive and unifying. “It really opens your eyes to who’s out there,” Westfall said about working with disabled stu-
dents. “Humanity really is such a broad spectrum.” On Thursday, Student Disability Services will be hosting a disability etiquette class in preparation for the intramural season. This is taking place so that coaches and officials will be well informed on how to interact with participants with special needs. “We’re just trying to address a need that some people on this campus might not even realize is a need,” Rehner said. In addition, more disability-inclusive programs may make Ole Miss more appealing to prospective students with special needs. Rehner pointed out that Ole Miss will be the first university in the state to host programs of this kind. Any student with a disability or chronic illness may contact Student Disability Services at SDSGA@olemiss.edu.
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senate passed a resolution allowing for one dollar per student per semester from the student activity to be allocated to the Green Fund. All other allocated funds have yet to be decided and are open for any and all student organizations or projects. “Students that do not feel that they can properly express their organization’s interests due to lack of funds may feel as if they are losing their voice,” Rogers said. “We want to ensure that students on this campus are empowered with the ability to make an impact at this university and enjoy every aspect of their college experience.”
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12th annual Oxford Film Festival kicks off tomorrow MARY MOSES HITT mhitt@go.olemiss.edu
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Over 70 films are set to showcase and compete in the 12th Annual Oxford Film Festival. Ten previous Oxford Film Festival filmmakers are returning to the festival, and many of the films’ directors are traveling from all over the country to host Q&A’s at their films’ screenings. This is the last year that the Oxford Film Festival will be maintained by an unpaid, volunteer staff. “Most of us on staff will still be a part of the festival next year,” Michelle Emanuel, operations director, said. “The structure is just changing to having a board who will fundraise for the event and hire a director to run the festival.”
This direction is beneficial to the ever-growing Oxford Film Festival, which earned recognition this past year as one of “MovieMaker” magazine’s Top 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee. “It’s a huge honor to be on the same list as film festivals with million dollar budgets and full time staffs,” Emanuel said. “I think it shows how we are known and respected on the film festival circuit.” The festival will take place at the Malco Oxford Commons, and the film genres include animated, documentary, narrative and experimental, with some categories having both short and feature lengths. Emanuel said that there will definitely be a film for everyone. The festival kicks off Thurs-
day night with a sold out showing of James Franco’s “The Sound and the Fury” which will be followed by a Q&A with members of the cast and crew. Based on William Faulkner’s acclaimed novel, the film follows the decline of a Southern aristocrat family, the Compsons, and stars actors James Franco, Seth Rogen, Danny McBride and Tim Blake Nelson, who will all be present at the Q&A. There will be a second showing of “The Sound and the Fury” on Sunday at 1 p.m. For the first time since the 2012 festival, the Oxford Film Festival has Mississippi feature lengths to screen in the competition, which is a huge accomplishment for both the filmmakers and the state of Mississippi. These two films
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are “OzLand” and “Yazoo Revisited: Integration and Segregation in a Deep Southern Town.” “OzLand,” showing Friday at 2:55 p.m. and Saturday at 10 a.m., tells the story of two men in a post apocalyptic world who discover a copy of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” Emanuel said “Ozland” marks the graduation from shorts to features for Oxford Film Festival veteran and West Point native Michael Williams and remarked on this impressive directorial accomplishment for Williams. The film will be competing in the narrative feature category. “Yazoo Revisited: Integration and Segregation in a Deep Southern Town,” showing Friday at 7:20 p.m. and Saturday at 12:10 p.m., takes a look at the history of race relations in Yazoo City, Mississippi, and focuses on the integration of the school systems in 1970. “Yazoo Revisited” is directed by David Rae Morris, son of acclaimed Yazoo City writer Willie Morris, and will be competing in the documentary feature category. Competing in the narrative short category, “The Gunfighter” has generated a lot of interest because the film’s narrator is “Parks and Recreation” actor Nick Offerman. This western short is about a gunslinger in a saloon, where all the characters can hear the voice of the narrator, who can be a bit of a jerk. This film will be screened at 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. One feature being showcased but not competing is “The Last Time You Had Fun,” starring Laurel native Mary Elizabeth Ellis (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “New Girl”), Demetri Martin (“Taking Woodstock,” “In a World”), Eliza Coupe (“Happy Endings”) and Kyle Bornheimer (“Brooklyn NineNine,” “Bachelorette”). In the movie, their four dysfunctional characters meet at a wine bar and decide to leave their responsibilities behind and have a fun, allnight adventure. Before the film’s screening at 7 p.m. Friday, there is a panel discussion with Mary Elizabeth Ellis and director Mo Perkins at 6 p.m. There will be a second screening of the film at 1 p.m. Sunday. Tickets for the Oxford Film Festival are available for purchase before the festival online at oxfordfilmfest.com and at the festival in the Malco Oxford Commons’ lobby. Ticket prices vary depending on the type of ticket bought. Prices start at $8.
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Jeffery Stayton signs ‘This Side of the River’ today ASHTON DAWES
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The 150th anniversary of the Civil War is just around the corner, and widows from the war will finally be marching for revenge – at least in fiction. Jeffrey Stayton, an English professor here at the University of Mississippi, has just released his first novel, “This Side of the River,” in which a new twist on history unfolds on the pages of the book. Today from 5 - 6 p.m., Stayton will be presenting his novel at Square Books to celebrate the book’s release. He will be reading a few passages, answering some questions and signing copies of “This Side of the River,” which hit the shelves in bookstores and on Amazon last week. This historical fiction novel tells a gritty tale of young war widows in the summer of 1865, after the end of the Civil War and the collapse of the Confederacy, who rally around to ride north to burn Sherman’s home in revenge for his burning Georgia. “It’s a western set in the South,” Stayton said. “It’s a real ‘Heart of Darkness’ kind of odyssey.”
Stayton started work on the novel 18 years ago when he stumbled across two memoirs and a diary titled “Terry Texas Ranger Trilogy.” After thousands of pages of reading and drafts, Stayton finally had what is now page one of the current novel. “When I teach Southern lit and about the Civil War era, I usually choose a wartime journal from a white woman either in Georgia or somewhere where they see the worst of [the war], and what really fascinated me was that the level of hate these women had, especially for Sherman, was palpable,” Stayton said about the inspiration that led him to start writing. “I think the natural progression was, ‘What would happen if these women decided to mount up and ride north? What type of story would that be?’” Stayton pointed out that with the upcoming anniversary there is a rise in interest in the stories of women during the Civil War, and he hopes his novel can contribute to the lesser heard voices from that time 150 years ago. Though the story is an imagined history, it was not written without thorough research and inspiration.
“There are things I learned that didn’t make it into the novel,” Stayton said. He added that all the extra research was “an attempt to understand exactly what these women would have been thinking.” Despite the heavy material, Stayton said that the novel was written with no particular message that he intended to spread; however, he did share what he learned in the process of writing it. “War is waste,” Stayton said. “The fact that we expect young people to go fight our battles is really cowardly.” He said the story is dark and absurd, but he hopes that readers will be freed of the idea that war can solve problems and that the glamour of the Civil War lore can be torn away. Amanda Mae on goodreads. com said of the novel, “The premise of Confederate widows banding together to march north and burn Sherman’s house in retribution is one of the best alt history plots I’ve ever come across!” Stayton responded to this by saying his first reader called it the best thing that Stayton has ever written. It’s a raw tale that is not intended for the faint of
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Softball postpones doubleheader with Southern Miss
on the weekend with a single game against host FIU, two games against Bethune Cookman and two games against Michigan State. The Rebels will play a pair of games on day one, facing Bethune Cookman at 1 p.m. CT on Friday and follow that with a game against the FIU Panthers.
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each carded a two-round score of 3-over 147. The sophomore duo is currently tied for 18th place overall. Junior Forrest Gamble is in 25th place after posting a score of 73-75--148 on day one. Freshman Josh Seiple finished the day with a score of 8-over 152. The Castle Rock, Colorado, native is in a tie for 40th place after the first two rounds of play. The third and final round of the Mobile Authority Intercollegiate will begin teeing off tomorrow morning. Fans can follow live scoring by going to OleMissSports.com and clicking on the link in the calendar.
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leader and host South Alabama. Ole Miss carded score of 7-over 292-291--583 on day one. The team fired 31 birdies through the first two rounds. “I’m really proud of the way that the guys fought in extremely tough conditions today,” Ole Miss head coach Chris Malloy said. “We did a great job of bouncing back after some tough stretches. We just need to eliminate some silly errors and we will be just fine. One of our main goals in every tournament is to put ourselves in a position to win going into the last day. We have done that.” Ben Wolcott and Noah West
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MOBILE, Ala. - After a long offseason, the Ole Miss men’s golf team got back into the swing of things Monday at the Mobile Sports Authority Intercollegiate hosted by the University of South Alabama at the Magnolia Grove Crossings Golf Course. On the strength of 10 birdies throughout the first two rounds, senior Blake Morris fired an impressive two-round score of 2-under 142. The Waterbury, Connecticut, native is in third place after the first two rounds. As a team, the Rebels are tied for second place and just one stroke behind tournament 2
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Due to expected inclement weather today’s baseball game between Ole Miss and Central Arkansas at Swayze Field has been postponed. The game has been moved to Tuesday, April 21, starting at 6:30 p.m. Tickets originally intended for today’s game will be granted for the makeup date. The contest will still be broadcast live on SEC Network+ and can be heard on the Ole Miss Sports Radio Network. Up next, the Rebels will get a taste of life on the road for the first time as they travel to Orlando, Fla. for a weekend series against the University of Central Florida. The road trip will be an early test for Ole Miss, facing a nationally-ranked UCF team that is 7-0 this season. The series will begin Friday night, Feb. 27, under the lights of Jay Bergman Field. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. ET.
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Due to expected inclement weather as a part of a winter storm moving through the area, Wednesday’s softball doubleheader between Ole Miss and Southern Miss has been rescheduled for April 15. Originally scheduled for a doubleheader on Wednesday, the Rebels and Golden Eagles are now slated to play a doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, April 15 at the Ole Miss Softball Complex. Ole Miss (8-4) will hit the road this weekend to compete in a tournament hosted by FIU, playing five games
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Rebel Netters sweep double-header against Jackson State CHRISTOPH LUDWIG
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The 10th ranked Ole Miss men’s tennis team beat Jackson State in both games of a doubleheader Tuesday afternoon at the Gillom Sports Center, winning by scores of 6-1 and 4-0. Jackson State remained winless on the season, falling to 0-13, while Ole Miss improved to 7-2. “We accomplished some good things,” Ole Miss head coach Toby Hansson said. “I saw some good things out here. It was very impressive, the way that they handled themselves out there today. They were focused and professional, and did a good job.” The Rebels started the first match off a little slowly. “I felt like the first doubles was just all right,” Hansson said. Despite the slow start, they swept the doubles portion. Junior Stefan Lindmark and freshman Zvonimir Babic won at No. 1 6-4. At no. 2 doubles, senior Nik Scholtz and freshman Grey Hamilton won 6-3, and senior William Kallberg and sophomore Ricardo Jorge won at No. 3 6-2. Scholtz anchored the Reb-
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els during the singles portion, winning at No. 1 singles 6-3, 6-1. Kallberg also won his match at No. 2 singles with ease, winning 6-1, 6-2. Babic won at No. 3 singles 6-0, 6-4. At No. 4 singles, sophomore Vinod Gowda won easily by a score of 6-1, 6-0. At No. 5 singles, sophomore Ricardo Jorge won 6-2, 6-2. The last match at No. 6 singles with junior Oxford native Zach Wilder lost the first set 5-7 before winning the second set 6-2, then eventually fell in the tiebreaker 10-7. The Rebels continued their strong momentum in the second match. “The second time around, I felt like the doubles was a big improvement as far as the energy goes,” Hansson said. “That’s the way we should play every time, from beginning to end.” They again swept the doubles portion. At No. 2 doubles Hamilton and Babic won 6-3, while at No. 3 doubles Gowda and Jorge won 6-1. During the singles portion, Lindmark won easily at No. 1 singles 6-0, 6-1. Freshman Gustav Hansson also won by the score of 6-0, 6-1. Hamilton won handily by the score of
6-0, 6-1 at No. 3 singles to end the match. Despite the blowout, Hansson kept his team focused. “It’s always important that each individual player has a goal in mind where they can improve their games, whether it’s from a mental standpoint or tactically,” Hansson said. “You can never stop developing. If you want to get better, you keep that focus, and that one specific thing you want to get better at, and that keeps you concentrated throughout matches like these.” The Rebels are back in action Friday against Tulane at 4 p.m. at the Gillom Sports Center. “Tulane has put together a very competitive team this year,” Hansson said. “They pushed LSU, and we’re expecting to be pushed as well. We’re ready for them. We know we’re in for a battle.”
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Senior Nik Scholtz serves the ball in a match against Jackson State, Tuesday.
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Ole Miss Hockey advances to division 3 national tournament DYLAN RUBINO
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For a program that has only been around for six years, the Ole Miss hockey team has had a run of success that many other programs wish they could attain. The team advanced to nationals for the third straight season by beating South Florida on Saturday and fourth seed Christopher Newport University on Friday in the regionals to advance to the nationals in Pelham, Alabama. It was an unlikely story for the team to advance to nationals. The team is completely self-funded and has made many efforts through the course of the season to raise money to afford the trip to regionals in Orlando over the weekend. The team has received support like never before, and the trip to Orlando was successful, with a happy ending to go along with it. “It’s been tremendous. It’s good to see that,” head coach Angelo Rosena said about the funding and attention the team has received. “We’re potentially doing something groundbreaking here at The University of Mississippi as far as hockey in the state goes. As far as collegiate hockey, it’s great to see that there is this amount of support in such a small span.” A program that has only been around for such a small period of time doesn’t get a lot of attention or expectations put on them. Not a lot of people saw Ole Miss making another run to nationals, but the team has embraced the role of the underdog and has flown under the radar in many people’s eyes. “I really think the underdog role has helped us,” forward Cameron Cook, a graduate IMC major from Long Hill, New Jersey, said. “For some reason, and I don’t hate it, but we always find a way to win at regionals and to get to nationals. That’s definitely something we use as an advantage for us.” In his second season as captain, Sean Rogers, a civil engineering
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Head coach Angelo Rosena talks to players during a hockey game against Georgia Tech in Tupelo, Nov. 15, 2014. graduate student from Biloxi, Mississippi, has seen the change this team has gone through, and he is proud of his teammates and of the work they have put in to get to this point.
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The team expects a lot this time at nationals, after going 0-3 last year and 1-2 in 2013. Rogers says it’s time “to make a splash.” “I’m just incredibly proud to be able to be on this team in the first
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team that will be representing the Southeastern Conference in the tournament. Alabama and Arkansas will join Ole Miss at nationals from the SEC. Alabama is widely recognized as one of the top club hockey teams in the country, as they were ranked as high as 2nd in the country. The Rebels split the season series 1-1 and have always played the Frozen Tide to the best of their abilities. “Whenever we play them it’s something special, and we know our backs are up against the wall,” Cook said. “We always know how to win and get the job done against Alabama. It’s awesome to see Alabama and Arkansas joining us and representing the SEC at nationals.” While the role of the underdog has helped the team, the term can get annoying at times, but it’s nothing that is too bothersome. “It’s not really annoying,” Cook said. “People always post online saying, ‘Ole Miss is going to lose first game’ and all that nonsense. It doesn’t really bother us.” Rosena had a different approach to the underdog role as he talked about the confidence of his team and the talent that is in place there. “I guess we seem to be successful with the mindset that we’re taking,” Rosena said. “In all honesty, I think we have a really good team. Maybe to an outsider’s perspective, I can see that with us coming off as an underdog. With us being there three years in a row, I don’t see it as a fluke.” Rosena said the mindset of the team on their first trip to nationals was just being happy that they made it there. Now that advancing to nationals seems to be a regular occurrence, it will be a different approach. “If we come with our ‘A’ game and we can make it out of pool play, anything can happen,” Rosena said. “It’s just all mental. The mentality has to be: ‘We’re at nationals. Let’s win games.’ We’ll be ready.”
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Rebels look for revenge at home against Georgia those minutes. Smith hasn’t scored in double-figures since a home win over Florida back on Jan. 24. Sometimes he hesitates to shoot when the Rebels need him the most. It would be nice to see the senior step up and have a big game because you know that teams will be eyeing on junior shooting guard Stefan Moody, who just won his second SEC Player of the Week award.
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Tonight’s basketball matchup against Georgia (17-9, 8-6 SEC) instantly becomes the most important game of the season for Ole Miss (19-8, 10-4 SEC). The Bulldogs enter this matchup ranked 37 in the RPI rankings, while they trail the Rebels, who stand at 32. Entering tonight, ESPN “Bracketoligst” Joe Lunardi has Ole Miss as a 7 seed and Georgia as a 9 seed. This ranking could easily switch if the Rebels lay an egg against Georgia. Considering the magnitude of this game, neither team can afford to drop this game. However, there is extra motivation for Ole Miss, who led by as many as eight points in their 69-64 loss to Georgia in Athens on Jan. 20. Since then, we’ve seen a brand new Ole Miss team as they come into this matchup winning eight of their last nine SEC games for the first time since 1937-1938. Meanwhile, Georgia has been struggling, losing two out of their last three SEC games, including losses to bad Auburn and South Carolina clubs. With a future game against Kentucky slated on the schedule in March, Georgia must win tonight’s game to avoid dropping two more conference games. The key statistic for Ole Miss in this game will be rebounds, as the Rebels have lost the boards battle in the last two games. Winning tonight’s game is crucial as Ole Miss and Georgia could be tied in the SEC standings if they end up with the same record once the season ends. If you’re an Ole Miss fan, you would have to be pleased if they split this week’s games between Georgia and LSU considering how hungry the Bulldogs will be tonight and the Tigers on Saturday.
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handle, scoring 16 points for the Bulldogs. On the season, he averages seven boards per game, and with the recent rebounding struggles by Ole Miss, expect Thornton to be all over the glass. This is a talented big that can score in a variety of ways. Thornton won’t take a lot of shots, but he will be efficient from the field. Ole Miss better be ready to throw multiple guys at him as he will be a huge threat to Georgia’s offense tonight.
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Rebels top Arkansas State in midweek matchup 2-1 BRIAN SCOTT RIPPEE
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It was a cold afternoon at Swayze as the Rebels topped Arkansas State by a score of 2-1 Tuesday afternoon. Arkansas State came into the game on a roll after a series win over Louisville over the weekend, taking two out of three games from the 7th-ranked Cardinals. The game proved to be a pitching battle from the start as both teams got five innings from their starters and four from their bullpen. Sophomore starter Evan Anderson was on the mound for the Rebels Tuesday. Anderson
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struggled in the first by walking the bases loaded with only one out, but got out of the inning allowing just one run and settled in after that by going five innings allowing just that one run on one hit. “This might be a big moment for him because a lot of guys would have asked to come out of the game. But bases loaded, he gets out of it and nearly throws a no-hitter for the rest of the game.” Bianco said. Senior Sikes Orvis got Ole Miss on the board early by belting a solo home run over the bullpen in right field in the bottom of the first to tie the game back up at 1. The Rebel slugger went 2-4 on the day and also scored again in the fourth after a two out RBI single by senior catcher Austin Knight that put the Rebels up 2-1. The RBI single by Knight sealed the victory for the Rebels. It was a solid showing from the Rebels bullpen as junior Jacob Waguespack came in for Anderson in the fifth inning. Waguespack provided three solid innings in relief by keeping the Red Wolves off of the scoreboard and only allowing two hits. Freshman Will Stokes came on in the ninth and retired the Red Wolves in order on his way to
earning his first save of the season. It was a big moment for the freshman as he entered in a one run game. “We needed to get him ready,” Bianco said. “He needs to be a guy that we are going to count on in the bullpen.” Stokes capped off a solid pitching effort by both Anderson and the Rebel bullpen as the Red Wolves only were able to get three hits in the game. With the win, the Rebels improve to 5-2 on the year. Ole Miss was expected to play another midweek game today against Central Arkansas, but the game was postponed due to predicted inclement weather. The game was moved to April 21. Ole Miss returns to action this weekend on the road against nationally-ranked UCF, who stand at 7-0 for the season, beginning Friday evening. First pitch is set for 5:30 p.m.
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