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Legalization of medical marijuana in sight for Mississippi By Lacey Russell
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ississippi is one of many states that has introduced bills regarding the legalization of marijuana for medi-
cal use. Medical marijuana is currently legal in 20 states and Washington D.C., and with Washington state and Colorado recently legalizing the recreational use of the drug, the subject is at the height of media visibility. In an interview with WAPT News in Jackson earlier this month, Gov. Phil Bryant said Colorado is more liberal in its way of thinking than Mississippi is; however, neighboring conservative states such as Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia have begun negotiating amendments to their existing marijuana laws. Despite the governor’s opposition, change has begun to make itself present in the Magnolia State. Six years in a row, state Sen. Deborah Dawkins (D-Pass Christian) has tenaciously pursued the legalization of marijuana for medical use in the Mississippi House of Representatives. However, none of her proposed bills has made it through committees for a vote. “Change is hard for people in Mississippi,”
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Dawkins told The Daily Mississippian. “Six or eight years ago, legislators were afraid to even say the word ‘marijuana.’ The idea is becoming more mainstream all over the country, and although we move slowly here, it is moving in that direction.” Her passion for fighting for medical marijuana legislation comes from personal experiences. She said that 20 years ago, her father died from lung cancer, and pain control for him was a large problem. “If you are not old enough to have had a good friend or a family member die in a situation of serious pain, if you live long enough, you will,” Dawkins said. Then another family tragedy occurred for Dawkins just last year. This past Thanksgiving, her brother, a resident of Texas, was out riding his motorcycle when he was struck by another vehicle. The accident caused him to break both of his legs, which resulted in multiple compound fractures. Dawkins said that even after eight surgical procedures, the possibility of amputation for See HOPES, PAGE 5
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University of Mississippi students can expect to see University Police Department officers at this weekend’s three-game home baseball series against the University of Central Florida. After rumors of numerous student arrests swirled during the first four home games, many were left wondering if last week’s incidents would become a habitual pattern throughout the season. “We are pretty much there to provide security and safety for the fans and visitors,” UPD Captain of Field Operations Michael Harmon said. Harmon went on to clarify that often times, students and citizens confuse alcohol regulations at baseball games because the baseball field is technically off campus. However, since the games are a university event, UPD is in charge of security. Regarding the rumor of UPD giving out minor in possessions at the first games of the season, Harmon said an officer did give out an MIP. “I think that was more like an isolated incident, but we did give an MIP for the first game,” Harmon said. Harmon said he is aware of the alcohol at the baseball games, but it is how people act that security is more concerned with. “We know students come in and have a good time. We want right field to be packed,” Harmon said. “We’re going to police the behavior.” Because there are so many students and fans that come to the baseball games, UPD will not check every cooler. Should an officer see beer openly in its container, they will deal with the specific issue, according to Harmon. Harmon said baseball games are similar to the Grove See UPD, PAGE 5
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in that because so many people are drinking in one area, UPD only has time to deal with those who are causing a scene. “We don’t have the man power to deal with the public drunks,” Harmon said. “Because we’d be locking up probably 30,000-40,000 people.” For security procedures, Harmon said they have a detail for each game. There are at least four or five officers who work SEC games and three or four who work nonSEC games. All areas of the field are patrolled by both UPD officers and members of the Event Operation Group. Timothy Perkins, an Event Operation Group staff member, said his job at the baseball games is to check and make sure there are not any glass bottles or other objects that could potentially harm someone. “We try to keep everything out that might hurt someone,” Perkins said. Perkins said he enjoys the crowd and its fans because they are not too rowdy and seem to know how to behave. Agreeing with Perkins, Harmon said it is very rare for problems to occur in the stadium because it seems there is a mutual understanding of how to behave. Sophomore accountancy major Derrick Bradford believes baseball games are some of the more popular events at the university for the students. “Everyone has their own area, nobody really gets in trouble or misbehaves,” Bradford said. “It’s just a good time for everyone.” Bradford also believes that having UPD and security at games is important because they have the ability to intervene if anyone gets out of line. “They play just enough of
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The future depends on courage today BY CHRISTINE DICKASON cndickas@go.olemiss.edu
Every 70 minutes an American under the age of 25 loses his or her life from gun violence. By 2015, gun violence will outrank car accidents as the leading cause of death for this group. This is horrifying, enraging and unnecessary. I was honored to attend the #Fight4AFuture Gun Violence Prevention Summit last weekend, hosted by Generation Progress, the youth advocacy arm of the Center for American Progress. There were more than 100 participants, ranging from ages 16-29, representing 32 states. Hearing my fellow participants’ stories and witnessing their passion and motivation changed me. I met Sarah Clements, daughter of a Sandy Hook survivor and founder of the Jr. Newtown Action Alliance. She T H E D A I LY
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hadn’t yet turned 18, but she is fighting every day to make our country safer. Her poise and determination make comments like, “you’re too young,” irrelevant. I met Colin Goddard, whom I had first seen a year ago on Capitol Hill as the Senate failed to pass the Manchin-Toomey amendment to expand background checks. Colin was shot four times at Virginia Tech. His courage, kindness and mentorship inspire me. I met Michael Skolnik, editor-in-chief of Global Grind, whose powerful speech addressing the differences in how society responds to the deaths of white and black children moved me to tears. I met someone who had seen 28 of his friends and family killed by gunfire. He is 16 years old. No one should witness that amount of violence in their entire life, much less before they reach adulthood. We’ve become good at reactive responses — candlelight vigils, 24/7 news coverage with lots of hand-wringing, wondering
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what went wrong. While these may be important in the healing process, they won’t reduce gun violence. We cannot wait until it affects us personally. We must become proactive. It’s time — past time — for responsible gun laws that will make our communities safer and protect the future of our country from the senseless violence that plagues our nation. While there isn’t one single answer to reducing gun violence, there are effective policies. The gun lobby paints an apocalyptic scenario, in which government officials go door to door, confiscating all guns. This isn’t even close to reality. They yell, “The Second Amendment!” until they’re blue in the face, but none of the following policies seeks to erode constitutional rights. They seek to protect our communities and save lives. First, legislation for universal background checks must be passed. Approximately 40 percent of gun sales occur without a background check: Many take place at gun shows and online, oftentimes through
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social media sites like Facebook and Instagram. More than 90 percent of Americans support background checks, and the policy would reduce the number of dangerous weapons falling into the hands of the wrong people. We must combat legislation that seeks to increase the proliferation of guns in public spaces, including college campuses, bars and places of worship. We’re told by the gun lobby that the only answer to “a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” So what happened at the Navy Yard or Fort Hood? Is anyone going to argue that there weren’t enough guns in those situations? And we must combat the dangerous, discriminatory “stand your ground” laws, which are extremely subjective and encourage vigilantes in states across the country. Telling the names and stories of victims is not just important. It’s necessary. Michael Skolnik said, “When we know names, we know faces. And when we See FUTURE, PAGE 3
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Ole Miss needs culture change BY ADAM BLACKWELL ablackwe@go.olemiss.edu
I’ve thought about this column for over a week now. When I sat at home Monday night, reading the email from the chancellor, I was instantly numb. I wondered if we had re-entered the 1960s or if this really was 2014, at a major state university. Then, only a couple of days later, I was thrown again as I read of the racial attack that occurred at The Retreat. For some time, I didn’t know how to channel my anger, disgust, frustration, sadness and the many swirling emotions that I’ve experienced over the past week. Frankly, I’m still somewhat in shock, and I think many of us don’t know where we go from here. This wasn’t supposed to happen. And we
certainly were supposed to be past such hateful, ignorant actions on our own campus. Many have said that these heinous acts are not reflective of our current student body, that they are not reflective of “our” Ole Miss. Of course, these acts don’t reflect the views of our entire student body, but I think they point to a need to evaluate our current student culture and what we can do to change that. Many students have shown apathy and a lack of concern toward the defacement of the James Meredith statue. Our own Associated Student Body, elected student-leaders, didn’t even feel the need to release an immediate official statement; in fact, they hesitated to release an official statement for over a week. However, I commend our Interfraternity Council presidents on their open letter to the campus, and I challenge their organizations to seriously question how they “can open (their) doors, become more inclusive
and take immediate actions in becoming part of the solution.” From here, our university community must decide how we want to move forward. In my opinion, we can’t sweep this one under the rug or act as if this past year’s events have been coincidental. We also can’t quit the open, serious dialogue in a month; it must continue. Surely, we can’t just give up and we can’t become discouraged. If we give up or if we turn to silence, we concede victory to a group of people who most definitely don’t deserve it. We tell the world that closed-minded bigots control this university once again. Our student culture supports and fosters intolerance — intolerance of all differences. Every act that has occurred on this campus in the last two years — election night 2012, “The Laramie Project” and now the James Meredith vandalism — has been because of intolerance of differences. We must work diligently to create a student
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Even though I have no dog in this fight, as a member of the Ole Miss Alumni Association, I do have an opinion that I will submit to The Daily Mississippian regarding the statue issue. From what I know about the matter, which is all from media reports only, my opinion is that it is strictly an internal affair and should be handled according to the rules, regulations, and
environment of acceptance and tolerance — tolerance of different races, genders, political beliefs, sexualities, religions and the like. Our administration should also reflect the diverse, open environment that I know they wish to foster. Of the 15 academic deans at The University of Mississippi, only three are women, and only two are racial minorities. Eleven of the academic deans are white males. Furthermore, of the nine administrators listed on the school’s website as senior leadership, only two are women, and all are white. How can we expect to change our university’s image and culture if our own university leadership doesn’t reflect the student population or the commitment to diversity that they often proclaim? The University of Mississippi’s administration, in recent years, has taken appropriate steps to begin an open dialogue and discover how to change
this culture of intolerance and to move away from the Ole Miss of the past. While some progress has been made, let’s not fool ourselves into thinking The University of Mississippi has become a beacon of progress, equality or tolerance. Like many other institutions, there is still work to be done on all fronts. Mississippi has not yet reached the “oasis of freedom and justice” that Martin Luther King Jr. called for. We must continue to press forward; we must continue to ask uncomfortable questions; and most importantly, we must continue to speak up and speak loudly against injustice and intolerance. When it is obvious that intolerant, disrespectful bigots don’t have a place here, then The University of Mississippi will stand as a flagship institution of freedom and justice.
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problem, we cannot move forward. I commit, with absolute conviction, to continue fighting to reduce gun violence in my community and in our country. I refuse to remain silent as our youth continue being gunned down every single day. I do this not only to honor the memories of those who have lost their lives, but also to respect and protect the right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness for those who are still living.
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Adam Blackwell is a senior public policy leadership major from Natchez.
know faces, we know families. And when we know families, we know humanity.” For real change, we have to start caring procedures already in place about Kevin Miller, a 13-yearto deal with such violations at old who was gunned down in the University of Mississippi. New York while walking home Thank you very kindly for from school, just as much as we your considerations. care about our own neighbors and children. We must rememSincerely, ber the names of children killed in rural towns, suburbs and urban environments alike. Until Christine Dickason is a public polwe accept that this is an Ameri- icy leadership major from Collierville, can issue, not just an inner-city Tenn. James Meredith BA – 1963
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Mack Turner: Crusader for the homeless BY REBEKAH FIELDS refields@go.olemiss.edu
Sept. 26, 1956. Nine-yearold Mack Turner is sneaking through a fence at a local fair in Tupelo with some friends because they cannot afford the fee to enter. Successfully maneuvering throughout the barbed-wire fence, Turner and his friends run through the fair to see what fun lies beyond. After observing several exciting rides, Turner sees someone who catches his eye: Elvis Presley. Turner strikes up a conversation with Presley, leading them to realize that they both have frequented the same area in Tupelo, a place called Shake Rag. After a few minutes of talking, Presley hands Turner a $20 bill and walks away. Turner, elated, grabs his friends and runs to his mom’s house. “It took both me and my friends to convince my mom that Elvis Presley really did give me that $20,” Turner said. He never forgot the generosity Presley showed him. “Presley knew what it was like to be poor,” Turner said. This concept is not foreign to Turner either. For the past four
years, Turner has been a major advocate for his friends in both Tupelo and Oxford and helps many in Oxford and Tupelo find shelter, clothes and food. “I will not rest until every one of my friends gets heat and air,” Turner said. The number of homeless people in Tupelo has dropped from 200 people to 35 people in the past three to four years, according to Turner. He has had a total of 20 interviews with radio and television stations and multiple articles written about his cause, But Turner continues to attribute his success to the help of others, such as local restaurants and businesses in both Tupelo and Oxford. “All three Subways in Oxford donate food to the homeless,” he said. “Papa John’s, Little Caesars and Domino’s donate pizza as well. Quick Print will allow me to print advertisements for free.” Several local establishments in Tupelo help the cause as well, such as All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Respect For Life Barber Shop, Kroger and the Tupelo public library. Turner, however, did not wake up one day and decide
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to become an advocate for the homeless. He was inspired by his granddaughter, a 6-year-old at the time. “My granddaughter was hungry, so I gave her $5 to go into Burger King to get some food.” When they walked outside, his granddaughter saw a woman eating a sandwich out of the trash can. His granddaughter questioned what the woman was doing.
“She just wants some food to eat,” Turner said to her. As he began to walk away, he saw his granddaughter hand the homeless woman her $5 bill. “Seeing that homeless woman eat made me and my granddaughter full,” Turner said. It was at that moment that Turner began his campaign for the homeless. “Never was my plan to help the homeless, but I just couldn’t
turn them down,” he said. Turner said there is still much more work to be done in decreasing the number of those without a home in Oxford and Tupelo. “Tupelo is the home of Elvis Presley and the homeless,” Turner said. “We must not forget that.” Turner hosts fundraising events at Stone Park in Oxford for those interested in helping campaign for the homeless.
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citizens believe legalization would be beneficial to our state. Keith Davis, captain of the Lafayette County Metro Narcotics Unit, said the only thing medical marijuana would bring is more work for his unit. “We’d be working more forged-script cases,” Davis said. “You know, if somebody is receiving a prescription for marijuana, then you’re going to have people that are trying to fraudulently obtain it through different means.” Davis said the black market is unwavering and will still be present even if marijuana becomes legal. “I think it’d make crime go up,” he said. “I think it’d also have a huge social and economic impact on society. How much sickness and illness is it going to create long term? I think it’d destroy society.” But Dawkins disagrees. “The other thing that happens when you legalize it, even
just for medical purposes, is that the stigma and the criminal prosecutions do tend to subside,” Dawkins said. “That’s another thing I maintain, we just cannot afford to keep putting people in jail for something that is a nonviolent crime.” Over the summer, Dawkins will be attending legislative meetings with people from across the country. There, she plans to get insight from other state officials who have succeeded in the medical marijuana legislative process and to continue adamantly pushing for change in her home state. “Have you ever heard of anyone dying of an overdose of marijuana? It just doesn’t happen,” Dawkins said. “We have everything to gain, and nothing to lose from trying it. I’m just going to keep working on it.”
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a role to keep everybody in check,” Bradford said. Harmon said he enjoys the camaraderie of the baseball fans and the enthusiasm that they bring to the stadium. He encourages everyone to be mindful of their actions. “Come and have a good time, cheer on our baseball team,” Harmon said. “Whatever you do, do it responsibly and have respect.”
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one of his legs is very high. To cope with the pain from his critical injuries Dawkins’ brother is now supplementing his regular pharmaceutical medication with what Dawkins called, “herbal supplements.” “That kind of pain is not something that you can just take a pill or shot for,” Dawkins said. “There were a couple of times where we were up all night, and he was in horrible pain. I would have given him anything to try and help him and just not have to see him like that.” Dawkins said her proposed bill is very preliminary, and, after seeing some of the descriptive legal language in Colorado’s recreational law, she will most likely update it for next year. “You have to remember what most state legislatures are made up of, and you only have to turn on C-SPAN to see that the main composites of these bodies are old, white guys. They’re just not in touch with the average person,” Dawkins said. “So it’s kind of left to the younger people, and people like me to push for change because those old, white guys, they really just are not very progressive-thinking.” Mississippi decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana. Though the use of
recreational and medical marijuana is still illegal in the state of Mississippi, The University of Mississippi’s National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded Marijuana Project is the only facility in the country to grow the plant for medicinal research purposes. The program began in 1968 and is the longest-running National Institutes of Health contract in the country. “The high-quality marijuana grown at The University of Mississippi is supplied to the National Institute on Drug Abuse Drug Supply Program,” said Don Stanford, assistant director of the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences. “This program provides the marijuana and its constituents to researchers that study their harmful and beneficial effects.” Stanford said that cannabis has been used medicinally for thousands of years. The most common uses today are to reduce nausea and vomiting in chemotherapy patients and people with AIDS, and to treat pain and muscle spasticity. “It’s just a real dichotomy. It doesn’t make any sense,” Dawkins said. “Most of the testing that has been done all over the country — that marijuana comes from Ole Miss. It’s just hypocritical for us to have that going on, and then not allow our citizens to benefit from it.” However, not all Mississippi
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Dark brown, grey exhaust floats up into the soft glow of the morning sun. Eyes are narrowed. Hands tensed up on the edges of steering wheels. Watches are glanced at and fingers tap. Cars idle in never ending lines. The students, faculty, staff within their automobiles, waiting for the reassurance of bright LED backup lights. An empty parking spot is hard to come by on the University of Mississippi campus, but Ole Miss drivers return for five days out of their long weeks to battle for a narrow strip of cement on which they may rest their cars for a few hours. Every year, the University of Mississippi Department of Parking and Transportation creates a new policy for students, faculty and staff to comply with. They rezone parking, create various parking categories, implement hierarchical structures within these parking categories, and increase parking ticket and parking tag prices. And so every year, those who drive to Ole Miss’s campus must relearn where to park their cars and the rules with which they must comply or else pay a significant fine. The most recent change affects faculty and staff most. Now they can purchase reserved parking spots for 600 dollars per year, creating the aforementioned hierarchical structure. Besides this, all drivers must deal with the increased prices for each hangtag, visitors must register and pay for parking, gameday parking is completely banned for commuters, faculty and staff, O.U.T. bus hours were expanded and commuter, faculty and staff parking lots shrank.
Many don’t see the reason to pay for parking. They would rather walk, ride their bikes or take the bus than deal with the parking bureaucracy. To them, parking on campus is a fruitless endeavor, filled with disappointment and frustration. Elizabeth Tran, a graduate student in the Master of Fine Arts program, avoids it at all costs. “I’d rather take my chances with the sweltering heat of the Mississippi sun than deal with this disastrous parking,” Tran said. “It’s so stupid how it works here.” Every morning Tran, a short, black-haired woman in her early twenties, loads up her bag with the necessities: books, her laptop, a snack, the papers she’s graded for the class she teaches. Then she ascends her driveway, a steep hike filled with cracks and deep potholes. The walk to campus is about two miles, but to her that two miles is worth it because it saves her cash and frustration. “I never bought a parking decal, and I never will,” Tran said. “The few times I drove to class – illegally, I guess – I ended up being late and left with a parking ticket. It’s like they don’t even want me to be on campus.” But Tran refuses to miss class, even though it sometimes requires her to walk home alone, late at night. With buses stopping at 9 p.m., she doesn’t have many other choices. And so she braves it, strolling in the darkness of College Hill Road, unprotected by a sidewalk. Nathaniel Weathersby also lives on College Hill but prefers not to brave that dangerous road on foot. He’s elected to use the Park & Ride lots. These lots sit on the far edges of campus, places that hosts parking spots for which no one
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is willing to compete because the walk is long and riddled with hills. Each has numerous stalls, sitting stale and unused. Every five minutes between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. a bus swings by to pick up the Park & Ride few. But Weathersby, an Integrated Marketing Communications senior, sees it as a worthwhile alternative to the lots in and around the heart of campus. “Being able to ride down the road and park and not worry about parking, where it’s not a primary problem or a legitimate concern when I leave early in the morning, and with the bus schedules being really convenient – it’s incredibly easier.” See PARKING, PAGE 9
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Residential College brings baby grand piano to entice music lovers BY ASHTON DAWES aedawes@go.olemiss.edu
Newly discovered “piano man” Marvin King is the resident fellow for the Residential College South at The University of Mississippi. He is bringing an old grand piano from Crosby Hall to the Residential College in hopes of attracting more music lovers to the Residential College and fostering more fellowship among its residents. “When I was in college, every dorm had a grand piano,” King said when asked about his motives. “I want it to bring in more music majors and make the lobby a more fun place for people to hang out.” King was first alerted to the unused piano’s existence by a community assistant at the Residential College who used to live in Crosby. At her suggestion, King called a meeting with all of the CAs to ask their opinions. “All of the CAs are for the piano,” King said. “I had to ask them since they are the ones always in the lobby. They’d be the ones most affected by the change.” After talking with the CAs at the Residential College, King called together a group of Residential College residents who are known as “music people” by their fellow residents. “I took a few students with me to check out the piano,” King said when asked about the informally named Piano Committee. “They gave me the thumbs up.” Olivia Davis, a piano performance major, said she is excited to have a new place to practice and a way to get her nerves out
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as she plays in front of people she may not know. “It will just be a whole new environment, and it will be kind of fun because you can play for other people,” Davis said. She also mentioned that a piano would make the Residential College feel more like a home for her. “I know that if I had seen a grand piano here when I was looking at Ole Miss, the RC would have definitely been my first choice,” Davis said. However, since the lobby is an open space, some have expressed concern as to whether or not the noise will be tolerable. “There are people living in the dorm right above the lobby, and I don’t want the piano to bother anyone at night,” King said. He said he will put restrictions on the piano so that this is not an issue. “One idea is to not do any restrictions and see how people use it for the first two weeks or
so,” King said. “But then I also thought, we have classes on the same floor, and I might need to say no piano while class is in session. Beyond that, nothing is set.” Some improvements will be made to the instrument before it is ready to be played. “A piano needs to be tuned after being moved,” said John Formsma, a registered piano technician in the Oxford area. “And with the amount of playing time it will probably see, it should be tuned twice a year.” The piano’s care will be paid for by the Residential College’s budget. However, at $100 per tuning session, the piano will most likely only be tuned every other year, according to King. The piano arrived at the Residential College Monday. Currently, it is not open for the public to play, but it will soon be tuned and ready. “I’m just excited for it to be here,” King said. “Really excited.”
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Ole Miss looks for road win at Mizzou
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Gracie Frizzell looks for an open teammate in the first half the game against Texas A&M.
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The Ole Miss women’s basketball team will travel to Missouri for another Southeastern Conference matchup tonight at 6 p.m. from Mizzou Arena. Again and again, we continue to see progression from the Rebels. Ole Miss (10-18, 1-13 SEC) dropped a heartbreaking 72-70 overtime contest to Mississippi State last Sunday. In a game that saw a seven-point halftime lead slip away, the Rebels were unable to make the key plays down the stretch to pick up their second conference win of the season. In a good effort, senior point guard Valencia McFarland added a career-high 29 points. Fortunately for Ole Miss, it will have another chance to knock off
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Diamond Rebs complete sweep of ULM
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Braxton Lee steals second base past Louisiana-Monroe’s Anthony Herrera during Wednesday’s game.
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On a cold night in Oxford, the Ole Miss baseball team completed a two-game sweep of Louisiana-Monroe, and once again, it came in grand fashion as the Rebels (8-1) won it in the bottom of the ninth, 4-3. After scratching across a run in the eighth inning to tie the game, Ole Miss set the table for another thrilling comeback. Senior catcher Will Allen came to the plate with the bases loaded and just one out for the Rebels. Allen hit the first pitch he saw from ULM’s opposing pitcher and the Rebels got the walkoff win Wednesday night at Swayze Field. “Coach told me to get on top of the plate and be ready to hit that fastball and drive something to the outfield, and that’s what I did,” Allen said. The Rebels started senior right-hander Jeremy Massie on the mound, and he pitched five strong innings, as he kept the Warhawks hitless. Head
coach Mike Bianco said that he thought about letting Massie get in another inning of work, but decided against it. “I thought about maybe allowing him to throw another inning, but I figured he had 60 pitches and I don’t know if he’s ever thrown 60 pitches here,” Bianco said. “Just with the weather, I didn’t think it was fair to him. While in there, he gave us all he had, and we were happy with that.” Freshman Brantley Bell had a stellar night at third base in his first collegiate start. He showed flashes of outstanding glove work as he recorded the first three outs of the first inning. His play really impressed Bianco, as he referred to him as “outstanding.” “Tremendous,” Bianco said. “He’s a really good player. He looked sensational at third base. His first at-bat he hits a double; his last at-bat, he hits a single and scores the winning run. Great night by him, I am happy for him and proud of him.” The pitching staff had a
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don’t know what’s going to transpire,” Kennedy said. “There’s going to be some things set in place, and whether or not he meets those will determine what happens next.” For right now, Ole Miss is going to rely on Jarvis Summers to carry the load at point guard, as he played 38 minutes against Alabama. “He’s going to have to play heavy minutes. In lieu of the announcement (of Millinghaus’ suspension) this afternoon, he’s going to have to play heavy minutes,” Kennedy said. “You want to play your best players. Jarvis has got to stay out of foul trouble.” And foul trouble has been an issue recently for Summers. He finished the game with four fouls and has now finished five of the last six games with four fouls. The next option for point guard is LaDarius White, who For continuing coverage of Ole Miss played about 2 minutes as the men’s basketball, follow @Tyler_RSR point guard. White played some and @thedm_sports on Twitter. as a point guard in last year’s
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Newby fuels Ole Miss’ win over Alabama BY TYLER BISCHOFF tfbischo@go.olemiss.edu
Martavious Newby didn’t start the game and didn’t lead the Rebels in scoring, but the sophomore guard played 31 minutes and helped Ole Miss stomp Alabama, 79-67. “He was all over the floor, didn’t hesitate,” head coach Andy Kennedy said of Newby. “He stepped up and knocked down two threes, kept balls alive. He was without question the energy component that we were looking for.” Newby had a career-high 15 points and a career-high 10 rebounds. It was the first doubledouble by an Ole Miss player since Jan. 15. Newby not only had a career night for total number, but he was also extremely efficient, as he went 4 of 4 from the field – 2 of 2 on threes. “I was looking for my shot,” Newby said. “Coach says every time I’m open in the corner knock it down. He knows I’m capable of knocking it down. I just got to have confidence to shoot it.” Newby hit two corner threes. But he also plays extremely physical. Newby finished the
game with four fouls, and he managed to play the last 9:29 without fouling out. He also was on the floor numerous times, as he pinballed off of teammates and opponents. “That’s me. That’s how I always play,” Newby said. “I was getting loose balls, trying to get everybody involved. You’re going to see that every night from me.” Newby even had to leave the floor in the first half after he was hit in the mouth and began bleeding on the court. Henderson breaks record Marshall Henderson had a relatively quiet night, as he scored 13 points on 4 of 13 shooting. But Henderson broke an SEC record, as he has now made a three in 61 straight games. He broke Pat Bradley’s record of 60; Bradley played for Arkansas from 1996-99. Henderson has made a three in every game in which he has suited up for Ole Miss. He will likely add to his conference record, as Ole Miss has four guaranteed games remaining. But the NCAA record of 88 will be unreachable for Henderson. “It’s an honor to break the record,” Henderson said. “When
you shoot as many threes as I do, records are bound to fall.” Tie for fourth With the win, Ole Miss improved to 8-7 in the SEC, and now sit in a three-way tie for fourth with Tennessee and LSU. Arkansas could join the tie for fourth if they beat Kentucky in Lexington tonight. Texas A&M, the next opponent for the Rebels, fell at LSU and sits at 7-8. Missouri and Vanderbilt both lost on Tuesday, and also sit at 7-8. The top four seeds in the SEC Tournament receive a double bye. So, whoever manages to grab the fourth seed would only have to win three games to win the SEC Tournament and secure an NCAA Tournament bid. Derrick Millinghaus suspended The sophomore back-up point guard was suspended before the game for a violation of team rules. Millinghaus was averaging 7.2 points in 19.5 minutes per game. Kennedy did not offer a timetable for his return. “It is what it is at this point. I See BAMA, PAGE 11
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