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University receives ‘green light’ rating for free speech

BY MADISON FEATHERSTON madison.featherston@gmail.com

Recently, the University of Mississippi received a “green light” rating for its permission of free speech on campus, the highest of honors awarded.

The group in charge of the ratings is the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE).

Ole Miss has always been a university that promotes free speech on campus. Its new rating comes from the changing of a technical term in order to bring clarity of policies to students and faculty alike.

Assistant Dean of Students Scott Wallace was a driving force behind the adaptation.

“I believe that our practice has always been a ‘green light,’ just the language in our policies could have been interpreted to inhibit free flow,” he said. “This has been a simple clarification of the language in our policies, not a change of the policies themselves.”

Wallace has been working with FIRE on upgrading the university’s rating since 2005, but the work really came to fruition last February.

University attorney Lee Tyner

shed some light on the policies that were revised to achieve the new rating. The four policies are: the IT Appropriate Use Policy, the Sexual Harassment Policy, the Free Inquiry, Expression and Assembly Policy, and the Residence Hall/Apartment Bill of Rights.

None of the changes made to these policies can be interpreted to harm a student’s rights in any way.

Two-thirds of the nation’s colleges maintain policies that somehow restrict the freedom of speech, according to FIRE. Ole Miss is the 16th school to earn the “green light” rating.

Other universities that have recently been given the rating are James Madison University, the University of Virginia, Arizona State University and the College of William and Mary. Ole Miss and the University of Tennessee are the only two SEC schools with a “green light” rating.

“An example that really sets us apart from other universities is the Klu Klux Klan exhibition that was held on campus in 2009,” Wallace said. “This is something that is mentioned at conferences nationally as a ‘worst case scenario’ — but it is one of those things where we dealt with that, and did

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The locations of the free speech zones on campus. FIRE recently gave the University of Mississippi a ‘green light’ rating.

so fairly well.”

Ole Miss is the first university in Mississippi to receive the “green light” rating.

Young Americans for Liberty president James Robertson, a senior political science and English major, commended the university for working with FIRE to make sure the amendments were done

properly.

“Even though this was a technicality, it still needed to be addressed because although this administration didn’t use their polices to hurt students’ rights, someone in the future could (have),” he said.

Robertson’s student group will host a banned book reading later this semester. This year, rather

than as a peaceful protest of the banned book list, it will be looked at as a celebration of free speech on campus.

“Why would you be opposed to free speech? It is one thing that makes a public university great because students have more of an opportunity to express their ideas,” Wallace said.

Ole Miss may be growing too big, too fast

BY CHARLES HALE ROBINSON charleshalerobinson@gmail.com

Sophomore speech pathology major Jacqueline Levet has acquired more than $300 in parking tickets.

“If I can’t find a parking space, I make one,” she said.

With a record enrollment of 16,586 students on the main campus and 12,622 available parking spaces, Levet is one of the many students noticing changes as the university continues to grow.

With a record high 3,571 freshmen, the university is building three new residence halls, which are expected to open this fall. The three halls will accommodate 242 students each, coming to a total of 726 students, and are planned to be livinglearning complexes, which have themed areas following topics

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such as outdoors, business and pre-med, according to Linda Krhut, director of the Department of Student Housing.

The increase in freshmen has also affected Greek recruitment, said Alex DeJoy, vice president of public relations for Panhellenic Council.

“Recruitment has become larger, but it is still manageable,” DeJoy said. “We’ve had to select more Gamma Chis in order to help the potential new members.”

Along with Greek recruitment, the Greek lifestyle has been affected as well, DeJoy said.

“Sororities are having to reconfigure how they proceed with chapter and dinners because of the larger pledge class from this past year,” Dejoy said.

However, these issues may be resolved as the Greek system looks to expand.

“We are in the process of potentially adding another sorority on campus right now,” DeJoy

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Parking lots around campus tend to get full quickly. In the fall, there were 16,586 students attending Ole Miss and 12,622 parking spaces.

said. “The expansion process is long, and if we are to get a new sorority on campus they will not be participating in recruitment until fall of 2013.”

Some members of the Ole Miss community attribute this increase to national recognition from television and movies.

“It’s a positive thing any time you can use a medium that connects with an area of the country or demographic you otherwise wouldn’t,” Will Purdie, Ole Miss Law alumni, said.

With its history of racial tensions, some believe hosting the first multi-race presidential de-

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bate and being featured in films approaching these issues, like “The Blind Side” and “The Help,” may have helped resolve problems for students considering Ole Miss.

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Let’s talk about alcohol

BY ANDREW DICKSON addickso @olemiss.edu

I recently found myself at a table in City Grocery’s bar, sharing a round of drinks with a few people I consider close friends, casually debating the likelihood of Newt Gingrich’s plans to uncover and subsequently capture the al-Qaeda base located on the dark side of the moon.

For the record, I have become quite disenchanted with the circus that is the American culture: Our politicians appear to be glad-hand caricatures meant merely for our amusement, and our media outlets have devolved into a predictable, bastardized quest for ratings.

So I decided to write something semi-nonsensical while focusing on how I employ my literary devices; today’s column is all about alcohol (and a little about alliteration).

I know for some of you the very

thought of alcohol carries with it many negative connotations. But if you’re responsible enough to care about, say, your survival, you’re also smart enough to know many reservations about this drug are unfounded.

Allow me to be clear: No one using alcohol responsibly has ever caused harm to him- or herself, nor anyone else. This is because responsible alcohol users do not drink on a daily basis, drive under the influence or get too wasted to take care of themselves ­­­­­— ever.

Another sentiment I find difficult to understand is that alcohol is “not a drug per se,” but rather a “socially acceptable form of human interaction.” Seeing as how a “drug” is any substance that alters normal body function, let’s label alcohol for what it is — a drug.

So when we say, “I only drink when

I smoke,” we’re simply spicing up the phrase, “I only do certain drugs with other drugs.” Never fear — many can relate to that sentiment.

I myself am an advocate for moderate alcohol consumption — it gets typically shy people talking and clumsy people dancing. As a part of this advocacy, I believe the bars in Oxford should be allowed to serve until at least 2 a.m. If there are people standing outside your business who want to come in and buy your goods after midnight, why can’t they?

If given the option, I prefer a stout (e.g. Guinness) or a brown ale, but when necessary I find myself using a “utility beer” to achieve similar effects for a reasonable price. Coors Banquet is my go-to commercialized American beer because of how watered-down it is; I don’t have to chase it with anything

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— the entire bottom half of my can is cold water.

Jokes aside, I stress the importance of responsibility. I understand if you think you’re a good drunk driver, but you need to understand that they give awards for that at roadblocks. We also hand out these things called “reputations” to those who can’t handle their ethanol.

There you have it, folks — my “feelgood” hit of the spring. To recap, we learned alcohol is a drug that is undeserving of its special treatment, taxis are cheaper than DUIs and you know what I’m having when you see me out and buy me a birthday drink this weekend.

Cheers, Rebels.

Andrew Dickson is a senior religious studies major from Terry.

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Is Prop 8 headed to the Supreme Court?

BY EMILY STEDMAN stedmanemily@gmail.com

In November 2008, by a slim majority, California voters instituted “Prop 8,” a constitutional amendment that says “only marriage between a man and a woman will be recognized in California.”

Voter turnout was large at nearly 80 percent. Many expected California, typically a leader in liberal, social movements, to shut down the proposition. When that did not happen, reactions varied greatly.

The most vocal and widespread demonstration against the proposition was the “NOH8” movement, in which celebrities posed for photographs wearing duct tape over their mouths and “NOH8” painted on their faces.

Religious organizations, especially, are heavily divided over the issue. The Catholic Church and the Church of Latter Day Saints formally denounced the initiative. But every Episcopal diocese in Cali-

fornia, as well as a large group of Jewish congregations, opposed the movement. (WHO’S OPPOSING WHAT???)

Within 24 hours of taking effect, 11 counties, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, ceased issuing same-sex marriage licenses.

Then the judicial proceedings began. On Aug. 4, 2010, a federal district court overturned Prop 8, saying it violated the Due Process Clause “because no compelling state interest justifies denying samesex couples the fundamental right to marry.” But because the judge issued a stay, the proposition remained in effect, keeping same-sex couples from marrying until the constitutional issue is resolved.

Meanwhile, the Ninth Circuit Court certified a question to the California Supreme Court in order to determine if non-governmental proponents of the initiative have standing to intervene and defend the proposition.

In November 2011, the court ruled that these groups

do have standing and may continue to challenge Prop 8 at the judicial proceedings.

On Tuesday, a three-judge panel for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s ruling and struck down Prop 8 as unconstitutional, but the stay, keeping same-sex couples from marrying for now, remains in place.

The battle is far from over.

The proponents have until Feb. 28 to appeal to the full Ninth Circuit or directly to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the proponents have already promised to meet that deadline.

Personally, I was pleased with the way the court went out of its way to pinpoint what it believes to be the motive of this proposition: to keep a minority group from exercising what the lower court deemed to be a fundamental right.

Ultimately, what these initiatives and their constitutionality turn on is how we define the LGBT community.

In the past, courts have

raised the level of scrutiny used to analyze laws attacking minority rights. In order to receive strict scrutiny, the group must have experienced a history of discrimination, must be a group definable based on an obvious, immutable or distinguishable characteristic, must be defined as politically powerless and these characteristics must have little to do with the group’s ability to participate in society.

Some classifications that have received strict scrutiny over the years include race, national origin, religion, citizenship and economic status.

Will sexual orientation be the next classification?

As seen on the Ninth Circuit and in California, our country is divided. Classifying homosexuality as an immutable characteristic is an extremely sensitive subject.

The LGBT community has historically been discriminated against, but in recent decades they have been anything but politically powerless.

This is an issue of civil

rights. While some cling to the sanctity of marriage and the fundamental right of opposite-sex couples to marry, every day a celebrity heterosexual couple demonstrates a general lack of sanctity for the institution.

At the same time, the number of heterosexual couples cohabitating and creating families outside of marriage skyrockets.

It seems to me that we are having an identity crisis. We cling to traditional values while they crumble around us, and if it is not working for us, we hesitate to let a group longing to participate in those values partake.

Ultimately, I believe a levelheaded conversation about the reshaping of our traditional values, while including all who long to participate, could strengthen our country’s values and bring a new level of normalcy and stability to the family unit.

Emily Stedman is a second-year law student from Marietta, Ga.

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The Inn at Ole Miss working hard for the money

BY JAMES WOODLEY jswoodle@olemiss.edu

The Inn at Ole Miss achieved a personal best, hosting 441 events in a sixmonth period.

On average, The Inn hosts more than 70 events and 4,200 people a month.

“We have over 10,000 square feet of meeting space, and on some days we use all of it in one day, sometimes up to five different groups in house,” said Pablo Corona, director of sales at The Inn. “These groups can consist of maybe 300 for dinner, 60 for a meeting and 20 for a seminar.

“Occasionally we book the ballroom for two separate groups in one day. That requires us to turn that room over for the second group in a quick, timely manner.”

With all the events going on at The Inn, communication is crucial. The Inn has four managers, six chefs and 25 catering staff members.

“The relationship between the hotel and F&B has to be nearly seamless to make the operation successful,” said Chip Burr, food and beverage manager at The Inn. “The main objective is for us all to focus on improving the guest experience and utilizing absolute candor in the process.”

Corona handles all the hotel accommodations and meeting space rentals. Jen Ladner, catering coordinator and wedding specialist, and Burr deal with catering the events. They usually meet with prospective clients together.

“It is easier to meet with the client together to help them plan the process of the event,” Corona said. “Ultimately, we have clients that pay a lot of money for a successful experi-

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ence here at The Inn at Ole Miss. It is our obligation to provide that; constant communication among us helps with that success.

“We have grown so much here at The Inn that most peak dates are full a year in advance. For weddings, many brides choose their date around the availability of space. That gives you an idea on how important it is to plan as far in advance for a successful event.”

The Inn staff prides itself on being flexible enough to handle every type of event.

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day parties, anniversaries, athletic dinners and conferences,” Burr said. “Every event is important to us, no matter how grand or diminutive, but the end result usually comes down to preparedness and staffing.”

The variety doesn’t stop with the events. The Inn has more than 50 appetizers and 65 entree choices. A customer can choose from plain white rice to filet mignon.

Ole Miss Catering is the only licensed server of alcohol at Ole Miss.

“Our catering license allows us the privilege of serving alcoholic beverages during events, allowing us to further

diversify catering functions,” Burr said. “This also allows us to remain competitive with local businesses and popular square destinations.”

Events at The Inn change from day to day. However, Sunday Brunch takes place in the ballroom every week.

Staples of the brunch include omelets, shrimp, beef brisket and a desert station. There are also breakfast and lunch buffets with six items each.

Students can charge the meal to their Flex accounts.

“We are constantly reviewing and making improvements,” Burr said. “The meal’s popularity continues to grow and is quickly becoming

one of our busiest and most lucrative meal periods.”

Jonathan Harrington, associate director of employer services at Ole Miss, has used The Inn since fall 2010 for career, internship and graduate fairs.

“Everything is first class over there,” he said. “The size and the aesthetics of the venue are great. It’s nice to have stuff taken care of for you. A customer wants to be able to enjoy the event and not have to worry if everything is done correctly.

“What keeps us going back is, for the price that we pay, we get a great service. They do all of the work for us.”

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increase of black students going to college in general and the fact the Ole Miss is becoming more appealing,” said Toran Dean, senior Ole Miss Hall of Fame inductee.

“I believe that the University has created an environment that is open and welcoming for people of all race, color and creed to feel comfortable,” she said.

“Whatever stigma Ole Miss has had in the past, as far as race relations, has certainly improved.

I do believe African-Americans looking to go to college are noticing the changes our school has made and are therefore beginning to consider coming to Ole Miss more and more.”

While the graduation rate of black students is only 41 percent, which is lower than the University’s overall rate of 58.7, Dean believes successful black students are important in encouraging potential future black students.

“The university is producing

African-American graduates of high quality for high school students to look up to,” she said.

“I’ve had the opportunity to meet many black alumni, and each one of them attributes their success to the things that they learned while they were here at Ole Miss.”

The issue of population size and the increasing diversity could be attracting even more new students, according to Gjoko Dungevski, an international graduate student from Macedonia.

“I do believe Oxford is too small to fit Ole Miss, but Ole Miss is appealing to international students because of the mix of American and foreign cultures on a very small territory,” he said.

This seemingly small territory changes once school lets out, according to Dungevski.

“After that it’s like the old Western times: empty, quiet and nothing going on.”

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Ole Miss through ‘The Blind Side’ that may not have through other means,” Purdie said.

“That is a great benefit for the University and could definitely be a factor in the student population boom.”

“One of the main reasons universities are receiving larger freshman classes is due to the increase in minorities seeking higher education,” Krhut said.

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Lady Rebel’s charge not enough in loss to UA

BY JAKE THOMPSON jcthomps@olemiss.edu

In desperate need of a win, the Ole Miss Women’s basketball team hoped to find one against struggling Alabama, but the Lady Crimson Tide (11-14; 1-10 SEC) ended up defeating the Lady Rebels (12-13; 2-10 SEC) 52-47.

“I was very disappointed in how we started the game,” Head Coach Renee Ladner said. “I commend Alabama. They played good basketball.”

It was a tale of two halves for Ole Miss. The Rebels looked sluggish at the beginning, having trouble getting going.

Sophomore point guard Valencia McFarland scored in the first six seconds of the game, but that was the only points Ole Miss had until 7 minutes later when McFarland scored again.

The Rebels only had three scorers in the first half in Mcfarland, Kenyotta Jenkins and Maggie McFerrin. Ole Miss trailed Alabama 31-15 at halftime.

Ole Miss has been a second half team for most of conference play, but usually the lead is to insurmountable to make a dif-

ference. Being down only 16 gave the Lady Rebels a chance.

Enter Tia Faleru and Amber Singletary. The two freshmen led a 17-0 run to bring the game level at 40 with 7:12 left in the game.

Singletary then put Ole Miss up for the first time since the 19:54 mark in the first half with a jumper.

The charge was not enough as the Rebels would go cold again for over 4 minutes, which gave Alabama a chance to pull away and keep the lead for the rest of the game.

Senior Nikki Byrd missed the previous two games after sustaining an injury in the Auburn game on Jan. 29. Byrd entered the game briefly, but Coach Ladner pulled her out to prevent any more harm to the injury.

“Nikki hadn’t had a full practice yet,” Ladner said. “We felt as if it would be very difficult for her to come back and play. She’ll get two practices under her belt then we have to go to Mississippi State.”

Ole Miss will look to avenge a Jan. 19, 51-46 home loss against Mississippi State (13-11; 3-8 SEC) when they head to Humphrey Coliseum on Sunday afternoon.

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Freshman point guard Amber Singletary goes up for a shot against Lady Crimson Tide freshman Aneesha Daniels. The Lady Rebels lost last night, 52-47.

The Rebels are riding a sevengame losing streak, while the Lady Bulldogs are riding a five-game losing streak with their most re-

cent loss coming at Baton Rouge against LSU Thursday night.

Tip off is set for 2:30 p.m. and will be on FSN.

away to get the win for State to tie things up at 1 all.

Freshman Nik Scholtz put the Rebels back ahead, defeating junior James Chaudry 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. Scholtz continued to prove why Ole Miss Head Coach Billy Chadwick entrusted him with the No. 1 spot.

The Bulldogs came roaring back with a 6-3, 6-2 win by senior Louis Cant over Rebel freshman William Kallberg in No. 4 singles. Cantʼs win brought the Bulldogs back even again at 2 a piece.

The Bulldog dominance continued with senior Artem Ilyushin taking down senior Marcel Thiemann in a threeset marathon 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

State held the lead at 3-2.

Then senior George Coupland sealed the win for the Bulldogs in a back and forth three set 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 victory.

“It was pretty close to what we thought it was going to come down to,” Chadwick said. “Give State a lot of credit. They’re very solid through the middle of their lineup.”

The Associated Student Body and The Society of Professional Journalists are now accepting questions for the 2012 ASB Presidential Debates. From now until 12:00pm, February 15 students can submit questions to be considered for the debate which will take place on February 16th in the Overby Center Auditorium. The best questions that cover a wide variety of topics will be used. To submit a question visit www.olemiss.edu/asb and click on the 2012 Presidential Debate box on the homepage.

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So there.

That dreadful holiday the nonsingles among us know as Valentine’s Day is coming up, and I know exactly what you’ll all be doing to celebrate: sitting around watching sappy romance movies.

Because I’ll be sitting home alone, I’ll just choose to believe the rest of you will be, too.

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Whereas a good romance movie can have something for everyone and present a realistic take on male and female relationships, a chick flick panders to the female audience and is generally awful (as the big, dumb action movies are for the menfolk). Trust me, there’s a world of difference between “Gone with the Wind” and “The Ugly Truth.”

Most of the really bad chick flicks star some combination of Jennifer Aniston, Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson and, recently, Gerard Butler. The really, REALLY bad ones star Katherine Heigl.

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It has strong, well-written female characters that occasionally talk about something other than men.

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Some might call it a breakup movie, but in the end I’d say it winds up being more hopeful.

“WALL-E” (2008) What is “WALL-E” if not the greatest love story ever told ... between two robots, and one of my favorite films of all time. WALL-E and EVE, two computer-generated robots, have more on-screen romantic chemistry than Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson by far, and create a much more believable relationship. “WALL-E” remains Pixar’s most wonderful and whimsical movie. True story: I once punched a guy who said he thought “Up” was better. And by “true story,” I mean not true at all.

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“Before Sunrise” (1995) “Before Sunrise” is sweet in a realistic and non-ironic way; it isn’t sappy or emotionally manipulative, a la Nicholas Sparks or Stephenie Meyer. There are no sweeping romantic moments, and no one dies and really there isn’t even a conflict of any kind in the movie.

It’s just about two people spending the night walking around a foreign city and just connecting. Yes, that sounds boring, but the way this movie pulls it off is with interesting and engaging characters and dialogue. It’s nothing short of brilliant. The ending is ambiguous,

and we don’t get to find out if they actually made it. Except that...

“Before Sunset” (2004) Nine years later we actually do find out if they made it. “Before Sunset” is one of my top 10 favorite films of all time. This movie, like its predecessor, takes the realistic route while still being hopelessly sweet and engaging. For fans of the first movie, it’s highly enjoyable watching these two characters reconnect all these years later, and while it also ends ambiguously, it takes things further than the first movie and gives us hope that this time they really will stay together.

There is talk of a third movie, but I worry at some point these two will get too old to walk around large European cities.

So these are my choices, though honestly I probably won’t actually watch any of them this year. I’m already perfectly aware that I’m single. I don’t need “Single Awareness Day” to remind me.

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Thees and Rebels open 2012 season at Seminole Classic

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First-year softball Head Coach Windy Thees came to Ole Miss with one goal in mind — winning.

Thees boasts 11 years of head coaching experience, most recently at the University of Memphis. She started the Tigers’ softball program in 2006 and led the Tigers to a schoolbest 36-14 record and their NCAA Tournament appearance this past season. In her six years at the school, Thees compiled a 184-154 record. Before Memphis, she led Georgia College and State University to a 163-92 overall record, including a runner-up finish in the Division II National Championship in 2003.

As a player, Thees was a fouryear starter at both catcher and second base for Florida State

from 1993-1997. She helped lead the Seminoles to three ACC Championships. She was also voted the team’s Most Inspirational Player all four seasons and served as a team captain her senior year in 1997. As a coach, Thees said she takes a hard-nosed approach coaching her new team.

“Don’t waste your time or my time,” Thees said in a radio interview this past fall. “When you’re out on the field, you are there to work hard and get better. And at the end of the day, if you don’t feel that you have gotten better, then you have wasted your time.”

Ole Miss finished 14-39 (323) last season and looks to get back on track this season. In the program’s history, the Lady Rebels have had two winning seasons in 2005 (30-28) and 2010 (29-27) and have reached three straight SEC Tourna-

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In the circle, the team graduated two of its top three pitchers in Brittany Barnhill and Lindsey Perry, but returned senior Kendall Bruning, who started a team-high 26 games and posted a 5.31 ERA, and junior Erinn Jayjohn, who appeared in four games last season. A pair of freshmen, Haley Davis and Lauren Lindsey, join them, as well as junior Laina Collier, who moves to pitcher from the infield, and senior Kelly Chandler, who rejoins the team this season.

This season will be a bit different for the Rebels’ pitchers with Thees, who will work with the staff personally and call all the pitches.

“I love calling pitches during the game,” Thees said in an Ole Miss news release. “We have to figure out how to put the ball in the right quadrant and make

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In the outfield, the Rebels return all three starters in senior Amanda Hutcheson, junior Brittany Broome and sophomore RT Cantillo. Cantillo led the team with a .315 batting average, while Broome ranked second with a .313 batting average this past season.

The Rebels return to their coach’s old stomping grounds at the Seminole Classic in Tallahassee, Fla., this weekend.

The tournament features defending ACC Champion and host, Florida State, Tennessee Tech and Stephen F. Austin.

Ole Miss will open with Tennessee Tech at 9 a.m., followed by Florida State at 1:30 p.m. The Rebels will take on Stephen F. Austin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, and seeded play will begin Saturday afternoon with the championship round set for Sunday.

No. 23 Lady Rebel Netters draw top seed Duke in first round of ITA National Team Indoors today

BY MATT SIGLER mcsigler@olemiss.edu

Sixteen of the best women’s tennis teams in the nation will compete in this weekend’s ITA National Team Indoor Championships in Charlottesville, Va. All 16 teams in the tournament are ranked in the top 25 nationally, including eight in the top 10. No. 23 Ole Miss, who will participate for the first time since 2000, has a tough draw with top seed and No. 3 Duke in the first round at 8 a.m.

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The Rebels return seven of their top eight RBI producers from last season, with the exception of Barnhill, and the top four batting averages, led by senior infielders Cali Overbeck and Corrine Doornberg.

Overbeck, who will bounce between third base and shortstop this season, ranked third on the team with a .281 batting average, .399 slugging percentage, 14 runs and 18 RBI this past season. Doornberg, who is expected to play second base, battled injuries and ranked second on the team with a .317 career batting average. Sophomore Londen Ladner, who led the team in home runs, on-base percentage and slugging percentage, also returns for the

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Sophomore Vivian Vlaar, last week’s SEC Player of the Week, clinched back-to-back 4-3 wins against No. 29 Texas A&M and No. 18 Florida State to advance to the Championships this weekend. After a tough 4-3 loss at Texas Tech this past Saturday, the Rebels’ (4-1) first loss of the season, Vlaar said the team has put the loss behind them and looking forward to the opportunity this weekend.

“I definitely think the loss has made us stronger,” Vlaar said.

“The biggest lesson we learned is that you have to go for every point and not just when you are down in a match. We are excited for the opportunity to play Duke and looking forward to playing a lot better than we did in our last match.”

Along with Vlaar, senior All-

American Kristi Boxx, fellow senior Abby Guthrie and sophomore Caroline Rohde-Moe have put together a solid season thus far for the Rebels. Boxx, ranked No. 12 in the nation in singles, leads the team with a 14-4 overall record, including a 4-1 record at No. 1 singles.

She also teams with fellow senior Abby Guthrie for a No. 4 ranking in doubles and a 14-4 overall record, including a 5-0 record at No. 1 doubles. Sophomore Caroline Rohde-Moe is 15-3 overall, including 5-0 at No. 2 singles.

“We had a great week of practice, and the girls are looking forward to playing in the tournament,” Beyers said.

With a win today, Ole Miss will face No. 10 Michigan or No. 15 Clemson in the next round on Saturday.

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Fans of Ole Miss baseball will be able to catch the Rebels on television seven times this season as a part of the Southeastern Conference’s television package, the league office announced Wednesday.

Ole Miss will play twice on ESPNU as the SEC Thursday Night Game of the Week, three times on the Fox family of networks and twice on CSS as part of the league’s announced package. Six of the seven games will be road contests for the Rebels, including the annual Governor’s Cup tilt against Mississippi State in April.

The two ESPNU games will come on the road at Georgia (April 12) and at Vanderbilt (May 17) with the two series moved to a Thursday-Saturday format as a part of the conference’s agreement with ESPN. Both contests will begin at 6:30 p.m. CT. All three contests of the series at Mississippi State (April 27-29) will be broadcast, with Friday and Saturday’s games carried by SportSouth and Sunday’s game carried by CSS. Friday’s game will now begin at 7 p.m. CT, while Sunday’s game will now begin at 1:30 p.m. CT. The Governor’s Cup game on April 17 will also be televised by CSS. The Rebels will also have Saturday’s contest against LSU (May 5) televised by SportSouth. That contest will now begin at 2 p.m.

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Rebels Set For Tyson Invitational After being off competition last weekend, the Ole Miss track and field team returns to action this weekend in Fayetteville, Ark., as the Rebels participate in the prestigious Tyson Invitational held at Arkansas’ Randal Tyson Track Center.

In addition to the host Razorbacks, whose men are currently the No. 1 team in the country and whose women sit at No. 4 in this week’s USTFCCCA poll, the star-studded Tyson field includes nine more men’s top 25 teams and eight more women’s ranked teams. Other men’s ranked teams are No. 3 LSU, No. 11 Oklahoma, No. 13 Nebraska, No. 16 Kansas State, No. 17 Wisconsin, No. 19 Ole Miss, No. 20 Iowa, No. 22 Georgia and No. 23 Auburn.

Other women’s ranked teams are No. 2 LSU, No. 3 Clemson, No. 5 UCF, No. 6 Texas, No. 8 Texas Tech, No. 13 Georgia, No. 19 Oklahoma and No. 24 Kansas.

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course and in the classroom, Katie Breathitt was recognized Thursday as a 2011 Division I All-Academic Cross Country selection by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Breathitt, a junior from Lexington, Ky., is one of 104 female student-athletes in the country to earn that status in 2011. She is the first Ole Miss female and just the second person in school history to receive the honor in cross country.

To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Cross Country team, the student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point

average of 3.25 and have either earned USTFCCCA All-America status or finished in the NCAA region’s top 15 (or top 10 percent) in 2011.

Breathitt was a top-15 finisher at the 2011 NCAA South Region and claimed the second-best regional finish in Ole Miss women’s cross country history. A senior academically, she holds a 3.38 grade point average as an elementary education major. Breathitt made the 2011 SEC Academic Honor Roll in track and field while she was also a two-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member for soccer in 2008 and 2009.

4-3 in the second overtime as Jarvis Summer missed a jumper with six seconds to go.

Summers led the Rebels with 22 points to go along with five rebounds, five assists and two steals.

For the Tigers, Frankie Sullivan came off the bench and scored 19 points, to go along with three rebounds, four assists and four steals.

Ole Miss struggled to 36 percent (26-for-72) from the field and 25 percent (7-for-28) from behind the arc.

Auburn was not much better at 38 percent (22-for-58) from the field, but also made seven threes on just 18 attempts.

As they have for most of the season, the Rebels outrebounded the Tigers 44-38 and grabbed 19 offensive rebounds, led by double-digit rebound efforts from Reginald Buckner and Murphy Holloway.

Tip-off for Saturday’s game is set for 6 p.m. from the Tad Smith Coliseum. The game will also be televised on Fox Sports Net. Daily Mississippian men’s basketball beat writer David Henson and Ole Miss Sports Information contributed to this report.

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STARKVILLE (AP) - Ole Miss rallied late in the second half, but it wasn’t enough in a 70-60 road loss at No. 18 Mississippi State Thursday night.

Reginald Buckner had 15 points and nine rebounds for Ole Miss (14-9, 4-5), which has lost three of four. Jarvis Summers scored 12 points and Jelan Kendrick tied a career high with 11 points for the Rebels.

Arnett Moultrie scored 18 points and Dee Bost dished a career-high 13 assists for the Bulldogs.

It was another efficient performance for the 6-foot-11 Moultrie, who was 9 of 14 from the field.

Moultrie had plenty of easy looks thanks to several nice passes from Bost, who had eight assists in the first half

as the Bulldogs built a 40-27 lead.

Mississippi State (19-5, 6-3 Southeastern Conference) scored the first eight points and never trailed.

Ole Miss brought the game to within five points at 33-27 late in the first half, but Mississippi State closed the period on a 7-0 run.

After the Bulldogs built a lead as great as 18 early in the second half, Ole Miss chipped away to bring it within 10, but could never close the gap all the way.

Ole Miss won the second half by a 33-30 margin.

The win for the Bulldogs avenged their 75-68 defeat to the Rebels in the teams’ first meeting on Jan. 18.

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their first meeting against the Tigers, coming up short 69-68 on the Plains of Auburn.

After trailing the entire game, Ole Miss closed regulation on an 11-2 run to send the game into overtime.

In the first overtime, Terrance Henry scored a gametying lay-up with 1:05 left to send the game into a second overtime.

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JACKSON – The Ole Miss men’s tennis team looked to defend their 12 consecutive Mississippi Cup titles Thursday night at Jackson’s River Hills Country Club against No. 14 Mississippi State.

The match had major implications of NCAA seeding and hosting later on, and both teams knew that this match was more than just a rivalry.

The Bulldogs ended up getting the best of the Rebels winning the match 4-2.

The Rebels got off to a rough start in the doubles portion of the match. All three Rebel duos fell behind at some point in the match, but two of the teams were able to rally back and secure the doubles point for the Rebels.

However, Mississippi State came out swinging in singles with sophomore Malte Stropp defeating Rebel junior Jonas Lutjen 6-1, 6-4.

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Reggie Buckner scored 15 points and pulled down nine rebounds in last night’s 70-60 loss.

urday as the Auburn Tigers (13-11, 3-7 SEC) visit Oxford.

Ole Miss has lost three of their four games, including back-to-back road losses at Alabama and Mississippi State.

The Rebels look to bounce back and make a final push for the NCAA Tournament.

The state of Alabama has been unkind to Ole Miss this season, losing to both Auburn and Alabama in double-overtime on the road.

The Rebels fell just short in