The Daily Mississippian - February 8, 2017

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Volume 105, No. 83

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What the riots at UC Berkeley can teach us

Horoscopes: Which planet is smiling on you this month?

Volleyball team falls to LSU in fifth set

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ASB elects 4 to fill empty Senate seats Professors,

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scientists rally for climate truth

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The Associated Student Body elected four new senators to the legislature via a paper ballot vote Tuesday night. The senators elected Brady Kies, Levi Bevis, Margo Lee and Ty Deemer to join them on the Senate.

Twenty-one students delivered their minute-long appeal to the 40 senators in attendance Tuesday night.

“I love this body,” Bevis said. “I love what we do here, and I’m looking forward to

changing this campus for the better.”

The four students were sworn into office immediately after votes were counted. They will serve until this term ends March 28, when they will be eligible for re-election.

In the wake of President Donald Trump’s administration’s recently proposed environmental policy changes, University of Mississippi biology faculty members are speaking out against the White House’s stance on climate change and its causes.

Tiffany Bensen, professor of environmental biology, said climate change is not a debatable issue – it’s scientific fact.

Five days after Trump’s inauguration, his administration announced any studies or data from scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency will be reviewed before being released to the public. These politically appointed reviewers will also have jurisdiction over the EPA’s online content (including the scientific evidence showing Earth’s climate is warming due to manmade

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Double Decker festival lineup, changes revealed GRAYSON WEIR

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This April, Oxford’s Double Decker Arts Festival returns for the 22nd year with a soul-heavy lineup, two new running courses and a firsttime sponsorship from the University of Mississippi Museum.

Thacker Mountain Radio will kick off the festival with a live radio broadcast intertwined with hour sets from both Jimmy “Duck” Holmes and Muddy Magnolias Friday the 28th at 6 p.m.

Holmes, who was just nomi-

nated for best acoustic blues album by The Blues Foundation, will open for Muddy Magnolias, an up-and-coming indie soul-rock band from Nashville, Tennessee.

“We’re really excited to kick the festival off with some great music,” said Kate Teague, producer of Thacker Mountain Radio. “‘Jimmy ‘Duck’ is one of the last practitioners of the Bentonia-style blues— bringing Mississippi alive.”

With the curtain closing on Friday night and the sun rising Saturday morning comes the Double Deck-

er Spring Run. This year’s run will feature completely revitalized and redesigned routes for both the 5k and the 10k, allowing them both to begin at 7:30 a.m.

“The field is pretty widespread,” Oxford native Sarah Hopkins said. “You get first-timers, you get professionals and you get people – like me – who are just trying not to finish last. The growth has been clear through the years, and I can’t wait to see the turnout in April.”

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SEE LINEUP PAGE 5 Oxford residents gather while Mayor Pat Patterson speaks at Visit Oxford for the Double Decker Arts Festival press conference Tuesday.

OPINION

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COLUMN

Violent protests at Berkeley: Justified or destructive?

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Last Wednesday, a protest turned violent at UC Berkeley, and brought the ideals and opinions of black-masked “Anti-Fascists” (Anti-Fa) into the national spotlight for the second time in weeks. The entire situation provides an opportunity for discussing free speech and the nature of protest.

UC Berkeley is a school known for its activism and lib-

eral politics, so it is unsurprising that students organized peaceful protests against a lecture to be delivered that night by conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos.

However, after a group of around 100 masked protestors armed with fireworks and rods assaulted police and civilians, the night ended with thousands of dollars in damage and several injured people.

The whole scene echoed images from inauguration weekend just weeks before: black-bloc protesters coming in and destroying buildings in downtown D.C., a masked man punching alt-right and white-nationalist Richard Spencer in a now-famous video, crowds surrounding and destroying vehicles.

The rioters who overtook the protests were not affiliated with UC Berkeley and showed that they favor chaos over pro-

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gressive politics. And, by creating national news, they gave Yiannopoulos an outlet to criticize the Left and academia en masse.

In a statement on Facebook, Yiannopoulos said, “One thing we do know for sure: The Left is absolutely terrified of free speech and will do literally anything to shut it down.”

Though I often overwhelmingly disagree with many of his views, Yiannopoulos makes a good point here: The Left, and particularly academia, is not always the most accepting to dialogue across party lines. Even on a campus as conservative as Ole Miss’, it is often difficult to find the right-wing perspective in classroom discussions of politics and culture.

Liberals need to be willing to hear what conservatives have to say, without starting at the false assumption that everything

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nothing to do with the original purpose of the protest.

Those Anti-Fa protestors were more concerned with causing destruction and creating a news story than they were with actually opposing the alt-right or Trump’s policies.

As they destroyed businesses, injured peaceful protestors and attacked police, they did not have in mind the lives of the refugees Trump is turning away or the people who will lose healthcare in the coming years.

If you live a critically engaged life, your beliefs are bound to and should be challenged.

When presented with the other side, come with your words and your ideas, but don’t bring your weapons.

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they say is “hate speech.” And, on the other side, conservatives need to be willing to present their ideas in academic settings, without starting at the similarly false assumption that their views are always being attacked or restricted.

Everyone has a right to protest, but listening must come first.

It is important to remember: the student protestors were peaceful, and Berkeley administrators hold that the anarchists were from outside of campus.

But regardless, let Berkeley stand as a reminder that we are blessed with free speech and ought to use it to peacefully resist what we see as unjust.

Violence can have its place in resistance, if the oppressing force is unjustifiably violent itself, but riots far too often become proxies for other frustrations of the rioters that have

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continued from page 1 carbon emissions), according to the Associated Press.

Senior Trump campaign adviser Bob Walker also revealed plans to lower funding for NASA’s Earth science division, which focuses on climate change research. “[Other countries are] going to despise and question the intelligence of the American people for electing the current administration,” Sara Liljegren said.

Liljegren said she fears the Trump administration will withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement. The Paris Agreement is a component of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which strengthened previous international climate guidelines and added financial aspects to international climate control.

One-hundred and twenty-nine countries have ratified the agreement acknowledging mankind’s contributions to Earth’s warming climate.

“It’s pretty settled that climate change is real. The evidence and data are indisputable,” Bensen said.

“They can come up with all kinds of reasons … but the relationship between carbon emissions and temperature increase is tight.”

Clifford Ochs said began teaching biology at Ole Miss more than 20 years ago.

He said he thinks students’ opinions toward climate

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change have improved since he began teaching here.

“My impression is that students - in particular - are more receptive to the topic of climate change than they were 15 years ago,” Ochs said. “The public takes climate change more seriously, despite what the president might have said.”

Scientists like Bensen and Ochs decided to follow the lead set by the hundreds of women who marched last month and organized their own protest of the new administration’s environmental policies. The March for Science will take place on Earth Day, April 22. Science fans can find more information on Facebook, Instagram and the website https:// www.marchforscience.com.

Liljegren says she supports the cause of the march.

“I’ve never gone to a protest in my life, but there is a march being organized similar to the Women’s March,” Liljegren said.

For scientists like Bensen, the call to action has never been louder. Bensen said she has written to her congressman and visited the Mississippi State Senate offices to voice her grave concerns.

“I’ve been more politically active in the last three to six weeks than I have ever been in my entire life. We are facing an administration that is very threatening on all sorts of fronts,” Bensen said. “Scientists are rising to the occasion.”

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Pisces, the Fish: February 19- March 20

Aries, the Ram: March 21- April 19

Taurus, the Bull: April 20May 20

Gemini, the Twins: May 21June 20

Venus smiles on you this month, Pisces. Love and happiness is in the air, and there might even be a surprise visit from a very special friend or lover right around your birthday. Get ready for some sparks to fly, literally. Your electromagnetic energy is seriously out of whack due to the way Venus is pulling on your cosmic energies, so expect to be experiencing an unbelievable number of static shocks, especially in your ears when you wear your headphones.

(Those are the worst!) But don’t worry, all that electricity will make you especially attractive to balloons, and I cannot see a single downside to that.

The stars have sharpened your senses this month, Aries.

Mars and Venus have aligned in just the right way, pulling on your cosmic energies and making you faster, stronger, more agile and just physically better overall. Now would be a good time for you to try some competitive sports or extreme body-building. As a side note, you should avoid Wyoming this month, Aries. The stars tell me a very hungry bear is on the lookout for you, which is rather unfortunate, considering they have also told me there is an old buried treasure with your name written all over it, hidden somewhere in the vast and awesome wilderness of Wyoming.

Things have been going pretty well for you lately. You’ve managed to dress appropriately for the weather nearly every day, you’re eating relatively healthily and you even found some time to work out a couple days a week. Your friends are all getting along, and you’re starting to form some new relationships that could really be meaningful. But that’s not all that’s great about this month, Taurus. This month, the gravity of Pluto is pulling on you in a very special way. It’s given you the ability to fly! Unfortunately, due to the force of gravity on Earth, the only way you’ll be able to fly is if you jump from a height of exactly 2.156578 feet off the ground. So grab your measuring tape and get to soaring!

Had a bit of a sweet tooth lately, haven’t you, Gemini? Normally you’re not one for sugary snacks, but for whatever reason, you just can’t seem to say no to cookies, cake or candy. Beware, Gemini, for a terrible curse has been placed upon you. Jupiter, jealous of a recent stroke of luck you’ve had, has decided to punish you by attempting to slowly transform you into a pillar of sugar.

The more sugar you eat, the faster you will change. It’s already begun, hasn’t it? Notice how people have been calling you a “sweetheart” or saying, “Why aren’t you sweet?” Don’t deny it any longer. Accept your fate. The only way you can keep from becoming a human sugar statue is to eat only red meat or green vegetables for three days. Unless you’re the president, in which case you must eat 40 bags of shredded cheese.

Aquarius, the Water bearer: January 20- February 18 Something has been off about you lately, Aquarius. You find yourself contemplating it often, as you sip champagne from your crystalline glass, studying yourself with a casual amusement in front of your antique mirror. But no matter how long you gaze at your own ever-lasting beauty, you can’t quite put your finger on what irks you. The solution to your irritation lies outdoors. Get out and enjoy the crisp February air.

Sunlight invigorates you and clears your mind of clutter and nonsense, allowing you to focus on the finer things in life.

Go on a hike and stop beneath an old magnolia tree. Dig under where your left foot stops. You will find a golden nugget.

You deserve it.

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Looks like your lucky star is out, Cap! The cosmos tell me there is some good work-related news in your future and a fat check in the mail. There’s also some extra sauce in your Chinese take-out, a hidden gem on Netflix all your friends will think you’re cool for stumbling upon and an unopened pack of ballpoint pens under the upper-left corner of your bed.

The stars are smiling on you, so make sure you spread that love around so it can come back to you ten-fold. Don’t believe me? Next time you go through a drive-thru, buy the person behind you in line’s food. When you get home, you will have a new kitten.

Lately you’ve been feeling extra sensitive, Sag, and it’s getting you down. Suddenly, you and your roommates aren’t getting along, you’re having trouble staying focused on your work and you are unreasonably irritated by that “swishy” sound rain jackets make. Don’t worry – your bad mood isn’t all your fault; Mars has aligned perfectly with your aura and is yanking on your emotions. To level yourself out, take some time for you this weekend. Wash your hair and actually follow the instructions on the shampoo bottle for once.

Floss. Stay hydrated. Don’t eat any cheese. Resist the urge to kill.

You’ve been lusting for open water lately, Cancer, and Neptune has noticed. This month would be a good time for you to take a trip down to a lake or beach of some kind. Any kind of journey, really, will do your soul good this month. There is also a young and beautiful stranger in your future, so keep your eyes peeled. Do not literally peel your eyes, though. That will make you blind and would probably be extremely painful. Starting on the 10th, you will also temporarily gain the ability to communicate with sharks and rays, but only in Spanish.

Leo, the Lion: July 23- August 22

Capricorn, the Goat: December 22- January 19

Sagittarius, the Archer: November 22- December 21

Cancer, the Crab: June 21- July 22

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Libra, the Scale: September 23- October 22

Now is time for you to really focus on getting organized, Scorpio.

The stars are positioned perfectly in alignment with Saturn, giving you a clear and focused mind and one heck of a determined streak. And there could be some serious payoff in your hard work. There are some big bucks in your future, dude. A mess you’ve been neglecting for quite some time, like the laundry piled up on your desk chair or the collection of plastic bottles you’re amassing in the backseat of your car, is hiding a secret treasure. The only way you can find it, however, is by cleaning.

So get you a trash bag, some rubber gloves and some disinfecting wipes, and get to work.

Nothing all that special is going to happen to you this month, Libra. Don’t expect any big production on Valentine’s Day or some crazy new spring break trip to suddenly become available to you. Work’s going to be pretty much the same, the TV shows you’ve been following are not really going to get exciting and nothing on the news will really shock you. The stars have indicated to me there is a 6 percent chance you might find some money you left in your coat pocket a year ago, but it probably won’t be more than, like, $3.

Nope, February is going to be pretty average for you, Libra.

Scorpio, the Scorpion:

Make sure you stay focused this month, Leo. The stars tell me there are some serious work opportunities in your future, and you’ll want to be on top of your game if you want to be successful. Set aside distractions, put your priorities straight, write down your goals and keep your eyes on the prize. Also, try to avoid any sort of boating or sailing activities on the 18th. The stars tell me this is the day you will be most likely to become shipwrecked on a deserted island out of every other day of your entire life. After spending 16 years stranded on the island alone, you will be kidnapped by a notorious pirate called Captain Tootsie.

You will fall in love with Captain Tootsie’s first mate, who will break your heart, and ultimately it’s just going to be a whole mess of drama you don’t need in your life. If you absolutely have to go sailing that day, you should plan accordingly.

Virgo, the Virgin: August 23September 22 You are very much one with Mother Earth this month, Virgo. Recently you’ve been in a rather romantic state of mind, and it’s really begun to lift your spirits. You’re suddenly inspired by everything around you, and there might be some real creative value in the work you’ve been doing lately. All of the world is attracted to you this month, Virgo, especially bugs. Yes, that’s right, bugs. In fact, bugs are so in love with you, they will follow you around all month. They’ll be in your bed when you’re sleeping, in your car while you drive and even on you as you sit on the couch, watching TV or talking with friends. There will never not be a bug on you this month, Virgo.

You will always have a bug on you. Even in the shower.

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Migos’ ‘Culture’ album climbs to top of Billboard 200 LEXI PURVIS

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Atlanta rap group Migos released its new album “Culture” Jan. 27, and it has already climbed to the top of the Billboard 200, making it the No. 1 album in America right now. With such success in a short amount of time, it only makes sense for somebody to give the album a review, right?

Migos released its single “Bad and Boujee” back in October, but the single didn’t really gain momentum until January when the song reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200. “Bad and Boujee” is the most popular song from “Culture,” as it rightfully should be. You can walk into the middle of a crowd and yell the phrase “rain drop,” and I guarantee half of the room will respond right back with “drop top.” Migos’ famous “rain drop, drop top” line gained a ton of popularity on Twitter, which definitely helped “Culture” amass popularity overall. “Bad and Boujee” is a hit because it’s a song that never seems to get old. At this point, everyone’s heard it hundreds of times, but

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continued from page 1 dred racers from 26 different states ran last year, but Pam Swain, senior vice president of the Oxford Lafayette County Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development, says this year will be even bigger. This is the first year with exact chip timing, which means racers will be able to have precise start and finish times, drawing more top athletes to the event.

“The race really is a great way to start the Saturday morning of the festival,” Visit Oxford director Mary Allyn Hedges said. “It’s a great beginning to a wonderful day of art and music.”

This year’s poster art, a watercolor double decker bus surrounded by an array of colors, was also revealed.

Local artist Pam Locke won the poster design contest and will be featured in her own festival booth this year.

Highlights of Saturday’s music lineup include the Seratones, James McMurtry, Luther Dickinson and Dr. John and the Nite Trippers. Headlined by Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, the festival will conclude with an extended set

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there’s nothing like hearing that intro to get the party going. The song’s beats are great, and the lyrics are unforgettable, but the main reason why it’s so popular is because Migos unintentionally created a millennial “Marco Polo” with “rain drop, drop top.” Not to mention, Lil Uzi Vert is featured in the song, too.

“Culture” features a lot of big name hip-hop artists

from 8:45 p.m. to festival close at 10 p.m.

“There is a clear focus on groove,” student Kelsey Baich said. “Each of these artists sing with their emotions and are a great fit with the Oxford feel and everything Double Decker epitomizes.”

Coming from Denver, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats look to bring its explosion of deep, primal and ecstatic soul-baring music to Oxford’s center stage for the first time since Michael Franti brought the Square to the ground a year prior.

The whole weekend, organized by Visit Oxford, is slated to be the biggest showcase of Oxford’s capabilities yet. Thanks to a gift from Ole Miss Athletics, the University Museum will be the presenting sponsor of the entire festival. Ross Bjork, vice chancellor of intercollegiate athletics, said the museum was be the perfect fit for the much-deserved exposure that comes with the festival sponsorship.

“This festival is what makes Oxford great,” Bjork said. “It’s a platform to say, ‘This is an amazing place.

Come look for yourself,’ and there is no other way to do that like hosting this festival.”

and rappers like DJ Khaled, Gucci Mane, 2 Chainz and Travis Scott. 2 Chainz is featured in one of the most under-appreciated songs from “Culture” in a track called “Deadz.” “Deadz” definitely seems to be an underrated song from the album, but “Dead” has that trap sound that made Migos famous in the first place. It also simultaneously incorporates the infamous “2 Chaaaiinnzz”

line before 2 Chainz drops his verse. “Deadz” also is a perfect vibe for just hanging out, or it can also be a party bop. It’s fitting for whatever mood you’re in.

Another great song to listen to from the album is “T-Shirt,” which is a little less popular than “Bad and Boujee,” but it’s quickly becoming viral with more than 20,000,000 plays on Spotify. While “Culture” features other great artists, “T-Shirt” is pure Migos, and it has one of the best hooks on the album. The track is a great example that Migos can shine without relying on featured artists. While its collaborations often make popular bangers, “T-Shirt” is a reminder of why Migos’ trap music blew up.

“Out Yo Way” is another undervalued track from the album. While it has a similar sound to the other tracks on “Culture,” the message is different from the rest.

“Out Yo Way” is dedicated to someone who always was there for the group while it was trying to make it in the music business. Seeing this part of Migos seemed real and genuine and that its struggle to make it big did not only have an effect on them but also the people

around them. The opening line of the song, “You probably got your hands full whatever goal you pursue, all this pain we can live through it, it’s called success” is strikingly different from the majority of the album and gives listeners a different perspective on the rap group. Listening to the album, you get accustomed to the trap lyrics so hearing something genuine from Migos is refreshing.

If I had to rate the album on a scale from one to 10, I’d give it an eight. This is the type of album you want to bump in your car on your way to a party, but it’s also an album you can chill to. With Migos’ increasing popularity, its sound works, but I’d want to hear something different in the future. Many rappers have some pretty varying sounds on their albums, but Migos had almost the same sound on all of its tracks. Sometimes it is challenging to tell the difference. If you’re a big fan of rap, I’d definitely give “Culture” a listen.

Migos is still new to the music scene, so I’m excited to see how its style changes in the future.

LINEUP

FRIDAY, APRIL 28TH 6:00-7:00 p.m.

Jimmy “Duck” Holmes

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Thacker Mountain Radio Hour

8:00-9:00 p.m.

Muddy Magnolias

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11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

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1:00-2:00 p.m.

Robert Finley

2:30-3:30 p.m.

Seratones

4:00-5:00 p.m.

James McMurtry

5:30-6:30 p.m.

Luther Dickinson

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Dr. John & The Nite Trippers

8:45-10:00 p.m.

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

SPORTS

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Rebels snap SEC road skid with win at Florida BRIAN SCOTT RIPPEE thedmsports@gmail.com

Shelby Gibson owned the paint in Gainesville on Monday night, and it was one of the key reasons why Ole Miss snapped a 13-game road SEC losing streak that bled into three different seasons. The 16 point, six rebound performance was also enough to earn Gibson SEC freshman of the week honors for the second time this season.

It was a much-needed win for an Ole Miss team that has won back-to-back SEC games for the first time this season. The Rebels endured a rugged front end of their SEC schedule, dropping six of their first eight conference conference games.

Four of the initial six games

came on the road against the likes of currently thirdranked Mississippi State, sixth-ranked South Carolina and Tennessee.

The Rebels took control of the game by opening the second quarter on a 12-0 run, a stretch that included three pointers from Gibson, Madinah Muhammed and Shandricka Sessum. That trio was potent on Monday night as Muhammed dropped 22 and Sessum scored 18 in addition to Gibson’s 16.

Florida made a couple of runs at the Rebels in the second half and cut the deficit to two in the fourth quarter, but Ole Miss did the little things necessary to win on the road–like going 5-5 from the free-throw line in the game’s final minutes. It was an important win on the

surface as it pulled the Rebels to 15-8 on the year and 4-6 in SEC play. But it was also another notch in the belt for Matt Insell’s team that survived that rugged and front-loaded schedule.

The win guaranteed the Rebels a winning season, just the second since 2010.

That’s a pretty significant accomplishment for a program that isn’t far removed from being riddled with NCAA sanctions involving the previous coaching staff.

Insell has brought some young talent into Oxford and is building upon it, even if the results don’t always show on the scoreboard.

There are more winnable games left on the schedule, and Ole Miss has a chance to continue to build momentum in the season’s final stretch.

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THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 8 FEBRUARY 2017 | PAGE 7

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NFL fans are witnessing history: Brady is a legend COLUMN

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He was a chubby sixth-round pick draft pick from the University of Michigan who’s now a five-time Super Bowl champion. He’s won the Vince Lombardi trophy more times than Aaron Rogers, Joe Montana or Peyton Manning. He has won more games than any NFL quarterback on the planet. He has thrown for more playoff yards and more playoff touchdowns than any quarterback in the history of the National Football League. He is, without a doubt, the best quarterback of all time. He is Tom Brady.

Now hold on – there are two sides to every argument.

It wouldn’t be football without controversy, and answering “who’s the best” might be the most controversial question of all time. The “Tom Brady haters” are quick to point out that head coach of the Patriots, Bill Belichick, is really the one winning games. After all, Tom Brady has had access with a series of remarkable teams

that, it could be argued, other quarterbacks might have won Super Bowls with. And it would be ignorant to ignore Brady’s passer rating, 97.6, which falls far short of Aaron Rogers’ ridiculous 104.1. But perhaps most scarring of all the strikes against Brady, in the public’s eye, would be Deflategate.

Deflategate, that time Tom Brady allegedly knowingly and willingly allowed footballs to be deflated in order to give his team an advantage, landed Brady a four-game suspension.

Now remember, the National Football League Players Association decided to take that suspension to a U.S. District Court, and the suspension was thrown out. The court ruled that Brady had not been given due process and there was never a direct link between Brady and the shoddily inflated footballs. Brady ended up serving the suspension anyway, but only after the NFL decided that “as Brady’s employer” it had the right to suspend him. Even better, once Brady served his fourgame suspension, pushed back

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until the 2016 season, he came back and won the Super Bowl that same year.

Without Deflategate, and ignoring Rogers’ passer rating due to Brady’s dominance in numerous other quarterback metrics, adversaries to the “Brady is best” camp are left with close to nothing. But what about Belichick’s superior teams? Matt Cassel led the Patriots to an above-average 11-5 season in 2008; isn’t that proof enough? Well, no, it isn’t.

As great a quarterback as Tom Brady is, he isn’t perfect.

He isn’t particularly athletic.

He’s tall, but not unnaturally tall, and his throwing motion hasn’t always been perfect .

Tom Brady, however, is consistent. It seems like every year he’s putting up elite numbers.

Sure, he isn’t the MVP every single season, but he always seems to be in the discussion.

Brady has been a top-level quarterback for 15 years, save a season and a half of injuries.

Brett Favre may have played longer, but Brady has gotten

more out of his time. With more Super Bowl appearances and 18 more playoff touchdowns than any other quarterback in history, Brady has risen above the good and even above the great.

This gets back to why Belichick’s teams are irrelevant; the Patriots, since Brady won the starting job in 2001, have always been competitive. Why? Tom Brady! There have been better NFL teams over the past 15 years, and other quarterbacks have had better individual seasons, but that doesn’t matter in the big picture. Players come and go; Brady’s teammates in 2001 were far different

from his teammates this year, but Brady finds ways to win.

At the end of the day, what makes the best quarterback “the best?” Is it overall career passing yards? If so, Brett Favre should be the best. Is it passer ratings? If so, Aaron Rogers should be the best. Or is it results? Is it most Super Bowl rings? Don’t judge Tom Brady by the kind of person the media portrays him as or the players Bill Belichick pays to surround him–judge him by results.

Once you do that, the answer becomes clear.

Tom Brady is unequivocally the best quarterback of all time.

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Ole Miss takes on Tennessee: 4 things to watch SAM HARRES

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The Rebels are set to take on Tennessee tonight in Knoxville. Fresh off a win against Vanderbilt, head coach Andy Kennedy and his young team are hoping to keep their postseason aspirations alive.

Here are four things to look for tonight:

Shutting down Robert Hubbs III Just how hot is Tennessee right now? How about four wins out of its last five games? How about a win against No. 4 Kentucky?

Ole Miss freshman guard Breein Tyree dribbles down court.

Tyree’s continued The Volunteers’ success development this year has largely come Breein Tyree has been on the back of senior guard Robert Hubbs III. A 6-foot- somewhat of an enigma 5-inch senior, Hubbs put up for much of this season.

25 points against the No. 4 After starting the year minimal on-court Wildcats. Now, averaging with just under 15 points-per- contributions, Tyree has game and an impressive seen his minutes grow Head 31.7 minutes-per-game, exponentially.

Andy Kennedy Hubbs will face a largely coach inexperienced Ole Miss recognized the New Jersey raw potential team. Shutting down Hubbs native’s during the offseason, and won’t be easy, but the likes of Breein Tyree, Neal and his investment is finally Burnett should put up a paying dividends. Standing at 6-feet-2-inches and good fight. weighing 190 pounds, Tyree is one of the quickest players

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Cullen Neal and Deandre Burnett, a pair of transfer guards from the University of New Mexico and the University of Miami, respectively, have seen their fair share of ups and downs this season. While Neal has steadily improved both his offensive and defensive contributions throughout the season, Burnett’s performances have been all over the board. After putting up a (at the time) NCAAleading 41 points against Oral Roberts in a preseason tournament, the 6-foot-2inch junior has struggled to stay consistent down the stretch. After several strong games, he’s back to averaging 16.9 points-pergame, good enough for fifth in the SEC. Both guards will need to perform if the Rebels are going to stop Tennessee.

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