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Social media left to the discretion of students and faculty

BY JENNIFER NASSAR AND JACOB BATTE jennifernassar2@gmail.com thedmnews@gmail.com

Freedom of speech is one of the cornerstones of American idealism, but as technology evolves that freedom is becoming more difficult to regulate. Its latest obstacle: social media.

Social media policies are being created across the nation for elementary/secondary education, but Dean of Students Sparky Reardon said it is different for higher education institutions such as the University of Mississippi.

“I think it’s very tough for the college level,” he said. “If a student were standing on a street corner in Jackson, holding up a sign saying ‘I love __,’ then what control would we have over that?”

For Ole Miss, there is no policy on social media, but Reardon said the IT Appropriate Use Policy would be a good source to guide Internet use.

The Appropriate Use Policy “sets forth the privileges of and restrictions on students, faculty, staff and other users with respect to the computing and telecom-

munications systems located at the University of Mississippi.”

If a problem between professors and students cropped up, Reardon said it would most likely be handled by the Equal Opportunity and Regulatory Compliance (EORC) Title 9 office.

The University Creed is a good guide for determining what should and what should not be posted on social media, Reardon said.

Sophomore Chinese and Latin double major Alex Rhea had a run-in with a university official earlier this semester. Daniel O’Sullivan, associate professor of modern languages and senior fellow of the Residential College, posted something Rhea believed to be critical of the Catholic Church.

“I was a little put off by a professor of the university – a university where minds are supposed to be cultivated and people are supposed to speak their thoughts,” he said.

Rhea said he often has “heated” conversations with O’Sullivan, who is also Catholic.

“He’ll sometimes have posts very critical about the Church,” Rhea said. “I feel like it is some of

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my duty to say something or sort of stand up and say something.”

Rhea said even though he and O’Sullivan have differing views,

they still get along.

“If I were really that offended by his post, I could easily un-friend him,” he said. “I consider the In-

ternet its own other country. It is its own place where people can See SOCIAL MEDIA, PAGE 4

Civil rights leader to speak today at Fulton Chapel

BY BRACEY HARRIS braceyh@gmail.com

A quote from Myrlie EversWilliams on the James Meredith monument at the University of Mississippi between the J.D. Williams Library and the Lyceum reads “Yes Mississippi was ... but now Mississippi is.”

Evers-Williams speaks from experience. Nearly 50 years ago, her husband Medgar Evers was gunned down in their carport by staunch segregationist Byron De La Beckwith.

Most of the world was introduced to Evers-Williams as the widow of Evers on the cover of LIFE magazine.

The solemn photo shows a mother comforting her son at his father’s funeral.

Evers-Williams, however, stands out in her own right.

“She is known internationally for her work with civil

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rights and education,” said Andy Mullins, chief of staff to the chancellor and co-chair of the UM civil rights committee, which is overseeing the yearlong celebration of 50 years of integration at the university.

Evers-Williams served as the chairwoman of the NAACP in 1996 and will teach at the Medgar Evers Institute at Alcorn State University.

The university has worked with Evers-Williams before, sponsoring joint events with the William Winters Institute for Racial Reconciliation.

Most notably, Evers-Wiliams was featured as the keynote speaker in 2002 for the 40th anniversary of Meredith’s enrollment.

“We’re delighted to have her back, and this is a real honor for the University of Mississippi,” Mullins said.

Charles Ross, chair of the civil rights subcommittee and director of the African-American studies program, said Evers-Williams has a personal

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tie to the university.

“Her husband’s life changed because he applied to the university,” Ross said.

Evers was the first known black person to apply to the Ole Miss in 1954, when he attempted to enroll in the law school.

Denied admission, Evers would go on to become the Mississippi field secretary for the NAACP. Ross explained that Evers was instrumental along with Constance Baker Motley in providing legal and financial support to Meredith.

“She has vivid memories of the days leading up to integration and all the challenges that the university and state met trying to keep James Meredith out,” he said. “It’s good to have her back in the state of Mississippi, and we’re lucky to have her.”

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Profits, addiction and the Constitution

BY EMILY STEDMAN stedmanemily @gmail.com

On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled against federal regulations requiring graphic advertisements to be placed on tobacco products.

The images range from smoke in the face of a baby held in its mother’s arms, rotting lungs and a man smoking through a tracheotomy hole in his neck.

The push and pull between health groups and tobacco companies revolves around the fact that, in our country, cigarettes and other tobacco products are not only legal but popular.

Despite the detrimental side effects of their products, tobacco companies continue to prosper. The addictive nature of their product secures a sizeable and long-term customer base while creative and psychological advertising brings in new buyers every day.

The national movement to deter smoking, especially among youth,

has been going on for decades. The introduction of Joe Camel in the late 1980s by R.J. Reynolds, a leading tobacco company, caused a spike in youth smoking but in reality, a variety of factors lead to the habit, including familial and social influences.

With the threat of these new, graphic images, tobacco companies cling to their constitutional rights.

They argue that these images not only hinder profits, but also damage their product image. Commercial speech is protected by the First Amendment but the protection is not high, and the government can require companies to divulge certain information to customers.

The dilemma is caused by the legality of cigarettes. How far can the government go to educate the public and discourage the use of a product that can be bought and used and traded without breaking the law?

We have done this to ourselves.

The tobacco industry is a thriving business. And although we struggle with the consequences and make fun of our situation in movies like “Thank You for Smoking,” many of our friends, peers and families are unwilling and unable to give up the habit.

Just about everyone can think of someone in his or her close circle or immediate family who has suffered the consequences of tobacco-related health issues. Yet we continue to smoke a cigarette or take a dip after a few drinks or to help us fight hunger or to boost our ADD medication.

We think those graphic images will not be us. We think we are smarter or stronger than addiction and that we can maintain control. We do not think about how our choices to use tobacco products affect those around us: our friends, our families and even strangers passing through the smoke on the sidewalk or balcony of Roost-

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Addiction is real. Tobacco companies’ profit margins are real. Constitutional rights are real. How those three entities continue to play into one another is unclear. Wednesday’s decision is likely to be appealed and will likely eventually reach the Supreme Court.

Until then, and even after, it is up to individuals to continue the dialogue about tobacco-related issues and support those we know who are struggling with addiction.

Graphic images may not be the answer, but in the event that a future court decides that they are, it will be interesting to see what effect, if any, the images have on addiction and profits. Who knows, maybe the next thing will be body fat printed on McDonald’s fries containers.

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

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Colleges educate you, not indoctrinate you

BY ANDREW DICKSON addickso@olemiss.edu

Why is it that someone is more willing to help you or work with you if they know who you are?

I’ve been contemplating this for a time, but we’ll come back to it.

During a speech given to a Tea Party group in Michigan on Feb. 25, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum had this to say regarding college education: “There are good, decent men and women who go out and work hard every day that aren’t taught by some liberal college professor who tries to indoctrinate them. I understand why (Obama) wants

you to go to college; he wants to remake you in his image.”

This suited the Tea Party crowd very much.

I’m not Obama’s biggest fan, but as a matter of clarity, the president has encouraged citizens to seek out further education, ranging from four-year universities to basic vocational training — not once has he made a blanket statement only promoting four-year universities.

We should also note here that Santorum has three separate degrees: a B.A. from Penn State, an M.B.A. from Pittsburgh and a J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law. Anyway, I argue that the “indoctrination” you are receiving at Ole Miss is actually an “education.” When you go to college, you meet new people and experience new things and develop new ideas about the world — this is actually

the process of learning, not indoctrination.

In my experience, great professors (and I’ve had a few) are the kind of people who can see things inside of you before you yourself can dig them up. They deliver material in an objective manner that allows the student to unlock his or her own mind. They will never be too busy or too proud to help you as long as you keep the lines of communication open.

One of the bigger hurdles that comes with college life is the problem of figuring out who you are and where you’re going. If your universe is working correctly, it should be giving you signs that will help with this identification problem. Having a conversation with your adviser or another professor you trust allows you to be truthful about who you are and what you want to do while also allowing them an opportunity to give you

honest and valuable insight back.

The material being delivered in your classrooms is far from dogma.

Typically, when you go to class, the teacher will articulate various points of view from different thinkers in a given field that were taken from the books you were assigned. What is being taught is the culmination of many qualified thinkers — not the professor’s own conditioned, subjective views.

I can safely say after two full years immersed in the most doctrine-filled field around, not once has a professor promoted his or her religious views or dogma in the classroom.

Now to my question: why is it that someone is more willing to help you or work with you if they know who you are?

I’m not sure of the answer, but I believe good people simply love helping good people. The studentprofessor relationship is a great ex-

ample of this.

I know that I’m a very difficult person to work with. I am very forgetful: I forget assignments, class — everything. But there’s something to be said for being human, and professors will want to work with you if you would just say, “hello.” They love what they do and will take a vested interest in you if you show a slight interest in a topic they love — this is their nature.

Of course college isn’t for absolutely everyone, but if you find yourself here, reading my column, it is likely the place for you.

I had few expectations when I first came to the university, but (to quote Alexander Shulgin) “I learned there was a great deal inside of me.”

Now, how about you?

Andrew Dickson is a senior religious studies major from Terry.

ASB president: report on initiatives and accomplishments This is part two of a two part series in which Associated Student Body president Taylor McGraw updates the student body on the goals he set out to accomplish and other initiatives the ASB managed to accomplish along the way. Follow him on Twitter @taylor_mcgraw and the ASB @OleMissASB.

BY TAYLOR MCGRAW tmmcgraw@olemiss.edu

Yesterday, I wrote an update on the platform goals I laid out during my campaign last year. In addition to those, the Associated Student Body has achieved a number of other accomplishments and started several new initiatives. For a complete and detailed list, visit www.olemiss.edu/asb. Here are some highlights: Other initiatives/accomplishments: 1. ASB Easter Egg Hunt — gave away 400 prizes, including an iPad 2, after hosting a three-day egg hunt across campus.

2. Two+2 Program — close to 300 total participants are currently making new friends each week. Sign up on our website any time!

3. Decorated walls of the Union — put up a first wave of pictures in the food court

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4. 21 Days of Good — issued 21 “good” challenges in February and are giving away prizes to those who participated. Forms are due back in the ASB office today!

5. Green Fund — getting close to implementing a plan that will start raising considerable funds for sustainable campus projects.

6. Pushing for a campuswide smoking ban — resolution passed through the student Senate and is working its way up the university hierarchy.

7. State of the Union address — delivered an address in the fall in front of the Student Union with lots of free

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food and will have another one this month.

8. Revamped Transfer Leadership Organization — doubled total participation and holding regular meetings for the first time.

9. Black and White Affair — chipped in our part to host the annual diversity event and had a great turnout.

10. Rock the Schoolhouse service project at Water Valley High School — revitalizing the front patio at WVHS as part of a new statewide service partnership.

11. Share the Road campaign — received 200 signed pledges, led a community bike ride and distributed lots of handouts encouraging bikermotorist cooperation on the road.

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launch — helped the Office of Sustainability get the awesome community car and ridesharing programs to campus.

13. “Don’t Text and Drive” car reminders — passed out a bunch before Christmas break and will pass out another wave of them before spring break.

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14. Improved coordination with branch campuses — created a new liaison between the Oxford and Tupelo campus and distributed free Scantrons to branch campuses.

15. Voter registration drive — signed up more than 200 voters with help of students in

the Lott Leadership Institute.

In student government, you can never do as much as you want to do in a single year, but we’ve done our best to do things that make your time at Ole Miss a little easier and a little more fun. I am proud of our accomplishments, but we have a lot that we are still working on and will continue to work on until March 29. Let me know if I can do anything for you.

Follow Taylor McGraw on Twitter @taylor_mcgraw and the ASB @OleMissASB.

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Venture Online set to receive awards at the end of March

BY ROSS CABELL rsscabell@gmail.com

Venture Online, a magazine comprised entirely of artwork and written submissions by 100-level English students, is gearing up for Volume 6, which will be published in May. The March 8 deadline for submissions is drawing closer, and Milly West, founder of the online magazine, is anxious to get them in. Venture started in Fall 2009, when West, a professor at the Center for Writing and Rhetoric, first started teaching. She felt that freshmen students needed a creative outlet.

“After my first semester teaching, I realized I was not the only teacher who would come into the break room and say, ‘Oh, my gosh, you should see this paper my student handed in, it’s just great,’” West said. “I got to thinking that we needed a venue for these students to show their work to get published.”

Soon after, West approached Doug Robertson, who was then the director of the Center for Writing and Rhetoric, before he left Ole Miss. Both West and Robertson presented Venture to Bob Cummings, who was replacing Robertson as director.

“A lot of programs have had something to focus on creative energies on first-year students, so we welcomed the idea, and it has just been a success due to the creative energy of the students and her leadership,” Cummings said.

After getting permission from her department, West needed an outlet to publish the magazine.

She reached out to her friend and colleague Deborah Freeland,

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take part and say things they want to, to a point.”

O’Sullivan said it’s definitely time to have a conversation about whether the university should have social media guidelines, but is not sure how far those guidelines should go.

“I’m not for anything that would short-circuit the honest exchange of ideas,” he said. “I’m a little uncomfortable about a university regulating these things because it’s not a university entity.

This is not a thread on the Blackboard site. This is what I consider

who works as the senior designer and now videographer for the Ole Miss Divsion of Outreach.

Freeland pushed West to talk to Outreach about publishing the magazine and putting it online.

Outreach agreed, and Freeland then put the first issue on the web and set up the links to make it available to everyone.

“I think it’s a wonderful project; I really enjoy it,” she said.

There is no theme for each issue, but the cover usually sets the tone for the work featured inside.

For every issue released, there is a launch party held in the Yerby Center, where Outreach is located. Students featured in that issue can go up and read their published material while artwork from that issue is projected behind them. The launch parties are free for the public.

“I come to the readings every year,” Freeland said. “I really enjoy hearing the students read their own work, and at the very first launch party I was there; I filmed the whole thing, and then I put everybody up online that read that night.”

West said that at first only freshmen could submit their work, but she then expanded it to anyone in 100-level classes, so as not to leave out older students in her classes.

“For example, I have a lot of sophomores who are taking a Liba 102,” she said. “But for me to talk about the opportunities and talk about Venture and not to include them wasn’t right. It really has been good; the sophomores have been some of the best writers.”

West said it is up to each teacher to decide whether or not students’ submissions are mandatoto be two people, private citizens, on a public network having an exchange of ideas.”

O’Sullivan said that while some people “like” his provocative postings on Facebook, he is going to hold off on the inflammatory posts for now.

“I’ve decided that prudence is the better part of valor,” he said.

“I’m going to take my political views off of Facebook.”

Reardon said Facebook is not as big of a problem today as it once was.

“Facebook postings today have improved over a thousand percent over some of the earlier ones,” he said. “We had issues when Facebook first came out; there were some inappropriate groups — it

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BOTTOM ROW: From left to right, Cindy Tran, who is the editor, Mary Todd, Autumn Smith and Hannah Parker. BACK: Steven Anderson, who is the student art editor, and his brother Andrew Anderson.

ry for the class. She requires her students to submit work for their benefit.

“Two of my students won in memoir and fiction and they did it because they were required to do it, and so I think some of my students get in and (they) would not have, had I not required them to submit something,” she said.

“I think it is challenging to make your mind focus on something that you actually have to express yourself about.”

If students are interested in be-

coming editors after submitting their work, they can talk to West, who then makes the decision.

In most cases, editors will suggest replacements for themselves when they leave Venture. Venture Online currently has six student editors, three freshmen and three sophomores.

Venture Online recently won best online magazine in the Southern Literary Festival for the second year in a row. West will be going with student editor Cindy Tran to accept the award March

28-29.

West said she is more than pleased with how Venture has come along, from an idea to an online magazine made by creative young students who are finally getting recognition for their work.

“I wouldn’t mind taking it further, you know — Venture 2, 3 and 4 for sophomores, juniors and seniors,” she said. “Within a year or so, I will pass the baton on to someone else. But the kids — they just keep me here.”

was a group that talked about a professor that they thought was attractive.”

Debora Wenger, journalism professor and co-author of “Advancing the Story: Broadcast Journalism in a Multimedia World,” a textbook that covers social media strategies and how to use them as journalistic tools, said social media policies are there to guard students and faculty members from inappropriate relationships.

“In terms of the instructor/student relationship, my view is that social media is a tool,” she said.

Wenger also said that faculty members should set their own bars for what they will and won’t include in their social media relationships with their students, and vice versa.

“I think that students need to think about how much personal information they feel comfortable sharing with their instructors,” she said. “Frankly, my guess is that there are students who forget that they’ve befriended a faculty member.”

Education professor Joel Amidon said he does not think professors should befriend or follow

current students on Facebook or Twitter.

“I don’t think it’s a good idea,” he said. “I typically have the policy not to friend any students until after they’re not students anymore.”

Amidon said faculty members need to be very cautious with their social media interactions with students.

“When opening the door to students on social media, you have to have the hat of ‘I’m their instructor,’” he said.

Amidon also said students should take caution with their postings, describing social media as a resume.

“It just takes one person to see something you put out there,” he said. “With social media, you’re broadcasting yourself; you’re putting yourself out there.”

Associate provost Noel Wilkin said there is no specific social media policy at Ole Miss on interactions between professors and students.

“In my mind, social media is a form of communication,” he said. “We don’t have a policy that says what a faculty member can

do over the telephone with a student. We also don’t have a policy that says what faculty can say to students on Facebook, email and Twitter. We expect our community to be civil.”

Josh Parsons, an exercise science junior from Southaven, said he is not friends with any of his professors on his Facebook account. He said he believes a social media policy should be enforced in college.

“I feel like social interaction, by means of Facebook and Twitter, can cause some conflict,” he said.

“It may cross a student/professor boundary. It can kind of change the dynamics of that, whereas professors should be looked more toward as mentors and not really as friends, so we shouldn’t be able to mingle that much.”

Danny Davis, a managerial finance junior from Gautier said befriending professors is a rewarding experience, and he said he finds the social media policy trend unnecessary.

“I think it’s a bunch of crap,” he said. “One of my best memories here at Ole Miss is having a friend as a professor.”

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Moneythink on the verge of winning national competition

BY WILL BEDWELL williambbedwell@gmail.com

The University of Mississippi Moneythink chapter is votes away from becoming one of the winners of the Campus Champion of Change Challenge, a contest created by the White House.

Moneythink was one of 1,400 clubs that applied for the contest and is now in the top 15.

Voting is held online at www.campuschallenge.uservoice.com and the five clubs with the most votes will be recognized as champions by President Barack Obama.

The clubs will also get to attend a conference at the White House and host an episode of the MTVU show “The Dean’s List.”

The university’s club is currently ranked seventh and is just shy of 10,000 votes on the online poll.

Moneythink was founded

by Ted Gonder at the University of Chicago in Fall 2008 to teach financial literacy to high school students in innercity Chicago.

The club has since spread to almost 20 other colleges, including Stanford, Vanderbilt and Columbia.

The Ole Miss chapter was founded this past semester by economics and accountancy junior Jon Stephens and public policy leadership and political science junior Mary Margaret Johnson, based on the idea of recent graduate and Truman Scholar Chelsea

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dent of the Black Student Union and member of the civil rights subcommittee, said Evers-Williams’ visit encompasses everything the university is doing in terms of trying to move forward with racial reconciliation and diversity.

“It’s an awesome opportunity for Ole Miss students to actually see firsthand a civil rights leader,” she said.

Wright also said this is a great addition to the Black Alumni Reunion festivities being held this weekend.

Evers-Williams will speak at 4 p.m. in Fulton Chapel at the Day of Dialogue event commemorating 50 years of integration at Ole Miss.

The reunion will open with

Caveny.

Caveny and senior Abby Olivier both wanted to create a local chapter, but due to other obligations, passed the plans to Stephens and Johnson.

The club meets every Wednesday with Oxford High School government classes to teach seniors about finance.

OHS teacher Joe Sabatier said he believes the program has benefited his students on multiple levels.

“The program provides for an arena (in which) students can ask any question they have concerning the importance of money,” he said. “A lot of the lessons we learn in Moneythink are not being taught in the homes, and so the program provides for us to learn a lot of important lessons before we (students) leave high school.”

Stephens and Johnson said they believe most high school students graduate without adequate knowledge about finance.

They, along with Sabatier, see this as a failure in the students’ homes.

“There was a national survey in 2005 that found 94 percent of youth said their parents were their primary source of financial education, but 30 percent of the students that responded said that they rarely discussed saving or investing with their parents,” Stephens said.

Johnson’s mother taught her how to be careful with money as she grew up, but she said she feels most students don’t

two panel discussions at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics, “Opening the Closed Society” with former black student leaders including John Hawkins, the first black cheerleader at Ole Miss, at 1 p.m., and “The Evolution of Our Voice” with current and former members of the UM Gospel Choir.

An awards banquet for black alumni will be held Friday evening in the ballroom at The Inn at Ole Miss with Chancellor Dan Jones speaking and Meredith as a special guest.

A Greek step show will also be presented at the Gertrude C. Ford Center on Saturday at 7 p.m.

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get the same experience.

“I think that is where the astronomical student debt comes from,” Johnson said.

While teaching a class about checking accounts, Johnson found one senior who said he was excited to learn how to write a check because he loses his debit card often.

Now the student has learned both how to write a check and how to balance a check book.

“Even if you touch one kid, that makes it all worth it,” Johnson said.

“We get so much out of it by learning to teach and by building a relationship with the students.”

Students have until this Saturday to vote up to three times for the club.

If Moneythink gets into the top five, the Ole Miss chapter is optimistic about plans to expand the size and reach of its activities.

They are currently planning on expansions to the two other high schools in the area, as well as middle schools.

“Winning will be a profound national recognition from President Obama of such a small organization that has grown to directly affect students here in Oxford, and if we are invited to the conference, then we have a much greater chance of expanding to other schools that really need the education,” Stephens said.

Applications to join Moneythink will be available in April, when the club is also planning a cake walk fundraiser.

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Human trafficking big business

BY DANE MORETON dane.moreton@gmail.com

Human slavery is a $31.6 billion business. It affects 161 countries, including the United States, and shows no signs of slowing down.

Human trafficking occurs when one person obtains or holds another person in compelled service. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) describes this compelled service using multiple terms: slavery, involuntary servitude, debt bondage and forced labor.

People can be trafficked in several ways. Some are sold into slavery by their parents; others are abducted or brought into a different country by a false job offer.

There are also those who enter bondage through the false lure of marriage.

Those who are povertystricken or living in areas of war or civil unrest are most at risk for becoming victims.

It is estimated that between 14,500 and 17,500 human beings are trafficked into the United States each year, half of those being children, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The majority of those people end up as prostitutes, with a large number in domestic servitude. Others are used for manual labor in agriculture and factories.

Polaris Project, an antitrafficking advocacy group, rates states based on conditions that have been met that strengthen the legal framework against traffickers.

Currently, Mississippi meets three of the 10 conditions: sex

trafficking provisions, labor provisions and a lower burden of proof for the sex trafficking of minors.

Though human trafficking is a big business worldwide, it does not appear to have much of an impact locally. Public relations major Dina Halligan, 21, views it as more of a global problem.

“It seems far away,” she said. “It doesn’t seem like something that would happen around where we are. Whenever I hear about it, it’s in a different country.”

Jennifer Prater, 24, a graduate student studying criminal justice, said she is not surprised by the prevalence of human trafficking “It seems like the police are more focused on other things like immigration and drugs, not so much human trafficking,” she said.

Prater said she is aware of exploitation that has occurred in her home state of Florida.

“A lot of them were illegal aliens, and they were minors,” she said. “They were running them across the border and exploiting the girls. It’s not really until it hits your community that you see the effects of it. It’s our children; it’s not just somebody else’s children.

It’s our children that we have to worry about.”

There are a number of awareness movements for those who wish to get involved and take action. MTVU’s “Against Our Will” campaign, www.againstourwill.org, focuses on the steps college students can take to fight the issue. Polaris Project, www. polarisproject.org, also offers opportunities to help through volunteering and fundraising.

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Jan Tucker Vorster enjoyed his experience with the Rebels

ALEX EDWARDS | The Daily Mississippian

Jan Tucker Vorster helped Ole Miss to three SEC West titles and three appearances in the SEC tournament championship during his eligibility as a Rebel.

first cup of coffee.

When Vorster graduates from the University of Mississippi this summer, he plans on going where many dream of going, where few get to go and where even fewer are successful. He’s headed to the world of professional tennis.

Vorster is tall and thin, at

BY BRADLEY BOLEWARE bdboleware1@gmail.com

Jan Tucker Vorster is the kind of guy you see jogging down the street at 4 a.m; the kind of guy who’s in the gym every day; the kind of guy at the tennis courts before most people have even had their

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6,5,” with dirty blonde hair that usually stays hidden under a red Ole Miss baseball cap.

He speaks in a friendly voice draped with a thick South African accent.

Vorster, from Pretoria, South Africa, is the son of litigator Jacob Petrus Vorster and his wife Aletta. He describes his home

as a “beautiful country” with a “fantastic climate” and “laidback culture.” Vorster spends his vacations at home working out, playing golf and surfing.

Vorster said he tries to visit his family twice a year, in the summer and during Christmas break.

“I enjoy being in the States; it’s a fantastic experience,” he said. “But going back home, it’s always like that special feeling being back home.”

Vorster started his tennis career age 5 with his mother, who served as his personal tennis instructor.

“She used to have like 10 lessons a day,” he said. “And I’d just fall in and pick up some things, and she’d also help me individually.”

Vorster said he played every sport he could when he was in primary school, but when he got to high school, it became too much to focus on all of them at one time, so he chose tennis.

He said his favorite match was when he won the South African junior national championship, even though he didn’t play his best.

“It was a really big stage,” he said. “I wasn’t playing well at all, and the guy that I was playing was playing out of his mind. I just managed to hang

in there and just fight through it and snuck a narrow victory.”

After that win, Vorster was ranked No. 1 in South African Juniors, and he was recruited by head coach Billy Chadwick to play for the Ole Miss men’s tennis team.

“He initially heard of me through the South Alabama coach, who is a South African,” Vorster said. “He told Chadwick about me and he checked on my results and, obviously, I guess he was impressed.”

Despite his experience with playing in big games, Vorster said his first game at the college level turned out to be a “disaster.”

“I was really nervous,” he said. “I felt like there were a lot of expectations for me, and I just had a complete blowout and was terrible.”

Vorster relaxed after his first game, and the next three years of his college tennis career were impressive. He helped the men’s tennis team to three SEC West titles and three appearances in the SEC tournament championship.

“You get to compete against some of the best players and teams in the nation (in the SEC),” he said. “And you play in front of some serious crowds.”

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Rebels host Red and Blue Classic this weekend

QUENTIN WINSTINE | The Daily Mississippian

Freshman Allison Brown and the Ole Miss softball team host the sixth annual Red and Blue Classic this weekend.

The Ole Miss softball team will host the sixth annual Red & Blue Classic at the Ole Miss Softball Complex beginning on Friday.

The Rebels open the tournament with matchups against Tennessee-Chattanooga at 2:30 p.m. and Troy at 4:45 p.m. on Friday, and four-team tournament will run through Sunday.

Admission to the Red & Blue Classic and all Ole Miss softball games is free.

During Friday’s game the first 100 fans will receive a copy of “Green Eggs and Ham” in honor of Dr. Suess’ 100th birthday and “Read Across American Day,” which is designed to

inspire children to read.

Fans can hear the game on Reb Sports Radio on 102.1 FM in Oxford, 101.3 FM in Grenada, 1240 AM in Jackson and online at RebSportsRadio. com.

Live, in-game stats will also be available on OleMissSports. com.

The Rebels will welcome a total of three non-conference teams to Oxford — Belmont, Chattanooga and Troy — for the round-robin affair.

A total of 10 games will be played over the three days, with four games Friday and Saturday and the final two, including the championship game, on Sunday.

Ole Miss enters the weekend with a 5-4 record on the season after splitting a pair of games at the Islander Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas, last weekend.

Sophomore RT Cantillo leads the Rebels with a .471 batting average, while Kendall Bruning and Londen Ladner both paced the squad with 12 RBI. Bruning also leads Ole Miss in the circle with a 4-2 mark, a 3.25 ERA and 19 strikeouts in 28.0 innings.

Belmont enters the Classic with a 1-11 record on the year and a game dropped to the Rebels earlier this season.

Chattanooga is 8-5 on the season, and Troy enters the weekend with a mark of 11-2.

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Women’s hoops falls in SEC tournament NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Ole Miss women’s basketball team fell in its opening game of the SEC Tournament to Arkansas, 67-47, Thursday night at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville Tenn.

Ole Miss, the No. 12 seed in the tournament, ended the year 12-18 overall this year while the fifth-seeded Arkansas Razorbacks improved to 22-7 and will face LSU tomorrow.

Danielle McCray led Ole Miss with a career-high 14 points while Nikki Byrd added nine. McCray also led the team with six rebounds. For the game the Rebels shot 37.8 percent (17-54) while the Razorbacks shot 49.0 percent (25-51).

Ole Miss got off to a sluggish start, missing its first seven shots from the floor. Nikki Byrd’s basket with 14:12 left in the half cut Arkansas’ lead to

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that he feels Saturday’s game against Alabama would be his last in Oxford.

“I don’t want to say yes, and I don’t want to say no,” Henry said when asked if he thought the team was going to the tournament. “I feel like if we handle business like we are supposed to and some things work out in our favor, we can.”

Henry also said he is prepared for an emotional game Saturday.

“As far as crying before the game, I don’t think so, but it will be emotional just because it will be my last game here,” he said. “I knew this day was coming. These four years flew by, I feel like.”

While the Rebels spoiled Senior Night for Arkansas earlier this week, they hope to avoid having their night ruined by Alabama.

The Rebels will also be looking to get revenge for their tough loss the first time these two teams met in Tuscaloosa, when Alabama escaped with a

8-2. The Razorbacks pushed the lead to 29-9 with 6:09 remaining after a 17-4 run.

At the half, Arkansas led Ole Miss, 36-17. McCray led Ole Miss with six points and four rebounds while Byrd also had four boards. The Rebels shot 33.3 percent (8-24) from the floor in the first half while the Razorbacks shot 51.9 percent (14-27) including shooting 58.3 percent (7-12) from three-point range.

Ole Miss came out of the half and scored five unanswered points to cut Arkansas’ lead to 33-22 on a free throw from McFarland. The Razorbacks quickly pushed the lead back to 22, 44-22, with 14:07 to play.

The game marked the final game of the season for the Rebels and the final game for the team’s three seniors, Byrd, Whitney Hameth and LaTosha Laws.

69-to-67 double-overtime victory, despite Ole Miss leading for much of the game.

With his senior season winding down, there has been a little bit more motivation for Henry over the past few weeks.

“My last days are winding down, and I just want to go out strong,” Henry said.

He has scored 19, 21, 15 and 18 points, respectively, each of the past four games. Kennedy credits that to extra motivation Henry has shown all season long.

“Terrance, I think really for the better part of his senior year, has been playing with a bit of a sense of urgency, which you would hope all of your upperclassmen play with,” Kennedy said. “Probably more so than I can remember in Arkansas. Even when we were down 15, he was in the huddle saying ‘We are going to win this game.’ He was very confident and our guys obviously continued to believe, and they made the plays necessary to win that game and live to fight another day.”

Tip-off Saturday is set for 3 p.m. and will be televised on the SEC Network.

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Tennis teams set to open league play this weekend

Cain Madden | The Daily Mississippian

Junior Jonas Lutjen, ranked No. 48 in singles in the nation, looks to carry momentum into league play from his singles win against No. 32 Memphis earlier this week.

BY MATT SIGLER mcsigler@olemiss.edu

The No. 44 Ole Miss men’s and No. 18 Ole Miss women’s tennis teams will begin Southeastern Conference play this weekend. Both teams will be taking on Auburn and Alabama.

The men’s team is coming off a win over No. 32 Memphis on Tuesday and knows things are only going to get harder down the road this season.

“We know that Auburn is a very strong team top to bottom,” men’s head coach Billy Chadwick said. “We’ll have to be at our best to beat them. We need a big crowd.”

No. 12 Auburn comes into Oxford Friday afternoon with a 10-2 overall record and its only two losses on the season have come to No. 2 Virginia and No. 14 Texas. The Tigers are led by the No. 20 player in the nation, junior Andreas Mies, who is 18-4 overall and 6-1 at No. 1 singles.

However, the Rebels feel that they will play Auburn tight and give them a run for their money.

“We have two good teams coming in this weekend, especially Auburn,” sophomore Johan Backstrom said. “It is a great opportunity for us to prove ourselves and show that we are a good team and that we belong up there. We are really excited to play them and looking forward to a good match.”

The No. 46 Alabama Crimson Tide will roll in on Sunday with a 5-4 overall record, coming off a 2-1 showing this past weekend.

Ole Miss dropped out of the top 25 in the latest ITA national rankings, but this weekend is an opportune chance for the Rebels to get back to where they want to be.

On the women’s side, the Rebels will be on the road to take on

No. 67 Auburn on Friday and No. 25 Alabama on Sunday. Ole Miss heads to Alabama with a 7-4 overall record and is on a threematch win streak, highlighted by a win over No. 19 Tulsa.

“We’re excited to start the SEC season,” women’s head coach Mark Beyers said. “It is obviously a great group of teams with great rankings and some good challenges coming up for us. It’s always tougher on the road, though.”

The Rebels will be led this weekend by the usual players in seniors Kristi Boxx and Abby Guthrie. However, freshman Julia Jones was named SEC Freshman of the Week on Wednesday and looks to also be a force in the matches this weekend.

Boxx is currently ranked No. 20 in the nation with a 5-4 record at No. 1. She is also one more doubles win away from tying former three-time All-American Courtenay Chapman for most all-time.

Auburn enters Friday’s match with a record of 5-3 and No. 25 Alabama currently holds a 5-2 record.

“They are two tough teams,” Beyers said.

“There are no ‘gimmies’ anymore. Auburn and Alabama are good teams, and it’s going to be a battle. But I think we’re prepared mentally because we’ve had such a tough schedule, so I don’t think the girls are going to be intimidated by it being an SEC match.

I think there is nothing new and there won’t be any extra butterflies or anything like that.”

The men’s team will begin play against Auburn at 2 p.m. Friday at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center/Galtney courts, followed

by Alabama at 1 p.m. Sunday.

The women will begin play at 2 p.m. Friday in Auburn, then play at 1 p.m. Sunday in Tuscaloosa.

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at 6:30 p.m. while Saturday and Sunday have a scheduled 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. first pitch, respectively.

Wahl, Hively and Mayers ready to hold down weekend spots.

On Friday night, sophomore right-hander Bobby Wahl will take the hill for Ole Miss. Wahl is 2-0 this season with a team-leading 1.50 earned run average and 11 strikeouts in a team-high 12.0 innings.

Senior right-handed pitcher RJ Hively will get his third consecutive start Saturday.

The Huntington Beach, Calif., native has posted a 1-0 record with a 4.66 earned run average, to go along with a team-high 13 strikeouts in 9.2 innings.

“I’ve got to make pitches,” Hively said of what it will take to put together a complete performance. “I’ve got to use a focal point, which is part of our mental game that we practice. You have certain things you say to yourself to get you back into your greenlight formula and get back in your routine.”

In Sunday’s game, Bianco will send sophomore righthander Mike Mayers to the mound for his second weekend start of his career. The Grove City, Ohio, native, who is 0-1 this year, has looked dominant most of the time on the mound, but a few miscues have resulted in Mayers giving up seven runs in 9.0 innings.

“It’s real frustrating to go out there and pitch like I did,” he said.

“You feel great, and then all of a sudden, it’s taken away from you. I’ve got to give my teammates credit. They’ve done a good job picking back up.”

Mayers knows what it will take to get the job done.

“This week I’ve really gone back to things I used to do,” he said. “I’ve worked on my conditioning to make sure that by the fifth inning I won’t get as tired. I’m not really sure what happened (last week), but I’m just trying to hit my spots and really finetune everything.”

Kirksey comfortable at the plate Senior outfielder Zach Kirksey has shown vast improvement thus far this season, especially in Wednesday’s 13-1 blowout of Jackson State, going 2-for-3 with a three-run home run and a two-run double. The West Monroe, La., native credits Ole Miss assistant coach Cliff Godwin for his progression at the plate.

“Early in the spring, I re-

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ally wasn’t doing too well and coach Godwin talked me into going into a wider, two-strike approach,” Kirksey said. “He really simplified things. He said my head was moving a little bit, and that was making me swing at bad pitches and not stay on some balls. As soon as I spread out, I started making solid contact. Ever since then, I’ve been getting better and better. I’ve been able to stay shorter, more simple and get the good part of the bat on the ball.”

Kirksey is batting at a .538 clip this season with two home runs and 11 RBI, and

Bianco is glad to see him stepping up.

“I’m excited for him,” Bianco said. “He had a good fall. And he got off to a good start last year but not like this. You look at the games this year, and he just looks like a force up there. He’s really locked in.

“I think the difference between this year and last year is his approach at the plate, being able to hit the ball the other way. He just looks more comfortable up there and confident. He’s made some great adjustments. He looks terrific.”

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No. 16 Diamond Rebels welcome Ole Miss hopes to carry Miami (Ohio) for three-game series momentum into Senior Day

ALEX EDWARDS | The Daily Mississippian

Senior pitcher R.J. Hively looks to get his second win of the season Saturday as he heads into his third straight start on Saturday.

BY DAVID COLLIER dlcollie@olemiss.edu

The No. 16 Ole Miss baseball team will go for a second

sweep in as many weeks when it plays host to the Miami (Ohio) RedHawks (3-3) this weekend.

The Rebels (7-1) have won six straight games, but they

will have to play well to come out on top.

“It’s more about what we do,” head coach Mike Bianco said.

“I’m more concerned with how we play.”

Offensively, the RedHawks are averaging 5.5 runs per game and hitting .272 as a team, compared to seven runs per game for Ole Miss and a team average of .305. Miami (Ohio) is led at the plate by junior first baseman Kevin Bower, who is batting .625 in 16 at-bats this season. Behind Bower are freshman designated hitter Matt Honchel and senior center fielder Alex Jonshon, who are hitting .421 and .375, respectively.

The RedHawks are coming off a 1-0 win over Michigan State.

Friday’s game is set to begin See BASEBALL, PAGE 11

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Senior Terrance Henry hopes to finish strong in his last game at Tad Smith Coliseum this Saturday against Alabama.

depending on results.

The Rebels will also be honoring seniors Terrance Henry and Stedaman Short before the game.

“It goes fast,” Ole Miss head coach Andy Kennedy said Thursday. “Four years go by in the blink of an eye. It is hard for me to believe (Henry) is a senior. He and Stead(man) are our lone seniors, and we certainly hope that they can leave on a positive note.”

In recent weeks, Ole Miss has been considered more of a NIT team than a NCAA Tournament team. A NIT bid would likely mean more home games for the Rebels. However, Henry said Thursday

BY DAVID HENSON dahenson@olemiss.edu

The Ole Miss men’s basketball team returns home this weekend after picking up a big midweek win on the road Tuesday at Arkansas.

Southeastern Conference Tournament seeding will be on the line when Ole Miss (17-12, 7-8 SEC) hosts Alabama (209, 9-6 SEC) in Saturday’s regular-season finale. Ole Miss is currently tied for sixth place in the league standings with Mississippi State and LSU. With a win, the Rebels would get the No. 6 or 7 seed, depending on results of Mississippi State (vs.

Arkansas) and LSU (at Auburn). With a loss, the Rebels could get the No. 6, 7 or 8 seed See Senior Day, PAGE 8

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