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Vol. 100 No. 272

Scruggs trial reconvenes as prosecution gathers witnesses

BY HOUSTON BROCK houston.brock@gmail.com

The Dickie Scruggs hearing was adjourned early yesterday afternoon following the testimonies of six witnesses, including that of former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. The hearing is scheduled to resume today when the defense will question more witnesses.

Scruggs, previously one of the premier trial lawyers in the nation, is accused of allegedly using his relationship with retired Sen. Lott to influence Judge Bobby DeLaughter to take his side on a trial involving Hurricane Katrina deposition claims DeLaughter was ruling over.

Before Lott became involved, former Hinds County District Attorney Ed Peters was allegedly paid $1 million

by Scruggs to join his team of attorneys for the same case.

It is well known that Peters and DeLaughter have a close relationship, according to the prosecution. Scruggs wanted Peters on his legal team to influence DeLaughter’s decision and get an inside scoop on the case.

Before DeLaughter gave away any information, he wanted assurance that Scruggs’ legal team would help him gain a seat as a federal judge. This is where Lott became involved.

Scruggs and Lott are brothers-in-law, and Lott claims they have kept a personal and

business friendship during the length of their relationship. At the time of the aforementioned case, Lott was in the Senate. While working with Sen. Thad Cochran, one of Lott’s responsibilities was to make recommendations for federal judges to be appointed.

The prosecution wants to prove that Scruggs used his relationship with Lott to help DeLaughter obtain a seat as a federal judge.

On March 29, 2006, there was a telephone conversation between Lott and DeLaughter regarding federal judge openings in Mississippi. In his testimony yesterday, Lott swears the conversation between and DeLaughter and him was completely professional.

Lott claims judges often contact him on how the selection process works for federal judges and that this call was no different. He said he never once told DeLaughter that he would recommend him and that there was no “favorable consideration.”

The evidence of the phone call might be in question, but there was another person present while the conversation took place.

One of Lott’s advisors at the time was in his office while he was talking to DeLaughter. Hugh Gamble, now a legislative director for Sen. Saxby Chambliss, recalled the phone call and in his testimony claimed that

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Scruggs’ defense team leaves the courthouse on the Square. His trial continues today.

it “wasn’t remarkable.” He went on to say that the call lasted four to five minutes and that he never once heard Lott guarantee DeLaughter a federal judge appointment.

Following a few more testimonies from various people involved, one of the witnesses subpoenaed did not show up. Peters was granted to pass on his testimony in the case. While he was legally obliged to present his testimony, his lawyer came to the

hearing early and claimed he was too audibly disabled to give a proper testimony. Both sides agreed Peters was too disabled to testify. Instead, they will use Peters’ testimony that was documented at a previous trial regarding the original case.

Following the testimonies, the hearing was recessed until today when the defense will attempt to examine more See SCRUGGS, PAGE 4

Students, staff hope to feed the hungry

BY JACOB BATTE thedmnews@gmail.com

Ole Miss may soon be the home to a local food bank.

“Sometimes it’s easy to think only the wealthy go to school here,” Leslie Banahan said Monday afternoon as she and other University of Mississippi faculty, staff and students discussed how they could add a food bank to the campus.

The Ole Miss Food Bank is going to be a place for students who are hungry to get food, Banahan, who is the assistant vice chancellor of student affairs, said “We have hungry students here who, through no fault of their own, are without the resources to eat regularly,” she said.

The group still has several milestones left to complete before they will be ready to go, but with

three meetings down and many more to come, Banahan said they hope to open in August.

A location for the food bank has yet to be determined thus far, though the group has been in touch with Noel Wilkin, who said a location should be set by the end of April.

“The poor economy has placed financial hardships on families and students, and we felt we needed an organized way to help Ole Miss students,” Banahan said. “I approached several students who had taken a food policy class through the Lott Leadership Institute and asked if they would be interested in working to establish a campus food bank.”

Fore more information on how to get involved with the Food Bank, contact Banahan at lwb@ olemiss.edu.

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Abby Olivier, Associated Student Body vice president, was present at today’s meeting for the Ole Miss food bank.

A man has been arrested and is being held in the shooting death of John Sanderson, a student at Mississippi State University.

Mason Perry Jones, 21, of Jackson, was arrested in DeSoto County on March 26 on capital murder charges, said MSU Police Chief Georgia Lindley.

“Our detectives have done outstanding investigative work over the past 48 hours, with tremendous assistance from the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force, as well as Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Mississippi Highway Patrol, Starkville Police and Oktibbeha County Sheriff ’s Office,” she said. “We appreciate the hard work and cooperation of all involved.”

Perry was originally detained for an outstanding warrant for robbery.

Two other men are considered persons of interest in the case.

Richard Griffin, supervisory agent for the U.S. Marshals SerSee SHOOTING, PAGE 4

sports report ADRIAN WIGGINS TO BE NAMED OLE MISS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HEAD COACH Fresno State women’s basketball coach Adrian Wiggins is expected to be announced as the next Ole Miss women’s basketball coach, RebelGrove.com reported yesterday. Wiggins replaces the outgoing Renee Ladner, who recently resigned after six seasons as the Ole Miss head coach. Fresno State has won five straight Western Conference titles and reached five straight NCAA Tournaments.

In six-plus seasons, Wiggins posted a 175-66 record and led the Bulldogs to five straight NCAA Tournaments. This past season, Fresno State recorded a programbest 28 wins and also the fewest losses in a season with six.

Before taking over as the interim coach during the 2005-06 season, Wiggins served as the program’s top assistant from 2002-05. Prior to Fresno State, Wiggins served as the head coach at Cameron University, his alma mater (‘95) and a Division II in Lawton, Okla., from 2002-05.

He began his coaching career at Lawton (Okla.) High School, where he served as an assistant coach from 1996-97 before taking over the head coaching position for the next two seasons.

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Mississippi legislature doesn’t listen

BY ADAM BLACKWELL ablackwe@gmail.com

Do you remember that thing called Initiative 26 from this past November? You know, the one that wanted to take away women’s rights, outlaw abortion and essentially outlaw contraceptives? This is also the initiative that was rejected by more than 55 percent of Mississippians.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, the “Personhood” Amendment is back in the great state of Mississippi in the form of legislation.

After finding out that the Mississippi Legislature was spending its precious time on this legislation, my initial

reaction was a mixture of anger and embarrassment. Why have we elected officials who will not listen to their own constituents?

Furthermore, why are they wasting our taxpayer money on an issue that we have already rejected?

I have to admit that I’m not surprised to see this legislation because the citizens of this state elected a governor who served as co-chair of the “Yes on 26” campaign.

This is only one example of the Mississippi Legislature acting of its own accord, without considering the opinion of the state’s citizens.

Before Spring Break, I spoke with my legislator, Rep. Sam Mims, who is the head of the Public Health and Safety Committee. I was calling because he had chosen not to bring SmokeFree Mississippi legislation into a debate or

a vote in his committee, effectively defeating the bill. I, as well as other constituents, emailed or called asking for our representative to support this bill. When I spoke with him, Mims told me many of his colleagues asked him not to bring this bill into his committee.

So my representative wasn’t listening to his constituents; he chose to listen to his colleagues. Mims’s colleagues don’t elect him to his position; he is not supposed to represent his colleagues.

Mims is elected by the citizens of his district and should represent them. Again, we see members of the Mississippi Legislature choosing to ignore the opinion of its constituents.

I am sure Mims is not the only state legislator guilty of this action, and I understand he must work with his col-

leagues in order to pass his own legislation. However, shouldn’t the voice of constituents be stronger than the voice of colleagues?

Another example of the state legislature ignoring its citizens would be the current “sunshine” legislation working its way through this body. This legislation seeks to severely limit the powers of the attorney general, the only state office held by a Democrat.

Have you heard a powerful call within our state citizenry to limit the powers of the attorney general’s office?

I haven’t.

Instead, I’ve heard calls from our citizens to focus on health care, creating jobs and attracting industry, funding our education system, reforming our education system, making sure programs are funded and our state is

in good financial health and, lastly, protecting the rights of every Mississippian.

Now I realize our current legislators are doing what they think will create a better Mississippi. But I have to disagree.

Furthermore, many of their actions and decisions are not what their constituents want.

The Mississippi Legislature must realign itself with its citizens; the legislature must reevaluate the opinions and wants of its constituents.

I sincerely hope our legislature can find common ground and begin to work on issues and problems that are in dire need of help and are important to Mississippians — like education and health care.

Adam Blackwell is a sophomore public policy leadership major from Natchez. Follow him on Twitter @AdamBlackwell1.

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Social networking may stave off Israel-Iran conflict

BY IOWA STATE DAILY EDITORIAL BOARD Iowa State Daily, Iowa State U.

The Israeli and Iranian governments have both exchanged quite a lot of threats that entail large-scale bombing runs on each other. President Barack Obama recently stated the United States would defend Israel, especially if that required the use of military force, inching us closer and closer to all-out war.

Yet, maybe there exists the assertion that these threats are merely political figures flexing their military muscles.

Under such politicking, one must ask, do these political figures truly reperesent their citi-

zens’ intentions?

To place the domestic environment in perspective, U.S., Israeli and Iranian citizens almost never talk to each other.

The only contact that really occurs is among our elected officials and ambassadors.

There are some Israeli citizens who disagree with their elected officials and their statements, instead seeking out the Iranian citizens directly, conveying passive messages of peace and love.

Writers, teachers and graphic designers Ronny Edri and Michal Tamir are leading a campaign on “IsraelLovesIran.com,” encouraging fellow Israelis to join in on the positive conversation surrounding

the similarities between the people of Jewish and Islamic states.

The website makes a strong effort to address all “fathers, mothers, children, brothers and sisters” of Iran. The campaign’s leader, Edri, wants them to know that “war is not on his radar.”

His artistic creations, containing images of Israeli citizens advocating for cooperation, certainly reiterate constructivist art, aiming to effect social change.

The campaign has received support from thousands of citizens, a majority coming from Israel.

This demonstrates another effective use of social network-

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ing to create change that could very well radiate to a global stage. Through social networking, the citizens are talking among themselves, circumventing their elected officials and delving straight into the domestic heart of each other.

This certainly shows the world there is a shining niche of people who believe in peace and cooperation in stark contrast to their warmongering administrations.

As students and social network users, we too have the opportunity to effect real change in our political and domestic environment. This represents a changing world, where we can exercise our citizenship electronically from our bed-

room, where we can reach out to thousands of people.

We should commend Edri for his efforts and mirror his constructivism into our own lives. We each have a unique way in which we can participate in such overarching matters.

Whether you are a writer, musician, painter or whatever, change can still come from your creative mind.

The Israeli citizens are certainly beginning to realize this, and are reintegrating constructivist art to convey their message.

Who knows, given the political instability in Iran, maybe this movement will prevent war with them.

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Elections, the separation of church and state, and Santorum

BY LEXI THOMAN alexandria.thoman@gmail.com

My first-ever DM appearance took place in spring 2010 in the form of a letter to the editor, a full year before I would be hired on as an opinion columnist.

My topic? The separation of church and state.

I felt it was an important topic then, and I believe that it is an even more important topic now. With the November presidential elections fast approaching, it should come as no surprise that this perennial point of debate resurfaced last month when Republican candidate Rick Santorum appeared on ABC’s “This Week.”

While asking him about the issue of religion in politics, anchor George Stephanopoulos ran a recording of Santorum’s Oct. 11 appearance at the College of St. Mary Magdalen, where he was asked to give his thoughts about John F. Kennedy’s famous speech on the separation of church and state.

For those readers who are unfamiliar with this important piece of American political history, 52 years ago then-presidential candidate Kennedy spoke to a group of Protestant ministers two months before the 1960 election. The purpose of his speech was to quell fears that his Catholic faith would subject his presidency to the pow-

ers and influence of the pope.

His message was direct, concise and clear: “I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute ... I believe in an America that is officially neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish ... where no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public acts of its officials ... I believe in a president whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the nation or imposed by the nation upon him as a condition to holding that office.”

Santorum’s response to the speech? It made him “almost throw up.”

In his own words during this ABC interview, Santorum said he does not believe in an America with the separation of church and state, and he goes on to insinuate that Kennedy was suggesting that men and women of faith are not welcome in the public sphere.

Now, don’t get me wrong. Santorum is right in saying that the free exercise clause protects the rights of Americans to practice their religion publicly, even politi-

cians. He errs, however, in saying that free exercise of religion and the separation of church and state cannot coexist and that Kennedy believed that “people of faith have no role in the public sphere.”

Kennedy’s speech was not a plea to eliminate religious politicians from our government. Rather, he was advocating for a secular nation where religions would not press their beliefs upon the government and the government would in turn not impose upon religion.

Just as important, Kennedy believed in an America led by a president who would be beholden not to his faith or to his religious leaders but to the people of the United States.

I am a firm believer in the separation of church and state, not because I believe that religious politicians have no right to express their beliefs, but because I believe the second religious doctrine is injected into our government and our laws, those in the minority — whomever they may be — will suffer for it.

As a Christian, I know it would be both impossible and impractical to ask politicians to leave their religious beliefs at the door as they

take office. For many of these men and women, their faiths are an important part of who they are.

But while religion is a cornerstone in many American’s lives, it is completely absent in many others.

Regardless of whether or not the founding fathers were Christian, deist or otherwise in 1776 — a common arguing point — we live in a rich, vibrant and multitheistic America today in 2012.

We take pride in our ability to adapt to an evolving world and we must take pride in a secular government that allows us to adapt to our own evolving demographics.

There is no moral virtue in denying rights to any kind of minorities and attempting to brand the U.S. government as one faith or another (whether it be Christianity, atheism, Judaism, Islam or anything in between) would do just that — alienate whomever falls outside of the prescribed religion.

Lexi Thoman is a junior international studies and Spanish double-major from St. Louis, Mo.

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Santorum’s Catholic faith means that he falls comfortably within the Christian majority, but the religious demographic of the United States is changing. One can only wonder how he would react if a Jewish, atheistic or Muslim candidate was elected to high office and attempted to pass legislation reflecting their own faith’s beliefs. My guess is, he wouldn’t like it.

In this election year, politicians like Santorum must remember that when they run for office they are not only representing themselves, but Americans of every belief, creed and denomination.

Personally, I find the fact that a presidential candidate can get away with saying that the separation of church and state makes him want to “throw up” to be pretty alarming.

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SCRUGGS,

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witnesses.

Scruggs is currently appealing the second count of two bribery counts, which is the one being heard this week. It can potentially be removed depending on the ruling by Judge Gary Davidson.

Scruggs was born in

Brookhaven and is an alumnus of the University of Mississippi School of Law. In his time as a trial lawyer, Scruggs represented multiple high-profile cases involving Ritalin, asbestos, the tobacco industry and Hurricane Katrina.

He is now being detained at the Lafayette County Detention Center while he awaits his hearing later this morning.

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vice in Jackson, said Jones was arrested Sunday on a robbery warrant from Jackson. Griffin said Jones was traveling north on a bus from Jackson under an assumed name.

Marshals were acting on a tip when they arrested Jones on the robbery warrant when the bus stopped in Memphis.

Griffin said he wasn’t sure if Jones planned to travel beyond Memphis.

In an interview with Jackson TV station WLBT, Sanderson’s stepfather Frank Patton said, “You anticipate losing relatives as they get up in age.

You never anticipate accidents, but what you don’t consciously prepare for is losing your child, especially in a way such as this.

I haven’t fully got my hands around it and I don’t know if I ever will, but I know that its not something that is ever going to go away.”

Patton, a recently retired Army National Guard helicopter pilot, also explained what police officers told him about the incident.

“There were three individuals in the room, my son and two other guys, and that they did go out the window when John opened the door and was shot but it was on the first floor,” he said. “I don’t know whether someone sustained in-

juries from the blast or the fall or whatever.”

MSU President Mark Keenum said in a statement on the school’s website Sunday that the killing of Sanderson was the first time a student had been shot on campus.

MSU spokesperson Maridith Geuder said police received a call about the shooting at Evans Hall around 10 p.m. Saturday and police were on the scene within a minute. Sanderson was taken to Oktibbeha County Hospital, where he later died.

Officials said three male suspects fled the building in a blue Crown Victoria.

Sanderson was one of two college students in Mississippi gunned down over the weekend.

Nolan Ryan Henderson III, a 19-year-old Jackson State University freshman from Atlanta, died early Sunday after being shot in the face at an offcampus apartment pool party in Jackson.

Henderson’s grandmother, Alma Henderson, described the slain JSU student’s father, Nolan Henderson Jr., as “so broken down” over the loss of his son and described her grandson Ryan (as he was called by family) as a quiet individual who never gave his family any trouble.

“He had a father who encouraged him to do what was right,” she said. “He was with his father all the time.”

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“I think it’s awesome. I use Gmail personally, and it’s the best email service I’ve ever used. Well, with Gmail you can attach it to other applications like Google Reader and all the Google services that come with that. It’s also really easy to organize emails by levels of importance.”

GJOKO DUMGEVSKI Journalism, graduate student

“There will be more space, which is a great advantage for all of these notifications and all of these emails. This is good promotion wise maybe, but I don’t know if it’ll be a good move. If the university does not have an email account for itself and uses Gmail, it’s not as sticky and notable.”

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BRIANA WINDHAM Social Work, sophomore

“It really doesn’t matter. I mean what’s the point, an email is an email. It’s the same thing. All of it going to different places, but it’s just the same, so I feel like it really shouldn’t be changed.

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sports briefs OLE MISS EXCELS AT SEC/BIG TEN MEET STARKVILLE — Participating in its second outdoor meet of the season, the Ole Miss track and field team saw stellar performances by several of its athletes at the SEC/Big Ten Meet held in Starkville Friday.

“We had some outstanding efforts,” said Rebel head coach Joe Walker “Ricky (Robertson) was excellent in the high jump and Isiah (Young) had two great sprint races. For the women, it was good to go 1-23 in the 3,000 meters and the 4x400 meter relay team ran well to win.”

The competition featured Southeastern Conference schools Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Tennessee against Big Ten foes Indiana, Illinois, Ohio State (men), Purdue and Wisconsin.

The SEC women defeated the Big Ten women 390-323 while the Big Ten men outscored the SEC men 400.5314.5.

REBELS TRAVEL TO RIDGELAND FOR INSTATE DOUBLE HEADER The Ole Miss softball team (13-14, 2-6 SEC) will travel to Ridgeland today for a double header against a pair of instate foes at Freedom Ridge Park beginning at 3:30 p.m.

The Rebels will take on Jackson State at 3:30 p.m. and Southern Miss in the nightcap at 6 p.m.

OLE MISS ATHLETICS HOSTS CAREER FAIR The Ole Miss Athletics Department recently held its second annual career fair for Rebel student-athletes to meet with various employers from the region who hire both nationally and internationally.

The event, which featured about 15 employers, was open to all Ole Miss students and alumni and was sponsored by the Rebel Ready program. It provided a platform for student-athletes and perspective employers to meet and talk about potential employment opportunities.

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BASEBALL, continued from page 8 Sunday’s games, Ole Miss recorded 16 hits each.

“We did struggle offensively there for a little bit,” said senior designated hitter Zach Kirksey. “We had a little lull. And that happens. It sucks when the pitchers pitch so well. Offensively, nobody’s worried about it. We’re going to hit the ball.”

Freshman center fielder Auston Bousfield agreed with his teammate.

“Coach (Cliff) Godwin and coach Bianco told us to keep sticking with our approach and things will start happening,” he said. “Eventually, we got a couple of hits together and the hits just started rolling. Being persistent, listening to what coach Godwin has to say, keeping up with our approach and mak-

ing sure we stay consistent the whole game definitely helped.”

Sacrifice fly scores two Sunday In the midst of the Rebel rally on Sunday, a sacrifice fly to the wall in center field not only scored freshman right fielder Will Jamison from third base, but it also scored Bousfield, who was at second, to give Ole Miss the lead which it never relinquished.

“I thought I hit a home run,” said Kirksey, who threw his hands up in excitement after the hit. “I feel pretty stupid now looking back on it. It got the job done. Off the bat, I thought I hit a home run. He caught it right at the wall and his momentum was going back. Luckily, we had Boz on second. That was pretty cool having a two-RBI sac fly.”

Bousfield, who was instrumental in making the rare play happen, credited his instinct with giving him the chance to

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score.

“Before that play, coach Godwin told me to go halfway on a ball in the air,” he said. “When I saw how hard it was hit and the center fielder going back, I figured I might as well tag. Then he kept going back, so I thought I may have a shot to score here.

“So, I tag and look up, and coach Godwin is sending me. It was fun. It’s an exciting play.”

SEC in the polls After winning the series on the road at Alabama, Ole Miss moved up from a spot to No. 16 in this week’s Baseball America poll. In Collegiate Baseball’s rankings, the Rebels dropped a spot to No. 27. The USA Today/ESPN coaches’ poll also dropped Ole Miss a spot to No. 20. The Rebels jumped from No. 22 to 20 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writer’s Association poll.

Over the weekend, Arkansas took two of three on the road at

Mississippi State and is ranked as high as No. 3 in the NCBWA and USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ poll. Auburn broke into the Collegiate Baseball rankings at No. 24 after winning the series at home against the LSU Tigers, who are still ranked as high as No. 12 in Collegiate Baseball’s poll.

Florida, whom Ole Miss hosts this weekend, remains atop every poll after taking two of three games against South Carolina on the road. The two-time defending National Champions continue to fall in the polls but are ranked ninth by NCBWA. Kentucky lost its first game of the season, but the Wildcats won the series over Tennessee and are ranked as high as No. 2 in the Collegiate Baseball poll.

Vanderbilt won two of three at home against Georgia. The Bulldogs are ranked No. 18 by the NCBWA and the USA Today/ESPN coaches’ poll.

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No. 16 Diamond Rebs look to carry confidence Stepping forward: Burton makes transition from junior college to UM into midweek game against Jackson state

AUSTIN MCAFEE | The Daily Mississippian

Freshman outfielder Auston Bousfield rounds the bases in a game earlier this season against UT-Martin. Bousfield scored from second on a sacrifice fly this past Sunday to give Ole Miss a 5-4 lead, which it never relinquished.

BY DAVID COLLIER dlcollie@olemiss.edu

Before Southeastern Conference play began, head coach Mike Bianco and the Ole Miss Rebels baseball team, now ranked No. 16, had a world of confidence, but that confidence

was quickly shaken.

The Rebels dropped two of three games in their first Southeastern Conference series against Auburn in which Ole Miss scored a combined eight runs during the weekend. Then in-state foe Southern Miss came to Oxford and blanked Ole Miss 10-0.

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It was safe to say the confidence the Rebels had early on, especially at the plate, was gone to an extent.

The Rebels then headed to Tuscaloosa in search of a muchneeded series win against a conference opponent that had been struggling as well. Ole Miss won Friday’s contest before dropping Saturday’s game on a two-run, walk-off home run. The Rebels rallied from behind on Sunday to claim the series win. Now, Ole Miss (17-7, 3-3 SEC) will look to regain some more confidence in a battle tonight against in-state opponent Jackson State (16-7) at 6:30 p.m. from Oxford-University Stadium/Swayze Field before the top-ranked Florida Gators come to town this weekend.

Tonight’s meeting will be the second of the season between the Rebels and the Tigers as Ole Miss won 13-1 on Feb. 29 in Oxford.

Freshman right-hander Chris Ellis will get the start for Ole Miss tonight against a pitcher to be named later for Jackson State.

It will be the first start for Ellis, who has made seven appearances on the year. Ellis holds a 1-0 record and a 3.86 earned run average with nine strikeouts and three walks in 11.2 innings of work this season.

Getting the bats going After the four games of really struggling at the plate, the Rebels were able to score 21 runs in their series against Alabama this past weekend. In Friday and See BASEBALL, PAGE 5

BY BENNETT HIPP jbhipp@olemiss.edu

After losing both starting offensive tackles from the 2011 season, Bradley Sowell to graduation and Bobby Massie to the NFL, Ole Miss entered the off-season searching for an offensive lineman that could come in immediately and contribute.

Enter Pierce Burton.

The 6’7,” 290-pound offensive tackle from City College of San Francisco signed with Ole Miss over Florida and was one of Hugh Freeze’s first big statement wins on the recruiting trail.

Since the opening of spring practice, Burton has been working with the first team offensive line, specifically at right tackle opposite sophomore Aaron Morris at left tackle.

While some thought Burton would play left tackle, Burton said he’s comfortable at either spot.

“At San Jose State, my first D-1, I played both sides,” he said. “At my JUCO, I played what was called speed tackle, which is on the open side of the ball. So we would actually flip-flop almost every play. I feel pretty comfortable at both.”

While working at right tackle has come naturally to Burton, the quick tempo and fast pace of practices under Freeze has taken some getting used to.

“One thing that surprised me was I’m used to the drills for offensive line being the hardest

part of practice,” Burton said.

“Here, I think our team periods — pace periods — are the hardest because we’re running plays at such a fast tempo.

“There was one time where I didn’t even hear the play, so I was lost, but other than that I’ve just got to get used to the fast pace of calling plays at the line.”

Even though Burton is new to Ole Miss, his status as a junior and someone who will have to play on the offensive line this year means he is also being counted on to be a leader by the coaching staff.

While it wasn’t something he was expecting so quickly, he’s not backing down from the task.

“It’s been a lot of pressure, but I think I’m ready for the challenge and I like the challenge of that,” Burton said. “I like to be a lead-by-example guy, not really do much talking off the field. I will say stuff on the field if it needs to be said, but other than I just step in and do my job.”

One person who made the transition easier both on the field and in the locker room is offensive line coach Matt Luke.

Luke exudes an enthusiasm that the offensive line appreciates, according to Burton.

“I’ve been impressed by his technique and his enthusiasm,” Burton said. “He’s always out there running with us down the field and really coaching us hard. It makes you want to play hard too.”

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