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Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Madison, Miss., Monday, March 7, 2016.

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MADISON – The Mississippi and Michigan open primaries are today, and candidates on both sides of the political spectrum were out Monday campaigning in anticipation of the election.

Republican candidate Donald

Trump hosted a rally in a Madison high school, his second visit to the Magnolia state since his January trip to Biloxi.

The high school basketball stadium at which he spoke was packed with hundreds of fans and an overflow crowd of 7,000 people were watching a live-stream of the event on the football field.

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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a campaign stop in Florence Monday.

Julie Wronski, UM political science professor, attended Trump’s rally Monday at Madison Central High School. She said early primaries are important to narrow down large fields of candidates.

“You have to get a certain number of delegates to get the nomination but there’s also a process of momentum,” Wronski said. “Win-

ning the early primaries show that you’re still a viable candidate, that people are interested in you and that you’re sticking around.”

At the conclusion of Super Saturday, Republican candidates need 1,237 delegates to win. Donald Trump is in the lead with 384 delegates, Ted Cruz is following with 300 and Marco Rubio with

151. Democrats need 2,383 delegates. Hillary Clinton has taken the lead with 1,130 and Bernie Sanders is trailing behind with 499.

Republican candidate Ted Cruz made a short-notice appearance early Monday afternoon in Flor-

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What you should know about primary day in Mississippi MORGAN WALKER

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Voters in 17 states cast their votes on Super Tuesday and Super Saturday last week, but Mississippians will head to the polls for the 2016 presidential primary elections today. Registered voters participating in Mississippi’s presidential primaries can cast their votes between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. at designated voting precincts.

Not all states do things the same way at the polling places,

though.

The majority of states hold primary elections— statewide processes of selecting delegates using a traditional secret ballot system.

According to the Mississippi Election Code, the state conducts open presidential primaries, along with 19 other states. Essentially, that means a voter is not required by state law to provide a party affiliation when registering to vote.

Registered voters are then allowed to cast ballots in either party’s primary, but they must

choose one or the other. In a closed primary, however, a voter is required to register with a political party prior to Election Day and must vote with the party he or she selected.

In some cases, open primaries produce different results and party nominations when compared to closed primaries and caucuses, according to political science professor Jonathan Winburn.

“It might have an effect on the nomination, especially in an election year like this one,” Winburn said.

The primary voting turnout has reached record highs compared to previous years, according to Winburn. He said many primary voters this season are unconventional voters or voters who registered at the last minute.

“In most years, I don’t think a closed or open primary makes a huge difference,” Winburn said.

“But this year especially, it probably could have really changed the landscape of the Republican race in particular.”

For states, each system has its own benefits and drawbacks,

Winburn said.

“I think from a voter’s perspective, open will let you have your voice heard the loudest and give you more control in terms of picking and choosing which candidate to vote for,” Winburn said.

“So, if people want to be strategic with their vote, an open primary allows that to happen. From the party’s perspective, they probably like closed better because they can then have a little bit more say over it.”

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I’ve been a writer since childhood, but only in the past few years have I discovered that my truest love is poetry. I adore line breaks, rhythm and intricate word play, but poetry, as a genre, can be a hard medium to share.

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but nothing more than a wellplaced please. With poetry, people often treat your art like a burden.

When I manage to convince friends to indulge me and read my work, they treat it like a test. They desperately search for the specific meanings rather than allowing themselves to feel the poem, regardless of my original intent. As a writer, my primary goal is to cultivate emotions. To be cliché, I aim to make the new familiar and the familiar new. When people get caught up in defining metaphors and narrative arcs, they ignore the emotions I worked so hard to create.

People make poetry harder than it has to be. Poetry becomes less like art and more like homework, and the cognitive paths for poetry become academic scar tissue rather than pathways for beauty. It’s a tragedy we don’t discuss be-

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cause when the average per- to having my writing proliferson ignores poetry, he doesn’t ated.

Selfishly, it doesn’t feel like feel the loss. Unlike novels and paintings, people allow enough, but I don’t know poetry to become irrelevant in where the line is. I grew up in the generation that was their lives.

This fall, I applied for six told we were exceptional in Master of Fine Arts programs all ways. Although my writing for creative writing—focusing career has been exceptional on poetry. Thus far, I’ve heard on most fronts, it isn’t some one answer: a rousing “No” extraordinary life-shaking from Boise State University. change, despite how well I’ve I’m aching for an acceptance. done.

I so desperately want to have If I could accomplish one the privilege to spend two to goal in my writing career, I three years focusing exclu- wish I could make good poetsively on my poetry. ry accessible and desired by I’ve had a lot of luck with my the general public. I’d like the writing in recent years. I’ve world to fall in love with pobeen featured regularly on etry like they’ve fallen in love the religious blog website “Pa- with novel series and other theos,” I’ve won awards for my authors. writing with the Daily MissisThat likely won’t happen— sippian and my poetry is being but I can dream, anyway. published in a collection by Holly Baer is a senior reKingston University Press in London. I’ve been more fortu- ligious studies major from nate than most when it comes Flowood.

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Voting is a choice you should make yourself For many students, the 2016 election cycle is the first time you have had the opportunity to vote for the president of the United States. In the upcoming election, choosing a candidate will be no easy task.

But, no matter what reasoning you employ to justify your decision, you really have two options: vote or don’t vote.

No matter what you choose, be sure you understand what that choice means.

It can be hard to vote. It’s hard to commit to a definitive stance on your own beliefs; it’s much harder to find a candidate with whom your beliefs align. Or maybe you buy into the “my vote doesn’t count” belief, which only makes the

votes of those who do participate count more. Then there is the social stigma you acquire by signing away your support for a candidate.

So maybe you don’t vote.

But if you choose not to vote, understand what that means. If you don’t vote in this primary and the subsequent presidential election, you’ve missed an important opportunity to make a difference in the leadership of this country— no matter how small the difference may be. If you don’t vote, you’re not part of the problem, but you’re not part of the solution, either.

Understand you are opting to give away your voice rather than face the consequences of

committing to a stance.

There is a kind of voting that is just as detrimental as no vote at all, however. Don’t let your president be a part of your inheritance. Don’t vote for the person your dad believes would make a good candidate on that recommendation alone. Don’t vote for the person whose sticker is on your mom’s car. You, by turning 18 and registering, have declared yourself an adult.

With that comes the responsibility to, at the very least, think for yourself.

The Daily Mississippian isn’t going to tell you to go vote. It’s not going to tell you not to vote. You should make that decision for yourself. But whatever you do today, do it with complete understanding and responsibility of your actions.

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WHERE THE OTHER CANDIDATES CAMPAIGNED MONDAY

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Ronnie Moses from Brandon volunteers at the Trump Rally in Madison Monday. Moses graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1972 and played football with Archie Manning.

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continued from page 1 ence after canceling his original appearance, scheduled in Ellisville, Mississippi.

State Senator Chris McDaniel serves as the statewide chairman for Cruz’s campaign and announced Cruz’s decision to cancel his Monday event at Jones County Junior College in a Facebook post Sunday.

“Ted Cruz will not be in Mississippi tomorrow, as he evidently does not feel well. This is difficult news to deliver, but we trust that

God has a plan for the campaign and for Mississippi,” McDaniel said in a Facebook post Sunday.

Cruz said he wasn’t feeling well during his speech in Florence, but wanted to speak to his Mississippi supporters.

Republican candidates Marco Rubio and John Kasich did not host any large events Monday in Mississippi. Kasich has visited the state twice in the last month.

Rubio has not campaigned a single time in Mississippi and has placed his focus elsewhere; he attended a rally Monday evening in Tampa, Florida.

Wronski said she thinks Rubio has a narrow path to winning the nomination and is making strate-

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gic choices in his campaign right now.

“He knows what potential to do well in, like his home state of Florida,” Wronski said. “For him, coming in third in Mississippi and getting the proportion of whatever votes we have, that’s not necessarily worth his time and effort to the same extent as winning Florida, which is a winner-take-all state for delegates.”

Both leading Democratic candidates, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, were in Michigan Monday to campaign the day after the Democratic debate in Flint, Michigan.

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“It’s more like a team spirit thing. You’re not going to get a material benefit like money, it’s all these psychological feel-good things,” Wronski said. “For them, it’s the camaraderie that builds their enthusiasm for the entire political process.”

Elizabeth Ervin, an integrated marketing communications major said, they have talked a lot about Trump in their political campaigns class which sparked her interest in attending the rally in Jackson. ”I wanted to see it purely for historical sake,” Ervin said. “This presidential election is unique and no matter who I vote for in the primary, it’ll be cool to say, ‘I was there. I went to one of his rallies.’”

Wronski said younger voters can feel intimated that their vote doesn’t count or they don’t believe that they can influence the political process.

“Just vote. Vote. Voting is better than not voting,” Wronski said.

“Regardless of the outcome, regardless that Mississippi is a red state, people should go to vote because it’s a habit-forming practice once you vote. It becomes part of your routine and you do that every two years, every four years.”

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continued from page 1 According to Winburn, in a state like Mississippi, the type of primary elections conducted matter more in non-presidential elections.

“Where it really can matter is in the U.S. Senate race,” Winburn said. “So, that’s where having an open or closed primary really matters in the state of Mississippi because the state can require runoffs if one of the candidates does not reach 50 percent of the vote, and that doesn’t happen in the presidential race.”

Lafayette County Election Commission Chairman Nell Green said Mississippi’s primary differs from those of most states in what actually appears on the ballot.

“In Mississippi, the presidential candidate’s name is actually listed on the ballot, whereas in a lot of states, the delegate’s name is listed, so you would vote for the delegate who pledged to vote for that candidate.” Green said. “But in Mississippi, instead of voting for a delegate, you actually vote for the presidential candidate.”

Each party assigns a different number of delegates to each state.

Mississippi currently has 40 Republican delegates and 41 Democratic delegates. According to Winburn, all Democratic primaries are proportional; therefore, a mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential candidate to receive delegates from the national convention.

On the Republican side, however, primaries can be characterized as winner-take-all states or proportional states. Mississippi is a proportional state, with a 15 percent threshold. Each presidential candidate who receives 15 percent or more of the statewide vote is then allocated delegates based on their votes received and the number of candidates who reached the threshold. If no candidate acquires 15 percent of the vote, the threshold is then lowered to 10 percent.

For Green, the biggest impact comes from the voters themselves.

“It’s important for voters to know that every vote is important. People sometimes think their vote doesn’t count, but that’s simply not true,” Green said. “We can still have a big impact here in Mississippi.”

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Cruz campaigns in Mississippi before primary

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John Meyers of Moselle laughs as he greets fellow supporters of Republican presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, during a campaign stop in Florence Monday.

On short notice, Cruz announced a Monday afternoon appearance in a southern Jackson suburb, Florence, at a catfish restaurant with a 110foot cross in the parking lot.

He originally had been set to appear in Ellisville, but organizers said he wouldn’t be there because he wasn’t feeling well.

Cruz acknowledged in Florence that he was under the weather, but said he wanted to speak to Mississippi supporters, including state Sen. Chris McDaniel, who lost a Republican primary runoff in 2014 to longtime U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran in a race that sharply divided the tea party faction backing McDaniel and the GOP establishment, which boosted Cochran by reaching out to black voters who traditionally support Democrats.

Standing on a table and speaking to more than 200 people packed into a room with “Andy Griffith Show” wallpaper, Cruz took a swipe at Trump’s campaign slogan.

“Now, it is easy to talk about making America great again.

You can even print that on a baseball cap,” Cruz said. “But the real question is, do you understand the principles and values that made America great in the first place?”

Cruz won rowdy applause by saying he will protect gun owners’ rights, eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and nominate strict constitutionalists to the Supreme Court. Some also responded with “Amen!” as he said the U.S. will stand unequivocally with Israel if he is president.

Republican John Kasich has spoken in Mississippi twice in the past month, but Marco Rubio has not personally campaigned in the state.

Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders also skipped Mississippi, but former President Bill Clinton campaigned for his wife last week in Jackson.

Mississippi will award 40 Republican and 41 Democratic delegates on Tuesday, but Michigan awards 59 Republican and 147 Democratic delegates the same day.

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so many places,” said Marvin King, a University of Mississippi political science professor. “It’s not our politics or our policies or our politicians. ...

We only have 3 million (residents) and Michigan has 10.”

King said he expects Mississippi’s primary results to be similar to those in neighboring Louisiana, where Clinton and Trump won on Saturday.

Mississippi Republican Gov. Phil Bryant on Monday endorsed Cruz, although Bryant did not appear at the campaign event in Florence.

“It’s time for Republicans to join together and unite the party for the good of our state and our nation,” Bryant said in a news release from the Cruz

campaign. “I urge my fellow Mississippians to join me in standing behind Ted Cruz.”

Kasich was endorsed by five newspapers, including the largest in the state, The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson.

The presidential race split the family of Medgar Evers, the Mississippi NAACP leader and voting-rights advocate assassinated in 1963. His widow, Myrlie Evers-Williams, endorsed Clinton and his brother, longtime Republican Charles Evers, endorsed Trump.

Kasich is backed by Republican U.S. Rep. Gregg Harper, while Clinton is backed by Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson.

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‘House of Cards’ Season 4 Review Warning: Contains spoilers for seasons 1-3 of ‘House of Cards’ HOLLY BAER

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“House of Cards” has become a national phenomenon.

The show has been nominated for 32 Primetime Emmys and won six. Kevin Spacey and costar Robin Wright have both won Golden Globes for their roles as Francis and Claire Underwood. Frank Underwood made a guest performance at the 2013 Emmys and a short reference was made by Spacey during the 2014 Academy Awards.

Despite a strong first and second season, the third season lacked the steely resolve that made the Underwoods the anti-heroes we loved to root for. In the first two seasons, Frank and Claire ride high after high, dealing with each unfortunate blow with grace and fortitude. The viewer is under no illusions of virtue. In “Chapter One” we see

Frank as he kills a dog, and in “Chapter Fourteen” we watch Claire tell a pregnant rival, “I am willing to let your child wither and die inside of you, if that’s what’s required.”

Those Underwoods were not present in season three.

As Frank adjusted to the presidency, he and Claire make mistake after mistake. They show uncharacteristic weakness. Their partnership faltered time and time again, and the season ends with Claire ultimately leaving Frank. The audience is left wanting and frustrated. How could the Underwoods have allowed themselves to fall so far?

Season four brings back the steel-stomached, sharp-minded Underwoods that America loves. This season masterfully balances the humanity and weaknesses of the Underwoods while maintaining the bold, terrifying nature of America’s most ruthless cou-

ple. Frank and Claire begin the season separately but, as the narrative unfolds, they each become stronger than ever.

Wright delivers another impeccable performance. Claire has long held a cool-headed public persona with a softer core, and this season perfectly balances that difficult aesthetic. Mrs. Underwood is charming and poised on the outside, but calculating and vulnerable on the inside. After years of protecting her humanity, she finds a way to sharpen her soul into a cold steel dagger, dangerous enough to match that of her potentially soulless husband. Her narrative’s ups and downs give further depth to Mrs. Underwood, and, this season, Claire is better than ever. While Frank is intimidating and heart-stopping, Claire is a scene-stealer.

Likewise, Spacey’s performance is another that will go

down in his long history of excellent acting. This man is surely one of the greatest actors of our time. Frank deals with vulnerability in ways that he’s never had to, but we as viewers do not pity him.

Instead, we learn how to trust him again. Frank is no longer strong and frustrated; he is weaker and more formidable than ever. He no longer needs subway stations and parking garages to make his moves.

Frank and Claire take charge on the election trail and find ingenious ways to defeat all their opponents, from Republican nominee Will Conway to journalist Lucas Goodwin to, as stubborn as ever, Russian President Viktor Petrov.

Wright directs four episodes this season, among which I believe are the most powerful cinematically. Her sense of dramatic timing is keen, and while I understand it is impossible for her to di-

rect every episode, I hope she is allowed to continue directing. Each title sequence, I felt a jump of joy in my stomach each time I saw her credit as director.

The season finale, “Chapter 52,” ends with an incredible “you gotta see for yourself” climax. In that moment, the culmination of depravity and ruthlessness is embodied in ways that have never been explored in the show— which is, frankly, impressive. Over four seasons we’ve watched the Underwoods lie, murder and destroy anything in their path, but only now am I fully aware of how incredibly savage the two can be.

If you have not watched “House of Cards,” consider it your duty as an American. In season four, the Underwoods return better than ever, and Netflix proves that it can churn out quality programs again and again.

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Southside’s new exhibit is ‘whimsical with a twist’ SHELBY PACK

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The latest exhibit at Southside Gallery features the eclectic and fun works of Maggie Russell, Jay Jensen and Wendy Olson.

As you’re walking on the Square this month, you will be sure to notice a large, mint green canvas portraying a young woman in a glittery pink mask peering out from the window of Southside. This work is the playful painting “She likes to shop at party city” by Maggie Russell.

“The pieces and titles are largely intuitive,” Russell said about the canvas. “Oftentimes, a person takes on the role of the spectacle. They act out positively or negatively and await reaction from the onlooker. I sometimes wonder if we really are all connected to each other and the only thing that separates us is a veil of ‘us and them.’ The mask is that sort of veil. It’s tricky because while it throws a bit of a wrench into the whole thing, it’s still pretty alluring. As far as the title goes, all of the titles really, I just needed to add some levity to it all and make myself laugh.”

Her works largely feature her favorite medium, charcoal, mixed with a pop of color in the form of paint or glitter or sometimes both. Russell describes her pieces as “quirky works and imaginings,” and she could not be more spot on in her description.

Husband and wife Jay Jensen and Wendy Olson are also showcased in this exhibit.

“I think it’s just really cool that I got to share this space with Jay Jensen and Wendy Olson,” Russell said of her fellow artists. “It’s just cool to be in their ranks.”

Both Jensen and Olson have ceramic works currently on dis-

play, but this month Olson features her paintings in Southside as well.

“I like to work in a medium that translates my ideas in the best possible way,” Olson said. “Most of the time that is ceramics and painting. I also really appreciate having the opportunity to create both paintings and ceramic work, and have them shown together.”

Jensen’s pottery is as useful as it is artistic, something he said he values greatly, and his favorite pieces reflect that.

“I like the small cups that have blue and tan glaze,” he said. “I find that cups are simple and fun things to make. They are very functional and that is important to me.”

Although Jensen and Olson’s preferences of mediums and techniques vary slightly, their style and inspiration stems from a very similar place.

“I’m always inspired by everyday events, especially when they involve humor or if there is an event that’s quirky in some way,” Olson said about the vision behind her pieces.

Much in this same way does Russell draw from life in order to create.

“I roll along throughout life for a while like a tumbleweed picking up debris and the more I move, the more that I collect,” Russell said. “Eventually I have to unload all of that and the result is my art. Sometimes it’s a waiting game for the moment of inspiration to spark but when it does, the work keeps coming until the ideas run out.”

The roots of this exhibit are found in the everyday realities, resulting in a powerfully poignant display. Olson describes it best as “whimsical with a twist.”

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ning five of the six matches.

Stefan Lindmark dominated Luis Valero in the first set before finishing him off 7-6 after winning a tie breaker. Zvonimir Babic was also dominant as he defeated Jack Heslin from Tennessee 6-1, 6-2.

The Rebels took their 1-0 SEC record to Kentucky on Sunday, where the fell short to the Wildcats in a close 4-3 match.

Ole Miss was able to garner the doubles point winning 2-1, but weren’t able to take advantage in the singles matches.

The Rebels dropped the first three singles matches of the day, putting them in a 3-1 hole.

Ole Miss responded, however, and Babic and Grey Hamilton were able to come out victorious; however, the Rebels lost at No. 2 singles in a tiebreaker to give the Wildcats the victory.

The Rebels will return home this weekend to take on LSU and Texas A&M on Friday and Sunday, respectively.

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match, winning the doubles point 2-0. Suk and Jandric won 6-1 and Zalina Khairudinova and Marija Milutinovic won 6-3.

The Rebels took the momentum into the singles portion of the match, winning that 3-1.

Eve Repic and Khairudinova especially dominated singles for Ole Miss. Repic won 6-1, 6-3 and Khariudinova won 6-3, 6-1.

The Rebels will get back into action this Friday as they take on LSU in Baton Rouge before hitting the road again to take on Texas A&M in College Station.

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Peyton Manning calls it a career after 18 years COLLIN BRISTER

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Peyton Manning retired yesterday. He went out on top, winning Super Bowl 50, but he went out. He called it a career, something I never saw coming when I fell in love with him and his game 12 years ago.

I remember it like it was yesterday. I was watching a random NFL game as a 10-year-old in January 2004.

The Colts were playing the Patriots for the AFC title. It was snowing.

“That’s Eli’s brother,” my dad said as he pointed out the Colts’ quarterback.

Eli Manning had just led the Rebels to a Cotton Bowl vic-

18 tory and was closer to God in my 10-year-old brain than any other human should be.

So, I adopted Peyton. I adopted his game in random pee-wee games throughout Eupora. I wore the number 18 because I wanted everything in my athletic career to be modeled after him. I’m not sure what it was, but I grew up on Manning.

I remember the comeback in the dome in 2007. The Colts were down 21-6 at halftime to the Patriots in the AFC title games. They had lost two of the three previous AFC title games. I thought it was over and wondered if Peyton would even win a Super Bowl. Peyton didn’t. He took his team down the field to open the half to cut the lead to eight.

I remember emotions flowing through a 13-year-old me after Joseph Addai’s threeyard plunge to give the Colts a 38-34 lead with a little more than a minute remaining in the contest.

The Denver years weren’t as magical, as I was in college. I wasn’t a young kid in awe of what he did anymore, or so I thought. Then this year happened.

I guess when he got hurt and benched, I realized this was likely it. I realized 2015 was going to the last time I got to watch him play football. I realized that this 2015 season was going to be it for the 10-year-old who grew up loving him.

When they made the playoffs, I knew he wasn’t what he

once was. I realized he wasn’t half of what he once was. I knew it would take a miraculous performance from the Denver defense if they were going to make a run. They got just that. They dominated the Steelers and Patriots up front, and they played in the Super Bowl.

When I saw him take the field for the Super Bowl in February, you could just tell this was it. The arm strength was gone. You could tell there were things he wanted to do on the field, that his body and arm just wouldn’t let him do.

He won. He won, not because of him and his play, but because Von Miller might be the best football player in the NFL right now. After 18 years in the league, and dominat-

ing it for a good portion of his career, maybe it was time for someone else to carry him.

So, he left on Monday morning. He left with an emotional press conference where he thanked everyone and read a Bible verse from 2 Timothy.

His passion for the game was unquestioned. His talent was undeniable. He outworked any and every one that was put in front of him.

He’s one of the top five quarterbacks all time. He’s the best, if you ask me.

“Well, I’ve fought a good fight,” Manning said on Monday. “I’ve finished my football race, and after 18 years it’s time. God Bless all of you.

God Bless football.”

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Diamond Rebels prepare to take on the Redhawks BRIAN SCOTT RIPPEE

bsrippee@go.olemiss.edu

For the first time this 2016 season, Ole Miss hit the road this past weekend and headed to Conway, South Carolina for the Chanticleer Classic, hosted by then-18th-ranked Coastal Carolina, for a three-game round-robin tournament.

The Rebels returned home with three wins, beating Ball State, the tournament host Coastal Carolina and Cincinnati.

Ole Miss outscored its opponents 22-6 and the pitching staff only allowed four earned runs. This team continues to play good baseball to begin the year, gaining more momentum as conference play approaches.

Ole Miss will take a 10-1 record into a week in which it will return home to Swayze Field for five games, beginning today in game one of a two-game midweek series with Southeast Missouri State.

The Redhawks come into the series with a record of 6-5.

They have won six of their last eight games after being swept

by Lamar to begin the season.

SEMO took two of three games from Central Arkansas over the weekend in its first home series of the year.

It is the first five-game week of the season for Ole Miss and the first time it will play two midweek games in a single week, which leaves head coach Mike Bianco with the task of finding a fifth starting pitcher.

Freshman right-hander James McArthur has drawn the start in the Rebels’ first two midweek games, and despite struggling a bit, he should draw

Junior J.B. Woodman hits during the first game of the Louisville series Friday night, February 26. one of the two starts against SEMO. McArthur has given up seven runs on nine hits in his two starts this season. He also has one relief appearance.

The second of the two starts is one that will leave Bianco with a myriad of options. The bullpen has been fantastic for the Rebels at the beginning of this season, with a collective ERA of 1.58— and it features a few young arms that Bianco is growing more confident in, and could slide into a starting role.

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guess is Andy Pagnozzi. The freshman right-hander has allowed two earned runs on five hits in nine innings of relief this year and has also picked up two wins in those outings.

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Bianco has number of options.

SEMO is led offensively by Dan Holst and Daniel Costello. Holst leads the team in hits with 17 and in batting average, posting a .425 in 11 games so far this season. Costello is batting .412 and leads the team with nine RBIs. Ryan Rippee also has nine RBIs on the year for the Redhawks. SEMO has not announced who it will throw in either game yet.

After a quiet weekend offensively against Louisville, Ole Miss found its bats again, recording 22 runs on 31 hits in its three wins over the weekend.

Cameron Dishon and Colby Bortles each homered for the first time over the weekend, and Tate Blackman continued his hot start with a three-hit performance in Saturday’s game against Coastal Carolina. The Rebels will look to continue to carry that momentum into this five-game week.

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Stefan Moody wins second consecutive Howell Trophy

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Stefan Moody dunks during the opening game in the Pavilion aganist Alabama.

JACKSON - Senior Stefan Moody has been named the 2016 C Spire Howell Trophy winner, the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame announced Monday. It is the second straight year Moody has received the honor.

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ing men’s collegiate basketball player in Mississippi. Moody, a native of Kissimmee, Florida, joins Jarvis Varnado as the only two players in the award’s history to win the trophy backto-back years.

The is the fourth straight year a Rebel has been named the state’s top player after Jarvis Summers took home the

award in 2014 and Marshall Henderson won the honor in 2013. Moody edged Mississippi State’s Gavin Ware and Quindary Weatherspoon to receive the honor.

The fifth-fastest player to reach 1,000 career points in Ole Miss history, Moody leads the SEC and ranks ninth nationally in scoring at 23.1

points per game. He needs only eight points to became only the fifth player in Ole Miss history and the 26th player in SEC history to top 700 points in a season. His 43-point performance against MSU on Senior Night is tied for the highest single-game total in the SEC this year, the 11th highest in nation and the 13th highest in school history.

It also marked the most points scored by a Rebel since Gerald Glass dropped 53 on LSU in 1989 and was the most in a league game since Kentucky’s Jodie Meeks scored 45 against Arkansas in 2009.

Moody and the Rebels open SEC Tournament play on Thursday at 6 p.m. against the Alabama Crimson Tide.

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Rebels improve offensive strategy in spring practice CODY THOMASON

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Quincy Adeboyejo returns pass during Monday’s pratice.

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One of the best opportunities for players to improve from one season to the next spring practice. There are quite a few position groups with starting jobs up for grabs, and the spring could play a big factor in who ultimately lands those spots.

One of the positions to watch this spring is wide receiver. The top two receivers from last year’s squad, Laquon Treadwell and Cody Core, are both currently getting ready for the NFL Draft.

Of the returning receivers, the top two are senior Quincy Adeboyejo, who had 38 catches for 604 yards and seven touchdowns last year, and junior Damore’ea Stringfellow, who had 36 catches for 503 yards and five touchdowns last season. Either Adeboyejo or Stringfellow could emerge as the No. 1 receiver by the time the season opens up. Stringfellow is likely to miss the spring with an injury, so competition to see who the next man up will be is pretty open. Junior Markell Pack, who had 31 catches for 380 yards and three touchdowns, brings some experience to the group and will definitely be an option to take over at slot receiver.

Two players with a great chance to move up the depth chart in the spring are sophomore Damarkus Lodge and redshirt freshman Van Jefferson. Lodge played sparingly and caught one pass for a 12-yard touchdown last season, but has size and speed and has already a few acrobatic catches this spring.

Jefferson has great speed and could see a good bit of a time at slot this season.

The running back position is even more wide-open than the receiver spot. Leading rusher Jaylen Walton is out of eligibility, so, now, a number of players are vying to take on his carries. There’s a good chance the Rebels will use a running-back-by-committee approach next season, and senior Akeem Judd and junior Jordan Wilkins have a great chance to head the rushing attack.

Judd steadily improved throughout the season, taking 77 carries for 421 yard and three touchdowns; Wilkins finished with similar stats, taking 72 carries for 379 yards and four touchdowns. Either back could establish himself as the number one back going into the season.

There’s a need for a speed back to complement the two power backs— which is where Eugene Brazley and Eric Swinney come into play. Brazely is a junior and played well in limited time this season, taking 22 carries for 222 yards and three scores. Meanwhile, Swinney is working his way back from a leg injury that caused him to redshirt his freshman season; as he continues to heal, he can add a lot of speed and elusiveness to the Rebels’ backfield.

The offensive line will be interesting to watch this spring. While some players will not participate in the spring due to injury, a number of less-experienced players will have a chance to impress and get a leg up on the position battle this fall.

One of these players is Jeremy Liggins, who, after playing mostly quarterback and tackle in his first two seasons with the Rebels, has made a full time switch to offensive tackle.

Liggins has great athleticism for the position, and seeing more first-team reps should only speed up his development at offensive line. Sophomore guards Javon Patterson and Jordan Sims also have a great chance to impress in the spring, as they both played a good number of snaps last season and could become full time starters.

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