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Severe weather has caused the confirmed death of three in Louisiana and the evacuation of about 100 people in the Mississippi Delta and more than 1,000 in Louisiana. State officials said a 6-year-old
girl was among three people killed in Louisiana during two days of severe weather that has left roads covered in water. Sixteen Louisiana parishes have declared a state of emergency, and the National Guard was sent in to help.
The director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency says about 100 people have been evacuated in the Delta because of severe weather. The National Weather Service says 3 to 10 inches of rain has
fallen in counties along the Mississippi River in West Tennessee, eastern Arkansas and north Mississippi since late Tuesday, flooding roads, parking lots and fields.
JACKSON — A judge has set a second guilty plea hearing for a man federal prosecutors say placed a noose on the University of Mississippi’s statue of its first black student. A federal court filing shows that Austin Reed Edenfield is scheduled to waive indictment and plead guilty March 24 to a criminal charge before U.S. District Judge Michael Mills in Oxford. Edenfield had been scheduled to plead guilty in September, but Mills delayed that court date for reasons that haven’t been publicly explained. The filing doesn’t indicate what charge Edenfield faces. People typically agree to waive indictment and plead guilty in federal court as part of a plea bargain. A lawyer for Edenfield didn’t immediately respond to requests
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“The city has annexed and inside the annex, they’ve built and inside that, they’ve built,” McCutchen said. “For centuries, that’s been the deer’s land and their place of rest and now we’re kind of pushing them out. This makes them generate more movement, so it definitely raises a concern.” According to the plan’s safety statement, hunting within Oxford city limits is a privilege granted by the mayor and Board of Aldermen. The controlled hunts are authorized under an animal control permit issued by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, and chosen hunters are given the freedom to hunt in designated areas using only archery equipment. The site includes an application for landowners willing to allow city-selected hunters to hunt on
their property. Though this program has been in action since 2010, accidents involving deer have continued to occur in the city with considerable frequency. Mississippi was ranked sixth on State Farm’s list of states with the highest likelihoods of deer-related auto accidents in 2013. The chances for a deer-related auto accident in Mississippi were one out of 84. That chance fell to one in 88 in 2014, but Mississippi Highway Patrol still estimate more than 3,400 deer-related crashes occurred that year. Kevin Powell from DeSoto Collision Center in Oxford said during deer season, half the auto-incidents they work on are from deer-related accidents. Though the 2015-2016 deer season has passed, collisions are still occurring. “We are actually still getting
deer-related wrecks now,” Powell said. “We have three cars here at the moment from wrecks last week.” In situations where an accident involving a deer occurs, the Oxford police have a right to do what they feel is best in the sit- uation.
saw was within city limits. “It was across the street from Handy Andy’s on North Lamar,” said Yow. “It was a red light and this 12-point deer ran right into the middle of the road in between cars.” McCutchen said drivers should scan the roads while driving and be cautious where there is one deer, there are likely more. “Sometimes, there is nothing you can do,” McCutchen said. “My advice to prevent wrecks is slow down, put the phones down and be more observant of your surroundings.”
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Sarah Yatcko, left, holds her son Tucker Neal as they are evacuated by boat with her father Jim Yatcko, by Bossier County Sheriff personnel during rising floodwaters in Bossier Parish, La., Thursday..
Oxford holds controlled hunts to lower deer population ccscott4@olemiss.edu
According to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, there are an estimated 1.75 million white-tailed deer roaming around Mississippi. In August 2010, Oxford Mayor Pat Patterson and the Board of Aldermen developed a deer management plan with the help of the city’s Emergency Management department. The goal of the plan is to ensure public safety and reduce property damage caused by the overpopulation of white-tailed deer in Oxford by conducting controlled hunts. Jeff McCutchen, major of operations at the Oxford Police Department and resident of Oxford since 2003, said the city’s development has caused its deer population to overflow into urban areas.
“If we go to a wreck and the deer is maimed, not dead but severely injured, we will put it down for humane sakes so it doesn’t suffer. We do get that a lot,” McCutchen said. Charles Yow, Mississippi Auto Arms of Oxford employee, said he’s hunted often in his life and the biggest deer he ever
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Everyone needs to leave Kim Kardashian West’s boobs alone. This week, Kim released two nude selfies. Bette Midler and Chloë Grace Moretz have been among those criticizing Kim for showing her body off yet again. Midler mocked her by tweeting, “If Kim wants us to see a part of her we’ve never seen, she’s gonna have to swallow the camera.” Moretz tweeted, “I truly hope you realize how important setting goals are for young women, teaching them we have so much more to offer than just our bodies.” They were far from the only celebrities chiming in with their distaste. Amber Rose, a frequent media rival of Kim’s, stepped in to defend Kim after P!nk criticized her. Rose THE DAILY
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captioned a photo on Instagram: “Now, if u wanna talk to kids and be a mentor to young teens, tell them to go to school and to not use their bodies to get ahead?! I’m all for it! But please as a grown woman let another grown woman live as she wishes. That’s our problem! We’re so quick to down each other instead of uplifting! Pink, We’ve seen u damn near naked swinging from a rope (Beautifully) but what’s the difference between a rope, a pole and a pic on Instagram? Classism.” Kids are going to have body issues regardless of who strips naked. Shaming a woman for loving her body is exactly what creates a culture of body hatred. She’s a mother of two who loves herself despite a society that says, “Kids destroy bodies.” Kim being naked doesn’t diminish her ability to inspire people — this woman created an empire out of a sex tape. If that isn’t the American Dream, I don’t know what is. If nudity empowers Kim, let her be. If modesty empowers another woman, let her be. But women have to stop belittling each other’s clothing choices — men will do it enough for us.
First, I don’t think a religious variety of creationism should be allowed. Creationists: hear me out. Evolutionists: don’t sound the victory trumpets yet. Now, Holly is most certainly mistaken in qualifying “creationism and evolution can coexist peacefully” with the clause, “in a personal worldview.” There are simply too many world-class philosophers, atheists and all varieties of theists who have either made a philosophical case for the inadequacy of evolutionary theory or for a divine account of the creation of the universe, respectively. Powerful minds like Alvin Plantinga of Notre Dame even go to such lengths as to describe evolution in terms of logical possibilities and probabilities, mathematically weighing the likelihood of our current account of evolution having happened without some sort of supernatural account. It doesn’t look good. Yet, there is the respect in which creationism should be taught in public schools: as a philosophical ideology, non-specific to any religion — arguments for there being a divine being who instantiates the universe. The counterarguments should be given as well – for they are numerous and powerful as well. A philosophy class, as distinguished from any specific religion class, would be a wonderful theater of ideas and conversations, encouraging students to really think for themselves by providing them with all manner of philosophical schools of thought and argument: theism and creationism, atheism and naturalism, moralism and nihilism, Kant and Hume. It’s never enough to simply cut out unhealthy foods in a diet – you’d starve. They must be replaced with healthy food. If Holly wants students to stop “being force-fed anti-science garbage,” then let her also provide a diversity of mental nutrients to raise healthy, free, and independent minds, minds brave enough to ask questions beyond the small mind’s God: science, beyond which there is none greater.
Will Nowell Holly Baer is a religious studies Will Nowell is a sophomore philosophy and computer science major major from Flowood. from Southaven.
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continued from page 1 for comment late Wednesday. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Norman, in a June 18 court hearing, said Edenfield took part in the February 2014 incident. A noose and a former Georgia state flag with a Confederate battle emblem were placed on the Ole Miss statue of James Meredith. He integrated the university in 1962 amid rioting that was suppressed by federal troops. Prosecutors said in June that another former student, Graeme Phillip Harris, hatched the plan to place the noose and flag on the statue after a night of drinking with Edenfield and a third freshman in the Sigma Phil Epsilon fraternity house on campus. The third man has not been charged. Harris pleaded guilty in June to a misdemeanor charge of threatening force to intimidate African-American students and employees at the university after prosecutors agreed to drop a stiffer felony charge in exchange. His lawyer argued Harris didn’t deserve prison, saying he’d written a letter of apology to Meredith after falling under the influence of racist traditions at the fraternity. A Georgia resident, Harris was sentenced to six months in prison, followed by 12 months’ supervised release. Federal Bureau of Prisons records show he’s currently held at a minimum-security federal prison in Butner, North Carolina, and is scheduled to be released July 1. All three of the students withdrew from Ole Miss, and the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity closed its chapter.
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continued from page 1 The flood threat is expected to continue into Friday, as another 1 to 3 inches of rain could fall in the Mississippi Delta region, meteorologist Scott McNeil said. Gov. Phil Bryant is mobilizing National Guard troops to help with high-water rescues around the state. Lee Smithson says heavy rain Thursday has mostly passed the Delta, but the Gulf Coast could still receive up to 10 inches of rain and should expect some flooding. He says coastal tides could be three feet above normal. Creeks were rising in the Jackson area. The severe weather is also hampering the search for two fishermen who went missing Wednesday on the Mississippi River. Claiborne County Sheriff Frank Davis says search-and-rescue teams looked for the men Thurs-
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Spring Break Survival thedmfeatures@gmail.com
You’ve been counting down the days since Jan. 25, and finally, spring break is here. Campus has been looking for-
ward to taking a week off for a while now, and after a week of midterms, group projects and papers, I think each and every Rebel has earned a rest. For those of you who have opted for a quiet week spent at home — eating free food out of your parents’ pantry, working to earn some extra cash or just visiting your dog that you haven’t seen since mid-January — I say kick back, relax and enjoy the comforts of home. But for those who have opted for the more #SB2k16 kind
of Spring Break, here’s some friendly advice you should bring along with you as you head out to fulfill your youthful destiny. 1. Don’t forget to pack things you actually need:
Everyone is excited about the cute new swimsuit they bought online last week or the brand new sunglasses they got on sale, but make sure you remember to bring the things you’ll actually need with you. Did you remember a towel? An extra change of clothes? Your cellphone charger? A toothbrush and toothpaste? Underwear? The last thing you want to do is end up having to fork over an arm and leg buying something you forgot at home at some overpriced beach shop. 2. Sunscreen: Whether you’re going skiing or braving the beach next week, sunscreen is a must. Not only are sunburns painful and annoying, they can also increase your risk of developing skin cancer. Most sunscreens need to be reapplied every few hours, so keep some handy if you’re going to be outside. Make sure to apply a good layer anytime you plan to spend a significant amount of time outdoors and exposed to direct sunlight, even if you’re not swimming. And don’t forget to get your face and neck! 3. Extra eyes: If you wear contacts, bring your glasses with you. When my father was a college man, he went on a trip with his friends to some beach or another. He tells the story of how as soon as he got to the water, he dove in with that free spirit of youth, unbridled and unafraid, until he opened his eyes and ruined his con-
tacts. He spend the rest of the trip pretty much blind. And don’t forget sunglasses either; speaking from personal experience, your eyes can become sunburned and it’s really awful. 4. Bring your calling card: As lame as it sounds, it would be a good idea if you took out a little index card right now and wrote down all the important numbers you might need. I know you’ve heard it before, but we really do live in a digital age of convenience, and as a result, hardly anyone knows a phone number by heart anymore. I for one only have two phone numbers memorized: mine and my mom’s. We’ve all heard horror stories of people dropping their phones off ski lifts, off a cliff while taking a picture, walking into the ocean only to realize your phone was in your pocket the whole time or having it stolen by some jerk, along with your favorite t-shirt and one sandal. Not to mention, if you’re in a strange place, and you get lost and your phone dies, it becomes very hard to find your way home. The best way to avoid going off-the-grid by accident is to have your emergency numbers somewhere handy besides your phone. Just in case.
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5. Stay hydrated: I said it during football season, I said it during finals and I’ll say it again: stay hydrated. Spring break is a popular time of year to consume a lot of beverages, but sometimes when you’re having fun, you forget about your ole pal, H2O. No one wants to be that guy who didn’t drink any water all day, spent the whole day in the sun, got dehydrated and threw up after dinner. It is commonly recommended the average
or cans into the ocean, leave all the lights on in your cabin or hotel room and let the water run while you brush your teeth. Is that how you think Leonardo DiCaprio spends his spring break? No. A lot of spring break destinations are popular because of their natural beauty, so do your part to respect
don’t just mean don’t accept rides from strangers or get on a boat without a life vest (but you should keep that in mind, too). I mean know your limits and stand by them. If you’re not comfortable doing something, say so. If something seems like a really stupid idea, don’t do it. Spring break is a time to unwind from all the stresses of spring semester, get some sun or sleep and enjoy yourself. ILLUSTRATIONS: CARA KEYSER
person drink 8 glasses of water a day – or about half a gallon. So while you’re off having adventures all week, be sure to crack open a (preferably reusable or recyclable) water bottle and hydrate up. 6. Don’t get wasteful: Just because you’re on vacation and having a good time doesn’t mean you have an excuse to toss empty bottles
the environment and keep it clean and healthy. Let spring break be a time to contribute to fun, not global warming. 7. Don’t be that person: It’s all fun and games until it’s not. Keep in mind that while you’re out there in the big world, you’re still representing Ole Miss, and you’ve got a lot to live for. Be sure you’re staying safe and smart. And I
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Indoor Track and Field Championships this weekend
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Lindsey Murray competes in pole vault earlier this year. Murray will represent Ole Miss women in this weekend’s NCAA Track and Field Championships in Birmingham, Alabama.
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became the all-time collegiate shot put record holder with a throw of 19.23m/63-1.25 at the Iowa State Classic, followed by her first SEC indoor title. Just a sophomore, she is the favorite to win this weekend’s shot put title after she claimed both the indoor and outdoor national titles last year as a freshman at Southern Illinois. Walling is the first Ole Miss runner to compete at indoor nationals in the 5000 since Pablo Sierra in 1993. The Rebels are making their second appearance at nationals in the DMR. The first was in 1985. Saunders it the first Rebel to compete at indoor nationals in the shot put, while Murray is the second female to participate in the pole vault, following Neal Tisher’s 2012 appearance. All four of these events were among the 10 total school records broken by Price-Smith’s team this year. The NCAA Indoor Champi-
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Rebels look to replace depleted offensive line CODY THOMASON
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Offensive line coach and co-offensive coordinator Matt Luke are working with a depleted offensive line this spring, with a number of contributors from last year working their way back from injuries and even expected contributors not enrolled in school yet. Despite this, Luke said he has still been able to get some quality reps in to develop players along the offensive line. Luke will replace four seniors from last year’s offensive line, making the experience of guards Javon Patterson, Jordan Sims and tackle Sean Rawlings critical. “I think those reps they got last year playing as freshman were huge, just because those guys are like veterans out there right now and they’re only sophomores,” Luke said. “So that’s a good thing, but they’ve got some progress they need to make too, “ Patterson said he felt last season and last year’s spring practice helped him improve greatly since joining the team. “Last year helped a lot,” Patterson said. “Coming in during the spring, going against guys like (Robert) Nkemdiche, Breeland (Speaks), Fadol (Brown), Marquis (Haynes), D.J. Jones, those guys really helped a lot. I can see my game has stepped up a little bit, and I’m working on getting better in this spring too.” With Laremy Tunsil predicted by many to be the top pick
in the 2016 NFL Draft, there are big shoes to fill at the left tackle position. Currently, Luke has played Rawlings, senior Jeremy Liggins and redshirt freshman at the spot. “I’ve been really pleased with Jeremy, Alex has done well, I put Sean in there some today to get him some reps at tackle. They’ve all done fine,” Luke said. “Jeremy is really athletic so I’ve been really pleased with what he’s done in the first four days. Alex is, I think, a very talented kid for where he is as a redshirt freshman, still inexperienced because he doesn’t have that game experience. So, I think all these reps are really important for him.” Luke said he thought Liggins, who also lined up at quarterback and tight end during his time at Ole Miss, looked more natural at offensive lineman now. “I think he has a lot of carry-over from the reps that we got him at o-line in bowl practice and things like that,” Luke said. “We’re still in the early stages of install. But he’s done well retaining what we’ve done so far.” With Liggins now playing full-time offensive tackle, Luke said he has already seen improvements in him. “I think the biggest thing is he just looks more comfortable. He doesn’t look out of place, even with his stance, the communication with the guys,” Luke said. “I don’t think he feels like it’s foreign to him, I think he’s one of the guys and I think he’s embracing that role and he’s doing a good job.” Liggins said he embraced
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Rebels host last home series of non-conference play BRIAN SCOTT RIPPEE thedmsports@gmail.com
Ole Miss wraps up its home non-conference schedule this weekend as Grambling State comes to Oxford for a threegame series. Ole Miss is coming off a two-game midweek sweep of Southeast Missouri State that capped off with a 6-4 win last night. Ole Miss enters the series with a record of 12-1 and has won seven games in a row. It is the fourth time in school history that the Rebels have started 12-1and it is the third time the team has done so under Mike Bianco. The game will feature the usual starting pitcher rotation of Brady Bramlett, Chad Smith and Sean Johnson on the mound for Ole Miss. Grambling State comes in with a record of 4-6 and this will be the first meeting between these two programs. Grambling has not announced its weekend rotation yet, and the Tigers have struggled on the mound to start the year, giving up an average of nine runs per game. Daniel Barnett, who has 15
RBIs on the year and boasts a .415 batting average, leads the Tigers offensively. A couple of Rebels have gotten off to hot starts offensively as J.B. Woodman leads the team with 14 RBIs. Tate Blackman is hitting .364 through the first 13 games and also has 13 RBIs of his own on the year. This weekend will be a chance for Ole Miss to give a lot of different guys some looks throughout the lineup before it begins conference play next weekend at Tennessee. “We obviously are here to win, but it’s also trying to figure out ‘what is the lineup,’” head coach Mike Bianco said. “It’s time to lock into the lineup.” Bianco said he has used a number of different outfield looks this year. Nick Fortes has seen a couple of starts at catcher and several Rebels have seen time as designated hitter this year. Though Bianco said he sees this as a chance to solidify his lineup, he also thinks it can be interchangeable, and pitching is where most of the emphasis will be this weekend. “I think the lineup is very flu-
Will Golsan tosses the ball to James McArthur from his knees to end the inning Tuesday. id. I think we get caught up too much in it. You know sometimes guys are hitting and they move up, and sometimes they’re not hitting and they move down,” Bianco said. “I think it is more the pitching. The lineup can change day to day, but hopefully your
pitching stays pretty much the same.” Ole Miss has had a number of young arms out of the bullpen who have been good this year, and the entire bullpen has not given up an earned run in its last 19 innings of work.
PHOTO BY: CAMERON BROOKS
Bianco has three games this weekend at home to tinker a bit before heading to Birmingham to play UAB next week before opening up conference play in Knoxville. First pitch on Friday is set for 6:30 p.m.
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