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Dr. Robert Vince speaks at annual School of Pharmacy Hartman Lecture

BY MARY VIRGINIA PORTERA mvporter@go.olemiss.edu

Dr. Robert Vince, director of the Center for Drug Design at the University of Minnesota, gave the The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy’s annual Charles W. Hartman Memorial Lecture Wednesday. The lecture, “Adventures in Drug Design,” took place at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts.

David D. Allen, dean of the pharmacy school, said the lecture was created to honor a former faculty member.

“The Charles W. Hartman Memorial Lecture was estab-

lished in 1973 to honor our school’s third dean,” Allen said.

“Dean Hartman’s tenure at the school was sadly cut short by an automobile accident in 1970.”

Before his death, Hartman accomplished many feats, including laying the groundwork for Faser Hall and the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences on campus.

Vince is a medicinal chemist who focuses on different research topics, including drugs that combat HIV, Alzheimer’s, herpes, and skin cancer.

Vince’s talk demonstrated his knowledge over a broad field of medicinal chemistry research.

“We are so thrilled that Dr. Vince agreed to be our Hart-

man lecturer this year,” Allen said. “Dr. Vince has an Ole Miss connection and worked as an assistant professor in the medicinal chemistry department in 1966.”

One of Vince’s most widely known accomplishments is his design of Abacavir, an HIV drug. Abacavir has been used for the global treatment of HIV and AIDs in adults and children. The royalties earned from this drug’s success have also allowed Vince and his research team to do other medicinal research.

Vince began by describing how his research early in his career on the herpes virus centered on working with nucleo-

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sides to counteract viruses’ replicating systems. He went on to say that this research allowed him to understand the operations of the HIV retrovirus.

Vince also recounted difficulties he and his research team had with patenting and licensing their drugs.

“The first AIDS drugs were approved even a lot faster than they would be today,” Vince said. “It would be a lot more difficult today to get drugs approved.”

Part of Vince’s message was that the inefficiencies of our licensing and patenting system can prove deleterious to imporSee HARTMAN, PAGE 4

The Student Activities Association announced Wednesday afternoon that Grammy Award-winning artist Nelly will be replacing Jason Derulo at Friday evening’s concert after Derulo canceled his appearance on account of a death in the family.

A native of St. Louis, Nelly will perform at 8:30 p.m.

“We are very excited to welcome Grammy Awardwinning artist Nelly to the Grove this Friday,” said Carly Eason, executive director of the Student Activities Association. “We have received a very positive response from the students of Ole Miss since our announcement, and we hope to see everyone in the Grove on Friday at 8:30 p.m. Our condolences go out to Jason Derulo and his f a m ily at this time.”

Nelly is currently ranked as the NELLY fourthbest-selling rap artist in American music history by RIAA and has sold more than 21 million albums.

He has also been featured onscreen in “The Longest Yard” and “CSI: NY.” Joining Nelly are special guests Travis Porter and Fly Panda. The concert is free and open to the university community and guests.

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‘Turn away the gays’ bill

BY ANNA RUSH akrush1@gmail.com

Tuesday, the Mississippi Legislature approved a conference report on Senate Bill 2681, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, sending it to Gov. Phil Bryant. The bill has caused controversy ever since it was generated, with many comparing it to Arizona’s “Turn Away the Gays” bill. The bill would allow for individuals to sue over laws that place a substantial burden on their religious beliefs and practices.

The controversy that rises out of the bill’s introduction is that it could arguably open the door for discrimination, allowing businesses to not have to adhere to anti-discrimination laws if doing so would cause them to violate their religious beliefs.

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The gay and lesbian community feels this measure could affect them the most. It could allow businesses to deny them services because the business owner’s religion opposes homosexual relationships.

This bill, and the fact that people would discriminate and claim their religion as an excuse, deeply bothers me. Mississippi, sadly, is on the bottom of many lists. Education, health care, poverty, teenage pregnancy, infant mortality and the list goes on. One quality that Mississippi has always been able to take pride in, and I personally take pride in, is the generosity and welcoming nature of its residents. Mississippi is consistently at the top of the lists for most charitable giving, despite being the poorest state in the Union.

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people visiting Mississippi are often blown away by the friendliness of our citizens.

Mississippi has always prided itself on being a highly religious state. Our churches are full every Sunday. Tithe baskets are passed around with the poorest and the richest all giving what they can. Churches are often the lifeblood of communities, often helping the less fortunate, rebuilding in the wake of disaster and offering a sense of belonging to those adrift.

So, perhaps I attended a different Sunday school lesson than those in our state legislature. Maybe I slept in on the day we covered discrimination against others. Surely I must have, because everything that I was taught growing up in the church directly refutes the nature of this bill. I was taught to

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love everyone, from a pauper to a prince, tax collectors or criminals, sinners or saints. I was taught that you should welcome everyone to your home and your dinner table. I was taught that no one should be turned away, no matter where you have come from, what you have done or what you believe.

Clearly, I have missed an important Sunday school lesson. I hope the legislature could give me its notes on what I missed so that I can see how a bill allowing discrimination is even a remotely good idea.

Or perhaps, I should give them my notes on the countless lessons I’ve been to that focused on love and acceptance.

Anna Rush is a third-year law student from Hattiesburg. She graduated from Mississippi State in 2011.

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Keep the boardroom out of the bedroom

Letter to the editor Dear editor,

BY SEAN HIGGINS smhiggin@go.olemiss.edu

Social conservatives can’t seem to mind their own business.

Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court heard the beginning of oral arguments in Sebelius v.

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. — a challenge to the Affordable Care Act’s mandate requiring certain for-profit businesses to offer insurance plans with contraceptive coverage. Since House Republican attempts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act have failed in Congress (more than 50 times), and since the act withstood a constitutional challenge in NFIB v. Sebelius, I guess their logic (or lack thereof) told them to try, try again.

Lower federal courts have returned a mix of rulings on the constitutionality of the contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act. Due to the conflicting conclusions reached by the lower courts, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Sebelius v.

Hobby Lobby and provide clarity on this portion of the law.

Hobby Lobby, and other companies raising religious objections to the contraception mandate, argue that the statute violates their rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the free exercise clause of the First Amendment. They argue that corporations managed with religious values shouldn’t be required to offer certain contraceptives to employees.

Essentially, they’re arguing that corporations are entities that can “exercise” religion — an interesting concept, to say the least.

Conversely, the government — I think correctly — argues that

a corporation is so far removed from the actual individual using contraceptives that it doesn’t infringe on a corporation’s religious liberties. Never has the court afforded a for-profit corporation — such as Hobby Lobby — the far-reaching religious protections for which it is arguing.

It also begs the question: Are corporations protected by either the free exercise clause of the First Amendment or the Religious Freedom Restoration Act? The First Amendment and Religious Freedom Restoration Act protect the rights “of the people” and religious rights of “persons,” respectively. So does Hobby Lobby — or any other for-profit business, for that matter — find protection under this argument?

Well, it depends on if you consider corporations, or businesses, to be people. Recently, rightwing legal scholars and the conservative branch of the Supreme Court have been leaning in that direction.

At the end of the day, I believe that the contraceptive mandate is both warranted and constitutional. Prior to the grossly irresponsible Citizens United campaign finance decision, the Supreme Court had little to no precedent giving a corporation the same rights as actual people.

Corporations cannot “exercise” religion in the same manner a person can. If the court sides with Hobby Lobby, it sets a dangerous precedent. Could businesses claim religious exceptions to serving gay clients? Can they claim a religious exception to providing insurance plans that cover certain vaccinations?

The employer — in this case, Hobby Lobby — is so far re-

moved from actually providing contraceptives to the employee.

It’s not as if the government mandated corporations to have a morning-after pill dispenser in the break room. Where is the religious objection to offering insurance coverage that provides Viagra?

The contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Care Act has already benefited an estimated 27 million women, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. Obamacare has helped prevent women from continuing to pay unreasonably more for their health care than men do, since women are no longer charged a co-pay for the wide range of preventive services they need. According to a poll by Hart Research Associates, women of all demographics support the contraceptive mandate — including 92 percent of Democrats, 83 percent of independents, 63 percent of Republicans and 79 percent of Catholics.

Social conservatives need to mind their business and choose their battles. The contraception mandate is widely supported and has many exceptions, including for businesses that have 50 or fewer employees, churches and convents and religiously affiliated nonprofits.

My favorite sign from a recent protest at the Supreme Court read, “If men could get pregnant, birth control would be from gumball machines and bacon flavored.”

I suspect there’s more than a hint of truth to that statement.

Sean Higgins is a junior political science major from Brookings, S.D.

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I understand your disappointment with no immediate action, but there is no immediate action possible. The only thing that can happen will be fraternities extending invitations to African American potential new members during fall rush. I am proud to say that my fraternity, Sigma Chi Eta Chapter, has welcomed multiple African American members in the past few years. Other fraternities have as well. I encourage all fraternities on campus to follow these actions.

Racism is an individual problem and not necessarily an institutional problem. All the institution can do is educate its members and hope their individual actions reflect the views of the institution as a whole. Nobody is “being disrespectful” and “ignoring a promise,” particularly the fraternity presidents, so there is no reason to blast them.

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Officials: 4 dead, including gunman, at Fort Hood

BY WILL WEISSERT Associated Press

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A gunman opened fire Wednesday at Fort Hood in an attack that left four dead, including the shooter, law enforcement officials said.

One of the officials, citing official internal Justice Department updates, said 14 others were hurt. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release information by name.

A U.S. law enforcement official said reports circulating within the Justice Department indicate the shooter died of what appears to be a selfinflicted wound. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is still ongoing.

The Texas Army base was the scene of a mass shooting in 2009. Thirteen people were killed and more than 30 wounded in what was the deadliest attack on a domestic military installation in history.

The Army said on its official Twitter feed that the post was still on lockdown. Injured people were being treated at the post’s Carl R. Darnall Medical Center and other local hospitals.

Outside the base, some relatives of soldiers waited for news about their loved ones.

Tayra DeHart, 33, said she had last heard from her husband, a soldier at the post, that he was safe, but that was hours earlier.

“The last two hours have

been the most nerve-wracking I’ve ever felt. I know God is here protecting me and all the soldiers, but I have my phone in my hand just hoping it will ring and it will be my husband,” DeHart said.

In Chicago, President Barack Obama vowed that investigators will get to the bottom of the shooting, seeking to reassure the nation whose sense of security once again has been shaken by mass violence In a hastily arranged statement, Obama said he and his team were following the situation closely but that details about what happened at the sprawling Army post were still fluid. He said the shooting brought back painful memories of the 2009 attack.

Obama reflected on the sacrifices that troops stationed at Fort Hood have made — including during multiple tours to Iraq and Afghanistan.

“They serve with valor, they serve with distinction and when they’re at their home base, they need to feel safe,” Obama said.

“We don’t yet know what happened tonight, but obviously that sense of safety has been broken once again.”

The president spoke without notes or prepared remarks in the same room of a steakhouse where he had just met with about 25 donors at a previously scheduled fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee. White House officials quickly pushed tables to the side of the room to make room for Obama to speak to the nation.

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continued from page 1 tant medicinal research.

Vince discussed some of his most recent and current work in Alzheimer’s and DNA damage, or skin cancer, research.

Jungeun Bae, a graduate Ph.D. student in the School of Pharmacy, spoke highly of Vince’s lecture.

Bae said the lecture inspired her to take part in pharmaceutical research.

“It was a very tremendous and amazing talk,” Bae said. “I found it very interesting that he correlated his lab work to a larger pharmaceutical setting. It gave me hope for my lab work so that I can develop a drug for a specific disease.”

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Gay marriage legislation raises questions

BY JENNIFER FRONING jefronin@go.olemiss.edu

The Mississippi legislature passed a bill Tuesday that both gay citizens and gay-rights activists have denounced publicly. The bill allows individuals and companies to assert a religious freedom defense against a lawsuit when refusing services to another private party. If the bill is signed by Gov. Phil Bryant, Mississippi would be the first state in the country to implement such a law.

For example, if a gay couple wanted to hire a florist for their wedding, the florist would have the option to claim it is his legally protected religious right to refuse service.

Four other states – Ohio, Arizona, Idaho and Oklahoma – are scrambling to find ways to make gay marriage illegal or to pass bills that give people the right to treat married gay couples differently.

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The Mississippi bill and similar efforts from other states raise the question about whether the state will ever legalize gay marriage.

“There are people who are very by the book and this is how it is, very black and white, and it threatens people and its hard to see how or why it should,” said Jamie Nelms, a sociology professor at Ole Miss.

Joining a larger community speaking out for change, same-sex couples recently applied for marriage licenses in Mississippi and were declined.

Over 100 couples in seven southern states have applied for licenses, and none of them have been accepted, as public policy holds that marriage is between a man and a woman in Southern states.

There are currently 17 states that have legalized gay marriage, and of those states, none of them are in the South.

“I think it’s just your background and the culture of where someone comes from, especially in the South, of why they’re anti-gay,” said Nelms.

The South has a long history of being religious and

some feel that gay marriage is an insult to their moral and religious beliefs.

Jordan Bard, a freshman English major who is gay, does not consider gay marriage to be a detriment to religion.

“Religion is not required for a happy marriage, and therefore no marriage poses a detriment to any religion,” Bard said.

Bard says he’s still optimistic that the South will change its attitude.

“The South will definitely be one of the last places to embrace marriage equality, but it will happen eventually, just like the equal rights movement of the 20th century.”

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Miss. Gov. says he will sign 20-week abortion ban JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said Tuesday that he looks forward to quickly signing a bill that would ban abortion at 20 weeks, the midpoint of a full-term pregnancy.

“This measure represents a great effort to protect the unborn in Mississippi,” Bryant said in a statement after House Bill 1400 passed the House 91-20 and the Senate 41-10.

The bill has exceptions.

Abortion would still be allowed at or after 20 weeks if the woman faces death or permanent injury because of the pregnancy. It would also be allowed in cases of severe fetal abnormality.

Diane Derzis, who owns Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, Jackson Women’s Health Organization, said the clinic stops doing abortions after 16 weeks’ gestation. She said each woman undergoes a sonogram to determine fetal age.

Although the clinic would not be affected by the new law, Derzis said she expects someone would file a legal challenge.

The most recent Health Department statistics show 2,176 abortions were done in Mississippi in 2012. Two were listed at 21 weeks or later, and 382 were unknown gestational age. Supporters of the bill said they were troubled by the number of unknowns.

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Several states have a 20week ban, including Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas.

Arizona’s 20-week ban has been blocked by a federal court, but supporters of the Mississippi proposal point out that Mississippi is in a more conservative federal appeals district, so a legal challenge might have a different outcome.

Sen. Deborah Dawkins, D-Pass Christian, said a 20week ban will affect poor women. She said those who have money and want an abortion could still travel out of state to get one.

“It occurs to me, over the past few years, that a lot of men do not understand how a female body works,” said Dawkins, who voted against the bill.

Sen. Angela Hill, R-Poplarville, who voted for the bill, said: “This is not about a woman’s body. This is about the life of an unborn 20-week baby.”

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Coming home with Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors

BY CLARA TURNAGE Scturna1@go.olemiss.edu

Numerous musicians pass through Oxford every year. Some are on their way to the top, some are just on their way and some are just playing because they can.

It is tough for any band to make it in the current music climate, and especially one from such a small area.

One of the few bands that did is Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors. Unlike many bands that range through this small town, when Drew and his wife, Ellie, come to Oxford, they are coming back to where their musical careers began.

Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors will be playing tonight at the Lyric. Their mix of soft indie and folky alt-rock notes merge along the new-age alternative movement. Paired with the companion band, Judah &

the Lion, the Lyric will be filled with the kind of music Oxford loves: quirky, strong and just off the beaten path.

“I love Oxford,” Holcomb said. “It’s a town with a lot of personality and a lot of history.”

Holcomb first started coming to Oxford when his sister was a student at The University of Mississippi. He reminisced about Square Books and the many Double Decker Arts Festivals he attended on his visits.

“We’d just enjoy all the great things you have there,” he said.

“I’ve been coming back ever since.”

After experiencing so much of what Oxford had to offer, Holcomb knew right where to come when he started performing.

“We started playing music, and Oxford was one of the first towns we came and played,” he said.

Oxford is also special to Drew and his family because of one

particular Double Decker Arts Festival.

“When my wife, Ellie, and I were first friends and she was singing with me every now and then, I was trying to convince her to date me,” Holcomb said.

“I brought her down to Oxford for Double Decker in 2005, and that is where I asked her out for the first time, right there in the Square on the courthouse steps,” he said.

After many years of dating, Ellie and Drew married and later had their first child, a daughter.

“We named her Amy Lou after Amy Lou Harris, who was the musician that night in remembrance of our first date,” he said.

“So Oxford is a very meaningful place for us as a family.”

In 2005, when Drew was lucky to catch a first date with Ellie, the band caught some special attention as well. The 2005 album, “Washed in Blue,” gained the band a large amount of attention, and its music was soon included on TV shows such as “Army Wives,” “The Cleaner,” “House M.D.” and the recently ended “How I Met Your Mother.”

After extensive touring and a steady rise on the music scene, Holcomb expressed contentment in coming back to his roots.

“This is our first time to play the Lyric,” Holcomb said. “It’s good to come back and play there.”

A big first is on the young band’s horizon. On June 7, the band will host the Moon River

Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, pictured above, will play tonight at The Lyric.

Music Festival in Memphis.

“This show will definitely be a preview of that,” Holcomb said.

“Hosting a music festival is something I’ve always wanted to do.”

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tiple bands known to the Oxford scene such as The Dirty Guv’nahs, which played at the Lyric just two weeks ago.

“The other band on tour with us is Judah & the Lion,” Holcomb said. “They’re a really great alternative-folk band.”

Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors are sure to bring their unique style to the Lyric’s stage and even give a sneak peek to what’s in store for this rising band.

“We love the crowd there,” Holcomb said. “We love Oxford.”

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The University of Mississippi’s RebelWell campaign kicked off Wednesday at 9 a.m. as Athletics Director Ross Bjork led faculty and staff on a walk around campus as part of National Walking Day. The RebelWell Walking Challenge hopes to encourage University of Mississippi faculty and staff to walk each day for 30 minutes. The challenge will last until May 13.

Those who wish to participate are encouraged to download a walking log to keep track of the minutes they walk each day. Each day that the 30-minute goal is reached, names will be entered into a drawing for the chance to win gift cards and drawings. Walking logs are

due by noon on May 15, and five winners will be announced on May 16. The department with the highest participation rate will have the chance to receive a healthy, catered lunch.

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Long-awaited return of Game of Thrones

BY MICHAEL PRESTWICH maprestw@go.olemiss.edu

Warning: Contains season three spoilers.

The long wait is finally over.

The conflicts of the lands of Westeros are returning to HBO on Sunday in season four of “Game of Thrones.” Readers and watchers alike have been eagerly awaiting something to feed their addictions. The show’s faithful will finally get the resolution to some of the plot lines laid down in season three, while the books’ faithful will get their fix during the long wait for the next installment in George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” series, “The Winds of Winter.”

Season three left off with our favorite characters in their constant struggle to maintain power, win glory and legitimacy and, for some, survive. Tyrion, the universally loved “Imp” of House Lannister, has just been wed to Sansa Stark, a daughter of the house his family has been warring against. Following his failed siege of King’s Landing, Stannis Baratheon has decided to take his forces north to defend against the impending invasion

of the Wildlings at the behest of his Red Priestess, Melisandre.

Yara Greyjoy has just decided to go on a mission to save her brother Theon, who has been in the clutches of the sadistic Ramsay Bolton. Arya Stark, a prisoner and companion to Sandor Clegane (aka the Hound), is roaming the Riverlands after discovering that her brother Robb has been murdered at the hands of Walder Frey during the Red Wedding.

Jaime Lannister has returned to King’s Landing healthy, but missing a hand. Everyone’s favorite brooding bastard Jon Snow has just returned to Castle Black after abandoning the Wildlings and his new love, Ygritte. Finally, Daenerys Targaryen and her Unsullied soldiers wrapped up the season with the conquest of Yunkai.

The approaching season should be one of the most exciting in the series. Joffrey’s royal wedding to Margaery Tyrell is on the horizon. Viewers will finally meet the Martells, the mysterious rulers of Dorne, who have not been present in the series thus far. Also the epic battle brewing at the Wall should be one of the season’s penultimate

moments.

The unresolved cliffhangers have been one of the most grueling aspects for show-only watchers.

“I’m so ready to see what is to come of the Wildling invasion of the Wall, and where Arya’s story arc will end up on her journey with the Hound,” said Matt Mueller, senior geological engineering major.

Resolution of plot points isn’t the only thing that draws in viewers though, as attested by the many readers of “A Song of Ice and Fire.”

Senior psychology major Ben Tedford said he has both read the books and watched the show.

“I’m really looking forward to the long-awaited introduction of Oberyn Martell and the cunning schemes the fans are in for from Littlefinger, my favorite player of the ‘Game of Thrones,’” he said.

No matter the outcome of season four, whoever lives and whoever dies, whoever comes up victorious and whoever is left broken and defeated, one thing is absolutely assured: George R.R. Martin will enjoy the taste of our tears. Valar morghulis, everyone.

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OLE MISS SPORTS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT

McFarland earns AP All-American honorable mention Senior Valencia McFarland added to her postseason accolades as she earned AP Honorable Mention All-America honors it was announced on Tuesday. It is her first career All-American accolade and her fourth postseason honor.

McFarland, an Edwards, Miss., native picks up her fourth postseason accolade after earning All-SEC second team honors, AP All-SEC Honorable Mention and College Sports Madness fourth-team honors. The senior guard scored her 1,500th career point, becoming one of just seven players in program history to score 1500 points in program history. McFarland concluded her career with 1,655 points and graduates as the No. 6 scorer at Ole Miss. McFarland scored 20 or more points on 15 occasions this season and closed the season with double figures in each of Ole Miss’ last nine games. McFarland joins former Ole Miss great Armintie Price as the only Rebels to lead their team in steals in four consecutive years and is one of five players with 1,000 points and 500 assists.

McFarland is also a two-time finalist for the C Spire/Gillom Trophy, awarded to the top women’s basketball player in Mississippi.

The Southeastern Conference had seven players earn AP AllAmerican honors highlighted by South Carolina’s Tiffany Mitchell who was a third-team selection.

Isabelle Harrison, Jennifer O’Neill, Meighan Simmons, Courtney Walker and Aleighsa Welch each joined McFarland as honorable mention selections.

COMPLETE AP ALL-AMERICAN HONORS First Team Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford, 6-4, senior, Cypress, Texas Odyssey Sims, Baylor, 5-8, senior, Irving, Texas Breanna Stewart, Connecticut, 6-5, sophomore, Syracuse, N.Y. Kayla McBride, Notre Dame, 5-11, senior, Erie. Pa. Alyssa Thomas, Maryland, 6-2, senior, Harrisburg, Pa. Second Team Bria Hartley, Connecticut, 5-8, senior, North Babylon, N.Y. Jewell Loyd, Notre Dame, 5-10, sophomore, Lincolnwood, Ill. Shoni Schimmel, Louisville, senior, Mission, Ore. Stefanie Dolson, Connecticut, 6-5, senior, Port Jervis, N.Y. Jordan Hooper, Nebraska, 6-2, senior, Alliance, Neb. Third Team Tiffany Mitchell, South Carolina, 5-9, Charlotte, N.C. Maggie Lucas, Penn State, 5-10, senior, Narberth, Pa. Tricia Liston, Duke, 6-1, senior, River Forest, Ill. Natalie Achonwa, Notre Dame, 6-3, senior, Guelph, Ontario Elizabeth Williams, Duke, 6-3, junior, Virginia Beach, Va. Honorable Mention Jillian Alleyne, Oregon Rachel Banham, Minnesota Tiffany Bias, Oklahoma State Brittany Boyd, California Asya Bussie, West Virginia Hallie Christofferson, Iowa State

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Kendricks looks to further legacy at Ole Miss

BY CODY THOMASON csthoma1@go.olemiss.edu

Junior pole-vaulter Sam Kendricks has an impressive resume in his two and a half years with the Rebels.

In addition to a collection of school records, he won the first pole vault national title in Ole Miss history at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships, and he currently has a world leading height in outdoor track. So that begs the question, what’s next?

“My goals fall in line with what the team wants from me.

My job, first and foremost, is to represent the Rebels and try to win every meet,” Kendricks said. “I want to consistently jump higher than I did last year. I was consistently around 18 feet last outdoor season. I want to raise that to 18.6, 18.7 because there’s not many guys In the NCAA that can say they consistently jump that level, and I want to be that guy.”

Kendricks started off this season smoothly with two victories, the first coming at the Ole Miss Open by way of a record-shattering performance.

“My goal coming into that

field meet was jump that field record by a centimeter. I did, and that was great,” Kendricks said. “That mean’s I’ve got 100 percent of the field records in the last two years.”

His second performance came at the Texas Relays, which he won for the second year in a row and where he posted his world leading height.

“I had a great meet,” Kendricks said. “No misses all the way up to 18.825. I won the competition by 8 inches.”

Kendricks will look to cap this outdoor season by defending his national title. He has competed at National Championships in both indoor and outdoor track, so he’s familiar with the stage.

“The cool thing about competing at the national championship is all the guys there, they’re good and they all have their own ways of doing things,” Kendricks said.

“They’re trying to compete for their schools, and they’re trying to beat you just as bad as you’re trying to beat them. So I kind of like that ‘fight for your life’ aspect of the national championship.”

In addition to his NCAA

aspirations, Kendricks has national goals.

“This summer is the USA national championships. That’s where I go individually,” Kendricks said. “I’m gonna wear Ole Miss on my chest surely, but I’m competing as Sam Kendricks at that meet.”

Although he competes at these individual events, Kendrick stressed the important role Ole Miss has filled for him, saying that without Ole Miss, he’d have nothing. Kendricks also looks to one day compete at the highest level possible.

“Everybody has an Olympic dream,” Kendricks said. “(The 2016 Summer Olympics), I am looking to compete at that, and if I wasn’t, I wouldn’t be doing myself any favors.”

Despite his bigger goals, Kendricks will first focus on the Rebels’ next meet.

The Alabama vs. Mississippi Meet features six schools from the two states: Alabama, Auburn and the University of Alabama at Birmingham will be pitted against Ole Miss, Southern Miss and Mississippi State.

“I’ve never jumped at a meet like that before,” Kendricks said. “It’s going to be fun.”

Rebel Netters head on road trip to face South Carolina, Florida

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BY DYLAN RUBINO djrubino@go.olemiss.edu

After spending a couple of weeks in state, the Rebel Netters will hit the road to face Southeastern Conference foes South Carolina on Friday in Columbia, S.C. and No. 15 ranked Florida on Sunday in Gainesville, Fla. The Rebels (8-10, 3-6 SEC) are coming off an excruciating loss to in-state rival Mississippi State last Sunday 2-4. The Rebels won the doubles point to take the lead 1-0, but could

not seal the deal in singles, as Mississippi State won four of the five singles matches. Junior Nik Scholtz had the lead in his match 6-3, 2-6, 5-4, before the Bulldogs clinched the match.

Senior Johan Backstrom won the only singles match for the Rebels against Zach White of Mississippi State 6-1, 6-0.

The Gamecocks (11-10, 3-5 SEC) have experienced a roller coaster of a season so far. They went through a five-game losing streak in March to some of the top teams in the country in Texas A&M, Clemson, Florida,

Georgia and Tennessee. After that losing streak, the Gamecocks went on a 4-1 run, beating Alabama, Auburn, The Citadel and Arkansas in the process.

The Gators (11-8, 6-3 SEC) played great early in the season, but lost to the top three teams in the country in Ohio State, USC and UCLA. The Gators have an impressive conference record that includes wins over Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee.

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Freshmen shine as Diamond Rebs rout Arkansas-Pine Bluff

BY HAWLEY MARTIN thedmsports@gmail.com

The Ole Miss baseball team showed its resilience Wednesday after getting swept at Alabama over the weekend as it breezed past Arkansas-Pine Bluff in an 11-1 rout.

“One of the things that we’ve stressed always from game one is they all count the same,” head coach Mike Bianco said after the game. “So it doesn’t matter if you get beat in the ninth; it doesn’t matter if you win in the ninth; they all count the same. So don’t get caught up in the race and the scores.”

Freshman left-handed pitcher Evan Anderson had a landmark day, as he earned his first win of the season, improving his record to 1-0 in his second start. Anderson gave up one hit and struck out one through 3.2 innings of work.

Six total pitchers saw action today, including lefty Scott Ashford, who got his first action of the season.

Kyle Schwartz took the loss for the Golden Lions. He lasted one inning and gave up four runs, two earned, on three hits.

Freshman J.B. Woodman also had a breakout day, as he hit his first career home run in an Ole Miss uniform. The solo shot came with two outs in the bottom of the third. Senior pitcher Redmond Floyd of the Golden Lions entered the game in the bottom of the fifth in relief of junior Samuel Olson, who recorded the first out of the inning with a ground-out to short from freshman Brantley Bell. A groundout to second from senior John Gatlin brought up

Woodman, and he belted the nodoubter over the right field wall.

“It was definitely nice,” Woodman said. “It felt good to get one.

I’ve been working hard for it, so it felt nice to finally get a home run.”

Ole Miss (22-8) shot out of the gates early, taking a 4-0 lead in the first inning. Junior leadoff hitter Braxton Lee got things started by drawing a walk, stealing second and then scoring on a wild throw after junior Auston Bousfield, hitting in the two-spot, grounded to the pitcher.

Bousfield slid safely into second and then stole third before senior Austin Anderson blasted his eighth double of the season, which knocked Bousfield in.

A single to center from senior Will Allen brought junior Sikes Orvis to the plate, and he scored Anderson with an RBI single.

Gatlin grounded into a double play but knocked in the fourth run of the auspicious first inning.

After a dry second inning, Ole Miss added three runs in the third and one in the fourth before Arkansas-Pine Bluff (8-20) scratched across its sole run of the day in the top of the fifth inning when sophomore Rashawn Tillman grounded into a fielder’s choice with runners at first and third.

Ole Miss took the out at second and senior Mike Wieland trotted home. The Rebels answered with three more runs in the bottom of the fifth.

Ole Miss will take on the Auburn Tigers this weekend in a three-game home series. First pitch is scheduled for Friday at 6:30 p.m.

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Top: J.B. Woodman, left, is congratulated by Austin Knight after hitting his first career home run during Wednesday’s game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Bottom: Evan Anderson releases a pitch. Ole Miss won 11-1.

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