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Carbon monoxide detected in Hefley residence hall BY KYLIE MCFADDEN kemcfadd@go.olemiss.edu
A malfunctioning boiler led to the emission of high levels of carbon monoxide in Hefley Hall, a female residence hall, last Thursday. A resident’s store-bought detector alerted her to the problem. Hefley Hall itself does not have a carbon monoxide detector installed. The building was evacuated until the leak was fixed and the fire department deemed it safe to enter in less than an hour. Jennifer McClure, assistant director for Marketing for Student Housing, noted that the fire department responded very quickly after being alerted to the issue. “It was great service, a great response time,” McClure said. Nels Strickland, associate director of Facilities for the Department of Student Housing, said that their main priority is the safety of residents. “If there’s anything that’s going to affect our residents, it’s going to upset us, and we’re not going to let anything slip by without fixing it,” Strickland said. The carbon monoxide emissions were triggered by an imbalance of oxygen in the
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A monitor detected a carbon monoxide leak inside Hefley Hall, pictured above.
building’s gas furnace. While the furnace is supposed to create blue flames, the presence of too much oxygen resulted in irregular yellow flames, which created soot that was released into the flues and emitted the gas. While the newer residence halls have carbon monoxide detectors in individual rooms, some of the older buildings,
including Hefley, do not have detectors installed. The university is currently in the process of discussing the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in these older residence halls’ common areas, especially the basements, where problems are likeliest to occur. Strickland said the university hopes to have completed
the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in all residence halls by Christmas. Alexis Corley, junior marketing major and Hefley Hall community assistant, was not aware of the fact that Hefley was not equipped with carbon monoxide detectors. Corley said the fire department See HEFLEY, PAGE 4
Ole Miss remembers deceased faculty, students BY WILL CROCKETT jwcrocke@go.olemiss.edu
The University of Mississippi held its annual memorial ceremony Thursday in Paris-Yates Chapel to commemorate the lives of students, faculty, staff and emeriti who passed away during this academic year. This year’s ceremony honored the lives of 23 members of the Ole Miss family. The members honored included eight students who lost their lives and 15 members of the staff, faculty and faculty emeriti. Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Brandi Hephner La-
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Banc said the ceremony was very meaningful to her. “I think we’re a campus community that calls themselves a family, and that all families take time to think and reflect on who they’ve lost, and hopefully do that in a positive way,” Hephner LaBanc said. The ceremony opened with a prelude and musical interlude performed by the Massenet University String Quartet and a welcome by Hephner LaBanc. The names were then read of each student, staff and faculty member and faculty emeritus See MEMORIAL, PAGE 4
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The lives of students, faculty, staff and emeriti are remembered at the annual memorial ceremony at Paris-Yates Chapel Wednesday.
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Students, faculty and staff at The University of Mississippi are responding to Gov. Phil Bryant’s signing of the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act by encouraging individuals to wear symbols of support at graduation for all Mississippians. Kevin Cozart, the coordinator of operations at the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies, said that as a university, we pledged to uphold the dignity and respect of all people. “There are many within the community who feel that the socalled ‘Religious Freedom Bill’ fails to meet that pledge,” Cozart said. The original text of the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act included protecting “the ability to act or the refusal to act in a manner that is substantially motivated by one’s sincerely held religious belief, whether or not the exercise is compulsory or central to a larger system of religious belief.” Cozart said some of those who supported the bill, and said it was about religious freedoms, are part of anti-LGBTQ organizations. “It is important to note that several anti-LGBTQ organizations, including some that have been labeled as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center, were involved with crafting See RESPONSE, PAGE 5
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Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, I think there is an interesting situation occurring here at Ole Miss’ satellite campus in Desoto.Oftentimes, we Ole Miss students here at Desoto are seen as second class to the main campus’ students. The majority of students at Desoto attend this campus because Oxford is too far for us to commute. Most of us have near full-time or full-time jobs that we have to work and T H E D A I LY
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families to care for. Desoto is comprised mainly of non-traditional students. When it comes to class scheduling or adviser meetings, we are unable to work conflicts out because advisers are not available or classes that are needed for us to graduate are not offered here or have conflicting schedules with one another. With the raised tuition and new capital improvement fees, we at Desoto are raising the
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question amongst ourselves as to whether or not we are really Ole Miss students. We attend this campus because it is listed that our majors can be achieved from Ole Miss here at Desoto. We understand a few classes must be taken at the Oxford campus. Yet, each semester we have more and more classes that are ONLY offered in Oxford. This leaves us with the situation of whether to change colleges, quit our jobs or
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brace ourselves for a 70-plus mile one-way commute to the main campus. We pay the money of any normal student, yet we are given second-rate treatment from most administrators. Most of us want to know what we are really paying for if not an equal education. Rebecca Massey English education major The University of MississippiDesoto campus
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My Ole Miss
BY TIM ABRAM
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My journey at Ole Miss began unlike I had planned. You see, I had an older cousin named Bennie Abram, who tragically passed away while at football practice here. Prior to his untimely death, he and I had many discussions about the times we would have together during his senior year and my freshman year. However, Bennie died in February of 2010, several months before I would enroll. In that singular action, two things happened to me simultaneously. I lost a relative who I had grown up with and looked up to as a brother. But, I also gained a new purpose to excel in every aspect that I could on campus — not doing so would mean not honoring the death of my cousin. That is at least how I viewed it at the time and how I view it to this day. I hope I have made him proud. In a few paragraphs, I’d like to share a few lessons that I have learned from my Ole Miss. First, my Ole Miss taught me that failure is inevitable, but only temporary. I tried out for Orientation Leaders twice, both my freshman year and my sophomore year. Both times I faced rejec-
tion. (I know Whitman will read this, and I want him to know I have never held this fact against him.) Ultimately, what I learned is that what I perceived as a failure was in fact God’s way of letting me know that being an Orientation Leader was something that Tim wanted to do and not necessarily what He wanted for me. Instead of being an Orientation Leader, I was blessed with a scholarship to travel to South Africa to study at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. I gained so much
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First, I eventually was selected for the Columns Society, coincidentally as a member of the “Carlson Class.” Second, at the induction ceremony of next year’s Columns Society members I was awarded the Christine Wallace Award, given to the Columns Society member who dedicates the most hours of service to the university. I have no shame for this plug, but Ms. Christine Wallace is a tireless worker whose service to the university goes unsung. Her skill and meticulous planning abilities are ir-
racism and racist actions are harmful to the moral fabric of our society. Too many times we encounter racist actions behind closed doors and do not address them.” I wrote about the tacit approval of racism back when I was a junior, but now that I am a graduating senior I look back at a time that I silently approved of another form of intolerance, homophobia. During the Laramie Project play production, I was there the night some students sneered homophobic slurs towards the actors on stage, yet
... my Ole Miss taught me that failure is inevitable, but only temporary. – Tim Abram, outgoing opinion editor
through a life changing experience that altered my perception of race, poverty and politics while in South Africa. Another failure here at Ole Miss taught me a valuable lesson. To add to the “failures” at the end of my sophomore year, I was not selected as a member of the Columns Society. In fact, I still remember where I was when former Dean Melinda Pullen Carlson called me and notified me of my status. In short, Columns Society was not meant for me at the time. But I told myself that I would get Columns Society the next year, and I would work as hard as I could once I got it. As I end this section, I would like to mention two points.
replaceable. I used the “failure” of not getting into Columns Society as a sophomore as a fuel to sharpen my own skills and refine myself to a point where I was truly ready to wear the navy blazer. My Ole Miss taught me that failure is inevitable, but is only temporary because we each have the capability to decide how we will respond. Second, my Ole Miss showed me the price we pay for tacit approval of injustice and for bold declarations of injustice. I want to begin with tacit approval because it is a topic I wrote about nearly two years ago. In my column, “The Troubles of our Tacit Approval” I wrote, “Tacit approval of
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I crouched down in my seat and didn’t say a word. It is only now, in retrospect, that I fully realize the price I paid for not speaking and the Herculean task that I was asking others to do nearly two years ago. Had I (or someone else) spoken up the narrative would have been totally different. It would have been about one student who stood up for what is right, rather than the group of students who chose to act immaturely. I paid the price of tacit approval with some of my integrity by idly watching actions I knew were wrongly take place. My Ole Miss has also paid dearly for my inaction and the inaction of others on that night with negative national
and international attention on the university. Next, let me examine the price we pay for bold declarations of injustice. During my two-year stint as a columnist for The DM and one-year stint as the opinion editor, I have paid a heavy price for my bold declarations of injustice. I have written about race, religion and politics in The Daily Mississippian; however my columns on race drew the most negative backfire. I have been told that I was the reason for racial tension on campus. I have been told that I should leave if I don’t like the way things are at Ole Miss. I have been told to stop messing with traditions. Despite the vociferous emails I received, I never faltered. In fact, my experience as a writer and editor only put the price of boldly declaring injustice into proper perspective. I only had to deal with emails and Facebook comments. Individuals like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee had to deal with physical harm, as well threats against their lives for bold declarations against injustice. When reviewing both the price of tacit approval and the price of bold declarations, I will always choose to pay the price of the latter. The former is far too costly, not just to me, but to society.
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was called after the detector went off and fresh oxygen was pumped throughout the floors. “Carbon monoxide is toxic to humans when encountered in high concentration, so it is important that high carbon monoxide levels are detected before the carbon monoxide begins to harm the residents,” Corley said. Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, poisonous gas and is produced whenever a fossil fuel is burned. Exposure to high quantities of carbon monoxide can impede the blood’s ability to carry oxygen to body tissues and vital organs. Annually, there are over 20,000 emergency room visits, 4,000 hospitalizations and 400 deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning in the United States. Early and common symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning include dizziness, headache, nausea, weakness, chest pain and confusion. If it had gone unchecked, the carbon monoxide leak could have been threatening to the health of Hefley Hall residents, according to Corley.
Students donate to tornado victims
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Mason Mullins, Glen O’Reilly, Peter Englert, James Rumble and Kevin Nichols work in front of the Union to gather supplies for Tupelo disaster relief.
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Items are seen to be delivered to Tupelo victims of the tornado that hit Monday.
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of the university who was lost during the past academic year. As each name was read, family members of the deceased stood up and placed a gardenia flower in a bowl of water at the front of the chapel. Following the ceremony, the bells of Paris-Yates tolled once for each life lost, and the Massenet University String Quartet performed a postlude, “Alma Mater.” ASB President Davis Rogers attended the event, which he said was special for him. “I attended for the first time last year as a Column Society member,” Rogers said. “Each one of the names read aloud today was a beloved member of this Ole Miss family, whether it was a faculty, staff member or student. I was honored with the privilege of speaking on behalf of the students at this ceremony and honoring their lives as members of this university.” Austin Vitale, vice president of the Columns Society, the student organization that hosts events for the university, said that the ceremony is an opportunity to give back to the community. “Even though it’s a difficult thing to do, I feel it’s also a
good thing to do in a meaningful way,” Vitale said. “I think it’s touching that even at this moment, (the deceased) are still able to be a part of the Ole Miss family, and they always will be.” Rogers said he thinks the memorial is a good way to get the university to come together. “I think it’s an interesting concept in this ceremony that members from the faculty, staff and also students are all honored at the same time,” Rogers said. “This university is not just the students, it’s not just the staff, and it’s not just the faculty — it’s all of us together.” Students remembered were Leslie Caroline Cooper, Kevin Egan, Christopher Grimaud, Zacharias (Zach) Herculese McClendon, Charles (Charlie) King, James Calman McCastlain, Park Stevens and Parris Wallace. Faculty, staff and emeriti remembered were William “Bill” M. Anderson, Jr., Kenneth R. Bender, Maxine E. Blackburn, James N. Butler, Joseph Arthur Cimon, John Lawrence Culver, John R. Fawcett, Jr., Michael D. Featherstone, John A. Fox, Charles R. Gates, Lela Maxine Harper, Raymond C. Highsmith, Susan L. Mossing, Chester L. Quarles and Robert L. Tettleton.
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Ole Miss working to educate state out of poverty BY QUINTON SMITH qosmith@go.olemiss.edu
Mississippi is still struggling to educate its children effectively. A study from Kids Count this year found that 79 percent of the state’s fourth graders are not proficient readers. But some of the solutions to the problem may be found at The University of Mississippi. Susan McClelland, interim chair of teacher education, said she thinks poverty in Mississippi contributes to educational issues. “I think one of the problems Mississippi faces is the issue with generational poverty, which leads to lower achievement in high school,” McClelland said. Generational poverty is defined as poverty in a family that affects at least two generations, and according to the 2012 census, Mississippi has 7 percent more citizens living below the poverty line than the national average. The state is also nearly 9 percent behind the national average when it comes to people holding bachelor’s degrees. McClelland, who has worked in state public schools as a teacher and has worked at the district level as well, said the drive for education starts at home with high expectations. “Parents who don’t set those expectations, (their children are) not going to have the same opportunity to achieve higher education,”
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McClelland said. When motivation from home is lacking, teachers can be the changing influence, according to McClelland. “When you have a teacher that truly believes, I think that’s where teachers are life-changing,” she said. Ole Miss places a significant number of teachers in Mississippi schools every year, each with an opportunity to change students’ lives. In addition, the university is working to make more money for higher education available to those Mississippi high school graduates who need it. Laura Diven-Brown, director of financial aid at The University of Mississippi, said that while a lot of students are receiving merit-based scholarships, she’d like to see more need-based funding. “We have a public service to offer, which is that we want to help educate the citizens of Mississippi,” Diven-Brown said. She went on to point out that, traditionally, even state grant programs are merit-based. One of the ways the university is helping students from families with adjusted gross incomes under $30,000 is the Ole Miss Opportunity scholarship. The scholarship provides a combination of federal, state, institutional and private scholarships to guarantee coverage of base tuition, standard room and
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board and a meal plan for the year. This year’s scholarship amounted to $14,272 per person, with next year’s amount rising above $15,000. Currently 354 students receive the Ole Miss Opportunity scholarship. The counties with the highest numbers of recipients are DeSoto with 34, Hinds and Lafayette with 20 each and Panola with 17. “I think a lot of these students wouldn’t have the opportunity to come here without some of these funds,” Diven-Brown said. “I think in order to change these family dynamics, if you can get someone a college degree, then their children might have a better opportunity to get a college degree, too.” To help these students from an earlier age, McClelland said it’s important to connect education with the community. “I think the more we study about the needs of impoverished areas, the more effective we can be in educating those children,” McClelland said. Patrice Guilfoyle, director of communications for the Mississippi Department of Education, said the effect poverty has on education can’t be solved by one entity. “It will take a collaborative effort among various groups to address the impact of poverty on learning, including the MDE, school districts, communities, elected officials and parents,” Guilfoyle said.
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continued from page 1 the language and were in attendance for the private bill signing ceremony,” Cozart said. Cozart said it is hard to say how many people were involved in creating this response to the act, because there have not been many formal conversations about it. The group planning the opposition has asked people to wear positive symbols of support. “We want to show support for individuals who could be negatively affected by the law while maintaining dignity and respect for graduates and their families,” Cozart said. Some of these positive symbols include human rights equality stickers, lavender cords and rainbow flag stickers. Cozart said he understands that Bryant has been scheduled to speak on campus for about a year and understands the difficult position in which the university finds itself due to recent events. He said this is not a movement made up of just graduates, but people at all levels of the university. “We want to show that we support all members of The University of Mississippi community and value and respect their contributions as faculty, staff, students and alumni,” Cozart said. Cozart said less than 20 years ago the first LGBTQ student group was forced to meet in a secret location with a University Police Department officer standing outside to protect them, but now people are willing to speak out in support of the LGBTQ community. “I think it says we are evolving as a university,” Cozart said. “As our LGBTQ sisters and brothers come out, there is growing support for them in our family.” Jennifer Stollman, the academic director at the William Winter Institute of Racial Reconciliation, said it is great that individuals are
coming together for a response and that the way they are handling the response is very mature. “This kind of display is a great way to demonstrate support for civil right for all people on campus,” she said. Stollman said she does not know if students are going to attempt to do a physical display. She said sometimes protests can interrupt graduation, but this is a good way for LGBTQ supporters to have a voice. “I think here there is a general consensus that people want to share support for LGBTQ members and their allies, but not necessarily interrupt what’s going on,” Stollman said. “Wearing a sticker or wearing a cord is a respectful and less volatile way to demonstrate support.” The number of participants is not absolute, but Stollman said she is certain of a strong turnout. Stollman encourages people to research why people are responding to Bryant. She said many people with whom she has spoken believe this topic falls under the topic of civil rights. “So a student can sort of look at their civil rights history and wonder, ‘Do we have the right as a society to deny someone equity based on their sexuality?’” Stollman said. Junior biology major Pooja Chawla said she thinks the planned response is good for the university. “I think it’s important that our student body is able to express their opinions,” she said. “Especially since it might impact some of the students in the future.” Stollman said it is part of the university’s creed to value people because of their identity, not in spite of their identity, and she is proud to see the community come together. “As a member of this community, fully expect that The University of Mississippi is going to support equity for all of its people,” she said. “It’s in our creed.”
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Claremont Trio to perform at the Ford Center Saturday BY SARA ELIZABETH BAKER sebaker@go.olemiss.edu
This Saturday, chamber group Claremont Trio will take the stage at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. The Claremont Trio is an allfemale classical chamber group that has received much praise in the nearly 15 years since they launched their career while studying at Juilliard. Winners of awards such as the Kalichstein-LaredoRobinson International Trio Award, the Claremont Trio graduated from Juilliard and into the world of professional performance around 10 years ago. Since then they have collaborated on projects with many great minds, including Rob Kapilow and Daniel Bernard Roumain. “We love getting the opportunity to tour across the country and around the world performing music that we love,” violinist Emily Bruskin said. “We are thrilled to be returning to Ole Miss to perform on Saturday, and we have a really great program planned.” The Claremont Trio is also the sole piano trio to win the Young Concert Artists International Auditions. The Claremont Trio has been the ensemble in residence at the Laguna Beach Live! music festival and the National Conference of the Suzuki Association of the Americas, according to their webpage. They have also maintained visiting residencies at several uni-
versities, including Longwood University and Lynchburg College. Before the performance Saturday, the trio will take the time to work with some of The University of Mississippi’s music students in a lecture and demo session. The music department is gearing up for both this educational prospect as well as the concert itself. “I am fortunate to have heard the Claremont Trio in the past and found their playing to be passionate, expressive and highly entertaining,” said Susan Gaston, adjunct instructor in music. “This is a concert not to be missed,” Each member of the trio is talented in her own right, with awards and performances highlighting each woman. Emily Bruskin, along with her twin sister Julia, grew up in Cambridge, Mass., and is the trio’s violinist. Emily has degrees in both music and neuroscience from the Columbia-Juilliard Exchange program. She has taught master classes at universities such as Columbia and Duke and has performed as a soloist in venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. Julia Bruskin, the group’s cellist, started her career after winning the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Young Artist Competition and debuting with the orchestra at just 17. She has been a cellist for the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and a soloist for several symphonies. Like her sister, she graduated from the Columbia-Juilliard Exchange program with a double degree. Julia 29199
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Bruskin is currently a faculty member of Queens College’s School of Music. Andrea Lam is from Sydney, Australia, and is the trio’s pianist. Lam has performed worldwide in several orchestras and has been the recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Silver Medal at the San Antonio Piano Competition in 2009 and the Astral Artists Roster National Auditions in 2010. Lam has degrees from both Yale and Manhattan School of Music. The Claremont Trio has been actively touring since 2001. With an emphasis on educating youth and sharing their love of music, they have performed with universities, orchestras and guest performers across the United States and internationally. Now, the trio is set to perform
at The University of Mississippi’s Ford Center this Saturday evening. Ford Center Marketing Director Kate Meacham expressed her excitement at the Claremont Trio’s performance. “The trio plans to perform a piece commissioned this past year,” Meacham said. “We’re very excited about that.” Emily Bruskin also expressed her excitement about performing this new piece, written for the group by Brooklyn composer Judd Greenstein. Along with this new commission, the trio will also play pieces from their vast repertoire. “The piece is called ‘A Serious Man,’ and it was written in memory of Judd’s uncle, a Detroit native, who passed away this past winter,” Emily Bruskin said. “In this trio, Judd uses aching falling figures,
propulsive rhythms, vividly interlocking lines and glassy harmonics to create a colorful and poignant statement that we are very excited to perform this weekend.” The trio will also perform Shostakovich’s monumental Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 67. This trio was written in 1944 and is also a memorial for a close friend of Shostakovich, as well as a response to the global tragedies surrounding the composer at that time. The program will end with Schubert’s gorgeous Trio No. 2 in E flat, D. 929, which combines Viennese elegance, bubbling virtuosity and beautiful melodies to thrilling effect, according to Emily Bruskin. The show will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday, and tickets are available online at the Ford Center website.
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Movies to see and books to read this summer BY CLARA TURNAGE
After the tests, the packing and the traveling are done, where will we be this summer? For most of us, that will mean beaches and reunions and old friends becoming new again. But this summer also has a multitude of movies and books in store for the bored student free from classes. Here is a breakdown of the best movies to see and books to clutch. Movies: “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”: Today kicks off the cinematic season with the release of this sequel. Jamie Foxx will be joining Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone in this installment of the revived Spider-Man franchise. For those of us who have been waiting two years, this can be a present for escaping the more-lively-thanever “dead” week. From “Transformers: Age of Extinction” to “Godzilla,” we have a surplus of action-packed movies waiting for us just outside the gates of campus. “Maleficent”: Angelina Jolie stars in this much-anticipated movie, out May 30. The movie has been teased since early 2013 and has raised a lot of suspense for the sharp-cheekboned, smooth-voiced villain’s side of the story. “The Fault in Our Stars”: June 6 will bring this melancholy romance to the big screen. The film is based on the New York Times bestselling and award-winning novel by John Green and is a story of a cancer-ridden teen who has secluded herself from almost anything a normal teenager would do. No spoilers, but anyone going to this should be warned: This is not a first-date movie. This is a seasoned-relationship, ready-tosee-you-at-your-worst movie. That being said, it’s also a must-see. The novel gained recognition as TIME Magazine’s No. 1 Fiction Book of the Year. “How to Train Your Dragon 2”: This sequel is coming out June 13. After unexpected adoration of the original, Dreamworks
has been promoting the movie for some time now. “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”: The second installment of the franchise has been a big hit thus far and will continue to be until Chris Evans stops being, well … himself. Books: “Blind Descent: Surviving Alone and Blind on Mount Everest”: Released yesterday, this book chronicles the real-life story of Brian Dickinson, who went almost completely blind during his descent from the highest peak in the world. This is the perfect novel to start off a summer reading binge. It’s going to be just as terrifying as the title sounds. “City of Heavenly Fire”: Another installment in “The Mortal Instruments” series is scheduled for release May 27. For the followers of Clary and the Shadowhunters, this is great news. After a huge response for the first novels in this series, Cassandra Clare is still adding to the No. 1 New York Times bestseller series. “The Snow Queen”: Celebrated author Michael Cunningham will release his sixth novel on May 6. Cunningham is a winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Pulitzer Prize. This tearjerker is sure to be a perfect replacement for Nicholas Sparks’ selfish lack of a new summer read. “I’ll Be Right There”: Kyung-sook Shin, one of Korea’s most popular novelists, will be releasing her novel June 3. This intellectual mystery is perfect for a hammock, a chair, the edge of your seat, anywhere that you can sneak away to, really. “Pushkin Hills”: The recent rerelease of this novel by Sergei Dovlatov has been likened to Christmas morning for the English-speaking world. It was originally published almost 30 years ago and became one of Russia’s most popular novels. Only now has the literary treat been translated and published in English. More than just a story, the work is a look into Russian prose and culture.
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Ole Miss announces kickoff time and television broadcast for football home opener Ole Miss football’s 2014 home opener versus LouisianaLafayette on Sept. 13 has been assigned a 3 p.m. CT kickoff on the new SEC Network. The Southeastern Conference’s new national sports network launching Aug. 14 and operated by ESPN will air a game featuring all 14 league football teams within the first four weeks of the 2014 season. The first 16 games, released Thursday by the SEC and ESPN, include a home game from all 14 SEC football stadiums. “The fact that the SEC Network will originate a game from every stadium in the conference in the first four weeks of the 2014 season is testament to the depth of coverage fans can expect from the network,” said Mike Slive, SEC commis-
sioner. “In just the first month of the season, fans that get the network will enjoy all the passion and pageantry of SEC football from 14 of the greatest venues in the world of sports. This is what the SEC Network is all about.” “The network will have a terrific line-up of games over the first four weeks. The schedule includes quality and depth from across the conference,” said Justin Connolly, ESPN senior vice president, college networks. “The full breadth of teams and stadiums showcased in the first month alone speaks volumes on the type of programming sports fans should expect on the SEC Network.” On Saturday, Sept. 6, the SEC Network will showcase six different matchups. Each of the games will be available to all
fans who receive SEC Network. The games will be televised on either the SEC Network or an overflow channel made available on that Saturday. Week three is punctuated by an early-season conference match-up between Kentucky and Florida. In week four, the SEC Network will have two yet to be determined matchups to complete the Saturday tripleheader. Television selections for the remaining games in the opening weeks of the season will be announced at a later date and will air on CBS, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU or FSN. It was previously announced that the Rebels’ season opener (Aug. 28 vs. Boise State in Atlanta’s Georgia Dome) will air at 7 p.m. CT on ESPN.
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Scholtz earns automatic bid in NCAA singles FILE PHOTO (ALEX EDWARDS) | The Daily Mississippian
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Junior left-hander Jalen Beeks will get the Saturday start for the Razorbacks. Beeks has posted a 5-3 record this season with a 1.60 ERA. He has 58 strikeouts and 16 walks in 11 starts for Arkansas. Ole Miss will send junior right-hander Sam Smith to the mound to close things out on Sunday. Smith is 5-3 this season in ten starts with a 2.78 ERA. Smith has surrendered just five losses in his last 30 career starts for the Rebels. Junior right-hander Chris Oliver will take the hill for the Hogs on Sunday. Oliver is 5-4 this season with a 3.05 ERA. He has picked up 41 strikeouts and 23 walks in 11 starts this year. The Arkansas pitching staff, who are holding opposing offenses to a 2.28 ERA, will have to keep the secondhottest offense in the SEC off the scoreboard after the Rebels scored 39 runs last weekend in Lexington, which was the most during an SEC weekend series in Ole Miss history. The Rebels remain the second-ranked SEC offense in three of the biggest offensive categories, batting a .308 average, hitting 33 home runs and scoring 285 runs. Three Rebel baseball players find themselves highly-
ranked in individual SEC offensive categories, as well. Center fielder Auston Bousfield, who was named National and SEC Player of the Week last week, has the most hits in the SEC at 73, while catcher Will Allen is in second with 67 and third baseman Austin Anderson is tied for third with 63. First baseman Sikes Orvis is second in the SEC in home runs with 11 and has a hit in 19 straight SEC matchups this season. Allen is also second in the league in RBI with 50 and tied for third in the league in home runs with seven. Rebel pitchers will have to keep the Hogs off the bases, as they are batting a .263 team average with 20 home runs and 218 RBI on the season. Arkansas’ Brian Anderson is the most dangerous offense threat, hitting .329 on the year with four home runs and 39 RBI. Ole Miss will look to push the overall series with Arkansas closer to .500, as the Hogs hold a 40-34 edge in all of the schools’ matchups. Last season, Ole Miss took two of the three games from the Hogs in Fayetteville. In games played in Oxford in the series, Ole Miss is 8-10 since the 2001 season. First pitch tonight between the Rebels and Hogs is set for 6:30 at Swayze Field. First pitch Saturday will be at 2:15 p.m., while Sunday’s matchup will start at 1:30 p.m.
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All-American Nik Scholtz would like nothing better than to lead the Ole Miss men’s tennis team back to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, but he also has a goal of winning an NCAA Singles Championship. Scholtz, who was named SEC Player of the Year last week, will begin his quest for an individual title May 21. He earned the SEC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Singles Championship as a 9-16 seed. It marks the third straight year for Scholtz to be seeded in the field of 64. The Caledon, South Africa, native reached the Elite Eight in his freshman campaign in 2012 on his way to becoming the 27th All-American in
the history of the program, but last year he lost in the first round. This year Scholtz hopes to make a run for the title. “I am feeling really confident right now, and, physically, I feel as good as I ever have,” Scholtz said. “I really want to make a run this year. My freshman year I was able to make the top eight, but the biggest reason I lost was physically I wasn’t fit enough; my body couldn’t hold up to even challenge the guy in the quarterfinals. This year, I feel like if I go out there and fight hard and have the right mentality, I can definitely make something happen.” The singles and doubles
competition will be conducted May 21-26 at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga., following the conclusion of the team championship, which runs from May 15-20. The University of Georgia will serve as host. The Rebels earned their 21st consecutive NCAA Team Championship bid and will head to South Bend, Ind., next weekend to face Northwestern in the first round Saturday, May 10, at 10 a.m.
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Diamond Rebs look to win pivotal SEC series against Arkansas
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The No. 10 Ole Miss baseball team will host the Arkansas Razorbacks this weekend in an important, late-season Southeastern Conference matchup. The Rebels (33-13, 13-8 SEC) are coming off a 7-6 loss to Southern Miss on Wednesday and last weekend’s series sweep at Kentucky, while the Razorbacks (29-18, 10-11 SEC) enter the series after
beating Missouri State Tuesday and losing two of three to Auburn last weekend. Junior right-hander Chris Ellis will get things started on the mound for Ole Miss tonight. Ellis remains unbeaten this season, compiling a 6-0 record in 11 starts with just a 1.81 ERA. Ellis hasn’t allowed an earned run in five of his 11 starts this season, and he has walked 22 while striking out 46 and holding opposing batters to just a .245 average. Arkansas will send sopho-
more right-hander Trey Killian to the mound to counter Ellis. Killian is 2-7 in nine starts and holds a 2.30 ERA. He has given up just 12 walks, and he has 36 strikeouts on the season. Redshirt sophomore lefty Christian Trent will take the hill Saturday for the Rebels. Trent is 6-0 this season and holds a 2.25 ERA. Through 72 innings pitched, he has 58 strikeouts and 12 walks. See SERIES, PAGE 11
Started from the bottom. No, literally — my first article was at the bottom of the back page, probably around 200 words about track and field, and, most importantly, was just absolutely dominated by the first football game’s preview above it. The irony of all this is that Ole Miss lost to Jacksonville State 4948 in double overtime that game. At that point I was a wee freshman with no idea what I wanted to do, except write sports. Now I must say goodbye to Ole Miss sports writing, hopefully just for a little while, and take on the “real world.” Trust me, it is as scary as it seems. I have to make sure to thank a few people who guided me along the way and have also become some good friends of mine. Paul Katool, the guy who gave the nervous little freshman a shot and sat on the phone with me while I tried to figure out how sports writing worked. Austin Miller, the once rather intimidating boss, who gave me some middle-ofthe-road sports. Austin actually made me grind out some stories and figure out how to make a story out of almost nothing. Then, of course, David Collier, the one whom I had seemingly been competing with for big sports and also space, now was my boss. Sucks, right? Not at all. David tossed me the big boys, football and baseball, for two years, and now my resume clips consist mainly of those stories. These three guys I
owe a whole lot to, and I just had to say thanks for everything. It has been a fun ride writing for The DM. I was able to cover Hugh Freeze’s first season, two bowl victories, a win on the road at Texas (fun trip), some of the top tennis teams in the country and a top-five football recruiting class. The list just goes on and on for me. I’m not going to lie, I bragged about my job, and it really is one of the coolest things I think a college journalist can do. Also, I want to thank all of you who manage to make it to the back page of the paper every day and check out what is happening in the sports world. You all are the reason I have some sort of following on Twitter, a few likes on Facebook and hopefully the reason I will get a job in the near future. Thank you for all your support and kind words. Finally, a few words of wisdom for upcoming staff and writers. Enjoy yourself. Take in the experience. I know there are days when I wish I could go back to that first football game I covered. Also be sure that you soak up as much information as you can. Not only will you be surrounded by other DM people, but other professionals will be there as well. Learn from them and make connections. Best of luck to you all.
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