The Daily Mississippian - May 2, 2017

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Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Volume 105, No. 136

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Soda and cigarettes: exploring the similarities

This Week in Oxford: Big Wild and Code Pink

Softball makes history, takes series win over Tide

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ID Local efforts combat Alzheimer’s Center updates student One Card system BRIANA FLOREZ

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Memory Makers has a building on Heritage Drive, just off of Jackson Avenue. Students volunteer at the location on a regular basis.

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or Chad Diaz II, Alzheimer’s is more than just a disease: it’s a part of his life.

When Diaz was 13, his grandfather was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. As the

disease progressed, Diaz spent more time with his grandfather, watching him long for past days. Diaz said the disease was frustrating for both of them.

“We were always in a constant circle of being reminded how different our respective worlds had become,” Diaz said.

Other students like Diaz have been affected by the disease. Business students Kristine Bishop, Monique Ma and Mason Ross, have a personal connection to Alzheimer’s disease or dementia and joined Diaz to create Memories by Hand. The organization runs a campaign selling hand-paint-

ed pottery created by participants of local program Memory Makers.

Memory Makers serves as a place where people in the early to middle stages of Alzheimer’s or dementia can socialize and get creative, while simultaneous-

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A student with a large hunting knife stabbed at least four people Monday on the University of Texas campus, killing one and seriously wounding the others before surrendering to police, authorities said.

There was no immediate word about a motive.

Student Rachel Prichett said she was standing in line at a food truck outside a gym when she saw a man with a knife resembling a machete

approach the person standing behind her.

"The guy was standing next to me," Prichett said. "He grabbed him by the shoulder and shoved the knife in it. I just started running as fast as I could."

Police identified the suspect as 21-year-old Kendrex J. White.

University police Chief David Carter described the

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Kendrex J. White is arrested after a fatal stabbing attack on the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas, Monday.

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The Ole Miss ID Center recently changed the website they use to manage a student’s Ole Miss One Card, more commonly referred to as a student ID. Since 2008, Manage My ID has been the online location where students or parents could load money to an account’s Flex and Express dollars. GET is now the new access portal for students to manage their One Card. In addition to managing accounts, students can search for places to eat, view recent account activity and report a lost card from the site.

Previously, students had to create an account on Manage My ID to log in. GET instead asks students to use their Web ID and password to access their account, which is the same information used to log in to myOleMiss, Blackboard, IMLeagues and other school websites.

Students can also request funds from a person by entering a recipient’s email address and name, selecting Flex dollars or Express and including a message.

Manager of contractual services Kathy Tidwell said there will be additional features added to GET as time goes along.

“There will be other features added as the product matures,” Tidwell said. “One that we will

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Why we should change how we think about soda

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Soda is an often habit-forming product that does not receive as much criticism as it deserves.

Hundreds of gallons of soda, as well as coffee, alcoholic beverages and tobacco products, will contribute to entertaining and satisfying our residents and visitors alike. It is clear, though,

that the reputation and regulations for some of these products are far more strict than for others.

It makes sense to restrict certain products such as tobacco and alcohol, which can be harmful not only for the person consuming them but also to those around him or her.

But should that still allow soda, a product that has no positive nutritional value, causes long-term health concerns and has scientifically proven addictive qualities, to be so easily available and to lack the warning labels present on cigarette packages and liquor bottles?

For example, our campus is a proud tobacco-free and- besides the occasional exceptions of sports events

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and registered parties- alcohol-free zone. This is a victory for the health of our student body, but it does not address the well-known consequences of the omnipresent soda.

This highly processed and artificial combination of high fructose corn syrup, water and countless additives keeps pouring out of our soda fountains, bottles and cans with almost no restraints.

In fact, you can even see a cardboard ad of coach Hugh Freeze promoting its consumption in some of the P.O.D. markets around campus.

Soda apologists will say this is a question of supply and demand: if there are people buying it, there should be people supply-

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are connected to cell damage and premature aging.

Prohibiting, or even restricting, soda sales would perhaps be an overly dramatic and counterproductive measure. Still, we should be more aware of the damaging consequences of drinks that are more products of successful and ubiquitous marketing campaigns than they are even remotely nutritious.

So, next time we judge someone for sneaking away to smoke a cigarette, we should remind ourselves of when we drink soda and think that, maybe, we’re not so different after all.

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ing it. They will also say that consumers should be able to make their own decisions and that restricting sales would insult the intelligence of buyers.

These sound very similar to the arguments that tobacco lobbies have used in the past.

Besides, if the merchandise someone sells creates an addiction while lacking any nutritional value, shouldn’t there be at least some form of restriction or caution label?

Several studies have already linked soda consumption to dental problems, obesity, kidney damage, diabetes and heart disease.

Even diet versions are a cause for concern, for the sodium and potassium benzoates used in many of them

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Farewell column: Lifestyles editor Zoe McDonald

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I still remember my closing sentence during my interview for lifestyles editor with Clara Turnage and The Daily Mississippian’s then editor-in-chief Logan Kirkland that I suspect got me the job: “As long as I have coffee, I can do anything.”

That statement still rings very true. Next to my co-editor McKenna Wierman and always with a coffee in hand, (Well, in my hand.

McKenna is averse.) we breathed life into the lifestyles section.

If there’s anything that held together our section over these past two years, it’s been female friendship and support. McKenna and I had never met before our first day, but it didn’t take us long to decide we’d be best friends, ride or die, throughout our editorships and beyond. Clara, I think, knew very well how we would become a team, a dynamic duo both in and outside of work. And know this, our job isn’t particularly easy. It’s incredibly fun and rewarding, but not easy.

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Former lifestyles editors Zoe McDonald and McKenna Wierman are pictured just after sending off their 20-page Back-to-School edition in fall 2016. per is a treat. While finding a job in the “real” journalism world is tough in all senses of the word, working for a newspaper at a university instills one with the sense that there’s a place for one’s writing, and that someone will consequently run across it and read it.

In the same way that people voraciously devour amazing food, I write, indulgently but with a knowledge that it’s necessary to my being. This is all with the hope that my output might also be necessary to someone else’s being.

newspapers with my name on the masthead among some of my best friends and coworkers— I know that I’ve pushed myself farther than I ever expected here.

Thank you to the lifestyles writing staff, Patricia Thompson, McKenna, Clara and the rest of the wonderful editors I’ve worked with over the past two years.

Most of all, thank you to the readers of The DM. There really is always a story to be told.

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My readers have joined me in visiting John Currence’s Main Event kitchen, tracing the history of the now non-existent Cats Purring Dude Ranch (co-authored with a colleague and pal, Cody Thomason), learning what exactly happens in the Title IX and student conduct offices, and, in one of my favorite stories, going behind the scenes at Off

Square Books with comedian Patton Oswalt. I was a sophomore then and only cultured enough to be familiar with Oswalt’s great role as Ratatouille in the Pixar film of the same name.

At the realization that people were actually reading my work, I was pushed as an editor and a writer to assign and delve into stories that might be brushed aside. I’ve been lucky to form great connections with Oxford’s music community (Shout out to Muscle Beach Records). I was pushed to look at other issues too, such as sexual assault on college campuses. Working with an amazing staff last fall on our award-winning “Red Zone” issue proved the sheer power of words to create real conversations around important issues.

In that issue, I shared a woman’s story of strength and resilience, and how that strength helped form a movement on campus.

When I hold a print issue like the “Red Zone,” or see people react to my stories on social media, I feel a little glow. As that little glow sets in, it turns into an affirmation that I absolutely must continue to write.

As my own story at Ole Miss and The Daily Mississippian reaches its conclusion, and I think of the little pieces of me I’ve left — these stories and photos, old

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Students earn class credit in lieu of paid jobs ternship benefits the intern, does not displace regular employees and ensures the employer does not derive immediate advantage from the activities of the intern.

These requirements were put in place to differentiate employees from interns, in hopes of protecting students from being overworked without compensation.

Even with that legislation in place, some interns feel a gray area has formed between students and their employers.

Junior marketing major Josh Caron said he found an unpaid internship through one of his Ole Miss professors. He works with this professor to make social movement documentaries.

Caron said he accepted the internship strictly for experience but later learned he would be able to earn credit toward his cinema minor. Caron said his work matched with each requirement for unpaid internships to be legal but did feel that, at times, he was being worked outside of those lines.

“At times, it feels like we are doing some of the work my employer doesn’t want to do,” Caron said. “But, honestly, doing that work has helped me come to understand that in the film world, I’m not going to love everything I do.”

Caron said the real-world training allows him to better understand what working in

retweets from influential people in the community, such as Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter. They set up an information booth during events at the Ford Center to gain publicity, in addition to selling pottery and days of care.

“Days of care allowed the community to pay for the equivalent of one hour to up to one month of care for a Memory Makers participant,” Diaz said.

Memory Makers costs $20 each day, and Diaz said the proceeds will go toward any needs Memory Makers has.

“Memory Makers depends heavily on the generosity of individual donors and community partners for funding, so these projects are a tremendous help to us,” said program director Julia Burnett.

Other on-campus groups have donated both money and time to the organization. It serves as Alpha Delta Pi’s local philanthropy, and Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity recently raised funds for the organization.

Other students volunteer to get community service hours for classes.

Senior social work major

Keller Poore began working with Memory Makers last school year. This semester, she volunteered as a requirement for her Gerontology class, an elective dedicated to studying the aging process.

At Memory Makers, she has lent a hand to everything from helping prepare meals to escorting participants to a baseball game on a double decker bus.

“As a volunteer, your job is to interact with the participants and help them if they need anything,” she said. “You also assist with games and crafts.”

Poore said she hopes her volunteer experience will help her future career in social work. However, Memory Makers means more to Poore than just an obligation for class. It is now part of her daily routine, as she volunteers at Memory Makers nearly every day.

“It is my way to give back to the generations that were before me,” she said. “It is one of the best parts of my week, because I get to see all of the participants’ smiling faces.”

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With the end of the semester approaching, students are planning to spend their summers in a variety of ways. Some will spend it working to pick up office experience instead of a pay check through an unpaid internship. For many college students, however, gaining experience through an internship can be attached to a heavy price tag if they’re not compensated for their time.

The U.S. Department of Labor uses a list of specific criteria for allowing unpaid internships. The department requires that the in-

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“It gives the participant the opportunity to feel normal for a few hours each day,” Diaz said.

Memory Makers began in 2010, after a local caregiver support meeting showed a large need in Oxford for a program that would give caregivers a respite.

As part of a social entrepreneurship assignment for professor Clay Dibrell’s entrepreneurship course in the business program, the Memories by Hand team had to set financial goals for the project.

While their initial campaign is over, the team recently surpassed their intended fundraising goal.

“Our goal was to raise at least $1,000 over 30 days for Memory Makers,” Diaz said. “We were able to raise 115 percent of that goal.”

The group took to Twitter to spread awareness for their cause and to garner more interest, earning

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the film industry will be like.

“There will be some monotonous things that have to be done, but being able to see the final project come together after completing the monotony is way worth it,” Caron said.

For journalism students, sometimes the price tag for an unpaid internship comes in the form of paying for a class through the university. Students that aren’t required to have internships to graduate, but are able to use an internship in place of a journalism elective course.

Associate dean of the Meek School for Journalism and New Media Charlie Mitchell said that in 2014 and 2015, nearly 70 students received academic credit

through a Journalism 395 class designated for the internship practicum. Though the credit is earned through a journalism class, the internship-for-credit program is not limited to journalism students.

Marketing major Ally Lyman is receiving class credit by interning for Ryan Porter Jewelry this summer.

“I do not have to have this class credit to graduate, but I chose to do it to build my resume because it is hard to get a job in the marketing field without one,” Lyman said.

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Student logs into GET for the first time. GET has replaced Manage My ID for students. sition from Manage My ID to GET was a priority for students’ satisfaction. continued from page 1 “There has been very little feedback, and we linked the two be testing in the fall at some of systems so most would have no our on-campus food locations issues,” Tidwell said. is a food ordering app.”

Students still have to pay a Freshman communication $2.50 service fee for deposits sciences and disorders major to the account, but freshman Elizabeth Lovett said she feels elementary education major GET works a lot better than Hannah Brady said she doesn’t Manage My ID. mind the fee, because of how “GET has a cleaner look, it’s much easier the new website is easier to use and there are a lot to use. more features on it than Man“My parents are the ones age My ID,” Lovett said. “A lot who usually deposit money into of times Manage My ID had my Flex and Express, but even glitches too, and I haven’t expethey have said the new website rienced that with GET so far.” works a lot better and are glad it Tidwell said the smooth tranhas been updated,” Brady said.

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continued from page 1 weapon as a "Bowie-style" hunting knife. He said the stabbings occurred within a one-block area as the attacker "calmly walked around the plaza."

Another student, Ray Arredondo, said he was walking to his car when a mass of students near the gym started running.

"They were just screaming, 'Run! Get out of here!'" Arredondo said.

One person died at the scene near the gym. The others were taken to the hospital. There were reports of additional victims with non-life-threatening injuries, according to tweets from Travis County Emergency Medical Services.

The attacker did not resist when officers confronted him at gunpoint, Carter said.

Lindsey Clark said she saw the suspect get tackled by police as he was running toward the entrance of Jester Hall, a complex of dormitories and classrooms. She described him as wearing a bandanna and gray sweatshirt and said he appeared quiet and subdued as police held him on the ground.

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ing: 'There he is!'" before he was tackled by officers, Clark said.

Carter said it would be "premature" to discuss the suspect's motive and "what was going through his mind."

Arredondo later saw what looked like CPR being performed on someone outside the front door of the gym.

Another student was sitting on a bench being treated for cuts to the head or neck, he said.

Authorities cordoned off the scene as a large contingent of state and local police, including officers in helicopters, swarmed the area.

The University of Texas is blocks from downtown Austin and the Texas Capitol and is one of the nation's largest universities.

White was an active member of the Black Health Professionals Organization student organization on campus, said Melody Adindu, the group's new president. She said White was passionate about his work and was "very interactive and easygoing."

Some of White's former classmates at Killeen High School, near the gates of the Fort Hood Army post in Central Texas, had similar recollections of him.

"He was a really smart guy in high school, he was always nice, had plenty of friends,

and was in the International Baccalaureate program.

I'm definitely surprised he would do this," Kay'Lynn Wilkerson told the Killeen Daily Herald.

Ex-classmate Angela Bonilla called White "the sweetest guy, laughing and having a good time with people".

Adindu and other students complained on social media it took too long for the campus officials to send a text alert of the attack. Texts to students showed a nearly 30-minute lag between the arrest and warning, even though city and county emergency offices were tweeting about the incident when they first responded.

Carter said White was confronted and arrested within two minutes of the first call to police and the situation was immediately under control. The campus siren wasn't used because there was no need for a lockdown to keep people in place, he said.

"There was no ongoing threat. We had him in custody as soon as we arrived," Carter said.

The attack occurred in the central campus, just a short walk from the administration building and the landmark clock tower that was the scene of a mass shooting in 1966.

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Pastor Michael Williams removes branches from a wind blown tree Monday that damaged a family member’s home in Durant.

Parts of the U.S. Midwest and which advised residents there South braced for more flooding to take cover. A severe thunand possible tornadoes Monday derstorm over Fort Benning in following a weekend of deadly Georgia could develop into a torrents and powerful winds twister, the weather service said. that claimed at least 15 lives, two The confirmed death toll rose in Mississippi. to 15.

More severe weather was exTwo of the deaths were in pected in the South. A wind ad- Mississippi: a 7-year-old boy visory was in effect in northwest electrocuted after unplugging Mississippi. Tornado warnings an electric golf cart and dropwere issued for parts of south- ping the cord in a puddle, and a eastern Alabama and central man killed when a tree fell onto Georgia Monday morning by his house, knocking a beam into the National Weather Service, his head.

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Big Wild brings bold dance beats to Proud Larry's JACQUELINE SCHLICK jaschlic@go.olemiss.edu

Big Wild is bringing its newly released Invincible EP and signature electronic sound Tuesday night to Proud Larry’s.

Producer and composer Jackson Stell is a 26-year-old from California who uses his electronic music to “speak to our desire to connect with something larger,” according to Pitch Perfect PR’s website.

His Invincible EP features artists like Yuna and iDA HAWK to deal with themes of persevering past obstacles, shutting out inner demons and moving forward after a broken relationship.

“I’m trying to capture the feeling of being in the presence of something truly stunning,” Stell said. “Not saying my music is there yet, by any means, but that’s my goal: to make something sound like it’s truly from another planet.”

Stell began making music in middle school, working under the name J Beatz through high school and college. He said he changed his moniker to Big Wild only after moving to California from because of “California’s natural beauty and open attitude towards art.”

He was inspired by The Neptunes, Timbaland and Dr. Dre, and began writing music

that exemplified a cheerful confidence.

Big Wild has established a co-sign from ODESZA and opened for them on a national tour. Stell remixed their single “Say My Name” and then released his own “Aftergold” on their Foreign Family Collective label. He has toured with Pretty Lights and Tycho and performed at Coachella, Decadence and Snowglobe music festivals.

His song “I Just Wanna” swells its way to a keyboard feature that is infectious in its energizing nature, while the

next track “Invincible” is more mysterious and relaxed, using iDA HAWK’s old-timey voice.

The album is a mix of sound, genre, electronic convention and strong downbeats that move and shift into a snapping background that keeps time.

“Aftergold” opens with 40 seconds of tiny but pleasant noises that sound almost like clinking glasses or windchimes, before being layered further with vocals. A little more than three minutes in, after a long build-up, the track takes off into an upbeat

rhythm.

The music video for “Aftergold” moves as quickly as the song. It features a beautiful, serene landscape that gives way to time-lapse photography of cityscapes and wide open, natural spaces. The contrast between city and nature is paired with lyrics like “You want some of that green rain?/ You want a 20 karat ball and chain?/ You want a pilot and a jet plane?/ Newsflash, it ain’t worth the pain.”

Big Wild’s music is fastpaced and easy to dance to, but his lyrics deal with greater

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issues like the preoccupation with money and translating emotion into music.

In an interview with PileRats, Stell said his track “When I Get There” was about playing with space.

“I wanted to create an anti-drop and make a drop that was really catchy with as few elements as possible,” Stell said. “The big wall of sound in the beginning came from an emotional place and I wanted to translate that to the listener.”

For those out for a night of music that defies preconceived notions of electronic sound, Big Wild’s show will surely be dynamic, collaborative and wholly unpredictable.

Tuesday at Proud Larry’s one can expect music that uses a hybrid drum set, keyboard and whistling, backed

by Stell’s long, flowing hair and relaxed attitude. Fans should count on dancing, as Big Wild likes to make his crowds get up and move.

“I want to communicate a feeling,” he said. “I want to inspire people with a new kind of pop song they haven’t heard before, one that doesn’t just make you feel good, but inspires you to push boundaries.”

The event is 18 and over and tickets start at $14. Doors open at 8 p.m., and the show begins at 9 p.m.

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SPORTS EDITOR SAM HARRES: Reddick kept it classy with a black and white checkered suit. If his career with the Cardinals doesn’t work out, the jacket alone could probably land him a job at Rally’s.

SH: Adams, drafted sixth by the Jets, can finally afford a yacht to go with that suit. A white jacket paired with white loafers can be tough to pull of but the former LSU safety made it work.

SH: There’s a fine line between fashionforward and straight-up tacky, and McDowell found himself on the wrong side of that line Friday night. The jacket looks whack but after getting drafted 35th overall by the Seahawks, McDowell can hopefully afford to hire someone to pick his suits out.

SH: Watson’s shoes looked straight out of the Bowser collection. Even worse, they ran the former Clemson quarterback a cool $2,000. His suit looked decent but the Texans need to set Watson up with a shoe guy ASAP.

DESIGNER ETHEL MWEDZIWENDIRA: I’m not sure what pattern Hasson is wearing but I really enjoyed the combination of colors. Black and crimson are always my go to and I’m not even an Alabama fan.

EM: Honestly, I was not a fan of Adam’s suit. It kind of reminds me of a suit Count Olaf from A Series of Unfortunate Events would wear. Sam and I couldn’t agree on another best dressed so here I am, writing about this.

EM: Personally, there’s just too much pattern on Michigan defensive line Malik McDowell’s suit. He looks like a walking art gallery.

EM: Former Clemson quarterback DeShaun Watson traded his cleats for Christian Louboutins that cost nearly $2,000.

He also didn’t care about getting his suit tailored beforehand. That is exactly what landed him on the worst dressed.

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For the first time in history, Ole Miss softball won a series against the No. 14 Alabama Crimson Tide. The Rebels finished off their three game series Monday night with a thrilling 5-4 victory.

Head coach Mike Smith sent ace Kaitlin Lee to the circle to face off with Alabama's right handed pitcher Alexis Osorio.

The Rebels fielded first and Lee quickly sent the Crimson Tide packing in the top of the first, stranding runners at first and another in scoring position. In the bottom of the first, Miranda Strother stroked a single up the middle of the field and reached first before her steal attempt got thrown out at second.

The Rebels shut out the Tide in the second inning as well before stepping up to the plate and knocking in three runs of their own. Paige McKinney knocked a roller past the Alabama infield to send Sarah Van Shaik home before catcher Courtney Syrett roped a ball to the left center wall, driving in two runners before the Crimson Tide outfielders brought the Rebels' big inning to a close.

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The top half of the fifth brought more action when Alabama's Reagan Dykes hit a line drive to left field, driving in an additional two runs. The score stood at 4-3 in favor of the Tide as the Rebels tagged a runner out at third, ending Alabama's advance.

Fast forward to the bottom of the seventh inning and the Rebels, still down by a run, were down to their last chance. With two outs and a win in sight, Osorio walked senior catcher Courtney Syrett. Kaylee Horton was called on to run for Syrett.

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slugger rolled a ball down the third base line but the Alabama infield misplayed the ball, overthrowing to first and allowing Horton to score. Cox advanced to third as the score leveled at four.

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Andy Kennedy ment seven more times, making the Sweet Sixteen round just once (as a No. 3 seed in 2001). If that’s good enough, I don’t want to be an Ole Miss basketball fan.

To a certain extent, it feels like the university understands where I’m going with this piece. On July 14, 2014, Ole Miss broke ground on the 96.5 million dollar Pavilion, a state-of-the-art 9,500 seat stadium complete with the largest center-hung video display board in college sports. That’s tangible improvement with tangible gains. But in a more concrete sense, the Pavilion is having a very real effect on recruiting.

Just a weeks ago, the Rebels’ 2017 basketball class was ranked 16th in the nation, our highest rated class ever.

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It’s a competitive edge in the twisted, highly controversial world of high school basketball recruitment. Why waste four years playing basketball in Alabama’s sub-standard facility when you could star at the Pavilion?

The Ole Miss basketball program is trying. Our school is not an SEC bottom dweller when it comes to basketball, no that privilege is reserved for schools like Auburn, Tennessee and Missouri. But make no mistake, the Rebels can’t hold a candle to Florida or Kentucky.

Miss’ ship, not a single season dropped below .500. Impressive? Sure. But good enough?

No, not if those 11 seasons only led to two NCAA tournament appearances.

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Which makes sense considering Ole Miss has never been, and probably will never ever be, a basketball school.

And that’s okay. This is Mississippi, after all, land of high school football. I’m not writing this to suggest Rebel sports fans “should” follow basketball. Rather, I write to question the Ole Miss athletics department’s complacency.

When does “good enough” stop being good enough?

For context, Rebel basketball played its first official game in 1909. That year, the program’s record stood at 1-4.

Probably not “good enough,” but the program was young.

“Give it time,” I’m sure someone said.

In 1922, Ole Miss joined the Southern Conference, a precursor to the SEC. Just six years later, on February 28, 1928, the Rebels defeated Auburn 31-30 and captured their first conference championship. Their next championship would not arrive until 2013, a lengthy 85 years later. That’s approaching Chicago Cub territory. Or in other words: not good enough.

But no one really cares about the SEC tournament, right? It’s all about the NCAA tournament. That’s where the big money and fandom lies.

At its inception, the tournament’s format included spots for eight teams. Over time, however, the tournament gradually expanded and in 1980 the field grew to 48 teams. The Rebels got their first taste of NCAA action in 1981; they lost their first and only game of that year’s tournament. Since then, Ole Miss has qualified for the tourna-

But, then again, those are deeply committed basketball schools; they have no time for other sports.

Except for Florida, whose football team finished the 2016-2017 season on top of the SEC East. It can be done; schools can focus on more than one sport. The “Ole Miss is a football school” argument holds no weight here.

Now I’m also not saying anything short of an SEC Championship and NCAA Tournament finals appearance should disappoint Ole Miss fans, that’s pretty ambitious. But I would like to see our school jump into the next tier of SEC basketball. A tier occupied by teams like Arkansas and South Carolina; teams that make the NCAA Tournament most years and every-so-often challenge for the title (i.e. South Carolina this year). For me, that would be good enough.

What will it take to get there? Well, with a brand new facility and better-than-ever recruiting classes, the outlying variable seems to be the coaching staff. Andy Kennedy is the longest tenured coach in the SEC and for good reason: prior to his hiring, the Rebel basketball program suffered four consecutive losing seasons. During Andy Kennedy’s 11 seasons at the helm of Ole

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ULM Warhawks visit Oxford for midweek series ETHAN WRIGHT

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Coming off a strong showing against highly ranked Arkansas this past weekend, Ole Miss baseball will return home for a quick, two-game slate against the Louisiana Monroe Warhawks this week.

Currently sitting at a lessthan-stellar 12-32 record, the Warhawks have had a tough year so far. For Ole Miss the series should prepare the team for this weekend’s upcoming trip to Gainesville for a clash with the No. 5 Florida Gators. However, the Rebels should be wary of underestimating their current foe and keep from looking too far ahead. To avoid dropping an unnecessary loss to an under-qualified team, Ole Miss should pay attention to these focal points during their twogame matchup with ULM. Making Use of Momentum After a Rebel loss in game two of a double-header last Friday, the squad’s overall play has since improved.

Having finally broken the .500 barrier in conference play last weekend, Ole Miss has won 11 of the last 16 matchups.

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Freshman shortstop Grae Kessinger rounds third base to score during Ole Miss’ win over University of North Carolina Wilmington earlier this season.

However, the good fortune that has benefitted the Rebels is noticeably absent for the Warhawks, who have found themselves on the better half of the scoring card just once in their last six games. While ULM is only on a two-game losing streak, previous trends show the effect that negative momentum can have on a struggling Warhawks team.

In early March ULM dropped 10 straight, and the beginning of April saw six consecutive losses. Although the Warhawks are only on the front end of a losing streak, history shows the Rebels can use that to their advantage and force their opponents into further disarray.

Offensive Production Over the course of the

Rebels’ last three-game series, they averaged just under five runs per game, which is a definite improvement over their midseason hitting slump.

Ole Miss’ recent proclivity for scoring bodes well for Tuesday’s head-to-head with ULM. The Warhawks have failed to score more than five runs in a game since April

13. Before that, it was March 25. Thus, the Rebels’ hitting improvements demonstrate a telling edge in production at the plate. For the Rebels to fully take control of their foe, they should focus on scoring early and often to put away any possibility of a late-game surge from the Warhawks.

Avoid Underestimation Perhaps the most important lesson Rebel head coach Mike Bianco will preach to his players ahead of Tuesday’s matchup will be to remember whom they are playing. As the weekend’s battle with national powerhouse Florida looms ahead, Bianco’s players cannot forget that they must first defeat ULM. To do so, the Rebels must avoid writing off the Warhawks as just another 12-32 team, by playing as if they were facing off with the best in the nation.

If the Rebels can remain focused on the game they are playing and not on the one ahead, then they should handily control the Warhawks in both games. However, losing focus for even one inning could give the visiting Warhawks just enough of an edge to take down a much better Ole Miss squad.

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An incident of alleged sexual harassment at an annual philanthropy event was the “tipping point” for Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Brandi Hephner Labanc, who met with Interfraternity Council executives and the presidents of every IFC fraternity at 7 a.m. Wednesday.

“For me, this weekend was a tipping point for, in general, poor behavior that I’ve seen coming out of our Greek community,” Hephner Labanc said. “So, it was a call to action. For me, it was an opportunity to say to them, ‘You all are leaders and it’s time to lead.’”

Hephner Labanc gave two tasks: to update policies and accountability measures in regards to all fraternity social and philanthropic events and to host a summer summit with national and international office and advisers focused on identifying needed improvements in the fraternity community.

Hephner Labanc said the group needed the opportunity to refocus before the University took more drastic measures.

“I wanted to give our students the opportunity to step up and lead because I know they care very deeply about the experience,” she said. “I want them to come together and stop focusing on their differences and how one is better – the competition aspect – and come to gather as a community.

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Students will now have the option of regular park-

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Director of Parking and Transportation Mike Harris said one of the biggest issues on campus is residential parking, and the new parking garage will help alleviate that problem.

“When I first arrived here two years ago, one of the questions asked of me in the interviews was ‘What did I see as one of the main issues on campus?’ I saw residential [parking] as being the No. 1 priority,” Har-

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Days incident was only the most recent evidence of the need for change.

“This was about what we’ve seen as it relates to alcohol, drugs, hazing, any sort of sexual misconduct, everything – in general, disappointing and bad behavior,” Hephner Labanc said. “I’m over statements. Statements are important. Training is important.

But it’s the action and the implementation that I want to see. I’m not going to stand for something that doesn’t change.”

Will Walker, who began serving as IFC president in January and attended the meeting Wednesday, said he understands the need for and is excited to enact that change.

“The Derby Days incident definitely added to the urgency of the conversation. I think in that way, it got us all in that room,” Walker said. “I think that the administration is giving IFC a chance to show that we can align with the values that we’ve been preaching for years and years and have gotten away from.”

Walker said he wanted the council to focus more on preventative measures instead of only focusing on fixing existing situations.

“We have a shared vision in that room of leaders. In order for these policies to work effectively, it has to filter down. That’s the first hurdle,” Walker said. “Right now, everything in my mind is saying, ‘Fix it now.’ The truth is, we’re inspiring change in an organization that hasn’t changed for years. It might take a little bit of time.”

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lexis Smith loves stories. She loves to share. She loves to write. She loves to blog.

One of the latest stories she has shared is about what happened to her a little more than a year ago.

“Tomorrow makes one year since I was sexually assaulted,” her Facebook post begins.

“I share this because I want to do my part to help end the stigma that surrounds talking about sexual assault and rape.”

The post has more than

300 likes and almost 30 shares. All of the comments are supportive, praising Smith for sharing her story.

Smith, a junior international studies major, was sexually assaulted in Oxford last Halloween. She said it took her about a month before she really began PHOTOS BY: CAMERON BROOKS publicly talking about Alexis Smith. what happened.

I realize this has happened to She said writing and sharing a lot of people,” Smith said. her story has helped her to “I share because it connects heal, and she has had other me with other people, mainly survivors of sexual assault women, that have survived reach out to her to share their sexual assault.” stories.

“The more I share, the more

University of Mississippi professors are teaming up with students and county officials to help solve low-income housing issues in Oxford.

Sociology professor John Thomas will teach “Affordable Housing in Oxford, MS” as a spring honors course. The class will study housing issues, poverty and compile in-depth statistics on Lafayette County.

Thomas said the students will work with local officials and the Center for Population Studies to design a survey and collect information.

“Most of the data the county has to work with is secondary census data, which is accurate, but the census data cannot provide some of the smaller details,” Thomas said.

Thomas said more in-depth household surveys will illustrate the shades of poverty within incomes and socioeconomic statuses.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly 26 percent of the population is living in poverty.

From 2010 to 2015, the population has increased more than 12 percent, but the thousands of housing units being built are not meant for low-income families.

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The symbols’ keeper: Ole Miss’ identity struggle The Daily Mississippian submitted a Freedom of Information Act request for the emails submitted to the Chancellor’s Committee for History and Context regarding the contextual plaque placed on the Confederate Memorial statue.

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On any tour day in Oxford, prospective students are herded from landmark to landmark on campus as a guide tells them the history of Ole Miss.

They walk through the Circle, past the Confederate Memorial with its newly erected contextual plaque. They pass the James Meredith statue in front of the library and go across campus to other historic buildings, like Vardaman Hall, which was built more than 80 years ago.

They see the columns of the Lyceum, where a guide might point to the bullet marks that mar the university’s most recognizable

facade.

They move on to the American flag in the Circle, which once hung just above the state flag but now flies alone.

These names, sites and symbols may seem benign, but they are at the heart of some of the university’s deepest divisions.

In this place, vestiges of the university’s mottled past bleed into everyday life, reopening old wounds and growing divisions as new movements tear away from tradition.

GUARDIAN OF THE SOUTH “This university has been the keeper of Southern symbols, the keeper for all of the South,” said Donald Cole, who is assistant pro-

vost and assistant to the chancellor concerning minority affairs.

“As other Southern universities have abandoned some of these symbols, it looks as if many people of the South have rallied around us as the keeper of those symbols– even when their states have refused to keep them themselves.

That has haunted us quite a bit.”

Before Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter came to campus in January 2016, a committee had been created to address some of the more controversial symbols and names on campus.

Foremost on the list was the Confederate Statue. The committee decided on language for the contextualization in fall 2015 and ordered the plaque, which would

not be placed until March 17.

It was met with backlash.

In the days after the placement of the new plaque, several groups released statements arguing against the text. Some, like the campus NAACP and the UM History Department, said the plaque did not recognize the complex history of the monument. Many others, however, were more upset that there was no community input or awareness of the process.

The original plaque text said, “As Confederate veterans were passing from the scene in increasing numbers, memorial associations built monuments in their memory all across the South. This

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