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The Ole Miss dugout reacts as TCU scores another run in the sixth inning during the NCAA college baseball tournament regional championship game on Monday, June 4, at Blue Bell Park in College Station, Texas.
BY DAVID COLLIER dlcollie@go.olemiss.edu
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Ole Miss struggled a lot this season, and most of those struggles came from a lack of scoring runs. The Rebels answered those prob-
lems Friday and Saturday, with wins over TCU and Texas A&M, to advance to the Regional Championship of the College Station Regional. However, they went back to their old ways as TCU (4020) came through the loser’s
bracket to defeat the Rebels on Sunday and again on Monday night, by the score of 7-3, in front of a crowd of 3,579 at Blue Bell Park to end the Rebels’ season. “As a coach, you’re never prepared for this moment,” head coach Mike Bianco
said. “Specifically about the ball game, they just played better than we did. We showed a lot of guts. Bobby (Wahl) and Mike (Mayers) on very short rest came out and pitched their hearts out. “But TCU was just a better club today and yesterday.
They came out after losing the first day, and I would say found themselves, especially offensively.” For the second straight night, Ole Miss (37-26) got on the board in the first with See BASEBALL, PAGE 7
BancorpSouth scam targets customers
Professor receives Fulbright grant
BarncorpSouth cardholders throughout the State are subject to identity theft and scams.
Professor Laura Johnson returns to her quest in East Africa.
BY ADAM GANUCHEAU aganucheau24@gmail.com
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood issued a scam warning, urging bankers associated with BancorpSouth to be wary of fraudulent activity. Many Mississippi residents have received a phone call on either their home or cell phone informing them of a supposed problem with their BancorpSouth card, according to the Attorney General’s press release. The fraudulent activity has occurred in the Oxford area, as well as throughout the rest of the state, according to the Attorney General’s office. The caller may be live or automated, but usually leaves a request for the victim to call a number or visit a website and leave their 16-digit card number and other important information that could be used
to empty the victim’s bank account or open new credit cards in the victim’s name. Some victims are asked to text their BancorpSouth bank account number to a phone number or to email it to any number of email addresses. “Legitimate officials do not need to ask you to verify your bank account information,” Hood said. “They already have it. The key point is to never, ever give your personal identification information over the phone to someone whose identity you cannot verify.” Many Ole Miss students and other people in the Oxford area have been contacted by the fraudulent numbers. “I received two separate text messages from a number claiming to be BancorpSouth saying that my debit card had been suspended,” journalism junior Courtney Hudspeth
said. Fortunately, Hudspeth heard about the scam and did not give away any information. Hudspeth called the BancorpSouth Call Center, and they confirmed that her situation was the scam. The majority of calls and text messages occurred over the recent holiday weekend, but some potential victims are just now checking their messages and responding to the scam. BancorpSouth officials said they are working to close down websites and phone numbers connected to the scam as they become aware of them. BancorpSouth officials updated the “phishing” page of the bank’s Website to read: “BancorpSouth will never ask for personal or account information by email or solicit ac-
BY KAYLEIGH SKINNER
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Ole Miss psychology professor Laura Johnson is about to embark on a nine-month adventure, thanks to the grant she received as a 2012-13 Fulbright Scholar. In January, Johnson and her family will travel to East Africa to study how environmental change affects local inhabitants. Johnson will be based out of Moshi, Tanzania, which is located at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro, but will be doing work in Uganda as well. Johnson said she plans to study how the mountain’s melting peak is affecting local residents. “Girls are having to walk twice as far and spend twice as much time to collect something simple like water,” she
COURTESY LAURA JOHNSON
Psychology professor Laura Johnson received a nine-month Fulbright Scholarship grant to travel to East Africa.