The Daily Mississippian - June 16, 2011

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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2011 | VOL. 100, NO. 144 | THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER

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Ole Miss Alumni start business in NYC

BY CAROLINE DANIELS Special to The DM

For 2009 Ole Miss graduates Shallon Hunter and Barrett Beard, New York City is a place where dreams come true.

In early June, Beard and Hunter introduced SoCreo, a creative fashion house that provides a variety of services ranging from event production to editorial placement.

SoCreo, which made its official launch earlier this month, is more than a place for one simple service, and according to Beard, SoCreo has the tools to take on almost any challenge.

“I am not saying we provide any one service because we have the creative resources to tackle anything,” he said. “We are a one-stop shop when it comes to promoting, shaping and bettering a brand.”

A native of Memphis, 24-yearold Beard said carrying out his dreams in the Big Apple has been nothing short of daunting and fast paced, but it’s a lifestyle that he loves.

“I love the quick nature and the need to think fast and progressively,” he said. “I paid my dues for two years, and I figured this was my chance to do something for myself.”

Beard and Hunter met through

a mutual friend as undergraduates while attending Ole Miss. The two have known each other since their sophomore year in 2006 and recently began their creative journey together last May. Beard said Hunter is a real driving force behind much of the company’s early success.

“Shallon is a really smart girl,” he said. “She keeps me in check and reminds me of what is important.”

Hunter said she feels very blessed to have Beard as a partner.

“His warm, inviting personality makes him the perfect person for this industry,” she said. “A lot of our success is because of him.”

Hunter, who is originally from Austin, Texas, received her journalism and public relations degree in 2009 from Ole Miss.

She spent many summers in New York throughout college and admitted always wanting to take permanent residence in the city.

“New York has always been my favorite city and the ideal place to work in our industry,” Hunter said. “I love New York.”

In a time where most companies are shutting down, SoCreo has gained six new clients since its launch, including Del Torro shoes, Kiel James Patrick, Dickies Skate, a division of Isaac Morris, Bootlegz and Urban Cricket.

Neither Hunter nor Beard have ting up phone lines along with ignored the economy, but both in- surprise delays when their web dividuals will argue that SoCreo is designer came down with pneunot your average PR company and monia. possesses things that most New “I have learned to just take one York PR companies lack. day at a time,” Beard said.

“A lot of PR companies aren’t “It’s important to remember making it,” Hunter said. “SoCreo that though we are building and is the breath of fresh air that this new, we do represent and work for industry needs. We understand people.” the importance of social media It’s easy to question the experiand never limiting ourselves.” ence and qualifications these two SoCreo is a company that was young entrepreneurs hold in the built from hard work and a lot of industry. basics. According to Beard, it is a However, Beard, who earned a new day every day. bachelor’s degree from Ole Miss Along with long nights of brain- along with a master’s from Columstorming and client balancing, bia University, is quick to counterHunter and Beard were also faced with the ground root tasks of set- See ALUMNI, PAGE 4

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1911 to 2011: a history of The Daily Mississippian

BY JACOB BATTE News Editor

In 1911, students at the University of Mississippi attempted to publish a student newspaper for the third time, and on Oct. 14 — almost a month before the start of the Chevorlet Automobile company — The Mississippian was born, with Forrest Cooper and Rad H. Reed as the first editors-in-chief.

Since then, The Mississippian has survived through 18 presidents, six wars and countless other events.

Groups of editors from The Mississippian created the student Hall of Fame in 1930 and the Miss University Pageant in 1949.

The 1960s enjoyed some of the biggest transformations in the long history of one of the oldest student newspapers in the Southeast.

In 1961, The Mississippian became a daily publication under the leadership of editor James Robertson. Sidna Brower nearly won a Pulitzer Prize after asking the students to stop rioting during the integration of James Meredith as a student in 1962. In the spring of 1968, The Mississippian would have its name changed to what we know it as today: The Daily Mississippian.

Before 1990, all of the editorsin-chief had to campaign and be elected by the student body for the opportunity to lead the newspaper,

but at the turn of the decade a new system was chosen to determine who would run the paper. Potential editors now had to apply for the job and be selected by a committee. The result of this was the first African-American editor-in-chief in the history of The Daily Mississippian, Lee Eric Smith.

The ‘90s also produced the first family of The Daily Mississippian.

Kenneth Robertson, editor-in-chief of The DM from 1996-97, married Jenny Dodson, who would be the editor-in-chief from 1997-98.

Kenneth Robertson’s father, James Robertson, was editor-in-chief from 1961-62 and his mother was the managing editor in 1962-63.

In 2004, The Daily Mississippian moved into Bishop Hall and became part of the Gale S. Denley Student Media Center.

Meek School of Journalism and New Media Dean Will Norton predicts a bright future for the Student Media Center.

“My whole view has been that the Student Media Center has been the key to building a great career,” he said. “I think you will find that is the direction we have tried to go and this administration will do everything we can to help the student media center be a place of quality because if it’s a place of quality, then students will get jobs in the media.”

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OLE MISS SPORTS INFORMATION

Ole Miss Softball Team Receives SEC Sportsmanship Award The Ole Miss softball team and University of South Carolina track and field athlete Louis Day have been named recipients of the fourth annual SEC Sportsmanship Award, SEC Commissioner Mike Slive announced Wednesday.

The winners will be forwarded for nomination to the NCAA for its national sportsmanship awards, to be announced in July.

The two were chosen by a vote of the SEC directors of athletics.

“Participation in sport teaches life’s lessons that benefit our student-athletes,” Slive said. “Demonstrating good sportsmanship is something that will benefit studentathletes for years after their playing careers are over. I congratulate the Ole Miss softball team and Louis for showing good sportsmanship and earning this prestigious honor.”

After the tornadoes that struck Alabama and Mississippi in April, the Ole Miss softball team felt it was important to reach out to the University of Alabama to help in any way possible. The Rebels and the Crimson Tide were scheduled to play a three-game series in Oxford just nine days after the devastation hit Tuscaloosa.

During the week leading up to the matchup, members of the team, led by captains Brittany Barnhill and Amanda Hutcheson, went to the coaching staff and decided that a contribution to the tornado relief efforts would be the best way to rally around their friends.

Before the series opener, Barnhill and Hutcheson presented the Alabama softball team with a donation for the University of Alabama’s tornado relief efforts on behalf of the entire team. The donation, presented to Crimson Tide seniors Kelsi Dunne and Whitney Larsen, was designated for the University of Alabama’s Acts of Kindness Fund that provided financial assistance to employees and students who qualify under the guidelines of this emergency-assistance program.

“The recent tornadoes in Mississippi and Alabama demonstrated to us that softball is just a game,” Barnhill said. “We may be competitors on the field, but we are all members of the SEC and that makes us a family.”

“The team felt compelled to help their fellow SEC students and should be congratulated on receiving this honor,” said Lynnette Johnson, executive associate athletics director. “I think this award shows the type of student-athlete we have at Ole Miss. They are competitors on the field but understand that there are more important issues off See SOFTBALL, PAGE 4

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AMELIA CAMURATI editor-in-chief

JACOB BATTE news editor

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JON MOSBY opinion editor

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AUSTIN MILLER sports editor PETRE THOMAS photography editor NICK TOCE visuals editor KELSEY DOCKERY design editor LAUREN SMITH copy chief

JASMINE PHILLIPS business manager KEATON BREWER ALEX PENCE

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The hidden gem of Bishop Hall

BY ANDREW DICKSON Columnist

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With a circulation of approximately 15,000, The Daily Mississippian is one of the largest student-run daily newspapers in the country and consistently ranked in the top 20 best college newspapers according to the Princeton Review.

“Imagine having your homework printed 15,000 times and distributed to the university,” a former editor for The DM told me when asked about the anxiety of running a newspaper.

“When I’m sitting there, about to submit the paper I stare at that button and ask myself, ‘Am I sure I’ve uploaded the correct PDF? Did I change that comma?’ It’s terrifying,” said current editor-in-chief Amelia Camurati. “But I love it.”

This weekend, the Student Media Center and the Meek School of Journalism and New Media are hosting a reunion and celebration for the centennial anniversary of the paper, originally published as The Mississippian in 1911.

The first year of publication, William Howard Taft was president of the United States, the Federal Reserve didn’t exist and Prohibition had not yet come and gone.

This rag has been around long enough to be termed “tradition” at Ole Miss.

The DM is “tradition” in the sense of being a consistent representation of the current culture of the student body at Ole Miss over the years, not “tradition” like certain icons given the label to confer some spurious sense of dignity which we’re asked to respect unquestioningly.

This paper survived World Wars, a Cold War and 1962 to boot.

In fact, a 1962 special edition of The DM ran an editorial from then editor-in-chief Sidna Brower, who urged students to go home instead of involving themselves in the violence, reasoning that the ongoing battle was between the state and the U.S. government. Looking back, could she have given a more rational piece of advice to her peers at that point in time? Not in my opinion.

While it’s not perfect, The DM is perhaps one of the most unique platforms of expression available for aspiring writers and journalists in the Southeast.

Your thoughts and ideas (500

to 700 words, to be exact) can be placed however you’d like for thousands of loyal readers, who range from college-aged kids to retirees.

They may not always agree with what you say (and sometimes they’re right — journalists do make mistakes, after all), but learning to appreciate their criticism leads the writer to achieve full potential.

The greatest aspect of journalism is the persistent search for knowledge, truth and fact in a world so muddled with in-betweens.

While some institutions, which will remain nameless for this column, do their best to cover things up, journalists actually make a living off of white Broncos and exposing politicians who expose themselves — this job is bloody fun.

But as a writer and observer, the most frustrating thing is to walk around this campus and listen to people lie to themselves and others with depressing mantras such as, “I’m not artistic,” or “I could never write, paint, design or compose something like that.”

Lies!

Some of you people are funny, clever, talented — much more so

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than me in many cases. If you start telling yourself, “I do have a niche,” and “I am good at this and could be even better with practice,” you’ll eventually start to believe it, and it will eventually come true. That’s how powerful our minds are.

What if you were an artist, composer or writer for The DM? Do you have something to offer that you haven’t shown us yet?

Martha Graham once said, “There is vitality, an energy that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you, this expression is unique. If you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost — the world will not have it.

It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable.”

Don’t be afraid to walk into the Student Media Center — that’s 201 Bishop Hall — because we need what you have to say. We’ve had a great 100 years.

Here’s to 100 more.

Andrew Dickson is a senior religious studies major from Terry, Miss. Email him at addickso@olemiss.edu.

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Of Mascots and Men: a newcomer’s view

BY LEXI THOMAN Columnist

I’ll be perfectly honest: Before I stumbled upon the Croft Institute for International Studies in a Google search, I had never considered going to Ole Miss. In fact, my first day on campus for a college visit in November 2009 was also my first day in Mississippi.

Needless to say, I was fully ignorant of Ole Miss history and traditions aside from what is prominently featured in grade school text books regarding James Meredith and the Civil Rights Movement.

Coming into my freshman year, I was also completely unaware that a campus-wide mascot war had been brewing for years.

I came to Ole Miss at a time when it was a little “mascot-confused.”

Even though Colonel Reb had

been absent from official university events since 2003, the football field was in many ways the only place he no longer appeared.

Both costumed characters and Colonel look-alikes were in the Grove for tailgating, posing for pictures and shaking hands. There was not one football game that fall that I did not see a Colonel reincarnation, and his continued presence made it easy to forget that he was no longer the official mascot.

To make things even more confusing, our own campus bookstore continued to promote and sell Colonel Reb merchandise. Official or not, the Colonel Reb image was still in heavy use nearly a decade after his departure from Ole Miss.

As an out-of-state student with no previous ties to Ole Miss, I can see how Colonel Reb can seem outdated, old-fashioned — and yes, even racist. But at the same time, I can see why the Colonel is very dear to many faithful Ole Miss sports fans and alumni.

I have heard every argument regarding the Colonel, both pro and

con, but the only thing I am sure of is this: regardless of whether or not you agreed with the 2003 decision, the administration and Associated Student Body has made it perfectly clear that the Colonel will not be coming out of retirement.

It is undeniable that the University of Mississippi has had an colorful (and occasionally tumulus) past. But part of what makes Ole Miss remarkable is its ability to weather storms and grow as a school, a campus and a community in the process.

Every major change that Ole Miss has undergone over the past few decades has had its critics: Integration in 1962, the removal of the Confederate flag from sporting events, the official retirement of Colonel Reb and the (more recent) ban of “From Dixie with Love,” just to name a few.

After each change, there was undeniable backlash. People disagreed, argued and protested in varying degrees. Students and alumni alike swore that the administration was destroying the uni-

versity. They pledged to withdraw from Ole Miss, pull funding and boycott football games. They said that Ole Miss would never be the same.

And yet, here we are today.

Colonel Reb, Rebel the Black Bear or no mascot at all, the Grove is still filled to the brim for those beautiful weekends each fall. There are still enough fans screaming “Hotty Toddy” inside the stadium before kickoff to create a deafening roar that sends chills down my spine.

Despite countless oaths to transfer, the student population has not decreased in size. In fact, enrollment has not dropped at all, but skyrocketed as Ole Miss prepares to accept its largest freshman class to date.

They got one thing right, however. The university will never be the same. But this school will never be what it was a decade ago, a year ago, or even what it was yesterday.

Chancellors, athletic directors, students and professors come and go. Traditions grow and die. But

Ole Miss still remains.

The truth is, I fell in love with the Ole Miss of today, not the Ole Miss of the past. Change is a part of life.

The University of Mississippi is a great institution with its sights set on the future, and I am proud to be a part of it.

Do I agree with every decision that the administration makes? No. Will changing a mascot make me forsake my university? Absolutely not.

I enrolled as an Ole Miss Rebel in 2009, and I am still an Ole Miss Rebel in 2011. Adding a bear sidekick will never change that.

Regardless of what our mascot has been, is now and will be in the future, one thing will never change: we will always be the Ole Miss Rebels.

And we’re gonna beat the hell out of you.

waxing poetic about “what it means to be a Rebel.”

What’s even more disappointing is that former ASB senator Hannah Loy has thrust herself to the forefront of the controversy as the organization’s student leader.

Her overdramatized statements to the press concerning the Save Colonel Reb Facebook group’s sudden inability to message its users were embarrassing enough. When the Commercial Appeal in Memphis came looking for a story, she tacked on unsubstantiated suspicions of a conspiracy involving university administrators.

But it was her primary defense of the former mascot at last night’s Save Colonel Reb support meeting (a story about a girl who knew a girl who went to an “African-American hair salon” to ask if Colonel Reb was offensive) that proved beyond all doubt how disillusioned this organization actually is. And if we allow ourselves to be so naive to believe that this organization represents who we are and where we are

going as a university, we are no better off.

We either want a new mascot or we don’t, but neither option will magically resurrect a symbol that was removed before most of us began attending the university.

Voting “yes” or “no” doesn’t really matter in the long run provided students vote for themselves and not for a group of fans or alumni who are looking out for their own interests.

Next Tuesday we can stand up for the right to make our own decisions or we can succumb to persuasion.

The choice is yours.

Lexi Thoman is junior international studies and Spanish double-major from St. Louis, Mo.

Blast from the Past

Our mascot. Our vote. 2/18/2010

BY ALEX MCDANIEL Former Editor-in-Chief

Many of our readers have likely noticed recent advertisements in The Daily Mississippian and TheDMOnline.com placed by the Colonel Reb Foundation in an attempt to influence students to vote “no” in the upcoming mascot election.

Although the editorial staff is normally removed from the advertising process, we have been closely monitoring the foundation’s ads for accuracy and even requested a change earlier in the week related to a misleading statistic.

However, we are still disturbed by the fact that the Ole Miss student body is being exposed to propaganda about next week’s election, specifically concerning what it does and doesn’t mean for the university.

The most common misconception being perpetuated by the foundation is that voting against a new mascot will provide the possibility for Colonel

Reb’s return, or that it will at least prevent his ghost from being overshadowed by a new onfield presence.

Regardless of how anyone feels about the circumstances, facts are facts – Colonel Reb as an on-field presence is gone and the merchandise logo is slowly but surely being disassociated with the university. Chancellor Jones has made it clear that the issue of reinstating Colonel Reb will not be revisited.

The Colonel Reb Foundation claims to “advocate student choice,” insisting that students who vote for the development of a new mascot will also be voting for administrative control in the process.

However, both Chancellor Dan Jones and the Associated Student Body have repeatedly said a new mascot will be developed and decided upon exclusively by the students.

If we as a university find this to be untrue, we have the power to fight back and hold our leaders accountable. Until it does, however, we cannot allow ourselves to be influenced

by speculation.

Furthermore, the foundation’s Facebook group boasts thousands of members, but it is unclear how many of these members are current students.

In fact, the group page is primarily flooded with comments from fans and alumni supporting the movement to bring back our former mascot – many of them unaware and uninformed about what next week’s vote actually entails.

It has become all too clear that this organization has no interest in giving students a voice, but rather giving students THEIR voice.

Not only is this organization outdated and irrelevant, but it does not represent this university or its current student body in any way, shape or form.

If the mission of the Colonel Reb Foundation held any value within the current Ole Miss student body, they would not need to blast advertising across campus or host “raves” at local venues to gain support. They wouldn’t have to host poorlyattended rallies for the sake of

NOTE: Following student support for a new mascot, the Mascot Selection Committee, consisting of Ole Miss students, was formed to help guide the development process of the new on-field mascot. Following votes by Ole Miss students, faculty, alumni and athletic ticket holders, Rebel the Black Bear was selected as the official mascot of Ole Miss Athletics in October 2010.

From the Editor This week, The Daily Mississippian will focus on moments that defined both it and the university in celebration of its centennial.

Reprinted articles and columns

come from the past 100 years of The DM. Friday’s edition will be our 100th anniversary commemorative edition leading up to the centennial celebration this weekend.

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Student claims that OUT buses are unsafe

BY JACOB BATTE News Editor

Recent allegations have cast the Oxford University transit bus system in a negative light.

Bo Roberson, 70, rides OUT almost every week, sometimes two to four times a week.

Roughly two months ago while riding the Red North bus, Roberson claimed he was assaulted by another man riding the bus.

Roberson claims to have sustained injuries to his right knee directly from the other rider, and when he attempted to flee the situation he also hurt his left leg and back.

After pressing charges against the other man on the bus, Roberson noticed that nothing was being done about the matter.

So he wrote a letter to Mike Tagert, transportation commissioner for the Northern District of Mississippi, detailing the problems that he has witnessed as a passenger on the bus system.

“If safety is the hallmark of a public transit vehicle operator, and I believe it is, my observations indicate serious failures within the Oxford University Transit System,” Roberson wrote.

“First, and the most paramount, is the failure to obey traffic laws and operator regulations.”

Roberson points to speeding, ignoring traffic signs, accelerating to

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the field.”

Louis Day’s act of sportsmanship was at the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships. On one of his throws in the preliminary rounds of the weight throw competition, the official misread his mark and gave two extra meters to his throw.

Day knew the mark to be inaccurate and he informed his coach, Mike Sergent. After the discussion, his coach approached the officials ED VOT ST BE FIRM 1 LAW0 & 201 201

beat stop lights and racing pedestrians who have entered crosswalks as the most common safety concerns, which he believes all stem from the bus drivers’ need to try to maintain punctual arrival and departure times.

Roberson notes in the letter that he has filed three written complaints and one oral complaint to the management of OUT but has yet to receive any notification that the complaints were taken seriously.

While waiting to hear from the transportation commissioner, Roberson came across a bill that has been brought up by Rep. William Shuster of Pennsylvania. The bill, titled H.R. 1390, or the Buses Act of 2011, would force buses to follow rules and regulations set up by the government, including “monitoring of the safety performance of motor coach service providers and other commercial motor carriers of passengers” and “progressive interventions to correct unsafe practices, and if they are not corrected, an enforcement action.”

H.R. 1390 was introduced in Congress on April 6, though no decision has been made on it as of yet.

When he did not receive a timely response from Tagert, Roberson wrote to U.S. Senator Thad Cochran. In the letter, he asked for Sen. Cochran’s support in getting

the bill passed, and details some of his experiences with OUT. Since the incident, Roberson, who is taking classes at Ole Miss, has had to rely on the buses even more than usual but because the charges were made formal, he has seen a noticeable change in the attitudes of OUT employees toward him.

“They are rude,” Roberson said.

“And they will say things to me like they are trying to get a rise out of me.”

Roberson mentioned the problems to Sen. Cochran.

“Since the release of the complaints, I have been stalked and threatened with bodily harm by the friends of management and employees of OUT,” Roberson wrote. “I sincerely fear for my safety.”

Roberson’s case was brought to court and dismissed after the judge viewed the video that was being recorded on the bus.

Ron Biggs, OUT general manager, said there is a certain type of individual that he looks for when picking a driver.

“I pick my employees very carefully,” he said. “We do an extensive background check on them that involves drug and alcohol testing.”

Biggs said he checked all of the allegations made against his bus drivers with the cameras and that he finds no truth in the allegations

to acknowledge the mistake. The officials decided that the mark was indeed inaccurate and honored the protest. The competitor who initially did not make the mark to be in the top 12 was allowed to participate in the finals and the officials expanded the final number of participants to include Day. “Although Louis did not win a championship during this event, his sportsmanship is that of a champion,” said Eric Hyman, South Carolina director of athletics.

This marks the second-straight year Ole Miss has been recognized

with the SEC Sportsmanship Award, as former running back Rodney Scott was honored for his sportsmanship after Auburn safety Zac Etheridge was injured during the Rebels’ game against the Tigers in 2009.

Last year, Scott, along with South Carolina softball player Sam Arbaugh, were recipients of the SEC Sportsmanship Award.

In 2009, the University of Alabama women’s tennis team and University of Arkansas track and field athlete Dorian Ulrey were recipients of the SEC Sportsmanship Award.

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David Coleman, an Ole Miss music major, rides the bus to campus to avoid parking and traffic hassles.

against his drivers.

“It’s sad that he’s doing this but it’s his constitutional right,” he said.

Biggs said that if his drivers

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act this question by asking: “What are the qualifications, exactly?”

“I have worked in this industry,” Beard said. “Fashion isn’t rocket science; this is my chance to do something for me.”

SoCreo still has a long road ahead of it with many adventures to go, and Beard and Hunter are both excited and ready for the journey.

“It was the perfect opportunity at the perfect time,” Hunter said.

break the law then they will be dealt with.

“If my drivers are not driving safe, they won’t be employed here anymore.”

“SoCreo can change the fashion industry, I feel like this is an industry on the verge of death, and I’m excited to breathe new life back into it.”

Beard, who shows a clear understanding of what lies ahead, closes with his hopes of SoCreo’s future.

“Right now, we are taking one day at a time, and remembering to focus on our clients,” he said.

“We know we are going places, so we will worry about it when the time is right.”

For more information about SoCreo, visit the SoCreo Facebook page or socero.com.

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Blast from the Past New Orleans Battle To Be Greatest Epic 12/17/1959

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: DECEMBER 17, 1959 | The Daily Mississippian

BY JIMMIE ROBERTSON Former Sports Editor

Not since the immortal Stonewall Jackson led the mighty Rebels into the second battle of Manassas Junction almost a hundred years ago has there been a rematch of such proportions as that which will take place upon the turf of Sugar Bowl Stadium in New Orleans come Jan. 1.

The Rebels again will be involved. With the stone-faced John Vaught, a man of sound and serious mind at the helm, the revenge-seeking Rebels this time will encounter a foe with a defense every bit as impregnable as the Yankee lines at Bull Run. The foe is now a Tiger, vicious and destructive, reaping havoc with relentless rage upon all who venture into its den. This creature of the claw will strike with the power of a Union cannon and

defend with the ferocity of a lioness guarding her cubs.

Colonel is Ready But Colonel Rebel is ready, outwardly as pleasant and convincing as a Texas cowboy peddling flowers at a most modest price, but inwardly the brewer of terror and bent on becoming a champion.

Once before the Colonel met the Tiger, and out of that Halloween night, so dark and dreary, came a thunderous explosion. The Colonel was stunned as though struck by the impact of a mighty cannon. Immediately a fresh general appeared upon the scene and guided his troops with a sturdy hand. But just before reaching the goal which he sought, he heard the Tiger exclaim, “Nevermore.”

Two Best This New Year’s Day spectacle will feature the two best football teams in the nation each striving to prove that it is THE best. The

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Tigers won the first time around in the greatest game played in this or any other year. The second meeting of Colonel Rebel and Mike the Tiger should prove every bit as thrilling.

Statistics show that the Rebels have averaged 32.9 points per game during the year, while they have given their opponent only 2.1 a game. LSU, on the hand, has scored at the rate of 21.4 points per game, while yielding only 2.9 an outing.

Flowers Leads Leading the scoring parade for Coach Vaught’s Rebels will be All-America fullback Charlie Flowers, a 200-pound senior who led the Southeastern Conference in scoring with 66 points on 11 touchdowns. In yards gained Flowers was sixth in the nation and first in the SEC as he rushed for 733 yards this year.

Flowers is not Ole Miss’ only

offensive weapon by any means.

Quarterback Jake Gibbs, for example, was the No. 1 man in the conference in both passing yardage and total offense. And if he should falter, Bobby Franklin, an All-SEC choice in 1958, is most capable of taking over. And, from the halfback slots, Bobby Crespino, Cowboy Woodruff and George Blair can run with speed and power. Also key performers are fullback James (Hoss) Anderson and halfback Dewey Partridge.

It is needless to say that this will be the best of all the bowl games this year and the game should reach the heights of the earlier meeting of the two schools. But the outcome may be different.

For, with Ole Miss’ All-America lawyer laying the ground work for the case, the Rifleman could easily become the Bandit’s executioner.

continued from page 8 Rouco returned to Florida International as an assistant coach for the 2000-01 season, where he stayed until 2003. In his first season back, he coached NBA player Carlos Arroyo, best remembered for his time with the Utah Jazz and Orlando Magic.

After his second stint with Florida International, Rouco joined Bill Gillispie’s coaching staff at UTEP. In his one season at UTEP, 2003-04, he helped lead the Miners to a 24-8 record and a NCAA Tournament appearance.

After a last-place conference finish in 2002-03, UTEP won a share of the Western Athletic Conference regular season championship and advanced the conference tournament final in Rouco’s one season.

After his success at UTEP, he was offered the head coaching position at Florida International.

In his first season as head coach, he made a splash with a 65-60 win at Florida State and led the Panthers to the conference tournament semi-finals.

Despite five losing seasons and a 55-94 record as head coach at Florida International, he gained valuable experience and developed four all-conference players, including Ivan Almonte, who led the conference in rebounding and earned first-team honors in 2005.

Hired in May, Rouco couldn’t work with the players before the end of the semester, so he’s taking time now to build those bonds with the players. Rouco and the coaching staff are also preparing for the July recruiting period, the busiest and most important time for shaping the upcoming recruiting class.

“We are very excited,” he said.

“We plan to go to the NCAA tournament.”

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UM football position breakdown: Defensive line With college football only a couple months away, it’s time to take an early look at the Ole Miss football team. Each Thursday, The Daily Mississippian’s Bennett Hipp will break down Ole Miss position-by-position as part of an eight-week series. Next week: Special teams

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One of the more veteran units on the Ole Miss team in 2010, the 2011 Ole Miss defensive line is much smaller and less experienced than it was a year ago but enjoys a boost in the unit’s athleticism.

Gone are defensive tackle stalwarts Jerrell Powe (Kansas City Chiefs), Ted Laurent (Edmonton Eskimos) and Lawon Scott. In their place is a pair of talented redshirt freshmen and a junior college transfer.

At the defensive end position, Ole Miss gets a playmaker and team leader back as senior Kentrell Lockett is on track to be ready for fall practice after missing most of last season with a torn ACL. Lockett received his waiver from the NCAA that gave him one more year of eligibility on April 1. Ole Miss needs him even more now that junior linebacker D.T. Shackelford went down with an ACL injury of his own.

As a junior in 2009, Lockett showed flashes of great ability, recording 39 tackles and five sacks, in addition to 10 tackles for loss. The Rebels struggled mightily for most of last season generating a pass rush.

The return of a healthy Lockett gives Ole Miss the legitimate pass rusher they lacked in 2010.

He is also one of the leaders of the team, and his abilty to motivate and lead younger players cannot be over looked. He is listed as a co-starter at one of the defensive end spots along with talented junior Gerald Rivers.

Rivers battled injuries both in the fall and spring, but showed plenty of promise and improved both as a pass rusher and against the run. He suffered a knee injury during spring practice, but should be ready to go when fall practice starts. Last year, he recorded 14 tackles and 2.5 sacks in 10 games played.

Behind them on the postspring depth chart is sophomore Carlos Thompson, who was forced into duty last season due to injuries all over the defensive front. Thompson showed in the spring that he is already a proficient pass rusher, but just needs to add weight to improve against the run.

At the other defensive end position, senior Wayne Dorsey is hoping to improve on a disappointing 2010 season. He showed improvement during spring practice before being sidelined with a concussion. He was one of the top junior college recruits in the 2010 signing class, but struggled with the transition to Southeastern Conference football.

Listed behind Dorsey on the post-spring depth chart is junior Jason Jones, whose work ethic and high-intensity play have impressed coaches. He recorded 17 tackles and and 2.5 sacks last season. Third on the depth chart is sophomore Cameron Whigham, who has the size and strength for the position, but is still learning the nuances of the position.

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Senior Wayne Dorsey lines up at defensive end in a 27-13 win at Tulane last season. Dorsey, who is expected to start opposite senior Kentrell Lockett this season, finished with 12 tackles and a sack last season.

2011 class. Sophomore defensive end Delvin Jones was booted from the team in the spring for violation of team rules.

Redshirt-freshman Bryon Bennett emerged in the spring at nose tackle and sits atop of the depth chart with co-starter Gilbert Pena, a junior college transfer from Yonkers, N.Y. While still undersized, Bennett showed explosiveness and toughness at the position, and impressed during the spring, despite nagging injuries.

Pena was a key part of Houston Nutt’s 2011 signing class and quickly showed why the Rebels recruited him. Listed at 6’-2,” 336-pounds, Pena needs

to drop some weight before he is ready for the rigors of Division 1 football. He showed quick feet and impressive explosiveness in the spring for a player his size. Sophomore Corey Gaines is another player to watch this season, but also needs to drop some weight and improve his conditioning.

Sophomore Carlton Martin, a high school teammate of Bennett at Madison Central, emerged at the other defensive tackle spot and is thought to be team’s best interior pass rusher.

He has a great deal of athleticism for a tackle, which helps him immensely, and showed great explosiveness during

spring practice before suffering a concussion. He is listead as a co-starter with junior Justin Smith, who has battled injuries throughout his Ole Miss career, but will have a chance to contribute in 2011.

The Rebels will receive even more help at the position when Uriah Grant, another junior college transfer, enrolls and joins the team this fall. He will add depth at the position and could step into the rotation immediately. Ole Miss also signed a high school defensive tackle in Woodrow Hamilton, who could use a year in the weight room, but has a bright future at the position.

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Michael White left for a head coaching position at Louisiana Tech, Owen Miller to become the head coach at Gulfport High School and Torrey Ward to pursue other coaching opportunities.

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With two of the three assistant coaching jobs filled, former Florida International University head coach Sergio Rouco accepted the final assistant coaching position early last month. Rouco brings head coaching experience from the high school, college and international level to the Ole Miss bench for this upcoming season.

“You can’t take away experience,” Rouco said. “Every day you learn something different.”

Rouco was born in Cuba but raised in Miami, where he attended Nova Southeastern University.

While in college, he began his coaching career at Loyola High School in Miami (1986-87).

After college, Rouco was offered an assistant coaching position at Florida International, where he stayed from 1987-91. He returned to the high school level, where he was very successful at Miami Norland from 1991-95. He led Miami Norland to a No. 1 state ranking for part of the 1994-95 season.

From there, Rouco was hired to coach in the Dominican Republic for Club Mauricio Baez (1995) and Los Minas (1996). In the same year, Rouco also made his first coaching stop in Venezuela as head coach of the Trotamundos

de Carabobo. He later returned to Venezuela in 2010 and led the Marinos de Anzoategui to a runner-up finish in the 2009-10 season.

Following the 1996-97 season in Venezuela, Rouco spent the next three years with the Boys & Girls Club of Miami as an associate director. In this position, Rouco dealt with fundraising in the community and started new programs like flag football and basketball.

“I’ve been blessed and fortunate to be able to coach in different areas and different places,” he said.

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