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DAVID Williams pleads guilty to City considers parking manslaughter and kidnapping management plan Former Ole Miss student Demetria Bracey’s family gained closure yesterday, after David Williams accepted his role in her death.

BY HOUSTON BROCK thedmnews@gmail.com

David Williams plead guilty to manslaughter and kidnapping inveiglement of Demetria Bracey Monday morning. Williams will serve 25 years on both counts, with the possibility of having the last five years suspended following a mental evaluation.

Williams was a student at the University of Mississippi when he and Bracey, also an Ole Miss student, allegedly made a suicide pact together. Bracey was found dead in Williams’ apartment in November 2005 with an apparent stab-wound in her chest. Her body was in his apartment for four days before Williams called Bracey’s parents and told them she committed suicide.

Williams was found guilty of murdering Bracey by a jury in 2007 and was sentenced to life in prison, where he remained until his case was reopened by the Mississippi Supreme Court in 2011.

Williams had the opportunity to be charged with assisted suicide, something the jurors were not aware of dur-

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ing the first trial. The Mississippi Supreme Court wanted Williams to have the opportunity to be tried again, but he instead opted to plead guilty to manslaughter and kidnapping inveiglement.

District Attorney Ben Creekmore said the prosecution worked with the defense on Williams’ plea offer.

“With this plea, he accepted responsibility for her death,” Creekmore said.

“He stood in open court and accepted responsibility and will be punished for that.”

Demetria Bracey’s father Jerome had an opportunity to address the court and the

defendant, at which time he forgave him for what he did.

“He was very emotional about it,” Creekmore said.

“It’s a pain he’ll never overcome, but he is glad that the defendant accepted responsibility.”

Williams Attorney David Hill said he felt the verdict was appropriate for his client.

“Today David Williams was given the opportunity to accept responsibility for his role in Demetria Bracey’s death,” he said.

“David freely admitted at the time of his arrest to aiding, abetting and encouraging Demetria’s death, as part of a suicide agreement. The charges for which he accepted responsibility today more appropriately fit that conduct which he has never denied committing, rather than the charge for which he was initially indicted.”

Creekmore said this case has been important to his office for a long time now.

“We do feel like it does justice for Demetria Bracey and can give her family some closure with the respect to the judicial system,” he said.

Oxonians and students need not fear paid parking on the Square for now, as The Downtown Parking Advisory Commission considers a “Plan B” to managing parking.

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The Board of Aldermen meeting Friday morning in the board room to discuss paid parking on the square.

BY MEGAN SMITH thedmnews@gmail.com

The Downtown Parking Advisory Commission has put the idea of paid parking

on the Square on hold and is considering enforcement as a method to manage the downtown parking issue.

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Future of state’s only abortion clinic remains unclear JACKSON, Miss. – U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III ruled Friday that a strict abortion law passed by the Republican-controlled legislature can take effect, but he gave the clinic more time to comply with the law’s requirements and said it won’t face any criminal or civil penalties as it tries to do so.

The law requires anyone who performs abortions at the clinic to be an OB-GYN with privileges to admit pa-

tients to a local hospital.

The clinic’s two out-of-state OB-GYNS don’t have those privileges and have had difficulty getting them from local hospitals.

“We do not yet know whether the clinic will obtain admitting and staff privileges,” the judge wrote. “As both parties stated during the hearing, the resolution of that issue will impact the ultimate issues in this case.”

Both sides claimed partial victory Friday evening.

“The federal judge has provided crucial temporary protection for the clinic and its physicians,” said Nancy Northup, the president and CEO of the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, which has been helping the clinic in the lawsuit. “We will remain vigilant in our fight to ensure the clinic isn’t subject to penalties that would force its doors to close and deprive Mississippi women of their constitutionally-protected rights.”

Gov. Phil Bryant said Friday he was “gratified” that the judge will allow the law to start taking effect.

“Mississippi will continue to defend this important measure as the legal process moves forward,” the Republican governor said in a news release.

The clinic, Jackson Women’s Health Organization, has said it could be forced out of business with the admitting privileges requirement, making it nearly im-

possible to get an abortion in Mississippi.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled states can’t place undue burdens on, or create substantial obstacles to, women seeking abortions.

The clinic said its OBGYNs have applied for admitting privileges at most Jackson-area hospitals but haven’t received responses. When clinic employees called a Catholic hospital to See CLINIC, PAGE 4

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Family > Money

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While heading home on Hwy 55, I heard a rap lyric that resonated with me so strongly I decided to write about it. Here’s how it goes: “Family is everything, and money is less important.”

For those of you that may be unfamiliar with the lyric, it’s from Wale’s song “Ambition.”

Oftentimes for me, rap lyrics just sound “cool” and are the fruits of some people’s uncanny ability to arrange words in a fashion that flows naturally. However, I fervently believe the aforementioned lyric holds far greater value than can be displayed

in the amount of times it has been sold.

The old adage, “It takes a village to raise a child” provides an example of how family truly trumps money.

My life is a personal testament to the validity of that statement. I will share with you the lessons my family has taught me and while reading I would ask that you reflect on the lessons that your family bestowed on you.

I remember back when I was in 4th or 5th grade and it was report card time. I had once again made all A’s and recall proclaiming to my uncle that I was indeed the smartest person in my class. He responded, “That’s good, but you don’t want to be satisfied with being the smartest in your class, but the smartest person period.”

To this day, I still reflect on those words he spoke to me as young child. I doubt he

even knows it, but his words fueled me from then to now to always strive for excellence and to always put my best foot forward.

Another example of a family lesson comes from my dear mother. Mom always taught me to be mindful of my actions because someone is always watching you, whether you know it or not.

The majority of the time she said this was in reference to my little brother. She engrained in me the importance of being a proper role model to him and how my actions heavily influence him. My brother would never believe it, but he puts more pressure on me to do what’s right than my parents.

One cannot share a lesson from Mom without sharing one from Dad. My dad taught me responsibility in very unique ways. To be honest, I didn’t know

he was schooling me until I went off to college. During high school, my father never implemented a set curfew for me; he left it up to me to decide when I would come home. Even with a seemingly unlimited curfew I would always come back home at midnight, one at the latest.

Dad essentially taught me that life as an adult is full of decisions that you make on your own and ultimately, I have to be accountable for my choices, good and bad ones alike.

I’m thankful everyday for the family I was born into, and I wouldn’t trade them for the world. I want to say a big thank you to my own family and say that everything I am is because of all of you.

Trenton Winford is a public policy leadership junior from Madison.

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Whether or not to abort abortion in Mississippi

BY ANNA RUSH akrush@gmail.com

US District Judge Daniel Jordan III extended the temporary restraining order on the new Mississippi abortion law on Wednesday, July 11.

The new law could force the state’s only abortion clinic to close its doors. Jordan has yet to decide whether to issue a preliminary injunction against the law. He wants time to review the newly issued rules on how the law would be enforced. The Mississippi Health Department issued the rules yesterday morning.

The Bill, HB 1390, requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a local hospital and be board certified in obstetrics and gynecology.

The Jackson Women’s Health Organization has filed suit, saying the bill would force the state’s only clinic to shut down. The three abortion providers are board certified OB/GYNs, however only one

lives in the state and they do not have admitting privileges at the local hospitals. While they have all applied for admitting privileges, there is a risk that they might be denied by the religious-based hospitals that are against abortion or denied for other reasons.

Proponents of the bill have said it is designed for the safety and protection of women.

Those against the bill see it as a backdoor way of making Mississippi abortion free.

Gov. Phil Bryant and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves have both expressed views against abortion and wishes that Mississippi was abortion free. The bill shortly followed Proposition 26, also known as the “Personhood Amendment,” which was shot down by voters. The proposition, if passed, would have greatly effected women’s options in respect to their reproductive health and rights.

Roe v. Wade was the landmark case protecting a women’s right to an abortion. In

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1992 the Supreme Court upheld Roe in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, ruling that a woman has a constitutional right to choose abortion before viability, that is when the child can live outside the womb, and thereafter if her life or health is at stake. In Casey the court ruled that in order to succeed in a constitutional challenge, a law must be shown to have the purpose or effect of placing a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman seeking an abortion.

This law would certainly be placing a substantial obstacle if it forces the only abortion clinic to close. Although the law is said to insure safety of women, closing the clinic would limit women wishing to get an abortion with very few options, some of which would be very unsafe. Women would have to leave the state, providing they had means to do so. What if they were unable to leave the state? The alternatives to a safe, certified clinic are horrific. The so

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called health-protecting bill would actually do far more damage in relation to women’s health.

And what message would we be sending to women? Casting shame on them in what is already a difficult decision.

There are many different reasons why a woman might seek an abortion. Each case has a story behind it, and regardless of whether you morally agree or disagree with that decision, the Supreme Court has ruled it a constitutional right. This bill could potentially violate a constitutional right and actually harm women’s health.

Hopefully the courts will be progressive and forward thinking and bring women’s health and choices to the forefront, placing Mississippi ahead of the curve instead of consistently behind.

Anna Rush is a second-year law student from Hattiesburg.

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In our globalized world, Advice to freshmen: to cheat or not to cheat knowing current events is essential

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Even though my morning schedule has changed quite a bit since I moved to Rio de Janeiro, certain things have stayed very much the same. I still go on an early run to watch the sunrise, drink about a pot of coffee before noon and waste time before my daily commute to school.

Only now, my runs are on the beach, the coffee is domestic and strong, and it takes me an hour-long bus ride to get to the university.

But beside continuing my running and coffee addictions, there is one more habit from the U.S. I have failed to break from 5,000 miles away: I listen to the news on National Public Radio every morning. Although faithfully listening to the news is a habit I wish I could say I developed on my own, the credit belongs to my parents. NPR was, in many ways, the soundtrack of my childhood. Whether in the kitchen, office, garage or the car, the radio was constantly on, constantly updating my family on the news of the world.

Whereas I used to hate it — I would beg my parents to switch the station, wishing we were a normal family that listened to music stations in the car — radio news is now something I cannot live without. Simply put, it is the easiest, most effortless way for me to keep up with what is going on in our world.

As a college student, it is easy to let current events slip by in the background, unnoticed and unimportant. But during the most

influential four years of our lives, a global perspective should be at the forefront of our minds. We have no excuse to remain ignorant to the world around us.

I will never forget the morning this past September when I overheard one of the most ridiculous conversations of my life. I was sitting at the counter of Bottletree Bakery, nursing my coffee and studying for a test in my next class. A couple sat down next to me and went about ordering their cappuccinos and pastries. They spoke loud enough that I could easily hear every word.

The girl apparently had an essay on a major world event of the past year due the next day, and — in typical college student fashion — she had yet to choose a topic, let alone start. Her boyfriend was naming off topics for her, and when he named Osama Bin Laden’s death as an option, she stopped him.

“Wait a minute, we killed Osama Bin Laden?” she said, shocked. “When?”

How this girl managed to go four months without knowing that the United States’ Most Wanted man had been killed is beyond me. While it is obvious that this is an extreme case, it draws attention to how easy it can be to ignore the rest of the world, even in a society as technologically advanced as we are.

Today, remaining ignorant can be easier than it is to pull up a news website on the internet or flip to a news station on TV. But as U.S. citizens in an increasingly globalized world, we owe it to ourselves to be educated on events from every corner of the planet.

Lexi Thoman is senior international studies and Spanish doublemajor from St. Louis, Mo.

Jack and Jill are your lab partners in biology lab. They decide to cheat on their fetal pig dissection practical by sitting next to each other and writing their answers in big letters. This allows them to glance at each other’s answers when they rotate from their stations. You have been their lab partner since the beginning of the semester and these two have aced the first two practicals by cheating.

You, on the other hand, have been drawing diagrams, making flashcards and studying the text and have barely managed to pull a 68 and 74 on your first two practicals.

For your final practical, they reveal their secret to you — do you join them or do you decide to stick by your morals?

Because when you become a doctor you want to have honestly earned your medical license rather than having your moral conscience haunt you for the rest of your life.

You could also risk your seat at Ole Miss and be kicked out of the university, having all of your hard earned scholarship money confiscated. Difficult choice isn’t it?

Getting away with cheating was easy in high school, but college is a different story. It is the real deal. You are an adult, 18 years old or older, and you won’t get time out in the corner, get paddled, suspended from school for cheating or have to copy the first 25 pages of a dictionary.

You will be treated as an adult and be kicked out of Ole Miss without a back glance.

Not to mention your reputation in front of your friends, your TA, your brother/sister, your professor and possibly the worst — your parents.

Granted any medical profession is a challenging task to get to, but I’m sure your patient won’t be happy to have a nurse, doctor, pharmacist, etc. that cheated to get his/her license.

Cheating is like an addiction to smoking, alcohol, ice cream or chocolate. You indulge once and you cannot stop.

Coming to college is a process of growing up and making your own decisions.

Nobody will come do your laundry, nor will anyone take the blame for your cheating.

So think twice before you cheat on an exam because when you become an M.D. having cheated and you have a patient that just dies on the table during surgery before you diagnose them, then you will regret not having truly earned this position of responsibility and authority.

That is why freshman classes for health professional students are one of the toughest freshman courses; they prepare you for the real deal. They are not weed-out courses. They prepare you

for the pressure you will feel when you have less than 30 seconds to make a life threatening medical decision for your dying patient.

So prepare yourselves premed, pre-pharm, pre-dental, pre-optometry and other prehealth professional majors, because saving a patient’s life is the real deal. Think twice before you cheat.

My academic advisor once told me that you will meet students like Jack and Jill along your college career.

But that doesn’t mean we should become one of them.

As the ancient Greek playwright, Sophocles, once said, “I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating.”

Take home message: Please don’t cheat. You’ve worked too hard to get to Ole Miss.

Don’t you want to be called an Ole Miss graduate and take pride in your work without a bad record on your transcript?

Bindiya Ganatra is a senior biology and English double major from Mathiston.

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Bringing the Blues Back to Oxford: Oxford Blues Fest Oxford will celebrate the blues July 20-22 with bands, panels and cook-outs.

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Scenes from last year’s Oxford Bluesfest. The third annual Oxford Bluesfest will take place in Oxford this weekend.

BY MEGAN FULLERTON mcfuller@olemiss.edu

Taking pride in its blues roots, Oxford will host the third annual Blues Festival this weekend, July 20-22.

Darryl Parker, who founded the festival with the tagline “just a reason to celebrate,” said he believes Oxford needed a little something extra to spice up the quiet college-town that comes every summer.

“People are looking for ways to come back to Oxford,” Parker said.

As the students leave for the break, so do the majority of Oxford business consumers. Parker said he wanted to create something that would attract people and “get something growing” while also boosting the city’s economy.

The Oxford Blues Festival begins Friday at 4 p.m. with a panel discussion at the University Museum with Blues Hall of Fame non-performer Dick Waterman, headliner Jody Williams and musician Sam Mosley.

Saturday’s events include a show held inside the museum for Ben Wiley Peyton and bands performing on the porch of the Walton-Young Historic House.

The last day of the event will be held at the Foxfire Ranch, an out-of-town venue that hosts blues shows every Sunday, featuring Mosley & Johnson Band.

Owned by Ole Miss employee Annie Hollowell and her husband, the venue, located off Hwy 7, will include a BBQ potluck and outdoor blues music.

Jody Williams, the musician headlining the event, has recorded with various blues artists like B.B. King and Robert Lockwood Jr. “They were musicians who

inspired me,” Williams said.

She later met both artists while recording and had the opportunity to play alongside them.

Williams started playing street corners in Chicago with his friend Bo Diddley and eventually established himself as a session player at Chess Records.

The blues artist has toured several countries and, most memorably, spent two weeks touring Australia.

“When I got there, all I wanted was to see a kangaroo and a demonstration of how to throw a boomerang,” Williams said.

After Australia, Williams took a 30-year hiatus as a technical engineer.

“My guitar sat under my bed untouched for 30 years,” Williams said. “Memories and people from the past made me want to play again.”

He has recorded two albums since he picked up his guitar again and will perform at the Oxford Blues Fest on Friday at 7 p.m. with local musicians.

Many local businesses are participating in the festival, including Taylor Grocery, the festival’s caterer, as well as other Mississippi food vendors stationed throughout the festival grounds. After hours, blues bands perform at local bars in various locations throughout the Square.

Admission to the festival is $10 per day, but two canned goods will knock the ticket price down to $5 per person.

“I wanted this to be a win-win situation,” Parker said. “It’s an opportunity for bands to be getting a pay day, but people are able to hear blues at an affordable price, too.”

For more information about the Oxford Blues Fest, go to foxfireexperience.net or oxfordbluesfest.com.

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ask about applying for privileges, clinic owner Diane Derzis recently said, “We were told not to bother.”

The clinic sued the state June 27 seeking to block the law. Jordan temporarily blocked the measure July 1, the day it was supposed to take effect. He heard arguments Wednesday about the clinic’s request for a longer injunction, and granted the request in part on Friday.

Jordan wrote that the dispute over the law is a “fluid situation.”

“The act will be allowed to take effect, but plaintiffs will not be subject to the risk of criminal or civil penalties at this time or in the future for operating without the relevant privileges,” wrote the judge, an appointee of former President George W. Bush.

Jordan noted that during Wednesday’s hearing, clinic attorneys said the facility would continue to seek hospital admitting privileges.

He wrote that he blocked penalties because the clinic had shown it would face “ir-

reparable injury” if criminal prosecution or civil penalties were possible if the clinic didn’t obtain the privileges quickly.

“Given the highly charged political context of this case and the ambiguity still present, the court finds that there would be a chilling effect on the plaintiffs’ willingness to continue operating the clinic until they obtained necessary privileges,” he wrote.

Supporters of the law passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature this year said it’s designed to protect patients, and Bryant has said he hopes it will help make Mississippi “abortion-free.”

Republican state Rep. Sam Mims, who sponsored the law, said he’s also pleased Jordan allowed the law to take effect.

“I am confident that the new legislation will result in the improvement of health care for women,” Mims said.

The state health officer, Dr. Mary Currier, filed a sworn statement in federal court Thursday showing how long it would take to fully implement the law if it takes effect.

If the clinic is inspected and found out of compliance, it would get about 10 months

to try to follow the mandates and to exhaust its administrative appeals with the Health Department. If the clinic loses its state license, it would then get more time to appeal to a state court.

Health Department spokeswoman Liz Sharlot said Currier and other department officials were reviewing the judge’s decision late Friday to see what the agency’s next steps will be.

The clinic says its physicians perform almost all of the roughly 2,000 abortions that are performed in Mississippi each year. If Mississippi physicians perform 10 or fewer abortions a month, or 100 or fewer a year, they can avoid having their offices regulated as abortion facilities.

A spokeswoman for ProLife Mississippi, Tanya Britton, said Friday of the judge’s ruling that keeps the clinic open for now: “It’s not a victory for the women of the state of Mississippi. This law was always about their health. If a woman is going to have an abortion and if people who perform abortions say they really care about the health of women, then they should want the best standard of care.”

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In an earlier meeting, the Board of Aldermen decided to delay their decision on signing a contract with Standard Parking to implement paid parking on the Square, a plan that included parking meters around the Square.

The committee mentioned public opinion among the reasons for a Plan B. In a meeting this past Fri-

day, Oxford City Planner Tim Akers announced that another plan was being considered by the commission.

Enforcement of parking laws has been an issue, as was evident when a large stack of unpaid parking tickets was presented to the board.

“The Board of Aldermen requested that DPAC investigate all parking management options, including better enforcement of the two-hour parking limit,” Akers said.

Plan B involves stricter

enforcement of the current parking laws by the city, which may include higher fees and a “booting” policy for repeat offenders. The committee is also considering using license plate recognition technology to enforce the two-hour parking limit.

“No decision has yet been made on the fines or policies relating to overtime parking,” Akers said.

The next meeting of DPAC is schedule for July 26 at 6:30 p.m. in City Hall.

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Gov. Bryant enters lawsuit against Obamacare Obamacare has been receiving heavy disproval from both parties and several organizations throughout the country, but individual citizens have decided to take it upon themselves to file lawsuits, as well.

BY ADAM GANUCHEAU aganucheau24@gmail.com

Despite the recent repeal on President Barack Obama’s health care law by the U.S. House of Representatives, a group of 11 people, including Gov. Phil Bryant, have decided to take matters into their own hands.

The group, made up of politicians and attorneys, is suing the federal government on grounds that Obamacare is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett in Hattiesburg set a bench trial date in October to hear the case.

The plaintiff group, which includes congressmen and attorneys, believe the healthcare law would force Americans to disclose personal medical information to private, third-party insurers, which violates the right to medical privacy.

“As a sovereign people, we exist not to serve the Government, but have instead created the Government to serve us. We therefore have empowered the courts to protect our constitutional rights, especially those few, special rights we deem fundamental.

Because the individual mandate infringes upon our fundamental right to privacy, the individual mandate must be declared unconstitutional, else we must acknowledge that sovereign authority no longer resides in the people,” the plaintiffs argued, according to an Associated Press article.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Obamacare on June 28, which will impose taxes on U.S. citizens without health care starting in 2014.

Bryant entered this lawsuit as a private citizen, and the lawsuit is not the only one of its kind around the country.

Multiple religious, political and social groups nationwide have launched major lawsuits against the federal government pertaining to the constitutionality of Obamacare, and political analysts believe that many more are sure to arise.

The U.S. House of Representatives, currently a Republican majority, voted 244 to 185 to repeal Obamacare on July 11, less than two weeks

after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the law. That was the second time the House voted to repeal the full law, after voting more than 30 times to repeal parts of the law.

Even though the law was repealed by the U.S. House, provisions of the law will slowly start to take effect on Mississippians and other Americans. On January 1, a new Medicare tax will begin, as well as a tax on the sale of medical devices. Republicans across the state have said Mississippians that are already struggling to afford medical-related costs will be in an even bigger hole.

“Everything that supporters of this law told us when they were passing it has turned out to be false,” Rep. Alan Nunnelee said in a press release after he voted to repeal the health care law on July 11.

“They said if you like your health care plan you can keep it, it’s not a tax hike, insurance premiums will go down, it will not affect religious liberty, and the list goes on.”

Nunnelee, like Bryant and the plaintiff group, said he does not think the law is beneficial to Mississippians.

“I disagreed with the Supreme Court ruling, but the majority opinion did note that it is not their job to say whether or not this is a good law,” Nunnelee said. “I can answer that question for them: Obamacare is bad for freedom, bad for health care and bad for job creation, and that is why it must be repealed.”

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SPORTS SPORTS | 17 JULY 2012 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 7

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Sophomore goalie Kelly McCormick

McCORMICK, continued from page 8

to come back next season and help motivate my team to a winning effort, and I want to continue to work really hard.”

The Ole Miss women’s soccer team ended the season 8-10-1, falling short of a postseason appearance. With one season under her belt, McCormick said she sees last season

as a big stepping-stone to her success.

“After my first season in the SEC I understand what the competition is like, so I really want to be a mentor for the incoming freshmen so they have an easier transition into college soccer,” she said.

The team is returning several players, and McCormick said she has high expectations for the Rebels in the 2012 season.

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“I expect everyone to work together as a team and really start to mesh,” McCormick said. “We can really build on last season to create more team chemistry and play as one and not individually. I expect everyone to work hard because I am a true believer of ‘hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard’. I think that motto really describes our team and we need to stick to that.”

McCormick and the Rebels will begin their season at home on Aug. 17 against St. Louis.

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Ty Hensley signs with Yankees The New York Yankees’ first round draft choice Ty Hensley joined The Daily Mississippian’s David Collier and Austin Miller on Daytime Fireworks on Rebel Sports Radio to discuss his recent decision to forgo the college route in favor of professional baseball.

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Ty Hensley, who had committed to Ole Miss but was drafted in the first round, recently signed a 1.2 million deal with the New York Yankees.

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Hensley, who was drafted with the number 30 overall pick in the first round of the Major League Baseball Draft in June, announced the decision via Twitter: “As the captain says... ‘Everything looks good in pinstripes!!!!’”

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The 2012 Ole Miss baseball recruiting class took yet another hit this past Thursday night when Rebel signee Ty Hensley announced his decision to sign with the New York Yankees.

I’m going to be a New York Yankee... See you ASAP New York can’t wait to get there!!!!”

Hensley officially signed his contract on Saturday at Yankee Stadium, where he got his first taste of being a Yankee.

“It was an incredible moment,” Hensley said. “It really was. It’s been something I’ve been dreaming about since I was a little boy. I never really knew if it would actually come to fruition, but it did, and just being able to have the opportunity to be in that situation is amazing. I feel lucky and blessed, and I was thrilled to sign that line.”

The Edmond, Okla., native joins Gavin Cecchini and Stryker Trahan as first round draft picks to skip college and go straight into their professional careers. Hensley had a big decision to make, and it was by no means an easy one.

“There are a lot of things that factor into the ultimate decision,” Hensley said. “At the end of the day, I had to go with my gut feeling and what I thought was best for my career.”

Hensley said he still hopes the best for what would’ve been his teammates in Oxford.

“Ole Miss is a great place, and they’re going to do great things,” he said. “They have an amazing coaching staff and great people down there in Oxford. I can’t say enough good things about that coaching staff, the town of Oxford and Ole Miss in general.”

Hensley said he has extremely high expectations for the next few seasons at Ole Miss.

“They’re still going to be extremely successful,” he said. “They’ve got a lot of talent coming in with this class.

I fully expect them to be in Omaha (in the College World Series) this next year and the two years after that.”

The Yankees signed Hensley for $1.2 million. The MLB recommended slot value was $1.6 million, and New York had upwards of $1.8 left to spend without receiving a penalty for going over their allotted value. Hensley was forced to take less money due to an abnormality found in his shoulder during an MRI. “I was kind of surprised because I’ve never been sore or had any pain or felt anything,” Hensley said. “I really watch what I do with my arm and what I do with my body.”

Hensley made it clear that he did not want to give up hitting, which is something that could’ve been a reality at Ole Miss. However, the shoulder issue changed things, and, ultimately, made the decision for him.

“If I would’ve gone to school, it would’ve ended up following me,” he said.

“I just felt that the best place to prove to people that I am perfectly healthy and that my abnormal is perfectly normal is in professional baseball.”

The right-hander started his journey Monday when he arSee HENSLEY, PAGE 7

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McCormick looks to lead Rebels from goal in 2012 Sophomore goalkeeper Kelly McCormick looks to lead the Ole Miss women’s soccer team into the 2012 season.

BY Eddy Montalvo efmontal@olemiss.edu

Sophomore Kelly McCormick, a native of Laguna Niguel, Cali., traveled a long way before coming to Ole Miss, but she had no problem adjusting to soccer in the SEC her freshman season.

Before arriving at Ole Miss, McCormick started all four years at Dana Hills High School, earning several accolades, and played for her club team the So-Cal Blues.

National Soccer Rankings ranked the team No.1 nationally as she led them to the U-17 National Championship in 2010.

In her first season as a Rebel, McCormick played in 12 games with nine starts at goalkeeper. She finished the year with a 5-5 record, but closed the season strong with three solo shutouts against Alabama, Vanderbilt and Mississippi State.

McCormick ended ranked 5th in the SEC in save percentage, 9th in saves, which was also a team high, and 10th in shutouts.

“This offseason I’m really working on learning to be a better goalkeeper and leader,” McCormick said. “I want See McCORMICK, PAGE 7