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Sardis marina still recovering from wind storms

BY JACOB BATTE News Editor

Last week, Sardis Lake Marina was hit hard by a wind storm that caused the facility to close momentarily.

The National Weather Service reported straight-line winds between 85 to 90 mph

hit the area late last Wednesday afternoon through the early evening.

According to marina officials, an estimated 150 boats had been moored at the slips on the docks when the winds hit the facility. B oat owners said that they could see boats and docks free-

floating in the lake together the morning after the storm.

The wind damaged over 80 boats in the dock, sinking approximately 30 of them.

Since the storm, the marina has been going underwater to find the boats. They have See MARINA, PAGE 4

Operation costs cause increase in price of parking decals

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The universities listed above, including Ole Miss, have reported a planned increase in parking decal prices for the upcoming school year. Many universities have not officially released prices for parking decals for the 2011-2012 school year.

Parking decals for other universities may include other amenities such as parking garages and shuttle buses.

BY MEGHAN LITTEN The Daily Mississippian

To keep up with the rising cost of college tuition, University Parking Services are following suit with a $15 increase in on-campus parking decals.

Linda Christian, manager of University Parking Services, announced this past week that the prices of decals will go up for the first time since 2007.

Commuter and residence hall decals will increase from $60 to $75, and an additional or replacement decal for another car will be raised from $10 to $15.

Christian announced that

the university will also be adding a second “park and ride” lot this fall to provide more parking options for students, faculty and staff. The new lot is in front of the Old Walmart building, thus named the “Old Walmart lot.”

The new decal will be available to students, faculty and staff who wish to park on the north end of campus and ride the OUT bus to and from campus. The new lot will provide 400 available parking spaces and builds upon the South Lot, which holds 950 parking spaces.

The price for each lot will be $20, a $10 increase in price from the year before. Last year,

a little more than 300 students purchased South Lot parking decals.

Christian said they have slightly increased the vehicle fees for the upcoming school year due to increases in expenses that the department of parking has incurred.

Christian noted that the price for an Ole Miss parking decal is still less than many southeastern universities.

“Even with this increase, our fees are still very competitive with other regional universities,” she said.

Andrew Parrish, a junior biology major from Huntsville, See PARKING, PAGE 4

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NCAA gives LSU 1-year probation for violations BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -LSU committed major violations while recruiting a junior college football player, but won’t be slapped with any postseason bans or future scholarship reductions, the NCAA ruled Tuesday. The governing body decided to place the school on probation for a year and cited a former assistant coach for unethical conduct.

The investigation found that exassistant coach D.J. McCarthy improperly arranged for transportation and housing for former defensive lineman Akiem Hicks in 2009, then later tried to cover up those actions.

The NCAA accepted LSU’s selfimposed reduction of two scholarships during the 2010-11 academic year, as well as a 10 percent reduction in official visits and reductions in recruiting calls. LSU already had begun reducing official visits during 2010-11, but the NCAA expanded the punishment to include 201112.

McCarthy resigned in December 2009. Hicks never played for the Tigers before he left LSU. NCAA Committee on Infractions chairman Dennis Thomas said LSU’s violations all were considered “major.” Yet he stressed that punishment could have been more severe if not for the efforts of LSU’s compliance department to discover and report the violations, and to cooperate with subsequent NCAA inquiries.

“The committee really felt that the LSU compliance staff and institution did an excellent job, and that they assisted the (NCAA) enforcement staff in the investigation regarding these violations,” Thomas said.

He pointed specifically to Senior

Associate Athletic Director Miriam Segar, who became suspicious of Hicks’ living arrangements from the time he arrived in Baton Rouge. According to an earlier LSU report on the matter, Segar spent weeks pressing for answers and made the decision to bar Hicks from traveling to LSU’s 2009 season-opening game at Washington because she was unsatisfied with the information she had received.

“That was critical,” said Thomas, who is also the commissioner of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

“If that had not been done, the institution could have really been under more severe and serious penalties as well.”

The violations reported in the case also included more than 3,600 phone calls that three noncoaching staff members either made to or received from high school coaches and administrators, prospects and family members of prospective students.

LSU has said most of those calls concerned clerical matters, were not football related and resulted from a misinterpretation of NCAA rules.

Still, LSU also reported those violations after seeking clarification on the NCAA’s interpretation of the rules regarding permissible phone calls.

LSU chancellor Michael Martin said the university does not plan to appeal.

In effect, LSU already has served its punishment regarding scholarships, having limited itself to 83 total scholarships during the 2010-11 academic year. That means the Tigers will be playing with the maximum 85 allowed scholarships in the 2011 season.

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Expect the unexpected

BY ADAM GANUCHEAU Columnist

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Summer is always sure to bring unexpected things, whether it is a spontaneous road trip with friends or a weekend camping trip with family.

In my case this summer, the unexpected occurrence came from a very different source.

As the school year wears on, we start thinking about summer. We apply for different jobs and internships and hear back within a few weeks. We lock down that job or internship and all we have to do is yearn for the summer to arrive.

After the ever-dreaded finals come to a close and we pack our bags for the summer, we finally prepare for the first day of the new situation.

If the job or internship is something you think you will enjoy, the anticipation is almost too much to handle.

For some of us, the first few days exceed anything we could ever imagine. We think, “Man, if only I could just drop out of

school and be hired here full time.”

After a few weeks, though, the high wears off and you might be thinking something like, “This job is terrible, why did I ever think I would enjoy this?”

For others of us, we dread the first day of the job or internship and because of that, we do not enjoy it at first. Then, as the short days of summer continue to pass by, the job becomes a little more interesting or enjoyable.

You think, “You know, I could definitely get used to this; it’s not so bad.”

Then there are always those of us who ride the fence with everything. We might not have known what to expect with our summer job or internship and it turned out to be alright.

This summer, I fell into the latter category of summer internship and job occurrences.

I had absolutely no clue what

to expect going into the internship and I am pretty indifferent to the whole concept of what I am doing.

Through my thinking of how bad my situation could have been, I realized two things that I am very glad I learned: school is amazing and whatever you expect in a job can be completely opposite of what it is like.

We sometimes take school for granted. We dread those two hour lectures, the late-night labs and the sporadic exams and quizzes.

This summer, I find myself dreading meetings, long conference calls and fetching people coffee much more than I dread the school-related things.

School is what molds us into the professionals that we will (hopefully) later become, and we need to grasp that concept and not lose sight of the fact that most of us are not ready for the “real world” just yet.

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I do not know what I want to do after college yet. Unless you are about to graduate, that is not too much of a problem. I have realized that if I did know what I wanted to do, I could not possibly have high or low expectations about that future job.

Not to sound too much like Forrest Gump, but you never know what you’re going to get, and now I know to go into a job with an open mind.

I have a few years left before I graduate but I am becoming more and more prepared for the real world. I now have a completely different approach to the world than I did going into this summer.

Maybe you have learned some things too.

Adam Ganucheau is a sophomore journalism major from Hazlehurst, Miss. Follow him on Twitter @GanucheauAdam.

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Is a slow judgement always fair?

BY ADHAM HAGAG Columnist

In the last few weeks, some news attracted my attention.

The news items were all related by the fact that they were all verdicts after complicated and cumbersome trials.

In the case of Casey Anthony, she was found not guilty of the murder of her daughter, almost three years after the death of Caylee Anthony.

Rwandans had to wait for nearly 17 years to see their tyrant Pauline Nyiramashuko and her son Arsene Shalom sentenced to life imprisonment for their role in the Rwandan Genocide of 1994.

Orchestrated by Pauline and led by Arsene, a Hutu paramilitary group had surrounded and attacked a Red Cross shelter, where thousands of Tutsi refugees were gathered. They raped and tortured the women before killing them and burning their bodies.

I can understand that a relatively slow judgment gave Casey her life back. For more than two years she had been living with the fear of the death penalty. Jurors had to

go through every piece of evidence before deciding whether she was guilty or not.

And that was because there were no clues about how Caylee died or to link Casey to her death. On the other hand, I cannot understand why the case of Pauline Nyiramashuko would last that long.

Why would thousands of women who had been raped by Pauline’s orders have to wait all that time to see justice in the one who ruined their lives? According to many reports, there are around 20,000 “children of rape” in Rwanda now, none of whom know their father.

As many of the Tutsi women were raped several times and by more than one, 20,000 teenagers had to grow up through years of disgrace they had no hand in.

If the slow judgment pace was acceptable and even favorable in Casey’s case, it is because no one truly knew if Casey killed her daughter or not. Everyone judged her merely based on his or her own feelings, and jurors needed hard evidence. It was not clear whether she really was responsible for the death of Caylee or not.

Pauline’s case is very different. Millions over the whole world witnessed her crimes.

She did not kill one kid.

She killed and raped thousands of people. She ruined the lives of thousands of women she had ordered her troops to rape and of thousands of children who were the result of that brutal sadistic crime. A slow judgment does not make any sense here. At least as much as I can see.

Strangely, the same thing happened many times before.

Only in 2008 were the Serbian war criminals responsible for the Serb massacre sent to trial. The massacre dates back to 1995, when 8,000 men and boys were killed in the city, which was declared by the United Nations to be a “safe area” under the UN protection.

Several of the 8,373 victims were babies. The mass murder was described by the SecretaryGeneral of the UN as the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War. In spite of that, most of those murderers did not walk into court until more than a decade later.

Again, women who were raped, and the families of thousands of men and children killed had to wait so long to see their slaughterers punished for their crime.

The same thing happened in Egypt. Some people were calling for a peaceful “walk out” for then-President Hosni Mubarak. I think those calling for that “crime” had none of their families killed on the hands of Mubarak’s police.

And who gave them the right to forgive him for his crimes against his people?

It’s the right of those killed and injured to see justice in Mubarak and his men. I can understand why thousands are protesting now in Tahrir Square in Cairo.

They want a faster trial for Mubarak. I know the guy who lost one of his eyes by a plastic bullet shot at him by one of Mubarak’s snipers.

He said he knows he will never get his eye back. But all he wants is to see Mubarak and his men pay for their crimes.

I know there is so much politics behind the scenes. But those people who were killed by sadistic criminals, who hap-

pened to be in power, do not care about that. I do not either.

I think, like most “humans,” all I want is to see killers and rapists taste some of the pain they gave their victims.

And that this happens quickly without giving any consideration for behind-the-scene politics.

Victims should not have to wait long years of agony until they see those criminals pay for the pain they have given them.

Maybe seeing them punished would relieve some of that pain.

Most of us were sad for the death of Caylee Anthony. But I think we should feel more sadness for thousands killed or lost and the ones they loved on the hands of some bloody sadists.

Especially when they watch them walking freely for years.

I think we do not want to add to their pain by our indifference.

Adham Hagag is a PhD student in electrical engineering from Egypt. Follow him on Twitter @AdhamHagag.

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Americans must seek new financial reform examples

BY MATT SOENER University Daily Kansan

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, lawmakers and pundits have been stressing the need of the American people to make great “sacrifices.” With the country quickly approaching the debt ceiling, talk has been growing more serious and the proposals more drastic. But despite the fact that the proposals in Washington are growing more extreme, the debate over what needs to be done about the economy seems quite narrow.

The debate simply breaks down to this: just how much should we cut? Granted, the idea of a tax hike for the super wealthy is being discussed as a viable option. But with the current political climate and with so many deficit hawks on Capitol Hill, I for one am feeling somewhat pessimistic as to whether a sufficient tax increase will happen. What does seem certain, however, is about $4 trillion in entitlements cuts.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle have been assuring Americans that such cuts are truly best for the people and the economy.

Does their demagoguery hold up? Of course not — though it is what’s best for the corporate

elites who fear a significant tax hike to cover the debt and the inflation that would inevitably occur if the economy were to rebound quickly.

So, as usual, Washington is siding with its friends in the business community and its representatives on K Street at the expense of the rest of us. Anyone who is serious about creating jobs and seeing economic growth in the U.S. knows that Draconian austerity measures will only exasperate an already dire problem.

With so many debt-incumbent Americans struggling to pay their health insurance, their mortgage, college debt, credit card debt and with unemployment, underemployment and poverty as high as they are in this country — most Americans are tightening their spending in an attempt to offset their own balance sheets — it is subsequently hindering economic growth. Further cuts to social security, Medicaid and privatizing Medicare (which will undoubtedly be more expensive), will only result in even tighter spending and a stagnating, if not weaker, economy.

Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz understands this perfectly. Stiglitz not only predicted the crash but also the kind of entitlement cuts in our

midst and their negative implications. Furthermore, he has contended numerous times since the fall of 2008 that if people are not spending, the government has an obligation to create another stimulus package to relieve the burden of the many struggling Americans and to encourage spending.

Regrettably these ideas, which proved quite effective in the post-war period, are nowhere to be heard in today’s political dialogue. This is not terribly surprising given the “limited government” dogma that has permeated political discourse for decades. Nonetheless, it is terribly disappointing to only hear of proposals that are not only bad for the economy, but more importantly, proposals that will hurt millions of Americans.

With so many people struggling to get by, Americans should be looking less toward the empty promises of politicians and more toward the bona fide examples of democracy the world has recently witnessed in Wisconsin, Spain and Greece. The struggle against austerity measures and market fundamentalism overall is no easy task, but it is a far better alternative than the daily economic struggle facing most Americans.

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Intramurals see large participation in summer events

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Nolan Ryan completes a pass downfield in the championship game of the flag football tournament.

BY JACOB BATTE News Editor

The second-largest number of participants came to show their skills on the gridiron in the Ole Miss Intramural 4 vs. 4 flag football tournament Monday night.

Jason Darby, team leader for Intramural Sports, is pleased with the tournament’s turnout.

“The participants seemed to enjoy the laid-back atmosphere, but we’re still extremely competitive,” Darby said. “Every team

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LSU has a lot of key players returning and is a popular pick to contend for Southeastern Conference and national titles this season.

“A situation that could have been much worse was made better by the dedicated work of the LSU athletics compliance staff and I am pleased that the NCAA recognized LSU’s effort to cooperate and be proactive,” Martin said. “The compliance staff ... made an exemplary showing of how a university should react when mistakes are made.”

The NCAA’s report details violations that included McCarthy’s use of a cell phone that was not

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found all but one so far.

The facility is temporarily closed to allow for a damage and safety evaluation to take place, though marina employees believe they will have to reconstruct most of the facility.

There is no time line yet on how long the construction will

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William Carpenter catches the ball for a touchdown as Josh Namin defends. Seven teams played in the flag football tournament.

that came out had a blast, and even more importantly, showed good sportsmanship toward each other teams.”

Darby said that participation in the last two tournaments of the summer have been good, and he hopes to see even more participation in the final tournament of the summer.

The double-elimination tournament showcased the abilities of 40 players on seven teams, including the Co-Rec Champions “Big Green.” The team consisted

of Adam Von Der Haar, Lauren Davis, Mary Toler, Levi Dungan, Petre Thomas and Nicholas Von Der Haar.

“Team Hensley” rolled through their first two games with an average score of 17 points before coming away with a win in an exciting game over “Alex Morgan” 33-28 to make it to the championship game.

“Team Rose” would open up with a one point loss to “Alex Morgan,” before going on a fourgame winning streak to meet

“Team Hensley” for the final.

The final produced one of the best games of the evening as the teams battled back and forth before an interception return for a touchdown gave “Team Rose” the go-ahead score late in the game, and they would hold on a for a 35-27 win.

Intramurals will end with a 4 vs. 4 sand volleyball tournament next Monday.

Fore more information, call the Intramural Office at 9155573.

registered with LSU’s athletic department. He did not log those calls, which caused other coaches to inadvertently break the rules by making further calls that put LSU over the NCAA’s one-call-per-week limit. McCarthy also held a conference call with Hicks and another female student who worked in the athletic department, during which the three agreed to provide false information about Hicks’ living arrangements for the summer of 2009 to LSU compliance staff.

Hicks met the female student during his official visit to LSU and kept in touch with her. Because she worked for the athletic department, their phone calls to one another amounted to violations relating to excessive calls to a recruit, the

report said. Hicks also stayed with her, free of charge, during an unofficial visit, and later moved into the vacant Baton Rouge apartment of a former LSU player in an arrangement made by McCarthy, according to the report.

To comply with the NCAA’s ruling, LSU will have to issue a report next year on measures it has taken to avoid a recurrence of the infractions revealed by the probe. LSU also will have to inform prospective recruits that it is on probation and explain why.

Meanwhile, the NCAA also placed restrictions on McCarthy’s ability to work for any NCAA football program he works for in the near future.

He must avoid phone contact

with recruits, their relatives or legal guardians for a year and enroll in an NCAA rules seminar as well as ethics training.

After McCarthy left LSU, he was hired by the WRA Receiver Academy, which conducts instructional camps. According to the academy’s website on Tuesday, McCarthy was still part of the staff. A phone message left with the organization was not returned.

McCarthy played receiver in college for Washington in the early 1990s. Before arriving at LSU as a receivers coach in 2007, he was an assistant at UCLA, Central Florida and Nevada.

He also coached defensive backs for the Oakland Raiders from 1998-2000.

take or when they will open back up.

This week, the parking lot is filled with damaged boats, many missing their windshields and several more with severely damaged frames.

As for the marina itself, there were two docks laying on top of each another, one that appears to be free-floating that is actually still connected by cables to the facility and another that is disconnected entirely.

There were no reported injuries, which marina employee Allison Kemp attributes to the weather, saying that it had been so hot outside that they had not seen much business recently.

“We have not had much business because it’s been so hot,” Kemp said.

Panola County EMA Director Daniel Cole told the Panolian that they immediately were able to find 15 boats

overturned and by morning they discovered many more.

There is a small amount of fuel that was spilled into the lake, but Cole reported that they winds were containing the spill.

The rainfall at the lake was reported at 4.7 inches.

Though the facility is closed, anyone who owns a boat docked in the marina is allowed to check on their boat and where it was docked.

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Ala., is confused by how the parking department handles the permits.

“I don’t understand why we have a separate fee for a parking decal,” he said. “I think it should be a part of our tuition costs.”

Mallory White, a sophomore pre-pharmacy major from Sandersville, agrees with Parrish.

“I feel like that a lot of our funding for different services and operation costs come from our tuition and the $75 for parking decals should be a part of our tuition because it effects a large majority of our students,” she said.

White believes the parking service on campus isn’t worth the money, even if it is cheaper than other universities.

“Availability and convenience are issues with parking at Ole Miss, especially for commuter students,” she said. “$60 was a lot for an inconvenient service. We are paying a large price for an inconvenient service.”

White said parking was frustrating this year and will be even more frustrating when the largest freshmen class in Ole Miss history arrives next year.

“There are going to be fewer parking spots and yet a higher price for a more inconvenient situation than before,” White said.

With the purchase one of the two “park and ride” decals, students will be able to park at either location on the north or south end of campus and ride an OUT bus to class.

Students with the South Lot or Old Walmart decals are not allowed to park in any other area on campus from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; however, students who purchase a commuter decal may park in commuter parking or one of the “park and ride” lots with no penalty. The 30-minute parking lot outside the Student Union is included in campus parking for South Lot and Old Walmart parking decal holders — they are not allowed to park in this lot during the day or they will receive a campus parking ticket.

The consequences for parking in the wrong area will be steeper for South Lot and Old Walmart decal holders. Normally, the fines for parking in the wrong area are $15 for the first offense and increases to $25 for an additional offense and then $45 for the third offense and any thereafter.

The fines for a South Lot and Old Walmart decals are doubled: $30 for first violation, $50 for the second violation and $90 for the third violation.

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Ole Miss Athletics assists Smithville community SMITHVILLE, Miss. - After collecting household goods over the last two weekends, Ole Miss Athletics personnel hand-delivered a substantial load of items to the Smithville community as part of the Rebel Relief Project on Tuesday.

More than 25 Ole Miss representatives joined forces with the United Way of Monroe County and citizens of Smithville and the surrounding areas to unload the Rebels’ 18-wheel equipment truck and another University van that were loaded with donated items.

The large group of helpers unloaded the vehicles in quick fashion. It took roughly two hours to get boxes of items from the truck to categorized areas within a large warehouse that the United Way has been using to collect donated goods from throughout the state of Mississippi for the tornadostricken area.

“It’s a great day to be able to give back and help others,” said Ole Miss Senior Executive Associate Athletics Director John Hartwell, one of the many volunteers. “Obviously, the folks of Smithville have gone through a lot. Just to be able to provide a very small bit of help to them in their recovery ef-

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one like the Royals Eric Hosmer or the Angels Jordan Walden and Mark Trumbo could sneak into contention.

Runners up: 1B Mark Trumbo, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim; P Jordan Walden, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 1B Eric Hosmer, Kansas City Royals NL MVP: SS Jose Reyes, New

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knowing you’re good. It’s a battle.

A lot of guys with more talent than me haven’t played in the big leagues. You see a lot of guys that aren’t as talented being more successful.”

Presley will need to remain confident for the Pirates to have a chance to win their division. For the first time in years, the Pirates are in first place in the National League Central Division at 50-44, and Presley can tell you there is a whole new kind of excitement buzzing around the streets of Pittsburgh.

“It’s cool to come up and be a part of this at this time,” he said.

“It has been a long time since the Pirates have been successful. To be here, you can feel things turn around and the attitude changing.

Fans are coming out to the stadium. It’s been an awesome experience. Hopefully, we can carry this

fort is great. The people here have been so nice and so appreciate.”

The Rebel Relief Project began collecting items at the Oxford Walmart on July 10 and then again at the Ole Miss Ladies’ Football Forum on July 16, filling up the entire 18-wheel equipment truck in the process. The project has been coordinated by Chyna Ward-Poley and assisted by the efforts of the Ladies’ Forum.

“There’s nothing like giving,” said Rebel football coach Houston Nutt, another of the volunteers.

“I’m just really proud of Ole Miss.

Chyna did a good job of getting this thing kick-started, and everybody has jumped on. It’s about giving every day. Our players will learn a valuable lesson. There’s nothing like having that heart and that spirit of giving and always trying to lift somebody up, whether it’s a tornado victim or just anybody that’s sick or not as well off as you. You’re just always trying to make a difference.

“It was unbelievable to see how many from our athletics department were here and how many people from Smithville and surrounding counties were here,” Ward-Poley said. “Driving through and seeing the devasta-

York Mets Reyes has been spectacular so far in 2011, and the only thing that could hold him back is the hamstring injury he suffered right before the All-Star break. He’s hit for average at .354 and led the NL in hits and was second in steals at the All-Star break.

Behind Reyes are Dodgers’ center fielder Matt Kemp, who is on pace for a 40 home runs and 40 steals this season, but could be hurt by his terrible defense at the position. The Brewers’ Prince

on through the second half, and I think we will. I think it will be a tight race down the stretch and we’re ready to go.”

In the race for October, Presley will have to face off with two former Rebels in his own division – Lance Lynn of the St. Louis Cardinals and Zack Cozart of the Cincinnati Reds, who just recently got the call to the majors as well.

“It’s going to be pretty cool,” Presley said. “I’m excited about facing those guys. To see guys you’ve played with in the past and have a chance to play against those guys in the big leagues is pretty awesome.

It’s going to be tough. You can’t really count anyone out at this point.

It’s going to be pretty cool coming down the stretch against some old teammates for sure.”

So while people rest and relax either at home or on vacations, Presley and the Pirates will be in the middle of what could be one of the closest division race in recent history.

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After collecting household goods over the last two weekends, Ole Miss Athletics personnel hand-delivered a substantial load of items to the Smithville community as part of the Rebel Relief Project on Tuesday. Chyna Ward-Poley coordinated the efforts, while head football coach Houston Nutt and assistant athletic directors John Hartwell and Jamil Northcutt were among the 25 Ole Miss representatives.

tion was kind of overwhelming.

There’s so much help that they need, but at least we’re here today to help. I really hope Rebel Relief (continues to exist). It doesn’t have to be some kind of disaster. I hope that we’ll be able to seek out people that need help instead of waiting for something like this to happen.”

“It brings you back to reality,”

said Ole Miss Associate Athletics Director Jamil Northcutt, another volunteer. “Sometimes we get distracted and caught up in our everyday lives, and we don’t realize what really matters - our family, friends and helping other people.

It was good to talk with the people of this community and to have a chance to give of our time and our sweat to help them out.”

“United Way has been operating this warehouse since the day after the tornado, and God has put so many great folks in our path,” said Patti Parker, executive director of the United Way in Monroe County. “We’re just amazed at the amount of stuff that Rebel Relief was able to send our way. It’s been absolutely fantastic for our community.”

Fielder also has 22 homers at the break.

Runners up: CF Matt Kemp, Los Angeles Dodgers; 1B Prince Fielder, Milwaukee Brewers; CF Andrew McCutchen, Pittsburgh Pirates NL CY Young: Roy Halladay, Philadelphia Phillies The argument could be made for a couple other pitchers, but Halladay has been the best of the bunch so far in 2011. He went 11-3 with a 2.45 ERA in the first half of the season and struck

out 138, while walking only 17.

Halladay also threw six complete games.

Runners up: Jair Jurrjens, Atlanta Braves; Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers; Cole Hamels, Philadelphia Phillies NL Rookie of the Year: Closer Craig Kimbrel, Atlanta Braves This was by far the toughest award to decide. Nationals’ second baseman Danny Espinosa has been fantastic, hitting for power and playing gold-glove defense, while Braves first base-

man Freddie Freeman has started to hit consistently and for good power. However, Kimbrel gets the nod over both players as he’s been the best reliever in baseball up to the All-Star break. He struck out 70 in just 46 innings of work and recorded 28 saves, while posting a 2.35 ERA and .183 batting average against.

Runners up: 2B Danny Espinosa, Washington Nationals; 1B Freddie Freeman, Atlanta Braves; P Brandon Beachy, Atlanta Braves

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For most, summer is a time of rest and relaxation, but for former Ole Miss baseball standout Alex Presley, things are not so at ease.

Presley, who is now with the Pittsburgh Pirates, became the next former Rebel to make it to the big leagues this year when he got the call in late June to serve as a designated hitter while the Pirates were on an interleague road trip.

“This year, getting called up was what I’ve been working for the whole half of the year and (is) a culmination of everything I’ve done,” Presley said. “It felt rewarding to get called back up.”

Since getting the call, Presley has been tearing the cover off the

ball. In 71 at-bats this season, he is hitting .352 with one home run, which came in his first game with the Pirates this season.

Getting called up to the majors wasn’t a first for Presley. He got the call last September, when rosters expand to 40 players, and he credits that experience for the success is he having now.

“I think that helped out a lot for me as far as knowing what to expect coming into this year,” Presley said. “My nerves weren’t quite as bad in the beginning, so I was able to overcome that a lot quicker, and just getting comfortable.”

During his days in Oxford, Presley hit for a career average of .320 with 14 home runs and 110 RBI, and he knows that the experience of playing in the Southeastern

Conference helped him achieve the success he has reached today.

“Playing in a great conference definitely helped out,” Presley said. “You can see all the guys I played with and we played against in conference that are in the big leagues being successful. So, we got a chance to play against the best players at our level coming through and that will only make you a better player playing against the best players.”

After his days in the Ole Miss red and blue were over, Presley set his sights toward professional baseball, but he was in a state of shock when he saw the Pirates drafted him in the eighth round in the 2006 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft.

“I was kind of shocked (that the

MLB first half: mid-season awards With the first half of the Major League baseball season over, it’s always interesting to look at who is in position to win the end of the year awards at the midway point. All statistics are from Wednesday, July 12, the last day of the All-Star break.

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AL MVP: OF Jose Bautista, Toronto Blue Jays This one is pretty easy to choose. Despite playing for a team, the Toronto Blue Jays, that will most likely finish fourth in their division, Jose Bautista is the runaway choice for AL MVP at this point. He led all players in the first half of the year with 31 home runs and he’s walked more times than he has struck out. His impressive transformation from a mediocre player to elite power hitter has a chance to be topped off with an MVP award.

Runners up: 1B Adrian Gon- who gets the nod. zalez, Boston Red Sox; OF Curtis Runners up: Justin Verlander, Granderson, New York Yankees Detroit Tigers; CC Sabathia, AL Cy Young: Jered Weaver, New York Yankees Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim AL Rookie of the Year: P MiUnlike the AL MVP award, chael Pineda, Seattle Mariners which has a pretty clear front This is another race that is runner, this award is a two-person pretty clear at the halfway point, race and it could go to either play- as Pineda has been one of the er. On one hand, Justin Verlander best pitchers in baseball overof the Detroit Tigers is 12-4 with all, not just among rookies. His a 2.15 ERA and 147 strikeouts to win-loss record of 8-6 is skewed only 31 walks. He also has a no- because he plays for a terrible ofhitter to his credit so far in 2011. fense team, but has a 3.03 ERA On the other hand, the Angels and 113 strikeouts working in Jered Weaver is 11-4 with a 1.86 his favor. If the Mariners limit his ERA and a ridiculous .194 bat- innings in the second half, someting average against. Even with the no-hitter, I think it’s Weaver See AWARDS, PAGE 5

Pirates picked me),” Presley said.

“I was surprised (they) wanted to take me out of all the teams I talked to. It was a good opportunity to get my pro career going.”

It has only been a few weeks since Presley has been in the majors, but he knows that in order to stay there, he must keep up the level of production he is currently providing.

“It’s all about consistency and being dependable,” Presley said.

“I try not to do too much and just play my game. They want people they can count on and people they know can get the job done consistently. That’s what I’m trying to do. I laid some groundwork in the short time I’ve been up this year and I hope to keep playing well.

It’s all you can do.”

Therefore, Presley wants to be prepared for anything he faces. “(Baseball) is a game of adjustments, people making adjustments back and forth constantly,” he said.

“I’m getting pitched a certain way and I’m being successful, so I can’t expect them to keep doing the same way. I have to look at reports and tendencies, but at the same time, not get caught up in it too much where it clouds your thoughts at the plate. It’s what it’s all about – making adjustments.

And for Presley, confidence is also key.

“I think it’s almost everything,” he said. “Everybody’s got talent at this point. Talent’s not the question. It’s all mental at this point – See PRESLEY, PAGE 5