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Tracing the axis of Ole Miss
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Sons of Confederate Veterans files petition against UM LACEY RUSSELL
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The Mississippi Division Sons of Confederate Veterans has filed a petition for injunction against The University of Mississippi in hopes of deterring the street name change from Confederate Drive to Chapel Lane. Natchez attorney Holmes Sturgeon, alumnus of The University of Mississippi Law School and legal representative of the organization, filed the petition Sept. 18 in Lafayette County Chancery Court. “The purpose of the Sons of Confederate Veterans is to see that the memory of the Confederate soldiers is kept alive,” Sturgeon told The Daily Mississippian in a telephone interview. “Therefore, there is no real compromising on issues like this, in my opinion.” Allen Terrell, former Ole Miss student and current resident of Natchez, is the direct descendant of two Civil War veterans – both of his greatgreat grandfathers fought and died while serving as privates in the Confederate army. Today, Terrell said he respects his ancestors by serving as Mississippi Division Commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. “We don’t necessarily celebrate the war,” Terrell ex-
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Members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans host a memorial service at the Confederate cemetary on campus on May 4. The organization has filed a petition for a legal injunction against The University of Mississippi as a result of recent street name changes. plained of his organization. “We realize that was a bad time. It was a pivotal time in our history, but we honor and celebrate the men that fought for the cause which they believed at that time was right.” As a result of the discriminatory incidents that occurred on campus over the last few
years, Chancellor Dan Jones released an action plan in August for cultivating a more inclusive environment at the university. The six-fold strategy included changing the name of the one-block street known as Confederate Drive to Chapel Lane. “The chancellor is trying to
make the university an extremely diverse and welcoming place,” Terrell said. “He appears to be isolating groups like ours though – Mississippians that care about their Southern heritage. Why don’t we get to figure into this diversity? “If you’re going to be di-
verse, is it just diversity for minorities? I mean diversity encompasses everybody.” Both Terrell and Sturgeon believe renaming Confederate Drive is in direct violation of a state statute that says no monuments or memorials
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Tre Amici challenges city rooftop-dining restrictions MADISEN THEOBALD
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The owners of Tre Amici and Lamar Lounge were researching the City of Oxford land ordinances when they discovered a loophole in one of the laws – a loophole that would permit rooftop venues. The discovery led to a battle between the Board of Aldermen and several restaurant owners. Restaurants began filling out permits for rooftop venues and delivering them to Oxford City Hall. The Board of Aldermen discovered last spring they accidentally left out a land
ordinance that restricted commercial use of rooftops more than 50 years old. Earlier this fall, the Board of Aldermen unanimously readopted this rooftop restriction, to the dismay of businesses Tre Amici and Lamar Lounge. “Not many buildings were planning on doing rooftops because most of them have balconies and it is a lot of expense to do a rooftop,” said Randy Barber, city of Oxford building manager since 2005. “There is a lot more to it then just opening up your roof.” The adopted restrictions apply to older buildings and to newer buildings. While old-
er buildings are banned from having rooftop venues, newer buildings with rooftops need six-foot walls around the borders of the building. Barber said two new hotels will have rooftop venues and currently the only other building with a rooftop would be the Oxford University Club. He believes there is an increasing number of rooftop venues with all the new construction and buildings coming to Oxford. Lamar Lounge, located on 309 N Lamar Blvd., has already constructed a rooftop dinning area, that will open to the public later this fall. According to Taariq David,
general manager at Lamar Lounge, what will become of the rooftop is still uncertain. “We are just now getting seating up there, so the next step is to go over what it will be used for with the owners,” David said. Barber was not aware Lamar Lounge had a rooftop bar, but acknowledged it was built within the last three or four years and could possibly have a rooftop venue. Tre Amici, located at 1107 Jackson Ave., has been drawing up plans, speaking with contractors and communicating with the Oxford Historic Preservation Commission to
attempt to overrule the restriction on older buildings. “It’s doable. They and other buildings would have to meet all the building codes such as exits, stairs and structural elements,” Barber said. “Tre Amici already put in an application, and now they have to meet the criteria and get a sprinkler.” The Board of Aldermen agrees this type of reconstruction would cause these establishments to retrofit their entire buildings. Most buildings on the Square have common walls, so this would also cause other buildings to undergo
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Tracing the axis of Ole Miss COLUMN
layout of the campus in 10,000 years would conclude that these webarrin@go.olemiss.edu buildings and landmarks, which have been preserved along the You can tell a lot by looking at university’s axis, were most imthe layout of a campus. The Uni- portant to it. versity of Mississippi has rapThe axis reflects a history of idly expanded since it opened the university that many uniits doors in 1848, but has con- versity supporters have found sidered parts of its landscape difficult to confront. worth preserving. The first landmark on the uniTake a look at a map of the versity’s axis is not the Lyceum, university. One can tell the uni- but the Confederate Monument. versity has gone to great lengths It splits University Avenue. to protect the Grove from exThe American flag is not betensive development, but more fore the monument on this axis, interesting and more important but after it in the middle of the is the university’s axis. The axis Circle. is used in architecture to show, The Lyceum, which repwordlessly, what’s important in resents the university’s origins a space. So what does the axis of and also exists as the most saThe University of Mississippi’s lient symbol of the university’s campus show us today? mixed legacy, acts as a divider The axis of The University of between the Confederate MonMississippi begins with Uni- ument and the James Meredith versity Avenue. Drawing a line statue, between the university’s from University Drive through past and present. Yet this does the center of campus, you’ll hit, not change that along the axis in order, the Confederate mon- of the university, the Confederument, the Circle, the Lyceum, ate monument speaks first and the James Meredith statue, the sets the tone for all of the other J.D. Williams Library, the foun- landmarks and institutions that tain and the Paris-Yates Chapel. come after it. An archaeologist examining the The university’s administra-
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tion and alumni have learned the importance of symbolism and are to be commended for their attempts to change or counter the controversial symbols of the university, like the renaming of Confederate Drive or the very existence of the James Meredith statue itself, against staunch opposition from university supporters who think more of the university’s past than its future. But the time is coming when university officials will have to confront that the Confederate Monument’s central place on campus undermines their larger goal to bring The University of Mississippi into the twenty-first century. The culture they are trying to change is not just atmospheric, but carved into the very landscape. We must make these efforts, or else all that administrators, professors and students have tried to change about the university can be undermined by simply looking at a map. Whitney Barringer is a doctoral candidate in history from Bismarck, Arizona.
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continued from page 1 from the Civil War erected on public property, shall be relocated, removed, disturbed, altered or renamed. Sturgeon said due to the lack case references in the annotated code, he believes the statute has not yet been tried in court of law. “Now it doesn’t say off in there that Confederate Drive can’t be changed,” Sturgeon explained. “However, it does say that streets and roads of that nature that are (historically named) can’t be changed. “I’m sure there’s always a ‘can’ wherever there’s a ‘can’t,’ because there’s some circumstances in which it probably could be changed, but the Supreme Court has never heard a case on that particular law yet.” UM attorney Lee Tyner said the university was served the
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petition for injunction last Friday. “We’re confident that we have the ability to change that street name, and we’re also committed to not violating any laws,” Tyner said in a telephone interview. “We’re comfortable that if the judge reviews what we’ve done, that it’s fully within what we can do legally.” Terrell said he is aware of the negative connotation surrounding the word “confederacy” today. He explained his organization does not condone or support actions of the white supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan, and over the last year, he has removed some Sons of Confederate Veterans members for Klan affiliation. “You need to put your mindset back in the 1860s when you’re talking about what our organization represents,” he said. “If we were racists, would we have black members in our organization? If
we were racist, would we have Jewish members? Would we have Hispanic members? We’re not some white, Aryan group. “We are a heritage organization. Our only goal is to honor our ancestors, and make sure that people know the true history of the South.” The name of Confederate Drive has officially been changed to Chapel Lane since Sturgeon’s filing of the petition 12 days ago. He said a hearing for the injunction has been noticed for Oct. 27. “If they want to go all the way, then I’ll go all the way for the rest of my life,” Sturgeon said. “I don’t mind doing that until the day I die. We’ll just go on and on until we get something that will assure us that the monument to the Confederate soldiers is left right where it is, that the cemetery is not disturbed and the road leading to the cemetery is not disturbed or renamed or defaced or desecrated.
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continued from page 1 renovations and construction. Bo Petro, owner of Tre Amici, said he met with the Oxford city planner, historic preservations and building planner to go over options for his 1-year-old restaurant. “The Downtown Preservation Committee said if we could frame out the rooftop deck a certain way, then the building could hold the weight of the people up there and it wouldn’t be a hazard to anybody,” Petro said. Petro’s application in mid-August was denied by the city. After the rooftop restriction was reestablished, he met with the city planner and the building inspector to ask the officials what they would allow him to do. He was told that as long as everything is
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This month, The University of Mississippi welcomes its newest student organization: the Ole Miss Birders. The Ole Miss Birders are a group of students looking to expand their knowledge of birds and bird watching. They also hope to share this knowledge with other students and citizens of Oxford. “We’d like to raise education and, at least, awareness of birds in Oxford,” said Cullen Patrick, sophomore biology major and vice president of the Ole Miss Birders. “We hope to have some philanthropy events for endangered species, especially those from Mississippi and around Oxford.” Though this group is just starting out, the enthusiastic leaders of the Ole Miss Bird-
ers are ready to take on the challenges of a new organization. “It’s a new club, we’re just getting off the ground. It’s been in the works since Aug. 25, but became official at the new club orientation,” said Nick Dugan, sophomore dietetics major and president of the Ole Miss Birders. “The club itself is growing really fast. We’ve put a lot of work into it, and it’s good to see the turnout. Over 75 people have liked our page on Facebook. We would love more student involvement.” While there are many organizations on The University of Mississippi campus that focus on animals and animal welfare, the Ole Miss Birders are the first to take on the study of birds. “It’s a great way for college students at Ole Miss to do something new, something
different,” Patrick said. Though some students may be skeptical of bird watching for fun, the organization’s leaders gave many different reasons to get involved. “It’s a really cool way for everyone to hang out,” Dugan said. “Even our Facebook page is fun and full of bird puns. I’d encourage other students to really give the club a chance. If going out and looking at birds isn’t your thing, it’s a multifaceted organization. We want to have something for everyone, with fundraisers and other events. It’s not just a one-sided coin.” Jason Hoeksema, associate professor of biology at the university, is the faculty sponsor for the Ole Miss Birders. “Birds are really awesome,” Hoeksema said. “When you start to recognize the birds around you, it makes life
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continued from page 4 more fun. You can take that skill with you anywhere in the world. Any club that fosters that is great.” In the short time since their formation, the Ole Miss Birders have taken on volunteer work at the annual Hummingbird Migration Celebration with the Strawberry Plains Audubon. Some members were able to work with kids through education fun, while others helped to “band” hummingbirds, in a process used the further the information to be collected about each bird. The Ole Miss Birders took a trip Sunday to Hurricane Landing for their first live birding experience. “Hurricane Landing is a backwash and sandbar at Sardis,” Patrick said. “It’s the season for waterfowl migration, but Sardis always has a good waterfowl population.
This is our first event to hang out with Jason (Hoeksema) and learn about how to birdwatch.” The Hurricane Landing event also allowed new students to get an idea of the Ole Miss Birders organization and what they do. “The group just sounds interesting,” said Jimmy Artis, first year MFA candidate in poetry. “I’m a grad student here and grad students often have a tendency to focus on just what you’re doing and not being a part of the community. The Ole Miss Birders is a different way to get involved.” In the future, the Ole Miss Birders plan to take several more trips around Northern Mississippi and hold workshops in partnership with Delta Wind Birds, an organization founded by Hoeksema, which would be free to students. The group also looks forward to fundraising for wildlife conservations and hope
Ole Miss Birders meet at Hurricane Landing Sunday.
to implement bird boxes throughout Oxford that would encourage birds to stay within the town and be used to learn more about bird populations. The Ole Miss Birders are excited to get the student body involved in raising awareness. “We’re really excited to hit the ground running,” Patrick said. “We hope to have some future events with Greek life on campus. One possible event might be a bird housing competition between fraternities, to get more people involved.” Students looking for more information on the Ole Miss Birders should check out their Facebook or OrgSync page.
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Jason Hoeksema (left) and Thomas Moorman (right) identify different speices of birds with the Ole Miss Birders.
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2010, where the first hour of the show was broadcasted on ESPNU at 9 a.m. The show would continue to ESPN at 10 a.m. By popular demand in 2013, the show moved to 9 a.m. full time, broadcasting on ESPN for the whole duration of the show. In the 21 years of the show being broadcast live, the show has never been to Ole Miss. Ole Miss has also never been a participant as an away team for the live broadcast of the show. The Grove has not been given the proper exposure the university deserves. College GameDay needed a reason to come to Ole Miss and it is finally here.
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main host for the show. He is joined by former Ohio State quarterback Kirk Herbstreit, former Michigan defensive back and heisman trophy winner Desmond Howard and former Georgia defensive lineman David Pollack as current analysts. Sideline reporter Samantha Ponder reports feature stories and conducts interviews relating to the game where the show is located. Another aspect of the show that makes it famous is the celebrity guest picker during the prediction segment of the show. A celebrity associated with the university, a former athlete of the university, or TV/Radio personality associated with the university are the usual suspects invited to be the guest picker. Archie Manning or Leigh Anne Tuohy could be candidates for guest picker at Ole Miss. College GameDay started as a two-hour program, but expanded to three hours in
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table football game that Saturday. The only original cast member from the premiere show in 1987 who remains on the show is Lee Corso, former Florida State football player and prominent voice of college football for ESPN. His well-known slogan “Not so fast my friend!” is always said in disagreement with the other analysts when making predictions. What Corso is most known for is the famous headgear prediction. With about 10 minutes left in the program, analysts Kirk Herbstreit, Chris Fowler, Desmond Howard and David Pollack join Corso in making predictions for each game. For the game of the host university, Corso puts on the mascot head or helmet representing the school he picks to win. The moment Corso makes his headgear pick is the signature moment of College GameDay. Sports broadcaster Chris Fowler now serves as the
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Why Saturday can change Ole Miss football BRIAN RIPPEE
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Being an Ole Miss football fan has to be one of the hardest roles in sports. My father introduced me to Ole Miss football when I was less than 2 years old, and it has been a roller coaster ride ever since. It takes a lot to be an Ole Miss football fan. It definitely takes a special type of person to endure both the heart-stopping wins and heartbreaking losses. When I think of the high points, I think of storming the field after knocking off sixthranked Florida in 2002. I think of Andrew Ritter nailing a field goal to beat sixth-ranked LSU just last year. The low points include blowing a fourteen point lead in the 2007 Egg Bowl to allow Mississippi State to become bowl eligible. I think of losing a record-setting seven-overtime game to Arkansas in 2001. Ole Miss football has been on the cusp of making the jump from good to great several times. In 2003, I watched an Ole Miss team, undefeated in SEC play and led by Eli Manning, square off against LSU with the winner set to go to the SEC Championship. Three missed field goals later by Ole Miss and LSU wins the game 17-14. Six years later in 2009, I watched the Rebels carry a topfive ranking into South Carolina and lose a difficult Thursday night road test 16-10. In 2013, I was in attendance when the Reb-
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against arguably the best team in the country: Alabama. The time to make the jump from good to great is now. The talent is definitely there, the depth is developing and the experience at quarterback is greater than any other team in the SEC. College GameDay will be making its first ever visit to Oxford. The game will be broadcast in primetime coverage on CBS. The national spotlight is on. At the beginning of this season, Freeze asked his players to “buy in,” to go “all in,” to do anything and everything necessary to make each day successful. Since day one, every member of FILE PHOTO Andrew Ritter takes a deep breath before kicking the game-winning field goal against the Ole Miss football program LSU last season. els went into Tuscaloosa with a 3-0 season and ranked in the AP top 25, but got out-manned by a talented Alabama team. Ole Miss has been close many times, but come up just short. That could all change beginning this Saturday. Ever since Hugh Freeze stepped onto this campus in January of 2012 after inheriting a program that had hit rock bottom, he has preached about changing the culture. Freeze has done just that in a remarkably short amount of time. His philosophy from the start has been to focus on each day and “Win the Day.” Freeze has led this program in a complete turn around in under three years.
Now the Rebels sit 4-0 just outside of a top ten national ranking. The excitement for Ole Miss football has never been higher than now and an unbelievable opportunity is before us. The culture has changed. People are beginning to believe in greatness instead of dreaming of it. People are expecting great things instead of hoping for them. Freeze refers to his time at Ole Miss as “The Journey.” This journey now sits in front of not only its toughest challenge, but also its greatest opportunity yet. The Rebels are about to embark on a five-game stretch that includes five conference games, four of which come against teams ranked in the top fifteen nationally. It all begins Saturday
has bought in and has been rewarded with this amazing opportunity. The Rebels have a wonderful opportunity to put this program in elite conversation. The journey is about to reach its peak. The Rebels have a chance to make history. The stage is set. Saturday will be an incredible scene in Oxford. GameDay will be here and there will be more people in the Grove than this campus has ever seen. These are the games that remind people why they love being a fan. The passion and love for Ole Miss football is because of moments like this. Saturday has all the makings for a historic day for Ole Miss football.
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PAGE 8 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 30 SEPTEMBER 2014 | SPORTS
Freeze, Rebels gear up for Alabama game this weekend
CODY THOMASON
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After beating the Memphis Tigers to get to 4-0, Ole Miss is now preparing to face their biggest opponent of the year so far: third-ranked Alabama. With the win Saturday, Ole Miss secured their first time ever hosting ESPN’s College Gameday. Head coach Hugh Freeze displayed his excitement for hosting the popular college football pregame show number one team in the country at home with College Game Day here,” Freeze said. “That’s going to provide a very festive atmosphere here in Oxford, and we’re excited to showcase our atmosphere in the Grove.” The big talk last week against Memphis was the Rebels trying not to look ahead to the showdown this weekend against Alabama. Now that Alabama week is finally here, Freeze’s team seems to be focused and energized. Even though the magnitude of the game is great, Freeze thinks a win or a loss is not the deciding factor of the outcome of the season. “We’ll play extremely hard. Whatever happens with this 114 Courthouse Square
game Saturday, certainly we can’t make too much out of a win or too much out of a loss,” Freeze said. “There’s a lot of the season left and a lot to play for.” Senior quarterback Bo Wallace gave his own thoughts on the game. “We have to win these big games to take our program to the next level,” Wallace said. “We’re going to come into this next weekend prepared.” Freeze talked more about the team’s chances against the Crimson Tide. “Hopefully our team will play its best game of the year. It will take that. This is the No. 1 (Ole Miss) and 2 (Alabama) ranked defenses in our conference and No. 2 (Alabama) and 4 (Ole Miss) total offenses,” Freeze said. “Something’s got to give at some point. We’re looking forward to the challenge.” Freeze keyed in on some aspects of Alabama’s defense and what the Rebel offense could do to have success against them. “It’s very difficult to rush the football against them. They’re so well coached, have a really good scheme, a really good plan, and they have real-
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ly good players,” Freeze said. “You have to be balanced. You have to mix it up. You have to find things that give your kids a chance to do the things you’re asking them to do, but it’s a very difficult defense to do it against.” He also talked about Alabama’s offense, which has undergone some changes after installing new offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin this season. “They’ve always been very good offensively. They certainly have some different things now to add to that,” Freeze said. “Having the kids that they have make their schemes even better. I know Coach Saban is getting out of his kids what they want. And with Lane they have changed a bit offensively, and it is making them more difficult to defend.” Junior cornerback Mike Hilton also talked about what he thought of the changes Alabama’s offense has had this season. “They’re really starting to open up now that they know they have some playmakers on the outside,” Hilton said. “They’re still able to pound it, but they want to pick up the tempo and get the defense a little tired.” Hilton also spoke about the Crimson Tide’s star wide receiver Amari Cooper, and how the defense needed to account
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Head coach Hugh Freeze speaks with referees during the Memphis game Saturday. for him. “He’s a great wide receiver,” Hilton said. “He’s fast. When he blocks, he’s physical, and they get the ball into his hands anyway that they can to make a play. We just know that when he gets the ball, we just have to rally around him and get him down.” Expectations are high for the Rebels, not only coming from the fans, but from the coaching staff as well. Alabama seems to no longer be a measuring stick. “In this room, we expect to
compete Saturday. We expect to have a chance to win it,” Freeze said. “I know our kids feel that way, and our coaches feel that way. I don’t know that we will. I have no idea what the scoreboard will say at the end, but I expect our kids to go and compete and have fun and do a good job.” Wallace gave his final thoughts on the game. “I’m confident going into this game, and I’m confident in our guys,” Wallace said. “We know it’s going to be a big test for us.”
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