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State government offers new choices in sexual education

BY ROSS CABELL rsscabell@gmail.com

Teen pregnancies and STDs are two problems that constantly face the young population of Mississippi.

Mississippi has the highest teen pregnancy rate and ranks No. 1 in chlamydia and gonorrhea infections, according to statistics taken from the Mississippi State Department of Health. The age group of 15-24 makes up 76 percent of all chlamydia cases and 70 percent of all gonorrhea cases in the state. The 15- to 24-year-old demographic is only 15 percent of Mississippi’s population.

To combat these growing issues, the Mississippi State Legislature recently passed a bill requiring sex education to be taught in public schools.

The bill, known as HB 999, states that all school districts must choose between teaching either an abstinence-plus or abstinenceonly policy.

The abstinence-only policy will teach abstinence as the best con-

traceptive form, putting emphasis on not having sex until marriage, while also discussing the consequences of teen sexual activity, such as pregnancies and STDs. The abstinence-plus policy allows the school districts implementing the policies to expand upon other safe-sex practices, all the while advocating abstinence as the best form of birth control and STD prevention.

Oxford School District Superintendent Brian Harvey believes abstinence-only is the best policy, a policy that will be put into effect beginning in fall of 2012.

“I think it sends the right message of the conseTHOMAS | The quences in both the short ILLUSTRATION BY PETRE Daily Mississippian term and the long term,” Harvey said. “When talking about teenage pregnancy, you can’t get pregnant unless you have sex. have sex. You can’t have emotion“You can’t get STDs if you don’t al damage if you don’t have sex. I

think that is the message we need to be sending.”

Junior journalism major Watson Burney disagrees with Harvey.

“I just don’t think teaching abstinence-only is realistic in this day and age,” he said. “I think schools should spend more time educating kids on how to practice sex safely.”

Principal Patrick Robinson of Lafayette High School said his school has not yet decided on a curriculum for next year.

However, the school’s tenth grade health class currently teaches a curriculum that emphasizes an abstinenceonly policy.

“The sex-ed course was a carryover from last year,” he said. “We did not make a change. We plan on just taking it (one) year at a time and (going) from there.”

The new policy will not go into effect until July 1, 2012, giving schools less than a

year to develop the curriculum they will use.

Brad Schultz, associate journalism professor, has a son who is a junior at Oxford High School and a daughter who is a freshman at the University of Mississippi.

“As a faith-based person, I agree that abstinence should be used,” he said.

“I am enough of a realist to know that it doesn’t necessarily work. I don’t have a problem with abstinence-plus if it keeps kids from getting pregnant. That is the bottom line.”

The State Department of Education has set up pilot programs all over the state that will teach either the abstinence-only or abstinenceplus policies in a trial course at some point during the year. The Oxford School District is one of the pilot programs. “Currently the pilot program is for seventh grade students,” Harvey said. “It’s an ‘opt in program,’ which means the parents have to say they want their child involved in that.”

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Ole Miss fans’ reception of Rebel the Black Bear mixed

BY LEAH CAYSON lecayson@gmail.com

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Rebel the Black Bear did not receive strong support from fans during the game between Ole Miss and Southern Illinois Saturday, as fans booed him when he walked on the field.

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Rebel the Black Bear, the University of Mississippi’s new mascot, made his first appearance of the school year at the season’s opening football games, and with the new mascot came mixed reactions.

For some, tradition runs deep, but many fans are indifferent and some have a positive attitude about the change.

Numrata Patel, senior exercise science major, is among those supportive of the new on-field mascot.

“I really like the new mascot,” Patel said. “He is kind of cuddly.”

“Black Bear is controversial right now, but for different reasons than Colonel Reb. He isn’t offensive, and I think he is a comical mascot, which is great for children.”

Vincent Fasano, senior business major, however, said he thinks there are more important issues at hand for the university.

“I think it’s great that alumni, students and fans are emotionally invested in the university and its mascot,” Fasano said. “However, I think that Ole Miss has other problems that are of higher importance.”

Many fans are not happy to see a new mascot on the field, such as those at the Southern Illinois University game Saturday who booed Rebel the Black Bear when he walked onto the field.

Although the Colonel has been an active part of the university from his inception, the elder mascot only served as the university’s official mascot for 24 years.

In 2003, the mascot was banned from official participation because the university felt that he See MASCOT, PAGE 4

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Letters to the Editor

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Westboro’s wrong about gays

BY ANDREW DICKSON addickso@olemiss.edu

I can assure you that you have some sort of name for the “voice” in the back of your head ­— be it your “God,” your “conscience,” your “mind,” your “intuition” or whatever you’ve labeled it.

However, the profound, subjective nature of our imaginary friend(s) and their convictions leads to great

debates over what exactly is “right” and “wrong” when ethical dilemmas present themselves.

Some, especially those who consider the “voice” in their ear to be “God,” will go about preaching their convictions to you as if they were truth, and some will go as far as to threaten you for all eternity for not believing in their particular “friend.”

Let’s consider Westboro Baptist Church and its infamous congregation of approximately 70 individuals.

Located in Topeka, Kan., WBC’s members are known for picketing funerals of

American soldiers, desecrating the flag and blaming homosexuality almost exclusively for what they refer to as the “moral crisis” in this nation.

GodHatesFags.com, one of the many websites openly devoted to their anti-homosexual agenda, states in its FAQ: “We are not the ones marching up and down the streets demanding that people accept and respect us for our sins; this is the only sin to which America is seriously contemplating giving civil rights. Imagine if embezzlers, murderers or rapists demandSee WESTBORO, PAGE 3

THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN EDITORS:

CAIN MADDEN editor-in-chief

MALLORY SIMERVILLE city news editor

JACOB BATTE campus news editor

To the Editor: In response to Kelly Jacobs’ letter to the editor in the Sept. 12

edition of The DM: I am a fifth-year senior at Ole Miss. I have a 2.1 GPA and I have never made the Dean’s List (though I have met the dean and he is a very nice man, even if he did neglect to add me to his list).

I found employment at two different jobs in less than one month of looking this summer.

One of the great things about Ole Miss, and a contributing factor to the high rate at which Ole Miss graduates are hired directly out of college (as compared to other universities), is that our beloved school teaches more than just calculus and accounting.

Ole Miss provides a rich education in social networking — the type of social networking that gets you a job.

So if your son can’t find a job, it’s not because Rep. Nunnelee isn’t doing his.

Senators Cochran and Wicker probably won’t help your son find a job either. President Obama certainly can’t help your son find a job, as he will be busy enough trying to salvage his own, come the 2012 election.

We elected our representatives and senators (and, yes, even our president) not so they can find us jobs, but so that they might uphold justice and defend the Constitution. Don’t wait for a politician to provide you with a job — GO FIND ONE! Ross Heare Senior, history Beaumont, Texas crheare@olemiss.edu To the Editor: In response to Kelly Jacobs’ letter to the editor in the Sept. 12 edition of The DM: Mrs. Jacobs should be reassured that when the president’s jobs bill is passed, her son, upon graduation, can look forward to a dandy new job in construction.

He would be well-advised to learn welding to give him a leg up on his peers.

I assume he already knows how to dig a ditch.

Tom Levis Oxford

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Fellow students: Welcome back to campus, and Hotty Toddy on the Rebels’ first win of the season.

There are some truly great events happening on this campus, and I am honored to serve as your Associated Student Body treasurer. I am excited to announce that the application for ASB funding is now open to all student organizations on campus.

In the tough economic times we face today, the ASB has been thrilled to receive an increased budget for this year, giving us the opportunity to more adequately fund our student body.

It is our mission as the ASB, and my mission as the ASB treasurer, to use our great resources to transform Ole Miss through the outstanding work of our many student organizations.

I invite all student organization leaders to log on to OrgSync and visit the ASB page. Once on the ASB page, just click on “Forms” where you will find the link to the “Application for ASB Funding.”

Please fill out this form and submit it on OrgSync any time from Sept. 12 to Sept. 23.

Student organization meetings are being held Sept. 14-15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Bondurant 204.

We cannot guarantee funding for all organizations, but it is our desire to fund all organizations as much as possible to benefit Ole Miss and the Oxford community in the greatest way we can. Once the applications are filled out and reviewed, interviews will take place in the ASB office.

Please come to Student Union 408 to schedule your interview after your application is submitted.

Feel free to contact me at jajames@olemiss.edu if you have any questions.

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The family of a tyrant

BY ADHAM HAGAG adham.hagag1@gmail.com

Rebel troops entered Tripoli, the Libyan capitol, on Aug. 21.

Three days later the revolutionaries seized Gaddafi’s compound in Bab al-Azizi.

Pictures and videos showing the rebels entering the superluxurious houses of Gaddafi’s sons and daughter spread over the Internet, but the Gaddafi family had already fled the capital.

Following the speeches of the members of Gaddafi’s family, they show they had inherited not only billions of dollars from their father, but that they also had much of their father’s mentality and personality.

Moammar Gaddafi, Libya’s former dictator, married twice and has eight biological children, seven of them sons.

Each of his children held an official position in the former Libyan government, and all of them, with the exception of his eldest son Muhammad and his daughter Aisha, commanded a brigade in the Libyan army.

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ed they be given protection by law. You would gasp in amazement.”

(Pause for gasp.)

The fact that homosexual relationships require two consenting adults to enter a mutual relationship, while the other examples given in the above quote (embezzlement, rape, murder) all involve an actual victim, is lost in WBC, but their imaginary friends don’t shape their ideals using natural law — they shape their ideals using cherry-picked bits and pieces of a book.

Westboro Baptist Church claims that verses found in the Old Testament, like Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13, are proof that their “God” finds homosexuality “detestable” and further labels our “fag-enabling nation” responsible for America’s problems.

While I will admit as a student of religion that the book of Leviticus found in the Hebrew Bible does indeed contain verses arguing against homosexual behavior, I feel incredibly obligated to point out that the book of Leviticus also contains verses that quite plainly support slavery (Leviticus 25:44-46) and killing children who curse their parents (Leviticus 20:9), and it even implies that “God” thinks males are “worth” more than their female counterparts (Le-

The exact wealth of the Gaddafi family is still unknown, but estimations come to about $100 billion, $30 billion of which is frozen by the United States alone.

Due to the tribal nature of Libya, the Al Qazazfa tribe and the Gaddafi family in particular controlled nearly everything in Libya, from politics to the economy, and even sports.

Saif al-Islam is the most famous of Gaddafi’s sons due to his harsh statements against the revolutionaries, in which he promised them a “river of blood.”

The New York Times described al-Islam last year as “the western-friendly face of Libya and symbol of its hopes for reform and openness.”

The rest of Gaddafi’s sons had their share, too, in the brutal attempt to suppress the revolution. Five of them commanded brigades of special forces.

Khamis Gaddafi was in charge of the feared elite Khamis brigade of the Libyan army.

Al-Saadi Gaddafi, who was long known as a professional football player, commanded a

viticus 27:3-7).

I am not a strong proponent for imposing ancient biblical law in modern culture, just in case you’re still wondering; it wasn’t exactly a Golden Age for libertines if slavery and sexism were woven into the law.

Don’t get me wrong; the Bible is a book of elegant poetry, but humanity has evolved past the point of needing to look to archaic documents riddled with inconsistencies and narrative fiction to determine what is “right” and “wrong.”

Further, I reject the notion that there is an omnipotent, omniscient, universe-spanning entity out there that is at all concerned with my sex life.

In fact, if any deity with such power were to exist, I would pray it would be much more concerned with the perpetual wars and starving people.

At the end of the day, it

brigade of special forces, too.

Most of the brigade had been destroyed by NATO aircrafts.

Al-Moatassem-Billah Gaddafi, who served as Libya’s National Security Adviser, was seen as a possible successor of his father. A succession battle was speculated between him and Saif al-Islam.

Surprisingly, Moatassem spent years in Egypt after allegedly plotting to oust his father.

At that time, he said he had done that for the good of the Libyans.

Time showed he is not much different from his father.

Even Hannibal, who was well known for his fiery temper, led a division of the Libyan army during the civil war.

His actions led to a diplomatic war between Libya and Switzerland two years ago after being imprisoned by the Swiss police for assaulting his servants at a Swiss hotel.

Muhammad Gaddafi is the only one of Gaddafi’s sons who had no military training. But he, too, helped his father in suppressing the Libyan revolution in his own way.

seems Andrew is the only one I answer to.

In my mind’s eye, there is no sin in being born (or “created,” if you will) with an unchangeable predisposition to attraction to members of the same sex.

You and Michele Bachmann are free to disagree, but I believe that every human deserves the basic right to love and marry who he or she chooses (so long as its consensual, of course), and the only thing standing in his or her way is a hysterically useless tradition of gay-hate built on misunderstanding and homophobia.

But in the long run, it simply will not matter.

No amount of fear could ever be fabricated to forever stand in the way of love.

Andrew Dickson is a senior religious studies major from Terry.

Aisha, Gaddafi’s only daughter, is a high-powered attorney.

Her experience in defending Saddam Hussein against allegations of crimes against humanity is likely to prove useful in the coming period.

The Algerian government announced on Aug. 29 that Gaddafi’s wife and his two sons Muhammad and Hannibal, along with Aisha, had crossed into Algeria and were welcomed for “humanitarian reasons.”

Al-Saadi was reported to enter Niger on Sept. 11. The

location of the remainder of the Gaddafi family is still unknown.

While Gaddafi and his seven living children are still free, Libyans are calling for their trials.

How long will they be running without paying for their crimes against Libya and its people? I hope not too long.

Adham Hagag is a Ph.D. student in electrical engineering from Egypt.

Follow him on Twitter @AdhamHagag.

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Wade’s elibitility for senate challenged The Election Commission is requesting proof of residency by Tuesday from Yasming S. Johnson of Hattiesburg, a Reform Party candidate in the District 45 state Senate race; and from Todd Wade of Oxford, the Republican nominee in the District 9 Senate seat.

Wade, a former pro football player, is challenging fourterm Democratic Sen. Gray Tollison of Oxford.

Wade attended the Election Commission meeting with three attorneys. Representatives of the secretary of state’s office said they had been unable to find proof that Wade has been a registered voter long enough to run for Senate.

State law requires any Senate candidate to be a “qualified elector” — that is, registered voter — in Mississippi for at least four years.

Hosemann’s staff said records show Wade registered to vote in Lafayette County on Sept. 15, 2010.

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SistahSpeak! to host sex-ed fair

BY ELLIE TURNER eeturne1@olemiss.edu

Most people are familiar with the term “sex,” or what is referred to as “the birds and the bees.”

Whatever term you may use, it is safe to say the average college student has had sex. According to the Kinley Institute of California State University, men, on average, lose their virginity at age 16.9, while women lose theirs at age 17.4.

SistahSpeak! is well aware of this observation, which is why the organization is hosting a sex education fair on Wednesday, Sept. 14 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Union lobby.

The goal of the fair is not to share personal opinions or political and religious views, but to educate students about every aspect concerning sex.

The fair will cover the “ABCs,” an acronym that stands for abstinence, birth control and contraception.

Quinn Gee, president of SistahSpeak!, explained that her interaction with students has shown that because society makes sex a taboo, people

are unaware of the issues involved.

“I am interested in sex,” Gee said. “It is something that is relatable to everyone. Sex affects everybody, and I feel like after teaching a class (Human Sexuality) and hearing and reading some of the things my students said, people are not as educated as I thought they were.”

SistahSpeak! will give away candy bags that will contain condoms and information on topics like safe sex, STD rates in the area and state and pregnancy prevention.

Games and trivia will also serve as outlets for involvement, and there will be demonstrations on how to properly put on protection. Gee wants to present the knowledge in an interesting way in order to appeal to students.

Junior dental hygiene major Gabrielle Campo agrees with the organization’s goal of education.

“It is hard to make personal decisions regarding sex without knowing the facts,” she said.

“If this fair is how Ole Miss needs to go about informing students, then I’m all for it.”

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The 15- to 18-day course will teach an abstinence-only policy, and the students will be separated by sex. The boys will be taught by a male P.E. teacher and the girls by a female P.E. teacher.

Senior English major Jordan Griesbeck thinks it’s better to not have one set policy.

“I believe the law is right in not having an overarching doctrine,” he said. “The districts know their students and their shortcomings.

I think in some communities it might work to teach abstinenceonly and in others it would work better to teach abstinence-plus.”

portrayed a negative Southern stereotype.

The university was without a mascot for seven years before the issue was brought up in 2009.

John Prater, senior accounting major, said he feels like a void has finally been filled for students.

“We wear shirts with the Colonel, but he is nowhere to be seen on campus,” Prater said.

“A school with no mascot is like a body with no heartbeat.

I’m glad to know that this void has been filled, and even more happy that students had a voice in the decision.”

In 2010, the Rebel Mascot Selection Committee announced that Rebel the Black Bear would be the university’s new official mascot based on a poll of Ole Miss students, faculty, staff, alumni and season ticket-holders.

Sixty-two percent of voters were in support of the new onfield mascot.

“I didn’t get to personally see Black Bear in the Grove or on the field, but it is good to know that our school is being represented by a mascot,” Prater said.

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Others are contributing to the fair as well.

The Rape Crisis Center, the Violence Prevention office, Walmart, the Sarah Isom Center, gay and lesbian support groups and HIV/AIDS organizations are all doing their parts to help SistahSpeak! raise awareness.

Student Health Services is also providing most of the giveaways.

The sex education fair will be done tastefully, according to Gee. She said she understands hesitance, but said she can remember a time when she was not informed and needed help.

As a rape victim, Gee promised herself that when she was emotionally stable enough, she would do whatever it took to make sure no woman ever feels alone with no voice.

“It is just simple information,” Gee said.

“I want to give back the way it wasn’t given to me. Everybody is either doing it, not doing it, talking about it or hearing about it, so I thought, ‘Let’s give students the information and leave the choice up to them.’”

Despite the university’s decision, many alumni, students and fans still support Colonel Reb., bringing about the Colonel Reb Foundation, which sponsors the Colonel’s apperances.

The foundation’s website, www.saveolemiss.com, says “the only way the Colonel wins this battle is if you get involved on his behalf.”

Recently, the Colonel Reb Political Action Committee, not affiliated with the foundation, brought about an initiative certified by Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann.

The initiative said if the committee is able to secure 100,000 signatures, divided evenly among the five former congressional districts of Mississippi, they will be able to put a vote on the 2012 presidential ballot that could get the former mascot reinstated as the school’s official mascot.

Many fans will embrace the new mascot, and many will continue to fight for the Colonel.

In the meantime, Rebel the Black Bear will be roaming the Grove and the sidelines of athletic events.

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Soccer rights the ship with 6-1 win over The Citadel

BY JAKE THOMPSON jcthomps@olemiss.edu

The Lady Rebels snapped a two-game losing streak Monday afternoon.

The Ole Miss soccer team (4-2-1) had not scored in their last three games, but put 6 points on the board, while The Citadel Bulldogs only got 1 by senior goal keeper Alley Ronaldi.

Coming off a 3-0 loss Friday night to No. 16 Memphis, the start of this game was admittedly sluggish, said head coach Matt Mott, with the Bulldogs striking first on a close-range shot from senior forward Amy Loughran in the seventh minute of the game, breaking through the Lady Rebel defense.

The Rebels answered late in the half with a blast by junior midfielder Alex Hildal to bring the score to 1-1 at halftime.

“We didn’t come out of the gate well,” Mott said.

“They got a good early goal, which always makes the game a little more intense.

“I challenged them at halftime and said we needed to pick out our work rate and our level (of play).”

The halftime speech inspired the Lady Rebels, as they went on to score five unanswered

goals in the second half.

Sophomore midfielder Emily Reid, a transfer from Oklahoma, netted her first of two goals of the season on a cross from sophomore Rafaelle Souza in the 57th minute to get things started.

“I told Emily before the game that she was going to score today, just because it was time,” Mott said. “She has just been all over the goal, and it was time for her to score.”

Souza, a Brazilian transfer, also scored her team-leading seventh goal and added two more assists as she continued her impressive debut season.

“I’m really happy because after two losses, now we win, and I want to keep winning,” Souza said. “I think we will be better in the upcoming games.”

Ronaldi was replaced at halftime by freshman Kelly McCormick with the game level at 1-1.

“We planned in the game to go with Kelly in the second half,” Mott said. “We thought this was a good game for her to get some (good) minutes in.

She is progressing really well.”

Ole Miss travels to UAB on Saturday for its final non-conference game of the season, and conference play begins Sept. 23 at Arkansas.

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Football Notebook: Early look at Vanderbilt Ole Miss Head coach Houston Nutt met with members of the media Monday at a weekly press conference in preparation of Saturday’s sec opener at Vanderbilt.

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Zack Stoudt was named the starter for the Vanderbilt game Saturday.

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Nutt impressed with Vanderbilt’s 2-0 start “Vanderbilt is a very good football team,” Nutt said. “They play extremely hard. We always catch them early when they are healthy, fast and confident.”

An improved defense for the Commodores “Their defense is relentless and fast,” Nutt said.

“Tim Fugger at defensive end is relentless and quick. Their linebacker Chris Marve is very good. Casey Hayward gets a

lot of interceptions. Those guys are playmakers. We have to do a good job of staying on our blocks offensively. We have to execute.”

First-year head coach James Franklin brings a lot of excitement to the program “I always thought Bobby Johnson did a great job, and I think James Franklin has brought in a lot of energy and enthusiasm,” Nutt said.

“They are believing right now and are doing a good job. Winning helps that. Winning is the best medicine there is to give you confidence and what you need.

They are playing very hard, fast and with a lot of confidence.”

Stoudt to start at Vanderbilt Junior quarterback Zack Stoudt will start for the second week in a row in Nashville after completing 11 of 18 passes for 118 yards and his first career touchdown in Saturday’s 42-24 win over Southern Illinois.

Ole Miss secondary continues to make plays After struggling to create turnovers last season, the Rebels are having no trouble this year.

Last season, the defense had only six interceptions, which they returned for 63 yards and no touchdowns. In just two

games this season, the defense has five interceptions for 133 yards and one touchdown, including four for 37 yards against Southern Illinois. Sophomore safety Charles Sawyer leads the team with two, one of which he returned 96 yards for a touchdown in the opener against BYU. Nutt has been pleased with the work new defensive backs coach Keith Burns and safeties coach Chris Vaughn have done with the secondary.

“Coach Burns has done an excellent job along with Chris Vaughn,” Nutt said. “The defense has done a great job reading the ball. They are in the right position, getting breaks on the ball and have done a lot of drill work.”

“Now there is a belief and a confidence. That is exactly what they have going right now.

When you are playing at that level of confidence, good things happen. When they believe that they are going to get interceptions and turnovers, it helps.”

Ole Miss-Georgia game time set The game time for Ole Miss and Georgia on Sept. 24 has been set for an 11:21 a.m. CT kickoff and will be televised by the SEC Network, the SEC announced Monday.

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Scott emerges as a feature back in the Rebels’ offense

BY BENNETT HIPP jbhipp@olemiss.edu

When senior running backs Brandon Bolden and Enrique Davis were ruled out for this past Saturday’s game against Southern Illinois, sophomore running back Jeff Scott knew he was going to get his shot.

He responded with what became his best game as an Ole Miss Rebel, rushing for 118 yards and three touchdowns, while also returning a punt for a touchdown.

Scott racked up over 200 total yards for the second time in his career, the first coming last season against LSU. “I knew my two senior running backs were down this week,” Scott said. “Throughout the whole week they have been giving me a lot of reps.

“They did a great job — the coaches — preparing me to carry the load tonight. I

played the hardest I could.”

He was the first Ole Miss player to score three rushing touchdowns in a game since Dexter McCluster scored four against Tennessee in 2009.

He was also the first player to score two rushing touchdowns and return a punt for a touchdown in the same game since Deuce McAllister accomplished the feat against Auburn in 2000.

With Bolden out after suffering a slight fracture in his ankle against BYU, Scott said Bolden’s advice from the sideline during the game helped him tremendously.

“It meant a lot,” Scott said.

“He encouraged me that I was doing very well. He was telling me, ‘Oh, you don’t always have to look for the big, long runs, just take what they give you.’

“Soon the big runs will come, which it did.”

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One question about Scott being a feature back in the Rebels’ offense was how he would hold up with more carries, and Scott thought he “handled it well.”

“I woke up the next morning, and I could barely walk,” Scott said. “I had to just get warmed up. We had a practice yesterday in shells, and once I got loose and warmed up, I was out there running like I was ready for a game.”

Ole Miss begins Southeastern Conference play on Saturday at 11:21 a.m against Vanderbilt, and Scott is ready to carry the load as the starter or go back to his change-ofpace role if Bolden or Davis return.

“They (Bolden and Davis) were practicing and running a little, but I was still going with the first team,” Scott said. “The coaches — they — haven’t talked to me. They haven’t let me know if I’m going to be the starter or not.

“In my mindset, I want to go in first string so I can help my team. If Brandon and them come back, I’m ready to go in and be the backup and play my role.”

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Sophomore running back Jeff Scott eludes a Southern Illinois defender on his 37-yard touchdown that gave Ole Miss a 7-0 lead in the first quarter of Saturday’s 42-24 win.

against Vanderbilt in recent years, including a 28-14 loss to the Commodores last season, and Scott knows this is a key game for the Rebels.

“It’s another confidence game,” Scott said. “The coaches, the team, they know how important it is for us to go into the game and win.”

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