The Daily Mississippian - October 9, 2014

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Volume 103, No. 31

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tion may be warranted.

The Washington Post published an article in June stating 74 school shootings have taken place since the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, Dec. 14, 2012, according to a list maintained by the group Everytown for Gun Safety. Thirty-one of the 74 shootings were on a college campus.

This list includes assaults, suicides and discharged firearms, but the numbers as a whole demonstrate that students on college campuses do have access to firearms. This explains the reason why university police departments and departments in cities with universities want to be prepared for crisis situations.

“Hopefully these ARs only come out for training purposes,

The University Police Department experienced unruly behavior from fans last weekend as a result of Ole Miss’ historic win over Alabama and said it will not tolerate such behavior for future games.

UPD Police Chief Calvin Sellers was on the field when thousands of fans began storming the field and removing the goal posts from the ground.

“My concern was that people were going to get hurt when that thing fell,” Sellers said. “At one point, a guy started climbing one of the uprights. If he got up there and fell, it would have been bad.”

He said last weekend’s field raiding and goal post removal will be the last of the season.

“I can’t grab every person that’s out there,” Sellers said.

“I’m going to be well outnumbered, but you need to think about it. You could be the one that I do get.”

UPD Captain of Field Operations Michael Harmon said he doesn’t expect the upcoming homecoming game against the Tennessee Volunteers to be as hectic as last weekend; however, he does expect another high-volume crowd.

“Our fans are unique,” he said. “They’re passionate about us winning, now, but they’re also passionate about partying. So, it goes hand in hand.”

Three disorderly conduct, eight assaults and 35 alcohol-related incidents were reported to the department last Saturday, according to UPD’s online daily crime log.

Harmon said arrest numbers from last weekend rivaled the record 46 arrests that were made during the

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The pain and fear of ridicule follow closely behind me with every breath and step I take, but I won’t let them catch me again. As the run turns to a blur, my thoughts become vivid. This is my realization of the importance of exercising, and all it took was a simple moment that changed my life forever. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among 15- to 24-year olds, and I almost became a statistic. See page 8.

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Both the University Police Department and the Oxford Police Department have AR-15 carbines that can be deployed as a last resort should the campus or city experience an active shooter or other emergency.

Chief Calvin Sellers of the University Police Department declined to comment on how many AR-15 carbines the department had.

“It is like telling the other side what play you are going to run,” he said in an email responding to the inquiry.

“We try to be proactive, but a lot

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of changes that take place seem to be reactive,” said Ray Hawkins, university assistant police chief.

“Around the time of the Virginia Tech shooting, we felt there was a need to have additional resources in case we had a situation like that.”

The Oxford Police Department recently acquired 10 military style AR-15 carbines, which are kept in a locked mount in every marked patrol vehicle. This measure wasn’t done as a display of military prowess but rather as one of preparation.

“The ultimate goal here is to send these men and women back home every day,” James Owens, deputy police chief, said. “And if we can provide them with the tools they need to assist them in doing their job, then that’s what

we wanted to do.”

The $12,000 purchase was approved by Chief Joey East of the Oxford Police Department. Officers at the department under-

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went training to use the weapons three weeks ago.

And their proactive prepara-

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CHARLES MCCRORY

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Many of us who consider ourselves feminists find it pretty cool that so many female celebrities (Beyoncé, Lena Dunham and now Emma Watson) have come out publicly as feminists and pretty uncool that some others (Shailene Woodley of “Divergent” and Taylor Swift until very recently) have rejected the label.

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Those in the latter category often cite a discomfort with the term itself, which has become widely associated with a mythical cult of succubi warming themselves beside a pyre of bras while plotting to destroy all men. This isn’t relegated to famous people. The Tumblr account, Women Against Feminism, in which women post pictures of themselves holding up signs decrying feminism, has met the scorn of feminists who argue that these women are merely responding to feminist stereotypes and are misinformed on the definition of feminism: “the theory of the political, economic and social equality of the sexes.”

As with defining racism, Merriam-Webster can be an unhelpful

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ally in these discussions.

When we talk about racism, we talk not about an individual’s belief in the superiority of one’s own race but about power structures that privilege one race over another. And when we talk about feminism with a capital F, we are often talking not about a basic belief in the equality of women but about an organized movement many perceive as racist, hostile, exclusive and anti-male.

The image of all feminists as bitter, misandrist victims is a ridiculous stereotype that needs to be corrected, but not all women who decline to be called feminists believe in this trope.

Plenty of intelligent, empowered women avoid the label for

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more informed reasons. Feminism is not and never has been a monolithic movement in the interests of all women; queer and non-white women have been shoved to its political sidelines since Seneca Falls.

Alternatives to capital-F feminism abound, notably Alice Walker’s theory of womanism. So why do we insist that everyone call herself a feminist, as if the term itself had the power to unite all people in support for women’s equality?

Attempting to herd everyone under the feminist label offers an easy sense of community and conveniently ignores the rifts of opinion within it.

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continued from page 2 Read any two contemporary feminist theorists, and you’re bound to encounter contradictory ideas on what it means to be a feminist, or even a woman.

Feminism cannot be pigeonholed according to a preconceived set of ideas; when we pressure women to adopt the term, we make the same mistake as self-described anti-feminists.

People cannot be split into binary camps of feminist and non-feminist just because we think this would be a simpler way of spotting who our friends are. Women should be free to define themselves however they choose, whether as feminists or womanists or humanists or nothing at all.

It is counter-intuitive to scorn women, under the guise of empowerment, for the ways they choose to identify themselves. By not castigating women who choose not to identify as feminists, we could quit the tiresome business of classifying people and focus our energy on advocating for what actually matters: the lives and opportunities of women, not terminology.

Charles McCrory is a junior English major from Florence

Correction: An article that ran in Wednesday’s Daily Mississippian misidentified the date of a performance of “Heart of the Music” at the Ford Center. The performance will be held at 7:30 tonight.

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Gay marriage: achievement or assimilation?

ROBERT MCAULIFFE

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This has been an exciting week for supporters of samesex marriage. After the supreme court decided not to challenge appellate court decisions striking down laws restricting marriage to heterosexual couples, the total number of states with samesex marriage rights has been raised to 25 (plus the District of Columbia and ten Native American tribal jurisdictions). It seems now that the “hump” has been overcome, and that it will be only a matter of time before even Phil Byrant will witness that Mississippi has same-sex marriage on the books. This is, of course, great news. The state apparatus endorsing these relationships which have been going on both in and out of the shadows for centuries is a great rhetorical achievement in recognizing the humanity of lesbian, gay and bisexual people. The question no one asks, however, is how did homosexual marriage rights come to be the figurehead of the LGBT equality movement?

When one considers whom exactly same-sex marriage benefits, it seems

strange that it has become the marquee political issue for queer people. It certainly is not an issue that affects the young, nor is it one that affects the poor. Disproportionately, those for whom marriage is even a concern tend to be older, richer, and whiter. This is not the face of the queer community. Shouldn’t the landmark queer issue be one that affects everyone, instead of just a fraction?

More states allow gay marriage than have anti-employment discrimination laws on the books. What good is gay marriage if your new spouse can get fired the next day for their newfound marital bliss? The rate of homelessness among queer and transgender youth is a national shame. LGBT people have an astronomically higher probability of being murdered, a probability that increases even more for people of color.

Transgender people routinely experience their very own lived realities being denied, in that they are unable in many places to change their identification and legal status to that with which they identify. Racial justice, economic justice, immigrant rights and healthcare, too, are all issues that directly affect large swaths of the queer community. Yet many LGBT rights groups seem to give off the impression that once gay marriage is legalized, our problems are over. Clearly this sort of cultural hatred transcends legal

statuses. Otherwise, these issues of violence and homelessness would’ve dropped off in the many states that have had gay marriage for years. So why, we must ask ourselves, marriage?

The answer lies at the foot of a concept called “respectability politics.” Originally devised by Black American historians, respectability politics refers to attempts to enforce the norms of a majority onto an oppressed group so that the majority will respond in kind by treating them better. Examples within the black community can be seen in attempts by polemicists like Don Lemon to tell black teens to “stop sagging” and “stop wearing hoodies” and “stop saying the n-word” to avoid being murdered by white folks. In the queer community, it manifests itself as attempts to force the community to assimilate to the norms of heterosexual society in order to be accepted. It creates a narrative of “normativity,” which, instead of accepting queerness as a social reality itself, tries to confine LGBT

individuals in the ill-fitting box of bourgeois heteronormative society.

The fact that marriage holds the status it does among LGBT political issues betrays the fact that the modern gay rights movement, instead of being an inclusive space including disenfranchised minorities like the 1970s’ queer liberation movement, is dominated primarily by the interests of the wealthy, who are attempting to repackage and sell queerness as a more appealing product for the powers that be. Do not, however, let this stand as a creed against gay marriage. By all means, if marriage is your bag, go for it. I will continue to applaud the extension of marriage rights to homosexual couples as it progresses. I will not, however, accept that it is the fulcrum of LGBT acceptance, not an institution to which all must aspire.

Robert McAuliffe is a junior international studies major from St. Louis.

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Ole Miss joins national sexual Questions arise about assault prevention campaign care after Ebola death KYLIE MCFADDEN

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“This pledge is a personal commitment to help keep women and men safe from sexual assault. It is a promise not to be a bystander to the problem but to be a part of the solution.”

These words introduce the “It’s On Us” pledge, a campaign launched by President Barack Obama last month to end sexual assault on college campuses.

Ole Miss is among the most recent colleges—one of only three in the state—to sign the pledge.

As of Sept. 29, 242 universities across the country had committed to the campaign, including six of the fourteen Southeastern Conference schools. The campaign, aside from urging students and community members to vocalize against campus sexual assault, provides tools for organizing campus and community events and public service announcements.

“Today we’re taking a step and joining with people across the country to change our culture and help prevent sexual assault from happening,” Obama said during a press conference at the launch of the “It’s On Us” campaign. “As far as we’ve come, the fact is that from sports leagues to pop culture to politics, our society still does not sufficiently value women, and we still don’t condemn sexual assault as loudly as we should. We make excuses.

We look the other way.”

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16 men are sexually assaulted in college, according to the “It’s On Us” campaign and the National Campus Leadership Council.

Only 13 percent of rape survivors report assault, and eight in 10 victims were previously acquainted with their attacker.

It’s not only the schools themselves, however, who are sponsoring the campaign. The Atlantic 10, Big 10 and Pac 12 conferences have all signed the pledge as has the NCAA itself and several corporate sponsors.

Celebrities such as Jon Hamm, Kerry Washington, Rose Byrne, Kevin Love and more have all appeared in PSAs for the “It’s On Us” campaign.

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The National Campus Leadership Council, a sponsor of the campaign, highlights several ways in which campus communities can participate in getting the word out about sexual assault prevention, including digital campaigns and hosting events for National Campus Conversation Week, which begins Nov. 17.

Though it’s impossible to say how many cases of sexual assault occur on and off campus without being reported, Ole Miss has not been immune to cases of sexual assault. Just last semester, Ole Miss freshman defensive back Bobby Hill was charged and arrested for sexual battery.

Previously, the FBI’s most recent university and college crime reports from 2011 show that seven forcible rapes were reported at Ole Miss that year. None were reported at any other investigated school in Mississippi.

DALLAS — The death of the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States renewed questions about his medical care and whether Thomas Eric Duncan’s life could have been extended or saved if the Texas hospital where he first sought help had taken him in sooner.

Duncan died in Dallas on Wednesday, a little more than a week after his illness exposed gaps in the nation’s defenses against the disease and set off a scramble to track down anyone exposed to him.

The 42-year-old Liberian man had been kept in isolation since Sept. 28 at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, where a fevered Duncan first showed up days earlier and told the staff he had been in West Africa. Doctors initially sent him home. He returned after his condition worsened.

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He said getting early treatment is key to survival.

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Duncan carried the deadly virus with him from his home in Liberia, though he showed no symptoms when he left for the United States. He arrived in Dallas on Sept. 20 and fell ill several days later.

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the only one not cared for in one of the special hospital units set up to deal with highly dangerous germs. That’s because health officials knew the others had Ebola at the time they decided where the patients should go, whereas Duncan sought care at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital on his own.

Health officials also have said that any hospital with isolation capabilities can treat Ebola patients, but Duncan’s death is sure to renew attention on the hospital’s response.

There is no way to know whether any specific treatment or step might have saved Duncan’s life.

At the time of his death, he was taking an experimental antiviral drug.

He died “despite maximal interventions,” said Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“The earlier someone is diagnosed, the more likely they will be to survive.”

Officials have said everyone who had potential contact with Duncan is being monitored for 21 days, the maximum incubation period for the disease, which can cause vomiting, diarrhea, bleeding and in later stages, damage to vital organs.

Also Wednesday, a sheriff’s deputy who went into the apartment where Duncan had stayed was hospitalized “out of an abundance of caution” after falling ill, authorities said.

Federal and state health officials say there’s no indication the deputy had any direct contact with Thomas Eric Duncan.

Duncan’s illness has stoked anxiety in some parts of Dallas.

Several residents of the neighborhood where Duncan got sick told city officials they had been sent home from work. Some community volunteers shunned a nearby after-school program. And the hospital acknowledged that some patients were staying away out of fear of Ebola.

Duncan went to the emergency room of Texas Health Presbyterian in Dallas on Sept. 25, but was sent home. By Sept. 28, his condition had worsened and an ambulance took him back to the hospital.

The hospital has changed its explanation several times about when Duncan arrived and what he said about his travel history.

The hospital has said the staff did not initially suspect Ebola, even though Duncan told them on his first visit that that he came from West Africa.

His body was to be cremated and his remains returned to the family. The Centers for Disease Control recommends that bodies of Ebola victims not be embalmed and instead suggests they be cremated or promptly buried in a hermetically sealed casket.

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“It’s alcohol-plentiful,” Harmon explained. “We deal with it the best we can. We have to deal with a lot of situations where people think they’re Arnold Schwarzenegger once they’ve gotten a little alcohol in them.”

For typical gameday weekends, UPD outsources around 55 to 60 temporary officers from other agencies. For this particular game, they hired 76, roughly 18 more than usual.

“We had a lot of people here,” Harmon said. “But if you count the number of people and the number of guns, we’re still highly outnumbered.”

The majority of the remaining home games on the Ole

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continued from page 1 but should the need arise, that’s another tool at (the officers’) disposal,” Owens said. “And it could mean the difference between them going home and not being able to go home.”

Heavy weapon ownership by law enforcement agencies has become common across the nation thanks to the Department of Defense Excess Property Program, also known as the 1033 Program.

This program allowed the Department of Defense, following the war in Iraq, to allocate military surplus property to law enforcement agencies. However, neither the Oxford nor the University police departments participated in the 1033 Program to obtain the guns.

The possession of firearms isn’t taken lightly, either. The Oxford Police Department ensures that officers qualify with all firearms quarterly while University police officers must qualify with their weapons twice a year. These weapons include the AR-15 carbines as well as a Glock handgun and 12-gauge shotguns.

If an officer is not proficient with any gun, he may be dismissed from the department, Owens said.

In addition to the AR-15 carbine, the Oxford Police Department also has a tactical unit, which has access to specialized weaponry.

“Our tactical unit has H&K, UMPs and tear gas and bean bag rounds as well,” East said.

The Heckler and Koch Universal Machine Pistol is a type of submachine gun used in law enforcement agencies across the country.

They are compact and medium-ranged, making them easy to maneuver through crowds and buildings—an important quality in a crisis situation.

The bean bag rounds are also popular with SWAT teams and police forces because they act as less-lethal ammunition and are helpful in suppressing violent crowds. The small rounds travel at speeds of 250 to 300 feet per sec-

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Miss football team’s schedule are against nationally-ranked teams. Sellers said his officers will be prepared to hold rowdy fans responsible for their actions.

“We’re not going to continue to allow some of the behavior that’s been going on,” he said. “We can’t. We have the safety of over 60, 000 folks to worry about. Because you’re up there throwing bottles and throwing stadium seats, you’re not going to get to stay and watch the game.

“I’m not saying you’re just going to be ejected. I don’t think they have TVs at the Lafayette County Jail for you to watch a football game, and that’s where you’re going to end up.”

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Ole Miss fans carry the north goal post out of Vaught-Hemingway stadium after Ole Miss won against Alabama Saturday. University Police Department said this kind of behavior will not be tolerated in future games. ond. The rounds cause minimum long term trauma without skin penetration.

The University of Mississippi’s Associated Student Body President Davis Rogers said, “I do think it is necessary and beneficial to us to have officers that are armed on campus at all times. If we didn’t have people on campus with firearms in an active shooter situation, it would take a lot longer to get that situation under control.”

Sellers said his department has not obtained military items like given by the 1033 Program because he understands the implications of using militarized gear.

“If you dress a policeman up in all of this garb like Kevlar helmets and shields, they’re going to act like a soldier,” Sellers said. “It seems to me that if you’re dressed up in a helmet and a shield, you’re basically saying ‘Throw stuff at me.’”

Even without riot shields and helmets, students expressed concerns that they would like to be more knowledgeable about what types of weapons campus police officers have.

“I think that this is something the student body should be more aware of,” Rogers said. “It could be really beneficial if (the police department) opened up to the student body and provided seminars that could inform students about what officers have access to and how that helps in emergency situations.”

Despite any negative attitudes that have developed with the growing concern of militarization, both the Oxford and University police departments stand their ground about possessing assault weapons, and it all boils down to the main goal of the police force: protecting the community.

“Unfortunately, we live in a time of society where we need to be prepared,” Owens said. “We employ mothers, fathers, brothers and sisters, grandparents—we want them to have the tools necessary for them to do their job and go home at the end of the day.”

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New Lafayette Litter Program to clean up county MADISEN THEOBALD

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Couches and chairs abandoned alongside Lafayette County roads will no longer sit there for extended periods of time.

The Lafayette County Solid Waster Manager and E-911 Coordinator Bobby Jones established a new, county-based solid waste program called Lafayette Litter Program at the beginning of October.

The waste program aims to promote Lafayette County to produce a cleaner, healthier environment. It will be a program concentrated on county roads and various state highways. The program runs Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The members of the Lafayette Litter Crew will be picking up at least three miles of waste a day.

The program was put in place for two primary reasons: bush hogging and keeping the county beautiful.

A bush hog is a type of rotary mower that cuts the roadside’s grass. The bush hogs on county and state roads were beginning to run over debris on the side of the road and create large amounts of litter for miles, Lafayette county officials said.

“This type of litter from the bush hogs was starting to spread into people’s yards and other properties, so this was a central problem that needed to be addressed,” Jones said.

“Our goal is to make Lafayette County the most attractive county it can be.”

Another reason the program was put into action was because Jones wanted to keep the county beautiful and make the land more visually appealing to the many new businesses coming in.

The Lafayette Litter Program will consist of three men, one full-time and two part-time, that will make up the Lafayette Litter Crew. The crew’s primary focus is to pick up litter on the sides of the roads and to keep large items removed from the sides of the roads, such as couches and chairs that have been thrown out.

Lafayette County consists of 677 square miles, and it is made up of more than nine communities. According to Jones, last year there was over 25,000 pounds of litter picked up on Lafayette roadways, and now, the Lafayette Liter Program is estimated to pick up 40,000 pounds year.

The first week of the program, the litter crew picked up around 1,200 pounds of waste, Jones said.

Former sheriff’s deputy, Kenneth Drewery is the now the official Lafayette Litter Crew leader. As a sheriff’s deputy, Drewery did not have access to the number of inmates he needed all the time.

Jones and Drewery said they decided to work together and create the new solid waste program, so cleaning up roads and highways in Lafayette County would become more effective and efficient.

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there are certain high-visual areas that I continue to clean and keep in rotation,” Drewery said. “And now, we are going to be able to have people picking up waste everyday,” Drewery said.

Jones has hired two men who will work part-time for the new program. The three men will wear yellow highlighter t-shirts that read “Lafayette County Litter Crew” on the back, along with reflective vests. The crew will be using one truck, a trailer and trash grabbers for picking up debris. Drewery said part-time employers will be working at least 80 hours a month.

“I am happy to be making an impact on communities within Lafayette County,” Lafayette Litter Crew employee Deandre Patrick said. “It will be rewarding to see the effects we are making on our commuPHOTO BY: PAYTON TEFFNER nity because of this program.

I plan on working as much as Kenneth Drewrey picks up trash on College Hill Road Wednesday.

I can.”

There are roughly 20 workdays in a month due to weather and climate complications for the Lafayette Litter Crew.

Patrick said on kickoff day, he alone picked up four bags of trash in a hour and a half time period.

“If I was to go out on a road that I cleaned up a few days ago, I promise you, I could pick as much garbage up on it right now as I did a few days ago,” Drewery said.

Most of the trash and litter comes from people throwing things out their car windows, according to Drewery.

Jones and Drewery want the new litter program to create awareness in the people of Lafayette County, in order to prevent solid waste from getting on highways and roads.

“Our goal is to start parttime and go full-time to keep the litter down and combat PHOTO BY: PAYTON TEFFNER it a little at a time, so that it can eventually make a great De’Andre Patrick picks up trash while listening to music on College Hill Road Wednesimpact on the county,” Jones day.

“Our purpose is to just make sure the people around the county have an environment said. that is clean and tended to.”

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UM faculty salaries average among lowest in SEC KENDYL NOON

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From an athletics perspective, the Southeastern Conference has always been considered a competitive conference, and in recent years, The University of Mississippi has been a real contender. But when it comes to faculty salaries, the university doesn’t always measure up.

The Institutional Research and Assessment office at UM took the nine-month salaries of full-time faculty in each department and compared them to those across the SEC. Overall, almost every department at The University of Mississippi pays less than the conference’s average for the same position.

The departments with the biggest discrepancies include accountancy, business, pharmacy and liberal arts.

For example, the average nine-month salary for associate professors in UM’s College of Liberal Arts is $70,731.

The SEC weighted average for the same job is $73,190. That means UM’s associate professors make, on average, 96.64 percent of the salary that their SEC counterparts do.

Rich Forgette, interim dean

for the College of Liberal Arts, explained that this issue has been going on at the university for awhile.

“This has been a long-standing problem for The University of Mississippi,” Forgette said.

“It is a challenge to hire and retain top faculty with our salaries. The challenge is greatest when recruiting faculty candidates who have multiple job offers. The university has recognized this as a priority in our UM 2020 Strategic Plan.”

The UM 2020 Strategic Plan includes a university-wide strategy to “develop proposals to provide supplemental salary opportunities for productive faculty (e.g., examine extending UM School of Pharmacy policy, compare to peer institutions).”

In fact, the pharmacy school has long recognized its salary challenges. When compared to the SEC, a UM associate professor makes $11,279 less than the conference average.

However, Dean David Allen of the Pharmacy department said they don’t compare themselves to the conference, but to the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Profile of Faculty. The Pharmacy Profile of Faculty provides analyses on

demographic data for full-time pharmacy faculty from colleges of Pharmacy around the nation.

“AACP does (a profile) each year, and we generally receive it in December or January of each academic year,” Allen said. “We target the 50th percentile as the salary level for which to strive.”

Using that measure, the pharmacy school’s high-performing staff is paid within one to two percent of the national 50th percentile average. Salaries within the pharmacy school are dependent on a faculty member’s rank, years within that rank and other factors.

According to UM’s data, the highest full-time faculty salary is $223,567 for a full professor in the business school. The lowest salary is $16,000 for a liberal arts instructor.

The University of Mississippi is hoping to outline a standard, university-wide method for determining merit and equity salary increases to discourage across-the-board salary increases and encourage the rewarding of staff productivity as determined by the annual performance appraisal and goal-setting process, according to the UM 2020 Strategic Plan.

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Running from my Story by: Logan Kirkland

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put on my armor with confidence: a large t-shirt, gym shorts, tall white socks and, most importantly, my headphones. Each piece of equipment helps deflect emotions as they are shot at me from all sides. I walk to my car, plop down in the driver’s seat and head to the trail where I run. The question is never how far or how long will I run, but what will I run from today?

I’m a 21-year-old senior journalism major at The University of Mississippi. Ever since I was young, I have been active. I always played extreme games of hide and seek with my neighbors and brothers in the hot state of Alabama. I hiked in state parks with my Boy Scout troop. But I found the most satisfaction when I started running in high school.

Junior year of high school was hell. I was struggling with my grades. I was also a goofball, the class clown. I was always hoping to brighten someone’s day. Others saw my goofiness as something entirely different. People were not laughing with me. They were laughing at me.

“Shut up, faggot. You aren’t worth shit.”

One day, someone spit in my face and walked away, laughing.

“Bet you think you’re funny now,” he said.

I’m straight – that didn’t prevent the name-calling. I played on the varsity baseball and football teams – that didn’t prevent the name-calling. It seemed whatever I did I just did not fit in. It seemed like every time someone laughed, it was directed towards me.

I started giving up on my homework and plans with friends, just so I could sleep. Some days, I came home and went straight to bed. When I was sleeping, I did not have to deal with the heartache and criticism.

How pathetic could I be? Crying at home, in the bathroom at school or in my car with the music blaring. I tried to block out my thoughts, but nothing worked.

One night on my way home from a rough day, I couldn’t shake my dark emotions. I hunkered in my car to hopefully liberate myself from everything.

With my thoughts as my passenger, it had never been so loud.

I couldn’t do this anymore. It was exhausting. I couldn’t hide how I really felt. I wasn’t myself; I was a coward.

The words my bullies were telling me were coming true. I wasn’t worth shit. I was failing at everything. The laughing and insults were all I could hear. I did not want people to know what I was going through.

I knew how to finally escape.

“It was an accident.” That’s

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‘“It was an accident.’

That’s what they’ll say when they find me.” what they’ll say when they find me. “Oh, he must have fallen asleep.”

Closing my eyes, I slammed on the gas pedal. The sound of the engine revving was so loud it made me sick. I hoped to run into

a tree or oncoming car. As the wheels left the asphalt, a feeling of regret overcame me.

My eyes shot open. I swerved from the grass back to the road.

With the tires screeching, I slammed on the brakes. My car

sat in the middle of the road, illuminating the tree line.

I thought of the friends I did have and my family. They would have lost me, and they wouldn’t even have known why.

In 2011, 487,700 people were treated in emergency departments for self-inflicted injuries, according to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention website.

Suicide is the third leading cause of death among persons aged 1524 years; among 15 to 24-year olds, suicide accounts for 20 percent of all deaths annually.

Katrina Gay, director of communications for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, said 50 percent of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by the age of 14 and 75 percent by the age of 24.

“These are really conditions of the youth,” Gay said. “That recalibrates our thinking of why it’s so important to understand and create awareness.

“Depression is something that will sideline your aspirations and dreams quicker than anything else,” Gay said. “It’s quiet and silent and creeps in, and it can be successfully dealt with.”

Gay said young people under the age of 25 have trouble explaining how they are feeling. Younger people use more abstract ways to describe things.

“They don’t even know what’s wrong,” Gay said. “They don’t even know that they’re worrying.”

Most youth who are bullied do not have thoughts of suicide or engage in suicidal behavior but are often at risk of suicide, Gay said.

“Bullying alone is not the cause,” Gay said. “It’s the other issues that contribute to the suicide risk: depression, problems at home, trauma history and other different cultural factors.”

Dr. Catherine Bradshaw, deputy director of John Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence, said bullying is a form of aggressive behavior that is intentional, repeated and generally occurs in the context of a power differential.

People often recognize bullying as being more physical, but physical bullying is not as common as its verbal form.

“The most common forms of bullying include people’s words rather than their fists,” Bradshaw said.

It is difficult to determine how different people will respond to bullying incidents, said Judy Van Raalte, professor of psychology at Springfield College and director of the athletic counseling master’s program with an emphasis in sport psychology.

Van Raalte said the link between bullying and suicide is very complex. Quite often, there are social factors that play a role, as well as biological factors.

“Adolescent brains aren’t fully developed, especially the prefrontal cortex, which is associated with executive functioning

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and impulse control,” Bradshaw said. “So a lot of times, when kids are getting upset, they might do things literally without thinking or meaning to.”

I never thought to ask for help.

It’s not because I did not want to, but because I did not know how to explain how I felt. I could not let everyone know the kid laughing at jokes thought he was the joke.

I was getting angry and annoyed with the people around me. I was acting out in school. I did this to hopefully gain some respect and get some attention.

I took this new behavior with me everywhere. I thought if maybe I talked back to people, I would not be an easy target anymore. This new persona did not quite work out for me.

My family was baffled. My coach made me sit out for a game, and the continuous confrontations occurring among my peers rose to an all-time high.

Angry, I decided to go on a run around the neighborhood.

I ran, and I ran until I finally had to call it quits. Head down, hands on my knees, my mind was clear. It was clear of everything.

This is what I needed to do in order keep all of the clutter out. I continued this habit through the rest of high school. A few laps in the neighborhood turned to one mile and then two. As the distance in my runs grew, so did my peace of mind.

Once I arrived at Ole Miss, I started seeing less of the old me.

I was happy, optimistic and eager to get involved. How could this be? I’m not playing the sports I loved. Instead, I’m just running a few miles here and there to keep the pounds off.

I did not question the absence of the old me. I have had a mind clear of almost all negative thoughts and emotions since I’ve been here. It’s been great. I never really could figure out why or how it all went away until I broke my ankle.

The intramural basketball game was a close one. Friends from each team cheered, waiting to either congratulate or console them. The opposing team jumped up to take a shot that would tie the game. I jumped in the air with him. As we both hit the ground, I could feel and hear my ankle crack. I immediately sat up.

“It’s broken,” I said. Then I waved for someone to help me off the court.

I couldn’t walk for weeks. I was a slave to my crutches. I could not shower without a chair. I could not walk to my friends’ room to hear what they were all talking about. I could not go to class unless someone drove me. I never

in my life had to stop halfway up the stairs because I was too tired.

I felt helpless.

I wasn’t just feeling helpless.

I thought I was never going to get better. Instead of working on projects or homework, I would just sleep for hours. I thought that maybe if I went to sleep, I could wake up from this terrible joke.

program coordinator, said the counseling center provides individual, couples and group counseling.

During a counseling session, participants partake in talk therapy, where the counselor sits down and brainstorms with an individual in regards to different situations.

“They would have lost me, and they wouldn’t have even known why.”

Laying in bed with my ankle propped up, I looked at the ceiling and thought, “The old me.

He’s back.” But there was nothing I could do. There was nowhere for me to go.

I started seeing the same emotions that I felt when I was in high school. I felt like a burden. I did not know how to explain my feelings to my friends, but they could notice that I was not myself.

Evidence has accumulated significantly in the last 10 years showing that exercise of all kinds is associated with better mental health, Van Raalte.

“All kinds of physical activity are related to better mental health,” Van Raalte said. “People who move more seem to have better mental health than people who don’t.”

Van Raalte said people who exercise are better at emotion regulation, and there are other factors that are related to exercise such as the social component, physical benefits and being around the natural environment.

The set number of times one needs to exercise in order for there to be an effect on mental health is three to four times a week, she said.

Gay also said there is a great amount of research that supports and substantiates the role of exercise, mindfulness and spirituality in therapy. This might also include medication and physical therapy.

Even if people have found their own ways of regulating their emotions, it is still important to know and utilize professional help, Gay and others said.

Vicki Mahan, assistant director of the counseling center at Ole Miss and the employee assistance

Counselors help participants not only to make a decision but also help monitor medication and give suggestions for other psychologists and other economical ways of treatment.

A lot of times speaking with friends or family can be helpful when in a crisis, but because of

their invested relationship, an individual who is unbiased can give better insight, Mahan said.

“Everybody needs help sometimes, and counseling is simply a way of getting out of your head,” Mahan said. “So, that way you are able to see things more clearly.”

The counseling center is free to all students and encourages everyone who is feeling the need to talk to someone to please come and participate for at least one session.

Mahan said if someone is expressing that they are feeling severe distress, anxiousness, sadness or depression that it’s crucial to come receive help before the crisis is evident.

“Counseling centers are not for crazy people. Counseling centers are full of helpers,” Mahan said.

“When someone is clinically depressed, it doesn’t happen overnight, but it’s a slippery slope.”

It took breaking my ankle to realize I had found my own therapy.

It’s not speaking with a specialist.

It’s not medication. It’s running.

But after looking back at my reporting, I realized how great it felt to finally get some answers to questions I have had for years.

Even though I have gotten over my depression, I wish I had spo-

ken with mental health professionals years ago. They made me feel like even though I felt like I had a major problem, these are issues almost everyone faces, and there are ways to deal with them.

I realize I was lucky. I should not have tried to handle those feelings on my own. I should have reached out for help.

Now, I am in the best physical and mental shape of my life.

It took two physical therapy appointments per week over four months for my ankle to get stable enough to participate in physical activity, and I succeeded.

Anytime I’m angry, sad, confused or even happy, I run. I sweat out the emotion that is bothering me the most. The laps and route I follow show that I can accomplish anything, and if I work hard enough, I will see the end. As I pass each person, car or corner, it shows me passing each obstacle and emotion with ease.

I went from running only three miles at a time before my injury to at least six miles and an all-time best of 10 miles. I could not be happier.

Now that I’m healed, I hope I won’t have to run from my emotions but with them.

IF YOU NEED HELP

If students are seeking help or know someone who is in need, contact the University’s Counseling Center located on 554 Fraternity Row. Students can contact the Student Intervention Team at any time. When contacting the Student Intervention Team, give the student’s information and a description of the student’s behavior.

Faculty members should also report to the Student Intervention Team any student behavior that they believe indicates a student may represent a danger to themselves or to others.

Reports can be sent via email to sit@olemiss.edu or by phone at 662-9157248. If the faculty member believes the threat of danger is imminent, the University Police Department should be contacted immediately.

For more information visit www.olemiss.edu/ depts/stu_counseling/ Email: counslg@olemiss.edu Phone: 662-915-3784 PHOTO BY: CADY HERRING

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help readers in their everyday lives. It offers tips on beauty, style, money and health. The magazine also includes articles on issues important to the black community.

Essence sponsors many events throughout the year. The biggest is the Essence Festival, which takes place during the 4th of July week in New Orleans. It is a combination of free daytime empowerment events followed by concerts in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome at night.

Bush said the social media, live events and other things would not be possible without the print magazine. She called the magazine “the mothership.”

Ann-Marie Herod, junior journalism major, attended the event. She said she grew up with Essence magazine in her home.

“They don’t publish any tabloid stories, like gossip stuff like that,” Herod said. “It is strictly empowerment, and I really like that.”

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Vanessa Bush, editor-in-chief of Essence magazine poses with students from Rust College at the ACT 5 Conference Wednesday.

Samir Husni, director of the use the terms support, strength, Magazine Innovation Center, smart, beauty and sense of besaid this was the first time in his longing. The publication makes 30 years at the university that women feel strong, smart, beauOrdEr ONLiNE the editor of the largest women’s tiful and like they belong, she www.dOmiNOs.cOm African-American magazine has said. come to campus to speak to stu“You not only see it, but you OPEN LATE dents. feel it. That is the power of the Online Code Bush explained the way Es- magazine that delivers upon its 236-3030 REBEL sence sees black women through mission, and that is the power of their own eyes.

Essence,” Bush said.

“What makes us distinctive as Bush presented statistics a magazine is that we honor and showing that one in three black embrace what makes us distinc- women read Essence, and 71 tive as a community of women,” percent consider it one of their Bush said. favorite publications.

During her presentation, Bush The magazine’s circulation said Essence magazine tells reaches about 12.1 million peoblack women’s stories like no ple. Magazine and tablet readerone else can. It brings its read- ship is about 7.7 million, website ers black women’s experiences and mobile reaches about 1.8 through their own eyes, voices million readers and the magaand terms. zine has 2.6 million followers The magazine has been on social media, including Facepraised by many women, in- book, Twitter, Instagram, Goocluding Michelle Obama, Oprah gle Plus and more.

Winfrey and Kerry Washington.

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Vanessa Bush, editor-in-chief of Essence magazine, spoke Wednesday about the powerful impact of the magazine on its readers.

Bush was one of the keynote speakers during the ACT 5 Conference sponsored by the university’s Magazine Innovation Center.

Essence magazine was created in 1970 by four black men who saw there was no magazine that represented black women and believed the beauty and achievements of these women should be showcased every day, Bush said.

Today, the magazine is the number one lifestyle publication for black women.

“Over the years, the look of the magazine has changed,” Bush said. “The desire to inspire black women across the diaspora remains unchanged.”

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Can Tinashe’s ‘Aquarius’ stand out?

JARED BOYD

jlboyd3@go.olemiss.edu

Los Angeles-based songstress Tinashe Kachingwe has spent the better part of a decade exploring her craft through various genres of the ever-expansive recording industry.

She began her career in Vitamin C-endorsed teen pop group The Stunners before stepping out on her own in 2011. She made her solo debut releasing “In Case We Die,” a grown-up, sexy mixtape, including everything from strip tease suites to hazy, drug-inspired cuts.

Tinashe, although continuing to develop her alternative R&B sound on subsequent releases, “Reverie” and “Black Water,” seemed to be interested in clinging to her teen star roots, appearing in a Proactiv commercial in 2013, just before launching the promotional campaign for an upcoming album.

A shape-shifting artist, Tinashe has stuck close to a pattern of composing singles that sound significantly more pop-oriented than the bulk of the material on her full-length products.

“2 On” the lead single from her mainstream debut album, “Aquarius,” seemed to be a sign of more of the same. Enlisting the help of Los Angeles’ current beat king, DJ Mustard, Tinashe brought “2 On” to dance floors in early 2014 before it began to heat up on summer radio playlists.

Featuring an ill-advised verse from ScHoolBoy Q and a stellar nod to Sean Paul’s dancehall crossover hit “We Be Burnin” in the song’s final moments, “2 On” has propelled Tinashe into the realm of groundbreaking female artists in urban music alongside Jhené Aiko, SZA and Teyana Taylor.

Although none are perfect, what those three artists are able to do well is stay in their lane.

Jhené leads the pack with a light, sultry voice that pairs well with thick, rumbling synths that envelope her buttery sweetness like walls of sonic milk chocolate.

Her voice sticks out within this rich mixture, even as she stumbled more than a few times on her debut album “Souled Out” just last month.

SZA’s skill set showcases desperation in both her lyricism and delivery, driving songs like “Time Travel Undone” and “Teen Spirit” to feel like the narrator could give up on love, life and music at any moment.

Teyana Taylor, the first lady of Kanye West’s GOOD (Getting Out Our Dreams) Music imprint, combines 1990s era hip-hop soul with the thumping 808 drum patterns prominent in rap production today.

All of these artists experience downfalls on EPs, mixtapes and LPs (Teyana’s debut album “VII” awaits its scheduled release later this month), but Tinashe experiences a unique flaw on her coming out party “Aquarius” that has yet to plague this new crop of young artists – she simply tries to do too much.

The Tinashe present on “Aquarius” comes across as the new girl in town who hasn’t quite figured out who she wants to be or what clique to be a part of.

At the end of the title track and initial song on the album, she breaks the fourth wall, telling the listener in a breathy voice, “Welcome to my world.” Some music fans may want to decline the invitation.

For those who choose to accept, this first impression leads into the remaining two songs in a three-part movement of ambient soul reminiscent of tracks from Tinashe’s debut mixtape, so alike they could be carbon copies. “Bet” feels like it is a remix to 2011’s “The Last Night on Earth.”

Even a few of the vocal runs strike familiar notes. “Cold Sweat,” the following song, is

held together by a thumping bongo beat that feels like a happy medium between the moods of past hits “That” and “My High.” These are all good things, though.

Tinashe shines most when she sticks to her roots.

With an angelic, airy voice, she floats above compositions.

She uses her voice as an instrument. She knows when to allow her lead vocal to pierce through, taking control of a song, just as much as she knows when to wind her voice around the background of a given section.

Problems arise after the first within a list of six unnecessary interludes between parts of the album. Aquarius’s puzzling

tracklist allows for slower songs to be paired next to uptempo bangers, breaking the pacing down dramatically. “All Hands On Deck,” for instance, a bouncy danceable tune, is wedged between two interludes with “Pretend,” a ballad that sets the stage for a convincing Rihanna impression.

Tinashe’s greatest triumph during the hour-long experience is her ability to play to her knack for murky love songs with a wide array of song arrangers.

“Feels Like Vegas,” “Thug Cry” and “Far Side of the Moon” all utilize this practice to anchor the midsection of the album, but the most ambitious production of the lot is “How Many Times.”

Producer, Cameron, builds the bedroom jam around a smooth sample of “Funny How Time Flies (When You’re Having Fun)” by Janet Jackson. Unfortunately, Atlanta rapper, Future finds a way to reprise the staccato flow he made famous last year on “Karate Chop,” ripping almost every ounce of subtle sensuality out of the otherwise easy-going number.

Tinashe approaches the R&B world like a chameleon, using different sounds like colors to fit herself into new, exciting musical environments. However, in a business where standing out is key, it will be interesting to see if she can keep from being overlooked.

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man walks across a mountainous plain. On his shoulder, stuffed into the cloth bag tied to the end of a wooden stick, are his only possessions. Joe Light presented the painting in vibrant colors brushed across the broadside of a door. The doorknob is missing. Where is the man going? Perhaps to another time where there is no inequality.

Hawkins Bolden’s abstract, scarecrow-like figure looms, its metallic features creating empty sockets of what could be eyes or,

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perhaps, were used in another life when the repurposed metal was something less beautiful. Torn rags hang from the assemblage’s frame, something soft against the harsh reality of the mount.

The mummy-like figure the late Archie Byron shaped using glue and sawdust from the floors of woodworkers that he later molded and painted to form a three-dimensional self-portrait is as fragile as the life it represents.

The man lies in his bed, arms drawn out above the blankets as he stares wearily out at the world.

These evocative pieces and

many more stunning works of Southern, self-taught artistry are now featured in the University Museum’s exhibition “Our Faith Affirmed –Works from the Gordon W. Bailey Collection,” which will be exhibited through Aug. 8, 2015.

Gordon W. Bailey, prominent collector, scholar and advocate for self-taught artists, recently donated a number of pieces created by 27 black artists born between 1900 and 1959.

“Mr. Bailey chose to gift to our museum because he understands and appreciates the history of the

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pletely different.

“Collectively, the works reveal the incandescent power of creativity,” Bailey said.

Both UM Collections Manager Marti Funke and Saarnio said they hoped “Our Faith Affirmed” will draw students and visitors.

“I think there is something here that will inspire all people that come in the museum —from our pre-school classes to senior citizens to students, faculty and staff — we always hope that people find a connection,” Funke said. “Everyone will find something here that speaks to them.

Mr. Bailey is really hoping that more of the student population will visit. We have classes come in, but we would love for students to want to come in and experience it on their own.”

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Robert Howell, Critter region,” said Rebecca Phillips, UM Museum communications coordinator. “He hopes that the artworks created by these dedicated artists will inspire students and community members for many years to come.”

Bailey, who resides in California, was born and raised in the South during the Civil Rights era.

“I believe that the arts are the cultural mortar that connects diverse communities,” Bailey said in the UM Museum Exhibition Advisory. “There are many good people here – of all races and socio-economic levels – pulling, or in some cases pushing, in the same direction. The University Museum is a terrific place to pay tribute to African-American, Southern self-taught artists who persevered and, against the odds, created works of genius.”

During a telephone interview, Bailey expressed support for Chancellor Dan Jones’ introduction of diversity initiatives.

In turn, Chancellor Jones recognized that Bailey’s gift is a great honor for the University of Mississippi.

“This gift is an encouragement,” Jones said. “It’s an encouragement to those of us whose heart and soul have been put into making this a stronger and healthier community around diversity inclusion.”

He plans to continue this “dialogue” as he looks forward to a more inclusive campus.

“This university’s been working on diversity, inclusion, racial reconciliation for some time,” Jones said. “In ways, we’ve made quite a lot of progress, but we’re not where we want to be.”

“I’ve seen the chancellor respond to incidents on campus in a very strong, forthright way,” UM Museum director Robert Saarnio said. “The fact that ‘Our Faith Affirmed’ is here helps the campus continue a dialogue about race and inclusion and diversity. That is certainly something Mr. Bailey hoped his gift would advance: to help the university continue to have a healthy dialogue.”

“The importance of the gift — the power of the artworks sent from Mr. Bailey — is extraordinary,” Saarnio said. “It is exceptionally generous.”

The pieces in the exhibit were carefully chosen by Bailey, who explained, “Though all of the artists in this exhibition are African-American and share context as Southerners working outside of the mainstream, it is important to remember – and viewing their distinctive artworks quickly moves one to that conclusion – that they are unique individuals inspired by personal experiences.”

Many media are used in the exhibit, and most of the pieces are made from “found objects.” Saarnio said these repurposed objects give great meaning to the scenes depicted.

“What does it mean to have a crucifixion scene with a Buick hubcap as a halo, barbed wire as a crown of thorns?” Saarnio said.

“To me, it’s one of the most stunning pieces in the show. It’s very thought provoking. We look at these humble materials, and then it’s a crucifixion scene, the fundamental symbol of Christianity. If that doesn’t move you and cause you to reflect, then I’m not sure what would.”

In most cases, art-making for many of these artists was not their original occupation. Lonnie Holley’s interweaving sandstone figures represented the grief he felt at the loss of family members.

Life-sized wooden animals sit placidly in the middle of the exhibit’s floor. These gentle giants created by Robert Howell sport dotted paint and reside across from the elongated wood form of O. L. Samuels’ untitled, twigged colossus. Upon closer inspection, the stretched figure is clothed in glossy attire made entirely of paint the artist mixed for this purpose.

Separately, these pieces are multifaceted representations of a genre and an age that still resonates today. Together, however, they become something com-

Charlie Lucas, One-Eyed Farmer

represent a “faith in a higher power that guided them and provided spiritual strength” and that to others “it might be faith in the decency of man and faith that the injustice would be corrected.”

Jones said he hoped another meaning might drive the heading.

“I think Mr. Bailey’s gift says to the world that this is a place he’d like to entrust this treasure,” Jones said. “I’m grateful that he sees that this is a place that wants to host ‘Our Faith Affirmed’ and to offer it to the rest of the world.”

Story by:

Clara Turnage scturna1@go.olemiss.edu

COURTESY: Gordon W. Bailey Collection

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Wallace puts Texas A&M history, Alabama behind him DYLAN RUBINO

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The stat sheet may not have been eye-popping, but senior quarterback Bo Wallace may have played the best game of his career in the upset over then 3rd-ranked Alabama.

Wallace led the upset by going 18-31 through the air with three touchdowns. The key takeaway from the game for Wallace is no turnovers. The key for the Rebels was to keep possession of the football and play a clean game. The Rebels put the Magnolia State on the map by not turning the ball over.

Many players have expressed during the week that they have moved on to Texas A&M, but putting the Alabama game behind them is hard to do.

Not for Wallace.

“It’s not difficult. We’re right in the thick of things.

At this point, we control our own destiny. We can be one of the top teams in the country,” Wallace said. “We now know what we thought we already knew. We know that we can compete with any team in the country. Now, it’s just getting to work and making sure we take every day as an opportunity to get better.”

Wallace was also a big part of the running game for the Rebels against Alabama. Wallace ran the ball 11 times for 32 yards. Some of his runs came on third down to move the chains on big drives. The success of running the ball for Wallace has been crucial for the offense but, at the same time, keeping his body healthy has been key also.

“I’ve definitely tried to protect myself more this year. I don’t think that’s kept me from keeping a zone read or anything like that,” Wallace said. “We have a chance to do something special. I’m going to have to be smart but also put my body on the line.”

The offensive line in the fourth quarter gave Wallace the right amount of time to

lead two touchdown-scoring drives to seal the upset. The offensive line has made drastic improvements, especially against the talented front that Alabama has.

“They definitely gave me time to throw; it’s one of the best jobs they’ve done since I’ve been here,” Wallace said.

The last two games against Texas A&M have both resulted in heartbreaking losses for the Rebels. With both losses coming at home, going to Kyle Field at College Station provides a new task for the Rebels in their first true road game of the season.

“It’s going to be a huge challenge going there. They have one of the most hostile environments in college football,” Wallace said. “At the end of the day, this is what it’s all about. Going on the road to a hostile environment is why you go to school here.”

The offense had no problems going against the Aggies at home the past two seasons, but the defense struggled.

Former Aggie quarterback Johnny Manziel led the offense to two late game-winning drives to rip the hearts out of the Rebels.

Wallace reflected on the past two games.

“Just the disappointment of driving the ball down and scoring and end up getting beat – you definitely remember that,” Wallace said.

“We’re a different team.

We’re a different offense and defense. We’ll get to work on them, and hopefully, we can come out and play well.”

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John Youngblood making most of opportunities CODY THOMASON

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When sophomore John Youngblood stepped on to the Ole Miss’s campus, he wasn’t a highly-touted recruit. Ranked as a two-star player, Youngblood wasn’t one of the more talked about prospects in the Rebels 2012 class. He was redshirted his first year, and it was uncertain where Youngblood would play as he has spent time at tight end and defensive end during his career at Ole Miss so far.

After redshirting, Youngblood was eventually moved to defensive end full time for the 2013 season. He played special teams to start but began seeing more and more time at defensive end as the season progressed.

Eventually, injuries thinned the defensive line, and Youngblood started his first game against the Idaho Vandals.

Youngblood said the injuries gave him a great chance to play more, but he’s very happy that the defensive line has been healthier than last year.

“It was definitely a bright side for me,” Youngblood said.

“I got to step up and show the coaches that I could step up, but I’m really glad to know that we’re still healthy, and not too many guys have gotten banged up yet.”

Now, in 2014, Youngblood

has earned a regular rotation spot on the defensive line and recorded his first career sack against Boise State. Youngblood talked about this rotation that his coaches employ.

“In a sense, it’s almost imperative,” Youngblood said. “If you’re feeling it, you’re feeling it, and we can keep those guys in.”

Youngblood feels the system is more important against certain teams than others based on their offensive philosophies, such as their tempo.

“I feel like in this game, it’ll be a little more key than against a team like Alabama,” Youngblood said of the team’s matchup against Texas A&M. Youngblood talked more about the differences between the teams and how the defensive line would have to play.

“I feel like the mentality isn’t really different it’s still all the same. Fly around. Be physical. Be fast. Just do your assignments, and play your own plays,” Youngblood said. “Obviously, the kind of plays that Alabama makes and the kind of plays that A&M makes are really different, in the sense John Youngblood blocks defensive back Carlos Davis during practice Wednesday. that A&M wants to spread you think they’re about 70 percent to stop the Aggies’ offensive out.

“So it is kind of having to pass in their offense,” Young- attack, especially freshman adjust, having to play the run blood said. “So it is kind of a quarterback Kenny Hill.

“I feel like if we get in the really hard against Alabama different mindset, but we’re ready for whatever.” face of Kenny Hill, and we and then pretty much just Youngblood went into more can disrupt him, with him just being able to rush the passer detail about how they hoped having a couple of starts under (against Texas A&M) because I

his belt, maybe get him going just because he knows that we have a great secondary,” Youngblood said. “If our great d-line gets after him, then he knows it’s going to be a long night.”

“Just like growing up with our dad, we used to live or die every play for a family member, so I’m already hoping they rebound against Arkansas and that their offense plays well.”

Kiffin also discussed the play of sophomore defensive tackle Robert Nkemdiche.

“He does do so many good things in there, but his production’s just not up, his stats and the numbers,” Kiffin said.

“As far as technique and all that, he’s just constantly get-

preparing for the noise level of Kyle Field.

“We’ve been blaring the speakers about as loud as we can. We seem to have handled it pretty well. Bo (Wallace) has been in those types of places before, so that helps,” Freeze said. “We have a few new lineman that haven’t, so that’s always something that you have to adjust to a little bit, and hopefully, we’ll help them this week and get accustomed to it.”

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Freeze, Kiffin address media about Texas A&M

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In practice Wednesday, the Rebels had a shakeup at the kicker position with freshman Gary Wunderlich set to take over all kicking duties.

Wunderlich was ranked as the number one kicker in the country in the class of 2014 by Rivals.com and was already the kickoff specialist and long-field goal kicker for the team.

“Gary is gonna get the start, and we’ll go from there. But it’s his to win or lose,” head coach Hugh Freeze said. “He’s always been very steady on the long ones. It seems that the shorter it gets, he gets a little quick sometimes and a little bit inaccurate, but I think he deserves the chance to get in a game, and let’s see. He hasn’t missed one in a game other than an extra point.”

Defensive line coach Chris Kiffin also talked to the media, addressing several topics, including last week’s matchup against Alabama, where his brother Lane is the offensive coordinator.

“It was a different feeling.

It really was,” Kiffin said of coaching against his brother.

ting better. He just absolutely loves defensive tackle, now. when before he didn’t even know if he wanted to play that, so all that stuff’s good.

“He’s playing very well for us. You don’t really notice it until all the sudden, you realize that you’re in the top five in total defense,” Kiffin said.

“Something is happening up front with him where he is, playing against Alabama, to really control what they did.”

Kiffin also discussed the op-

ponent for this Saturday, Texas A&M and said the depth of his defensive line could really help the team.

“This week going into A&M, I think that plays into our hands that we have 8-10 guys that have played,” Kiffin said.

“A team like that is going to be tempo and get 80 plays a game, where you can rotate guys and not like you’re missing a beat.”

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Maddie Friedmann: a quiet fire

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DYLAN RUBINO

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Soccer is a sport where all the attention is put on the players who score goals and save goals.

The goal-scorers and goal-keepers grab all the headlines and are responsible for either the wins or the losses. The scrutiny of a loss and the praise of a win is put on the shoulders of these players.

The leaders of any sports team is usually loud, vocal, energetic and the “get in your face” type of person. The leader who wants all the attention and pressure put on them.

One of the leaders of the Ole Miss soccer team does not fit these qualifications.

Junior defenseman Maddie Friedmann is quiet on the field, but her play is anything but that.

Friedmann is the most aggressive player on the field for the Rebels as she tracks the ball from all angles and protects her side and manages the defense to make sure no mistakes are made.

Her play is decisive, tenacious and something the rest of the team should follow.

“I’m more of a composed leadership. That’s what I would like to be remembered for,” Friedmann said. “Saving goals, being able to stop shots and keep crosses from coming in. Not being afraid of getting into a tackle too hard or let the forward know I’m there for the rest of the game, and it’s not going to be easy.”

Growing up in St. Louis, Missouri, as a talented recruit out of high school, Friedmann admitted Ole Miss was one of the last schools on her list to visit. Texas A&M, Memphis and Florida were some of the schools Friedmann was seriously considering.

Friedmann said she was 8 years old when she started to play

“Defenders are creating moments as well, it’s just less obvious.”

Maddie Friedmann battles an Arkansas forward for the ball during a game against Arkansas earlier this season. in the game,” Friedmann said. “I er. like a family – not saying it wasn’t was around sports all of the time, Coming in right away, play- that way my freshman year. We but soccer was my favorite sport ing and having a larger role than have over the years formed a growing up because I loved run- most freshmen was the main rea- group of people that really care ning and kicking the ball.” son Friedmann came to Ole Miss. about each other and love each Although knowing all sports are “The coaching staff told me, other. That bond makes a differcompetitive, Friedmann embrac- ‘We’re building a program.’ I ence on and off the field.” es the fierce nature soccer brings would rather be a part of someFriedmann mentioned her to her life on and off the field. thing that is building to be better team and head coach Matthew “Soccer is so physical,” Fried- than something that is already Mott instilled in each player that mann said. “You’re having this great,” Friedmann said. “I want they don’t want to be a “one hit contact with another player, and to become great and be a part of wonder.” The team wants to build it pushes me to be better. I like that. I knew my freshman year off their success from 2013 and that. I like a challenge. It’s always that I would be able to make a make it further this season. been challenging.” difference, and I’m continuing to The 2014 Ole Miss soccer team Friedmann was put in a tough try and make a difference. That’s is off to a good start with a 7-3-4 spot at the very start of her fresh- what I like about it.” overall record. Not being a “one Friedmann’s freshman year was hit wonder” has a promising look also a tough time for the team as a to this season. whole. The Rebels finished with a “Matt (Mott) used that in the 13-9 overall record in 2012, going spring to encourage us to keep 5-8 in Southeastern Conference getting better because the spring play and finishing 5th in the SEC is a time to work on yourself indiWest. It was a coming-out party vidually, and in the fall, we bring for Friedmann, who started all 22 it all together,” Friedmann said. matches, played a total of 1,883 “Our motto this year is ‘No Matter minutes and helped contribute to What’. No matter what we’re goeight shutout victories. ing to play together, and no matHer sophomore year in 2013 ter who we’re playing, we’re going was even better. Friedmann start- to approach it the same way with ed all 24 matches for the Rebels, the same attitude.” playing 2,109 minutes, which was The defenseman in any sport the most for any back line player doesn’t grab the spotlight and that season, and contributed to 10 the headlines. Whether it is socshutout victories. cer, hockey or even lacrosse, the The 2013 season was one of defenseman position is one that the best years in recent memory is not given the same attention for Ole Miss soccer. The Rebels as the goalie or goal scorers. The FILE PHOTO: THOMAS GRANING advanced to the second round of defenseman position is an exMaddie Friedmann controls the ball past an Arkansas forward during a game earlier the NCAA tournament, losing to tremely undervalued position in this season.

Florida State 3-1 in the second all sports. round.

“Definitely with the media, but competitive soccer, and it was at man year. The defenseman above From her freshman year to with the team, I feel like we are the age of 14 she realized soccer her suffered from a leg injury and now, Friedmann has noticed a all treated like we have important would be in her future. was forced to sit out. Since then, distinct difference. jobs, and that’s the reality,” Fried“I try not to think of myself as she has started every game in her “The main difference I’ve seen mann said. really good because there’s always career, which has really helped is how close we are as a team,” She added that her job is to presomeone better. It keeps my head her mature as a leader and a play- Friedmann said. “We’re kind of vent goals from being scored, and

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although it might not be as exciting as watching a striker at work, neither position is lacking in importance.

“Defenders are creating moments as well. It’s just less obvious,” Friedmann said.

Maddie Friedmann is admirable off the field. She’s committed to her sport, but even more so to her academics, a characteristic which assisted her in being named a Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District first team selection during the 2013 season.

That all changes when she steps on the field, however. A different side comes out of her on the field.

She plays with aggression and commands the back-end to the best of her abilities.

The combination of tenacity and composure is what makes her the unknown star of the team.

“I don’t get frantic when big plays happen. It’s almost a feeling of being comfortable,” Friedmann said. “The main thing as a defender is to keep your composure because you’re influencing the attitude of the rest of the team.

If you’re composed and calm, it creates a great atmosphere for the rest of the team to do the same thing.”

As for her soccer career as a whole, it has taught her many things in life.

“It’s taught me tenacity, just to keep going no matter what. It’s taught me the value of friendship and teamwork and how to work with people,” Friedmann said.

“That’s very important for my future years. A huge part of who I am has come from soccer. It’s instilled in me certain values that I’ll carry for the rest of my life.”