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Armed robbery on campus
TWO students die in wreck
A female student was robbed by an unidentified male on University Avenue near the Gertrude Ford Avenue bridge early Friday morning.
Ole Miss students John and Sarah Wheat were killed on Saturday in a car wreck in Oxford, which is currently pending investigation. BY JENNIFER NASSAR thedmenws@gmail.com
A car wreck Saturday morning took the lives of two Ole Miss students, siblings John and Sarah Wheat. The two-vehicle accident took place on Highway 6 at the 18th Street overpass, according to Oxford Police Capt. James Owens. “Right now, the investigation is still pending,” Owens said. “From what we’ve learned, one vehicle came across the median and struck the other vehicle.” Sarah, 24, was pronounced dead at the scene, and John, 30, died after being taken to a hospital in Memphis, according to a story in the Clarion Ledger. Owens said the individual in the other vehicle was transported to the local hospital where he is being treated for minor injuries. Dean of Students Sparky
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BY ADAM GANUCHEAU thedmnews@gmail.com
A female University of Mississippi student was robbed at gunpoint around 2 a.m. Friday on University Avenue near the bridge that crosses Gertrude Ford Boulevard, according to the University Police Department (UPD). Another female student was with the victim when the robbery occurred. The suspect allegedly pointed a small-caliber gun to one of the female victim’s heads and took her purse, according to the crime alert posted by UPD Friday night. The suspect drives an older-model black sedan with tinted windows and was last seen heading toward Grove Loop. “We are trying to find the person responsible for this crime,” UPD Chief Calvin
Sellers said. “The victim was doing exactly what she should have been doing. She was out late, but she was in a well-lit area and was with another person.” Sellers said that the victim only had an iPhone and her wallet in the purse. The other female student involved did not have anything stolen from her. The two were walking back to campus from the Square. “I would encourage any student in that situation to give up any belongings,” Sellers said. “She did everything exactly right. It just shows that something like this can happen at any time, so you have to be aware of your surroundings.” Though the victims of the strong arm robbery were not injured, students at Ole Miss See ROBBERY, PAGE 4
COURTESY HILLARY PUCKETT
Sarah and John Wheat hang out in the Grove on game day.
Reardon said it’s terrible when the university loses students to such tragedies. “We fully realize that there are a lot of people touched by this, and we’ll offer all of our services to the friends and family members,” he said.
Sarah was studying communication sciences and disorders, and John was studying accounting. They were from Crofton, Md. Accountancy senior Alec Jones, who was good friends See TRAGEDY, PAGE 5
A sign of things to come
Ole Miss captured its second Southeastern Conference win of the season this past Saturday against Arkansas. It was the Rebels’ fifth win of the season, and they are one win away from bowl eligibility with games against Georgia, Vanderbilt, LSU and Mississippi State remaining on the schedule. AUSTIN MCAFEE | The Daily Mississippian
BY MATT SIGLER mcsigler@go.olemiss.edu
For the first time since 2009, the Ole Miss Rebels got a conference victory on the road. The Rebels (5-3, 2-2 SEC) are now one win away from becoming bowl eligible
after defeating Arkansas (35, 2-3 SEC) 30-27 in Little Rock, Ark., at War Memorial Stadium. The win was an emotional one for the Rebels and it came down to the very last play of the game. The pressure fell on the shoulders of
senior kicker Bryson Rose, who had his struggles earlier in the season. “I think at the start of the year I tried to have such a great season and I focused on it so much, I forgot to have See REBELS , PAGE 9