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HOMECOMING QUEEN HALLIE GILLAM WEIGHS IN ON THIS WEEKEND’S MATCHUPS The 3-2 Ole Miss Rebels take on the 2-3 LouisianaMonroe Warhawks in this year’s homecoming matchup. For this week’s pick ‘em, homecoming queen Hallie Gillam joins the sports editors as our guest picker. See the sports section for her picks along with our thoughts on college football’s biggest games. SEE PAGE 11
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play ruthless, and I like defenses who get after it like that. It is going to be a tougher challenge than most people think.” Just as Kent State did, Louisiana-Monroe offers the Rebels a chance to bounce back from a demoralizing defeat by a top-five ranked program. Ole
Oxford established its only nokill animal shelter for the first time in nearly 25 years on Oct. 1. On Sept. 25 the Oxford Board of Aldermen approved a year-long contract for Mississippi Critterz, a no-kill animal shelter that will serve animals only from Oxford and Lafayette County. Oxford Lafayette Humane Society was the city’s previous animal shelter. According to Alderwoman Janice Antonow, OLHS decided to not renew its contract with the city in August, after nearly 25 years of operation. “They (OLHS) were feeling overwhelmed by the number of animals that had to be put in the shelter because the citizens in this area of Mississippi and this part of the country don’t spay and neuter their animals as they should,” Antonow said. “There are litters being
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A.J. Brown gets tackled in the end zone as Ole Miss wins its home opener versus Southern Illinois earlier this season.
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Ole Miss has a chance to improve to 4-2 this weekend against LouisianaMonroe, following the beatdown it suffered last week against the LSU Tigers. Louisiana-Monroe comes to Oxford as Ole Miss’ homecoming opponent. Ole
Miss will be the second SEC opponent the Warhawks have faced this season, having suffered a 48-10 loss earlier in the season to the Texas A&M Aggies. Even though the Warhawks have lost three straight and boast a 2-3 record, the Rebels are expecting a fight. “They play extremely hard,” junior offensive lineman Greg Little said. “They
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Croft Institute celebrates 20 years on Ole Miss campus JORDAN HOLMAN
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Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Croft Institute for International Studies at the University of Mississippi. For over two decades, the institute has maintained a nationally recognized intensive foreign language program that requires at least one semester abroad and a senior capstone. “This is a wonderful opportunity to bring together current students with all the people who — over the last 20 years — have made Croft into a special place: the generous donors who sup-
ported the institute’s founding, the administrators who offered the vision for a special program, the faculty who created the excitement in the classroom and the Croft alumni who put in the work to earn the degree and turn it into an exciting career,” Croft Executive Director and associate professor of history Oliver Dinius said. The Croft Institute inducted its first cohort of students in 1998, after Mississippi native Joseph C. Bancroft donated $60 million to found a program that encouraged international policy and study abroad. Over the past 20 years, 520 UM students have graduated
from the institute, according to Dinius. “The intensive foreign language studies, at least a semester of study abroad and the passionate work of Croft faculty and staff have created an institute and legions of graduates who have changed the UM campus, the state of Mississippi and the world,” Dinius said. Senior international studies major Leta Rowan said the institute has changed her life for the better. “Before coming to Ole Miss, I had never ridden on an airplane, and I could count all the
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The Croft Institute for International Studies celebrates its 20th anniversary today.
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Our nation is currently embroiled in a controversy over the nomination of Brett KavaSALES ACCOUNT naugh to the Supreme Court. EXECUTIVES If you’re on the right, you cry, Sofi Ash “Witch hunt!” If you’re on the Cameron Collins left, you can choose to oppose Sam Dethrow him based on his beliefs Isaiah Pugh about reproductive rights Michael Rackers and executive privilege, three sexual assault accusations, perjury, extreme partisanship S. GALE DENLEY STUDENT MEDIA CENTER or angry temperament. However, polling has shown PATRICIA THOMPSON that even before the hearing Assistant Dean/Student Media with Dr. Ford last ThursDaily Mississippian Faculty day, Kavanaugh is the most Adviser unpopular Supreme Court nominee since 1987. According to a CNN report, his net
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approval rating was -4 percentage points — the previous 12 nominees have had an average approval rating of +20 percentage points. A recent Quinnipiac poll shows that this gap has grown to -6 percentage points. Of all respondents, 42 percent think he should be confirmed, while 48 percent think he shouldn’t. Despite this swell of popular opposition, Senate Republicans are poised to confirm him any day now. In our “democracy,” how can a nominee whom a large plurality of the country opposes be confirmed and placed on the Supreme Court to shape judicial precedent for the next three decades? Our system of government does a horrible job of reflecting the popular opinion of Americans. We are taught in school that the Founding Fathers were geniuses who crafted the greatest governing document in the history of mankind: the U.S. Constitution. However, this document wasn’t formed through a collaboration of the nation’s greatest minds discussing how to best govern the “American experiment.”
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The founders fought toothand-nail and arrived at a compromise document that none of them liked, but it was better than the alternative. These compromises created things such as the bicameral legislature with the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Electoral College and the Three-Fifths Compromise. Notice how we view one of those compromises as an immoral mistake but view each of the others as a “stroke of genius.” Though these compromises were needed for a collection of divided colonies to form a fledgling country in the 1780s, we are no longer bound by their same restraints. While we have enfranchised Americans who do not fit the white, male and land-owning requirements, we still use the institutions created by our founders. It is possible in our “democracy” for a party to win control of the 50 Senate seats in the 25 smallest states and run our country while representing only 16 percent of Americans. Assuming only 77 percent of Americans are eligible to vote,
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60 percent of them do vote and, for simplicity’s sake, 50 percent will win any election, a party could win these 50 Senate seats by receiving votes from 3.68 percent of the U.S. population. Under the same assumptions, that same party could win the 269 electoral votes needed to win the Presidency by receiving votes from just 10.44 percent of the U.S. population. Then, the Senate and president can put anyone on the Supreme Court and control 2.5 of the three branches of the U.S. government with so little support. In a democracy, a nominee as unpopular as Kavanaugh would never be placed on the Supreme Court. The Constitution we inherited from the 18th century didn’t give us a democracy, and if we truly want to be “a government of the people, by the people, for the people,” maybe #TimesUp for this antiquated document, too. Jacob Gambrell is a senior international studies major from Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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A (second) letter to Southern white women
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At his rally in Southaven on Tuesday, Donald Trump attacked and ridiculed Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the professor who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of attempting to rape her when they were both in high school. Trump called Ford “really evil” and said that the women in attendance should consider that their own loved ones may be subjected to sexual assault allegations: “Think of your husbands. Think of your sons.” The white women in the audience, holding “Women for Trump” signs, cheered, laughed and chanted, “We want Kavanaugh.” More chillingly: “Lock her up.” As a Southern white woman, I’m not shocked. This behavior, while abhorrent, is nothing new. These women are not aberrations. We, like them, exist in a system designed to make us complicit — a system where our own privilege as white women is dependent on our subservience to white men. Women who challenge this system often incur the hatred and anger that Ford now faces. In 1972, the Alabama-reared civil rights activist Anne Braden wrote “A Letter to White Southern Women,” a pamphlet in response to the Thomas Wansley case, in which a young black man was falsely accused of raping a white woman. Braden’s words are as relevant today as they were then.
“I believe that no white woman reared in the South — or perhaps anywhere in this racist country — can find freedom as a woman until she deals in her own consciousness with the question of race. We grow up little girls — absorbing a hundred stereotypes about ourselves and our role in life, our secondary position, our destiny to be a helpmate to a man or men. But we also grow up white — absorbing the stereotypes of race, the picture of ourselves as somehow privileged because of the color of our skin. The two mythologies become intertwined, and there is no way to free ourselves from one without dealing with the other.” Good ole boys are still expected to defend white womanhood, despite the fact that we women are perfectly capable of defending ourselves. But good ole boys are not defending Christine Blasey Ford. Why? Because white womanhood comes at a price. We are expected to be fragile and weak — dependent on white men for protection and financial support. In exchange, we are to be their servants,
playthings, objects. We are not to challenge or fight the system that grants us privileges over our sisters of other races or ethnicities. Braden quotes the poem “A Black Woman Speaks of White Womanhood,” written by actress and Vicksburg native Beulah Richardson. In it, Richardson writes, “He purchased you. / He raped me. / I fought! / But you fought neither for yourselves or me. / Sat trapped in your superiority / and spoke no reproach.” So, when men — those husbands and sons we’re supposed to consider — can rape with immunity, what exactly are we being defended from? The fact is that we are not being defended as individuals but, rather, as ideas. This “defense” is, in reality, the defense of white supremacy. It seems hypocritical that Trump could simultaneously announce his candidacy by declaring that Mexicans are “rapists” and talking about grabbing women by the genitals. It seems hypocritical that a fundamentalist preacher would explain away Kavanaugh’s assault by quoting Deuteronomy 22:23-
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comes internalized misogyny and overt racism. We must resolve to fight this system. We must not be complicit in allowing it to continue. We must believe survivors like Christine Blasey Ford and “lock up” women like Carolyn Bryant, whose false allegations led to the death of Emmett Till. Our feminism must be intersectional. As Beulah Richardson wrote, “I would that the poor among you could have seen / through the scheme / and joined hands with me. / Then, we being the majority, could long ago have rescued / our wasted lives.” We must declare, in the words of Anne Braden, that “We are women, we are human beings, we will no longer be used as things, as tools of white supremacy.” Jaz Brisack is a senior general studies major from Oxford.
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Spanish words I knew on my fingers and toes,” Rowan said. “Since then, as a Croft senior, I’ve lived abroad twice, reached the edge of Spanish fluency and met some of the closest friends I’ve ever made.” The Croft Institute is hosting several events on Friday to celebrate the anniversary. There will be two sessions of alumni panels and breakout sessions in the Joseph C. Bancroft Conference Room — one from 10-11 a.m. and another from 11 a.m. to noon. Rowan said she is eager to speak with Croft alumni about where their international studies degrees have taken them. A formal commemoration ceremony will be held in Croft Room 107 from 2-3:30 p.m. Dinius will speak at the event, as will several guest speakers, including Gerald M. Abdalla, Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter, Chancellor Emeritus Robert Khayat, Provost Noel Wilkin and alumni Susan Hedglin and Patrick Woodyard. Following this event, a reception will be held from 7-11 p.m. at the Powerhouse Community Arts Center. Croft alumni, students, faculty and staff are invited for an evening of food and live music.
born all the time, and people that don’t want them surrender them or … leave them out for animal control.” The contract with OLHS continued until its official end date of Sept. 30, and the contract for Mississippi Critterz began on Oct. 1. Mississippi Critterz will move into the former OLHS building on McElroy Drive on Oct. 17. “We’re really excited to move into (the facility), and the only difference between us and OLHS is that we’re not going to be taking from out(side) of (Lafayette) County. All of the funding from the taxpayers is going directly to Oxford and Lafayette County animals, only,” Mississippi Critterz Board President Brandee Ledene said. According to reports on its website, OLHS impounded 1,040 animals from January to April. The animals were from Oxford, Lafayette County, at least 19 other Mississippi counties, Tennessee and other states. Its average intake was 9.3 animals per day. During this time period, OLHS euthanized approximately 39 percent and adopted out 48 percent of animals. The shelter had an overall 65 percent live release rate. “We are going to run as a no-kill facility. That is going to be the biggest difference between (Missis-
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The Croft Institute for International Studies celebrates its 20th anniversary today. “I think the community among Croft students is something really unique at Ole Miss. Croft is already a relatively small program, but over the past four years, I’ve grown closer to other Crofties than freshman Leta at the Croft retreat would’ve ever imaged,” Rowan said, reflecting on her time in the program. “Whether I’m on the porch, in one of the Croft classrooms or upstairs in the kitchen getting ‘croffee,’ there’s always a friend in the building.” Dinius said the Croft Institute hopes to continue building on the success it has had since 1998.
“The donors of the institute and the leadership of the University of Mississippi had the idea to found an international studies program at a time when the Internet was young and social media not yet part of our world,” Dinius said. “Now, in the globalized media-driven world of 2018, we want to make sure that our students still acquire the basic skills that Croft has always emphasized but combine them with the complementary quantitative, technical and/or business skills that translate into successful careers.”
sippi Critterz and OLHS). We’re going to be very, very focused on transports, very focused on fosters and reaching out and having community influence,” Ledene said. Mississippi Critterz began as a nonprofit corporation in March. After the Board of Aldermen issued a request for proposals due on Sept. 20, Mississippi Critterz and Mississippi Humane submitted proposals and participated in interviews on Sept. 24. “We selected Mississippi Critterz,” Antonow said. “They had a more reasonable budget that we could work with. Their budget request was within what the city could do.” According to a city ordinance, no animals, except cats, are allowed to roam at large within Oxford’s city limits. “What the animal organization that gets this contract does is enforce this city ordinance and … take in animals from the city that people surrender,” Antonow said. Ledene said Mississippi Critterz partners with Bottletree Animal Hospital and Animal Clinic of Oxford to provide spay-andneuter and vaccination services, and it has already received much support from the community and university organizations. “We can’t do this without the community, just like Oxford really can’t do it without the student community,” Ledene said. “This town thrives off the students, and we’re going to thrive off the community in general.”
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National Pan-Hellenic Council hosts fifth annual step show
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LEFT: Omega Psi Phi fraternity members perform in the Clash of the Greeks step show in March at the Tad Smith Coliseum during the Black Alumni Reunion weekend. RIGHT: Zeta Phi Beta sorority members perform in the Clash of the Greeks step show in March during the Black Alumni Reunion weekend.
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The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) will host its fifth annual Homecoming Step Show at 7 p.m. Friday at the Tad Smith Coliseum. The step show is a competition where NPHC organizations step for cash prizes, according to NPHC Vice President of Programming and Sigma Gamma Rho sorority chapter President Jasmine Powell. “This is my first year being a part of the
planning committee, and I’m excited about it,” Powell, a senior English major, said. According to Powell, the event is open to the public and “anyone who wants to get a glimpse into the culture of NPHC organizations.” “Participants in the step show pick themes to center their show around (e.g., boxing, baseball, certain movies or TV shows, etc.),” said Shuterrica White, the president of Tau Eta Chapter of
Zeta Phi Beta sorority. The show is an opportunity for NPHC organizations to showcase their talents, including stepping and also strolls and chants, according to White. Participating in this year’s event are Alpha Kappa Alpha, Delta Sigma Theta, Zeta Phi Beta and Sigma Gamma Rho sororities and Omega Psi Phi, Kappa Alpha Psi and Phi Beta Sigma fraternities.
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Artist combines local landmarks, sculptures in exhibit
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LEFT: George Tobolowsky displays his abstract sculptures around Oxford and on the Ole Miss campus. RIGHT: One of George Tobolowsky’s abstract sculptures is displayed in front of the Graduate Oxford. Tobolowsky has placed several sculptures around Oxford and Ole Miss’ campus.
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Ole Miss students and Oxford locals alike have noticed eccentric metal sculptures appearing in spots around town. These pieces of art popping up in Oxford are part of a new exhibit titled “A Long Road Back” that was created by artist George Tobolowsky and is curated by the UM Museum. The outdoor exhibit features nine different stops around Oxford, beginning at the UM Museum. Many local businesses are participating in the exhibit by hosting Tobolowksy’s sculptures outside their establishments. Among these is the Graduate Oxford, which features a piece called
“Intersecting Intersections” at the intersection of North Lamar Boulevard and Jefferson Avenue. Other featured spots include The Inn at Ole Miss, Green Roof Lounge at the Courtyard by Marriott, Baptist Memorial Hospital, FNC Park, Oxford Canteen and South Lamar Court. The exhibit ends inside Rowan Oak with a piece called “Red/ Black Road to the Blue City.” Tobolowsky is originally from Dallas, and he attended Southern Methodist University as an accounting major and sculpture minor. After graduating, Tobolowsky pursued a business career. It wasn’t until 14 years ago, after seeking encouragement from his sculpt-
ing mentor, James Surls, that Tobolowsky began creating his own art. Tobolowsky established himself as an international artist over the past decade and has created over 500 abstract sculptures. Tobolowksy’s artistic approach consists of him creating abstract pieces with metal scraps, which are known to artists as “found objects.” “These found objects, however, are not of everyday sort but, rather, (are) bulky industrial metal castoffs that I scour scrap yards and fabrication plants to find,” Tobolowsky said in his online biography. “I rarely alter these metal pieces but, instead, work to fit the individual scraps together — much like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle — into a bal-
anced composition.” The exhibit began on Aug. 21 and will continue throughout the rest of the semester. The opening reception was held on Sept. 13, and the UM Museum will host an “Evening with the Artist” event where art fans can meet Tobolowsky at 6 p.m. on Nov. 8. Kate Wallace, the membership, events and communications coordinator for the UM Museum, said Tobolowsky’s exhibit is for art fans looking for pieces in a unique medium. “This exhibit is different
from other exhibits we’ve had,” Wallace said. “I think people will enjoy the exhibit because it’s different. Oxford is an art community that knows how to appreciate different styles of work.” With the town-wide exhibit of his eccentric and modern style of sculpting, Tobolowsky has caught the eyes of many all over Oxford. The UM Museum has maps available in person or online for those wanting to experience Tobolowsky’s uniquely interactive exhibit.
Alumni bring first comics, collectible store to Oxford ALLEN BREWER
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What’s that in the sky? Is that Superman? Charizard? Harley Quinn? It’s all three. Each of these characters is featured on the sign of Oxford’s first comic and collectible shop, Bad Eddy’s. The shop, which is set to open on West Jackson Avenue later in October, is the creative collaboration of Kent Eddy and Andrew Glasgow. While the front part of the store will be dedicated to comics, manga and action figures, the back half will have rooms in which members can play card and video games and build robots. “We want to be the home of nerdism,” Eddy said. The two friends decided to start the business while working for Eddy’s security service, Collegiate Security. Both Eddy and Glasgow came to Oxford to attend college but were disappointed to find that there was
not a place to enjoy comics. “We were sitting there one night on a security shift and were like, ‘This place needs something more,’” Glasgow said. The two are also lifelong manga and anime fans, and Eddy enjoys building models of giant robots. By bringing their hobby shop to Oxford, Eddy and Glasgow hope to unite people in the community with interests like these. “If you have a nerdy bone in your body, we want you to feel comfortable here, hanging out with people that are like you,” Glasgow said. “I have had people come (by) the store (that are) between 12 (and) 40 years old. I do not think people in Oxford realize how mainstream (comic fans) are.” Currently, few local businesses sell graphic novels or comics. Square Books Jr. sells some children’s varieties of graphic novels, and Off Square Books sells only used comic books. Bad Eddy’s will be the
first shop in town to sell both. “I think it would be great to have a comic shop in town,” said Sami Thomason, a Square Books Jr. employee. The shop will include areas for customers to browse comics and manga. The comics brands offered will include Marvel, DC and Image. The manga selection will include popular genres such as school life, romantic comedy and action. A variety of action figures and toys will also be sold in the store. Customers can come to workshops, which will be hosted twice a month, to learn how to build the types of models sold in the store. “We thought it would be a good thing because a lot of people who go to school here live in dorms and do not have room to build (the models),” Eddy said. “They can rent a section here, buy a model, build the model and take it back with them.” The shop will provide extra
perks for customers who become members. Members will receive key cards that will allow them to access the back half of the store any time they want. Rooms will be available for them to play cards, board games and video games. “If you get done with your studies at two o’clock in the morning and you are wired on caffeine, you can come over here and play some games with your friends,” Glasgow said. For students and faculty at the University of Mississippi, the new comic shop will provide more opportunities to enjoy comics, hands-on. According to journalism professor Samir Husni, having a brick-and-mortar store that allows customers to read the comics will provide students with more enjoyment than browsing online. “Any time an opportunity opens itself for folks to browse and touch and feel, it sends a better signal for the value (of an item) you buy, ”
Husni said. “If ink and paper is good for Superman, then it is good for (me).” Journalism graduate student Jacquelyn Lawton, who is currently working on a project involving a comic book delivery service, also agreed that a brick-and-mortar comic shop is convenient for collectors. “A collector is wary to buy online because of the fear of items being ruined in shipping,” Lawton said. “I think … a comic shop will be a great place for people to meet one another and hang out.” Glasgow said the retail part of the shop will be opened from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday, but that members will be able to use the back half of the shop at all hours. “We want people to feel comfortable saying that this is what they like doing,” Eddy said. “We want to connect everyone and to tell them they are not alone in their hobbies.”
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UM alumnus’ legacy memorialized in book of stories KASSIDY DESNOVER
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A year after graduating from the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at Ole Miss, Ben Ingram died by suicide. Ben’s twin brother, Lee Ingram, has worked to preserve his brother’s legacy by publishing a book titled “Dreams About Food: Stories by Ben Ingram and Friends” to fund a scholarship in Ben’s name. “Dreams About Food” is a compilation of Ben’s writings from his honors thesis, as well as short tributes from his friends and family. The GoFundMe page for the scholarship calls the collection “a straight-shooting, uncensored view into Ben’s internal world; Ben’s perspective on daily life with a slightly dysfunctional, yet fascinating, Southern family.” Using the proceeds from “Dreams About Food,” the Ingram family has started the “Benson Reed Ingram Scholarship,” which, when fully endowed, will be the only honors scholarship exclusively for junior-entry students like Ben. Lee said the mission behind Ben’s scholarship is that “no person’s talents should go unrecognized.” “Our hope with this scholarship is to reward someone like Ben, as applying to the Honors College — especially as a junior — takes a lot of courage,” Lee said. “Those that are a part of the Honors College put in countless hours to succeed academically, and we want to honor those students as an incentive to keep going.” Professors at the University of Mississippi described Ben as a brilliant mind who was always smiling and making jokes. He took academics seriously, and his intellectual abilities did not go unnoticed. “Ben spoke up regularly, always being the first one to answer my hardest questions,” said Leigh Anne Duck, one of Ben’s English professors. “He was always so thoughtful about classes and often had something to say about a project he was working on. Ben loved learning
and was truly generous and kind to those around him.” However, Lee said that Ben, after enjoying his first two years at Ole Miss, struggled to figure out where he belonged and what he wanted to do with his life after graduation. Looking for an academic challenge, Ben applied to the Honors College as a junior entrant. Lee said that even though Ben knew it wasn’t going to be easy to get accepted, Ben was determined to try. When Ben was accepted into the Honors College, Lee said that the experience allowed his brother to prosper and find himself during a difficult time in his life. “When Ben was accepted to the honors program, it completely shifted his life. He was confident. He really pursued and was excited about his classes and his thesis,” Lee said. “I truly believe the Honors College changed him.” One of the Honors College’s requirements is a senior thesis. Ben decided to write a collection of fictional short stories titled “Dreams
About Food.” At the time, Lee said, creative theses like this were uncommon, but Ben was able to channel his intellectual abilities into the challenge of going against the norm. Ben asked author and creative writing professor Tom Franklin to advise him throughout the process. Franklin, who called Ben “a true class clown in the best way possible,” said they worked closely on each of Ben’s short stories. Franklin would offer suggestions for revision, which he said Ben took “very seriously.” “Ben was a natural storyteller — he loved short stories and fiction,” Franklin said. “He took fiction workshops with me, and I admired his writing. It was as funny as he was.” Reed Ingram, Ben’s father, approached Douglass Sullivan-Gonzalez, dean of the Honors College, about establishing this scholarship. Reed told Ben’s story of having a goal of being an Honors College graduate before being accepted as a junior.
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Ron Wilson, development officer for the School of Liberal Arts, said the Ingram family has been devoted to establishing and completing the scholarship fund. “I have been working with them on this project ever since, and they have been an absolute pleasure to work with,” Wilson said. “I have been especially impressed with Lee, Ben’s twin brother, who has been very invested (in) completing this scholarship.”
The scholarship will be fully endowed upon reaching $25,000 in donations. Once endowed, an annual award will be granted to one or more junior-entry participants. Those who donate a minimum of $15 will receive a copy of Ben’s book. To donate to the Benson Reed Ingram Scholarship, visit https://www. gofundme.com/the-benson-reedingram-scholarship.
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Desperate moves could improve Ole Miss defense
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When the band Guns N’ Roses worked on its hit song “Sweet Child o’ Mine” with producer Spencer Proffer, he suggested that the band add an outro to the song. Lead singer Axl Rose listened to a demo of the track trying to figure out what words to use for the song’s breakdown, and began to say to himself, “Where do we go? Where do we go now?” in tune with the music. With that, one of the 1980s’ most iconic songs came to fruition, and you can still hear Rose’s voice on the breakdown singing those same words. It’s very possible that Matt Luke and his coaching staff were asking themselves, “Where do we go now?” this week — much like Rose did 30 years ago — after Ole Miss
safety and Chucky Mullins Award winner C.J. Moore suffered a season-ending injury last weekend in Baton Rouge. For a defense that was already struggling with a lack of talent and depth, this was the last thing the Rebels needed. Despite this seemingly dooming diagnosis for one of the team’s most experienced defenders, Luke has turned to some unlikely sources to fill this depth issue, and some fans are optimistic about the change. Running backs Armani Linton and Tylan Knight have been moved from their regular roles on offense to defensive back to provide some depth in the secondary. While this may seem foreign to some fans on the surface, Linton and Knight won’t be as out of their element as one might think. Linton came to Ole Miss as a safety in 2015 and was
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moved to running back before the start of the 2018 season. Although most of Linton’s experience has come as a backup for the Rebel secondary, he was ranked as the No. 14 safety in the 2015 class, according to 247Sports. Although Linton hasn’t made many plays as a backup defensive back during his time on campus, the potential is certainly there for him to make a difference on this struggling defense. If you take a look at Knight, the story is mostly the same. Knight is a freak of nature who played both sides of the ball during his career at Pearl High School, where he helped lead his team to an undefeated record and state title last season. Knight was also selected as one of the defensive players on Clarion-Ledger’s All-State first team. Although Luke and the Rebels like what they’ve seen from Knight offensively, the potential for him to be a great defender is clear. Coming into the season, the Rebel secondary was hailed as an experienced and battle-tested group that would be “put on islands” to dedicate more bodies to stopping the run. Now, with several of these veteran players out for the season, some of the younger and less-experienced bodies, including Linton and Knight, will have to fill their shoes. Fortunately for Ole Miss, however, this week’s opponent doesn’t feature an offense as powerful as those of Alabama and LSU, who have handed Ole Miss its
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Ole Miss defense attempts to stop Alabama earlier this season. Alabama won the game 62-7. only two losses this season. Louisiana-Monroe, which is traveling to Oxford for the Rebels’ homecoming game this week, doesn’t have a running back with more than 300 yards on the ground this season, although they have three who have rushed for more than 200. For comparison, Ole Miss’ Scottie Phillips will enter Saturday’s game with 563 yards on the ground and six touchdowns — the same number of touchdowns as that of all of ULM’s running backs combined. The Warhawks’ quarterback, Caleb Evans, is no Tua Tagovailoa or Joe Burrow but could prove to be problematic for the depleted Rebel secondary.
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Evans has thrown for more than 1,000 yards and seven touchdowns this season, with six interceptions. Although Evans has made some plays for the Warhawks this season, he threw two interceptions in a 46-14 loss to Georgia State last week. If the Ole Miss defense can play with some tenacity, it could force Evans into making more mistakes. “Sweet Child o’ Mine” is one of the most famous rock songs of all time, but its writers had some confusion with it in its early stages. Maybe the same will eventually be said about this Ole Miss defense. Maybe Luke’s “Where do we go now?” will turn into one of the best parts of this 2018 secondary.
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PICK ‘EM: COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK SIX
Every week during the football season, the DM’s sports editors, Justin Dial and Ben Miller, along with a guest picker, will take a look at a few of the biggest college football games of the week and predict their winners. This week’s guest picker is Homecoming Queen Hallie Gillam.
NO. 19 TEXAS VERSUS NO. 7 OKLAHOMA
OLE MISS VERSUS ULM
JD: I believe Oklahoma wins the Red River Rivalry in a big way. Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray has been spectacular so far in 2018, and I think he continues to improve his Heisman chances on Saturday with a 44-24 win over Texas.
Justin Dial, sports editor: The Ole Miss offense puts up big numbers against inferior competition, and that trend will continue Saturday. On the other side of the ball, the defense will be shaky, once again. Rebs win 63-21.
BM: Texas? Not back. Kyler Murray? Never left. Oklahoma, 52-16.
Ben Miller, assistant sports editor: Rebs, no contest. 42-24.
HG: Sam Ehlingher has been playing well, and they (Texas) have good momentum coming off a few great wins. I think Texas has a really good chance at an upset.
Hallie Gillam, homecoming queen: Hotty Toddy and Fins Up. Need I say more?
NO. 5 LSU VERSUS NO. 22 FLORIDA
NO. 6 NOTRE DAME VERSUS NO. 24 VIRGINIA TECH
NO. 13 KENTUCKY VERSUS TEXAS A&M
JD: Florida is back in the top 25 for the second time this season after handing Mississippi State its second loss of the year. However, the Gators will get knocked out again after LSU dominates them in the Swamp. Florida won’t be able to score many points on the stiff Tiger defense, which will lead to a 35-18 LSU victory.
JD: I believe Notre Dame has a legitimate shot at making the College Football Playoff this year. The Fighting Irish are usually overrated every year in the preseason polls, but that is not the case this season. Moreover, Virginia Tech was upset by Old Dominion earlier in the year. Notre Dame wins, 38-14.
JD: Kentucky is on a mission this year. They’ve held all three of their SEC opponents thus far to under 20 points. That, along with running back Benny Snell carrying the offensive load, is a recipe for success. Not to mention, Texas A&M was extremely close to losing to a bad Arkansas team last weekend. Kentucky wins, 28-17.
BM: Virginia Tech isn’t the team everyone thought it was when it started its season by blowing out the Seminoles. While I tend to think Notre Dame is overrated, this year may truly be different, and this game will not be a roadblock to that. Fighting Irish win, 27-14.
BM: Kentucky is something special this year. However, while Georgia would be a logical game for their magic to run dry, I think it happens this week. A&M’s record (3-2) is no indication of its quality. The Aggies are the team to come closest to beating Bama this season, and they only lost to Clemson by 2. Aggies win, 24-17.
BM: To be honest, a win over Mississippi State is not a great reason for Florida to be back in the top 25. Florida is way too unspectacular and LSU is way too hot for this game to go any way but ideally for the Tigers. 31-10, LSU. HG: The LSU defense has been outstanding this season, and I think Florida’s offense may struggle against them. Joe Burrow is also playing really well right now, so I’m going to go with LSU.
HG: Virginia Tech’s starting quarterback was just injured. Not only that, Ian Book has figured out his offense with powerhouse running back Dexter Williams. Notre Dame wins.
HG: Running back Benny Snell has been unstoppable for the Wildcats! This is the best team Kentucky has seen in a while. I like Kentucky.
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continued from page 1 Miss’ performance against Kent State, which took a fumble recovery in the fourth quarter to put the game away, proved to be a hangover from the Alabama game. The motivation head coach Matt Luke offers his team is a chance to put a convincing win on the board. “This is huge,” Luke said. “We gotta go out there and play well and get better this week. (They) can’t hang (their) head(s), (they) can’t pout, (they) have to keep (their) head(s) down and work.” As it usually happens, the Rebels are beginning to lose the war of attrition. In the game against LSU, safety C.J. Moore went down with a torn ACL. His season-ending injury is the third in four games among the Ole Miss secondary. Moore joins fellow starters Jaylon Jones and Montrell Custis on the sideline, both of whom also exited this season with torn ACLs. Moore received this season’s Chucky Mullins Award, meaning he wore the number 38 jersey, which is bestowed upon a standout defensive player. With injuries piling up, Luke has had to get creative. Running back depth has taken a hit to patch the problem in the secondary. Backup running backs Tylan Knight and Armani
PHOTO: CHRISTIAN JOHNSON
Jordan Ta’amu completes a downfield pass during a game against Alabama earlier this season. Alabama won the game 62-7. Linton have both moved to the defensive side of the ball to sure up a injury-plagued secondary. “Things change and you’ve got to be ready to adapt and use your pieces,” Luke said. “(We’ve) got a certain amount of guys
on the bus and (we’ve) just got to get them into the right seat. We felt like that was best for us moving forward, because they do provide a little spark.” During his time at Ole Miss, Linton has already transitioned
from defense to offense, so this is nothing new for him. True freshman Tylan Knight was recruited as a two-star athlete. The plan has always been to get him on the field in anyway he could contribute. This move
leaves breakout star Scottie Phillips and oft-injured Eric Swinney as the two members in the backfield. “(Linton) is a good athlete,” Luke said. “He’s just gotta be willing to come down and tackle in the run game. He’s very smart, very athletic and was doing a good job at running back, but with all the injuries we felt like Armani and Tylan could give us a little shot in the arm.” To this point of the season, the Rebels have yet to win a conference game. The win over Texas Tech looks more impressive by the week, as the Red Raiders have solidified themselves as one of the top offenses in the country. The other two wins included abysmal first halves against Kent State and Southern Illinois. “I’m always confident in my teammates,” Linton said. “I train with those guys every day. I’m confident that each and every person in that defensive room can get it done. One thing we take pride in is one man goes down, the next man has to step up.” ULM is the last opportunity the Rebels have left to get a win against a smaller school. Looking at how the first two games of the SEC slate have finished and at the strength of remaining SEC opponents, getting to 4-2 is imperative.
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