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The electro-indie DJ duo will take the stage at The Lyric tonight as a part of their 2018 “Free Form” tour with Denver producer and DJ Maddy O’Neal.

Ole Miss and first-year head coach Kermit Davis have been picked to finish last in the SEC, but the Rebels are using this as motivation for the upcoming season.

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Students find ways to bypass State IHL to discuss Meek name removal ID scanners at Square bars TAYLOR VANCE

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A crowd forms outside of many of the bars on the Square on the Friday night before the first day of classes at Ole Miss.

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Ole Miss students are continuing to purchase fake IDs that will allow them to enter bars and bypass ID-scanning apps on the Square.

All bars and restaurants that are required to have an Alcohol Beverage Control permit are also required to scan customers’ IDs as part of the city’s “Alcohol and Safety” ordinance. The

ordinance took effect on Monday, but some businesses began implementing the changes before the official start date.

Freshman business major Alex Vana said the bar scene in Oxford played a large role in why he wanted to come to Ole Miss, and he was able to go to “almost any bar” with his friends during the first month on campus. Now, he said his experience on the Square has changed with the

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The state Institutions of Higher Learning will discuss removing Ed Meek’s name from Ole Miss’ journalism school at its board of trustees meeting Thursday morning.

According to the IHL’s agenda for Thursday’s meeting, the board will consider the removal of Meek’s name from the Meek School of Journalism and New Media as a request from the University of Mississippi. The Oct. 18 Board Book shows that “Board staff recommends approval” of the request.

Ole Miss Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter said in a statement on Oct. 9 that he had submitted the proposed name change to the IHL board after the proposal had cleared all administrative steps on campus.

“The faculty in the school voted to approve a request made by Dr. Ed Meek to remove his name from the school,” Vitter said.

“The proposal was subsequently approved by the Undergraduate Council, the Graduate Council and the Council of Academic Administrators. Shortly thereafter, I submitted the proposal to the IHL Board for expedited consideration at its October meeting.”

The potential IHL vote comes

nearly one month after Meek posted photos of two female African-American students to his Facebook page, alleging that the two students represented problems facing the Oxford and Ole Miss community.

“Enough, Oxford and Ole Miss leaders, get on top of this before it too late,” Meek wrote in his post attached to the two photos.

“A 3 percent decline in enrollment is nothing compared to what we see if this continues…. and real estate values will plummet as well as tax revenue.”

On Sept. 22, Meek requested that the university remove his name from the School of Journalism and New Media after journalism and new media faculty members called for Meek to request the university remove his name.

Since Meek’s request, a group of more than 100 professors, students and staff members have called for Meek’s name to be removed and for the journalism school to be renamed for anti-lynching activist and investigative reporter Ida B. Wells-Barnett.

Wells-Barnett’s great-granddaughter, Michelle Duster, said it would be fitting for the journalism school to be named after Wells-Barnett.

Follow thedmonline.com and The Daily Mississippian’s social media accounts for coverage of the meeting throughout the day.

UM wraps up Hispanic Heritage Month with panel MAKAYLA STEEDE

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The celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month concluded on October 15 with an event focused on African-American and Latin-American heritage, hosted by the Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement.

The Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement hosted a full calendar of events to celebrate the month, including a Hispanic Heritage film series, Latinx In The Media discussion, Latinas of Ole Miss panel, Fifty Years after 1968: The State of Latin American Politics forum and

an “Are You Ready?” dialogue series about the intersection of Latinx and LGBTQ+ identities.

The “What is AfroLatinidad?” panel consisted of five university students, and was moderated by Assistant Professor of Southern Studies and Anthropology Simone Delerme. The panel centered on the complexity of race, identity and heritage for Afro-Latino students.

The panelists discussed how coming from multicultural backgrounds complicates navigating their African-American and Latin-American heritage. Many panelists said there always seems to be pressure to choose one identity, but the term Afro-Lati-

no embraces both their African-American and Latin-American heritage.

“Whenever I first heard of AfroLatinidad, it kind of signified a community where I could be this whole person and where I can fit in,” panelist and senior international studies major Ashlynn Principe said. “I’m not just black or just Hispanic. I am Afro-Latina.”

Like Principe, panelist and senior broadcast journalism major Annie Mapp said being Afro-Latina allows more freedom in identity.

“To me, AfroLatinidad is

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Two weeks ago, Saudi Arabian author and journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, entered the country’s consulate in Istanbul never to be heard from again.

His disappearance immediately launched international concern, as well as confusion, considering Saudis were insisting the 60-year-old had left the consulate unscathed, while Turkish officials claimed “that this person, who is a Saudi citizen, is still at the Istanbul consulate of Saudi Arabia.”

Khashoggi’s fiancee and close friends had initially feared that he had been kidnapped by Saudi authorities to take him back to the Kingdom. As days went by, it became quite clear

that something more sinister had befallen the prominent journalist. As the evidence of his torture and killing began to pile up, Saudi officials’ explanation for Khashoggi’s disappearance evolved from straight up denial to claims of a botched interrogation.

On Wednesday, Turkish officials told the Wall Street Journal that Khashoggi was killed within minutes of entering the consulate, according to video and audio recordings obtained by Turkish intelligence.

Fifteen Saudi agents, some with close ties to the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MBS, were waiting for the journalist. After being led into the office of Saudi consul Mohammad al-Otaibi, Khashoggi was seized before being drugged, tortured, killed and dismembered, as the recordings reveal.

As if this couldn’t get any worse, Saudi officials are still denying any involvement, with President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo supporting their version of events. The president now provides a scenario that this operation had occurred without the knowledge of the Crown Prince or his inner circle.

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However, allow us to see the bigger picture, the political games and the cruel irony.

First, we cannot pretend that Trump’s support for the Saudis has nothing to do with the billion-dollar arms deal he has with them. But we must also remember that this was a Washington Post reporter who was murdered, and this president has repeatedly expressed his disdain for the free press.

We also cannot ignore the fact that the audio and video leaks by the Turkish media and newspapers couldn’t have been done without the approval of the government. Turkish outlets are either governmentowned or privately owned

by AKP loyalists. Turkey and Saudi Arabia have had an uneasy relationship, past and present, often finding each other on opposite sides regarding regional issues. So, it is likely that the leaks were done for political purposes.

Also, let’s say we were to buy the Saudi and Trump narrative — are we supposed to believe that the Crown Prince’s henchmen just randomly selected a Saudi journalist, who is critical of their boss?

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Speaking of His Highness, let’s take a look at his track record — the war in Yemen, detaining the Lebanese Prime Minister, rising number of executions, detainment of women’s rights activists and purging of political enemies. The most annoying part is how Salman has successfully convinced the world that he is a modern man, who wants to “reform” his country.

But allow me to let the departed speak, as I think his words are more powerful now than ever. In an interview on the Dean Obeidallah show, Khashoggi blatantly described the dichotomy of Salman to journalist, Rula Jebreal.

“Mohammed bin Salman wants to enjoy the fruit of the first-world, and at the same time, he also wants to rule like his grandfather ruled,” he said.

That was who Khashoggi was, as a journalist should always be: a person speaking truth to power. It is a cruel irony that his murder is going to be either brushed over or manipulated by men who have no love nor respect for the press.

Sue Patton-Bey is a senior journalism and Arabic major from Oxford.

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continued from page 1 having that option and not having to choose between one or the other and being able to be yourself,” Mapp said.

Despite embracing their multicultural backgrounds, the panelists often found that people would try to racially classify them. “What are you?” became a question they often faced.

Panelist Julian Randall, a master’s candidate in the English department, said he often dealt with people who would ask about his race to decide how they would treat him.

“It’s fascinating to see this societal impulse to figure out where in the hierarchy of personhood you fit because not all persons are treated equal,” Randall said. “It’s been interesting to see people actively calculating how they are going to treat me depending on their desire to see me as racially ambiguous.”

Principe said it was other people’s desires to categorize her that made her question her perception of herself.

“I never questioned my own identity until other people started questioning it for me,” Principe said.

Panelist Cisco Santos, a senior computer science major, said being Afro-Latino separated him from his peers in high school, and it led to him being treated differently.

“I was hanging out with

implementation of the ordinance.

“It seems much more serious now to use a fake ID than it used to, and this has the potential to change the social scene of the whole university,” Vana said. “My friends and I will still go to the bars on the Square, but we will not be as carefree as before.”

Freshman business management major Jordan Bailey said his friends who purchased fake IDs before coming to Ole Miss are now reluctant to use them because of the scanners.

“Friends of mine are choosPHOTO: JUSTIN JOYNER ing to not even risk going to An audience member discusses life as a Latina woman at the university during the the bars anymore,” Bailey said.

Latinas at Ole Miss panel as part of Hispanic Heritage Month.

“The new law will change the celebrated again next year. friends at the lunch tables, which bar scene in Oxford in a negCenter for Inclusion and Cross ative way, and businesses will were all strangely segregated,” Cultural Engagement Graduate Santos said. “There were the not be as successful.”

Assistant for Mentoring, Retenwhite tables, the black tables and Underage sophomores, who tion and Student Engagement the Hispanic tables. One day I have been enjoying the bars in Mary Jane Young said she hopes Oxford already for an entire year, was hanging out with my black to increase event attendance friends, and one of them called are also trying to find ways around during next year’s Hispanic me a ‘mutt.’ I was like ‘What does the new ordinance.

Heritage Month. that mean?’”

Sophomore business major Ma“I’d love to open it up to more Delerme said being Afroson Ross said the ordinance will than just people of Hispanic heri- be a minor setback, but underage Latino can be difficult for tage because it’s something we all university students. need to learn about,” Young said.

“People want to put them in “They are a part of our population a box or make them feel like and our student body, and it’s rethey are not black enough, not ally important to learn about it.”

Latino enough or are too white,” Hispanic Heritage Month Delerme said. is nationally celebrated every She said the university would year from September 15 to benefit from incorporating the October 15, and a 2016 Pew Latino experience into classes Research Center Study said more, but said she was pleased 24 percent of “U.S. Hispanics with this year’s Hispanic Heriidentify as Afro-Latino.” tage Month and excited to see it

students will still find ways to engage in the bar scene in Oxford.

“Students will eventually start getting around the scanners, it will just take time,” Ross said. “I know some people are still getting in. Bouncers are looking the other way as long as people pay the cover charges.”

Sophomore integrated marketing communications major Taylor Dancer said she experienced this first-hand before the ordinance was implemented when she went to one of the bars on the Square after Ole Miss’ homecoming football game.

“I gave my ID to the bouncer, and he let me in,” Dancer said. “I don’t know if it actually scanned or if he just let me in because I paid.”

Ross said some of her friends are trying to find people to buy real copies of IDs from because “all you need is someone that looks enough like you,” and students can get into a bar.

“People will be hesitant to go to the Square for a while, and house parties will probably become more prevalent,” Ross said. “Ole Miss students will find ways to party and drink regardless of the rules Oxford puts in place.”

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Cherub, Maddy O’Neal perform at The Lyric tonight KENNEDY POPE ABBY VANCE

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The Nashville-bred, electro-indie duo “Cherub” will perform at 9 p.m. tonight The Lyric Oxford. Denver producer and DJ Maddy O’Neal is the opener for the techno duo on their 2018 tour “Free Form,” and the two acts plan to blend their styles together on The Lyric stage.

Jordan Kelley and Jason Huber formed Cherub in 2010. Before Cherub, Kelley played in various bands and Huber wrote what would later become their first album, “Man of the Hour.”

In 2012, Kelley and Huber released the hit song “Doses and Mimosas,” which attracted the public and later landed them a record deal with Columbia Records. The duo now has 130 million Spotify streams and a gold record.

Since then, Kelley and Huber

have played all around the world and completed three U.S. tours, including performances at Lollapalooza and Bonnaroo music festivals.

Nicole Sardi, a senior marketing major, works as The Lyric’s marketing intern and has high hopes for the show.

“Cherub always puts on a stellar performance, and they love coming back to Oxford,” Sardi said. “I know many students really like their vibe, and this is going to be a hot show to attend.”

Elijah Gaddy, film and digital media major, said he has been a fan of Cherub for many years and is eager for their arrival to Oxford.

“I have been a fan of Cherub since high school, so I am super excited to finally see them live for the first time,” Gaddy said. “Many of their songs are nostalgic to me because they hold a lot of good memories of good times growing up. I cannot wait to make a few more on Thursday.”

Earlier this year, Cherub released four new singles: “Want That,” with a video directed by lead singer Huber, “All In,” “Dancing Shoes” and “Body Language.” The duo’s new collection adopts multiple genres while still keeping the style that its fans love.

Cherub’s opener, Maddy O’Neal, started making music in 2010 and began her solo project two years ago. O’Neal comes from a “rock ‘n’ roll family” and has a passion for old school hip-hop. She said she uses her family’s background in music to help develop her diverse electronic genre. Her single, “Wanna Know,” has 49,000 plays on SoundCloud.

O’Neal said she has never played in Mississippi but has had musician friends play here, and she is eager to play in new territory.

“I expect nothing less than the rest of the tour, which has been amazing,” O’Neal said.

“The vibes are high.”

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Office of Sustainability hosts Food Day, Farmer’s Market LOGAN WILLIAMSON

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The Office of Sustainability will host the annual Food Day Festival and Farmer’s Market from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday on Business Row. The event encourages local food vendors as well as organizations relating to the food system in Oxford to meet with students and community members.

At the celebration, students and faculty have opportunities to win prizes, buy fresh produce and learn how to support a local, sustainable food system.

Kendall Lane McDonald, the project manager at the Office of Sustainability, said the department holds the festival every year because it offers resources to support the local food community.

“We also think it is a fun opportunity for students to interact directly with producers, which is valuable way to learn about how our food is made,” McDonald said.

Local grocery store Chicory Market will sell its produce

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The Food Day Festival and Farmer’s Market is held at Galtney-Lott Plaza last year. Students, faculty and staff interacted with vendors and farmers from the North Mississippi area, as well as on-campus food and wellness groups. and offer other prepared foods on Thursday, as well.

Co-owner John Martin said the mission of the market is to support a local food system.

“We are going to be pro-

moting awareness of how easy and important it is to eat local,” Martin said.

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be selling her farm’s honey at the festival. She said her favorite thing about the event is talking with the students.

“They always have lots of great questions and com-

ments,” she said.

The Oxford Community Farmer’s Market will organize cooking demonstrations for meals that students can make in their dormitory’s kitchen.

The group will also be handing out copies of the Hungry Healthy Student Cookbook, which offers the choice of more than 200 quick, cheap and easy recipes.

“We look forward to meeting with students and telling them about the Farmer’s Market and how they can shop here for fresh local produce,” said Betsy Chapman, the market’s director.

The festival will feature other local food producers, such as 7d Bakery, Yokna Bottoms Farm and Harris Family Farm and other campus and community groups like the UM Food Bank and the UM Garden Club.

McDonald said students often gain experience interacting with local producers that they would not expect.

“They learn more about where their food comes from, and how their decisions matter, which is really empowering,” she said.

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Rebels prepare for final road trip of regular season JOSH CLAYTON

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The Ole Miss soccer team travels to Lexington on Thursday for the final road match of the regular season against the Kentucky Wildcats, which is set to kick off at 6:30 p.m.

The Rebels have three conference matches remaining in the season to improve their place in the standings and qualify for the SEC Tournament in Orange Beach, Alabama later this month.

The Rebels have a special opportunity to gain three points against the Wildcats, who have yet to win a conference match and are ranked dead last in the conference at 0-7.

Ole Miss currently sits in the middle of the pack in the SEC standings with a 3-3-1 record in conference play. After a big win over Arkansas at

home, the Rebels fell to LSU 3-1 in Baton Rouge last week.

The Rebels dominated the first half against LSU, taking the lead in the 12th minute off the foot of Channing Foster.

The Tigers were able to come up with an equalizer two minutes into the second half with a penalty kick. The Tigers’ 11 shots on goal proved to be too much for the Ole Miss defensive line and freshman goalkeeper Morgan McAslan, making her first start for the Rebels in place of the injured Marnie Merritt.

The team will look to bounce back against an inferior Kentucky team ahead of two challenging matches with No. 25 Mississippi State and No. 12 Vanderbilt to finish the regular season. Head coach Matt Mott said the Rebels will be careful not to underestimate the Wildcats.

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est players in the league front, and they have been tight in a lot of games,” Mott said. “So, it is a very big game for us.

We are still trying to qualify for the SEC tournament.”

CeCe Kizer and the Ole Miss attack will look to create plenty of chances against a team that has allowed 41 goals this season. The match with Kentucky could serve as a final

tune up before the Rebels face Mississippi State and Vanderbilt, both in Oxford, to wrap up the regular season.

The Magnolia Bowl match against Mississippi State on Sunday is another game the Rebels will be fired up for.

During his press conference on Monday, Mott encouraged fans to show up and support the team.

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“We are looking for a huge crowd. We want everyone to wear powder blue,” Mott said. “We are trying to get the fraternities and sororities to come out for that one. It is a national TV game on ESPNU, so we want a big crowd as we face off against the Bulldogs, who are a good team.”

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Kermit Davis uses critics to motivate Rebel basketball JACK GENTRY

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SEC Media Day took place Wednesday in Birmingham, Alabama, where first-year head coach Kermit Davis was accompanied by seniors Terence Davis and Bruce Stevens. The Rebels arrived to a last-place preseason ranking among SEC teams in the media poll along with zero players named to any of the preseason All-SEC teams.

While this ranking means little, it is something that could light a fire under the Rebels this season, especially for Terence Davis who was excluded from the All-SEC teams after averaging almost 14 points per game to go along with 6 rebounds last year.

“It doesn’t bother me at all.

It’s just another reason to come out and perform each and every night,” Terence Davis said, who returns after withdrawing his name from the NBA draft this past summer.

After all of the preseason rankings and individual accolades have come out, it is clear that the Rebels aren’t getting much respect or recognition across the conference. Some may look at this in a negative light, but Kermit Davis seems to be using it as fuel.

“Coach reminds us about it every day in practice,” Terence Davis said.

After a disappointing 20172018 campaign that included a last-place finish in the SEC to go along with a 12-20 record, Coach Davis understands being competitive in the conference is key in his first season at the helm of Ole Miss basketball.

“You may not be trying to win the championship your first year, but if you can get a competitive team that can win games at home and your culture gets right you can be eighth, ninth, or even tenth in this league and go to the NCAA tournament,” Kermit Davis said.

With the best recruiting class since 2012 arriving on campus this season, expectations are higher than normal for the freshman class. One of those freshmen that Kermit Davis feels can make a big impact this season is forward Blake Hinson.

“I don’t think there’s any doubt he’ll be an All-SEC player before he leaves Ole Miss,” said Kermit Davis. “If we started (playing) today he would start at the four.”

According to Terence Davis, the energy within the program is high, regardless of preseason rankings or outside perceptions as the team knows it is too talented to be spending time at the basement of the SEC standings.

“I feel like we’re not even in the rebuilding stage,” Terence Davis said. “Kermit and the rest of his staff are about to do something special at Ole Miss this year.”

Ole Miss basketball, even in some of its best years, has never been a powerhouse. The program is not established enough to likely ever become a powerhouse. However, the mood around the camp is that Ole Miss basketball has the potential to at least be a force to be reckoned with in the coming seasons.

Whether this is the wishful optimism of a fresh start or legitimate potential remains to be seen as Ole Miss moves into the Kermit Davis era of Rebel hoops.

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PAGE 8 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 18 OCTOBER 2018

Rebels hope to capitalize on opportunities against Auburn

FLINT CHRISTIAN

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Last Saturday’s late-game comeback against Arkansas provided a spark of momentum to the Ole Miss football team.

When the Rebels play Auburn on Saturday in VaughtHemingway Stadium, they have the chance to reach multiple milestones with a victory.

A win on Saturday would give Ole Miss a three-game winning streak, its first since 2015 when the Rebels won the Sugar Bowl.

A win would also put the Rebels at a 6-2 record, which would ensure they avoid a losing record and move them further up the standings of a crowded middle-tier in the SEC West.

While the weekend provides many opportunities, head coach Matt Luke continued to emphasize the one-game-at-a-time mentality he has preached this season. However, he did note the momentum that a win could bring to the team.

“It would be a huge win because it’s the next one,” Luke said. “But, going into an open date 6-2, it would be a lot of momentum.”

Junior defensive end Josiah Coatney acknowledged the positive impact of the past two

FILE PHOTO: CHRISTIAN JOHNSON

Running back Eric Swinney gets tackled by Louisiana Monroe defenders during the homecoming game versus ULM earlier this season. The Ole Miss football team won its homecoming game 70-21 and broke the school record for total offensive yards. games, especially the Rebels’ victory in Little Rock last week.

“Anytime you win back-toback games (is crucial), especially just winning one on the road, just sensing some momentum” he said. “So that the last part of the season, we’re just trying to put everything together and get the best record possible.”

Ole Miss players have also adopted the coaching staff’s mentality of focusing on one game at a time. Coatney looks at Saturday as an opportunity to add another win to the season.

“As a team, we’re just getting ready to prepare for this game as hard as possible.” Coatney said.

“We’re not looking to the future

and the open date, but we’re looking to this game right here and giving everything we’ve got.”

A little more than halfway through the season, the Rebels have also faced injury attrition, most notably wide receiver D.K. Metcalf’s season-ending neck injury suffered on Saturday.

Sophomore wide receiver Bray-

lon Sanders will step into the starting role this weekend, and he noted the importance of going out and performing in a brighter spotlight, especially with lots at stake on Saturday.

“I always have the next-manup mentality, so I just have to step up,” Sanders said. “I have big shoes to fill.”

Coatney reaffirmed Sanders’ statement.

“That’s our game plan,” he said. “We always focus on anyone, the next man up or the last man up, so we’re definitely anticipating anybody playing and (we have) a gameplan for everybody.”

Luke discussed the challenges the Rebels will face against a talented Auburn team. The Tigers will be looking to avoid a three-game losing streak, and they have shown their potential in the SEC West with a one-point loss to No. 5 LSU and a 34-3 win over Arkansas.

“They’ve had an opportunity to win every game they’ve played.

They have an elite defense” Luke said. “They are a very, very good football team and capable of beating anybody in the country.”

Kickoff on Saturday will be at 11 a.m.

“From the program, I don’t think the fans like (the early kick), so I don’t like it,” Luke said.