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Local business owner dies in car wreck BY JACOB BATTE thedmnews@gmail.com
The Oxford Police Department confirmed a 60-year-old man died Thursday afternoon in a one-car wreck on Highway 6. Tommy Brown, who was driving a white 2011 Ford F-250 pickup, was traveling east on Highway 6 between Coliseum Drive and Old Taylor Road. The vehicle crossed over the median and left the roadway near the off-ramp from Old Taylor, according to Police Chief Mike Martin. Brown, who was the owner of Brown Insurance on South Lamar Boulevard, was the only passenger in the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Martin said the investigation into the crash is ongoing, and there are no other details available at this time.
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Officers look at a wrecked truck that went into the woods off the Old Taylor Road entrance to Highway 6.
The Grove takes on new improvements BY JOHN MCEACHIN jdmcecah@gmail.com
The Grove has been recognized by many as the No. 1 tailgating spot in the country. But as wonderful as it seems, it can still improve. The University of Mississippi physical plant recently installed upgrades that bring the Grove one step closer to perfection. These improvements include new lighting, better cell phone service, new trees and new tailgating policies. New light poles were installed to replace the lights located in the trees to give off better lighting. The growing trees caused the Grove to become darker and darker over time, and they also created electrical issues. “As the trees have grown and matured, the wiring in the circuits had literally been pulled apart creating electrical shorts and inoperable circuits,” physical plant director Ashton Pearson said. The new green light poles will
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Ole Miss fans watch the Auburn verses Mississippi State game in the Circle on Sept. 10 before the Rebels’ game against Southern Illinois. Fans will now have to use a generator instead of power provided from the university.
not only serve to give more light, but will also be used as stealth poles, called the Distributed Antenna System, to provide better cell phone service in the Grove. NextG Networks will replace AT&T as the new cell service. There are 17 light poles in interior and 32 poles on the exterior. It will take two phases to complete the installation of the pe-
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rimeter poles. The first phase was recently completed, and the second phase is scheduled to finish on Nov. 11. New trees were also planted in the Grove. Due to recent safety issues, which pertain to tailgating for football games, the Ole Miss Alumni Association announced new tailgating policies to help ad-
dress certain issues. The policies include shutting down power to any electrical outlets in the Grove on football game days. No one may connect extension cords across streets or sidewalks, or through open windows and doors. The new rules do not allow overloading electrical circuits by plugging in multiple extension cords, splitters or power-strips. Additionally, no one is allowed to adjust the university’s electrical distribution equipment. Pearson said the rules were implemented because of the risk of electrical shock and the risk of fire. He said evidence showed a number of people tampered with electrical distribution panels and outlet boxes, which involved tearing off locks to the access panels and removing and not replacing the inner protective panel. “Anyone who reached inside this panel was subject to receiving an electrical shock that could very well have resulted in an unfortunate situation that none of us See GROVE, PAGE 7
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Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi killed in hometown battle SIRTE, Libya (AP) — Muammar Gaddafi, Libya’s dictator for 42 years until he was ousted in an uprising-turned-civil war, was killed Thursday as revolutionary fighters overwhelmed his hometown of Sirte and captured the last major bastion of resistance two months after his regime fell. The 69-year-old Gaddafi is the first leader to be killed in the Arab Spring wave of popular uprisings that swept the Middle East, demanding the end of autocratic rulers and the establishment of greater democracy. “We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Muammar Gaddafi has been killed,” Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril told a news conference in the capital of Tripoli. There were conflicting accounts about Gaddafi’s final hours, with the interim government saying he was captured unharmed and later mortally wounded in the crossfire from both sides. A second account described how he was already wounded in the chest when he was seized and later sustained the other wounds. Interim government officials said one of Gaddafi’s sons, his former national security adviser Muatassim, also was killed in Sirte, and another, one-time heir apparent Seif al-Islam, was wounded and captured. Gaddafi’s death decisively ends a regime that had turned Libya into an international pariah and ran the oil-rich nation by the whim and brutality of its notoriously eccentric leader. Libya stands on the cusp of a new era, but its turmoil may not be over. The former rebels who now rule are disorganized and face rebuilding a country virtually without institutions by Gaddafi’s design. They have already shown signs of infighting, with divisions between geographical areas and Islamist and more secular ideologies. President Barack Obama told the Libyan people: “You have won your revolution.”
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Baby Lisa Irwin: Casey Anthony take 2? BY EMILY STEDMAN stedmanemily@gmail.com
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children reported that an average of 800,000 children go missing each year, or about 2,000 a day. Every so often a case comes along that snags the attention of the media, and therefore the country. Thinking back to the Casey Anthony investigation and trial, our nation’s infatuation with that ordeal was bewildering. If so many children go missing every day and every year, why do so few garner such a spectacle? On Oct. 3, when baby Lisa Irwin disappeared from her Kansas City home, a Casey Anthony-esque ordeal began to take shape.
The baby’s father, Jeremy Irwin, came home from his first night shift as an electrician around 4 a.m. He found his house in disarray. The lights were on. The front door was unlocked. He found the baby’s mother, Deborah Bradley, in bed, asleep. Only after waking her did he realize something was wrong. They subsequently discovered Lisa missing from her crib. During the first 13 hours of interviews, Bradley’s story appeared inconsistent. Police have even indicated that she failed a polygraph test. Later, Bradley revealed that she was drunk on the night of the disappearance. In fact, she was drunk enough to be blacked out. On Tuesday, Kansas City police officers executed a search warrant on the home of the
missing child. Instituting a no-fly zone above the neighborhood, police also blocked the street, secured the house and prevented the parents from entering. In the meantime, the parents hired Joe Tacopina, a notorious defense attorney out of New York. Tacopina’s past clients include Joran Van der Sloot (of the Natalie Holloway case), Michael Jackson (molestation case) and an NYPD officer acquitted of raping an intoxicated woman. What do all of these clients appear to have in common? The appearance of guilt as well as a popular belief in their guilt. Quite frankly, I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that Tacopina had something to do with, or was trained by, the attorneys of the
OJ trial. The question of how this working-class couple can afford this attorney or a $100,000 reward has yet to be answered. And if Tacopina has taken this case pro bono, that speaks to a possible desire to simply be in the spotlight. What strikes me is the amount of local and national resources that are being doled out for this one case among thousands. The FBI is involved, and National Guard troops were even sent to aid in the search. Yet a very similar story of a missing 3 year old in West Virginia began last week. Where are the resources and media attention for that case? Primetime television has shaped our understanding of these cases and how we believe they should
develop. This perhaps pushes national news programs to focus on the cases that have a bit more of an edge to them, such as a blacked-out mom. This is a double-edged sword. While greater attention increases the likelihood that the mystery will be solved, it also places added pressure on the family of the missing as well as the police officers, which usually leads to mistakes and botched investigations. I just wish there was a more evenhanded representation of thousands of others who go missing each year and have yet to be found, as well as more education on how to keep this from happening. Emily Stedman is a second-year law student from Marietta, Ga. Follow her on Twitter at @EmilyLStedman.
Plus/minus system punishes ‘A’ students
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Picture this: Student A has a class, required by her major, for which she spends an excessive amount of time working. Hours of homework here. Cram session here, cram session there. After all of the work she put into this class, she finishes with a 93. That, my friend, is a very good grade. The only problem is that her final letter grade has a little minus sign next to it. That minus sign means the difference between a 4.0 and a 3.7 for the hours involved with that class. Suddenly, her immense effort is worth a lot less. For many students, it will not be hard to picture this scenario at the end of the semester. Let us flip this hypothetical situation: Student B has a class, not required by his major, to
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which he does not devote the proper amount of time. Putting off homework here. Skipping class here, skipping class there. At the end of the semester, he finishes with a 78. That, my friend, is an average grade. The good thing, though, is that his final letter grade has a little plus sign beside it. That plus sign means the difference between a 2.0 and a 2.3 for the hours involved with that class. Suddenly, his lack of effort is worth a lot more. For many students, it will not be hard to picture this scenario at the end of the semester, either. Let us now analyze the effects of these two situations. Student A, who put in much more effort than Student B, saw her GPA decrease by .3, while
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Letter to the Editor To the Editor: Recently a pressing issue was brought to the forefront of our school: racism at Ole Miss. It is an issue that we like to ignore and tiptoe around if possible. Two distinct points of view have been presented in The DM, one from Rev. Hood and the other from Ms. Jessica Jones. I acknowledge the fact that Rev. Hood employed hyperbolic language to equate Ole Miss football to the Roman Coliseum. In Ms. Jones’ rebut-
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Student B saw his GPA increase by .3. In a plus/minus system, average students see a benefit while excellent students see a punishment. Obviously, there is little room for error when it comes to getting a grade. On a 33-question test, missing one question versus two questions is the difference between an ‘A’ and an ‘A-.’ On that same 33-question test, missing 11 questions versus 10 questions is the difference between a ‘C’ and a ‘C+.’ Which student are we trying to help here? Should the student who missed just a few questions be hurt relative to a student who missed a double-digit amount of questions? Also, a student who finishes with a 98, which is nearly impossible in most courses, receives no benefit. There is no such thing as an ‘A+.’ No student can earn a 4.3. Under the plus/minus system, it is easily possible for Student C to finish every class through her undergraduate career with a 90 or above, yet she might
tal she precisely points this out, but she neglected to address the key point of Rev. Hood’s letter, which was: Some people say derogatory remarks about African Americans in the Grove, but once they get in the stadium, they cheer them on to victory. I believe Miss Jones’ omission of that part of Hood’s letter further supports the assertion I made at the beginning of this letter. Racism is a problem at Ole Miss that some choose not to acknowledge. These two pieces demon-
strate extremes of the spectrum about race, which represents a false dilemma: the over-representation of racism at Ole Miss on the one hand, and the under-acknowledgment of the same on the other hand. The answer lies somewhere in between. It is our duty as Ole Miss students to find the middle ground.
graduate with a 3.7 GPA. When competing for jobs or graduate school placement upon graduation, that 3.7 can be very misleading. Anything less than a 4.0 suggests that Student C earned grades lower than an ‘A’ at some point. If Student D takes five threehour courses each semester for four years, he will finish with 120 credit hours, or 40 classes. On a normal 10-point scale, Student D will have to finish with an ‘A’ in 28 classes and a ‘B’ in 12 classes in order to graduate with a 3.7. Compare the GPAs of Students C and D. Both have a 3.7. However, Student C finished
with a 90 or above in all 40 of her classes in a plus/minus system. Meanwhile, Student D finished with a 90 or above in 28 of his 40 classes in a standard system. Obviously, Student C should have a better GPA, which she would in the standard system. Ultimately, the plus/minus system helps ‘C+’ students, punishes ‘A-’ students and does nothing for ‘A+’ students. Houston, we have a problem. It appears our priorities are faulty.
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‘Beware of Christians’ at the Orchard on Sunday BY SARAH DOUGLASS sarah.park.douglass@gmail.com
On Oct. 23, “Beware of Christians,” a documentary that digs into the journey of four students exploring Christianity in Europe, will be shown for free at the Orchard in Oxford. “‘Beware of Christians’ is a hilarious Christian documentary about four guys trying to get past the label of ‘Christian’ and calling themselves one while trying to figure out how to take on the lifestyle,” Will Bakke said. Bakke travels with his best friends, Alex Carroll, Matt Owen and Michael Allen to 10 different European countries. Their trip begins at Barcelona and ends in Munich during the summer of 2010. The four explore seven different topics that all tie in to issues college students face. The four attended three different colleges but collaborated to produce the film. Carroll triggered the idea, and the remaining three ran with it. Bakke said they realized they were good at making God part of their lives but not all of it. They started discussing the idea, and realized they had been wrong most of their lives. Next, they hashed out a plan to travel to Europe. Allen and Bakke first made a documentary, “One Nation Under God,” which focused on views of Christianity in America. In the process, Allen and Bakke realized the state of today’s Christianity. “From putting that documentary together, we started to realize that there’s something kind of wrong with American Christianity,” Bakke said. “We
all seemed to not really know what Jesus we were following or what God we were following; for us, that was very disheartening.” Carroll and Bakke joined together with Owen and Allen and began the new movement, “Beware of Christians.” They used funding from showings of their first documentary “One Nation Under God.” “(We) all sat down and just started talking about what it looks like to follow Jesus in a time like college were you have every temptation thrown at you,” Bakke said. “We tried to look at our own lives and realized that we let God into just the routines of our lives, like we’d go to church, we’d go to a Bible study and at the same time our lives didn’t really reflect what we were saying. I think that’s what kind of stirred up this whole idea to make this movie.” As plans went on, they realized staying in America wouldn’t accurately illustrate the issues they were trying to see in today’s Christianity. It’s hard to solve a problem when you’re sitting right in the middle of it, Allen said. “That summer we decided to take about five weeks and go to Europe and take almost like a sabbatical trip to kind of get grounded and back in the word and talk about all these topics, kind of force ourselves to do it because it probably wouldn’t have happened if we had just done it in our own back yards,” Bakke said. The name alone is causing a stir said senior social work major, Sam Siviglia, who interned for “Beware of Christians” this summer, after a clear up of the too often first impression of the
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Alex Carroll, Will Bakke and Michael Allen host a Q and A session after the viewing of their documentary “Beware of Christians.”
group. “I thought it was an antiChristian movement,” he said. “When I looked into it and saw the trailer I fell in love with it and contacted them right away about getting them to come and do a screening at Ole Miss.” Bakke said the title is based on the idea of constantly being told to beware of things. “We grow up being told, beware of alcohol, beware of premarital sex and all these different kinds of things, but maybe the problem isn’t these things necessarily, but maybe it’s our hearts that we need to change,” he said. “So for us, really the message was beware of Christians, like it’s us that might have all the right responses or answers for life’s tough questions, but when it comes to actually living that out we fall short.” The group toured in the spring, visiting around 30 cit-
ies and kicked off another tour this fall, with almost 40 cities on its schedule. They showed the film once before at the Orchard in Oxford this past March. “The showing at Orchard church was just amazing,” Bakke said. “We got to meet some really amazing people.” “Beware of Christians” relates easily to students, is fun to watch and is just raw and honest, Bakke said. “We dive into the Bible, put our own opinion and get over ourselves,” he said. “One of the big goals of the movie is to tell people despite all these things, God is better.” Siviglia said there is a real need to share what they found in Europe. “I think they’re going to be shocked,” he said. “It’s a different kind of Christian film,” Bakke said.
“We think it’s kind of a new voice that’s not really being put in the film making these days. It’s honest, it’s refreshing and I think that’s why students will gravitate to it. Come out, see a hilarious film that will push you to think deeper than most films will.” The show begins at 7 p.m. at the Orchard in Oxford on Molly Bar Road, followed by a question and answer with the members of the film, as well as merchandise on sale for “name your own price.” “It’s a reminder to ourselves what’s most important, the message is much more important than us making a lot of money off this movie,” Bakke said. “There’s really no reason why anyone should have to walk out without a DVD.” For more information and to watch the trailer, visit bewareofchristians.com.
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most challenging physical disabilities. Nooe hopes to bring similar experiences to even more people this time. Antonio Wright took his first flight in a small airplane during the last event, and said it changed the way he saw the world, literally. Wright played football for Hinds Community College and Jackson State University before he was left a paraplegic in a 1997 car accident. He works with other people with disabilities through an organization called MACE, Metro Area Community Empowerment. “Having the opportunity to be exposed to new ideas and ways of thinking, it’s huge,” Wright said. “Sometimes people need a different attitude and another way to
look at life. Being up there above everything like that, it’s like looking down on all the problems you left behind.” Hinds Community College, which has a flight program and owns the Raymond airport, will host the event. Davis Aviation picked up most of the costs and other sponsors include St. Dominic Memorial Hospital, Hinds Community College and Nooe’s company, Executive Mortgage Corp. of Mississippi. Nooe and Wright say working with the college is a plus because people who attend Operation P.R.O.P. can learn about classes for pilots, aircraft mechanics and air traffic controllers. “Just look at it like this: In the state of Mississippi, how many
people walking around every day think about getting to fly a plane? Let’s isolate it down to the community of people with disabilities. They have even more boundaries,” Wright said. “It becomes bigger than a person with disabilities. You put a person with disabilities in that position, and you open so many doors that weren’t there before.” Nooe also plans to have exhibitions by Jackson’s wheelchair basketball team, The Rollin’ Tigers, and a wheelchair fencing team, among other activities. Nooe is asking that people who want to fly let him know in advance by contacting him through his Facebook page at http://www. facebook.com/pages/OperationPROP/114754771924288.
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Volunteer Oxford challenges community to ‘Make a Difference’ BY CAITLIN CLANCY cgclancy3@gmail.com
Oxford’s community volunteer center, Volunteer Oxford, and the University of Mississippi Volunteer Services Office challenges the Lafayette/ Oxford/University community to volunteer on the nationwide day of service, Make a Difference Day. Make a Difference Day is the nation’s largest day of volunteering, and the event is always held on the fourth Saturday of October, which is Oct. 22 this year. To avoid conflict with the home football game Saturday, Volunteer Oxford has extended
Make a Difference Day into an entire week. The volunteer week began Oct. 18 and will end on the actual day of service, Oct. 22. There aren’t any specific organizations or non-profit groups participating, so volunteers are encouraged to pick their favorite non-profit organizations and volunteer there. “It’s about creating awareness of all nonprofits in Oxford and then just embracing that challenge and stepping up to volunteer,” said Kelly Shannon, director of Volunteer Oxford. “There’s not a certain set of organizations. It’s basically the university and the community being challenged to volunteer
during a significant day of service.” A few suggested places to volunteer include Memory Makers, Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, More Than a Meal, State of Mississippi Veterans Home, the Humane Society and Graceland Care Center, all of which can be found on Volunteer Oxford’s website, www. volunteeroxford.org. Nonprofits aren’t the only way to volunteer. Volunteer Oxford challenges the community to help its neighbors, friends or family who may need assistance in day-to-day activities. “We encourage volunteering for nonprofits, but if you have a neighbor who is homebound,
maybe just bring them a meal or rake your neighbor’s yard if they’re not able to, or just recycle or give blood,” Shannon said. “Those are all acts of volunteerism, and just doing something like that makes a difference.” Everyone is challenged to go out and volunteer but should call the non-profit organization they have in mind ahead of time to ask if there are certain requirements to volunteer. “Volunteer Oxford’s mission is to promote volunteerism in the community,” Shannon said. “During this specific Make a Difference Day, our mission is to educate and (make) the community (aware of) this day of
service.” Suggested volunteer opportunities can be found under the volunteer link at VolunteerOxford.org, the Volunteer Oxford’s Facebook page and its Twitter page, @oxfordvolunteer. For any additional questions, Kelly Shannon can be reached at 662-236-6662. Students who wish to volunteer on the actual Make a Difference Day can volunteer at Graceland Care Center, a bed facility serving long-term care needs. At 2 p.m. on Saturday, volunteers will be able to sing or play bingo with the residents. For more information or to volunteer, call Vicki Skidmore at 662-234-7821.
Hospitality Management hosts event to raise scholarship money BY KAYLA VISE kmvise1@olemiss.edu
Raise your glasses, local Oxonians; it’s that time of the year again. The 4th annual Square Toast for Scholarships is quickly approaching, and faculty and students in the hospitality and management program are fervently preparing. Square Toast for Scholarships is a walking wine- and food-tasting event spread across several restaurant and business venues on the historic Oxford Square. First started in 2008 by two faculty members and three students, this event raises
scholarship money for students in the hospitality and management program. Event coordinator and instructor Jeremy Roberts is hoping this year’s event reaches its goal of $35,000. “Square Toast for Scholarships started because we were looking for a way to do an event to raise money for students in the program,” he said. “No other department really does an event like ours, an event that raises money for our own students. The fact that we’re actually in our fourth year is a success in itself.” Thus far, Square Toast for Scholarships has raised $38,000 in scholarship mon-
ey. Senior hospitality and management major Caitlyn Gracey is an intern for this year’s event and Roberts’ assistant coordinator. “We start planning in the summer, so it’s a long process,” she said. “We get handson experience to prepare us to host a real event.” On the night of the event, participants check in at the registration table on the courthouse lawn, where they receive a wine glass and a list of vendors around the Square. The Square transforms into one large restaurant, complete with different foods and specialty wines.
A silent auction will also be held on the courthouse lawn, with items from local artists and authors, hotel and casino packages, autographed memorabilia and various other gifts. For senior hospitality and management major Macy Rea, it’s her first year to assist and attend Square Toast for Scholarships. “Just selling the tickets to individuals in the town lets us put our name out there and shows professionalism,” she said. Gracey and Rea are two of 31 students enrolled in NH312, a semester-long hospitality and management
course created specifically for Square Toast for Scholarships. Roberts instructs and oversees the class by placing students in various groups. He gives the students “ownership” of the events by allowing them to plan and lead, to see if it’s something they really want to do later on. This year’s Square Toast for Scholarships is on Thursday, Nov. 3, from 5 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $50 in advance and $60 at the door. So if a night on the Square is your cup of tea (or perhaps, “glass of wine”), Square Toast for Scholarships is definitely an event you don’t want to miss.
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Domestic violence not forgotten BY HILLARY HOUSTON hrhousto@gmail.com
This October marks 30 years of domestic violence prevention, as part of the National Domestic Awareness Month. Domestic Violence Awareness Month recognizes achievements made in reducing domestic violence and promotes important issues that need to be addressed. This year the call for more domestic violence programs and resources in Mississippi are high on the agenda, according to the Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Due to the recent economy status and the effect it has on community resources, many community health services are needed more than ever, but lack the appropriate funding. In Mississippi, the National Network to End Domestic Violence 2010 Census Report reported 91 percent of domestic violence programs are in higher demand than can be accommodated. In March 2011, Oxford’s only domestic violence shelter was closed by the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office after allegations of State charity law violations. “Unfortunately, we do not have a domestic violence agen-
cy in our local community at this time, but there are some great people in Oxford working to change that,” said Linda Abbott, violence prevention office project coordinator. “We look forward to seeing a new shelter in town hopefully in the not too distant future.” Currently, the University of Mississippi’s Violence Prevention Office is the only resource for domestic violence incidents. The program tries to answer the need for more domestic violence resources, as national statistics remain too high. “When we look at the national statistics to see what’s happening on college campuses, we assume we are probably in a similar place,” Abbott said. “What we know is that any violence is too much violence, and we want to see our campus moving in the right direction.” The Violence Prevention Office generally focuses on university-related topics, such as dating violence, sexual assault and stalking. The university’s programs work to address national statistics, such as 57 percent of college students reporting experiencing dating violence while in college, according to the MCADV.
“The Violence Prevention Office was created to help students who are victims of violence by giving them a safe place to come and find out about resources available on and off campus,” Abbott said. The office provides Ole Miss students and staff who may have been involved with domestic violence a safe place to go for help and education. “Each case is different and we try to find out what a victim needs and meet that need as best we can,” Abbott said. “I think we should all be on the lookout for any behaviors that seem abusive: isolating, extreme jealousy, controlling behaviors, emotional abuse. If you are concerned about yourself or a friend, don’t ignore your gut. Come to the Violence Prevention Office or the Counseling Center for help.” The term domestic violence can mean a number of different things, but generally speaking it refers to a pattern of abusive behaviors used by an intimate partner against another for power or control in a relationship. The University’s Violence Prevention Office is located in Odom Hall room 208 or the office’s resources can be found on their website violenceprevention.olemiss.edu.
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Ole Miss students are generally known for being top partiers, having an involved Greek life and frequenting bars. But two University of Mississippi students, Kristin Volker and Abby Olivier, are adding something else to that title: charitable. Volker, a sophomore, and Olivier, a senior, have established the Ole Miss chapter of ONE, a non-partisan activist group that works toward bringing awareness to the hardships faced in Africa. Because the organization does not raise money on its own, the members are unable to actually travel to Africa, but they do have an impact on American policy and how Americans see the problems facing Africa, according to Olivier. The national organization was founded in 2004 by a group of 11 non-profit humanitarian groups, including that of U2 lead singer Bono. Since its inception, the group has been influencing political ideals with a highly visual campaign aimed to show the public hardships faced by the people of Africa. Because of the national organization’s connections to Congress and wealthy celebrities, the group has played a role in the welfare of Africa.
Currently, the foreign aid budget is less than 1 percent of total U.S. spending and may be cut altogether if more interest is not shown. “We are calling on our leaders to make sure they preserve this tiny fraction of the budget that is providing life-saving AIDS drugs, vaccinating children and teaching farmers advanced agriculture techniques, so they can feed their families and entire communities,” Olivier said. In the coming weeks, ONE will be asking campus chapters to participate in a social experiment of sorts. More than one billion people worldwide live off less than $1.50 a day, and ONE is challenging people to do the same and document their progress in order to show politicians the impact famine has on everyday life. College students are encouraged to participate and record themselves via blogs or pictures, or simply by keeping a diary. Olivier, who also serves as the Associated Student Body vice president, said the new chapter is looking for students who wants to make their political impact on the world. “Our local chapter has lots of work to do, especially since we are so new,” she said. New members can join by contacting Olivier at abby.olivier@gmail.com or by checking out their Facebook page.
We’ve all received that random phone call. Usually it’s asking us for credit card information or telling us that we’ve won some sort of time share, but in some rare cases, like that of William DeJournett, they present something well worth the time of an unexpected phone call. DeJournett, associate music professor and associate band director at the University of Mississippi, said he received a phone call from a young man from the Houston branch of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office. The man explained that he is the cultural and tourism outreach liaison for the United States, and he said the city of Chiayi was hosting the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles International Convention (WASBE) in conjunction with the Republic of China’s (Taiwan) Centennial Celebration. “He said, ‘We are looking for an American college band director who has significant writing background to cover the event,’” DeJournett said. “I said, ‘That sounds fantastic.’ About a week and a half later, he called and said that I had been selected.” When the itinerary came out, DeJournett discovered that he was to cover the opening ceremonies. “The rest of the trip the Taiwanese government wanted to show this international press junkett,” he said. “There was a guy from Spain, a guy from the Czech Republic, from Italy, from South Korea, two people from the Philippines, from Japan. Just all over the world. “There wasn’t a single person I didn’t like in that group.” The Americus, Ga., native
said he was shown different areas of Taiwan. “They took us into the Alishan mountains, and it was just absolutely gorgeous,” DeJournett said. “The highlight of the trip for me was when they took us to the peak of the tallest mountain the morning of July 4th to watch the sun rise at 5:20 in the morning. I got some great photos of that. The other really interesting thing about the Alishan Mountains was getting to see a village and tea farm run by the Tsou, an aboriginal Taiwanese tribe.” DeJournett said he was warned about the weather in Taiwan. “Everyone warned me that it’s going to be really hot, so pack lots of loose clothes,” he said. “I got there, and the first thing that I noticed was that ‘this is no worse than Mississippi.’” DeJournett said even though he “doesn’t understand a lick of Mandarin,” he didn’t feel like he was in a foreign country. “The people there are really kind, and it really didn’t feel very foreign to me,” he said. DeJournett said the actual ceremony was a cool experience. “It was pretty amazing the amount of resources that Chiayi put into (the conference),” he said. “They shut down downtown Chiayi. They had television cameras everywhere, huge posters and you would have thought it was hosting the Superbowl. I have never seen this kind of attention for a band conference in my life. There were bands performing in the parade and the subsequent field show in the Chiayi City Stadium from all over Asia and even a band from Russia. It was interesting to see and hear the different approaches to marching and music.”
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DeJournett said he would love to go back to WASBE in the future. “I would like to go back and actually get to attend more of the conference itself,” the French horn player said. “That was one thing about the trip, that I wanted to see a little bit more of. I would love to go back to that conference again and hear more of the concerts and get to see different parts of Taiwan.” DeJournett said as well that he wants to revisit Taiwan at some point in time if he could. “There are a lot of things that we didn’t get to see,” he said. “Some coastal areas of the eastern side of the island, I’m told, are very beautiful.” DeJournett said he enjoyed it and found out a few interesting points about flying overseas. “My flight from Taipei departed that Wednesday night at 11:25 p.m., and I arrived in Los Angeles at about 9:25 p.m. So I got there before I left,” he laughed. “I found out jet lag is a serious thing.”
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Lessons to be learned: Driving a manual transmission
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Chances are, most of you reading this can’t drive a car with a manual transmission. This is because less than 10 percent of all new cars sold today come equipped with one. After all, why would you want to waste your time manually shifting gears and worrying about a clutch when they have this nifty transmission that can do it all for you? There are also many semiautomatic transmissions for the auto enthusiast or weekend racer that can shift faster than any human being and provide faster acceleration and track times. But these transmissions are both complex and expensive. Heck, they even have complex names, such as the Porsche Doppelkupplung. Even the most advanced semi-automatic transmission can’t provide the same joy and satisfaction that rowing through
your own gears can. There are also economic benefits to a manual-equipped car like better fuel economy and usually cheaper pricing. You might even say that a manual is safer because you stay focused on your driving, and it’s pretty hard to put on makeup or text while also shifting gears. So get ready for a lot of jerking as well as embarrassment when you stall at a red light and everybody starts honking and calling you profane names when it turns green. Don’t worry, though, because once you get through all that you will be one of the few that can drive a manual transmission. Tip: I recommend that you start out on a flat, open area like a parking lot with no cars. Step 1: Make sure you have a car with a manual transmission It would be pretty hard to learn how to drive a manual in an automatic so make sure that your car has the two things that differentiate a manual
from an automatic. First, you’ll notice that it has three pedals (from right to left): a gas pedal, a brake pedal and a clutch pedal. Then you’ll notice the gear shifter which has the number of gears on it, usually five or six, arranged in an “H” pattern as well as “R” for reverse. Note: The number of gears is also known as speeds. For example, a six-speed manual means it has six gears. Step 2: Adjust your seat Adjust your seat so you can depress the clutch all the way. Also make sure that you are in a comfortable position to shift the gears. This may seem like a trivial step but it is an important one. Step 3: Start the car Depress the clutch pedal and put the car in neutral by putting the shifter in the middle position (you should be able to move the shifter left and right freely). While keeping the clutch depressed, turn the key to start the car. Almost all newer cars require you to depress the clutch before you start the car, but if you have an older car (80s and older), and you try to start the car without putting it in neutral first or holding the clutch pedal down the car will “jump” on you, meaning it will propel forward — not good in a crowded parking lot. Step 4: Driving from a standstill Now that you have the car started and in neutral, you’re ready to start moving. First, release the parking brake or emergency brake (it is either a long handle with a button on the end to release it or a small pedal that is released with the See LESSONS, PAGE 10
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pull of a handle). So with the clutch depressed, put the shifter into first gear and SLOWLY let off the clutch pedal; you should feel the clutch disengaging and the RPMs will drop slightly and the car will start to move. Now here’s the tricky part: When you feel the clutch disengaging, give it a little bit of gas while simultaneously letting the clutch pedal all the way out (you can do the same procedure when in reverse). Knowing how much gas to give is done by trial and error and you will stall, jerk and squeal the tires. Don’t feel bad though because everybody who has learned to drive a manual has done the exact same thing.
Just make sure you get it all out now and not in bumper-tobumper traffic. Step 4.5: Starting on a hill There are a lot of hills in Oxford (you’ll notice even more once you start driving a manual), so once you master starting from a flat surface you’re going to want to practice on a hill. What scares people the most is rolling back, which is not hard to prevent. Just like starting from a flat surface, slowly let off the clutch pedal and when you feel it start to disengage you can hold the pedal there and it will hold the car on the hill without rolling back; you can hold the brake pedal down as well for extra precaution in case you stall. Then when you’re ready to go, give it a little bit of gas while slowly letting off the clutch pedal. Again, this takes practice before you get it perfect. Step 5: Upshifting You can’t go very fast in first gear so you’ll have to upshift eventually. When you’re ready to go into the next gear (usually about 3000 RPMs in everyday driving, just remember the higher the RPM the faster you’ll accelerate but the more gas you’ll use), depress the clutch pedal and put the shifter in the next gear. Then let go of the clutch while simultaneously giving it gas (see a pattern here?). TIP: For fuel-efficient driving you can skip gears. For example, in a six-speed car I
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might start in second then go to fourth then sixth. Step 6: Downshifting If you don’t downshift after slowing down, the car will take forever to get back up to speed. Downshifting has the exact same steps as upshifting except you’re going down a gear. Depress the clutch pedal, put the shifter in the next-lowest gear then let off the clutch while simultaneously giving it gas. If you’re traveling at higher RPMs and don’t give it enough gas (or any gas at all) the transmission will slow down the car dramatically, sometimes to the point of squealing the tires. Alternatively, if you’re at a real low RPM you may not need to give it gas; just let off the clutch slowly. Step 7: Coming to a stop There are two essential ways to come to a stop. First, you can downshift through all your gears back to first and then put it in neutral. The second, and easiest, way is to put the car in neutral when you getting ready to stop and then just use your brakes to stop you. Step 8: Parking You’ll notice that there isn’t a “P” on the shifter. This is because there isn’t a parking gear on a manual. So when you’re ready to park the car, put it in neutral, turn the car off, pull the e-brake and finally depress the clutch and put the car back in gear (it doesn’t matter which one). I promise that driving a manual is not as difficult as I have made it seem. Just practice a lot, and after a while it will become second nature to you and you’ll breeze through all these steps without even thinking. Then, once you get to that point, you’re ready for more advanced techniques like heel-and-toe downshifting – but that’s for another how-to guide.
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Video games versus reality: would you react differently? BY CASEY HOLLIDAY cahollid@olemiss.edu
The other night, as I played the video game “Deus Ex: Human Revolution,” I was forced to make a decision. I successfully discovered the leader of the terrorist organization that had infiltrated the medical facility I worked for, and I had to decide if I wanted to fight or try to talk him into leaving peacefully. The catch: He had a hostage, and her life depended on my decision. “Kill him! Kill him!” my roommate was yelling beside me. “But if I do that, she’ll die too,” I told him. His response: “Uh ... yeah. That’s the point.” This simple conversation really got me thinking about the decisions we choose to make in video games, and if they re-
flect decisions we would make in actual situations, or if it is just a chance to live another kind of life. We all remember those “Choose Your Own Adventure” books from when we were kids. You read a page and at the bottom, you had two or three decisions, normally things like “turn to page 34 if you want to follow the wizard” or “turn to page 68 if you take the path to the left, or to page 70 if you take the path to the right.” These decisions were usually menial and had nothing to do with thought processes and more to do with if you were Zoolander or not. What I was faced with in the video game had much more depth. How would the woman’s husband, who had asked me to save her just 30 minutes earlier, react? What exactly
would I accomplish by killing the man? I started to wonder why I cared so much. I was only playing a video game; it was not like what I did had any realworld consequences. Then I realized that, for me at least, the decision I was making was the one I would make if I was placed in the real situation. I’ve always been a pacifist and would let the terrorist go if I could save someone’s life. “But you have to think about the later consequences, he could go on to kill thousands of other people,” my roommate said. “If the hostage’s life must end to save the others, then it must be done. One saved life does not equal to thousands of lost ones.” I take it, from this decision at least, that both of our actions in the video game would have translated to how we
would handle the situation in real life. I then started to wonder: Does this hold true for all things? One of the best things about video games is that they allow us to role play. We will never have superpowers or magic, but through video games, we can be almost anything we want, from a mystical wizard to a racecar driver. Sometimes, we even get to be the evil superbeing or criminal. In video games where you can choose which side you walk on, like “Infamous” or “Fable,” does the side we choose say something about who we are? Am I a better person for choosing the good side than my roommate who will without fail be as evil as he can possibly be? When I asked him why, he told me it was all about choice.
“I can be a good person any day,” he said. “But I can’t go out and be evil without suffering enormous consequences, but I can in a video game. It has nothing to do with me being a bad person, and everything with allowing me to just be a different kind of person for a few hours.” Perhaps I am just too nice to ever be evil, even in a video game, or maybe I am missing the point of role playing. No one would want to play a game where one just goes through the motions of daily life (“The Sims” being the exception); we want to play games where we can do things not accessible in real life. For the time being, I’ll believe my roommate is not evil. If he keeps leaving the bathroom light on, though, my opinion will start to change.
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Rough road ahead for volleyball BY MATT SIGLER mcsigler@olemiss.edu
At the halfway point of the season, the Ole Miss volleyball team is looking to get over the hump and get back on track from where it left off this past season when it reached the NCAA Tournament. The Rebels (5-13, 1-9 SEC) hit the road this weekend to face Southeastern Conference rivals LSU (13-6, 6-3 SEC) and Arkansas (12-8, 4-5 SEC). In matches earlier this season, Ole Miss lost in five sets to the Tigers and won in five sets against the Razorbacks, their only SEC win of the season. “We’re at the halfway point in the SEC,” Ole Miss head coach Joe Getzin said. “If I look at it, other than the South Carolina match, which we’re very disappointed in, we feel like we are competitive with each team in the conference.” Although the conference record may not show it, the Rebels have played every SEC match tight. “We’ve had four five-set matches, four four-set (matches), out of which we won the first set in those,” Getzin said. “So we do feel like we have the
pieces; we’re just waiting for one of our players to step up and become that go-to person. Unfortunately there hasn’t been any consistency in that.” This weekend is critical for the Rebels in many people’s eyes, along with Getzin. The team is in need of a momentum shift to get some confidence back for the second half of the season. “I think coming off of last year’s season, 14-6 in the SEC, returning most of the players, we felt like we had the talent to win once again,” he said. “When we didn’t, I think there (was) disappointment, but up to that point we saw us get better in each match. “I think we have lost confidence just in the sense that when we opened up the season; Cunningham, Thomas and Craven weren’t at full strength and we had to play with them kind of limited. We were competitive with top 15 teams, taking sets off those teams but we didn’t win and I think that’s put a little bit of doubt in our kids’ heads.” The Rebels will begin weekend play at 7 p.m. Friday night at Arkansas and continue at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at LSU.
Soccer shuts out Vanderbilt 3-0, travels to Kentucky Sunday BY JAKE THOMPSON jcthomps@olemiss.edu
In the first of what head coach Matt Mott has called a “three game tournament”, Ole Miss (6-10-1, 2-7 SEC) shut out Vanderbilt (8-9; 2-7 SEC) 3-0 Thursday night at the Ole Miss Soccer Stadium. “I felt it was a total team effort for us,” Mott said. “Any time you can get a shutout in the SEC is great.” Junior midfielder Dylan Jordan got Ole Miss on the board early in the match with a onetouch goal off a pass from senior defender Kendyl Mygatt in the 7th minute. “We came out with the desire that has kind of be wavering all season, and we want to make it to the SEC tournament and it is do-or-die time,” Jordan said. Junior forward Alex Hildal scored next with an assist from sophomore forward Mandy McCalla in the 28th minute and gave the Rebels a 2-0 halftime lead. Senior defender and team captain Meredith Snow scored her second goal of the season, the third of her career to put the soccer Rebels up 3-0. Freshman goalkeeper Kelly McCormick made five saves and recorded
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her second career shutout. Sophomore sensation Rafaelle Souza returned to action after missing the previous three games due to an ankle injury she received in the Tennessee match earlier this month. “I think we got what we wanted out of her,” Mott said. “We kind of eased her back in and hopefully we can get a little more out of her at Kentucky.” Adding Souza back to the lineup seemed to give Ole Miss the confidence they had been lacking the past couple weeks and the team looked sharp all match long. With two games to go in their season, the Rebels travel to Lexington to face Kentucky (12-5, 5-4S EC) Sunday at noon. “It’s their senior night,” Mott said. “It’s a good team up there at their place and we have to be ready to go.” Kentucky defeated Mississippi State Thursday night and is led by junior forward Kelsey Hunyadi, who has eight goals and eight assists for the season. Freshman goalkeeper Kayla Price has allowed only 19 goals in 16 games played this season. In addition to trying to play their way into the postseason, Ole Miss will also try to exorcise some road game de-
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Junior midfielder Dylan Jordan scores the first goal of the game against Vanderbilt.
mons. The Rebels seek their first SEC road win and just their second road win of the season. Ole Miss knows they still have work to do in order to make it to the eight-team SEC tournament in Orange Beach, Ala. “I say we are looking forward to the beach, but right now there is no beach,” Jordan said. “There is only the 90 minutes before you. “All the teams that are ahead of us do not matter at this point because we can’t control what happens to them. We can only control ourselves.”
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Hipp’s Tips: Arkansas BY BENNETT HIPP jbhipp@olemiss.edu
Repeat the quick start This past week against Alabama, Ole Miss jumped out to an early 7-0 lead, thanks to a big pass play from Randall Mackey to Nick Brassell, followed by a short touchdown run from Jeff Scott. The Rebels must do the same this week against Arkansas, which has shown a propensity to come out sluggish and fall behind early in a few games. If Ole Miss wants to keep this game close, an early lead is a must. Younger players must step up on defense Ole Miss lost two team captains and two of its top defensive players for the rest of the season last week in cornerback Marcus Temple and defensive end Wayne Dorsey. At defensive back, freshman Senquez Golson has been told he’ll see a good many more snaps than in weeks past. Fellow freshman Nick Brassell could also see an increased role at the position as the Rebels try to find the right balance for him between wide receiver
and corner. Charles Sawyer also will shift down from safety to play some at corner. Finding the right group of players in the right positions is a must against the Arkansas passing attack. Could this be the week for the running game? Ole Miss has been unable to establish the run game all season long, especially in Southeastern Conference play, but this could be their best chance to move the ball on the ground. Coming into Saturday’s game, Ole Miss ranks 108th nationally in rushing offense, averaging just over 100 yards per game, but Arkansas ranks 95th in rushing defense, giving up nearly 190 yards per game, so something has to give. Brandon Bolden is back from his one-game suspension, and Ole Miss should try to establish Bolden and Jeff Scott early. If the Rebels can run the ball, it is their best chance to move the chains and keep the explosive Arkansas offense off the field. Must show up Every week, head coach Houston Nutt has preached holding on to the rope and continuing
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Sophomore running back Jeff Scott takes a carry in Saturday’s 52-7 loss to Alabama.
to play hard, but after this past week’s beat down at the hands of Alabama, you have to wonder if the Rebels can continue to get up and play hard with how the season has gone. If Ole Miss wants to have any chance of keeping the game close and pulling off the upset, it must show up and play a full game of football. Another lackluster effort would mean a sure repeat of last week’s blowout loss.
KNOW YOUR FOE: ARKANSAS Name: University of Arkansas Nickname: Razorbacks Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas (73,580 pop.) Enrollment: 23,153 Colors: Cardinal Red and White Mascot: Tusk Head Coach: Bobby Petrino, 5th year (32-17) Conference: Southeastern Conference All-time Record: 671-45040 2010 Record: 10-3, 6-2 SEC National Championship: 1964 Notable Football Alumni: Peyton Hillis — Cleveland Browns — Cover athlete of this
year’s Madden NFL Jimmy Johnson — First of two coaches to win a NCAA Championship (Miami Hurricanes) and Super Bowl (Dallas Cowboys), played at Arkansas Barry Switzer — Second of two coaches to win a NCAA Championship (Oklahoma Sooners) and Super Bowl (Dallas Cowboys), played at Arkansas Other Notable Alumni: John Daly — Golfer, winner of PGA Championship (1991) and British Open (1995) Barry Hannah — Short story writer and novelist, taught creative writing at Ole Miss for 28 years before he died in 2010
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Jerry Jones — Oil tycoon and owner of the Dallas Cowboys Interesting Fact: The names of University of Arkansas students, starting with the first senior class of 1876, are carved into one of the concrete walkways or sidewalks on campus. This tradition was started with the graduating class of 1905, who drew their names into the walkway in front of Old Main, the oldest building on campus. Later classes added their names for more than a decade and then the university took over responsibility for adding new classes, as well as adding the names of students who graduated prior to 1905.
to be ready to go Saturday. “Ultimately, what it does is it presents an opportunity to some other young player to step up and rise to the occasion,” Nix said. “Every week is a learning experience in the SEC. I think every week those guys will get better. None of the guys played well last week, but I think they’ll do better this week. We have a lot of confidence in them.” Even if the defense can contain the Arkansas offense, the Ole Miss offense will need to be able to move the ball and put points on the board for the Rebels to have a shot at the upset. The Razorback defense is not the caliber of Alabama’s defense last week, but it is no slouch either. The unit ranks 34th in scoring defense (21.3 ppg) and 64th in total defense (389.5 ypg), but 95th in run defense (188.7), so this is an opportunity for the Ole Miss running game to get on track with the return of senior running back Brandon Bolden from suspension. “It’s great to have him back,” offensive coordinator David Lee said. “He’s had some time to get well, and he looks fast.” Junior quarterback Randall Mackey will get his third straight start this weekend. He will need
to continue to control the offense and not make mistakes. If he can have time to get the ball into the hands of the young receivers like Brassell and fellow freshman Donte Moncrief, it could be a big day for the Ole Miss offense. “We’ll see it all,” Lee said. “Randall will have to know what he’s doing and where he is going with the football.” In addition to Bolden, junior center A.J. Hawkins, senior offensive guard Alex Washington and sophomore wide receiver Philander Moore will return from suspension. Earlier this week, however, junior wide receiver Melvin Harris was dismissed from the team. Reshuffling on the offensive line continues with sophomore Evan Swindall earning his second straight start at center while freshman Aaron Morris will start his second career game at left guard in place of sophomore Patrick Junen. On the injury front, sophomore safety Brishen Matthews is still nursing a back injury while freshman safety Cody Prewitt, who broke his hand this week, is expected to wear a club and play this Saturday. Kickoff between Ole Miss and Arkansas is set for 11:21 a.m. from Vaught-Hemingway Stadium and will be televised on the SEC Network.
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Another week, another top-10 opponent for Ole Miss BY DAVID COLLIER dlcollie@olemiss.edu
Coming off a deflating 52-7 loss to Alabama just a week ago, the Ole Miss Rebels (2-4, 0-3) look to bounce back this weekend against the visiting No. 10 Arkansas Razorbacks (5-1, 1-1). Ole Miss head coach Houston Nutt said it is important for his guys to keep fighting to have a chance against the Hogs, who are also No. 9 in the year’s first BCS Standings. “The University of Arkansas is a very good football team,” he
said. “I think we are facing the best quarterback in the SEC in Tyler Wilson. He is an excellent quarterback and is very accurate. He can throw every ball and has excellent receivers.” Wilson leads the SEC with 1,779 passing yards to go along with 12 touchdown passes and only three interceptions. Behind Wilson, the Razorbacks rank eighth nationally in passing offense (336.8 ypg), 17th in scoring offense (39.2 ppg) and 23rd in total offense (466.2 ypg) Ole Miss defensive coordinator Tyrone Nix said he knows the
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Ole Miss defense will need to be ready to stop the Razorbacks’ air attack to be successful Saturday. When asked what Wilson does well, Nix summed it up with just one word: “everything.” “I keep saying we’ve seen the best quarterback so far, but I don’t know,” he said. “Maybe this guy is the best. They’re in the top in all offensive categories — passing, scoring.” The Ole Miss secondary will be put to the test against the potent offensive attack of Arkansas head coach Bobby Petrino, and the season-ending ankle injury to senior cornerback Marcus Temple will not help. Wilson’s favorite target, senior wide receiver Jarius Wright, leads the SEC in receptions (6.6) and receiving yards (110.8) per game this season. This Saturday, Nix will look for freshman cornerback Senquez Golson to step up, as well as freshman two-way player Nickolas Brassell getting more playing time on the defensive side of the ball. Sophomore Charles Sawyer, who played all last season at corner before making the move to safety this season, may also get some snaps at corner Saturday
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Freshman two-way player Nickolas Brassell hauls in a 59-yard catch on the game’s opening drive Saturday. Brassell, who had four catches for 101 yards and five tackles, is expected to play a major role on both sides of the ball against Arkansas.
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