THE DAILY
MISSISSIPPIAN
Monday, October 3, 2016
Volume 105, No. 30
T H E S T U D E N T N E W S PA P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D OX F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1
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Crime blotter: Man found dead in Ole Miss Motel
Ole Miss volleyball comes back to beat Arkansas in five sets
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Rebels run past Tigers 48-28
Ole Miss running back Akeem Judd powers through Memphis defenders during the Rebels’ win over the Tigers. Judd accounted for 108 of the 263 total rushing yards put up by the Rebels.
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ead Coach Hugh Freeze said that Eugene Brazley waited his turn. An undisclosed injury to freshman D’Vaughn Pennamon gave him that chance, and Brazley certainly made the most of it. The junior running back carried the ball 13 times for 124
PHOTO BY: ARIEL COBBERT
BRIAN SCOTT RIPPEE yards and a pair of scores as he and Akeem Judd, who had 108 yards of his own, catalyzed an Ole Miss run game that racked up 263 yards and four total scores in its 48-28 win over Memphis. “We worked really hard on a plan to rush the ball against these guys,” Freeze said.” They
do some different stuff, so you can always be one play behind against them because they are so multiple in what they do.” Freeze said they developed a check system that benefitted Brazley because of his patience running the football. “He has a little bit more of a burst once he gets that crease
and I’m excited for him. He’s a great kid and has kind of waited his turn,” Freeze said. The balanced attack took pressure off of quarterback Chad Kelly who led the Rebels 89 yards on its opening drive before Jason Pellerin finished off the last three feet in what was one of his two rushing
touchdowns on the night. Kelly finished 30-44 for 361 yards and a touchdown pass on the night. Brazley averaged 9.2 yards per rush and Judd posted an average of 7.2 in his 15 carries. “It’s huge. It opens up the passing game. We had a really
create a separate school for free/ reduced lunch or any other group of students. We will not tolerate segregation on the basis of socioeconomic status or race,” the board said in a statement released last Friday. As the meeting came to an end, Superintendent Brian Harvey personally apologized to the parents present. More than 10 attendees used Facebook Live to broadcast the event, including the apology. “If my words or the phrase ‘separate, but equal’ offended anyone, I am truly sorry,” Harvey said. “That was not my intention. (The board is) here today talking about this issue of closing the achieve-
ment gap because I have pushed hard and I have been apart of this district for 21 years and we have not taken significant steps to do that.” Harvey said when he made the statement, he was not referring to what Oxford School District would do, but was describing what other schools across the nation had done to close their own achievement gaps. Harvey said OSD’s achievement gap is the largest in the state and continues to grow despite the district being referred to by state officials as one of the top performing districts in the state. Alex Coleman, a local tutor for
Operation Life Vision, was the first to speak up at the special meeting. Coleman said he thought Harvey’s apology was sincere, but the board needs to make extra effort to be sensitive to the Oxford community. “You have to use a better choice of words,” Coleman said. According to the high school newspaper, The Charger, Harvey invited John Hodge of the Urban Learning and Leadership Center, an organization focused on improving educational performance of poorer students. Hodge met with the board to give a presentation on their ser-
vices and to discuss the possibility of adding an additional school to the district for low-income students who qualify for free or reduced lunches. The separate school also offered longer hours and more intensive education support to students. In the article, Harvey was quoted as saying the ULLC program was not separate, but equal, it was “separate, but more.” After the article began making traction online, community members and graduates of Oxford High began voicing their opinions on social media, calling the idea
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Oxford School Board ‘will not tolerate segregation’
LYNDY BERRYHILL
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The Oxford School Board apologized after the superintendent was quoted saying the board would consider building a new, opt-in school that would segregate low-income students. OSD released a full statement Friday, insuring parents the district had no intention of re-segregating after close to 20 parents and several grandparents voiced their concern at the meeting and an estimated 200 people protested the night before. “The district has no plans to
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