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The plus/minus grading system is all minus for students

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The Great 38 races to raise money for charity Residents struggle to find affordable housing LYNDY BERRYHILL

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Oxford’s working-class residents are struggling to keep up with the rising costs of housing in the city.

Ole Miss set another record for its largest freshman class, and Oxford has seen an 18 percent population increase, according to a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau in May. The housing market prices have increased as well.

“I believe there needs to be more housing that’s focused on the people who actually live here,” Oxford resident Dottie Potts said.

Potts is a native of Batesville but has lived in Oxford for the past 10 years. She said the housing market and rental rates are priced for students whose parents can afford to help them pay rent each month.

“I understand that Oxford is a college town, but Oxford also has people who live here and work,” Potts said.

According to university enrollments records, the Ole Miss Class of 2020 had 3,982 new students enrolled, even though fewer stuPHOTO BY: CAMERON BROOKS dents applied compared to 2015.

The median rent for student More than 700 participants run in The Inaugural Great 38 race. The race benefits Chucky Mullins scholarship foundation which assists students who have a physical disability housing in Oxford is $799, accordor are in financial need.

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Safe ride program combats growth and funding deficit ANNIE MAPP ALEXIS NEELY

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ampus organization Students for a Safe Ride has developed a mode of transportation that keeps students from driving drunk when going to the Square.

While the normal Oxford-University Transit (OUT) bus lines only run from Monday to Friday, Safe Ride’s “Safe Route” runs Thursday through Saturday from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

The buses pick students up

from residential buildings and take them to the Square and back, free of charge.

Senior Executive Supervisor of Safe Ride Gabriella Gonzaba said the program’s main drawback is its budget.

“Everyone loves to have a safe ride home, and if it’s free, it’s wonderful, but there is only so much you can do,” Gonzaba said. “We just don’t have the funds to maintain it every single day and to expand like we want to.”

The funds needed for Safe Ride help pay for expenses like bus maintenance and driver

pay.

“There are around 300 students that ride Safe Ride a night,” President Natalie Truong said. “So, it is important that we keep the program running.”

Vice President John Aaron Howell said the organization never wants to make students pay to use Safe Ride.

“The whole goal of the organization is to provide this necessary resource for free,” Howell said.

Superintendent of Ox-

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Safe Ride is a mode of transportation that keeps students from driving intoxicated when going to the Square.

OPINION

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Ole Miss needs to restructure its grading system

COLUMN

JAMES HALBROOK

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Raise your hand if you have been personally victimized by

the plus/minus grading scale.

Alright, put your hand down.

You probably look weird trying to hold a newspaper with one hand. But, jokes aside, this is a real issue.

Chances are, you are probably already familiar with the plus/minus grading scale, so there is no need to go into detail there, but some students run into this beast more often than others.

This is because it is the department’s choice whether or not to employ the system. For instance, the math, chemistry and psychology departments are all on the plus/minus

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system, but the decision to implement it comes down to the professor, so it can vary from class to class. The biology department does not use the plus/minus system, to my knowledge.

Well now that you know which departments to avoid, the questions of “Why?” arises. Why would professors go through the trouble of a plus/minus system when a 10-point scale would be simpler? Professors might argue that it’s a better reflection of how the student preformed in the class, but why split hairs?

If a student makes a B+,

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then I guess that is better than a B, but if someone made a B-, then that’s worse than a B. It cancels out. It is neutral.

The real problem with the plus/minus grading scale is there is no A+. It is not like I am making any A+s anytime soon, but someone has to, and it is not fair for those people. If an A is a 4.0, an A- is lower than a 4.0, then there should be an A+ worth more than a 4.0.

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class is often a C, but you know what doesn’t count? A C-.

If a student makes a C-, he cannot advance to the next course. The student would then have to spend his summer taking the course over again and then taking the next course. That happened to a friend of mine. But what can you do? Someone start a petition. I will sign it.

James Halbrook is a sophomore chemical engineering major from Brandon.

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OPINION

THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 11 OCTOBER 2016 | PAGE 3

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Why aren’t sexual assaults given more attention at the university?

MIKALA TURNER

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For the nearly two years I have lived here in Oxford, I have heard of sexual assault cases happening on university property, two of which have occurred within the last month. Not to mention the possibly countless assaults that occur and go unreported, specifically the ones that occur on game days.

This is unsettling, to say the least, but what is even more unnerving is that these crimes are not being addressed by the public. I have heard no statements from the university about these horrific incidents and only a few remarks from students.

My question is: How do we just let this slip by us and show no concern? How can we live in a world where things like this “just happen?”

More action has been done about a derogative post on Facebook concerning something happening in another state than it has for actual physical abductions and assaults on this campus. I agree that the statements made by Jordan Samson was a deserving topic, but shouldn’t two sexual assaults occurring a week apart from each other be a bit more important?

As a woman traveling back and forth through town at all hours, I want to be sure that my area is truly safe, but I do not feel safe. I do not feel safe because the university has yet to actually address these crimes or the fact that no arrests have been made in regards to them.

Also, the “anything goes” mentality that people have on game days is not safe. When someone gets drunk, that does not mean he or she should be able to touch people without their permission, and it definitely does not mean that bystanders should look the oth-

er way when it’s happening.

Saying “Oh, they’re drunk” should not be an excuse for not intervening.

So, I propose that a few things happen very soon.

First, the university needs to issue an address to the assaults (Better late than never, right?). Next, even more police officers and/or security guards should be posted on campus. Finally— and most importantly— we, the community, need to start caring and showing more concern for one another.

You know the saying “It takes a village… ”? Keeping our streets and our citizens safe is a group effort; it takes a village working as one whole entity to stay safe.

I do not want to be the next victim. Do you?

Mikala Turner is a sophomore social work major from Bruce.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: I come from a part of the country where the racial divide around the Confederate flag is nearly nonexistent because of a lack of diversity. I have been a strong supporter of the rebel flag and still am, although I did not realize the significance its presence on the state flag had before I arrived in Oxford.

As more Mississippi towns and college campuses remove the flag, the state is beginning to lose its identity. Many other Southern states have begun to distance themselves from the Confederate flag, such as Georgia and South Carolina.

The conversation about the state flag being flown on campus has been discussed, although the conversation I see as more important has not. That topic is why is the state flag not flown at a state-funded university.

The simple answer is due to the reference of the Confederate battle flag but there is more to the conversation than this. It is time for compromise. It is time for Mississippi to come together under one flag. It is time to change the Mississippi state flag.

The significance of flags has a long history in this country, from the Gadson flag of the Revolutionary war with the iconic statement “Don’t Tread on Me” to the various rebel flags of the Civil War. Flags have brought Americans together for generations.

However, we have reached a point in our country where the Confederate flag has begun to divide citizens.

Individuals should absolutely have the right to fly the Confederate flag; however, the state of Mississippi should not have the right to display a flag that subtly reminds many of a dark point in this country’s history.

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Money-sharing app Unlike first, second debate use grows among doesn’t set viewership record university students ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Major tech companies are finding new ways to integrate digital money transferring into their services.

Facebook, Snapchat, Gmail and many more have already found ways to allow users to send money from person to person within their already popular services.

This has also seen the rise of apps used solely for this purpose, like Tilt and Venmo, apps which have made their significant impact on the Ole Miss campus.

“Ole Miss students love Tilt for a couple of reasons,” Lee Srebnick, community development director for the money transferring app Tilt, said. “It was just making their lives easier when it came to collecting money, not only for the Grove or greek organizations, but also for the small things like splitting utility bills and chicken-on-astick ... There’s a lot of competition out there, but for some reason, the brand recognition at Ole Miss is really strong.”

Srebnick is a recent graduate of the university who started as an ambassador for Tilt on campus.

He said the use of money sharing apps has exploded on campus, making Ole Miss the No. 1 market for Tilt nationally, a title that is still held.

Spencer Hughes, Ole Miss’ record holder for most money raised via Tilt, said this feature is invaluable when it comes to regular use.

“Whenever I am somewhere I use the send or request money

feature,” Hughes said. “If I am at Sonic and I forgot my wallet, my friend can pick up my order for me, and then all I have to do is pull up my phone and click pay, and it’s instant.”

Although recently the focus of use has been on small, day-today interactions, Srebnick sees services such as Tilt expanding much farther, something that has already been demonstrated with the Rae Sremmurd concert made possible by Tilt last year.

“The power of Tilt really showed how the Ole Miss community can come together and really make these events happen,” Srebnick said. “There’s definitely going to be some more events on the horizon. I can’t tease yet, I think they are going to be second semester.

Spring party season is going to be big. We have a lot of things in the works.”

Besides parties and concerts, Srebnick has also begun to place emphasis on the charitable actions that money sharing apps have the capability of performing.

By combining the power of all users across the nation, acts such as building homes and schools in developing countries become highly achievable, something Srebnick said he hopes to see become a reality in the near future.

“It made projects and events possible and achievable,” Tilt ambassador Jack Starr said. “Before, I only used it for tailgating in the Grove, but I realized that there are so many more things you can do with it.”

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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listens to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the second presidential debate.

NEW YORK (AP) — An estimat- lywood” outtake. In another clip ed from NBC’s withdrawal from ed 66.5 million people watched getting wide airplay on Monday, the political competition.

CNN had 11.2 million viewers the second debate between Hillary Trump tells Clinton that “you’d be and Fox News Channel had 9.9 Clinton and Donald Trump, down in jail” if he were elected.

Raddatz on Monday said she million, essentially flip-flopping from the record-setting audience who saw their first match but on could feel the tension in the room their positions from the first debate. While that may be a reflecpar with the Obama-Romney con- from the start.

“When they came together at tion of a CNN personality serving tests four years ago.

The first debate reached a total the beginning and didn’t shake as a moderator Sunday, it may also of 84 million viewers, more than hands, you knew you were in for be an ominous sign of growing for any other presidential de- a long evening,” she said on “Good disinterest in the contest among Fox’s Republican-dominated fan bate on record, the Nielsen com- Morning America” on Monday.

The candidates shook hands base. A Fox personality, Chris pany said on Monday. The previous record of 80.6 million had at the end, following a disarming Wallace, moderates the scheduled been set for the only debate be- question from an audience mem- third and final debate Oct. 19. tween Jimmy Carter and Ronald ber, who asked each candidate if they could think of one thing posiReagan in 1980.

In 2012, an estimated 65.6 tive to say about the other.

Raddatz and Cooper received million people watched the second debate between Presi- generally good reviews for their dent Obama and Republican chal- sharp questioning and attempts “Clinton did a good job of staylenger Mitt Romney, after 67.2 to keep the candidates in line. ing on topic and making specific Trump complained at times about million saw their first debate.

On Sunday, the two candidates not being treated fairly. At one points to particular questions were competing against the NFL’s point, when Trump objected to asked. Trump seemed to imprime-time contest between the the Obama administration sigprove some from the first deGreen Bay Packers and the New naling in advance about an attack bate in his ability to target ClinYork Giants, which was seen by on ISIS positions in Iraq, Raddatz ton on certain issues. It is clear 16.6 million people on NBC. A interjected with possible reasons football game aired opposite the for this tactic, including warning that this debate was much more first debate, too, but it was on civilians to get out of harm’s way. heated than the first, which is On Monday, Donald Trump cable’s ESPN and reached only 8 somewhat to be expected at this Jr. retweeted this message: “Was million people. point in the election.”

Sunday’s debate, moderated Martha Raddatz the worst modertightly by CNN’s Anderson Coo- ator of all time? All signs point to UM political science professor per and ABC News’ Martha Radd- YES.” Sue Ann Skipworth With 16.5 million viewers, CBS atz, was dominated early by questions surrounding Trump’s lewd led all networks in audience. Sun“I don’t think it’s going to have conversation with Billy Bush in a day is traditionally a strong night recently resurfaced “Access Hol- for CBS, and the network benefita huge impact, the people who

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thought Trump did a good job are already his supporters. The attacks he made on Clinton didn’t sway those who are supporting Clinton. There’s probably not a huge portion of voters who are still truly undecided.

What happened in the debate will change people’s opinions, what happened before the debate, however, will have a bigger impact. In some ways, it’s probably just about reinforcing.

If you came in liking Trump, then you probably come out liking him and if you came in to the debate liking Clinton, then you probably came out liking her.”

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SAFERIDE

continued from page 1 ford-University Transit bus system Ron Biggs said funding for Safe Ride was not included in the transit’s budget at first. After last October, it finally went into the budget, and grants from the Mississippi Department of Transportation have helped pay half the costs.

The university pays the other half.

Biggs said he hopes to see growth in Safe Ride’s future.

“We had no idea that it would be as big as it is now,” he said.

HOUSING

continued from page 1 ing to the 2010-2015 census.

Potts said she rents a small apartment for around $510 but also pays close to $200 more for utilities each month for a two-bedroom apartment.

Potts said she would love to purchase a house where her 2-yearold son can have a yard growing up, but her family is not able to afford a home in the city.

“Who has $1,200 to $1,400 to spend on a house every month?”

Potts asked. “(My family) can’t afford that.”

With additional bills and the costs of raising her family, Potts said it is impossible to find anything.

“I believe there needs to be more housing that’s focused on the people who actually live here,” Potts said.

Other Oxford residents have expressed similar concerns, but the real estate business does not appear to be lowering prices anytime soon.

Realtor Gwen Walker of Walker Realty and Land Company said the market in Oxford is only getting stronger.

“When I moved to Oxford 30 years ago I paid $79,500 for our home,” Walker said. “Now I could sell the same house for $250,000.”

“In the future, we will just continue to add more bus lines and routes, and if the county gets on board and they want to finance us going there, then I imagine we will be going there one day as well.”

For now, Safe Ride committee members work together through fundraisers and promotions to help keep the program running.

Their first fundraiser of the year, the Back to School Fundraiser, was held at the Levee bar on the Square in September. The Levee donated all the night’s purchased wristband

and cover sales to Safe Ride to help with their funds.

Safe Ride makes no profit from fundraisers because 100 percent of the money earned goes to funding the buses.

With a total of $1,623 raised, Howell said he thought the event was very successful.

“Our main goal with the event was to reach out to freshmen and other students to let them know that we exist and what we offer,” he said. “We want all of our students to make smart and safe decisions when it comes to drinking and driving.”

As of right now, students are not able to donate to Safe Ride, but executive members have plans to work with the University Foundation to set up an online donation system for Safe Ride.

Another fundraiser will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 25 at The Second Line restaurant on the Square. Twenty percent of sales on gumbo, chicken livers, happy enchiladas, Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, fireball shots and Tito’s vodka drinks will go directly to Safe Ride.

Junior exercise science major Gilbert Ahanotu said Safe Ride is a great program for stu-

dents without cars on campus.

“I personally experienced using Safe Ride when I did not have a car,” Ahanotu said. “It is such a great resource for students because unlike taxis, safe ride is free, and you don’t have to put yourself in danger by riding with someone who has had even a few drinks.”

Non-students are also allowed to use the buses for a small fee of $1 a ride, or they can purchase a monthly pass at the OUT office on 405 McElroy Drive.

Walker said homes that would be worth $150,000 when she originally moved here are now being sold for $500,000 today.

The median home value in Oxford is $151,700, but that does not include the cost of acreage. The average cost to mortgage a home is $390 per month. Without a mortgage, the average monthly payment is $1,250.

LOU Housing President Leroy Thompson said the nonprofit he has been running for the past three years is working hard to make housing affordable for

working-class families.

LOU Housing was started in 2007 to alleviate housing costs and to build housing for working people in Oxford and Lafayette County. The nonprofit especially tries to assist residents in the service industry, such as teachers and law enforcement officers.

Although LOU receives some government grants to build houses, Thompson said the program is not government subsidized housing as some mistakenly think.

Although Oxford does have a housing assistance program for

low-income families, Housing Authority Jeff McClure was unavailable for comment.

“We’re doing our best to remedy a problem that’s getting worse,” Thompson said.

LOU was responsible for moving 20 homes off of the university’s campus to Community Green neighborhood for low-income families to live in. The prices for housing are always relative to how much individual families earn, so it is not free, but helps make it possible to own a home.

The nonprofit has recently re-

quested the Oxford Board of Alderman to grant LOU close to five acres of government land near the city water tower. The organization will use the land to build more homes, but the deal is still on the table with the city.

“We don’t know where we stand with that,” Thompson said.

If LOU does get the land, nine to 10 more houses could be potentially built there.

“It’s a only a small part to help, but we’re doing our best,” Thompson said.

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Inaugural run honors Chucky Mullins’ legacy

SAMANTHA WHITTLE thedmnews@gmail.com

Runners in the Oxford and Ole Miss community put all of their efforts into running in the Great 38, a race for Chucky Mullins’ legacy.

Of the 770 participants in the race, 606 made it to the finish lines in Vaught-Hemingway stadium.

The race also raised money for the Roy Lee “Chucky” Mullins scholarship and the Tailgate for Palmer event held after the race.

“I always love to run races for causes, and I think it is wonderful when races sponsor causes that are not as well-known as others,”

Megan Garner, senior marketing major and president of the Ole Miss running club, said. “It makes the race have more significance and meaning. It is something I thought would be great to accomplish personally.”

Junior psychology and premed major Haley Schrock said that Mullins’ legacy is very inspirational.

“I think the legacy has a lot to offer,” Schrock said. “It’s important to work hard and not give up when things get tough.

Yes, the legacy does inspire me and I think it should inspire everyone.”

The Great 38 was split into a 3-mile and an 8-mile with the top three in each split by gender.

In the overall male and female

8-miler, first place winners received $200 each. Second place won $125 each and third received $75 each.

The masters and grandmasters in both categories received awards along with the top three in the different age categories.

Those who completed in the RebelWell race, the Double Decker Spring Run, Lee Family Dentistry’s race and The Great 38 race received The Inn at Ole Miss Grand Prix medals for the best times in shortest distance and longest distance.

Ole Miss Athletics, Run Oxford, The Inn at Ole Miss, Smoothie King, Baptist Memorial Hospital and others contributed to the event.

Marvin King, associate pro-

fessor of political science and the president of Run Oxford, coordinated all four races in the Grand Prix. “(Run Oxford members) are the people that actually design, organize and manage the race,” King said. “We have nearly one thousand likes on our Facebook page and more than 130 dues paying members.”

Those who ran in the 8-mile race could also win master or grand master awards. First place male and female masters and grandmasters each won $50.

The Great 38 participants split at the 2-mile mark in order to finish the two sections of races.

The top three winners, male and female, each received an award for competing.

In order to prepare for the race, runners had to push themselves physically and mentally.

“I am running 3.5 miles three to four times a week and doing other cardio based things the other days to build up different muscle groups,” freshman exercise science major Allie Hendry said.

Hendry said before competing in the race that she was looking forward to learning a new route to run through the Ole Miss campus, since she is not from Oxford or Mississippi.

“I am also excited to finish the race on the 50 yard line of the Vaught-Hemingway Stadium because under normal circumstances we are not allowed on the field,” Hendry said.

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The Inaugural Great 38, a race benefiting the Chucky Mullins Foundation which assists students at Ole Miss who have a physical disability or demonstrate financial need, took place on the University of Mississippi campus last Saturday morning. Run Oxford and UM Athletics partnered with the Palmer Home for Children for this either 3 or 8 mile run through the UM campus. Participants finished the race running into Vaught-Hemingway Stadium where they saw themselves on the Jumbotron as they crossed the 38 yard line.

LIFESTYLES

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Take a ‘Roman Holiday’ this October at Southside Gallery SAM COX

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For this month only, Southside Gallery is hosting an exhibit featuring multimedia works from Blair Hobbs, Susan Bryant and Billy Renkl.

The exhibition, titled “Roman Holiday,” is a collection of works from each artist representing his or her individual perspective of Italy from experiences of traveling abroad.

In some ways, taking a trip to Southside Gallery this month is like taking a trip to Italy and seeing exactly what each of the artists finds fascinating. The three distinct styles from each artist reveal just as much of Italy as the next does, but within their own unique respects.

Blair Hobbs, a poetry teacher at the University of Mississippi, uses multimedia works on canvas, combining drawings and collage techniques to create vivid, textured images.

Hobbs’ works are intended to capture the inner workings of her mind, showing us just how bubbling and innovative she is. These concepts are evident in “Roman Tour,” the first of her works, displayed directly adjacent to the entrance of the gallery. Hobbs’ exhibit features a wide range of bright and dazzling colors and cut out fantastical beings. Prominent themes in her paintings include vines, leaves and flowers.

“One thing that makes the city so beautiful are the many window boxes,” she said. “I love the boxes of living color against the ancient buildings—the contrast is soul-stirring.”

Hobbs’ “When In Rome” contains a dark purple and black landscape with beautiful contrasting roses. The hues of purple are stunning, and Hobbs explains the shade of purple was inspired by a specific type of marble highly prized in Rome.

Billy Renkl, a professor at Austin Peay State University, has a crafty collection of works featuring illustrations of architecture from all over Italy laid out on top of Italian legal documents and other lit-

erary works.

“Basilica di San Pietro,” one of his more in-depth, outstanding pieces. It depicts the face of St. Peter’s Basilica along with a monolith. The darker shades of blue help contrast details and cause each window and hall to stand out distinctly.

Renkl spoke of his choice in architecture and history in Italy.

“Italy is a great place to think about that– ancient ruins, baroque palaces, Renaissance churches all co-exist beautifully, and they are all still alive,” Renkl said.

Each of Renkl’s pieces features specific architecture.

“The Pantheon” includes a vivid illustration of the Pantheon inside and out, and everything in between.

“There just isn’t anything like it in the world,” Renkl said on his visit to the Pantheon.

Susan Bryant, who is also a professor at Austin Peay State University, has a series displayed entitled “Italian Gestures.” Each photograph contains a unique hand from a statue in museums and churches across Italy.

“For me, the hand is one of the most fascinating subjects of photographic representation,” Bryant said.

Her interest for hands goes back many years, and still she finds it awe-inspiring how people can use hands to communicate with one another and express individuality.

Bryant also has three photographs on display of various landscapes across Italy.

The photographs are stunning and vast, but what makes the photographs interesting is the process Bryant took in creating the images.

“Florence Sunset” includes the gorgeous city of Florence with an incredible look at the skyline at sunset. The original photograph includes bright and beautiful colors, but after using a type of process known as wet-collodion, the photograph became much more than what she originally anticipated it to be.

“It became more romantic, more picturesque and more impressionistic” Bryant said.

“As I watched the image trans-

form from what I saw and watched to what it became as an object, I was struck with how timeless it became.”

The “Roman Holiday” exhibit will be featured at the Southside Gallery until Oct. 30. On Oct. 27, there will be an artists’ reception held at the gallery with each artist in attendance.

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This week in pop culture: Beyoncé 101 AKIM POWELL

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Math, Science, English and Beyoncé. Yes, Queen Bey. One of the greatest performers of all time is now a college course.

If you don’t know who Beyoncé is, then you obviously have been living under a hard rock for the last 20 years.

This actually isn’t the first time students have had the choice to study Beyoncé in a course. Back in 2014, when Queen Bey released her first visual album “Beyoncé,” Rutgers University offered a course “Politicizing Beyoncé” taught by Kevin Allred, who believes Beyoncé is much more than just an artist. Students who took the class discussed her “skin-baring outfits and risqué performances” and her alter ego Sasha Fierce.

Perhaps you might remember the uproar Beyoncé made when she released her infamous “Lemonade” album this past April,

which made every human being rethink his relationship status and self worth. The album focuses on empowering independent black women and embracing the African-American culture. You might remember Beyoncé’s 2016 Super Bowl halftime performance, where she made headlines performing “Formation” alongside her backup dancers dressed in Black Panther attire. Critics called the performance “outrageous” and also called the Black Lives Matter movement a “joke.” Many people have speculated that the performance was aimed toward police and to promote violence.

Despite the controversy of the performance, the album Lemonade was so inspiring that the University of Texas at San Antonio now has a class specifically for Beyoncé. The class is located in the English department and is welcome to students of all races dedicated to “Black Women and Beyoncé.” The mastermind be-

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Not to mention, these students are certainly at the right school at the right time to take the course.

Although you would think the class would be a relatively easy college credit for the “Beyhives,” Brooks makes sure this class isn’t a brisk walk in the park. She pushes students and motivates them to “work harder than ever before.”

She also reminds students that “studying race, gender, class, and pop culture theory is incredibly fun and incredibly hard.”

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That’s why Brooks simply asks that students are “willing to be uncomfortable” and to overcome that “uncomfortability.” She lets students know that it is okay not to be ready to discuss heavy topics.

During this process, she expects them to grow as students and to be stronger critical thinkers. Despite the sometimes uncomfortable or hard-to-discuss topics, this is an experience unique to this time and atmosphere in the country.

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hind this brilliant idea is professor Kinitra Brooks, a genius who thought to mix pop culture with education.

As Brooks notes in her fall semester syllabus, the class has three mandatory meetings per week. It consists of synthesizing and decoding the “theoretical, historical and literary frameworks of black feminism” throughout the 12 tracks of the most iconic album of our generation’s time, “Lemonade.” The course will begin with “Formation” and end in December with “Up All Night.”

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The new Eric Clapton live album is well worth a listen BRODY MYERS

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“Live in San Diego with Special Guest JJ Cale” is a 16-track live album showcasing Eric Clapton and his band’s mastery of blues-rock.

The album, recorded March 15, 2007, at iPayOne Arena, was released in part as a tribute to Clapton’s longtime friend and idol, JJ Cale, who passed away in 2013.

The album is further notable for featuring Doyle Bramhall II providing backing vocals and guitar (played left-handed and, unusually, strung upside-down) and Derek Trucks playing very Duane Allman-esque slide guitar. These two add a special dynamic to the performance, particularly to the selected Derek and the Dominos songs. In addition, Sharon White and Michelle John add gospel-like backing vocals to many of the songs.

A large portion of the set is comprised of songs Clapton either wrote or covered during his tenure with Derek and the Dominos.

The remainder are split between blues standards, JJ Cale-penned songs and just one of Clapton’s hits, so the listener expecting an endless series of hit songs will be sorely disappointed.

The show opens with a stomping rendition of the Derek and the Dominos classic, “Tell the Truth.”

Trucks’ expressive slide guitar and Bramhall’s vocals in the second verse evoke the original recording, with a slight modern update.

Following this is an energetic

rendition of the blues standard, “Key To the Highway.” Bramhall again provides his bluesy vocals before the song transitions into a nine-minute jam of the deep cut “Got To Get Better in a Little While.”

Clapton plays a gentle unaccompanied guitar intro that slowly builds into Jimi Hendrix’s ethereal ballad “Little Wing.” He allows his younger companions a chance to show off their talents on the guitar before playing a blistering, emotive solo himself. They close the opening barrage of Derek and the Dominos with another deep cut, “Anyday,” a song detailing Clapton’s then-love for Pattie Boyd. Clapton’s older, worn voice actually improves the sound of the harmonies as compared to the original recording, with the help of his talented backing vocalists.

Clapton playfully introduces his special guest, JJ Cale, by saying “we’ve been gatecrashed.” The two perform a duet on the humorous, slow, country-blues shuffle “Anyway the Wind Blows.” Cale’s deep vocals mesh well with Clapton’s on this song, as well as the relaxed performance of “After Midnight.”

The following two songs, the soft rock ballad “Who Am I Telling You?” and blues-rock “Don’t Cry Sister,” feature more examples of emotive singing and playing.

Cale’s brief tenure with this band ends with a performance of “Cocaine.” While this song is played in a lower key and a slower tempo than Clapton’s more

famous cover, it only creates a kind of tense energy that better fits the subject matter. The band then proceeds with another blues standard, the slide guitar-driven “Motherless Children.”

Next is what is possibly the weakest addition to this album, a 17-minute cover of Robert Johnson’s “Little Queen of Spades.”

Despite impressive soloing from Bramhall, Clapton, Trucks and even keyboardist Chris Stainton, the sheer length makes this track difficult to sit through and is better seen in person than heard.

“Further On Up the Road” brings the energy back to the album, with its swinging Texas shuffle and

tasteful playing by the guitarists.

One of the few bona fide hit songs featured, “Wonderful Tonight,” sees the band quiet down one last time. This short and sweet performance shows just enough restraint and prepares the listener for what is to come next.

The performance of “Layla” is arguably the best officially released live recording of the song.

Clapton’s vocals are supplemented with the Duane Allman soloing featured in the studio version, this time played by Trucks. During the piano coda, Clapton again steps aside to allow his younger counterpart to shine. Derek Trucks’ slide guitar playing takes on a vo-

cal quality evoking the original, mixing in a few notable Allman licks with a number of his own.

The show closes with an electrifying performance of Robert Johnson’s “Crossroads,” featuring another guest, the blues guitarist Robert Cray. Cray and Clapton trade off vocals on the verses, with a duet in the final verse. This final, mass jam is the perfect way to end this live album and leaves the listener wanting more.

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Ole Miss lands four star guard Devontae Shuler ANNIE MAPP

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Ole Miss basketball received a verbal commitment from one of the nation’s highest ranked combo guards on Monday night.

Oak Hill Academy’s (South Carolina) Devontae Shuler chose the Rebels over Oklahoma State. After visiting Ole Miss this past weekend, Shuler announced on Sunday that he would make a final decision Monday night.

While Ole Miss was having a bye week for football, Shuler was touring the campus and spending time with his future teammates.

He said he felt comfortable around his teammates and coaches and felt like he established a good relationship with basketball Head Coach Andy Kennedy.

“He is a great guy. He is going to keep it real with you, and I feel like I grew a relationship with him to where I would feel so comfortable to play on his team,” Shuler said.

This weekend gave Shuler a glimpse into the future of Ole Miss basketball.

“Being around the teammates and being toured around the whole school helped me see new things I had never seen, and it really helped me feel like I was already a part of the school,” Shuler said.

Shuler will be a part of the second full season played in The Pavilion, which was completed back in the spring. According to Shuler, being able to play on a new court is something he looks forward to and contributed to his decision.

“It is a big impact for me to come in and play in a new arena knowing that not too many people have played on

it,” Shuler said. “Just knowing that I can be one of the first ones to start something there means a lot to me.”

He will be able to make his decision official Nov. 9-16 during the early fall signing period.

During his junior year, Shuler, who is 6-feet-3-inches, averaged 10 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists for Oak Hill. The Warriors finished as No. 2 in the USA Today Super 25 poll after winning the Dick’s Sporting Goods National Tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Shuler said he sees a bright future in the Ole Miss program.

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Freeze, Rebels look ahead to Arkansas after bye week CODY THOMASON

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A head coach’s job is never quite over during the season.

While players got a few days rest during the bye week, Head Coach Hugh Freeze had more work to do. After working with his team and self-scouting the offense and defense to find ways to improve, he hit the recruiting trail to visit various prospects the Rebels are interested in adding to their 2017 recruiting class. He also had time to preview the Rebels’ next opponent, the Arkansas Razorbacks, in their game against Alabama. Though the Razorbacks lost to the Crimson Tide 49-30, Freeze said the game made him feel like Arkansas was one of the top teams in the nation.

“This Arkansas team is an extremely gritty football team, and I think they get that of course from their coaches and also from their quarterback,” Freeze said. “This guy (quarterback Austin Allen) is a heck of a competitor. He stands in there and takes hit after hit and continues to throw accurate balls and put up almost 500 yards on an Alabama defense, which is very, very good. Up there, it is going to be a difficult challenge. They have been a tough matchup for us the past two years.”

“We have a lot of work to do to make sure our plans are efficient,” Freeze continued.

Coach Hugh Freeze speaks at Monday’s press conference about this week game against Arkansas.

“We are asking our young men to do something they can do so that they have the best chance to win on the road in a tough environment Saturday

night in Fayetteville.”

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yards and six touchdowns in last year’s matchup. Freeze saw plenty of similarities between the siblings.

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the same guy,” Freeze said.

“I think they are extremely accurate, extremely tough, have a great understanding of defenses. The ball goes to the right spot. It’s accurate. Just a really good player.”

Arkansas Head Coach Bret Bielema utilizes a lot of power running sets in his offense but has also been effective through the air against the Landshark defense.

“Like I said earlier in years past, the ability of their tight ends and quarterbacks to be really balanced, and you commit people you felt like you had to commit to stop the run, then those guys winning in space on you and a lot of one on ones, whether it be the receivers or their tight ends,” Freeze said. “They have done a really nice job staying balanced with that. It has given us a lot of problems.”

Arkansas’s defense has had some struggles this season, but Freeze praised Bielema and Defensive Coordinator Robb Smith and said he felt that the defense would be improved this week.

“They have given up some rush yards, but there are some good teams that can do that,” Freeze said. “Typically, they’ve been a lot like us. Just bend and don’t break. You try to hold teams to field goals and banking on your offense scoring some touchdowns.

They’ve been very good at that.”

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Rebels look to rectify past struggles against Arkansas BRIAN SCOTT RIPPEE thedmsports@gmail.com

It has been 339 days since Ole Miss walked out of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on a cool and rainy afternoon, snake-bit and in a state of shock from a 53-52 loss in overtime to Arkansas, its second loss in as many years to the Razorbacks, who have proved to be a thorn in the side of the Rebels.

Ole Miss hasn’t forgotten former Razorback tight end Hunter Henry heaving the football behind his head after a catch well short of the first down marker on 4th and 25, having it bounce into the hands of tailback Alex Collins, who raced up the other sideline to get the first down and extend the game.

“It was bad. I jumped out on the field thinking we won. It was a bad moment,” tight end Evan Engram said. “I literally thought the game was over like three times.”

Ole Miss hasn’t forgotten Arkansas scoring a few plays later, and converting its second try on a two-point conversion that was gifted to the Razorbacks by way of a penalty, leaving Ole Miss with a stinging defeat.

“It was tough. I have never been a part of something like that. I have never witnessed anything like that,” Engram said.

Jaylen Walton breaks free from the Arkansas Razorbacks defense to run the ball down the field in Saturday’s football game.

Ole Miss also hasn’t forgotten the Razorbacks’ 30-0 win in the Rebels’ last trip to Fayetteville, another rainy setting that saw a team that was already in a fragile state after losing Laquon Treadwell a few weeks prior sputter on offense while losing Bo Wallace for part of the game with an ankle injury.

“That was a tough day. I don’t like thinking about that game too much because of how bad it was, but I am definitely looking forward to getting back to Fayetteville and having a better result,” Engram said.

The two games differed in pace and style but produced

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Laquon Treadwell runs ball in game against Arkansas this past season.

the same result. “(They were) two totally different games, really. The first one was in November in Fayetteville. The weather was awful and we were disappointed after a Laquon Treadwell injury that kind of knocked us out of things,” Hugh Freeze said.

“I didn’t do a good job getting our team ready to play. Offensively, we were atrocious that night up there. Last year was a shootout; we couldn’t stop them and they couldn’t stop us.”

The Rebels remember all of that, but it’s in the back of their mind and the present moment is at the front of it.

“We have to focus on right now and this game. That’s the next game. If you want to still be in the playoff hunt and get to where we want to go, we have to focus on this game because it is the next one,” quarterback Chad Kelly said.

One thing that will remain constant is the attack the Rebels will be facing in Arkansas’ physical offensive attack. The Razorbacks threw for 442 yards with Brandon Allen at quarterback and ran for 163.

Ole Miss will face younger brother Austin Allen this year, who is strikingly similar to his brother.

“I feel like I am watching the same guy. I think they are extremely accurate, extremely tough, have a great understanding of defenses. The ball goes to the right spot; it’s accurate. Just a really good player,” Freeze said.

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its tight ends has given Ole Miss fits, and the team will need to solve that riddle if it wants to earn its second SEC win of the season.

“Like I said earlier in years past, the ability of their tight ends and quarterbacks to be really balanced and you commit people you felt like you had to commit to stop the run, then those guys winning in space on you and a lot of one-on-ones,” Freeze said.

“Whether it be the receivers or their tight ends, they have done a really nice job staying balanced with that. It has given us a lot of problems.”

If Ole Miss hopes to reverse its fortunes this year, it will need to take advantage of a struggling Arkansas run defense that saw Alabama gash them for 264 yards on the ground last week. Running the football hasn’t been a strength for the Rebels this year, but Eugene Brazley emerged in their last game against Memphis in the absence of D’Vaughn Pennamon. Ole Miss will get Pennamon back this week, which can only help in that regard.

“I think they do what they do and they try to make you make mistakes; that is the way they have been. We had a lot of success last year against it. The year before, not so much,” Freeze said. “I know in his (Arkansas Head Coach Bret Bielema’s) press conference he talked about having to tweak and change some things possibly, so we have no idea what that will be, so we will have to be prepared for it.”