The Daily Mississippian - October 26, 2015

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Monday, October 26, 2015

Volume 104, No. 45

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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Rebel redemption: Aggies lose 23-3

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Ole Miss defeated Texas A&M 23-3 in college football’s only top 25 matchup on Saturday night.

The Rebels offense started in the first quarter with Chad Kelly connecting with Evan Engram on a seven-yard touchdown

pass. Gary Wunderlich connected on the extra point and the Rebels took a 7-0 lead.

The Rebels continued the scoring early in the second quarter when Wunderlich was able to connect on a 41-yard field goal, giving the Rebels a 10-0 lead. After a Texas A&M punt, the Rebels connected on a 30-yard field goal that gave the

Rebels a 13-0 lead.

After a Chad Kelly interception in Rebel territory, the Aggies were able to hit a 44-yard field goal to cut the Rebels’ lead to ten. Post-Aggie field goal, the Rebels were able to drive down the field and get themselves into field goal range, but Jordan Wilkins negated the possible scoring opportunity for the time

being.

After the turnover, Kyle Allen threw an interception to the Rebels. The Rebels were tackled on yet another field goal taking a 23-3 lead to the locker room.

After a stagnant start to the beginning of the second half, Chad Kelly was able to find Laquon

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One Pi Kappa Alpha member was expelled and four new members were dismissed from the fraternity Friday following allegations of assault, Pi Kappa Alpha’s national office said in a press release.

Danny Blanton, director of public relations, said the University does not hold the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity responsible for this incident.

“We did a thorough investigation,” Blanton said. “Charges were brought against Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, and through the office of Student Conduct Resolution, we investigated it. The investigation showed that the organization was not responsible.”

The appeals period has not yet ended, however, so there could still be change in that conclusion, Blanton said.

The Office of Conflict Resolution and Student Conduct cannot yet release anything about the University’s decisions on individual students.

“The student conduct proceedings are completely independent of any criminal proceedings,” Blanton said. “The student conduct process is ongoing as we speak.”

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Haley Barbour speaks on experience of Hurricane Katrina HANNAH HURDLE

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Former Mississippi governor Haley Barbour spoke about his leadership role during Hurricane Katrina and his book “America’s Great Storm” at the Overby Center Friday.

“It is not a political book at all,” Barbour said. “It is a book about the strong, resilient, self-reliant people of Mississippi. We bore the brunt of the worst national disaster in

American history.”

The damage done by Katrina to the state of Mississippi was extensive. According to Barbour, the hurricane destroyed approximately 60,000 homes on the coast and thousands more inland. Unlike in Louisiana, where damage was mostly due to flooding, Mississippi was hit directly by extremely strong winds which caused entire buildings to be blown away.

“I will just tell you it was the most gut-wrenching, heart-rendering thing I’ve

ever seen because it was utter obliteration,” Barbour said.

“It looked like a nuclear weapon had gone off in the sound.

There were places where nothing’s standing.”

Barbour said there was one major difference between how Mississippi and Louisiana handled the damage after Hurricane Katrina. Officials in Mississippi agreed that only one person needed to be in charge and that person should be the governor.

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Former Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour speaks about his experience leading the SEE BARBOUR PAGE 3 state through Hurricane Katrina a decade ago.

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Nobody likes going to the doctor’s office. It can be expensive and time-consuming. You primarily go only when you already feel sick and irritable, and none of us have conquered the cowering 3-yearold inside who quivers at the idea of getting a shot. For trans people, however, going to the doctor’s office puts an entirely new unpleasant slant on the whole affair.

Before I was able to get my chest reconstruction surgery, more commonly known as top surgery, I had to have a physical exam from my doctor and a written statement that I was healthy enough THE DAILY

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to undergo anesthesia. While this was all perfectly ordinary, the visit to the doctor’s office was anything but. I spent the majority of the time in the waiting room terrified by the idea that the doctor would learn what I was there to do and kindly, or perhaps not so kindly, tell me to leave without giving me what I needed.

While having my clotting factors checked, my nurse asked what the physical was for. When I told him I was traveling to Florida for top surgery, he seemed surprised and then proceeded to ask “what way I was going,” trying to ascertain if I was assigned female at birth and transitioning to male or assigned male at birth and transitioning to female. It took everything in me not to snap back, “Southeast, that’s where Florida is from here.”

His inquiry wasn’t medically relevant, as what it says on my birth certificate has no bearing on how quickly my blood clots.

The expression on his face also didn’t endear him to me, as he was clearly looking at me like I’d escaped from a display case some-

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where. People feel comfortable asking trans people questions about themselves that they’d never ask anyone else, because while his question may seem innocent, when you think about it, it was nothing more than a polite way to ask me what my genitals are. My business and my business alone is what they are.

But these moments of rudeness are only parts of a larger problem. Between my three different therapists, surgery, and hormone costs, medically transitioning is an expensive process. I’m lucky enough to be able to afford it, but there are others who are much less fortunate. Many insurance policies don’t cover trans-related health care, and a whopping 19 percent of trans people have no health insurance at all, according to a study from the National Center for Transgender Equality.

Access to competent medical care is something everyone deserves, and the problem can’t get any better until it’s acknowledged first. So, while it is very exciting that the Supreme Court legalized

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same-sex marriage this summer, it’s important to remember that there are still some more basic needs the queer community has to achieve.

We can’t sit back and enjoy the victory. Trans people need to be able to see doctors that can attend to their needs just like cisgendered people, and that just isn’t happening right now. It’s going to take more than an ophthalmologist to fix this oversight.

Morgan Philley is a senior English major from Clinton.

Correction:

In an article published in Friday’s The Daily Mississippian, The DM reported Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity attorney George Haymans said moving the statue on top of Sigma Pi fraternity was a tradition among fraternities. Haymans said the relocation of the statue has occurred multiple times over the years.

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Former Gov. Haley Barbour speaks at Overby Center Friday.

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continued from page 1 “We agreed before Katrina came on shore there should be a unified command,” Barbour said. “We had one team and that’s why we never lost civil control. It’s why we were able to do things together more effectively. They never agreed to that in Louisiana.”

It was just days after Katrina when Barbour began to realize he needed to deal with more than just the immediate issues like security or search and rescue missions.

“I got thinking long term,” Barbour said. “People have to believe that their communities are going to come back or they’re not ever going to come back. I can’t just be, and I can’t have our team just be focused on this week, next week.

We have got to be thinking way down the road.”

Barbour spoke expansively of those who helped people on the coast of Mississippi get back on their feet after the hurricane. Around 954,000 volunteers from all over the

country registered with various charities and churches helping with the clean-up. The Department of Defense also helped with the recovery effort.

“The Department of Defense is what saved us,” Barbour said. “The federal government sent us 1.7 million meals ready to eat, and we delivered them on helicopters and then on the ground.”

Barbour’s speech attracted students and Oxford community members, some of which had their own personal experiences dealing with Katrina.

“Our family was hit by Katrina,” audience member Wayne Gray said. “I thought he gave a very good overview of Katrina all the way from the government response to the individual response.”

The allegations are in regards to the assault of Jeremy Boyle on October 6 at the Sigma Pi fraternity house.

James Declan Basile, a junior business student and the only full Pi Kappa Alpha member, was arrested on charges of assault, hazing and larceny for the theft of the Sigma Pi statue.

Christian Guy and Kyle Hughes, business majors, and Austin Rice, an engineering major, were pledges from the fraternity and arrested on charges of larceny, according to the University Police Department report.

Tucker Cole Steil, a general studies major and Pi Kappa Alpha pledge, was arrested on a felony-level charge of assault.

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New eats in Oxford: Saint Leo CAROLINE CALLAWAY cdcallaw@go.olemiss.edu

From California to New York City and, finally, to Oxford, Emily Blount, owner of Saint Leo Wood Fire Italian Restaurant, is introducing unique flavors and dishes to this small Southern town.

“I have a passion for providing exceptional hospitality and great food,” Blount said.

Blount worked in the restaurant business since she was a teenager and said she saw the opportunity to open her own establishment when she, her husband and two children moved to Oxford three years ago.

“My husband was born in Oxford and we wanted to be close to family and raise our kids in a small town,” Blount

said. “We saw a gap in the food scene here and wanted to bring a community-minded place that introduces new flavors to the conversation.”

The name Saint Leo came to Blount by accident.

“The name just sort of happened,” Blount said. “My sister suggested it. My middle name is Rome, Saint Leo was the protector of the city of Rome.”

Blount said the most important concern while opening Saint Leo is they use the freshest ingredients possible in their food. Saint Leo will be sourcing from local farms including The Peeples Farm for chicken and eggs, Native Son Farms, Mudline Farm, Woodson Ridge and Brown Family Dairy.

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lows for a faster cook time at a higher temperature. The menu will feature wood-fired pizza, rotisserie chicken and other proteins from the oven, seasonal salads, handmade pasta and small batch house-made ice cream. Saint Leo will also have a full bar with seasonal cocktails. “(The menu is) definitely influenced by my childhood in California, eating out of my mom’s garden, by my years in New York, by traditional Italian cooking, and by the simplicity of cooking with wood fire,” Blount said.

When it comes to the menu, Blount said she collaborated with Dan Latham of L&M’s Kitchen and Salumeria, as well as Marco D’Emidio who is “amazing with all things dough” and brings a lot of experience from growing up in Italy.

“Saint Leo isn’t a ‘chef’-cen-

tric concept,” Blount said. “It’s more about how we responsibly source food and use traditional cooking techniques to bring simple, fresh, consistently delicious Italian fare to the people of Oxford in a great atmosphere.”

While there is no set location for Saint Leo as of now, Blount describes the atmosphere of the restaurant as a combination of “understated luxury and hipness with the earthy, modernist simplicity associated with the farm-to-table movement.”

The restaurant is scheduled to open in 2016, but in the meantime, Saint Leo has catered a few private events and hosted two “pop-up” dinners.

The first was at the Powerhouse and, according to Blount, felt more like a party than work.

The second was a food-truck style display at the One Night Stand Motel Art Show, held

Oct. 17 at the Ole Miss Motel.

They brought their portable wood-fire oven to give patrons a taste of what Saint Leo is all about.

“The pop-ups are designed to try out some of our menu ideas, to get feedback — start seeing what’s working and what’s not,” Blount said. “We love being a part of cool events in Oxford and love being able to take our food to these spots.”

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Rebels defeat Volunteers Friday, fall to Kentucky Sunday COLIN CODY

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OLEMISS 3, KENTUCKY 1 The Ole Miss volleyball team took on the Tennessee Volunteers Friday night, and the Rebels took the win after four sets, snagging their fourth SEC victory on the season.

After picking up their third SEC win last week against a good Arkansas team, Ole Miss looked to continue their strong play and offensive efficiency and move up in the SEC standings.

In the first set, both teams battled for the lead as Tennessee went in to the timeout leading 15-13. Following the break, the Rebels went on a 6-1 run to take a 19-16 lead. A kill by senior Ty Laporte would give the Rebels the win in the first set 25-21.

The Vols didn’t go down without a fight, as they came out of

the break and into the second set down 5-2 before making a surge and going on an 8-1 run, going up 10-6 and forcing Ole Miss to call a timeout. The Rebels were able to tie it at 17, but Tennessee remained resilient. A kill by sophomore Kate Gibson put the Rebels down only one at 22-21, but the Vols won the final three points to take the set 25-21.

In the third set, the Rebels came out hot as they built a 10-6 lead forcing the Vols to take an early timeout. Kills by Lexi Thompson and Ty Laporte helped the Rebels build on their lead as they went up 16-9. The Rebels continued to roll over the Volunteers in the third set as Aubrey Edie’s dump put Ole Miss up 21-12. The Rebels would take the set 25-13.

The fourth set was back and forth as neither team was able to gain more than a three point lead.

Tied up at 20, the Rebels would find some ground on two kills

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by Lexi Thompson and Kathryn Cather. Ole Miss’ defense would also play a huge role with a block at the net by Cather and Laporte to put the Rebels up 24-20. Tennessee erased one match point but an error on the next play gave the Rebels the set 25-21 and the match 3-1.

Laporte totaled 11 kills to go with her six blocks.

Senior Nakeyta Claire made history with the win when she broke the previous school record for total of blocks. Claire also had a season high in blocks as she totaled 13 blocks for the game and 388 for her career.

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A week after rushing for only 40 yards on 24 carries, the Rebels were able to find a consistent running game against Texas A&M on Saturday thanks in part to the addition of junior left tackle Laremy Tunsil.

Tunsil’s return to the Rebel starting lineup became evident quickly. With Tunsil returning to action after a seven-game NCAA suspension to man the left tackle position, the Rebels had their most dominant SEC rushing performance of the year.

Tunsil’s return also afforded the Rebels the luxury of moving senior Fahn Cooper, who had filled in admirably for Tunsil at left tackle, back to right tackle.

Head coach Hugh Freeze noted that the ability to shuffle the offensive line had some positive impact on the Rebels’ offensive performance.

“Having him back and us being able to move everyone back to their original spot that we had planned on starting the year with made some positive impacts for us,” Freeze said.

“We rushed the ball extremely well against a defense, with the exception of one game, hadn’t given up very much,” Freeze said.

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Laremy Tunsil tackles Jarrett Johnson Saturday Night. ence with Tunsil returning to the Rebels’ starting lineup.

“He’s just the anchor on the offensive line,” Walton said.

“People always say ‘We can’t run the football, we get pressured on third down,’ and he just came through big for us tonight and played a tremendous game.”

Freeze said the Rebels haven’t been great this year in running the football but that having Tunsil back lifted the Rebels comfort level.

“Having Laremy (Tunsil) back and everybody getting moved around gave us some comfort level,” Freeze said. “Do we need to improve (at running

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the ball)? Obviously, yes. And we did tonight.”

Offensive coordinator Dan Werner was a little surprised with how the Rebels were able to rush the football on Saturday night.

“I never would have imagined that we’d go out and run for that many yards and have no sacks,” Werner said. “It solidifies that whole side and strengthens the other side because Fahn moved over.”

Werner said Tunsil’s return was huge for the Rebels on the field, but also said that it could have been more of an emotional thing.

Walton said he was able to sense a confidence boost with the return of Tunsil.

“Once (Tunsil) got back everyone just calmed down and played chill and played their football,” Walton said. “Instead of worrying about someone else’s assignment, everyone can just focus on themselves now.”

The Rebels have four games remaining and with Saturday’s win, they are still in control of their own destiny in winning the SEC West.

“We had a five game season if we want to make it to the SEC championship game,” Walton said. “We’ve got one down and four more to go.”

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tributors. Laquon Treadwell led the team in receiving yards with 102 including a touchdown that put the game out of reach.

The Rebels were able to field every punt cleanly for the second week in a row with Collins Moore as the punt returner.

A week after having a difficult time dealing with Paxton Lynch, the Rebels’ secondary was able to rebound with a solid performance against Kyle Allen and the Aggie offense.

Texas A&M had only 192 yards of offense including 58 yards on the ground. Kyle Allen was only able to complete 12 of 34 passes. Allen went 0-12 in the passing game in the third quarter, putting the Aggies behind the eight ball in their attempt to overcome a 20-point deficit.

With Ole Miss’ win the Rebels are still in control of their own destiny with the possibility of an SEC Championship win still in sight. The Rebels will play next Saturday at Auburn at 11 a.m.

continued from page 1 Treadwell on a 58-yard touchdown pass to give the Rebels a 20-point lead.

That would prove to be the final score as the neither the Rebels nor the Aggies would score again, resulting in a 23-3 Rebel victory. Chad Kelly was able to take advantage of the Aggies secondary throwing for 241 yards and two touchdowns to three interceptions.

The Rebels were able to find their rushing game, resulting in 230 yards on the ground— the most rushing yards this year by the Rebels in an SEC game.

Akeem Judd had a solid game, rushing for 68 yards on 13 carries resulting in a 5.2 yard per carry average. However, the Rebels star on the ground was Jaylen Walton, who rushed for 98 yards on 22 carries.

The Rebels’ receiving core had a big night from multiple con-

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Landshark defense regains confidence against A&M

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Rebels Defense take down Tra Carson of Texas A&M.

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The defense that has been ravaged by injuries had their best performance of the year on Saturday night.

Coming into the game, Texas A&M scored an average of 36.5 points per game. Against

the Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, the Aggies only scored three points.

The Rebels accomplished this with their two arguably best defensive players, junior safety Tony Conner and junior defensive lineman Robert Nkemdiche, ruled out.

Nkemdiche suffered a con-

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cussion last Saturday against Memphis, but as of Thursday was expected to play. When Nkemdiche woke up Saturday morning at the team hotel, he struggled with headache symptoms and Freeze said he made the decision to hold him out.

“We had our first team meeting at 10 this morning,” Freeze said. “Right after that is when the medical staff contacted me and said he was having some headache symptoms.”

The Rebels were able to hold Texas A&M to only 192 yards of total offense, the worst offensive output for the Aggies this season. Sophomore Kyle Allen continued with his inconsistent play for the second week, only completing 12 of 32 passes and throwing 20 consecutive passes to end the game that didn’t result positively for the Aggies.

Defensive coordinator Dave Wommack said that he was disappointed when he was informed that Nkemdiche wouldn’t be playing.

“I was disappointed when I

found out about an hour before we got on the bus that Robert wasn’t playing,” Wommack said. “It kind of surprised me because you build some things into the game plan for that.”

Without Nkemdiche, however, the way the Rebels called the game defensively didn’t change Freeze said. Without Nkemdiche, other defensive linemen had to step up for the Rebels to be successful Saturday night.

Sophomore defensive end Marquis Haynes answered that call with three tackles for loss and two quarterback sacks. Haynes said the Rebels had more energy, which caused more pressure in the backfield for the Rebels.

“I guess the energy was up,” Haynes said. “This was a game we had to win, trying to stay atop the SEC West. We just all came together and really just got after it.”

With Nkemdiche missing the contest, the Rebels had junior defensive lineman Fadol Brown move inside to try and make up for Nkemdiche’s ab-

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sence.

Wommack said he came up with the idea to move Brown inside to defensive tackle around the same time he found out Nkemdiche would not be playing.

Senior linebacker C.J. Johnson returned to action for the first time since Oct. 3 after tearing a meniscus against Florida.

Johnson said during a team meeting this week, the Rebels challenged not only players but coaches to bring more energy.

“I think some guys rely on coaches more than others,” Johnson said. “I think the coaches came out this week with the extra energy and it paid off.”

Freeze said the injuries to Tony Conner and Issac Gross caused the Rebels to lose confidence this year.

“We lost some confidence somewhere in there when we lost those guys,” Freeze said.

“Hopefully, we found it tonight.”

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