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‘Pulse: A Tribute’ is remembering Orlando Miss University pageant tonight BRIANA FLOREZ
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The 68th annual Miss University Scholarship Pageant will be at the Gertrude C. Ford Center 7 p.m. Wednesday. Contestants will compete in four different areas of competition: interview, talent, swimwear and evening wear. The winner of the 2017 Miss University Scholarship Pageant will be receive a $2,000 scholarship, $2,000 stipend, $1,000 allowance for talent and fitness and other awards. First alternate will receive a $1,000 scholarship, and second alternate will receive a PHOTO BY: TAYLAR TEEL $500 scholarship. A pop-up exhibit, “Pulse: A Tribute” is being displayed through Thursday in the Student Union Ballroom. The exhibit is in recognition of LGBTQ History Month and the 49 peoAdditional awards will be disple who lost their lives in the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando. Alumnus Johnathan Kent Adams created a canvas series following the shooting with watercolor portraits of tributed for the talent, swimsuit all 49 victims. There will be a “Meet the Artist” reception with Adams from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday in the Student Union Ballroom. The exhibit and reception are sponsored and interview competitions. by Feminist Empowerment at the University of Mississippi with support from the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies and the Ole Miss Student Union. The SEE MISS UNIVERSITY PAGE 3 events are free and open to the public.
Professor Poll: ‘Should Election Day be an excused absence?’
JENNIFER SADLER
Instructor, Integrated Marketing Communications “Ideally, every professor has made the current election part of the classroom and encouraged students to be educated on the points made during this election season. I actively encourage my students to learn what they can about each candidate and for the last debate 88 of my students gathered in the Overby Auditorium to live tweet the debate using the #MeekJourno hashtag. Because polls are open throughout the day, I would expect students to make arrangements to vote in between or after class, but if they are late or miss due to voting I could make an exception. For most, this will be their first time voting for a president, which is as much a test of their ability to shape the future as we have been preceding them.”
RICH FORGETTE
Senior Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts “I hope all eligible students take the time to vote on Nov. 8. In political science, we debate whether voting is foremost a right, responsibility, or privilege. It is partly all three. Regardless, Mississippi polls open at 7 am and close at 7 pm. Thus, I do not think it is necessarily an excuse for missing class. If students have class all day or are registered outside of Lafayette County, they should look into submitting an absentee ballot. They should do that soon, though, since the mailing deadline is before election day.”
MIKKI K. HARRIS
Assistant Professor, Meek School of Journalism & New Media “Students who need to be away from campus an entire day should exercise their right to vote via absentee ballot, rather than miss classes on Election Day. However, if they have to vote in person on Election Day, excusing that absence depends on the professor and the subject matter. Voting is an anticipated absence, so for my classes, if a student notifies me of the absence, meets deadline, and completes all work that would be missed prior to missing class, I would excuse being absent on Election Day, but if I am approached about missing class the day before or days after the election, no, that absence is not excused.”
MARVIN KING
Associate Professor, African American Studies “While I encourage everyone to vote, I would not suggest that missing class to vote count as an excused absence. The polls are open for twelve hours and I don’t know of any student with classes from 7 a.m.–7 p.m. without a break. If the ASB and Faculty Senate recommended that voting be considered an excused absence, I would respect that decision.”
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It’s time young people take climate change seriously
DANIEL PAYNE
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You may have noticed that campus is a little warmer than it should be around this time in October. You would be right; the temperature of Oxford, as well as the entire globe, is higher than it should be. This column is not about
convincing climate change deniers that they should agree with 97 percent of active climate scientists, because if people are willing to deny thousands of pages of evidence, a 500-word article is unlikely to change their minds. What it is about is the way we should treat the situation before us. The attitude toward climate change in the United States is apathetic at best. Ken Bone was the only person who seemed to care to talk about it much during the debates, and it hardly holds any place in the news cycles or in our minds. That is because even when the climate is changing rapidly, it still seems slow to us. Another reason we do not give
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it much thought is it does not seem to affect us very much, if any at all. That was the mentality of many residents of the Pacific island of Kiribati until they realized their entire island could be swallowed up by rising sea levels, a direct result of the damage we are doing to our own atmosphere. I am convinced that at one point or another we will all have this moment of realization; we all call Earth our home, after all. While this issue may seem partisan or debatable in our country for the moment, even our politicians will have to eventually awaken to the reality of our situation. Until that happens, though, we will have to be the more responsible group, caring for
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the wellbeing of humanity. We need to have a culture of environmental health. I use that phrase intentionally, because we take our personal health seriously, as we should the health of our world. The ways we care for both our personal and environmental health is also similar: modest lifestyle choices. When people try to eat well, they assess the effects of the food they consume. It does not mean they never eat doughnuts again, but it does mean they are aware of how it will affect their bodies. The same is true for the way we treat the environment. I may be drinking out of a disposable Starbucks cup as I am writing this, but I also realize the effects that it has on the environment, so I try to keep
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waste to a minimum through a reusable bottle. Small lifestyle changes can have large impacts, given everyone does his part. So try to reduce, reuse and recycle. Do not consume so much. Be happy with what you have, and consider the impacts of your actions. Remember this world is our home and will be the home of our children. They will see the impacts of our actions, so let’s be responsible. I think when we act with these things in mind, it will not only better our world but also our bank accounts and our consciences. Daniel Payne is a freshman integrated marketing communications major from Collierville, Tennessee.
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JEFF AMY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS WIGGINS, Miss. (AP) -- A south Mississippi high school student has been disciplined following allegations that one or more white students put a noose around the neck of a black football player, a lawyer for the school district said Tuesday. Administrators determined that Stone High School’s conduct code was violated in the Oct. 13 incident, Sean Courtney, attorney for the Stone County school district, wrote in an email. He added that a student was disciplined after due process in accordance with district policies. Courtney said he can’t identify the student or the specific punishment, citing privacy rules. However, he denied allegations by Mississippi NAACP President Derrick Johnson that the district hadn’t followed its own procedures. Johnson called Monday for a federal hate-crimes investigation and prosecution of the assailants, all younger than 18, as adults. “To suggest that the district did not follow its policies and procedures or otherwise not investigate and address this issue is patently false,” Courtney wrote. “This matter has been one that tears at the fabric of our schools and our community and the administration does not intend for it to be swept under the rug or otherwise ignored.” While sheriff’s deputies are investigating, Courtney says the behavior reported to staff members gave no indication of a crime or criminal intent. John Feaster, football coach at Stone High, has said he kicked a student off the team after finding out what happened. Feaster is the first African American coach in the history of the 800-student school, where about 75 percent of the students are white. Stone High is the only public high school in the 18,000-resident county. Johnson said he wants the teenagers charged as adults, as Mis-
sissippi law allows in some cases for children older between ages 13 and 18. He also suggested bringing in federal prosecutors, such as when young people from Rankin County faced hate crime charges following the 2011 death of a man run down in the parking lot of Jackson motel. Most of them were charged as adults. “No child should be walking down the hall or in a locker room and be accosted with a noose around their neck,” Johnson said in a Monday news conference. “This is 2016, not 1916. This is America. This is a place where children should go to school and feel safe in their environment.” Johnson didn’t return phone calls Tuesday. Hollis and Stacey Payton, parents of the alleged victim, attended Monday’s news conference but didn’t speak. Their son, a sophomore, wasn’t present. Johnson said the Paytons have received no official word about punishments from school officials. He said school district policy calls for immediate expulsion of students who commit assault. The NAACP said the incident happened during a break in football practice and that the noose was “yanked backward” while on the student’s neck. Johnson wouldn’t say whether the noose left marks. State NAACP spokeswoman Ayana Kinnel said the family indicated the student returned to practice after the incident. Stone County Sheriff’s Capt. Ray Boggs said Monday that officials believe something close to what the Paytons described did happen and he’s still investigating. He said all the students involved are younger than 17 and he expects any charges would be filed in youth court, where records are closed to the public. “It’s probably one of the hardest cases I’ll ever handle in my career, because of the nature of it,” said Boggs, who is black. “Have I ever had to deal with something like this? No, not from a high school.”
Johnson said someone from the sheriff’s department advised Stacey Payton not to file a police report because the father of one of the alleged assailants is a former law enforcement officer. Boggs said he’s the one who spoke to Stacey Payton, but said that’s not what he told her. He said he told her pursuing criminal charges could leave hard feelings among students that could make her son’s life harder at school, but he did not try to dissuade her. The football coach said a player was kicked off the team as soon as school officials determined who was involved. He said he feels “terrible” for the victim, “a tough kid who’s hanging in there.” “He knows I love him and his teammates love him and the coaching staff loves him and he
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isn’t going to be treated any differently,” Feaster told the Sun Herald. “He’s one of my favorite kids on this team.” Carissa Bolden of Wiggins, the mother of a middle school student, attended the NAACP news conference Monday and said white students have been flying the Mississippi flag from their vehicles. The flag includes the Confederate battle emblem - a red field topped by a blue X with 13 white stars. Bolden said she sees a connection between the flag and the noose incident. “I feel like it escalated from them allowing kids to bring Confederate flags” to school, Bolden said.
The current Miss University is junior musical theatre major Carol Coker. Coker placed in the top 10 at the Miss Mississippi Pageant in Vicksburg, Mississippi in June. Five previous Miss University titleholders have been named Miss Mississippi, and two have gone on to win the title of Miss America. Miss University 2017 will represent Ole Miss for the 2017-2018 year and compete for the title of Miss Mississippi in summer 2017. Tickets are available for purchase at the box office in the Student Union. Student tickets are $10 and non-student tickets are $15. The pageant is sponsored by the Ole Miss Student Union and the Student Activities Association.
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Get the Tory Lanez experience tonight at The Lyric AUSTIN HILLE
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After nearly six years of releasing back-to-back mixtapes, receiving accolades from big names within the hip-hop industry and forming an ongoing beef with Drake himself, Toronto singer and rapper Tory Lanez finally burst into the mainstream with the release of his debut album, “I Told You,” this year. “We are at a place now that we have wanted to be at for a long time,” Lanez said. “For me, getting into the mainstream, it’s good for me because I have made so many songs in the past that kind of prepared me for making that kind of music and making that music that will go No. 1.... All that stuff is preparing me to be in this place.” With chart topping hits such as “Luv” and “Say It,” Lanez is bringing his wildfire-like success to Oxford tonight at The Lyric Theater on his I Told You Tour.
“We’ve really taken the show to the next level,” Lanez said. “The reactions have just been great. Everybody has been showing out. All the shows have been selling out. And honestly, it’s one of those situations where I am just happy to be here.” Lanez stresses that each one of his shows offers a unique opportunity to experience what he has to present for the audience, something he argues you can’t find anywhere else. “People are reacting to the music the way that they need to react to the music,” Lanez said. “There’s a lot of great artists out there, but there is no artist that can perform like me... Coming to one of my shows is an experience; it’s a time to experience something you don’t normally experience with other shows.” With this shift in his notoriety as well as caliber of live performance, Lanez has also shifted the sound of his music compared to what he was putting out historically. However, in his mind, the new sound
is no simple switch. “I’m a swayze artist. I make swayze music. Music that not genre [bound]. Music that is multi-genre that is still my kind of sound. I set trends and I set innovation with my music, so, that’s where I stand with it,” Lanez said. Even though there has been major success for Lanez on the tour and through his music, he certainly does not see this as the destination but rather one small stop on the way to a much bigger goal. “I am going to be the biggest artist in the world,” Lanez said. “For me, it comes down to selling out arenas, and where my music is all you hear everywhere... There’s a lot more work to do. I haven’t even had my validation yet. Not even close. This isn’t the celebration phase for me. I don’t think I have been fully expressed yet.” Lanez takes the stage tonight starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at The Lyric Oxford box office, or at www. thelyricoxford.com. PHOTO COURTESY: SACKSANDCO.COM
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Rock out with Seratones at Larry’s this Thursday SAM COX
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Sometimes, people must satisfy a need to get down and rock out, and Seratones have mastered both the “get down” and “rock out” aspects in their music. This Thursday, Seratones will be making their way back to Oxford after a year of traveling, putting out their debut album “Get Gone,” and finding themselves on the roster of Oxford’s Fat Possum Records. I was able to get a hold of A.J Haynes, Seratones’ bold and brilliant lead vocalist, and have a chat with her while the band weaved its way through D.C. traffic. The Daily Mississippian: How is everything going? You’ve been touring for a few weeks now. How has that experience been? A.J. Haynes: Pretty great. It was great starting off the tour with St. Paul and The Broken Bones and getting to support them. We’ve also played some pretty amazing venues. DM: Any memorable shows or a favorite stop so far?
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Rolling Stone and Billboard. All of these major publications are checking in with us, and it’s really gratifying.
AH: Our show in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was really fun. The venue we played [Caine’s Ballroom] was the home of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, which I’m a huge fan of.
DM: I recently saw that you guys did an NPR Live session on Facebook and filmed an Audiotree Session Live, which is something I’ve been watching for years. What’s it like being behind the scenes on live shows like that?
DM: Just more than a year ago, you guys came and played a show at Proud Larry’s in Oxford. What exciting new things have you been up to since then?
AH: Everyone we’ve worked with has been really good people with good vibes. The fun part is you get to reimagine yourself. It’s pretty exciting.
AH: We’ve been to Europe since then, which is exciting. We’ll be going back in November. I don’t know; we’ve had so much going on. It’s been hard to keep up with. We keep getting a lot of NPR love, and we just left New York and did a Facebook live session with
DM: As a band from the South — Louisiana, in particular — what’s something that you want people to see about what influenced you growing up in your homeland? AH: I don’t know; it’s more about what people get from the show, period. It’s not like
we are a Cajun band; we’re a rock-and-roll band. I think of someone asking Mick Jagger like, ‘What part of the UK influenced you?’ It’s not about that; it’s about being a part of this whole thing. Of course, being a musician, you’re kind of an ambassador for where you’re from, but it can detract from the artists. It’s always fun to know the story behind the band, but what’s important to me is that people have a good time. DM: What’s something that makes you guys stand out from Louisiana blues-rock music that you feel people might find unique? AH: We listen to blues, and blues is a part of our vernacular, but I damn sure wouldn’t call us a blues band. If anything, we have anti-blues songs. But as far as standing out, I’m very proud of the songs we’ve written, and we’re
all proud to perform the songs we’ve made. DM: With all of these publications giving you guys recognition, is this something you anticipated whenever you started as a band? Did you expect to be where you are now? AH: I’d hope so! We put a lot of work in, and you want to see growth, and all of this recognition is a part of this growth. We worked really hard, and it’s exciting! Had I imagined this? Not really, because you don’t really know what’s it’s like until you’re in it. DM: There are a lot of positive reviews coming in on the new album. How does that feel? AH: It’s great, really. DM: Last question: are there any important lessons
you’ve learned on the road over the past year, and if so, how do they affect the way you perform and travel? AH: It’s a lot of hard work and traveling, so being patient. It’s a lot of traveling; we’ve been on the road for a while, and right now we’ve been in traffic in D.C. for a while, so you gotta chill out when you can. Take your vitamins. Try not to hit cars. Take care of yourself. Be nice to the sound guy or gal. Take your vitamins. That’s really it! Catch Seratones on their cross-country tour this Thursday at Proud Larry’s. In preparation, keep “Get Gone” on repeat for the next couple days, and make sure you save some energy for what’s shaping up to be one of the most energized rock events of the semester.
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Ole Miss soccer prepares for the SEC tournament MAGGIE CROUCH
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The Ole Miss women’s soccer team lost both conference games on the road this past weekend against Georgia and Vanderbilt but still have hopes for their last regular season game and the postseason SEC tournament. “It was a pretty bittersweet weekend for us,” Coach Matt Mott said. “CeCe Kizer took another injury on Thursday night to that ankle, so she was out yesterday for us, which is a hole.” Georgia shut out Ole Miss 3-0, and with sophomore forward Kizer out for the game
against Vanderbilt, the Rebels faced defeat again with a 4-1 loss. Between these two losses, Ole Miss found out they had qualified for the SEC tournament. “We are excited that we are in postseason, and this team is certainly capable of making a deep run in the tournament,” Mott said. “That is what our goal is.” Before heading to Orange Beach, Alabama, for the tournament, the Rebels will hit the road to take on the South Carolina Gamecocks, who may be having one of the best seasons in the history of SEC soccer, according to Mott. The team is undefeated in conference and 16-1 overall.
“We are excited for a chance against a very good South Carolina team,” Mott said. “Our team will be very hungry and motivated for the game.” After taking on South Carolina, the Rebels will head to the SEC tournament, which begins Monday and concludes with the championship match on Nov. 6. “We don’t know who we are playing and we don’t know what time, so that shows how close this league is when you are talking about teams like Kentucky, LSU, Georgia and Mississippi State not making the tournament,” Mott said. “It is a really difficult league, and everyone is battling the whole time.”
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Rebel offensive line works to overcome injuries CODY THOMASON
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The Rebels have dealt with their fair share of injuries this season, but the offensive line had managed to mostly avoid the injury bug until last game. Two starters, left tackle Rod Taylor and guard Jordan Sims, both went down with ankle injuries against LSU and missed the remainder of the game. “I think you always have injuries that you have to deal with in a season. It just kind of came up on us in one game, but I’m real excited about the way the guys practiced,” Matt Luke, co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach, said. “I think sometimes that’s the best way to overcome tough times is to get back on the field, and I thought we had a really good energetic practice.” Sims has possibly been the most consistent lineman for Ole Miss this season, taking home SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week honors after the Rebels’ win against Georgia. Luke said Sims and Taylor were both day-to-day. “I think both will have a chance to play, but I’m preparing like they’re not,” Luke said. “Ankles are a funny thing, but
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Freshman Greg Little celebrates after a successful 2-point conversion against LSU. Little has been splitting time at left tackle but may get the starting role on Saturday if Rod Taylor isn’t able to play. sometimes with a lineman you can put a little tape on and get in there and play.” Luke said if either player isn’t healthy in time for Auburn, the next man would be ready to step up. He said Daronte Bouldin would be af-
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True freshman Greg Little has been splitting playing time at left tackle all season, and if Taylor can’t play, he will slide into the starting role against the Tigers. Luke said Little and Bouldin both did pretty well with the extended playing time they saw during the LSU game. “I think Greg gave up a sack (…) but other than that played really well, and Daronte played really physical,” Luke said. “I was proud I think he had five or six (pancake blocks) and did some really good things. He’s a physical guy, so just he has to keep coming and learning the game, and I think he’ll just keep getting better with each snap. Good to have a redshirt junior that’s been around that long that can step in and do that. We’re fortunate that he’s been getting ready.” Senior Jeremy Liggins could also be in the rotation against
Auburn, as he has rejoined the team after previously being suspended for a violation of team standards. “Right now, he will probably be the third tackle or the fourth tackle to go in. He worked at second team right tackle today.” It’s an especially tough week for the offensive line to have injury concerns. They will be going up against an Auburn defensive line that boasts a star defensive end in Carl Lawson and a star defensive tackle in Montravius Adams, along with plenty of depth around those two. “It’s a huge challenge. They’re very talented,” Luke said. “Really good front, maybe from top to bottom the best defensive line that we’ve seen. We’re excited for the challenge, but we have our work cut out for us, and we have to play really well to win.”
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Road remains difficult for Rebels in the face of adversity BRIAN SCOTT RIPPEE thedmsports@gmail.com
Adversity has hit Ole Miss in several doses this season. It has had damaging injuries on both sides of the football, causing the youth and inexperience it already possesses to glare even more. The Rebels sit at 3-4 with an Auburn team coming to Oxford that rushed for more than 500 yards a week ago against Arkansas. The losses have piled up, and the pressure seems to mount more every week. “Such as the life in the SEC West, and it doesn’t get any easier moving forward. Auburn is an outstanding football team, maybe the best defense as far as points per game that we’ve seen,” Head Coach Hugh Freeze said. “Only giving up 14 points a game is unheard of almost these days. You watch them on tape, and you see why, and now their rushing game is back to what they’ve been known for.” Ole Miss has certainly come out swinging this season. It has scored first in six of the seven games it has played. It has held three leads against the likes of Alabama and Florida State. The trouble for Ole Miss comes after its opponent finds its footing. When the other team gets rolling, the Rebels have had trouble responding. They seemingly got complacent and conservative when they have built up a lead. Freeze tried to make sense of it all on Monday, using a baseball analogy. “It’s disappointing, but when you look at the tapes of the teams we’ve played, it’s easy to see that you can lose those
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Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly and Head Coach Hugh Freeze talk before attempting a 2-point conversion during Ole Miss’ loss against LSU on Saturday night. Kelly said third quarter play is hurting Ole Miss and they need to execute in the second half. games,” Freeze said. “I’ll put it in baseball terms: we can’t afford it right now, with the issues that we may have at certain positions or talent level compared to others, we can’t afford to throw 75 mph on the corner of the plate and get by. We have to throw 96 mph on every single play to be able to compete and have a chance to win some of the games that we are in right now. “ Ole Miss gunned fastballs in the first two quarters in Orlando, against Alabama and even this past weekend when it jumped on LSU 10-0. But as its velocity
slowed, the opponents teed off. “I think it just may be a mental makeup,” quarterback Chad Kelly said. “You’ve got to push through, especially in the second half when your legs start getting a little tired, and you’ve got to have that mental makeup to push through and finish a complete game. Sixty minutes is a long game.” Kelly used last Sunday night’s NFL game as an example, pointing out that the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals played five full quarters that ended in an 6-6 tie.
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“There are times where you really have to push through in hard times,” Kelly said. “It seems like now the third quarter is hurting us. We play a good first half, and we’ve just got to come out and work harder. It comes down to execution.” This is a crucial weekend for Ole Miss, especially in terms of team psyche. How far will this slide go? Texas A&M still looms on the schedule, and a loss this weekend could really have the Rebels fighting for their bowl eligibility life. One of Freeze’s best attributes
as a coach is getting his teams to respond well to adversity and come out fighting. After all, they’ve come out fighting each game this year, but it is the response they’ve had trouble absorbing. “Our coaches are disappointed, and that’s part of the life that we live in this conference,” Freeze said. “We’ve got to rebound and continue to work, and hopefully the leaders will lead, and we look forward to another challenge at home this Saturday.”
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