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On Nov. 12, the United States Department of State released their Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, reporting a 7.2 percent increase in the number of international students at institutions of higher education. In the 2012-13 academic year, there were a reported 819,644 international students studying in the U.S. Ole Miss, too, has experienced a rapid increase of international student enrollment. Since 2005, international student enrollment has increased by 74 percent, and since 2008, that number has increased by 43 percent, according to Greet Provoost, the director of the Office of International Programs. The reason for this increase is a universitywide commitment to campus internationalization. Ole Miss has placed a priority on increasing enrollment of international students, according to Provoost. International students at Ole Miss fall under the newly established Office of Global Engagement, which includes the Office of International Programs, the Office of Study Abroad and the Intensive English Program. As of fall 2013, there are a reported 911 international students attending Ole Miss. Of these students, 102 are participating in post-graduate
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Ole Miss ROTC to participate in inaugural Egg Bowl Run optional practical training with the Office of Global Engagement, Provoost said. Ninety-three countries are represented by these diverse students, coming from seven regions of the world including Asia, Europe, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, North America and Oceania. One hundred fifty of these students are exchange students who will be staying at Ole Miss for one term or one year. Sixty-four other students are enrolled in the university’s Intensive English Program and 595 are enrolled in regular degree programs. Of those, 289 students are enrolled in undergraduate programs and 306 in the graduate school. Tamar Karakozova is a current Ph.D. candidate in secondary English education. In the myriad of countries represented here at Ole Miss, she hails from Tbilisi, The Republic of Georgia. Karakozova came to Ole Miss in 2006 through the Edmund Muskie Graduate Fellowship Program, a graduate exchange program funded by the U.S. Department of State. Many international students have to work hard to attend Ole Miss, and Karakozova is definitely one of them. “In order to receive the fellowship, I had to go through a number of competitions, pass TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) and the GRE, as well as an interview,” she said. “The whole process took about a year.” After arriving in Washington, Karakozova was flown to Memphis, Tenn., after being told she was to attend The University of Mississippi. She was greeted by a group from the OfSee ENROLLMENT, PAGE 4
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Chancellor Dan Jones and ROTC members at the Veteran’s Day Review Nov. 14.
BY RANDALL HALEY arhaley@go.olemiss.edu
A new tradition will begin in the Egg Bowl rivalry when ROTC cadets make a 100mile game ball run from Oxford to Starkville. Before daylight on Nov. 25, University of Mississippi ROTC cadets will run 45 miles carrying the Egg Bowl game ball to Calhoun City. Once in Calhoun City, UM cadets will hand off the game ball to members of Mississippi State University’s ROTC program in the city square at a small pavilion. MSU’s ROTC will then carry the game ball 55 miles from Calhoun City to Davis-Wade Stadium in Starkville, where the ball will be handed off to the Mississippi State head coach Dan Mullen. Matt Hayes, assistant professor of military science at Ole Miss, says this is a way to get the community involved. “It’s Thanksgiving time and football season,” Hayes said. “We want to pump up the game more.” The run will begin on Union Drive and proceed to University Avenue. The cadets will then head on University to Highway 7, where they will run until the split at See ROTC, PAGE 5
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Highway 9. Mississippi State Highway Patrol and University Police were requested to escort the runners while on the public roads and streets. Twenty UM cadets will take turns running the ball, rotating every three to four miles. One mile outside of Calhoun City, all of the UM cadets will run in army formation with the flags to hand the ball off to MSU. In the hand-off location, both the Ole Miss mascot and the MSU mascot will be present. Both universities’ media relations are expected to video and still shot the relay for use during a pre-game video. Hayes said there is more to this run than just the football rivalry. “The values of this run are personal courage, sacrifice, perseverance, teamwork, physical fitness and the spirit of competition,” Hayes said. John Bolding, Ole Miss ROTC cadet battalion commander, said this is an event where the schools can come together to appreciate forces greater than them. “For me personally, it’s an event that we can do with the MSU cadets,” Bolding said. “It’s like a brotherhood.”
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Meet Rob Ford
BY ANNA RUSH akrush1@gmail.com
There is a story in the news that has become my guilty pleasure. It has had more crazy revelations and antics than a trashy reality TV show. But since it’s being covered by the likes of CNN, it doesn’t come with nearly the same level of shame when you tune in or look for updates online. This story involves drugs, coverups, politics and, of course, a possibility of an actual reality show following the particular individual’s notorious rise to notoriety. The story I have been caught up in is not of another child star falling off the wagon T H E D A I LY
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or quasi-celebrity housewife caught in a cheating scandal, but the tale of a mayor of a city of nearly 3 million admitting to smoking crack cocaine. Mayor Rob Ford of Toronto, Canada, admitted to smoking crack cocaine and has been under a media firestorm as a result of that and a seemingly never-ending stream of scandals. Before we get into these scandals, Rob Ford was elected as mayor of Toronto, Canada’s largest city and on that purports itself as being the cultural, entertainment and financial capital of the country. Close to 400,000 Toronto voters elected him as mayor. Prior to becoming mayor, he served as a city councilor, an elected position, for a decade. And now for the juicy stuff: This guy admitted, on film, to smoking crack cocaine within the past year. In attempts
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to justify it, he said that it must have been in one of his “drunken stupors.” That’s some pretty hard partying for a man elected to lead Canada’s largest city, if you ask me. The more you look into this guy, the stranger and weirder the story gets. He brazenly resists common decency even when national and continental news station reporters are filming him. He swears, drunkenly threatens to beat people, has bulldozed through a city council meeting and knocked a councilor to the ground and unabashedly goes into detail about his bedroom activities. Is this a warning sign of the direction that politics are going? Is it too late to make a Uturn? With the onset of social media and smart phones that can instantly capture an image or video and then post it onto the internet, politicians
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are never truly “off duty.” In the past, scandals could be covered up, and indiscretions could never see the light of day. Now, we have full disclosure to a person’s past and present. The question remains, however, if this trend will help or hurt. Will we get to see politicians “as they really are” and therefore make wiser choices with our votes? Or will scandals become so common place that we dismiss them, lowering our standards? Will we reward scandal and raise these fallen politicians to the height of celebrity status — complete with book and TV deals? Are brash, crack cocaine-smoking politicians the next “big thing” for the beltway? Anna Rush is a law student from Hattiesburg. She graduated from Mississippi State University in 2011.
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Thoughtful advice: be more thoughtful BY ADAM GANUCHEAU dmeditor@gmail.com
We are approaching that wonderful/dreadful time of the semester once again: teacher evaluation submissions are open. You have until midnight on Dec. 8 to submit the evaluations. For all you freshmen out there, you might not have understood the double adjective in the first sentence, so I’ll explain it. If you submit all of your teacher evaluations, you get to view your final grades before everyone who fails to submit them. That sounds like a great thing until you log into your MyOleMiss account and realize how time-consuming and inconvenient it seemingly is. These teacher evaluation submissions are about more than just the few extra hours you receive to view your final grades. This is about the future of your university. Here’s my advice to everyone who feels that lazy urge to check whatever box you see first without accurately evaluat-
ing your professors: Don’t let yourself fall into that trap. The University of Mississippi is a wonderful academic institution that has increased its regional and national stock over the past few years. The Patterson School of Accountancy’s three degree programs are ranked in the top ten nationally. This year’s freshman class holds an institutional record with an average ACT score of 23.8 and a high school GPA of 3.43. Ole
helping to continue our upward academic trajectory. When you submit teacher evaluations without any thought, it not only hurts the education of your peers and future students at Ole Miss but the university itself. Teacher evaluations are for deans and department heads to hear from you and make management decisions for the future. It’s so easy to mark “10” or “0” for every single evalu-
honest. Barring an emotional instance when you burst into a dean’s office uninvited and complain irrationally, you probably will not get the chance to let the university know how your professors perform in the classroom. If you aren’t too fond of a particular professor, you get to burn them. If you love a certain professor and think they walk on water, express yourself. In either instance, you will feel great afterwards (for any of my current or past It boils down to your love for the university and its future. professors Please do your part in helping the university continue to grow. reading this, have fun trying to figure out Miss was ranked by Forbes as ation in order to get it done. w h i c h end of the a top 20 “best buy college” I know because I have done gauntlet you fell with me … in America. Our applica- it. In hindsight, I regret it. kidding). tion numbers and enrollment Maybe an honest, thoughtI am not one to preach and numbers continue to increase ful teacher evaluation could I certainly don’t want to tell drastically each year. have initiated a conversation you how to live your lives, It might not feel like it this between a department head but this advice is important. week, but we are not here for and the faculty member that Think about it. It boils down the last-minute assignments I had a couple problems with. to your love for the university of each semester or even foot- Maybe that conversation and its future. Please do your ball: We are here for a great could have prevented future part in helping the university education. Believe it or not, problems that I already expe- continue to grow. teacher evaluations are an rienced. extremely important tool in When you fill them out, be Adam Ganucheau is a senior journalism major from Hazlehurst, Mississippi.
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fice of International Programs here at Ole Miss. “I was not the one who made the choice of my U.S. location for my academic program, but I am very glad I got to be in Oxford” she said. So what persuades these students to embark on long journeys to come attend Ole Miss? “Great academic programs, competitive costs, location, attractive climate and academic and institutional collaborations draws international students to Ole Miss,” Provoost said. “Many students find us via internet searches, partners and recommendations.” Karakozova’s experiences in Oxford have proven the town to be an inexhaustible resource to her as an international student, and she has found her hobbies and her niche in the diverse edges of the community. “This place is historical. I love it,” she said, “Oxford has a great community of students and scholars from all over the world. I think it is an exact definition of America — a tossed salad rather than a melting pot.” Despite the fact that she is from a much larger city, Karakozova believes Oxford has enough pluck to compete. “I am from the capital city in the Republic of Georgia, with a population of over 1 million people. Even though I have many opportunities to attend events at home, I think Oxford has just as much to offer,” she said. Hollywood also helped bring Ole Miss to the global stage when it comes to higherlevel education opportunities for international scholars. “A few years back, ‘The Blind Side’ helped us gain
name recognition in many corners of the world,” Provoost said. The departments involved with international students work to “bring the world to Mississippi” and use this concept for the UM 2020 plan, according to Provoost. Karakozova believes Oxford is a great town in which the world can find a home. “Oxford for me has never been too ‘foreign’ to adapt,” she said. “The major resource of this town is its people. “Although international students may be shy at first and stick together, they do need someone local to hang out with to make friends and share experiences.” The university is working to bring more global citizens to both campus and the local Oxford community. The UM 2020 plan suggests a focus on global marketing, recruiting international students via various means such as developing academic partnerships with higher education institutions around the world. “I see a bright, diverse, engaging and ever-growing international student population,” Provoost said. “They will be fully integrated in our campus community and crucial to internationalizing the comprehensive learning experience of all UM students.”
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and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. “We have agreed on the language that would be submitted to the Loya Jirga, but they have to pass it,” Kerry said. The agreement would give the U.S. a legal basis for having forces in Afghanistan after 2014, and also allow it to use bases across the country. U.S. officials have not yet disclosed the number of U.S. troops they want to keep in Afghanistan after 2014. U.S. officials have said the U.S. and NATO could keep between 8,000 and 12,000 troops there. Of those, the U.S. is expected to provide no more than 8,000. Kerry said that whatever the number, the role of the U.S. military would be “limited.” “It is entirely train, equip and assist. There is no combat role for United States forces, and the bilateral security agreement is a way to try to clarify for Afghans and for United States military forces exactly what the rules are with respect to that ongoing relationship,” he said. Karzai’s office posted a copy of the draft proposal on its website on Wednesday. According to the draft posted on the website, the agreement, as expected, gives the U.S. legal jurisdiction over troops and Defense Department civilians, while contractors would be subject to the Afghan judicial process. Deep divisions in Afghanistan over legal immunity for American soldiers and contractors as well as night raids had threatened to scuttle diplomatic efforts. The pact also provides for U.S. counterterrorism operations in coordination with the Afghans, with the goal that the Afghan forces should be in the lead. It
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Since its inception in 2007, Ole Miss Ambassadors for Southern Hospitality has grown to allow students to get a taste of the hospitality industry. “These students are the voice of our department when it comes to student planning events such as tailgates, fundraising, field trips and guest speakers for learning outside the classroom,” said faculty advisor Jeremy Roberts.“They plan trips to various destination cities around the Oxford area as well as Tunica, Jackson, Memphis, New Orleans and of course Oxford to learn more about the hospitality industry in interactive panel discussions, on-site visits and tours.” A group of hospitality management students created the student organization as a means for students in the major to learn, improve and practice hospitality skills. It has since been expanded to include all students who are interested in hospitality management. Each year, Ole Miss Ambassadors for Southern Hospitality focuses on certain areas of hospitality management. The members
create events and activities that pertain to the focus areas. This semester, the organization focused on tourism and event planning, among other areas of interest. “We visited the Oxford Tourism center in which we learned about tourism industry and the ways tourism exists here in Oxford,” said Jacqueline Stout, junior hospitality major and CEO of the organization. Ole Miss Ambassadors for Southern Hospitality planned and coordinated a Halloween fundraiser for children of the Oxford area this semester. The event consisted of various games and activities for children in the Oxford community. “We thoroughly enjoyed our Halloween fundraiser and hope to make it a tradition that gets bigger and better each year,” Stout said. In addition to widespread participation from students in the Department of Nutrition and Hospitality, the organization’s officers expressed excitement over the involvement from students of all majors. “We had members at the (activities) fair for students with undeclared majors, which was a lot of fun,” said Sloan Gray, junior
hospitality major and secretary of the organization. Ole Miss Ambassadors for Southern Hospitality has numerous activities planned for next semester, many of which will take place outside of the Oxford area. The organization hopes to organize a trip to News Orleans, according to Gray. “While in New Orleans, OMASH members would get to experience tours in hotels and restaurants,” she said. Getting involved in the organization can open opportunities allowing experience for students of all majors, according to Roberts. “Even if they aren’t interested in the hospitality industry, OMASH is a great way (for students) to gain experience in volunteering and learning the in’s and out’s of some awesome corporations and businesses,” Gray said. “OMASH is also a great way to make connections with prominent people not just in Oxford but other cities and states as well.” Roberts encourages students from all majors to participate in Ole Miss Ambassadors for Southern Hospitality. Interested students can apply on the hospitality management page of the Ole Miss website.
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Thacker Mountain Radio ends Graduate student shares African heritage season with North MS Allstars BY MCKENNA WIERMAN mckenna.wierman@yahoo.com
Renee Ombaba delivered the final in a series of Brown Bag Luncheon Lectures hosted by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture Wednesday in the Barnard Observatory. Entitled “In a Foreign Land: The Stories of African Immigrants and their Children in the US South,” Ombaba presented her experiences as the child of African Immigrants growing up in the South. Ombaba, a second year Southern Studies graduate student working as an assistant in the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, spoke first about her name. “Growing up I was always teased about my name,” said Ombaba, whose mother came from Zambia and father from Kenya. “I was different,” Ombaba said. “The other kids at school saw me in the consumable depiction of Africa, and they forced me into the African box they created.” Like many children of African immigrants, Ombaba struggled to find her identity among Southerners, Americans, African Americans, and African immigrants in America. “African immigrants and their children can often feel detached and unwelcome when they come to America,” Ombaba said. Ombaba remembers how at first she was unsure how to feel about her African heritage. “I always felt I belonged at the end of the line,” Ombaba said. “My name always caused a stir when it was time for roll call.” But for Ombaba, comfort was found was close to home. “My mother began teaching me about my heritage,” she said. Ombaba’s mother took time to become involved with teaching African culture to her classmates,
and helped Ombaba begin to feel pride in her African heritage. “She taught me I was special,” said Ombaba. Today, Ombaba hopes to spread awareness in the South about the African community and culture. “My main goal is to really show that there is an African American culture deeply involved in the South,” Ombaba said. “We exist. We are part of the culture, the heritage, and the identification. We participate.” According to Ombaba, Africans and Southerners shape their identities though collective and personal memories. Embracing African heritage can be vitally important in community building and developing a sense of identity for both African immigrants and their children. “It gives people the opportunity to share experiences to find out who they are,” Ombaba said, “In some cases, community is all African immigrants and their children have to stay connected.” Ombaba hopes that by bringing the African culture of the South into better light, she will help those caught between two worlds to find out who they are. Hosted by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture in Barnard Observatory since it’s foundation in 1978, the “Brown Bag Luncheon” is a lecture series featured every Wednesday during the academic year at noon. “We call it our “brown bag series,” because we hope folks with simply bring their lunch (in or out of a brown bag) and spend their noon hour on Wednesdays with us in our lecture hall,” says Mary Hartwell, Operations Assistant for the Center. “The series is part of the Center’s community outreach to afford folks an opportunity to learn about the broad spectrum of our interdisciplinary approach in the study of Southern culture.”
BY MICHAEL PRESTWICH maprestw@go.olemiss.edu
The popular Oxford Radio show Thacker Mountain Radio is wrapping up its fall season tonight in a rocking fashion. This edition will feature a reading by the incredibly talented Jayne Anne Phillips, as well as a performance from the Grammy-nominated North Mississippi Allstars and the Clarksdale mainstay Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and the Blues Posse. The show is tonight at Off Square Books at 6 p.m. Thacker Mountain Radio is also one of Oxford’s prime spots for hobnobbing with the creative powers that make this town unique. Producer of the show Kathryn McGaw said that attending a live performance is an original experience. “What’s cool about coming to the live performance, though, is that you experience being part of our community,” McGaw said. “It’s a great opportunity to spend time with amazing authors, musicians and people. To me, Thacker Mountain Radio is Oxford in an hour.” Jayne Anne Phillips will be doing a reading from her latest book, “Quiet Dell.” The novel, set during the Great Depression, follows the Eicher family, victims of a real-life, gruesome murder that occurred near her childhood home of Clarksburg, W. Va., and Emily Thornhill, a reporter covering the investigation. “It’s the culmination of six years of work,” Phillips said. The novel is inspired by the stories Phillips heard about the murder as a child, according to an interview Phillips gave with Lynn Neary on NPR. “The tragedy of their loss was somehow answered for me in the writing of them,” Phillips said. “They became real to me and alive and saved, in a sense.” While this is her first time on
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in the blues world. Tonight they will be accompanied by electrifying guitarist Lightnin’ Malcolm, a disciple of the Mississippi hill country styled blues. Tonight’s performance kicks off a six month tour that starts in Oxford and finishes in Byron Bay, Australia. The other musical act of the evening will be Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and the Blues Posse. Kingfish is a 14-year old phenom who brings down the house with his fast and fluid lead guitar and soulful voice. The other half of the posse is David “Space Cowboy” Isaac. If you can’t catch the show tonight, there is a live broadcast on Rebel Radio, FM 92.1, as well as a re-broadcast on Mississippi Public Radio, FM 90.3. Thacker Mountain Radio will be back Feb. 6 and will run on until April 25, kicking off the Friday of the Double Decker Arts Festival.
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Lady Rebel hoops back at home this weekend BY BROWNING STUBBS bbstubbs@go.olemiss.edu
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Tia Faleru shoots the ball during the Jacksonville State game Nov. 8.
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After getting swept in their three games at the Rainbow Wahine Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Ole Miss women’s basketball team will return to the court this weekend with two games against Southeastern Louisiana and Tennessee State. Ole Miss vs. Southeastern Louisiana The Rebels (1-4) will face a welltested Southeastern Louisiana Lion team that has played three teams from the Southland Conference and Tulane. Meanwhile, the Rebels are in desperate need of a win since they have lost four straight games after winning their first game over Jacksonville State. Fun fact: Southeastern Louisiana has three players from the state of Mississippi: forward Nanna Pool from Magnolia, guard Jameika Hoskins from Aberdeen and guard Peaches Anderson from Meridian. Impact Player - Ole Miss: In just 26 minutes per game, junior power forward Tia Faleru is averaging 3.6 points and 10.8 rebounds per game. There is no question that 1 BEDROOM 1 BATH WITH STUDY 2950 S. Lamar. Single Student Occupancy. Stove, refrigerator, dishwasher included, washer/dryer hook-ups in apt. Laundromat onsite. Covered O. U. T. bus stop across street. Parental guaranty required available January $435 month (662)832-0117 TIRED OF YOUR ROOMMATE? Looking for a 1 bedroom apartment for the spring semester? Spacious floor plan, full size washer and dryer, fabulous amenities, fully furnished. $825/month. Call (770)289-0854 FURNISHED APT Furnished Pool Side Townhome 2BR/2BTH for full time rental. 1/2 mile from campus. Gated community. $950 month. 601-906-8653 AVAILABLE SOON 1,2,3,4,5 BR houses and apartments close to square and campus. Rental Central 662-595-4165 oxfordmsapartments.com
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she has been the best player for the Rebels thus far. In order for the Rebels to get back on the winning side, she is going to have to continue to provide Ole Miss with a post presence. Outside of Faleru, the Rebels don’t have much help down low. Impact Player - Southeastern Louisiana: Junior guard Symone Miller, who is averaging 17.3 points per game and six assists per game, scored a career-high 35 points in Southeastern Louisiana’s only win of the season against Mobile. After losing three straight games, look for Miller to come out strong and outscore the Rebels. Ole Miss vs. Tennessee State With a quick turnaround on Sunday, Ole Miss will face a Tennessee State team that picked up an impressive come-from-behind road victory over Troy last week. The Rebels look to avoid losing another Sunday home game like they did against Central Arkansas. The Lady Tigers, who finished 13-15 a season ago, are led by junior power forward Chelsea Hudson, who led the Tigers in scoring a year ago with 18 points per game.
Impact Player - Ole Miss: Sophomore guard Gracie Frizzell has got to get her shot going for the Rebs. Thus far, Frizzell is shooting 19 percent from the field and has only made 3 of 30 attempts from the three-point line. Matt Insell expects Frizzell to be the leader in three-point field goals this year, as she ranked first on the team last year with 49 threes made. Frizzell must get her shot back if Ole Miss is going to consistently win. Impact Player - Tennessee State: Junior forward Chelsea Hudson has been the only scoring threat for the Tigers this season averaging 18 points per game. She is the only Tiger averaging double figures this season. Faleru and Jenkins must lock down on her in the post if the Rebels want to win their first Sunday home game of the season. The Rebels were dominated in the points in the paint in their tournament in Hawaii. Winning the battle in the paint is a must against Hudson and the Tigers.
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Volleyball travels to Alabama for weekend bout BY TYLER BISCHOFF tfbischo@go.olemiss.edu
Ole Miss will head to the state of Alabama for two matches this weekend, as they will play Alabama (21-8, 8-6 Southeastern Conference) on Friday and Auburn (17-10, 8-7 SEC) on Sunday. Ole Miss (13-15, 3-12 SEC) enters the weekend on a three-game losing streak despite playing well last weekend. The Rebels led Georgia 2-0 before falling in five sets and lost by a total nine points in three sets to No. 17 Kentucky. “You have to continue to push even though you’re doing good things,” head coach Joe Getzin said. “There’s still more out there. That’s the difference between winning and losing at that highest level.” Ole Miss has struggled defensively all year, and in the past five games, have adjusted the playing rotation of their defensive specialists. The Rebels will have a tough task with Alabama, who has the third-best hitting percentage in the SEC at .257. Ole Miss has allowed con-
ference opponents to hit .272 this season. The Rebels are last in digs per set with 12.55. Alabama is led by one of the most efficient attackers in the SEC. Freshman Krystal Rivers is third in SEC in hitting percentage at .419. She is also sixth in kills per set with 3.61; she is one of two SEC players that is in the top 10 in both hitting percentage and kills. Freshman Brittany Thomas and sophomore Laura Steiner also average over threes kill per set for Alabama. Due to Alabama’s efficient hitting, sophomore setter Sierra Wilson is second in the SEC with 11.9 assists per set. Auburn ranks as an average team in most statistical categories, but their defense has been good this season. Opponents are hitting .188 against Auburn, the fifth best mark in the SEC. Auburn also ranks third in the SEC in digs with 16.45 per set. Senior Sarah Wroblicky is third in the SEC with 4.63 digs per set. Sophomore Nakeyta Clair has been the best attacking player for Ole Miss this season. She has the most kills per set, 2.54, and has the high-
est hitting percentage on the team at .304. She also leads the Rebels at the net with 118 blocks. Senior Kara Morgan has done it all this season. She ranks first on the team in aces, second in digs and fourth in kills. Morgan can continue to move up the record books as her career comes to an end. She is currently tied for second all time in service aces with 85. She needs seven more aces to set the Ole Miss record. Ole Miss has been one of the better teams in the SEC in service aces. The team ranks third in the SEC with 140 aces. Seven Rebels have at least 14 aces this season. However, Ole Miss has more service errors than aces with 189. After the weekend, Ole Miss will wrap up the season with a home match against LSU (1610, 6-8 SEC) on Wednesday, Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. For continuing coverage of Ole Miss volleyball, follow @Tyler_RSR and @thedm_sports on Twitter.
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Kara Morgan hits the ball during a match this season.
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Ole Miss soccer looks to keep season going in NCAA Tournament
Ole Miss offense prepares for stingy Missouri defense
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Quincy Adeboyejo catches a touchdown during the Troy game Nov. 16.
Mandy McCalla tries to keep the ball away from a Jackson State defender Nov. 15.
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No. 22 Ole Miss (16-5-2) will look to continue a recordsetting season on Thursday night when they travel to Tallahassee, Fla., to face No. 3 Florida State (19-1-3) in the second round of this year’s NCAA Tournament. After defeating in-state foe Jackson State 9-0 over the weekend, the Rebels look to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time in the program’s history against the powerhouse that is Florida State. The winner of Thursday’s game will play the winner of BYU and Colorado, who will face off earlier in the day. Beating Florida State would give this year’s Rebels their 17th win of the season, adding to the already-record total they have set this year.
After Friday’s win over Jackson State, Ole Miss head coach Matt Mott spoke about the challenge Florida State would present for his team. “I’m very familiar with them,” Mott said referencing his time as an assistant at Texas and Auburn, where he faced the Seminoles multiple times in the NCAA Tournament. “I think they’re the best-coached team in the country. I think (Florida State head coach Mark Krikorian) is as good as there is, and they have a bunch of really good players. I’m happy with where our team is at this point in the season. We’ll go down there and be excited to play and play as hard as we possibly can can and hopefully get a result.” The Rebels have set a multitude of individual program records this season, including
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senior Rafaelle Souza becoming the program’s all-time leading scorer. Her hat-trick on Friday brought her total to 44 goals on her career. Mandy McCalla has also moved into the top five all-time scorers in school history. The senior has scored 15 goals this season, bringing her career total to 37, one goal shy of third place all-time for the Rebels. Thursday’s game is scheduled for kick-off at 6 p.m. There will be no video available online, but live stats can be tracked during the contest at www.OleMissSports.com. For continuing coverage of Ole Miss soccer, follow @thedm_sports on Twitter.
BY MATT SIGLER mcsigler@go.olemiss.edu
The No. 24 Ole Miss Rebels will have their hands full when No. 8 Missouri heads to town Saturday, and most believe it will be because of the Tigers’ highpowered offense. However, Missouri’s defense is no pushover. The Tigers bring the eighth best total defense in the Southeastern Conference (386.8 yards per game), but more impressively the second best run defense (111.9 yards per game) and third best scoring defense (20.2 points per game). “It will be another great test,” Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze said. “You get that most weeks in this league. They’ve had great success stopping the run and getting pressure on the passer. It’s a great challenge, and hopefully, our kids will be ready for it.”
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Missouri leads the SEC in sacks with 34 and is also the conference leader in interceptions with 17. Their pass rush will be led by Michael Sam, who leads the Tigers with 10 sacks. Also, Kony Ealy will be a factor, who is second on the team with 6.5 sacks. “Top to bottom, they provide probably the biggest challenge we have had all year,” offensive line coach Matt Luke said. “They are good in every spot. It’s not like they have one guy you can focus on.” Freeze said it is difficult to simulate the pass rush the Tigers will have, but the team is attempting to do so through one-on-one drills.” “It’s difficult,” Freeze said. “We do one on one’s every day of course and work on our techniques, but it is certainly hard to simulate those ends that they have.” Freeze has stressed the importance of the running game in this weekend’s matchup, and Luke believes that the movement the Tigers have up front is the major cause of team’s struggling to run the ball. “They do a good job of movement, they are never in the same place,” Luke said. “They move about every snap. They are a moving front. They don’t let you double team them because they are constantly moving, twisting, and mixing up the front making it tough on you. Nothing is ever easy.” The Rebels have the fifth best rushing offense in the conference averaging just over 200 yards per game, and also have the third best pass offense in the conference, averaging 297.4 yards per game, but this Missouri defense will be a new challenge for Ole Miss.