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Friday, November 18, 2016
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Ole Miss soccer star graduates after four years on the team SEE SPORTS PAGE 6
Chancellor reviews new troops Ole Miss Outdoors
takes Rebs on the road BRIANA FLOREZ
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PHOTO BY: ARIEL COBBERT
Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter walks through each row of the Air Force, Navy and Army cadets in an inspection process. This is the first time Vitter oversaw the annual ROTC Chancellor’s Review Ceremony held on Thursday in front of the Lyceum.
Ole Miss Outdoors is gearing up to head to Nashville, Tennessee, for the Vanderbilt-Ole Miss football game as part of the Rustic Rebel Road Trip series. The series was first introduced this year with planned trips to Fayetteville, Arkansas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but the trip to Tennessee will be the first one to actually happen due to lack of interest in the previous trips. The program’s goal is to bring Rebels to cheer on their team at away football games and introduce students to the outdoors. Students on the trip will ride a bus to Franklin, Tennessee, where they will experience two climbing gyms and lodge in climate-controlled cabins at Henry Horton State Park. Ole Miss Outdoors Graduate Assistant Francis Liaw said the trip is a safe, alcohol-free way to enjoy an Ole Miss football game. “Our assistant director came up with this idea to do an away game trip as an alternative to traditional trips,” Liaw said. Liaw said the trip is open to more people than just university students.
“All of our programs are open to students and the community,” Liaw said. “There’s a common misconception that Ole Miss Outdoors is just a club.” The trip costs $180 for students and $200 for non-students. The fee includes transportation, camping gear, park entrance fees, a gym entrance fee and meals, but game tickets are not included. These trips can help students fall in love with the outdoors and lead healthier lifestyles. “You get to meet different people, and it’s an alternative to a traditional road trip and participating in that drinking culture,” Liaw said. “It’s a wellness alternative to do something and connect it with nature.” Liaw said there is such a passion for Ole Miss football on campus, but there’s not much of an outdoor culture. He wants to combine the two through the Rustic Rebel Road Trip series. “We’re trying to merge the outdoor community with the football community and introduce people to the outdoors,” Liaw said. “I would say we don’t have that sense of outdoor culture here, and we’re just trying to cultivate that.”
Rebel horseback riding team leaves competition in the dust KAMERA GRIFFIN
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The year-old Ole Miss Equestrian Club team took third place at the Georgia College and State University Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Nov. 12. The team placed first out of all the Southeastern Conference Schools competing, and eight of the nine Rebel riders placed in the top six of each participating class. Team member and pre-pharmacy major Emory Barnes attributes the team’s success to practice, dedication and friendship. “It’s a sport and it’s a passion … it’s something that you can bond
over,” Barnes said. “Everyone on the team has been doing it since they were little, for the most part, but there are also people that just started, too, which is so cool.” Barnes tied as a high-point rider, the highest title awarded at the show, and won her flat and over fence class this past weekend. The drive to Memphis may seem like a jump for some, but not these riders. The team holds training practices every week, and most team members go the extra mile, practicing more often. Riding instructor Beanie Cone’s group and private lessons pay off in competition. “[Beanie] works really hard and helped me improve from a
beginner, to jumping 3 feet and competing in the A circuit,” English rider Cheney Thomasson said. Intercollegiate competitions were a tough transition for some as the horse show guidelines began to change. Now, familiarity with a variety of horse breeds can make a positive difference in competition. Team players must draw a name from a hat to determine their equestrian partner each show. “It’s a really true test of rider capability versus on, like, a circuit show, which is what growing up you do. That’s based on how
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COURTESY: OLE MISS EQUESTRIAN TEAM