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Three students from the University of Mississippi will be advancing to the quarterfinals on NBC’s “Capital One College Bowl” – a quiz bowl show hosted by brothers Peyton and Cooper Manning – as one of 12 teams competing for $1 million in scholarships, on Tuesday night. The three students that comprise the team are Alyssa Langlois, a rising junior international studies and French major, Joshua Mannery, a recent political science and English graduate and Nathan Lancaster, a recent civil engineering graduate. Mannery watched the team on Tuesday night’s episode, and said watching themselves reminded him PHOTO COURTESY: GREG GAYNE/NBC how much adrenaline being Nathan Lancaster, Alyssa Langlois, and Joshua Mannery compete in the Capital One College Bowl. in a competition such as the College Bowl could bring. he hopes cheer us on,” Lancaster said. grade and participating “I was proud that I was that him, Mannery and Langlois, whose mother in the Oakes Knowledge able to contribute, but most Langlois surpassed the and maternal grandmother Bowl Society at Ole Miss. importantly, I’m proud of our expectations of the university have both appeared on “Wheel “I definitely was ready team captain Alyssa, who really and Oxford community, of Fortune,” has a history of for this,” Langlois said. proved her mettle and brought making them proud. being involved in trivia herself, Similar to Langlois, us closer to a victory. I can’t “The quarterfinals are including watching Jeopardy Lancaster has a trivia wait for everyone to continue even more intense and fun, so since she was five years old, SEE COLLEGE BOWL PAGE 3 to support us,” Mannery said. please be sure to tune in and doing quiz bowl since seventh Lancaster said that
Olympics round-up: Four Rebels heading to Tokyo LONDYN LORENZ
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The U.S. Olympic Trials for Track & Field finished up Sunday night after an electrifying 10 days of events. The trials, which took place at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, displayed the athletic abilities of Americans across the nation, including some Ole Miss Rebels. Thirteen Rebels, past and present, competed in Eugene alongside Ole Miss volunteer coach Jessica Ramsey for a top-three qualifying spot in their events to head to Tokyo. Day one began with Shannon Ray representing UM in the first round of the women’s 100-meter dash. Sam Kendricks, an Oxford native and bronze medalist in 2016, flew past the men’s pole vault qualifying round, while Isiah Young moved on in the men’s 100-meter dash on day two. Young was the only Rebel competing on day three, where
he advanced to the 100-meter semifinal and narrowly missed a qualifying time for the finals. PHOTO COURTESY: BILLY SCHUERMAN/OLE MISS ATHLETICS Kendricks stamped his ticket Waleed Suliman runs the men’s 1500 meters at the NCAA Track and to Tokyo on day four after Field Championships.. placing second in the final, the most competitive men’s pole Domanic finished 10th, and from Ohio State. vaulting U.S. Olympic Trial in Day eight was also a Brian Williams qualifying in history. successful day for the Rebels, the men’s discus. The Rebels returned on However, the highlight with Allen Gordon moving day seven, with nine current of the day was Ramsey and forward to the men’s long and former Rebels competing Saunders’ first- and second- jump final, Young moving to alongside Ramsey. The day place finishes in the women’s the men’s 200-meter dash began with the women’s shot put finals. Raven semifinals, and Suliman and hammer as Jasmine Mitchell Saunders, donning her green Engels, whose mustache-andand Shey Taiwo threw hair and hulk mask, broke the mullet combo has taken social finishing 22nd and 14th U.S. Olympic Trials record media by storm, advanced to respectively. The Rebels had a with a 19.96m throw to catapult the men’s 1500-meter final. stellar showing in the following her to first place. Ramsey fired Williams placed fourth in the events, with Brittney Reese back in the following round, men’s discus final, narrowly blowing past the competition however, breaking Saunders’ missing a bid to Tokyo. to place first in the women’s Reese, an already threenew record by six inches long jump qualifier, Waleed with a 20.12m throw to set a time Olympian, dominated Suliman and Craig Engels new USOT record. Ramsey in the women’s long jump finishing second and third and Saunders will both be final on day nine, placing respectively in the men’s representing the US in Tokyo 1500-meter to qualify for SEE OLYMPICS PAGE 4 alongside Adelaide Aquilla the semi-finals, while Robert
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Associate dean leaves for Harvard
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Ken Thomas, the associate dean for the Capstone for the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, is leaving the University of Mississippi. He has accepted a new position at Harvard University, where he will be the assistant dean of Harvard College, the Allston Burr Resident Dean of Cabot House, Lecturer in Environmental Science and Engineering and an Affiliate Fellow of the Harvard University Center for the Environment. Thomas started working at UM in May 2020 just as the Oxford campus closed down. Honors College Dean Douglass SullivanGonzalez wrote in an email addressed to all honors students that while Thomas has only worked at the university for a year, he had made a huge impact on the academic community despite working remotely. “(Thomas) worked tirelessly to create novel pathways for our juniors and seniors when so many faculty laboratories closed down due to the virus, and he led the SMBHC in the creation of the Honors Project, a third pathway to complete the capstone experience,” Sullivan-Gonzalez wrote. While the Honors College is looking for a replacement for Thomas, associate deans John Samonds and Jennifer Parsons will be advising upcoming seniors for their Capstone Experience. Thomas was not able to be reached before publication.
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A large crowd turned out on June 27 to enjoy the balmy evening weather and Thacker Mountain Radio Hour’s first live performance since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Photos by Hannah Grace Biggs
Live radio show performs in The Grove
Tamar Karakozova and Dev Vipul Patel dance in front of the green stage in the grove as Effie Burt performs the final number of her set.
Above: R&B singer Effie Burt captivated the audience with a variety of jazz and blues numbers. Left: The bell of a trombone and the hand of its player are highlighted by the soft evening light.
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COLLEGE BOWL
continued from page 1 background as well, having watched Jeopardy for as long as he can remember, competing in high school and also being a member of the Oakes Society at Ole Miss. “I (also like) just doing trivia night,” Lancaster said. “Blind Pig, Moe’s, places like that in Oxford have been kind of helpful recently.” Unlike Langlois and Lancaster, Mannery said he had no trivia background and still doesn’t know why casting directors reached out to him to compete on the show. “I’m grateful to have been on the show, I think I was our team’s wildcard. They had all of the knowledge elsewhere,” Mannery said. “But if they needed a pop culture answer, I have an uncanny capacity for anything cinema or television related. So that’s where I stepped up and made my mark.” The three students said they didn’t know who their teammates would be until the interview and selection process was complete, which was a few days before they
flew out to film in Los Angeles. Once they found out, Langlois said that right off the bat, everyone got along very well. “We drove to the airport together, so we were traveling all day together. If you didn’t know someone as well, we got to know each other then,” Langlois said. “We were just having fun together until we got there, and they gave us team bonding time every day for 30 minutes out on a balcony. So we got to hang out then too, and that was fun.” Mannery said that because they were all unaware of who made the College Bowl team until a few days before flying out, there was a lot of individual preparation for each member. Once they all figured out who was on the team, however, they started having study sessions via Zoom to review and build team chemistry. A highlight for the three is when they met Peyton Manning and Cooper Manning. Lancaster, who said Peyton Manning is his favorite athlete of all time, said it felt like a dream come true meeting him, and also appreciated Cooper Manning’s presence. “Cooper graduated from Ole Miss,” Lancaster said.
Peyton Manning hosts the College Bowl. “So we also have another person cheering for us on stage. That was nice.” Langlois said that she appreciated the camaraderie between Peyton Manning and Cooper Manning while on set. “They were joking with each other, on and off. If you saw the first episode, they
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made a lot of jokes on screen,” Langlois said. “That’s just how it was the whole time, whether the cameras are on or off.” Langlois, Mannery and Lancaster said they’re all excited for the Ole Miss community to see them continue to compete in the College Bowl. Mannery said that while he knows the three of
them will make the university and community proud, he hopes they’ll give him, Langlois and Lancaster grace and support. “We’re excited to see the reactions on social media, especially from Ole Miss communities, because we are so passionate about stuff like that,” Lancaster said. “I know we’re gonna make them proud.”
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continued from page 1 first and punching her ticket to Tokyo with a 7.13m jump. This is Reese’s 13th total U.S. long jump title and ninth outdoors, placing her third on the list of all-time U.S. outdoor women’s long jump champions. Isiah Young also had a stellar performance on day nine, automatically qualifying for the men’s 200-meter dash final. Day 10 was a scorcher, with the thermometer in Eugene, Ore. reading at 110 degrees. The three Rebel events, the men’s long jump final, the men’s 1500m final, and the men’s 200m final, were all postponed to 8:30 PM, 9:40 PM, and 9:52 PM PST respectively. Allen Gordon finished ninth in the long jump final, while Young finished fifth within an incredibly fast 200m
final. The men’s 1500m final was a whirlwind for the Rebels, with Suliman placing 11th and Engles placing 4th. The winner of the event final, Cole Hocker of Oregon, has not met the Olympic Standard time for the 1500m. This could result in Engles taking the third spot to Tokyo, but Hocker’s first-place finish and his world ranking score will most likely secure him the spot. Four of the 14 Ole Missaffiliated competitors will head to Tokyo in less than a month to represent the U.S. and Oxford on the world’s stage. More Rebels, however, will be representing other nations. UM alum and All-American Sean Tobin will be representing Ireland in the 5K in Tokyo while Mario Garcia Romo, a junior and 2021 fifthplace finisher at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships, will be representing Spain in the 1500m.
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OPINION Mississippi activists overshadowed while politicians gain credit LONDYN LORENZ
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Tomorrow marks one year since the former Mississippi state flag was retired. It is also day five of Mississippi Today’s five-part series highlighting Mississippi Speaker of the House Philip Gunn’s work to change the flag. While his work was very important to get the flag changed, it was built upon the foundation of decades of work by activists, primarily African-American activists, that some felt was glossed over in favor of the Republican politician’s “five years and one week” of work. This expands into a larger question of who is responsible for change: activists or politicians? While the role and job description of a politician varies per person and is
speculated wildly upon by the public, it is essentially to represent his or her constituents. Politicians, however, will have their own biases and ideas of what is most important, which can often come into conflict with their constituents’ priorities. To mediate these priorities or to promote their own, activists will rise up to speak out for or against an idea. The past year and a half has been overflowing with activism, promoting racial justice, peace and political freedoms for those domestic and abroad and speaking out against racism, anti-Semitism, human rights abuses and violence against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, to name a few. Some political changes have been made, but many feel superficial (such as the formation of Black Lives
Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C. over the summer only to literally pave over activists’ demands). Many activists feel that these changes are a watered-down version of what they have fought for and are only carried out to improve politicians’ “political clout” in their communities. Grand gestures have been made, but real political change often does not. An example of real, but perhaps limited, political change is the new bipartisan infrastructure deal. While this deal has arms that reach into many aspects of infrastructure, one, in particular, is $78 billion invested into water infrastructure and power grid improvements over eight years. February 2021 showed America’s, and particularly the South’s, deteriorating infrastructure
in these areas, including the Texas Power Crisis and the Jackson Water Crisis. These, coupled with the storied water crises in Flint, Michigan, and Eastern Kentucky, show how desperately Americans need these improvements. This infrastructure deal, however, comes way later than needed or expected. Activists have been calling for these changes for months, years and decades, but their work is now overshadowed by Congress’s pricey but necessary plan. This eight-year plan, however, does not guarantee potable water or air conditioning tomorrow to those in need. That work has often been done by activists and organizers who facilitate food drives, water drives and the like. While intangibles like “credit” and “original ideas” are not important compared
to the work that is physically done, it is important to recognize where initiatives come from and the value their originators have to society. If activists’ ideas and labor are consistently overshadowed, many will become exhausted and unable to continue their work. This has dire consequences for the American people, as politicians will lose their muses and be left to their own devices and priorities while everyday Americans must go without basic necessities. Londyn Lorenz is the opinion editor from Perryville, Missouri majoring in Arabic and international studies.
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