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RIGHT: Sophomore theater major Lavada Johnston argues her perspective at the anti-abortion protest yesterday in the Union plaza. LEFT: Dan Holman finally answers questions from students challenging the group’s intentions. The group came from Wisconsin in collaboration with Pro-Life Mississippi.
BY ALEX MCDANIEL The Daily Mississippian
Dan Holman paces back and forth waving a weathered Bible with the words “Jesus Saves From Hell” on the cover. It’s nearly 1 p.m. in the Union plaza, and a growing crowd gathers around the older man clad in solid black as he preaches about the pitfalls of reproductive immorality. Images of broken, blood-soaked bodies splashed across large cardboard signs surround Holman and his audience, each with its own mes-
sage of anti-abortion. Fewer than three feet away, sophomore Lavada Johnston stands silently amid the crowd on the plaza, arms crossed, eyes fixated on Holman as he argues his anti-abortion stance with anyone willing to confront him. Students take turns presenting Holman with hypothetical situations in which abortion is often considered justifiable even by many who oppose it, with topics like miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy and rape at the forefront. It didn’t take long for the ensuing
argument to finally break Johnston’s redefine the beginning of a person’s silence. life as the moment of fertilization as “I have a disease called lupus,” she a way of challenging a women’s right said, temporarily rendering Holman to have an abortion as set forth by and those surrounding her speech- Roe v. Wade, according to the Perless. “If I have a child I could die.” sonhood Mississippi website. Holman and other representatives Mississippi has one abortion clinic of Pro-Life Mississippi visited the located in Jackson, which is considUniversity of Mississippi Tuesday as ered one of the most protested clinpart of a statewide tour to gain sup- ics in the country. port for the Personhood Mississippi Pro-Life Mississippi is a ChrisAmendment, also known as Propo- tian organization that aims to be “a sition 26. voice against abortion, infanticide, Mississippians will vote on the euthanasia and embryonic stem cell proposed constitutional amendment this November, which seeks to See PROTEST, PAGE 6
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This is the second part in a two part series about Bill 999 concerning Sex Education BY JACOB BATTE The Daily Mississippian
While Mississippi is trying to implement an abstinence education program, other states are trying to get away from it. In 1996, all states implemented an abstinence-until-marriage program as part of welfare reform,
and by the end of George W. Bush’s second term, only 26 states were still using the program. Over 20 of those with the program asked for less federal funding because many did not feel that it was working. Idaho, Iowa and Arizona reported a rise in their teen pregnancy rates during that time, forc-
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ing them to look for an alternate Colorado used a study perway to handle the subject. formed by Mathematica Policy Georgia was one of the few that Research in 2007 that showed saw the program as a success, but that students in abstinence-only it is listed as the seventh-highest education were still having sex at in teen pregnancy rates, and have the same age, same rate and with the second highest rate for prima- the same amount of partners, as ry and secondary syphilis and the those not participating in the pro10th-highest rate of gonorrhea in See SEX ED, PAGE 5 the country.
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What does it mean to be a Rebel? BY ANDREW DICKSON Columnist
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I was posed a question recently for which, at the time, I had no definitive answer: “What does being a ‘Rebel’ mean to you?” I immediately began to picture my everyday experience at Ole Miss — the classes that stretch all over campus, the athletics witnessed at various facilities, the exercise that comes from walking all over creation and playing pickup games in the Turner Center. These are the things that encompass my perception of what it means for me to be a Rebel on a daily basis. Taking into consideration the fact that I’m but one observer and that I’m a bit biased — I do work here, after all — I planned my second act of investigative reporting in as many weeks and went about asking a few of my peers what they think it means to be a Rebel. But first, a brief history lesson: The name “Rebels” officially dates to the year 1936; originally suggested by Judge Ben Guider of Vicksburg. The Rebel nickname was one of five finalists chosen from the more than 200 names that were proposed. This was promotion sponsored by The Mississippian (this paper), and was the
choice of 18 of the 21 sportswriters who responded to the name game. The nickname isn’t exactly shrouded in ambiguity, especially when dots that can possibly be connected are (see: Vicksburg, the University of Mississippi, and the color gray), but the exact intent and point of reference among those responsible for the name will never be known. In other words, the definition of a Rebel is up for debate. “To me, being a Rebel means non-stop pain and agony yearround,” said David Warner, manager of the call center on campus. As an astute observer of Ole Miss Rebel Athletics, I echo that sentiment in similar tongue-in-cheek fashion. “But there’s so much more,” Warner continued. “Regardless of what you think of football, you wouldn’t go to a game by yourself, would you? You have fun tailgating, conversing, and going to the games because you do it with your friends — the Rebel family.” I went further back into Ole Miss’ alumni catalogue and interviewed my mother, who is old enough to have forgotten what it was like before she became a Rebel. “Though
neither of my parents attended college, they raised me a Rebel and I’ve been one ever since; the University of Mississippi has always had a lot to offer in athletics and academia, but I chose it so I could be an Ole Miss Rebel.” Still I searched for a different viewpoint, one that was Greek to me. I asked around the Greek and found out that their perception of Ole Miss hinges on the formals, derby days, academics and simply time spent with fellow Rebels. With each answer given back, I quietly began to resolve the question originally posed to me by realizing the inherent similarities from person to person; Each interviewee, no matter their point of emphasis (athletics, academics, Greek life, etc.) was describing a family atmosphere. I consider the athletes that represented Ole Miss in 1936. In an ocean of generic tigers and bulldogs, how did they go about defining a nickname as unique as Rebels? I ponder the case of James Meredith, a Rebel whose act of courage stands as proof that rebellion is a province of the brave. Has the name “Rebels” always encompassed a family — and just who is a part of this
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family of ours? I’ve come to the conclusion that Ole Miss Rebels come in one mold: those who support the University of Mississippi. Rebels range from the students who pay tuition to the sidewalk fans that bleed cardinal and navy regardless of college affiliation. Those who have turned their backs on this family and withheld support from the University and its students will receive no support from me. I’ve also discovered some outside the Rebel family will never be able to wrap their minds around what Ole Miss has become in the 21st century. For those persons we could bulldoze the Lyceum, burn down the whole damn campus and rebuild it, and they still wouldn’t understand that the place has changed. To me, Ole Miss is like that ridiculously old grandmother that’s been drinking and smoking for close to a century; who changes as much as the people she hangs out with change; who never stops calling you on the weekends to see if you’re coming back to visit once you graduate. We don’t agree on everything, but we are family.
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The Politics of Education BY CORTEZ MOSS Columnist
Every day, I ask myself when will it get better. Day by day that question lingers and goes unanswered. I look to scholars, educators and then legislators, and no one seems to have the answer to this lingering question: “When will it get better?” The reference to the question is Mississippi’s education
system. At least once every spring I find myself walking the halls of the state capitol, from House chamber to Senate chamber tracking education bills, hoping that one might show up to revitalize and transform Mississippi’s public education system. Sadly, I haven’t found that bill yet. I’ve drawn the conclusion that finding a solution to Mississippi’s education problems doesn’t begin with politics, it starts with communities. It is my belief that it takes a community to educate a child. In order for our education system to get better, we have to take education to the streets, to
communities and the people it directly affects. We need a new message in education reform, and that message is, “We can make it if we try, but it starts with our communities.” We have a serious problem in our state in regards to education reform. Politicians often think the solution to the problem is to throw money in the fire by fully funding MAEP (Mississippi Adequate Education Program). That’s wasteful spending if you aren’t going to put a plan with it. While bold legislation can set the stage, it takes leadership at every level to move the
ball. That is one piece to the complex puzzle. The main problem with this concept is that it has to be an election year in Mississippi for MAEP to be fully funded. It is time that we not only change our message for education reform but our approach to educating children. We should no longer have to look to a bill in the state legislature to improve teacher quality and neither should we have to look there for innovations in teaching and learning. Finding creative solutions to Mississippi’s education problems begin with us, as college
students and our university community. We know better than anybody what worked and didn’t in both primary and secondary education. The innovative ideas for preparing Mississippi’s children for a “new economy” lies within us. We just have to take the initiative and become proactive. Politics often has to ask children to wait, which should not be the case. While they are waiting, they are getting further behind every other child in America and that isn’t fair. Communities don’t have to wait for reform. They can take hold of it themselves.
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eryone’s scene. If you want to meet girls with similar interests, I recommend that you think about what makes you happy and what is interesting to you. If you like cooking, join a cooking class. If you like sports, join a co-ed recreational team. If you are religious, you could join a church or church organization on campus. The best relationships start as strong friendships, and what better way to make friends than by doing the things you love? The people in these groups are more likely to have the same values, interests and beliefs that you have, and are looking for in a girl. I hope this helps!
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Long-Run Japanese Industry in Crisis, Miss. Remains Stable BY EMILY DAVIS The Daily Mississippian
After the tsunami in Japan, every major region in the country has experienced an increase in economic distress, but has it reached Mississippi’s Toyota dealerships yet? The catastrophe in Japan should not have an increased impact on jobs in Mississippi, and representatives at the Toyota plant in Blue Springs said they are not concerned. Emily Holland of external affairs at Toyota Manufacturing in Blue Springs, said they have several other plants across the United States that have scaled their Saturday production to match the economic gap that they are going to see in the future. However, the effects have not caught up to the Mississippi plant. Holland said the new Corolla will be produced in the fall as expected, and they are in the hiring phases for team members to work the equipment needed for the production line. As for the dealership in town,
Oxford Toyota dealership sales manager Alan Dillard said the dealership is still in the process of gathering information as to how much damage has been done to Toyota’s production numbers. Oxford Toyota Dealership is not directly tied to the plant outside Tupelo. The cars go through a district region, he said. Dillard said that this could potentially allow more room to feel the budget cuts, but they are continuing to sell at a normal rate and have not received information as to whether it will harm their dealership. Ryan Miller of the Center for Manufacturing Excellence said he hopes to see an increase in the number of internship and job opportunities to the plant. Although the Japanese automotive economy may be in crisis in the long-run, industry in Mississippi remains stable. The effects of the destruction of General Motors in Japan has suspended work for many and created setbacks for Toyota manufacturing plants. According to GM statistics,
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risk disaster-modeling company, Risk Management Solutions estimated the earthquake and tsunami will lead to economic losses of $200 billion to $300 billion for Japan. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry showed that 43
percent of companies in Japan expect to see long-run disturbances due to the catastrophes. GM released information informing 138 workers were already laid off and on Monday an additional 59 workers were
asked to leave in Tonawanda, Japan, a manufacturing plant that sends engines to Shreveport, La. The decrease in production will decrease their capacity of productivity rates in Mississippi’s neighboring state.
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gram. Based on that study, Colorado decided to drop abstinence-only education from its curriculum. Ellie Schmerler, a sophomore political science major, said she believes that teaching strictly abstinence is not the best choice. “I think that the passing of Bill 999 will only harm teenagers.” Schmerler said. “Yes, abstinence is the best ‘birth control.’ If you don’t have sex then you don’t get pregnant. Boom! They’re done teaching. Then again, if an individual chooses not to practice abstinence where are they going to find the information they need for safe sex?” Schmerler said she feels the bill could have many negative outcomes, such as rising pregnancy and STD rates. In a study done by the Policy Monograph Series, which includes doctors from the AIDS Research Institute, that compared comprehensive sexual education to abstinence education, the research concluded that “By contrast, little if any credible research exists to substantiate the claims that abstinence-only programming leads to positive behavior change among youth. “The $102 million currently being spent by the federal government on abstinence-only programming is designed to serve social and political goals, rather than produce solid public health outcomes for young people.” The research continued to show that not only is there no credible evidence that these millions of dollars have any positive effect, there is reason to be concerned that young people who receive abstinence-only curricula in school will not have the tools to protect themselves in sexual situations. “Ultimately, the public will need to insist that policy makers base funding and laws on the health needs of young people, particularly those youth who are at elevated risk,” according to the research. “Until the public demands that health education be designed to prevent disease and unwanted pregnancy, social agendas will drive much of the policy being made in Washington and state capitols around the country abstinence-only curricula in school will not have the tools to protect themselves in sexual situations.” Peggy Thomas, who works in the Pregnancy Testing Center of Oxford, said she supports the bill, but is worried that schools will not take it seriously. “I think that leaving it up to local school boards is great, I am for local control, and I definitely think parents should have the option as well.” Thomas said. “But I think parents should be dialoguing with their kids at home, and if they are in churches then
the churches and youth leaders should be talking to them and then schools should give the health aspect of it.” Thomas said that the combination of those could make a large difference. “If they are not getting it at home, and not getting it at churches, then I don’t think it will make a difference whether it is abstinence-only or abstinenceplus,” she said. Thomas said she believes that schools alone just do not have the time. “Schools are so caught up with standardized tests, and even though they are being forced to make a choice, I don’t believe that school boards are going to think this a priority, because of the time crunch and testing,” she said. She said she expects it to be interesting how the situation will play out but fears the program may make very little difference because the school systems will say they do not have the time or resources. Buddy Chain, Oxford School Board president, said he believes the families need to be talking with their kids as well. “Our schools are being tasked with more and more undertakings that at one time were the responsibility of the home.” Chain said. However, he also expressed that these are his opinions and that they do not reflect the rest of the school board. The United States in general has high teenage pregnancy rates, especially in recent years. A study done by the Guttmacher Institute shows that from 1989 to 2005, the rate had dropped from 114.9 (per 1,000) to 69.5, but is now back up to 93.0. Chain said he has his own opinion on how sex education should be presented. “My first recommendation would be that society should provide prenatal care and counseling for teenage expectant mothers.” Chain said. “Such should include
counseling on the early child development, education needs of a child, plus continued support at home during pre-school programs and elementary and secondary schools years. “Both abstinence and contraception should be included in any sex education in my opinion, but with a strong emphasis (placed) on abstinence. Additionally, information on STDs, emotional aspects and issues of teen pregnancy should be included.” Though sex is a very sensitive subject in the U.S., the states could look to other countries for a way to protect our children’s health. Since 1970, schools in Germany have been required to teach between 30-40 hours of sexual education per academic year. The program covers everything from body changes during puberty, sexual activity, partnership, homosexuality, unwanted pregnancies, the complications of abortion and sexually transmitted diseases. Most schools offer courses on the correct usage of contraception, and some even teach different sexual positions. The result is that Germany has the lowest teenage birth rate in Europe at 11.7 (per 1,000), and one of the lowest in the world. The Netherlands, which uses a program called “Long Live Love,” begins when children first enter school. They teach the kids the values, attitudes, communication and negotiation skills, filling in the physical details as they go from grade to grade. And as a result the Netherlands has an even lower birth rate than Germany at 8.1 (per 1,000), and the Dutch model is often used in other countries. If the U.S. ever gets serious about what to do to solve such a problem, they should probably start with looking at how our friends overseas do things. As for Mississippi, that might not be a bad idea for us either.
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Biggest community service project in UM history set for Saturday BY HEATHER APPLEWHITE The Daily Mississippian
The Big Event has owned up to its name by exceeding the Associated Student Body’s expectations by more than 200, making the event the biggest volunteer effort in University of Mississippi history. ASB president Virginia Burke said the event has exceeded the groups’ expectation of 1,000 volunteers, and she hopes the project exceeds expectations as well. “We are excited for these volunteers to go out into the community and show Oxford and Lafayette County how thankful we are for the many ways in which they support our education,” Burke said. “I hope that this event will be able to help strengthen the relationship between students and community members along with instilling the value of service into our students.” Exactly 1,237 student volunteers have signed up for The BIG Event community service project. “With this number we have not only met but exceeded our goal of one thousand student volunteers in the first year of The Big Event,” Burke says. Projects are still being entered only a few days before the event on Saturday, March 26. “Community members are so excited about The Big Event that we have had more projects registered this week and can take 100 more volunteers,” Burke said.
Sarah Rogers, senior student and ASB director of community service, heard about The Big Event from students who attended a conference in Texas and wanted to immediately take action. “Though it was too late to plan it last year, I was determined to make sure the Big Event became a reality this year,” Rogers said. “This event will give students the opportunity to show appreciation to the community through positive interaction with community members.” All volunteers will meet at the Union and Grove area at 7:30 a.m. for breakfast and instruction. The service projects will include gardening, cleaning, yard work and helping the elderly, which Burke said will give students the opportunity to become closer with the community members. The Big Event is a student run community service project started in 1982 by Joe Nussbaum at Texas A&M. UM students travelled to a conference in Texas last year where they learned of this event and decided to join in the 70-plus universities that have already taken part in the effort. This will be UM’s first year to take part in the event, but Burke said there are plans of holding the Big Event for years to come. More information on the event can be found at the website www. olemiss.edu/bigevent, Twitter @ olemissBIGevent, and on Facebook under UM Big Event.
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research,” according to the group’s website. Pro-Life Mississippi volunteer Cal Zastrow said the organization is touring Mississippi to educate communities about “fatal discrimination” against unborn children. Zastrow, along with many others currently traveling with the organization, is not from Mississippi, but decided to support the cause to gain support for the Personhood amendment. “Mississippi is a very respectful
kind of state that cares about other people, especially children,” he said. “Part of our culture is still in denial, denial that these are children and they’re being called fetuses.” Zastrow said the advocacy group was focused on distributing information through civilized conversation, rather than disruptive protest. However, others in the group have resorted to different tactics as a way to stop legal abortion. Wisconsin native Colin Hudson, who traveled to Mississippi for the
Personhood tour, has been an antiabortion advocate for 23 years. Hudson, a convicted felon, said he has been arrested more than 30 times for “abortion-blocking,” in which he and other protestors would use whatever means necessary to prevent women from entering abortion clinics. He said he also opposes in vitro fertilization, a medical process that could also potentially be affected if the Personhood Amendment passes.
“It’s not that I wish to make life difficult for young people,” he said. “People are not supposed to be created in labs by technicians. Each child deserves to be conceived with love. The reproductive process is most intimate of all human functions.” Another Pro-Life Mississippi volunteer performed anti-abortion songs at the Union plaza, encouraging passersby to sing along. Some students and faculty openly opposed the group’s tactics of expos-
ing the campus to graphic images, but the organization was generally met with little opposition. Dean of Students Sparky Reardon said university officials were not notified about the group’s arrival, but that it wasn’t necessary unless the group had planned a mass demonstration, such as a march or organized protest. Pro-Life Mississippi left the University at approximately 2 p.m. and held a similar demonstration on Jackson Avenue Tuesday afternoon.
ASB debates prayer at senate meetings The Daily Mississippian
The Associated Student Body Senate meeting Tuesday night started out with a prayer invocation. The senators bowed their heads as a senator prayed for Japan and for a good meeting. However, the senators debated a piece of legislation, Resolution 116, which could change this part of ASB meetings. The legislation calls for a moment of silence in place of prayer to recognize the religious diversity of
students in the senate. The legislation was introduced by Ole Miss theater arts major Chelsea Ratcliff, who is Jewish. Ratcliff said growing up Jewish in the South where it is predominately Southern Baptist was tough. “Every morning at my high school over the P.A. system, there would be a school prayer, and we would stand and bow our heads and it would end with ‘In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen,’ and I’d have to stand,” Ratcliff said. “You could imagine how uncomfortable that was for me being Jewish. I felt os-
tracized.” The two senators who presented it, Sarah Al-Sherri and Daniel Blazo, hoped that the legislation would prevent this type of ostracism. “We just want to make the invocation more personal because religion is a very personal matter,” Al-Sherri said. “We feel that this isn’t necessarily the most appropriate setting for (prayer). If you want to include something religious, it would be a moment of silence because everybody has the opportunity to perform their own silent prayer, so to
speak; a moment of thought, and it tailors to everybody.” Blazo followed up on Al-Sherri’s thought at Tuesday’s regular meeting of the ASB senate. “We all have our own views, but when we choose to make public those views as a group, it does give the impression that we’re endorsing it as a group,” Blazo said. The senators debated the possibility of having a different religious invocation each week. However, they ultimately decided that this would be too difficult. Deputy attorney general Bran-
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Flicks and Flops: What’s worth the price of admission?
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BY MORGAN BRADLEY The Daily Mississippian
Every week, I am tasked with bringing the latest in movies and DVD releases to the faithful readership of The Daily Mississippian. Unfortunately, this was not a great week to start evaluating the moving picture medium. This past weekend in movies was filled with a good hit or two, but also a few flops. The DVD releases are pretty inconsistent as well — a few gems mixed with some that might be a better fit in the $2 bin with the bad ninja movies at Walmart. One of the most anticipated movies of the pre-blockbuster season this year is “Battle: LA.” It’s supposed to be the best action flick of the first half of the year, but it does not quite deliver. The story basically revolves around the “colonization” of Earth by aliens for the extraction of our water supply. It sounds like it could work, possibly, but the movie slightly misses its mark. There is nothing remarkable about the aliens themselves. They are a weird robot/organic hybrid which turns out more laughable than scary. This leaves the prospect of earth being colonized somewhat hollow and unbelievable, rather than truly horrifying and adrenaline-pumping.
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It mainly consists of big set pieces on fire, huge CGI space ships and the classic war movie formula of yelling, fire fights and more than one attempt at a tear-jerking deathbed speech. Aaron Eckhart is excellent, and the rest of the cast is hit or miss with a few moments of overacting. It is great for a mindless action flick but do not expect anything from the story. Another big hit from this weekend was “Limitless” with Bradley Cooper, Robert DeNiro and Abbie Cornish. The plot involves a synthesized pill that allows humans to use 100 percent of their brain’s capacity, including instant recall of nearly every piece of information ever learned or even things casually noticed. Cooper plays Eddie, who, by use of the pill, goes from a train wreck of a person to a suave, sophisticated genius. This turns sour when a loan shark starts cashing in his debt, Eddie starts noticing health problems and his supply of the drug is, ironically, not limitless. The cast is excellent, especially Cooper, and the story is a great thrill ride that will be well worth the money. A couple of other movies worth noting are either already out or came out this past weekend. “Paul,” an alien comedy starring Seth Rogen, was recently released. It serves as a decent
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comedy good for some laughs, and Rogen is pretty, well, Rogen. I recommend waiting for the DVD with the price of movies these days. Another movie released a couple weeks ago is “Rango,” an animated film starring Johnny Depp as a lizard who believes himself to be a master thespian. It is laugh-out-loud hilarious, even from the opening credits. Despite being released under the Nickelodeon brand, it is a little off-the-tracks for kids. It has some dark moments, but it is definitely worth checking out. “The Lincoln Lawyer” with Matthew McConaughey is a very predictable legal thriller, though the performances are decent and can be adrenaline pumping. “The Adjustment Bureau,” however, is a much deeper and twisting thriller out right now, and it is one of Matt Damon’s finest performances. It is definitely worth giving a look. One final release is “Red Riding Hood,” a dark fantasy take on the children’s story. Amanda Seyfried is mediocre, and the story is pretty loose and not very compelling. DVD releases this week were also pretty mixed. “How Do You Know,” with an all star cast of Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson and
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Paul Rudd, is definitely worth a rent or even a buy for romantic comedy lovers. The ending offers no surprises, but Owen Wilson and Paul Rudd both play hilarious characters. One is a clueless baseball star and the other a goofy and awkward businessman. Witherspoon has a good performance as well, though her character is more serious than the other two. Check this one out for girls’ night or date night. “The Tourist” with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp involves an unsuspecting tourist (hence the name) getting framed and chased by international authorities. It is an average action thriller, so do not fret if you miss it. “Yogi Bear” is a good take on the classic cartoon, and Dan
Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake deliver great voice work. It has some genuinely funny moments, so pick it up at Redbox or on Netflix for a couple hours of fun. “Skyline” is an independentmade alien invasion movie (seems to be a trend lately). I like to at least give indie movies a chance. However, with Skyline, remember what I said about the $2 bin? Pay the extra buck for a bad ninja movie and skip “Skyline” at Redbox. This week’s box office releases include “Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2” and “Sucker Punch,” both of which look to be excellent. Next week, we will take a look at those plus the DVD releases including “Black Swan” and “Tangled.” You’ve been screened.
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Rebels blank Samford 3-0 to wrap up home stand BY AUSTIN MILLER The Daily Mississippian
Senior first baseman Matt Smith hit a two-run homer to center in the first and that was all the offense the Diamond Rebels (16-6) needed in a 3-0 victory over Samford (15-8) on Tuesday night. “It was a well-played game. (We got) a big home run, obviously, by Matt (Smith) in the first,” Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco said. “I thought (Matt) Tracy wasn’t as sharp as he was last week, but battled out of some jams against a very good Samford team. Offensively, they didn’t give us much – They pitched well and just ran arm after arm out there.” Tracy (3-1), a senior lefthander, picked up the win as he allowed no runs on four hits and four walks, while striking out six in five innings. “It always helps to jump out and get ahead because we’ve had a tendency to start slow in some games, so it’s always nice to have some runs up (on the scoreboard) and helps you get a little more comfortable out there,” Tracy said. In the sixth, the offense strung together back-to-back two-out hits to add an insurance run. Junior outfield Eric Sauls, making his first start in an Ole Miss uniform, doubled
down the right-field line and scored on a RBI single from sophomore outfielder Tanner Mathis. Returning from forearm stiffness and elbow inflammation, junior right-hander R.J. Hively and freshman right-hander Bobby Wahl each made their second appearance of the season and pitched a perfect sixth and seventh, respectively. “They certainly looked healthy,” Bianco said. “Wahl was a little sharper than Hively, but both looked good and you’re proud of them. It’s tough when you haven’t been out there in a while.” Sophomore right-hander Brett Huber earned his third save of the season, stranding runners at first and second with no outs in the eighth with three straight flyball outs, including a game-saving, diving catch by senior Jordan King to end the Samford rally. Huber faced the minimum in the ninth, striking out a pair of batters, to close out the game. The win caps a 14-game homestand for Ole Miss, which posted a 9-5 record during the span and included a mid-week series sweep of Austin Peay and a weekend series sweep of Lipscomb. Next on the Rebels’ agenda is a three-game road series, which starts Friday, against the Tennessee Volunteers.
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Tennessee makes wrong choice in firing Bruce Pearl BY REID BARRINEAU Column
The University of Tennessee administration hit another home run Monday when it announced the firing of basketball coach Bruce Pearl. I just don’t understand getting rid of a guy who resurrected the basketball program and made it more prominent, at present, than Tennessee’s storied football program. Pearl took the Volunteers from irrelevancy to the Final Four’s doorstep. Not many guys could do that in Knoxville. Though I don’t condone providing false or misleading testimony to the NCAA, or any investigative outfit for that matter, I wouldn’t have fired the savior of my basketball program over it. That said, there is a lesson to be learned here. As we have seen time and time again, it isn’t the original violation that gets you in
trouble, it’s the cover up. Just ask Pearl, Martha Stewart or Lewis “Scooter” Libby. But Pearl didn’t lie to federal authorities, he lied or misled the NCAA, which has just a bit more credibility in some peoples’ eyes than Moammar Gadhafi. Does anyone really believe what happened in Knoxville was substantively any worse than what happened at North Carolina or what may or may not have happened at Auburn? I don’t condone what Pearl did, but, given the current climate of major college athletics, I think Tennessee overreacted. I have seen the Tennessee chancellor’s name mentioned in media reports regarding Pearl’s firing, and that’s unfortunate. Generally, senior university administration should steer clear of big time (BCS Conference) collegiate athletics and let the athletics directors do their jobs. I think
there are exceptions at serious academic institutions like Virginia, Duke, Stanford, etc., but Tennessee doesn’t fall under that exception, and neither does the remainder of the Southeastern Conference besides Vanderbilt. Let the people who understand the business of major collegiate athletics run the outfit. Nothing is worse than some academic throwing a wrench into the operation of a revenue sport. Tennessee athletics director Mike Hamilton gets a lot of flak for some hires, and he’s almost surely been put in another nowin hiring situation here. While he’s done a better job making personnel decisions than he gets credit for, it’s going to be tough to replace a well-liked winner like Pearl. In fact, I’d much rather be Pearl right now than Hamilton. If Pearl, who is getting a nearly seven figure buyout, has to sit
out the 2011-2012 season, he’s sure to find a television network willing to offer him a cushy job as an analyst, where his constant visibility will guarantee he gets a good offer to coach this time next season. The best opportunities for Pearl next season might be to stay in the SEC. South Carolina, LSU, Ole Miss and Mississippi State may all be interested in the ex-Volunteer this time next year. And who can blame them? Pearl knows the conference and is a proven winner, which translates into a slam-dunk hire. Just look at what Houston Nutt did in coming from Arkansas to Ole Miss in football: the Rebels were able to hit the ground running and enjoy immediate success under a new coach. But it may not even come to that. Though unlikely, Pearl would be a fantastic hire at NC State.
If the NC State administration could suck up one of Pearl’s assistants running the ship for the first year, his long term potential in Raleigh would greater than it was in Knoxville. The Wolfpack is more of a traditional basketball power than the Volunteers, has better in-state prospects and are a true basketball school. He would bring energy and winning back to a program that is desperate to compete with North Carolina and Duke in what many consider a basketball conference. I’d imagine Pearl would enjoy coaching at a school with a sizeable basketball budget and relatively new pro-caliber arena. His energy and on-the-court product are why any school looking to become nationally relevant in major college basketball quickly, which NC State definitely is, should strongly consider hiring him.
morrow’ type deal,” Bolden said. “Everyone is feeding off of each other, like if you set the bar high, we’re going to try to get that bar down and set up a new one.” Bolden is expected to carry the load of the offense when Ole Miss welcomes BYU to town on Sept. 3 in the Rebels’ season opener — and for good reason. Last year, the all-purpose back rushed for 976 yards and scored 17 total touchdowns to bounce back from a sophomore slump.
Bolden worked to become sleeker before last year — read: faster and quicker — and learned to waiver less when hitting holes in opponent’s defensive lines. This spring Bolden has challenged himself to improve other small areas of his game thanks to advice from his NFL evaluation — speed and running vision, to name a few. But Bolden’s offseason goals aren’t limited to on-the-field improvement. Bolden said he’s nev-
er been a “rah-rah” guy in terms of leadership. Instead, he’s let his on-the-field performances do the talking. However, this year he plans to increase his presence as a vocal leader for the Rebels. “I’m still working on that vocal part because I’m not a very vocal person,” Bolden said. “I was always taught to lead by example and keep your mouth shut. That’s what I’ve been trying to do. “(Strength and conditioning) coach (Don) Decker actually told
me today I did a real good job. There were a couple of guys testing on the deck today and I went around yelling at people and everybody thought it was funny, but it seemed to help a few people.” Bolden will get a chance to show off his new vocal leadership when Ole Miss begins spring practice on March 28. Then, the Rebels officially start their road to redemption, something Bolden passed on the NFL to be a part of it.
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Masoli, Powe back in town for Ole Miss pro day BY PAUL KATOOL Sports Editor
Jeremiah Masoli was back in Oxford yesterday, as was Jerrell Powe. Powe and Masoli, along with 13 of their teammates from last year’s squad, were in town for Ole Miss’ annual pro day, an opportunity for NFL scouts representing 24 different franchises to size up the abilities of the former Rebs up-close and personal. Powe, a defensive tackle, spent the last seven weeks in Pensacola, Fla. and two in Hattiesburg training for the draft. He also participated in February’s combine in Indianapolis. At pro day, the Waynesboro native hoped to accomplish a variety of things. “I wanted to come back and polish up my times and jumps and stuff that I did at the combine,” said Powe, who left Ole Miss after his junior year. “I also wanted to comeback and reunite with my NFL brotherhood.” Powe said he ran in the 5.1-5.2
range in the 40-yard dash on Tuesday, an impressive time for a player that weighs in at over 300 pounds. Because of stats like this, he expects to be taken anywhere from the early second round to early third round of the draft. The defensive tackle said he does not yet have plans for draft day, but admits it would be nice to be invited to New York, where the event is held. Powe said Washington, Kansas City, Baltimore, Miami and Tampa Bay have shown interest in making him a part of their respective organizations. Masoli eager to prove himself at QB The other headliner of the event, Masoli, arrived in Oxford last year after a much publicized split with Oregon, where he was one of the top quarterbacks in the nation his junior year. At under six feet tall, Masoli, is viewed as on the short side for an NFL quarterback. On Tuesday, Masoli said different teams have expressed interest in him as running
back or a Wildcat specialist, but he would prefer to play his natural position. “I’d love to be a QB — I’m a QB at heart, but I’m also a baller at heart so any position — I’ll take it,” said Masoli, who has trained in San Francisco since leaving Ole Miss. Unlike Powe, Masoli’s draft picture is a bit murky. Masoli has been in contact with around six teams, and he said that he has been told he could go anywhere from the midrounds of the draft to free agency. Besides worrying about where they will go in the draft, Masoli, Powe and the other Rebels at pro day also have to worry about there being an NFL season at all. If the NFL owners and players cannot come to a consensus on a new collective bargaining, a lockout looms for the 2011-12 season. Powe said he has not paid much attention to the labor talks, but hopes he will be able to play the game he loves next year. “I’m just praying that things turn out,” Powe said.
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but there’s also been other, more tangible, motivation for Bolden and the Rebs. Records hang on the walls of the Ole Miss Indoor Practice Facility, which serve as a daily reminder of who’s the current weight room kingpin — a competition fueled by word of mouth in seasons past. Bolden said the Rebels have responded. Those records have fallen daily, only to be replaced by better marks. “It’s a, ‘I’m going to get you to-
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Bolden weighed his options with his father and teammates Kentrell Lockett and Korvic Neat.
In the end, though, he made the decision to spend one more year hurdling defenders inside Vaught-
Hemingway Stadium. “Really, with the whole decision thing, I went home talked to my parents and the deal was I’m just going to see what the NFL said,” Bolden said. “It wasn’t anything definite if I was going to go or not. I was trying to see. I was just being nosy — kind of curious. When I got the feedback, I just said I’ll go back to school anyway. The plan was to never to leave Ole Miss.” Back in Oxford, Bolden finds himself a veteran on a Rebel squad still recovering from a disappointing 4-8 season. Because of last year’s poor mark, Bolden — along with the rest of his teammates — also finds himself as a participant in a strenuous offseason instituted by coach Houston Nutt. Accountability has been preached by Nutt and his staff, See BOLDEN, PAGE 11