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ICEE BRAIN FREEZE CONTEST Ole Miss Dining Services will sponsor an Icee Brain Freeze Contest in the Student Union Food Court. Participants will compete to drink Icees quickly without stopping for “brain freezes.” The contest begins at 1:30 p.m.
LASER TAG PURSUIT WITH ROCK BAND AND EA SPORTS The Student Programming Board will sponsor a laser tag game in the Student Union Plaza tonight from 7 p.m. until 11 p.m. EA Sports will also host a game of Rock Band on two giant screens.
BY TIM SUMMERS The Daily Mississippian
At 11:37 AM yesterday the Oxford Police Department received a report of an armed robbery at the Mechanics Bank on East University Avenue. At about the same time Hunter Ford was sipping on a smoothie on the porch of the Main Squeeze, the juice bar located just west of the bank to the rear of Pizza Hut. “I heard shouts from the woods to the right behind the bank,” Ford, a senior business management major from Laurel said soon after the sighting. “I saw a soaking wet kid running.” Ford said the suspect ran right in front of the Main Squeeze, in-between the building and the cars parked in front. Later on police would recover rain-soaked money stained with red-dye paint from the muddy area. “He was starting to pull off his mask, he ran around back and that’s when I saw the bank manager, standing behind the wall,” Ford said of a concrete block barrier between the Pizza Hut parking lot and the bank. “He was looking over the wall, and he saw me.” According to Ford, the suspect then ran to the back of the Main Squeeze, hopped in a vehicle and fled through an outlet on the south end of the parking lot. “I put my head around the corner and saw the car drive away,” Ford said. “I ran to the bank manager and told him what happened.” When the police arrived they recovered a black mask with eye holes from the back parking lot. OPD released a report later in the day through e-mail to the local media summarizing the event in a few sentences. “Bank officials reported to officers that a B/M wearing a ski mask came into the bank and robbed the bank at gun point,” the report stated. “Suspect then fled on foot behind the bank area and left in a vehicle.” “Officers found a gun, money, and other evidence that was covered in red paint from the ‘dye pack’ that discharged near where the suspect vehicle was parked.” “The suspect vehicle was described as being an older model vehicle light tan in color or light yellow. Possibly a GM or Ford product.” Two of the officers interviewing witnesses in the area said that a great deal of the money had been recovered soon after the robbery and that the search for the suspect would now involve canvassing the nearby area as well as contacts in the town. They were unsure as to whether the suspect was acting alone. This is the second bank robbery in Oxford in the last year. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Oxford Police Department at 662-232-2400. The police had made no arrests at press time.
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Christeen Shivers campaigns for her son, Richard Shivers, outside of the Stone Center where many Oxford residents came to vote. Shivers braved the rain all day to campaign for her son. A S S O C I AT E D P R E S S
Polls close in Miss. for Congress race JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican Alan Nunnelee unseated Democratic U.S. Rep. Travis Childers on Tuesday in north Mississippi’s 1st District, reclaiming a seat the GOP held for 13 years before Childers grabbed it in 2008. “I know what motivated you was not just a political campaign. It was your love of our country,” Nunnelee told cheering supporters at a victory party in his hometown of Tupelo. U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor of Bay St. Louis was struggling in south Mississippi’s 4th District, where he faced a strong challenge from Republican state lawmaker Steven Palazzo of Biloxi. Taylor — like Childers — is a fiscally conservative Blue Dog Democrat who often votes against the party’s leadership. Two Mississippi congressmen were easily re-elected Tuesday. Democrat Bennie Thompson of Bolton won in the Delta-toJackson 2nd District, while Republican Gregg Harper of Pearl won in the central 3rd District. It’s rare for a Mississippi congressional incumbent to lose. Nunnelee told supporters he wants to repeal “Obamacare,” the massive health overhaul that became law earlier this year. “Tonight, we reclaim our country so that we can pass on to future generations the freedoms and the opportunity that
we have inherited from those who came before us,” Nunnelee said. Nunnelee is a 16-year state senator from Tupelo and chairs the powerful Appropriations Committee. In speeches and commercials, he relentlessly tied Childers to Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California. Childers, of Booneville, voted against Pelosi on issues such as the health overhaul. But he found himself caught in a wave of anti-Washington sentiment from voters leery of federal government expansion. North Mississippi’s 1st District is not easily identified by party labels. It voted for Republican John McCain in the 2008 presidential race. Seven independent or third-party candidates also ran in the 1st District, but split only a small portion of the vote. Barbara Cowley, 66, a retired insurance adjuster who lives in Smithville, said she voted for Nunnelee because she’s worried about the direction Democrats are taking the country. She worked with Nunnelee in an insurance office several years ago. Cowley is covered by Medicare and said she worries the federal health overhaul that became law earlier this year will put Medicare at financial risk. “This health care program, I think, is just going to ruin older
people,” Cowley said Tuesday. Barbara Lumpkin, 78, a former federal employee who lives in Southaven, said she voted for Childers. “He’s honest and he has integrity,” Lumpkin said. In a telephone interview from a victory party with about 2,000 supporters in his hometown of Bolton, Thompson said he’s grateful to voters. He also said he has accepted that Republicans will take over the House majority and he will lose his chairmanship of the House Homeland Security Committee. He’ll become the committee’s top member of the minority party. “I’ll be the ranking Democrat and will still have a part in setting policy to keeping Americans safe and making sure that natural disasters are responded to accordingly,” Thompson told The Associated Press. “For that, I will go back in January — I’m still chairman until the end of this session — and continue to work to work for the 2nd District.” Harper of Pearl defeated the same opponent as in 2008, Democrat Joel Gill of Pickens. The Reform Party’s Tracella Lou O’Hara Hill of Hattiesburg also ran this year. Harper could not immediately be reached. This was the information available at press time. For further updates, visit thedmonline. com.
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Rain, Rain, Go Away BY STEPHANIE THOMAS Columnist
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Unless there is a drought, feel free to not come back some other day. It seems to me that lately the weather has been, for lack of a better word, disgusting. Without warning it has switched on us from sunny and warm to cold, rainy and undeniably humid. I severely underestimated just how unpredictable the weather in Mississippi could be. I was surprised the other day to wake up to a text message indicating that a tornado had been spotted (which ended up in Illinois and nowhere near Mississippi). That same day, the elevator in Crosby Hall sparked a fire. I was forced outside to stand in the cold, while still in pajamas, for 25 minutes. Today I woke up feeling subpar, and it only got worse when
I looked out the window. It never fails to rain when I am already in a less-than-good mood. Personally, I would like to catch a break instead of a cold. I have been sick twice since I have been here, and I feel like I am getting sick again. My room is already the temperature of Antarctica, so the weather being nasty outside doesn’t help. They say that you can never catch the same cold twice. That may be true, but it seems like as soon as one person gets sick around here, everyone gets sick. Much like the domino effect. Even those who have just gotten over a cold could just as soon catch a new one. The good news or bad news – whichever way you choose
to take it – is that the change in weather has not been detrimental to the fashion trends on campus. These trends seem to be just as contagious as a cold. The girls still wear their track shorts and big T-shirts. Some have replaced their shorts with leggings, but nothing has really changed. This week rain boots have been added to the attire, which I have to admit doesn’t look as ridiculous as it sounds. I wonder what the girls will be wearing when winter shows up. Certainly not leggings, because they are not pants and they are a few inches shy of warm. I have noticed this week that while the girls are prepared for the weather with their boots and umbrellas, the boys are not. Pledges are required to
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dress up in their polos or button up shirts, and khakis. This is not proper attire for the rain. Some use umbrellas, but I see most of them walk through the rain uncovered. Let’s just say I have seen more than enough wet frat boys for my liking. The only thing I like about rain is the smell. Everything smells so fresh after a downpour. It is as if the world is trying to purify itself. Rain plays an important role in nature. I mean, it does help water the plants and keep them alive, so we can be alive. But other than that, I don’t see the need for it. If I could I would do a reverse rain dance. But since I have no idea how to do that, I will just wish every night at 11:11 that it doesn’t rain again for a while.
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Each week, advice columnist Eliza answers your questions about college life: classes, relationships and anything else you can think of. Have a question of your own? Submit it to elizalistens@gmail.com. Dear Eliza, My girlfriend and I have been dating off and on for two years. When we go out and party, she gets wasted and ends up making out with random girls in the clubs and blows me off. This wouldn’t be a problem if she hadn’t told me about this bisexual phase she went through in high school. Now she is always hanging out with girlfriends when I want to go out or just chill. I’m starting to think that there is more to it. Can I confront her without sounding like a jerk? Jason Dear Jason, Well, it sounds like she is just looking for a good time and is in no hurry to be in a serious relationship (like you said, “off and on again for two years”). The best first step is to be honest and ask her: Y’all should be comfortable enough with each other to do so. Girls are hard to read. We don’t even know what we want or where we’re going. Example: It takes some girls several outfit changes to figure out what she is wearing for that night, plus the three different hairstyles we go through and the 19 different eyeshadow/lip
gloss combinations. The same principle applies for our boys: We never know what we want until we find it. We also don’t want to ditch our friends and leave them for a guy. It’s girl code– don’t leave the bar without the group you came with or don’t leave your girlfriend alone in the bar. Just ask jokingly and say seems like so-and-so is connected to you at the hip, and see where that takes you. It could possibly be a misunderstanding. However, you could possibly be dating a bisexual girl. In the end, the key is to just have fun and at the end of the night, pray that she will come home with you and not the two girls she found at the bar. Hope this helps! xoxo, Eliza ----Dear Eliza, First, let me brag about myself. I’m 6’3, 225 lbs, and Built Ford Tough. In high school, I dominated in every sport I played. I ran faster than anyone my size, threw a fastball like no other and could shoot from 3-point land all day long. Unfortunately, I attended a
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dissing the hockey team). If you really want to know my opinion, I think you need to work on yourself because there’s obviously something else going on that is turning the girls off. I understand sports are very important to some people (especially those who have played their whole life and then get to college and have trouble with it for the first time), but this is college. While you may be the best from your high school, so is everyone else competing against you. Sometimes you have to move on and say that was who I was and this is who I want to be. It’s tough, but there are more important things in life than playing football or basketball. Do what you love and don’t think about what everyone else thinks. Have fun, enjoy college, make friends and adjust your attitude; soon enough, the girls will follow. Hope this helps! xoxo, Eliza
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small high school and was only recruited by a few small colleges, but I didn’t care. Since the day I first saw the Grove, I’ve known Ole Miss was the place for me. My passion is basketball, and I’m considering trying out for the Ole Miss basketball team next year. However, I’m so athletic that I could probably make it on any of the three main sports teams at Ole Miss (sorry, no hockey for me). I might never be an AllSEC player, but I’d contribute to whichever team I chose to join. Here is where I need your help: It seems that girls don’t really talk that much about basketball players. They’re always ogling the football players when they stumble into The Library for free or chasing the baseball players’ cleats once spring arrives. I really want to play under coach Andy Kennedy, but not if the Ole Miss ladies are going to ignore me when I wink at them on campus. Is it because basketball
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Landscaping for the ‘wow factor’ BY CAIN MADDEN The Daily Mississippian
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Landscapers plant new flowers for the winter in the roundabout on Old Taylor Rd.
Each fall, Ole Miss Landscape Services plants approximately 10,000 seasonal color flowers, such as pansies, kale and viola, at several campus focal points at a rough cost of 50 cents a plant, or $5,000, Landscape Director Jeff McManus said. “We make this change during the two to three week period between the last mowing and before the mulching starts,” McManus said. “Our laborers stay consistent year round, so we have the manpower already available with time to work on our smaller projects.” Associate director of enrollment services Jody Lowe said he often hears compliments on the work the landscaping department does, including the seasonal flower beds. “It is often mentioned by our prospective students, who are amazed at how beautiful and well-maintained our campus is,” Lowe said. “We get comments on that every year.” Landscaping is one of the tools the University pulls out in recruitment, Lowe said. “I think that in having a beau-
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tiful and well-maintained campus is obviously very appealing to both prospective students and parents,” Lowe said. “It is also one of the many factors the University uses to keep students in good spirits.” McManus said recruitment does play a part in what he does. “Studies show that if a student has not made up their mind about your university, many will decide within the first 15 minutes of being on campus,” McManus said. “They have not talked to anyone yet — they will decide if a University is good or not based on the way the buildings and landscape looks.” McManus said part of his job is based on creating what he called the “wow factor.” “When recruiting, we want the best students, athletes, faculty and staff to see the campus and say, ‘this place is something I want to be a part of,’” McManus said. For parents, he wants them to feel like this is a comfortable place to leave their children. “If a parent sees that a campus is well taken care of, it may make them feel like we are taking care of other things too,” McManus said.
While flowers do have an aesthetic value, they also have a carbon value, McManus said. “Plants eat carbon — it is something we learn in gradeschool but many forget,” McManus said. “When we plant, it is a win-win.” The fall is not all about spending money, McManus said — landscaping also saves a bit in the mulching process. “Our lawn mowers are the perfect mulching tools,” McManus said. “By taking care of it on campus, though, we save a good $20,000 to $30,000 every year.” McManus said the campus interior has approximately 4,500 trees, while the campus as a whole has hundreds of thousands, which creates tons of leaves. Instead of hauling them off, Landscape Services mulch them and then put them out to deliver nutrients. Composting also plays a role in saving $10,000 a year. When a tree falls, there are parts people will not want, such as the stump. “Instead of hauling these parts off, we have a place on campus designated for composting,” McManus said. “It is where we let the dead trees go through their cycle of returning to nature.”
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GETTING TO KNOW: BILLY LAMB
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Billy Lamb stands in his workshop at the Oxford City Buildings and Grounds Department.
BY KATE NICOLE COOPER The Daily Mississippian
Billy Lamb, Superintendent of Building and Grounds for the City of Oxford, may be responsible for the upkeep and care of the city during the week, but keeping Oxford fresh is only one of many things he enjoys. Stepping into his office at the Building and Grounds headquarters, two things are immediately eye-catching: a guitar, which sits in the corner of the room, and a collection of old Oxford pictures. “I collect everything,” Lamb
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said. “Anything old and of value; I enjoy collecting.” Some of the framed photos include the first-ever newspaper ad by former mayor John Leslie when he ran for Oxford mayor, a black-and-white shot of Lamar Avenue pre-pavement and an aerial view of the Watermelon Festival in front of the courthouse. As for the guitar, Lamb said that he loves playing music and has been doing so since he was eight years old. Behind him, he points out a picture of himself standing beside legendary blues artist B.B. King, one of his musical idols.
“I’ve actually played some with his band before,” he said. Above Lamb’s picture with King is one of him with five other men, a group shot of Lamb’s band, Soule. The band has been together about 17 years, according to Lamb, and while they have not recorded any CDs, most of their music, which Lamb describes as a Motown sound, can be heard at weddings. “We’ve got weddings booked on into next year,” he said. “Our next one is on the eleventh.” One of his favorite songs to play is popular at most wed-
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dings. “I love to play ‘My Girl’,” he said. “We always get that one requested.” Along with B.B. King, Lamb said another of his favorite musical artists is the Temptations. Along with his collection of pictures, Lamb also describes his love of collecting vintage guitars, as well as amplifiers. “I probably have about 18, one of the oldest being a 1955 Gibson electric guitar,” Lamb said. One of his favorites, as well as highest-valued in his collection, includes a 1965 L-Series
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Fender. Aside from the fun things in his office, as for his job, Lamb said that it started out slow, but today it’s an interesting and enjoyable career. Mayor Leslie hired him for a city job and wanted to see what Lamb could do with the building and grounds department, Lamb said. Today, Lamb proudly says that he started and built the department to what it is now. “What I enjoy most about this job is the variations,” Lamb said. “There’s something different every day, and it’s a challenge.”
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-Request permission to submit Archives and History Notice of Intent for $5,000.00 grant for Cedar Oaks- YES -Request permission for Mayor Patterson to sign an agreement with TVA to renew existing IHEE contract-YES -Request permission for engineer to travel to Jackson MS for traffic signal training with a cost of $169.00-YES -Request permission for three employees to attend MS Class I Rubbish Site Operating Certification Training on December 1-2, 1010 in Jackson MS with a total cost of $714.00-YES -Request approval for two officers to attend Career and Tactical Survival for Women Training in Mandeville, LA on November 15, 2010 with a cost of $556.00-YES -Consider approve of Oxford Taxi as a taxi company-YES
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Randy Rogers Band to perform at The Lyric tonight BY JOSH BREEDEN The Daily Mississippian
On Oct. 20, singer-songwriter Randy Rogers took the cramped, scuffed stage at Cheatham Street Warehouse in San Marcos, Texas. While the Cleburne native had been performing at owner Kent Finlay’s converted rail-side depot for years, this night was particularly special as it marked the local hero’s tenth year as a signed, Nashville standout. “I’m proud to say I’ve worked the same job for ten years ,and lots of people can’t say that,” affirmed a modest Rogers, looking back on his career. “It’s something we’ve built from the ground up that nobody can take away.” For Rogers, this construction began at a young age with the sounds of country legends such as Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard, as well as 90s grunge outfits Pearl Jam and Stone Temple Pilots. After learning piano at age 6, Rogers began writing songs at 11. By his late teens, he was winning local talent contests fronting a high school garage band. Soon after graduation the singer/songwriter was introduced to San Marcos and its secluded yet rich music scene. Having started out as a sideman, Rogers, at the prodding of Finlay, began playing open mic Wednesdays, subsequently introducing original material to the barroom audiences. “Guy Clark and Waylon Jennings - the people that my father made me listen to when I was younger- shaped me and molded me,” Rogers said. “Growing up in Texas, I had an array of people to look up to, and I’m thankful for that.” In 2000, Rogers recruited San Marcos regulars to back him for a live album to be recorded at Cheatham. The record, “Live At Cheatham Street Warehouse,” was released later that year on Downtime Records under the moniker, The
Randy Rogers Band. estar state’s own Smith MuTwo years later, Rogers and sic Group, The Randy Rogers a revamped backing band, band signed a major label deal including percussionist Les with Mercury Nashville in Lawless, guitarist Geoffrey 2005. Hill, bass player John Richard“They’ve always let us be ourson and fiddler Brady Black, selves; they’ve always let us released a studio album on evolve as a band,” Rogers said Downtime entitled, “Like It of their relationship with MerUsed To Be.” cury’s parent corporation, UniBy this point, the group was versal Music Group Nashville. solidified as the singer-song- “Us signing a deal was continwriter had finally found the gent on those points because committed, capable musicians we already had our own thing he needed to immerse himself going. We were already selling in business and to leave the records, already touring.” confines of San Marcos and In September 2006, their maCheatham. jor label debut, “Just a Matter “We just kind of all decided of Time,” brought the scrappy we’d start this band, split ev- Texans their first mainstream erything up ‘even Steven’ and success. The album was rehit the road,” Rogers said. “All leased at number 61 on the of us could afford to not make Billboard 200. “Just a Matany money and just hit the ter of Time” also reached the road and go for it. It was just eighth position on the country the right time.” charts, garnering them two hit After putting out 2004’s singles, “Kiss Me in the Dark” “Rollercoaster,” and their and “One More Goodbye,” first charting record, “Live at Billy Bob’s Texas,” on the Lon- See ROGERS, PAGE 7
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Tap into your inner child: Laser Tag tonight
The Ole Miss Student Programming Board has decided to incorporate laser tag–yes, laser tag– into homecoming week this year. The game started last year during Welcome Week, but with so much success and high demand, SPB could not resist bringing it back for homecoming. “We started laser tag last year for welcome week and had a really big turn-out,” said Will Yerger, sopho-
more marketing communications major and co-director of special events for the Student Programming Board. The Student Programming Board, under the leadership of Campus Programming, hopes to spark new friendships, provide the Ole Miss community with a little excitement and get fans in the spirit of homecoming. “Through the laser tag event, we
just want the students to have a good time,” Yerger said. “It is a great opportunity to get out of the dorm room and go have some fun. It is a great way to meet new people and try something new. How often do you get the chance to play laser tag in the Grove? It is an incredibly fun event and we hope that everyone will come and have a great time.” SPB also hopes to promote its role on campus. Its mission, as stated on its website, is “to increase the social, cultural, and educational opportunities for students on Ole Miss campus with original, academic enlightening but entertaining activities and programs.” It is comprised of about 75 members who make up the entire executive board with four co-directors of special events. “Tons of people normally show up and sometimes you have to be on team with new people you don’t know,” Yerger said. “It’s a great way to build friendship.” During the big laser tag event, SPB has added the popular Rock Band video game that will be on stage as well as EA Sports giving students a variety of activities in which to participate. Many students who have had the pleasure of playing laser tag plan to
“Burning the Day,” exhibits the group’s same “root-sy” spin on modern Nashville centered around Rogers‘ raspy drawl, earnest lyricism and edgy instrumentals. Rogers and company, along with success on the charts, are quietly building a reputation as one of country’s premier live acts.
Earlier this fall, the band took part in Farm Aid’s Annual concert in Milwaukee on a roster that included Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp and former collaborator Kenny Chesney. “We played early in the day and then just walked around and enjoyed being there,” said Rogers of the experience. “Being a fan of the musicians on stage and just kind of taking it all in. You can just tell those people that are part of that organization are dedicated to
their cause - just passionate people, passionate about the music business, passionate about Farm Aid. It was a great event to be a part of.” Through all of the success, Rogers and his band have managed to cling to their roots, still grounded in the dusky, hard scrabble earth of the Texan musical tradition with the patron saints of this tradition, men like Townes Van Zandt and George Strait, who stood on the same meager platform at Cheatham communicating
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Let us go back to eight years ago. You were young and playing rock, paper, scissors with friends. Hideand-seek never seemed so appealing. Now that the real world is slowly catching up with us, sometimes a little innocent child-like fun is desired, if not needed.
relive the entertaining event again. “I played laser tag earlier this semester,” Shaquera Franlkin, a sophomore accounting major, said. “It was a lot of fun. I hadn’t played in a really long time. The adrenaline rush of running around made me feel like a child again.” “Laser tag was a great experience,” John Newman, a sophomore public policy major said. “I’ve played before but never in a setting like on the Ole Miss campus.” The Grove, where laser tag is normally held, changes from tailgating and picnics into a perfect location for laser tag– a “war” zone full of hiding places. Due to rainy weather, it has been moved to the Union Plaza for tonight. “We would love to continue this tradition of laser tag going for years to come,” Yerger said. “Hopefully as the years go on, it will continue to grow and will become a large part of future homecoming weeks.” Amid controversy about tradition, Ole Miss may have a new one — laser tag. The excitement of running and dodging adds to the fond memories for Ole Miss students. The Student Programming Board will host its laser tag event in the Union Plaza, tonight at 7 p.m.
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ELITE GROUP OF REBEL NETTERS HEAD TO BIG APPLE BY JOHN HOLT The Daily Mississippian
Three members of the 2010 Southeastern Conference West Champion Ole Miss men’s tennis team head to New York City today to compete in the prestigious USTA/ITA Indoor Championships held at the acclaimed Billie Jean King Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y. Juniors Marcel and Chris Thiemann will compete for the doubles title in a 16-team field, while senior Tucker Vorster will participate in a 32-player singles draw. Junior All-American Kristi Boxx from the Ole Miss women’s team will also perform in the cham-
pionships after she received an at-large spot. “We’re real excited about going to New York City,” Marcel Thiemann said. “It’s a great city and a great national tournament.” The Thiemann twins earned a berth into the ITA National Indoor Championships when they seized the ITA Southern Regional doubles title last month in Tuscaloosa. Both said it still hasn’t completely sunk in that they’ll be playing at the same location where the yearly US Open tennis tournament takes place. “It’s like a dream,” Chris Thiemann said. “I’ve always wanted to go and watch a match there at the US Open but for
us, to be able to actually get to play there it’s amazing.” Ole Miss coach Billy Chadwick said the brothers shouldn’t have any pressure playing on such a big stage because they played in the NCAA doubles championships last season. The duo are currently ranked the No. 10 doubles team in the country. “I feel they learned a lot playing in the (NCAA) doubles championships last year,” Chadwick said. “They’re going into this tournament knowing what it takes to win and they’re going to take it one match at a time.” For Vorster, who is referred to as “Dragon” by friends, the road to New York was one of
beauty. The senior All-SEC second team selection from a year ago didn’t drop a set en route to the ITA Southern Regional singles title. “I feel like I’m on top of my game and at the same time I can beat anyone right now,” Vorster said. “Hopefully I can keep this win streak going.” Chadwick gave the Pretoria, South Africa native plenty of praise in claiming the Regional title. “This is a great big step forward for Tucker,” Chadwick said. “He’s a senior and to win the (Southern) region is an outstanding accomplishment.” Vorster is approaching the matches in the Big Apple as an opportunity to upset higher
ranked players. He also hopes to improve on his No. 58 national ranking in singles. “All the matches I play up there will be confidence boosters for the spring, and obviously I hope to get my ranking up to the top 20– maybe even higher than that,” Vorster said. For the Thiemanns and Vorster, playing in New York serves as valuable experience for an Ole Miss team that could possibly be ranked preseason Top 10 in the fall. “All three of them have the ability to win the title but they’re going to have to be at their best and they’re going to have to catch some breaks along the way,” Chadwick said.
Freshmen gain experience in year 1 of the Mott era BY AUSTIN MILLER The Daily Mississippian
the Week after three goals and an assist against Southern Miss and TCU and then netted the game-winning goal in a 2-1 upset win over nationally ranked No. 25 Auburn. With the team’s back against the wall late in the season, sophomore Alix Hildal, who moved into the midfield from defense, sparked Ole Miss to back-to-back come-frombehind victories against Kentucky and Vanderbilt. She scored the game-tying goal in a 2-1 overtime win over Kentucky and tallied a hat trick, including two penalty kicks, in a 3-2 win at Vanderbilt. After scoring the game-winning goal on senior night against Kentucky, Cunningham scored the first goal against rival Mississippi State and looked as though she would lead her team back to the SEC Tournament, but the Bulldogs would score two goals in the game’s final 22 minutes to bring the Rebels’ season to an end. “It hasn’t really hit me yet because (Monday) would have been our off day, but it’s the first time since I’ve been here we haven’t gone to the SEC Tournament,” said Cunningham. “It’s sad to leave, but it’s going to happen.”
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to the SEC All-Freshman team as a forward. Despite only starting 15 games, freshman Sarah Story set school records with 109 saves this season and 17 saves in a scoreless double-overtime draw to Georgia. “There was no time to be a freshman for anybody on this team,” Jordan said. “They really stepped up and made an impact on this team. Mandy’s a leader. She’s a freshman, but she has that leadership mentality. Sarah definitely came in and got her fair share of experience in goal, facing some of the best forwards in the country, and she had an overall successful season.” Like McCalla, freshman Erin Emerson started every game this season for the Rebels. She scored three goals, including two to lead the comeback against Arkansas, while also assisting on McCalla’s gametying goal. A pair of freshmen, Ally Nikolaus and Maddie Cunningham, also provided energy off the bench and also helped fill the voids left by Breathitt and Curran. Jordan became a scoring threat from her attacking midfield position and led the team in goals (7) and game-winning goals (4). She was named SEC Offensive Player of
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Ole Miss defensive end Kentrell Lockett, who suffered a season-ending injury against Fresno State, stands on the sidelines during the Rebels’ win earlier in the year over Kentucky. The Ole Miss defense has struggled to create a pass rush with Lockett out of the lineup.
Injury bug bites Rebels hard BY BENNETT HIPP The Daily Mississippian
The 2010 Ole Miss football season was not supposed to be this way. There have been the unexpected losses – Jacksonville State and Vanderbilt – and the devastating personnel blows – the seasonending injury of star defensive end Kentrell Lockett and the removal of offensive lineman Rishaw Johnson from the team. But unfortunately for the Rebels, struggles have been a reality. Ole Miss enters November with a 3-5 record, and needs to win three out of their last four games to make it to a third consecutive bowl game. What makes things even more difficult is the rash of injuries the Rebels have suffered. “One thing you can’t control is injuries,” Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt said. “Now we have to look at our young guys and tell them
it’s time to play. The last few years we have had very few injuries, but this year is different. We always tell them that they are a play away. “They truly are a play away when we are down to our fourth-string defensive end. Staying ready and staying together are the main things we concentrate on right now.” Ole Miss limps into Saturday’s game with Louisiana-Lafayette after going through three defensive ends at one spot this season. The Rebels will rotate another DE, Gerald Rivers, after he suffered a high ankle sprain against Auburn. Linebacker Jonathan Cornell injured his hip in that game as well, but is expected to be able to play Saturday, as is injured safety Damien Jackson. Even with injuries, Ole Miss knows they must come up with another “November to remember” if they want to play past the Egg Bowl.
“It hurts to be at this point when we planned on a different record at this time,” Nutt said. “We wanted to be at 7-1, 6-2 or 5-3 at the worst. The bottom line is that it hasn’t fallen that way. As a coach everyone looks to you. We have to do our best coaching job in November because that is what people remember.” Since Nutt arrived in Oxford after spending a decade at Arkansas, the Rebels have been dominant in the month of November. In 2008, Ole Miss reeled off four-straight wins in the month, including a romp of LSU in Death Valley, and a 45-0 drubbing of Mississippi State. Last year was more of the same, as the Rebels went 3-1 in November with big wins over Tennessee and LSU. If Ole Miss hopes to become bowl eligible, the Rebels must win at least three games out of Louisiana-Lafayette, Tennessee, LSU and Mississippi State. “I don’t know if there’s any magic left, but I know this: It’s easy to say, ‘I confess; it’s your fault,’” Nutt said. “That’s what we try and keep in this room on Sunday. There’s enough blame for everybody. I’ve seen teams like this just fall apart.”
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