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RIGHT: First year law student Rebecca Wilks puts her books in her new locker for the first time at the new law school yesterday.

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The Robert C. Khayat Law Center opened its doors in January after delays prevented its originally planned fall opening, and law students and faculty are happy to finally move in.

The $50 million building, which is named for Robert Khayat, chancellor emeritus and consultant in university advancement, is the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified building on the Ole Miss campus, law school dean Richard Gershon said.

“It’s definitely worth the money.

You’re looking at the first LEEDcertified building on campus, which is really important to us,” Gershon said. “The other thing is it’s a building that not only the University can be proud of, but the

state can be proud of as well.”

Chancellor Dan Jones said the building will help improve the educational environment for students.

“We are pleased to see the new law school building occupied and in use,” Jones said. “This new building is an important asset for our students and faculty of the law school.”

The $50 million price tag was covered mostly by private funds, and the University is in the process of raising the money that has not yet been raised, Gershon said.

“The University looked at this strategically and recognized that to raise money for a law school building, particularly a building named for Chancellor Khayat, was a good move to make,” Gershon said.

With the new building in use, law students and faculty enjoy a variety of improvements over the

old building, particularly in the those things in the old Lamar Law classrooms.

Center,” Gershon said. “I think “The classrooms are better built the way that building was built, for today’s learning,” law student the floors were separated, and we Patrick Henderson said. “The were encouraged to take the elevatechnology in them is top-notch.” tor instead of the stairs because the Gershon said he also feels that stairs were really hard to get to. the classrooms are the biggest im- Here, they are right in the middle provement over the old building. so you pass people on the stairs. It “The students feel like the class- just builds a better atmosphere. rooms are built in such a way that “I think the openness of this they encourage conversation and building is the first thing that peointeraction with the faculty,” Ger- ple notice about it. There’s natural shon said. “They are enjoying the light and the classrooms have winbuilding and love the classrooms. dows. This feels like a place you The chairs are even comfortable.” want to be, and you want to stay, The students are also afforded and the old one didn’t have that closer interaction with professors feeling.” as well as a brighter and more open The students are also happy atmosphere. about the brighter classrooms.

“I think it’s really helped our “The huge windows in the licommunity because I’ll see faculty brary make studying for hours on and students talking to each other end a little bit better,” law student on the stairs and in the cafe that we have, and we really didn’t have See LAW SCHOOL, PAGE 6

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Oxford churches work to recreate the image of a religious community

BY BLAKE JOHNSON The Daily Mississippian

On Sunday, Jan. 30, The Orchard celebrated its fourth birthday as a church in Oxford.

In the service that morning, members broke down common notions of what makes a church as a church.

Pastor Pat Ward held a simple service without music that incorporated audience input, and a sermon that encouraged attendees to see a church as more of a community than a building.

Many churches, although distinct in views and beliefs, have the same needs and goals in the community.

Since community is a strong element of most religions, this is a factor that enables many churches to come together to work toward a common goal.

Ward said since he began planting the church in Oxford the community has been welcoming.

“It’s been great to get to know the pastors from other churches personally, because, just like it’s good for Christians to get to know Christians or neighbors who may be different from them, it’s good for a church to do so too,” Ward said.

Since its founding, The Orchard has worked closely with Burns United Methodist Church and has even held services together.

When churches interact and work together they are “able to celebrate the good things that are happening in God’s kingdom, rather than just focusing on things that happen in our little kingdoms,” Ward said.

When Curt Liles, founder of The Life Worship Gathering, first announced coming to Oxford, he expected some opposition, but he received help from local ministries.

Pastor Eric Hankins of First Baptist Church Oxford was one of the first to contact Liles and welcome him to the neighborhood.

“A lot of people are starting to understand that this job is way too big for any one church,” Liles said.

“There are a lot of different people

here, and we need a lot of different churches.”

Liles said that The Life has been accepted so well because of this understanding.

Whether it is offering help or advice, or even a building to use, the other ministries have been working together to reach the people of Oxford.

“Sometimes there is a healthy understanding of the diversity in this world, but other times we can be divided because of sin and our love of being right more than our love of being united,” Ward said.

Associate pastor and college See CHURCH, PAGE 5

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The Art of Using Fire People’s words can become very flammable. It is the action that ignites the words allowing a flame to spark.

In early January, I started to observe the demonstrations in Tunisia on YouTube. I did not understand their language, but the clouds of tear gas, hail of stones and surges of people in the street vividly told the story.

In the past weeks, the world watched the flame in Tunisia become a wildfire spreading throughout the Middle East.

Cairo is the only well known city that is being televised.

According to the Associated Press, however, there are five other cities that are mirroring the phenomena in Cairo.

To me, the demonstrations are historic. Call me a rebel (pun intended), but for years Middle Eastern societies have been ruled by totalitarian presidents. The people, catalyst to the combustion, knew

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it was unfair but didn’t do anything. Now they are creating an uprising for their freedom, and they are very close to winning.

Like a faithful YouTuber, I was curious about what other people were saying about the riots in Tunisia. Some comments were in agreement with my own. Then I saw the statement, “Die, you bunch of sand-(n-words)!”

When I wanted to leave a comment on their profile about how appalled I was by this quote, the location informed me that the person resides in the United States.

I thought we grew out of racial profiling a long time ago.

Just because one individual of a certain race did something wrong does not mean that every individual of that race will do the same thing.

That is called stereotyping, and that is just wrong.

History shows us what rac-

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ism can do to a society. From a psychological standpoint, enslavement of AfricanAmericans affected their consciences for generations.

People intoxicated their minds to believe education would be wasted on them. It took centuries to undo the damage of the three-fifths of a person principle.

Of course, blacks are not the only ones that went through this situation.

Racism has a lot of innocent blood on its hands. At least 11 million (historians are even speculating 17 million) people were murdered during the holocaust. From Jews to gypsies, this genocide included many races. A quarter of the Jews killed were young, thus cutting off generations.

The word “sand-(n-word)” can do the same.

Sometimes we become too comfortable with our free-

dom in the United States and do not think about how lucky we are. How would you feel if you could not work in your profession? What would you do if your young son or daughter was starving but you couldn’t afford food because you are stuck with a $2 a day income? We cannot comprehend the extent to which the Tunisian or Egyptian people go through because we have not been through it ourselves.

We also tend to forget that our forefathers did the same when rallying to obtain our freedom.

So, for those of you who actually agree with using racial slurs, I want to remind you to be careful where you start your fires. When in the right environment, it can rejuvenate the soil and create a land fruitful with opportunities.

But if not, all that will occur is destruction.

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Art is Hard

BY ANDREW DICKSON Columnist

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American writer Kurt Vonnegut was known to say that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. He was often asked if he knew of any artists that were able to pull that off.

“The Beatles did,” Vonnegut would say.

From music to motivational speaking to the daily newspaper column, art encompasses any form of expression that conveys meaning – blatant or subtle – to a target audience. It can be concrete. It can be abstract. It can be both – art literally is “whatever you make out of it.”

There are many motivations available to an aspiring artist, such as the pursuit of personal satisfaction, commemorating persons or events, seeking social change, worshiping one’s chosen deity, making a living or even attempting to do something that no one has ever done before.

Art is the soul’s own speech –

a different way to communicate ideas and feelings.

However, art is difficult and therefore requires practice and perseverance. Some people may describe great artists as “gifted” or “talented,” but those people overlook all of the time and practice those artists put into perfecting their crafts. Practice does make perfect – it’s cliched because it’s understood to be true. You have to sink long before you can swim.

The more you practice, the more you learn to convey complex ideas and emotions through whichever art form you choose. Most people don’t want to hear about all of your great common sense solutions to the world’s problems – it’s much easier simply to arm your audience with the questions to all those ugly answers and hope that they draw the conclusions you want them to draw.

But the thing about those ideas of yours – the ones you think you own – is that each

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time you express one artistically it is affected in some way by the artists that have influenced you.

Don’t try to let your influences show – it’s more fun to see how they snuck their way into your art in retrospect.

The question I want you to think about the most today is this: Where does inspiration really come from? I’ve been drawing on my indifference towards politics and other issues occasionally to fill this space for a few months, but there other themes and ideas I try to sneak into my columns. I enjoy reading the work of my peers and seeing what they can do with the same amount of space that I’m given; it makes me wonder who influenced them and what their intentions are.

I draw some of my inspiration from all those writers that came before me. Trying to impersonate people you consider greater than yourself will challenge your ego and abilities.

Self-discovery is also a great

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starting point for the artist in need of inspiration. Often artists are brutally honest during self-reflection. It’s certainly a good thing to be your biggest critic, because your friends won’t be the ones to point out your flaws. A self-portrait – concrete or abstract – will tell you more about what people see in you than they will.

But the biggest source of inspiration for me is a played out and over-hyped concept that everyone on earth is looking for, yet has reservations about.

Do you ever sit back and wonder what it was that The Beatles were singing about that made so many people appreciate being alive?

The most fun four-letter word to make on earth – what else?

Anyway, this will be the last column I write on the topic of writing columns. Art is hard, but it’s the best chance you have to show someone that there can be a different way.

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Laughing is better than napping

BY JON STEPHENS Columnist

If you consider yourself a car buff, you’ve probably heard of the popular British television program “Top Gear” and may even watch it regularly.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the show, here’s a quick rundown: The three lively hosts (Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May) perform entertaining tasks with different types of vehicles, provide British celebrities with the opportunity to compete with each other for

the fastest lap time and review cars.

In a recent episode, the group reviewed the Mastretta, a Mexican sports car.

While introducing the car, May forgot the name of the car and, thinking on his feet, lightheartedly said the car was named the “Tortilla.”

This led to a short discussion of how the car is akin to some stereotypes of the Mexican population, the most descriptive of which came from Hammond: “Mexican cars are just going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent, overweight, leaning against a fence asleep looking at a cactus with a blanket with a hole in the middle on as a coat.”

Near the end of the bit, Clarkson added that he was sure he would not hear com-

plaints because the Mexican ambassador in London would be asleep.

Well, turns out the ambassador must have forgotten to take his Lunesta; Eduardo Medina-Mora complained to the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), which airs the hit show, saying that the hosts “resorted to outrageous, vulgar and inexcusable insults to stir bigoted feelings against the Mexican people” and demanded an apology for their behavior.

While I may agree that the gregarious hosts may have offended quite a few people, I believe that the ambassador has more important items on his to-do list than worry what a few knuckleheads say on their show, especially when they make outlandish and sa-

tirical remarks every episode.

I think he should spend more time discussing relations between Mexico and England with actual policymakers than complain about what a couple of popular misfits say on a television program in which one of their objectives is to make people laugh.

I may be completely wrong, but I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that people enjoy to be entertained and laugh, even if it comes at the expense of others sometimes.

Let’s face it: Stereotypes are one of the basic cornerstones of laughter.

We all know that every male is a caveman, every black person can teach me how to dougie, every person over the age of 60 needs a hearing aid, every Asian child studies non-

stop until he graduates medical school, everyone who listens to country music dips and wears cowboy hats, every white guy should stay away from the basketball court and every politician is a crook.

Right?

Wrong - except for maybe that last one.

No sane person honestly believes these stereotypes hold true for every member of that demographic (although if you were at the Tad Pad on Tuesday night like I was, one of those stereotypes might be more realistic than the other ones).

With this in mind, I, the stupid fat American, ask that Ambassador Medina-Mora wake up from his eternal slumber and poke fun at three particular hooligans with pale skin and wooden teeth on BBC.

State officials should use tax payer dollars to address issues far more important than the status of Colonel Reb.

“news” when Mississipians, along with the rest of the country, are facing devastating unemployment rates, crippling debt (including massive student loan debt) and a shaky economic future?

Rep. Duvall should be ashamed of himself for wasting the time and money of the Mississippians he serves on this bill.

The DM should, in turn, reflect deeply on its purpose as a university newspaper.

A student-run university paper could be the starting point for the kind of political action that would bring attention to the real problems facing Americans, but this won’t be the case if the best your front page has to offer is stories about eager young politicians hungry for publicity and the nine students competing in the Miss University Pageant.

Sincerely, Betsy Chapman

Letters to the Editor Though I understand the affection many Ole Miss students and alumni hold toward Colonel Reb, recent legislation proposed by State Representative Mark Duvall may do more harm than good.

House Bill 1106 requiring adherence to these “traditions” would legally close the door for future student and faculty input.

While attempting to reinstate the retired mascot and anthem “From Dixie With

Love,” Colonel Reb supporters fail to recognize any state involvement in the mascot selection process sets a precedent for future involvement in University affairs.

According to last year’s statistics, Mississippi is the most poverty stricken state in the Union.

Childhood education remains dismal.

A year after the BP oil spill, tar balls continue to contaminate gulf shores.

Victoria Thoman Sophomore International Studies I was shocked today to see much of The DM’s front page devoted to Rep. Mark Duvall’s efforts to reinstate Colonel Reb as the Ole Miss mascot.

How is a school mascot

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OHS Theater Department advances to Atlanta Saturday event geared to help Oxford’s homeless

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Oxford High School theater students will travel to Atlanta to perform “Antigone” at the Southeastern Theater Conference from March 2-6.

In 2010, they won the competition in Lexington, Ky. This is the second consecutive year they have advanced to this level.

The theater department has

been working on an adaptation of “Antigone’s Greek Tragedy” since Nov. 15.

In recent months, the OHS theater students performed “Antigone” in regional and state competitions, where they successfully passed both adjudications.

John Davenport, director of the OHS theater department, was awarded Best Director at the Mississippi Theater Conference.

Davenport said he is anxious

about the upcoming competition and said that the concept of “Antigone” being reinvented for a modern audience is to their advantage.

“We haven’t had a whole lot of time to work on this production, so I am fortunate as a director to have such talented students, especially because this is a very difficult acting piece,” Davenport said.

The main focus for improvement before they head to Atlanta is to fine-tune some of the characters, Davenport said.

In an effort to raise money for the theater group’s trip, the OHS theater department will perform “Antigone” as a fundraiser at 2 p.m on Feb. 27 at Oxford High School.

This performance will be the department’s second public performance of the production. Davenport said the students hope to have a successful turnout so they can raise enough money for the trip.

In addition to rehearsing for the competition, the drama department is also busy preparing for its annual spring production, held on Feb. 10-12. This year they will perform “The Wizard of Oz.” “The spring musical has been a tradition in the Oxford community since 1975,” Davenport said.

BY BRITTNI WARD The Daily Mississippian

A University of Mississippi organization is planning a chili cookoff to increase awareness about Oxford’s overlooked homeless population.

Chili Bowl for the Soul, which is hosted by UM Homeless Outreach, will take place from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 5, in the Student Union.

Jean Shaw, a member of the Oxford homeless task force, said approximately 300 Oxford residents are currently homeless. Of that number, at least half are children.

Haley Hill, a UMHO member who is in charge of the cookoff, said there are students at Ole Miss who are homeless.

“We’ve heard of some living in their cars or some that might not even have cars and that are using the Turner Center for showers,” Hill said. “In our tiny town where you can drive anywhere in 5 to 10 minutes, to think that 300 people don’t have a home — don’t have a place of comfort or security — is shocking and unreal.”

The Chili Bowl for the Soul project has received an overwhelming amount of support from donors including the Office of the Dean of Students and Volunteer Services, Aramark, and Kate Moody and family.

At least 17 teams have registered to compete with their chili, including various restaurants, Greek organizations, churches and a few individuals. As with any cookoff, celebrity judges are a must: Making up the judging panel for the event are Chancellor Dan Jones and his wife Lydia, Dean of Students Sparky Reardon and food writer and commentator John T. Edge. Entertainment will be provided by Alpha Phi Alpha, Nick Weyrens and Matt Duck.

All students and community members are encouraged to come hungry. The cost is $10 and includes five tasting cups, one bowl and one drink.

All proceeds go directly to Interfaith Compassion Ministries, a United Way affiliate. The UMHO has set a goal to raise $10,000 to help ICM provide food and shelter for families affected by homelessness.

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UPD Officer wins Lafayette County Officer of the Year Award

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The University Police Department’s detective captain successfully juggles criminals, a newborn and a master’s course load.

For her efforts, detective captain Jane Tutor was awarded Officer of the Year at the annual awards banquet of the Lafayette County Law Enforcement Officers’ Association on Jan. 25.

“It means a lot that they selected me,” Tutor said. “I appreciate that people think I work hard. I try to do my best. There are a lot of other officers who deserve the same award because everyone in this field works hard.”

Chief Calvin Sellers said the other officers admire Tutor.

“I think Jane is too humble. Everyone looks up to her and when she does her job, it’s done right,” Sellers said. “She’s never too busy to help others and work with them on a case, and that’s special.

A lot of folks don’t do that.”

A native of Toccopola, Tutor graduated from Ole Miss in 2002 with a bachelor’s degree in political science with an emphasis in criminal justice. She is currently working on her master’s degree in criminal justice.

“This is something that I have always been interested in,” Tutor said. “I enjoy studying and reading articles about topics in criminal justice and crime. I always kind of had an idea this would be the field.”

Tutor was hired by Randy Corban and has been working at Ole Miss since 2003. She is also the first woman to hold the detective captain position at the University.

“Jane is a professional in all that she does, and is a person of the highest ethical and moral character,” Dean of Students Sparky Reardon said. “She is the kind of person one would want to be an officer of the law.”

In November, Tutor gave birth

to her first child. Tutor said that having an infant tends to keep her awake at night, helping her stay prepared for calls she might get late at night.

“I’ve been called out once in the middle of the night, and having the little one really makes you think about how serious this job is,” Tutor said.

Tutor said the hardest part about the job is dealing with sensitive cases.

“There’s a lot of frustration. It goes case by case, and there are different issues with different cases,” Tutor said. “It’s hard seeing certain victims from certain crimes, like sexual assault or domestic violence.”

Tutor said one of the most intriguing cases she was involved in was a child pornography case.

“Nothing here is routine,” Tutor said. “You’re dealing with different stuff every day, and it’s in-

teresting to work cases.”

Tutor does her job well and is held in high regard by those that work around her, including detective Bobby Black.

“Jane is a hard-working officer who takes her job very seriously and makes sure it is done right,” Black said. “Jane goes that extra step and makes sure all of the ‘i’s are dotted and all of the ‘t’s are crossed.”

Tutor’s plans for the future are not certain, but she said she is enjoying working at the University Police Department.

“I don’t know what the future holds, but I plan on staying at the police department for several more years,” Tutor said. “I’ll always want to stay in Northeast Mississippi. I want to stay in law enforcement, but you never know– I may go to teaching criminal justice, but I take that on a day-by-day basis.”

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The program provides a 6-week paid summer internship ($2,500 stipend, 3 credit hours, meal plan and campus housing) in which participants are partnered with a research professor within the discipline. It also provides assistance with graduate admissions, primarily GRE preparation and the writing of the personal statement.

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minister at North Oxford Baptist Church, Fish Robinson said that when churches start focusing on the community’s true needs, they realize they are not in competition.

“Living in a college town, especially an SEC one, can affect us in a way that we become kind of competitive in almost every area of our lives,” Robinson said. “But church is not one of those places.”

Robinson said that he believes God is trying to help people realize it is not a competition, but rather about living a life for Christ every day of the week– not just on Sundays.

“The bottom line is that we live in a community with 15,000 college students– why don’t we reach out and love on them?” Robinson said. “And it doesn’t matter whether it’s First Baptist that gets the credit, or OU Methodist, or St. John’s.

What matters is that these students

are turned on to the fact that God loves them and that He has a plan for their life.”

Ole Miss Wesley Foundation director Eddie Willis said he believes that for community to happen, it has to start with going to the people.

Willis said that students and Oxford residents are looking for an authentic community to build friendships and places to build them up.

“Students are wanting, and they need a group to plug in to,” Willis said.

“I think as far as connecting with these students that may not go to church, it starts with churches being more real.”

Willis said it is not about fighting where college students go to church but more about fighting for their hearts and building a community.

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Fewer finger pricks with more finger licks

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Senior graphic design major Lindsay Dillon Maginnis sketches at the Burgundy Room on the square will Shadow, her diabetes alert dog, lays at her feet. She is training Shadow to be a diabetes alert dog before she is adopted by another family.

BY AMBER HELSEL The Daily Mississippian

Dogs are not allowed in class.

This is not an issue for Shad-

ow, a 10-month-old English Labrador that is being trained by graphic design senior Lindsay Dillon-Maginnis.

“They don’t have many diabetics who would take home

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a dog,” said Dillon-Maginnis, who has type-I diabetes. “I’m taking her so that she’s constantly around me and gets used to alerting me all the time rather than just periodically.”

Type-I diabetes is a disease where the body does not produce enough insulin. Diabetics with this type must constantly monitor their blood sugar, often checking it five to six times a day.

They also must have insulin injections when they eat.

“I’ve lived with type-I since I was 8, so I don’t really remember anything else,” she said. “It’s not like I got used to one lifestyle and had this horrible event happen to me that changed the way I thought.”

She was contacted by Wildrose Kennels in Oxford to train Shadow. According to their website, www.uklabs. com, the company’s English Labradors are generally trained as hunting dogs. However, Wildrose Kennels is starting to train more dogs for diabetics after founding the Diabetic Alert Dog Foundation in 2009.

The foundation trains English Labs and educates peo-

ple on using them as helping dogs.

Experts are not sure how this occurs, but diabetes alert dogs can detect changes in blood sugar levels by scent.

“The trainers at Wildrose would carry a diabetic scent with them and they make it so they know when the dog should alert,” Dillon-Maginnis said.

Diabetic alert dogs are able to alert their owner with a signal.

For Dillon-Maginnis, Shadow licks her hand when she detects a change in her blood sugar.

“Eventually, we’d like to get it to the point where she licks my fingers when it’s high, and she nudges me when I’m low,” she said.

“Right now, it’s all licking and some nudging, which has happened before. She’ll wake me up by putting her paws on the bed or even jumping in the bed with me. It’s stressful, but this has to be done. I don’t feel sorry for her.”

Though there are many tools used to monitor diabetes, diabetic alert dogs allow diabetics to monitor their blood sugar without being as intrusive.

“It’s another injection site that you have to have on your body,” Dillon-Maginnis said.

“She has helped me have control over my diabetes.”

Dillon-Maginnis said she is enjoying having a dog that can go everywhere with her.

“This is fantastic,” DillonMaginnis said. “She’s allowed to go everywhere with me.

Federal law states that they can’t not admit her, so she gets to go to restaurants, movie theaters– anywhere.”

Shadow has also gone to work at the Burgundy Room with her.

“I don’t have a problem with Shadow being here,” John Allgood, general manager of Old Venice, said. “We’ve had helping dogs come and eat in the restaurant.”

Dillon-Maginnis is training Shadow so that she will be ready when she is sold or adopted.

“I’m going to be so upset when I have to give her up,” she said.

In the future, Dillon-Maginnis said she hopes to train more dogs.

Henderson said. “We got our own parking decals on the basis that we’d have our own parking. And the classrooms don’t have clocks in them yet.”

Gershon said he believes the students are just getting settled in and that whatever problems exist will be sorted out.

“Parking is an issue. This is a new part of campus for us, and I think our students are getting used

to it,” Gershon said. “But for the most part, I feel that while that’s a little bit of an annoyance, everybody’s happy to be here and we’ll figure that out.”

Regardless of any problems, the law students and faculty are proud of their new building, and Gershon encourages everyone from the University, not just law students, to come by and see the building for themselves.

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“The old rooms felt dungeonlike,” law student Patrick Henderson said. “The new building actually has windows in the classrooms.”

Things aren’t perfect in the building yet, though. Construction isn’t complete and some students have had problems with parking.

“The undergrads are taking up a lot of the spots in the parking lot,”

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Career fair prepares students for networking Campus News Editor

Student placement specialist Casey Cockrell said the best way to prepare for a career fair is to find out which companies are coming and to form an attack strategy.

“By doing research, you show the employer that you are interested in working for that company and not just looking for a random job,” Cockrell said. “It is very important to ask specific questions from your research. That shows that you are interested in the company.”

Students have a chance to test their career fair skills from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. today

at the The Inn at Ole Miss ballroom.

Cockrell said 41 companies are scheduled to be there, including employers involved in retail, pharmaceuticals, marketing, finance, health care and government. The career fair is for students of any classification.

“All students should come because some companies there will be offering internships,” Cockrell said. “And even if you are not looking for a job right away, it is always good to get on an employer’s radar screen.”

“If you show interest in advance, they will remember you. To them, you will be the motivated one.”

This year, the career fair will have a Mardi Gras theme: “Let the Good Careers Roll.”

“It will be fun, but at the same time, it will be professional,” Cockrell said. “It is a great opportunity to practice your networking skills.”

Cockrell said the career fair will help students explore the job market.

“Many may already know what they want, but some don’t know the specifics,” Cockrell said. “But by talking and understanding what companies do, it helps the student understand what to do to be competitive when they start looking for jobs.”

Once a student has talked to a company, Cockrell said

there are some important steps to help the student stand out.

“Afterwards, thank them for coming and get a business card,” Cockrell said.

“And when you get home that night, use it to contact them and thank them again for coming, either by mail or email. It is always a good idea to follow up.

“It helps them remember you, and you can always stay in touch and network. They can offer good advice or tell you about job opportunities.”

Cockrell said there are other questions that a student can ask an employer to improve his odds.

“What type of person is the

company looking for? What is the ideal candidate?” Cockrell said. “What are some upcoming company goals? Also, what type of training do they offer for candidates? Companies are looking for people who will stay a while and climb up the success ladder.”

The companies coming have managed well despite the economic downturn, Cockrell said.

“These are the companies that are doing well,” Cockrell said. “They are the ones who are able to send representatives to places like Ole Miss.”

For more information, including a complete list of employers attending, visit career. olemiss.edu.

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Rosenblatt recognized for advising accomplishment

BY STEPHANIE THOMAS The Daily Mississippian

Everyone needs a little help sometimes, especially college students dealing with academics.

When trouble is added into the mix, students need someone they can rely on.

This is when an adviser comes into play.

A bad adviser can be why even the best student is unable to graduate on time. A good adviser gets his advisees through four years of complicated course schedules.

But a great adviser, such as Cy Rosenblatt, does all of that and more.

Students and faculty agree when it comes to Rosenblatt’s expertise in advising.

This past year he was selected as one of two recipients of the University of Missisippi’s 2010 Excellence in Advising Award, along with Erin Miller, assistant to the dean in the Patterson School of Accountancy.

As an instructor in the political science department, Rosenblatt’s journey to Ole Miss and adviser stardom was out of the ordinary.

“It was actually my daughter who got me interested in teaching here,” Rosenblatt said. “She was an Ole Miss student and told me that I should come work for the University. I didn’t think they would want me due to the fact that I don’t have a Ph.D.” Before working as a professor at Ole Miss, Rosenblatt taught as an adjunct instructor at Belhaven University in Jackson and served two terms in the Mississippi State Senate.

Although he said he would have liked to spend more time in the world of politics, he has enjoyed his move to education.

“Even when I was in the state legislature, I had the idea that

later on in life I wanted to teach at a major university,” Rosenblatt said.

In fall 2004, Rosenblatt was hired as a part-time instructor at Ole Miss teaching Political Science 101. The next semester, as soon as the advising position opened up, the political science department asked Rosenblatt to fill it.

“We needed someone who was an expert to help us mentor the students,” Rosenblatt’s mentor John Bruce said. “We all benefit from his presence in this building.”

According to Rosenblatt, advising students consists of two basic principles: understanding the rules of the University as they relate to graduation requirements and developing an understanding and sensitivity to each student.

Rosenblatt’s approach is simple: Take it one step at a time.

“Understanding the rules of advising is a continual learning process, and I still make mistakes,” Rosenblatt said. “In the end, it all comes down to one question: What does the student want to do after graduation?”

The type of student also directly affects the ability for an adviser to offer solutions to different academic problems that trouble students.

According to Rosenblatt, there are three categories that most students fall into: high achiever, average and troubled.

High achievers know what they need to do to get from point A to point B, and they need very little advice.

Average students have an understanding of the requirements and are on the right track.

Troubled students are the ones who find themselves on academic probation, are suspended, or in some cases, are even dismissed.

Rosenblatt was shocked when he first found out about the award.

He knew he had been nominated, but never thought he would win.

He was not, however, surprised that Miller received the award as well.

“It was interesting that we got the same award because we attended the same church for a while, and our families are friends,” Rosenblatt said. “She’s an outstanding person.”

Rosenblatt said he feels blessed to be able to teach in this environment. The award, for Rosenblatt, was an added bonus.

Faculty in his field said the department would not run smoothly without him, Rosenblatt said he owes his success to their support.

“I was really humbled by the selection,” Rosenblatt said. “In the six years I have advised, I have relied heavily upon support within the political science department as well as from the College of Liberal Arts. They are the people who have held me up all these years.”

Although his staff is important, he said his job depends mostly on the students. It is his advisees’ opinion of him that matters most in the end. Students across campus speak well of Rosenblatt, so it is no surprise he walked away the victor.

“Professor Rosenblatt deserved this award, hands down,” Chip Phillips, senior political science major, said.

“He always puts his students needs before his own. His devotion makes him more than a deserving recipient.”

As one of Rosenblatt’s advisees, Phillips spoke from experience and considers Rosenblatt a friend.

Although Rosenblatt might be skeptical as to whether he deserved to win, it’s clear that students and faculty think otherwise.

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CLASS GRADE: WIDE-OUTS GET PERFECT MARKS

BY PAUL KATOOL & BENNETT HIPP The Daily Mississippian

The Offense Quarterback Signees: Makhail Miller, Zack Stoudt, Barry Brunetti While Maikhail Miller was the only high school quarterback that Ole Miss signed on signing day, there are two transfer quarterbacks that are considered members of the class. The first, Iowa Western Community College transfer Zack Stoudt, is a perfect fit for a balanced offensive scheme, possessing the skills to operate a pro-style, undercenter attack. The second, West Virginia transfer Barry Brunetti was one of the top-rated dualthreat quarterbacks coming out high school in 2010. Miller will likely grey-shirt, but Stoudt and Brunetti will compete for the starting spot with current Rebels Nathan Stanley and Randall Mackey. Stoudt and Brunetti bring different things to the table and give new offensive co-

ordinator David Lee some flexibility at the position.

Grade: B Wide Receiver Signees: Nickolas Brassell, Tobias Singleton, Donte Moncrief, TJ Worthy, Collins Moore If there’s one position where Houston Nutt and his staff hit a home run with, it is at the wide receiver position where Ole Miss signed Mississippi’s top three players at the position.

What makes the feat even more impressive is the fact that this year’s wide receiver class in the state might the best in recent history. In Nick Brassell, Tobias Singleton and Donte Moncrief, Nutt and staff have assembled a diversified receiving corps that are ready made for immediate playing time for recently hired wide receivers coach Gunter Brewer. And it gets better. TJ Worthy and Collins Moore are overshadowed by the aforementioned trio, but the two signees

have ample talent to make quick contributions to Ole Miss’ passing game.

Grade: A+ Running Back/Fullback Signees: No scholarship players The Rebels whiffed on their top – and only running back prospect – in Florida native Tre Mason who committed to Auburn last week. With Brandon Bolden and Enrique Davis graduating after next year, the sole tailback on Ole Miss’ roster will be speedster Jeff Scott, who hasn’t had the chance to be a featured back in the rough and tough Southeastern Conference. Expect the Rebels to sign a handful of running backs next year, with several of their top tailback targets for 2012 in the Memphis area. Ole Miss didn’t sign a fullback in this class, but did get a pledge from South Panola standout Taylor Rotenberry who will walk on and convert from defensive end to fullback.

Grade: DOffensive Line Signees: Aaron Morris, Justin Bell, Mitch Hall, Ethan Hutson In this year’s offensive line class, Ole Miss offensive line coach Mike Markuson has developed something he hasn’t had in the past: depth. Although the class consists of a stellar group of O-lineman, none of them will be depended on to come in and immediately compete for a starting spot – something that could not be said about last year’s Oline class. This does not mean, however, that the four lineman will not have an opportunity for playing time or potentially a starting spot. In Morris, the star of the offensive line class, the Rebels have a prospect who will likely play some guard a freshman and inherit one of the two tackle positions in the future.

Grade: A Tight End Signee: Jamal Mosley

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Nutt only signed one tight end in this year’s class, but he’s a good one. Jamal Mosley started his career at Oklahoma State, transferred to Northwest Mississippi Community College and has reached his final destination in Oxford. With only one tight end on the roster who received significant action last year, Mosley not only provides the Rebel offense with an instant impact pass catcher; he will also be a dependable blocker in the trenches.

Grade: A The Defense Defensive Tackle Signees: Uriah Grant, Gilbert Pena, Woodrow Hamilton Ole Miss badly needed to add depth and players at the defensive tackle position after losing Jerrell Powe, Lawon Scott and Ted Laurent to graduation.

Both Pena and Grant provide that instant impact. Pena is a run stuffing tackle while Grant is more of a pass rushing threat.

Hamilton is depth at the position and will contribute a year or two down the road.

Grade: B Defensive End Signees: Kameron Wood Ole Miss returns plenty of depth at the defensive end position with Carlos Thompson, Delvin Jones, Cameron Whigham, Gerald Rivers and others, so the position was not a huge priority in this 2011 class. Ole Miss did, however, go after Wood from the beginning. A good athlete, Wood is very solid against the run but needs to add size and strength.

Grade: BLinebacker Signees: Serderius Bryant, CJ Johnson, Keith Lewis, Marcus Mayers Ole Miss loses two starters from its 2010 team in Jonathan Cornell and Allen Walker. In response, the Rebels went out and signed one of the better line-

backer classes in the country. CJ Johnson is the star of the group and projects to play immediately. Keith Lewis has one of the better offer lists of any player that signed with Ole Miss, while Marcus Mayers is one of the more athletic linebackers in the Southeast. Serderius Bryant is an undersized linebacker at 5-foot-9, but put up ridiculous tackle numbers this past season at Seminole High School in Florida.

Grade: A Safety Signees: Cody Prewitt, Aaron Garbutt, Chief Brown, Ivan Nicholas Ole Miss has some need for depth at the safety position, and while the Rebels signed four players at the position, they will have to count on either Garbutt or Nicholas to provide an instant impact. Garbutt has the ability to play either safety position and is solid against the pass, while Nicholas is more of a physical, run stopper at the position. Prewitt is a great athlete, but it remains to be seen how he handles the translation from small private school ball to Southeastern Conference play.

Grade: C Defensive back Signees: Wesley Pendelton, Senquez Golson Ole Miss struggled badly with pass defense last season, and the Rebels set out to upgrade the cornerback position and did so. Pendelton is a junior college player who possess blazing speed and will be expected to step right in and play major minutes. If Golson surpasses the MLB draft, he will also have a shot at early playing time. Ole Miss lost out on Floyd Raven and Jermaine Whitehead, and those losses badly hurt Ole Miss.

The Rebels needed to land one or both of those backs to call this a truly good defensive back class.

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Jubilant Nutt touts signing day class

BY BENNETT HIPP The Daily Mississippian

Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt stepped up to the podium Wednesday afternoon at the indoor practice facility with a little spring in his step and a big grin on his face.

It was easy to tell that Nutt could barely contain his excitement about the recruiting class that the Rebels had just landed.

“If you told me last November we would have four U.S. Army All-Americans, which is a school record” Nutt said.

“If you’d have told me we were going to have the top five players in Mississippi and 12 Mississippi players that said they wanted to be Ole Miss Rebels...”

“As soon as the last whistle blew last season, we went to work. This is a great day,” Nutt said.

“There was a strong nucleus of Mississippians that wanted to come here and win a Southeastern Conference Championship.

That’s what’s exciting, especially, when we didn’t do that good on the field.”

That strong nucleus of Mississippians includes eight of the 12 Dandy Dozen players selected by The Clarion Ledger and some of the top players in the state, including CJ Johnson and Nick Brassell.

When the subject of Johnson was brought up, Nutt gushed about his new signee who had committed to Ole Miss a week previous after being committed to Mississippi State for over a year.

“Once he de-committed (from Mississippi State), CJ Johnson started recruiting our other guys,” Nutt said. “‘Hey, let’s stay in Mississippi.

Let’s win a championship right here.’ When it comes from CJ Johnson’s mouth, there’s a lot of guys that were listening,” Nutt

said.

Nutt then spoke about what Johnson brings on the field for the Rebels.

“If you look at him, he’s a very imposing figure. 6-foot-4, 235 and he can fly,” Nutt said. “He arrives in a bad mood, he’s fun to watch. CJ Johnson is so athletic and so very, very special.”

When talking about landing Johnson and the other elite players in Mississippi, Nutt showed much gratitude toward the mothers of the Mississippi recruits.

“I’ve got to give credit to the Mississippi mothers,” said Nutt.

“The living rooms that we’ve been in have just been awesome.”

“For example, Aaron Morris’ mother, she recruited other mothers. I wish the mothers were here, where you could see what I’m talking about, the heart that they have, the way they’ve raised their young men. It’s going to be a privilege to take the baton.”

Nutt was also ecstatic for the group of wide receivers Ole Miss was able to pull in for the 2011 class.

“This is one of the best group of receivers to ever come out of Mississippi,” Nutt said. “Tobias Singleton, Nickolas Brassell, Donte Moncrief. To get those three guys from in-state, and then to get guys like TJ Worthy and Collins Moore really helped us there. It’s the most explosive group of wide receivers we’ve ever signed here.

We’ve got to get the ball to the wide-outs.”

All in all this was a fantastic class for Ole Miss, filling needs across the board and bringing in talent that will be ready to help from the day they arrive on campus.

“We’re going to tell them all to be able to come in and play,” Nutt said.

“There’s good competition. It’s going to be interesting. I’m excited about it.”

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Nutt defies odds to land Mississippi recruiting title

BY PAUL KATOOL Sports Editor

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In the aftermath of national signing day, I would like to play a simple matching game with the loyal readers of the Daily Mississippian sports page.

It is simple: Match Team A and Team B with either signing day result, One or Two. Team A: Team A has just finished its worst season under a veteran coach, including a season-opening loss at the hands of a Football Championship Series opponent. The team won only a single conference game and, once again, lost to its in-state rival. To top things off, Team A had the worst statistical defensive year in its history.

Team B: After years of futility, Team B nearly knocks off the eventual national champion while giving the eventual Heisman Trophy winner plenty of problems. The team defeats two traditional conference heavyweights in Georgia and Florida before blowing out one of college football’s most historic teams in a New Year’s Day bowl.

Signing Day Result One: This signing day result includes eight members of the 2010 Dandy Dozen list of players, 10 signees who earned All-American honors as seniors and best of all, the top-five players in the state of Mississippi.

The consensus top-25 class came to fruition thanks to the top two players in the state switching their commitments from the team’s in-state rivals.

Signing Day Result Two: Despite a strong start to the class in the fall, things fell apart for this signing day class. Not only did a handful of players back out of their commitment to the Please Drink Repsonsibly

class within the last month or so, but several players considered being part of this class also chose other schools on national signing day.

Anyone with an ounce of reading comprehension skills would have matched Team A with Signing Day Result Two and Team B with Signing Day Result One. However, anyone who followed recruiting in the state of Mississippi this year would know that things turned out the other way.

Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt, despite a 4-8 season in 2010 and a rival in Mississippi

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Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt, despite a 4-8 season in 2010 and a rival in Mississippi State that had its best year in recent memory, recruited up a storm and on national signing day Wednesday claimed the mythical in-state recruiting title over Dan Mullen and the Bulldogs.

State that had its best year in recent memory, recruited up a storm and on national signing day Wednesday claimed the mythical in-state recruiting title over Dan Mullen and the Bulldogs.

What makes this even more significant is the fact that Mullen spent much of his time traveling the state of Mississippi to tell anyone and everyone that he planned on locking up the state recruiting-wise.

In the beginning, Mullen seemed prophetic before things turned sour for the outspoken coach.

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a linebacker expected to be the cornerstone of State’s recruiting class, had few good things to say about Ole Miss.

He was once quoted as saying that it would take more than one recruiting class to turn the historically bad 2010 Rebel defense around.

But when former MSU defensive coordinator Manny Diaz left for Texas, Johnson reopened his recruitment and ended up joining the majority of Mississippi’s blue chip recruits at Ole Miss.

And that was just the beginning of the recruiting woes for the Bulldogs. Nick Brassell, a talented wide receiver and the No. 2 prospect in the state, switched from MSU to the Rebels and fellow wide receiver Tobias Singleton picked Ole Miss after being a one-time State lean.

There were, however, some disappointments for the Rebels on national signing day. The only running back targeted by Nutt, Tre Mason, chose Auburn as did Greenwood cornerback Jermaine Whitehead– a player at a position of need for Ole Miss. Arguably the biggest shocker came when Louisiana cornerback Floyd Raven signed with Texas A&M after revelations that his mother forged his Ole Miss letter of intent.

But in the end, Wednesday was a success for Nutt and staff.

While the Rebels didn’t sign who they thought they would in the secondary, Ole Miss did sign perhaps its best wide receiver class in recent history and signed a franchise defensive player in Johnson.

So in a year when Ole Miss did not perform well on the field and lost to Mississippi State, Nutt won at least one battle – on national signing day – to it’s in-state rival.

When Nutt was at Arkansas, fans of the team bashed the veteran coach for being what they called a mediocre recruiter.

But on Wednesday, national signing day, Nutt both put the coach at the school down south on alert and put the accusations of the Fayetteville faithful to rest.

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Maikhail Miller quarterback Scout.com: three stars Rivals.com: three stars Vitals: 6-foot-3, 235 pounds members of the ClarionMiller is the only high school Ledger Dandy Dozen quarterback Ole Miss took signed by Ole Miss and in this class, and while he is MSU, respectively raw, he possesses great potential. An intimidating 6-foot-3, states represented in 235-pounds, Miller is surpristhis year’s class ingly mobile and will be able to run a little bit for the Rebels.

He has great arm strength and number of wide the ability to complete almost receivers in the class any pass when needed. Miller recorded over 1,600 passing yards and over 1,100 rushing yards during his senior camarmy all-Americans paign, with 36 total touchdowns.

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spot and as a defensive end in some sets. Simply put, he is a franchise player that you can build a defense around. Expectations for Johnson, an Army All-American and Dandy Dozen selection are sky high, as he has been compared favorably to former Rebel Patrick Willis.

Keith Lewis linebacker Freedom High School (Fla.) Scout.com: eee Rivals.com: eee Vitals: 6-foot-2, 215 pounds Lewis’ signature is the result of a strong recruiting pipeline that Nutt and staff have built in the blue chip laden Sunshine State – think Dexter McCluster, Jeff Scott and Charles Sawyer. The outside linebacker’s offer sheet reads like a Who’s Who list of some of the country’s top “name schools” and includes Auburn, Tennessee and Nebraska among others.

Lewis was coveted by Nutt and his staff and it wouldnot be surprising to see him make an impact for Tyrone Nix’s defense in the fall.

Marcus Mayers linebacker Taylorsville High School Scout.com: eee Rivals.com: eee Vitals: 6-foot-2, 195 pounds One of eight Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen commitments the Rebels landed on signing day, Mayers is another stud in a fantastic linebacker class for Ole Miss. Mayers, known for his physical play, will line up at outside linebacker for the

Donte Moncrief wide receiver Raleigh High School Scout.com: four stars Rivals.com: four stars Vitals: 6-foot-2, 200 pounds Ask any Mississippi recruit about their signing with Ole Miss, and the conversation will likely include Moncrief, the most active recruiter for the Rebels outside of Nutt and his staff. While Brassell and Singleton are the shifty wideouts in the class, Moncrief – who has afterburners as well – is a bigger, more physical target. Wide receivers coach Gunter Brewer, who covets big receiving targets, has to be hoping for a Justin Blackmon redux in Moncrief.

Collins Moore wide receiver Bob Jones High School (Ala.) Scout.com: eee Rivals.com: eee Vitals: 6-foot-2, 185 pounds While the trio of Brassell, Moncrief and Singleton get all the hype at wide receiver, Moore is nevertheless a quality signee who will augment the position for new Ole Miss offensive coordinator David Lee. At 6-foot2, Moore is another tall receiver who will be counted on in the red zone down the road for the Rebels.

Philander Moore wide receiver/return specialist Blinn College (Kansas) Scout.com: ee Rivals.com: eee Vitals: 5-foot-8, 185 pounds Moore wins the award for the best name out of Ole Miss’ 2011 class, and he also might win the award for the speediest player the Rebels signed this year. He committed to Utah, but switched to Ole Miss after UM coach Houston Nutt got personally involved with his recruitment. Moore will likely be used primarily as a kickoff

and punt returner so that last year’s returner, Jeff Scott, can focus on purely being a running back. The junior college transfer – who has three year to play at Ole Miss – will also be used some at receiver and in the speed sweep game.

Aaron Morris offensive tackle Callaway High School Scout.com: eee Rivals.com: eeee Vitals: 6-foot-5, 310 pounds Morris is the best offensive line prospect in the state of Mississippi for this 2011 class, and Ole Miss had to fight off both Mississippi State and Alabama to garner his signature.

Projected as an offensive tackle at 6-foot-5, 310-pounds, Morris could see some time at guard this fall with the tackle positions set and the amount of talent that he has. Morris adds to an already young and talented offensive line that projects to be a strength for Ole Miss in the coming years. A Dandy Dozen selection from Callaway High School, Morris is another top instate prospect headed to Oxford.

Jamal Mosley tight end Oklahoma State, Northwest Mississippi Community College Scout.com: eee Rivals.com: eee Ole Miss recruited Mosley hard in the 2008 class, although they came up short for his services as he signed with Oklahoma State. The Rebels got a second shot at Mosley when he ended up in junior college at NWCC and Ole Miss made sure to land him this time. The 6-foot-4, 250-pound Mosley provided a pass catching threat at the tight end position that Ole Miss has sorely the needed the past few seasons. Mosley is an intriguing weapon that new offensive coordinator David Lee has at his disposal. Expect Mosley to receive early playing time in the fall.

Ivan Nicholas safety ASA - The College for Excellence (N.Y.) Scout.com: ee Rivals.com: eee Vitals: 5-foot-11, 195 pounds The Rebels’ defense last year was both slow and ineffective.

The solution? Bring in junior college players who have the speed and talent ala Nicholas to neutralize the fast, disciplined defenses that the Southeastern Conference is known for. If nothing else, Nicholas has the right pedigree: his older brother Stephen plays for the Atlanta Falcons.

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lence (N.Y.) Scout.com: eee Rivals.com: eee Vitals:6-foot-4, 315 pounds Pena, a junior college product out of ASA junior college in New York was a major get for Ole Miss. After losing defensive tackles Jerrell Powe, Ted Laurent, and Lawon Scott, Ole Miss badly needed some instant impact players at the position.

At 6-foot-4 315 pounds, Pena is the prototypical run-stuffing defensive tackle. He signed his letter of intent and is already taking classes at Ole Miss. Expect him to receive a good bit of playing time this fall.

Wesley Pendelton cornerback Copiah-Lincoln Community College (Miss.)

Scout.com: eee Rivals.com: eee Vitals: 5-foot-11, 180 pounds Another junior college transfer, this time from CopiahLincoln junior college, Pendelton is another player that was brought in to provide some instant impact at his position.

He possesses elite speed, and that speed combined with his 5-foot-11, 175 pound frame makes Pendelton a good candidate to see time in the secondary early for the Rebels. With Pendelton joining blossoming star Charles Sawyer at defensive back, expect the Rebels pass defense to improve in 2011.

Cody Prewitt safety Sylva Bay Academy Scout.com: eee Rivals.com: eeee Prewitt is the only Ole Miss signee who played private school ball in Mississippi, but he more than proved himself worthy. While at Sylva Bay Academy, Prewitt stood out as the best athlete on the field and put up the gaudy numbers to match. He tallied over 3,200 yards of total offense along with a ridiculous 41 touchdowns, while also racking up over 120 tackles and eight interceptions on the defensive side of the ball.

Prewitt was named First Team All-State and was also a Dandy Dozen selection. Prewitt projects to play safety, where his elite athleticism and 6-foot-3, 205-pound frame make him a great fit in the defensive backfield. It remains to be seen how Prewitt handled the jump from private school ball to the Southeastern Conference, but he has all the tools to become a very good player for the Rebels.

Tobias Singleton wide receiver Madison Central High School Scout.com: eeee Rivals.com: eeee Vitals: 6-foot-2, 190 pounds Singleton is the just the latest in a long list of Madison Cen-

tral Alums who have donned the Harvard crimson and Yale blue of the Ole Miss Rebels – he joins MC teammates Bryon Bennett and Carlton Martin who signed with Ole Miss last year. In a packed wide receiver class that includes wideouts with varied skill sets, Singleton is known for his straight-line speed ala former Rebel and current Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Mike Wallace. Expect Singleton to see the playing field and possibly start for new receivers coach Gunter Brewer in the fall.

Zack Stoudt quarterback Louisville, Iowa Western Community College Scout.com: ee Rivals.com: eee Vitals: 6-foot-5 225 pounds Add Stoudt, who played at Lousville as a true freshman before transferring to junior college, to the now-crowded list of quarterbacks on Ole Miss’ roster. Stoudt can be counted on to work out of either a prostyle offense with drop backs and play action or in a spread attack featuring shotgun sets and plenty of passing. YouTube has a video of Stoudt throwing a 75 yard spiral into a net in his second attempt – meaning the signal caller not only has an arm, but is accurate at the same time.

Kameron Wood defensive end John Carroll High School (Ala.) Scout.com: eee Rivals.com: eee Vitals: 6-foot-4, 220 pounds Wood was the talk of the recruiting world back in September when he committed to the Rebels. The prototypical pass rusher made sure that everyone knew he was planning on committing to Mississippi State at a ceremony at John Carroll High School – even telling reporters and close friends he was going to be a Bulldog – but that was just part of an elaborate joke.

Kam, the only defensive end taken in the Rebels’ 2011 class, picked up the Ole Miss hat and the rest, as they say, is history.

TJ Worthy wide receiver Gadsden City High School (Ala.) Scout.com: eee Rivals.com: eee Vitals: 6-foot-2, 180 pounds Worthy rocks both a mean goatee and a ton of talent at the wide receiver position. Like Moore, Worthy might be overlooked by recruitniks in favor of the Rebels’ “name” signees at receiver, but he has the talent to be in the receiver rotation as a true freshman. The Alabama native returned kicks in high school and although a taller target, possesses plenty of shifty moves.

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sion to commit to the Rebels.

The Hall family’s strong relationship with UM coach Houston Nutt was also a factor. Matt is projected to play a tackle for Ole Miss and is known for his physical presence and excellent run-blocking skills.

Woodrow Hamilton Raleigh High School Scout.com: eee Rivals.com: eee Vitals: 6-foot-3, 275 pounds The 6-foot-3, 275 pound Hamilton committed to Ole Miss over Mississippi State during the summer and was the only high school defensive tackle the Rebels took in this 2011 class. He is the cousin of fellow Ole Miss signee Donte Moncrief, and both played their high school ball at Raleigh High School. Hamilton battled injuries during his senior season but still recorded over 60 tackles. He will be one to watch out for in a year or two as a main part of the Rebels defensive tackle rotation.

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South Panola wide receiver Nickolas Brassell signs with the Ole Miss Rebels on Wednesday morning. Brassell is the seventh best receiver in the nation according to Rivals.com and Scout.com.

BY PAUL KATOOL & BENNETT HIPP The Daily Mississippian

Justin Bell offensive lineman Callaway High School Scout.com: eee Rivals.com: eee Vitals: 6-foot-3, 320 pounds Bell might not be as highly touted as his Callaway teammate, Aaron Morris, but he possesses all of the tools to be a dependable Division I offensive lineman. He is expected to play center, a position that Ole Miss already has several dependable players at and will likely red shirt to provide quality depth for the future.

Nickolas Brassell wide receiver South Panola High School Scout.com: eeee Rivals.com: eeee vitals: 6-foot, 175 pounds Ole Miss received news of Brassell’s intention to sign with the Rebels early Wednesday morning when the talented wide receiver inked with the University of Mississippi at his high school. If it were not for CJ Johnson, Brassell would surely be the top signee in the Rebels’ class. Because the Rebels lost out on two of their top cornerback recruits on national signing day, do not be surprised if Brassell ends up on defense, where he excelled at South Panola.

Chelarvez “Chief ” Brown safety Winona High School Scout.com: eee Rivals.com: eee Vitals: 6-foot-2, 190 pounds Chief committed to Ole Miss early in the process and never wavered from his commitment.

A dual-threat player at Winona High school, Brown ran for over 2,000 yards at running back and recorded 61 tackles with 8 interceptions on the defensive side of the ball. Brown is projected to play safety for the Rebels, although a shot at running back is not out of the question.

Serderius Bryant linebacker Seminole High School (Fla.) Scout.com: eee Rivals.com: eee Vitals: 5-foot-10, 202 pounds At under 6 feet, it would be easy to dismiss Bryant because of his small stature, but that would be a grave error. What Bryant lacks in size he makes up for in aggressiveness and speed, similar to current Ole Miss linebacker Joel Kight.

It was not uncommon for the linebacker to rack up doubledigit tackles at Seminole High School, and he will get his shot to make that same kind of impact in UM defensive coordinator Tyrone Nix’s blitz-heavy scheme in the fall.

Aaron Garbutt defensive back Westminster High School (Calif.), Fullerton Community College (Calif.)

Scout.com: ee Rivals.com: eee Vitals: 6-foot-3, 215 pounds Garbutt was another reactionary signee for Houston Nutt and staff after a season in which the Rebels looked downright awful in the secondary.

While Garbutt’s size would lead one to believe that he is a natural safety, there have been whispers that he might get a shot at cornerback where he would match up with the oppositions most physically imposing receiver. Look for Garbutt to make an immediate impact in the secondary for Tyrone Nix’s defense.

Senquez Golson cornerback Pascagoula High School Scout.com: eee Rivals.com: eeee Vitals: 6-foot, 180 pounds Golson is a two-sport star coming out of Pascagoula High School, and will play both football and baseball at Ole Miss.

Golson was a Dandy Dozen member and also played in the Offense/Defense All-American Bowl. A true all-around corner, he saw schools shy away from throwing to his side of the field this past season, a sign of Golson’s talent at the position. Golson is a Major League Baseball

draft risk, and projects to go in the early rounds, so Ole Miss will have to wait until August to see if they will get the talented corner on campus.

Uriah Grant defensive tackles Everglades High School (Fla.), Eastern Kentucky, Fullerton Community College (Calif.)

Scout.com: eee Rivals.com: eee Vitals: 6-foot-1, 280 pounds Grant committed to Ole Miss during the Rebels big recruiting weekend of Jan. 21-23, and was a huge grab for the Rebels. A 6-foot-1, 280 pounder out of Fullerton Community College, Grant is a different kind of defensive tackle than Gilbert Pena.

He has a quick first step and will provide some pass rush from the position as well as some run stopping. Grant projects to play early as well as he only has two years to play. He was thought to be the top defensive tackle on the Rebels board. Ole Miss held off a late charge from Miami to land Grant.

Mitch Hall offensive lineman Russellville High School (Ark.) Scout.com: eee Rivals.com: eee Vitals: 6-foot-6, 330 pounds Mitch joins his brother and fellow offensive lineman Matt Hall at Ole Miss. Matt transferred from Arkansas and had much to do with Mitch’s deci-

Ethan Hutson offensive lineman Destrehan High School (La.) Scout.com: eee Rivals.com: eee Vitals: 6-foot-4, 295 pounds Huston, one of four Army All-Americans in Ole Miss’s 2011 class, is an interesting case in that his father Mark Hutson is the offensive line coach at Tulane, a team the Rebels defeated this past year. The combination of Mark thinking it best to not coach his son and the Hutson family’s strong relationship with Houston Nutt resulted in the Rebels being the beneficiary of the talented offensive lineman’s signature. Ethan played center at the Army All-American game but will likely move inside to play guard at Ole Miss.

CJ Johnson Philadelphia High School Scout.com: eeee Rivals.com: eeeee Vitals: 6-foot-2, 235 Johnson is the biggest coup in recent years for Ole Miss recruiting. After being committed to in-state rival Mississippi State for over a year, the Army All-American Johnson opened his recruitment back up after Mississippi State defensive coordinator Manny Diaz left for Texas. Ole Miss swooped in and landed the talented linebacker, who is considered by many to be the top player in the state of Mississippi. At 6-foot3, 235-pounds, Johnson will compete for playing time the minute he arrives in Oxford.

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