The Daily Mississippian - March 02, 2011

W

e d n e s d a y

, M

a r c h

1911 2011

2, 2011 | V

T H E

o l

. 100, N

o

. 94

D A I L Y

MISSISSIPPIAN

Celebrating Our Hundredth Year | The Student Newspaper

of

The University

of

M i ss i ss i p p i | S e r v i n g O l e M i ss

and

Oxford

since

Aldermen express concern about the proposed hospital location

BY LANCE INGRAM City News Editor

Concerns about building a new hospital were discussed at yesterday’s Board of Aldermen meeting.

Several Aldermen expressed concern over the current location the hospital is considering outside of city limits along Highway 6.

John Morgan, Alderman At Large, and Janice Antonow. Alderman of Ward 3, said they are concerned with the proposed location and would like the hospital to consider other locations.

“I’m going to have to take a little bit different of a spin on it because in a 50 to 75-year plan, but I can see how things, partially, that there are better locations but I don’t want to substitute my judgement in this situation for theirs,” Mayor Pat Patterson said.

In Friday’s Oxford Eagle, a group of Oxford residents placed an insert in the paper drawing concern to the proposed location for the aldermen and Lafayette County Board of Supervisors to consider.

w w w . t h e d mo n l i n e . com

this week FORD CENTER

SWAN LAKE The Russian National Ballet is bringing its acclaimed production of “Swan Lake” to the University of Mississippi’s Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts for one show March 4.

With music by Tchaikovsky, “Swan Lake” is based on a German fairy tale and follows the heroic young Prince Siegfried as he labors to free the delicately beautiful swan maiden, Odette, from an evil sorcerer’s spell.

8 p.m. March 4 $20 Mezzanine/ Balcony (Gen. Adm.) Orchestra/Parterre tickets are sold out.

FORREST SMITH | The Daily Mississippian

“We are respectfully requesting that you not commit our community to a memorandum of understanding or any agreement that transfers ownership and/or control of our hospital and Certificate of Need assets without first verifying that the hospital will be located in a place that serves our community with proximity to our schools and elderly,” the letter said.

The group also requested that the hospital provide alternate

access points by multiple roads, Pope Mallette, the city attorproximity to multiple fire sta- ney, said he has sent the revised tions and police station and that draft of the memorandum to the is not beyond Oxford’s city lim- hospital with the understanding its. that they resolve the audits so “I think we all agree that we the sufficient changes that need can’t tell them where to go, there to be made can be. are some considerations and it He said he expects the county will change the dynamics of Ox- will look at the issue and either ford,” Ernest “E.O.” Oliver, Al- approve it or not during their derman of Ward two, said. “We next meeting next week. have to consider things that will The two parts in considerbe down the road whether it be See HOSPITAL, PAGE 5 10, 20 or 30 years.”

Mascot photo leaked

Double Decker preparations underway

BY MALLORY SIMERVILLE The Daily Mississippian

A photo taken in the office of Michael Thompson, senior associate athletics director for communications and marketing, shows the mascot costume for the Rebel Black Bear. The photo circulated on the Internet Monday night, and it is currently unknown who took the photo. A call to Thompson was not returned by press time.

See theDMonline for updates as they become available.

From this...

1911 |

About 55,000 residents throughout the South will find themselves in Oxford on April 29 and 30 for the 16th Annual Double Decker Art Festival.

The event is hosted by the Oxford Convention and Visitors Bureau and will be stretched throughout two days and feature a headlining musical guest.

Musical guests will appear Friday night, with an admission fee. The price has yet to be determined.

The main event will take place Saturday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., with no admission fee, and will feature many art vendors, food vendors and the children’s Square Fair.

“We are planning on having a bigger music headline that’s still in the works, but we haven’t con-

firmed anything yet,” said Mary Allyn Roulhac, tourism manager at the Oxford Convention and Visitors Bureau.

The musical line-up has not yet been determined but will feature music from a broad range of genres including bluegrass, jazz, gospel, blues, country, folk, zydeco and regional rock-and-roll groups.

The art vendors for the event have already been selected, and can be found on the website.

Roulhac said the vendors each bring a following from their cities and states. The food vendors have yet to be posted, and will be limited by food category.

Saturday is known to bring families with its free admission.

For the kids, the Square Fair, sponsored by the Mississippi Arts

inside NEWS

JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

LIFESTYLES

ALBUM REVIEW

SPORTS

TENNIS BEATS MEMPHIS

See DOUBLE DECKER, PAGE 4

to this...

Six Month Smiles

in only SIX MONTHS!

Cosmetic Braces System

Steve Wooten, DDS

1605 University

theoxfordcenter.com

281-8455

no representation is made that the quality of services performed is greater than the quality of services performed by other dentists

OPINION O P IN I O N |

3 . 2 . 11

| T H E DA ILY M I S S I S S IP P I A N | PAG E 2

Love always wins...or does it?

BY ANDREW DICKSON Columnist

Over the weekend, Rob Bell – author, public speaker, and pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids, MI – and his publisher announced that his new book, Love Wins: A Book about Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived, would be released March 29.

Publisher Harper Collins released the following Saturday to help publicize the book: “In Love Wins, Bell addresses one of the most controversial issues of faith – the afterlife – arguing that a loving God would never sentence human souls to eternal suffering. With searing insight, Bell puts hell on trial, and his message is decidedly optimistic.”

Though we all know to never judge a book by its cover, Bell’s latest publication has been met with suspicion from some well known theologians (including John Piper) and vitriol from a more outspoken crowd, which includes Christian blogger Justin Taylor.

Despite not having yet read the book, Taylor charged Bell with being a “universalist” and went on to say, “It is unspeakably sad when those called to be ministers of the Word distort the gospel and deceive the people of God with false doctrine.”

Taylor later clarified (after re-emphasizing the fact that he is yet to read the book) his thoughts saying, “If Bell is teaching that hell is empty and that you can reject Jesus and still be saved, he is opposing the gospel and the biblical teaching of Jesus Christ. You may think that’s judgmental to say that; I think it’s being faithful.”

Perhaps it’s easier to out someone as “opposing the Gospel and the biblical teaching of Jesus Christ” when you’re playing the “being faithful” card, but the fact that Taylor is belittling Bell’s theology without having read the entire book remains.

Convictions are a greater foe of truth than lies – even if Bell’s theology is spot on it will still be written off by most exclusivists,

and flippancy towards the beliefs and ideals of another is the ultimate sign of disrespect.

In fact, I argue that one of the reasons the church finds the younger generation shying away from the religion is because when they approach in earnest with difficult questions surrounding their faith they are often met by authoritative figures who serve to tell them the dangers of having thought up such thoughts. Rob Bell is free to write books until his hands fall off; if he has poetic justice in store for him, let poetic justice take care of it.

But here’s where I play Devil’s Advocate: The Bible isn’t exactly black and white on most subjects – Hell included. Sure, Dante Alighieri gave everyone a decent template to think about in the 14th Century, but that vivid depiction of torment and suffering is missing in the Hebrew Bible and there are many ways to interpret the New Testament’s teachings on eternal punish-

ment.

What’s more, for centuries some have made the case that when Paul said Christ died for all, he meant it, whether the “all” knew or even cared – giving credence to the “all-merciful” angle.

But the fact is that for one to label his or her self a “universalist,” an “exclusivist,” or almost any other form of “-ist” there is, you have to put a big emphasis on some parts of the scripture and ignore (or attempt to explain away) textual challenges to your theology.

To put it lightly, there are parts of the Bible that are ambiguous and unclear – and it’s not always easy to harmonize the same themes all the way from Genesis to Revelation. Taking on such a text requires patience and the willingness to keep yourself from dismissing those who disagree with you – those people often have a lot to teach you.

Don’t judge a book by its cover – you never know what’s hidden underneath.

Don’t judge a book by its cover

BY ADAM GANUCHEAU Columnist

T H E

This quotation has been drilled into our brains since we could talk. However, I have only recently come to realize the convenient truth of this maxim.

Each semester, we walk into a new classroom in anticipation of finding out the true persona of our new professors.

Take my story, for example.

At the start of this semester, I found myself intimidated by one of my professors in particular. He immediately introduced himself with a monotone but intriguing voice.

He was obviously a traditional, strict teacher that put a heavy emphasis on critical thinking and class discussion.

I thought to myself, “Oh no, this is going to be a very long semester.” As the semester has progressed, I have started to realize that this teacher is not just strict, but he is good — really, really good.

Never have I had a professor that is so prepared for class

and that genuinely knows the information which he is trying to present. This past weekend, I was speaking to a mentor who is about 60 years old and lives in California. He recommended a book to me that was written by a professor at Ole Miss.

I looked the book up online, and I was floored. My professor, the same man who I had prematurely judged and determined that I would not like, had written the book — a book in which the subject is very interesting and significant to me.

At the beginning of the semester, if I had done a simple Google search of my professor’s name, I would have discovered this incredible occurrence and possibly have done better in the course up to this point. Instead, I judged him and have not been interested.

At Ole Miss and most other universities in the country, students have put a metaphor-

ical barrier between us and our professors. It’s time we break down those barriers to further increase our learning.

After all, that is what we are at college for, right?

Research your professors before you go to their class.

I did last week, and was very surprised at what I found. Of my five professors, I have a world-renowned journalist, a local and national journalism guru, a teacher who graduated from UNC in 3 years, a published historian and a musical virtuoso.

Ole Miss is full of prestigious professors that have done remarkable things. Should it not be our duty to learn a little more about who they are or what they have done?

I can attest to the fact that in many cases we will be exposed to this new path of learning.

Since I learned that my professor wrote this amazing book, I have been inspired to be more attentive to everything he has

D A I L Y

MISSISSIPPIAN

The Daily Mississippian is published daily Monday through Friday during the academic year.

The University of Mississippi S. Gale Denley Student Media Center 201 Bishop Hall

Contents do not represent the official opinions of the university or The Daily Mississippian unless specifically indicated.

Main Number: 662.915.5503 Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Letters are welcome, but may be edited for clarity, space or libel.

ISSN 1077-8667

to say in class, which has allowed me to learn more and make better grades.

We are on one of the most personalized campuses in the United States. It is almost unnatural to not get to know our professors just because of the state we live in. If nothing else, tell your professors you enjoy their class as you leave the classroom for the day. They deserve at least that.

Can you imagine what our campus would be like if we knew our professors enough to hold a conversation with them outside of the classroom setting? It would be the most comfortable place to attend college in the world.

It’s time, Ole Miss. It’s time to realize that our professors are people, not robotic figures that are out to make us fail their classes. Get to know your professors, and you will greatly benefit in the classroom and life in general — I guarantee it.

The Daily Mississippian welcomes all comments.

Please send a letter to the editor addressed to The Daily Mississippian, 201 Bishop Hall, University, MS, 38677 or send an e-mail to dmeditor@gmail.com.

Letters should be typed, double-spaced and no longer than 300 words. Third party letters and those bearing pseudonyms, pen names or “name withheld” will not be published. Publication is limited to one letter per individual per calendar month.

Student submissions must include grade classification and major. All submissions must be turned in at least three days in advance of date of desired publication.

CAROLINE LEE editor-in-chief EMILY ROLAND managing editor LANCE INGRAM city news editor CAIN MADDEN campus news editor VICTORIA BOATMAN enterprise editor AMELIA CAMURATI opinion editor EMILY CEGIELSKI lifestyles editor PAUL KATOOL sports editor ADDISON DENT photography editor KATIE RIDGEWAY design editor WILL GROSSENBACHER copy chief

PATRICK HOUSE business manager GEORGE BORDELON KEATON BREWER DUSTIN MAUFFRAY ALEX PENCE

account executives

ROBBIE CARLISLE KELSEY DOCKERY LIBBI HUFF SARA LOWREY

creative assistants

S. GALE DENLEY STUDENT MEDIA CENTER:

PATRICIA THOMPSON director and faculty adviser ARVINDER SINGH KANG manager of media technology DYLAN PARKER creative/technical supervisor DARREL JORDAN chief engineer MELANIE WADKINS advertising manager STEPHEN GOFORTH broadcast manager DARCY DAVIS administrative assistant

O P IN I O N |

3 . 2 . 11

| T H E DA ILY M I S S I S S IP P I A N | PAG E 3

Eliza Listens 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, Hello Eliza, my name is Dan and I’ve been dating this girl for about two months long-distance; she goes to University of Georgia and I’m here.

We went to high school together and over the years stayed in touch. We usually text a few times during the day to see what’s going on and then we’ll talk on the phone some nights out of the week.

Lately thought the distance has been getting to me. My friends talked to me about this before and warned me that it might ruin our relationship, but I don’t want it to. I really like her and want it to work, I’m even going to see her over spring break to visit her and some of our mutual friends.

What else can we do to make this work?

-Dan

Dear Dan, Long distance relationships aren’t for everyone, but the ones who make it work usually end up with a stronger relationship in the long run.

One of the most significant inventions to assist long distance relationships is Skype.

Being able to not only hear the person’s voice but also see their face, despite how many miles are between you, really helps.

I have a friend who kept his relationship romantic by writing letters to each other. You know, on paper instead of via the Internet.

A surprise in the middle of someone’s day reminds them that you’re thinking about them even when you don’t have time to correspond.

In order to keep going strong, no matter what you do, you

have to remember while this might be hard on you, it’s just as hard on her as well.

One of you might have an off day, and that can be frustrating, but it happens, even with couples who aren’t in long distance relationships. Try to set aside a certain amount of time each week where both of you are free to sit down and have a virtual conversation.

When you have some down time, send her a random link or video that reminds you of her.

Remember not to overload her though; you’re both busy.

The biggest thing is to just be patient and flexible with each other and know that it’s not always going to be easy. Good luck! xoxo, Eliza -----Dear Eliza,

Truman Scholarship Workshop For change agents now interested in working in the public sector in the future

Today at 4:00 p.m.

Room 311 Honors College

REBEL RADIO —92.1 fm —

For information or for assistance related to a disability, contact onsa@olemiss.edu

Office of National Scholarship Advisement

ILD W WEDNESDAY

ebel RTHURSDAY

MEDIUM

SMALL

1-TOPPING

On Line Code MED1TOP

4

$

99

MINIMUM DELIVERY $7.99 deep dish extra not valid with other offers

10” PIZZA MINIMUM OF 3 FOR DELIVERY On Line Code REBEL

3

$

99

MINIMUM DELIVERY $7.99 not valid with other offers

the

“BIG DEAL” Friday

LARGE

1-TOPPING

4

$

99

MINIMUM DELIVERY $7.99

My sorority just had a date party, and I invited this guy that I’ve been crushing on for like a year.

Things were off to a great start, but I had a little too much to drink and made a complete fool out of myself. My friends all said that I said some pretty rude things to him and I was comparing him to past dates that I have had.

I was trying to make him see that he was the best date that I’ve had so far, but I guess it came out the wrong way.

He’s really mad at me and I want to fix things. Should I write an apology note? Help!

What should I do?

-Fudged up Dear Fudged up, I think you need to apologize, and if he accepts your apology, then good, but don’t expect

anything else.

Give him time and space to know that you are genuine when you say sorry and leave it at that. If he begins to talk to you again, remember that you are no longer in the relationship zone, so you have to treat him almost as if he is an acquaintance and take it a step at a time and starting over as much as you can.

If he does not accept your apology, don’t beat yourself up about it. You have to just accept that and let it go and say I messed up and I admitted it, I apologized for what I did, and that is all you can do.

You can’t control anything more, but you know that you did your part and tried to see what could have happened.

Hope this helps! xoxo, Eliza

DA VI NAILS

open sund

12pm - 6pay! m - A Professional Nail Salon -

Something special for Spring Break!

Full set comes with Pedicure - Free French Manicure!

662-236-6279

Mon. - Sat. 9-7 Walk-in or Appointments

Inside Wal-Mart Supercenter

SPA - Manicure SPA - Pedicure UV - Gel Solar Nail

VIP Charter Transporation Concerts

Restaurants

21st Birthdays

Casino Trips

Advanced Reservations 662.822.8726

662-236-3030

Dominos.com 1603 W. JACKSON AVE.

It’s Basketball Playoffs!

Check online and see when your team is playing

Come by Turner 212 or call 915-5573 for more info

NEWS NEWS |

3 . 2 . 11

| T H E DA ILY M I S S I S S IP P I A N | PAG E 4

Addressing insomnia symptoms could help migraine sufferers

BY JOSH PRESLEY The Daily Mississippian

The Migraine Research Foundation awarded a $50,000 grant to University of Mississippi professor and psychologist Todd Smitherman, who proposed a study to better treat people who suffer from chronic migraines.

Smitherman said that insomnia, along with depression and anxiety, are some of the psychological problems for people who have migraines. Reducing insomnia may in turn reduce the migraines, Smitherman said.

“Seventy-five percent or more of people who have chronic migraines have insomnia of some form or another,” Smitherman said. “It’s not hard to understand why it would be hard to sleep if you have pain that frequently.”

Smitherman said there is a distinction between episodic migraines and chronic migraines. People with episodic migraines experience the pain fewer than 15 days a month, while people with chronic migraines have the pain 15 days a month or more.

“With chronic migraines, we’re talking about people that have migraines every other day or more,” Smitherman said. “Think about how disabling they can be even if you have them infrequently. They’re incredibly debilitating for people who have them that often.”

Migraines are much worse than people give them credit, Smither-

man said.

“It’s hard for people who don’t have them to fathom just how bad they are,” Smitherman continued.

“A lot of people who don’t know a lot about migraines think they’re just headaches and you just take a couple Advil and you’re fine, but that’s usually not the way it works.“ Smitherman said the study will involve teaching people to regulate their sleep habits and generally modify their lifestyles to combat the symptoms of insomnia, and see if that helps with the migraines.

The study will last for one year, and each participant will be involved for about three months, during which time their sleeping and waking cycles will be monitored.

“One of the cool things about this study is that in addition to monitoring the headaches, we’re also going to purchase some actigraphs, which are essentially wrist-worn devices that measure sleep and wake cycles based on the person’s movement,” Smitherman said. “It works very similarly to a pedometer. You just slap one of these wristwatches on somebody for two weeks and they bring it back in and you’ve got all their sleep/wake data instantly.”

Smitherman began studying the relationship between migraines and other health problems during his three years as an intern and postdoctoral fellow at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson and found that very little research had been done in that field.

“I was doing a rotation with a

psychologist who did migraine research, and even though I had never in my life experienced a migraine, I realized quite quickly that there was not a lot of research being done on psychological issues that occurred in these people,” Smitherman said.

“This was at a point in time where people were just beginning to talk about something other than depression that occurred in people who had migraines, and so I ended up doing that for three years there and have been doing it ever since I came to the University three years ago.”

Smitherman said the grant has been a work in progress for over a year and that the initial idea and legwork were funded by the College of Liberal Arts, who awarded him a small summer grant that would pay him salary money in the summer so he could work on developing the much larger grant from the Migraine Research Foundation.

According to the MRF website, they are the only organization whose sole purpose is to raise funds for further understanding migraines and developing improved treatment options for those who suffer from migraines. The foundation gave out seven grants to researchers from around the world, and Smitherman said he was surprised to be one of the choices.

“I wasn’t certain about how well it would fare simply because I was a psychologist competing with neurologists to study a neurological condition, and there were grant proposals received from nine differ-

ADDISON DENT | The Daily Mississippian

Psychology professor Todd Smitherman discusses migraine data with lab assistant Joshua Hamer.

ent countries,” Smitherman said.

“So when I heard that, I didn’t think my odds were great, just based on how competitive grant funding is in general. But sure enough, the review board liked the idea.”

His ultimate goal for this study is to develop a list of validated treatment instructions that can be shared with physicians who can in turn share these with their patients, Smitherman said.

He hopes that the results of this study can be used to inform phy-

sicians working with migraine patients to address their insomnia symptoms as a method to help with migraines, Smitherman said. He also hopes this research will lead to more studies in the future.

“It’s a cool study. I’m really excited that people are so interested in it,” Smitherman says. “We’re trying to do a lot with $50,000.

We’re trying to make the most of that amount of money then use the results to inform some much larger studies down the road.”

“Since we have the double decker buses, it becomes a staple in Oxford,” Roulhac said. “I think people have made it their tradition in the spring. I know a lot of people plan their trips to come to Oxford that particular weekend.”

The Convention and Visitors Bureau will also partner with the Oxford Bike Association and Chamber of Commerce as they host a Spring

Run and Road Ride.

“A lot of people come down for these specific events and then end up staying for the festival,” Roulhac said.

For more information on Double Decker visit www.oxfordcvb.com/ doubledecker.

To register for the run visit www. doubledeckerspringrun.com, and to register for the road ride visit www.doubledeckerride.com.

DOUBLE DECKER, continued from page 1

Commission, will feature an array of activities, including face painting, musicians, clowns, story telling and a train.

It will be held behind the Oxford University Club and Thompson building.

One of the main events is the pet costume contest in the afternoon.

“The event really brings out families because they can enjoy every-

thing from shopping for art, food and the children’s area,” Roulhac said.

“I think [free admission] definitely attracts a lot more visitors than probably if we had an admissions festival.”

Roulhac said, Double Decker is a great tourism attraction for Oxford, and most hotels are already booked.

She said they are expecting between

50,000 to 55,000 people to attend.

The past two years have seen a large number of guests, but Roulhac said she expects an even larger crowd with the addition of the Friday night musical performance.

Double Decker has developed into an Oxford tradition.

The name comes from the arrival of the city’s very own Double Decker bus from England in 1994.

TOP 3 REASONS YOU SHOULD SIGN UP FOR THE BIG EVENT

3

#

Fifty years from now you can tell your grandkids you met at this awesome community service event instead of out partying.

Join with your fellow students in saying “Thanks” to the Oxford and Lafayette communities!

Saturday, March 26 , 2011 th

Visit www.olemiss.edu/thebigevent to find out more information.

To volunteer log on to your myolemiss account and click “Big Event Volunteer Registration.”

N E W S | 3 . 2 . 11

Journalism more than a major for Alex McDaniel

| T H E DA ILY M I S S I S S IP P I A N | PAG E 5

A spy coming to campus bookstore Thursday for a book signing

BY CAIN MADDEN Campus News Editor

CONTRIBUTED | The Daily Mississippian

BY KAITIE HARRISON The Daily Mississippian

mom. I was hooked.”

Robin Street, lecturer in journalism/public relations, said McDaniel deserves everything she has worked for.

“Alex is an outstanding and very special young woman who deserves every award there is,” Street said. “I’m thrilled that her talents were finally recognized.”

Mr. Magazine Samir Husni has known McDaniel for three years and said she stands out as a journalist is so many ways.

“She is not only curious, but also loves and cherishes this job of searching for trouble,” Husni said. “She has a nose for the news, ears for the whispers, eyes to spot the visuals and a very big heart to add a dash of emotion for her story telling state of the art journalism skills. She is a hard worker and the word no does not exist in her vocabulary.”

McDaniel is currently in her second semester as a graduate journalism student, manages content for the Meek School of Journalism and New Media website and is also the Editor of the Ole Miss Yearbook.

McDaniel said she isn’t sure about what is to come in the future but would love be happy working in the journalism field.

“I don’t know what I want to do,” McDaniel said. “I’ve developed the love for so many things. It’s not great to have a lot of things you love and are capable of doing. I would be happy working anywhere in journalism when I start off.”

Husni said he was looking forward to watching McDaniel shine in the future.

“She will be going places. She is not only going to have a successful career as a journalist, but a very rewarding one indeed,” Husni said. “Her love of journalism is her hobby. When you are practicing your hobby, you are no longer working, you are having fun.”

HOSPITAL,

continued from page 1

ation are for the City of Oxford to pay $60 million and build a $250 million facility, he said.

“If Baptist hospital fails to build the new site, and what they’re still negotiating over, is how much of the full $60 million they will keep and put back into the hospital’s lease,” Mallette said.

Mallette said he encouraged

the aldermen to hold a special meeting in the coming weeks to further discuss the issue.

The aldermen also discussed a proposed draft of local private legislation to establish a City Reserve and Trust Fund. They will continue to investigate the issue and look further into at their March 15 meeting.

haircuts • foil highlighting • color BRAZILIAN BLOWOUTS waxing • pedicures • manicures

211 S. LAMAR, OXFORD

662-236-0050

Cathead Vodka

FREE SHOW Series

W/ BAD LIEUTENANTS

TONIGHT

In 2008, she meandered into the Student Media Center doing her best to stay out of people’s way. In 2011, after a trip to Troy, Ala., she strolled into the media center carrying a plaque that read 2010 College Journalist of the Year.

Alex McDaniel, now a graduate student, received her plaque at the Southeastern Journalism Conference in Troy back in February.

McDaniel, who came to Ole Miss from Arkansas, but was born in Texas, applied for the award after being nominated

by Patricia Thompson, director of student media and assistant professor of journalism.

“She came to me and just said the journalism school would like to nominate you for your work,” McDaniel said. “I took a shot at it.”

Of that work, McDaniel, who is the first Ole Miss student to win the award, said it was her passion for the job that kept her going through the year as the Daily Mississippian editor in chief.

“If you are going to be editor, you better love that job,” McDaniel said. “You better be prepared to lose sleep and meals for that paper during that year.”

Thompson said each college can enter only one student in the College of the Year contest and McDaniel was nominated for her leadership, service and skills. Her work included redesigning the newspaper, thedmonline.com, and she was also an anchor for News Watch.

“The Student Media nominated Alex because of her extraordinary leadership of The Daily Mississippian last year, her extraordinary service to the SMC and to the School of Journalism and New Media, and her remarkable skills as a writer, designer and multimedia journalist,” Thompson said.

McDaniel submitted an essay, letters of recommendation and three articles: her profile series “In The Face of Adversity” about Chancellor Dan Jones’ first year as leader of Ole Miss, and “All Eyes on Ackbar,” about the mascot campaign.

“It was a result of work the DM did last year in covering news at a time when the campus was completely polarized, at the center of the worst controversy we’ve seen in years,” McDaniel said.

McDaniel was also awarded Best Feature Writer in the Best of the South competition, and she said she was shocked by it.

“That was more shocking, because when I got into journalism all I wanted to do was be a feature writer,” McDaniel said.

“I love reading it. I love writing it. I just wanted to be a feature writer, and I never won a feature award. So I thought, here we go again let me enter something. I had come to the conclusion I was not cut out for feature writing.”

Journalism wasn’t McDaniel’s first choice, she said.

“I was a music major for three years,” McDaniel said. “When I switched to journalism, I figured it would be a practical way to pay the bills until I wrote the next great American novel.

But I fell in love with it when I wrote my first story.”

When McDaniel first entered the Student Media Center, she said she was shy.

“I went in there, trying to stay out of people’s way, and asked for a story,” McDaniel said. “The editor gave me one, and said my deadline was at 4 p.m.

“It was a story about the flu spreading in the Oxford school district and what they were going to do to combat it. I was expecting a small article buried somewhere inside, but it was prominently on the cover. The first thing I did was call my

Like Faulkner, Shirley Perry thought Oxford would be a great place to settle down and write.

Unlike Faulkner, Perry came from Boston to write memoirs about her life in the CIA, entitled “After Many Days: My Life as a Spy and Other Grand Adventures.”

“I decided to proceed with writing the book because I thought I had a unique story to tell — my experiences as a young woman, fresh out of college, working as a CIA agent abroad during the Cold War, the most frigid days of the Cold War and in Vienna, the easternmost outpost of Allied intelligence,” Perry said. “This was truly the most exciting assignment one could get.”

Perry will sign and read from her book at 10 a.m. on March 3 at the

University of Mississippi bookstore in the Student Union.

Perry said this opportunity should appeal to students because her story is about making it in the world.

“It is about opportunity,” Perry said. “The avenues that open up to young people once they have stepped outside the cloistered hall of academe and the rewards of risk taking.”

The book is framed during the height of the Cold War, Perry said.

“In my presentation, I contrast the metamorphosis of the dueling intelligence services — the CIA and the KGB — and talk about the occupation of Austria,” Perry said. “I preview my CIA experiences — the training at the farm, my first surveillance assignment: a harrowing night spent under arrest by the Soviets in a military installation, and more.”

NEWS NEWS |

3 . 2 . 11

| T H E DA ILY M I S S I S S IP P I A N | PAG E 6

Ark. Earthquake Sends Concerns to Oxford

BY KARA CAMPBELL The Daily Mississippian

A recent earthquake in Ark., has some people talking about the possibility of experiencing one in the northeast Miss., region.

Two earthquakes hit Ark., during February, the latest on Feb. 27, was a magnitude 4.7 and the highest magnitude earthquake to strike Arkansas since 1969, according to the Central United States Earthquake Consortium.

“It was pretty nerve racking,” Ethan Booker, University of Arkansas sophomore, said.

“Everyone thought it was just a really loud clap of thunder even though it lasted for almost 12 seconds.”

The earthquake was felt in seven states and in downtown

Memphis, and was centered in Greenbrier, Ark. If a strong enough earthquake were to hit Oxford many of the Square’s older buildings would suffer damage. The city would also see an overpopulation of refugees from affected areas.

David Shaw, Director of Lafayette County Emergency Management, said Oxford would mirror Baton Rouge during hurricane Katrina should that happen.

“Having a plan, and knowing what to do in a natural disaster can make all the difference,” Shaw said.

“You can’t always just count on 911 to rescue you, because you have to make a plan for yourself and know how to handle the disaster.”

Despite the snowstorm of winter and the tornado watch-

es that come with spring, some Ole Miss students are more becoming mindful of earthquakes.

“If there was an earthquake in Oxford, I wouldn’t really worry about all my belongings, I would just run,” Ross Cabell Ole Miss sophomore said. Although if there was ever any ripples felt in Oxford from a earthquake on the New Madrid Seismic Zone or any other fault zones, many students have admitted they wouldn’t know what to do.

“I wish people would put more emphasis on earthquakes,” Shea Suddarth, Ole Miss sophomore, said.

“I feel like so many people are concerned with tornados when it storms and people on the coast with hurricanes, but earthquakes get put on the back burner. I wouldn’t even

know how to protect myself if a earthquake happened because it’s never talked about.”

Although an earthquake in the north Miss. region isn’t completely unlikely.

The prediction relates to the New Madrid Fault Zone, an seismic area that runs through Arkansas and Missouri’s Bootheel region and even into the lower parts of Illinois.

This fault line, which runs from the north college town of Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Memphis, has been a hot-spot of seismic activity since 1812, the year the largest recorded earthquake occurred in the states.

The nineteenth century earthquake, which was said to have been 8.5 on the Richter scale, destroyed buildings within a 90-mile radius of the New Madrid Fault Zone and

even formed a well-known lake in southeast Missouri, Reelfoot Lake.

The United States Geological Society (USGS) reports that it is estimated that the probability of a medium seized earthquake which has a magnitude 6.0 or larger has about 25-40 percent within the next 50 years.

A large size quake, which has a 7.5-8.0 magnitude has a 7-10 percent chance, according to data the USGS. “We were all told growing up how much this earthquake would change our lives,” said Karen Neal, a 40-year resident of southeast MO. “Experts on television said it would make the Mississippi River run backwards like it did in 1812.

If that was the case, this little Bootheel of Missouri would cease to exist.”

CONTRIBUTED

ABOVE: Pi Kappa Alpha and Kamma Delta members present a check to Feed the Hunger, More Than a Meal and Love for Life. Pike’s Powder Puff football tournament raised $25,000. Kappa Delta won the competition overall.

RIGHT: Sophomore outfielder Tanner Mathis barely makes it back to first base in yesterday’s game against Austen Peay.

ADDISON DENT | The Daily Mississippian

JOIN THE LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGN The Office of Enrollment Services is inviting all students, faculty and staff to sit down and write a few old-fashioned letters. The department is hosting a letter-writing campaign February 28th-March 4th to encourage high school seniors to attend Ole Miss in the fall.

Who: All interested faculty and current students When: Monday, Feb. 28th-Thursday, March 3rd: 9AM-4PM Friday, March 4th: 9AM-1PM Where: Student Union 405A (3rd floor) Monday-Thursday Student Union 410 (Catalpa Room-3rd Floor) Friday Come and write words of encouragement and wisdom to the students we hope will be the incoming class of 2011. Refreshments, stationery, and writing utensils will be available.

LIFESTYLES L IF ES T Y L ES |

3 . 2 . 11

| T H E DA ILY M I S S I S S IP P I A N | PAG E 7

Album Review: Yuck

BY JOSH BREEDEN The Daily Mississippian

Arguably the most recent period of substantial musical development, the late 80s/ early 90s scene wed the stylized post-punk melody of new wave with the experimental guitardriven trappings of Hendrixera electric blues. Bands Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth came to epitomize this sound — an avant-garde antecedent to the mainstream alternative boom marked by the emergence of Nirvana.

Steeped toe to crown in this aesthetic, London quartet Yuck has gained legions of fans with its fresh, filtered take on the 90s.

20-year-old singer/songwriter Daniel Blumberg, former frontman of indie flare-out Cajun Dance Party, assembled Yuck in 2008 with an ex-bandmate, guitarist Max Bloom.

Japanese bassist Mariko Doi and Yuck’s lone American delegate, drummer Johnny Rigoff, fill the remaining rhythmic void.

A considerable amount of buzz created by the steady leak of self-produced singles preceded Yuck’s live debut in early 2010, a performance that confirmed the validity of the band’s up-and-coming status.

Fat Possum soon took notice and signed them in the fall. The label released Yuck’s first single, “Georgia,” that November.

Yuck’s self-titled album dropped earlier this month, showcasing the foursome’s knack for symphonic grit, striking hooks and intricate song construction.

The album’s opener, “Get Away,” establishes the fuzzladen jazz-master tonality that runs rampant throughout the record. Blumberg and company beautifully navigate their refined “wall of sound” as the singer/songwriter’s longing slips through its pores.

Strobing guitars kick off “The Wall,” a track that brings to the forefront some of Blumberg’s more arresting vocal work characterized by a yowling nonchalance similar to that of Pavement’s own Stephen Malkmus.

“Suicide Policeman” is one of the record’s more rhythmically relaxed efforts.

A strumming acoustic guitar shadows Bloom and Blumberg as the pair harmonize their way through the song’s calming reassurance.

Blumberg’s teenage sister and part-time member Ilana adds ethereal backup vocals to “Suicide Policeman,” while the track billows in dimension at each graceful turn. Horns,

xylophones and lazy electrics whisk it toward a delicate dissolve.

“Rubber,” a seven minute drift into droning obscurity, is the least structured and most annoyingly shoe-gazey tune on the album, representing one of the record’s few weak spots.

Yuck closes on a strong note with bonus track “Cousin Corona.”

The most impressive guitar work on the album comes to light during its various chordal peaks and valleys. “Cousin Corona” and the record itself culminates in a cloud of feedback and stomped effects peddles, just how it began.

Unlike Blumberg’s oncehyped Cajun Dance Party, Yuck seems to possess the creative makeup and sonic clout of an enduring group.

The question posed by many, however, centers on Yuck’s attachment to 90s post-modernism, a decidedly one-dimensional source of inspiration.

Their debut and reputation prove them a capable act, but can Yuck transcend their own influences?

Let’s hope so.

After the European leg of the band’s current tour, Yuck will be stateside at SXSW before heading to the west coast in April.

Tomorrow NighT

DoN’T miss live hip-hop group

& Quickie mart

COURTESY OF Yuck

LIFESTYLES L IF ES T Y L ES |

3 . 2 . 11

| T H E DA ILY M I S S I S S IP P I A N | PAG E 8

An Expression of Life: The ‘Words and Art Gallery Series’ comes to the Powerhouse

BY KATHERINE WESTFALL The Daily Mississippian

For centuries, artwork has been inspired by poetry and the written word.

Now, that history is on display at the Powerhouse.

The “Word and Art Gallery Series,” the kick-off gallery for the 2011 Yoknapatawha Arts Council’s series of collections, will be displayed at the Powerhouse until March 25.

It features a wide variety of artists from Andi Bedsworth, a professor in the theater department at the University, to Lori Leigh Blaylock, the president of the Oxford Artist’s Guild.

The variety of styles among the artists displayed enhances the power of the collection.

While in everyday life words are used to simply convey messages from one person to another, the words chosen by these artists emit raw emotion.

Some artists drew their inspiration for the gallery from famous poets such as Robert Frost; others drew inspiration from poems of close friends. Others wrote their own.

Blaylock has written her own poetry and expressed those words in pieces of artwork for the gallery.

“I like to paint the intangible,” she said. “I want to leave (the viewer) with long-lasting thoughts.”

She hopes to encourage people to reach out to their neighbors and inspire people to be sensitive to others’ needs.

“I want my art to be emotional

and to hopefully melt some of the ice that we have allowed to build,” Blaylock said. “If viewing my pieces can influence someone to be kinder, more sensitive to themselves, others and the environment, then I have been a success.”

Bedsworth, a self-taught artist, took a somewhat lighter approach to the subject. Using the poetry of some of her close friends, Bedsworth decided to create a collection of artwork that is much different than her background in theatre costume design.

“I had the urge to work with paper and wood,” Bedsworth said.

Her collection in the gallery is diverse. It includes a dark mixedmedia piece that depicts a girl, a raven pinata, Dubble Bubble wrappers and a set of three framed

pieces of notebook paper with her “confessions of crazy things,” which are randomly spray-painted over Fleur dis Lis and chandeliers.

Even though her work is different than anything she has ever done, Bedsworth admits that people can tell it is her work.

“I’m just stretching my legs,” she said.

The artwork is highly varied due to the vision of the artist, the inspiration that the artist drew from and the skill level of the artist.

Everyone in the community is given the opportunity to submit his artwork, regardless of formal training or prior gallery time.

The YAC and the Oxford Artist’s Guild work very closely to choose the right pieces of artwork and artists for each of their galleries throughout the year.

According to Wayne Andrews, YAC director, the artwork that is chosen for the gallery by a panel of YAC and Oxford Artist’s Guild members must be interesting and exhibit the theme of the collection in a fascinating way.

“We want the artists to experiment, temper their typical artwork,” Andrews said.

Artists from all over the Oxford community and surrounding areas are encouraged to try something that they may have never dabbled in before. Andrews hopes that these types of community art shows will help established artists with a regional reputation, as well as developing new artists.

The gallery is a free event and is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday through Friday until March 25.

Resilient Ole Miss senior fights cerebral palsy for future

BY RYAN WHITTINGTON The Daily Mississippian

Senior journalism major Adam Brown is a typical college student.

He has homework, a part-time job and enjoys hanging out with his friends.

But Brown struggles more than most students.

Not long after he was born, Brown was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, a condition that, in his case, limits the mobility of his left leg and left arm.

Cerebral palsy occurs as a result of brain damage shortly before or

after birth. Most people that suffer from CP are diagnosed within the first three years of life.

“The worst part of it is when you are first diagnosed,” Brown said. “It gets better over time.”

Because it is caused by brain damage, CP does not worsen over time. Brown’s symptoms are consistently severe. He uses a walker to get from class to class. For longer distances, he has a motorized wheelchair that attaches to a hydraulic lift on his truck.

It only takes a few minutes talking with him to realize that Brown is as self-sufficient as anyone else. However, the actions

, MS le a d s k r la C • y issar m s t m o n e C v n E o l s ia p c o Ho S For Your

of others (or lack thereof ) sometimes infringe upon his ability to move around campus.

“You have days when it may be raining and people will park in disabled parking spots who aren’t supposed to be there,” Brown said.

When his wheelchair or his hydraulic lift are not cooperating, Brown must rely on the assistance of others — an act sometimes taken for granted by fellow students.

Brown remembers one instance quite well. His lift had stalled on the truck, and Brown had to manually remove the wheelchair

HAPPY HOUR (3-7PM):

2for1

Contact Us

ok

The DM NO Online COVER .COM Follow Us on Twitter @oldveniceoxford and @burgandyroom

W OFF ASE

D

1

LY

NSIB

SPO

RE RINK

a significant role in the team,” Brown said. “Being a part of the team kind of made high school easier because I could put myself into sports.”

His love of sports remains steadfast.

Brown works at FNC Park during the week, where he scores youth and adult athletic events.

Eventually, he said he hopes his dreams of one day working for the Southeastern Conference or ESPN will become a reality.

For now, Brown is content with attending class like a typical college student, no matter how difficult getting around may be.

Y A D S E N ED

• wells • domestics • wines

PLE

www.hopso nplantation or 662.com check us out 902-2378 on facebo

in the Bishop Hall parking lot.

“Two guys walked by me and just stared,” Brown said. “I asked for help and they just kept walking.”

Aside from a couple of rude students, Brown said he enjoys his time at Ole Miss. For him, it is home.

As a student at Oxford High School, he served as the statistician for many of the school’s sports programs. Baseball, basketball and football provided Brown with an outlet he had never before experienced.

“You kind of wanted to be on the field with them, but I played

EY K S I 2 WH

1112 Van Buren • 236-6872 • www.ovpc.com

To place your ad in The Daily Mississippian Classifieds section, visit: http://www.thedmonline. com/classifieds.

The deadline to place, correct or cancel an ad is 12 p.m. one day in advance. The Daily Mississippian is published Monday through Friday year round, when school is in session.

Classified ads must be prepaid.

All major credit cards accepted.

RATES: - $ . 25 per word per day - 15-word minimum - No minimum run Additional Features (Web & Print): Jumbo Headline - $3 Big Headline - $2 Bold Text - extra $ . 50 per word

To place your ad online: www.thedmonline.com/classifieds

The DM reserves the right to refuse ads that appear to offer unrealistic or questionable products or services.

201 BISHOP HALL 662.915.5503

C L A S S IF I E D S |

3 . 2 . 11

| T H E DA ILY M I S S I S S IP P I A N | PAG E 9

Property for Sale

Condo for Rent

Part-time

Investment Property 9 Units 2BR/2BA WALKIN CLOSETS, PRIVATE BATHS, VERY NICE, QUIET, Full Occupancy producing $5400 per month Could be raised - $540,000 (662)2349289

CONDO FOR RENT 2 BD 1.5BA BEST LOCATION -NEWLY REMODELED, walk to campus. $700/ month plus deposit Call 662-816-3955 2BR/2BA fully furnished condos, all utilities included, available for fall semester. 850-582-6907 or oxfordcondos@aol.com.

3bedroom/2 bath condo for rent.

Available april 1, $1200/ mo with $1200 deposit, All appliances included, within walking distance of UM campus, contact Misty at (901)362-0933ext112 or mmoss@robilio.com Aspen Ridge- 2BD/2.5BA Unfurnished. $1200. June 1st. 3BD/3.5BA unfurnished. $1500. June 1st. Agents welcome. (662)801-2358.

2BD/2BA Townhome- Walk to campus/town. Updated kitchen, counter tops. Laundry in unit. $850/month.

Available June 1st. (773)814-1621 or (847)477-1588.

Looking for a condo/app. On the Square. ASAP. 2 bd small dog allowed. (646)918-7313

BARTENDING $300/DAY POTENTIAL No Experience Necessary, Training Available. Call 1-800-965-6520 EXT155 Looking for Partime Help To work behind the counter and to make deliveries. Apply in person at Magnolia Rental. 397 Hwy 6 West.

Condo for Sale Jackson Square Condo 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. Less than 1 mile from Square. New carpet and paint. Priced to sell! (601)466-6601

Apartment for Rent Tired of Roommates? 1BR w/ office. $495. Or furnished @ $625. 1 mile to campus. Newly renovated. (662)2341550. www.pinegroveoxford.com Oak Grove Apartments 2bdr QUIET COMPLEX. Fully appliances.

Incld full sized w/ d, gas grills, fireplace (wood incld), (CABLE & HS internet incld). Pets welcome. 662-236-4749 www.oakgroveoxfordms.com

House for Rent TAYLOR MEADOWS 2 Bed/2 Bath brick houses for rent on Old Taylor Road. Starting June, July or August.

(662)801-8255 or (662)801-3736 Nice 1 bd/1ba No Pets, All Electric, Stove, Refrigerator, Water, Sewer, Furnished. Starting at 330.00/ month. (662) 801-1499. No call after 6 pm 1BR/1BA, 2BR/2BA, 3BR/3BA Houses for Rent. Includes all Full Size Appliances, Daily Garbage Pick Up, Security System, Internet, Expanded Basic Cable, Water/Sewer, as well as all maintenance. Call 662-236-7736 or 662-8322428.

1 MILE FROM CAMPUS House for Rent 3 Bd/2Bth on W Jackson located behind Kiamie Package Store.

Washer/ Dryer Included. Rent:$450/ Bd (662)816-0083

Miscellaneous for Sale Beige Leather Matching Couch and Chair $200/set. Bassett Bedroom dresser with mirror on top and nightstand and tv stand $200/set. 662-4736720

theDMonline.com

Weekend Rental not just football rentals Weekends and more! Event weekend availability/ pricing online. Check with Kay for other dates. www.oxfordtownhouse.com (662)801-6692

Miscellaneous Pregnancy Test Center Pregnancy Test, Limited Ultrasound, Information on Abortion Effects, Parenting and Adoption. All services are free and confidential. www.pregnancyoxford. com. (662)234-4414 AGREED DIVORCE-$400 Call Bob Cornelius-234-6778. Cornelius Law Firm. Also, Bankruptcy Information msbrlawyer.com. Further information available. We are a debt relief agency.

DM

non-condensed

0 grams Trans Fat!

recycle your DM

CLASSIFIEDS INFORMATION

CLASSIFIEDS

Tri Delta supports St. Jude Month and “The Taste of Oxford” March 2nd

“The Taste of Oxford” ~ Hosted by Coach Houston Nutt 7pm at the Library Cocktail Attire

$50 tickets with a Cash Bar Music by Elmo and the Shades

Food from 208, Emileigh’s Kitchen, Lenora’s, Waltz, Old Venice,

University Club, Round Table, Sugaree’s, Irie, & Two Stick

All benefitting St Jude!!

COM I C S |

3 . 2 . 11

| T H E DA ILY M I S S I S S IP P I A N | PAG E 10

Garfield

By Jim davis 236-3030

The fusco BroThers

dilBerT

By J.c. duffy

WILD W E D N E S D A Y

By scoTT adams

1 MEDIUM 1 TOPPING

3

$

99

DEEP DISH EXTRA

NoN sequiTur

By Wiley

ORDER ONLINE WWW.

DOMINOS .COM

OPEN LATE

dooNesBury

By Garry Trudeau

Solution, tips and computer program at www.sudoku.com

SUDOKU©

Puzzles by Pappocom

HOW TO PLAY Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 with no repeats

DIFFICULTY LEVEL

TODAY’SMAZE

S P O R TS |

sports briefs FORMER OM BASKETBALL PLAYER ARRESATED Justin Reed, who played basketball for Ole Miss during the Rod Barnes era, was arrested on Monday after police found five pounds of marijuana and $25,794 worth of cash in his car during a routine traffic stop.

Reed and a passenger in the car have been charged with possession of marijuana and the intent to sale, and were released after posting $10,000 bonds on Tuesday, according to The Clarion-Ledger.

RANDOLPH TAKES FIFTH AT JOHN HAYT COLLEGIATE Ole Miss senior golfer Jonathan Randolph took fifth place on Monday at the John Hayt Collegiate in Ponte Vedra, Fla., while junior teammate Joe David finished 10th at the event. The Rebels tied for sixth place in the tournament.

GLEADALL LEADS AT ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL CLASSIC Junior Natalie Gleadall shot a final round of 74 to lead the Ole Miss women’s golf team at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic in New Orleans, La. Ole Miss finished 15th overall at the event.

SOFTBALL SPLITS DOUBLE-HEADER The Ole Miss softball team dropped game one of a doubleheader with Alcorn State on Tuesday, 3-1 in extra innings, but bounced back for an 11-0 mercy-rule win over the Braves in game two.

3 . 2 . 11

| T H E DA ILY M I S S I S S IP P I A N | PAG E 11

Ole Miss hoops face ‘trap game’ at Auburn

BY ANDREW DICKSON The Daily Mississippian

The Ole Miss basketball team is on the road tonight, looking for the season sweep of the Auburn Tigers.

Tonight’s game is nothing more than a poorly concealed land mine. If the Rebels are focused and avoid it, they’ll have an opportunity for a noteworthy win Saturday afternoon. If they aren’t, and don’t, they’ll wrap up Southeastern Conference road play in embarrassing fashion.

Unfortunately for Ole Miss, it’s tough to get excited for a game that appears to be a loselose situation, so the Rebels have to look at the bigger picture.

If the Ole Miss 18-11 (6-8 SEC) can take this one, it will have its second sweep of an SEC West opponent thus far this season and have an opportunity for a third Saturday when the Arkansas Razorbacks visit Oxford.

Additionally, a win tonight would enable the Rebels to lock up a .500 SEC record and the fourth 20-win season of coach Andy Kennedy’s tenure Saturday afternoon. While a .500 conference record doesn’t sound too impressive, especially considering the current state of the SEC West, it would be quite an accomplishment considering Ole Miss was four games under .500 (1-5) with only ten conference games remaining. A 7-3 finish to SEC play, with wins over Kentucky and Alabama, wouldn’t be too shabby.

Equally important, is that a win over the lowly Tigers 9-19 (2-12 SEC) saves the Rebels

the embarrassment of losing to one of the worst teams in major conference college basketball, which would be an especially tough pill to swallow in March.

Additionally, while it appears doubtful that the Rebels will get an SEC Tournament bye (though they’re still in contention for one), a third place finish in the West would at least guarantee a winnable first round game in Atlanta. A rematch with the South Carolina Gamecocks would be the best opening day draw Ole Miss could possibly hope for, considering it would have to play a team from the far superior SEC East.

To optimize their tournament draw in Atlanta, the first thing the Rebels have to do is to beat a team they took out behind the wood shed last month. While a 31-point victory on the road in conference play may be a bit much to expect, a comfortable margin of victory is not. There’s no reason the Rebels shouldn’t win tonight’s game by at least 15 points.

In fact, this evening’s game is only about one thing — focus.

If the Rebels are focused, there isn’t much, short of the apocalypse, that can stop them from winning — Auburn sure can’t.

But if they aren’t, the Tigers might be able to do some real damage to Ole Miss’s NIT prospects, and potentially force the Rebels into an opening round date with a formidable opponent from the East next week, against whom Ole Miss has struggled thus far this season.

Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. inside the Auburn Arena.

The game is scheduled to be televised on the SEC Network.

MEMPHIS,

continued from page 12

KARJAD KHAN | The Daily Mississippian

on point during his win Tuesday participating in his first outdoor singles match of the season.

“It was great to see Marcel pick up right where he left off last spring,” Chadwick said. “He’s one of the better players in the entire nation.”

Now after having completed their final non-confernce match the Rebels will begin preparation for SEC competition which begins Friday when they continue their current four match homestand hosting a pair of two top-25 opponents: Kentucky and Vanderbilt.

“We’ve got to have two really good practices and be prepared to be at our best for Friday,” Chadwick said.

SPORTS S P O R TS |

3 . 2 . 11

| T H E DA ILY M I S S I S S IP P I A N | PAG E 12

Rebel Netters Diamond Rebs Rally Past Austin Peay down Memphis 4-0

BY JOHN HOLT The Daily Mississippian

Following the Ole Miss tennis team’s win over Tulane on Saturday, Rebels coach Billy Chadwick was already talking about his team’s next opponent: the Memphis Tigers.

“When Memphis plays Ole Miss it makes their year if they can beat Ole Miss,” Chadwick said Saturday.

“That’s in every single sport.

We know that, so we’ll be ready for them.”

Ole Miss didn’t give the Tigers any reason to celebrate Tuesday afternoon with impressive play across the lineup for a 4-0 defeat of the Tigers in Rebels’ second outdoor match of the season.

“This was a mid-week match, right before a gigantic SEC weekend and a great effort from the guys,” Chadwick said.

The Ole Miss coach said the Tigers caught the Rebels’ attention early on this season when they upset a nationally ranked powerhouse from the Big-12, Oklahoma State.

“The guys knew they had to be at their best and we played

well today,” Chadwick said.

The Rebels took care of business right away by sweeping the doubles point.

With Kalle Norberg, the 2009 SEC Tournament MVP, not participating Tuesday, a majority of the team was forced to move a spot in the singles lineup.

Even without Norberg, Ole Miss was too much to handle in singles competition.

Junior Marcel Theimann won 6-0, 6-2 at No. 1 singles, sophomore Jonas Lutjen picked up a solid 6-4, 6-0 win at No. 3 and freshman Jonas Backstrom clinched the match with his 6-1, 6-2 win over Memphis’ John Taylor playing No. 5.

“It’s always great to clinch a match,” Backstrom said.

“This was the second match I’ve clinched and obviously its a great feeling. The whole team did well today.”

In singles play Saturday against Tulane Chadwick decided to rest his All-American, Thiemann.

However the Lehrte, Germany native appeared to be See MEMPHIS, PAGE 11

WANTED

“Hungry Pets with Good Owners!”

15% OFF!

with coupon

Hollywood Feed

ADDISON DENT | The Daily Mississippian

Starter Matt Tracy was one of four pitchers Ole Miss used last night to defeat a feisty Austin Peay bunch 5-4 in 10 innings. Tracy gave up seven hits and three earned runs in three-plus innings of work.

BY AUSTIN MILLER The Daily Mississippian

After a series win at Houston, the Ole Miss baseball team (8-1) returned home and picked up a dramatic 5-4 walk-off win over Austin Peay (4-1) in the first game of a twogame series on Tuesday.

In the bottom of the tenth inning, senior Jordan King drew a walk to lead off the inning and advanced to third after a balk and a sacrifice bunt from senior catcher Miles Hamblin.

The next batter, junior Zach Kirk-

sey, drove in the winning run on a sacrifice fly to center field.

“Once again we don’t play our best game, but we find a way to win, so you have to be happy with that,” Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco said.

Austin Peay took a 1-0 first inning lead, but the Rebels tied the game in the bottom of the second on a Kirksey triple down the rightfield line that scored Hamblin from first. Austin Peay then took a 3-1 lead and chased Ole Miss senior left-hander Matt Tracy from the

game in the fourth. Tracy went 3.2 innings and gave up three runs on seven hits, while striking out three.

Austin Peay extended the lead to 4-1 in the sixth after a passed fourth ball in the dirt allowed the runner on third to score.

After striking out freshman first baseman Will Allen and junior outfielder Zach Kirksey in the bottom of the seventh, Austin Peay senior left-hander Jack Snodgrass made way for the bullpen. The Governors’ Saturday starter, having not pitched last weekend due to a pair of rainouts, struck out seven and allowed only one run on four hits through 6.2 innings.

Junior shortstop Blake Newalu extended his team-leading hit streak to four and then sophomore outfielder Tanner Mathis reached base on a walk to help rally the Rebs.

Newalu and Mathis later scored on a two-base error by Austin Peay left fielder Cody Hudson off the bat of sophomore second baseman Alex Yarbrough to cut the lead to 4-3.

Freshman third baseman Preston Overbey singled to lead off the eighth. After a fielder’s choice and foul out, freshman Austin Anderson drove in senior Jordan King with a two-out RBI single to tie the game at 4-4.

“We talk about the young kids and them growing up in a hurry,” Bianco said. “A lot has been said about (Preston) Overbey, but there’s a kid that’s never really played third and we’ve thrown him at third. He’s gotten some big hits and swung the bat well.”

Sophomore Brett Huber (1-0) got the win in relief, striking out four through 2.1 scoreless innings.

662.259.2873 • 10 THACKER RD • OXFORD, MS 38655

2210 W. Jackson Ave. • 638-0435

FRIDAY MARCH 4TH 7:30PM

4-6 PM DAILY! HOUR

HAPPY

$2 Select Beers

ENJOY A RACK AT THE SHAK! ENJOY GREAT FOOD AND ATMOSPHERE FOR ALL AGES PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY

WE ALSO HAVE A SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT FOR THOSE 65 AND OLDER

monday-thursday •11am - 9pm

friday-saturday •11am-10pm