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Starting this semester, the Associated Student Body (ASB) will reward students for their academic successes with rewards cards.

Scout Treadwell, the ASB director of Greek outreach, created an initiative allowing students who are on the Dean’s and Chancellor’s Lists to receive a discount card that applies to four restaurants in Oxford: Insomnia Cookies, Oxford Creamery, Oxford Nutrition and Abner’s.

Treadwell said she got the idea from her sister, who attends the University of Alabama; they have the same initiative with certain restaurants in Tuscaloosa.

She hopes that it will be wellreceived by students and that they will take advantage of it.

“I saw that they had some favorites of Tuscaloosa on their rewards cards, so I thought to do the same thing for Ole Miss,” Treadwell said.

“If there are some pretty good discounts that people can get from it, (the card) can really kind of serve as a little incentive and reward for their academic success.”

Treadwell began working on this initiative at the beginning of the semester and gave herself the deadline of Feb. 14 to complete it. She said she hopes students will be able to enjoy the benefits for the rest of the semester.

“A lot of the time, the business owners aren’t always in Oxford. So a lot of (of my time was spent) calling and emailing for the span of about a month, and then I worked with a bunch of people to get the card designed (and help make a) video explaining (what the rewards card is),”

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Stewart Farms Fresh is located just a few miles outside of Oxford and is expecting to deal with the effects of the mild winter this year. When there is no deep freeze to kill insects, farmers have to prepare earlier — and longer — for the potential swarm that can harm crops.

How a changing climate is hurting local farms BILLY SCHUERMAN

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As average daily temperatures rise, Mississippi farmers are having to change their farming practices to adapt to a changing climate.

Despite longer growing seasons, the economy of Mississippi, where 29% of the population is employed by the agriculture industry, is susceptible to warming temperatures. In Lafayette

County, the effects of climate change are already underway.

“The temperatures are rising, but that also means there will be a longer growing season,” Lee Stewart, owner of Stewart Farms Fresh, an organic farm nine miles west of Oxford, said.

“Crops grown in clay dirt aren’t as susceptible to higher heat, and some crops actually thrive in it.”

Stewart grows tomatoes, cucumbers, squash and peppers

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Matt Travers didn’t want to leave China. In fact, despite the widespread fear brought on by the coronavirus outbreak, he wants to return as soon as it is safe to do so.

Travers, a junior international studies major, was recently forced to return to the United States from his year abroad in Nanjing, China,

because of the effects coronavirus is having on the region. He went abroad with the American Councils for International Education, which pulled all of its students out of the country as the outbreak progressed.

He said that because he lived in China during the outbreak and PHOTO COURTESY: MATT TRAVERS in the United States following its spread, he has a unique perspec- (From left) Dr. Zhini Zeng, Matt Travers, Tyler Caple and Meredith

SEE CORONAVIRUS PAGE 3 Brown in Shanghai, China earlier this year. Travers was forced to return to the United States after the outbreak of the coronavirus.

OLE MISS DEFENSIVE BACK DEANTRE PRINCE ENTERS TRANSFER PORTAL

OLE MISS BEATS ALCORN STATE, SET TO FACE XAVIER THIS WEEKEND

Ole Miss defensive back Deantre Prince will transfer from the Ole Miss football program.

An Anthony Servideo walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning saved Ole Miss from disaster on Wednesday as the Rebels escaped with a 9-8 win over Alcorn State.

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Lafayette County prepares for Democratic primary MASON SCIONEAUX thedmnews@gmail.com

In just under 20 days, Lafayette County voters will cast their ballots in the Democratic primary to decide which candidate will take on President Trump in November.

The county will also hold primaries for the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives elections.

Just two states – Iowa and New Hampshire – have held their primary elections, and 16 more will do so before Mississippians head to the polls with five other states on March 10. On Saturday, Lafayette County Democrats met at all 18 county precincts to caucus, or discuss the vote.

“The precinct caucuses here are really just an organizing tool,” Cristen Hemmins, chair of the Lafayette County Democratic Party, said. “It’s a way of trying to get input from folks at the most local level that makes its way up to the state party level, but it really doesn’t have a lot of bearing on the actual primary.”

Besides Mississippi, only four states still use an official caucus to choose the Democratic nominee. Others have switched in recent years to a government-run primary system, in which the local

plan to stay in Mississippi over the break cannot vote in person in the primary. Katie Davis, president of the College Democrats, said this led the club to promote absentee ballots so students who are registered in Mississippi can vote, even if they leave for the break.

“We’re thinking most (students) won’t be here in Oxford. If your registration has changed (to vote in Mississippi), it would be easier (to vote absentee) if you’re gone, so you can vote at home,” Davis said.

The Lafayette County Circuit Clerk’s office, which collects absentee ballots, expects an influx of them for this primary because of the break according to Circuit Clerk Jeff Busby. The office has already collected 60 ballots and expects between 400 and 500. In addition to absentee ballots, College Democrats will provide rides to polling places for students on campus.

After the Iowa and New Hampshire primaries, Pete Buttigieg narrowly leads ahead of Bernie Sanders with 22 delegates to 21. Jonathan Klingler, political science professor and expert on the American presidency, said that this opens the door for

“The precinct caucuses here are really just an organizing tool. It’s a way of trying to get input from folks at the most local level that makes its way up to the state party level, but it really doesn’t have a lot of bearing on the actual primary.” - Cristen Hemmins Chair of Lafayette County Democratic Party

elections commission administers the election like every other state race. This helps prevent some criticisms of the caucus system, which has different voting locations from the normal precincts which are often not open all day like in a general election.

The primary will happen during the university’s spring break, so students who do not

a candidate who is not even in the top five.

“The Iowa caucus may have an indirect effect on the primary in Mississippi by preventing the emergence of a (clear) frontrunner before March 10, which helps create an opening for Mike Bloomberg,” Klingler said.

“Bloomberg increased his spending dramatically after Iowa, and

ipate in either party’s primary, since the state does not recognize party affiliation in the voter rolls.

There are 15 other states that have outright open primaries, and 20 have limited open primary elections.

The Democratic presidential primary has had issues so far. In the Iowa caucus, the application, chosen by the state Democratic party, to report the votes did not work properly. This delayed the results for days and prompted calls for a recanvassing of the questionable vote counts.

Hemmins remains optimistic that the data was largely unaffected and stressed that a similar issue will not happen in Mississippi because it does not use an official caucus vote.

“The data, by and large, was good that they collected,” Hemmins said. “But, I hope folks realize that what happened there is completely different from our caucuses and our primary.”

Mississippi primaries have had problems as well. In the 2019 Republican primary for governor, a polling machine malfunction at the Oasis Church polling location in Oxford was changing a voter’s selection from candidate Bill Waller to now-Governor Tate Reeves.

Busby, who took office in January, will oversee his first election PHOTOS COURTESY: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS in the March primary. He said the ILLUSTRATION: KATHERINE BUTLER / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN machine malfunction was a calibration issue and that no incorrect In addition to the presidential votes were cast. When the voter that has likely led him to increase primaries, there are primaries for reported the machine error, it was his presence in Mississippi.”

Bloomberg, a billionaire media the U.S. Senate and the House of immediately taken out of service. mogul and former mayor of New Representatives. Democrats will “The machine prints out your York City, opened a campaign select a candidate to face incum- ballot at the end and says, ‘Is this office in Oxford recently. It is one bent Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde- who you wanted to vote for, yes or of three offices in Mississippi, with Smith. The most high-profile no?’ or disregard the ballot.” Busby Gulfport and Jackson offices open- primary candidate is Mike Espy, said. “No one just cast a vote for the former U.S. Secretary of Agri- Mr. Reeves that did not want to.” ing last week.

Klingler stressed that even if culture, who lost to Hyde-Smith in After Baretta Mosley, the previBloomberg or another candidate the 2018 Senate special election. ous circuit clerk, served 22 years in Ole Miss law professor Antonia the position, Busby said he feels a is not the frontrunner by March 10, it likely will not affect the way Eliason is the only declared candi- heightened sense of responsibility date in the Democratic primary to make sure the primaries go as Mississippi votes.

“A recent study of primary for the 1st Congressional District, planned in March. voters’ preferences found that taking on incumbent Republican “There’s a little bit of excitevoters do not tend to change their Rep. Trent Kelly. The 1st Congres- ment and a little bit of nervouspreferred candidates to favor sional District covers Lafayette ness,” Busby said. “You don’t want candidates who win,” Klingler County and the rest of northeast anything to go wrong. You want said. “If later states tend to favor Mississippi. things to go smooth, but no matter Hemmins criticized Missis- how hard you try, there’s always the frontrunner, it appears to be because other candidates have sippi’s use of the “open primary” small problems. You hope they system, in which voters can partic- don’t disrupt the voting process.” dropped out by that point.”

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Treadwell said.

ASB President Barron Mayfield said he commends Treadwell for putting in the work to get this initiative in action.

“Scout is an incredibly passionate, incredibly talented individual that has done tremendous work for Ole Miss, and this is just another example of her impact,” BILLY SCHUERMAN / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN Mayfield said.

Scout Treadwell writes out goals for a meeting with Chancellor Boyce Mayfield said that Treadwell brought the idea earlier this semester. Treadwell spearheaded the initiative to rewarding to him because she saw an student’s academic success with a rewards card. opportunity to reward the student body for exceptional of students,” Mayfield said. cards will be ready next week, work.

“I just answered a couple of and ASB social media will “This initiative embodies questions and sent an email announce when students can the spirit of ASB, working to or two. It was all her.” pick them up. improve the day to day lives Treadwell said the rewards

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CORONAVIRUS

continued from page 1 tive on the international reaction to the virus. In a recent Instagram post, he wrote about issues he has observed revolving around the virus.

“Xenophobia and racism have fueled fear and hostility toward Mainland China since the outbreak of the ongoing viral epidemic,” Travers said in the post. “It is our responsibility to separate truth from misinformation.”

Influenza has killed more Americans this year than coronavirus has killed globally. The Center for Disease Control estimates 14,000 deaths from the flu this season, and the latest numbers released by China’s National Health Commission report 2,244 worldwide deaths from the coronavirus.

Travers said that this fear of coronavirus is justified, but for Americans, it spawns mainly from bias and misinformation.

“I came across the word ‘infodemic,’ which I thought was really interesting. There’s just a wide spread of misinformation,” Travers said. “The whole situation just expanded over social media to the extent that people believe just being in contact with someone of Chinese descent is dangerous.”

Travers said he thinks that the bias exists because people in the United States are not often exposed to other cultures and ways of life.

“I think the root of these social problems is just in education,” Travers said. “We spend so much time learning American history

and European history, but no Chinese history.”

Travers has studied Chinese for six years and spent nearly two years abroad in China while enrolled in the Chinese Language Flagship Program. He had planned to complete an internship in Nanjing this semester, but the American Councils for International Education chose to bring international students home.

He is currently in Missouri, planning to complete his internship online. The university has not yet given him any definite information on its plans for the future.

Rumors around the origin of the virus have twisted and spread through the internet, originally believed to come from a fish market in Wuhan.

Nanjing is about 333 miles northeast of Wuhan. The town is not in imminent danger, but it is still affected by the virus. Travers said that he keeps in contact with his teachers and peers.

“I think what’s been really helpful about me being in China is being able to put a face to the numbers of 1.4 billion Chinese people affected,” Travers said.

“Every facet of their lives has completely stopped. You can go to cities, and it’s a ghost town.”

Twitter and Facebook have already added a feature to the top of every search feed that includes a link to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website.

Arizona State University has reported incidents of racial bias since a student was confirmed to have the coronavirus in January.

Ole Miss has not reported an incident of racial bias or harassment related to the virus, according to

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Servideo homer puts Rebels past Braves Prince enters transfer portal JOHN MACON GILLESPIE thedmsports@gmail.com

An Anthony Servideo walkoff home run in the bottom of the 10th inning saved Ole Miss from disaster as the Rebels escaped with a 9-8 win over visiting Alcorn State on Wednesday.

Greer Holston had the ball on the mound to start and did not have an out in the first inning. The Braves pushed across four runs in the frame, all of which were credited to Holston.

The Rebel right-hander only recorded one inning of work last season because of a mysterious drop in velocity, and his outings in 2020 have not shown a great deal of promise despite strong showings in the fall and preseason practices.

“It just wasn’t his night,” Ole Miss head coach Mike Bianco said. “It’s just unfortunate because he’s pitched so well in the fall and preseason. Sometimes it happens. You just get off to a bad start, and it’s just not your night.”

As for the hero Servideo, he has quickly grown accustomed to his role at the top of the Ole Miss batting order. After going 3-for-5 at the plate Wednesday night, the Rebel shortstop is batting 0.550 with two home runs. When asked if he came to the plate in the 10th with the plan to end the game, Servideo answered simply.

“Yeah,” Servideo said with a laugh. “We were hanging around too long. It shouldn’t have gone 10 innings, but I’m really proud of how the team fought and came out with a win.”

The Braves outhit the Rebels 11-7, and the Rebels were assisted by four Alcorn errors. After taking a series from then-top-ranked Louisville last weekend, Bianco said it would be easy to point at this game as a “hangover” from that series, but he believes that there is a different answer.

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Top: Anthony Servideo hit a walkoff home run to beat Alcorn 9-8 on Wednesday.

Right: Anthony Servideo slides past second base in the game against Alcorn. Ole Miss will face Xavier in a home series this weekend.

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and you just didn’t show up to play,’” Bianco said. “I don’t necessarily think it’s that. We didn’t play well, but you have to give them credit. We just didn’t have an answer for them all night with a bunch of different pitchers.”

Bianco was also asked about his bullpen situation following the win. The Rebels lost Tyler Myers to a UCL injury before the season started, and many arms are still trying to find es-

tablished roles in the Rebel relief corps.

“It’s easy to be super critical of the bullpen because we’ve had leads late and not finished the game,” Bianco said, “but I’m confident that we’re going to have enough pieces there.

We’ve just got to figure it out.”

Ole Miss will host the Xavier Musketeers this weekend at Swayze Field at 4 p.m. on Friday, 1:30 p.m. on Saturday and noon on Sunday.

While Lane Kiffin and his staff look to the transfer portal to bring more talent to Oxford, a key piece of the defense is leaving.

Ole Miss defensive back Deantre Prince will transfer from the Ole Miss football program, as first reported by Rivals.com.

Prince, a native of Charleston, was slated to play a major role in the Rebel defense as a sophomore in the 2020 season after appearing in all 12 games in 2019. The corner recorded 25 total tackles, two interceptions and four passes defended as a freshman.

Prince was the No. 16 prospect in Mississippi in the class of 2019, and he chose to play at Ole Miss after garnering offers from Auburn, Georgia, Mississippi State and Texas A&M. Memphis is a possible landing spot for Prince, with former Ole Miss defensive coordinator Mike MacIntyre on the Tigers’ staff.

Ole Miss had several high-profile players enter the transfer portal at the end of the 2019 season, but the hiring of Kiffin brought many of them back to the Ole Miss roster. Quarterback Grant Tisdale and receivers Miles Battle and Demarcus Gregory withdrew from the portal with the arrival of Kiffin.

Losing Prince will be a tough hit for the Ole Miss defense as the cornerback position is one of concern for the 2020 season.

Prince was one of only a handful of returning defensive backs to see significant playing time for the Rebels last season. Keidron Smith, Jay Stanley and Jaylon Jones all return for 2020, but Kiffin and the defensive staff will need to replace a promising young playmaker.

The Rebels did receive some good news this week with fourstar receiver Marc Britt joining the 2020 recruiting class on Thursday night. Britt signed with Ole Miss despite committing to Florida in January and holding offers from Alabama, Miami and Baylor.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Rebels look to snap losing streak against Alabama JAMES MINZESHEIMER thedmsports@gmail.com

Coming off of two close losses to No. 12 Kentucky and conference opponent Missouri, the Ole Miss men’s basketball team will take on the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Pavilion on Saturday night.

This game could be considered inconsequential during a normal college basketball year, but these teams are vying to keep their fading March Madness hopes alive.

The Rebels and the Tide have had what can only be described as rollercoaster seasons. The Rebels had a good start, but they faced a major drought in the middle of the season when they dropped seven losses in a row.

The Tide’s rollercoaster began before they stepped on the court to play its game. After securing Villanova transfer and 5-star guard

Jahvon Quinerly, who has experienced many ups and downs in his short collegiate career, there was hope that he would be granted a transfer waiver and not have to sit out the year as per the NCAA. However, those hopes were quickly squashed when his transfer waiver was denied, side-lining him for the 2019-20 season.

Even without Quinerly, the Tide has been able to inspire crafty and strong plays with their guards averaging 80 points per game. The three starting guards on the team are the Tide’s leading scorers; Kira Lewis Jr. is at the top averaging 17.5 points per game, John Petty Jr. right behind him at 15 points per game and Jaden Shackelford with 14.3 points per game.

Not only has the Tide been effective and volume scoring out their guards, but they also make up most of the teams rebounding,

four of the five top rebounders on the team are guards with Petty Jr. leading the team with seven rebounds per game.

This contributes to their highly effective offense; when the ball comes off the rim, they do not have to find a guard as he generally already has the ball, leading to quick buckets on the break.

On the other side, the Rebels have ranked close to the bottom in pace of play this year. On paper, this seems to be a nightmare matchup for the Rebels, but if head coach Kermit Davis can limit the pace of play and take advantage of the Tide’s lack of size on the boards, the Rebels may just have a chance to win. If the Rebels can beat Alabama and win out the rest of the season, they could put themselves in position to sneak into the tournament.

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OPINION How Double Decker is finally including students STROUD TOLLESON

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The end of the spring semester is an exciting time at the University of Mississippi: flowers are blooming and finals are imminent. The people of Oxford all prepare for the annual Double Decker Arts Festival, an event that attracts more than 60,000 people per year. However, this year is a bit distinctive from years past; its musical booking is catered more toward the student-aged population of the LOU Community.

Double Decker Arts Festival has been around for as long as I can remember, but for as long as I have been a student here, the lineup hasn’t been anything to write home about.

Jason Isbell, who head-

lined Double Decker 2019, was incredibly entertaining and talented. However, he is a favorite artist of dads everywhere, and I was only vaguely familiar with his music. This time last year, I often heard students saying “Who is this band?” or “I don’t know any of the songs.” But the lineup this year is far more relevant to the interests of the student population of Oxford. Double Decker is moving in the right direction for the student population and the community as a whole.

The Double Decker schedule that was released a few weeks ago features headlining artists Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors, Rainbow Kitten Surprise and St. Paul & the Broken Bones. All are groups that are primarily listened to by younger ears. The buzz surrounding this year’s

lineup, from my perspective, is far louder than years past.

Double Decker is bigger than a simple community event, and its significance lies beyond the copious numbers of people who experience it any given year. It has the potential to be a massive respite from the stress that students feel at the end of the school year.

Each year, Double Decker either falls on the weekend immediately before UM finals or the weekend before dead week. All students understand the burden of this time, and the toll that this season’s coursework takes has proven detrimental for many. Double Decker offers relief from that weight felt by young people.

However small, that relief means something.

The significance of this is not lost on me, nor should it

be on you. The work of those who booked these artists must certainly have recognized the need for a youthful focus and direction for the musical talent, which will provide relief for those who would need it the most.

The LOU Community doesn’t come together in the magnitude of Double Decker often, and students of the university are critical pieces of our community.

So, to those in charge of Double Decker, keep it up in the coming years. Continue

to book more relevant artists.

To the city of Oxford, never stop showing the students of this great university that you support us and are willing to go the extra mile for us. This Double Decker will be a lively, youthful environment that will alleviate an exceptional amount of students’ stress and elevate their excitement for our city and school.

Stroud Tolleson is a sophomore public policy leadership major from Madison, Mississippi.

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