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LAFAYETTE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ENDURES BUDGET CUTS BY BRITTANY STACK The Daily Mississippian
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With education budget cuts on the rise across the country, the Lafayette County School District has been forced to cut back in in a number of areas to save money. One way the district is saving money is to begin cutting down on its number of employees, according to Michael Foster, superintendent of the school district. The district is cutting these jobs by not filling positions vacated by the approximately 22 retirees this year as well as not re-hiring unneeded assistant teachers. “Those are not all teachers,” Foster said. “You have some assistant teachers; a couple ISS personnel, which are not certified teachers. Also, a couple of library
aides-- one retired, and another that didn’t come back, that we’re not replacing.” Other positions that will not be filled include the assistant superintendent, a bus mechanic and a part-time counseling position. Each of the four district schools cut about $200,000, which inclined Foster to ask each of the principals at the four schools to review what was necessary for education and to make cuts in what was not. Expenses were also cut from the central office, bus shop and transportation, and the number of copiers per school will be reduced. Foster said that reducing the number of copiers
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TUPELO ELVIS FESTIVAL SET FOR WEEKEND
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In many Mississippi public schools, it has become hard for its faculty to make ends meet. These faculty members are being forced to continue work at the current level, however. The Chairman of the Senate Education Committee, Senator Videt Carmichael, said that Mississippi’s public schools will be forced to continue making do with their current levels of state funding unless the state receives a boost in federal funds. Although funding will be tough, Carmichael said he believes that the public school district leaders have properly planned for a tight 20102011 school year budget, and that students will not suffer any academic losses during the upcoming academic year according to a Better Mississippi Report press release. “The next school year will be difficult, to say the least, but students should have the same programs as in the past,” Carmichael said in the press release. “The quality of education shouldn’t suffer at all.” The current economic recession, the worst since the Great Depression, has left many states including Mississippi suffering from decreasing revenue that have forced budget cuts and employee layoffs. This recession accordingly caused a struggle for state lawmakers to write the budget for the fiscal year, which beings July 1. Despite the economic crisis, Carmichael said he believes teachers understand the tough financial issues, according to the press release. “The teachers that I have talked with seem to have a great attitude,” Carmichael said in the press release. “They realize every part of our lives is affected by this economic crisis we are in nationwide.”
GLEE MORE THAN JUST SONG AND DANCE
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Tupelo is set to host a weekend festival dedicated to the King, but there won’t be any royalty at this party. The 12th-annual Tupelo Elvis Festival will be underway, and Debbie Brangenberg, director of Downtown Tupelo Mainstreet Association and the Elvis Presley Festival, calls it a hometown tribute to their favorite son. The festival is set to kick off Friday with the action starting at 9 a.m. at the Lyric in Tupelo. Festivities will begin during the first round of the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Competition, which has 43 tribute artists competing. In the spirit of the Presley
legacy, there will be live music all weekend with on Blue Suede Stage, which will feature free entertainment including tribute artists. An outdoor stage will host headliners such as Robert Earl Keen, Cowboy Mouth and Paul Thorn. The stage will also showcase other national, regional and local musicians. The Lyric in Tupelo will feature all-Elvis, all the time, with multiple artists including Sonny Burgess and the Pacers with DJ Fontana, who was a drummer in Elvis’ band. “I think it’s a good, diverse mix of music, and that it is something for all ages,” Brangenberg said. “The talent at Fairpark is See PRESLEY, PAGE 4
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FOX’S ‘GLEE’ GOES BEYOND JUST SONG AND DANCE ROUTINE
BY JONATHAN EVANS Columnist
Upon seeing the previews for the Fox television series Glee in the spring of 2009, I thought to myself that this series had potential for greatness… if, of course, certain steps were taken. To be great, the show would have to be properly groomed and also be devoid of the hackneyed scripts and plots that seem to ubiquitously haunt the teenage drama. After watching the pilot, it became all too clear that creators Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk and Ryan Murphy were thinking along the same lines. To base an entire series around show choir, one would indeed have to think outside of the box. But somewhere along the way, Brennan, Falchuk, and Murphy’s vision for a series to cleverly take a sardonic jab at political, social, and cultural aspects of our society in tandem with the utilization of hip, harmonized arrangements of popular songs was interpreted by the masses (misinterpreted, if you will) to mean the converse position! Who wouldn’t want the focal point of a show to center on a group of high school students singing and dancing?
Those reruns of Fame sure get ME all jittery with excitement and wishing 1982 had never left! Right. I’ll just let the cat out of the bag: Glee is not primarily about the song and dance. The show brims with brilliant, witty satire of both popular culture and, more ostensibly to my eye, the stereotypes of the high school social ladder and the members therein. The cast of characters personify those images perfectly, and you and I both have encountered them. Here’s a sample: Rachel, portrayed by actress Lea Michele, is that extraordinarily talented girl who knows she’s talented. She will take every opportunity to let you know that she is, in fact, better than you, regardless of the goody-twoshoes persona she uses to mesmerize her captive audience. Puck (Mark Salling) is the bad-boy jock who beats up nerds for their lunch money in school, and later whips out his Player Card to satisfy his lecherous desires with any girl with a pulse (so long as she’s hot, or at least can bump
up his status). Mercedes (Amber Riley) is the dual-stereotype overweight chick with pronounced self-esteem issues and the ‘sistah’ who calls herself “AfricanAmerican,” even with no direct link to Africa. She will snap on you in a “hot minute” if your views contradict her own. Brittany (Heather Morris) wields her dual-stereotype as the quintessential dumb-blonde cheerleader, whose profound witticisms and amazing logical progressions both astound and stupefy. Yet this eclectic mix, this antithetical amalgamation of personalities and character traits is brought together by Glee Club, of all things. While the cool mash-ups and renditions of pop tunes are nice, seeing how these characters reveal their humanity, which brings bring people together is that much better. So if you’re new to Glee, don’t watch just because that one Beyonce song is featured. For those who are already fans, look beyond the ‘hairography,’ and pay attention! You’ll love it even more.
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Column: Sooners and SEC may have beneficial relationship BY PETER DAVIS Oklahoma Daily, U. Oklahoma via UWIRE
Redshirt senior quarterback Blake Bell tosses three touchdown passes in the second half to rally the Sooners for a 31-28 win against SEC conference rival Ole Miss at VaughtHemingway Stadium in Oxford, Miss. The game puts the Sooners one win away from meeting Florida for the SEC title in two weeks at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Seems far-fetched? Not anymore. In fact, I’m in favor of it. Let’s look at the real picture here. If Missouri and Nebraska take all that Big 10 money and run, who is going to fill that gap and balance the North? If Colorado heads off to the Pac-10, that could make three from the North division and everyone knows that Texas will follow suit if the Big 12 starts to collapse. Everything depends on how the Big 10 decides to expand and how the shockwave will ripple across the country. The Big 12 knows it is at the heart of all the expansion talk for all the wrong reasons. As the Big 12 spring meetings opened Wednesday, commissioner Dan Beebe seemed to be almost begging for the conference to stay together.
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Football head coach Bob Stoops said recently that OU is an attractive commodity either way to bring in schools for the Big 12 or for a move to another conference. President David Boren thinks the university is going to be in the Big 12 for years to come. The reality is that the picture looks bleak for the Big 12 unless Missouri and Nebraska turn down millions of dollars to stay in the conference, and the conference is able to lure four high-powered schools of their own. Who could we possibly get to replace them or add to the conference? TCU? Utah? Boise State? Geographically, there is only one possible addition or replacement. I’m grasping at nothing and so is the Big 12. Moving us from Texas divisionally would be a disaster and as big of a rivalry as it produces, neither side of the Red River is going to be willing to give up the tradition of Dallas in October. That only gives us one real option that I think we will have to take if it is offered, and it leads us to a quite lucrative landing spot and potentially a major step for OU; the SEC. The SEC has nearly $3 billion in television contracts and has considered creating their own network. The SEC is the most visible BCS conference on TV. Where is the harm in that? Imag-
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ine the extra revenue that would come to Norman from out of state, as the passionate fans of the SEC made their maiden voyages to Norman. I don’t see an issue with the additional funding that would be brought in. Not only that, the likeliest scenario that brings us to the SEC includes Texas, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M. Adding us to the west division of the SEC and having us meet up with Arkansas, LSU and the two Mississippi schools, Ole Miss and Mississippi State. For the Sooner fan concerned about the travel, have no fear, the furthest trip to the south is actually roughly 50 miles closer than the trip to Boulder and Colorado and equal distance to Ames and Iowa State. I do think we would have early struggles adjusting to a new brand of athletics in the SEC, but in the end I think it could be the best thing that could come from a Big 12 conference implosion. Imagine playing the Gators or the LSU Tigers here in Norman on a regular basis, or being able to meet up with Nebraska in a late season out-of-conference game with national championship implications at stake. Just imagine: After Bell’s third touchdown pass with 2:12 left on the clock, the Sooner Nation begins the familiar “SEC! SEC! SEC! SEC!” chant throughout the stadium in Oxford.
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more for the mainstream, and the content at the Lyric and on Broadway is all-Elvis all the time, so you can get a little bit of it all.” There will be a 5K run called Running with the King that will start at 7:30 a.m. Saturday at Veterans Park. The park will also host the 2010 Fling with the King disc golf tournament. The disc golf event begins at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, with registration from noon to 7 p.m. Friday. In addition to the music, there will also be a carnival, parade and pet parade, all of which are free. To close the festival on Sunday, there will be a gospel concert with food on the grounds
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of Elvis’ birthplace. “We thought it appropriate to close the festival with a gospel concert, because the only Grammys Elvis ever won were for his gospel music,” Brangenberg said. In previous years, the event has drawn on average 7,500 people and planners say they hope to draw more people in every year. This year, the festival has confirmation of people making the journey for the festival from 27 states and five foreign countries, according to Brangenberg. Tickets for the concerts can be purchased online. For more information visit the festival’s website at tupeloelvisfestival.com.
might be an inconvenience but has the potential of saving a lot of money. With state funding undergoing cuts regularly, having extra personnel is not a good economic move for Lafayette County schools, since the majority of the funds the school receives are from the state, Foster said. The district has lost about $3 million in the past two years, with 75 to 80 percent of the yearly budget going into salaries, There are some positions in Lafayette County for which hours will be cut back, such as a part-time counselor and some assistant teaching positions. Filling the position but cutting down the number of hours will help keep education standards up. Although there has been concern for the quality of the education, by cutting some positions, there is no way for there to not be an effect, Foster said.
One example of this occurring in the district is the retirement of a teacher whose purpose was to help struggling students get their reading, mathematics and other core academic skills up to grade level if they had fallen behind. The teacher’s position has been eliminated, since there is another teacher who teaches the same class. The Oxford School District has not made major cutbacks like the Lafayette School District has undergone this year. This is partly due to the town school district getting more local funding than the Lafayette School District does, according to Foster. This funding can be seen in the money the school districts bring in per meal. “A meal for us (Lafayette) brings in about $90,000, where a meal for them brings in $360,000 to $400,000,” Foster said.
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JUDGE ALLOWS ATTORNEY FOR FBI AGENT TO WITHDRAW OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has allowed the attorney for indicted FBI agent Hal Neilson to quit and to withdraw all pleadings in the case. Neilson was indicted in January on five counts that he allegedly failed to report his interest in the Oxford FBI Building and then lied about it. Neilson has pleaded not guilty and is free on bond. His trial is set for Aug. 16.
Ken Coghlan of Oxford, who became Neilson’s attorney Jan. 22, thereby replacing the Federal Public Defender’s Office, met Tuesday with U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Allan Alexander, who allowed Coghlan to withdraw. In his motion to withdraw, dated May 28, Coghlan says a “conflict” developed between he and Neilson, which prevented him from being his attorney any longer.
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Miss. Looks to Iran for Rural Health Care Model GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — Scratchpoor towns in the Mississippi Delta once shared more in common with rural Iran — scarce medical supplies, inaccessible health care and high infant mortality rates — than with most of the U.S. Then things in Iran got better. Since the 1980s, rural Iranians have been able to seek treatment at health houses, informal sites set up in small communities as the first stop for medical care, rather than an emergency room. They’re staffed by citizens, not doctors, and the focus is on preventive care. Infant deaths have dropped from 200 per 1,000 births to 26. With the Delta’s rate 10 times worse than Iran’s, a group of volunteers is traveling to Iran this month to get a crash course in how health houses work. “Why not try this?” asked Dr. Aaron Shirley, who has worked around the Delta for 40 years. Shirley is spearheading the effort to transform health care in a region where nearly three out of 10 infants die, residents are plagued by chronic illnesses, especially diabetes and heart disease, and few have health insurance. The project is part of an agreement between Jackson State University, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Iran, the consulting firm Oxford International Development Group, and the Jackson Medical Mall, which provides health care to the poor in Mississippi’s capital. Shirley is chairman of the mall’s foundation board and the man behind its creation. Five doctors from Iran participated in a conference on health disparities at the medical mall in October, and they were taken to the Delta to see the region’s plight firsthand.
“We’re hoping this project will create some kind of trust between the two countries,” said Mohammed Shahbazi, an Iranian-American and professor at Jackson State. “This is hope.” The hitch is how the project would be funded. Shirley has been to Capitol Hill and approached some local leaders about the cost, which he estimates at $250,000 annually. But it’s hard to generate interest in something that involves sticky foreign relations, he said. “We’re hoping to get somebody’s attention eventually. In the meantime, everything is being scrounged,” Shirley said. Health house workers would be paid, but it’s unclear how. The care at the health house would be free to patients. People who are ill can go to the health house where workers, who have been trained in medical basics such as taking blood pressure and recognizing symptoms of some illnesses, decide if patients need further treatment at a clinic or emergency room. Health house workers aren’t expected to have advanced medical skills and the houses would be affiliated with local clinics and hospitals. James Miller, managing director of Oxford International Development Group consulting firm, is exploring whether the Obama administration’s federal health care law has funding provisions that can be tapped for the project. He said the law has provisions for community health centers and $15 billion over 10 years for preventive programs. Miller said it’s been difficult to get federal money because the project doesn’t meet the criteria for program funding from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration. “They’re funding programs like diabetes education and not the implementation of
health systems, which is exactly what we’re trying to do,” said Miller. Agency spokeswoman Tara Broido declined to comment on the health house proposal. She noted instead that a multiyear, $110 million agreement with the Delta Health Alliance has begun yielding results, including the expansion of a free clinic in Greenwood. Miller and Shirley contend their plan could save millions in health care dollars because people wouldn’t make unnecessary emergency room visits and preventive care averts costly hospitalizations for chronic diseases. Health houses also could cut down on hospital readmissions, Shirley said. Patients often ignore the continuing care instructions they get when hospitals discharge them. Under the health house model, if the patient consents, instructions also would be given to health house workers, who would be responsible for helping the patient follow the regimen or contact physicians if that’s not happening. More importantly, health houses would save lives, said Angela Cousin, a retired nurse who is one of the volunteers heading to Iran. She recalled a dialysis patient who died because the woman was taking too much potassium. The patient didn’t realize that even though the pills looked different, they had the same ingredient. “Some of the patients here are reading impaired,” Cousin said, and continued that health house workers would notice those type of details. Shirley said that he isn’t worried about liability issues because health house workers wouldn’t provide hands-on or invasive medical care. Hospitals and clinics connected to
the health house would have their own malpractice insurance coverage, and according to Shirley, health house workers wouldn’t even apply bandages on their own. That doesn’t mean they couldn’t make a difference. In an 11-county, predominantly black region of the Delta, the infant mortality rate is 281 deaths per 1,000 births. About 13 percent of the region’s population has diabetes. In Leflore County, where Greenwood is located, 42.4 percent of the 35,000 people live in poverty. Nearly 33 percent are obese and 11 percent have diabetes, according to state health statistics. Nine percent have cardiovascular disease. There’s one hospital in Greenwood and three others in neighboring counties, which serves much of the region. Part of the problem with people seeking medical care is rooted in the culture: Some blacks still distrust white physicians, Cousin said. There’s also a disconnect between health care providers and the community, said Dash Brown, a 26-year-old community activist with thick dreadlocks who lives in Baptist Town, a neighborhood in Greenwood known as the place where seminal bluesman Robert Johnson lived before his death in 1938. Brown said a health fair offering low-cost screenings was recently held near Greenwood, but it was on the 27th of the month. Organizers should have held the fair at the start of the month, he said, when people who receive public assistance usually get their checks. “A lot of people are on a fixed income. At the end of the month, nobody has $100 to spend on a health fair or any medical treatment,” Brown said.
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GOV’T TO BILL $69M FOR OIL SPILL CLEANUP WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said the federal government will send BP a $69 million bill on Thursday for costs so far in its response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs says the bill is the first to be sent to the oil company, which leased the oil rig that
exploded on April 20 and later sank, sending millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf. Gibbs says he isn’t sure how long the company has to pay the bill.The White House has said that BP will ultimately be responsible for all costs associated with the spill.
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Orleans-style upscale shopping with specialty boutiques, antique stores and unique furniture shops. In comparison to New Orleans, though, I can’t forget to mention the pubs and bars. There is a variety to choose from, each with its own flair. Class. Yes, it’s been said many times before, but it was reiterated in my mind when I arrived here. Oxford has class. It has its own level of class to which no city in the South can compare. I’ve been a lot of places, but nowhere have I been that I have seen anything quite like this. To see the demeanor and mannerisms of the people here is a testament to our all-Southern upbringing. I can’t help but to think that Mom must be so proud. While getting lost, I found a
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REBELS LOOKING FOR REVENGE BY ALEX LAKE The Daily Mississippian
After losing to eventual tournament champions LSU on Saturday in the SEC tournament semifinals, the Diamond Rebs were hit with the realization that they would most likely have to pack up to resume regional play. What they did not know was that it would be to the No. 5 national seed’s turf against the all-too-familiar Virginia Cavaliers (47-11). Ole Miss (38-22) will hit the road to play in the Charlottesville, Va. bracket for the NCAA tournament beginning Friday. The second-seeded Rebels will play the third seed St. John’s (40-18), after the Red Storm captured its league leading sixth Big East tournament championship over the weekend, defeating the national seed Louisville Cardinals. The matchup will mark the first-ever contest between the New York City-based St. John’s and the Rebels. This weekend will also mark the eighth straight year for the Rebels to attend the NCAA tournament after coming up one win short of going to Omaha just last year. After some speculation earlier in the week as to the pitching rotation, Bianco said he would start the SEC Pitcher of the Year in Drew Pomeranz (8-2) Friday night. “We’re going to start Drew Pomeranz because we need to win and aren’t in a position to do a lot of things (with the rotation) and we have a lot of confidence in Aaron Barrett as our No. 2 pitcher,” Bianco said. “To have an advantage, you have to win the first two games. Bianco spoke highly of their opponent, but he plans for his team to play their best
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Drew Pomeranz winds up for a pitch during a home game. Pomeranz, SEC Pitcher of the Year, will be a key component in the success of the Rebels, but when to use him is the biggest issue facing Bianco’s staff.
starting in the first inning. “St. John’s is obviously a team that is playing well after claiming the Big East Tournament and beat a national seed in Louisville on the way to that tournament title. They are a very offensive team and to not start your ace against them would be a mistake.” St. John’s will prove to be a tough matchup for the second-seeded Rebels. The Red Storm is batting .327 on the year, lead by outfielder Jeremy Blatz. Blatz is hitting .393 with 30 home runs and 74 RBI. The pitching staff for St. John’s is led by right-handed pitcher Kyle Hanson, who was named the Big East tournament most valued player after going 1-0 with a 0.63 ERA and 13 strikeouts. Hanson is also the starter for Friday night
against the Rebels. In order to advance to the Super Regional round of the tournament, the Rebels will have to go through the team that ended the dream of going to Omaha last year. As good as the Virginia Cavaliers were last year, the team returned many of its heroes from the squad this year. The nationally seeded Cavaliers are led by Keith Werman, who is hitting a staggering .444 on the year, The Cav’s pitching staff holds a 3.67 ERA and is led by Danny Hulzen(9-1) with a 2.43 ERA. The first seed Cav’s will start off the Charlottesville Regional today at 3 p.m. playing the fourth seed Virginia Commonwealth Rams. The Rebs and the Red Storm are scheduled for a 7 p.m. first pitch.
REBS IN THE MAJORS Sports Editor
In the Major League Seth Smith: Smith, who was drafted by the Colorado Rockies with the 50th selection of the 2004 MLB Draft, is the Rockies starting leftfielder and is hitting .268 with eight home runs and 22 RBI, despite posting a paltry .224 batting average in April. The Jackson, Miss., native responded with a strong May, raising his batting average 50 points and
sports brief SOCCER UNVEILS 2010 SCHEDULE Seven of last year’s NCAA Tournament teams highlight the 2010 Ole Miss soccer fall schedule, announced Thursday by head coach Matthew Mott.
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finishing the month with a .365 on-base percentage, .571 slugging percentage, 10 extra-base hits and 18 runs scored. Chris Coghlan: The reigning National League Rookie of the Year also got off to a slow start, but he seems to be turning it around. Coghlan has hit safely in eight of his last nine games as of Wednesday, raising his batting average 28 points to .240 in the process. The Palm Harbor, Fla. native is battling to keep his job, with Baseball America’s No. 3 prospect Mike Stanton, behind only Jason
Heyward and Stephen Strasburg, tearing up the AA competition in Jacksonville with 20 home runs. Matt Tolbert: A 16th-round draft pick by the Minnesota Twins in 2004, Tolbert has fluctuated between the Twins and their AAA affiliate, the Rochester Red Wings. Tolbert was called up on June 1 to replace infielder Alexi Casilla, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list. A career .251 hitter, Tolbert could be on the market soon. Because he has already been optioned four times, in order for him to be sent back to the minor leagues, Tolbert must first clear waivers or be traded. In the Minor Leagues Lance Lynn: Only two years removed from pitching at Swayze Field, Lance Lynn won the St. Louis Cardinal’s Organization Pitcher of the Month in May, going 3-1 with a 3.19 ERA and 33/9 strikeout-to-walk ratio. In 69.1 innings at AAA Memphis, Lynn has a 3.89 ERA and 60 strikeouts against 33 walks. Baseball America ranks Lynn as the Cardinal’s No. 3 prospect, and he may be in line for a promotion if their rotation
continues to suffer from injuries and inconsistency from fill-ins P.J. Walters and Adam Ottavino, but the worst-case scenario for Lynn should be a September call-up or making the Opening Day roster in 2011 if he continues at this pace. Matt Maloney: Maloney had a cup of coffee with the Reds in 2009, starting seven games and posting a 4.87 ERA with 28 strikeouts in 40.2 innings. This season Maloney is pitching for AAA Louisville and is 4-3 with a 3.73 ERA and 48 strikeouts in 50.2 innings. The lefthander from Sandusky, Ohio is competing with Cuban prospect Aroldis Chapman (Baseball America No. 22) and Travis Wood for the opportunity to make it to Cincinnati. Alex Presley: The former Ole Miss center fielder is off to a strong start for the Pittsburgh Pirates’ AA affiliate. Starting for the Altoona Curve, Presley leads the Eastern League with a .362 batting average to go along with five home runs and 37 RBI. The Monroe, La. native also boasts a .957 OPS and has scored 31 runs in 50 games.
Aug. 20 - Middle Tennessee Aug. 27 - Western Kentucky Aug. 29 - UAB Sept. 3 - Texas Tech Sept. 5 - Santa Clara Sept. 10 - McNeese State Sept. 12 - Memphis Sept. 17 - Southern Miss Sept. 19 - TCU Sept. 24 - Alabama Sept. 26 - Auburn Oct. 1 - South Carolina Oct. 3 - Florida Oct. 8 - Georgia Oct. 10 - Tennessee Oct. 15 - LSU Oct. 17 - Arkansas Oct. 21 - Kentucky Oct. 24 - Vanderbilt Oct. 29 - Mississippi State Nov. 3-7 - SEC Tournament
SOFTBALL ADDS JUCO ALL-AMERICAN The Ole Miss softball team signed Kendall Bruning of Chatanooga State Community College. Bruning was 23-5 in the circle with a 0.99 ERA and 225 strikeouts in 162.2 innings pitched. She also had a .429 batting average and led the junior college ranks with 21 homeruns. The NJCAA named her a second-team All-American.
sports calendar June 4-7 - Baseball Regionals June 7 - MLB Draft June 9-12 - NCAA Track and Field Championships June 11 - World Cup begins June 12 - World Cup: USA vs. England June 24 - NBA Draft