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PHOTO BY CHANING GREEN

Members of the Lafayette County Literacy Council and teachers at Regents Classical Christian School perform a skit inspired by the children's book "If I Built A Car" by Chris Van Dusen for the school's first graders. The LCLC toured the entire county, putting the skit on for every group of first graders.

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LCLC promotes literature through silly skits

by Chris Van Dusen.

The skit was acted out by a mix of teachers and those who serve the Lafayette This week, every first grader in Lafayette County Literacy Council. Their performCounty was treated to a lively reenactment ance tells the story of a man, a woman and of popular children’s book “If I Built a Car” their teenaged daughter setting out to buy

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a car from a salesman willing to give them anything they want in a car. The dad wants lightening bolts, spiky rims and a rocket booster.The wife wants polka dots, flowers TURN TO LITERACY PAGE 4

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Ashly Burch to deliver keynote for Student Gender Conference Theresa Starker, who is the assistant director of the Isom Center. Jack asked if I Award-winning writer was interested and I was of and actor Ashly Burch will course, and Theresa be a featured keynote reached out to me last year. speaker for this year’s StuGREEN: Why did you say dent Gender Conference hosted by the Sarah Isom yes? What is this something Center for Women and you’re interested in BURCH: I do a lot of talks Gender Studies at the University of Mississippi. about gender issues. It’s Burch will be speaking something I’m passionate about her experiences as a about. I also love Jack, and woman in the creative in- was so excited when he dustry. She is set to speak asked me to do this. I love next Wednesday at 6 p.m. having the opportunity to in room 1000 the Thad speak about the things I Cochran Research Center. care about.

Burch took time out of her schedule Monday afterGREEN: What will your noon to speak with Oxford speech be focusing on?

Citizen reporter Chaning BURCH: I’ll just be talking, Green about her work and basically, about my career her upcoming talk. as a writer and actor. I mostly write cartoons, but CHANING GREEN: How I got started by writing a did you first get involved live-action web series with with the Isom Center’s Stu- my brother called “Hey, dent Gender Conference? Ash. Whatcha Playin?” My ASHLY BURCH: I used to talk will be about being a work as a writer and voice creator and a woman in a actor on “Adventure Time.” creative industry and the My co-writer, Jack Pen- setbacks I have experidarvis, is married to enced in that.

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Dawn.” My character’s name is Aloy. It was also recently announced that I am in a new Cartoon Network show called “O.K. K.O.,” which is cool. As far as writing, I’m currently working on a show with Nickelodeon called “Glitch Tech.” Those are probably the most relevant things I’m working on right now PHOTO COURTESY OF ASHLY BURCH that I can publicly talk Actor and writer Ashly Burch about. is set to deliver the keynote for the Student Gender ConGREEN: What do you love ference. about your job?

BURCH: Oh, man. As a GREEN: Do you feel that voice actor, I’m basically being a woman in this in- just being a little kid. I get dustry has affected you paid to have play time, negatively or been chal- which is awesome. At other times, I also get to play relenging for you at times?

BURCH: Yes, the specifics ally emotionally complex of which I will be delving characters and that’s also something I really love to into in my talk. do. As far as writing, I love GREEN: Can you tell me it because I feel like it uses about some of the projects every single faculty my you’re currently working brain has, and I get to work through very interesting on?

BURCH: Absolutely, I was things like problem solving. the lead in a video game The way that I write, I tend that was just released to write in writers rooms, called “Horizon Zero it’s very collaborative and I

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get to work with a lot of re- been really amazing. ally amazing people.

GREEN: Do you have any GREEN: Was there a preference about the type launch pad moment for of work you do? Do you you when you transitioned prefer acting for cartoons from YouTube into being or video games, or are you professionally a part of the more drawn to writing?

BURCH: I know it sounds creative industry?

BURCH: The YouTube se- like a copout to say that I ries I did with my brother love them all for different was the thing that led to all reasons, but I totally love the other things. Without them all for different rea“Hey, Ash,” I wouldn’t have sons. Working on games, I started voice acting or writ- found, has given me the ing or any of it. It started ability to do a lot more there. Then I was able to emotional and dramatic start doing more voice act- work, which is something I ing. Those voice acting gigs really appreciate. Cartoons led me to meet more peo- and games also let me be ple which eventually led to funny and experiment with me getting more writing different styles of comedy. positions.

All in all, they flex different As an example, I met muscles, I guess you could Kent Osborne, the lead say. writer at “Adventure Time,” on a voice acting gig, while GREEN: Have you ever I was voicing a character on been to Oxford before?

“Adventure Time.” We beBURCH: No, this will be came friends and he my first time and I’m very brought me in during a test excited about it. I’ve heard period on the show and I it’s a really cool place. ended up getting a writing job. They’ve all kind of fed chaning.green@journalinc.com into each other and it’s Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Bailey wants to stabilize Oxford infrastructure

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Jason Bailey has served as Alderman of Ward 6 for the past five years. He took over the position in a special election that was held after then-alderman Brad Mayo was elected to serve as a state representative. Bailey is currently facing of against newcomer Wayne Andrews for the alderman seat. Bailey sat down with Oxford Citizen Reporter Chaning Green to discuss the election and his role as alderman.

CHANING GREEN:Why did you run that first time?

JASON BAILEY: I’d wanted to serve. I was already serving on the Planning Commission and really enjoying it. The opportunity came up in the special election and I just thought it was my time to give back to the community I grew up in. Serving as alderman, I saw a friend of mine do it, and I thought it was something I would be good at and I set out to do. I ran for it and won it.

GREEN: Had you thought about alderman before that special election or did you just throw in?

BAILEY: I knew at some point I wanted to serve. As I said, I was already doing it through the Planning Commission, and I was looking for that next step in community service. It was instilled in me from early on by both friends and family to always give back. When PHOTO COURTESY OF BAILEY FAMILY that opportunity rose, I just Ward 6 Alderman Jason Bailey has been serving in his role on jumped at it. I campaigned the city board for the past five years. He will be facing off for it and was lucky and able against newcomer Wayne Andrews in the upcoming election. to win.

GREEN: What do you love GREEN: How have you liked being an alderman GREEN: How long have about Oxford?

BAILEY: I just loved grow- these past five years? you been in Oxford?

BAILEY: The full 38 years, ing up in this town. It’s a BAILEY: I’ve enjoyed it. all my life. I went to school combination of things as to I’ve enjoyed learning how at Ole Miss where I earned a why I never left. It’s the government works. I’ve enbusiness administration school system, the atmos- joyed being a part of some with an emphasis in insur- phere of the Square, it’s Ole projects that we’ve been ance risk management. I Miss, but the main thing is successful at, and I’ve also own and operate a property the people. The people I enjoyed being a part of a management company, grew up with, who helped few projects we’re still seeSummit Management Ser- mould me and shape me ing through. I really liked vices. I have a wife and two into who I am today. I’ve being a part of what went boys. One is at Oxford Ele- never wanted to leave Ox- into the Woodlawn-Davis mentary School and the ford because I love Oxford. Nature Reserve and my there will be starting over at You don’t leave something contributions that went Bramlett next year. into that. I’ve defiantly that you love.

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been enjoying it so far. I’m ready to campaign and sign up for another four years.

GREEN: Lafayette County is the fastest growing municipality in the state. What are some issues that are important to you as Oxford continues to grow?

BAILEY: One of our biggest issues is infrastructure, roadways and transportation. As our university grows and as Oxford continues to grow, we’re putting more and more cars that have been there forever and are really not capable of handling all those cars. We need some more feeder roads, some more loop roads, and we’re working on all that, it’s just taking such a long time to get these things really in service.

That, and with Vision 2037, I believe we have a good plan in place, and I would like to see us implementing those plans as quickly as we can. I think Vision 2037 is a necessity, and it’s something I cam-

paigned on years ago.

Shortly after that, we started looking at everything and getting the process started.

It took a while, but I think we needed to take our time on it, do it right and not rush it. This is going to be the plan we take on for the next 20 years.

GREEN: Is there anything you would like to emphasize to Ward 6 voters?

BAILEY: We’re going to grow, no matter what anyone says. People can sit there and they are going to stop growth, but there is nothing they can do. You are not going to be able to stop growth in this town. We are going to continue to grow, and as we do that, we gotta have people in there who have a common sense of what’s going on and how to plan for it and how it all works. Smart planning and growth are some of the main things I’m running on for sure. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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OBITUARIES DIANNE BARLOW Dianne Barlow, 73, of Oxford died Monday, March 20, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital of Oxford. Visitation was Tuesday, March 21, 2017, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. at Coleman Funeral Home of Oxford.

Funeral services immediately followed in Coleman Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Ken Hanks will officiate.

Memorials and contributions may be made to The American Heart Association, 4830 McWillie Circle, Jackson, MS 39206.

CORINNE BROWN HARTLEY Corinne Brown Hartley, 93, died Monday, March 20, 2017, at Oxford Health and Rehab in Oxford. The funeral service will be held today at 2:00 p.m. at Harmontown Baptist Church with Rev. Jim Pinkerton officiating. Visitation will be held from 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. prior to the service at the church. Waller Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Memorial contributions in Mrs. Hartley’s memory may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.

BRIEFING Isom Center Open House The Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies will be holding an open house event from 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. The Isom Center is located in Suite D on the third floor of Lamar Hall. They can be found online at www.sarahisomcenter.com.

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and smooth rims. The daughter basically just wants a boat. So how do they find a middle ground?

The Literacy Council started their county-wide tour of the skit Monday morning at Regents Classical Christian School where they performed in the schools music room. Over the course of the rest of the week they visited Oxford University School, Lafayette Elementary School, Magnolia Montessori School, Oxford Elementary and Bramlett Elementary. After

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Nate Rateliff & The Night Sweats.

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Dr. Jon.

Double Decker brings big names to headline Headlining the 2017 Double Decker Arts Festival will be Dr. Jon & The Nite Trippers and Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats.

Dr. Jon is an internationally renowned musician who has won six Grammys and been inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He’s known for his ability to transport listeners to the upbeat streets of New Orleans with his classic blend of funk and jazz.

His career dates back to the 1950s where he played guitar for some of them greats when they passed

through to record in Nola.

He’s set to take the stage on Saturday, April 29 at 7 p.m.

After Dr. Jon comes

Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. His group is known for their “deep, primal and ecstatic soulfulness.

Rateliff is a

Stacks Records. Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats will take the stage on Saturday, April 29 at 8:45 p.m.

The University of Mississippi Museum is the presenting Sponsor for this year’s Double Decker Arts Festival, made possible by Ole Miss Athletics.

Specialty Orthopedic Group sponsored the stage on which the performers will play. The concerts are free and open to the public. More information and a full schedule of events can be found at multi-instr umentalist www.doubledeckerfestiwhose self-titled album val.com with the Night Sweats is being made with iconic chaning.green@journalinc.com Memphis record label Twitter: chaningthegreen

each performance, every child in attendance got a copy of “If I Built a Car” and were read to by their teachers and members of the Literacy Council.

Sarah McLellan is the director of the Literacy Council and said thinks skits are a fun and unique way to get children excited about reading.

“It’s just an introduction for to the book,” McLellan said. “For us at the Literacy Council, it gets us excited about it, we get to dress up and it’s like this big kick off.

Afterward, we take the kids back to their rooms and read the book to them and they get to take home their

own copy.”

All the reading and festivities accumulate Friday March 31 when every first grader gets to meet Chris Van Dusen, the author, in person at the Gertrude C. Ford Center on the Ole Miss Campus. The kids will be bussed over and be able to listen to Van Dusen read the book he wrote and illustrated and have a chance to interact with him.

In addition to promoting literacy and getting more children excited about reading, McLellan really enjoys the skits. It’s a fun way to spend the day and it gives her and her colleagues a chance to be silly.

“My favorite part is when the children walk in for the skit and just have that look on their faces,” McLellan said. “I don’t think kids see adults dressed up very often, and a lot of them are seeing their parents or teachers dressed up. The look of excitement they have and the giggling is probably my favorite part.

Sometimes we worry so much about the skit and what we’re supposed to wear and we just have to remember that their first graders and they get excited about just being able to do something different during their day.”

Van Dusen’s visit ties in

with the Oxford Conference for the Book kicking off next weekend. The conference is an annual event that sets out to bring authors from all over the country to Oxford in order to celebrate the art and love of literature. For more information on the conference and for a full schedule of events, visit www.oxfordconferenceforthebook.com.

The purchase of all the books as well as all the other things that go into making this possible including a small honorarium given to the visiting author every year are due to the support of sponsors. The Literacy Council receives donations

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every year for this project from both businesses and individuals. This year, the event was sponsored by the Rotary Club, Square Books, Rick and Megan Addy, Tatiana, Petrovsky, Oxford Surgery Center, Belles and Beaus, More Than a Meal, Daniel and Susan Martin, Drs. Joe and Kelle Sumrall, The Starling Cousley Family, Leo Seicshnaydre III and Maxx South.

For more information about the literacy council and how to get involved, visit their website at www.lafayetteliteracy.org. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Oxford Writes workshop makes awaited return

BY CODY FUTRELL NEWS WRITER

Jeff Roberson has always had a strong passion for the written word. After years as a newspaper sports reporter, Roberson now works with the North Mississippi Family Resource Center and is what you might call the “visionary” behind helping local writers and authors to do a little mingling.

Roberson will again be part of organizing the Oxford Writes Spring Workshop on Saturday, March 25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Orchard located at 295 Highway 7 North in Oxford.

“We began to talk about and put this together in 2015 knowing that this was a place so many people want to write and can write,” Roberson said.

“They want to be around other writers and authors.

It was a community we knew there was a place for

something like this.”

The first Oxford Writes workshop was a success with about 60 people attended the last Oxford Writes. This time the hopes are the numbers will grow for another worshop that will include au-

thors on books, sports writing, song writing and other workshops for free throughout the day.

“Once we started getting this together, the arts council (of Oxford) was with us from the get go,” Roberson said. “We hope

people like it and it is something we are looking forward to. Now in year two here - we are learning who we are and what we are all about. This is all about giving people the opportunity to be around other people who write.

GIving them the opportunity to ask questions and learn and to express what it is that they bring to the table.”

Roberson said the event is for professional writers as well as those they just write for a hobby or can

use this as an outlet to meet other writers and get them together in one place.

Reporter Daniel Connolly of the Memphis (Tenn.) Commercial Appeal will give a morning workshop on novel writing based off his experiences in developing, writing, and findina publisher for his work “Book of Isaias”.

There will also be interactive sessions for audiences to participate in.

Roberson will join fellow sports writers Webb Lewis of SES Mississippi, Parrish Alford of the Daily Journal, Chase Parham of Rivals.com, and Brian Rippee of the University of Mississippi to do a workshop on sports writing.

Roberson says the event organizers hope the event lives up to a famous quote from one of America’s greatest writers and Oxford resident William Faulkner - “If a story is in you, it has to come out.”

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Board of Supervisors mulls tax exemptions for Blauer Manufactoring

BY CODY FUTRELL NEWS WRITER

A local manufacturing company with more than 100 employees in Lafayette County is exploring options of expanding operations locally, but will not be able to do so without additional tax exemptions.

Blauer Manufacturing Company, manufactorer of goods such as the customization of uniforms for police and other agencies, is seeking a Free Port tax exemption because the company says most of its

goods are shipped outside of the state.

If the request is granted, Lafayette county schools could potentially see a $145,000 decrease in funding.

The issue was the most debated topic during a regular meeting of the Lafayette Country Board of Supervisors on Monday.

The issue was eventually tabled to give both sides more time and a special meeting will take place at 8 a.m. Friday in the Chancery Building.

Blauer Manufacturing has had residence in the

Max D. Hill Lafayette County Industrial Park since 1987. The company also operates as SWM Company and employees 148 people locally.

Plant manager Elvis Cook came before the Board of Supervisors to speak positively about why the company should receive a Free Port Warehouse Exemption. It would amount to about $145,000 that the company currently pays into the school tax and would be in addition to a fiveyear tax the company has been receiving on general

and valorem county tax.

Cook said that his company owners could be looking at other states such as Missouri and Alabama to move operations if those areas offer better tax breaks.

“Our inventory is getting enourmous,” Cook said. “We are out of room.

I am just afraid that this tax issue is going to get in the way of where we can go. It has (owners) looking at other locations.”

Board of Supervisors Vice President Chad McLarty, of District 4, said the issue is one that the

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board will look closely at and could lead to more county land for Blauer to expand in the future.

“It’s a complicated issue,” McLarty said. “We want to do what we can do to keep them in Oxford.

We don’t want to see them leave and go somewhere else. But you are also looking at a (financially) strapped school district.

There is county land on all three sides of them, and we are more than willing to sit down with them to discuss expanding.”

During the meeting, McLarty offered to sit

down with the Blauer executives to discuss land expansion options and county attorney David O’Donnell questioned whether the fact that the goods are altered with logos and customization in Oxford would make the company ineligable for a Free Port Tax Exemption since the goods are not simply housed before going out of state.

“I think you should fine tune what you are asking for,” O’Donnell said.

“Once you touch it, you are manufacturing (the goods).”

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Board approves rezoning for TND

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

The March 21 meeting of the mayor and Board of Alderman began Tuesday night with the mayor’s report.

Among other things Mayor Pat Patterson wanted to make citizens aware that there are a few controlled burns happening in places throughout the city.

The most discussed topic at the meeting was the issue of rezoning 47.68 acres of land that would allow for the construction of a traditional neighborhood development (TND). A public hearing was held during the last board meeting where several citizens voiced their concerns and support of the rezoning.

Those opposed the rezoning were worried about the construction of the self contained neighborhood would do to the stability of the land, the road systems, years of construction and more.

Those in favor of the rezoning say it is clearly the obvious next step in ensuring well constructed growth of the city. In addition to the public hearings there and in meetings of the Planning Commission, the board has received dozens of regarding the matter.

The board discussed it from their points of view. Before the discussion began, the mayor read a letter from Alderman-at-Large John Morgan who was unable to attend the meeting. The letter stated Morgan’s clear

support in favor of the rezoning. The discussions began with Ward 1 Alderman Rick Addy. The proposed area that would be rezoned sits in his ward. He was ultimately in support of the rezoning but wanted to go on record stating that he would like to see special attention paid to the construction of sidewalks to make the area safer for pedestrians.

Ward 3 Alderman Janice Antonow spoke about her concerns regarding the project. She said flooding was already a problem in the area after heavy rain falls and wanted to know what assurances would be in place to keep that in check if construction were to move forward. The mayor had similar questions of his own. Representatives of the Oxford Police Department were there to discuss ordinances already in place to make sure construction companies take precautions as to not damage the property of res-

idents. Violations can result in a one-week suspension of the project, during which no work can be done on a project. Violators can also face a 30-day work suspension and must appear before the Board of Alderman for permission to resume once this 30-day period is up.

The board ultimately approved the rezoning.

Antonow made the motion to approve and Ward 4 Alderman Ulysses Howell was the only alderman who opposed the rezoning during the final vote.

The board also had a first of reading of a proposed by the Mississippi Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) that could make it illegal for nonrestaurants to serve alcohol to customers. This would primarily affect businesses like nail salons that serve alcohol while to customers while they provide their services. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Carpenter to sign copies of novel "The Devil's Bible" at Square Books

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

Dana Chamblee Carpenter will be coming to Square Books next week to promote her latest novel, “The Devil’s Bible.”

Carpenter is a novelist and literature professor living in Nashville. She’s an alumna of the University of Mississippi’s English department and excited to return to Oxford for the event.

The idea for the book began with the main character, a woman named Mouse.

Chamblee was driving with her children one day when she envisioned a woman, dressed in a fashion from centuries past and overlooking a battlefield of horses and swords. She had to know more.

“I just saw this young woman in my mind and she was looking over a battlefield and I was curious,” Carpenter said. “I could see her face, and she had a very determined face, but she was at the same time agonized over something. That’s what started the questions for me.”

Carpenter then began to do a character study. She asked herself who this woman was, where was she and when was she. Eventually, Carpenter decided that she Mouse was alive and well in thirteenth-century Bohemia. The author then began pouring over historical texts and history books and began to craft her setting through the eyes of Mouse.

Carpenter’s work is very character driven. She builds the world around Mouse rather than building a world and dropping her in it.

“The Devil’s Bible” is actually a sequel to Carpenter’s 2015 debut “The Bohemian Gospel.” The first book tells Mouse’s origin story and is set in the thirteenth century.

The second novel splits its time between now, and the lost Benedictine monastery of Podlazice in Bohemia during the thirteenth century. Mouse is a part of history and a part of now.

The thing about Mouse is that she’s not very good at dying. She’s not very good at a lot of things, but she’s also a

PHOTO COURTESY OF DANA CHAMBLEE CARPENTER

Dana Chamblee Carpenter will be in Off Square Books next week to promote and sign copies of her latest novel, "The Devil's Bible." little too good at several other things. “The Devil’s Bible” begins in Nashville where Mouse works as a history professor. She really

likes Nashville. She’s been there for a few years now, longer than she’s been in any one place in the last 700 years. So maybe she’s gotten too comfortable, a little careless even. Her dad hasn’t found her yet, but what if he does?

A series of unusual, aggravating and violent events leads Mouse to the conclusion that her father has found her, and he is coming.

Mouse knows she has to burn every part of her Nashville life and leave it all

behind if she has any hope of escaping without bringing death and destruction upon everyone and everything around her. So she grabs a new identity from the stack and boards a plane for Rome, looking to hide away in the ancient, familiar city but she’s completely unprepared for what and who she finds there.

“The Devil’s Bible” takes readers on an unexpected

and sweeping adventure across centuries and continents as our mysterious heroine tries to finally escape her father.

Dana Chamblee Carpenter’s “The Devil’s Bible” is on sale now. She will be doing a reading and book signing at Off Square Books Next Thursday at 5 p.m. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

BRIEFING Croft Institute welcomes guest lecturer On Wednesday, March 29 at 7 p.m., the Croft Institute for International Studies at the University of Mississippi will welcoming guest speaker Michael Gorham as he lectures on social media.

Gorham’s lecture is titled “Kadyrov on Instagram: Mediating (Chechen) Authority in a Web 2.0 World.”

The lecture description reads as the following: Social media are frequently celebrated for their democratic, decentralized architecture, a means for everyday citizens to express themselves without the reg-

ular media filters of more centralized markets. What happens when they become the go-to mode of communication and public relations for political leaders of a more authoritarian bent? The foray into Instagram by Ramzan Kadyrov, the ex-warlord and charismatic leader of the Russian republic of Chechnya, offers a compelling case study for examining just this.

Through a detailed analysis of the multimedia project, “Kadyrov on Instagram” provides insight into the protean profile of authority it projects, its contribution to Kadyrov’s growing reputation of one of Russia’s most powerful politicians, and the broader implications of this trend on the

potential of new media for promoting civic discourse in Russian politics.

Used Sporting Goods Wanted The Oxford Park Commission and Boy Scouts of America are looking for used sports equipment and asking the public to donate items on Saturday outside of Dick’s Sporting Goods.

S.C.O.R.E which stands for sports clothing and other reusable equipment is the name for the project. Materials will be collected from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Dick’s Sporting Goods is also sponsoring a 20 percent off coupon for the Oxford Park Commission all day on Saturday.

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Miss-I-Sippin' Returns to Oxford

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

The Yoknapatawpha Arts council has coordinated with several local and regional brewers and local business to bring the ninth annual Miss-I-Sippin’ back to Oxford this weekend.

The two-day event begins Friday, March 24 with a brewer’s dinner. This will be held at the Powerhouse and will feature several of the brewers coming to town to participate in the event. A limited number of seats are available and the ticket price includes a full meal with a menu by Dwayne Ingram of Sinfully Southern. Musician Luke Fisher will also be there to perform and celebrate the release of his newest album.

“The dinner is going to be nice and fun and casual,” said Wayne Andrews, director of the arts council.

“This is not a dress-up event. You get to chat with some of the brewers, listen to Luke Fisher and even get a wonderful meal from one of our local chefs.”

On Saturday from noon to 3 p.m., several businesses in town will be offering specials. Gus’s Fried Chicken and The Growler on the Square will be offer-

ing different beer and food specials. Jackson Beer Co. on Jackson Avenue will also be offering specials. High Point Coffee on the Square will have representatives from Sweet & Sauer, who make kombucha that the coffee shop sells, with samples of the different fermented products they have to offer.

“It’s always been this kind of evolving event,” Wayne said when asked about the addition of the business specials this year.

“We’re always looking for ways to grow it and keep it fresh, but to also stay with this sense of community it was built around. The arts council is all about building partnerships. We want to show how arts and culture supports the community, brings peoples here and therefore supports the businesses here.”

Starting at 3, the beer tasting and gathering will take place at the Old Armory at the corner of University and Bramlett. All of the participating brewers will be set up here. Volunteers will be working to serve beer from brewers who could not make the actual event but still wanted to participate. The Hub provided small beer glasses for the event for pa-

trons to carry to each brewer and sample their wares. There’s no limit on the number samples and the event lasts until 8 that night, allowing for patrons to spread out their sampling and enjoy themselves.

Gus’s is also sponsoring a chicken wing eating contest. Those interested can pay $10 to be entered into a contest to see who can consume two dozen chicken wings the fastest.

Children are welcome to attend the event. There’s plenty of green space around the Armory for them to play and there will be activities include giant Jenga for the kids. There are several musical acts set to perform at the event. The first to go on will be Lawton Gafford and Bryan Civitell followed by Darren Grem and closing out with Paul Tate, who will wind down the event shortly before 8.

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The Graduate features music during "The Coop Sunset Series" each Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m.

Oxford music at new heights

BY DAVIS COEN SPECIAL TO OXFORD CITIZEN

When Water Valley musician Eric Deaton played at a Holiday Inn downtown-Oxford on North Lamar nearly two decades ago, he wouldn’t have imagined that so many years later he’d be performing again at the same address, several floors up… to arguably the best view in town.

Since September 2015, a new structure stands on the same spot. The Graduate Hotel is a franchise whose Oxford location has thus far done outstanding business. It caters to guests not simply looking for a comfortable night’s rest, but also wanting a convenient proximity to Courthouse Square and all its offerings.

Perched atop The Graduate Hotel is the fourth floor rooftop terrace and gathering spot, The Coop.

Hotel guests need not walk far for great dining, drinks

and live local music.

Guests, often consisting of family, friends and alumni in town for a special event or occasion, can enjoy as relaxed and laid-back an atmosphere as can be found anywhere on the Square without leaving the hotel.

The Coop has drawn a variety of ages, but particularly weekdays cater to young professionals looking to enjoy a night out while still able to get home in time to rest for work.

Something unique to the The Graduate HotelOxford, for both guests and local patrons alike, has been “The Coop Sunset Concert Series.” It commenced on Jan. 11, and has grown into a popular Wednesday early-evening music event.

Although scheduled between 6 to 8 p.m., it’s not uncommon for sets to linger to 9:30 p.m., depending on the climate of the evening, although 10 p.m. is the cut-off for out-

side music because of city ordinances.

Eric Deaton, a North Carolina native, longtime North Mississippi resident and member internationally acclaimed local recording group “Afrissippi,” is one of four music acts in rotation for the weekly series.

“It’s always been a good crowd…nice mix of locals, and people who are staying at the hotel,” Deaton said.

Deaton’s bassist, Nathan Robbins, originally from Pontotoc, has played music in Oxford for 17 years, and assisted in organizing the series. He also accompanies other acts on the roster when needed.

Robbins said he thinks the relaxed environment has lent to musicians and guests interacting without inhibition. “(Eric) Deaton was playing the first installment, and had a gentleman from Kansas that was staying at the Graduate sit in and

play blues clarinet," Robbins said. "I describe it as a really laid back, living room-type gig, that’s always comfortable and welcoming.”

When asked how the interaction between the musicians and The Coop staff may contribute to the overall vibe, Robbins replied, “The feedback has been exceptional. Of course the staff loves having music, because it adds to the cool atmosphere they already have there.

The management and staff have been extremely supportive and welcoming of all the musicians and fans as well.”

The four music acts in rotation are strippeddown line-ups, mostly duos or three-pieces, with musical styles ranging across an eclectic variety, including blues, jazz, lounge and rock and roll.

All are well-established and veteran to the local music scene. In addition to Deaton, are Kudzu King’s

guitarist, singer Tate Moore, Rocket 88 – who’ve grown akin to the description “Juke Joint Gospel,” and multi-versed keyboardist, Eric Carlton.

The bare-boned musical instrumentations (essentially lacking drum-kit) coalesce perfectly into the mellow atmosphere.

The bandstand is in the corner of two brick walls, which is both visually and sonically pleasing, reflecting sound as might a small amphitheater.

When the weather doesn’t cooperate, the setup is moved inside to a corner where acoustics are also pleasing, even through a din of bar chatter.

Chip Moore, beverage manager, is a native of Greenville who has resided in Oxford for 20 years.

Moore explained the intention of the series is to provide something for an early-evening crowd, as opposed to most other venues, which commonly host live music no earlier

than 10 p.m.

“You can go out and have a good time, get really good happy hour drinks and food…listen to local music and still be home at 8:30 at night.”

Moore emphasized the importance of live music as it pertains not only to the hotel guests, but to the backbone of the town, the year-round local patrons.

“You can’t really just make it off your hotel guests alone, you’ve got to do something to get the locals involved in what you’re doing, especially in a college town,” he said.

The success of the series has inspired the addition of Sundays to the weekly music schedule, starting April 2 from 3 to 5 p.m.

Similar to the Wednesday format, those sessions will continue with the concept of the four-band rotation.

There are also plans to host a Hawaiian Luaustyle event, including a whole hog pig roast, to coincide with the Sundays.

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Chicken Salad Chick opens March 28 in the Oxford Galleria II off West Jackson Avenue.

Chicken Salad Chick brings new sandwich spin to Oxford

BY CODY FUTRELL NEWS WRITER

What came first the chicken or the egg?

Its’ a a question as old as time. A new Oxford eatery may not have all the answers but it surely knows a thing or two about chicken salad.

Chicken Salad Chick owned by Robin and Will Clayton - opens next Tuesday, March 28 and there will be some prizes for some of the first patrons through the doors.

The first 100 guests will receive free chicken salad for a year. The very first customer will receive the largest prize - a “quick chick” of chicken salad per week for one year. Then next 99 customers will receive one large “quick chick” per month for a year.

There are a couple things those hoping to munch on the Chicken Salad Chick

varieties of chicken salad must do before being eligible to win - be 16 years or older and download the Craving Credits app for smart phones.

The week of festivities does not end there. On March 29, the first 100 guests to purchase The Chick receive a free 30ounce Chick Tumbler. The Chick is described as “a scoop or sandwich of chicken salad or pimento cheese.

“The best thing about us is - everyone has their own opinion on the best chicken salad - you can have a different flavor each week,” Community Marketing Director Libby Massey said. “Variety is something we pride ourselves on. And we make everything in our back kitchen., We don’t freeze anything and use all local produce - good quality produce.”

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On March 30, Purchase of a chick special will get you Chick coozie and a free large drink for the first 100 guests.’

On March 31, The first

100 guests receive a free scoop of Classic Carol which is described as “shredded white meat chicken, finely minced celery, mayonnaise, and

our secret seasoning.”

On April 1, kids will eat free all day with purchase of a Chick Special.

“We love to love on our guests,” Massey said. “We

want to do these things as a thank you to the Oxford community. There is something for everyone.

From college students to families and those with children all have a few options.”

A soft opening this Thursday and Friday will benefit the fight against hunger and is another way Chicken Salad Chick will give back to the community by contributing to the local food bank.

Chicken Salad Chick began in Auburn, Alabama and now has stores across the south with Oxford joining Olive Branch with locations in the state of Mississippi. The chain offers 13 varieties of chicken salad from fruity, to savory, to classic.

Soups, salad and other sandwich selections such as the southern classic pimento cheese are also offered.

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Ben Mikell Sports Writer

Chargers beat Trojans to start region play 1-0

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he Oxford Chargers will take a win at Trojan Field anyway they can get it.

They delivered with a 4-2 victory over the host New Hope Trojans Tuesday night to begin region play in the win column.

Oxford (13-1 overall, 1-0 in Division 2-5A) struck first in the first inning when Drew Bianco scored his younger brother Sam on a double off the left field wall three batters after he reached on a single. New Hope (7-6, 0-1) answered back with a double of their own from Carson Forrester in the home half of the first inning to drive in Tyler Murphy three batters after reaching on a walk to tie the game at 1-1.

The Chargers went ahead for good in the third inning when Ben Bianco won an eight pitch at bat and hit his third homerun of the season to right field from Trojan starter Noah Brock to go up 2-1.

“Ben’s hit was obviously huge in the game, it put us up one,” OHS coach Chris Baughman said. “Carson (Stinnett) kept us there until the last inning. We did a good job of coming back and putting up two more (in the seventh inning). I thought Brock did a good job of pitching out of some jams. We were looking for a couple of two-out hits. I thought Thomas Stevens did a great job for them behind the plate of controlling our running game. Ben’s home run was definitely a shot in the arm and gave us a little bit of comfort putting us up one to play with a lead the rest of the ballgame.”

Stinnett earned the complete-game win on the mound for the Chargers allowing two unearned runs on three hits, scattered five walks and two hit batters to go along with four strikeouts on just 91 pitches.

“I thought Carson was great,” Baughman said about his pitcher’s performance. “I thought he was better tonight than he was the other night against Lafayette with his efficiency. I thought he got ahead much better, controlled for the most part all three of his pitches. I thought his changeup was really effective when he threw it for strikes and kept it down. When he leaves it up is when he gets into trouble. I thought he did a good job for the most part of going out there and putting up zeroes every time we came in and not score, so I thought we did a good job of keeping the pressure off of us.”

Despite plenty of new faces playing in a New Hope varsity game on the road, Baughman was proud of how his team, especially TURN TO CHARGERS PAGE 17

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Ole Miss won the distance medley relay at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships earlier this month. The Rebels will host their first outdoor meet this coming weekend.

Track and Field Ole Miss track and field looks forward to hosting home meet

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS WRITER

For the first time in three seasons, the Ole Miss track and field team will host a home meet. The Joe Walker Invitational is the first time that the Rebels get a chance to perform in front a friendly crowd, and the athletes can’t wait for it to start.

“It’s real nice to be honest. I’ve been here the longest of anybody on the distance side besides Sean Tobin and Trevor Gailey and neither of us actually got to race on the track,” said Craig Engels. “It will be nice to be able to come back and showcase the talent that we have. It’s nice we can actually train here as well. We don’t have to travel to either of the high schools.”

Training for a distance runner like

Engels hasn’t been as big of a deal without the track, but for the entire program, having a true home track is an advantage. It is easier for the athletes to not have to leave campus now in order to train and get better.

“It is nice when you don’t have to drive very far. We live just two minutes down the road,” Engels said pointing to teammate Robert Domanic. “We just come here and warm up now.”

Hosting a meet was an exciting thing for Domanic, who joined Engels and Tobin and Nick DeRay to win the NCAA Indoor Championship in the distance medley relay two weeks ago.

Domanic will not actually be competing in the event because he elected to redshirt the outdoor season in order to gain one more season, but wanted

to experience an atmosphere that he has seen the football team or other athletic teams have in the past.

“I’m really excited to see what kind of turnout we get and how many Rebels we can get out there,” he added.

Winning the recent relay title was something Domanic felt his team could accomplish. It was almost expected, even by other SEC teams, to be honest.

“But going out and actually doing it was incredible,” said Domanic, who was the one that crossed the finish line in the relay. “You’re really, really excited initially and then that next day. We were very satisfied. It was great. We were a little bit nervous beTURN TO OLE MISS PAGE 17

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Ole Miss Basketball Still Life for Carter

BY BEN GARRETT SPECIAL TO OXFORD CITIZEN

Keith Carter is synonymous with Ole Miss basketball.

He’s one of the most accomplished players in school history. A four-year starter, Carter helped lead the Rebels to a pair of SEC Western Division titles in 1997 and 1998, and he earned All-American honors after his 1999 senior season in which he scored 542 points and drained 77 3-pointers.

So it’s certainly fitting Carter, after hanging up his sneakers some nine years ago at 31, would find his way back to Oxford and around the program he helped build. Carter rejoined Rebel athletics in September of 2009 with the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation. Almost three years later he assumed the role of executive director of the foundation, with the title of associate athletics director for development. He’s since been elevated to senior associate athletics director.

And when basketball is in season, he can found alongside David Kellum calling Rebel games as a color analyst for the Ole Miss Radio Network.

“It’s been a perfect outlet for me to be able to still be around the game and around the players and around the coaches and kind of have that inside access that I’ve always had as

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the new everyday starters in the Oxford lineup, responded throughout the contest.

“We talked all year about being new and we got so many kids that are new out there,” Baughman said.

“This was the first time for them. This was the first time Sam Bianco has played at New Hope. This was the first time Clay Ivy had caught at New Hope.

This was the first time Carson Stinnett had pitched at New Hope. This was still a first for us and I was proud of the way our kids played tonight.”

All the Bianco brothers

a player,” Carter said. “I was fortunate enough to play after college for about nine years, so the actual bouncing the ball and shooting it through the hoop, I’ve gotten enough of that. I’ve had my fill of that. When I played my last game, it’s like those wrestlers who leave their shoes on the mat. That’s how I felt. I had had enough playing basketball. But you never lose your love of the game and wanting to be around it.”

Carter said it was Kellum who approached him with the opportunity. Though he’d obviously never done anything in radio before, he knew basketball. Saying yes didn’t take long. He wanted to stay around the game, and he was a natural in the role. These days he’s a pro.

But make no mistake, a number of people have helped guide him along the way, including Ole Miss head coach Andy Kennedy, who Carter said has been more than generous in allowing him access to the team.

“It’s been a lot of fun,” he said. “For me to sit courtside, there’s times I want to go over and talk to the players. It’s part of my DNA having been a basketball player my whole life, and it’s been my life. Certainly have a day job that I take very seriously and work very hard at, but when I get to go and talk about basketball for a couple of each finished with multiple hits for the Chargers.

Sam Bianco finished with a career-high three hits in a 3-for-4 outing and a run scored. Drew Bianco was 2-for-3 with a double and a RBI. Ben Bianco finished 2-for-3 with two RBI and the homerun. CJ Terrell also had an RBI-single in inning. the seventh Stevens paced the offense for the Trojans going 2-for3 with a walk and a run scored. Stevens also threw out two Oxford runners while playing catcher for New Hope.

Oxford will travel across town to face rival Lafayette tonight at 7:00 p.m. before playing New Hope again on Friday night at 6:00 p.m. at Edwin Moak Field.

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Keith Carter has many roles with the Rebels, including basketball color analyst for the Ole Miss Radio Network. hours a couple of nights a week, that’s certainly one of the highlights of the week, for sure.”

The latest highlight has been Ole Miss’ run in the NIT. The Rebels, a No. 5 seed, hosted a quarterfinals game at The Pavilion against No. 6 seed Georgia Tech Tuesday night, which followed a Saturday upset at No. 1 seed Syracuse. The Rebels, in their first-ever trip to the Carrier Dome, pulled out an 85-80 win.

Carter was along for the ride. He even got some shots up in the storied venue during the team’s Friday shoot-around. Because try as he might, basketball is life. It’s always been. Far be it for Carter to turn down a ball and a hoop.

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fore because the individual 800s didn’t go as well as expected. At the end of the day, I was extremely confident in myself. As long as one of our guys didn’t get tripped up, there was no way I wasn’t going to win.”

“I think it’s really cool to just bring home a national championship for Ole Miss. Track and field doesn’t get the same kind of recognition, but everyone knows what a national championship is,” Engels added. “We won one of those, so it’s pretty cool.”

Ole Miss track is in a

“As a basketball junkie, it’s one of those bucket list places you like to go,” Carter said. “It was just amazing to walk in there and think about all the history there and the storied tradition with Syracuse and all the NCAA regionals that have been played there. It’s just a cool place.

“When we showed up on Saturday, the lights were on and everything was ready to roll. You can just tell the people in Syracuse love basketball. They know basketball. When Jim Boeheim walks on the floor, he’s been there 41 years as the head coach. That’s amazing. He has over 900 wins.

For A.K. and our team to go toe-to-toe and come out with a win in the Carrier Dome against a storied different spot heading into its first home meet since 2014. The program has accomplished a lot under the direction of Connie Price-Smith and Ryan Vanhoy, and the athletes have used the momentum to boost confidence.

“The program has evolved over the past four years. In the past, there have been more scholarships sunk into sprints and jumps and hurdles and now we have a lot of throwers and distance runners,” Domanic said.

“That’s probably changed the dynamic of the program a bit. We’re more balanced. And in the past the distance runners didn’t hang out with the

Syracuse team and program, it’s a great win for our program and something I think A.K. can use in recruiting and certainly something we can use as we build towards next season. I think the future’s extremely bright.”

Yes, the NIT is the secondary tournament, established for the bubble teams and mid-majors that fall short of the NCAA Tournament. But for Ole Miss, it’s made for a nice memory, especially for seniors Sebastian Saiz and Rasheed Brooks.

The Carrier Dome is a notoriously difficult venue.

Syracuse, just this season, claimed home wins over Duke, Florida State and Virginia there. Duke was a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, while Florida State and Virginia were a No. 3 and a No. 5, respectively.

The game had a postseason feel. Carter can attest.

And he said the experience the Rebels gained – combined with wins a firstround road win at Monmouth – will only help as they prepare to make an NCAA Tournament run next season. Ole Miss is set to return four players who started at least 24 games this season, as well as two others who appeared in all 35.

“I think it’s great,” Carter said. “From the top down – from (athletics director Ross Bjork) to our head coach and our team – the

NCAA is our goal. There’s no doubt about that. That’s what you play for every single year, and that’s where you want to be. That’s where we hope to be in the future. But the NIT allows teams to have a great opportunity. You look at kids like Sebastian and Rasheed, our seniors, they get to play some more basketball and have an awesome experience like going to Syracuse. And they get to come home and play their last home game as basically another senior night.

It’s just so much fun for them to get to do that.

“I think the NIT is great.

With the new structure and the new emphasis put on it and all the games are on TV – and we’ve been to Madison Square Garden for the Final Four – it’s a great experience. The bottom line is if you’re in tournament play, whether it’s the NCAA or the NIT, it’s still that oneand-done mentality. You look at it just like that. We’re building for next year. If we do make the NCAA Tournament, it’s the same scenario. Maybe a little bit bigger stage there than it is this year, but we’re learning how to play in tournament play and we’re learning if you lose, you go home.

With our nucleus coming back next year and our guys getting to experience this, I think it’s a great experience.”

And Carter has a frontrow seat.

sprinters as much. You kind of stayed with your event squads. Now, we’re overall really, really close with each other. It’s nice because you can form a really good bond with everyone. And when you can form that bond, it just means more when you can do well.”

There is a chance, even with some athletes being held back for the future, that the Rebels end up finishing in the top 15 in the nation. The outdoor season is a little more individual based, especially compared to cross country which is all about team. The Ole Miss men finished second in the SEC in cross country this past fall. Ole Miss will

host a second outdoor meet on May 6.

This is the last semester for Engels, who transferred in from N.C. State.

He will compete in the 1,500-meter run, and the half mile.

“I want to focus much more on the end of the season and nationals and SECs. We’re only doing a couple of races this season so we can be more prepared for the end,” Engels said. “Ryan Manahan and I live and train together and our goal is to go 1-2 in the 1,500 at nationals. We don’t care who is 1-2 but that’s what we want to do. That was our goal last year and we didn’t quite get it going 6 and 7.”

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Rowe comes through when needed for OM Rebels

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS WRITER

Tim Rowe got more text messages than normal this past weekend. He also gained more followers on Twitter and Instagram. The junior from Hernando definitely increased his stock from a popularity standpoint with Ole Miss fans after coming up with three big hits in wins over Vanderbilt.

Rowe’s first major impact came in the series opener with the Commodores. His pinch-hit single drove in the only run of the game for the teams in the sixth inning. Then, with the Rebels needing a lift in the rubber match, Rowe collected two hits, including a home run, in the 10-8 win on Sunday.

Rowe, who was hitting .300 coming out the weekend, was happy to help the team anyway possible. As far as the attention, that was just fine as well.

“Everything went well.

The fans are always here for us. That’s why we love

them,” Rowe said as the Rebels got ready to play Memphis. “I got a lot of texts from people I know giving me congratulations on the home run.”

There were some nerves on the part of Rowe before the series started. Part of that revolved around being the first of 10 in the SEC. In the end, Rowe focused on the fun parts of baseball to get him through.

When the ball left Rowe’s bat in the third game, it felt good, like it could travel over the wall at OxfordUniversity Stadium. Rowe said he has had the same feeling on other well-hit balls that the wind knocked down, pushing the ball into wall. Thankfully this one worked out positively.

Rowe has played in 13 games this season, but only started three of them. He started at designated hitter in the Sunday win. Ole Miss coach Mike Bianco let him know when he got to the park to warm up.

“I just think like every day I’m going to start,”

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Ole Miss junior Tim Rowe had a fantastic first weekend in SEC play. He drove in the game-winning run in last Friday’s 10 win over Vanderbilt and then hit a home run in the Sunday win over the Commodores.

Rowe said when asked if it was tough finding out just a couple of hours before he would in the regular lineup instead of in the role of pinch hitter. “I just mentally prepare myself for that

role, and that gets me ready for the day even if I don’t.”

Before helping the Rebels win games, Rowe was helping the Indians of Itawamba Community College earn victories on

the diamond. The biggest adjustment for Rowe from junior college was getting used to the pitching.

“The pitching is a lot different here. More breaking balls and the pitching overall is a lot better than in junior college,” Rowe said.

“I do feel like here you get more fastballs than you do in JUCO. I think the pitchers have more confidence because they throw a lot harder. The ball always has to cross the white, and it’s always going to be a strike or a ball.”

Rowe has enjoyed the competition level at Ole Miss. He called it “great” adding that it has helped him get better every day.

“There is a lot of great talent on this team,” said Rowe, who felt that his confidence level was much higher after the successful weekend. “I feel great. It was a great win (Sunday).

We had fun. My expectations for this team are really high.”

Bianco has a lot of confidence in Rowe coming

through again. He was proud of what he did against Vanderbilt, and for the way he has worked since arriving from ICC. “He did what you hope kids do when they get opportunities. He made the most of it,” Bianco said.

“We have confidence in all the guys but not all can play. We have a lot of good players and when they get put into certain situations, how do they handle it? Certainly, he’s handled it really well. He is one of the signees for this No. 1 ranked recruiting class. We talk about all the great freshmen and he was one of those guys that we signed because we needed a left-handed bat. So, we went after him.

“I thought he had a really good fall. Statistically, he didn’t have a lot of hits but he had a lot of great at bats,” Bianco added. “He was terrific as well in January and February. And he is certainly one of the guys that’s in the mix there that we can rely on.”

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NIT: Rebels stung to end season

BY PARRISH ALFORD DAILY JOURNAL

The Rebels will never know if they could have made it there.

Ole Miss couldn’t make it out of an NIT quarterfinal home game, its season ending one step shy of New York in a 74-66 loss to Georgia Tech on Tuesday.

Ole Miss previously reached the NIT semifinals twice, in 2008 and 2010 under coach Andy Kennedy.

Former Memphis coach Josh Pastner improved the Yellow Jackets to 20-15 and won against Ole Miss for the first time in three tries. One of his losses was an NIT second-round game at the Rebels’ old Tad Smith Coliseum.

Ole Miss concludes its season at 22-14, winning at least 20 games for the ninth time in 11 seasons under Kennedy.

Ben Lammers, Tech’s 6-

foot-10 center, hurt the Rebels inside with 20 points on 9-for-11 shooting and eight blocked shots.

“Lammers is their best player,” Kennedy said.

“Their zone made us settle a little bit. Some of it’s fools’ gold, because we made those shots against Syracuse, 15 3s. We kind of fell in love with it. Guys who were making them two days ago were not making them tonight, so then we drive it, and Lammers has eight blocked shots.”

Ole Miss never led but was four points back with 1 minute, 37 seconds left.

Tech’s Josh Okogie got a back door cut and missed a dunk but was fouled by Sebastian Saiz. Okogie hit both free throws, and the Rebels turned it over on the other end.

That put Ole Miss in fouling mode.

“We led from wire to wire. That wasn’t easy to do in a place like this,”

Burnett, Cullen Neal and Rasheed Brooks, the Rebels’ top 3-point shooters, were a combined 0 for 9 in the first half. Ole Miss was a collective 2 for 13 in the half. Tech led by as many as 14 points and went to halftime with a 39-30 advantage.

Neal would finish 2 for 6 behind the arc, and the Rebels were 6 for 28 for the game.

Burnett got his only 3 to go down with 13:28 left.

That made it a 10-point game, but Tech scored the next four points.

The Jackets beat the Rebels down the floor much of the first half. The Rebels had only five but Tech turnovers, cashed in and converted them into 11 points.

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