The Daily Mississippian - January 28, 2015

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Volume 103, No. 71

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Garage construction delayed, slated for spring completion KYLIE MCFADDEN

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Construction for the parking garage next to the Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium is seen on campus Monday.

PHOTO BY: KAYLA BEATTY

The opening of the Pavilion Garage near Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, which was anticipated to be completed by the beginning of this semester, has been further delayed.

“As with all construction projects, there are issues that arise that are unique to each project,” said Mike Harris, director of parking and transportation.

Harris said final modifications are being made, and while an exact date has not been estimated for its completion, construction on the parking garage is expected to finish this spring.

Harris also said that despite the delays, which may have been caused by site conditions or weather, the priority in this construction project is the overall quality of the final product.

“What is important is that we are deliberate in ensuring the highest standards are met and that we meet the codes and guidelines that are set by the state,” he said.

The department of parking and transportation will still offer short term parking permits in the Pavilion Garage, which will last from its opening until July, when they will move to longer term permit options. Timed parking at an hourly rate will also be available with or without a garage permit.

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Graceland Too memorabilia to be auctioned off Saturday HOLLY SPRINGS — Attorney Phillip Knecht says the quirky roadside attraction called “Graceland Too” will be auctioned Jan. 31 — mansion, vehicles, Elvis Presley memorabilia and all.

Owner and Elvis Presley eccentric Paul MacLeod of Holly Springs, died July 17.

He turned his antebellum mansion into an Elvis shrine where he gave tours for $5 any time of day or night. Making a late night visit to Graceland Too was considered a tradition by many students at The University of Mississippi.

Spur K Auctions will run the auction, including online bidding. Its website includes a list of 329 vinyl records, more than 250 of them by Presley. Quite a few are multiple copies, including six of the “Elvis Christmas Album.”

Graceland Too will open for preFILE PHOTO: LOGAN KIRKLAND views the afternoon of Friday, Jan. 30. The auction begins at 10 a.m.

Elvis Presley memorabilia is exhibited in the home of the late Paul MacLeod. The mansion, vehicles and memorabilia will be up for auction Saturday, Jan. 31.

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Porn and the degradation of women

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I remember my first days on this campus well.

I was walking from my car to my dorm when a lifted truck full of boys drove up next to me.

Immediately, they began to harass me. I became increasingly uncomfortable, tried to avert my attention, keep my face to the ground, ignored what they were saying: all the things I had been taught growing up.

Then I heard it. “You better wave back at me, bitch.”

“Bitch.”

Because I hadn’t complied with their harassment, did not think that their taunting was considered flattering and was not compelled to wave back to a group that had treated me as if I were an animal, I was suddenly a bitch.

How could I keep my head toward the concrete? How could I allow myself to be so demeaned and degraded?

But I knew that my experience was nothing special. Every single waking second of most women’s lives, we are subject to verbal, physical and emotional abuse that many do not recognize as THE DAILY

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problematic or wrong. Many, including women, just assume that it is the norm.

Rape culture and sexual harassment have easily been enabled and continuously ignored because of one thing: the idea that women exist solely for men’s pleasure and desire.

I believe that the experience I had during my first week of school at the University of Mississippi and other girls’ similar experiences are a direct effect of pornography on male minds.

So here I stand: an anti-porn feminist.

Most boys are exposed to porn at the age of 11, long before they have the time or ability to develop a healthy sexuality.

Before these boys even enter puberty, they are indoctrinated with the belief that women are meant to be used, and even enjoy being used, to fulfill every desire that a man has. This mindset is incredibly dangerous because as the porn industry has grown, so has the demand for violent and degrading videos, pictures and erotic stories.

While kinks and fetishes can be expressed healthily in sexual relationships, porn does not give a foundation for these sex-

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ual quirks to be cultivated in safe and respectful ways.

Boys are being taught that women enjoy being called sluts, whores and bitches, that somehow we all desire to have our hair pulled or to be gang-raped, or that it is somehow sexy and erotic to have sex with a girl who is unwilling. More than that, there has been an incredible rise in the popularity of non-consensual porn, which in turn causes men to think that it is okay for women’s bodies to be exploited.

What these boys don’t realize, though, is that the adult video industry is not reality.

What they don’t know is that a woman in the adult film industry only works, on average, for three months, because after that timespan most bodies cannot tolerate any more; that many women experience anal prolapses, where their anuses literally come out of their bodies because they are “ridden too hard;” that the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Association (now closed) had an entire website devoted to warning women about the STDs they were susceptible to, including chlamydia of the eye and gonorrhea of the anus; that many porn actresses were pulled into

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the industry by illegal means or desperation.

So, men, if you are partaking and indulging in watching porn, know that every single scene you see is only a fantasy.

Remember that the woman tied up, gagged and being called “daddy’s nasty slut” on your computer may not be able to even speak English, or may go home with a bloody vagina and bruises all over her body.

Know that every single time you type “non-consensual porn” into your Google Chrome incognito window, you are allowing your brain to become further influenced by the belief that slipping a date rape drug into a girl’s drink at the bar is okay, or the woman wearing that leather mini-skirt was asking for it.

Turn off the computer screen and stop allowing yourselves to be convinced that women are about as equal to, if not less than, the beer can on your side-table: only existing for your disposal, pleasure and desire.

And for the love of God, stop calling us bitches.

Alexis Smith is a freshman international studies major from Picayune.

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UMMC bound by thousands of bodies buried on campus garage, but also the $11 million American Cancer Society Gertrude C. Ford Hope Lodge, now being built at the former site of Schimmel’s Restaurant.

Officials are hoping to construct the new Children’s Safe Center farther east of the dental school, where Fortner said there would be “minimal contact with existing gravesites.”

Finding these graves “on a prime part of the core campus has already impacted our plans,” he said, “so we expect that to continue to be something we have to work around until we can find an acceptable alternative.”

UMMC officials are now working with experts on a plan “to evaluate the archaeological and historical importance of the gravesites and anything else that

might be on the property,” Fortner said. “To some extent that will influence what our options are, but we also want to document and preserve whatever might be there for its own inherent value.”

Dr. Luke Lampton, chairman of the state Board of Health, who has researched and written about the asylum’s history, said old maps of the area showed cemeteries “everywhere. They went for miles.”

One way to preserve the history and dignity of these patients would be to rebury them at the cemetery at the State Hospital in Whitfield and build a memorial to honor them, he said.

To simply keep them beneath the ground does a disservice to these patients, he said. “Where they are now, they’re forgotten.

It would be a way of recognizing

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In 1855, the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum opened after schoolteacher-turned-mental health reformer Dorothea Dix rallied support for construction of the $175,000 asylum — a far cry from the attics and jails where the mentally ill were often being chained.

Of the 1,376 patients admitted between 1855 and 1877, more than one in five died. MSU students and professors are now studying the reasons for those deaths.

In addition to those from the asylum, graves on the UMMC campus could include those buried in a church cemetery and possibly Civil War soldiers, Lampton said.

Fortner said UMMC has begun

discussions about creating a memorial to recognize that “the individuals who are buried there are properly remembered. We don’t know what form that might take, but I feel sure this is something we will do.”

Jackson-area consultant Pam Johnson, who has called for a memorial, welcomed the news. She envisions a meditation garden there.

“It’s difficult to think that some 2,000 people have been buried there with little or no evidence of their existence to those of us who have scurried around them all this time,” she said.

Whatever UMMC decides to do about the graves, Fortner said, “we will afford the remains of these individuals the utmost dignity and respect.”

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JACKSON — Thousands of bodies of mental patients remain buried on the grounds of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and officials are stymied about what to do.

They asked the attorney general’s office for permission to cremate the more than 2,000 bodies found east of the dental school.

The office’s opinion was no.

They asked the attorney general’s office for permission to move the bodies, most believed to be from a cemetery outside what was known as the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum. The office said in an opinion that the bodies could be moved — but only on campus.

The problem? There is no room for that many.

“It’s fair to say that it’s impracticable to relocate all of them on the campus as it’s currently configured,” said Tom Fortner, a UMMC spokesman.

In its opinion, the attorney general’s office cited state law, which gives UMMC permission to rebury bodies in the potter’s field on campus. Another state law declared that all archaeological sites are “Mississippi landmarks,” which are not to be altered without permission from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board of Trustees.

In 2013, while constructing a road on the 164-acre campus, UMMC officials discovered 66 graves. Mississippi State University and the state Department of Archives and History played roles in recovering the bodies.

When the hospital began work last year on a parking garage, underground radar revealed 1,000 bodies were buried there. North of there, radar revealed more bodies — this time more than 1,000.

As a result, UMMC officials had to move not only the parking

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Can K.R.I.T create a hit with ‘Cadillactica’?

JARED BOYD

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“Let’s just take our time,” Big K.R.I.T. raps in the opening lyric of his sophomore effort, “Cadillactica.” The title of the album refers to a fictional planet where K.R.I.T.’s spacey reimagining of the American South exists, all under his tutelage. Gone are the realities of the K.R.I.T.’s native Mississippi and its surrounding states that gave K.R.I.T.’s debut, “Live From the Underground,” a very down-to-Earth tone.

As he consults with an anonymous female co-creator, she prompts him in a breathless whisper, “Let’s create.” K.R.I.T.’s response is rooted in haste: “Nah, not yet.” His hesitation serves as foreshadowing for the more calculated decision-making he exhibits throughout the album. Unlike past releases from this son of Meridian, Mississippi, consideration, not confidence, is key. In result, “Cadillactica” boasts a deeper, more cohesive sound experience than his previous efforts.

Many popular K.R.I.T. conventions remain in the framework of “Cadillactica.” Since his introduction to mainstream rap audiences on Wiz Khalifa’s 2010 mixtape posse cut, “Glass House,” K.R.I.T. continues to distinguish himself from artists even in the South.

Unlike other standout solo artists

from the South, such as frequent collaborators Curren$y and Yelawolf, K.R.I.T. almost exclusively creates from a referential and nostalgic place.

Listeners new to his craft could comfortably find familiarity by reviewing Big K.R.I.T.’s own list of his top five favorite rappers in an early January interview with Hot 97 FM in New York. Of his selections, only one artist resided outside of the confines of the Mason-Dixon Line: 2Pac. The remaining artists: Scarface, Andre 3000, 8Ball & MJG and Bun B (who appears on his album), not only make up the pantheon of Southern luminaries in hip-hop, but also serve as the forefathers of K.R.I.T.’s signature Dirty South sound.

Their legacy lives within each line recorded on his records, allowing his albums to feel more like history lessons than practices in pushing the envelope. K.R.I.T. tasks himself with the responsibility of legitimizing Southern rap with his fiery lead single “Mt. Olympus” before demanding he be placed atop its infrastructure on “King of the South.”

“Raised by the king that’s before me, slowly crept up and still paid dues, I embody the South, the swang, the bang, the soul and the paint and the blues,” K.R.I.T. announces in the final verse of “King.” “Cadillactica,” in actuali-

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Big K.R.I.T.’s new album: Cadillactica. ty, sees K.R.I.T.’s first departure from much of the soul and blues that characterized his early career.

The producer-rapper, known for sampling deep-cuts from black music staples such as B.B. King and Al Green, took a new approach.

“With ‘Live From the Underground,’ I went to sampling without any knowledge of or knowing how long it takes to clear a sample,” K.R.I.T. mentioned in an October Q&A with Rolling Stone.

“With this album, I took it even further with working with other producers and not sampling so much, but creating songs that

sound like samples.”

His hard work pays off on records like “Do You Love Me,” “Third Eye,” “Angels” and “Mind Control,” where K.R.I.T.’s own beats give him more leeway to showcase his unique crooning than prior recordings in which he had to compete with the existing elements within his source material.

Each record on the album exudes maturity just above the redundancy routinely found in K.R.I.T.’s songwriting. Placed side-by-side each of the artist’s popular mixtapes play like an improvement upon the same

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formula, with handfuls of songs expanding upon the same topics, using southern-fried gimmickry to describe pleasantries such as big booties, big stereos and big fun. “Cadillactica” takes a leap in subject matter. The Raphael Saadiq-assisted single, “Soul Food,” pines for a return to a slower pace of life. “Saturdays = Celebration” finds K.R.I.T. ruminating on the topic of death. “In the event of my demise I won’t go kicking and screaming, I know that God had a reason, just don’t give up believing,” he rhymes with a conviction that sounds like he is speaking inward to make sense for himself rather than to an audience.

Late into the project, K.R.I.T. joins nerd-rap impresario Lupe Fiasco for a futuristic flash-forward appropriate for the spacey concept that threads throughout “Cadillactica.” The starkly non-Southern “Lost Generation” concludes the album’s official tracklist just before the bonus songs begin. K.R.I.T. reaffixes himself at his God-like post alongside his female companion. As they look back on the landscape they created, she remarks, “I wish we could stay to see what happens.” Whether or not Planet Cadillactica can survive is yet untold, but certainly the experimental album it leaves behind will remain as a glimmering artifact in Southern hip-hop.

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ALEX FRATESI

To drop or not to drop

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If you registered for classes during the fall for this semester, you were probably under a little stress about it. Everyone remembers waiting for their registration slot to open; staring at the clock on your computer, counting down the seconds.

With a list full of your favorite classes, the fear that they might be full. You are not alone in that.

Anyone who has ever added or dropped a class knows how stressful it can be. And we certainly all know what it’s like to walk into a class and realize that we may be way in over our heads. After digging around a little, it seems like everyone has had their fair share of trouble.

Either they can’t take a class because it’s offered at a certain time—or rather not offered—or the class is full, leaving people struggling to find an option for classes to take.

Most people would agree that the “gen ed classes” fill up pretty quickly, and they tend to stay full. The more specific the class, however, the more likely there will be open spots.

Take Intro to Theater, for example. There are three 300+ person classes for Theater, and

each one is waitlisted. If you look at a class like Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacoimmunology, there are still quite a few spots open. It is a lot less likely that you will have trouble getting into such a specialized class.

Much of what goes into adding and dropping classes, however, is completely dependent on advisors and your major.

Dr. Lucille McCook, in the Health Professions Advising Office wants to encourage students to pick their classes based on what they are interested in.

“The one thing I always tell my students to do is pick a major [or profession] that they enjoy,” McCook said.

Jenna Artz, academic advisor said if students want to change up their schedules they need to

communicate with their advisors.

“We (advisors) would rather you come to our office for assistance than have you drop below twelve credits by accident…or drop a class that is essential,” Artz said.

Artz also stated that at the University they see a lot of movement in changing classes.

“Adding a course via the my-

OleMiss system has a deadline directly after the first week; therefore, many students are trying to adjust their schedule to their liking. However, we do see an increase in dropping courses near midterms since the last day to drop a course this semester is March 3rd,” Artz said.

This is an important date to keep in mind if you are considering dropping a class, as you will have to finish the semester out in that class.

According to the institutional research source, many students managed to withdraw from a class after the final drop day last semester, but received a W in place of the course grade.

In total, around 1300 W’s were administered for students who were unable to complete courses in the university for the Fall of 2014.

Questions about adding or dropping classes an be answered by a student’s advisor.

Even if it seems unimportant or adding that one extra class sounds like a good idea, ask your advisor. Advisors have been given the job because they are qualified to make informed decisions about what is best for a student.

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It’s every commentator’s favorite comparison. Every time junior guard Stefan Moody hits a deep three, he draws some type of Marshall Henderson reference from the television commentators. The junior guard has burst onto the scene this season and quickly become one the of the top scorers in the Southeastern Conference.

However, watching Moody play does raise some questions, one of them being: how similar is Moody to former Rebel standout Marshall Henderson?

Marshall Henderson is one of the most prolific scorers in the history of Ole Miss Basketball.

His talent and erratic behavior brought a lot of attention and exposure to an Ole Miss program that badly needed it. Though you probably won’t ever catch Stefan

tremendous job of using Moody in ways similar to how he used Henderson. Kennedy often runs Moody off the same baseline and zipper screening actions that Henderson came off of, allowing him to create space and make contested three-point shots. Like Henderson, opposing teams dedicate so much attention on defense to Moody that it allows him to create easy and open shots for other players. There was definitely a distinct method to Kennedy’s madness in the way he used Marshall Henderson, and it’s proving to be successful with Moody as well.

Though Moody is largely similar to Henderson, there are also quite a few differences between the two.

Moody is a better defender than Henderson was. Henderson was by no means a bad defender. He FILE PHOTO: PAYTON TEFFNER was a smart player and used his Stefan Moody goes up for a layup in Saturday’s game against Florida. high basketball IQ to create turnovers, but Moody’s strong physiforce a lot of bad shots and knows lar qualities in their game as well cal makeup and hustle allows him when to give the ball up when he as a few differences. There is no to force more turnovers and give is not open. He creates opportuni- question that if Ole Miss is going opposing offenses problems. ties for others with his selfless play to play well down the stretch and One thing Moody does very and boasts a 1:2 assist to turnover make a post season run, Stephan well is let the game come to him. ratio, which is second best on the Moody will be a crucial factor. It Henderson was a very exciting team behind Jarvis Summers. should be an exciting finish to the and electric offensive player, but Moody and Henderson are two 2014-15 season. he often forced shots in bad situa- of the most exciting players at tions. With the exception of a few Ole Miss. They both have simiinstances, Moody seems to not

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Moody yelling into the stands at opposing fans, or running down the court throwing up the “landshark” with his tongue hanging out, Moody and Henderson have quite a few similarities.

Moody is a prolific scorer. He averages just over 15 points per game and 17.5 points per game in conference play. Henderson averaged 19 and 20 points per game in his two years with the Rebels. Moody also has tremendous range and is a more accurate shooter than Henderson. Moody has the ability to penetrate and get to the rim. I would argue that he does this better than Henderson because of Moody’s strong physical make-up.

Moody often hits extremely difficult and contested shots that remind people of Henderson’s shot-making ability. This parallel in ability is largely because head coach Andy Kennedy has done a

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Men’s basketball ready to take on rival Mississippi State BROWNING STUBBS

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Ole Miss (12-7, 3-3 SEC) and Mississippi State (9-10, 2-4 SEC) will meet up for the 250th time tonight, which is the SEC’s most-played rivalry. This matchup is very important for the Rebels as they have a golden opportunity ahead of them to stack wins to improve on their NCAA Tournament hopes. Ole Miss is ranked 46th in the latest RPI rankings released by the NCAA. The Rebels are taking on a Mississippi State team that has yet to gain any consistency this season, like Ole Miss. One impressive statistic for the Rebels this season is that they lead the NCAA in free-throw percentage at 80% on the season.

Needless to say, tomorrow’s game is crucial for Ole Miss if they want to stay alive for the dance in March.

Impact Player: Ole MissDwight Coleby Sophomore center Dwight Coleby has been on a tear lately, scoring in double-figures in three of his last four outings.

Coleby lifted the Rebels with a season-high four blocks in the 72-71 win over Florida. Dwight

Coleby has a tough challenge on his hands as he’ll go up against a physical Bulldog frontline.

There’s no question that Coleby is skilled enough to be an asset to this Ole Miss Basketball team. He’s a little uncoordinated at times, but with his improving rim protection, he can definitely be a guy that sees consistent late game minutes from head coach Andy Kennedy. Even more impressive about Coleby is his free-throw percentage (.794). Former Ole Miss center Reginald Buckner shot below .500 from the foul line during his tenure at Ole Miss. If Coleby can finish better at the rim, make his foul shots, and play good defense in the middle, then he’s going to be a game changer in this matchup and for the remaining stretch of the season.

Impact Player: Mississippi State- Roquz Johnson Senior stretch forward Roquez Johnson is having a consistent season for the Bulldogs as he lead them in scoring at 11 points per game. Fresh off a 25-point performance against Georgia, Johnson has the hot hand. For the most part, the wings on Ole Miss are small,

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Depth at offensive line needed for Signing Day CODY THOMASON

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Ole Miss had a tough year on the offensive line. With multiple players suffering injuries throughout the year, the already thin group was severely lacking in depth by the year’s end. It’s no surprise the offensive line has been one of the focal points of the 2015 recruiting class, with four players already committed to Ole Miss and a fifth player possibly being added.

The Rebels biggest targets were Mississippi guard Javon Patterson and Tennessee tackle Drew Richmond. Richmond is ranked as the 3rd ranked offensive tackle in the country by 247 Sports’ composite rankings. Patterson is the 3rd ranked guard in the country according to the same rankings.

Patterson enrolled at Ole Miss for the spring semester, but it’s not certain that Richmond, who committed to the Rebels in September, will sign with Ole Miss.

Richmond still has heavy inter-

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Drew Richmond est in the Tennessee Volunteers and Alabama Crimson Tide.

However, the Tide’s chances could be hindered by the recent commitment of Maryland offensive lineman Isaiah Prince, who plays the same position as Richmond. All in all, Ole Miss is still his leader at this time, but

the battle for Richmond’s signature could definitely go down to the wire.

The Rebels other two commitments are Nashville tackle Alex Givens and Florida tackle Michael Howard. Givens holds offers from Ohio State, Tennessee and Nebraska, among oth-

ers, but announced his commitment to Ole Miss in January.

Howard, meanwhile, who holds offers from the likes of Oregon, Florida and Wisconsin. Howard is currently undersized with multiple recruiting services listing him at six feet six inches tall but under 260 pounds. Howard

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projects to be an athletic tackle for the Rebels once he fills out his frame. Both seem solid in their commitments and should sign with Ole Miss.

Ole Miss is also in the mix to land Alabama offensive lineman Steven Clark. Currently committed to Syracuse, the battle for his services seemed to be between Syracuse and Florida, but a late push by Ole Miss has them on the radar too. Ole Miss has a lot of ground to make up, but if they are able to sign Clark, they would likely move him inside to guard or center to complement the three tackles already in the 2015 recruiting class.

The Rebels are also in the market for athletes who could potentially play on the offensive side of the ball. Already committed is North Panola’s Willie Hibbler, who stands at six foot six inches, 224 pounds. Hibbler is set on joining the Rebels in the fall and has been trying to convince other recruits to follow him to Oxford. Hibbler will be a wide receiver or tight end at the next level, where his size can create mismatches all over the field.

Ole Miss also covets athletes Jalen Julius and Jaason Lewis.

Julius is projected either a wide receiver or a cornerback, but could also play a big role in special teams as a returner. Julius visited Oxford last weekend, and his high school head coach recently said he expects Julius to sign with Ole Miss over Florida and Louisville, among others. Lewis on the other hand is currently committed to Arizona State with Florida, Tennessee, and Ole Miss fighting to flip him. Lewis recently took a successful visit to Florida, and both Tennessee and Ole Miss are rumored to be fighting to get him on campus for a visit before National Signing Day. The six foot four inch, 246 pound Lewis is being recruited by some as a running back, but as a tight end by others. Lewis could make a big impact wherever he chooses to go.

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