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‘Most Beautiful Campus’ hindered by littering problem SARA ROGERS

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The University of Mississippi has won numerous awards over the years for it’s beautiful campus, but some worry that increasing problems with litter could cost the university its prestige.

John Polk Stewart, an Oxford resident and 1971 Ole Miss graduate, is concerned over the large amounts of litter he has been seeing recently across the university’s campus while walking to the Turner Center. He was shocked after seeing broken beer bottles, cigarette packages, red cups and even pizza boxes dispersed along Rebel Drive and in the Martin and Stockard parking lot.

“Maybe it’s the mentality. I would think if you walk outside and see four or five red cups on the curb for a week, maybe someone would pick them up,” Polk said.

Stewart wants to raise awareness to this issue and hopes that

students will begin to realize that this sort of behavior does not reflect well on the university, especially after being named “Most Beautiful” in 2011 by “Newsweek,” a national magazine.

“If I came from some organization today and drove or walked up Rebel Drive, it wouldn’t be the most beautiful campus in the country. That’s for sure,” Polk said. “It would be very trashed out.”

Chandler McKinley is the chairperson for student organization Students for a Green Campus. He said he is thankful Stewart has voiced his concerns because he believes that shows the meaning behind the award of “Most Beautiful Campus.”

“This award was not won overnight, but it can be lost overnight,” McKinley said. “We need to realize how great of a campus we have and should always be working towards keeping it great.”

Although the trash may not be visible everywhere on campus,

Litter is seen outside of Stewart Hall at the University of Mississippi Wednesday. some students agree that they have experienced litter as well.

“I used to see a lot of trash when I lived on campus my

freshman year in the parking lot of my dorm, Stewart,” Abby Jefferies, junior exercise science major, said. “I don’t notice it

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much anymore like in the Circle on my way to class or anything.”

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Icy trees are seen in front of Barnard Observatory Wednesday. For more photos of the weather in Oxford earlier this week, see page 9 and visit theDMonline.com.

Construction on west wing of The University of Mississippi’s School of Pharmacy’s Thad Cochran Research Center is almost complete. Workers are now adding finishing touches, such as painting the walls and installing railings for the stairs.The classrooms and laboratories are mostly complete but empty of furnishings and equipment.

These classrooms and laboratories in the Cochran Center West will enable the pharmacy school to have space for FDA approved clinical trials and more room for plant specimen research, which focuses on natural products being developed into more useful products.

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As a feminist, I don’t believe in woman-on-woman social media crimes; too much violence is inflicted upon women by patriarchal structures in the first place.

But feminism isn’t a sorority, and it isn’t (and never was) a way to give women a pass for bad behavior — which is why Khloé Kardashian thoroughly deserved the dragging Amber Rose inflicted upon her scalp on Instagram and Twitter on Monday afternoon.

Khloé Kardashian is third in the series of capital Ks that make up the Kardashian sister triumvirate; she is also older sister of Kendall and Kylie Jenner, two young ladies for whose childhood all of America pretty much mourned as we watched their family’s exploits on “Keeping Up With The Kardashians.”

Kylie Jenner is of particular need of prayer cloth. She has a 25-year-old rapper boyfriend.

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Where is her father? Where is her mother? Does she have a praying grandmother? Where is CPS Apparently, model and former exotic dancer Amber Rose is the only celebrity brave enough to conquer these hard-hitting questions.

In an interview with the “Breakfast Club” just a day before #TheDragging, Muva Rosebud, when asked if she thought it was appropriate that Kylie Jenner was dating the rapper in question — Tyga, who reportedly left his (adult) wife Blac Chyna for the teen — Rose said hell no. She agreed with me, and most of conscious America, that it is wholly inappropriate for a twenty-fiveyear-old man to date a 17-yearold girl, an individual whose life and sexuality, already at risk of damage by the demands of her attention-seeking mother and sister, deserve protection from the pain and guilt that usually accompanies the attention of men

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too old to be “just hanging out” with girls only just shy of 18.

When Khloé K. found out about Amber Rose’s comments, she turned into the type of protective big sister that you get when you wish for one with a monkey’s paw.

Instead of acknowledging how inappropriate it is that a man eight years her baby sister’s senior sniffs around the girl on a near-daily basis, she set up a poorly-constructed attack on Amber Rose via Twitter.

“Please don’t talk about us in interviews, mama,” Kardashian tweeted.

Then, to her ultimate Twitter demise, Khloé quoted Amber Rose speaking about being a stripper since she was 15, then went on to say, “Please don’t worry about my sister who has a career & her shit together at ONLY 17 [insert frog and tea emojis] people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.”

The clap back was swift and deadly:

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“I’m happy u brought up the fact that I was a stripper at 15…”

Amber Rose begins in a Tweet directed to Khloé Kardashian.

“I’ll be that lil whore to support my family like ur older sister is a whore 2 support hers. We’re even. [insert kiss emoji] #MuvaGivesFacts.”

I suppose it is a hefty order to expect people born into privilege to recognize the benefits that that privilege allows them.

A woman stripping since she was 15 years old in order to support her family was a child when she started and has no business shouldering that type of financial responsibility or pretending to foster the sexual responsibility that it takes to be successful in that type of business. It should not have been a hefty order for Khloé Kardashian to see the way sex sells and the way that her own sister Kim’s manipulation of the public’s problematic views of sex and intimacy contributes to her

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Khloe Kardashian, left, and Kris Jenner arrive at the The Hollywood Reporter’s Women In Entertainment Breakfast, Dec. 10, 2014, in Los Angeles.

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continued from page 2 own continued wealth — but, luckily for her, Amber Rose made her aware of that fact with just one Tweet.

I’ve written before that I do not believe in sluts, and that because of it, shaming women who are merely sexual beings or who participate on whatever level with the media’s obsession with sex do not deserve mistreatment.

But Khloé Kardashian’s comments highlight the much more insidious problem of slut shaming: ignoring its consequences as it regards the intersections of sex, race and privilege.

Khloé Kardashian, a rich white woman with rich white sisters with a taste for rich black men but no room in her mouth for racial consciousness, can accept and is praised for over-plumped lips and an over-filled ass and the pictures on the internet to show them both off for attention; Amber Rose, however, a woman Let us help you prepare for date parties!

of African descent, can be and is constantly shamed for the knockout figure and full pout and having the audacity to do roughly the same thing but for even less coins.

I am not a Kardashian fan. I believe that Kris Jenner prospers off of selling the public perception of her daughters’ sexuality, solely to keep an already wealthy family in the public eye for the obtainment of coins that only comes with the oiliest kind of relevancy. Luckily, I’m not a member of that family, and I never have to be; I date men, and only brother of the Kar-

dashian/Jenner clan Rob, and we don’t seem like each other’s types.

But North West, a black child, will have to grow up surrounded by aunts whose public behavior is marked by their appropriation of black culture and fetishizing and harvesting of black bodies, male and female. And Kylie Jenner, despite her grown-up Instagram and barely grown-up boyfriend, is just a girl, too, with her girlhood threatened every moment that no one, except Amber Rose, tries to protect her from the very loss of girlhood that she herself probably

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Problematic as they are, the Kardashians aren’t villains. But I believe the public has to be careful, in its unsteady fandom that it builds for the sisters, that they don’t make them the epitome of beauty standards or sex standards for women without recognizing the sex and beauty standards on which they stand themselves.

Sierra Mannie is a senior classics major from Canton, Mississippi.

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In August of 2002, Adam Gussow arrived on campus to begin his work as an assistant professor of English and Southern Studies. After completing his Ph.D. on the subject of southern violence and the blues literary and musical tradition, he applied for a position at Ole Miss.

“The job that I was applying for here was the ideal job,” Gussow said. “It allowed me to combine all my interests: blues music, literature and all things southern.”

Gussow found his interest in blues music through his father.

“When my brother and I visited him in his studio on the third floor of our house, he’d always direct us towards his record collection,” he said.

The collection ranged from blues, jazz, boogie-woogie piano, rhythmic, soulful music and even Bob Dylan. But it was blues harmonica play-

er Magic Dick and his song “Whammer Jammer” that sparked Gussow’s interest.

“That song completely grabbed me,” he said. “So, I went out to the local mall in the fall of my senior year and bought my first harmonica and instructional book.”

Gussow said he spent hours trying to copy “Whammer Jammer” and other songs on the new records he had been buying. By graduation, he followed his valedictorian’s speech with a performance of the song.

“I was a quick learner, and I worked really, really hard to learn the instrument,” he said.

Gussow still performs; he is a member of a duo group, The Blues Doctors. The other half of the duo is guitar-man and psychology professor, Alan Gross. The two plan to perform on the streets during Double Decker.

“I play drums as well as harmonica these days—foot

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drums—so we have a big sound for two guys,” he said.

The greatest period of Gussow’s life as a performer was the five or six years between 1986 and when he first began playing with a guitarist/ bluesman named Sterling “Mr. Satan” Magee on the streets of Harlem. The duo released their debut CD, “Harlem Blues,” in 1991.

“Suddenly, we became a big-time touring blues act,” he said. “I would say that those four years in Harlem helped transform me from somebody who played a fair

bit of harmonica into a legit blues player.”

Gussow’s first big performance was as an opening for guitarist Buddy Guy in Central Park.

“We literally came right off the sidewalks and onto a huge outdoor concert stage,” he said. “That gig made all my friends sit up and say, ‘Jeez, maybe Gussow hasn’t been wasting his time playing the streets.’”

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“Although my first academic home will always be an English department because my professional training is as a literature scholar, this particular program gives me an amazing chance to extend myself,” he said. “I’m fascinated by the South’s culture and paradoxes, so it’s the perfect place for me.”

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Mississippi appeals blocked abortion law to US Supreme Court JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let it enforce an abortion law that had been declared unconstitutional by a lower court.

In papers filed Wednesday, state Attorney General Jim Hood asked the nation’s highest court to overturn a ruling handed down last year by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed a law in 2012 requiring physicians at the only abortion clinic in Mississippi to obtain privileges to admit patients to a nearby hospital.

The law is similar to one enacted in several other states.

Supporters say such laws protect women’s health, but opponents say complications from abortion are rare and hospitals are already required to admit emergency patients.

The only abortion clinic in Mississippi, Jackson Women’s Health Organization, sued to try to block the law in 2012. A federal district judge let the law take effect but stopped the state

from closing the clinic while physicians there applied for admitting privileges at Jackson-area hospitals.

Clinic owner Diane Derzis has said the clinic’s physicians, who travel from other states, have been unable to obtain privileges. Some hospitals won’t grant them to out-of-state doctors, and some religious-affiliated hospitals won’t associate with physicians who work at abortion clinics.

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in July that the admitting-privileges law could block access in Mississippi to a constitutionally protected medical procedure by closing the only abortion clinic in the state.

In his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, Hood wrote that the 5th Circuit decision “effectively places the clinic beyond the regulatory reach of the state.”

Hood, a Democrat, also wrote: “Mississippi was one of many states to enact an admitting privileges requirement for abortion doctors, but there are two important distinctions in

Mississippi: for several years Mississippi had already required doctors performing outpatient procedures other than abortion to hold admitting privileges, and Mississippi currently has only one licensed abortion clinic, which complains that it cannot comply with a rational health and safety regulation.”

Nancy Northup is president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, a New Yorkbased group that helped the Mississippi clinic sue to block the admitting-privileges law.

Northup said in a statement Wednesday that there’s no reason for the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the Mississippi appeal.

“This law is an underhanded attempt by anti-choice politicians to close the state’s only abortion clinic,” Northup said.

“Mississippi cannot make a run around the constitutional guarantees of Roe v. Wade with a sham health and safety law.”

It was not immediately clear how soon the Supreme Court will act on the state’s request.

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The construction for the Thad Cochran Center West broke ground in 2011 and is expected to be completed later this spring.

Don Stanford, assistant director of the Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, explained the original building was designed for drug discovery while the new wing is designed to move those discoveries towards commercialization.

“It’s not just more space; it’s more opportunities to advance UM’s research enterprise,”

Stanford said.

The expansions will nearly double the school’s research space.

The new building houses the National Center for Natural Products Research and will include an area for clinical trials, an expanded botanical specimen repository, laboratories for scale-up synthesis and laboratories for expansion of discovery efforts for natural products, stated Erin Parsons Garrett, public relations representative for the university’s School of Pharmacy.

“These unique capabilities make Thad Cochran Research Center West extremely stateof-the-art and unlike any other facilities in our region,” Garrett said.

This is exactly the kind of pharmacology in which freshman pharmacy student Hannah Adair would like to become more involved.

“I am really excited for the future generations of pharmacy students to be able to use these incredible resources that The University of Mississippi will now be able to provide,” Adair said.

The Thad Cochran Research Center is the country’s only university-affiliated research center. The center facilitates pharmacy students in discovering and developing pharmaceuticals

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Members of Students for a Green Campus and I Tree Grove volunteers are making progress to assist issues like these.

“We have the ‘Most Beautiful Campus,’ and it wasn’t us who made it this beautiful. Our job is to maintain what has been gifted to us and respect the years of work and money that has been put into making our campus so beautiful,” McKinley said. “There is no place like Ole Miss on Earth, and we need to keep our standards high with this.”

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In its 87th year, the Academy Awards - officially rebranded as The Oscars in 2013 - are still considered the top honors for the American film industry. Through the years, the ceremony has been a battlefield between Hollywood heavy-hitters and independent game-changers with some films showered with praise and others completely ignored by the golden statuette.

This year’s Oscars seem to be evenly split between the films that usually attract Academy voters – the historical dramas and biopics that draw wide appeal – and the films that are groundbreaking in content and execution – films that feature dynamic, original stories.

Academy voters tend to be predictable, but this year’s competition is emerging as one of the most difficult to pinpoint as major contenders have emerged from both camps. There is no clear frontrunner expected to make a clean-sweep come Oscar night. That being said, we, Mary Moses Hitt and Colton Herrington, will share our picks for the famed statuette.

BEST DIRECTOR: In a similar showdown, “Boyhood” director Richard Linklater and “Birdman” director Alejandro González Iñárritu both are the top contenders in this category for their ambitious projects.

Though Linklater took home the BAFTA, Golden Globe and Critic’s Choice for Best Director, Inarritu won the Outstanding Directorial Achievement from the Director’s Guild of America, which is commonly the best indicator of who will take home the Oscar. It’s hard to predict against that. We’re interested to see which route the Academy takes.

If our predictions come true, this would be the third straight Best Picture and Best Director split.

Will Win: Alejandro González Iñárritu, “Birdman” Could Win: Richard Linlater, “Boyhood” Dark Horse: Wes Anderson, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

BEST PICTURE: Described as the most uncertain Best Picture race in nearly a decade, the eight films in this category are all deserving of their nominations, but only one can make the cut. While “The Theory of Everything,” “Selma” and “Whiplash” are all very well done films, they’re at the bottom of this category’s totem pole. We can easily count them out.

“The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “American Sniper” and “The Imitation Game” have all generated the appropriate financial and critical success to emerge victorious. But, let’s be honest: it’s going to be a photo finish between “Birdman” and “Boyhood” for this top honor.

Over the summer, “Boyhood” started the award season as the distinct frontrunner, but in recent months, “Birdman” has emerged as its rival. Each has received a Best Picture Golden Globe (which splits the award between drama and comedy), with “Boyhood” also earning the Best Picture BAFTA and “Birdman” earning the SAG and PGA equivalents. All this to say, our bet (and our hope) is that “Boyhood” will walk away Sunday night as the ultimate victor.

Will Win: “Boyhood” Could Win: “Birdman” Dark Horse: “The Grand Budapest Hotel”

BEST ACTOR:

This category is always very competitive - so competitive that many contenders can’t even get a nomination. Maybe next year Ralph Fiennes, Jake Gyllenhaal and David Oyelowo. Despite this being a crowded category, two men have emerged as clear frontrunners.

“Birdman” star Michael Keaton and “The Theory of Everything” actor Eddie Redmayne have both taken home multiple awards for their performances. Redmayne, however, won the SAG for Best Actor, and the last actor who managed this feat and didn’t go on to win the Oscar was in 2003.

So, will they give it to up-and-comer Eddie Redmayne or longtime actor Michael Keaton in his career revival?The other three nominees (Steve Carell, Bradley Cooper and Benedict Cumberbatch) deserve the honor but are merely along for the ride.

Will Win: Eddie Redmayne, “The Theory of Everything” Could Win: Michael Keaton, “Birdman” Dark Horse: Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Imitation Game”

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This is a completely inaccurate category because “The LEGO Movie” was snubbed, and there are two foreign films that have generated zero buzz stateside. While the Academy isn’t big on animated sequels, “How to Train Your Dragon 2” could win by default based on its Golden Globe success.

The Academy is also a Disney fangirl, however, making “Big Hero 6” a possibility.

Will Win: “How to Train Your Dragon 2” Could Win: “Big Hero 6” Dark Horse: “The Boxtrolls”

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This year, the Best Actress category is all about Julianne Moore.

No offense to Marion Cotillard’s performance, but who even heard of “Two Days, One Night” before the nominees were announced?

We can count her out by default, along with the other three nominees (Felicity Jones, Rosamund Pike and Reese Witherspoon) because Julianne Moore is unstoppable in “Still Alice.”

Since the first showing of the film, Moore has been the frontrunner for this category, and nothing has changed since. Her heartbreaking performance will finally garner her first Oscar after four previous nominations with no wins.

Will Win: Julianne Moore Could Win: Julianne Moore Dark Horse: Julianne Moore

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The only nominee guaranteed not to win is “Inherent Vice,” which is surprisingly nominated over other superior films like “Gone Girl.” Reflecting how this is anyone’s race, “The Theory of Everything” beat out “The Imitation Game” at the BAFTAs, but “The Imitation Game” took home the Writer’s Guild Award.

Even so, “Whiplash” can’t easily be ignored.

In the end, we think this is where the Academy will reward “The Imitation Game.”

Will Win: “The Imitation Game” Could Win: “Whiplash” Dark Horse: “The Theory of Everything”

In this category “The Grand Budapest Hotel” has already taken home the BAFTA and the WGA. All the nominees have a chance to claim this award, but “The Grand Budapest Hotel” will likely and deservingly get the victory.

It’s time for Wes Anderson, who has yet to recieve an Academy Award, to finally be able to call himself an Oscar winner.

Will Win: “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Could Win: “Boyhood” Dark Horse: “Nightcrawler”

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR and BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: And, to no one’s surprise, the Oscar will go to J.K. Simmons for “Whiplash” and Patricia Arquette for “Boyhood.”

Seriously, the amount of hype these two have had all awards season will mean Oscar gold come Sunday night.

OTHER CATEGORIES: Best Cinematography: “Birdman” Best Film Editing: “Boyhood” Best Production Design: “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Best Score: “The Theory of Everything” Best Song: “Glory” from “Selma” Best Costume Design: “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Best Makeup and Hairstyling: “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Best Sound Editing: “American Sniper” Best Sound Mixing: “American Sniper” Best Visual Effects: “Interstellar”

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Filmed sporadically over twelve years, Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” follows the coming-of-age of Mason Evans, Jr. (played by newcomer Ellar Coltrane) as closely as any film has ever attempted, resulting in an enveloping, relatable drama.

The 12-year filming technique is what makes “Boyhood” so special – as each character experiences the life stages paralleling their real life ages

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(Lorelei Linklater) and single That’s the brilliance of “Boy- else, he shows them it’s okay mother Olivia (Patricia Ar- hood.” Seasoned child actors to embrace their individuality, quette) living in Texas. As the do not shoulder the grit of even if they don’t have everystory continues, Mason Jr. and adolescence. The use of real, thing figured out.

Samantha must deal with in- confused and unconfident adBecause of these visceral perfrequent contact with a dead- olescents results in a sense of formances, these characters beat dad (Ethan Hawke) and normalcy simply not present come together as a believable, their mother’s revolving-door in other similar coming-of-age relatable family with elements relationships. films. that virtually any viewer can The life-lesson moments hit Yet, Linklater’s “Boyhood” relate to – which would be imclose to home for many with also creates a dramatic envi- possible without Linklater’s relatable experiences involving ronment ideal for adult actors screenplay and direction. each character. Divorce, mov- to flourish. Patricia Arquette Linklater deftly writes the ing, experimenting with drugs and Ethan Hawke both shine screenplay, demonstrating a and alcohol and going to col- in their supporting roles, and real knowledge of people young lege are major themes present both are nominated for Acade- and old. He successfully writes in “Boyhood,” with each span- my Awards because of it. characters from all walks of ning across the multiple genAs Olivia, Arquette fully em- life. Every line drips with auerations represented by each bodies motherhood. From the thenticity, especially when the character. The performers car- stress that we witnessed all of Evans family interacts. Linklary these moments in nuanced, our mothers go through– of- ter knows people, and it shows. intuitive ways that result in a ten, because of us – to simple Even though “Boyhood” was jarringly real portrayal of life. moments of sweet motherly filmed over a total of 45 days Ellar Coltrane as Mason Ev- affection and encouragement, spanning across twelve years, ans Jr. is raw in his perfor- Arquette as Olivia thoughtful- Linklater managed to keep this mance despite not yet having ly navigates what it is to be a sprawling storyline cohesive—a cut his teeth in the movies. He mother. You can feel that she monumental feat considering is not an actor, and by the time wants what is best for her chil- he also directed and released his awkward years go into full dren, even if they may dislike several other films during that swing, this becomes painfully her decisions. timeframe. obvious. Gone are the technical, Emphasizing that life is a Praises should also be had systematic approaches to child constant lesson, she continu- for cinematographers Lee Danacting in “Boyhood.” Here, Col- ously learns from failed mar- iel and Shane Kelly and editor trane is simply being who he is. riages and difficult choices Sandra Adair for assisting with In many scenes, I found myself while Mason Jr. and Samantha the sheer enormity of the projfeeling uncomfortable because become young adults. Because ect. Without everyone’s collecColtrane’s Mason Jr. genuinely she is driven, she becomes suc- tive ambition and dedication, invoked cringe-inducing imag- cessful, independent and a true “Boyhood” may never have es of the trials and tribulations role model for her children – a made it to the big screen. of my own adolescence. truth even her ex, Mason Sr., Easily one of the best films Likewise, Lorelei Linklater has to admit.

– if not the best – of the year, (Richard Linklater’s real life Ethan Hawke as Mason “Boyhood” is up for a welldaughter) as older sister Sa- Sr. also triumphs in the role. earned six Oscars at this year’s mantha also realistically trans- Beginning as the deadbeat, Academy Awards – including forms from a loud, obnoxious free-spirit dad, Hawke gen- Best Picture, Best Director, preteen screaming Britney tly and instinctively allows his Best Supporting Actor and Spears songs into a contrived, character to mature. He even- Best Supporting Actress. I have aloof, “cool girl” by the time tually becomes a true role mod- never seen a film capture adoshe enters college. el for his children, albeit much lescence quite like “Boyhood” Tell me you haven’t wit- differently from Olivia. En- – the coming-of-age film of our Puzzles

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– and the film unfolds naturally under Linklater’s guiding hands as writer and director.

Some of his previous work toys with time as a concept and follows characters intermittently across several years, so Linklater is no stranger to a work of this scope and ambition (see the “Before” film trilogy also featuring Ethan Hawke).

Despite the film running a little beyond most of our twenty-first century attention spans, Linklater’s expertise is obvious, as he chooses the most pivotal moments in every character’s life to showcase.

The narrative begins in 2002 with a six-year-old Mason Jr., his older sister Samantha

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Winter weather freezes the city of Oxford

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Rowan Oak is seen Wednesday after it snowed earlier in the morning.

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Ole Miss women’s basketball to face Auburn Tigers JIMMY ANDERSON

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There is nothing better to end a six-game losing streak than to play the last place team in the SEC, Auburn, on the road. Auburn (9-16, 0-12 SEC) is just coming off a loss at home to Arkansas on Sunday and still stands winless in the SEC by losing 12-straight SEC games.

It is a prime opportunity for the Ole Miss women’s basketball team to get back on track in the conference and find their first SEC win since they beat then-16th ranked Georgia back on Jan. 15. The Rebels have lost seven straight SEC contests.

On Sunday, Ole Miss (1411, 4-8 SEC) lost to Missouri, continuing their month-long skid. The Rebels dropped the contest to the Tigers by a score of 72-58. Senior forward Tia Faleru led Ole Miss with 18 points and 15 rebounds.

Freshman guard A’Queen Hayes contributed with 16 points, six rebounds and three assists.

After getting blown-out at home against Tennessee, head coach Matt Insell said in his post game presser that he felt like his team did not provide any effort on the court that night. Going into the Missouri game, he wanted more effort out of them. Insell said that he had to sit out Ole Miss’ best player, Faleru, simply due to no effort.

It is hard to conclude if the effort was there or not against Missouri, but it was a better-played game by the Rebels who only turned it over 11 times and forced 18 Missouri turnovers. They did not shoot well in the game at 29 percent from the field.

The NCAA tournament is insignificant at this point for the Rebels. They have lost games they should have won, and they missed opportunities for resume-building wins.

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Ole Miss guard Gracie Frizzell prepares to pass during a game earlier this season.

They have to focus on beating the cellar-dwelling Tigers and win the most games they can the rest of the season.

Auburn is led in scoring by junior forward Tra’Cee Tanner at 11.9 points per game and six rebounds per game and sophomore guard Brandy Montgomery, averaging 10.8 points per game and reeling in three rebounds per contest. The Tigers’ third leading scorer, senior guard Hasina Muhammed, was kicked off the team due to a violation of team rules. She was averaging nine points per game.

The Tigers are last in the SEC in scoring offense, aver-

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aging just over 57 points per game and only shooting 39 percent from the field. The one thing they do well is playing defense. Auburn holds opponents to just over 54 points per game and limits opponents to 37 percent from the field.

Auburn is 7-6 on their home court, so Ole Miss has a good chance to end their current losing streak against the Tigers.

If Ole Miss brings good effort Thursday night like Matt Insell wants and what fans have seen already this season, the Rebels will get out of the plains with a win. Getting a

win is big for any team, but for a slumping Ole Miss team, it will come at a good time.

They will need as much renewed confidence as they can muster to salvage a season down this last two-week stretch.

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game last year. His field goal percentage is the statistic that has fallen drastically since last year as he’s shooting 35 percent this year compared to 48 percent last year. It is vital for Summers to have a good game as he’s averaging over 15.3 points per game in Starkville for his career. Summers must get back on track as he’s shot just 3-for-14 in his last two games. The senior can use his past experience to help some of the younger Rebels as this game is huge for their NCAA Tournament implications.

Summers must come out and prove why he is the SEC’s active leader in career points tonight. Leadership and production from Summers is key in order for the Rebels to escape Starkville with a win.

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The Rebels (17-8, 8-4 SEC) travel to Starkville tonight to take on Mississippi State (1213, 5-7 SEC) in search of a regular season sweep over the rival Bulldogs. Shockingly, Ole Miss has not won in Starkville since 2009. This game can be seen as extra motivation for seniors LaDarius White and Jarvis Summers, who were on the 2012 team that could’ve solidified an NCAA Tournament spot had they won in Starkville against a struggling Bulldogs team that year.

Despite losing to Arkansas by one point, Andy Kennedy’s squad looks to get back on the winning track as they look to earn a top-four seed in the upcoming SEC Tournament in March. The standings show that Ole Miss stands at third in the conference, holding a tiebreaker over Texas A&M. As of now, the Rebels would be in the NCAA Tournament according to ESPN “Bracketologist” Joe Lunardi who has Ole Miss as an eight seed in his bracket. The Rebels are more than deserving of a tournament spot as they rank 37th in RPI and stand at 3-4 against the RPI Top 50, including wins over No. 18 Arkansas, No. 35 Cincinnati and No. 44 Texas A&M. On the other hand, Mississippi State is coming into this matchup playing better basketball as of late after winning three of their last five games.

It is unlikely that the Bulldogs can make a run to the NCAA Tournament unless they win the conference tournament. Their remaining schedule doesn’t help either with home matchups against Ole Miss, 18th ranked Arkansas and No. 1 Kentucky in the

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Junior shooting guard Craig Sword is arguably one of the most improved players in the conference this season. The sharpshooter continues to play well in conference play as he’s scored in double-figures in eight of his last nine games. Sword torched Ole Miss back on Jan. 28 with 27 points on 10-for-13 shooting.

Ole Miss did not defend him well at all in that game as he also caught fire making five three-pointers in that contest.

If Sword can do more of the same tonight, then Ole Miss could have problems.

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Starting rotation and outfield are problems for Rebs BRIAN SCOTT RIPPEE

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The Rebels came into the year with a few new faces as well as a number of returning starters from last year’s squad. Ole Miss took two games out of three from William & Mary over the weekend in which the team struggled in some spots.

It was a weekend that had a number of different positive signs as well as quite a few question marks about this 2015 team.

So what did we learn over the weekend?

This weekend has left us wondering what’s going to happen with the weekend rotation; the Rebels did not put forward their best effort from the rotation this weekend and it could be a cause for concern going forward.

After exceeding most of all expectations last year, the Rebels turned to junior right-hander Christian Trent to be their Friday night starter in 2015. Trent was not in his best form Friday, going only five innings, allowing six hits and having to pitch his way out of a couple of jams. It was not a bad start by any means as he struck out six batters, but it was not the dominant form we saw from Trent last year. One shaky start is not the end of the

world for Trent as he is sure to find his form as the season goes on.

Former Sunday starter and senior right hander Sam Smith took the hill for the Rebels in game two. After struggling towards the end of the 2014 season, Smith did not get off to a good start in 2015. Smith only made it three innings, allowing four runs on four hits and three walks, giving up a three-run homer in the third that eventually led to the end of his day. Smith did not have much going for him in his start. He struggled with his command, which is uncharacteristic for Smith. He was effective last year for the Rebels filling up the strike zone and doing enough to give the Rebels a chance to win late in the game.

Smith’s sluggish start could be a cause for concern.

After missing the entire 2014 season, sophomore right-hander Brady Bramlett gave the best start of the weekend for the Rebels in game three. Starting in place of injured junior transfer Sean Johnson, Bramlett cruised for most of the game going six innings and allowing two runs on just two hits and striking out eight. It was a strong start to the season as he appeared in com-

mand of all of his pitches.

Ole Miss must sure-up their starting rotation in order to contend in the SEC. Trent will need to be a dominant Friday night starter, like Chris Ellis was last season, for the Rebels to have a chance. If Sam Smith continues to struggle, Bianco may be forced to make some changes.

Bramlett could slide into the Saturday slot while Johnson, who is getting over tendonitis, could move into the Sunday spot and Smith would move to the bullpen. Starting pitching will be an essential element to improve on before conference play.

Another big question for the Rebels was the two corner outfield spots. Bianco seems pretty confident with junior Cameron FILE PHOTO Dishon in right field for the imPitcher Sam Smith pitches the ball during a game last season. mediate future. Whether Dishon will hit consistently enough to be with all of his hits being doubles Non-conference play will allow an every-game starter remains and driving in three runs. Bian- the new guys to get their feet wet to be seen. co probably won’t name a starter and allow the coaching staff to The left field slot was seemin left until conference play, but answer the questions the Rebels ingly wide open going into the Watson is the front runner after have and to get a general lineup weekend. Freshman Kyle Watopening weekend. in place for conference play. The son was expected to compete Three games are a small sam- Rebels will be an intriguing team with juniors Connor Cloyd and ple size for making too many to watch over the course of the Josh Watkins for the position. rash judgements, but the Rebels season.

While none of the three had a are definitely a work-in-progThe baseball team returns to bad series, Watson easily stood ress. Ole Miss will benefit from action this weekend at home out after opening weekend. Wattheir non-conference sched- with a three game set against son went 3-4 on the weekend ule more so than in years past. Wright State.

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