The Daily Mississippian - March 27, 2017

THE DAILY

MISSISSIPPIAN

Monday, March 27, 2017

Volume 105, No. 111

T H E S T U D E N T N E W S PA P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D OX F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1

WHAT’S INSIDE...

Why funding for the arts is important

See photo gallery of the Local Natives from last night

Rebels drop two of three at Kentucky

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PHOTOS BY: TAYLOR COOK

Top: Sydney Granitur, a junior hospitality management major, helps clean up a butterfly garden during The Big Event on Saturday. Bottom left: Tony Van, a sophomore biochemistry major, cleans up trash on the side of the highway. Right: Amelia Haydel, a freshman premed biology major, and Anna Hurmann, a freshman marketing and corporate relations major, help clean up a butterfly garden.

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University wins big in Associated Press contest

The university’s Student Media Center brought home 13 first place awards as well as two Best in Show awards at the Louisiana-Mississippi Associate Press college conference Saturday in Jackson.

The conference comprises nearly 300 entries from 10 colleges in 36 categories.

The Daily Mississippian won first place in the college general excellence category and first place for college news website. Judges said of the general excellence entry, “This defines general excellence. Great content, strong design throughout. Excellent investigative piece, as well as a fun festival guide. Great job!”

Members of The Daily Mississippian, NewsWatch Ole

Miss and RebelRadio pose for a photo with Student Media Director and Assistant Dean Pat Thompson in Jackson at the Louisiana-Mississippi Associated Press Media Editors conference. (Photo: Jake Thrasher) The DM’s staff won breaking/spot news division for their coverage of a protest in the Lyceum in fall 2016.

Sports editor Brian Scott Rippee won the sports enterprise/feature division; photography co-editor Cameron Brooks won the sports photography category; Jake Thrasher won in the personal columns division. Ariel Cobbert, co-editor of photography, placed second in the

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PHOTO BY: JAKE THRASHER

Members of The Daily Mississippian, NewsWatch Ole Miss and RebelRadio pose for a photo with Student Media Director and Assistant Dean Pat Thompson in Jackson at the Louisiana-Mississippi Associated Press Media Editors conference.

Saturday’s rainclouds failed to deter more than 2,700 Ole Miss students from stepping out to give back to the Oxford and Lafayette community this weekend. Volunteers dusted shelves at Oxford Public Library, picked up trash along Highway 7 and helped hose down trucks at the Oxford Fire Department this weekend during the Big Event.

Student Union director Bradley Baker said weather was a concern for Big Event organizers from a month out from the event through the final hours before. He said he was proud to see so many students lined up and ready to work early Saturday morning.

“With the weather less than optimal for outdoor work, it would have been very easy for students to turn off their alarm and sleep in on Saturday morning,” Baker said.

Baker said Saturday’s showing of student dedication and organization impressed him and the event could not have gone off as smoothly as it did without student organizers like Miller Richmond and Alex Martin.

“Rising leaders within the organizations look for ways to make changes to enhance the overall experience, and that started immediately after Saturday,” he said.

Freshman volunteer Katie Davis joined group 83 to clean local retiree Billie Allio’s house and yard. Davis said the retired teacher thanked the students for helping make her Oxford home beautiful, as she recently moved back to town after 13 years teaching in Cairo, Egypt.

Group 83 raked leaves in Allio’s garden, washed her windows and organized a storage unit full of her travel souvenirs. Despite all the work, Davis said her favorite part of the day was getting to better know both Allio and her group members.

“We had such a great time laughing about our attempts to use heavy-duty tools, get-

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OPINION

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COLUMN

Goverment funding for arts is a force for good

DANIEL PAYNE

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You may have heard, whether at the beginning of the year or the past weeks, that politicians want to defund the arts.

From bills in the state legislature to the proposed budget just released by the White House, the notion that the arts are not a positive investment for government is rampant.

This, of course, is not the case. Art reaps innumerable benefits for our country, one

of the most important being the enrichment of empathy among citizens.

If there is anything the U.S. needs more of today, it is empathy.

In recent months, Americans have demonstrated a lack of empathy, whether towards political opponents or citizens of different nations. In times when walls, whether ideological or literal, disrupt understanding among different factions, art provides a gate for ideas, experiences, and emotions to consume ever-present ignorance.

Art creates visibility, the first step in understanding those different from yourself. In a culture where many people and ideas are either underrepresented or misrepresented, it is important to hear minority and oppressed stories. For instance, my small understand-

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ing of oppression was brought to life by the movie “Moonlight.”

In seeing the film, there was a bridge that connected the creators to me, and I was able to see glimpses of the world through their eyes.

Art also creates dialogue, the important phase of discussing solutions to the problems often brought to light by creators. Some works may explicitly suggest solutions to the problems they present. Others leave their audience to work out solutions collectively.

This principle has been proven continually throughout the course of time. One does not have to look further than the American revolution to see what provocative works, such as “Common Sense,” may do to change the course of history.

The discussions caused by

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tives of the future, is important.

You too can be involved in shaping the perspectives and actions of generations now and to come. Anyone can make art, whether writing, singing, playing an instrument, making movies, or any other form of expression.

You can also do your part by supporting the art that you think is important. Every dollar you spend on music, movies, and more is a vote for the expression that you think is important. Choose works that challenge and change you, so the creator will be able to challenge and change others, making the world an increasingly empathetic, kind place.

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works of expression directly and indirectly change our nation. Whether by calling an audience to specific action or broadening its perspective, art plays an important role in bettering our nation.

While some may say that public funding does little to assist the works that reach the masses and create large scale change, we must remember that to change the nation, we must change individuals, including ourselves.

It is also important to remember that those being affected by programs such as the National Endowment For The Arts are those who will make the world-changing art of tomorrow.

Which brings the focus back to young artists, who permeate our campus. Contrary to cultural stereotypes, the work they do, shaping the perspec-

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NEWS

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CRIME ER LOTT B E CRIM CRIME BLOTTER R E CRIME BLOTTER LOTT B E CRIM R E T T E BLO MAR. 17- MAR. 23

BRIEFS DO NOT INCLUDE EVERY INCIDENT FROM THE PAST WEEK. ALL SUSPECTS ARE PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY. REPORT COMPILED BY LASHERICA THORNTON.

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Reports: Alarm: 27 Burglary of a residence: 1 Civil matter: 4 Disturbing the peace: 14 DUI: 6 Improper parking: 9 Malicious mischief: 6 Petit larceny: 7 Traffic citation: 184 Trespassing: 2 Welfare concern: 11 Wreck: 47 Arrests: Careless driving: 7 Disorderly conduct- breach of peace (business): 1 Disorderly conduct- failure to comply: 1 Domestic violence- simple assault: 1 DUI: 12 Harassing public service animal (horse): 1 Minor in possession of alcohol: 4 Noise violation: 1 Open container: 1 Petit larceny: 2 Possession of a fake ID: 2 Possession of drug paraphernalia: 7 Possession of marijuana in a motor vehicle: 1 Possession of schedule IV narcotic: 1 Public drunk: 4 Resisting arrest: 2 Shoplifting: 3 Simple assault: 1

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ting our hands dirty, and getting to know each other,” Davis said.

Baker said the Big Event is unique because it impacts not only the students who volunteer but Oxford community members as well.

“Aside from working with some of the university’s strongest student leaders, it is especially rewarding to hear of the success stories from friends and family throughout the community,” he said.

Davis said throughout the day of service, Allio’s appreciation for the student volunteers stuck out. After jumping in and helping with the work, Allio prepared a barbecue lunch for the student volunteers.

“When it was time to go, she looked at her yard with the biggest smile on her face and said that it had never looked better and maybe never will again,” Davis said.

“That just made my whole week.”

feature photo division.

Editor-in-chief of The Daily Mississippian Clara Turnage won Best of Show in the newspaper division as well as the investigative reporting and feature writing divisions. Judges called her investigative reporting entry “a clear winner. Heads above all the rest in terms of depth and sophistication.”

NewsWatch Ole Miss won first place for its sportscast program and a documentary class production won in the documentary TV category. NewsWatch placed second and third in the College Newscast category and placed in the College TV news category.

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Reports: Credit card fraud: 1 DUI: 1 Grand larceny: 1 Harassing telephone calls: 1 Motor vehicle accident: 4 Petit larceny: 1 Resisting arrest: 1 Sexual battery: 2 Vandalism: 1

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HBO’s ‘Tickled’ takes a turn for the sinister DANIEL PAYNE

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The title “Tickled” sums up the entire movie pretty well: “It’s not what you think.”

The opening of the movie lays the peculiar foundation of David Ferrier, a New Zealander journalist who is intrigued by competitive endurance tickling. After finding some videos of young men tickling each other on mainstream social media sites, Ferrier knew he had something of public interest.

What he didn’t know, however, is how deep the “tickling wormhole” got.

After a little digging, Ferrier realizes the phenomenon is connected across multiple websites and multiple companies. He wrote a blog post with his findings, and some publicity and discussion followed both in New Zealand and the United States.

The movie is a story of the bizarre leading to the sinister. What began as a simple blog post about a strange, somewhat comical sport soon leads to revelations about privacy, the justice system, exploitation and power.

Companies that bought videos of people participat-

ing in the odd sport shift the focus of the film to the larger topics of how to protect privacy while prosecuting actions that endanger society.

The tone of the film follows the revelations accordingly, as those laughing uncontrollably are interviewed and

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retell their somber stories of these companies trying to ruin their lives through online propaganda.

The film follows themes of privacy, and the ability of dark secrets to follow someone online. Both those who were blackmailed by the companies and the secrets of the companies uncovered by journalists exemplify the positive and negative sides of the internet’s memory.

For that reason, this film is a wakeup call to those of us with less-than-stellar online privacy habits.

Unfortunately, that’s one of the only relatable subjects of the film. While the film does focus on college students, their circumstance is rare and not very relatable. The focus is on the novelty of the situation more than an emotional connection with the viewer.

This gets to the heart of the documentary: a mildly informative, entertaining film that is unlikely to change the audience in many ways.

The cinematography is interesting and varied, including some well-thought-out metaphors that the team encountered as they were investigating.

The pacing of the film keeps it interesting, as crucial information is revealed at just the right moments, keeping the audience engaged throughout the film. New characters are revealed only in key moments, allowing the viewer to understand and appreciate each individual’s part in the fullness of the story.

For example, some journalists that have been investigating these companies for years are revealed only when their information reveals a new aspect of the narrative, mounting suspense until the final outcomes.

The way the interviews, chronological events and research is compiled provides a single, focused story, allowing the audience to draw conclusions about the implications of the story for themselves.

While “Tickled” is entertaining, interesting and oddly captivating, it is unlikely to change the way its audience perceives large aspects of their lives, as legendary documentaries do.

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THIS WEEK IN OXFORD MONDAY

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11 a.m. - Ole Miss Baseball versus Little Rock Swayze Field

11 a.m. - Oxford Conference for the Book Welcome Lunch - J.D. Williams Library

5 p.m. - Linda Williams Jackson with “Midnight Without a Moon” - Off Square Books

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2 p.m. - Double Decker Bus Tour - Visit Oxford 4 p.m. - Associated Student Body’s 100th Year Anniversary Celebration - Lyceum 4 p.m. - Chris Grabenstein with Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library - Off Square Books 4 p.m. - Chris Van Dusen with “If I Built a Car” Off Square Books 5 p.m. - Hari Kunzru with “White Tears” - Off Square Books 6 p.m. - Ole Miss Baseball versus Mississippi State - Swayze Field 8 p.m. - Sweet Crude - Proud Larry’s 8 p.m. - WellRED Comedy Tour - The Lyric

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Junior OF Elantra Cox stole her 20th base of the season, and is now just five steals away from tying the Ole Miss school record (75).

Senior Miranda Strother extended her hit streak to four games after her single in the first.

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was intentionally walked setting up a bases loaded situation, but another strikeout thwarted any threat keeping Ole Miss off the board.

Lee again retired Tennessee in order in the fifth, and Ole Miss also went down 1-2-3 in the sixth. From there, with the game still in reach, Lee began the sixth with a quick groundout to first, before the Rebels decided to intentionally walk Meghan Gregg. Alyssa Clayton then took over in the circle and immediately issued a walk, before giving up a 3-run shot to straightaway center pushing the Vols’ lead to 4-0. Lee then

quick outs, before a double off the wall in right, and an RBI single scored the first run putting the Vols on top 1-0. Courtney Syrett helped end the frame as she cut down Brooke Vines trying to steal.

After a clean fourth on both sides, the Rebels again put pressure on in the fifth when Kylan Becker reached on a leadoff walk and moved up on a passed ball. Lampton moved her over on a sacrifice bunt, and Cox followed with a strikeout, but reached on the pitch that was wild and in the dirt. Horton rolled a ground ball to second for the second out, and Strother

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came back in to pitch and got a groundout back to her and strikeout ending the frame.

Ole Miss showed life in the seventh when Becker led it off with a single through the left side. Cox stepped in with one out and delivered a double to left that scored Becker, but tried to stretch into a triple before she was called out at third on what appeared to be a bobble from the Tennessee third baseman.

Quickly, the rally was eliminated and the Rebels were down to their last out as Horton popped up ending it.

Five different Rebels tallied a hit as Cox and Horton both had a double, and Strother, Becker and Lampton all added one each.

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of the left fielder starting an early opportunity at the plate, before Miranda Strother singled through the side side. After she stole second, a strikeout ended the early threat.

Lee worked around a hit by pitch in the first, and a pair of walks in the second to keep the Vols off the board as they stranded three through two.

Ashton Lampton started the third with a hard-fought, 10-pitch at-bat, where she eventually singled to left. After Elantra Cox reached on a fielders’ choice, she stole second and moved to third on a groundout from Horton. Strother was then hit by a pitch putting runners at the corners with two down, as the Rebels chased Tennessee’s starter Matty Moss. Saturday’s starter, Caylan Arnold, then entered in relief and worked the final out as the Rebels again stranded another in scoring position.

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – In the final game of its first SEC road series, No. 23 Ole Miss outhit the No. 19 Vols, but were edged out, 4-1, Sunday afternoon at Lee Stadium.

Hitting in key situations came back to bite the Rebels (22-9, 0-6 SEC) as they stranded five runners in scoring position, and seven overall. Junior RHP Kaitlin Lee was again efficient in her second start of the weekend, not allowing a Tennessee hit until the third.

In her 12th start of the season, she worked six full innings allowing only two runs off just two hits. She exited the game in the sixth and re-entered in that same frame, and gave Ole Miss a chance throughout shutting down the Vols time after time.

But, the Rebels couldn’t capitalize on putting two in scoring position in the first, one in the third, and a bases loaded situation in the fifth.

In the first, Kaylee Horton punched a double over the head

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South Carolina is last SEC hope in Final Four

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by coach John Calipari are no stranger deep post-season runs. Reaching the Elite Eight in six of the last seven seasons, the Wildcats, in recent years, have been one of college basketball’s most dominant programs. After beating topdraft prospect Lonzo Ball and the UCLA Bruins in the Sweet Sixteen, the Wildcats faced off against another top program, North Carolina. The back and forth game highlighted by two critical shots in the final 10 seconds ended with a 75-73 North Carolina win, ending the Wildcats hope of another Final Four berth.

South Carolina has also turned a lot of heads this tournament, advancing the Final Four in arguably the tournament’s most competitive bracket. Beating both Duke and Baylor by substantial margins, the Gamecocks entered their Elite Eight matchup with Florida full of momentum. Af-

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Florida Gators’ Chris Chiozza’s last-second heroics against Wisconsin marked the third SEC victory of the Sweet Sixteen.

The SEC, a conference notorious for their domination in football and baseball, is largely overlooked when it comes to basketball. After receiving only three bids to the tournament last year and failing to have a team advance past the Sweet Sixteen, the expectation for the SEC in the 2016-17 season was very low.

However, through impressive out-of-conference results and a competitive regular season, the SEC earned five spots in this year’s tournament. Of the five teams who qualified, three played in the Elite Eight, the most the SEC has seen in one year since 1986. The respective paths to the Elite Eight

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for South Carolina, Florida and Kentucky were full of challenges, being forced to outplay top programs like Baylor, Wisconsin and UCLA. The Sweet Sixteen game between Florida and Wisconsin will likely go down as the most entertaining game of tournament. After Wisconsin’s victory over defending champion Villanova and Florida’s domination of the University of Virginia, these two teams met in a game that kept fans on the edge of their seat. The

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Ole Miss baseball drops two of three at Kentucky

BRIAN SCOTT RIPPEE thedmsports@gmail.com

The Ole Miss offense came to life in the sixth inning of Friday night’s game. The team exploded for seven two-out hits in what was a six-run frame to give them an 8-1 lead, and fended off Kentucky for a 9-6 win in the series opener, but went cold at the plate for the final two games of the weekend and dropped the series with the 19th-ranked Wildcats in in Lexington.

Grae Kessinger began the series opener with a tworun shot in the third inning to give the Rebels a 2-1 lead.

He also had an RBI double in the freshmen-infused rally in the sixth that saw Thomas Dillard and Cooper Johnson drive in runs. Will Golsan and Ryan Olenek had back-to-back doubles to end the two-out spark and extended Ole Miss’ lead to 8-1 en route to the Thursday night win. Ten of the Rebels’ 14 hits on the night came from newcomers.

But offense was much harder to come by for the remainder of the weekend as the Rebel bats were silenced win 4-2 and 4-1 losses on Friday and Saturday, each of which involved two

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Freshman shortstop Grae Kessinger waits for a pitch to be thrown during Ole Miss’ game against Baylor earlier this season. Kessinger hit a two-run home run to help push the Rebels to an 8-1 win over Kentucky on Friday.

Ole Miss defensive blunders compare to two errorless games by the Wildcats. Out-

side of Colby Bortles going 2-4 in the final two games, the rest of the Rebel lineup

struggles to string together hits, and especially timely ones. Ole Miss scattered 14 in hits in the final two games with just three runs to show for it.

It was the end of a 1-3 week for a team that has been struggling to hit the ball.

Tate Blackman said Tuesday night after the midweek loss to Memphis at AutoZone Park that it was all about the timely hit, which the Rebels aren’t getting a whole lot of lately. The two-out spark on Friday night that led to six runs was a sign of it, but Ole Miss have struggled to maintain run production and timely hitting of late.

The team only scored four run in the the three losses this week.

The Rebels were stifled by Zach Logue and Justin Lewis in the final two games in the back end of what is a pretty solid rotation on a team that has now swept Texas A&M on the road and taken two of three from he 14th-ranked Rebels to begin conference play. Logue and Lewis each went seven innings in the wins and surrendered just three runs while striking out 15 Ole Miss batters between the two.

All in all it was a tough series loss against a Kentucky

team that has now gotten off to a 5-1 start in SEC play.

Kessinger and Johnson hit well at the plate on Friday night, and Colby Bortles continued to swing the bat well, but the timely hit has eluded a lineup that often features four freshmen bats.

The weekend did feature a good five-inning return of Rebel pitcher James McArthur who has missed his last two starts due to a forearm strain. He surrendered a run on five hits and picked up his first win of the season.

The SEC can be a grind, and a road series at Kentucky following an emotional series win over Vanderbilt was quite a splash into SEC play for this team. The good news is that Ole Miss returns home for the next two weeks to face Mississippi State and Alabama who have struggled this season amidst injuries.

It will be an opportunity for a team still putting together the pieces to improve its record in SEC play before trips to Baton Rouge, Gainesville and Fayetteville arrive. Ole Miss is a team still working out the kinks with a lot of young bats, and will certainly welcome this coming home

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