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ObamaCare’s repeal and the House Freedom Caucus SEE OPINION PAGE 2

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weight – almost 25 pounds.

He had a lot on his mind, and his sophomore season was slipping away in disappointing fashion.

“I’m not going to call it stress, but I just felt like that I was dealing with a lot, and like I said, I wasn’t focused.

So that was part of it,”

A group of students are promoting a petition that requests the liberal arts program add a multicultural studies requirement to its core curriculum.

Despite being two months old, Students Against Social Injustice’s petition doubled the number of signatures Tuesday afternoon.

“We propose that UM liberal arts students be required to take 6-9 hours of multicultural courses, as well as an additional 12 hours of diversity-related extracurricular/volunteer hours,” SASI’s petition reads.

The petition points to a section of the UM Diversity Plan written by Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter as reason to support the additional requirements.

“Diversity is a hallmark of education and enriches the environment and experiences of all our campus constituents,” Vitter wrote in the plan.

SASI’s argument claims its suggested course requirements would reach the Diversity Plan’s goal to enhance “the overall curriculum by infusion of content that enhances multicultural

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LEFT: Wide receiver Markell Pack completes a pass from quarterback Jordan Ta’amu during Tuesday’s practice. RIGHT: Jason Pellerin goes up for a pass from quarterback Shea Patterson during Tuesday’s practice.

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The Ole Miss defense seemingly hit rock bottom on the sidelines in the final moments of the Rebels’ 3821 loss to LSU in Tiger Stadium last October. The unit had just been gashed for more than 250 yards on the

ground by Leonard Fournette.

There was arguing on the sideline, and the Rebels were far from on the same page. The roars of Tiger Stadium coupled with the second-half trouncing that LSU induced on the young defense had everyone’s blood boiling.

“The LSU game it kind of broke down,” Breeland Speaks said. “Had a lot of controversy on the sideline going on. Guys weren’t focused. I wasn’t focused. I think that is where it broke down.”

Speaks began to fall out of the defensive line rotation shortly after. He’d lost

Attorney calls for female involvement in state politics MARLEE CRAWFORD thedmnews@gmail.com

Vicki Slater talked women in Mississippi politics Monday and said she wants to fill a Mississippi ballot from top to bottom with women.

Slater, an attorney at law, discussed the history and future roles women have played in the state’s politics yesterday afternoon in Barnard Observatory.

In 2015, she ran for governor of Mississippi, a position a woman had not run for in more than three decades, and those who did run were

not successful.

Slater lost in the Democratic primaries to Robert Gray, but that didn’t stop her from encouraging other females to be the first.

“A lot of times, when you think about women in politics in Mississippi, it’s women in the background doing things,” she said. “It’s women not in official positions, or maybe not in the highest position, sneaking in a word here or there.”

She said middle-class white women as a whole tend to be politically complacent, meaning while they may be in favor of something, they may not actually get out to vote for it,

protest about it or stand up and speak about it.

“But this [presidential] election that happened in November of 2016 has lit a fire in so many women and men of all colors and ages,” Slater said. “I think it is just the shock that a presidential candidate might brag about sexually assaulting a women at any time in his life and still somehow become president.”

She said the presidential election was “so revealing of the sexism that still remains in our society” and a “huge eye-opener” on issues such as race, gender and sexual orientation.

“It just jolted us awake, like starting up a battery on a car that had been dead,” she said. “Reinvigorating something that had been laying dormant.”

Slater participated in the March on Washington back in January.

While she was in the nation’s capital, Slater said she worried about the turnout for the

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OPINION

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The House Freedom Caucus owes more to its party

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Last week, the House of Representatives failed to vote on and pass the American Health Care Act, a comprehensive bill that would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as ObamaCare.

During the past fall, elections for offices ranging from president of the United States to state representative were

fought over the ramifications of ObamaCare and the promise of Republicans to repeal and replace the law.

After Republicans won power in November, Democrats trembled, fearing that the law was doomed after Jan. 20.

But this week, Democrats are elated.

ObamaCare will survive, at least for the time being. This victory was not caused by Democrats, however.

A rouge group of 30 Republican congressmen, called the House Freedom Caucus, brought this bill down.

It is truly disappointing (and slightly ironic) that this group of Republicans, many who were elected on the basis of repealing and replacing ObamaCare, would ultimately be responsible for it remaining the law of the land for the foreseeable future.

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This microcosm of Conservative politics highlights a problem in the Republican party and Conservative movement.

The Freedom Caucus, and some groups like it, make it impossible for Republicans to work together and run an effective government.

Bills that President Donald Trump or Speaker Ryan propose and support are often considered not Conservative enough.

The rest of the party is held hostage while they attempt to make a deal that complies with their rigid ideological standards.

Some members of the Freedom Caucus are already beginning to leave the group.

In citing his reasons to leave, Rep. Ted Poe said, “There’s some members of the Freedom Caucus, they’d vote no against the Ten Command-

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before it goes to the floor for a vote, yes, but holding the entire party (and because of the severity of the issue, the stock market and the country) hostage is vain and selfish.

No bill or law will be perfect to everyone. That is the point of a democratic system.

There are several more battles to come in the next few weeks and months. Tax reform, a border wall and the federal budget are on the table and are all things President Trump has pledged to accomplish. Republicans owe him their support.

Will the Freedom Caucus support him and stand with the rest of the Republican party and fight and accomplish Conservative values?

I sure hope so.

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ments if it came up for a vote.”

This is not the way a successful party operates. When the Affordable Care Act was first passed in 2010, Democrats faced opposition within their own party, but from moderate Democrats who were in fear of losing reelection, not those on the left.

Even with the moderate opposition, they were able to get the bill passed. There was no “Progressive Caucus” whose members refused to vote for the Affordable Care Act because it did not contain universal government coverage.

A successful party has consistency. When its leaders (President Trump and Speaker Ryan) announce a plan, these representatives in the House Freedom Caucus should not relentlessly pressure top leadership to accommodate their demands.

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continued from page 1 Jackson rally. Her worry was put to rest when she discovered 3,500 people marched in Jackson.

“Not only do we have the opportunities – we’ve got the motivation and the energy there now,” she said. “As heart-breaking as November was, it was, at the same time, motivating.”

She said she wants people to stand up and not be intimidated anymore.

“I think we are living in a really exciting time, and I want to really encourage you to be bold,” she said.

Slater said people of this generation in Mississippi shouldn’t be uncomfortable or frightened to stand up for what they think.

“It’s not Jim Crow. It’s not more than these people [before us] faced,” she said. “We’re not running the risk of an assassin’s bullet or a lynching to the extent that everybody before us went through to get us here.

So, how much farther can we go? How much more can we do and say that our grandmothers couldn’t say?”

Slater said there have been women throughout history who haven’t been willing to just remain silent, like Ida B. Wells and Fannie Lou Hamer.

Slater said there was a time during the civil rights movement called “Wednesdays in Mississippi.” These were days when women, both black and white, from all over the country flew to Jackson to meet in people’s houses and talk about civil rights and other current events.

She said this was a way of uniting people, and she is considering beginning her own version of Wednesdays in Mississippi, opening the private meetings up to only Mississippians.

“It wasn’t out in the streets or in your face; it was just people to people connecting,” Slater said. “This is the way I really think that Mississippi will finally get over the hump in change.”

She said the issues are out of control because there is a lack of discussion, and talking about things would help change that.

Oxford resident Eunice Benton said she came to the lecture because she cares about women’s issues. She said she wants to find the strong women’s organizations in the state and connect them with an online presence.

She paraphrased Ms. Havisham’s words, a character created by author William Falk-

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ner, when describing her idea: “They knew it would take an old woman like me or children when you have to get something out of the common done.”

Slater said there should be more and more women in politics.

“We need to keep coming at them instead of backing off,” Slater said. “We’ve never gotten to the tipping point because we’ve always just backed off.”

Slater said the traditional roles of women to care for children and the household make them more qualified for public office.

“Who knows more about budgets, economics, consumer protection, health care, care-taking and education than women?,” she said. “Where [women’s] lives are is where it most directly intersects with government.”

Slater said instead of accepting defeat, women should build on their supporters and “triple their votes next time.”

She said people will continue to doubt women in office, but that shouldn’t be a reason to back away from the fight.

Ellis Starkey is a volunteer for the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies.

She said Slater hit on many ideas about what needs to happen to increase women’s presence in politics. She agreed it’s more of a community effort now to build each other up, instead of a single woman working alone.

“I am dirt poor,” Starkey said. “I never thought I could be involved in politics in any way, but the way she spoke and the kind of resources she mentioned made it a lot more accessible for me.”

Slater said she will run for office again in the future but hasn’t decided what position yet.

“We should not become complacent. We shouldn’t get comfortable, and we shouldn’t get lazy,” Slater said. “I just want to fill up the ballot from top to bottom with women.”

‘Skinny budget’ could create consequences for Meals on Wheels BRIANA FLOREZ

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President Trump recently proposed a “skinny budget” to Congress outlining major cuts to 62 different agencies and programs, including those that fund local projects across the country.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development, which houses the Community Development Block Grant program, is included in the departments cut. The CDBG supplies communities with funds to suffice their developmental needs. The national organization “Meals on Wheels” has the potential to be severely impacted should the Trump administration cut the CDBG. Meals on Wheels provides hot, delivered meals to 2.4 million seniors in communities across the United States each year. Meals on Wheels is not a federal program, but rather a large collection of individual programs that are responsible for seeking out their own funding.

The Lafayette County Meals on Wheels program provides meals to seniors and

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awareness and understanding.”

Before noon on Tuesday, the petition had garnered fewer than 25 signatures. By 6 p.m., the petition doubled its number of supporters and nearly This article was submitted to reached half of its 100-signaThe Daily Mississippian from ture goal.

SASI’s petition has picked up an advanced reporting class. alumni support as well, from

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individuals who are confined to their homes in the county.

Three Rivers Planning and Development District is responsible for funding Meals on Wheels in Lafayette County.

Three Rivers PDD is a private, non-profit organization that supports many programs under the jurisdiction of different state and federal agencies. Meals on Wheels falls under the nutrition program of the Three Rivers Area Agency on Aging. The AAA is accountable for administering Older Americans Act Programs, Social Services Block Grant Programs and other grants to provide social and nutritional resources to aging individuals.

Steve Hardin, community services division director at the Mississippi Community Development Authority, said there would be no impact on the Lafayette County Meals on Wheels program should Trump’s proposed cut take place.

“The State of Mississippi does not provide any funding for public services such as Meals on Wheels, etc.,” Hardin said. “Therefore, there would be no impact from any

potential CDBG reductions.”

Three Rivers PDD, however, does receive federal funding. Because of this, the amount of funding Meals on Wheels receives from Three Rivers PDD could be impacted.

United Way of Oxford and Lafayette County, a local group that partners with other organizations to support improved health, education or income, also contributes some funding to Three Rivers PDD for Meals on Wheels.

Cleveland Joseph, Area Agency on Aging director at Three Three Rivers PDD, said the organization is partially funded by the federal government, local dollars, state dollars and United Way dollars.

“We are 80 percent funded by the federal government.

Fifteen percent is from local dollars, and 5 percent from state dollars and United Way dollars,” Joseph said.

“Through a small block grant, we receive funding from the federal government.”

Meals on Wheels of Lafayette County could not be reached for comment.

Rebel graduates in Pontotoc and Memphis, Tennessee.

SASI member Makala McNeil signed the petition Tuesday and said she sees the petition as a way to unlock the university’s potential to achieve the Diversity Plan.

McNeil said integrating a multicultural studies requirement would play an instrumental part in institutionalizing inclusion at the university.

“We’d be doing students a disservice if after four years they leave the institution with-

out exposure to the wide array of multicultural courses the institution offers,” McNeil said.

English major Skylar Sandroni wrote a comment on the petition along with her signature.

“I’m signing because I believe in an education that represents all people,” Sandroni wrote.

If its goal of 100 signatures is met, SASI will send its petition to Interim Provost Noel Wilkin.

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Antique store houses memorabilia, friendships style is a mixture of county and bluegrass gospel. thedmfeatures@gmail.com “I’m trying to get up to 60 songs so I can go do my thing Imagine a dimly lit room at some little cafes and pubs,” with antiques dated back to he said. the 1400s filling every inch Over the past year, Bradley of the place. That’s Country has come across a great deal Treasures. of treasures, including signed Driving back to Oxford after baseballs by Stan Musial, an a holiday or weekend trip, the American Major League Baseroad home seems never-endball outfielder and first baseing. Ripping down the highman who was elected to the way makes it easy to miss the Hall of Fame in 1969. antiques and resale shops on Hank “Hammer” Aaron’s the side of the road. baseball is also a jewel of his.

Todd Bradley is the owner of Hank broke Babe Ruth’s reCountry Treasures. It’s about cord of 714 home runs in 1974 15 minutes from campus. The and is considerably one of the store made Oxford its home a best baseball players of all little more than a year ago. time.

The pottery, sports memoBradley said he wishes he PHOTO BY : ARIEL COBBERT rabilia records and many othhad more students stop by his Charles Rasberry and Todd Bradley talk about a Martin Luther King photo that er antiques would fit perfect in shop because he thinks they Bradley got a month ago. many dorm rooms and apartwould find interest in his Ole “I don’t what else to do with Miss collectables, such as his ness man,” Rasberry said. “We sell and trade old stuff to each her,” he said. signed picture of Archie Manother all the time.”

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He feels that it’s important buy or just talk about antiques, “They really don’t know I’m here,” he said. “Everybody to rescue antiques. Bradley is Bradley said he thinks Councomes down this road so fast.” somewhat of an antique su- try Treasures is the place.

“People will come in with Manning is a former Amer- perhero.

“I find and buy treasures any and everything,” he said. ican football quarterback who in different places that I can “I love it. Some days, I don’t played in the NFL for nine save,” he said. see a soul, and other [days] years, also playing football at Perhaps the oddest thing I’m talking to 10 people at Ole Miss with two of his sons, Eli and Cooper Manning, fol- he owns is a little old lady’s once.” ashes. He’s not sure who she Over the past year, Bradley lowing. is.

When he was buying a few has bought stuff out of the Bradley’s favorite place to be thing two months ago, he saw back of people’s trucks and in his store is behind his desk. a cool box and purchased it. made new friends. If you’re He’s always either watching “I didn’t even open the box thinking about paying the TV, making sales or talking to [because] I bought a bunch shop a visit, be ready for a his good friend of six months of things from a guy,” he said friendly welcome from BradCharles Rasberry.

Bradley and Rasberry met “I opened the box, and here ley and his best buddy of five a few months after Coun- these ashes are numbered and years, Scrappy. try Treasures opened. Their labeled.”

He said he’ll keep her safe This story was submitted to PHOTO BY : ARIEL COBBERT friendship blossomed over in a corner until he finds her The Daily Mississippian from Country Treasures is filled with sports memorabilia. Baseballs signed by Stan time. family. an advanced reporting class.

“I’m a business; he’s a busiMusial, Hank “Hammer” Aaron and Willie Mays can be found in the store.

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ments.

“I’ve been around antiques all my life. I’ve always liked them,” he said.

Bradley said his love of antiques, history and people is what drove him to open shop.

Not only is Bradley a store owner, but he’s a singer/song writer. Behind a door in the corner of his shop leads to a studio.

Tommy Hood is Bradley’s neighbor and friend. Hood and Bradley share the piece of property and have been buddies since they both opened shop.

“I do the antiques. He does the music,” Bradley said. “I do the music, too, but I’m more into antiques.”

When the shop isn’t busy, Bradley spends his time recording music covers. His

UM Cinema Festival debuts student, alumni films Winners from last November’s UM Cinema Competition will make their debut on the big screen at the UM Cinema Festival at 7 p.m. today and tomorrow in the Overby Center.

In order to be featured in the festival, filmmakers were asked to submit a film classified under the categories of narrative, experimental, documentary, musical theater or dance. There were 15 films entered in the festival, and winners are expected to be announced at the end of the week. Winning filmmakers will receive prizes as high as $500.

Alan Arrivée is a professor of cinema at the university and has been in charge of the festival since it began six years ago. For him, the festival is an opportunity for filmmakers to get real audience reactions to their pieces.

“The most useful part of the little festival is the interaction between audience and filmmakers,” Arrivée said. “The message of the filmmaker might not be received as they

thought it would be, so the kind of feedback they will get is what I’m looking forward to most.”

The festival originally began as “An Evening of Cinema,” a one-night event at Meek Hall in which theater minors could debut their finished projects.

Since then, it has evolved to include faculty submissions and, for the first time, alumni contestants, as well as students.

Arrivée said he believes the festival will continue to grow, especially with the anticipated addition of a cinema major in the next couple of years.

“The quality of production will increase because we will have a greater variety of programs available and a wider variety in the lineup,” Arrivée said. “Over the years, it has transformed into something more than just student-produced films.”

According to Arrivée, one of the most important aspects of the UM Cinema Festival is the freedom filmmakers have to express themselves without

the constraints of demographic research, which is something that is often overlooked in blockbuster cinema.

“We don’t have the production value of the latest superhero movie, but as far as originality goes, we may have the edge,” Arrivée said.

Montana Byrd, a senior minoring in cinema, said she is excited to see the new talent the festival will debut.

“I’m excited for the UM Cinema Festival this year,” Byrd said. “I’ve been going since my freshman year, and every year, the films get better and better, and I think it really reflects on how the cinema program has grown and continues to grow.”

Taylor Treece is a senior at the university who was recognized in the 2016 UM Film Festival in the narrative category for his film “How to Get Dressed.” This year, he entered an experimental film for consideration. Treece said that while the festival is important for him personally, he doesn’t necessarily believe it’s important for all students to attend.

“It’s important to me because completing a project of any kind is always satisfying, and it just so happens that I’m interested in making movies, so these are the projects I partake in,” he said. “I don’t think it’s too important for people to attend. The only reason I believe they should attend is if they want to support the university’s cinema program and to experience what students and the community have to offer. If that’s not something they care about, then I don’t think it’s important for them to go. But I do believe that going to anything of this nature always helps you grow as an individual.”

Hannah Glass, a junior at Ole Miss and an Oxford Film Festival volunteer, said she is looking forward to attending the UM Cinema Festival for the first time.

“Because of my experience with the Oxford Film Fest, I’m looking forward to seeing what Ole Miss students can create,” Glass said.

The film festival is free for theater majors and cinema minors, but all other attendees must purchase the tickets at the box office. The tickets cost $12.50 for adults, $9 for students and $8 for senior citizens and children.

This article was submitted to The Daily Mississippian from an advanced reporting class.

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Conference celebrates Oxford’s rich literary culture ite Food Groups and Then Some” and “Big Bad Breakfast: The Most Important Book of the Day.” Tickets are required for this event.

The University Museum will host Thomas, Kate Freeman Clark, Carolyn Brown, Annette Trifler and Beth Batton beginning at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. A free reception and book signing will follow. For a poetry reading on Oxford’s Square, visit Southside Gallery at 4 p.m. Thursday. Beth Ann Fennelly, Carolyn Hembree, Alison Pelegrin and Rodney Jones will share their award-winning work.

On Thursday evening, Tom Thurman’s documentary “Harry Crews: Guilty as Charged” will show in Lamar Hall on the University of Mississippi campus,

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This week marks the 24th Oxford Conference for the Book, an event that gathers writers, readers, storytellers and book enthusiasts in our little town steeped with literature.

Beginning today, the city of Oxford will be teeming with award-winning authors, professionally catered receptions and a variety of talks, panel discussions and readings for the conference, which is free and open to the public.

Conference organizer James G. Thomas, Jr. has attended since the conference’s beginning in 1993.

“Oxford has been known as a literary town for decades now. The university students and community members are all good readers, as well as great writers,” he said.

The event was originally created in order to congregate book lovers, and it featured readings from Barry Hannah and Kaye Gibbons, area tours and even a “Paris Review” birthday party at Square Books in its opening year. This year, the conference, which is presented by the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and Square Books, offers an exciting lineup of poets, memoirists, biographers, documentary filmmakers, professors, historians, journalists and comedy writers.

“The Oxford Conference for the Book was the brainchild of Ann Abadie from the Center for the Study of Southern Culture,” Square Books general manager Lyn Roberts said. “She involved

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Oxford Conference for the Book offers a yearly opportunity to celebrate the town’s rich literary culture.

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Richard Howorth, the owner of Square Books, in developing and hosting the first conference.” “[Since] he and the store had so many contacts in the literary community and with publishers, he was able to bring authors here,” Roberts said.

While in previous years the conference has covered certain literary themes, the conference has no particular theme this year.

“In the past we’ve covered people like Tennessee Williams, Barry Hannah and even Walter Anderson, who was really a painter,” Thomas said. “But this year, it’s not one genre that we’re looking at.”

With the conference cov-

ering such a wide variety of literary topics, it always draws a multitude of people from across the country for events that range across literature, art, film and food.

The historic Barksdale-Isom House will host the Big Bad Book Conference Authors Party at 6:30 p.m. today. Proceeds benefit the Oxford Conference for the Book. According to Thomas, this event “is the most formal event of the conference.” Attendees can expect delicious shrimp and grits, hors d’oeuvres, drinks and dinner provided

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ground ball to the right side brought him to third. With two outs, Zabowski found a hole for a base hit to plate Rowe and give Ole Miss the early lead.

The Rebels used small ball in the fifth to double their advantage. An infield single to third by Nick Fortes kicked off the inning. Kyle Watson’s sacrifice bunt was enough to put Fortes into scoring position before another groundout to second moved the Rebel 90 feet from home. With a good piece of two-out hitting, Tate Blackman singled up the middle to score his teammate and make it a 2-0 game.

Little Rock flipped the script in the seventh, turning a two-run deficit into a two-run lead.

Following a double and a walk, Sean Johnson entered the game to relieve Connor Green. A wild pitch allowed both Trojans to move closer home, and the pinch PHOTO BY: TAYLAR TEEL hitter, Ridling, brought Ole Miss starting pitcher Greer Holston pitches during Tuesday’s game against Little them across with a Rock. Holston did not allow a run over 5.1 innings. Rebels win 5-4 in the 10th inning. single into left field to square the contest at the game to a 4-4 standstill.

Blackman to set up multiple two runs apiece. The tie For the second consecutive force outs and deal with Fitzdidn’t last long as Baker sent inning, the Rebels put two simmons. The redshirt sophoa two-run home run into the runners in scoring position. more made them pay, ripping a Ole Miss bullpen. The four-run However, with the winning run ball into left field to easily score frame put Little Rock in front, at third and one out in the botWatson. With the Ole Miss 4-2. tom of the ninth, Little Rock speedster crossing the plate, In the bottom of the eighth, got out of the jam to force extra the Rebels sprinted out of the Ole Miss was patient at the innings. dugout and onto the field to plate to score two runs and tie Roth pitched a perfect 10th, celebrate the walk-off win with the game. Cockrell delivered a striking out the side to hand the hero Fitzsimmons. pinch-hit single, and after Will the game over to the Ole Miss Up next, the Rebels kick off Golsan walked, Grae Kessingoffense.

Watson drew a oneanother SEC weekend earer placed a perfect sacrifice out walk and raced for second ly with a nationally televised bunt to move the tying run into on a hit-and-run to eliminate matchup with Mississippi State scoring position. Three straight the chance of a double play.

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Zabowski tallied two hits apiece as Ole Miss finished with nine for the game. Fitzsimmons and Chase Cockrell provided singles off the bench, two of seven Rebels to record a hit throughout the extra-inning affair.

The Trojans scored all four of their runs in the seventh inning due to a two-RBI single by Cale Ridling and a two-run homer by Zach Baker. Little Rock used 10 pitchers in the 10-inning contest, and McKinley Moore (0-1) suffered the loss.

Holston tossed a pair of scoreless frames before the Rebels put up the game’s first run in the bottom of the second. Tim Rowe singled up the middle for the first hit of the matchup, and he continued to advance 90 feet one play at a time. A wild pitch allowed the designated hitter to move into scoring position, while a

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In the bottom of the 10th, a pinch-hit single by redshirt sophomore Michael Fitzsimmons lifted the No. 19 Ole Miss baseball team over Little Rock Tuesday afternoon at Swayze Field. The Rebels (16-9) won the extra-inning battle with the Trojans (9-16) in front of more than 6,000 elementary school students in attendance for the fifth annual School Day Game.

Houston Roth (1-0) struck out the side in the 10th, and the perfect inning earned the freshman the first victory of his career. Fellow freshman and Ole Miss starting pitcher Greer Holston did not allow a run over 5.1 innings, giving up just three hits and two walks. Will Stokes and Dallas Woolfolk also pitched out of the bullpen, combining to keep Little Rock off the scoreboard for 2.1 innings.

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THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 29 MARCH 2017 | PAGE 7

Rebels look for Landshark defense’s return to Oxford REED ROLAND

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After an up-and-down season marked by defensive struggles, Rebels football may have finally turned a corner. With new defensive pieces paired with an equally young offense, fans in Oxford have plenty to look forward to next year. With spring practices underway, head coach Hugh Freeze has already seen improvements over last season.

“I love the energy of the defense,” Freeze said. “They were flying to the football, playing physical.”

Ole Miss seems to have always been known for hardnosed defensive play, an increasingly rare attribute over the course of last season. Now, that “Landshark” style looks to be back and better than ever.

“I thought the defense was extremely physical down there today, and I was real pleased,” Freeze said.

Breeland Speaks, a 6-foot 3-inch defensive tackle out of Jackson, hopes to play an even bigger role on the Rebels’ defensive line this season. Speaks, throughout the offseason, has been focusing on improving the technical aspects of his play.

“I’ve been trying to get this technique down. I’m playing with a different

technique, and I think it’s starting to come along,” Speaks said. “The more we practice, the more I get the opportunities to see myself actually using the technique.”

Last year, with late losses to Florida State and Alabama shining through as examples, the Rebels struggled to make stops in the red zone. Freeze spoke extensively about his focus on red zone drills during spring practice, something he felt his defensive unit excelled at on Tuesday.

“Defensively, you have to hold people to field goals down there,” Freeze said.

“I was real pleased with the defensive portion.”

Part of the reason Freeze and the Ole Miss coaching staff have put such an emphasis on goal-line play is due to the youth and inexperience of the squad.

Physicality is something the Rebels have had issues with Coach Hugh Freeze calls play during Tuesday’s practice. in the past, and so far, these sessions have shed opti- offense is equally exciting. room, and he and Marmism on the aggression and With the addition of offen- kell both are having really drive of these young Rebels. sive coordinator Phil Lon- sound springs,” Freeze said.

“We have to become a go, Freeze will look to focus “Markell really seems kind more physical defense and on a high-tempo offense. of like a new kid, so I’m the offensive line has to be Returning sophomore startreal physical down there,” ers Shea Patterson and Van Freeze said, “I think today Jefferson, along with veterthe defense was very phys- an receiver Markell Pack, ical and I was real pleased.” prove the Ole Miss pass While the defense has game has real potential. been particularly power“I think [Van] is becomful this spring, the Rebels’ ing a nice leader in that

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pleased with both of those guys, and Van has been a great leader.”

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LEADERSHIP

continued from page 1 Speaks said. “That is pretty much where I think my body broke down, having to do so much with everything going on.”

It lead to some offseason soul searching. He’d come to school wanting to be a part of a hard-nosed defense, but instead, his defensive unit had become a liability, and the group played a large role in Ole Miss’ struggles a season ago.

It required some reflection and soul searching. He wanted the defense to get better.

He wanted to get better.

“It’s motivation. That’s basically a slap in the face,” Speaks said. “You go from being the Landshark defense to people calling you whatever they called you. It was bad, and guys hated that, and we had to get back to it.

That’s all the motivation – to get back to that Landshark defense.”

It’s led to Speaks showing a motor and sense of energy that has been contagious amongst his teammates in spring practice.

“Breeland’s motor has been unbelievable,” head coach Hugh Freeze said. “He is playing at a level ener-

gy-wise and tempo-wise that I could not ask for any more of that part of it.”

Speaks is now sitting at 290 pounds, a weight that he is comfortable with but would like to see shoot up a little.

“It is,” Speaks said. “But I want to get heavier. I want to be 295-300. I think I will put all that back (on) after the spring.”

Speaks and Freeze both feel the defense has gotten its physical edge back. Now, it is about technique and learning the intricacies of the defense that new defensive coordinator Wesley McGriff has installed.

“Last year, it was a lot more hat in hands. I was a tilted three (technique). Now, it is mainly striking blockers with just your hands and keeping your head out of it.

We are more square half-aman,” Speaks said. “We have always been half-a-man, but now we are playing square on the guard versus a tilted three. But not to the sideline. It is straight ahead.”

Speaks feels more comfortable in this technique and thinks it has allowed him to see the field better and use his athleticism.

“I love it. I really do,” Speaks said. “It keeps everything in front of you. It keeps your head out of it so

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BREELAND SPEAKS you can see what is actually going on and see what blocks you are getting.”

On Tuesday, the offense went head-to-head with the defense in red zone drills, and the defense dominated.

Freeze is an offensive-minded coach and naturally pointed to the offense improving in the red zone. But that didn’t stop him from

giving his defense credit after it forced a turnover.

“In the scripted portion, I thought the defense really dominated,” Freeze said. “I love the energy of the defense. They are flying to the football and playing physical and they really bowed-their neck.”

For Speaks, it’s about getting better day by day. He

doesn’t want another season to go the way last year did.

He’s a junior now, and it’s time for him to lead this resurgent defense in 2017.

“That’s a role I have had to take on,” Speaks said. “It is a bit of adjustment for me, but coach put that weight on my shoulders, and I’ve got to deliver for him and the team.”

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