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Annual Oxford horse camp celebrates 15 years Uber returns to Oxford
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MAGGIE MARTIN
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Lake Weston practices jumping Forte at Oak HIll Stables’ summer horse camp. The camp, run by Laura Peddle Sale and located five miles from the Square, is celebrating its 15th year. For the full story, see page 6.
Oxford-University women speak out about draft registration
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In accordance with a military policy bill approved by the U.S. Senate in June, women could possibly be required to register with Selective Service as soon as Jan. 1, 2018, making them eligible for the military draft. The bill was passed by the House in April without the policy change requiring women to register for the draft, and the two versions have yet to be reconciled. Army veteran and Oxford resident Dawn Bullion expressed mixed feelings about the possibility and what it means for gender equality. “On the one hand, I feel that women are equal to men, so if there is to be a Selective Service requirement then both men and women should have to register for it,” Bullion said. “On the
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Uber is finally allowed to operate in Oxford as of July 1, when House Bill 1381 went into effect. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed the bill into law in May. The law exists “to provide for the licensure and regulation of businesses that use a digital network to connect riders to drivers who provide prearranged rides.” The new law will have the greatest impact on ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft. Both operate from smartphone apps that allow users to request rides digitally. HB 1381 makes it so that these companies are regulated state-wide as opposed to by individual cities, as they previously were in Mississippi, which made it extremely difficult for the companies to operate in certain areas due to local laws. The act also requires that the companies pay a $5,000 license fee yearly and that drivers be insured for carrying passengers. Ride-sharing services were previously not allowed to operate in some Mississippi cities, including Oxford, because of local ordinances. HB 1381 overrides any attempts by local government to ban these companies from operating within certain areas. Walker Sturgeon, an Ole Miss alumnus living in Horn Lake, drives for Uber in the Memphis area. “I was a teaching aid in Olive Branch. Starting in January I started Ubering to get some extra cash,” Sturgeon said. “Now that school’s out I do it fulltime.” He says the nights he works generally start in Mississippi
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Pharmacy graduate student awarded Phi Kappa Phi fellowship MIA SIMS
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Ole Miss graduate student Meghan Wagner was selected as a fellow for the Phi Kappa Phi honor society. Founded in 1897 at the University of Maine and headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline honor society. The organization awards annual fellowships to aid students who are enrolled in graduate school. “I heard about the fellowship through an email from a faculty member involved with Phi Kappa Phi,” Wagner said. “I will be studying pharmacy at The University of Mississippi and working towards a doctor of pharmacy degree.” Phi Kappa Phi awards 51 fellowships of $5,000 each and six of $15,000 each to members entering their first year of graduate or professional study. Each Phi Kappa Phi chapter may select one candidate from among its local applicants to compete for the society-wide awards. According to Michael L. Warren, clinical pharmacy assistant professor at the University, Phi Kappa Phi’s motto is “let the love of learning rule humanity” and the various awards that are provided each year by the society reinforces their commitment to education. “Aside from the financial benefit, I think it likely affirms to recipients that their dedication to learning has not gone unnoticed and is expected to carry over into future educational efforts as well as benefit the lives of those who are later touched after graduation,” Warren said. Wagner expressed that receiving the fellowship was an honor and noted that the financial assistance was a great help to her.
“I was really honored to be chosen both by Ole Miss, as they could only choose one student to submit to nationals, and by Phi Kappa Phi,” Wagner said. “Even in undergrad, pharmacy is an expensive path to take, so the monetary assistance is always great to have.” As an early-entry student, Wagner has been involved in the school of pharmacy since her freshman year. She said her time has helped her learn what it means to be a health professional and how to talk to, assist and learn from people. “I was always a high-achieving student,” Wagner said, “but pharmacy made me work that much harder to meet my own personal expectations, and to have a distinguished group recognize that effort and find it worthy of backing was really special to me.” Wagner was inspired to be a pharmacist after she heard the story of a British girl named Hayley Okines, who suffered from a disease called Progeria. “It was actually a documentary I saw one night when I couldn’t sleep,” Wagner said. “The disease had a life expectancy of around 14-16 years. I was incredibly inspired by Hayley’s strength, optimism and humor even in the face of her illness and I thought that she and others in those situations deserved to have someone searching for a treatment and helping them live the best lives possible. That’s when I decided on pharmacy and it’s also why I’m interested in the specialty of pediatrics.” Being a part of groups such as the professional pharmacy fraternity Kappa Epsilon, PediaRebs and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists has helped expose her to the vast number of career options and opportunities a pharmacist can have beyond retail. “She is a gifted student with a positive
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other hand, requiring women to register for Selective Service should not be the definition of gender equality: Gender equality should also come in the form of equal pay and equal rights.” Ole Miss alumna and 2nd Lt. Olivia Vincent feels that this is a step that needs to be taken. “I believe it’s another step in the right direction in terms of the military’s increasing push for gender equality,” Vinzant said. “Because the ban on women serving in combat roles was recently lifted, neither gender should be exempt from having to register for Selective Service.”
The current law requires all men from ages 18 through 25 to register for possible involuntary military service. Women have always been exempt from the law and, until 2013, were restricted from serving in combat roles. Bullion stated that women are often underestimated in the armed forces and that this new proposal, although it is a great step for women, will not help with gender equality. “I definitely believe that women are underestimated in the armed forces,” Bullion said. “I think for people to see women as equal to men it is going to have to start with education about gender equality and applied actions by educational
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institutions, workplace norms and equality laws.” Vinzant believes that wom-
en have just as much to offer as their male counterparts and that the suggested policy change would give them more opportunities to prove it. Vinzant enlisted in the Army National Guard in 2013 and, after completing her training as an Aviation Operations Specialist, went on to receive her bachelor’s degree at Ole Miss and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in May. The current law was seen as sexist by Bullion because it portrays women as weak. “I think it was archaic thinking that women needed to be protected because they were perceived as weak and needing protection that they could not survive being on the front lines
in a war/conflict,” Bullion said. Bullion served in the Army for seven years and learned the value of hard work and how teamwork is essential to accomplish any mission. “I feel that women are valuable in every role in regards to the military. Gender neutrality,” Bullion said. Vinzant says she thinks the situation has already affected the nation’s populace. “The military has already been extensively working on how to make our forces more gender neutral,” Vizant said. “Wherever our service members are stationed around the world, the communities they serve will likely see and feel the changes as well.”
Judge blocks Mississippi’s ‘religious objections’ law
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge blocked a Mississippi law on religious objections to same-sex marriage moments before it was set to take effect Friday, ruling it unconstitutionally establishes preferred beliefs and creates unequal treatment for gay people. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves wrote that the title, text and history of the law show it is “the state’s attempt to put LGBT citizens back in their place” in response to last summer’s Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage nationwide. “In physics, every action has its equal and opposite reaction,” wrote Reeves, who was nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama in 2010. “In politics, every action has its predictable overreaction.” Republican Gov. Phil Bryant said he plans to appeal the ruling, which came overnight in response to two lawsuits filed
weeks ago by gay and straight plaintiffs. The law sought to protect three beliefs: That marriage is only between a man and a woman; that sex should only take place in such a marriage; and that a person’s gender is determined at birth and cannot be altered. It would allow clerks to cite religious objections to recuse themselves from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and would protect merchants who refuse services to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people. It could affect adoptions and foster care, business practices and school bathroom policies. “The state has put its thumb on the scale to favor some religious beliefs over others,” the judge wrote. Reeves also wrote that it violates the Constitution’s equal protection guarantee.
Gov. Bryant signed House Bill 1523 in April, winning praise from conservative Christian groups. The Family Research Council gave him a religious freedom award for signing the bill, and Bryant said the “secular, progressive world had decided they were going to pour their anger and their frustration” on him because of the bill. In a statement, Bryant said he was disappointed by the ruling. “Like I said when I signed House Bill 1523, the law simply provides religious accommodations granted by many other states and federal law,” Bryant said. “I am disappointed Judge Reeves did not recognize that reality. I look forward to an aggressive appeal.” Attorney General Jim Hood — the lone Democrat in statewide office — had his staff defend the bill but reversed course after the ruling, saying he doesn’t know if an appeal is worthwhile for a
state with budget problems. “The fact is that the churchgoing public was duped into believing that HB1523 protected religious freedoms,” Hood said. In late 2014, Reeves struck down Mississippi’s ban on same-sex marriage but put his ruling on hold while the state appealed. The Supreme Court marriage ruling came down while the Mississippi appeal was pending. Brandiilyne Magnum-Dear, minister of the Joshua Generation Metropolitan Community Church in Hattiesburg, is one of the plaintiffs who challenged the religious-objections law in a suit filed by the Mississippi Center for Justice. “The passage of this bill signaled to our church, and to my wife and me, that our religious beliefs are less worthy of protection than those of others, and that the rights of gay, lesbian, and transgender people are not
equal to the rights of others,” Magnum-Dear said in a statement. State attorneys argued that the Mississippi law provides reasonable accommodations for people with deeply held religious beliefs that gay marriage is wrong. Roberta Kaplan, an attorney who filed one of the lawsuits challenging the law, said in a statement that Reeves “enforced the fundamental constitutional principle that the government cannot establish any religion.” “As a result, Mississippi will no longer be permitted to favor some ‘religious beliefs’ over others, and the civil rights of LGBT Mississippians will not be subordinated to the religious beliefs of only certain religious groups,” said Kaplan, who represents Campaign for Southern Equality.
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and end up in Memphis. “Sure, I’ve put some extra miles on my car but I’ve long since made up the difference in wages,” he said. On average, Uber drivers earn $19.04 per hour while taxi drivers earn $10.97 per hour, according to Uber’s website. Sturgeon says he thinks Uber will benefit Oxford and the Ole Miss community. “It’ll significantly cut down on alcohol-related problems, for one,” he said. “It’ll also open up money-making opportunities for students with tight schedules.” What makes Uber different from taxi companies is that drivers set their own schedules and use their own vehicles.
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with Uber, could avoid paying the flat rate that taxi companies charge. But some people have concerns about the safety of companies like Uber. Alfonzo Jordan, owner of Zoe’s Taxi in Oxford, says that he believes using a trusted taxi company like his is much safer than riding with Uber in a small town like Oxford. “Uber is designed for big cities,” Jordan said. “I’ve been to Washington, New York City, Chicago — Uber is fine for big cities like that.” According to Jordan, the police in Oxford know all of the taxi drivers and all taxis are required to have cameras in them. He also says that taxi drivers undergo thorough background checks before they are able to operate. Jordan says he doesn’t plan on mak-
ing changes to how he runs his business now that Uber has arrived. He says he believes people will continue to use local taxi companies, especially when Uber’s surge charges, charges applied when there is a large number of people requesting rides and few drivers available, are in effect, like on major event weekends. After Austin Blake, owner of Austin Taxi in Oxford, posted on his Facebook page about his concerns regarding the arrival of Uber, he saw an outpouring of support and comments from his customers pledging their continued support of his business. His post received more than 500 likes. “I pray that with the love I have given, my customers will stay loyal,” Blake said.
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Annual Oxford horse camp celebrates 15 years
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Tucked away in the hills of Lafayette County, Oak Hill Stables Bed and Breakfast celebrates its 15th year of enriching youth through its summer equestrian riding program. From pre-kindergarten to high school-aged students, Laura Peddle Sale has a lesson and a horse to challenge every student who comes to “horse camp.” “The greatest accomplishment is watching all the children progress in their skills and having a good time,” Sale said. “Looking around at Oak Hill, sometimes I look at it, and it’s a pretty amazing place out here.” Instead of a relaxing summer with no class, students who choose Oak Hill wake up early and saddle up for their daily lessons. Once everyone is tacked and warmed up, Sale works with them as a group to improve their balance, jumping ability and all-around horsemanship skills. Whether students are new or returning, they sing the same praises for the camp. Lake Weston, 21, has been riding at Oak Hill for the summer and is serving as a camp counselor. “This is my first time at Camp Oak Hill, but it’s been a great experience,” Weston said. “I have really enjoyed being the camp counselor and getting to help the campers enjoy horses as much as I have.” For Mary Francis Magnum, 14, summers spent with Sale and other riders have helped her push herself to become better. “I have been riding at Oak Hill since I was 6 years old,” Magnum said. “I have been pushed to be my very best and farther. Maybe farther than I wanted to be, but I wouldn’t be the rider I am today if I hadn’t started riding here.” Riders are not required to be highly experienced and can attend at a lower skill level as long as they are willing to push themselves to the next level. Each horse a student rides has its own personality and habits that students have to work with. Sale calls them their “challenge horses.” “I have ridden a lot of challenge horses here and in other places,” Magnum said. “I wouldn’t be able to do that if I hadn’t been riding here as long as I have been.” In 15 years, the horse camp has grown to include students from all over the world. Students have attended Oak Hill horse camp from France, the Netherlands, Ireland, China, Japan and Scotland. Additionally, students from across the United States, particularly from the eastern states, have attended as well. Sale’s eyes light up a brighter blue when she speaks of past
Photos by: Lyndy Berryhill TOP: Allie Sale (background) and Chandler Pace (forefront) ride ponies while waiting for instruction. BOTTOM: Laura Peddle Sale instructs riding lessons with her granddaughter Emily.
students. The children she instructed now bring their own children to Oak Hill Stables. “Now I have taught generations,” Sale said. Sale is no stranger to teaching: she just completed her 28th year in a classroom. However, being a riding instructor was a preamble to her classroom experience and it inspired Oak Hill horse camp. “I was a riding instructor before I was a teacher in the classroom,” Sale said. “We didn’t have anybody who was teaching riding in Oxford. I loved working with children, I loved working with horses, and I thought I could share this with a commu-
nity that wanted to take riding (lessons).” Sale became involved with horses from her father’s military background. He was enrolled in the Valley Forge Military Academy and first learned to jump and ride English-style in high school. “When I was just 9 years old, he bought my sister and I a pony,” Sale said. “We went behind our house there and he had mowed a ring and he would give us riding lessons.” Sale continued taking lessons from her father and began competing at horse shows. “He was a pretty tough instructor,” Sale said.
Later she worked with various horse camps and student groups where she taught riding lessons that focused on English and jumping. In the early 1980s, Sale was the equestrian supervisor for a horse camp in Missouri that taught 250 students at capacity and taught five terms a summer. Sale’s own camp has a maximum capacity of 12, which fits the size and quaintness of the stable grounds and bunkhouse built to house students. It was all part of her vision of what Oak Hill should mean to people back when the original 60-acre parcel was bought in 1976. Sale and her family have add-
ed to the estate ever since. “It made Oak Hill what it is today,” Sale said. Past the iron gate entrance, a long black-top driveway recedes into the distance. The drive winds past acres of pasture and wooded trail-riding areas for horseback-riding enthusiasts. Only five miles from the heart of Oxford and the Square, Oak Hill Stables remains an equestrian oasis. “If the good Lord’s willing and I stay well and able, I’ll do it as long as I can,” Sale said. “I’ll probably do this long after I retire from school. I just love working with kids and teaching.”
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la drum tracks, but on “Groovy” he used samples from Sufjan Stevens, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Electric Light Orchestra and other artists to make the backing tracks for his vocals. Newman went into detail about the process for creating the album. “Half of the songs on the first album, I chopped up different samples from different songs I found or different songs that I’ve always liked,” Newman said. “I would just assign little clips of different songs to different keys and I would just rearrange and manipulate them until they sounded really cool, and I would record guitar and synthesizer on top of it, and I would sample drums and put that with it, and then I would just write songs over it.” In the future, Newman plans on eventually having a live band to play with him for shows and also wants to collaborate with rappers and other artists. “If someone wants to come and work on something with me, and kind of like be handson with me like making a beat or something, or if they just want me to email them some samples of beats I’m definitely down to do that kind of stuff,” Newman said. Newman is already planning out his next album, naming Radiohead and James Blake as some of the inspiration for the direction he was taking with the production. Newman said he has some songs ready to be released but is working on other tracks so they can all be released as a whole, though he might release some singles before the release. “For this next project I’m trying to make a really techno kind
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“A lot of my favorite artists have played at Proud Larry’s, so it’s kind of like a dream come true to play my first show there.” The name Lo Noom evolved from Newman’s twitter handle, but the project itself started when Newman started using the Logic Pro software on his computer to record and sample parts from other songs to make tracks. While his first album heavily utilized electronics, Newman wrote “Pretty Woman” on his acoustic guitar, citing My Morning Jacket and Nick Drake as two of his influences for the EP. Newman said it was a new recording process for him. “There’s a couple of synths in the EP, but other than that it’s acoustic guitar and a lot of stuff recorded with mics,” Newman said. “Compared to the first album it’s just a more organic feel and it’s easier to play live.” On “Pretty Woman,” Newman only sampled a few Tame Impa-
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Column: Run the Jewels is what hip-hop should be
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AUSTIN HILLE
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Kendrick Lamar famously stated in his song “Hood Politics” that “Critics want to mention that they miss when hip-hop was rappin’/ Motherf***er, if you did, then Killer Mike’d be platinum.” To those who knew what Lamar was talking about, the line brought an overwhelming amount of joy and laughter. In a way, the song was finally recognizing that hip-hop was dying and that nobody was doing anything to fix it, and perhaps Atlanta emcee Killer Mike was one of the genre’s last hopes. With a discography consisting of five critically-acclaimed albums, Killer Mike was commonly considered one of the biggest hidden gems in all of hip-hop, an artist only true hip-hop heads knew about. On the East Coast, something equally as special was brewing. Brooklyn emcee and super producer El-P sat in his dusty studio making beats for the likes of Cannibal Ox and Aesop Rock. The rapper’s critically-acclaimed underground hip-hop duo Company Flow dissolved around 2001, and now much of his career was spent running his label, Definitive Jux, as well as releasing a few solo projects, that, much like Killer Mike, received praise from those who knew what real hip-hop was meant to be. Both of these artists were considered out of their prime. Although the quality of their music had not declined, the clock was ticking on their relevance, general market appeal, as well as any level of notoriety they may have had in the past. And yet, despite all of this, these two artists came together to form possibly one of the most widely-loved, respected and important hip-hop groups since A Tribe Called Quest. The duo, dubbed Run the Jewels, has risen to fame over the course of the past year. Playing at major festivals such as Coachella and giving live performances on popular talk shows like Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Tonight Show, the group’s fan base can be considered nothing but dedicated.
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True fans never leave the house without wearing at least one piece of Run the Jewels merchandise. When there is a Run the Jewels show anywhere near them, they will commonly drive for hours, pay hundreds of dollars and wait in hour-long lines just for the chance to hear the group live. With this massive yet cult-like following, it is no doubt that both Killer Mike and El-P have a successful future ahead of them, yet the group means so much more than that. Since the early 2000s, mainstream hip-hop has been going through a dry spell, to say the least. Hip-hop used to be the music of the oppressed, commonly shedding light on social issues and moral dilemmas and giving a voice to groups of disenfranchised people. Every song had a social duty to it. Artists realized their platform and used it to further their race, their communities or whatever other issues may be on their
hearts. It was also during this golden age of hip-hop in which beat production took on a whole other level of originality. There were no trends or one unifying sound of the genre of the time. Each song was unique and pushed the boundaries of what hip-hop was meant to sound like. Yet, the past decade or so of hip-hop has been focusing on anything but such a brand of music. Apart from the fact that almost every rap song sounds the same nowadays, the message has been watered down to talk solely about money, sex and drugs. This is never what hip-hop was meant to be and many artists who have tried to put it on the right track have been unsuccessful to-date. This is where the true importance of Run the Jewels truly shows. Despite being wildly successful in both the mainstream and the underground, the group has truly returned to what hiphop was meant to be. It is rare outliers
and anomalies such as this that define a generation and set the norm for what music should be. Off of their latest album, “Run the Jewels 2,” alone, the group has made powerful statements regarding systemic racism, police brutality, war, terror and violence. Each song provides a powerful statement and call to action that spans across multiple races, socioeconomic borders and people groups, and their signature production style is in a whole new genre of its own. It’s amazing to see what Killer Mike and El-P have already achieved within hip-hop. These two underdogs are on a mission to change how the world sees the genre and, in a way, the future of the music is really on their shoulders. If you were to ask me, Run the Jewels is the single most important group in music right now, and those who wish to see a brighter future for the hip-hop genre have a duty to support them.
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‘Imagine Me Gone’ acknowledges hard truths about love CHARLES MCCRORY
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“Devotion,” one of the most moving stories in Adam Haslett’s collection “You Are Not a Stranger Here” (a Pulitzer and National Book Award finalist) follows a brother and sister preparing for the arrival of a guest, a man for whom each has held a torch through years of separation. The man never arrives; the brother and sister quietly resume their evening alone. Guided by Haslett’s elegant prose, the story is a master class in understatement and restraint. We feel each sibling’s desire and disappointment more keenly than if either had thrown a plate or punched a wall. Haslett’s breathtaking new novel, “Imagine Me Gone” (after 2009’s “Union Atlantic”), brings these strengths to bear on the story of a family riven – and bound – by mental illness. Told in alternating first-person chapters from the point of view of each family member, “Imagine Me Gone” glides over unfathomable depths of feeling. Margaret, a young American in 1960s London, is shocked to learn that her British fiancé, John, has been hospitalized for depression. She has one chance to free herself from John’s demons, which are certain to return, but she goes through with the marriage anyway. The novel charts the longterm ripples of this decision in the lives of Margaret, John, and their three children: theatrical, worrisome Alec; steely, self-reliant Celia; and Michael, the eldest, who alone of the three inherits his father’s psychological suffering. Michael is the novel’s gravitational center, drawing his family into a decades-long cycle of caretaking and frustration. He is hampered by constant anxiety, prone to self-sabotage. While his siblings grow into conventional adult lives,
Celia as a social worker and Alec as a political journalist, Michael remains on the fringes, unable to channel his obsessions – with house music, and with the “trans-generational haunting” of American slavery – into a career. (That his fixation on slavery never quite makes sense, to his family or to himself, is perhaps the point: obsessions are not fueled by reason.) While Celia and Alec fumble toward long-term romantic partnerships, Michael fixates on one unavailable woman after another. A prescription for Klonopin saves him, for a time, from his mind’s state of constant emergency. In the way of all addictions, the drug becomes gradually less effective, yet no less necessary for daily functioning. Michael’s chapters showcase an imagination that toes the edge of delusion. A series of letters to an aunt reimagines the family’s move from Massachusetts to England as an odyssey of disasters featuring dengue fever, white slavers, and a guest appearance by Donna Summer. A family therapy session is recounted as a military after-action review. Michael’s voice is frequently hilarious, but the laughs are backed with pity and unease. The book’s late action derives from Alec’s lastditch plan to save Michael, the outcome of which can be guessed from the book’s opening chapter. Alec’s idea – and his family’s consent to it – is so risky as to feel contrived, but it’s a testament to the desperate places family can take us, the uncalculated errors we make in the name of love. “There is a limit,” Michael says to Alec, “… an ethical limit to what anyone should have to endure.” Throughout “Imagine Me Gone,” Haslett does the tough work of affirming love, while acknowledging that some wounds run too deep for love alone to heal. PHOTO COURTESY OF: adamhaslett.net
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Moody and Gielo advance to professional play ANNIE MAPP
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Former Ole Miss guard Stefan Moody will continue his basketball career overseas playing for Trabzonspor of the Turkish Super League, according to the Rebels’ basketball Twitter account. Despite being only 5 feet 10 inches and 179 pounds, Moody led the Southeastern Conference in scoring last season. He ranks No. 3 in Ole Miss program history in free-throw shooting, No. 6 in career scoring and 3-pointers average, and No. 19 in career points, totaling 1294. Despite playing just two seasons, Moody managed to receive substantial recognition for his success as a basketball player. For two straight seasons, he was named First Team All-SEC Selection and was a C Spire Howell Trophy recipient for the best men’s college basketball player in Mississippi. His senior year at Ole Miss, Moody knocked down 103 3-pointers, which is the third-most in school history, and scored double figures in all 31 games. Topping the 20-point mark 23 times, the
30-point mark five times, and the 40-point mark once, he led the men’s basketball team and ranked No. 5 in the nation for scoring. During his senior night, he set his career’s peak by scoring 43 points against MSU by knocking down six 3-pointers and dishing out eight assists in the win. Regardless of his achievements, the Kissimmee, Florida, native went un-drafted last month. His small frame is more than likely what kept him from playing basketball at the NBA level. Although he did not receive NBA offers, he was shown interest from six NFL teams, according to his agent, Jason Elam. Moody’s former teammate Tomasz Gielo has also been given the opportunity to play professionally. Gielo will be playing for the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2016 Summer League that began on July 4. The 76ers’ summer league has played in the Utah summer league against the Boston Celtics, San Antonio Spurs and Utah Jazz from Monday to today. Gielo, who is 6 feet 9inches and 228 pounds, played forward for one season in Oxford.
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Stefan Moody dunks during the opening game in the Pavilion against Alabama. Finishing No. 2 on the team in Poland, and attended Liberty 3-pointers made, No. 3 in scor- University before transferring ing and No. 4 in rebounding. to Ole Miss. Last month, he He is originally from Szczecin, worked out with the 76ers, Los
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Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers while participating in an open workout Entersport Management held in Las Vegas.
Position Breakdown: Defensive Line
In four parts, The Daily Mississippian will break down the different position groups of the Ole Miss football team in anticipation of the 2016-17 season.
The defensive line practices during warmups before a game. looks to have much more depth CODY THOMASON this season. theDMsports@gmail.com As tough as it is to accept losIt will be hard for the Rebels ing a former No. 1 recruit on to be able to match the produc- the defensive line, the defensive tion of the defensive line with- tackle position looks like it will out star contributor and eventu- be loaded next season. Redshirt al first round draft pick Robert sophomore Breeland Speaks Nkemdiche. While Nkemdiche played excellently when filling leaves a hole at the defensive in for Nkemdiche last season tackle spot, the defensive line
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and could break out as a star this season when he sees an increase in playing time. Senior Issac Gross is also slated to return after missing last season with a neck injury. Gross is undersized but has great power in his frame and the speed to make a big impact next to a larger defensive tackle.
Senior D.J. Jones returns for his final season and should be able to build on an impressive debut with the Rebels last season. Jones had 40 tackles and four sacks and should have a chance to start at nose tackle in the fall. Also in the defensive tackle rotation will be Austrian Robinson, Ross Donelly and
Herbert Moore. New defensive tackle Benito Jones could also factor into the equation, as the former fivestar recruit has NFL size at 6 feet 2 inches and 308 pounds, but also has the speed that led to him making 83 tackles and 14 sacks in his final year of high school. At defensive end, the Rebels return their top pass rusher in the undersized but speedy Marquis Haynes, who is going into his junior year. On the other side will be Fadol Brown, who has NFL size at 6 foot 4 inches and 273 pounds. Brown’s strength at the defensive end position is a perfect complement to Haynes’ quickness. Senior John Youngblood was awarded the Chucky Mullins Courage Award and brings plenty of experience and consistency to the group. Youngblood had 19 tackles last season and will be key for the Rebels’ depth. Redshirt sophomores Victor Evans and Garrald McDowell played sparingly last season but could see a big uptick in playing time as they continue to develop. In the freshman class, Charles Wiley is a rangy pass rusher who could see time as a freshman but could also be redshirted. Either way, the Rebels look to have improved depth in the trenches and could possibly be even better this season.
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Red, white and powder blue: Rebels shoot for Olympic dreams
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Sam Kendricks competes during the men’s pole vault event at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Monday.
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The United States Olympic Trials are taking place in Eugene, Oregon, this week and several current and former Rebels are taking part in the action. Sam Kendricks and Brittney Reese, two of Ole Miss’ most successful track athletes, have already staked their claim to a U.S. roster spot. Kendricks, who attended The University of Mississippi from 2012 to 2014, had what must have been a memorable start to his U.S. Olympic career as he set a Trials record in the pole vault. After qualifying for the finals on Saturday, Kendricks cleared an incredible 5.91m/19-4.75. In fittingly patriotic fashion,
the Army Reserve Second Lieutenant had beaten his closest competitor by almost a foot. If that wasn’t enough, Tim Mack, the man who held the previous Olympic Trials pole vault record from 2004, was on hand to place the gold medal around Kendricks’ neck. Kendrick’s will now get the opportunity to serve his country in a new way as he represents the United States at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games later this summer. Kendricks wasn’t the only one setting Olympic Trials records this week. Brittney Reese, an NCAA women’s outdoor long jumper at Ole Miss from 2007 to 2008, also flew past a previous Trials record by jumping 7.31m/23-11.75 on Saturday.
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Brittney Reese lands during the women’s long jump final at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials Saturday. Her jump not only got her the record, but was also the longest women’s jump since 2004, as well as the longest American women’s jump since 1998. On top of that, her jump earned her the ninth spot on the list of all-time women’s long jumpers. Reese is only 6 inches behind American track icon Jackie Joyner-Kersee, who was present at the meet to hand out medals. The Gulfport native is the first Rebel to qualify for more than one Olympic Games after participating in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and receiving a gold in long jump at the 2012 London Games. Several other Ole Miss track and field stars have gotten off to 28915
flying starts at Eugene including current student-athlete M.J. Erb. The junior out of Farmington, New York, ran a 8:37.60 in the men’s 3000-meter steeplechase, earning him a spot in today’s finals and a shot at Olympic qualification. Isiah Young, a Rebel athlete from 2011 to 2012, advanced all the way to the 100-meter dash semifinals before missing the cutoff. He will have another opportunity to represent the United States at Rio through the 200-meter dash, which kicks off today. Additionally, Craig Engels finished fourth on Monday in the men’s 800-meter dash. His time, a personal-best 1:46.03, earned him the second all-time spot on
the Ole Miss 800-meter dash rankings, but sadly, he finished one spot short of qualification. He will have another chance to compete in Rio, however, as he will compete in the 1500 meter run at 7:21 p.m. Rebels volunteer assistant coach Gwen Berry also competed, placing second in the women’s hammer throw competition and qualifying for Rio. The Olympic Trials continue today, with multiple Ole Miss athletes competing, including Raven Saunders, who broke the NCAA women’s shot out record en route to winning another national championship last month. Saunders competes in the women’s shot put at 1 p.m.