THE DAILY
MISSISSIPPIAN
Monday, November 9, 2015
Volume 104, No. 55
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
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Defense struggles in overtime
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Arkansas shocks Rebels in overtime Oxford homelessness:
decreased but not gone LACEY RUSSELL
llrusse2@go.olemiss.edu
PHOTO BY: CAMERON BROOKS
The Ole Miss defense attempts to prevent Arkansas quarterback Brandon Allen from scoring a touchdown in Saturday’s football game, in which the Rebels lost 53-52 to the Razorbacks.
DYLAN RUBINO
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The game was in the Rebels’ hands not once, but twice Saturday. The Rebels were up 52-45 when junior quarterback Chad Kelly ran it in eight yards for the score and had the game in hand. The Ole Miss defense had Arkansas right where they wanted them in a fourth-and-25 situa-
tion to seal the shootout victory at home in overtime. Then, magic happened. Arkansas quarterback Brandon Allen completed a pass to tight end Hunter Henry, which was about 10 yards short of the first down. Swarmed by multiple Ole Miss defenders, Henry blindly threw the ball behind him in an attempted lateral, it skipped around a few bounces and was picked up by the running back Alex Collins. Collins got the
ball and ran behind a brigade of blockers to pick up the first down. “They had a whole wall blocking for him on the lateral,” Hugh Freeze, head coach, said of the fourth-and-25 conversion for Arkansas. “It was a crazy play. I’ve never seen anything like that.” Shortly after converting the first down, on second-and-7, Allen found wide receiver Drew Morgan for the 9-yard score to
SEE ARKANSAS PAGE 8
Oxford is regarded as one of the most charming cities in the South. Its idyllic, Mayberry appearance, however, doesn’t exempt it from issues like homelessness, hunger and poverty. Timber Heard, a 25-year-old Oxford resident, has experienced these problems firsthand. Since moving here in 2010, she has been without residence three times. “I was homeless in the wintertime mostly, and it was biting cold. I had one jacket that I kept with me everywhere,” Heard said. “I, actually, one night, got arrested for trespassing in the girls’ dorm at Ole Miss because I wasn’t a student. But they had a couch, and I just needed a place to stay. People who don’t think homelessness exists in Oxford are thoroughly blind, ignorant or stupid. It’s here. I lived it, and it’s growing.” Statistics compiled by the National Alliance to End Homelessness, however, show slight improvement on the national level. In 2014, over 578,000 individuals in the United States were homeless. That figure is a 2.3 percent decrease from the previous year. From 2013-2014, a period of economic recovery from the recession, Mississippi alone expe-
rienced a 7.4 percent decrease in the rate of homelessness, falling in the middle when compared to other Southern states. Alabama decreased by 2.7 percent. Louisiana decreased by 11.9 percent. Oxford Police Chief Joey East agreed there has been a decline in the rate of homelessness in Oxford. In his experience, most homeless individuals are “transients” - people temporarily without a home. “When I first started in ‘90, ’91, I feel like we had more (homeless) people then than we do now,” East said. “I think the reason for that is we had a bus stop here. We had a lot of homeless people that would come through and stay.” Although the rate of homelessness appears to be decreasing, the stigma that surrounds those without shelter remains. Heard said more often than not, when she walked around the Square, she would be reported to the police. She said she assumed it was because she was carrying all of her possessions on her back. “You hear people say, ‘Well, homeless people should get off the street,’” Heard said. “It’s not like we chose to be there. This is not our daily agenda. Trust me, if we had some place to go, we would go.” Heard said thanks to her
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Student organizations host sexual assault awareness week ZOE MCDONALD
zkmcdona@go.olemiss.edu
Last fall after the White House launched the It’s On Us campaign, universities, on-campus groups, businesses and other organizations signed their pledge to become involved, educated and aware of sexual assault. Rebels Against Sexual Assault and ASB are partnering to present It’s On Us Week to raise awareness and educate communities about sexual assault. This week, students, faculty and staff can sign the It’s On Us pledge starting Monday in front of the Union. The pledge encourages sign-
ees to recognize consent and be aware of warning signs for sexual assault to help foster a safer environment for victims and prevent future instances. On Wednesday, there will be a screening of “The Hunting Ground,” a documentary about different rape cases on college campuses. After the screening, there will be a short question and answer session. On Thursday from 5:30-7 p.m., there will be a discussion panel with the Title IX coordinator Honey Ussery, the Oxford Police Department, and the director of Conflict Resolution and Student Conduct
FILE PHOTO: KAYLA BEATTY
Students Ben White, Hank Thompson and Allen Marino carry anti-violence shirts at the Take Back The Night rally in front of the
SEE WEEK PAGE 3 Lyceum last April.