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‘Moving forward’

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Students march to celebrate Black history RABRIA MOORE

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UM students walk down University Avenue toward the Circle for the annual Black History Month March organized by the Black Coalition.

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A new Senate bill could change the formation of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s nine-member board of trustees, transforming it from a self-appointed board to a politician-appointed one.

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The Rebels are 4-0 for the season. On Wednesday night, the team took down Arkansas State at home 12-1 after opening up the season at the State Farm College Baseball Tournament in Arlington, Texas, last weekend.

It couldn’t have gone better.

The Rebels proved to be one of

the nation’s top baseball contenders, winning every single game they have played thus far.

The opening game of the season was against No. 10 Texas Christian University. Things started to look a little rough after star pitcher Doug Nikhazy walked in three runs. Ole Miss was able to respond after a big second inning and led 4-3. Ultimately, the Rebels finished the

first match 7-3, and even with a shaky start in the beginning, the Rebels were able to hold the Horned Frogs off to seven scoreless innings.

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Ole Miss baseball ranked No. 1 after defeating TCU, Texas Tech and the University of Texas at the 2021 College Baseball Showdown on Feb. 20-22.

“Say it loud: I’m Black, and I’m proud,” university students and officials chanted as they marched from Lamar Hall to where the Confederate monument once stood in the Circle. Over two dozen university community members gathered on Tuesday afternoon to commemorate Black History Month with the annual Black History Month March.

This year’s march was strikingly different from those that took place over the past two years. In 2019 and 2020, the university’s Confederate monument was a central focus, and now, it is gone from

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UM apartments damaged by storm MADDY QUON

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On-campus apartments at Campus Walk suffered from property damage last week as a result of the winter storms, and much like residents at the Retreat and the Domain, the students who live there are still dealing with the impact of this damage.

A sprinkler pipe burst in the third floor ceiling of apartment building H on Feb. 16. The floors beneath flooded and caused the evacuation of that building and surrounding apartments.

While the university has sent emails to residents, it has not publicly addressed the

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MOVING

continued from page 1 the center of campus.

“Look at where we are standing. Last year, we marched from Lamar Hall to this very place with this degrading Confederate statue standing right here, going against everything that the university says it stands for — equity, diversity (and) inclusiveness,” said Demetrius Harris, president of UM’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). “Now, we are standing in the absence of racism, oppression and bigotry.”

Once they reached the Circle, student leaders celebrated the relocation of the Confederate monument while speaking about the changes they have witnessed in Oxford and the United States as a whole over the past year.

“I kind of get emotional just looking at this circle,” Tyler Yarbrough said. “I think a lot of people don’t understand how dangerous that statue really was and what it effectively did to a people.”

Yarbrough, a senior public policy leadership major, also spoke about the history of slavery and racism on the campus.

“That building, (the Croft Institute), was built by enslaved African-American workers,” he said.

“The Lyceum was built by enslaved African-American workers. How many buildings are named after a Black person on this campus? I think it’s dangerous when you can come on this campus and look at the buildings and the physical landscape, and you don’t have any memory or knowledge of (slavery).”

Last week, the Associated Student Body passed a resolution urging university administration to support the creation of a student ambassador program for campus slavery tours. Yarbrough said that he is proud that ASB passed the bill, and he hopes that the history of slavery will become common knowlege to everyone.

DeArrius Rhymes, founder and vice chair of the Black Caucus, said he believes that the march this year should serve as an important moment in UM history.

“Two years ago, we marched during Black History month silently,” Rhymes said. “Two years ago, Mississippi had a flag that hung high over our heads and constantly damned an entire race of people. Two years ago, we had a tall, disgusting, manipulative piece of marble that stood right here. Today, when you look at the

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Above: Students head down Grove Loop and toward the Circle during the Black History Month March on Tuesday, Feb. 23. Two UPD officers walked ahead of the protesters. Below: Black student leaders gave speeches in the Circle, where they stood around the patch of discolored bricks where the Confederate monument formerly stood.

center of our campus, you see history has been manifested.”

This year’s march was organized by The Black Coalition, 12 Black student organizations.

Kiana Gleeton, a sophomore chemical engineering major, said that the annual march is import-

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ant because it highlights Black people at the university and the things they have done to keep UM moving forward. She also said she wants people to understand that it is important to feature Black voices throughout the year.

“We’re not just important

during one month,” Gleeton said.

“We’re important year-round.”

Shelby Smith, a full-time missionary with Chi Alpha Campus Ministries, said she participated in the march as an ally because she loves her Black brothers and sisters. Smith said she believes that

she can use her privilege as a white woman to advance diversity and inclusion in the community.

“From my perspective, I think (the university) hasn’t progressed enough,” Smith said. “I came here in 2015 when the situation with the flag was happening. Four years later, we just got the statue removed.

Every step is a step, but I think we need to take two steps at a time.”

Harris also spoke of James Meredith, the first African-American student to integrate the university, and how he paved the way for other Black students.

“James Meredith was a blessing to us all,” Harris said. “Meredith dared to integrate the University of Mississippi, which is why we are all standing here today. He was a revolutionary who crawled, so we can walk. Now, let us put in the work, so the next generation can run.”

Some students believe the university has significantly moved forward in equity, diversity and inclusivity, and they celebrate the progress that has been made.

“Today, we marched not because we have been suppressed, overlooked, underrepresented or pushed to the side,” Rhymes said.

“Today, we marched with a new purpose and a greater mission. We have more challenges ahead of us, more barriers to break down and more things to change for the greater good, but today, we march as champions, in the name of progress.”

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continued from page 1 confirmed by the Senate.

The bill has already passed through the Senate at a 34-14 vote and is currently on its way to the House of Representatives.

MDAH, which was established in 1902, is responsible for preserving Mississippi history by raising resources and support for a new Archives and History Building, Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and Museum of Mississippi History, where historians and archivists can recount history “without concern for political fallout.” MDAH is also responsible for signing off on changes to historical sites, including the relocated Confederate monument on the UM campus.

Sen. Mike Thompson, the author of the bill, said he found it odd that the MDAH Board of Trustees is one of the only boards in the state that picks its own members and claims that this bill’s purpose is simply to hold them ac-

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continued from page 1 full extent of the flood damage or a timeline for repairs.

Bobby Hudson, a public policy leadership major and Campus Walk resident, posted on Facebook that a close friend of his lived in one of the buildings that was affected.

“She and many others in the building had to rapidly evacuate with needed items and have been displaced to find housing in other Campus Walk apartments that could possibly have an extra room available,” Hudson wrote.

Hudson said he believes Oxford and the university should have prepared more adequate housing for last week’s weather, despite the historically low temperatures and conditions.

“There is no reason this should be occurring,” Hudson wrote. “You owe the students of Campus Walk an explanation and a fat check for the damage applied.”

Student Housing director John Yaun sent a letter to the

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countable.

According to the Daily Journal, Sen. John Polk supported Thompson and his bill, saying that the board’s “diversity of thought, as far as archives and especially history, is maybe a little myopic, and we need some new thought in there.”

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residents who had to evacuate to excuse them from classes.

The letter said it took time to get the fire department on the premises and have the residents move their belongings into different apartments.

“This process took many hours to complete and may have impacted students’ ability to attend classes or complete any required assignments over these past few days,” Yaun wrote.

UM spokesperson Rod Guajardo said that a member of the Student Housing maintenance staff was stationed on campus during the weather closures to handle emergency situations, and additional Student Housing staff were on site within minutes of this emergency to provide support.

“All impacted students were relocated to a new apartment within two-and-ahalf hours of the initial pipe burst,” Guajardo wrote.

Guajardo added that during relocation efforts, the time frame to allow residents to collect their belongings was shortened to keep students safe from the building dam-

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Archivists’ board of directors has released a statement commenting on Senate Bill 2727, urging Mississippi residents to contact their state representatives and share their concerns over the proposed bill.

“The Society of Mississippi Archivists condemns this action in the strongest possi-

ble terms and urges members of the Mississippi House of Representatives to vote ‘no’ on this action,” the statement reads.

While some senators voiced their support for Thompson’s bill, others expressed concerns. Sen. John Horhn said that the MDAH Board of Trustees was already

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Drywall, insulation and wooden support beams remain visible after the roof in Varad Mahajan’s room at The Retreat collapsed, a result of the severe winter weather that hit Oxford the week of Feb. 14. age, and to also minimize impact on their personal belongings.

The last time a university owned residence experienced

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this level of damage was on Sept. 15, 2019, when Deaton Hall flooded as a result of a stray lacrosse ball toss. The Oxford Fire Department had

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geographically diverse, and the board members were already approved by the Senate.

Sen. Hob Bryan agreed with Horhn, saying that the way the board currently selects their board members has worked out well since the agency was formed.

Bryan also said he was concerned about placing politician-appointed trustees in charge of the Civil Rights Museum and even referred to segregationists during the Civil Rights movement.

“Who do you think Ross Barnett would have appointed to the Department of Archives and History?” Bryan said.

Another issue Bryan has with the bill is that it advanced through the Senate so silently. Some senators didn’t know what the bill was about until it came to the floor, and there was not a chance for the public to review it before it landed on the Senate floor.

He felt that the bill came out of nowhere when it was proposed.

The timeline of when the state House of Representatives will vote on the bill remains uncertain.

the situation under control within an hour, according to Deputy Chief Adam Patton, and Deaton Hall residents said they only waited outside for around two hours until they were allowed to go back inside.

The students who were displaced in 2019 were sent to Stewart Hall, where there were vacant rooms. Guajardo said by the next afternoon that most residents had moved back into Deaton, but the day after, elevators weren’t operating and part of the ceilings had crumbled.

Mandi Bloodworth, the case manager for Student Housing, sent an email to the Campus Walk residents that were affected by the property damage, offering her services for anyone that may need it.

“I recognize that this is a difficult and stressful situation. Please let me know if you have concerns around missed classes/assignments, your health and wellness, financial concerns, etc,” Bloodworth wrote. “I’m happy to share resources or to speak further on Zoom.”

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Remembering Ronzo

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A new bronze statue of the late local art pioneer Ron Shapiro, better known as Ronzo, was unveiled at the Powerhouse Community Center on Tuesday. The event, titled “Mardi-Ron,” celebrated with a local trumpet musician playing New Oreleans style jazz and tables adorned with colored beads and rubber bracelets.

“This is the start. This is not the finish,” said Mike Mitchell, who came up with the idea for the statue. “Certainly, this is about the spirit of Ron Shapiro.”

Since Shapiro’s death in 2019, the community has continued to find ways to honor the legacy he left behind.

This statue, framed near the entrance of the Powerhouse Community Center, is meant for anyone to touch and take pictures with to honor his memory.

“It’s more about the spir-

it of love and inclusion, and having it at the Powerhouse makes a lot of sense,” Mitchell said.

After wanting to find a way to celebrate Shapiro’s memory in a way that felt less like a memorial, Mitchell gathered Bill Beckwith, a sculptor from Taylor known for his statue of William Faulker on the

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Square, and Bruce Newman, a local photographer, and put the idea in motion.

Newman took the photo that the sculpture was based on, and he was also a friend of Shapiro since meeting him on the Square years ago.

Beckwith said that the photo of Shapiro in a jester’s hat is something that fit him well.

“He was walking out in front of Something Southern with this getup on, so I got out and took his picture, and sent it to Bill,” Newman said.

Shapiro was known for his heavy involvement in the Oxford art community. He owned The Hoka Theatre, a theater and coffee shop hybrid from 1975-1996, which fostered a community for filmmakers and art lovers.

“Theater has its comedy and tragedy, but we will have a Ronzo exclusive to us,” Beckwith said.

According to Wayne Andrews, director of the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, the statue will stay at the Powerhouse on a long term lease, so others can see and interact with the work. While this

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“It is intended to stay as part of the Powerhouse to create an interactive space for those who remember Ron to visit him, interact with him

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The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council will be announcing an art series in August to further celebrate Shapiro and his memory through art installations, music and conversation around the community.

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ASB candidates campaign unopposed at ‘debate’

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Associated Student Body executive election campaigns are in full swing, and on Tuesday evening, students heard candidates discuss their platforms and debate relevant issues. Four of the six executive positions have candidates running unopposed, while there are two candidates for treasurer and two candidates for judicial chair.

Morgan Atkins, a junior public policy leadership major, is the only candidate for ASB president. She said the most pressing issue on the Ole Miss campus right now is that student engagement and the accessibility of the campus community have suffered greatly during the pandemic. Atkins plans to collaborate with leadership and engagement ambassadors to get students involved in campus organizations once officially elected student body president.

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integral part of their personal growth,” Atkins said.

When asked what her plans are to help connect students and administration on campus, Atkins said that as president, she will make all of her meeting minutes available to the public on the ASB website.

“I want a good relationship with the university administration,” Atkins said.

“But first and foremost, I think there has to be a sense of understanding that we, as ASB, exist to fight for students’ rights and needs before anything else.”

Katelin Hayward, the current ASB secretary and sole candidate for the office of secretary this year, opened the debate.

“I really ran on a platform of transparency and communication and making sure that whatever was going on in ASB was being effectively communicated to the student body,” Hayward said.

Judicial chair candidates joined via Zoom to debate.

Autumn Fortenberry, a junior public policy leadership major, and Sabrina Davis, a sophomore political science major, had similar opinions on how justice should be pursued at Ole Miss.

“We want to be a body that’s advocating for students and with them — to and through their peers — to foster discussions and to continually renew and restore our community,” Fortenberry, who has served on judicial council since her freshman year, said. She said

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her platform revolves around access, justice and reform.

Both candidates said they want Ole Miss Student Conduct to be a more inviting and readilyavailable resource for students.

Fortenberry and Davis also said they believe in restorative justice, which aims to repair harm through resolutions.

“I think it’s very important to use (reformative justice) and to also support education, explaining what restorative justice means to the entire campus,” Davis said.

Davis also said she wants to emphasize fairness through her platform, which is “of the highest value when it comes to these different situations.”

Apart from judicial chair, the other contested position is ASB treasurer. Junior Jake Camp is pursuing a triple-major in accountancy, economics and public policy leadership.

He said his campaign centers around making the process for organizations to receive funding from the treasury department easier, noting that the ForUM website is “straight-up awful.”

The other candidate, Alex Mabry, is a junior biology and science education double major.

She is running on a platform of increasing transparency involving financials. She said that although the ForUM website is not the easiest to use, the tedious funding request process is necessary.

“There’s only so much you can change when you’re dealing with funding requests and

large amounts of money from a variety of different people without devaluing the integrity of the system,” Mabry said.

Both candidates agreed that the next treasurer has a responsibility to bridge the gap between the university and student organizations. Camp said not enough students know how to request and receive funds through the treasury department. “(Student activity funds) are paid into by every single student, but it is nowhere near every single student who’s paying out from those funds and are receiving benefits from those funds,” Camp said.

Grace Dragna, a junior public policy leadership and economics major, is the sole candidate for ASB Attorney General. She will have sole authority to create social media guidelines for next year’s ASB elections.

“I think the best approach is to give candidates as much freedom as possible by allowing them to post on all platforms, including Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, all of the above, without charging them on their expense report unless it’s professionally created,” Dragna said.

She also said that in order to make elections more accessible and equitable for minority and non-Greek students, the Department of Justice should visit registered student organizations ahead of campaign seasons explaining the election process.

Richard Springer, a junior mathematics major and the only candidate for the office of vice president, said his platform revolves around three pillars: freshman outreach, commitment to diversity, and transparency and accessibility.

Springer also discussed how he was going to ensure ASB is focused on meaningful pieces of legislation that aid the student body.

“That starts as soon as senators take the oath of office,” Springer said. “I’m a firm believer that senators get out of the senate what they put into it, so I think that a big part is connecting senators with constituents.”

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continued from page 1 guys are ready when you need them. Head coach Mike Bianco has shown that he knows how to put together a virtually flawless group. After Nikhazy looked a little shaken up, he was able to pull from his bullpen and finish out the game without another run.

While Ole Miss was clearly dominant in the first game, closing out the second game was a bit more difficult. The Rebels took on Texas Tech on the second day of the tournament and finished with a 5-4 win. The Red Raiders scored first, making it 2-0 in the second inning. Ole Miss rallied back to score five with freshman Jacob Gonzalez leading the way with a two-run homer. After the win, the Rebels extended the current win streak to 19. It is now the longest streak in team history.

Baseball America then announced that Ole Miss was ranked No. 1 in the polls, further projecting the Ole Miss baseball program as the top program in the nation.

Other organizations were quick to select Ole Miss for the

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After defeating three Texas teams this weekend and being ranked No. 1, the Rebels faced off against Arkansas State and will go on to play UCF at home on Friday, Feb. 26.

No.1 spot after the performance in Texas, including D1 Baseball, Perfect Game, Baseball America and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). Ole Miss may very well be named the best college baseball team in the country.

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momentum the Rebels have carried into the first set of games, we can see the precedents being set for the road to Omaha at the end of regular-season matches.

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son, we’ve seen Ole Miss prove themselves to the world of college baseball time and time again. Even with two players missing from the MLB Draft, Ole Miss is doing a fine job at filling in those spots and declining any objections that Ole Miss baseball isn’t exciting to watch.

More importantly, with the

tagnier as Co-SEC Player of the Week. This award comes after Chatagnier had five hits (four doubles) in 11 at-bats, as well as three RBIs and three runs scored all in only three games.

Another Mississippi team also showed out during the opening tournament. The Mississippi State baseball program was also in the State Farm Baseball Tournament, and after the snowstorm delayed the tournament and travel, Mississippi State and Ole Miss flew on the same plane to Texas.

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The Ole Miss women’s golf team finished as co-champions of the Gator Invitational in Gainesville, Florida, with an overall score of 856 (293-279284). The Rebels earned their second straight runner-up finish after finishing in the same place at the Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate on Feb. 9.

The Florida Gators, co-champions of the tournament with the Rebels, finished with a total score of 856 (287291-278) over the three days.

After trailing the Gators by as many as six strokes with four holes left, the key to the Rebels’ success was clutch birdies from senior golfer Julia Johnson during the final rounds. The Louisiana native finished at 2-under 208 (7269-67) for her second-consecutive runner-up finish. Johnson also finished second in Ole Miss’s previous tournament with a final score of 207 (6769-71) at the Intercollegiate.

This marks Johnson’s 13th career top-5 finish, with only one finish away from breaking the program record set by alumna Sarah Britt in 198993. Johnson finished with three birdies in the final five holes to lift the Rebels out of the deficit. She has also shot under par or better in four of her last five rounds.

Another contributor to the successful tournament was sophomore Andrea Lignell.

The Sweden native finished with a total score of 213 (7267-74), placing her in eighth place. In Lignell’s final round, she finished with a 74 (+4) to

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Julia Johnson in The Ally Tournament on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. set her to tie for eight place with Vanderbilt’s Celina Sattelkau and Miami’s Renate Grimstad. This rank marks her first top-10 placement of the season and second of her career.

Following Lignell was senior Kennedy Swann, who tied for 15th place with UFC’s Tunrada Piddon, Kentucky’s Laney Frye, Alabama’s Kenzie Wright and Florida’s Jenny Kim. The senior finished with a total score of 217 (76-70-71) and put pressure on Florida with a birdie in her final hole as the Rebel’s were making their comeback. In addition, Swann finished second in the field in par-4 scoring with -3.

Sophomore Chiara Tamburlini and freshman Smilla Sonderby rounded out the team’s performance. Tamurlini finished in 20th place with a final total score of 218 (73-7372), granting the Switzerland native’s fourth career top-20 finish. The sophomore also tallied in a 72 (+2) to finish out.

Sonderby tallied a total of 230 (76-76-78) during the freshman’s debut collegiate tournament.

The Rebels will travel to Columbia, South Carolina, for the Gamecock Intercollegiate on March 1-3 for their next tournament.

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SOCCER

Rebels to host Samford

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Ole Miss soccer will kick off its spring season with a match-up against the Samford Bulldogs at home on Thursday night. The program announced its spring schedule at the beginning of February, with eight non-conference games originally slated.

Recently, though, the Rebels added a Sunday Derby match for Feb. 28 against the Memphis Tigers, totaling the non-conference schedule to nine games.

The program also announced its spring fan attendance policy with a limited 25% capacity. Similar to the fall season policies, seats are not open to the general public, but after guest lists from teams are received, remaining seats will be given to members of the Ole Miss Kicker Club and the Rebel Rewards app. Face coverings are also required at all times unless actively eating or drinking.

The Rebels finished the regular fall season with a 4-5 overall record, losing their final battle in the first round of the SEC Tournament on Nov. 15 against the LSU Tigers 2-1 in a heartbreaking overtime loss. Ole Miss finished the conference with an even four wins and four losses and will take on three SEC opponents during the spring that will not be added to the league’s record. The Rebels will also take on teams such as the Georgia Bulldogs, the Kentucky Wildcats and the Georgia Southern Eagles during this season.

On Thursday, the Samford Bulldogs will head to Oxford for a non-conference game against the Rebels. The Bulldogs didn’t play a single game during the 2020 season, but they finished the regular 2019 fall season with an overall record of 13-4-5. Samford opened up its 2021 spring season against the University of Alabama-Birmingham on Feb. 18 with a tied match (1-1) in two overtime periods.

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Lonnie Mulligan attempts to get the ball past a Texas A&M player on Sept. 19, 2020.

One game leader for the Rebels is senior goal-scorer Channing Foster, who sits with 33 total goals and three goals scored during the fall season. The Kentucky native was also drafted by the Chicago Red Stars in January but decided to use her extra year of eligibility for another season at Ole Miss.

Another notable leader on the squad is senior forward Madisyn Pezzino who also scored three goals in the fall

and has totaled nine career goals. The New York native received SEC Player of the Week after her performance during the Georgia game and also scored the only goal during the final match of the season against LSU at the SEC Tournament. Sophomore Mo O’Connor and junior Haleigh Stackpole are also offensive weapons to focus on.

In the back of the net, 2020 SEC Goalkeeper of the Year and First Team All-SEC

honoree Ashley Orkus handles business for the Rebels as she earned two assists in the 2020 season and stands at second in the SEC with a career total of 54 saves. Her game-high of saves came from the game against the Vanderbilt Commodores, totaling in at nine.

The Rebels will host the Bulldogs at 6 p.m. at the Ole Miss Soccer Stadium. The game will air live on the SEC Network+.

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Rebels to take on Gamecocks RILEY COMDEN

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Ole Miss women’s basketball heads to South Carolina to take on the Gamecocks this Thursday, Feb. 25.

South Carolina is currently ranked No. 5 in the nation and No. 1in the SEC with an 18-3 overall season record. 13 of those wins and only one of the losses was in conference. The Rebels are ranked No. 11 in the SEC with an even nine and nine record overall this season with three conference wins and nine losses.

The last time the two teams faced off, Ole Miss lost 87-32. At the time, the Gamecocks were ranked No. 1 in the country. The Rebels were only able to score two points in the entire first half after going scoreless in the first quarter.

The score after the first half tied the NCAA’s Division I record for the least amount of points scored in a half.

The Rebels are hoping for a better turnout this time around when they take on the Gamecocks. The team is coming off of a hard-fought loss to No. 3, Texas A&M, where the Rebels lost by only 11 points.

Ole Miss will look to junior Shakira Austin to give the team a fair amount of offensive momentum. Austin has had a double-double performance in each of the last five games, and she is averaging 17.4 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.

The Rebels will also look to redshirt sophomore Donnetta Johnson to bring momentum in favor for the Rebels during the game. Johnson averages a total of 12.3 points per game, followed

by freshman Madison Scott, who averages a total of 10.9 points per game.

The Rebels will have to be solid on defense and lock down the paint in order to shut down the Gamecocks this week. Sophomore guard Zia Cooke is a key player for the Gamecocks and has been averaging a total of 15.9 points per game.

Sophomore forward Aliyah Boston plays a huge role for South Carolina as well, putting up an average of 13.3 points and 11.8 rebounds per game. Boston is undoubtedly on the radar for the Gamecocks. The Rebels will likely need to find a way to get Boston out of the paint if they want to put up a fight on the glass.

The game against South Carolina will air on the SEC+ Network at 12 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 25.

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Iyanla Kitchens prepares to shoot a basket in a game against No. 14 Kentucky on Feb. 4. The Rebels fell 55-66 to Texas A&M on Feb. 21.

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Men’s basketball sweeps No. 24 Missouri RILEY COMDEN

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The Rebels bounced back after a not-so-impressive performance against Mississippi State this past weekend to take down No. 24 ranked Missouri for the second time this season on Tuesday night, 60-53. Mizzou gave the Rebels a run for their money, but ultimately, the team could not find a way to win. The Rebels are now 3-0 against top 25 teams this season.

“That’s one of the best ones we’ve ever had in the three short years I’ve been here,” head coach Kermit Davis said in the press conference. “We beat a real determined Missouri team … To do what we did in the second half was huge.”

Ole Miss is now ranked above Missouri in the SEC, sitting at No. 6 while Missouri is now ranked at No. 7. The Rebels are 13-9 so far this season with eight wins and seven losses in conference play. Mizzou falls to 14-7 on the season with an even seven wins and seven losses in conference.

Missouri had lost three of their last four games before Tuesday’s matchup, one of which was to Ole Miss.

Overall, Ole Miss played better as a team with eight out of nine players scoring for the Rebels. In addition, the Rebels shot 38.2% from the field and an impressive 78.9% from the line. Junior guard Jarkel Joiner shot 100% from the free-throw line going eight for eight.

Senior guard Devonate Shuler led the Rebs with 14 points and three rebounds. Forward Romello White, sophomore Luis Rodriguez and Joiner all had 10 points. White had nine big rebounds, while Rodriguez had three, and Joiner had four.

Junior KJ Buffen also added seven points and five rebounds.

Additionally, the Rebels outscored the Tigers in the paint, 26-24.

The Rebel defense forced 13 turnovers and five steals. Ole Miss outrebounded Missouri with 41-32. Moreover, Mizzou only shot 35.1% from the field and only made it to the line 11 times. In the last match be-

tween the Rebels and the Tigers, Mizzou shot 48.9% from the field, but the Tigers just couldn’t seem to get the ball through the net in their second game against the Rebels this season. Also in the last matchup on Feb. 10, Ole Miss won easily with a score of 80-59 at home in the Pavilion.

The Rebels’ win over Missouri comes on the heels of a ten point loss to in-state rival Mississippi State. The Rebels had one the previous four games before losing to the Bulldogs.

The Ole Miss basketball team still sits in the “first four out” group of teams to make the NCAA tournament in March according to ESPN. The rebels has two wins and four losses against quadrant one teams.

Ole Miss stays on the road this week and heads to Vanderbilt this Saturday to take on the Commodores, who are ranked last in the SEC with a 6-12 record. Vanderbilt only has two conference wins so far this season. Tipoff starts at 2:30 p.m. and will air on the SEC Network.

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KJ Buffen shoots a basket in the game against Mississippi State on Feb. 20. The Rebels fell 56-66 to the Bulldogs before defeating Missouri 60-53 on the road on Feb. 23.

Track and field to compete in SEC Championships detto recorded new personal records in weight throwing, while sophomore shot putter Daniel Viveros enters the championship as No. 7 in the SEC for his 17.88 meters.

For the women, notable leaders include the NCAA’s No.1 weight throw squad with All-American senior Shey Taiwo, reigning SEC runner-up Jasmine Mitchell and sophomore Jalani Davis. In running, senior Anna Elkin took down the reigning women’s mile record, only to be reset by sophomore Loral Winn the next week with a 4:45.60 and again by Maddie King at the South Carolina Invite with a 4:43:44.

In the pole vault category, freshman Samara McConnell leads the Rebels with a career-best of 4.20 meters,

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The record-breaking men’s and women’s track and field teams will travel to Fayetteville, Arkansas for the 2021 Indoor SEC Championships this week from Feb. 25- 27.

Both Rebel teams are heading to the tournament nationally ranked. The men landed in the No. 10 slot in Week Five of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) rankings, and the women sit at No. 21. The Rebels have ranked in the top 25 in the indoor rankings 34 times since the polls began in 2008.

In rankings this season, the Rebel men have remained in the top 10 for four consecutive weeks. The team’s No. 6 rank during Week Two is the highest any Ole Miss team has seen across both genders and indoor, outdoor and cross country seasons. Meanwhile, the women saw the polls for the 26th time during week two and were ranked throughout the entire 2020 regular indoor season.

Ole Miss track and field has won 42 total SEC Indoor titles with the men winning 33 and the women winning 9.

For individuals, Ole Miss totals 59 SEC Champions with 51 men and 9 women.

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Allen Gordon clears the high jump at the NCAA East track meet on March 25, 2019.

Notable team leaders for the men this season include All-American senior Waleed Suliman, junior Mario Garcia Romo, senior Everett Smulders and junior Baylor Franklin. In their last relay race, they finished with a time of 9:30.62, placing at No. 4 in the NCAA. In the mile category, four sub-four-minute Ole Miss runners sit in the top-25

of the NCAA, including Suliman with a time of 3:55.60, Garcia Romo with 3:56.46, Smulders with 3:58.73 and Franklin with 3:59.12.

In jumps, All-American senior Allen Gordon sits in the No. 8 spot nationally and No. 6 spot in the SEC for his season-best long jump of 7.72 meters. Junior Joseph Bene-

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ranking her the top freshman in the SEC. Competing in the men’s championship will be ranked SEC teams such as No. 2 LSU, No. 3 Arkansas, No. 9 Georgia, No. 12 Tennessee, No. 15 Alabama, No. 16 Texas A&M and No. 17 Kentucky.. In the women’s, competitors include No. 1 Arkansas, No. 2 Texas A&M, No. 4 Georgia, No. 6 LSU, No. 12 Kentucky, No. 13 Alabama and No. 17 Tennessee.

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Rifle prepares for championship BARRETT FREEMAN

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The record-breaking Ole Miss rifle team (11-1) is currently having its best season in school history and has its eyes on the Great American Rifle Conference (GARC) championship this weekend from Feb. 27-28. The Rebels also qualified for the NCAA Rifle Championships for the first time in 15 years, the program announced on Tuesday.

“This team is a very special group,” head coach Marsha Beasley said from Ole Miss Athletics. “They’ve brought a consistent, focused effort to the range every day the entire year. Everyone has put in the work and been resilient in adapting to the changes and challenges of the pandemic.

I am so proud of them, and I know they will continue to do what they need to in order to perform well in the

GARC Championships and at NCAAs.” The team looks to continue its momentum after last weekend’s match in the NCAA qualifier where the Rebels beat Jacksonville State at home on Feb. 20 by a score of 4,7214,654.

Last weekend, the Rebels performed in record-breaking fashion to earn a dominating win. In air rifle, the team combined for its highest air rifle score in school history. All five shooters scored within points of each other between individual scores of 590-599, totaling for a record air rifle score of 2,383.

Freshman Lea Horvath led the bunch with 599, and junior Jillian Zakrzeski posted her new career high with 597. Senior Abby Buesseler, sophomore Kristin Derting, junior Erin Walsh and freshman Martina Gratz followed suit, all scoring within points of each other between scores

of 592-594.

The Rebels also posted a strong performance in smallbore in order to hoist their way above Jacksonville State.

To solidify the win, sophomore Claire O’Neel and senior Kamilla Kisch led the way with scores of 581 and 572, respectively.

The GARC Championship round will be held virtually across all universities, meaning Ole Miss will compete for the crown at home in Patricia C. Lamar National Guard Readiness Center in Oxford.

On Saturday, Feb. 28, the Rebels will shoot in the smallbore relay and smallbore finale at 8 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. On Sunday, the air rifle relay will be held at 8 a.m. with the finale at 10:15 a.m.

Though the public is welcome to attend in a limited capacity, fans are encouraged to follow along with the competition on Ole Miss Rifle’s Twitter account.

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We need new student housing codes VARAD MAHAJAN

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Burst pipes and standing water can easily lead to students getting hurt. I saw the effects firsthand when my roof collapsed because of a burst pipe at the Retreat at Oxford on Feb. 16. Luckily, no one was injured, but the safety risk cannot be understated. If I had been in my room 60 seconds longer, then the roof would have collapsed on me, and I would be writing this from a hospital bed. Aside from structural damage, water leaks can also lead to short-circuiting electronics and even electrical fires. All this is to say that the safety of students is most definitely on

the line.

Over the past week, we have seen several apartment buildings and campus buildings flooding as a result of pipes bursting due to the cold weather. If something is not done about this now, this will be a yearly problem that Oxford and the entire state will have to face from now on.

The university has an obligation to do all it can to protect its students both on and off campus, and the fact that this is happening primarily to apartments occupied by students should be concerning. The solution, though, is quite simple. The university should support a new building code in the City of Oxford to protect students from the increasing likelihood of

cold snaps every winter. Any new housing development seeking to market itself to students should have to adopt this building code, which would ensure that building materials would be more likely to withstand cold temperatures.

Hopefully, by doing this new housing developments will not flood as frequently from cold temperatures and burst pipes.

I understand this is an unprecedented situation. Not only have we just experienced the largest snowstorm on record in the state, but we are also in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.

I have lived in Mississippi for my whole life. Every year, the winters get colder, and it snows a little bit more. That means the only thing

worse than the Great Oxford Snowstorm of 2021 will be the Great Oxford Snowstorm of 2022. If something isn’t done about this now, then more pipes will burst in the coming years as the state is forced to grapple with a natural disaster that it simply does not have the infrastructure to adequately handle.

Varad Mahajan is a junior from Brandon majoring in public policy leadership and entrepreneurship.

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