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Senior Gabrielle Dunn was named Homecoming Queen at Lafayette Thursday night. Escorting Dunn during the halftime ceremony was Keidrian Buford.

Happy Homecoming

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Gabrielle Dunn crowned queen at Lafayette Her attire for this week's contest was system at William L. Buford Stadium. The senior was named Homecoming Queen much different, however, as she wore a Thursday night during Lafayette's game gown fit for a princess instead of her red Surprise barely describes the feeling with Tunica-Rosa Fort. Dunn is used to and gold uniform. With her escort, Gabrielle Dunn had when she first heard being at the football games as a member her name called over the public address of the cheerleading team.

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Duke phsycologist delivers presentation on implicit bias

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

What judgments do we unconsciously make when we meet people? What prejudices are we imposing on people based on their race, age, gender or weight without even thinking about it?

Vice President for the Office of Institutional Equity and Chief Diversity Officer at Duke University Benjamin Reese, Jr. spoke to members of the Oxford community Thursday night about this phenomenon known as implicit bias.

Reese began the lecture by defining implicit bias as “the attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding, actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner.” Implicit bias, also commonly referred to as unconscious bias, is something that affects every single interaction we have with other humans, according to Reese.

Reese presented research demonstrating that humans are socialized to believe that people who look or are a certain way, will behave in a certain way. One of the examples Reese gave of this was obesity. He asked everyone in the room to be completely honest and say the first thing that comes into their mind when they think of an extremely overweight person. When someone said “lazy,” Reese clicked a button on his PowerPoint and the word “lazy” appeared on the screen.

The most common association with obesity is laziness, but that is of course not always the case. Making the assumption that an obese person is lazy and treating them differently without intending to is an example of implicit bias.

Reese said that this goes beyond just personal interactions. Reese asked everyone to consider the scenario of an obese man who has applied for a job, had an incredible resume, but when he showed up for the job interview, the interview’s first impression of him was that the man is lazy. Regardless of the man’s resume, the interviewer is, in this scenario, going to have this inclination in the back of his mind to think that the man is lazy and potentially not hire him.

This is implicit bias. How-

CHANING GREEN

Dr. Benjamin Reese of Duke University delivered a presentation Thursday night in the Union Ballroom of the Ole Miss Student Union. His lecture explored the phenomenon known as implicit bias.

Reese discussed the little judgements we subconsciously make about people that could potentially affect our decision making. He presented research and data that supported his studies. ever, if the employer made the active decision of refusing to employ the man because he thinks overweight people make less valuable workers, this is known as explicit bias. Implicit bias is a background process where as explicit bias is the act of deliberately holding on to prejudice.

Implicit bias can be gaged in people using a variety of methods. Reese

went over the method of showing a child two identical pictures of people in a scenario and asking what was happening in the photo. One of the examples he gave was of two boys positioned near a swing at a playground. One boy was standing behind the swing while another was sitting on the ground in front of the swing looking sad. When shown the photo with

standing child depicted as African American and the sitting boy as Caucasian, the majority of participants explained the narrative as sitting boy was pushed out of the swing. When the skin colors are switched, the black boy had fallen out of the swing and the white child was coming to help him.

When seeking out someone, people tend to look for

features similar to their own or to which they are accustomed. In infants, they are more likely to be comfortable with people who have similar skin tones and language patterns compared to the infant’s primary caregiver. We seek out people with whom we share similar qualities and almost always treat them differently, even if we do not realize it. The research indicates that

there is actually a bit of narcissism to it. We look for people with similar political affiliations, religious beliefs, social backgrounds and more.

Reese said that this just comes with the territory of being human, but there are ways in which we can work to make sure implicit bias affects our decision making as little as possible. He encouraged everyone in the room to take a hard look at themselves and figure out the own biases they have, spend time with different kinds of people and work to better understand cultures and lifestyles different from out own. Becoming aware of what biases each person is holding on to and wanting to do better are the most important steps in making sure that these prejudices do not affect social interactions.

Associate Dean for the Ole Miss School of Education Amy Wells Dolan attended Reese’s presentation and said that she had been looking forward to it since the school invited him to speak. Wells Dolan said that she feels that Reese’s work vital in understanding the way people interact with one another in every setting. She said that educators in particular should be working to move away from any underlying bias that could potentially be affecting decision making in the educational environment.

“I really like the way he came out and presented the research and how his message was so informed,” she said. “It helps us to better understand ourselves as people.”

Nichelle Lloyd Robinson was recently appointed as the Diversity Officer for the School of Ed. It was she that worked with the school’s dean, David Rock, to bring Reese to the UM campus to deliver three presentations, including the one he delivered to the community Thursday night. His other two were given to student teacher candidates and faculty members at the School of Ed Friday.

For more information on implicit bias, Reese’s department at Duke and their check out research, ww.web.duke.edu/equity. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Community volunteers work to register voters

BY CHANING GREEN NEWS WRITER

For the past two weeks, community volunteers have been set up in front of Larson’s Cash Saver every day to make sure that the citizens of Oxford and Lafayette County have every chance possible to register to vote in time for the upcoming November election.

The volunteers were up outside of Cash Saver at a table every morning from September 26 until October 7 helping people register to vote either for the first time or to update their information.

Evelyn Smith, one of the organizers for the daily voter drive, has been encouraging people to become involved in politics on every possible level since she was a child growing up in the Nashville area.

“When I was a youngster in Nashville, I was involved in a variety of political activities,” she said. “I’ve always been interested in politics and helping people get involved in politics as well. I’ve always been interested in being a responsible citizen.”

Smith collaborated with

Ann Phillippi and the two began seeking out volunteers to help out with the project. They created sign up sheets and put them around town, asked their friends and made posts on social media. Smith said that the phone calls just kept coming from people throughout the community who wanted to help. Before long, they had 69 volunteers singed up to donate their time and help get local citizens registered to vote in time for the election.

Jadé Redmond is a member of the Beta Phi Beta sorority, for which Smith is an advisor. She said that part of her sorority’s mission is giving back to the community and her volunteering to help people become more involved in the electoral process is a way for her to help fulfill that mission.

“It’s always important for citizens to get out and vote and that is especially true in this election,” Redmond said. “It’s different. We have a female candidate as well as someone who was not previously in politics. I believe that being tuned in is the important part.”

Volunteers manning the

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Jadé Redmond (blue jacket) works with volunteers Friday morning to help citizens of Oxford and Lafayette County register to vote. Volunteers were set up outside of Larson’s Cash Saver every day for two weeks to assist people in the process. table set up in front of Cash Saver would ask people if they were registered to vote and if their information was up to date. If they were not and were interested in doing so, they were given a form and were assisted in filling it out. Once the simple, single-page form is filled out, it is added to the

stack and at the end of the day, the stack is taken to the Circuit Clerk’s office who is then responsible for processing the forms.

Smith reiterated the fact that everyone has not always had the right to vote.

Many people have fought and died to make sure that every American is able to

participate in elections and Smith does not want to take that for granted.

“As a black woman it is imperative that I vote in every election because I stand on the shoulders of people who marched and died so that I could have the right to vote,” Smith said. “That’s part of the pas-

sion that I have for registering new voters.”

None of this would have been possible without the support of Larson’s Cash Saver and the time donated by volunteers, Smith said.

Volunteers were set up at the table every single day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. since September 26. At least two volunteers would rotate in every two hours to make sure no one had to stay longer than they needed to.

Smith said that a few of the volunteers returned often enough to work more than eight hours total at the table.

“Half of these volunteers I didn’t even know,” she said. “I’m just now meeting them for the first time. We have males, females, millennials, senior retirees, everyone, all kinds of people. We really have a diverse group of people coming to help out and volunteer.”

Smith said that she is unsure of how many voters they helped register over the past two weeks, but she said that the turn out has been great and that she is happy to have helped anyone at all. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

NCAA finalizes cases with OM women's hoops, track

BY JOHN DAVIS OXFORD CITIZEN

Ole Miss women's basketball was levied with three years of probation but coach Matt Insell and the Rebels are not facing any additional postseason ban. The NCAA released its final ruling on both women's basketball and track Friday.

The NCAA decided to penalize the coaching staff prior to Insell. Former head coach Adrian Wiggins is facing a two-year showcause order from Oct. 7, 2016, through Oct. 6, 2018.

Any NCAA school employing him in an athletically related position during that time must appear with him before a Committee on Infractions panel, according to the NCAA. Wiggins' former assistant coaches, and former

director of basketball operations, face a six-year show-cause order from Oct. 7, 2016, through Oct. 6, 2022. During that period, if either individual is employed by an NCAA school in an athletically related position, school officials must appear with the individual before a Committee on Infractions panel.

Former track coach Brian O'Neal, who was resigned from his position in 2015, was issued a oneyear show-cause order.

Two of his former assistant track coaches also face a one-year show cause. During that period, if either individual is employed by an NCAA school in an athletically related position, school officials must appear with the individual before a Committee on Infractions panel.

All of the penalties levied

by the NCAA come in conjunction with what Ole Miss has already levied.

They included: A reduction in the number of women’s basketball scholarships by two to 13 during the 2013-14 academic year.

A reduction in women’s basketball official visits by four, from a total of 12 to eight, during the 2012-13 academic year and by two, from 12 to 10 total, during the 2013-14 academic year.

A reduction in women’s track and field official visits by 30, from 60 to 30 total, during the 2014-15 academic year.

A one-year women’s basketball postseason ban during the 2012-13 academic season.

A reduction in women’s basketball recruiting-person days by 20, from 100 allowable days to 80, dur-

ing the 2012-13 academic year.

A reduction of women’s track and field recruitingperson days by 14.5, from 63.5 allowable days to 49, during the 2014-15 academic year.

A prohibition of women’s basketball staff initiating phone calls with prospects and their families for eight weeks during the spring 2013 semester.

A prohibition of the women’s basketball pro-

gram from signing twoyear college transfer prospects during the 201213 and 2013-14 academic years. john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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OBITUARIES

Felder Rushing speaks at Oxford Community Garden

BILLY OATES

BY CHANING GREEN

Billy Gwinn Oates, Sr., 76, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. The funeral service was Saturday, Oct. 8 in the Chapel of Waller Funeral Home with Rev. Ken Hanks officiating. Burial followed in Abbeville Cemetery.

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SANDRA LILES Sandra Baker Liles, 64, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, at Baptist Memorial Hospital North Mississippi. The funeral service was Saturday, Oct. 8 at Yellow Leaf Baptist Church with Rev. Jerry East officiating. Burial follow in Yellow Leaf Cemetery.

Memorial contributions in Sandra’s memory may be made to MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, Texas 77030 or the American Cancer Society, 1800 West Main Street, Tupelo, MS 38801.

BRENDA NEWMAN Brenda Lantrip Newman, 59, passed away Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. A graveside service was held on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 at Turkey Creek Baptist Church Cemetery with Bro. Fred Eakes officiating.

Seven Oaks Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

BRIEFING Bicentennial event on Thursday Celebrating the upcoming Bicentennial of Mississippi, the Union County Heritage Museum in New Albany will host a lecture and luncheon and exhibit of the first 20 star, Mississippi/US flag with the 20th star denoting the state joining the Union, as well as the State of Mississippi Constitution and other artifacts relating to statehood. The event will be held Thursday at noon.

Representatives from the Department of Archives and History will present a program at the luncheon and will be at the museum with the exhibit through Friday to educate the public on the upcoming big birthday for the state. Students will be visiting the museum Thursday and Friday and Families are invited on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.

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Writer, speaker, radio personality and horticulturist Felder Rushing came through Oxford this week to speak to community members at the Oxford Community Garden.

Rushing’s talk was organized in conjunction with Good Food for Oxford Schools (GFOS), the Oxford Community Garden and the Master Gardener Association. Elizabeth Speed is a FoodCorps Service Member working with the GFOS. She wanted to bring Rushing to visit a local elementary school and speak to kids about the garden installed at the school and offer them advice and answer their questions.

Speed reached out to Rushing via email and he enthusiastically agreed to do the talk, but ended up falling ill shortly before. He still wanted to come to Oxford and speak. Though he was feeling better, rather than spending all day in a school full of kids while still potentially ill, Rushing’s talk was moved to the Armory Pavilion next to the community garden.

Rushing arrived in Oxford several hours before and toured the gardens at Della Davidson Elementary School and Bramlett Elementary School. Speed accompanied Rushing on the tours along with Benjamin Koltai, who serves as the garden consultant for Bramlett. Speed said that Rushing provided a lot of insight and advice to help engage students at the school and make the garden as productive and beneficial as possible to the learning environment.

“Specifically, at the Della garden, we talked about a place to have an outdoor classroom,” Speed said.

“Bramlett’s school garden already has a bit of space dedicated to the kids so that they have a place to sit down and hear a book or get a lesson. It’s really quite nice. We’re still looking at place to do that at Della. We also talked about what would be best to grow during the colder planting season. Tomatoes do great in Oxford, but the kids are not in class to see them.”

After touring the school gardens, Rushing made his

JOHN DAVIS

Horticulturalist Felder Rushing, the Gestalt Gardner of MPB Think Radio, was the guest speaker at Oxford Community Garden's meeting.

Felder Rushing speaks with member of the Oxford Community Garden during his visit Thursday evening. way to the community garden where he and about 15 community members did a walkthrough and discussed the garden’s set up and the plants in and around it. Director of GFOS Eleanor Green said that she really enjoyed Rushing’s speech and took a lot of notes during the talk.

One of the things that Green thought was really neat was Rushing’s advice to make sure that native

flowers are near the garden.

These flowers can often be thought of as weeds, but they attract local pollinators and can really improve the life of a garden. He commended the community garden on having so many on its borders.

“I have several of his books and listen to his radio show all the time, and I still learned so much,” Green said. “Some of the stuff I just didn’t know. One

thing he said that I thought was really important was when he said that sometimes he grows kale and it’s great and produces forever, while other times he plants it and nothing comes up.

He said, ‘sometimes your garden just doesn't work out so well. You just have to keep gardening, keep trying.’”

GFOS is still working with Rushing in order to get him to come and speak at

the schools. Both Eleanor and Speed said that the he was interested in coming back to work with the kids soon and that everyone is looking forward to it.

Rushing’s call-in radio talk show “The Gestalt Gardener” can be found Friday mornings at 9 and Saturday mornings at 10 on Mississippi Public Broadcasting. chaning.green@journalinc.com Twitter: chaningthegreen

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Annual EDF Golf Classic to be held Friday Oxford businesses and residents will partake in a fun filled afternoon at the nine Annual Economic Development Foundation Golf Classic presented by The Range at TGC Outdoors Friday at the Country Club of Oxford.

“This Golf Classic which is sold out for the third year in a row is more than just an afternoon of fun. It benefits Our Quality of Life, that's the Economic Development Foundation's primary goal,” said Rosie Vassallo, Golf Chairman. “We are excited about how quickly everyone partnered with US to help in creating High Expectations, and Significant Investments for Oxford-Lafayette County.”

The Range at TGC Outdoors and EDF’s Golf Classic is an 18-hole scramble featuring teams and players made up of business professionals and residents around the Oxford community.

Lunch is sponsored by Oby’s, and it will be provided to all participants.

A2H Engineers, Architects

and Planners is sponsoring an After Hours & Awards Reception in the new Country Club of Oxford’s Club House.

Anyone can be a winner at the Golf Classic. There will be a putting contest, as well as a “hole in one” contest sponsored by Cannon Motors, where the winner will have a chance to win a 2017 Chevrolet Suburban Premier Edition. There will be many prizes including “longest drive” and “closest to the pin.” Arnold Palmer will be in the thoughts of everyone as they have a chance of winning an Ole Miss 18 Speed Limit Sign autographed by the “King of Golf.” The raffle is open to the public with Tickets being sold for $10 each or three for $20. The winner will be drawn during the After Hours & Awards Reception. Payment of check, cash or credit card is accepted.

Our presenting sponsors this year include: The City of Oxford and The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors. Gold and Sil-

ver sponsors include C Spire, Taco Bell, MaxxSouth Broadband, Baptist Memorial Hospital North Mississippi, Action Pest Control, BNI, North East MS Electric Power Association, North Mississippi Recording Academy, Morgan White Group, Charter Hospitality which includes Hampton Inn, Hampton Inn Conference Center, Holiday Inn, Towne Place Suites, Oby’s, The Original Grit Girl and the University of Mississippi. All funds raised benefit Economic Development Foundation programs. EDF’s mission is to be the leader in creating opportunities for responsible economic investment, thereby raising the per capita income for all citizens of Lafayette County. Many thanks to all our sponsors as well as our Contest Hole Sponsors, Hole Sponsors, Players, Door Prize and Goody bag sponsors.

For more information on the EDF Golf Classic, please contact Rosie Vassallo at 662-234-4651 or rosie@oxfordms.com.

Oxford High School releases 2016 homecoming schedule The 2016 Oxford High School (OHS) Homecoming festivities will be centered on the theme of the “Wizard of Ox.” To mark the beginning of this year’s homecoming festivities, the Oxford High School Homecoming Parade will roll the Oxford through Square on Tuesday at 6 p.m. The parade will begin at Mid-Town Shopping Center and travel down North Lamar Avenue, circling the Square, down East Jackson Avenue, and ending at Oxford Middle School.

Oxford High School classes, clubs, organizations and athletic teams’ floats will be in the pa-

rade, along with the 2016 OHS Homecoming Court, the marching band and others.

Oxford High School will host a movie night event for students, teachers and faculty on Thursday at 7 p.m. The movie will be shown on the field behind Oxford High School, and the featured movie is the classic “The Wizard of Oz”.

The Oxford High School Student Council is sponsoring the event and will serve up hotdogs, popcorn and an array of snacks during the celebration and community gathering of OHS students, faculty and staff.

Friday marks the official Homecoming Day when

high school students will participate in a half-day, school-wide homecoming carnival. OHS clubs and student organizations will set up games, food and fun on the OHS campus located at 101 Charger Loop in Oxford.

The OHS Homecoming Pep Rally will follow in the OHS Gym at 3:30 p.m. The week-long homecoming festivities will conclude Friday night when the Chargers host New Hope at 7. at Oxford Middle School.

For more information on homecoming festivities, contact Katherine kabrown@oxBrown fordsd.org or call (662) 234-1562.

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MISSISSIPPI TEACHER COUNCIL

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE OXFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT

Dr. Carey Wright, state superintendent of education, met recently in Oxford with members of the Mississippi Teacher Council. Four Oxford School District teachers chosen to serve on the Mississippi Teacher Council are (pictured left to right) Misa Presley, Chasity Arbuckle, Dr. Wright, Candies Cook and Patches Calhoun. Wright formed the council so that teachers could provide direct input about education policy and initiatives.

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LAFAYETTE HOMECOMING Photos by John Davis

Lafayette held its annual Homecoming parade Thursday on campus. Students from both elementary schools, as well as the middle and high schools, lined the street to cheer on the players and coaches. Lafayette defeated Tunica-Rosa Fort 58-6 that night in football.

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Homecoming FROM 1

Kiedrian Buford, on one side, Dunn smiled and took hug after hug moments after her victory was made official.

“I'm very excited. I never expected this. My heart stopped and I didn't know what to think. I just grabbed my escort and hugged him,” Dunn said. “I felt pretty good going in to tonight, but I didn't expect it, not at all.”

This was the second time Buford had been a member of the court. She served as a maid when she was a freshman. The election for queen went on for three weeks, Dunn said, and many people approached Dunn and said they voted for her.

Dunn said all of the girls that took place in the court were her friends.

“I love them. All of them are my sisters,” said Dunn, who took the night off from cheering at the game.

Jennifer Sharp coaches Dunn as a cheerleader and she was so excited that one of her girls was able to win the crown.

“Her heart truly shows and she just loves everybody. She has the motivational spirit that everyone just takes Gabby in,” said Sharp, who had a total of four cheerleaders take part in the court. “It speaks volumes that she was selected queen. I knew that it would be incredibly close. There wasn't any buzz or talk about it. Everyone was waiting to find out.”

Buford thought Dunn would be named the winner before the ceremony.

He heard a lot of people say that they were going to vote for her to win. Buford, of course, voted for Dunn during the process.

The plan was to take a number of pictures before the dress came off and then have a fun night once the game was over. Dunn said she enjoyed being carted around in the vehicles before the game. Dunn's family brought signs to the game, and they were on the track that surrounds the field not long after the crown went on Dunn's head.

“They had a lot of roses, a lot of flowers,” Dunn said.

“I just want to thank everyone who voted for me.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Almost 3,000 students set to take part in UM Recruitment Week A successful turnout, and an increase in numbers, can be traced back a few years when recruitment started later.

"It’s about the success and wellbeing of students.

Several years ago the decision was made to implement a delayed recruitment model," Abels said. "The reason comes down to what’s in the best interest of the students, which is allowing students time to adjust to their new environment, as well as, becoming engaged the Ole Miss community.?"

Some of the most noticeable benefits for students who join Greek organizations is closer bond to the school, campus and overall area.

"Today’s college student has a natural desire to belong. And the fraternity and sorority experience is where many students find their sense of belonging," said Abels, who enjoys being so active in the process. "My

BY JOHN DAVIS OXFORD CITIZEN

A week away from football hasn't been an idle one for several thousand University of Mississippi students. Today, almost 1,600 women will be participating in the Panhellenic recruitment process, and around 1,200 men will be going through the IFC recruitment process. Those were the numbers projected for 2016, according to Donald Abels, the coordinator of fraternity and sorority life at UM. "Over the past several years the university has experienced major growth within the fraternity and sorority community," Abels said in an e-mail. "In 2010, the number of affiliated students was around 4,000.

Today, the community consists of nearly 7,500 fraternity men and sorority women. It is definitely an exciting time here at the University of Mississippi."

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experience as an undergraduate student shaped me into the person I am today. This is why I enjoy the work I do. When done right, fraternity and sorority is an incredible thing. I love the idea coming to work every day and helping students have a positive and rewarding fraternity and sorority experience.

In order to make this week so successful, a huge amount of planning is involved for a lot of different leaders on campus.

"Our student leaders are incredible," Abels said.

"These men and women spend countless hours throughout the months leading up to recruitment planning and organizing everything that's involved with the recruitment process."

Recruitment week begins today and will run through next week on campus.

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Tobin, OM Rebels have impressed this fall JOSH MCCOY/OLE MISS ATHLETICS

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ean Tobin was visibly excited and upbeat about how the cross country season had gone for the Ole Miss Rebels. Of course, he has been a huge reason for the success of the team, which is now just one of two in the Deep South to be in the Top 25.

Tobin is the reigning NCAA Division I Male Cross Country Athlete of the week.

He was the individual champion in the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational, and being a native of Ireland, it was pretty cool to win a race at the home of the Fighting Irish.

“I'm much happier and really enjoying the work. I feel a lot stronger, and more focused,” Tobin said. “I've had my first collegiate cross country win, which is satisfying. It was nice as an Irishman to go up and take that one. It's a big meet every year. Everyone is up there. It's one of the biggest meets of the year, so to go up there and win that was really nice, especially when the team was able to take the win as well. It really means a lot more when I can help my team out and do my best.”

The Rebels have been one of the better programs in the SEC the past few seasons, and there is a lot of experience on the roster. The difference between last season, when the Rebels kind of got caught up with where they were ranked, is noticeable to Tobin.

“The mindset of the team compared to last year is quite different. Everyone is focused on the work rather than the results,” Tobin said. “There is a lot more happy environment and I think the team is really enjoying themselves and taking it day by day. Everything is going pretty well for us.”

Goals are kept internally, Tobin said, who did add that everyone knows what each runner wants, which is to be at the top of the pile when the SEC and national meets are held here in a few weeks.

“I don't want to set any limits on my goals this year. I don't want to limit what I TURN TO TOBIN PAGE 17

Ole Miss freshman Alley Houghton, a former standout at Lafayette, scored her second career goal against Alabama in a 2-1 win Thursday night.

Making an Impact Houghton has been key in Rebels' latest wins

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

When it came time for Alley Houghton to make an impression, and really cement her position on the Ole Miss soccer team, the former Lafayette standout did exactly that. With the Rebels all tied up with Kentucky last weekend, Houghton came through with the game-winning goal.

Less than a week later, the leading scorer in Mississippi high school history, ripped another ball into the back of the net against Alabama. Both goals came in wins for the Rebels, who are scratching and clawing their way back into the SEC race with Florida in town tonight.

It's never easy making a transition from high school to college, even when you're as talented as Houghton. After working hard to get into shape in the summer, she started to feel like she was gaining traction when the Rebels traveled to play at Michigan, and she was inserted when the Rebels were trailing. Houghton started for the first time in her career against the Crimson Tide Thursday night. Heading into that match, she didn't know what to expect, but was ready when coach Matt Mott made his call.

“Whether it's 10 minutes or the whole game, I'm just going to try to make an impact for the time I'm in there,” Houghton said. “There have been some games where I've played a half and some less.

I'm just excited because I went from not

playing at all to finally getting some minutes.”

Mott raved about the way Houghton worked, while getting used to a new positon – she is playing wingback compared to forward like she did in high school – has been a key to garnering more minutes for Houghton.

“A big difference for me is learning the style I need to play with. Everyone is just great and the coaches give you a lot of motivation for the games. I'm growing as a player and I can tell in just the couple of weeks I've been here how much better I've gotten,” she said.

The goal at Kentucky came in overtime, and it came off a pass from another Mississippi native, Addie Forbus. Houghton credited Kentucky with being one of the best teams the Rebels had played all season. Just before the ball was put in play, the only thing Houghton tought about was attacking.

“It didn't feel real at first. It was my first goal in college. It wasn't like we were killing them 8-0 and it was some regular goal. Their defense did well in shutting down goals. I'm just excited and I'm glad we won that game,” Houghton said. “I don't know if Addie meant to kick it to me or not, but it worked out. I wasn't planning on getting the ball, I was just planning on going to where the ball went and either crashing on the goal keeper or get one in. Our team had been working so hard. We needed a win. My goal wouldn't have mattered if Liza (Harbin) hadn't

headed it into the back of the net. She is the one who really kept us in it and give me the chance to win it.”

Mott Houghton “deserved” the goal at Kentucky because she had worked so hard to earn her minutes.

“She's doing a great job and she is way ahead of where we thought she would be when we started in preseason. From then until now, it's significant improvement,” Mott said. “It's showing by her minutes and how affective she has been. She really should have gotten the goal to win it the 99th minute. She had a great chance. We played her in and she got in on a break away and the keeper made a terrific save or she would have scored before that one.

It was pretty cool to get her first goal from Addie who was her four years ago. Alley has grown a ton in these couple of months. She understands it and she is only getting better and better every day.

She's going to be a good one.”

Sara Coleman, Courtney Carroll and Tara Sullivan are the players that Houghton is the most close with on the team, besides her freshman class, she said. So far school has gone well for Houghton, who is majoring in exercise science.

“I like how you get to pick the classes you want so if you don't want a certain class to take that year, you can wait,” Houghton said.

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Onsby finally gets his chance to show his skills

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

For the past several weeks, right about the start of the 2016 football season, H-back Nick Onsby has been telling Lafayette head coach Michael Fair, and anyone else who would listen, that he had soft hands.

And that he could catch a touchdown. His persistence paid off Thursday night in the Commodores' 56-8 win over Tunica-Rosa Fort when he reeled in a 23-yard pass from quarterback Will Ard in the third quarter.

“It felt amazing. I've been out here blocking my butt off and messing with Coach Fair in practice telling him that he needs to

throw me the ball a lot,” said Onsby, this week's Player of the Week for Lafayette. “I kept messing with him, blocking my butt off in these trenches with our offensive linemen. He told me he was going to give me one tonight and words can not describe how I feel.”

Just for the record, Fair said he doesn't have to keep the trend going each week.

“He thinks I do, but I don't,” Fair said with a huge smile on his face. “He does a really good job at Hback. He's our fullback if you were to rewind 15 years. He does a tremendous job for us and for him to get that catch, that's big.

He has shown us that he

has good hands but it's just not something we do a whole lot.”

Almost all of the time, Onsby is blocking for the powerful Lafayette running game. Offensive line coach Jason Russell considers him an extra offensive linemen because of his size (6foot-1, 260 pounds) and the physical way he plays.

“He is, most of the time, the sixth offensive lineman on the field. He blocks, kicks out guys and goes up into the hole. He does all the dirty things a lineman does,” Russell said. “So for him to have an opportunity to go score a touchdown, our whole group was extremely excited. He's been blocking really well.

He's improved every week

and he had a great night every week. He opened up some big holes for us from the H-back position, just did a fantastic job. It was great to get him an opportunity for him to catch the football.”

Onsby's touchdown reception capped the first offensive drive of the second half for the Commodores.

It came on a play that Onsby said he knew well.

“Coach Fair told me he was going to throw it to me on the next drive when we were in at the half. I thought he was joking with me,” Onsby said. “We came out, and he sure enough threw it to me.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Lafayette H-back Nick Onsby caught a touchdown pass, his first of the season, during Thursday's win over Rosa Fort.

McClure's efficiency, great decision making earns top honors

BY BEN MIKELL SPORTS WRITER

PHOTO COURTESY OF BILL BARKSDALE

Oxford quarterback John Reece McClure accounted for five touchdowns in the Chargers’ win over Lewisburg Friday night.

OLIVE BRANCH – John Reece McClure was only truly involved in 19 plays for the Chargers in their 48-13 win over Lewisburg Friday night, but he made a lot of them count.

McClure was 9-for-14 for 231 yards. He tossed three touchdown passes, and also tucked the ball twice when a receiver wasn't open and scored two more touchdowns with his feet. His good decision-making when he had to make one earned him this week's Player of the Week for Oxford.

McClure thought that because his rushing yard total is well into the negative on the season due to having many sacks on the year, the Patriots didn't bother to mark McClure as a runner.

“Not really,” McClure said when asked if the Lewisburg defense gave him any credit as a runner. “I saw everybody closed up and felt like I could pull it down and run it in those situations and it worked out good.

We came in with a simple game plan and executed it and I thought it went good.”

Oxford coach Chris

Cutcliffe liked that McClure had a great night despite the majority of the time he was on the field a wind gust of around 15 to 20 miles-per-hour was at his face which usually has an effect on the passing game.

“I thought John Reece was outstanding tonight. I thought this was probably his best game in terms of assignments,” Cutcliffe said. “He knew exactly where to go with the football and made great decisions throughout the game. He was accurate in the face of a really tough wind. It is difficult to be accurate in that weather

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McClure now has 1,491 passing yards on the season and has thrown for 12 touchdowns to five different receivers against six interceptions, but just one in Division 1-5A play.

The 14 pass attempts by McClure are the lowest by any Oxford starting quarterback has thrown in a game since Parker Adamson threw just 12 in a 2011 win over Center Hill. McClure is the first Charger that isn't Hiram Wadlington to rush for multiple scores this season.

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Chargers get above .500 with rout of Patriots

BY BEN MIKELL SPORTS WRITER

OLIVE BRANCH — The Oxford Chargers made it a point this week to run the football, and then be able to run it well.

Oxford ran well enough to run away from the Lewisburg Patriots with a 48-13 victory Friday night. The win got the Chargers over .500 at 2-1 in Division 1-5A play and also overall at 4-3.

The Chargers ran for a team season-high 292 yards and scored four touchdowns on the ground.

Oxford didn't do it exclusively through the ground game as quarterback John Reece McClure led the Charger air attack on 9-for14 passing for 231 yards and three touchdowns. McClure also scored two of the team's four touchdowns on the ground. While coach Chris Cutcliffe was pleased with how the team executed on offense, he was not happy about the three fumbles Oxford lost throughout

the course of the contest.

The Chargers had lost just three fumbles in their first six games.

“Offensively, I thought we executed very well,” Cutcliffe said about the 531 yards of total offense Oxford collected. “I was disappointed with the turnovers and that allowed Lewisburg to put some points on the board in the first half. We've got to eliminate the turnovers. That was one of the things we discussed coming in. That was one of our goals was to play a game with zero turnovers and we didn't get that done, but overall we played very, very well.”

Lewisburg (2-6 overall, 03 in Region 1-5A) was able to score its first points in the late stages of the second quarter after Oxford lost a fumble inside their own 20yard-line. Patriot quarterback Bryce Brock found his receiver Drake Darby slipping behind the Charger defense for a 20-yard score to cut Oxford's lead to 26-6

Box Score Oxford - 48 Lewisburg - 13 First Quarter OXF - John Reece McClure 13 run (pass failed), 8:53 OXF - Dede Pegues 53 pass from McClure (kick failed), 3:06 Second Quarter OXF - Pegues 76 pass from McClure (Gray Jenkins kick), 11:39 OXF - McClure 14 run (Jenkins kick), 8:26 LWB - Drake Darby 20 pass from Bryce Brock (kick blocked), 3:47 LWB - Whitman Rowland 5 punt block return (Peyton Coker kick), 2:18 OXF - Team Safety, 0:21 Third Quarter OXF - Hiram Wadlington 14 pass from McClure (Jenkins kick), 9:11 OXF - Devin Rockette 5 run (kick failed), 4:43 OXF - Kalin Brown 9 run (Max Mobley kick), 0:31 with 3:47 left after Quentin Wilfawn blocked the extra point.

On the ensuing drive, Lewisburg forced its lone three-and-out of the contest and blocked Gray Jenkins' only punt attempt of

the night after he had dropped the snap. Whitman Rowland for Lewisburg scooped it up at the 5-yardline and scored to make the game more interesting at 26-13. Oxford got a safety in the closing seconds after a

bad snap skipped through the hands of Lewisburg punter Peyton Coker to give Oxford a 28-13 cushion at halftime.

“I thought we had a stretch in the first half where we lost our focus,” Cutcliffe said regarding Lewisburg's 13-point sequence. “We blew some assignments and didn't play with great fundamentals. We dropped the snap on the punt, had it blocked and gave them a touchdown there. Offensively it was fumbles and defensively it was a bunch of missed assignments and bad fits in the run game.

Those are things we need to improve on. I thought we were able to regroup at halftime and come out in the second half with a lot better focus and intensity.”

Devin Rockette had a 5yard touchdown run early in the third quarter and finished with 74 all-purpose yards and had his first defensive interception of the year. Kalin Brown had a 9yard touchdown run later in

the quarter and finished with 39 yards on eight carries. Hiram Wadlington led the ground attack with 141 yards on 17 carries and had a receiving touchdown of 14 yards. Dede Pegues led all receivers with three receptions for 146 yards and two touchdowns.

UP NEXT Oxford's next game is homecoming at Bobby Holcomb Field against the New Hope Trojans who lost in a shootout to Lake Cormorant Friday 49-34 and are 1-2 in 1-5A play. Cutcliffe knows that they will have to prepare for the Trojan passing game that has proven to be dangerous.

“I know their senior quarterback (Thomas Stevens) is playing very well and they have some talented receivers,” Cutcliffe said. “I know they've been able to put up a lot of passing yards.

I know they are a well coached and talented football team. They will definitely be a big challenge.”

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Commodores roll Rosa Fort Lions for fifth straight win

BY JOHN DAVIS SPORTS EDITOR

Homecoming never felt so enjoyable for the Lafayette Commodores.

The most stressful part of the night was finding out who would be crowned queen at halftime. By the time that moment came at William L. Buford Stadium, the Commodores were well in control, leading the Lions of Tunica-Rosa Fort by six touchdowns.

The fifth straight victory for the Commodores was the most complete of the season.

Head coach Michael Fair felt good about what he saw from his team on offense and defense, and in the kicking game. Film study had to be enjoyable and the LHS coaching staff had to really look to find much that went wrong in the 56-8 win.

“I just thought it was complete in all three phases. I told our guys at the half that we had been in this position before where we had a lead at halftime and then all of a sudden, it's a ballgame after giving up a couple of plays in the second half,” Fair said. “I challenged them to come out the second half and play with effort and execute. I thought we executed from the first snap until the last snap pretty much all night.”

Quarterback Will Ard was “solid” Fair said. He threw three touchdown passes in

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can do and every race, it's a learning experience and just see what happens,” Tobin said. “We look good right now and we had a big win at Notre Dame.

We have a meet at Penn State and we'll go in and try to run as a group and get that feeling. I think Penn State gives us more of a race feel which leads us to SECs. We just got to keep doing what we've been doing, no stepping back. The team goals, we haven't set one for nationals, but we all know what we want to do for SECs. We want to it. We've been second and last year was a huge disappoint-

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Lafayette's defense upended ball carriers from Tunica-Rosa Fort all night long in a 56-8 win Thursday night at William L. Buford Stadium. the win, with the first two touchdowns coming from his arm. Tunica played a lot of man coverage, which allowed Fair to dial up Ard in the playbook early.

“We want to be able to throw the ball when we want to, not when we have to,” Fair said. “So we have to stay ahead of the chains, stay on schedule and if we run the ball like we have lately, that really lets us pick our high percentage passes.

When it's third-and-5 and third-and-3 and you know what kind of covearage and protection you're getting, your percentages go way up in your pass game.

That's what we're trying to

do and our guys are executing at a real high level. And that all starts with Will Ard.” running Lafayette's game has been rugged all season, and even more impressive during the now five-game winning streak.

Jamarcus Quarles continued to add to his 1,100-yard season with another 95 on 12 carries. He also had a touchdown to inch closer to 10 on the year. His counterpart, Jamie Shaw, finished with an impressive stat line as he had 113 yards on 14 carries. Shaw also got into the end zone during the first-half scoring flurry.

“That was very positive.

It's going to help us in the

long run becaue he is such a tremendous player,” Fair said about Shaw coming on. “I thought Jamie played really well and what you're starting to see are two really good friends playing the same position that are starting to feed off each other. And that's fun to watch.”

The Commodores also scored on defense as Tay Tay Owens returned an interception for a score in the first half. Lafayette had three interceptions in the first half, and four overall.

Almost all of the other drives for the Lions ended with them punting the ball back to the Commodores.

ment with third. Last year, we should have been a lot better.”

Ole Miss cross country coach Ryan Vanhoy feels like Tobin has reached a new level this fall for the team.

“The biggest difference was this summer. He really committed himself to working harder than he had ever worked before.

He talked about upping his mileage and some things he wanted to try and experiment with and I and was on board with that,” Vanhoy said. “So far, so good. I think it's paid off. I know he's happy, and I know he thinks he can still improve.”

It's the same feeling for Vanhoy in regards to the team, happy with the lat-

est result, but looking to get better.

“This week is one of our harder weeks of training during the season just given that there is no competition and after next weekend, you get into that championship phase where conference, regional and national come back to back to back,” Vanhoy said. “In terms of looking at the Penn State, it won't be quite as big of a race, but it will have a lot of quality up front, very similar to Notre Dame. They brought in some of the top regional teams as different option compared to the other national invitationals.”

Vanhoy added that while a team doesn't get a

ticket to nationals for where they are ranked during the year, he did feel like being in the top 25 shows the runners they are on the right path and they are doing things the right way.

“It will be great if we could go and win the SEC, but it's not something we've built our whole season around, like it's do or die situation,” Vanhoy said. “We had a terrible cross country season last year and then ran well in track. So that's a silver lining. We can say no matter what, if it's a good or bad season, we can still have success. Let's not put a lot of pressure on ourselves.”

Dillon Woods scored the game's first touchdown Thursday night for Lafayette.

The clock ran the entire second half, limiting snaps for both teams.

Up next is a road meeting with New Albany, another step in the week-to-week grind of Division 2-4A play.

“This is what we do all this for. We don't want to have any regrets coming into distict play of us not playing well and the thing about the five-game win streak, it's just such a dayto-day deal,” Fair said.

“We're just getting ready for New Albany right now.”

Tight end Nick Onsby caught a touchdown pass in the win. He was one of

eight Commodores to score at least one. He has been pleased with the way the offense has come along, and he credited the offensive line for the job they have done up front.

“We have a great offensive line this year. We're really strong up front,” Onsby said. “The first two games, it kind of haunted me a little bit, but we have a lot to look forward to. All we think about is the next team, go week by week, and taking it as it comes.” john.davis@journalinc.com Twitter: @oxfordcitizenjd

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Ole Miss junior Sean Tobin (right) is coming of a first-place finish in a meet at Notre Dame.

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Journal

Newspaper Delivery Early morning hours 7 days a week Work is done before 8:00 a.m.

Multi-Media Designer

Journal Publishing Company is seeking an energetic and creative multi­media designer to join our advertising team.

The successful candidate must be a self­starter with atten­ tion to detail, have the ability to multi­task and work in a deadline­driven environment, and ability to work in a team atmosphere.

Responsibilities of this position include ad design for print, online, and commercial print.

Qualified applicant should be proficient in the use of Quark, In­Design, Photoshop, Illustrator and/or other current lay­ out and design software.

We offer a competitive salary and great benefits.

Join the Journal Publishing Company family and grow your career today!

Comprehensive benefit package offers: 401K Retirement Plan, Medical, Dental/Vision Plans, Life Insurance, Short and Long Term Disability, Direct Deposit Email resumes to: humanresources@journalinc.com or call 662­678­1517 to apply

Journal Publishing Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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House For Rent

LEASE PROPOSALS The North Mississippi Regional Center is accepting proposals to lease a home to house individuals served by a transitional living program. Property must be located in Lafayette or surrounding counties.

Basic requirements include a minimum of 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, and 1500 square feet.

Each bedroom must be at least 100 square feet. Home must be single story. Home must also meet state and local fire, health, and safety codes. Interested parties should contact Hunter Haney (662) 513-7723 for information. Deadline for receipt of proposals is October 31, 2016 by 4:30pm.

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISERS When Placing Ads

1. Make sure your ad reads the way you want it. Then our Ad Consultants will read it back to you.

2. Be sure your ad is in the proper classification.

3. After the deadline, ad cannot be canceled or corrected until after it runs the first day.

4. Check your ad the first day for errors. If an error has been made, we will be happy to correct it; however, we cannot be responsible for errors after the first day.

If you cannot find your ad, call us at 1-800-270-2622 the day you expect it to start.

Make It Bold & Beautiful!

Use boldface type in your ad!

Oxford Citizen Classifieds “It Works” 1-800-270-2622 Fax: 662-620-8301 E-mail: classifieds@journalinc.com

REAL ESTATE All Real Estate advertising here­ in is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any prefer­ ence, limitation or discrimina­ tion based on race, color, reli­ gion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention to make any such preferences, limitations or dis­ crimination. We will not know­ ingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are here­ by informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

If you believe that you may have been discriminated against in connection with the sale, rental or financing of housing, call The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) at 1­800­669­9777.

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Get the help you need in the Service Directory everyday in the Oxford Citizen Classifieds

Manufactured Housing For Sale

Why rent when you can own?

Monthly payments for Brand New 3 Bedroom 2 Bath Starting at $285 With approved credit. Call 662-401-1093

STUFF

Home Furnishings

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COOKBOOK CLOSEOUT!

BASSETT TABLE WITH 6 CHAIRS & MATCHING CHINA CABINET. $200. 662-767-3579 OR 662-401-2360.

FOR SALE! SOLID OAK ARMOIRE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER. $350.00.

CALL 662-687-2492

IT TAKES MONEY TO MAKE MONEY

But Not Very Much When You Use The Oxford Citizen Classifieds!!

Call today to place a classified ad that gets results FAST! 1-800-270-2622 Fax: 662-620-8301 E-mail: classifieds@journalinc.com

First Come First Served Get yours before they’re all gone!!!

• 451 recipes included • Keepsake, sturdy, spiral-bound • Great for Christmas gifts

2 for $ or 1 for $ 50

10 7 Pickup

tax included

Miscellaneous

LAWN MOWER

Craftsman riding mower, 17.5 horse power, 42” deck, new battery. $350. (662)266­3335 Buy Smart, Sell Smart. SMART SHOPPERS Use Classified Daily!

Pick up at the Daily Journal office, or we will mail to you for an additional $5 charge.

Order today by calling 662.842.2622.

662-234-7711 2128 W. Jackson Ave. • Oxford, MS 38655 www.johnsonsfurnitureonline.com

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