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Tuesday, March 29, 2016 THE DAILY Volume 104, No. 108 THE STUDENTMISSISSIPPIAN NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SERVING OLE MISS AND OXFORD SINCE 1911 Visit theDMonline.com @thedm_news lifestyles sports ASB CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED When did Austin Powell, President Grayson Giles, Treasurer Urban Garden Michael Howell, Vice Austin Spindler, Secretary Page 5 making an President Brent Ferguson, Attorney Hurston Reed, Judicial General educated guess Chair become illegal? Page 6 RebelWell uniquely counters Rebels stress make noise SLADE RAND [email protected] at Pro Day A muggy March has hindered Rebel Well’s newest stress man- agement endeavor, but the people Ole Miss football players behind the “Manage Your Mon- looked to improve their NFL day” program are positive as ever. Organizers T Davis and Ali Del- stock through a series of time gado have spent their last five trails and weightlifting sessions. Mondays helping ease University students into the week in an un- usual way, by designing a mandala coloring series as part of their SEE PAGES 7-8 weekly routine of encouraging FOR PRO DAY COVERAGE students, faculty and Lafayette County residents to “stress less,” as Davis describes it. “Manage Your Monday” joins Wellness Wednesday and Rebel Well’s Tuesday event as the latest way to de-stress in a healthy way. The “Manage Your Monday” table outside the Union, usually accompanied by live music, they offer mandala coloring pages and colored pencils as stress relief. “Coloring’s better than sitting PHOTOS BY: CAMERON BROOKS SEE STRESS PAGE 3 Pitch perfect: Rebel Brady Bramlett shares his love for music LIZZIE MCINTOSH church choir. The rest of his life ever be inducted into the UM [email protected] followed the same pattern— a Hall of Fame. coexistence on the stage and the Nancy Maria Balach, the di- mound. rector of Living Music Resource, Every time Brady Bramlett In addition to starting at pitch- explained that Bramlett ap- steps to the mound, he drops his er for Ole Miss, Bramlett sings in proached her with the idea of an head and takes a deep breath be- the University’s Concert Singers, event to bridge the gap between fore winding up to pitch. When Men’s Glee, and University Cho- athletics and singing on campus. Bramlett takes the stage at a rus groups. “The point of this event is to choir concert, he prepares him- On Monday night, the UM bring music to people where self in a similar fashion— with Living Music Resource hosted they are,” Balach said. “People the drop of his head and a sim- a fundraiser, “He’s Got Great are coming to this event who ple breath. Pitch,” to highlight similarities would not normally attend a Bramlett has always had a rou- between the worlds of sports and choir concert. We hope that this tine. The night before he pitch- music, with Bramlett as the fea- night will bring attention to the es a game, he shaves his beard tured performer. similarities between baseball and watches Frozen. The day Bramlett was selected to the and singing, instead of focusing of the game, he showers twice University of Mississippi’s 2015- on their differences.” and brushes his teeth twice and 16 Hall of Fame earlier this Living Music Resource is an checks off a long list of supersti- month, which honors students online video library of interviews tious habits. for outstanding accomplish- with guests with a variety of ex- At the age of 7, Bramlett start- ments, academic excellence and perience in vocal music. Balach PHOTO BY: ARIEL COBBERT ed playing T-ball at the same community service. Bramlett is Brady Bramlett perfoms at the LMR “He’s Got Pitch” concert at the Ole Miss Inn Mon- time he started singing in his the second student-athlete to SEE BRAMLETT PAGE 3 day evening. opinion PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 29 MARCH 2016 | OPINION THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN EDITORIAL STAFF: LOGAN KIRKLAND editor-in-chief [email protected] CLARA TURNAGE managing editor [email protected] TORI WILSON copy chief [email protected] DREW JANSEN LANA FERGUSON news editors [email protected] LIZZIE MCINTOSH assistant news editor COLLIN BRISTER sports editor [email protected] BRIAN SCOTT RIPPEE assistant sports editor [email protected] ZOE MCDONALD MCKENNA WIERMAN lifestyles editors [email protected] HOLLY BAER COLUMN opinion editor [email protected] The Presidency during a time of hashtags ARIEL COBBERT CAMERON BROOKS photography editors crowd went wild and Sanders nieMadeMeWhite.” While the force to be reckoned with. [email protected] could not help but smile. candidate has, by and large, lost This is also the exact issue that The internet exploded. People the black vote, his non-white Clinton has faced with her own CAROLINE CALLAWAY joked that he was now an offi- supporters are refusing to be supporters. Her slogan, #Im- design editor cial Disney princess, and oth- silent. WithHer, is more yawn-worthy ers drew political cartoons with The final hashtag comes from than emotionally thrilling. It ASHLEY GAMBLE pointed jabs at his opponents. a comment made by a Hillary banks on her potential as a first online editor Dozens of graphics and illus- Clinton staffer. When asked female president, but it isn’t ex- trations were produced, and the if Clinton and Sanders would citing. Sanders’ primary slogan, JAKE THRASHER Sanders campaign received a have another debate, Joel Ben- #FeelTheBern, was not even CARA KEYSER ton of free advertising. enson said, “Let’s see the tone made by his social media strat- illustrators Prior to Sanders’ victories in of the campaign he wants to run egy team. They found one used HOLLY BAER Alaska, Hawaii and Washing- before we get to any questions.” by an activist group and ran ADVERTISING STAFF: [email protected] ton, a CNN reporter wrote that: In a move that’s so easy to with it. Where Clinton’s cam- “These caucus states — largely tweet it sounds staged, Sanders paign reads as rigid and over- EVAN MILLER white and rural — are the type followers—and, possibly more performing, Sanders’ reads as If Bernie Sanders’ supporters advertising sales manager of places Sanders traditionally commonly, Clinton critics— accessible and real. are good at anything, it’s using [email protected] does well. In order to win the have tweeted #ToneDownFor- It’s almost impossible to social media to their advantage. nomination, he must replicate What, criticizing the Clinton know who would actually make CARY ALLEN In the past week, there have this success in other, more eth- campaigning and asking, “What a better president, but if Clinton BEN NAPOLETAN been three major trending slo- nically diverse states that hold exactly should he tone down?” wants to know why she’s not DANIELLE RANDALL gans—aside from #Feelthe- primaries, as he did in Michigan This election season is using engaging the youth vote, this is PIERRE WHITESIDE Bern—that have made airwaves: last month.” The problem, how- social media like no one’s busi- a big reason why. Digital cam- account executives #BirdieSanders, #BernieMade- ever, is that Hawaii is less than ness, but Sanders supporters paigning is the future, and she’s MeWhite and #ToneDownFor- GRACE BAIRD 27 percent white. have made it their artwork. He created more exploitable sound What. MADELEINE DEAR Again, his fans fled to the by and large has won the sup- bites and photographs than use- During a rally in Portland, Or- ROBERT LOCKARD internet, with his supporters port of the millennials to an as- able ones. egon, a small bird flew by Sand- ELLEN SPIES of color posting selflies with tonishing degree. Our parents ers’ podium. He was amused, creative designers little quips like: “Ever since use social media, but our ability Holly Baer is a senior re- but attempted to keep speaking. I voted for Bernie, I’ve been to disseminate information in ligious studies major from Then, the little bird took a spot bingewatching Friends. #Ber- lightning speed has made us a Flowood, Mississippi. S. GALE DENLEY on his podium and perched. The STUDENT MEDIA CENTER PATRICIA THOMPSON THE DAILY The Daily Mississippian The Daily Mississippian welcomes letters to the editor. 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