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University of Mississippi eGrove Daily Mississippian Journalism and New Media, School of 8-28-2014 August 28, 2014 The Daily Mississippian Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline Recommended Citation The Daily Mississippian, "August 28, 2014" (2014). Daily Mississippian. 904. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline/904 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Journalism and New Media, School of at eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in Daily Mississippian by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Thursday, August 28, 2014 THE DAILY Volume 103, No. 4 MISSISSIPPIANTHE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI • SERVING OLE MISS AND OXFORD SINCE 1911 REBELS DYLAN RUBINO Boise State and Vanderbilt in NFL [email protected] IN stadiums. The ex- posure of playing SEC The wait is finally over. Col- in NFL stadiums lege football season is upon us. in the first two All of the hype and specula- games of the sea- tions are coming to an end. veteran Bo son will help with Media days, recruiting and pre- recruiting chance season camps have wrapped up. and provide a big It’s time to play football. game atmosphere to help Wallace looks to For the Rebels, the 2014 sea- prepare the younger players son is once again another sea- for big situations. son surrounded by preseason The rest of the schedule hype. Many members of the dominate Bronco shapes well for the Rebels, es- media are picking Ole Miss as pecially the home slate. Ala- a “dark horse” to make a run in bama, defending conference the Southeastern Conference. champion Auburn, Tennessee, defense The 2013 season ended with and Mississippi State are all at a bowl win in the Music City home and provide opportuni- Bowl in Nashville against Geor- ties to pick up another program gia Tech. However, the Rebels soph- building win in front of the ended the regular season with omore home crowd. The road schedule an overtime loss to Mississippi year and is manageable as trips to LSU, State in the Egg Bowl 17-10. The establish Texas A&M, and Arkansas are taste of defeat losing to your in- himself as in order. state rival will fuel the Rebels not only one The star sophomores from the to not make mistakes in crucial of the best de- 2013 recruiting class, defensive moments. fensive players in tackle Robert Nkemdiche, wide The famous recruiting class the SEC but also one receiver Laquon Treadwell and of 2013 focused more on head- of the best in the coun- offensive lineman Laremy Tun- lines players to give the Rebels try. sil look to build their resumes star power for recruiting pur- The secondary for the Reb- from their freshman seasons. poses in the future. The recruit- els will be the bright spot this Treadwell was named the 2013 ing class this offseason focused season. Led by senior safety SEC freshman of the year and lace more on depth, something the Cody Prewitt, and senior cor- led the team in receptions. returns Rebels need to improve on in nerback Senquez Golson, the Tunsil was the anchor of the of- for the Reb- order to compete with the likes ball-hawking secondary will fensive line and looks to be one els as the most of Alabama, Auburn, South create turnovers and limit of the best linemen in the SEC. experienced quarter- Carolina, LSU and the other big chances in the passing game Nkemdiche is the player with back in the SEC. This season names in the SEC. in the SEC, where the confer- all the targets on his back. After he will be the healthiest the quar- Unlike last season, the Rebels ence is replacing many starting his hyped freshman year, Rob- terback he has ever been. His arm have a favorable schedule. Ole quarterbacks. ert looks to be even better his Miss opens the season against Starting quarterback Bo Wal- SEE REBELS PAGE 10 Ole Miss Pak Mail Center fully operational, intends to make immediate impact on campus life DREW JANSEN on Saturdays, students will be tional shipping, whereas before more situations they’re pre- “Whether they’re students or [email protected] able to send and receive pack- they had the option of postal, pared for.” just any of the people we see ages and money transfers, take we add the option of Fed Ex, Pak Mail also brought its daily.” Since opening its doors passport photos and notarize UPS, or DHL.” moving and storage service to Briglia cited the company’s July 14, the Pak Mail Center documents. Junior criminal justice ma- campus to help students tran- handling of the Crosby loca- in Crosby Hall has rented out Jim Shaver, Pak Mail Oxford jor Kirby Rhodes cited inter- sition between semesters. The tion’s opening as another ex- more than 2,500 of its 5,000 franchise owner expressed his national shipping and money service includes removing a ample of how she does business mailboxes to customers and belief that the added services transfers as some of the partic- packed up dormitory room, in general. expects to fill roughly 4,000 of that Pak Mail brings to campus ular difficulties she saw among storing the items and delivering “I want to do everything I can the boxes in total for the 2014- will greatly benefit internation- her neighbors when living on them to their final destination. toward what you’re paying me 2015 academic year. al students. an international floor in Minor According to Shaver, roughly to do,” Briglia explained. “Right Customers will have access to “There is a wide variety of in- Hall. 100 students used this service now, we are just bombarded their mailboxes 24 hours a day ternational services that we of- “Even something simple like this past summer. Oxford Pak with students. They’re out the via student ID. Text or email fer that weren’t there before,” getting a care package or some Mail manager Linda Briglia ex- door every day and we’re stay- alerts will provide confirma- Shaver said. “We’ve met with extra cash from home can be a plained that complications can ing open. Normally, my Satur- tion upon delivery of mail to representatives of the inter- complicated ordeal when that arise during this process and days are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the “smart boxes.” When the national community and were home is in another country,” require some flexibility from we’re staying open until 6 p.m., center is staffed from 9 a.m. able to focus on and offer some Rhodes said. Also, sometimes Pak Mail employees. so they can get the keys to their to 6 p.m. Mondays through of the services they thought things just come up. The more “We go the extra mile for all boxes and pick up boxes at this Fridays and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. would be helpful. With interna- options students have, the of our customers,” Briglia said. critical time for students.” OPINION PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 28 AUGUST 2014 | OPINION THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN EDITORIAL STAFF: LACEY RUSSELL editor-in-chief [email protected] SARAH PARRISH managing editor [email protected] MACKENZIE HICKS copy chief [email protected] LOGAN KIRKLAND MAGGIE MCDANIEL news editors [email protected] KYLIE MCFADDEN asst. news editor [email protected] THOMAS GRANING multimedia editor [email protected] CLARA TURNAGE lifestyles editor [email protected] DYLAN RUBINO sports editor [email protected] SIERRA MANNIE opinion editor COLUMN [email protected] CADY HERRING On ‘Anaconda’: I like big butts photography editor [email protected] REID BLACK siast Michael, neither of whom to describe a personal expres- hurting anyone, nor is she trying [email protected] were disrespectful to her, and sion? To make a long story short, to be a role model. She’s trying to ELLEN WHITAKER both of whom loved her rump. there’s a lot of shame surrounding tell everyone how much she loves They did exactly what she wanted sex, especially when it’s outside her butt, and maybe she’s even ALLI MOORE I love Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda.” them to do, and apparently, they of marriage, and this is especially trying to express the empower- MADDIE THEOBALD It’s a fun song with a great beat. I didn’t complain about it either. true for women. Tradition has ment she feels because of her design editors might even say that it’s one of her Troy “bought (her) Alexander taught for centuries that it is im- butt and her sexuality. Maybe she best singles. McQueen (and) was keepin’ (her) moral to have sex before marriage, samples “Baby Got Back” because ADVERTISING STAFF: Minaj is doing through music stylish,” something for which and even though our society has she wanted to take something that what most of us do physically and Nicki was most certainly grateful evolved and continues to do so, objectifies women and use it in her verbally – expressing her sexual- MATT ZELENIK (“Now that’s real, real, real ...”). it is still news to many that some own context to throw it back in so- ity. It’s completely natural, and advertising sales manager It doesn’t sound like Michael was subscribe to other value systems, ciety’s face. she can do it however she wants [email protected] too shabby either, especially since including Minaj, who is apparent- I don’t know. provided no one is harmed or the Eiffel Tower didn’t have any- ly making the front page.