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WHAT’S INSIDE... SPORTS Getting home: Toledo’s golden boy faces How one Ole Miss family weathered the storm LSU Tigers Shea Patterson’s first Magnolia Bowl comes with a lot of extra motivation PAGE 16

OPINION Photography’s physical connection How looking at a photograph shows how close we are to disarray PAGE 2 PHOTO COURTESY: GABY ALTIERI A fallen power line blocks part of a road in Puerto Rico. Hurricane Maria made NEWS landfall on September 20, 2017, and has left many roads unusable. Civil rights museum her sister, Mayra Rosas- aunt were staying still does Museum director discusses museum’s Rexroade, were preparing not have lights or running historic opening for Mississippi PHOTO BY: BAYLEE MOZJESIK to fly back to the states water. Banks, gas stations Gaby Altieri poses with some of her favorite trinkets brought from Puerto Rico. She PAGE 7 after visiting a relative in and grocery stores are still keeps the engraved flag on her bedside table. the hospital. experiencing hourslong SLADE RAND Gaby Altieri said. “I know that Hurricane Maria made lines, and many roads are MANAGING EDITOR was kind of a punch in the heart landfall in Puerto Rico still closed. right there.” on Sept. 20 as a Category “I cried the other day he coquis Altieri is a junior 4 storm with 155 mph pumping gas, because my stopped political science major winds. President Donald aunt had to make an eight- chirping when from Brandon. Born in Trump called the storm a hour line to get gas to make Hurricane Memphis and raised “monster” and the National it to the airport,” Altieri said. Maria hit. On a in Mississippi, she’s a Weather Service Miami Maria struck the coast the typicalT night, the nickel- Southerner with a hearty warned that areas could day before Altieri’s mom LIFESTYLES sized frogs dominate the Puerto Rican bloodline. be “uninhabitable” for and aunt were scheduled island air with their high- Her parents, Frank Altieri months. Now, weeks after to fly back to the states. Melody in mourning pitched call, reminiscent of and Wendy Rosas-Altieri, the storm hit, more than Not only did the storm Two years after her son’s suicide, Pam cicadas in the Mississippi grew up 10 minutes apart a third of the island still devastate their travel plans, Smith has been using her grief to summer. For the past on the western side of lacks drinking water, and 3 but it also meant the sisters raise awareness in the community month, nothing has been the island and moved million American citizens’ had no way of talking to stateside 26 years ago on power remains off. their family overseas. It PAGE 8 typical in Puerto Rico, and the coquis have been quiet. their wedding day. When Altieri said her family’s was a week before Altieri “There’s something missing,” Maria began swamping the house where her mom and LIFESTYLES island, Rosas-Altieri and SEE PUERTO RICO PAGE 5 20 years of Thacker Thacker Mountain Radio celebrated its anniversary with blues and books PAGE 10 AG says relocating war statues lawful

MADDIE MCGEE In a statement to The Dai- SPORTS NEWS EDITOR ly Mississippian, Ryan Whit- Pick ‘em returns for week 8 tington, assistant director of public relations for social me- Chancellor Vitter joins the guys as a Debates surrounding Con- dia strategy for the universi- special guest picker federate monuments and ty, said the attorney general’s their potential messages of PAGE 14 letter will have no effect on history and racism have in- the work the Chancellor’s Ad- tensified across the country, visory Committee on History and Oxford and Ole Miss now and Context is doing. find themselves at the center “As an educational institu- of it all regarding the possi- tion, our guiding principle is ble relocation of Confederate that we have a duty to learn statues. and teach from history, and A recent opinion issued contextualization was deter- by Deputy Attorney Gener- mined to be the most effective al Mike Lanford said statues approach for our campus. We could be relocated as long as feel that contextualization, SPORTS it remains on public, county properly done, is an additive Soccer fights for 2-2 draw property. The opinion applies process and is an important to both the statue located on Rebels overcome late red card to extension of our university’s PHOTO BY: TAYLAR TEEL the Square near the court- salvage a home draw house and the memorial in The contextualization plaque and decorative base of the Confederate statue in the SEE STATUE PAGE 6 Circle are fixed after a driver crashed into them earlier this semester. SEE THEDMONLINE.COM the Circle. PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 20 OCTOBER 2017 OPINION

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THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN EDITORIAL STAFF: ‘Looking at old photographs’ LANA FERGUSON editor-in-chief [email protected]

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO MARLEE CRAWFORD looks at the changing image of more to the thought, and it ends really looked and thought about TAYLAR TEEL photography editors the American South through happily and naively. Rather than the photographs that capture [email protected] documentary photography. let this happen, Coates insists our campus’s great tragedy. I Recently, we turned our focus that we must assume guilt and remember how I couldn’t shake to these civil rights era images, ask why we would have done the thought that those rioters had DEVNA BOSE lifestyles editor taken by photographers like that. children and grandchildren who [email protected] John Vachon, Gordon Parks and The core of the second part are living, that they probably go Charles Moore. of Coates’ argument, based on to school with me, that, ignoring Specifically, we began looking “a muscular empathy rooted my being a Yankee, that could’ve JONATHAN GIBSON at pictures from the riot that in curiosity,” is that there is no been me. assistant lifestyles editor rocked Oxford in 1962 when reason why we could knowingly Though there is a visual [email protected] James Meredith tried to enroll at think we would do anything less connection, as presented in a LIAM NIEMAN the university. As Sept. 30 rolled than the most evil actions in the Time magazine article and cover LIAM NIEMAN OPINION EDITOR into Oct. 1., a crowd comprised of past. Coates writes, “The fact that comparing 1968 to 2015, between opinion editor Oxonians, students and complete we — and I mean all of us, black photographs of the classical civil [email protected] In one of the most powerful outsiders ravaged the campus and white — are, in our bones, rights movement and the Black and telling images of the civil and town. Much of this chaos no better than slave masters is Lives Matter movement of our HAYDEN BENGE rights era, a white teenager was captured through the lenses chilling.” own era, I’m more interested in ETHEL MWEDZIWENDIRA angrily shouts at a black teenager of courageous photojournalists. And this logic makes sense — the real and physical connection, design editors clutching a textbook to her chest In these photos, lawmen the chemicals that comprise our the forced muscular empathy of [email protected] and stoically walking to school. joke and laugh wickedly as they bodies and drive our thoughts photographs. The black woman, one of the wait for the inevitable tumult are the same ones that comprised It’s one thing to look at a first nine black students at Little to begin, young men proudly our forebears’ bodies and drove photograph of the present EMILY HOFFMAN Rock Central High, is Elizabeth wave Rebel flags and others take their thoughts. day and say it looks similar to social media editor Eckford; the white woman, on the National Guardsmen Photographs, rather than something that happened in the another Central High student, is charged with keeping the peace words, are far better at tangibly past. It’s another thing to say that, ADVERTISING Hazel Bryan. in Oxford. communicating this abstract given the visual similarity and SALES MANAGER There are many photographs This subject made me connection. Reading a story or our humanity, the photographed Blake Hein just like this of the civil rights contemplate thoughts that’ve even a witness’s description of event could happen today. [email protected] struggle of the ‘50s and ‘60s. been churning in my head a past event, it is easy to forget Sure, these civil rights era In them, angry white people — for a long time about the the physical, human connection photographs provide a glimpse SALES ACCOUNT brutal police officers, laughing connections between history and between the characters and into our past. But they also EXECUTIVES young men or seemingly photography, especially on this think of them as far different undeniably say something harmless schoolgirls — abuse Cameron Collins campus. from ourselves. about our present. They visually and harass black men and Sam Dethrow We tend to apply our own Photographs, unfortunately, communicate the smallness of women. Ethan Gray morals to history and assume can do the same if we look at the space between our own time They spray protesters Kathryn Hathorne that, had we lived in a past era, them as frozen moments of time, and the insanity of a previous unrelentingly with high- we would have done the right not pieces of a continued history. era. Looking at old photographs powered fire hoses. They taunt thing. We wouldn’t have owned But if we look at them with the should be a visual reminder, a S. GALE DENLEY the people sitting at a segregated slaves or protested integration. knowledge that the people we warning of how close we are to STUDENT MEDIA CENTER Woolworth’s counter and pour Yet, in “A Muscular Empathy,” see in the photographs are part violence and disarray. PATRICIA THOMPSON ketchup and mustard on their Ta-Nehisi Coates asks readers to of the same complicated human Assistant Dean heads. They block children from shy away from this typical belief ancestry, we are forced to Liam Nieman is a sophomore Student Media walking to school. and assume they would’ve done muscularly empathize. We must economics and Southern studies Daily Mississippian Faculty This semester, I’ve been Adviser the wrong thing. make a conscious choice to look double major from Mount taking a course with visiting By believing we would’ve been critically. Gretna, Pennsylvania. FOLLOW US ON professor Ralph Eubanks that able to do good, there is nothing I remember the first time I SOCIAL MEDIA THE DM NEWS TWITTER THE DAILY The Daily Mississippian is published Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays in print during the academic year, on days @thedm_news MISSISSIPPIAN when classes are scheduled. New content is published online seven days a week. THE DM SPORTS TWITTER S. 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COLUMN The University Greys: Students, soldiers, slaveholders diers, “the heroes of Lafayette Built Landscape” symposium Jackson contends that esti- ghost. County who made glorious at the University of Virginia. mates — informed by histori- Our administration, in all its many a battlefield.” Though His still unpublished find- cal documents, census reports wisdom, employed our Facili- not formally dedicated to UM ings, supported by Twitty’s and slave catalogues — show ties Management Department student-soldiers, Civil War research on enslaved people that “students were coming and spent thousands in private historian Don H. Doyle wrote owned by UM students be- from families that were be- funds repairing a Confeder- that the statue was “a special tween 1848 and 1850, suggest coming extremely rich ex- ate monument and its plaque, tribute to the University Greys student-soldiers from the Uni- tremely quickly due to slave completing a projected two- who had fallen in Pickett’s versity of Mississippi fought labor. If you think about their week process within three Charge at Gettysburg” in his not on principle, as former motivations (for enlisting), days. book, “Faulkner’s County: The Confederates claimed and these students were aware of That is thousands in private Historical Roots of Yoknapa- neo-Confederates continue to the threat an abolitionist fed- funds spent not on financ- tawpha.” claim, but for the preservation eral government would’ve had ing scholarships, renovating ALLEN COON Charles Scott, a former Con- of the peculiar institution. on their economic holdings, on buildings or enhancing faculty STAFF COLUMNIST federate cavalryman and fu- According to Jackson, the their inheritance.” development, but instead on ture gubernatorial candidate University Greys were “over- Contemporary critics argue reviving a racist relic. As secession fever swept the (his political platform sought whelmingly slaveholders, the that the continued mainte- Jackson and Twitty’s re- Slave South, young white men “the preservation and mainte- children of slaveholders. In nance of a Confederate mon- search regarding UM students’ joined state militias en masse. nance of civilization and white fact, their slaveholdings were ument constitutes a public at- slaveholdings only confirms a By May 1861, only four months supremacy in the south”), ad- much larger than the average tack against black and brown shameful truth long denied. after Mississippi leaders de- dressed the crowd. Mississippi slaveholder.” students and glorifies a white Our Ole Miss Confederate clared secession, almost every “The Southern soldier, “Of the 55 university stu- supremacist Slave South. Its monument is no “education student enrolled at the Univer- whether officer or private, dents who became a part of defenders claim it is a war opportunity.” It is a symbol of sity of Mississippi had enlisted fought neither for gold nor the University Greys, 48 came memorial, a remembrance of white supremacy, a memori- with the Confederate Army. other gain,” Scott declared, from slaveholding families, those young white men “who al of soldiers willing to sacri- Fifty-five students joined the but “battled for a principle, and every one of the 17 stu- made glorious many a bat- fice life and limb to preserve “University Greys.” Seventeen in which each believed with dents enlisted with the Lamar tlefield,” a sacred shrine of Southern slavery. enlisted with the “Lamar Ri- all his heart, soul, and mind.” Rifles came from slaveholding Southern heritage. Our administration may no fles,” a Lafayette County mi- Jeffrey Jackson, an associate families.” Some owned more Our administration compro- longer overlook the sinful stain litia. Others volunteered with professor of sociology at the than 100 slaves: A University mised, constructed a contex- of our slave past. We must re- various state regiments. University of Mississippi and Grey student-soldier claimed tualizing plaque — originally claim our Circle and our cam- Many did not survive the co-chair of the UM Slavery 101 family-owned slaves, and omitting any mention of slav- pus. Civil War. Group said this is a “sincere the family of one Lamar Rifle ery — and claimed the ordeal We must demand our ad- Almost half a century later, fiction.” enlistee owned 132 slaves. an “education opportunity.” ministration relocate the Con- on May 10, 1906, hundreds This week, Jackson and The average Mississippi Now, only a month after an federate memorial. congregated on the University another UM Slavery Group slaveholder in 1860 owned alleged drunk driver rammed Allen Coon is a senior of Mississippi campus, where member, Anne Twitty, an as- around nine slaves. the Confederate monument, African-American studies white women of the United sociate professor of history, The average number of destroying the plaque but only and public policy leadership Daughters of the Confeder- will present a collaborative slaves owned by the family of damaging the statue, we, the double major from Petal. acy unveiled a statue honor- study at the “Universities, a University Grey student-sol- “Ole Miss family,” must again ing fallen Confederate sol- Slavery, Public Memory & the dier? Jackson says “about 30.” confront our Confederate

GUEST COLUMN Response: ‘Elect McDaniel, oppose establishment’ resent what he believes to be statement, the author thinks up of humans just as polit- for the removal of the state NICK LEWIS Mississippi’s interests. Roy Moore’s victory is an ear- ical bodies are and that the flag of Mississippi. The au- GUEST COLUMNIST This is all while ignoring ly sign of success for Bannon’s humans who make up these thor seems to sarcastically call the fact that Republican sen- “crusade.” I would suggest interest groups may just have Booker and Wicker “friends,” This guest column is in re- ators voting against Trump’s otherwise and point him to policy preferences similar to as if this is taboo. This rheto- sponse to Will Hall’s column proposals tend to be looking the national polls regarding those of politicians. ric is the same dangerous kind “Elect McDaniel, oppose estab- out for their states’ interests. the president’s approval rat- The test the author suggests that divides our country. lishment” published Oct. 16. Point being, there was no ing, particularly how they dif- for electing new politicians Despite what some reading “betrayal” by the Republican fer regionally. The president isn’t merit-based. The test is this article might think, I have While the night of Nov. 8 party, at least using the same faces record low approval rat- to vote for someone only if he been a Republican for as long was a great rejection of the logic the author uses. ings nationwide but fares bet- will enrage “opinion colum- as I can remember. While I American establishment and The author also suggested ter in the Southeast. nists at The New York Times” have distanced myself from an acceptance of waves of that history will not remem- That being said, a Moore and pledge not to fall in line the party in recent years, I populism, it was also a day ber the Trump administra- win and a potential McDan- with party leadership. Sur- was never shy about reaching that the people who should tion’s first year for the failed iel win could be expected in prisingly, the latter concept is out to those who have differ- have been crying were rejoic- legislative achievements or states like Alabama and Mis- a stranger argument than the ent policy preferences than I ing. Twitter feuds but rather for sissippi. Moore’s victory will former. In the author’s ideal do. It spurs debate and keeps President Trump loyalists Steve Bannon’s “crusade” to not reflect a greater trend in world of a Senate filled with ideas in check, often allowing are quick to blame Congress’ destroy the Republican estab- national Senate elections in Moores and McDaniels, they people to have a better-devel- inaction as the result of his lishment. 2018. would become the party’s next oped view in the end. failed agenda, but this is an Excuse me for not believ- One way this will prove true leaders. Good for Wicker for ap- elementary argument. If Clin- ing the Trump administration is when senators outside the In turn, these new party pearing with a Democratic ton had won and Congress will be defined by what an Southeast who voted against leaders would become the colleague on something they wasn’t passing anything, the ex-administration official is Trump’s proposals will get new establishment, the con- have similar ground on. For story would be that it was attempting to do. I don’t think re-elected in their home cept the author and many some of us, it is refreshing to Clinton’s fault for pushing a this assertion would hold states. If anyone disagrees, I voters hate. This clear con- see friendliness in politics. liberal agenda Congress can’t much legitimacy with any per- will be willing to listen to your tradiction nullifies his broad But I am probably what the pass. son, yet alone someone such argument after the 2018 cycle. anti-establishment argument, author considers to be an es- But, of course, the Trump as a presidential historian. The tone of the article I am especially since it isn’t based tablishment Republican and loyalists simply expect con- The author falsely argues replying to is conspiratori- on substantive grounds. The am just as evil as the author servatives from across the that “Bannon’s crusade found al, at best. It speaks of these author of the article mentions makes establishment people spectrum to bend their knees its first victory in the Alabama mysterious “special interests” no policy preferences that out to be. to his factually baseless agen- Senate race.” This is a mis- as some untouchable group make McDaniel better than da. Not only is this expecta- leading and false statement, that controls Washington by Sen. Wicker. Nick Lewis is a senior tion ridiculous, but it is hyp- seeing as it was a party prima- strings, rather than giving Lastly, the author suggests political science major from ocritical to the author’s later ry win rather than the Senate specific examples. It also fails that it is a problem that Wick- Huron, Ohio. point that Mississippi needs race win. to make the logical concession er has appeared on CNN with a senator who will better rep- Besides the fallacy of the that these groups are made Sen. Cory Booker to advocate PAGE 4 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 20 OCTOBER 2017 NEWS Divine Nine take over Pavilion Unplugged

PHOTO BY: MARLEE CRAWFORD PHOTO BY: MARLEE CRAWFORD

PHOTO BY: SAVANNAH SMITH Members of the Divine Nine fraternities and sororities stroll at Pavilion Unplugged on Thursday. PICTURED TOP LEFT: Jasmine Minor and KaLyndzeyia Gray, members of Delta Sigma Theta sorority. PICTURED TOP RIGHT: Alexia Washington leads Zeta Phi Beta sorority members. PICTURED BOTTOM LEFT: Omega Psi Phi fraternity strolls at the Pavilion. PICTURED BOTTOM RIGHT: Rachel Boone leads Delta Sigma Theta.

PHOTO BY: MARLEE CRAWFORD Kappa Alpha Theta Welcomes HOME Pledge Class 2017!

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PUERTO RICO continued from page 1 first heard her mother’s voice again. “I said ‘Gaby, I’m calling you because I want you to hear my voice and know that I am OK,’” Altieri- Rosas said. With no cell service or internet access, Altieri- Rosas relied on a stranger’s kindness to keep in touch with Gaby. She said a neighbor named Carlos Vasquez allowed her to use his satellite phone and refused to accept cash PHOTO COURTESY: GABY ALTIERI payment for the phone’s Debris left over from Hurricane Maria’s landfall obstructs a road in Puerto Rico. service charges. Blocked roads and a lack of electricity have made traveling across the island a “Without him, my challenge. Gaby Altieri’s mom and aunt were unable to get to the airport for husband would have not their initial flight home because of debris like this. known that I was OK,” but I have water. You are ‘Hey, we’re on our way to Altieri-Rosas said. “This PHOTO COURTESY: GABY ALTIERI man has helped so many welcome to come.’” the airport. You need to Gaby Altieri reunites with her mother, Wendy Rosas-Altieri, in the Memphis They spent the night at come get us.’” people.” International airport after securing a flight out of San Juan, Puerto Rico. They The Rosas sisters spent the cousin’s house in San When she first heard had only spoken via satellite phone on two occasions while Rosas-Altieri was Juan and caught their from her mom eight days the candlelit week in their stranded in Puerto Rico for over a week. deceased mother’s house early-morning flight from after the storm hit, Altieri in Hormigueros, less than Juan on Sept. 21, but Maria the airport, that’s when San Juan to Atlanta the created a GoFundMe for a 15-minute drive from the delayed their departure I saw the devastation of next day. Altieri-Rosas said hurricane relief and set the coastline. Altieri-Rosas nine days. Altieri-Rosas the island,” Altieri-Rosas there were 28 wheelchair- goal at $1,000. She reached said nearly her entire family said the storm left the said. “It was unreal. It just assisted passengers on the that goal in six days and lives in Hormigueros, and majority of roads into looked like you had burned flight, and she realized said she now hopes to many of her cousins even San Juan impassible and it. All the stuff was either how lucky she was to have raise at least $2,000 to live on the same street. knocked down two of the gray or black.” secured a seat. send to Puerto Rico in the “All the houses around airport’s three control “Until the plane was in form of food, cash or other me are my aunts that are towers. She could not book supplies. left now,” she said. “The or confirm her rescheduled “I started it because I neighbors that I have are flight from the blacked-out Gaby, I’m calling you was desperate,” she said. the neighbors from all my island, so that was left to “I wanted to feel like I was life when I was growing Gaby. because I want you to hear doing something.” up.” Once Altieri booked her ‘ The combined support The familial love mom and aunt’s flight my voice and know that I am for Puerto Rico in surrounding Altieri-Rosas home, the worry had still donations from the states after the storm was not not blown over. She said OK.’ and national unity on the solely a product of her she heard rumors that the ground has given Altieri proximity to cousins but airport did not actually - Wendy Altieri-Rosas hope. She praised the relief also of her neighbors’ have power and airlines efforts of celebrities like compassion. She said that if were not allowing anyone Marc Anthony and Ricky people cooked a meal, they to check bags. Martin and said she is tried to feed everybody. As “For me, I couldn’t She and her sister made the air, I didn’t breathe excited for this weekend’s soon as she could venture sleep,” Altieri said. “Really, it to the airport the day calmly,” Altieri-Rosas said. Puerto Rican Day Festival outside, she saw neighbors my whole entire life was before their flight and Altieri burst into tears in Memphis, which will on their porches looking to consumed with looking up planned to sleep there when she saw her mom and help fund recovery. see how everyone else was stuff about the hurricane.” that night. Upon arrival, aunt leaving the terminal Alteieri said the coquis in doing. A week after the storm, Altieri-Rosas said there in the Memphis airport. Puerto Rico are starting to “With no power, no Altieri-Rosas and her sister was still no power, and the “We had no chirp again. internet, no phone, no TV, filled their rental car with cramped building was not communication,” Altieri people get out to talk their gas, packed their purses ventilated. said. “They called me, like, neighbors,” she said. “At with bread and water and “That actually was the night, with a flashlight or ditched their suitcases scariest part for me. Even lantern, we played cards at their grandmother’s worse than the storm, it was or parcheesi, things that I house. She said she did not the scene at the airport,” haven’t done since I was a know what to expect at the Altieri-Rosas said. child.” airport or if she would even They needed a new plan. When the storm hit, be flying out that day. 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over Confederate statues in the opinion said. STATUE Charlottesville, Virginia, the At Monday’s Board of Su- continued from page 1 Board of Supervisors called pervisors meeting, President a meeting, during which Ox- Jeff Busby announced that a onians in favor of and against five-person contextualization responsibility to educate. The the statue presented their committee will be formed Attorney General’s letter of opinions. to determine the fate of the October 2, 2017 to the Lafay- Some residents said they statue and its location on the ette County Board of Super- think items like Confederate Square. visors does not change the flags and statues should be This decision is reminiscent university’s approach of con- in a museum, while others of the Chancellor’s Advisory textualization.” argued the statue downtown Committee on History and Lee Tyner, the university’s has been a part of Oxford Context, established in 2016 attorney, declined to com- since 1907 and serves as a by Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter, ment on the university’s plans memorial to those who died that works to provide context based on the opinion. during the Civil War. for sites on campus. One of its Katrina Caldwell, vice The residents’ concerns first projects was completed chancellor for diversity and prompted the Board of Su- last March when the commit- community engagement, said pervisors to request an opin- tee added a contextualization the decision to keep the statue ion from the attorney gener- plaque to the Confederate memorial statue in the Circle. Caldwell said the commit- As our canon, values and beliefs tee has helped the university understand how to move have developed, the statue forward with understanding campus symbols, buildings ‘has become increasingly more and history. complex, misunderstood and “We engaged consultants and learned about strategies dividing.’ used by other institutions that are also working to un- - Donald Cole, assistant to the derstand their past,” she chancellor for multicultural affairs said. “As an educational institution, we have embraced an educational strategy, and al’s office about relocating the only time will tell whether in its original location means statues. this educational strategy is the community must now The attorney general’s re- more effective than the strat- prove it doesn’t condone the sponse said memorials to any egies embraced by other in- racism some associate with war may not be entirely re- stitutions. One thing is for Confederate memorabilia. moved, only relocated to an sure: It is more effective than “We now have a duty to equally prominent area in the doing nothing, like some in- engage our community in county. stitutions have chosen to do.” ways that make it clear that “In the case of the county, Donald Cole serves as as- the perceptions of race that for example, a monument sistant to the chancellor for were formulated and defend- may be ‘moved’ within the multicultural affairs. He said ed during that era no longer county jurisdictional limits aspects of the statue are prob- have a place on our campus,” to some other more suitable lematic, and its prominence she said. location on county property,” in the Circle has the potential After the August protest deter prospective students. “Its size and location gives the impression that it rep-

Ole Miss students, resents the university,” he PHOTO BY: TAYLAR TEEL alumni, faculty, and said. “Perhaps, at one time in A passerby comments on the contextualization plaque in front of the statue staff get 5% off history, this might have been located in the Circle on campus. every day! the case. But as our canon, values and beliefs have devel- feres with its message and the statue. oped, the statue has become lessons we want to teach.” Cole also said that while increasingly more complex, Cole said many people have the university’s dedication to West Jackson Wine & Spirits misunderstood and dividing. suggested the Confederate contextualization is a good 2570 West Jackson Ave • 662.236.3400 It still has lessons to teach, cemetery on campus as a first step, there is still work to 39280 and its present location inter- more suitable location for the be done in educating students on what they can learn from the statue. “We all share in improving the comfort level of our campus, and contextualization, relocating, removal, renam- ing, balancing or altering will not compensate for change of heart resulting from additional knowledge gained, research conducted, sound reasoning applied and a deep Come get Game Day desire to discover the truth,” Cole said. ready with us this Both Caldwell and Cole said it is important to learn from football season! the mistakes of the past to ensure a better future for the Manicures Pedicures state and the university. Eyelash Extensions “It is important to connect with each other to understand Massages Waxing and convey that while our state and campus have some and More! painful eras in history, we must work together to ensure that the abhorrent aspects of that history do not define our state or university,” Caldwell said. 38456 38446 NEWS THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 20 OCTOBER 2017 | PAGE 7 ‘Mississippi is finally going to tell the truth’ Director discusses Mississippi Civil Rights Museum

JACQUELINE KNIRNSCHILD west Jackson.” STAFF WRITER Junior attributes her success to her ancestors, who were among the 3,000 peo- “I’m gonna keep on ple who came to America in a-walkin’, keep on a-talkin’, the slave trade. She wears marchin’ down to freedom dangly, clinking bracelets to land,” Pamela D.C. Ju- remind her that everything nior, director of the first she does is for her fearless state-sponsored civil rights predecessors. museum in the nation, sang “If they could make it over to the audience gathered at on this ship, if they could go the library Thursday after- to a store counter and take noon. all that they took, well, little “Do you realize that you old me, I got to get up in the are a light?” Junior asked the morning and always be the crowd. “Lights came into the best that I can be,” Junior state of Mississippi — black, said. “What is your excuse?” white, yellow — to change The museum consists of Mississippi, and they did, so eight galleries, beginning your lights can do the same with a timeline of the trans- thing. Your lights can come atlantic slave trade and together as one and make slave life on cotton planta- the state of Mississippi the tions, then moving on to the greatest place to live.” Emancipation Proclama- Junior’s goal is that the tion. Mississippi Civil Rights Junior said that in this Museum, opening this De- section of the museum, peo- cember in Jackson, will ple may need to catch their not only illuminate historic breath because the images PHOTO BY: CHASE ROBERTS truth and tell the stories of will be brutal — the exhibit Pamela D.C. Junior, director of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, speaks at the J.D. Williams Library on Thursday. the bright lights who perse- will show the realities of the explores the 1960s, what ac- economics, everything. It’s Rights Museum website. vered, fought and changed lynching and Jim Crow laws. tivist Bob Moses called the time for a change.” the state and country forev- “We ain’t playing with “tremor in the middle of the Laura Wilson, an English Paige Williams contribut- er, but will also inspire spec- you. The governor said there iceberg.” Ph.D. student, said she was ed reporting to this article. tators to unearth their own may be some things that you The sixth and seventh ex- holding back tears for a lot inner lights and set out on might not like,” Junior said. hibits, “I Question America” of the lecture. the path toward progress in “But it’s meant to tell a com- and “Black Empowerment” “There’s too much willful Mississippi. prehensive history of Mis- explore how local move- ignorance and many incom- REDUCE Junior said the “Two Mis- sissippi. Mississippi is final- ments grew into state cam- plete histories, so a museum sissippi Museums” initiative ly going to tell the truth.” REUSE paigns and successes such like this will tell the full sto- idea, which also includes The third gallery, “This as the Voting Rights Act of ry,” Wilson said. the Museum of Mississip- Little Light of Mine,” the RECYCLE 1965 and the March Against Greg Johnson, the blues pi History, emerged about one closest to Junior’s heart, Fear. curator of the university li- 10 years ago. Since then, gives viewers a break from Lastly, the museum will brary’s Archives and Special the Mississippi Legislature the wickedness they just ask viewers “Where do we Collections, said the depart- and the Foundation for experienced in the first two go from here?” and give ment was happy to provide Mississippi History raised exhibits. them an opportunity to the Jackson museum with $90 million to fund this “This great big space will write down their thoughts, scans of images from its col- 200,000-square-foot cen- have a 37-foot sculpture comments and reflections lections. ter that stores more than entangled with lights, and on how the museum affect- “It’s so important for our 22,000 artifacts. as more people walk in, the ed them. state to acknowledge the Junior held a 17-yearlong lights start dancing and “After you’ve gone wrongs that we’ve done,” position as manager of the moving, and then you’ll hear through one to seven, you’re Johnson said. “We need to Smith Robertson Museum children sing ‘This Little probably crying. You can’t be confronted with evil be- and Cultural Center and is a Light of Mine,’” Junior said. breathe, and now you need cause it allows us to move board member for the Mis- “It’s amazing.” to wake up and ask ‘How can on.” sissippi Delta National Her- The fourth gallery includes RECYCLE I help?” Junior said. “Until Tickets to the opening re- itage Area and Mississippi first-hand accounts of black YOUR we do this together, we will ception are free to reserve Book Festival. She describes Mississippians who served always be 50th in education, on the Mississippi Civil herself as a “little shy girl in in World War II. The fifth DM

38422 PAGE 8 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 20 OCTOBER 2017 LIFESTYLES A mother’s message

DEVNA BOSE LIFESTYLES EDITOR

‘I was just numb. He was my only son.’

y only son, William Scott Smith, decided to leave this world on May 3, 2015.” His story starts unassuming- “Mly, like any other. He had a loving mother, a band of misfit buddies and a talent for playing guitar. But digging a little deeper, one would find a boy whose depression and anxiety quickly spun him into a web he couldn’t untangle. He spiraled, find- ing solace in joints and cigarettes in his backyard treehouse — until, one day, he climbed up the tree to escape for the last time. His loving mother hasn’t sat down since. Pam Smith, a senior collections assistant in the Office of the Bursar, has worked tirelessly for the past two years to raise awareness for suicide prevention in memory of her son. A board member of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for the state of Mississippi, a co-organizer for Ox- ford’s Out of Darkness Walk for Suicide Prevention and a full-time employee of the university, Smith is known for her passion and willingness to share her story, as personal as it may be. It didn’t happen all at once, Pam said. When Scott became a teenager, she said he adopted “semi-gothic” traits. “He wanted to paint his nails black, but I didn’t let him do that,” Pam said with a grin. His self-expression flourished as he got older, and his relationship with his father began to change. “I told his father that just because we lived in Mississippi, he didn’t have to be a country boy,” Pam said. “They have the same temperament, and one day, they actually got into a fist fight.” His father moved out, and Scott’s behavior de- teriorated. Pam began to notice the smell of mari- juana coming from his bedroom. Shortly after, she

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received a call from Scott’s school saying he’d been ex- pelled after officials found a joint in his backpack. “If you want a pain in your heart, go to the sheriff’s department to pick up your child,” she said. And that’s when Scott broke down. When they got home, Scott told her he needed help, and Pam sprung into action. She had him admitted to Parkwood Pam Smith William Smith with his father COURTESY: PAM SMITH Behavioral Health System, a psychiatric hospital in Olive “I realized then Pam’s openness about her story made me Branch, where he was held on suicide watch for — my son was realize that to be able to have conversations three days. a counselor. He about suicide, we have to be able to talk about “While he was there, I locked up everything in the spent so much of it,” she said. “She has such a passion and fire house, even ibuprofen,” she said. “I cleaned out ev- his time helping and drive to change the world and save lives erything in his bedroom and treehouse. I found so other people,” she in memory of her son.” much, you know, paraphernalia.” said. “I do believe Pam hopes that by spreading awareness After insurance stopped covering Scott’s stay at that maybe God about the cause, her son’s legacy as a “coun- Parkwood, he was forced to stay home alone all day needed a counsel- selor” can live on through her. as Pam worked. She tried to get him re-enrolled in or up there with “This is an issue we don’t talk about him in heaven.” enough,” Pam said. “By talking about it and school, but the superintendent refused. PHOTOS BY: DEVNA BOSE Regardless, Pam kept pushing. She bought him The thought Pam Smith’s tattoo making a personal connection with people, a GED study guide, and Scott agreed to enroll in comforted Pam and we can save more lives.” training at Camp Shelby. Things seemed to be look- helped her through the darkest of times. Scott was Suicide is the second leading cause of death ing up, but Pam later found out the progress was a listener and confidante, taking on the problems among teenagers and the 10th leading cause of only surface-level. of his closest friends as his own, without regard for death in the country. White males, like Scott, ac- On the morning Pam will never forget, Scott was himself. Scott was outgoing and loving. Because of counted for 7 out of every 10 suicides in 2015, and in a good mood. He was making strides with his gui- him, Pam’s house was always full. He was a person those numbers are climbing. tar-playing and had just created a new band. Pam who naturally and genuinely loved and cared for Statistics like that are why Kathryn Forbes, pres- decided to cook Scott’s favorite meal, fried steaks others, and he got it from his mom. ident and co-founder of the Ole Miss chapter of Ac- and gravy, and he happily agreed to eat dinner with Pam used grief to fuel her passion for suicide pre- tive Minds, a national organization that promotes her before he headed upstairs. When he came back vention. She joined the American Foundation for mental health awareness and education on college down, though, his mood had changed entirely. Suicide Prevention and is now a board member. campuses, is bringing light to suicide awareness “By the time I got through, he just had this differ- With AFSP, she has raised money, spread aware- and prevention here at the university. ent look on his face,” she said. ness and helped pass bills. She has sent letters to “One in 4 college students struggle with mental Scott and his girlfriend were fighting, and he senators and the president of the United States. illness. It’s so important to be open about it so peo- told his mom casually, “I’m going to walk around Pam hasn’t stopped fighting and doesn’t plan to ple know they’re not alone,” she said. “I love how Harmontown. I’ll be back later.” anytime soon. open Pam is about her story, because the more open Pam asked him to stay, but before she knew it, he “I found that it’s OK to cry,” she said about over- you are, the more people will come up to you and was out the door. coming grief. “Now, screaming — I don’t know if tell you that they are suffering, too. We need to have Scott’s curfew was 10 p.m., and when Pam woke that works or not.” these conversations to reduce the negative stigma up in the morning, she expected to see him sleeping Even though Pam Smith lost her only son to sui- around mental health.” on the couch as he usually did on nights he came cide just two years ago, it’s hard to imagine her be- Pam recently got a tattoo on her forearm — a gui- home late. But he wasn’t there. ing sad. Maybe she’s just too busy for anyone to tell. tar with Scott’s name inscribed across the front. She looked around town all day and called his She helped with Oxford’s Out of the Darkness “Scott wanted to get a tattoo, and I wouldn’t let friends, but no one seemed to know where Scott Walk for Suicide Prevention for the past two years, him,” she said. “Finally, before he died, I told him was. It wasn’t until hours later that it dawned on and the chairman of the walk, Maddy Gumbko, said that I’d get a tattoo with him, so this is for Scott.” Pam that he might be in his treehouse. it wouldn’t have been nearly as successful without Pam imagines Scott still plays his guitar. He “That’s where I found him.” Pam. probably still smokes cigarettes, too, with his messy For months after that day in May, Pam was liv- “When I first met her, you could tell that she was black hair across his forehead. But most important- ing her nightmare. She grieved. She cried. She really grieving. She has gained so much courage ly, she thinks he is still helping others, and as long as screamed at the sky. since,” Gumbko said. “Last year, she didn’t want to he is, she will be, too. “I was just numb,” she said. “He was my only son. speak at the walk, but this year, she did.” I’m never going to accept it.” When she first met Pam, Gumbko had At the funeral, her son’s friends told her, “Our just lost a close friend to suicide and said person is gone. What are we going to do?” And that’s that even though her interactions with when she finally understood that, even though she Pam reopened painful, fresh wounds, OHNSON’S might never be able to accept it, he was called home they opened her eyes. for a reason. “It’s still just as heartbreaking, but FURNITURE SHOWROOM J SINCE 1967 Only Your Mother Could Make You Moving into a new house? Let us help you call it home. Feel Better Faster Walk-ins Welcome. Open Every Day 8am-7pm Sick? Injured? 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You awaken to a bright light flashing across your face and an alarm wailing in your ear. You leap out of bed, ready to attack. The room is empty. The blinds have fallen off your window — again — and you forgot to turn off your alarm before you fell asleep. It was just a dream. You look at 1your phone. Your mother texted you: “Hey, are you awake?” “We just got on the road.” “Can’t wait to see you, sweetie!” IF YOU IGNORE THE TEXTS: GO TO 2 IF YOU REPLY: GO TO 4

You sigh loudly and put your phone You muster up the courage and You send in your pocket. She always texts begin walking aggressively to- her a short 2you at the worst times. You go to 3ward the group of tourists. With 4reply: “Yes, the kitchen and begin cooking breakfast. all the strength you have, you start I’m alive.” Now You hear the faint sound of a police si- pushing past them, fighting their claws, you have to find ren approaching. There’s a knock at the fanny packs and drinks that are just a something to wear. door. A battering ram blasts through the little TOO full and overflow out of the The weather said cheap pine as a dozen officers run into cup every time someone bumps into it would be sunny your apartment. Because of your inability them. You’re now covered in beer and and 75, but since to respond to your mother’s texts, she as- sauces of various colors and smells, this is Mississippi, sumed you were murdered in cold blood but at least you made it out. In the dis- it could be any- in your kitchen. The officers, seeing you tance, you can see Vaught-Hemingway, where from 50 in the kitchen with a knife, assume you and you know you only have a little to 95 degrees at are the murderer. Unfortunately, you time left to get to your seat. any given time. piece this all together as you are tackled You put on your to the ground by the boys in blue. Guess IF YOU TAKE IF YOU TAKE favorite cute outfit you won’t be going to the game after all. THE WALK OF THE EASTERN and head out to Why did you not just text her back? CHAMPIONS: ROUTE: tailgate. THE END. GO TO 7 GO TO 8 GO TO 6

You look to your left and see a crumpled Hawaiian shirt on You get to the Grove and immediately regret your deci- a lawn chair. You quickly put it on, making sure to leave sion. You feel a trickle of sweat run down your back as 5an uncomfortable number of buttons undone. You jump 6you check the weather again. How is it 96 degrees? It was to your feet and start walking toward the group of tourists, who literally cold enough for a parka yesterday. You look down to all appear to be middle-aged and don’t seem to have a tent or see that your designer shoes have been covered in some other- friends. They give you confused glances at first, but in your best worldly mixture of mud, beer and … barbecue sauce? You fran- drunken impression, you start the Hotty Toddy chant and begin tically try to save them from destruction, but while you’re wiping taking chicken wings from a random tailgating family’s buffet them off, you’re approached by a pack of ravenous, deranged table, so the group accepts you as one of its own. You may tourists — the most dangerous natural predator to the college have lost your soul and may be eternally bound to these wan- student on game day. dering freeloaders, but that’s better than being on their bad side. This might not be such a bad deal after all. IF YOU TRY TO IF YOU TRY TO BLEND ESCAPE: IN WITH THEM: THE END. GO TO 3 GO TO 5

You decide to take the Walk of Champions, but You take the eastern route around There are zero people within moments, you feel a rumbling under your the back of the stadium, and you can in line as you head to 7 feet. Is that … an earthquake? A stampede? You 8already feel the excitement buzzing. the concession stand, turn around, ready to meet your fate. What lies in front You hand your ticket to the security guard, 9 but 36 people somehow of you is the most terrifying sight you have ever seen. get your clear bag checked and head into get in line in front of you It stands at 6-foot-7, weighing in at 325 pounds, with the stadium. You can hear the “Hallelujah” before you make it there. more muscles than Arnold Schwartzenegger himself. chorus softly echoing through the halls as But that’s OK. There are You can barely contain your fear. The Grove squirrel, you make your triumphal entry. still 30 minutes until the genetically altered from years of eating discarded piz- IF YOU GET IF YOU GO game starts. What could go za crusts and lapping up puddles of sugary beverages, wrong? has raised itself up on its hind legs, teeth bared. IN LINE FOR STRAIGHT TO CONCESSIONS: YOUR SEAR: GO TO 10 GO TO 9 GO TO 11 GO TO 12

You frantically look around for a weapon of some sort You go to You finally make it to the to defend yourself, but you immediately remember your gate, front. It’s $23.50 for a pretzel. 10that weapons of any kind are forbidden on university 11squinting 12“What a deal,” you think. grounds and in the stadium. While inconvenient in this instance, as the sun shines in You’re overcome with joy — until you you admire the administration for always seeking to create a your eyes and the turn around and see that the entire sta- safe environment for enjoying the game day festivities. How- field comes into view. dium is empty. You look at your watch. ever, while you were thinking these things, the Grove squirrel You made it. Your It’s 10:45 p.m. How is this possible? was preparing to attack. With a swift blow to your face, you’re seat is waiting. You Your desire for unhealthy snacks has fi- knocked unconscious. You wake up in the hospital, surrounded think back on the nally backfired on you — but not with by an anxious-looking mother and disappointed father. You try adventures you’ve high blood pressure and weight gain, to explain what happened, but how could they believe you? been through today. like your silly doctor said it would. You Your father tells you, “You should learn to pace yourself” and “I The game is about to have missed the entire game. Oh well. thought we taught you better than this.” You missed the game start. Are you ready? At least you have a delicious pretzel to AND disappointed your parents, but now you’ll think twice be- After a day like this, make up for it. You take a bite. It’s stale. fore feeding the Grove squirrels, and maybe you’ll do a better you feel more ready job cleaning up after you tailgate. than ever. THE END. THE END. THE END. PAGE 12 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 20 OCTOBER 2017

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27945 SPORTS THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 20 OCTOBER 2017 | PAGE 13 EDITOR TO EDITOR REBELS VERSUS TIGERS

Brandon Adam, The Daily Reveille assistant sports editor, joins The Daily Mississippian sports editor Grayson Weir to discuss Saturday’s rivalry game between Ole Miss and Louisiana State University.

BRANDON ADAM: Is Ole Miss going to consistently run the ball? GRAYSON WEIR: Addressing the elephant in the room … this weekend’s matchup marks once-LSU-commit Shea Patterson’s first game against the Ti- GRAYSON WEIR: The majority of the offensive focus will remain in the air and around Shea Patterson. However, running back Jordan gers and head coach Ed Orgeron’s return to Oxford. Does this add another Wilkins has emerged as a reliable option on the ground, rushing for layer to the already established rivalry, or is it just business as usual? more than 100 yards on 18 carries last weekend against Vanderbilt. BRANDON ADAM: If not for the “The Blind Side” clip, most of the play- While LSU’s defense is a much bigger beast than that of the Commo- ers and fans don’t remember that coach O was in Oxford. Thus, his return dores, offensive coordinator Phil Longo will certainly attempt to estab- is not a big talking point. He did, however, say that he wants to say hello to lish a balance between the run and the pass early on. the cook at the Exxon that serves chicken on a stick. With Shea, too, most casual fans have forgotten about him not committing to LSU and that his brother was on staff. Especially considering his move to IMG for senior year, How confident is the team that the receivers will be able to sepa- BA: it’s Ole Miss week and business as usual. rate from LSU’s cornerbacks? GW: Very. A.J. Brown, despite suffering an injury against Cal, leads the SEC in receiving yards, and DaMarkus Lodge is not far behind in fourth. And that’s before you factor in D.K. Metcalf, Van Jefferson and Wilkins out of the backfield. While LSU may boast some of the top GW: LSU held Auburn and quarterback Jarrett Stidham to a 34 percent cornerbacks in the nation, the size, athleticism and depth of the Nasty completion rate, and it appears “DBU” is holding true to its name in Baton Wide Outs will make separation a non-issue. Rouge. In Oxford, Patterson is averaging 357.2 passing yards per game, and WRU is holding true to its name. How does the defense plan to approach the prolific passing attack?

BA: Does Ole Miss have the size inside and the speed outside to BA: LSU is going to play man coverage for most of the game and stop LSU’s run game? force the Ole Miss receivers to beat it. It is what it has done almost every time it played Ole Miss. LSU won’t be afraid of having young GW: The run defense has been a question mark all year, and Vander- cornerbacks go man-up with Ole Miss’ best receivers (Tre’Davious White bilt’s Ralph Webb running for 163 yards on 23 carries was considered covered Treadwell in 2014). a success. Sad, I know. That being said, the talent is there. Breeland Speaks, Josiah Coatney, Benito Jones, Victor Evans and company are all defensive linemen who can run like linebackers. Their size and speed don’t add up, and that certainly plays in the Rebels’ favor when it Danny Etling will be under center the majority of the game for the comes to their opponents trying to run in between the tackles. Should GW: purple and gold, but coach O has hinted at a wildcat-esque package for the big fellas do their job and force Guice to bounce it outside, the sec- redshirt sophomore Justin McMillan. Is this package something the Tigers ond and third levels have been unable to wrap up, allowing the rush- will use often? What’s the purpose? ing yards to accumulate like the national debt ticker. This will be the biggest point of emphasis and biggest concern coming into the game; BA: He is going to be a seldom-used part of the offense; nothing will be Guice will most likely run up and down the field. based around him except for a couple of snaps here and there.

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38455 PAGE 14 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 20 OCTOBER 2017 SPORTS COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICK ‘EM: WEEK 8 After a week that blew up the college football playoff landscape, expect more fireworks this week. A marquee Big Ten matchup is on tap. Is Syracuse actually good? Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter joins us this week to predict the big games on the college football slate. JOSH GOLLIHAR ALEX LERNED STAFF WRITERS SYRACUSE VERSUS NO. 8 MIAMI TEXAS VERSUS NO. 10 OKLAHOMA STATE

Alex: Coming off an unforeseen upset of Clemson a week ago, the Orange will Alex: Texas nearly completed a comeback last week against Oklahoma and look to capitalize on yet another upset opportunity against Miami. Syracuse will has been playing well lately. A home game in Memorial Stadium will give the keep it competitive in the first half, but The U should pull away in the second half Longhorns a shot, but there will be too much firepower on the opposing side- and win comfortably. line. Oklahoma State stays on the road to the Big 12 Championship. Josh: Syracuse is riding a wave of momentum after two straight ACC wins, Josh: Oklahoma State cannot afford to lose another game if it hopes to be including the upset of Clemson. Miami is undefeated, but it has won the last two a playoff team. Texas is showing a resurgence under new head coach Tom games by a combined five points. The Hurricanes will not take the Orange lightly Herman, and after dropping two late-lead games to USC and Oklahoma, the and will get a big win that proves they truly are a top 10 team. Longhorns get their big win. Chancellor Vitter: Syracuse is on a roll, but it’s not used to hot weather. Miami Chancellor Vitter: I have to go with Texas — Pistol Pete is kind of lame as is at home and will prevail 35-24. mascot; he is definitely no Landshark! Hook ‘em Horns! 24-21.

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SAM HARRES not captured many headlines on to succeed. Opponents figure out with a win Saturday, it’ll take more SPORTS EDITOR offense, but it often doesn’t have to. quarterback Shea Patterson early than passing. The Tigers rely on staunch defense, and counter in the second half. The Rebels need a run threat. The SEC giveth, and the SEC taketh led by formidable linebacker Arden Patterson, the top-ranked Without one, their offense is away. Key, to suffocate opposing offenses. quarterback in his recruiting predictable and easy to defend. After dropping a 37-7 blowout This year’s iteration of LSU defense class, debuted in front of more Jordan Wilkins, a running back to Mississippi State, the now-No. ranks 22nd in the nation, holding than 100,000 fans in College who sat out in 2016 because of 24 LSU Tigers were teetering on opponents to an average of 315.3 Station, Texas, last year. The man academic ineligibility, could add the brink of irrelevancy. But the yards per game. The Rebels won’t is no stranger to pressure. But his some unpredictability to the mix. Southeastern Conference, ever the have it easy Saturday, but they tendency to roll out of the pocket The senior started off slowly in unpredictable mistress, suddenly certainly won’t go down without a early and hold on to balls that should 2017, but two 100-plus-yard games ebbed in LSU’s favor, with back-to- fight. have been thrown away continues to against Alabama and Vanderbilt hint back wins over then-No. 21 Florida Among FBS schools, Ole Miss ranks concern fans and coaches. His arm at better things to come. He won’t and then-No. 10 Auburn. With a 29th in total offense, generating is no joke: He broke the school’s single-handedly bail out the Rebels, renewed sense of purpose, the 5-2 462.5 yards of average offense per single-game passing record against but it’s a start. Tigers are next in line to visit Oxford game. With that said, 77.2 percent UT-Martin this season, but the jury First-year head coach Matt this weekend for a bout with the (357.2) of those yards arrived in the remains out on Patterson’s next- Luke has his work cut out for him struggling Ole Miss Rebels. air. The Rebels, it’s been noted, are level decision-making. Saturday. A win is certainly not out Hugh Freeze, the former Ole Miss running a rather one-dimensional A talented group of receivers, of the question; as of Wednesday, head coach, left behind a program in Air Raid. Which is not good news, known collectively as the “Nasty the Rebels are just seven-point chaos. After four consecutive top-20 considering LSU ranks 14th among Wide Outs (NWO),” adds to the underdogs in Vegas. But Ed Orgeron, recruiting classes, including a top- FBS schools in passing yards allowed passing threat, but teams have current head coach at LSU and five group in 2016, the Rebels’ 2017 (170.6). Offensive coordinator Phil begun countering with deep, zonal former Ole Miss head coach from class fell out of the top 30. That’s a Longo, hired during the offseason, coverage. A.J. Brown, D.K. 2005 to 2007, knows his way around death sentence in SEC Land. But ignited the FCS at Sam Houston Metcalf, Van Jefferson Oxford. He’s sure to arrive in the that’s not all — Freeze took plenty State. His offense accumulated and DaMarkus Lodge Magnolia State with a few tricks up with him. The former play-caller more than 4,500 passing present a dangerous his sleeve. left Mississippi’s flagship program yards and 2,000 rushing four-headed hydra Kickoff is set for 6:15 p.m. Saturday without an identity. The Rebels, a yards, unparalleled for opponents to at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. defensive juggernaut throughout among Division contain. Brown put the late 2000s and early 2010s, have I programs. together a 233- struggled without the ball for the But so far, yard performance past three seasons. his system against South Through six games, the Rebel has not Alabama earlier defense has conceded an average 37 this fall. But LSU points per game, 116th in the FBS. transferred isn’t South Alabama. Aside from senior standout Marquis well into the Still, try as it might Haynes, whose 27th sack last weekend SEC. It could be a to defend it, expect LSU broke the school record for sacks in a lack of talent, but to concede a couple deep college career, the Ole Miss defensive Longo’s scheme connections. But for unit is largely toothless. LSU has seems too simple Ole Miss to walk away No. 24 REBELS VERSUSTIGERS Record: 3-3 Record: 5-2 Total offense No. 29 in nation Total defense No. 22 in nation AVERAGING 462.5 YARDS OF OFFENSE PER GAME AVERAGING 315.3 YARDS CONCEDED PER GAME 77.2 percent or 357.2 yards Pass defense No. 14 in nation OF OLE MISS’ OFFENSE CAME VIA PASSING AVERAGING 170.6 YARDS CONCEDED PER GAME

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son, who has completed has gone on over the last PATTERSON 156 of 237 attempts, holds year and a half with this continued from page 16 the utmost faith in his pass program, it’s making the catchers. team closer,” Patterson “If I see any of those guys said. “We’re not going any- This year’s Magnolia with a step on the defen- where. We’re going to keep Bowl will feature two sive back, I’m letting it go,” fighting. We’re going to be high-powered offenses: one Patterson said. “Just put it back on top soon.” anchored in the run game, in the vicinity. They’re big Between his upbringing, the other rooted in Pat- guys. I trust them to go get on-field singularity and terson’s arm and ability to it if I just let it fly.” humble nature, Patterson find the “Nasty Wide Outs” Beyond Saturday’s is different. His whole life, downfield. Through six contest, Patterson has his the golden boy from Toledo games, the Rebel offense sights set on the biggest has broken the mold. But has amassed 2,143 yards stage, to which he is no no matter the circum- passing, and receivers stranger. Assuring his stance, he took command A.J. Brown and DaMarkus dedication to staying the of his surroundings and Lodge both sit in the top course, a successful career never lost sight of who he five of the SEC for receiv- PHOTO BY: MARLEE CRAWFORD at the helm includes com- is. ing yardage, with Brown Quarterback Shea Patterson attempts a pass before being tackled during the second peting for a national title. “I’m adaptable.” leading the group. Patter- half of the game against Alabama earlier this season. Alabama won 66-3. “With all the stuff that PAGE 16 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 20 OCTOBER 2017 SPORTS

With humility and adaptability, Patterson breaks mold

GRAYSON WEIR and did not disappoint. SPORTS EDITOR In his two years at Cal- vary Baptist Academy, Patterson culminated etween assign- more than 5,000 yards in ments, blocking the air, added 375 on the schemes and ground and illuminated SHEAPatterson adrenaline-pump- scoreboards with 78 total ingB rap beats, football touchdowns en route to AT A GLANCE players have a lot going back-to-back Louisiana WINS through their heads as they Division III state cham- get off the team bus and pionships. His success at 3 march toward the stadium. Calvary solidified his spot LOSSES For Shea Patterson, it’s all atop the recruiting ranks Motown. and rack in Division I “It just gets me in a good offers, culminating in his 3 mood, always has,” the To- commitment to Ole Miss 5TH IN SEC WEST ledo, Ohio, native said with in February of his junior a shrug. year. As a fourth-grader “I just have fun with growing up in the Midwest, it,” he said, addressing Patterson didn’t know the constant scrutiny. he’d be under center. After “I have a great support surpassing the 95-pound staff around me, and my weight limit in his local family is awesome. I just league, Patterson was control what I can control forced to play up against and let the rest take care sixth-grade opponents, of itself.” lining up as a fullback and Though his commit- linebacker. Since then, he’s ment to Ole Miss was all come a long way, with foot- but finalized, the recruit- ball always at the forefront. ing continued, and Pat- “I don’t know what I’d be terson enrolled at IMG doing if it wasn’t football. I Academy, a boarding really don’t know,” Patter- school and sport-training son said. “I’ve always had a destination in Bradenton, Plan A, and that’s the only Florida, for his senior thing I’ve ever worked for.” season. While Patterson Patterson’s days in Ohio continued to light up came to a conclusion in the stat sheet and 2008 when his family re- the scoreboard, 61.8 located to the Rio Grande LSU and its Valley, the heart of Texas head coach, Les CAREER COMPLETION football. The family moved Miles, remained PERCENTAGE the year Patterson entered particularly middle school. He had persistent. found his place at sig- Hoping to lure nal-caller, and his dazzling the nation’s top playmaking ability gar- recruit from 17 nered the national spotlight their SEC West touchdowns before he even took a snap rival and keep at the high school level. him in state, the “My favorite pass I’ve purple and gold thrown came when I was were unsuc- in seventh grade,” Pat- cessful. terson said with a smile. 2,143 “I had three dudes on my right arm, so I switched career passing yards the ball over to my left and completed a pass 20 yards The Tigers, for down field.” the first time since When Patterson finally Patterson’s arrival ATT did take the reins at Hidal- in Oxford, will take COMP PCT YDS TD INT go High School, the 6-foot- the field Saturday 1, 180-pound freshman ex- at Vaught-Hem- celled. In only nine games, ingway Stadium. the 15-year-old phenom While it may not 237 156 65.8 2143 17 6 threw for 1,863 yards, ran have locked down for 649 yards, accounted the quarterback PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY: ETHEL MWEDZIWENDIRA for 27 touchdowns and won from upstate, the other on TV. We Snapchat. school thinking I was going and has been in Oxford a district championship. program received an influx We keep each other updat- to end up there, (a win this since. Coaching staffs and ana- of commitments from his ed on how we’re doing. I weekend) would be huge. It “It’s been a dream of lysts across the nation took friends, teammates and talk to all of those guys all would be really huge.” ours (to reunite) since the note and placed him at the gridiron colleagues. Devin the time.” Adding extra sentiment recruiting process start- top of the 2016 recruiting White, who currently starts Safe to say, the rivalry to the game, his brother ed,” Patterson said. “He’s a class rankings. at linebacker for LSU’s de- comes with an added moti- Sean resigned from his worker. He’s a grinder, and That summer, his father fense, was one of those who vation to come out on top. position with LSU just days so we’re always working to accepted a promotion and headed to Baton Rouge. “Anytime you can get a before Patterson’s commit- prepare. But more impor- informed his family they “Devin White was one win in the SEC is huge,” ment. Hired as an associate tantly, he reminds me to would be moving to Shreve- of my best friends in high Patterson said. “But know- director for recruiting op- just go out and have fun.” port, Louisiana. Upon school,” Patterson said. ing all those guys and at erations just six days later, arrival, Patterson was again “We text. We watch one an- one point late in my high he joined the Ole Miss staff met with high expectations SEE PATTERSON PAGE 15