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PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY VICTORIA BOATMAN | The Daily Mississippian NEWS The Tad Smith Coliseum floats in space as it runs out of rocket fuel. The arena, which left the Ole Miss campus late Thursday evening, has since been spotted by NASA and amateur stargazers. The Basketball Practice Facility will hold all further basketball events until Ole Miss can build a new arena in its place. GOO GOO DOLLS COME TO THE GROVE
BY PAUL KATOOL derwater Basket Weaving ma- until it was officially renamed about a new arena. Sports Editor jor from Madison. “I turned C.M. “Tad” Smith Coliseum Nonetheless, it appears the around and I couldn’t believe on March 25, 1972. Ole Miss men’s and women’s Bush league — Poorly lit my eyes — the Tad Pad was The facility was renovated basketball teams will have to — Inadequate — Prone to shooting off into space. over the summer, but was find a alternate home court for precipitation — Outdated “I mean nobody really liked harshly criticized after rain the 2011-12 season unless the — Embarrassing. the thing, but dang, that was leaked onto the court and Tad Pad touches back down. unreal.” forced the Lady Rebels to cut a Fortunately, the Basketball Over the years the C.M. The administration of the Practice Facility, located on the “Tad” Smith Coliseum has Ole Miss athletics department corner of Coliseum Drive and garnered these accolades and and coaches declined to com- Hill Drive, has volunteered to more. ment on the matter, but did We are currently in the take over the Tad Pad’s duties. Late Thursday night the release this statement through process of gathering facts in “Look, the Tad Pad is up in home of Ole Miss men’s and a University spokesman: regard to Thursday night’s space, so I’ll gladly play host to incident. In no way did we women’s basketball teams de- “We are currently in the pro- games next season,” the Bas- SPORTS cided to do something about cess of gathering facts in regard “know that C.M. “Tad” Smith ketball Practice Facility said. LOCKETT CLEARED FOR it. to Thursday night’s incident. Coliseum was equipped with “Fans can line the walls — it’ll Witnesses say that about In no way did we know that rocket engines and had the be just like Duke’s stadium, SIXTH YEAR AS REBEL 10 p.m. the Tad Pad rumbled C.M. “Tad” Smith Coliseum capability to travel into space. just a bit more claustrophobic. from side to side as flames ex- was equipped with rocket en- University spokesperson “And no, I had no role in the ploded from its underbelly. gines and had the capability to Tad Pad blasting off into space. Within five minutes, the col- travel into space. I promise. Look, I’m telling iseum was airborne as it blasted “What we do know is that the truth.” into the clouds, past the ozone this is an isolated incident — game short in February versus At the time of publica- and into outer space. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium the University of Tennessee. tion, NASA was unable to be Rebel the Black Bear had doesn’t plan on leaving any- Rumors have swirled in re- reached by phone regarding one of the few eyewitness ac- time soon. cent months about the creation the Tad Pad’s exploits. counts. “It is also believed that the of a new basketball coliseum NASA did release a statement “I was out climbing trees Tad Pad poses no danger to that would double as a multi- on its website that relayed this in the Confederate Cemetary national security.” purpose facility. message from the now orbiting behind the Tad Pad when I The Coliseum opened its With the Tad Pad orbiting facilty: heard the loudest noise I’ve doors on Feb. 21, 1966 and the moon, the University may Said the Tad Pad: “I’m just ever heard,” said Rebel, an Un- was known as Rebel Coliseum finally have to do something chillin’.” OPINION
OPINION | 4.1.11 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 2
CAROLINE LEE editor-in-chief
EMILY ROLAND managing editor
BY JOSH CLARK LANCE INGRAM Cartoonist city news editor
CAIN MADDEN campus news editor
VICTORIA BOATMAN enterprise editor
AMELIA CAMURATI opinion editor
EMILY CEGIELSKI lifestyles editor
PAUL KATOOL sports editor
ALEX EDWARDS photography editor
KATIE RIDGEWAY design editor
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PATRICK HOUSE business manager
GEORGE BORDELON KEATON BREWER ALEX METTE ALEX PENCE Fridays No Longer account executives ROBBIE CARLISLE KELSEY DOCKERY LIBBI HUFF By now, it’s a safe assumption ON YOUTUBE EVER! They’re just jealous that their the Paul Finebaum show to SARA LOWREY that everyone, his brother and his Over 1,160,000 people have friends didn’t have driver’s li- complain about how Cam and creative assistants brother’s cousin’s sister’s dog have viewed her video and clicked the censes and convertibles in eighth Auburn “wuz cheetin’, PAW- heard of the wonderful contribu- “thumbs down” button signify- grade. WWL,” how they just had to be, tion to the art and music world ing their disapproval. And because they weren’t because one person couldn’t be S. GALE DENLEY that is Rebecca Black’s “Friday.” Bieber’s “Baby” music video friends with a rapper at that age. that good. One even went so far STUDENT MEDIA BY BRANDON With lyrics as cutting edge as only has 1,150,000 dislikes! Really, all this outrage is just as to poison a beloved group of CENTER: IRVINE “gotta have my bowl, gotta have Clearly, he is less untalented and silly. trees in rage. Columnist PATRICIA cereal” and asking the age-old hated by YouTube. It’s just a song, Internet. So, listen up, all you haters. THOMPSON question, “Which seat should I Also, Justin has never had the A lot of y’all would kill to have You may think Rebecca is slow director and faculty take?”, Rebecca is appropriately honor of being mocked by not- the kind of attention Rebecca’s and stupid for her lyrics, half of adviser being hailed as a 13-year-old pop ed basic cable comedian Daniel getting, even if it was all from which simply tell you the days prodigy princess. Tosh, like Rebecca has. haters. of the week, which you learned ARVINDER SINGH KANG Everywhere except the Inter- Justin didn’t find fame until he Just ask Cam Newton. He from Elmo and/or Barney at manager of media net. was 15, while Rebecca is only 13 has more experience with haters least 10 years ago. technology From YouTube to Memebase and WAY more famous than Jus- just because he trolled the entire You may think it’s cute to to 4chan and beyond, Rebecca’s tin Bieber. Southeastern Conference from make awkward .gifs and memes DYLAN PARKER brilliant achievement is being Justin also shies away from the beginning of the 2010-11 about the sheer “juvenile-ness” of creative/technical denigrated as “not even remotely negative attention, but Rebecca football season until he raised “Friday.” supervisor OK,” “epic fail” and “worse than confronts it straight on, refusing the Bowl Championship Series You’d be stretching the realms DARREL JORDAN Justin Bieber.” to bow to pressure from “hat- National Championship Trophy of reasonableness if you began chief engineer Worse than Justin Bieber!? ers” to take down her video from in Glendale, Ariz. this January. petitioning the renaming of Fri- Oh, XmyXdyingXheartX, how YouTube. Everyone was super-jealous of day to “Chipday,” just so her MELANIE WADKINS little you know! Anyone who says Rebecca is his superhuman athletic ability song wouldn’t make sense any- advertising manager In fact, Rebecca has achieved untalented and a worse singer and will to win and score touch- more. STEPHEN GOFORTH something that pathetic Cana- than the Asian girl from “Glee” down after touchdown for the But you’re just haters, and broadcast manager dian hack and his funny hair will is just a hater who wishes they WarTigerPlainsmenEagles of you’re jealous, so LEAVE RE- never achieve: Her music video is had the attention and fame that Auburn. Multiple haters spent BECCA ALONE! LEAVE HER the MOST DISLIKED VIDEO Rebecca does at age 13. hours upon hours calling into ALONE!
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were no machines, electricity or with the show, all you need to much we used to get done every Throw your useless laptops even language (when we started know is that if not for tech- day. with every episode of “House” communicating is when every- nology, the show would have If I were traveling on foot and “CSI” in the trash. thing started to fall apart). made sense and Daniel Faraday (wheels and carts reek of tech- Toss your digital camera with Let’s look at this logically: (among hundreds more) would nology as well), I would have all the pictures of your newborn Who are the happiest people be alive. Face it: Man was meant all the time in the world to get nephew in the garbage heap. BY MATTHEW HENRY Columnist on TV? to live in the wild, to have to all that I need done. Hurl every light bulb, every Right, the cast of “Gilligan’s hunt for his dinner on a daily There is nothing that modern car and every simple machine Island.” basis and to die due to a spider technology can do that I cannot (pulleys, levers, wedges, etc.) Do not get me started on If you ask me, they were bite at the ripe old age of 17. do on my own with a little hard out of your sight. technology. blessed to be able to escape the Who would ever want some- work. Most importantly, you need Every single one of human- evils of electronics. They all thing like a smartphone? Sending email? I can deliver to take your iPhone, Android, ity’s problems can be traced survived relatively well for al- Being able to access the en- that same message on foot in Palm, Nokia or Razr phone and back to some form of technol- most 100 episodes and none of tirety of humanity’s knowledge some multiple of the time it throw it into a river. ogy. Think about it: You can- them died. at the touch of a button? Being takes to type and send one on After all, it will be easier for not have a war without weap- How about “Lost”? The crew able to take a picture of that your precious computer. the coming aliens to take over ons, and you cannot waste all of of Oceanic Flight 815 (the spider that bit you and search Anything your MacBook can your little blue planet... your productive time on video numbers, more awful things Google for what kind it is? do, I can do better and utilize I mean, as a fellow human I games without game consoles. created by technology) had a Using your phone’s GPS to more resources and time while I know you will feel much better I cannot name a single scien- stroke of good luck when they help you get to the nearest hos- am at it (you are welcome). All and be a happier person if you tific advancement that has ever stumbled upon the Island. pital once the spider inevitably of those pesky defenses are use- just throw out everything that made me or anyone else any The moment they start to bites you? Not I. less and a waste of energy. could possibly repel any sort of better off or happier. use technology, everyone dies. I very much like having the So, the question stands: alien invasion. Imagine for a second if there Everyone dies because of tech- town bard follow me around What are we going to do about That is what I, a human and were no scientific advancement nology (that is how I read the singing my favorite songs (only this scourge that is draining our in no way an impostor from an- or technological progress. finale). the best of Journey); I do not very life force? other planet, think you should Life was better when there For those of you not familiar need an iPod. Think about how Simple. Throw it all away. do. Command of the Mullet
member of the town sports a way there, makes for some very THE mullet. strange visuals on this end. LARG E PEPPERONI That’s right, a mullet. But who am I to argue with When I first read this article increased stamina? I suppose if in the L.A. Morning Gazette, I the wives, girlfriends, signifi- had to actually peruse it twice. cant others and employers are BY ANGELA ROGALSKI Then I had to do it again. It happy, I have no reason to voice Columnist didn’t get any better. The article concern. $4.99 stated that the male members of Yet I feel compelled to point BIG READY TO GO UNTIL 10 PM the town had made a collective out a couple things: 1) Their PICK UP ONLY Not since 1992 and “Achy decision to follow their leader, idol’s “stamina” sort of fizzled Breaky Heart” has the mullet Mayor Carlisle Dupree, in this out publicly; albeit privately, been popular. most honorable vision. according to some things I’ve 662-236-3030 The “business in the front, It seems Dupree feels the read, the guy has stayed pretty . ACKSO A . party in the back” hairstyle mullet hairstyle frees men to be active. 2) His rejuvenation was has been around since the ‘60s less inhibited, in turn making due to his daughter (gulp, a DEAL and ‘70s, but Billy Ray Cyrus them better husbands, fathers mere female?) who made it to (you remember him, Miley’s and citizens in general. the top by wearing a wig, not dad) made the cut something OK, if the mayor says so. a mullet. of a sexual moniker that drove In fact, the article stated that Does anyone else see the women young and old wild since the implementation of point? I certainly hope not, be- when the song came out. the mullet’s command, as the cause there really isn’t one — It had nothing to do with the townspeople call the movement not for wearing a mullet any- way he danced around on stage, (for lack of a better word...al- way. I’m sure. His effect on females though cult comes to mind), The word mullet should only depended solely on how much the quality of life in Forreal has be associated with the finned mousse his perfectly-cut hair drastically improved. Stamina species that surely wouldn’t dare could withstand. at work and home has increased mousse one scale on their spiny Sure, it did. by, the quote read, “leaps and little bodies. For the sake of argument bounds.” And why would they after (and this story), the assump- No percentages there for all the mockery the haircut has tion that the mullet was behind comparison, but I guess with a had to endure, no matter how the driving success of our one- population of little more than well-deserved? hit wonder boy makes the town 1,000, they really don’t need So, to the people of Forreal of Forreal, Calif., a little more percentages. What they need is all I can say is this: Try throw- understandable and a little less good counseling, but that’s an- ing long, blonde wigs on all odd. other story. your daughters. Forreal, a small community The fact that more than half With Hannah in retirement, 40 miles north of L.A., has the population, again according who knows what might hap- a unique feature: Every male to the article, is bald or on its pen?
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NEWS | 4.1.11 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 4 Construction plans approved for new high school
BY MALLORY SIMERVILLE Most of the exterior building de- The Daily Mississippian sign has been decided on, but the interior designing has not yet be- Earlier this week, the Oxford gun. Planning Commission approved “We pretty much settled on a the site plan for the construction somewhat traditional design for on a new $30 million high school. the exterior, and we are just look- This will allow the start of the ad- ing forward to moving into the in- vertising process to clear the land terior portion,” said Brian Harvey, for the school. assistant superintendent. “We are The school will be built in the in the programming stage trying to Oxford Commons across the street make sure that we have the classes from the Oxford Conference Cen- that we want to offer and we’ve got ter and near the intersection of Sisk the square footage to cover those Ave. and Highway 7. classes.”
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CONTRIBUTED | The Daily Mississippian Above and below, renderings of the exterior of the new Oxford High School. The high school will provide a larger facility for this weekend Oxford High School and will solve the school’s problem with overcrowding. 13th Annual Jean Jones Walk/Run For Cancer WHEN: Saturday, April 9th Registration begins at 7:30 am Race begins at 9:00 am
WHERE: Begins and ends at Student Union Plaza
COST: Plans are not final for any of the teachers sharing classrooms and a funds designated by the American $25 for individual participants designs, but the architect on the lack of ability to expand programs. Reinvestment and Recovery Act. $15/person for groups of 5 or more (fee includes t-shirt) project will continue to work with The Board also approved a $3 The district will use these funds the board as well as faculty and million plan to begin the construc- for the Della Davidson Elementary staff to create a design that meets tion at Della Davidson Elementary and Oxford Middle School addi- Bring form to the University Counseling Center. the needs of the new programs and School and Oxford Middle School tions. classes offered. to add classrooms. There will also be repairs made to Name: ______“The primary advantage of it is it “I think we are going to have the Oxford Middle School gym. Address: ______will overcome substantial crowding something in the end that our Overcrowding, as well as safety City:______State: _____ Zip: ______in our current high school. whole community can be proud concerns, caused the school board “ we’ve just run out of space,” of, but most importantly I think we to search for more space to meet the Group: ______said Buddy Chain, school board are going to have something that growing needs of the high school. Email: ______president. academically is going to meet our The Oxford School District ref- Date of Birth: ______“This improves our ability to needs,” Harvey said. erendum for a $30 million bond T-Shirt Size (Circle one): house the youngsters.” The Board said it hopes to start passed in late October, with 68.5 According to Chain, a major as- work on the site toward the end of percent of the vote. S M L XL XXL XXXL set to Oxford is its public school summer 2011 and open the school The interest-free bonds will be Event (Circle One): Run Walk system, and improving the school in 2013. repaid in 10 to 15 years and will be Amount Paid: ______will greatly benefit the community. In May 2010, the district was done through the regular budget The current high school has awarded the $3 million in stimulus without the need for tax increases. OR: Register online at jeanjoneswalkrun.racesonline.com” NEWS | 4.1.11 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 5 Grad student begins aid fund for Japan
BY JACOB BATTE The Daily Mississippian support by sponsoring 1,000 cranes kids,” said Yamakawa, who was of our own?” born and raised right outside of For $1, or 82.99 yen, a student, An origami crane can be pur- Osaka. “And we came up with the staff or faculty member can help chased for $1. Once a crane is idea of doing something together. bring some relief to Japan. sponsored, the next step is to write When someone really close gets sick Rosie Nelson, a sociology gradu- a special message of hope for the or injured, or when we wish some- ate student, started Mississippi people of Japan. The group plans thing special, we make cranes.” Origami Cranes of Hope after to send the cranes to Japan by way Yamakawa said the children in researching a way to help out the of the Japanese Consulate. her program are concerned about relief effort in Japan. “I went to Naomi Yamakawa, who works Japan. DoSomething.org, and saw they with the Japanese Outreach Pro- “The children here are also wor- were having a drive to collect pho- gram, came up with the idea of ried about Japan,” Yamakawa said. tographs of 1,000 different cranes sending money to Japan while talk- “They were raised here in the Unit- so they could show a lot of differ- ing to other members of the Japa- ed States, but they were also heart- ent people showing their support nese community the day after the broken after watching that terrible for the Japanese after the tsunami,” earthquake. scene in Japan. Even they felt like
ALEX EDWARDS | The Daily Mississippian Nelson said. “When reading more “The day after the earthquake, they wanted to do something to about that, I thought, why don’t we I was teaching a class at the North help.” Rose Nelson speaks with Shino Sullivan at the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami try and do something like that here Mississippi Japanese Supplemen- The group, which is sponsored relief booth in front of the Student Union. For a dollar, you can write a message of at Ole Miss, where we can show as tary School, and we were talking by the Office of International Pro- hope on a paper crane. Both the cranes and money will be sent to Japan to aid in a community that we are interested about how we could help Japan reconstruction. in helping Japan and showing our together with the parents and the See JAPAN, PAGE 6
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NEWS | 4.1.11 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 6 Ole Miss researchers close to finding poison ivy remedy
BY JAKE THOMPSON would help people be less sen- The Daily Mississippian sitive to exposure of the poison ivy plant. Leaves of three, leave it be. Elsohly has been associated This is the age-old saying with Ole Miss since 1975, and parents or scoutmasters teach poison ivy has been at the fore- children who are going to play front of his research since his outdoors. first day on the job. If Ole Miss researchers have “When I first started at Ole their way, leaf counting may Miss 36 years ago, we were be a hobby left to botanists. working on a medicine for Senior research scientist Dr. poison ivy,” Elsohly said. “We M. Khalid Ashfaq and Dr. acquired a patent for it, but it Mahmoud A. Elsohly, presi- ultimately failed.” dent of Elsohly Laboratories, Fast-forward about 31 years are working on a medicine that into the future, and Elsohly,
HOUSTON COFIELD | The Daily Mississippian Pharmacists Mohammad K. Ashfaq and Mahmoud A. ElSohly stand in front of their lab where they work on their cure for Tommys Antiques poison ivy. ElSohly has been working on the medicine for approximately 20 years. (662)234-4669 ’ HWY 6 East - Oxford along with Waseem Gul, a fel- gun making strides in a new sequent exposures the skin low chemist at Elsohly Labora- medicine to help ease people’s starts to swell and show the Oldest Antique Store in Oxford tories in Oxford, began look- sensitivity to poison ivy. redness many of us have expe- Compare our prices anywhere on Quality Antiques ing for ways to acquire another As in most new drug devel- rienced. We bought out a large estate! patent because the previous opment processes, there is a “It is wonderful to see that •Intricately carved large display Cabinet/Bookcase one had expired. step that involves animal test- the treated animals are pro- •Several large carved Desks “We were faced with the task ing. tected from developing a vio- •Round Marble Top Table with 6 Victorian Chairs of finding different ways to get “The drugs we have devel- lent skin reaction,” Elsholy •French inlaid marble top Credenza a patent approval for the same oped are given as an intramus- said. •97 piece sterling silver Flatware kind of medicine because the cular injection to pre-sensi- Even though the animal test- •Paintings, Prints, Mirrors, Rugs, Crystal, & Jewelry original patent had expired,” tized animals,” Ashfaq said. ing has been deemed a success, •Tilt-top, Banquet, & French parquet Tables •Chests Elsohly said. “After a fortnight, these ani- there still has to be human test- •Tall pair of 6 drawer Night Stands With patent in hand, and mals are challenged with poi- ing to determine if the drug funding from the Small Busi- son ivy urushiol to measure is strong enough to handle a Stripping and Refinishing Estate Sales ness Technology Transfer pro- the degree of skin reaction.” larger test subject. gram, which allows small pri- Urushiol is the compound in Efforts are being made to vate companies to work with poison ivy that causes the reac- achieve that goal. non-profit organizations such tion and skin inflammation. Elsholy said the next step as Ole Miss, associated with First exposure does not cause will be to license the drug to a the Department of Defense, a reaction, but it sensitizes the company that can handle hu- Elsohly and Ashfaq have be- immune system and upon sub- man testing.
JAPAN, are cremated, but the Miyagi and spect and awe for their collective continued from page 5 Iwate prefectures have begun to power of patience and persever- bury bodies due to crematoriums ance, orderliness and harmony, en- being overwhelmed. durance and discipline.” grams at Ole Miss, has raised over The Miyagi prefecture has begun The Japanese government re- $500, with UM students sponsor- to post information on over 2,000 ported that the damages have so far ing over 250 cranes. bodies so that friends and families totaled over $300 million, with the Local Japanese school children can possibly identify their loved expected amount of total damages have also contributed cranes of ones. to reach upward of $275 billion. hope, and combined with Ole Miss Greet Provoost, director of the Several nuclear plants were also students, the group already has over Office of International Programs, damaged by the disaster, and re- 1,000 cranes to send out. issued a statement regarding the di- cently Japanese officials at the The crane is a mystical creature saster in Japan. International Atomic Energy in Japanese culture, and it is be- “On March 11, all of us at the Agency have discovered radioactive lieved to live for 1,000 years. Office of International Programs iodine–131 and cesium–137 in The legend of origami cranes, woke up to the events in Japan with seawater samples taken less than 30 known as senbazuru in Japanese deep consternation and concern,” km from land. culture, says that if someone makes Provoost said in a statement. In an attempt to cool some of the 1,000 cranes, that person’s wish for “An immediate call-out to our nuclear reactors, Japanese scientists long life will come true. Japanese students and scholars here used local seawater, and officials The 1,000 Cranes of Hope will on campus helped us to affirm that said some of that water may have be set up outside the Student Union their families and friends were — been put back into the sea. for the rest of the week between 11 considering the circumstances — The IAEA also reported that a.m. to 1 p.m., and next week they safe, and to reinforce that the OIP three people working on the plant will be set up at the Union from is available to assist the interna- after the disaster had been exposed Tuesday through Friday at the tional community on campus in all to elevated levels of radiation. same times. ways it can.” Two of the workers were actually with For more information, contact Provoost said OIP is behind Mis- taken to the hospital with severely guest Dj KiDsmeal Yamakawa at nyamakaw@olemiss. sissippi Origami Cranes of Hope. contaminated feet. edu. “OIP extends its deepest concern Quake experts say that recent The death toll from the disaster is for all the Japanese people as they earthquakes have come along the now more than 11,000, with more grapple with the crises posed by the Pacific Ring of Fire, the area in the than 16,000 still missing, accord- earthquake, tsunami and the radio- Pacific with the most active earth- ing to Japanese officials. In tradi- active threat,” he said. quakes and volcanoes, and that next tional Japanese culture, dead bodies “We also uphold our deepest re- would likely be near San Francisco. LIFESTYLES
LIFESTYLES | 4.1.11 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 7 Goo Goo Dolls to play the Grove on Sunday
Students from outside of Ole and, more recently, “Not Bro- bient fear and anxiety that Miss will be traveling to Ox- ken.” goes on, and I think it’s re- ford to see the reigning rock The band’s wins are not lim- ally starting to affect people,” stars of the past two decades. ited to copies sold. Rzeznik said in an interview “A bunch of my friends from In January, they performed with award-winning magazine MSU and I will be coming up at the halftime show at the “American Songwriter.” to see them,” MSU student Orange Bowl as well as at the “We live in a country that is Sara Taheri said. start of the NFL Pro Bowl. on high alert all of the time, “I’ve been to several con- Their songs play on count- and I think the chronic stress certs, but I can tell this is go- less television shows, movies from that is really starting to ing to be one of the best I’ve and advertisements, and is affect people emotionally as ever been to. I’ve always been music well-known by the gen- well. a huge fan and never thought eral public. “I wanted to deal with the I’d get to see them play in Mis- “Better Days,” from the al- emotional underpinnings of sissippi.” bum “Let Love In,” was played living in that kind of society. Since the band’s formation frequently by CNN and quick- Yeah, we are in a very bad in 1986 in Buffalo, the Goo ly became associated with the economic downturn, we’re Goo Dolls have had a lot of aftermath of Hurricane Ka- fighting two wars, and I think success in the music world. trina. people are starting to get fa-
COURTESY OF GOO GOO DOLLS The band’s first triumph The Goo Goo Dolls are a tigued from it.” came from its nationwide hit three-man band led by singer In fact, the album title, BY SAM KAPOOR Programming Board, this event “Name,” boosting the 1995 al- John Rzeznik. “Something For the Rest of The Daily Mississippian will be free — a great incentive bum “A Boy Named Goo” into He and his band boast a Us,” reflects the hardships for both music fans and first- becoming one of the most suc- large variety of music, ranging people are currently facing, timers alike. cessful alternative rock albums from soft acoustic rock, alter- according to bassist Robby The Goo Goo Dolls will “I think it’s amazing that a of the ‘90s, selling 3 million native rock and punk rock, all Takac. have “something for the rest of band with the history and fol- copies. the way to metal. “There’s an awful lot of peo- us” in Oxford on Sunday. lowing of the Goo Goo Dolls Since then, a series of Influenced by The Clash and ple who control an awful lot of On April 3, the Grammy- will be playing at the Grove,” achievements has trailed be- the Sex Pistols, their music has what goes on, and then there’s nominated alternative rock said Chase Aertker, co-director hind the Goo Goo Dolls. developed from the soulful bal- the rest of the people. band will be kicking off its of entertainment for the SPB. Four Grammy nominations lads and pop rock of their first “This album’s content is for new tour at the University of “I have been a fan of theirs and 13 successive Top 10 hits album into the more somber the rest of us,” Takac said. Mississippi in support of its for years now, and I am thrilled are just the tip of the iceberg style of their current album. In an interview for fan site 2010 album, “Something for that the first time I get to see for these celebrated musicians. According to interviews with Absolute Goo, Takac said he’s the Rest of Us.” them perform is in the Grove. Their hit single “Iris” re- Rzeznik, the new album ad- looking forward to the band’s The rock concert will be held “I think this has a chance mained almost a year on Bill- dresses the emotional fallout spring tour because a lot of in the Grove at 5 p.m. with an to be one of the best concerts board’s singles chart and an ex- from economic turmoil, war the stops are college campus- opening act by Drew Holcomb ever held on our campus, and ceptional 18 weeks at No. 1. and a 24-hour news cycle on es, and the crowds that come and The Neighbors. maybe on any campus in Mis- Other hits include “Slide,” society. to college shows know how to Sponsored by the Student sissippi.” “Black Balloon,” “Let Love In” “It’s just this constant am- have fun. The Weekly Top Zen: Not a Prayer
BY ANDY PAUL The Daily Mississippian in Libya. We just got personal- able (i.e. “more holidays, less but I quickly found out that I these people. ized T-shirts. homework, aren’t we cute?”), shouldn’t push my luck with So, for the most part, my but toward the end I had one See PRAYER, PAGE 8 My friend and I ran for stu- friend and I sat in homeroom issue that I wanted to address. dent council positions in the the rest of the year doing as There are two Jewish holi- ninth grade — vice president little as possible while claim- days during the school year and president, respectively. ing to be enacting lasting I miss class for — Rosh Ha- Our campaign ideology and important change for the shanah, the Jewish New Year, boiled down to, “One of us is school. All in all, I’d say it was and Yom Kippur, the Day of black, and one of us is Jewish. an incredibly informative ex- Atonement. Vote for us.” perience about the workings of The former is when we eat Somehow, this worked for a the American political system. apples dipped in honey, and bunch of 14- and 15-year-olds In the end, I was the scrawny, the latter is when we lie pros- in Clinton, and we found our- awkward white kid making an- trate in front of God and beg selves very surprised and very nouncements at school assem- forgiveness for our sins — it panicked when we received blies, and the vice president makes sense, trust me. the news that we had won. We was the exact opposite, being When I missed to attend didn’t exactly plan much fur- cool enough for the both of us services, they counted these ther than making somewhat- — which was fine by me. as sick days, a policy which amusing campaign posters. I’ve perfected being scrawny no one had brought up to the Luckily for us, we quickly and awkward to such a degree school as being sickeningly un- found out that being a mem- as to be considered a high art. constitutional and offensive. ber of the student council car- My experience in student Needless to say, I asked that ries about as much weight as a council culminated in the they change this policy for re- position in the current Libyan spring of that year. We were ligious minorities in general, government. asked to observe the annual re- but for some reason, it was as Actually, working within the view of the student handbook though I requested for a small Libyan government might have moderated by the administra- puppy to be punted down the more perks than a seat in my tion and PTA and supposedly halls of the school at every Jew- high school student council. speak up when we thought ish holiday. You at least get the power to changes needed to be made. I was actually going to ask enforce tyrannical martial law We were predictably ador- for necessary funds to do that, LIFESTYLES
LIFESTYLES | 4.1.11 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 8 B. Fikes to play ATO house tonight
BY BETSY JONES The Daily Mississippian During this period, Fikes be- hand what happens when the gan hanging out with people pursuit of fun becomes a pri- If you ran into Bryan Fikes from other neighborhoods in ority. on his way to an accounting town, including numerous rap- As a result, Fikes’ music has class at Ole Miss dressed in a pers and hip-hop enthusiasts. catchy club beats, but it com- Polo shirt and Ole Miss cap, “The people I was around municates heartfelt recollec- you might think he was anoth- made fun of my (preppy) life- tions of his life struggles. er typical frat boy cramming in style,” Fikes said. Fikes’ age, along with his a test before that night’s party. “I lost street credibility be- social and single lifestyle, pro- But behind this preppy ex- cause my parents lived in a nice vides a wide variety of playful terior lies a talented rap artist house and drove nice cars, and material from which he is able pursuing his dream to bring their parents didn’t. to draw musical inspiration. something new to hip-hop “I couldn’t stand that. In- However, he also sends a so- and to show the world that no stead of that lifestyle being bering message in his music by one should judge a book by its something I was proud of and expressing his regrets of get- cover. happy about, it was like, why ting caught up in a lifestyle Born in an elite Tupelo neigh- do I have it so good, and why that can have detrimental con- borhood, Bryan “B.” Fikes was do I have to have it so made?” sequences. raised as a stereotypical prep It was during this time that “I’m now proud of where I kid, however, as he expresses Fikes developed his love of came from,” Fikes said. “I’m COURTESY OF B. FIKES in his music, he is more than hip-hop music. not just some rich prep kid a rich kid who grew up at the “That’s all they listened to, that has never been through “People laugh every time I er things, it can be highly ef- country club. and I was submerged in it,” struggle or hard times. You can tell them I’m rapping,” Fikes ficient and extremely effective Growing up in the suburbs Fikes said. think that all you want, but said. “Why wouldn’t you? I’m because you zone in on things was a chapter in Fikes’ life that “Those guys studied it. For that’s not the case.” a white guy; it’s not taken se- with an intense desire.” he rejected and ignored for a them it’s not just music you Fikes’ debut demo album riously. It’s frustrating at first, As a result of this intense de- while. dance to, it’s stories being told “Rhythm of My Life” incorpo- but I let the music do the talk- sire to succeed, Fikes will be As his resentment grew to- from where they’re from.” rates each of his styles into a ing. performing with Blue Ocean ward the lifestyle most people Ultimately, through his faith, diverse inaugural release. “Then they say ‘Wow, when Live on college campuses would die for, Fikes actively family, friends and love of hip- From the album-opener “An- you said you rapped we didn’t around the country this year. pursued distractions he thought hop music, Fikes says he rose them for the Suburbs” and the think that.’ “Blue Ocean Live has more would help him achieve popu- out of some very dark hours. poignant description of his In this genre of music, hip- than 40 schools that we do larity at school. He has changed that dark- struggles in “Stay Strong” to hop, nine times out of 10 when shows with from year to year. Soon Fikes became con- ness and resentful attitude into the club-shaker “Oh My Gah,” a white boy comes in trying to “Performers are Lil Jon, trolled and consumed by the a completely opposite mind- he writes what he knows. rap, people get freaked out. Snoop Dogg, Three 6 Mafia, activities he once saw as harm- set. His talent has already begun I’ve known what my dream Saliva, Justin Timberlake and less and cool. He found himself Like any college kid, Fikes to catch the attention of some has been though. I have always the lead singer from The Kill- trapped in a dark place from still loves to go out and have heavy-hitters in the music loved it.” ers,” Computer said. which he could not exit. fun, but he has also seen first- business. Fikes is indeed living his Tonight, we have the privi- “First time I heard B. Fikes, dream. lege of checking out this I thought, I gotta get him Music has become Fikes’ blue-eyed, blond-haired, self- HavE you EvER WantEd to Find a CausE to bE PassionatE about? signed cause he’s got a real therapy, his release and his proclaimed prepster who will cool sound,” said Computer, journey — all which get him ignite and appeal to a crowd of assistant of Three 6 Mafia. “B. pumped up for a night out or a variety of races. Look no further than the 2012 Relay For Life Event Planning Committee Fikes works hard. a football game and a vessel He will continue to de- HELP us FundRaisE FoR tHE amERiCan CanCER soCiEty and FigHt baCk to CanCER! “People that work hard, the to share his faith and tell his nounce stereotypes while he rest will happen to them. It story. sets the tone for rapper Gorilla doesn’t have to do anything “It’s become my healthy ad- Zoe. with color. diction,” Fikes said. Rap on with B. Fikes tonight “He really has an advantage “With any addictive person- at the Alpha Tau Omega house on everyone else in this indus- ality, I think if you find a way and experience his life story Please contact 2012 Event Chair amber Ward [email protected] to receive an application. try.” to channel it towards the prop- firsthand.
PRAYER, continued from page 7
A lengthy, horrendous argu- mind black and Jewish guys Never mind all the “discrim- ment ensued, culminating with representing an entire school. inating against the majority” my principal asserting, “Well, I guess the young whipper- and “majority trumps all mi- how do we know that people snappers had not yet grown nority objections” arguments I would actually attend services into the cold distrust my prin- have heard over the past week. instead of just using those days cipal exhibited so flawlessly Those ideas are too absurd to skip out of class?” to which that day. to even earn a respectable re- I should have responded, “Up I say all of this not out of buttal. yours, you self-righteous, cal- a request for sympathy — I Those in favor of a moment lous, out-of-touch, uppity flew out of that place as soon of silence want nothing to do bigot.” as possible and haven’t looked with erasure of faith. Unfortunately, all I could get back since — but to say that I Rather, we’d prefer to in- out of my mouth was, “Um... got out of there in the hope of clude all faiths as part of one what?” and the argument fiz- not encountering that behav- community instead of abstain- zled out. ior in a progressive, academic ing from participation because Apparently as a minority per- environment. we are in the minority. centage of the school’s popula- The ASB on campus appears The majority win in a fair tion, I was not just ignorable, to think otherwise though, election, but they do not earn but also untrustworthy. striking down an amendment the right to silence the minor- Which is funny, looking which would change the reli- ity. back on it, since a bunch of gious prayer policy at meetings That’s for the Libyan gov- 14-year-old children did not to a moment of silence. ernment to do. CLASSIFIEDS
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BY AUSTIN MILLER The Daily Mississippian being swept at home by No. 3 Florida and then losing two out The Diamond Rebels (18-8, of three at Georgia last week- 3-3 Southeastern Conference) end. continue their road trip with a LSU started the season 16-1, visit to No. 16 LSU (18-7, 1-5 which included a season-open- SEC) for a three-game series. ing 11-game winning streak and Game time for Friday’s series a weekend sweep of No. 15 Cal opener is set for 7:00 p.m. at State Fullerton, before drop- Alex Box Stadium, where LSU ping four of its last six games. leads the nation in attendance. The offense has a .309 team Saturday’s game starts at 6:30 batting average and leads the p.m. and Sunday’s game starts conference with 195 runs at 1 p.m. scored, while the pitching staff The Diamond Rebels look has a 3.62 team earned run av- for a repeat of last year, when erage. they swept LSU in Oxford with Junior outfielder Mikie Mah- a pair of walk-off wins. kook, who was recently named Ole Miss claimed its first to this year’s Golden Spikes conference series of the season Watch List for the top amateur last weekend, taking two out baseball player in the country, of three at Tennessee, and fell leads the conference in home FILE PHOTO | The Daily Mississippian to in-state rival No. 22 South- runs (8), runs scored (34) and ern Miss 4-3 in 10 innings on slugging percentage (.761). Ole Miss sophomore infielder Alex Yarbrough, the team leader in batting average, sits at the plate during a home game ear- Wednesday. ] Mahtook also leads the team lier this year. Yarbrough and the Rebels travel to take on Southeastern Conference baseball stalwart LSU this weekend. For a team two years removed in batting average (.375), runs from a National Champion- batted in (27), stolen bases (15) ship and a year removed from and on-base percentage (.477). SEC’s top five in both earned only one hit and two walks in starters this weekend is senior an SEC Tournament Champi- LSU’s weekend rotation is run average and opponent’s six shutout innings, while strik- right-hander Ben Alsup, an ex- onship, LSU finds itself in an led by freshman right-handers batting average. ing out seven in his collegiate perienced spot starter and mid- unfamiliar position at the bot- Kurt McCune and Kevin Gaus- He was named SEC Pitcher debut against Wake Forest. dle reliever from the past two tom of the SEC standings after man. McCune ranks among the of the Week after giving up Rounding out the probable seasons. i s tu s ts
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SPORTS | 4.1.11 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 12 Lockett cleared for sixth year of Rebel football
BY PAUL KATOOL Thursday. Nutt and the Rebels, the return of Sports Editor “I mean I didn’t really do too Lockett means a shot in the arm for much of nothing (when I heard a defense that gave up an Southeast- about the waiver) to be honest,” ern Conference worst 35.2 points Kentrell Lockett will be playing Lockett said. I’ve been waiting to per game last year. In 2009 – Lock- in an Ole Miss uniform this fall. hear so long and I always thought ett’s last full year – he accounted for After months of waiting, Lockett, about what I would do when I actu- an impressive 10 tackles for a loss a star defensive end for the Rebels, ally heard it and I didn’t do nothing. and five sacks. was granted a waiver by the NCAA I just sat there, and maybe they’re “(Lockett’s return) is good news,” on Thursday that gives him a sixth playing with me. My mom told me Nutt said. “He gets that year back, year of eligibility for the 2011-12 and I know that’s been a real bur- season. den on his mind and on our mind. “I can finally go to sleep,” Lockett And now there’s no question what said. “It’s been since September, you I can finally go to sleep. It’s he’s going to be doing much harder know, I didn’t know it was going to been since September, you and better. happen. Just the uncertainty of it all know, I didn’t know it was “That’s rehabbing, school and was killing me, man. I cried many a going to happen. Just the getting ready.” nights. I’ve been crying all the day – “uncertainty of it all was kill- Lockett said he’s been working in I’m happy y’all didn’t see me crying, ing me, man. I cried many a a pool rehabilitation wise, but will but I’m really excited about it. nights. I’ve been crying all the be off his crutches in two weeks The Hahnville, La. native received day – I’m happy y’all didn’t when he can do even more work. see me crying, but I’m really FILE PHOTO | The Daily Mississippian the waiver after suffering an ACL Nutt has talked at length about injury in the Rebels win over Fresno excited about it. the value of leadership in the off- 662.259.2873 • 10 THACKER RD • OXFORD, MS 38655 State this past fall. Lockett missed season – something he believed was the Rebels first game in 2010 due Kentrell Lockett lacking during the Ole Miss’ 4-8 DA Y to a heart ailment, and played in the campaign last year. Lockett said he Tulane and Vanderbilt games before believes his return to the Rebel de-
IN N I suffering the injury. first, and I thought maybe she’s just fense will give his teammates more S E A Lockett worked with compliance trying to cheer me up. Then David of that leadership. director David Wells for the waiver, Wells called me and told me the “I think (my return) is overall just 11am-2:30pm and submitted it in December. The same thing and I was like ‘yeah, it a character boost,” Lockett said. “It star defender said he heard about must be the truth.’” feels like everybody has to be ac- DA Y the good news around 3 p.m. on For Ole Miss coach Houston countable because I’m out there.” A Y O No. 25 Rebel Netters to host Top-10 E M S E E Y DAY E OY A A AT T E S A opponents this weekend
E OY V NI EAT I I N I UN OOD A D ATMOS E E O A A ES 6 N N N U I 2 3 BY JOHN HOLT The Daily Mississippian fending SEC Champions and play under the lights. MONDAY-THURSDAY •11AM - 9PM FRIDAY-SATURDAY •11AM-10PM 2010 NCAA runners up. “We’ve been practicing some
IN N I Ole Miss coach Billy Chadwick under the lights this week,” The No. 25 Ole Miss men’s said if his team wants to contend Chadwick said. tennis team has had this weekend for an SEC Championship it’s es- “The guys are excited about LIVE marked on its calendars for quite sential for the Rebels to pick up that. It’s a feel of the NCAAs some time. both wins this weekend. because many of the matches MUSIC Not only is it senior weekend “Wins this weekend could played at the NCAAs are played at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis put us in position where we’re under the lights.” Center, but more importantly going for the SEC title,” Chad- Ever since being upset by LSU the Rebels face the toughest pair wick said. “Right now the two three weeks ago in Baton Rouge, of opponents they will see all sea- front-runners are obviously the the Rebels have been a re-ener- son. two teams coming in, but if they gized group. The Rebels (10-4, 4-2 South- stumble, then it would give us a Ole Miss is riding a four-match eastern Conference) welcome chance to get right back in that win streak and appears confident No. 9 Georgia (15-3, 6-0 SEC) hunt for a SEC Championship. as ever with the task at hand this DA Y OOD A D D S E A S to Oxford this afternoon in a “These matches are extremely weekend. match set for 5 p.m. important as far as the SEC West “The LSU match was kind of a On Sunday the competition Championship and they’re ex- wake-up call for us,” junior Mar- level rises even higher when they tremely important in the selec- cel Thiemann said. “We learned M host No. 4 Tennessee (16-2, 6-0 tion process for hosting for the in that match that we can’t have SEC) at 1 p.m. NCAAs.” a couple matches where we’re not The challenge won’t be easy as This afternoon’s match against focused. O A ET ZE S the Bulldogs enter today’s match Georgia will likely head into the “We always have to pick it up having won 10 straight matches, evening hours, which means Ole and always fight until the last O DOMEST S E S while the Volunteers are the de- Miss will have an opportunity to point.”
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