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HANNAH GRACE BIGGS / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN Oxford Students closures storm continue stadium

KATE KIMBERLIN WILL CORLEY [email protected] [email protected] Winter storms and freezing Hundreds of students gath- temperatures are predicted in ered in the Grove for a snowball Oxford for the rest of the week, fight on Monday afternoon that and the University of Missis- led to rushing Vaught-Heming- sippi’s Oxford campus has an- way Stadium and at least two nounced that it will be closed charges of trespassing as winter HANNAH GRACE BIGGS / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN through the end of the week. weather shut down businesses, The Daily Mississippian has The winter storm that began on Feb. 14 brought several inches of snow and ice to Oxford, schools and roads. compiled a list of stores on and leading to campus closures. Students on campus used the time off from class to enjoy the A group message orga- off campus that are open and winter weather, congregating in the Grove and pioneering never-before-seen methods for nized on Sunday afternoon via GroupMe called for members to will continue to update hours sledding and “skiing” through the icy landscape. of operation through the end of “add anyone and everyone” for the week. a snowball fight in the Grove at SEE CLOSURE PAGE 2 SEE STORM PAGE 8

ASB ADVOCATES AGAINST STATE REBEL BASEBALL IS BACK TRANSGENDER ATHLETE BAN “With the strength of the bullpen The state Senate voted last week to ban and the incredible coaching transgender athletes from competing staff, the Rebels will be able to on women’s sports teams. Now, UM’s go far in 2021,” writes sports students are urging the state House of columnist Ruby Draayer. Representatives to vote the bill down. SEE PAGE 6 SEE PAGE 3 PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 11 FEBRUARY 2021 Double Decker celebration postponed for second year

“While we know that the ting there.” KENNETH NIEMEYER current executive orders and In Tuesday’s Board of Al- [email protected] restrictions from the gover- dermen meeting, Tannehill nor will likely change between said there are small events 2021 will be the second now and April 23, we did not related to Double Decker that year in a row that Oxford will think that there’s going to be will begin in April and con- not host its award-winning quite enough shift to host an tinue through the next year, Double Decker Arts Festival. event of the magnitude that though no dates have been FILE PHOTO: CHRISTIAN JOHNSON/ THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN Kinney Ferris, director Double Decker is safely in our released yet. The city decided of Visit Oxford, said Double Ole Miss cheerleaders and Tony the Landshark ride to the Square on community,” Ferris said. to postpone the event to next Decker’s 25th annual event is a double decker bus in 2018. The 25th annual Double Decker has Mayor Robyn Tannehill spring rather than this fall be- being postponed “yet again” been canceled due to coronavirus concerns for the third time since said in an ASB town hall last cause it was difficult to find due to concerns surrounding week that she was hopeful musicians who would commit the beginning of the pandemic. the COVID-19 pandemic. The Double Decker would happen to playing at the event during festival was originally post- in some capacity this spring that time. poned from April 2020 to Au- since the average number of “I think there will be an ble Decker won’t happen in out of the vaccine still in the gust, and now, it is scheduled COVID-19 cases in Oxford is event that is a more signature its traditional form in 2021, beginning phase, we felt that for the spring of 2021. decreasing. event in the fall, but we are it is excited about the idea of we could not deliver the ex- At the Board of Aldermen “My gut tells me that it’s just putting all those plans to- people being able to gather to perience that fans have grown meeting on Tuesday, Ferris not going to be the Double gether right now,” Tannehill celebrate art and music at the accustomed to with Double said this year’s postpone- Decker that we all know and said. pop-up events. Decker,” the statement read. ment is because of Gov. Tate love, but it’s also not going to Visit Oxford said in a “With musicians not tour- “We miss all of you and can- Reeves’s current executive or- be nothing,” Tannehill said. statement that although the ing as normal, crowds not al- not wait for all of this to be der, which limits crowds from “So, hang with us. We’re get- office is disappointed Dou- lowed to gather and the roll- over!” gathering.

ASB advocates against transgender athlete ban

“I think sometimes people HADLEY HITSON look at this kind of stuff, and [email protected] they’re like, ‘Well, this isn’t an active issue we’re dealing The Mississippi Senate with, so therefore it really voted to ban transgender shouldn’t be at the forefront athletes from competing on of what we need to take care women’s sports teams in the of,’” ASB Senate president pro state on Feb. 11 during a late- tempore Morgan Atkins said. night session. If passed by “I think that the fact that this the state House of Represen- can happen and will happen tatives, the ban would be es- at some point, and that there tablished by Senate Bill 2536, will be somebody who will be which passed through the impacted by this, is reason Senate with little discussion enough to care.” and only nine votes not in fa- At this time, at least 11 vor of it last week. other states have attempted Now, UM’s Associated to pass similar legislation to Student Body is urging the ban the participation of trans- House to vote against the bill, gender people in competitive and ASB president Joshua sports, including Texas, Mon- Mannery said he hopes other tana and North Dakota. student governments in the Meanwhile, state Sen. An- state will do the same. gela Hill, the sponsor of the “To actively exclude trans- bill, said that she “had nu- gender women from women’s merous coaches across the sports, you’re cultivating this state call me and believe that environment of hostility that they feel that there is a need will just continue to push vio- for a policy,” according to re- lence and typecasting on that ILLUSTRATION: KATHERINE BUTLER / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN porting from CNN. community,” Mannery said. Earlier this month, Gov. “We don’t want to be a part of and compel the state House sentiments and foster unwel- and in 2016 when North Car- Tate Reeves also released a system that actively makes of Representatives to fail the coming environments among olina passed similar legisla- a statement on Facebook our students feel unsafe and bill. sports teams in the state. tion, the NCAA responded by against allowing transgender unwelcome.” “Our primary goal is to “It’s one thing for students removing all championship women to compete in athlet- Hours after the bill passed work within the confines to feel that transgender ath- events from the state. ics. in the Senate, Mannery con- of the UM Creed where it’s letes might possess an unfair In response to the reason- “I just don’t understand tacted the student body presi- clearly stated that the respect advantage over them, but it’s ing that transgender women why politicians are pushing dents of all seven other public and dignity of each person an entirely different matter have an unfair competitive children into transgenderism institutions in the state ask- shall be upheld,” ASB Sen. for the Mississippi state leg- advantage on sports teams, in the first place,” he said. ing them to utilize their “con- Mason Greenwald said. “This islature to completely ban the NCAA has said that the “And my heart breaks for the nections to the state legisla- ban is an encompassing um- transgender women from notion of an unfair advantage young women across America ture” to advocate against the brella ban on all trans people, competing among the gender is based in “assumptions that who will lose in this radical bill. Mannery said the other and it frankly ignores many of with which they identify,” are not well founded.” social experiment.” student body presidents seem the nuances of gender fluidity ASB Sen. Andy Flores said. Nonetheless, no state leg- Reeves has not yet ad- to be waiting to take action. and transness.” If passed, the bill could islators or members of stu- dressed Senate Bill 2536 di- ASB released a statement Other ASB Senate mem- put University of Mississippi dent government have said rectly, and it is still uncertain on Monday, Feb. 15 con- bers who spoke in the meet- athletics teams in violation of they are aware of any trans- exactly when the state House demning the bill, and the ASB ing also argued that the bill NCAA policies on the inclu- gender athletes currently of Representatives will vote Senate unanimously passed a would further transphobic sion of transgender athletes, competing in the state. on the bill. resolution to oppose the ban THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 11 FEBRUARY 2021 | PAGE 3

p.m. on Wednesday. -DoorDash is providing pickup CLOSURE orders at locations that offer a continued from page 1 pickup option. Oxford -No delivery services are avail- Grocery stores able through UberEats at this -The Walmart on Jackson Av- time. enue has not adjusted its hours Dining on campus approves -As of Feb. 17, the only dining for any of its services, and it will continue to stay open from 7 services that will be offered on a.m. to 11 p.m. daily, according campus will be at Rebel Market projects to its website. and the Towers Grille at Stock- -The Kroger on University Ave- ard Hall and Martin Hall, under nue will close at 6 p.m., and the limited hours. pharmacy will close at 5 p.m. -All dining options at the Stu- KENNETH NIEMEYER dent Union, the Pavilion and the [email protected] Restaurants and coffee shops off campus library will remain closed. The Board of Aldermen ap- KATHERINE BUTLER / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN Ajax Diner has not updated its Pharmacies proved requests to activate the Construction at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at the corner of E. Instagram since the restaurant -The CVS Pharmacy on Jackson Thacker Road sidewalk project Jackson Ave. and S. 9th St. The Board of Aldermen recently approved closed on Feb. 17. Avenue West will remain open from 7 a.m to 10 p.m. and the West Jackson Avenue requests to activate the Thacker Road sidewalk project and the West Cookout on Jackson Avenue re- pedestrian signal improve- mains open under normal oper- -The Walgreens on University ments project in its meeting on Jackson Avenue pedestrian signal improvements project. ating hours from 10:30 a.m. to 3 Avenue does not have an esti- Tuesday night. The city will re- a.m. mate for when it will reopen and ceive funds from the Mississippi The Starbucks on Jackson Ave- will post updates on its store lo- to a $1 million job for less than been needed.” Department of Transportation nue remains open from 6 a.m. to cator. $200,000.” Antonow made a motion to for the projects. 10 p.m. via drive-thru only. COVID-19 testing and vacci- Mayoral said the city has approve the activation of the City engineer Reanna May- The Chick Fil A on Jackson Ave- nations been hoping to begin the project project which passed unani- oral said Oxford received two nue remains open under normal Asymptomatic testing through for several years and is excited mously. of three grants it has applied for operating hours from 6:30 a.m. the university has been cancelled to have the funding to finally do The board also approved from the Mississippi Depart- to 10 p.m. for the rest of the week. so. The project will pave close to activation for the West Jack- ment of Transportation through Garbage routes COVID-19 vaccinations sched- a mile of sidewalks on Thacker son Avenue pedestrian sig- the Transportation Alternative According to the City of Oxford, uled on Thursday at the National Heights Drive from the internal improvements project for award, the first of which will go garbage and rubbish routes will Guard Armory will be resched- section at Garden Terrace Drive which the city will receive up to toward the Thacker Road side- not run on Feb. 18 or 19. uled to a later date at the same to the intersection at American $350,000 from the Transpor- walk project. Delivery services time. Eagle Way. tation Alternative award. The “We have been awarded up -All restaurants are available Transits “Thank you so much for this project will upgrade pedestrian to $750,000 for this project, for preorder for the next day on According to its Facebook page, project,” Alderman Janice An- signals on Jackson Avenue from which is huge,” Mayoral said. Fetcht as of 4:30 p.m. the Oxford-University Transit tonow said. “The people in that the intersection at Gertrude “Right now, the funds are set -All open restaurants are taking will not run on Thursday, Feb. area are thrilled that they’re go- Ford Boulevard to the intersec- on an 80-20% match, which orders via Bitesquad as of 4:30 18. ing to have a way to walk to the tion at Rebel Drive. means we are going to get close park. It’s really something that’s Students, faculty still struggle with Zoom etiquette

camera on for the duration of their any of them, and I can’t be sure MADDY QUON class. that they’re actually paying atten- [email protected] “(One of my friends) turned tion to what I’m saying,” Smith- It has been almost one year his (camera) off in the middle of erman said. “They get points in since the coronavirus pandemic class once to take his sweatshirt my course for class participation, forced UM classes to move to vir- off, and the professor immediate- and obviously, if they had their tual learning, and Zoom meetings ly messaged him asking him to cameras off, participation is more have become the norm for most turn his camera back on,” junior limited.” of the university’s class instruc- accounting major Seth Gerus said. Carrie Smith, an assistant tion. However, there’s one thing Gerus has to have his camera professor of psychology, requires that still hasn’t been settled: Zoom on for his accountancy practicum student’s cameras to be turned on etiquette — specifically whether class, and he not only likes the in her psychology of gender class, or not to use the camera feature rule, he also understands why his which is more discussion-based. while in remote classes. professor requires it. Smith has it explicitly written in According to the video con- “I like it because I get to see her syllabus that students should ferencing etiquette section on the my classmates,” Gerus said. “The have their cameras on so they can class relies on a lot of discussion be more invested in the discus- university website, the university ILLUSTRATION: KATHERINE BUTLER/ THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN recommends that students mute and group work, so being on cam- sion. and turn off their video during era keeps people’s attention.” “I tried to explain why I have her Martin Hall dorm room. class. Journalism school faculty Freshman international stud- asks his students to turn their the policy, it’s not just because I’m “As a freshman living in the were advised by Academic Out- ies major Caroline Potts said that cameras in class. While he doesn’t the professor and I say so. That’s dorms, it is somewhat difficult reach at the beginning of this se- she’s in a class that not only re- explicitly state that students are weird and draconian,” Smith to control the noise that goes on mester to avoid making definitive quires her camera to be on, but her required to do so in the syllabus, said. “For me, it’s (about) discus- around me,” Potts said. “I normal- rules about video for remote class- microphone be unmuted as well. Smitherman encourages his stu- sion, and I think a lot of people, ly sit through class in the Martin es, but it’s ultimately each faculty She said that while it’s beneficial dents to turn their cameras on to just hearing them without seeing 11th floor study room.” member’s decision whether or not to have both on –– it forces her to enhance their participation. them, can lead to a lot of misun- Todd Smitherman, an associ- to require students to turn their pay attention –– she finds it diffi- “I find it very difficult toen- derstandings and confusion about cult to control her surroundings in ate professor of psychology, also gage with students if I can’t see what you’re talking about.”

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Rebels still on for

KELBY ZENDEJAS rival matchup [email protected]

Vanderbilt Commodores, KELBY ZENDEJAS team leader Iverson Molinar [email protected] put up a total of 19 points, six rebounds and two steals. Almost every Ole Miss Iverson has 321 points, 55 sport underwent cancellations assists and 21 steals on the or postponements this season. Another leader for week due to winter weather the Bulldogs is redshirt conditions. Despite the LSU sophomore D.J. Stewart Jr.. game — originally scheduled The Mississippi native leads for Feb. 18 — being postponed, the Bulldogs in scoring with the Rebels will still prepare to 367 and has 68 rebounds and take on the Mississippi State 56 assists. Stewart Jr. put Bulldogs in a Saturday matchup nine points against the up. Commodores. The Rebels are on a four- For the Rebels, reigning game winning streak after Co-SEC Player of the Week their previous victory over the Devontae Shuler leads the South Carolina Gamecocks Rebels with 325 points and (81-74). The team’s current 71 assists on the season. The overall record sits at 12-8 and guard also has 63 rebounds. FILE PHOTO: KATHERINE BUTLER / THE 7-6 in the SEC, and Ole Miss During the South Carolina DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN landed at No. 6 in current SEC game, Shuler put up a career- rankings. The Rebels have high of 31 points and had Ole Miss forward KJ Buffen won eight games at home with seven rebounds, four assists, blocks a layup against and two blocks and steals three losses and have also Mississippi State in 2019. won four games away. each. Meanwhile, Mississippi Forward Romello White State sits at an 11-11 overall falls behind Shuler in points record and a 5-8 record in with 220 on the season. The on top. However, during the the SEC. The Bulldogs rank forward also has 110 rebounds, March 7 game in Starkville, at No. 11 in the current SEC 22 assists and 23 blocks. To the Bulldogs redeemed standings and are on a two- round up the leading trio is themselves with a 69-44 win game losing streak. With junior Jarkel Joiner, who over the Rebels to round out losses coming from LSU (94- totals 219 points on the season the regular season. 80) and Vanderbilt (72-51), with 48 rebounds, 25 assists Tipoff against the Bulldogs the Bulldogs added two more and 25 steals. is set for 5 p.m. on Saturday home defeats to their record Last season, the Rebels in Oxford at the Pavilion. for a total of five losses and beat the Bulldogs during the HANNAH GRACE BIGGS / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN The game will air on the SEC eight wins. Feb. 11 game 83-58 as alumni Network. Following wins against Missouri on Feb. 10, and South Carolina on Feb. In the Bulldogs’ previous Breein Tyree scored a total match-up against the of 40 points to set the Rebels 13, Ole Miss men’s basketball is set to face Mississippi State on Feb. 20.

COLUMN Does UM have a shot to dance its way into March?

the lay-in. The team still isn’t fan- more fun aspects to watch. BARRETT FREEMAN tastic at shooting the rock, but Shuler or Joiner — whose [email protected] when the Kermit system is work- team is it? Last month, the Rebels fell to ing, they don’t necessarily need to I raised the point that there Florida, losing the third of their be. If the Rebels are shooting well, was an identity crisis as to who first four conference competi- like in the game against Missouri, gets the last say with the rock: tions, and I dissected what was it’s the icing on the cake. Shuler or Joiner. Well, Ole Miss going wrong for head coach Ker- Knees bent, butt down figured that out, too. Shuler might mit Davis’s third-year basketball and play defense: have gotten the spotlight against team. I was frustrated; you were Back in January, I wrote: “The Auburn, but in the very next game frustrated; we all were frustrat- Kermit system hinges on getting against Missouri, Joiner was the ed, and it was justified. However, down and playing defense that go-to guy. Both guards have fig- right when we all almost sold out is fierce, stout and forced turn- ured out their give and take. on the season, the team reeled us overs.” Now, that’s exactly what Not only are they sharing the right back in. they are doing. Take the overtime ball more, proving to be unself- The Ole Miss basketball team win against Auburn on Feb. 6, for ish and playing to each other’s is hot, winning its last four games, example. With grit, the team was advantages, but I also raised the two of which were back-to-back tied late in the game and needed point that at the end of the day, home wins against top-11 SEC some momentum. In a series of maybe the answer was neither of opponents. With those wins, in- events, the team played defense them. Maybe the offense should stead of harping on what’s wrong, and forced a turnover that led to revolve around forward Romello let’s talk about what’s going right a quick transition lay-up. White. with the team and the Kermit sys- In the very next series, the de- Against Auburn, White went tem. If you remember the column fense forced another turnover as off with a 30-point, 10-rebound I wrote a month ago, this list will junior guard Jarkel Joiner drib- game. He’s finally figuring out sound familiar. bled the ball down the floor and how to be the dominant force he’s Shot selection, shot selec- shot a quick 6-footer that swished meant to be in the paint. tion, shot selection: HANNAH GRACE BIGGS / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN into the basket. Those are exactly Just like the basketball team’s The Rebels finally found their Romello White attempts to stop a Mizzou player from scoring on Feb the kind of points on which Davis offensive scheme, as fans, it takes shooting identity. They know they 10.The Rebels won 80-59. has built his teams to capitalize. patience for the Kermit system to are not toward the top in confer- The team is one of the top in develop. Once it does like it is cur- ence shooting, whether it’s be- the conference in forcing turn- rently doing now, hang tight be- yond the arc or from free throw overs, and this has made watch- cause the Rebels could keep danc- lights out in order to win. transition buckets and offensive land, and that’s okay. In fact, they ing them play defense one of the ing their way right into March. know they don’t need to shoot The Kermit system relies on schemes that primarily look for THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 11 FEBRUARY 2021 | PAGE 5

SOFTBALL Track and field moves up in rankings Rebels KELBY ZENDEJAS points in the rating index. [email protected] During the Music City Chal- lenge, all four runners broke The Ole Miss men’s and the four-minute time mark head to women’s track and field teams with Suliman breaking his own moved up one spot in the U.S. school record with a time of Track & Field and Cross Coun- 3:55.60. This marks his third try Coaches Association (UST- career time below the four-min- FAU FCCCA) rankings on Monday. ute mark, and his time currently The Rebel men now stand at No. ranks fourth nationally. Follow- 7, while the women sit at No. 19. ing behind his lead was Garcia The new rankings come after RILEY COMDEN Romo with a sub-four time of [email protected] the Rebels had stellar perfor- 3:56.46, which beats his pre- mances at the Music City Chal- vious personal record by seven Ole Miss softball will participate lenge in Nashville, Tenn., over seconds. in the Florida Atlantic University the weekend with a new broken With Garcia Romo rank- Strike Out Cancer Tournament record and high ranking perfor- ing fifth nationally for his mile, this weekend from Feb. 19-21 mances. Smulders earned a 3:58.73 time after going 2-2 during their spring The men’s No. 7 ranking and put the Georgia-native at season debut. The Rebels clutched marks the third consecutive No. 17 in the NCAA. Behind a pair of wins against the University of Alabama-Birmingham Blazers top-10 seeded rank. During Smulders, came Franklin with a PHOTO COURTESY: PETRE THOMAS/ OLE MISS ATHLETICS Week Two, the men ranked at and the Belmont Bruins in the sub-four time of 3:59.12, setting Following the Music City Challenge in Nashville, Ole Miss men’s track No. 6, which set the program him at No. 21 in the NCAA. Trojan Classic last weekend with record for both the men’s and The men are also receiv- and field is ranked No. 7, while the women’s team is ranked No. 19. two losses against the Troy Trojans women’s cross country pro- ing points from the 800-meter and one loss against the Blazers. grams. In addition, this marks event with Franklin earning The Rebels are set to play teams the 33rd appearance for the such as Iowa State and FAU at the a time of 1:48.59, Smulders sonal record in the women’s 3K of 4:40.99, and he also ran the men since 2008. tournament with the first game earning a time of 1:48.75 and with a time of 9:17.19, taking fastest 800-meter since 2017 Leaders for the Rebel men against Iowa State on Friday, Feb. distance runner John Rivera down the previous record set by two weeks ago with a time of include running distance med- 19. The game against the Cyclones Jr. earning a time of 1:49.09. Shelby Brown in 2017. 2:06.45. ley, Waleed Suliman, Baylor will be a reunion for Ole Miss’s In addition to the 800-meter, Distance runners are also There are also two women’s Franklin, Mario Garcia Romo new head coach Jamie Trachsel, the Rebels are receiving points clocking in times for the rat- ranked pole vaulters and ranked and Everett Smulders, as they who served as head coach for the from 5K times and from within ing index. Distance runner team members in the sprinting ran the third-best time in NCAA Cyclones in 2017. the field. Sintayehu Vissa became the events. history and the second-best While the Rebels hold a current Meanwhile, the Rebel wom- fourth Rebel in as many meets Ole Miss will now prepare time in program history on Jan. 2-2 overall record, the Cyclones en broke records of their own. to break the program record for the SEC Indoor Champion- 29 at the Razorback Invite. The have a 5-0 overall record while the Senior distance runner Anna in the mile event with a time ships on Feb. 25-27 at Arkansas. time of 9:30.62 led to 18.60 Elkin clocked a 19-second per- FAU Owls have a 1-3. The Cyclones beat teams such as South Dakota State, Northern Iowa, Butler, Omaha and Drake at the Doc Halverson Uni Dome Tournament COLUMN in Cedar Falls, Iowa, last weekend. In addition, the Cyclones will bring back their entire young pitching staff that had a combined earned run average of 3.18 last season. The In Ole Miss softball’s last match against the Cyclones in February 2015, the Rebels defeated Iowa State in six innings with a score of road to 13-5. Meanwhile, the FAU Owls played in the Feldsburg Invitational against Florida International Omaha University and Winthrop last weekend, losing three and winning one of the games. Leaders for the in 2021 Owls include senior pitcher Kara Lokeinsky, catcher Kaitlyn Burke and outfielders Gretchen Ebert and Fayth Davis. RUBY DRAAYER The last time Ole Miss played [email protected] against FAU was in February of My prediction: Ole Miss 2010 when the Rebels fell 2-0 to baseball is going to go really the Owls after giving up two early far this year. FILE PHOTO: REED JONES / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN runs. It is hard for me to imag- One leader for the Rebels this ine what it would feel like to Peyton Chatangier tags out a Memphis player last season. The Rebels beat Memphis 8-1. season is senior Jessica Puk, as be able to see a Rebel champi- she became the first Rebel to drive onship win happen during my in eight runs in the team’s first time here at Ole Miss. I tend to three games since 2010. The Iowa be optimistic about all of Ole opener against No. 1 Louis- community that really cares sales. native posted a .385 average with a Miss’s sports, but the baseball ville, Ole Miss went on to win about baseball.” “We broke a season tick- 1.154 slugging percentage over the team gives me reason to do so. 16 in a row. This landed them This year, Ole Miss is an et record today, but I’m very weekend. Puk also led or tied in the The Rebels closed out the multiple preseason awards and older team that will be return- privileged to announce to- SEC with eight runs batted in, 15 2020 season ranked fifth na- Baseball America placed them ing with a lot of leadership. Of day that 7,101 season tickets total bases and three home runs, tionally. The team also led the at No. 4 in preseason rankings. the nine starters last season, have been sold,” Bianco said. which ranks second in the league. nation in home runs with 35 There are so many people seven will return. The team “Which breaks 2017’s record In addition to Puk, junior through 17 games. The Rebels who will be excited for their said goodbye to both Antho- (6,275) by almost 900 tickets— outfielder Tate Whitley leads the continued to show dominance teams to be brought back out ny Servideo and Tyler Keenan not a reserved seat left in the Rebels with a .500 batting average when they finished No. 3 in and to see them play. It has after the two were drafted into stadium.” and had a pair of hits in three of the slugging percentage, No. 3 in been almost a full year since the MLB over the summer. Although Ole Miss will four games. runs scored per game, No. 5 they were able to see the Reb- While they left very big shoes have a tough schedule ahead of The first match of this total runs scored and No. 7 els in action. to fill, there are others who will them, I believe they will have a weekend’s tournament is set to in walks drawn. The Ole Miss “Players, coaches and fans, be able to step into them. fantastic season. Many of these start at 10 a.m. in Boca Raton, Fla., mound also finished with a I know, are excited to put the While these unprecedent- players are itching to get to on Friday, Feb. 19 versus Iowa team earned run average of uniforms back on and get ed times make things difficult, playing again after their short- State. The next match of the day 2.92. started again,” head coach season ticket holders have ened season in 2020. With the will be at 12:30 p.m. against FAU. The Rebels had one of the Mike Bianco said in a press done an incredible job of mak- strength of the bullpen and the most impressive starts to a conference. “We’re very fortu- ing sure that all of the season incredible coaching staff, the season in program history. nate — the players, the coach- tickets would be sold out. Fans Rebels will be able to go far in Despite losing their season es — to be part of a university, showed their loyalty, breaking 2021. an athletic department and a the 2017 record for most ticket PAGE 6 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 11 FEBRUARY 2021 Baseball is back as Rebels prepare for season

Dunhurst are stand-out play- RUBY DRAAYER ers who both received the Sec - [email protected] ond Team All-SEC preseason Ole Miss baseball’s open- team. ing day is less than a week Elko hit a .354 last season away and there is a lot to be and started in 12 of the 17 excited about,as the team pre- games. He was named Reb- pares for its debut at the State el captain after totaling four Farm College Baseball Show- doubles, a triple and three down on Feb. 20-22. home runs in the season. He The Rebels will be return- also had 15 runs batted in with ing seven of the nine starters 12 total runs scored. from last year after losing two Dunhurst, the sopho- to the MLB draft in June. Over more catcher, was named an the past few years, the Rebels All-American after he hit a have gained national atten- .269 with five home runs in tion and asserted themselves his freshman season. He al- as a powerhouse not only in lowed the second-fewest sto- the SEC but nationwide. They len bases in the SEC with five. have made 16 regionals ap- This season will be long pearances in 19 years under full of highs and lows, and head coach Mike Bianco. the Rebels will play a full SEC During the off-season, Ole schedule with other teams Miss gave Bianco a four-year sprinkled throughout the sea- contract extension. The ex- son. Some of the most telling pectations are still very high games will be against Arkan- for this team, and this year sas, Mississippi State and the PHOTO COURTESY: PETRE THOMAS/ OLE will be no different. After the MISS ATHLETICS upcoming opening weekend. season was cut short last year, Above: Greer Holston pitches at “Usually, older groups play players are itching to get back. Ole Miss Baseball Scrimmage on better, they’re more experi- “My expectation is to play enced,” Bianco said. “One of well, especially for an older Sept. 19, 2020. the reasons for that, our game group,” Bianco said in a press Right: With opening day less is tough. There are a lot of ups conference. “That’s always than a week away for Ole Miss and downs. It’s a long season, your hope for opening week- Baseball, expectations are high a lot of games. There are go- end, but we expect it from this for this year’s season as they have ing to be times where we don’t older group — that we come play to our expectations. Usu- out and are mature and ag- been ranked as high as No. 4 in ally, older teams can handle gressive and that we go and preseason polls. that. Younger teams seem to play that way offensively, de- wallow in those lows longer. fensively and on the mound. Older teams seem to handle No.4 in preseason polls, set- There are 300 people who the adversity much better, ting the expectation that they are having press conferences and I think this group will do are capable of taking this sea- across the country talking that as well.” son far. The team is an older about Omaha and talking Ole Miss opens its season group that has continued to FILE PHOTO : REED JONES / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN about having success, and I in Arlington, Texas, at the recruit well to bring in talent. West in the league’s preseason players who will be back to think that’s what’s neat about State Farm College Baseball Last week, the Rebels were coaches poll. hopefully make a difference. the start of the season.” Showdown, Feb. 20-22 at 3 also predicted to win the SEC In addition to the pre- Senior third baseman Tim Ole Miss ranked as high as p.m. season polls, there are a few Elko and sophomore Hayden

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rassed. This past football sea- for a proper explanation of the to gravely abusing people are sity of Mississippi is embar- JOHN HYDRISKO son, the University of Missis- dismissal of Garrett Felber. It virtually indistinguishable. rassed, feels out of character [email protected] sippi unwittingly featured a should be obvious that Felber All this is to say that the or acts clumsily from time to We tend to confuse em- pornographic actor dressed was not fired because he won University of Mississippi con- time. We all should care, how- barrassment and shame. We in a doctor’s coat on a souve- an unauthorized grant for his fuses embarrassment and ever, that the university finds might say that embarrass- nir cup honoring the state’s department. Instead, he was shame on what seems an hour- its good character, acts decent- ment is a shallower or lighter “healthcare heroes.” This gaff fired because he gave cause ly basis. The school seeks to ly and makes real efforts to ex- version of shame, yet we still was, quite obviously, a devia- for administrators to feel em- avoid embarrassment, instead emplify a good school. We all think of them as two words for tion from the administration’s barrassed again and again of sitting with its shame. In- would be better off if the Uni- the same thing. But if we are internal expectation about it- and again. If only his bosses stead of dealing with the con- versity of Mississippi found its to be precise, embarrassment self. It responded to this em- had felt not embarrassed but sequences of its actions, the sense of shame for once. and shame are distinct from barrassment by mitigating any ashamed. University of Mississippi at- one another. further damage to its reputa- Taken together, these cas- tempts to manage the percep- Embarrassed is how we feel tion, by never acknowledging es point to a wider pattern of tions of its actions. Instead of John Hydrisko is a senior when we act out of character the event and by letting the how the UM administration safeguarding our community, English, philosophy and his- or deviate from an internal ex- whole fiasco fade into memo- fails to handle the tragedies, those within the Lyceum and tory major from Philadelphia, pectation of ourselves. What is ry. This course of action was, crises and scandals which be- those close to it obsess over Penn. embarrassing for one person more or less, an appropriate leaguer our community. In enrollment rates and property might not be embarrassing for response to the event. each instance — a glimpse values and tax revenues. someone else. I feel embar- Then, there are times of a culture-marked bigot- No one cares if the Univer- rassed when I trip in public, when a university should be ry and nepotism, a potential but you might feel unembar- ashamed. For years, officials hate crime, another chapter Opinion Policies: rassed when you do the same. have publicly condemned rac- in our school’s long history of Ashamed is how we feel ism while privately coddling repressing anti-racist speech Columns do not represent the views of The University of when we act in poor character, racist alumni. For months, of- — the Lyceum has responded Mississippi or The Daily Mississippian. The Daily Mississippian when we deviate from a more ficials mishandled — by their with damage control, radio welcomes letters to the editor, which should be emailed to universal standard. What is own admission — a secret in- silence and an enduring faith [email protected]. Letters should be no longer than 300 shameful for someone should vestigation into the now-in- in the shortness of our own words. They may be edited for clarity, brevity and libel. Third- be shameful for everyone. We famous photograph of armed attention spans. As a result, party letters and those with pseudonyms or no name will not be all should feel ashamed when students posing in front of the the university’s response to published. Letters are limited to one per individual per month. we lie, cheat or steal. sign marking the place where almost distributing thousands Letters should include contact information, including relationship There are times when a Emmett Till’s body was found. of plastic cups graced by the to the university, if applicable. university might be embar- For weeks, officials have likeness of an adult film star ignored widespread demands and the university’s response

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1 p.m. on Monday. The group message garnered over 3,500 members by Monday afternoon. “We’re trying to make this snowball fight the biggest ever in Mississippi,” read one message from the group owner, who declined to comment. Of the hundreds of students who attended the snowball fight, few were following city and university COVID guidelines. Ac- cording to UM’s guidelines for events, there is a 10-person limit indoors and 25 participants out- doors. The university also asks that attendees wear masks, use social distancing and limit phys- ical contact. Despite the excitement around an organized snowball fight, many of the students present were not throwing snowballs. The atmosphere in the Grove felt similar to that of tailgating at a home football game. One member played music from a speaker for the crowd, which congregated into a circle near the Walk of Champions entrance. Students were danc- ing, cheering and, at one point, crowdsurfing. Some students were seen drinking alcohol. “We figured there would be a lot of people there,” said one student, who asked to be anony- mous due to legal action against students present at the stadium. “It’s a fun thing to do since we didn’t get tailgating (in the fall).” Around 1:45 p.m., after the crowd migrated to the Grove stage, students began chanting “Rush the Vaught!” and franti- cally dashed for Vaught-Hem- ingway Stadium. While many seemed nervous to jump over the fence, several students made it over a wall between gates 15- 25 and into the stadium. “We got about 35-40 people inside, and then we went right and climbed out the fence on the other side,” said anoth-

WILL CORLEY / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN er student who successfully got into the stadium. HANNAH GRACE BIGGS / THE DAILY Students were still inside the MISSISSIPPIAN stadium when University Police Department arrived to break up the crowd around 1:55 p.m. A video circulating on social During the day, students media shows one UPD vehicle emerge from the dorms in driving toward the crowd on icy droves to enjoy the unusual roads to scatter crowd mem- weather, but at night most bers. UPD could not be reached retreat to the warmth and for comment about if this decision was protocol or why the safety of their rooms, leaving officer drove toward the crowd. behind a barren winter tundra. “The sirens came, and every- body literally fled like roaches,” Hundreds of students stormed one student, who was cited for Vaught-Hemingway Stadium trespassing, said. “I have the after a GroupMe invited grand idea that I can make it. So I jumped down, and the po- thousands to a snowball fight lice officer grabs this girl in front in the Grove. of me. Then two seconds later, he grabs me, and he swings us to the police car, and he’s like, ‘So what was the master plan? What are y’all doing?’” At least two students were detained by UPD and cited for trespassing in Vaught-Heming- way. According to several students at the event, there was no “master plan.” “So basically, there was no real rhyme or reason to why we did what we did. It was just being stupid,” she said.