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Egrove March 8, 2016 University of Mississippi eGrove Daily Mississippian Journalism and New Media, School of 3-8-2016 March 8, 2016 The Daily Mississippian Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline Recommended Citation The Daily Mississippian, "March 8, 2016" (2016). Daily Mississippian. 1277. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline/1277 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Journalism and New Media, School of at eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in Daily Mississippian by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Tuesday, March 8, 2016 THE DAILY Volume 104, No. 99 THE STUDENTMISSISSIPPIAN NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SERVING OLE MISS AND OXFORD SINCE 1911 Visit theDMonline.com @thedm_news lifestyles sports ‘House of Cards’ Spring training POLLS ARE OPEN TODAY Season 4 review readies Rebels for fall FROM 7AM-7PM Page 6 Page 12 Candidates employ last-minute efforts for votes PHOTO BY: CADY HERRING PHOTO BY: ASSOCIATED PRESS (ROGELIO V. SOLIS) Presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Madison, Miss., Monday, March 7, 2016. Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks during a campaign stop in Florence Monday. LANA FERGUSON Trump hosted a rally in a Madison Julie Wronski, UM political sci- ning the early primaries show that 151. Democrats need 2,383 dele- [email protected] high school, his second visit to the ence professor, attended Trump’s you’re still a viable candidate, that gates. Hillary Clinton has taken Magnolia state since his January rally Monday at Madison Central people are interested in you and the lead with 1,130 and Bernie trip to Biloxi. High School. She said early pri- that you’re sticking around.” Sanders is trailing behind with MADISON – The Mississippi The high school basketball maries are important to narrow At the conclusion of Super Sat- 499. and Michigan open primaries are stadium at which he spoke was down large fields of candidates. urday, Republican candidates Republican candidate Ted Cruz today, and candidates on both packed with hundreds of fans and “You have to get a certain num- need 1,237 delegates to win. Don- made a short-notice appearance sides of the political spectrum an overflow crowd of 7,000 peo- ber of delegates to get the nomi- ald Trump is in the lead with 384 early Monday afternoon in Flor- were out Monday campaigning in ple were watching a live-stream of nation but there’s also a process of delegates, Ted Cruz is following anticipation of the election. the event on the football field. momentum,” Wronski said. “Win- with 300 and Marco Rubio with Republican candidate Donald SEE CANDIDATES PAGE 4 What you should know about primary day in Mississippi MORGAN WALKER though. choose one or the other. In a The primary voting turnout has Winburn said. [email protected] The majority of states hold pri- closed primary, however, a voter reached record highs compared “I think from a voter’s per- mary elections— statewide pro- is required to register with a po- to previous years, according to spective, open will let you have cesses of selecting delegates using litical party prior to Election Day Winburn. He said many primary your voice heard the loudest and Voters in 17 states cast their a traditional secret ballot system. and must vote with the party he voters this season are unconven- give you more control in terms of votes on Super Tuesday and Su- According to the Mississippi or she selected. tional voters or voters who regis- picking and choosing which can- per Saturday last week, but Mis- Election Code, the state conducts In some cases, open primaries tered at the last minute. didate to vote for,” Winburn said. sissippians will head to the polls open presidential primaries, produce different results and par- “In most years, I don’t think a “So, if people want to be strategic for the 2016 presidential primary along with 19 other states. Essen- ty nominations when compared closed or open primary makes a with their vote, an open primary elections today. Registered vot- tially, that means a voter is not to closed primaries and caucuses, huge difference,” Winburn said. allows that to happen. From the ers participating in Mississippi’s required by state law to provide a according to political science pro- “But this year especially, it proba- party’s perspective, they proba- presidential primaries can cast party affiliation when registering fessor Jonathan Winburn. bly could have really changed the bly like closed better because they their votes between 7 a.m. and to vote. “It might have an effect on the landscape of the Republican race can then have a little bit more say 7 p.m. at designated voting pre- Registered voters are then al- nomination, especially in an elec- in particular.” over it.” cincts. lowed to cast ballots in either tion year like this one,” Winburn For states, each system has Not all states do things the party’s primary, but they must said. its own benefits and drawbacks, same way at the polling places, SEE PRIMARIES PAGE 5 opinion PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 8 MARCH 2016 | OPINION THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN EDITORIAL STAFF: LOGAN KIRKLAND editor-in-chief [email protected] CLARA TURNAGE managing editor [email protected] TORI WILSON copy chief [email protected] DREW JANSEN LANA FERGUSON news editors [email protected] LIZZIE MCINTOSH assistant news editor COLLIN BRISTER sports editor [email protected] BRIAN SCOTT RIPPEE assistant sports editor [email protected] ZOE MCDONALD MCKENNA WIERMAN lifestyles editors [email protected] HOLLY BAER opinion editor [email protected] COLUMN ARIEL COBBERT CAMERON BROOKS photography editors [email protected] The poet’s struggle: Loving a neglected genre CAROLINE CALLAWAY but nothing more than a well- cause when the average per- to having my writing prolifer- HAYDEN BENGE design editors placed please. With poetry, son ignores poetry, he doesn’t ated. people often treat your art like feel the loss. Unlike novels Selfishly, it doesn’t feel like a burden. and paintings, people allow enough, but I don’t know ASHLEY GAMBLE When I manage to convince poetry to become irrelevant in where the line is. I grew up online editor friends to indulge me and read their lives. in the generation that was JAKE THRASHER my work, they treat it like a This fall, I applied for six told we were exceptional in CARA KEYSER test. They desperately search Master of Fine Arts programs all ways. Although my writing illustrators for the specific meanings rath- for creative writing—focusing career has been exceptional er than allowing themselves to on poetry. Thus far, I’ve heard on most fronts, it isn’t some ADVERTISING STAFF: feel the poem, regardless of one answer: a rousing “No” extraordinary life-shaking my original intent. As a writer, from Boise State University. change, despite how well I’ve EVAN MILLER HOLLY BAER my primary goal is to cultivate I’m aching for an acceptance. done. advertising sales manager [email protected] emotions. To be cliché, I aim I so desperately want to have If I could accomplish one [email protected] to make the new familiar and the privilege to spend two to goal in my writing career, I the familiar new. When peo- three years focusing exclu- wish I could make good poet- CARY ALLEN I’ve been a writer since BEN NAPOLETAN ple get caught up in defining sively on my poetry. ry accessible and desired by childhood, but only in the past metaphors and narrative arcs, I’ve had a lot of luck with my the general public. I’d like the DANIELLE RANDALL few years have I discovered they ignore the emotions I writing in recent years. I’ve world to fall in love with po- PIERRE WHITESIDE that my truest love is poetry. I account executives worked so hard to create. been featured regularly on etry like they’ve fallen in love adore line breaks, rhythm and People make poetry harder the religious blog website “Pa- with novel series and other GRACE BAIRD intricate word play, but poet- than it has to be. Poetry be- theos,” I’ve won awards for my authors. MADELEINE DEAR ry, as a genre, can be a hard comes less like art and more writing with the Daily Missis- That likely won’t happen— ROBERT LOCKARD medium to share. like homework, and the cog- sippian and my poetry is being but I can dream, anyway. ELLEN SPIES People like stories. If you nitive paths for poetry become published in a collection by creative designers have friends who read, con- academic scar tissue rather Kingston University Press in Holly Baer is a senior re- vincing someone to read a than pathways for beauty. It’s London. I’ve been more fortu- ligious studies major from S. GALE DENLEY story requires persuasion, a tragedy we don’t discuss be- nate than most when it comes Flowood. STUDENT MEDIA CENTER THE DAILY PATRICIA THOMPSON The Daily Mississippian The Daily Mississippian welcomes letters to the editor. Let- Director of Student Media and MISSISSIPPIAN is published Monday ters should be addressed to The Daily Mississippian, 201 Daily Mississippian Faculty through Friday during Bishop Hall, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS, 38677-1848, Adviser S. Gale Denley Student the academic year, on or e-mailed to [email protected]. Media Center days when classes are Letters should be typed, double-spaced and no longer than ROY FROSTENSON 201 Bishop Hall, scheduled. 300 words. Letters may be edited for clarity, space or libel. Assistant Director/Radio and P.O.
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