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Monday, April 30, 2018 THE DAILY Volume 106, No. 108 MISSISSIPPIANTHE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SERVING OLE MISS AND OXFORD SINCE 1911 Visit theDMonline.com @thedm_news Double Decker Festival draws thousands Rebels go pro in NFL draft Although there were no Rebels taken in the first round on Thursday night, four Ole Miss players were selected in the 2018 NFL Draft over the weekend. One player signed with a team following the draft after not being selected throughout the seven rounds. Breeland Speaks, Marquis Haynes, Jordan Wilkins and Rod Taylor all had their names called and their dreams fulfilled by NFL organizations. AJ Moore is also now officially on an NFL roster after going undrafted and signing with the New England Patriots. See where the former Rebels landed and in which round they were taken on page 12. PHOTO COURTESY: JI HOON HEO Oxford’s 23rd annual Double Decker Festival draws a crowd to the Square early Saturday morning. The festival brought more than 60,000 visitors to town over the weekend to enjoy music, food, and art. A festival record-high number of 176 vendors joined 147 artists to cater to the 2018 crowd. SEE DRAFT PAGE 12 DM STAFF REPORT OPD investigates Friday shooting inside Lyric a “person in a white jersey” The Oxford Police it is seeking information on Department has identified following the incident. As of a person of interest in its Saturday afternoon, no sus- investigation of a shooting pects were in custody. that occured Friday night The doors for the at the Lyric Oxford. OPD party opened at 9 p.m. said a man fired a single Friday, less than an hour shot into air inside the before the shooting. Epic Lyric and that the stray Entertainment tweeted an bullet did not strike anyone. apology Saturday morning One person was injured by to those who attended the “broken glass” but no other previous night’s party and injuries have been reported, hosted a party at a local according to OPD. pool later that day. The lone shot was fired “Concerning last nights just before 10 p.m. Friday event at the Lyric, Epic night after a fight broke Entertainment apologizes out during the “Shoot Your to everyone in attendance PHOTO COURTESY: BILLY SCHUERMAN Shot” Jersey Party hosted by for the one bad person Epic Entertainment. OPD Oxford Police Department investigates a shooting that occurred around 10 p.m. on Friday night inside the Lyric. Nobody was injured by the gunshot. tweeted a photo Saturday of SEE LYRIC PAGE 3 IN THIS ISSUE... OPINION NEWS NEWS SPORTS The blur of instant gratification Chick-fil-A CEO visits campus UM Pride hosts Gayla Rebels topple Tigers, 9-8 How media and constant communication can Dan Cathy speaks about business skills The organization honored four activists at Ole Miss overcomes late deficit to claim series leave us dazed and confused and history of the company their first annual awards ceremony against LSU PAGE 2 PAGE 4 PAGE 8 PAGE 10 PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 30 APRIL 2018 OPINION THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN EDITORIAL STAFF: SLADE RAND that ruined a whole editor-in-chief night,” the entertainment [email protected] group tweeted Saturday morning. “We especially DEVNA BOSE send apologies out to the managing editor injured person. The suspect [email protected] is in no (way) affiliated with DAVID NOWICKI the Epic Entertainment copy chief Organization!” [email protected] Officers were already on scene at The Lyric when BLAKE ALSUP the one shot was fired, news editor working an assignment for TAYLOR VANCE the Friday night of Double BRITTANY BROWN Decker Festival, according assistant news editors to OPD. The department [email protected] JUSTIN DIAL SENIOR sports editor ONORS HESIS BEN MILLER H T assistant sports editor PRESENTATION [email protected] Hailey Elisabeth CHRISTIAN JOHNSON photography editor Grisham ANDREW LONG B.E. IN ENGINEERING assistant photography editor [email protected] “O-GlcNAc Post LIAM NIEMAN Translational Modification lifestyles editor of Hypoxia-Inducible MARY LIZ KING Factor (HIF) Proteins” assistant lifestyles editor Directed by Dale Nagle [email protected] GEORGE YOUNG Monday, April 30 opinion editor COLUMN at 9:30 am [email protected] TCRC Room 1018 The defense is open to the public. 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