University of Mississippi eGrove

Daily Mississippian Journalism and New Media, School of

12-5-2014

December 5, 2014

The Daily Mississippian

Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline

Recommended Citation The Daily Mississippian, "December 5, 2014" (2014). Daily Mississippian. 968. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline/968

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]. ‘Just Bo’: an exclusive interview with the Rebels’ senior quarterback see page 12

Friday, December 5, 2014 THE DAILY Volume 103, No. 67

THE STUDENTMISSISSIPPIAN NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SERVING OLE MISS AND OXFORD SINCE 1911 Visit theDMonline.com @thedm_news Shopping center to displace local families Ride-share EMILY GUESS [email protected] Lisa Sanders and her three drivers to daughters have lived in Ewing Park Community at the inter- section of West Jackson and face arrests West Oxford Loop for 11 years. It costs $210 to rent the plot of CLARA TURNAGE [email protected] land her trailer is on, plus about $40 a month for water. Sanders, Drivers of vehicles-for-hire who works for The University will now be arrested if they of Mississippi in the physical don’t follow municipal and lo- plant, lives in a regular size mo- cal regulations, according to bile home with seven cats, two Oxford Alderman Jay Hughes. dogs and a rabbit. Though citations were issued Sanders’ mother, Betty Bovee, as early as September, Oxford lives in her own mobile home will now perform a custodial just a few doors down. She has arrest of those who violate the also lived here for 11 years, but regulations. Custodial arrests soon, they may have to move are made with the defendant due to the development of a pro- on the property, and many ten- immediately taken into custo- posed mall on the land they rent. ants are concerned about where dy. The Oxford Galleria II is they are going to go or what they San Francisco-based compa- scheduled to be built in March are going to do about moving ny Uber has continued to op- 2015 with an estimated cost their homes. Other tenants are erate outside of city and state of $42 million, said developer not so upset about the land be- legislation, Hughes said. John Trezevant, the president of ing sold as they are about not All vehicles for hire in Ox- Memphis-based Trezevant Re- being involved in the process. ford are required to install alty Corporation. “We keep asking what is go- video surveillance, adhere to “We’re not buying the trailer ing on, but no one is telling us maximum fares for within the park,” Trezevant said. “We’re anything,” said tenant Stella city limits and provide proof buying 21 acres of ground. I hav- Lewis, 56, who works at Ward’s of insurance, among other re- en’t seen any leases on any of the Short Stop on Old Taylor Road quirements specified in the ve- tenants, (and I) don’t know any and has lived in the park for 16 hicle for hire ordinance passed of their names. When we buy years. “The landlord has yet to during the summer. the property, the leases will be come and say what is what. It’s “Uber’s lobbyist came before terminated. They’re all month- OK to sell it, but talk to the peo- the Board of Aldermen to re- to-month leases, so at the end ple. Give us a chance. It’s not the quest that the board consider of a 30 day period, just like any idea that people are upset that granting an exception to Uber, apartment complex or condo, you are selling it because it’s so that it could hire drivers of when the termination day hits, your right. That’s fine, but talk any age and operate with no that’s when you are supposed to to us.” PHOTOS BY: CADY HERRING regard to state and city laws,” be out.” Top: The Sanders’ home is seen in Ewing Park Community Thursday. Bottom: Cait- Hughes said. “The board asked There are currently 57 homes SEE FAMILIES PAGE 8 lyn Sanders stands in her home in Oxford Wednesday. the Uber lobbyist for informa- tion, which was not presented to us.” The day after the Nov. 7 meeting, Hughes said Uber ran advertisements in The Daily Ole Miss students protest Ferguson decision Mississippian soliciting drivers without regard to age, insur- 30 seconds, signifying the time LACEY RUSSELL ance or requirements of Mis- Brown’s body was in the Fergu- [email protected] sissippi and local policies. Uber son street – 4 hours and 30 min- continues to operate in Oxford. Clutching posters that read utes. Uber launched its UberCol- “#BlackLivesMatter” and The protest, which was or- lege program Aug. 28 and be- “#Support,” around 40 students ganized by senior economics gan operation in 22 college at The University of Mississippi major Derrick Martin and spon- towns across the nation. Three staged a peaceful demonstration sored by the university’s Nation- days before the first Uber driv- Thursday afternoon in response al Pan-Hellenic Council, is the er picked up his or her passen- to a grand jury’s decision not to most recent in a national series ger in Oxford, Uber hired Aus- indict the Ferguson, Missouri, of similar “die-in” demonstra- tin Barbour to work on state police officer who fatally shot un- tions. and municipal lobbying efforts. armed teenager Michael Brown. “This is not just about Mike “We respect laws that are on Demonstrators discreetly en- Brown or just about Ferguson,” the books; we respect the city tered the student union, formed Martin explained. “This is about council and the mayor,” Bar- a single file line dividing the racism, and it’s also about vio- bour said. “We respect their food court and seating area and lence and police brutality. These decisions on how they want to PHOTO BY: PHILLIP WALLER proceeded to lie on the floor in Students stage a “die-in” at the Student Union during the lunch hour on Thursday. unison for four minutes and SEE PROTEST PAGE 5 SEE UBER PAGE 4 opinion PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 5 DECEMBER 2014 | OPINION

THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN EDITORIAL STAFF:

LACEY RUSSELL editor-in-chief [email protected]

SARAH PARRISH managing editor [email protected]

MACKENZIE HICKS copy chief [email protected]

LOGAN KIRKLAND MAGGIE MCDANIEL news editors [email protected]

KYLIE MCFADDEN assistant news editor

DYLAN RUBINO sports editor [email protected]

CLARA TURNAGE lifestyles editor [email protected]

SIERRA MANNIE opinion editor [email protected]

CADY HERRING photography editor [email protected] COLUMN

ALLI MOORE MADDIE THEOBALD Zemir Begić and convenient whiteness ELLEN WHITAKER ro-Peruvian on his mother’s side ics, there will always be people say it matters. When white peo- design editors and German-American on his who slip through the cracks. ple treat other white people bet- father’s side. The difficulty here Have you ever noticed on cen- ter than non-white people, and THOMAS GRANING comes from the fact that race is, sus forms that there is no option when our institutions and social multimedia editor in fact, not a real thing. By that, I for Arab people? structures are built around this [email protected] mean scientists have no concep- If they have fairer skin, like assumption, the system becomes tion of race. many Syrians, Lebanese and Pal- self-perpetuating. KRISTIN JACKSON It does not exist in nature. estinians, they may feel comfort- This brings me to the case of digital content coordinator Vague groupings of ethnicities can able choosing “white.” Technically Zemir Begić. be made via genetic haplogroups, the Middle East is in Asia, so they A brief recap for those who do ADVERTISING STAFF: and lineages can be traced back could realistically also choose not follow local St. Louis news: a ROBERT MCAULIFFE to certain ethnicities. There is Asian. However, this category is Bosnian man, Zemir Begić, was

MATT ZELENIK [email protected] nothing in nature that says a dark- typically associated with people beaten to death by a group of advertising sales manager The concept of “whiteness” is skinned man from Sierra Leone from East and South Asia, not the three teenagers, two identified by [email protected] probably foreign to a lot of peo- and a similarly-toned woman Middle East. the police as black and one as His- EMILY FORSYTHE ple. Race, as we popularly view it, from Madagascar, 4,000 miles Is the dilemma clear? panic. The brutality of the crime DAVID JONES is something simple. Unambigu- away, have anything in common This is not to say that race does rocked the local Bosnian commu- EVAN MILLER ous. Either you have white skin, or besides skin tone. Similarly, a not matter. nity, a community of immigrants CAROLYN SMITH you don’t. In reality, who or what Slavic woman from Moscow has As a white, third-generation who came to St. Louis within the account executives qualifies as “white” is far more little in common with a man from American of European heritage past twenty years in order to es- complex. Iceland. (Greek-Irish), who does not speak cape genocide at the hands of the MARA BENSING The George Zimmerman ver- Grouping these people together with any kind of foreign accent or Serbian government. So, soon af-

KIM SANNER dict shined a very public light on into a vague category of “black” possess a particularly foreign sur- ter the grand jury results, St. Louis creative designers this concept. and “white” is something we hu- name, I carry an immense amount was alive with the spirit of protest. Was George Zimmerman a mans have invented, hence the of status in society. People who do In that light, many local Bosnians S. GALE DENLEY white man, as the prevailing nar- difficulty in tagging someone of not fit that description carry far gathered in the street to protest STUDENT MEDIA CENTER rative described? Or was he a mixed ethnicities as a particular less. This power given to me is the crime. It was a bit unclear what PATRICIA THOMPSON Hispanic man, a minority just like race. There’s no objective stan- arbitrary and does not reflect my exactly they were protesting, as all Director of Student Media and Trayvon? dard for it, and while the U.S. cen- achievements or moral character. Daily Mississippian Faculty In reality, his ethnicity was Af- sus does its best with demograph- Race matters then because we SEE BEGIĆ PAGE 3 Adviser ROY FROSTENSON Assistant Director/Radio and THE DAILY The Daily Mississippian The Daily Mississippian welcomes letters to the editor. Let- Advertising MISSISSIPPIAN is published Monday ters should be addressed to The Daily Mississippian, 201 MELANIE WADKINS through Friday during Bishop Hall, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS, 38677-1848, Advertising Manager 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 DEBRA NOVAK scheduled. Creative Services Manager 201 Bishop Hall, 300 words. Letters may be edited for clarity, space or libel. P.O. Box 1848 Third-party letters and those bearing pseudonyms, pen MARSHALL LOVE University, MS Contents do not names or “name withheld” will not be published. Publi- Daily Mississippian represent the Distribution Manager 38677-1848 cation is limited to one letter per individual per calendar official opinions of month. THOMAS CHAPMAN The University of Media Technology Manager Main Number: Mississippi or The Daily Letters should include phone and email contact informa- 662.915.5503 tion so that editors can verify authenticity. Letters from stu- JADE MAHARREY Mississippian unless Business Hours: dents should include grade classification and major; letters Administrative Assistant specifically indicated. Monday-Friday, from faculty and staff should include title and the college,

DARREL JORDAN 8 a.m.-5 p.m. ISSN 1077-8667 school or department where the person is employed. Broadcast Chief Engineer opinion OPINION | 5 DECEMBER 2014 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 3

After generations of assimila- BEGIĆ tion, these traits have been sub- sumed into the cultural void that continued from page 2 is whiteness. Ignatiev details how the Irish used anti-blackness as three suspects were apprehended a means of gaining acceptance within 24 hours of the crime, but into the fold of white privilege. a visceral reaction to a shocking Support for slavery among the tragedy in a tight-knit community Irish community was rampant. can be expected. As some of the poorest immigrant However, conservative pundits laborers in America, the Irish online and in the media were quite could only demonize the last rung sure what the Bosnian communi- on the ladder, the black worker, ty was protesting. (In the wake of slave or free. Instead of uniting as the crime, I waded through quite a working class, the Irish Amer- literally hundreds and hundreds icans fought for black-exclusive of comments from white conser- labor unions. The vigor of their vatives on the case.) To them, it anti-black hatred painted them as was a clear-cut case of “black-on- AP PHOTO: DAVID CARSON white in the eyes of the WASPs. white crime,” typical black “thugs” Bosnians march along Gravois Road on Dec. 1 to protest the murder of Zemir Begić, a Bosnian man, in St. Louis. Police blocked We see this happening again attacking innocent white Ameri- traffic as hundreds of people marched from Holly Hills Avenue down Gravois Road to Itaska Street where Begić was killed Nov. 30. with the Bosnian community, cans for no reason other than their Another man was non-fatal- and over again. Whether for their a subversive immigrant ruining though not intentionally. ethnicity. A hate crime. ly attacked by the same group of religion, their accent, their names America. If he is killed by a black Through the white racists’ mis- The St. Louis Metropolitan Po- teens down the street. or their immigrant status, white person, he is a pure white victim, interpretation of the Bosnian re- lice (a separate entity from the St. Seldin Dzananovic, in an in- people did not treat them any- an example of everything good sponse to Zemir Begić’s murder as Louis County Police in Ferguson) terview with The Gateway Pun- where near as well as they treated about white people. an act of anti-blackness, they are stated in their investigation that dit, was explicitly asked whether other people. If you were not Bos- These white commentators are quick to declare Bosnians white. the crime was not racially moti- or not the teens made any racial nian, you did not go to any of the using the Bosnian community in The Bosnian community, by and vated and that all three perpetra- comments to him, which he de- many delicious Bosnian bakeries St. Louis as a cudgel with which to large, has expressed a desire to tors had been apprehended. nied, saying that they had only or restaurants in the neighbor- beat black people by proxy. They separate themselves from this Interestingly, these white con- insulted his girlfriend as they hood. My mother would always get none of the benefits of white- narrative. They are not a mono- servatives, who decry the very passed and began attacking him make a comment when she found ness, but when it comes down to lithic block of course, and I have concept of hate crimes, defend when Dzananovic responded. out that a new gyro shop down the whites versus blacks, they’re one both seen and heard some an- the police to all ends and publicly Many other members of the Bos- street was run by Bosnian people of us. ti-black sentiment from Bosnians supported Darren Wilson, sud- nian community stated that they (although this came far more from We saw this in the Zimmerman in the St. Louis area. In this case, denly suspected the police of lying agreed with the police report that her Greek heritage than a place of case as well, only in reverse. Zim- however, many in the communi- and insisted the crime was an an- the crime, while tragic and brutal, racism). merman, in the eyes of white rac- ty have stepped forward and said ti-white attack. was not racially motivated. These same white conservatives ists, became suddenly a Hispanic they bear no ill will to blacks and A video surfaced of a resident This narrative being pushed by who claim this murder case as an man when it came time to claim do not see the crime as an act of (who did not witness the crime) conservative bloggers and pun- example of “white genocide” and that he was not motivated by race. racial hatred. paraphrasing the Ferguson pro- dits, however untrue, hits at a call for the lynching of its perpe- We broaden and narrow our When Deepa Iyer, former lead- testors, who marched through deeper issue. The fundamental trators (yes, I actually saw both definition of whiteness when con- er of South Asian Americans the neighborhood several days nature of their claims depends on of those phrases used) would not venient, using race as a tool of op- Leading Together, visited campus earlier, as saying, “Kill the white categorizing these Bosnian men and do not hesitate to trash the pression, as it always has been. last month, she made a point I felt people” (no one has reported any as “white.” Bosnian community for its immi- A parallel can be drawn be- was prescient. protestors using this chant). Con- They have fair skin, to be sure, grant status and their adherence tween the current state of Bosnian She exhorted other South servative pundits like InfoWars’s and if that’s the only criteria for to Islam. immigrants and Irish immigrants Asians not to give into the fallacy conspiracy-theorist-in-chief Alex whiteness, they pass. However, The hypocrisy and cynicism, in the 1800s. of the “model minority,” not to ally Jones misinterpreted the video Bosnians are immigrants. then, of those who claim this mur- Noel Ignatiev, in his seminal themselves with white anti-black and spread word that the perpe- Many of the first-generation im- der as an anti-white hate crime book “How the Irish Became hatred in order to gain the petty trators had yelled, “Kill the white migrants like Begić do not speak is evident. If it was a hate crime White,” describes how the Irish status benefits it would gain them people” before murdering Begić, English well or at all. Their Slavic at all, it would be a hate crime were not seen as white, despite but instead, to stand in solidarity despite Begić’s partner and friend, last names are difficult for some against Begić’s immigrant status their fair skin and European her- with all other minorities against whom were in the car with him Americans to pronounce. Almost or his religion, not against his itage, much like today’s Bosnians. the universal threat of white su- before he was murdered, both de- all Bosnians are Muslim, though hesitant membership among the Their “Papism,” as Catholicism premacism. nying this. many are non-practicing. ranks of the white. was called, was seen as un-Ameri- Thankfully, it seems the Bos- His partner, Arijana Mu- Does this sound like the de- We see here the problem with can. Their accents and their immi- nian community, in their re- jkanovic, whom Begić died de- scription of a privileged white per- our society’s construction of race. grant status communicated that sponse to white racists’ co-opting fending, gave an interview to the son to anyone? Fair-skinned minorities, wheth- they were here to take our jobs of this horrible tragedy, has taken UK Daily Mail saying she believed I grew up in South St. Louis, er Bosnian or otherwise, are never and displace us white folk. Today, Ms. Iyer’s advice. the attack was not racially mo- an area with the highest Bosnian considered white until it is politi- though, a white man claiming op- tivated but rather, the result of a population anywhere in the world cally convenient to include them pression because of his Irish her- Robert McAuliffe is a junior conflict Begić had with a former outside of Bosnia itself. I observed under that label. If a Bosnian man itage or Catholic faith is laughed international studies major from family friend. racism towards these people over is worshipping in a mosque, he is out of the room. St. Louis, Missouri. Senior y Christ HonorS THeSiS No Appointment Needed err ma PreSenTaTion M s Ashli Fitzpatrick Walk-ins Welcome.

B.a. in Biology “Secondary Metabolites Isolated Open Every Day from Perovskia atriplicifolia and 8am-7pm Their in Vitro Binding Affinity for Sick? Injured? Human Opioid and Cannabinoid We’re here to help! Receptors” $5 BURGERS Our emergency room trained staff is Directed by Dr. Stephen Cutler equipped to handle your illnesses & injuries. Friday, December 5 AND Over 90% of all You only pay a co-pay at 11:00 am Insurance Plans accepted! when you visit! Thad Cochran Research Center Room 2066 662.236.2232 25 CENT WINGS The defense is open to the public. 1929 University Ave. If you require special assistance relating to a OxfordUrgentClinic.com FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER disability, please contact Penny Leeton at 31654 662-915-7266. 31650 36117 114 Courthouse Square Oxford, MS 38655 news PAGE 4 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 5 DECEMBER 2014 | NEWS Megabus to discontinue service in Oxford this month LOGAN KIRKLAND not there.” this will not strongly [email protected] Hughes said the process impact the students. behind reevaluating routes is “Very few took ad- After starting in January solely based on if the amount vantage of the service, 2014, transit service Mega- of people using the system is and obviously not bus announced Thursday that sufficient enough to fund the very frequently, or it all routes from Oxford will be travels. He said that if they wouldn’t be closing,” discontinued starting Dec. 16 heard enough from custom- Portie said. “It is, due to lack of profits and cus- ers, they would come back. however, highly un- tomer demand. Director of Parking and fortunate to lose one Sean Hughes, associate di- Transportation Mike Harris of the few transporta- rector of corporate affairs at said in a press release the the tion options available Coach USA North America, university is always looking to students.” said they have not seen the for ways to enhance transpor- Hughes said that if necessary customer demand tation options. this is something stu- they would like in Mississippi. “Some will be successful dents and faculty are Hughes said they will cer- while others may prove not to concerned with, it is tainly come back and take be,” Harris said. “The key is important for them to a look at the route, but as of to continue to work together understand there has right now, not enough people as a community to provide as to be more participa- AP PHOTO: SETH WENIG are utilizing the transit ser- many options as possible.” tion in order for the Passengers wait in line to board a Megabus in New York March 17, 2011. vice. Madison Portie, junior man- transit system to con- listen, give us the opportuni- Have you taken the Mega- “Counting 20 people tops, agerial finance major, said tinue running. you know that’s not filling ty for your service,’” Hughes bus from Oxford? Visit theD- even though students have “We need to see the stu- said. Monline.com to vote in our a bus that holds 81 people,” used this service she feels that dents and faculty saying, ‘Hey Hughes said. “The demand is poll.

ney, the monetary incentives ferent from a traditional taxi UBER of our laws are not sufficient, company, Guernier said. continued from page 1 and it will be a custodial ar- “Uber is a technology com- rest,” Hughes said. “This is not pany. We don’t hire drivers or a decision that the board made own any vehicles,” Guernier view Uber and how they want lightly.” said. “Regulating ride-sharing to work with Uber. We will fol- Billy Guernier, general man- – an innovative, new option low their lead on that.” ager for regional expansion of – like a taxi company doesn’t Hughes said drivers didn’t Uber, said that the ride-shar- make sense.” seem to care about these ear- ing service has no intention of Hughes said it doesn’t mat- ly attempts to warn off illegal ceasing to operate. ter how Uber defines itself. operation. “It’s truly unfortunate that “The simple fact is drivers “There were stops made of while more and more cities are who operate vehicles on public drivers who were not comply- finding permanent solutions streets of Oxford in exchange ing as vehicles for hire, and for ride-sharing, Oxford offi- for money are vehicles under in the stops, the city police cials remain obstinate and un- state law and city law,” Hughes learned that Uber had instruct- willing to see our technology said. “The fact that they may ed them to disregard any fines as anything but a traditional have a phone that uses an app they got, and that Uber would taxicab,” Guernier said. “Much to locate a driver doesn’t ex- pay the fines,” Hughes said. like we do in every other city empt it from the fact that it is Hughes said drivers will now that we operate in, we stand still a vehicle for hire. If you’re face arrest if they continue to ready and willing to negotiate operating a vehicle to take function outside of state and with local officials to find a someone from point A to point local law. sensible solution and perma- B, then it falls under the state “When a corporation makes nent home for ride-sharing in and city requirements. We a decision to tell its partners Oxford. Uber will continue op- don’t care what Uber considers to violate state and local laws erating in Oxford.” itself. We only care about the because they will pay all off Uber considers itself dif- drivers on the road.” the fines and hire the attor-

31607 31692 news NEWS | 5 DECEMBER 2014 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 5

PHOTOS BY: PHILLIP WALLER Left: Students participate in the “die-in” Thursday. Right: Derrick Martin holds a sign during the demonstration Thursday.

tures?,’” said Joe Curry, partic- own who still share the same be- people stand for something.” “I hope (the demonstration) PROTEST ipant in the demonstration and liefs.” This is the second protest to kind of shed light to situation and continued from page 1 president of the university’s Na- Mason Herman, an eyewitness occur at the university regarding let people know that there are tional Pan-Hellenic Council. “You of the demonstration, said he re- the Ferguson ruling since it was people (at The University of Mis- saw temptation. You saw confu- spected the peacefully organized announced last week. Wednes- sissippi) that care about what’s are things that exist in this coun- sion. You saw a lot of light bulbs event. day, the university’s chapter of been going on lately,” Martin try. These are things that cannot flickering on like, ‘Oh, so that’s “Everybody has an opinion,” the NAACP assembled a peace- said. “I think people kind of had be taken lightly. It doesn’t matter what’s going on.’” Herman said. “Some people have ful demonstration around the an understanding, but they defi- who’s doing it to who or what race Curry said as on-looking stu- done protests in other ways, but at bronze James Meredith statue nitely had a better understanding they are.” dents approached the crowd, least they’re standing up for their behind the Lyceum. after today.” Despite the enormous lunch- many made annoyed remarks; own personal beliefs. It wasn’t time crowd and baffled looks however, some students ex- a violent way to do it. It was a from bystanders, the group of pressed their support of the pro- peaceful protest. If they were try- students remained resolute on test and joined in. ing to get people to stop and see the union floor. Martin said no “There wasn’t really any type what they were doing, it worked. one tried to interfere with or op- Now Open! of embarrassment about it,” Cur- It’s just good to see that some pose the protest. Shireen Mullink ry said. “It was more of a feeling “I saw people who were in their of strength and confidence and LMT 2092 minds thinking, ‘Do I want to go power laying on the ground with Senior lay down, too, or sit and take pic- 662.549.7010 people of different races than my HonorS THeSiS 2304 West Jackson Ave., Oxford, Miss. Book online: PreSenTaTion www.Vagaro.com/LiveWellTherapeuticMassage Kevin Scott 20% off inTernaTional STudieS, economicS, cHineSe students, “The Impact of Hosting the faculty, Summer Olympic Games on and new clients Economic Growth in Developing Countries: A Case Study of the 2008 Beijing Games” Directed by Joshua Hendrickson Friday, December 5 at 9:00 am, Croft 20% off Gift Certificates The defense is open to the public. during finals week If you require special assistance relating to a 31655 Available PHOTO BY: PHILLIP WALLER disability, please contact Penny Leeton at Revitalize and Refresh at Live Well Therapeutic Massage. Students stage a die-in at the Student Union during the lunch hour on Thursday. 662-915-7266. 31658

SENIORS: need to schedule a senior portrait appointment at www.ouryear.com. School code: 141 or call 1-800-OUR-YEAR (1-800-687-9327) lifestyles PAGE 6 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 5 DECEMBER 2014 | LIFESTYLES Behind locked doors: unseen treasures in UM Museum CLARA TURNAGE seum and historic houses. “In [email protected] every on-site program, we either explore a specific exhibit or bring Bright, fluorescent lights flicker out a rarely seen object from our in the storage area, reflecting off collections storage to encourage of a towering chain link fence. On object-based learning.” it, painting after painting dangle These programs range in age- twenty feet above the concrete group and activity, from 2-year- floor. olds to high school students and Above even the lofty enclosure, from Q-tip recreations of Theora a second story houses a range of Hamblett’s painting style to guid- relics from Caribbean masks and ed tours of the exhibitions. Egyptian scarabs to textiles and “I love seeing children make housewares. new connections with the mu- Just a few feet away, there are seum collections and then bring rows after rows of cupboards, their parents and grandparents in each containing artifacts that to see the exhibits and share what are thousands of years old. Pot- they have learned,” Dean said. tery molded by men and women “They become mini-ambassa- who died 2,000 years ago rest dors for the museum and become comfortably on the shrine-like more aware of different cultures, shelves; behind them, a wood- art and history.” en telescope, its lens pointlessly Dean said these programs al- aimed at the starless ceiling. low the museum to make use of These relics, both scientific the extensive collections available revelations and works of art, in- as well as culturally enriching the habit the realm found behind community. the closed storage facility doors “When a community is invested at The University of Mississippi in and involved with its cultural Museum. Because the museum institutions, everyone benefits,” neither has the space to exhibit Dean said. “The museum is able all of these pieces nor the time to to attract new exciting exhibits, rotate exhibits more than it cur- classes are able to create more rently does, these pieces cannot cross-curriculum connections and children, as young as two, be shown. Of the collections the PHOTO BY: CLARA TURNAGE museum houses, 85 percent are Marti Funke climbs to the upper level of the storage facility in the UM Museum next to the painting enclosure. begin developing an appreciation not on exhibition. of art and world outside of their “The majority of our collections local town.” are all in storage. We just don’t Funke said she believed these have enough display space; it’s opportunities could inspire ele- a problem that every museum mentary and high school students has,” said Marti Funke, collec- alike. tions manager for the museum. “They’re not going to get that “I mean, if you have 15 percent of exposure,” Funke said. “Getting your collection on display, you’re that exposure to art is really im- doing pretty good.” portant. We don’t want anybody These pieces aren’t confined to to ever feel like this isn’t their mu- storage by choice, however; there seum. It’s exciting to see children simply isn’t enough room to dis- that want to come back, that find play all of the pieces within a year. some love of art, even if it’s small.” “It’s not that one collection is Many pieces both on exhibit more important. We just have so and in storage are requested by many now that we try to touch other museums for exhibition. on all aspects,” Funke said. “We The museum also rotates pieces would love to expand. I think from the permanent collection that’s always an option. If we into and out of exhibition, which could, we have the things to fill normally takes three to four the space. And it would offer months of every year. more on-view and a lot of things.” “We try to mix it up and do dif- Within this concealed collec- ferent things,” Funke said. “We know not everybody is going to tion resides an assortment of PHOTO BY: CLARA TURNAGE Theora Hamblett’s paintings and These West African Masks are part of the Meyer Collection of African Art which is currently in storage at the UM Museum. feel connected to every single ex- glasswork that is, as Funke said, hibit, but we’re always trying to “by far the largest single entity and a former curator at the Mis- the university’s first astronomical after by scholars and often includ- put something different out there, collection of her work.” sissippi Museum of Art – teamed observatory. ed in publications on the subject. and hopefully, people will like it. ” Hamblett, the revered, late Mis- up to curate a traveling exhibit of A number of these instruments The other selections from this col- Though the works interchange, sissippi artist whose work is a part her work, which has never been are on permanent display in the lection are housed in the Harvard it is just not possible to display all of the permanent collection at the done,” Funke said. museum, but the surfeit is in stor- and Johns Hopkins museums. of what is in storage. Museum of Modern Art in New This remedy, however, does not age. These works, while out of the “For the size of the actual ex- York City, willed almost all of her unveil even a portion of what is in “Some people will say that sci- public eye, are not inaccessible. If hibit space, it’s what you would “Dreams and Visions” collection storage, and it is not just art that entific instruments aren’t art, a student has an academic inter- call a small university museum,” to the university, along with many hides behind the museum walls and that’s fine – we’re not an art est in a work that is in storage, the Funke said. other individual works. either. museum. We’re the university museum offers to help them view The amount of relics available Until recently, these works The Millington Barnard col- museum,” Funke said. “I think and study it by recommendation is much more on par with a large dwelled within the museum’s vast lection is comprised of over 500 any topic can be brought back from her or his teacher. museum. storage, hanging placidly on the nineteenth century items used to something in this museum. I Another way the museum uti- “The collections are staggering; gliding panes and safeguarded by Fredrick Barnard and John think every class could come over lizes its collections is through this is truly a treasure,” Funke from any form of damage but also Millington, university professors here and find something to re- programs for various ages each said. “To have everything out, concealed from its admirers. The from 1848 to 1861. Millington late.” month. we would need about three more museum has recently corrected was a renowned scientist and one The premier collection of the “One of the real strengths of museums.” this underrepresentation, how- of the four original faculty mem- UM Museum is the Robinson col- our museum is the diversity of Until then, the pieces will re- ever. bers at the university; Barnard lection of Greek and Roman An- our collections,” said Emily Dean, main hidden. “We, for the first time – myself applied $100,000 to construct tiquities, which is highly sought curator of education for the mu- lifestyles LIFESTYLES | 5 DECEMBER 2014 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 7 Books to read by the fire: new releases over the holidays

AUDREY HALL be so surprised to find hunters [email protected] among us.” With this crime-solving Let’s face it, you can’t read thriller hitting bookstores Dec. during the semester. Between 30, this just might be a good classes, homework and those note to end your year on. of us who have other commit- If you’re interested in a ments – jobs, Greek life, clubs, book that’s already out and sports – there isn’t much time are a fan of “Pretty Little Li- to sit down with a good book. ars,” Sara Shepard’s “Vicious” Luckily, our favorite authors might be something to consid- have just the stash to revive er. The latest in the beloved you over Christmas holidays. TV show-inspiring book series, Marissa Meyer’s “Lunar Shepard’s new edition puts us Chronicles” series has taken in the minds of the four girls over the young adult genre as they are faced with jail and with new dystopian twists on struggling to deal with the con- age-old fairy tales. If you’re a sequences of a murder they did fan of cyborgs and all things not commit. Or did they? fantastical and eerie, this se- And last, but certainly not ries is for you. On Jan. 27, the least, Stephen King’s “Reviv- newest addition, “Fairest: Le- al” hit shelves Nov. 11 and was vana’s Story,” will debut. This heralded as an Amazon Best short novel tells the story of Book of the Month for Nov. Queen Levana, a very different 2014. story than readers of the “Lu- “Stephen King’s splendid nar Chronicles” might imagine. new novel offers the atavistic Any “Lunar Chronicles” fans pleasure of drawing closer to looking to get another glimpse a campfire in the dark to hear into the fantastic world Meyers a tale recounted by some- effortlessly portrays ought to one who knows exactly how check this novel out. to make every listener’s flesh James Patterson’s “Private” crawl,” The Washington Post series is brought to a whole said. new level in “Private Vegas,” “Worshippers at the Univer- a mystery/thriller novel com- sal Church of Stephen King ing out Jan. 26. Private Jack have a lot to rejoice about with Morgan’s newest challenge lies his latest literary sermon. ‘Re- in overcoming the man who is vival’ is a dark and haunting teaching women to kill as he tale about old-time religion treats them to five-star hotels and one man’s search for a and restaurants in the Sin City mythic, ‘secret electricity.’ At of the world. the same time it’s an emotion- “James Patterson has cre- al and spectacular coming-of- ated more enduring fictional age tale that spans 50 years characters than any other nov- of horrific tragedy and human elist writing today. He is the redemption,” USA Today said. author of the Alex Cross nov- “‘Revival’ is often heartfelt, as els, the most popular detective characters deal with painful series of the past twenty-five loss, and the author invests years. Since his first novel you wholly in the separate won the Edgar Award in 1977, journeys of Jamie and Charlie James Patterson’s books have as they arrive at their inevi- sold more than 280 million COURTESY : MARISSAMEYER.COM AND GOODREADS.COM table crossroads and a voltaic copies,” states Amazon.com. Are you a fan of TNT’s hit se- Again.” The story follows de- her dark, addictive best,” Wil- endgame. Say hallelujah, for The fifth and final addition ries “Rizzoli and Isles”? What tectives Maura Isles and Jane laim Landay said. “What gives the King has risen to the occa- to Patterson’s “Witch and Wiz- about the book series that Rizzoli as they tackle a case in- ‘Die Again’ its peculiar charge sion once again.” ard” series will also debut Dec. started it all? volving a killer who is not quite is the idea, never far from the So, give yourself a break after 15 and is a must-read for those Tess Gerritsen is coming out human. surface, that we humans are finals week and cuddle up with dying to know how the whole with another novel in the se- “Tess Gerritsen always de- predatory animals like any some of new literary goodies story ends. ries, and this one is called “Die livers, and this is Gerritsen at other. Perhaps we should not during our six-week siesta. now leasing!

experience the

662.234.2833

31696 difference HubAtOxford.com news PAGE 8 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 5 DECEMBER 2014 | NEWS

under contract to sell the land FAMILIES to Trezevant Realty Corporation continued from page 1 for just under a year, Trezevant said. While both parties said they want the deal to go through, Several tenants, according this site development plan must to Lewis, Sanders and Bovee, go before the Board of Alder- are disabled and don’t have men three times to be approved. much family around to help According to several tenants, them move. Others can’t afford the Ewings had mobile homes to move because a good num- on a property that is now occu- ber of them have fixed income. pied by Home Depot. The Ew- Two more tenants voiced simi- ings helped people move to the lar concerns but refused to give other side of the property in- names for fear of being asked to stead of forcing them to figure it leave the trailer park early or be- out on their own. ing treated in a negative way. “We moved them over here When asked who would help free of charge because we had move the trailers off the land, a place for them to go,” Ewing Doug Ewing, who is one of the said. landlords and property owners, Doug Ewing and his family said, “I don’t know that. We’re have full-time jobs and fami- in the position that we are just lies to look after. They are ready gonna sell, but we do feel for our to focus on their own jobs and customers. We’ve got customers 1 families without having to wor- that’s been here for 25 years. ry about the land as well. PHOTO BY: CADY HERRING When it gets more definite (that Forrest Jenkins, an attorney Lakyn, Ashlyn and Caitlyn pose with their mother Lisa Sanders and grandmother Betty Bovee for a photo in their home Wednesday. people need to move), I am go- who works at the Ole Miss law ing to check around, and I’ve school, said, “Once a lease ex- erty for rent. So, expired leases Trezevant said. There will be so just a general mix,” Trezevant called around a little bit now to pires, the law does not require and a landlord who won’t accept a variety of shops, restaurants said. try to find some places.” the landlord to renew the lease rent equals almost zero protec- and entertainment. As of Octo- A public hearing about the The Ewing family has been or continue offering the prop- tion for that tenant.” ber 2014, there will be 198,770 development will take place in She also said mobile homes square feet of retail space and City Hall in the upstairs court- are treated as personal proper- 10,000 square feet of restaurant room Jan. 6. At this meeting, ty, and because tenants do not space. There are to be 956 park- anyone who wants to speak for THE own the land their home is on, ing spaces added along with or against the development can it is a riskier way of living. If a them. plead their case to the alder- BIG10 Large DEAL sLices tenant is asked to leave, and “There’s going to be ma- men. On Jan. 20, the Board of $ 50 they don’t do it by the date they jor cosmetics, major women’s Aldermen are expected to de- PICK-UP5 ONLY are given, they could face a fine ready-to-wear, a lot of depart- cide whether or not to approve or legal action. ment story activity, dining and or deny the building of the Ox- OPEN LATE 1603 W jACKsON AvE, OxfOrd 31639 The Oxford Galleria II will probably another sports bar ford Galleria II. be comprised of 14 buildings, similar to Buffalo Wild Wings,

©

1 3 9 1 6 3 6 9

SUDOKU

Super-Tough Sudoku by KrazyDad, Volume 1, Book 10

1 9 6 3 9 1

6

Sudoku #6 Puzzles by KrazyDad 3

6 9 1 3 1 9 3 6

HOW TO PLAY

9 1 3 3 9 6 6 1

3 9 1 3 6 Complete the grid so that 6 1 3 9

every row, column and 3x3

3 9 6 9 1 1 6

box contains the numbers 1 3

9 6 9 3 1 1 3 3 1 6

through"Well, if you can't believe what read in a comic book, *___ can* 9 with no repeats.

6 1 9 6 9 3 1 3

1 3 9 3 1 9 6 6 9

DIFFICULTY LEVEL

6 SUPER-- Bullwinkle J. Moose [Jay Ward] TOUGH

9 3 1 6 3 6 9 1

you believe?!"

1 6 9 3 9 6 3 9 1

3 9 6 3 9 1 1 6

9 6 3 1 9 1 6 3

1 6 3 1 3 6 9 9

3 9 1 3 6 9 6 1 1

6 3 1 6 9 1 9 3

6 9 3 1 6

1 3 9 9 3

9 1 6 6 1 3 9 3

6 6 13

3 1 9 3 6 9 1 6

6 1 1 9 9 3 3 6

6 9 3 9 6 3 1 1

6 3 3 1 9 6 1 9

6 9 3 6 1 1 9 3

9 3 1 6 9 3 1 6

1 9 3 1 9 3 6 6

1 9 6 3 3 6 1 9

9 3 6 6 1 3 1 9

3

9 3 6 9 1 6 3 1

3 6 1 9 6 3 1 9

1 6 9 1 6 9 3 3

1 3 9 1 3 6 9 6

6 9 1 3 6 9 3 1

9 6 1 1 6 3 3 9

3 9 6 1 6 3 9 1

6 1 9 6 3 9 3 1

1 9 3 1 3 6 6 9

1

Answers Super-Tough Sudoku by KrazyDad, Volume 1, Book 10 Book 1, Volume KrazyDad, by Sudoku Super-Tough sports SPORTS | 5 DECEMBER 2014 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 9

continued on page 10 Year in review for sports 2014Featuring the sports editor for The Daily Mississippian Dylan Rubino and NewsWatch sports director Browning Stubbs

Best Best Ole Miss Best Best Ole Miss sports moment? NBA moment? NFL moment? game?

1Browning: The win for Ole Miss football Browning: Even though it was a loss, Browning- LeBron James returning home Browning: LeBron James returning against Alabama was the best moment 2the Ole Miss vs. Auburn game had to be 3to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers once 4home to play for the Cleveland Cava- for the Rebels. From senior quarterback the game of the year. There was so much again is the moment of the year. After four liers once again is the moment of the Bo Wallace’s zip pass to junior running back-and-forth action that will always be successful years with the Miami Heat, NBA year. After four successful years with back Jaylen Walton in the end zone to remembered. superstar LeBron James signed with the the Miami Heat, NBA superstar LeBron senior defensive back Senquez Golson’s Cleveland Cavaliers in the offseason that James signed with the Cleveland game-winning interception and finally Dylan: I’ll head down a different path. Ole united the city of Cleveland, which forgave Cavaliers in the offseason that united tearing down the goalpost, it truly was a Miss baseball’s game three win against No. LeBron for leaving back in 2010. the city of Cleveland, which forgave game that will never be forgotten. 1 seed Louisiana-Lafayette was the best LeBron for leaving back in 2010. game for me. Holding a 5-4 lead heading Dylan: My NFL moment had to be Broncos Dylan: The San Antonio Spurs defeat- into the 8th inning with a winner-take-all quarterback Peyton Manning throwing his ing the reigning champion Miami Dylan: The Egg Bowl win for Ole Miss game three on the line, the Rebels added 509th touchdown pass on Oct. 5, against Heat in five games in the 2014 finals football against Mississippi State was the five runs in the last two innings to secure the San Francisco 49ers to become the was the best moment. Head coach best moment of the year. Losing three their first trip to Omaha since 1972. It was NFL’s all-time leader in passing touch- Gregg Popovich and players Tim Dun- straight conference games heading into a monumental win for an athletic program downs. Manning cemented himself as one can, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobli all the matchup, the Rebels ran the ball striving for future success. of the greatest quarterbacks and players in playing together since 2001 proved exceptionally well, and Wallace gutted out NFL history. to work. The Spurs won their fifth a great performance, leading to the upset championship with the victory over victory over their hated rival. the Heat.

31668 sports PAGE 10 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 5 DECEMBER 2014 | SPORTS

Jump from page 9 Best college Best MLB Year in review for sports basketball moment? moment? 2014Featuring the sports editor for The Daily Mississippian Dylan Rubino and NewsWatch sports director Browning Stubbs 5Browning: Derek Jeter’s walk-off hit in Browning: The No. 7 seed UCONN his final home game as a member of the 6Huskies pulled off upsets to win the NCAA New York Yankees was the best moment in Tournament the 2013-2014 season. Final baseball. Fans didn’t want to leave Yankee Four MVP Shabazz Napier led the Huskies Stadium as they said their goodbyes to the with wins over the No. 2 seed Villanova Best captain. Wildcats, No. 3 seed Iowa State Cyclones, Best No. 4 seed Michigan Wolverines, No. 1 college football How can you not go with Derek Dylan: seed Florida Gators and John Calipari’s No. overall game? Jeter’s final at-bat at Yankee Stadium? It 8 seed Kentucky Wildcats to capture their game? was an improbable win to Jeter’s illustri- second title in three years. ous career with a walk-off hit in his final at-bat. His 20 seasons with the Yankees Dylan: The relationship between former Michigan State forward Adreian Payne and concluded in a fairy tale-like ending only Browning: Currently, TCU and Baylor are Browning: Even though Team USA lost 8-year-old cancer patient Lacey Holsworth Jeter and fans could have dreamed of. 7fighting for the final spot in the college 8to Belgium 2-1 in the round of 16, it was was a story everyone paid attention to. football playoff. Their matchup on Oct. 11 still a game to remember. USA Goalie Payne made many visits to Holsworth in was one for the ages. After trailing by 21 Tim Howard finished with 16 saves, the hospital and brought her to many points in the fourth quarter, Baylor rallied which was the most in a World Cup game Michigan State games before Holsworth to defeat the Horned Frogs 61-58 in what since 1966. The loss knocked Team USA died on April 8. became a monumental shootout. out of Brazil, but the passion and pride for United States soccer gained a lot of Dylan: The Oct. 18 matchup between then momentum heading into the future. “Because all meats need a good rub” fifth ranked Notre Dame and first ranked Florida State in Tallahassee was one for 78 Hwy 30 E Oxford MS | 662.380.5010 Dylan: The United States hockey team’s the ages. The Seminoles bounced back win over Russia in the 2014 Winter Olym- Monday - Saturday 11am-7pm from a 17-10 deficit at halftime and stayed pics in Sochi was the best game of the perfect for the season with a 31-27 victory. year. Heading into a decisive shootout, Reigning Heisman trophy winner Jameis Daily Lunch Special: 10% off for Students USA’s T.J. Oshie took six shots and made Winston dug Florida State out of the hole four of them to secure the 3-2 win. The Ribs, Pulled Pork, Gumbo, Jambalaya to advance to 7-0 on the season. performance will go down as one of the Let us cater your next event! greatest in Olympic history. 31619 tonight and tomorrow Mojiles the Band

31662 120 South 11th Street • 662.234.1411 sports SPORTS | 5 DECEMBER 2014 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 11

wouldn’t have been able to finish BO it,” Wallace said. continued from page 12 Wallace has battled injuries throughout his time at Ole Miss. An injury to his throwing shoul- “We’re a close family and still der in the 2012 season caused are. We had ball games every him to lose zip on his throws to- weekend,” Wallace said. “My lit- ward the end of the 2013 season. tle brother would be playing, or Injuries have never stopped I would be playing. It was either Wallace, and even with the ankle we were at a football, basketball injury, Wallace said the 2014 sea- or baseball game. We’re just a son has been the best and health- competitive sports family. That iest of his career. helped me out a lot.” His sophomore year of high THE LEGACY school, when he was flooded with Wallace and 20 other seniors letters of commitment to play col- strapped on their pads and put on lege football, was the point Wal- their Ole Miss jerseys for the final lace realized his dream of playing time in Vaught-Hemingway Sta- quarterback at the Division I level dium before the 2014 Egg Bowl. could become a reality. The pregame ceremonies were an Growing up in Pulaski, Tennes- emotional time for everyone in- see, everybody around Wallace FILE PHOTO: LOGAN KIRKLAND volved. Head coach Hugh Freeze was either an Alabama or Ten- Bo Wallace dives into the end zone for a touchdown against Presbyterian College in November. shook the hands of all the seniors nessee fan. Wallace grew up sur- “I would know that every Sun- team,” Wallace said. “It’s really “The weird thing is that I ap- by the Chucky Mullins statue in rounded by “Volunteer” orange day, as soon as we watched the special to me that I’ve been able preciate that game, now, looking the right corner of the stadium as since his family were Tennessee film, coach Freeze would make to develop into somebody that he back on it, because I think I’ve they walked out to family mem- fans and went to plenty of games me go to the stadium and run the can now say, ‘Bo was definitely a had the best offseason I’ve ever bers holding commemorative in Knoxville. As a sophomore, heck out of me,” Wallace said. “I great leader.’” had because of that game,” Wal- plaques in honor of their Ole Miss Wallace visited The University don’t want to say it made me dis- lace said. “It drove me to become careers. of Mississippi for the first time like him, but he wasn’t somebody THE FIRST TWO SEASONS: 2012 better, so I think that’s why I was What started as a rocky rela- and fell in love with the football I wanted to be around. That’s AND 2013 able to put together a pretty good tionship ended as a tight bond Wallace would take over as the program and the campus, but he when I knew that it would proba- year because of what happened.” between coach and quarterback was never offered a scholarship. bly be best if I left Arkansas State starter to begin the 2012 season, as Freeze hugged Wallace before In the end, Wallace would end and try to start all over.” just one year after the Rebels fin- THE FINAL SEASON No. 14 ran on to the field for the up going to a Division I football Wallace then transferred to ished 2-10 in Houston Nutt’s final Oct. 4, the third ranked Ala- final time along with his senior program like he dreamed, but not East Mississippi Community year as head coach. Wallace led bama Crimson Tide came into teammates. one in the SEC. College, where he holds multiple the Rebels to a 7-6 record, capped Oxford looking to take down an The icing on the cake was de- National Junior College Athletic with a win over Mississippi State unproven Ole Miss team, which livered as the 19th-ranked Rebels WALLACE AND FREEZE: A BUMP Association records. His lone year at home 41-24, to secure a bowl stood at 4-0 and was ranked defeated 4th-ranked rival Missis- IN THE ROAD game appearance. The Rebels 11th in the polls. The impossible sippi State 31-17 and brought the Wallace attended Arkansas there in 2011, Wallace passed for would finish the season with a happened when Wallace and the Golden Egg back to Oxford to cap State his freshman year, where 4,604 yards and 53 touchdowns 38-17 win over Pittsburgh in the Rebels engineered possibly the off a year the senior quarterback he was redshirted. Wallace and on the season, setting single sea- BBVA Compass Bowl. greatest win in a generation for and his teammates would never offense coordinator Hugh Freeze son records, and led the school to The 2013 regular season would Ole Miss and the most satisfying forget. clashed immediately, leading a NJCAA national championship, end on a low note in the Egg Bowl win of Wallace’s career. “I love my teammates so much. Freeze to call Wallace a “knuck- causing Freeze to call Wallace down in Starkville. Down 17-10 in “That’s the pinnacle of col- Just seeing all these guys and lehead” in a story done by ESPN and offer him a chance to play overtime, Wallace and the offense lege football. You want to take thinking about where we were this season before the LSU game quarterback at Ole Miss. would have to score a touchdown down Alabama; they’re the gold when we were sophomores, as in Baton Rogue. In the story, Wallace’s relationship with to tie and send the game into dou- standard that everybody looks kids that really didn’t know what Freeze talked about how he tired Freeze at Ole Miss is so drastically ble overtime. Wallace had a clear to,” Wallace said. “To take them we were doing, is amazing,” Wal- of Wallace’s antics — like running different from their time together path to the end zone, but on his down, rush the field and tear lace said. “It was just cool to see late for one of their away games — at Arkansas State that he reflects run in, he fumbled the ball, and down the goalposts is something us go out and really send every- and would make him run stairs at on it often. Mississippi State would recover that when you watch as a kid, you one off the right way.” the stadium every Sunday, hop- “Everything is different. I enjoy to win the game, resulting in the think it’s just wild and crazy. Wallace finished the regular ing it would make Wallace throw being around him. I enjoy that he lowest point of Wallace’s career. “To be a part of that is special season with the most passing and in the towel and leave. can look at me as a leader of the and something I’ll never let go of.” total yards in Ole Miss history, Starting the season 7-0 for the surpassing Rebel greats such as 3 BEDROOM HOUSE 3br/2ba house first time since 1962 and winning Eli Manning. CLASSIFIEDS INFORMATION in Shiloh. $1050/month. Available now. Contact Tom Fitts with Fitts Realty & In- three straight conference games When asked what defines his vestment Company. (662)801-1300 against Alabama, Texas A&M legacy, however, Wallace said it’s To place your ad in The Daily Mississippian Classifieds section, visit: 3 BD/2 BATH HOME FOR RENT Locat- and Tennessee helped boost the for everyone else to decide. http://www.thedmonline.com/classifieds. ed on Chikapin Loop. Private back yard. football program to No. 3 in the “If I wanted to be remembered Large living room. Full size appliances. The DEADLINE to place, correct or cancel an ad is 12 p.m. one day in advance. (662)801-8255 (662)292-6624 country and caused talks of going for something, it’s somebody The Daily Mississippian is published Monday through Friday when school is in to the national championship. that no matter if I’m hurt, sick, session except during the summer session which is Tuesday through Thursday. ROOM FOR RENT “That was the goal, and that was no matter what, I was going to Classified ads must be prepaid. All major credit cards accepted. No refunds NEED 3RD MALE ROOMMATE FOR still the goal all the way through,” go out and give everything that on classified ads once published. 3 bedroom house at 315 Eagle Drive, Wallace said. “Even after we got I had,” Wallace said. “I played a Eagle Pointe subdivision off of hwy 6. beat by Auburn, we felt like ‘If we thousand miles per hour and gave RATES: Additional Features (Web & Print): $375/month, 6 month lease starting - $0.25 per word per day Jumbo Headline - $3 January. Utilities included. No depos- take care of business, we’ve got a everything I had for my team- - 15-word minimum Big Headline - $2 it with credit-worthy individual. Call chance to make the playoff.’” mates.” - No minimum run Bold Text - extra $0.50 per word (601)506-8613, homeowner Richard. The loss to Auburn would be The bowl game destination for To place your ad online: www.thedmonline.com/classifieds ROOM FOR LEASE Room in 3BR a devastating blow for the play- the Rebels remains a mystery townhouse in Highland Square for off and national championship until Sunday, but when the bowl The DM reserves the right to refuse ads that appear to offer unrealistic or questionable lease starting January 1st. Rent is $610 products or services. and includes water, cable, internet, and hopes, as the Rebels suffered game ends, Wallace will take off garbage. Call (662) 816-8055 for more their second loss and put them his Ole Miss jersey for the last 201 BISHOP HALL • 662.915.5503 details. on the outside looking in on the time and, possibly, go down as playoff race. one of the greatest quarterbacks 1 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE recent- WEEKEND RENTAL CONDO FOR SALE After a shutout win over Pres- to ever put on an Ole Miss uni- ly remodeled. Available immediately. WEEKEND RENTALS Coming to Ox- $475/month. Contact Tom Fitts with byterian at home, the Rebels ex- form. CONDO FOR SALE 2BR/2BA in High ford for a weekend? Check with Kay be- Pointe. Gated, pool, reserved park- Fitts Realty & Investment Company fore you call a hotel! www.oxfordtown- perienced their own shutout loss “I just appreciate everything ing. Hardwood flooring, stainless (662)801-1300 house.com (662)801-6692 at Arkansas. In the 30-0 loss, that everyone has done through steel appliances. Email or call Brooks. ~~1-BED/BATH Wallace sprained his right ankle the tough times and through the [email protected] (662)832-2601 in the beginning of the second heartbreaking losses that we’ve APARTMENT FOR RENT FOR RENT~~ quarter. He was able to come had,” Wallace said. “I just appre- At Oxford SQ Townhouses. Open for DM back at the end of the quarter, ciate us always staying together sublease anytime after December! For LARGE 2 BEDROOM/2.5 BATH town- but the injury slowed him down, no matter how hard the times house with W/D included. No pets. 1 info call/ text 205-500-1714 Classifieds Year lease. Quiet. $500 security depos- causing Wallace to turn the ball looked. it. Call (662)234-0000 HOUSE FOR RENT over four times. “Coming to Ole Miss was the Work! “If it would’ve been a tie game, I best decision I’ve ever made.” sports PAGE 12 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 5 DECEMBER 2014 | SPORTS ‘Just Bo’ Bo Wallace reflects on his three years as starting quarterback

DYLAN RUBINO [email protected] The “good Bo, bad Bo” nar- rative, stemming from the ups and downs of his career, seemed to surround senior quarterback Bo Wallace no matter how he 10,427 performed on the field or how he carried himself off the field throughout his three years at the Most total yards helm of the Ole Miss offense. As 63.4career many times as Wallace has heard completion in Ole Miss this depiction, it doesn’t have an effect on him. percentage He’s just Bo Wallace, quarter- history back for The University of Missis- sippi. “It doesn’t get to you. It’s just that the people that are really watching and studying the game, they’re like, ‘This is really a lazy narrative,’” Wallace said. “It didn’t really bother me in games, or it wasn’t ‘Man, I hope bad Bo 958 doesn’t show up’ because to me career 9,425 it wasn’t anything. It was just Bo. career It’s just how I play.” rushing GROWING UP passing To be a quarterback in the yards Southeastern Conference, you yards have to have thick skin when it comes to scrutiny from the me- dia, fans and your opponents and a strong mind to block all of it out. That thick skin and strength of mind did not come naturally for Wallace. “I wasn’t like that growing up. I don’t think so,” Wallace said. 24 -14 “I think, even my first year here, 62 I had trouble with staying in the career game and staying focused the career TD passes whole time. It was something I definitely learned as each year and each game went on.” record Wallace was a three-sport ath- lete, playing football, basketball as a starter and baseball until high school, started when he decided to shift all of his focus to football. A strong re- lationship with his parents and every siblings, according to Wallace, is what helped him become a great game athlete.

SEE BO PAGE 11 GRAPHIC BY: ALLI MOORE

36125