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September 23, 2011 University of Mississippi eGrove Daily Mississippian Journalism and New Media, School of 9-26-2011 September 23, 2011 The Daily Mississippian Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline Recommended Citation The Daily Mississippian, "September 23, 2011" (2011). Daily Mississippian. 390. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline/390 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]. DTheailyMississippian Friday, Sept. 23, 2011 thedmonline.com Vol. 100 No. 189 Rebels look to get back on track against Georgia BY DAVID COLLIER man’s game. You’re going to get [email protected] knocked down. It’s about how you respond. It’s about getting It’s been an interesting week in back up. I believe this game is the Oxford following Saturday’s loss best teacher there is. The bottom in Nashville, Tenn. line is that we’ve got some guys Fan reactions have been mixed, out here competing that want to some ready to cheer on the Reb- get it done.” els at the game, some ready to The focus this week is solely stay in the Grove and others are on Georgia (1-2, 0-1 SEC). The looking to forget what happened Bulldogs started the season with all together. tough losses to No. 4 Boise State Head coach Houston Nutt and and No. 12 South Carolina, be- his team look to put that game fore bouncing back with a con- behind them as they get ready for vincing 59-0 shutout of FCS op- the Georgia Bulldogs to come to ponent Coastal Carolina. town. Like the Rebels, Georgia head “This is my football team,” Nutt coach Mark Richt and his team said. “I take full responsibility for are desperate for a win. Nutt said last Saturday’s performance. I re- this year’s Bulldogs are “a typical ALEX EDWARDS | The Daily Mississippian ally believe we have coaches and Georgia team.” Sophomore running back Jeff Scott eludes a defender in Saturday’s game against Vanderbilt. Scott leads the team with 178 yards on 36 players who care. They want to “They are a good football team carries, and senior running backs Brandon Bolden and Enrique Davis will dress and are expected to play Saturday against Georgia. please our fans. that is very athletic,” Nutt said. yards with nine touchdown passes freshman, wide receiver Malcolm and offensive coordinator David “Chancellor (Dan) Jones is not “They have a good quarterback and two interceptions this season. Mitchell leads the Bulldogs with Lee spent this past week trying to the football coach. (Athletics Di- in Aaron Murray and a good Ole Miss defensive coordinator 14 catches for 159 yards and two get some of those kinks worked rector) Pete Boone is not the foot- running game. They have good Tyrone Nix said Murray will be touchdowns. Murray’s other top out. ball coach. It’s my responsibility receivers. the best quarterback his defense targets are junior wide receiver It will be critical for the Ole to get them going.” “Their defense has been fly- has faced this season. Tavarres King (nine catches Miss offensive line, which has This week’s practices were cen- ing around. They are a lot like us Another player to watch on the for 108 yards and three touch- made a lot of mistakes early on tered around responding to ad- because they didn’t make plays offensive side of the ball is fresh- downs) and junior tight end Or- this season, to get on track Satur- versity and getting it done against when they could have. They lost man running back Isaiah Crow- son Charles (eight catches for 151 day, or they could be in for a long the Bulldogs. two games that were very close.” ell, who has already racked up yards and two touchdowns). day against sophomore Jarvis “That is why I love this game Murray, who is considered 264 yards on the ground, as well For the Ole Miss offense, there Jones, who lines up at both line- –– it’s the toughest game there is among the best quarterbacks in as a couple of touchdowns. have been issues — big issues. in the world,” Nutt said. “It’s a the country, has thrown for 672 In the passing game, another The offense has looked stagnant See REBELS, PAGE 5 Oxford School District ranks ‘High Performing’ based on state test scores BY CAITLIN CLANCY Performing, At Risk of Fail- ranking for the district overall, test in each category and is as- tecting the integrity of their [email protected] ing, Academic Watch, Success- a school or district must have sembled into points based on instructional time by maximiz- ful, High Performing and Star, three things: a QDI score of at the students’ scores. ing each minute, having inter- In a state ranked low when more than half the schools in least 200 district wide, a high Every school in Oxford has ventions, identifying students’ it comes to education, the Ox- Mississippi have been labeled percentage graduation rate increased its QDI score this who need extra assistance and ford School District ranking Successful or above. and have high growth. year, but only Oxford High working to provide them with continues to rise. Sixty-five schools are labeled William Hamilton, assistant School received the Star rank- the necessary assistance. The Mississippi Department Star, the highest ranking, 181 superintendent for Oxford ing. Hamilton said he believes of Education has released the schools are labeled High Per- School District and Test Coor- “We were happy to see that interventions are the most ef- official 2011 accountability forming, and there is a decrease dinator for the past eight years, our QDI increased, but we fective way for learning. The ratings for schools and school in the number of schools with is confident that Oxford School must continue working dili- Mississippi Department of Ed- districts in Mississippi, showing the lowest ranking, Failing. District as a whole can earn a gently to continue to see in- ucation requires interventions positive results. Oxford High School has been Star title if the QDI is raised. creases in QDI,” said Jeffrey to help deficit areas in schools Oxford School District is designated as a Star School “We’re in good shape right Clay, Oxford Middle School by a three tier system. now labeled as High Perform- with a Quality of Distribution now, but we need to get our principal. “To improve, we do “We have to provide success- ing, one of the highest rank- (QDI) score of 216 and one of QDI district score up,” he said. not have to work harder, we ful interventions for these stu- ing school districts in the state, the highest graduation rates “As the middle schools and el- have to work smarter.” dents so they can have success and has met growth in all of its in the state. The middle and ementary schools continue to Clay said the middle school in the classes,” Hamilton said. schools this year. elementary schools are close raise their scores, we can get it is “working smarter” by pro- In addition to the interven- On the scale of Failing, Low behind in the QDI score, with there.” viding students with a rigor- tions provided, the school scores close to 200. The QDI is based on the ous curriculum and expanding inside In order to receive a Star number of students taking a learning opportunities, pro- See SCORES, PAGE 5 How to change Eighth Annual Bennett Hipp’s tips for your oil C.A.R.E. Walk Ole Miss v. Georgia P. 7 P. 8 P. 12 From this... to this... Six Month Smiles Cosmetic Braces System Steve Wooten, DDS 1605 University theoxfordcenter.com 281-8455 in only SIX MONTHS! $500 OFF, LIMITED TIME ONLY no representation is made that the quality of services performed is greater than the quality of services performed by other dentists OPINION OPINION | 9.23.11 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 2 BY JOSH CLARK @dm_toons Forward Rebels group up to no good newspapers across the region for the poor play, as he should. negativity and a lack of confi- the time to throw in the towel. Monday, a growing coalition of He’s the one in charge. That’s dence in our program. In 2003 we lost early sea- Rebel fans under the misnomer why we pay him the big bucks. They clearly don’t have the son games to Texas Tech and “Forward Rebels” launched an Coach Nutt has said time and university’s best interest at Memphis before winning seven ad attack on Athletics Director again that he loves football be- heart. straight SEC games and the Pete Boone. cause it teaches players about If they did, they’d put their Cotton Bowl. BY TAYLOR MCGRAW [email protected] Part of the ad stated: “We be- life. thousands in smear ad money We have nine games left in the lieve that our coaches are not “You’re going to get knocked toward the $150 million athletics season. That’s 540 minutes of I turned the TV off three the problem. Or our athletes. Or down,” Nutt said in a press con- campaign that’s well underway. football. times during the Vanderbilt our fans. The Ole Miss Admin- ference Tuesday. “(But) it’s about Look, we’re all frustrated with Will you be cheering for our game. If not for the strategic istration is the problem.” how you respond.” our recent lack of athletic suc- players or pouting about the placement of couch pillows, I In other words, it’s all Boone’s That’s the right attitude.
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