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PARADEHannah Perrigin crownedOF 2019BEAUTIES Most Beautiful
‘MISSISSIPPI MADE’ NATIONAL SIGNING DAY
The “Mississippi Made” mantra is finally becoming a reality under head football coach Matt Luke. Ole Miss locked up the No. 22 class on Wednesday and of 31 players signed in the class, 19 come from the state of Mississippi. SEE PAGES 10-12
PHOTO: REED JONES Hannah Perrigin is crowned Most Beautiful during the Parade of Beauties pageant on Wednesday. cited because of how much she them that confidence that KATHRYN ABERNATHY enjoyed meeting the 61 women they need and reassure them [email protected] who competed in the pageant. that this pageant is about annah Perrigin “Just going to class I would more than just being beautiful was crowned 2019 have never met all these and walking around on stage Most Beautiful last beautiful girls just on a daily — it’s got a lot more to it,” night at the 68th basis,” Perrigin said. “Com- Williams said. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW NOW THAT Hannual Parade of Beauties. ing here and competing with Perrigin said that for OXFORD FILM FESTIVAL IS IN TOWN For Perrigin, a junior them is an amazing experi- anyone who does compete in exercise science major from ence, and I would encourage Parade of Beauties next year, Last night, hardcore punk band Negro Terror Columbus, Mississippi, her everyone to do that.” her biggest advice is to just played a live score alongside John Rash’s victory didn’t mark the first Eliza Williams, co-director “be yourself.” documentary about the group as part of the Oxford time that she’d walked across of pageants for the Ole Miss “Be confident in yourself Film Festival. Read more about “Negro Terror,” the Gertrude C. Ford Center Student Activities Association, and try not to compare student filmmakers whose work is in the festival stage. She had competed said her favorite part of the because that will not do and ways students can attend the festival in the two times prior. In her third whole experience was getting anything for you,” Perrigin Arts & Culture section’s first edition of &More. pageant, she was victorious. to know everyone involved. said. “Just know that God will She said she was mostly ex- “Just being able to give be with you on that stage.” SEE PAGE 5-8 Medical marijuana petition attracts student support
suffer from painful medical 60 local public figures from GRANT MCLAUGHLIN conditions to have legal access health care, religious and [email protected] to medical marijuana. political fields have come out in In a previous interview with support of the initiative. A petition in support of The Daily Mississippian, Jamie In order to earn the legalizing medical marijuana Grantham, the communications amendment a spot on the in Mississippi has gained director for the campaign, said November 2020 ballot, the more than 3,000 signatures the ballot initiative process was campaign needs to collect over on campus. approved on July 30, 2018, by 86,000 signatures, verified The petition, circulated by the Mississippi Secretary of by local officials and the Medical Marijuana 2020, is State and Mississippi Attorney Mississippi Secretary of State, part of a campaign to include General’s office, and the before September. a proposed state ballot campaign has been collecting Adam Meyer is the Medical initiative on the 2020 general signatures ever since. Marijuana 2020 field leader election ballot that would “For this initiative, this is for who has been in charge of allow for medical marijuana very sick people,” Grantham gathering signatures on the Ole prescriptions in Mississippi. said. “A doctor has to approve Miss campus, and he said the Medical Marijuana 2020 is a the prescription, and this will petition currently has around PHOTO: MCKENZIE RICHMOND campaign based in Ridgeland be regulated by the Mississippi 40,000 total signatures from The Medical Marijuana 2020 campaign has earned more than 3,000 signatures with the ultimate goal of State Department of Health.” on campus to legalize medical marijuana in Mississippi by a state ballot allowing Mississippians who Grantham said more than SEE MARIJUANA PAGE 3 initiative. PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 7 FEBRUARY 2019 OPINION
THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN EDITORIAL STAFF: SLADE RAND editor-in-chief across the state. [email protected] Thirty-one states, including Pennsylvania, Colorado, DEVNA BOSE Washington, California, managing editor Oklahoma and Florida, have all [email protected] legalized medical marijuana. MEGAN SWARTZFAGER Myer said his goal is to add copy chief Mississippi to that list. [email protected] Meyer said he hopes legalized medical marijuana will aid TAYLOR VANCE in ending the opioid crisis in news editor Mississippi by providing an HADLEY HITSON effective non-opioid option for GRIFFIN NEAL pain treatment. assistant news editors In a study published in [email protected] December 2018, the Center for JUSTIN DIAL Disease Control and Prevention sports editor found that an average of 130 JOSHUA CLAYTON Americans die every day from assistant sports editor opioid overdose. [email protected] The Medical Marijuana 2020 campaign is targeting college CHRISTIAN JOHNSON campuses as a primary site for photography editor recruiting signatures because KATHERINE BUTLER these campuses have large assistant photography editor crowds and many students [email protected] are more willing to participate than the average passerby, LIAM NIEMAN arts & culture editor according to Myer. “There are a lot of people who ELIZA NOE assistant arts & culture editor COLUMN support (legalized marijuana in Mississippi), not just medically, [email protected] but recreationally,” freshman HAYDEN BENGE Fyre Festival: What are we willing to sacrifice?economics major Tyler Glenn design editor said. “Just having the petitioners [email protected] gives the student body something film, that is exactly what I will without boring or confusing A big part of why the to stand behind, something to put ETHEL MWEDZIWENDIRA be critiquing. the viewer. The film explains promotions were so successful their name on.” opinion and design editor The Netflix film is composed the origins of Fyre Media, were the appearances of many In addition to the social [email protected] of mainly interviews that the company behind the world-class supermodels such support for legalizing marijuana, SARAH HENDERSON provide interesting back- festival, with a diverse range as Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid multimedia editor stories and perspectives. of interviewees. We get to and Emily Ratajkowski, who Gabrielle Bluestone, a Vice hear from various bookers, have been been subpoenaed to ANNIE SHARP journalist, takes viewers back planners, videographers and answer questions about their online editor to where it all started for others regarding the roles that involvement in promoting this [email protected] many of the victims: when they played in this fiasco and festival. IVANA NGUYEN and how she found out about when they began to see red Even after watching the social media editor the Fyre Festival — on social flags or suspect that all may film and doing further [email protected] SUAD PATTON-BEY media, of course. not have been what it seemed. research about Fyre Festival, [email protected] She, along with other The hardest part for me to I still cannot bring myself to ADVERTISING influencers, retell the claims watch was the effects this sham comprehend how someone and promises of exclusivity had on the Exuma natives could manipulate thousands of SALES MANAGER The Fyre Festival will and luxury that were made in who were employed for Fyre people, leave them stranded in Rebecca Brown probably be recorded as the the Fyre Festival promotional Festival. Many workers went the middle of nowhere and not [email protected] greatest party to be planned. videos that lured people in. We unpaid, and the testimony look back. Or worse, how so The promise of supermodels, SALES ACCOUNT see behind-the-scenes footage of MaryAnn Rolle, with her many bright, intelligent people concerts and exclusive EXECUTIVES of the festival’s founders; Billy tears and loss, is enough to could be fooled by images they access duped thousands of Cameron Collins McFarland and Ja Rule, along make anyone angry. Because saw on their screens. millennials, leaving them Sam Dethrow with their groupies. of McFarland and Ja Rule, The Fyre Festival exposed stranded and starving in the Isaiah Pugh Their criminal activity aside, Rolle had to use $50,000 of the vulnerability and Bahamas. Michael Rackers I couldn’t help but notice the her own money to pay her weaknesses of humans, “Fyre Festival: The Greatest Morgan Stone very interesting bromance workers. Luckily, she has set especially us social media- Party that Never Happened,” between rapper Ja Rule and up a GoFundMe account and savvy millennials, and what we premiered on Netflix in McFarland, a white, upper- has since received $200,000 in are willing to give just to feel S. GALE DENLEY January, three days after Hulu middle class tech entrepreneur. donations. special, unique and important. STUDENT MEDIA CENTER released its documentary, Who would have thought that As of now, McFarland is Even if it’s just for a couple of PATRICIA THOMPSON “Fyre Fraud.” The two films these two would join forces currently serving a six-year days. Or just for the selfies. Assistant Dean/Student Media are very different, considering and pull off the hoax of our prison sentence. GREG BROCK they take different angles on generation? However, the co-founders Suad Patton-Bey is a senior Daily Mississippian Editorial different stories that inevitably The producers do a good job of Fyre are not the only ones journalism and Arabic minor Adviser lead to the same disaster. Since of providing an appropriate facing legal repercussions for from Oxford. I have only watched Netflix’s chronology to present the story this unfortunate event. FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA The Daily Mississippian is published Mondays, Wednesdays, THE DAILY Thursdays and Fridays in print during the academic year, on THE DM NEWS TWITTER MISSISSIPPIAN days when classes are scheduled. New content is published @thedm_news online seven days a week. S. Gale Denley Student Media Center Columns do not represent the official opinions of The THE DM SPORTS TWITTER 201 Bishop Hall, University of Mississippi or The Daily Mississippian unless @thedm_sports P.O. Box 1848 specifically indicated. University, MS The Daily Mississippian welcomes letters to the editor. 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MARIJUANA continued from page 1 across the state. Thirty-one states, including Pennsylvania, Colorado, Washington, California, Oklahoma and Florida, have all legalized medical marijuana. Myer said his goal is to add Mississippi to that list. Meyer said he hopes legalized medical marijuana will aid in ending the opioid crisis in Mississippi by providing an effective non-opioid option for pain treatment. In a study published in December 2018, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that an average of 130 Americans die every day from opioid overdose. The Medical Marijuana 2020 campaign is targeting college campuses as a primary site for recruiting signatures because PHOTO: MCKENZIE RICHMOND these campuses have large Petitioners supporting the legalization of medical marijuana in Mississippi stand in front of Fulton Chapel asking for student signatures on Wednesday. crowds and many students of DeSoto said in a previous where (marijuana) isn’t really are more willing to participate various studies have shown “There has to be a case-by-case interview that he never expected medical and it’s open for anyone than the average passerby, possible economic benefits. The basis on how to judge medical to be a person who would to smoke marijuana. I believe this according to Myer. Institute of Cannabis Research marijuana,” Bentley said. “I don’t come out in support of medical is a very limited initiative.” “There are a lot of people who at Colorado State University- think you can have a blanket marijuana, but he realized this Director of Pharmacy support (legalized marijuana in Pueblo found that a legalized policy for it.” was because he didn’t understand Health Services Sandy Bent- Mississippi), not just medically, and taxed cannabis industry Bentley also said that if the the issue well enough. ley said in a prior interview but recreationally,” freshman contributed over $58 million to initiative passes, pharmacies “Through research, I have that every medication has economics major Tyler Glenn the local economy. would not be the ones who would Fyre Festival: What are we willing to sacrifice? “I think it would be good, become convinced that there some kind of risk, even when dispense the drug because federal said. “Just having the petitioners are those that can be helped by prescribed by a doctor. But the gives the student body something not only for the people that law prohibits pharmacies from medical marijuana,” Criswell reason doctors prescribe the to stand behind, something to put need marijuana for medical distributing it. said. “I was very cautious in my medication is that the benefits their name on.” purposes but also for revenue and support because at this time, I outweigh the risks. Medical In addition to the social economic reasons,” Glenn said. just can’t support opening it up marijuana is no different. support for legalizing marijuana, State Rep. Dana Criswell
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SASI at odds with university over statue, speech policy
TAYLOR VANCE [email protected]
Students Against Social Injustice (SASI) recently met with university administrative officials to discuss removing the Confederate statue and creating a hate speech policy on campus, but SASI members said administrators “beat around the bush” during the meeting. Quay Williams, the president of SASI, said the meeting went “like he thought it would,” but he did say some progress was made. The meeting was a follow- up to the group’s protest of the Confederate statue in the Circle in November, where the group used the opportunity to submit a list of demands to the administration. “There wasn’t any progress at all in convincing the administration of taking the steps forward to take down the statue,” Williams said. “But there was progress in the sense of we basically have what the administration said. And now, it’s time to put it out there and let everyone know this is how (the university) feels about students.” Williams said the statue should be removed or relocated because it is FILE PHOTO: REED JONES a monument honoring Students march to the Lyceum calling for the removal of the Confederate monument in the Circle on Nov. 28, 2018. Confederate soldiers. Williams said he isn’t SASI’s concerns. questions regarding whether fit for the statute than being “I feel like with something advocating for a “limit to “Hate speech laws have or not the university would placed on college campus,” he like that being on a college speech,” but he does want regularly been ruled by the support relocating or said. campus, where students have there to be “consequences” courts to be unconstitutional removing the Confederate Cam Calisch, a junior multiple backgrounds coming for people who use racial, infringements on freedom statue. anthropology major, said in, that’s not a good image,” he religious or sexual slurs. of speech under the First Williams said, ultimately, if she thinks the university is said. “So, it’s the same as the Rod Guajardo, a university Amendment, and the the statue cannot be removed, walking down “a pretty thin swastika being displayed, and spokesperson, said the University of Mississippi he would support relocating line.” especially with black students meeting was a chance to is committed to freedom the statue to a different place “Enrollment is down, and like me, that’s something that “build relationships” and for of speech,” Guajardo said so that it would no longer be black student enrollment is affects us the most.” the administration to hear in an email to The Daily in the middle of campus. down,” Calisch said. “If the Mississippian. “University “It has to be a more university has any desire to leaders are open to continuing suitable place to relocate it, change that, they need to their dialogue with students and that place would be the become more inclusive.” involved in SASI.” Confederate Cemetery, which Guajardo did not address is most definitely a better
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ARTS CULTURE
THE FILM ISSUE
The Arts & Culture section is proud to bring you our first edition of &More. This weekly collection of stories and photography will tell you about Oxford’s cultural scene, with a special focus on the people and art that make this place what it is. This week, to preview the Oxford Film Festival, you’ll find stories about how an Ole Miss filmmaker and Memphis hardcore band joined together to make a live documentary experience, how student film- makers participate in the festival and how you can attend this year’s festival.
Liam Nieman Arts & Culture Editor
SHOWING A NEW ‘VOICE OF MEMPHIS’ A local filmmaker captured how a black hardcore punk band resists stereotypes from all sides
LIAM NIEMAN [email protected]
Negro Terror has a lot to be angry about. Rico, the guitarist for the fit for the statute than being Memphis hardcore band, explained this anger in an interview for the new placed on college campus,” he feature-length documentary about his group. said. “You got the being black in America anger, then you’ve got the being Cam Calisch, a junior different in black America anger and then you’ve got everything, just life anthropology major, said in general anger, all that bullshit,” Rico said in the interview. “You mix all she thinks the university is that up, you’re gonna end up with some shit like Negro Terror.” walking down “a pretty thin The documentary, directed by John Rash of the Southern line.” Documentary Project, made its Mississippi debut last night as part of the “Enrollment is down, and Oxford Film Festival. black student enrollment is “Negro Terror” won the Soul of Southern Film Award at the 2018 down,” Calisch said. “If the Indie Memphis Film Festival, has both a live version — in which the band university has any desire to plays the film’s score in-person — and a theatrical cut. The theatrical cut change that, they need to screens at 5:30 p.m. Sunday on Malco Screen 2. become more inclusive.” Along with their hardcore roots, Negro Terror draws influence from reggae music and the American Oi! Scene. The band consists of Rico, Ra’id and brothers David and Omar Higgins. PHOTO: JEANNE TORP Although Negro Terror’s attention-grabbing name is the first thing Negro Terror plays at Proud Larry’s on Wednesday night, accompanying a screening of their most people notice about the band, the name is about more than just namesake documentary directed by John Rash of the Southern Documentary Project. shock value. It came to Omar one night as he was watching an old serial TV show. A white announcer criticized rock ‘n’ roll music, eventually While doing some cursory research on Google, Rash found a YouTube declaring the genre “Negro Terror music,” and Omar said, “That’s it.” video of Negro Terror’s cover of “Invasion” by Skrewdriver, a white Negro Terror is an attempt to reclaim this language originally used to supremacist band. The band members inverted the original song’s politics vilify black art and actions. and overlaid their version of the song with images of the Holocaust, police “Everything from the name, to the logo, to the history of the band, to brutality and Black Lives Matter protests. just the members of the band itself was a concept that was, one, needed When he saw that video, Rash realized Negro Terror had a story to tell. and, two, is very historical at its root,” Ra’id explained in the film. He thought he’d go to a show or two and make a short documentary. Rash noticed the name, too, while looking for things to do in North “After meeting them, I knew it would be a good short film,” Rash Mississippi shortly after moving to Oxford. He felt like a concert with a said. “What I didn’t know is that they’re such interesting and layered band named Negro Terror could either be the worst or best thing he’d individuals that it became a feature-length film just because of how much ever attended. content was there.”
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Political Problems But as Rash’s project expanded, lim- itations emerged. Because of the band’s Oxford Film Festival a ‘stepping stone’ for student filmmakers uncompromising anti-fascist politics, its members asked Rash to film them only at select places and times, mostly before or after shows so as not to endanger anyone in their families or at their workplaces. Omar, who has been an anti-fascist skinhead for 23 years and fought against “racism on all fronts” with the group Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice (SHARP), said that although he is not an extremist or a communist, far-right groups have labelled him as such. Neo-Nazis have harassed him online and published his personal information on far-right websites like Redwatch. “We’ve got to lay low, but we’re still walking and talking,” Omar said. “A couple scares, a couple of threats aren’t gonna stop us — end of story.” For decades, the skinhead subculture has been split into political factions and riddled by a wide range of negative ste- reotypes. But to Omar, it makes no sense for someone to be both a white suprema- cist and a skinhead. “If you are a white nationalist and you PHOTO COURTESY: JOHN RASH call yourself a skinhead, that’s an oxymo- A still from John Rash’s film ‘Negro Terror.’ ron,” Omar said. “You’re talking about followed the band’s tour schedule, mak- The diverse fanbase also had to do means to them because there’s a lot of a subculture that developed from black ing regular trips to Memphis. He was also with the rap and hardcore scenes gelling stereotypes about Memphis, but Mem- people, Jamaicans ... and reggae.” there in Jonesboro, Arkansas, in Novem- together in Memphis’s musical environ- phis has many different faces,” Rash said. Even though the extent of Omar’s ac- ber 2017 when Negro Terror played its ment. Both genres, Omar said, “came One of those faces is Beale Street — tivism stretches far beyond Negro Terror, first out-of-town show. from the streets” and continue to be Memphis’s answer to Bourbon Street Omar stressed that simply playing rock During filming, Rash noticed that the about working-class people. with a soundtrack of blues rather than jazz. While Rash shows Beale Street in the film, he hopes viewers take away more than just that already famous image. “What I hope that you see is more a sense of the community,” Rash said. “Memphis really is a place that is a very artistic and creative community of people who are trying to help each other out.”
Going Live It wasn’t until after editing the the- atrical cut that Rash imagined a live version of the film. When he proposed it to the band, they accepted. Rash spent a few weeks recutting the film, and they presented this version for the first time in Memphis. “(The band) put a lot of trust in me to make it something that didn’t reflect negatively on them,” Rash said. “And I also put trust in them because they got to decide where they play. We both got to release a lot of control to each other, so it truly became collaborative.” The show last night at Proud Larry’s was their first time presenting the live documentary at a rock club. Rash said this allowed them, for the first time, to bring the film into a place it otherwise would not be. Referencing “all the insanity” of Mis-
PHOTO COURTESY: JOHN RASH sissippi’s history, Omar said he hopes people will go beyond enjoying the music and tolerating each other to truly embrac- ing others. music as a black group is a political move. crowds coming out to see Negro Terror Hannya Chaos, a Memphis rapper, was “It‘s one thing to tolerate someone, “Rock ‘n’ roll is all it is,” Omar said. were surprisingly diverse for hardcore interviewed in the film because he has but there’s no love there. I don’t like that “There’s no black power, shock value, shows. Rash compared the Negro Terror performed with Negro Terror before, and term,” Omar said. “We want people, even anything. It’s just rock ‘n’ roll, and if that shows, which were “if not 50-50, ma- he pointed out the same connection. though it sounds cliche, to truly come to- isn’t a political push then I don’t know jority African-American punk kids,” to “My music in particular is very aggres- gether and learn something. We educate what is” the hardcore shows he attended while sive,” Hannya Chaos said. “It has a lot of them, try to break it down for them.” Rash said that accommodating the growing up in North Carolina, which punk and rock elements to it, but, really, Starting in May, Rash and Negro Ter- band’s requests didn’t negatively affect were “70-percent white.” the message I spit is the same as in a lot ror will bring their live show to houses, the final product. Omar echoed Rash’s observation and of punk songs.” clubs and theaters along the East Coast. “That limitation ended up being an in- said this diversity is a point of pride for Just as much as Memphis has changed The tour will coincide with other projects teresting part of the film because most of the band. American music and these musicians, for both of them. it takes place in the environments where “When we played our first show in the documentary is about Memphis That same month, Negro Terror will you would see Negro Terror,” Rash said. 2016 (after a Black Lives Matter protest itself changing. Much of the film’s b-roll release its first album, “Paranoia.” Rash is “I love that the backgrounds are patio on the I-40 bridge in Memphis), kids footage consists of shots of a Memphis currently working on two films: a profile walls and the backrooms of the clubs they started going, ‘Holy shit, there’s an all- cityscape in flux: the freshly renovated of the Chinese-American photographer play in.” black band out here, playing heavy shit,’” Civil Rights Museum, gentrifying neigh- Sam Wang, who is based out of Clemson, Omar said. “Then black kids started borhoods and neon lights downtown. South Carolina, and a historical film The Film Itself showing up and Hispanic kids and Asian “My goal was to go there and let (Negro about the environmental justice move- From October 2017 to April 2018, Rash kids.” Terror) introduce me to what Memphis ment’s North Carolina roots. THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 7 FEBRUARY 2019 | PAGE 7
Oxford Film Festival a ‘stepping stone’ for student filmmakers
ABBY PEREZ [email protected]
Ole Miss film students are eager to show their films to audiences on the big screen at Malco this weekend as part of the Oxford Film Fest. Last October, the university hosted its first film festival, which featured a one-minute film contest for students. The winners of that contest got free admission to this weekend’s events and the chance to showcase their films at the festival. Senior art major Brady Shorter, who placed third at the UM Film Festival, will screen his film “Glass Half Empty.” He said the short is about how mental health issues are often hidden beneath the surface until a moment when they are suddenly “out in the open and unexpected.” This is the first time Shorter has two films — “Glass Half Empty” and a reel of works made for a cinematography class — showing at OFF. Shorter said films have a different impact when seen on the big screen versus on a computer monitor. When his film was shown at the Ole Miss festival, he had a similar experience. “It was crazy to see something that I did on a screen that’s the size of a wall, and then this year it’s going to be at Malco,” Shorter said. “It’ll be the first time that something that I touched is being played in a movie theater, and it’s crazy to think that I’m going to go to the movies and see something that I did.” PHOTO: CHRISTIAN JOHNSON Shorter said he’s nervous because other people will watch his work, but ultimate- Lucinda Roberts, an intern for the Oxford Film Festival. ly, it means that he’s a step closer to his goal of working in the film industry. Sophomore film production major Lucinda Roberts was in the UM Film Festival as well and decided to submit “Hats Off,” a “cannabis-friendly short” about a single joke, to OFF. “(‘Hats Off’ is) a single joke that I wrote out into a one page script,” Roberts said. Roberts has been a filmmaker for five years and said she is able to work at a faster pace because of this. “It’s just a matter of getting it done because a lot of people, they overthink it, and they think that they have to have so much done,” Roberts said. “You really don’t, you just need actors and scripts and (to) make sure you have a camera before you leave school the next day. It’s fun to do.” Sophomore film production major Tony King will screen the film “Sometimes I Can Fly,” an animated PSA about suicide. He said his goal is to educate people be- cause not many people talk about suicide in public. King said he challenged himself to make a film that was not a comedy because everything he has done in the past is meant to be funny. King’s mother pushed him to do something out of his comfort zone, something serious. Before he put it out in public, King got feedback. He said he wanted to make PHOTO COURTESY: LUCINDA ROBERTS sure he did not say the wrong thing or “make it sound like something that it’s not.” King said the film will have a different meaning for those who have been affected by suicide. “For those going through it, it’s a way of saying (that) someone out there under- stands the whole ‘Sometimes I Can Fly’ instead of falling,” King said. This is King’s second time having a film shown at OFF, but this is the first time his work is in a competition in the festival. Last year, King went to the award ceremony to see who won, and he said he feels like he has a chance at an award this year. “I think no matter what happens I’ll be happy that I’ve made it this far because I’m young,” King said. “I’m 18 years old; it’s an accomplishment. It’s a landmark or a stepping stone to the next level, regardless, so I’m proud of myself for that.” Senior film major Dakota Pittman will also show two of his films on the big screen. One film, “Dysfunctional,” is an experimental film about nostalgia, remem- bering things that are good and the past that people want to forget, that he made for a class. Without Pittman’s knowledge, someone submitted “Dysfunctional” to OFF. When he found out, he said he was pleased because he put a lot of work and some of his own experiences into it. “With ‘Dysfunctional,’ I put a bit more personal feeling into it with the theme of it because it’s got some themes in it like domestic abuse, and it’s hard to talk about stuff like that,” Pittman said. His second film “Ryu,” which means “dragon” in Japanese, is an animated short inspired by “Godzilla,” in which a little monster gets kicked and grows big. Pittman created the film by drawing on a dry erase board for a week then spending several hours erasing and taking photos on a tripod in his kitchen. Going back to his work is something Pittman always likes to do because he knows he can make the films better. PHOTO: CHRISTIAN JOHNSON “I feel that it’s important to learn from everything you do and not to let any kind Dakota Pittman. of failure discourage you,” Pittman said. “It’s important to learn from your mistakes, or you’ll never really learn something.” Junior French major EmilyFaye Cobe gives many of her films French titles. One of those, “Traité Une Mauvaise Main,” meaning “dealt a bad hand,” will screen at OFF. With this film, Cobb wanted to focus on the technical side of filmmaking. While filming, she set up movie lights and made sure to be consistent with the light- ing throughout the shots. Cobb often creates films focussed on women and said she feels that a person can never have enough stories about women on the screen. “The more women you can put into something, the better, to me. And also, it’s my background. I’m a woman,” Cobb said. “I like to see women doing things, having really fleshed out backgrounds (and) having their stories be told.” This is the first time a film of Cobb’s is going to be in OFF. She said she is thankful for the opportunity Ole Miss has given her. “The fact that it’s going to be shown at the Malco … My film is going to be on the big screen,” Cobb said. “I think that’s the most exciting for me because it’s nice to think I’m getting a little preview of the future.” PHOTO COURTESY: DAKOTA PITTMAN PAGE 8 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 7 FEBRUARY 2019
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MEN’S BASKETBALL Tyree’s 22 points push Ole Miss past Texas A&M
trailing by one heading into the JOSHUA CLAYTON locker room. [email protected] Going into the second half, the story was the same for the Head coach Kermit Davis and Rebels. Texas A&M was simply the Ole Miss Rebels escaped making their open shots when The Pavilion with a win against Ole Miss was not. The Rebels the Texas A&M Aggies on went 1-7 from the field while the Wednesday night. Aggies went 7-8. The Rebels snapped a four- The Aggies continued to get game losing streak with their 75- easy buckets in the paint. Josh 71 over the 8-13 Aggies. Breein Nebo finished with 10 rebounds, Tyree led the Rebels with 22 most of which came over points, going 7-15 from the field Dominik Olejniczak and Bruce and 5-5 from the free throw line. Stevens. Terence Davis was the spark that The Rebels came storming led a comeback, finishing with 19 back to within one point with six points, eight rebounds and seven minutes left after two steals from steals. Terence Davis and a pull up three The SEC matchup against the from Tyree. The Rebels rode that Aggies was a must-win for the momentum down the stretch to Rebels to keep hope alive for a keep the Aggies at bay. run in the postseason. “(Terence Davis) kind of put Ole Miss got off to a hot start us on his shoulders tonight. He’s with a 9-0 run to gain a 19-6 been terrific in practice the last lead. Tyree snagged a steal from two days,” Kermit Davis said. FILE PHOTO: CHRISTIAN JOHNSON Jay Jay Chandler on the first “Tonight, when the game got a Ole Miss forward Bruce Stevens dunks the ball during the game against Arkansas on Jan. 19. Ole Miss won the game 84-67. possession and hung on the rim little sideways, he was the guy after a two-handed slam. On the that made all the plays and made instantly. Terence Davis hit both stretch. Every time Bruce came to have found a spark. next possession, Devontae Shuler free throws down the stretch. He free throws to push the lead to in the game, 32 came out and “I told the guys it’s always hard found space on a crossover and played like a desperate senior.” five, and the Rebels never looked dunked the ball on us in the to get that first win when you go drained a three from the top of The play that sealed the game back. break,” Kermit said. “It was an on a losing streak,” Terence Davis the key. came with less than a minute Rebounding and hustle plays improvement especially in the said. “But once you get the win, it The Rebels controlled the left to play when the Rebels had been a big problem for Ole last eight or 10 minutes.” kind of relaxes you, but you still game in the beginning until the were up by three. Blake Hinson Miss during their losing streak, The Rebels still need to find an have to be in that attack mode.” Aggies used a 12-2 run to cut the came up with a big hustle play but the forwards were able to answer down low as they enter The Rebels will look to keep lead to three with four minutes to save a missed shot from going produce enough to hold on to the the final stretch of the season. An the momentum going when left in the first half. Texas A&M out of bounds, throwing it back lead late in the game. improvement in production can they travel to Athens for a game finished the first half on fire into play where Terence Davis “We still got out-rebound- complement the backcourt being against Georgia this Saturday. behind Brandon Mahan, only came up with it and was fouled ed, but it was better down the led by Terence Davis, that seems
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NATIONAL SIGNING DAY Rebels reload on offense, pick up Ealy, Mingo on NSD
in January is big for Matt Luke’s needed this signing to help JOHN MACON GILLESPIE The wrinkle in Ealy’s signing with Ole Miss [email protected] perception and “Mississippi regain some momentum in Made” mantra. Mississippi after missing out is that he is also a highly-touted baseball Despite changing offensive The wrinkle in Ealy’s signing on linebacker Nakobe Dean in prospect. Ealy is projected to be a high pick coordinators during the with Ole Miss is that he is also a December. “in the MLB Draft this summer, and whether offseason, Ole Miss landed some highly-touted baseball prospect. The Rebels are tasked with or not he ultimately sets foot in Oxford will key offensive talent through the Ealy is projected to be a high replacing numerous key cogs December early signing period pick in the MLB Draft this of their 2018 offensive attack, hinge entirely on whether or not he chooses and on National Signing Day summer, and whether or not he including wide receivers to go pro on the diamond. yesterday. ultimately sets foot in Oxford A.J. Brown, D.K. Metcalf donned the red and blue and Some became wary of Undoubtedly, the biggest news will hinge entirely on whether or and DaMarkus Lodge. Rich enrolled at Ole Miss in January. Jonathan Mingo’s commitment for Ole Miss on Wednesday not he chooses to go pro on the Rodriguez’s offense will also He, like Plumlee, will provide to the Rebels as he took official came with running back Jerrion diamond. If Ealy winds up at Ole feature a new quarterback taking much-needed depth at the visits to other SEC schools Ealy’s announcement that he’d Miss, he’s expected to be a two- over for the graduating Jordan quarterback position. leading up to National Signing join the 2019 Rebel class. Ealy sport athlete and play for Mike Ta’amu — presumably Matt Another running back signee Day, but ultimately, Mingo held is the highest-rated prospect the Bianco’s squad next spring. 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NATIONAL SIGNING DAY Luke, MacIntyre laying foundation for Landshark defense
The most highly touted Wetumpka, Alabama. those, so I was very, very transition from a 4-3 defense JOSHUA CLAYTON recruit to join the Rebels The host of defensive backs pleased with that.” to MacIntyre’s 3-4 scheme. [email protected] yesterday was Dodge includes A.J. Finley, Jalen One thing to watch during “Some of our defensive City Community College Jordan, Jamar Richardson, spring football this year will ends are now playing outside Fifteen of Rebel football’s linebacker Lakia Henry. The Jonathan Haynes, Jay be the linebacker, so it does change new recruits will look to No. 1 junior college inside Stanley and Deantre Prince, a little bit as far as numbers make an immediate impact linebacker was the last recruit all of whom are three-star and who you’re wanting on a depleted defense in the to sign in the class and is prospects. to sign,” Luke said. “We 2019 season. Last year, the expected to make an instant “I think that, going into wanted to sign an outside Rebels ranked No. 121 in impact. this second signing period, it linebacker with Brandon total defense, worst in the “Signing the No. 1 junior was important that we get Mack, LeDarrius Cox SEC by far. The Landshark college linebacker in the a pass rusher, a defensive — who gives us some defense was not able live up country was a big deal for us,” tackle and a size and girth — and an to its name, allowing 483.4 Luke said. “We’ve struggled linebacker.” Luke inside linebacker with yards per game. at that position, and to get a said. “We Lakia (Henry), so we The poor showing from guy that can come in and give were able to filled all those needs.” the Rebel defense in 2018 us immediate help, I think, is hit on all Spring practice is set preceded in the firing of a big deal.” three to begin later this month, defensive coordinator Wesley Alongside Henry, the of and the annual Grove Bowl McGriff after the season. Rebels will bring in a few scrimmage is scheduled for Ole Miss hired former three-star linebackers April 7. Both new and old Colorado coach Mike in Ashanti Cistrunk players will be vying for a MacIntyre to try and revive (Louisville), Tavario starting position on the new the once dominant defense Standifer (Tupelo) Landshark defense. in early December. The hire and Eric Jeffries from “Top to bottom, I feel allowed Ole Miss to finish the Lafayette High School. like this class can be the recruiting period strong. Also along the foundation of where “I was confident because defensive line, Ole we want to go as a of the positive momentum Miss added three- program,” Luke we had. We had a very, very stars LeDarrius Cox said. good offseason,” head coach and Brandon Mack Matt Luke said in a press early on Signing conference on National Day. The big men Signing Day. “First of all, joined fellow there’s a commitment Alabama natives to winning from our Sam Williams administration. We went out of Northeast and signed Mike MacIntyre Mississippi and Rich Rodriguez. Those Community College are two big signees.” and Patrick Lucas of PHOTO COURTESY: 247SPORTS Newly signed defensive lineman LeDarrius Cox warms up before a McGill Toolen game in the fall. Two choices for upscale, affordable living in Oxford
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NATIONAL SIGNING DAY Ole Miss signs six players, secures top-25 class on NSD
December. But I thought we had a JUSTIN DIAL great (National Signing Day).” [email protected] Ole Miss finishes the 2019 recruiting cycle with the No. 22 Matt Luke has tried to ranked class in the country but embrace the “Mississippi Made” just No. 9 in the SEC. The Rebels slogan as a staple of the program were able to beat out Mississippi during his short tenure as the State, Kentucky, Missouri and head coach of Ole Miss Football. Vanderbilt while coming in three After yesterday’s National spots behind South Carolina in Signing Day, it seems that slogan the national rankings. is becoming reality. “I have to credit the staff, Ole Miss signed 31 players these relationships (with the in the 2019 recruiting cycle, recruits) were four years, three including six on National years, two years, and I felt (the Signing Day. The other 25 coaches) did a phenomenal job newcomers signed their letters closing today,” Luke said. “Top to of intent during December’s bottom, I feel like this class can early signing period. be the foundation for getting this Of the 31 signees, 19 of them program back on track and back are Mississippi natives. where we all want it to go.” “I’m really excited about this Ole Miss and head coach Matt class,” Luke said. “I thought it Luke were able to round out the was very important with us, for 2019 class Wednesday with four the first time, getting back to 85 players listed as being four-star scholarships. This is a big class, prospects or better, though none a deep class. It’s got 31 players was bigger than five-star running in it, and most of it was done in back Jerrion Ealy.
PHOTO: JUSTIN DIAL Head coach Matt Luke speaks at a press conference about recruits that committed to Ole Miss during National Signing Day on Wednesday. Ealy, a two-sport star in choosing Ole Miss. comes to Oxford ranked the No. 1 football and baseball at Jack- Mingo, a Brandon native who junior college middle linebacker son Prep, chose to sign with boasts a 6-foot-2-inch frame, in the country. Ole Miss despite widespread is ranked as the No. 12 overall He joins a defense that belief that he would be going to player in Mississippi. Although struggled for much of the Clemson in the days leading up Mingo waited to sign until NSD, 2018 season and joins young to NSD. He originally commit- he originally committed to Ole linebackers Mohamed Sanogo ted to Ole Miss in December Miss on July 31, 2018. It was and Kevontae Ruggs in the 2017 but decided to reopen his thought he might waiver from his linebackers’ room. recruitment and de-committed commitment, but he proved to be “Lakia is an explosive, from Ole Miss on Jan. 8. fully committed. physical athlete, who really plays “It comes back to “(Mingo) has been committed downhill,” Ole Miss linebackers relationships, and coach for a long time,” Luke said. “There coach Jon Sumrall said about (Derrick) Nix had known him were a lot of questions going back Henry. “He has natural instincts since the ninth grade,” Luke and forth, but he stayed true the for the linebacker position and is said. “I’m really proud of the whole time and we’re excited we a good tackler.” way he’s built that relationship. have him.” In addition to Henry, Ole He knows the whole family, and Ole Miss secured some depth Miss picked up two three-star in the end, when Jerrion came under center with the addition of defensive linemen in Brandon back, he felt at home.” quarterback John Rhys Plumlee Mack and LeDarrius Cox. Although he may never play from Hattiesburg. Plumlee “Going into this second signing a down for Ole Miss due to his flipped from Georgia, where he period, it was important that we professional baseball prospects, had been committed since June get a pass rusher, a (defensive) Luke and his staff’s ability to land 2018, to Ole Miss just two days tackle and a linebacker,” Luke a commitment from the No. 3 before signing day. The dual- said. “We were able to hit on running back in the nation speaks threat aspect of Plumlee’s game all three of those, so I was very volumes to their recruiting ability. is similar to what Rebel fans have pleased with that.” It also shows that the “Mississippi grown accustomed to in recent Luke said this year’s National Made” slogan is starting to gain years watching quarterbacks like Signing Day was a good day for traction. Jordan Ta’amu and Chad Kelly. the program as a whole — a step “I think it’s a hope that (Ealy) is “John Rhys has all of in the right direction. going to play football,” Luke said. the intangibles you want in “I have to credit the staff, “I think he loves football and loves a quarterback,” offensive these relationships (with the baseball, but I think we all hope coordinator Rich Rodriguez said. recruits) were four years, three he’s going to come in and make “He’s athletic, competitive and years, two years, and I felt (the an impact in football.” very talented.” coaches) did a phenomenal job Along with Ealy, Ole Miss was A huge get for Luke and his closing today,” Luke said. “Top to able to pick up a trio of four- staff came on the defensive side bottom, I feel like this class can stars before the day was over, of the ball with the signing of be the foundation for getting this with receiver Jonathan Mingo, Lakia Henry. Henry, a junior program back on track and back quarterback John Rhys Plumlee college transfer from Dodge City where we all want it to go.”
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