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Mental Health Week continues with ‘Southern Smash’ JACQUELINE KNIRNSCHILD ing stigmas and expecta- tions of body image,” Active SLADE RAND Minds President Kathryn [email protected] Forbes said. Active Minds manages a The Associated Student Twitter account where it Body and nonprofit group shares simple but encour- Active Minds at the Uni- aging messages for UM versity of Mississippi part- students. “Smile because nered together this week to you can” one tweet reads. host 2017’s Mental Health Another tweet reminded Week on campus. Wednes- students to always end the day, the Active Minds invit- day on a positive thought. ed students to smash scales “Southern Smash” served as with baseball bats and yet another platform for the sledgehammers in front of group to promote self con- the Grove stage to promote fidence among the student self confidence and weight body. consciousness. Wednesday afternoon, “Mental health is import- students also attached ant to every individual on cards with anxiety-causing our Ole Miss campus and thoughts written on them to it’s time to speak up, edu- balloons and released them cate ourselves, and make to the sky. Afterwards, stu- everyone aware. This week, dents were encouraged to we’re loving our minds and write down something they changing our habits,” ASB love about themselves to wrote on its Facebook page. hang up in a place where Southern Smash partici- they will see it every day. pants decorated the scales “Mental Health Week” has before smashing them, re- included other events, such placing the numbers with as a visit from the Humane phrases such as, “These Society’s puppies, free yoga numbers don’t define me” and meditation in the Grove and “You’re beautiful. Don’t and a student athletic pan- let your mind bully your el. body.” Active Minds also The organization will also hosted the week’s second host a Suicide Awareness free yoga session on the Event at 5:30 p.m. Thurs- Grove stage on Wednesday day at Farley featuring afternoon, shortly after the UPD, representatives from smashed scales were swept the counseling center and PHOTOS BY: XINYI SONG away. Rivers McGraw’s mother. Associated Student Body and nonprofit group Active Minds host “Smash the Scale” in the Grove as a part of Mental Health “We are trying to smash- Week to promote weight consciousness. Cancer survivor inspires Emmy-winning documentary cope as he fought the illness Ole Miss grounds crew. His JONATHAN GIBSON [email protected] and underwent treatment. parents said this was a turn- Farris’ best friend, junior ing point in his fight, giving Seth Dickinson, said he was him and the rest of the fam- Last summer the Ole blindsided by the diagnosis ily the motivation to keep Miss Sports Production as a child. pushing on. team took home a regional “I didn’t really understand By 2011, Farris was in re- Emmy for its work on the life and death and your life mission. documentary “Sam’s Story,” being threatened,” Dickin- The documentary, and on March 22, Ole Miss son said. “I remember the though, wouldn’t begin un- athletic director Ross Bjork day I found out, right be- til spring 2015. presented the documenta- fore we entered fifth grade, Farris reached out to Ath- ry’s subject with his own my mother told me Sam had letics Director Ross Bjork Emmy. cancer. In my mind I didn’t with his Make-A-Wish story Sam Farris was diagnosed comprehend it.” for the first time. He sent an with stage four neuroblas- That summer, the Make- email to Bjork with pictures toma, a rare form of child- A-Wish Foundation granted of the baseball field. hood cancer, in 2007. Over Farris’ wish to have a base- Ferris waited for a reply. the next five years, Farris ball field built in his back- and his family struggled to PHOTO BY: ARIEL COBBERT yard, with help from the SEE FARRIS PAGE 3 Sam Farris PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 6 APRIL 2017 OPINION

COLUMN Contacting legislature is integral in tuition funding will receive aid through the university as a whole. body, have a chance to be out to our state representatives program that will award the There have been other states, proactive and preserve our and senators, sit down with larger amount… The following such as Arizona, where the tuition affordability so that them and voice our concerns. grants are included in this legislature has taken these very students, in-state, out-of- Acting in defiance to those new rule: Mississippi Tuition steps to slowly dial back from state and international, of all who subsidize this university Assistance Grant (MTAG), supporting public universities socioeconomic backgrounds without discussion will do Mississippi Eminent Scholars for a variety of political reasons. have the opportunity to attend nothing but tarnish our Grant (MESG), Higher Just within the past few the University of Mississippi. relationship with the state Education Legislative Plan years, as in-state tuition has To me, the University of legislature, alumni of this for Needy Students (HELP), increased from $6,300 in Mississippi has made decisions university and future students. Mississippi Law Enforcement 2010 to $10,640 in 2016 at within the past few years that The legislature is sending us NESTOR DELGADO Officers & Firemen Scholarship Arizona State University, were rushed, unwarranted and a warning, and if we act wisely, [email protected] (LAW), Nissan Scholarship.” student coalitions have been fueled by emotion rather than we will end the culture of This might mark the established, such as “Students reason. acting emotionally and instead beginning of the end of tuition for Affordable Tuition,” as a There are things in this state harvest an environment where The Mississippi legislature affordability at the University reaction to the state legislature that are worth looking into. we work with our legislature to has sent Ole Miss a warning. of Mississippi. removing significant However, we made decisions maintain affordable tuition at Just last week, the Office of It first begins with amounts of funding to public that some believed would the University of Mississippi. Financial Aid sent out an email amendments such as the one institutions. solve the problem but instead stating that “The legislature students received an email Given this, I believe we led to unintended political Nestor Delgado is a has eliminated the ‘stacking’ about, then the legislature are currently on the same consequences. sophomore public policy of undergraduate grants. If a decides to cut grant programs trajectory as Arizona State As a student body, we need leadership major from student is eligible for more than altogether, and then it University. to stop stepping on the heels Pascagoula. one grant program, students withdraws funding from the However, we, as a student of Jackson and instead reach

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it more in detail and told Farris said. “It looked like with me. I hung up after- ry deserved the award more FARRIS me the extent of what they something that was made wards and sat on the bed in than our production of it,” continued from page 1 wanted to do, it was hum- in a professional studio in my hotel room and thought, Lassiter said. “His battle bling.” California. It was 16 min- you know, this is unbeliev- was incredible, and to see Weeks passed and Far- The production team, utes of hard-core, moving, able. It was powerful to take how well he’s doing now is ris had almost given up on made up of Chris Sabo, Mi- heavy stuff. It was absolute- all that in.” amazing. As happy as I was the story when he finally cah Ginn, John Lassiter and ly awesome to see they had Director John Lassiter for me and our team, I was heard back from the sports Stewart Pirani, worked tire- put that sort of effort into said Farris’ story was ex- just as happy for Sam. I production team. The team lessly over the next several my life. I was very apprecia- citing to work with because was so excited to share that wanted to make a short vid- months, compiling inter- tive of the work they put in of its power and tie-in with news with him.” eo about his battle with can- views and capturing footage and very impressed with the Ole Miss athletics. Farris said sharing his cer. of Farris and his family. final product.” “As a documentary pro- story with the community “When they first came to Farris’ initial interview Farris was in Memphis, ducer, these are the kinds of was an honor, and he and me about it, it was one of took about two hours. Tennessee, participating in stories you die for,” Lassiter his family are not afraid of those ‘awe moments,’ one of The team travelled to Far- a St. Jude golf tournament said. “When you see some- using his story to inspire those speechless moments ris’ hometown, Mantachie, when he first heard the doc- thing like this come across and make differences in where you don’t know what to interview his parents and umentary won a regional your desk, you just think, other people’s lives. to think or say but you’re brother. Emmy award for Best One- ‘This is it. This is the story I “There’s an opportuni- excited to be doing it,” Far- After final interviews were Time Sports Feature. want to tell.’” ty for me to share my sto- ris said. done with Make-A-Wish “It didn’t sink in at first Lassiter said he felt mixed ry and my experiences in a Things moved quickly employees and the former when he said we won the emotions the night he and way that might help some- from there. Ole Miss athletics director, Emmy,” Farris said. “Then his team won the Emmy. one else,” Farris said. “You “At the time, I didn’t un- filming was complete. he sent me a picture of it “For me, more than any- never know who your story derstand what that meant,” The video was released in while he was on the phone thing, I felt like Sam’s sto- might touch.” Farris said. “I thought it October 2015. Farris said was going to be a hype vid- the final product was better eo used on one of the sites than he could have ever ex- or something. When the pected. production team explained “It was mind-blowing,”

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SLADE RAND case the funk in front of lo- [email protected] cal audiences. “I think we can call our- selves the No. 1 Nash- “Sometimes things hap- ville-based Professor Long- pen in places where maybe hair cover band,” Hermann you wouldn’t expect them.” said. “We’ve got our own Keyboardist John “JoJo” little niche, I guess.” Hermann moved to Oxford JoJo’s Slim Wednesday from his childhood home in will kick off a run of seven 1986 and said he believes a April shows in small venues part of him has really nev- across the South Thursday er left, despite internation- night at Proud Larry’s on ally touring with the band the Square. Hermann last Widespread Panic. played the Proud Larry’s The New York City kid stage in 2012 with fellow grew up wearing out re- New Yorker Sherman Ewing cords by the likes of Pro- under the moniker Missing fessor Longhair, The Funky Cats. Meters and George Porter Hermann has played and Jr. Hermann said he still written music in Oxford remembers the first time he since 1986, most prolifically heard their sound and the with the local band Bean- way it shaped his own play- land. Hermann said the ing style. This spring, he’s band, named for guitarist taking his Mardi Gras band George McConnell’s address on the road again to show- on Beanland Drive, was al-

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He said Professor Long- out,” Hermann said. “I’ll with this Mardi Gras band mann will hit the road for JOJO’S hair’s 1985 album “Rock n never forget when I played for pure fun more than any- six more shows in seven continued from page 6 Roll Gumbo” left a lasting with Zigaboo, the drummer. thing else, and he planned days across four states. He impression him as a teen- The first time he played that the tour itself around craw- said he did not want to leave bands did at the time, cov- ager, as well. snare, I was like, ‘Oh my fish season. The band used the South on this tour and ered many Grateful Dead “I looked at music that God, I know that sound.’” to only play during Mardi hopes to bring a little bit songs. way,” Hermann said. “Not Both Porter and drummer Gras, but the crawfish were of New Orleans music and “The thing I loved about so much segregating the Zigaboo Modeliste were not as good as in the spring. crawfish to each of the ven- the Dead was their records,” sound, but so much that ev- founding members of New He said the smaller venues ues he hits. Hermann said. “I didn’t fol- erything is part of one big Orleans funk group The and relaxed crowds on these This summer, Hermann low them on tour, really. sound.” Meters. Hermann said the tours offer an alternative to will be on the festival cir- I wasn’t one of the people Hermann said he is lucky Meters laid the basis for the playing in front of a sold- cuit with Widespread Panic, who traded the bootlegs.” to have had the opportuni- sound he focuses on with out arena or at Red Rocks. as well as returning to Red Hermann’s style of play- ty to play onstage with so JoJo’s Slim Wednesday. “Yeah, you know, it’s just Rocks for the band’s annual ing has its roots in New Or- many of his musical heroes, “The Meters are really the for fun. That’s what I love June residency. leans’ homegrown funk and most recently with Meters trunk, the roots of the tree about it,” Hermann said. “Music is about the fun the Grateful Dead’s studio bassist George Porter Jr. in that you know the whole “It’s the music I played in and having fun and good albums. The Rascals’ “Good Mexico. scene came out of, and any- my living room for decades times, and I think every Lovin,’” a Grateful Dead live “The minute his fingers body who plays a funky beat and still play in my living place we picked is basically staple, was one of the first touch those bass strings, to me comes through The room when I’m alone.” based in that same idea,” he songs he learned on piano. you hear that sound that’s Meters,” he said. After his homecoming said. on the records that you wore Hermann said he tours celebration in Oxford, Her-

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GRAYSON WEIR seasons in the program’s his- [email protected] tory thus far,” Depreo said. “Coach Mike Smith and the team have been great and have On the outskirts of Ole Miss’ told us how much they appre- main campus lies a gem hidden ciate our support. Everyone in the collegiate softball world, should come out and support one that is home to the No. 24 our nationally ranked squad.” Rebels. While some traditions, like Having only founded a fast- writing on the warm-up ball in pitch program in 1997, the between half innings, have car- women in red and blue contin- ried from diamond to diamond, ue to rise in the rankings. Com- the left field gang has brought a ing off of a 2016 campaign that few traditions of its own to the shattered attendance records ball park – in the form of a hot and ended with the team’s first dog suit and lots of dancing. ever appearance in the NCAA Hank Williams IV, who is known as The @LeftField- Tournament, the 2017 season PHOTO BY: CAMERON BROOKS is off to a 25-11 start, including Dancer, saw an opportunity to Fans cheer on Rebels in the left field as they took on University of Central Arkansas Tuesday. Ole Miss won 1-0 after 12 a 12 inning marathon win over devote his fandom to the Lady innings. Central Arkansas on Tuesday. Rebs and ran with it. Well, Keeli Milligan, the left field- Milligan said. “I found myself Ryan Arneson, who often times Even for winning programs, danced with it. No matter the er for Texas A&M, was subject questioning whether a hot dog can be found in the hot dog women’s sports often have a weather, the time of day or the to constant chirp-artistry for is really a sandwich quite a suit (@LeftFieldHotdog), said. tough time drawing as large a day of week, you can find Wil- its three-game series in mid- bit during the game and think “The players can actually hear crowd as their male counter- liams with his shirt off, moving March. Milligan, who tweeted their heckling can definitely what you’re saying and seem to parts – Rebel softball being the and grooving like there’s no to- before the series that one day make a difference. We had a re- enjoy interacting with us; it’s a exception, thanks in large part morrow. a boy would bring her flowers ally fun time with the guys out great time for any Rebel fan. I to the Left Field Hecklers. “Swayze is like PCB, while and she would be brought to there.” would love to see more people Founded by Anthony Depreo left field [at softball games] is tears, was greeted with flowers The dugout is not the only come out and support our team and Michael Wilson, the grow- more like the Virgin Islands,” from the left field faithful. place where their presence at these games.” ing group of faithful fans can Williams said. “It’s much more While the Rebels dropped has been noticed. With the The Rebels head to Auburn be found at every home game, laid back, but just as enjoy- three close games to the No. nationally ranked Rebels hav- this weekend for a three game usually shirtless, drinking Palm able.” 7 Aggies, the hecklers made a ing nearly every one of their series against the Tigers. First Breeze sparkling spritzers. The When it comes to heckling, name for themselves within the games broadcast on SEC Net- pitch is scheduled for Friday duo, who founded the @Heck- the assemblage of rowdy Reb- dugout. work, there has been a clear night at 6 pm. lerLeft Twitter account, has els stray away from the ruthless “I loved the hecklers and draw from the cameras and an- gained a steady following with berating of the players so often how they heckle in a tasteful nouncers. This article was submitted to the Rebel faithful. found at baseball games and and fun way that everyone can “The atmosphere in left field The Daily Mississippian from “We’ve enjoyed being a part look more toward humor and enjoy, which is difficult to do,” can be something special,” an advanced reporting class. of what’s been one of the best thought-provoking quips.

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