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U.S. Magistrate Judge S. Allan Alexander stated Thursday that the U.S. has found sufficient evidence to keep James Everett Dutschke in the custody of the federal marshals during a preliminary hearing at the U.S. District Courthouse in Oxford.

“It appears to the court that there is probable cause to hold the defendant over,” Alexander said.

Although Dutschke main-tains that he is innocent, his attorney George Lucas waived the right to a deten-tion hearing.

Only one witness, special agent Stephen Thomason who represented the FBI, was required for the U.S. to find evidence to hold Dutschke.

Dutschke is charged with making and producing ricin as part of an investigation into poison-laced letters sent to President Obama, U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker and Mississippi judge Sadie Hol-

land.The FBI used a warrant to

search Dutschke’s home in Tupelo on April 23 after he withdrew his initial consent during an interview.

Investigators found pa-

per and address labels that matched those sent to Obama, Wicker and Hol-land, as well as other suspi-cious items.

Thomason stated that the turning point occurred when

Dutschke removed personal items from his former mar-tial arts studio on April 22.

“After he left the martial arts studio, he drove about 100 yards, stopped and

Splash in finals on the high dive at the Turner Center

Oxford and Ole Miss

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Oxford, Miss., is home to about 20,000 people. Add the roughly 17,000 Univer-sity of Mississippi students, and you’ve got the Oxford-university community.

“I hate that.”Angela Barrett has been

living in Oxford for four years with her family of four. She works as a music asso-ciate at First Baptist Church with her husband, Tom, who is the pastor of worship. Together, they wave college students in and out of the choir room doors, making name tags for worship fold-ers and trashing them when they graduate and leave.

“I hate that — I hate to lose people,” she said. “I get attached, particularly at church in our music min-istry. When they leave, it’s like a big hole.”

The couple met in college then traveled, together and apart, both touring with dif-ferent music groups. Having lived in Boston, New York, Miami, St. Louis and Bir-mingham, the two have ex-perienced an array of differ-ent towns and atmospheres.

“Within those cities are college towns, but not a small town. Not like this.”

Stephen Savell was born in this college town and hasn’t left since. He gradu-ated from Oxford High School in 2009 and enrolled at The University of Mis-sissippi that fall. His father, Ron, is the manager of IT Media and IT Labs on cam-pus, so he gets half-off tu-ition at Ole Miss. Between that and a band scholarship, staying home for college was simply the smart thing to do financially.

So after 18 years, he de-cided to stay for a few more.

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Students look for ways to get rid of their stress for finals week through the activities that are provided on campus.

Instead of diving into their books, students will have the opportunity to dive into the pool at the Turner Center this Sunday from 5-7 p.m.

Mark Garneau, assistant aquatics director for the Turner Center, said the high boards will be open and he wants the students to have fun, take pictures and forget about finals.

“Everyone’s going to be stressed out for finals,” Gar-

neau said. “This is a little way of getting rid of that stress.”

He’s expecting lots of stu-dents to attend because life-guards have been posting flyers, using social media and spreading the news by word of mouth.

Garneau said many of the lifeguards have been begging him to open the high dives all semester, and that “like a grumpy old dad,” he has con-sistently said, “No.”

“Finally, I gave in like ev-ery other father does eventu-ally,” Garneau said.

Garneau said the point of having this event is to give

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The best days of your life are to come

As graduation quickly ap-proaches, many muse that your college years are the best years of your life. The unknown that lies beyond graduation can be daunting.

The mere thought of say-ing goodbye to the friends you’ve grown so close to over the past few years can bring tears to your eyes. Some of your friends know exactly where they are go-ing, know who they are mar-rying and have the job that they have always wanted.

In comparison, you might find yourself behind, that

you’ve lived your life and now it will soon be over. This idea that now is the best time of your life and now is when you figure it all out could not be further from the truth.

As I have gotten older, I have come to adore and ap-preciate my grandmother more and more. One of the first things I do when I go back to my hometown is pick up a bottle of good bourbon and head straight to Grand-mom’s house where we make mint juleps (with fresh mint from her herb garden, of course) and sit on her porch or walk through her gardens, discussing life and all its ups and downs.

When the melancholy of being a new college gradu-ate set in, Grandmom’s words of wisdom came to

the rescue. Yes, college is an amaz-

ing experience. In her col-lege years, she dressed to the nines every day and she was being pursued by one of the coolest boys on cam-pus, with the best car. But the fun didn’t stop there. In her 20s, she married the cool boy in the nice car and moved around the country with him.

At one point they lived in a dilapidated attic apartment in rainy Seattle with a single window. That window, how-ever, opened up to the most magnificent view of Mt. Rainier. They then moved back down south and had a late start with children. With plenty of time and money as a young childless couple, they bought a beach house with other couples and spent

the whole summer skiing, tanning and eating seafood fresh from the boat. Hav-ing three children brought its own joys and adventures. Soon after, the grandchil-dren began brightening their lives (with the oldest grandchild being the favor-ite of them all, obviously). The death of her cool, car-driving college sweetheart did not put a close to the “best years of her life.”

At 80 years old, she has weekly lunch with the girls and can say and do exact-ly what she pleases. If she wants to have dessert for breakfast, she does. If she wants her second bourbon before the sun sets, she does. Each day is filled with more love, laughter and happi-

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ness than her heydays of college.

As you look out to the fu-ture, look with excitement and anticipation. Each milestone in life could eas-ily top the last.

With a good attitude and willingness to accept chal-lenges as blessings in dis-guise, you will be blessed with having each stage be the best stage of your life.

I, personally, hope to have a life as rich and ful-filled as my grandmother’s, and having a granddaugh-ter bring me bourbon on my front porch would be the icing on the cake.

Anna Rush is a second-year law student from Hattiesburg. She graduated from Mississip-pi State University in 2011. Follow her on Twitter @an-nakrush.

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Dear Editor,

In an ASB Senate Student Life Committee meeting last week, I introduced a bill that would essentially ban the song “Dixie” from Univer-sity of Mississippi events. Unfortunately, the bill failed by a vote of 12 to one — I was the only committee member who voted in favor of the bill.

I wrote the resolution to ban “Dixie” because it is offensive to not only many members of our university family but also spectators at other university events. “Di-xie” is a song that is heard not only by students, but also by any individual who is present in Vaught-Heming-way Stadium, the Tad Smith Coliseum or any other event where it is played by our band.

Before I wrote the afore-mentioned bill, I spoke with students, faculty and staff who are offended when our band plays “Dixie.” I also spoke with those who said that they really didn’t know much about the song. His-tory clearly shows that the original song was written by a white man to be used in blackface minstrel show per-formances. White men paint-ed their faces black and sang the song in a dialect intend-ing to humiliate blacks and portray them as uneducated.

The song “Dixie” was writ-ten from the perspective of a freed black slave longing to be back on a plantation “in the land of cotton.” It glori-fies the days of slavery and suggests that for blacks, slav-ery was somehow better than freedom. It implies that slav-ery is a positive institution.

In addition, the song was the anthem of the Confeder-ate States of America during the Civil War, and was later used extensively during the

eras of Jim Crow and seg-regation by supporters who promoted many of the hate-ful atrocities inflicted upon blacks during these times, including the Ku Klux Klan. Even before the Civil War, the Richmond Dispatch and New York Times labeled “Dixie” as the “National An-them of Secession.” It was also played at the inaugura-tion of Confederate Presi-dent Jefferson Davis in 1861.

Our band started playing “Dixie” at football games in the late 1940s and early 1950s, at the same time The University of Mississippi students inaugurated “Di-xie Week,” which featured a ceremonial reading of the Ordinance of Secession and a mock slave auction. Know-ing these facts, it is hard to argue that The University of Mississippi originally em-braced the song for reasons other than the university’s historical roots in segrega-tion and racism. And be-cause of these clear ties that “Dixie” has to a hurtful past, other universities — such as the University of Miami in 1968 — banned the song in the following years.

At the 20-year commemo-ration of the integration of our university, speaking at a black alumni reunion, James Meredith stated that there was no difference between “Dixie,” the Confederate flag and other remnants of seg-regation, such as white-only drinking fountains and wait-ing rooms. In fact, accord-ing to the book “The Band Played Dixie” by Nadine Co-hodas, a group of white stu-dents protesting Meredith’s campus appearance walked out of his remarks and sang “Dixie” outside of Fulton Chapel.

There are supporters of “Dixie” who suggest that the

song is not racist, but there is no accurate historical or anecdotal evidence to sub-stantiate these claims. Yes, Abraham Lincoln enjoyed the tune of “Dixie”, but he did not support what “Dixie” came to represent.

I understand and believe that simply because some-one likes the tune of “Dixie” today, it does not mean that they are racist. I have never made that contention. How-ever, if we are going to be a great American public insti-tution, it is disingenuous for us to sanction and embrace a song that is a relic of a past that once enslaved and dis-criminated against a class of people because of their skin color.

We are better people than that.

If The University of Mis-sissippi wants to be truthful about respecting the dignity

of each person in our fam-ily — as our university creed explicitly states — our band must not play “Dixie.”

I love Ole Miss and our many traditions, but I be-lieve that a tradition that was created for the sole reason of dehumanizing blacks is in-tolerable. “Dixie” is one of those traditions.

Some say that we need to be slow and deliberate about making changes, but it’s been 50 years since the integration of our university, and it’s time The University of Mississippi administration do the right thing and ban “Dixie.”

Respectfully,

Sean HigginsSophomore Political Sci-

ence and African American Studies major

[email protected]

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music.Camille, in her own words, is a human radio.

"I absolutely love music," Cantrell said. "Radio is an influential medium that allows people to define their individuality, yet relate to others around them."

"Rebel Radio is not just a job for me," Cantrell said. "It has allowed me to be a part of the Student Media Center and become part of the university rather than becoming just a student."

Cantrell sees 92.1 becoming a unifying, relatable media outlet for everyone on campus and in the area.

She has had these high hopes since began as a deejay her freshman year.

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experience.Ole Miss was natural choice for Miriam.

"I began as a biochemistry major at Ole Miss and did relatively well in my classes, but I thought I was missing out on something greater," Cresswell, a convert to news, said. "Journalism is something I truly love."

"It's exciting to be in a position where I can give back to the university that has been a part of my family for so long," Cresswell said. "Broadcasting lets me into people's living rooms every night to tell them what's going on in the world, whether they are students, alumni, or just residents of the Oxford-Lafayette community."

"I want to be able to look back and have people remember my time at Newswatch," Cresswell said.

Cresswell will serve as news director in the fall.

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people.Adam is a people person.

"I love the DM because I love the people," Ganucheau said.

"People always ask me why I love my work," Ganucheau, a news writer who previously interned by Jackson's Northside Sun and the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, said.

Ganucheau hopes to continue building an informed public through his work at the DM.

"I've worked for the DM since I was a freshman," Ganucheau said. "News struck my interest from the beginning, and I want to be a part of communicating with students, faculty, and the Oxford community."

"I love journalism because of its power to inform and inspire change," Ganucheau said. "It's something I don't take lightly."

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unity.Ben lives for good design.

He also lives for the successful unification of an extensively diverse student body, a task he intends to accomplish within the hard-bound pages of The Ole Miss.

Hurston first experienced the world of journalism as a high school student working in his school's paper.

"I was the editor of my annual in high school and came here knowing that I wanted to pursue a career in journalism," Hurston said.

Hurston writes as well as curates."It all comes back to storytelling," Hurston said. "I'm excited to use my gifts to translate the story of Ole Miss into one that a large audience can become a part of."


johnmonteith

passion.John has been a news junkie for his entire life.

"I was born into the Today Show dream team era - Matt, Katie, Al, and Ann, and I really took news for granted until I got to school," Monteith said.

"I changed my major to journalism January of my freshman year and began working at Newswatch my sophomore year," Monteith said. "I started as a weather anchor and have worked my way up."

Monteith feels that his work in journalism is a public service.

"I love television because people form relationships with their stations and anchors," Monteith said. "I want to continue winning awards and building the legacy."

"I want to put Newswatch on the map for the University."

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discarded the items into a trashcan,” Thomason said.

The items included a ventilation mask, latex gloves and a box for a cof-fee grinder. The mask test-ed positive for ricin and Dutschke’s DNA, alongside another person’s DNA, but Dutschke’s DNA was the “main contributor.”

In addition, the FBI’s sub-sequent search of the mar-tial arts studio found drain taps and a vacuum filter that also tested positive for ricin.

Throughout Thomason’s testimony, Dutschke could be seen shaking his head, and he even threw his hands in the air once.

Thomason stated that evidence prior to the seized items led the FBI to Dutschke.

Investigators had been told by the father of one of Dutschke’s former martial arts students that Dutschke had begun his classes with “anti-government rhetoric.”

Additionally, the FBI was able to obtain Paypal receipts confirming that Dutschke bought castor beans on eBay and receipts from the U.S. Postal Service

confirming that the package was delivered to his home in Tupelo.

The FBI has phone re-cords from Dutschke and his wife communicating via text message about cleaning their house prior to the FBI searching it.

The defense argued that the ricin in the letters was not lethal. If it were not, the charges against Dutschke could be dropped.

Only Holland’s letter reached its desired target, while the other two were in-tercepted.

The defense cited that since the clerk for Holland who opened the letter did

not die, the ricin was not le-thal.

“I certainly was not sur-prised with the outcome (of the court’s decision),” Lucas said after the closing state-ments and court was ad-journed.

If convicted, Dutschke faces up to life in prison.

This little college town was all he knew. Ole Miss and Oxford were one entity, one which held his friends, his family and his memories.

“I would trick or treat on campus as a child,” Savell re-called, smiling at the incident that separated him from his frantic parents. “I got lost twice in my Superman costume.”

He said the two girls whose door he wandered up to and

knocked on were pretty, as far as he could remember. His parents eventually found him playing Go Fish in their dorm room.

Besides Halloween and the occasional trips to the Grove on game days, Savell most closely interacted with col-lege students at church, until, of course, he became one of them.

“I enjoy it when students aren’t here, but it’s also pret-ty dull because most of my friends are students on campus that are only here throughout

the two main terms.”The paradox of the Oxford-

university relationship is that each supports the other, and if one is gone or suppressed, the other is affected.

When Angela and Tom de-cided to stop touring for their music and settle down, Oxford was not exactly on their list of dream destinations. Each of their top five cities, however, did have one thing in com-mon: They were all close to a university. So, when Oxford presented itself, Angela said they were just excited it was a college town.

“Part of the love we have for the town is the energy — is the vibe that the college students exhort.” She became excited at the thought. “They kind of keep things young and fresh.”

Like the young Savell, most of the Barretts’ interactions with the college students be-gins at church. Angela recalled writing names on tags before sticking them to the binding of worship folders. She’s become a pro at figuring out what size choir robe each newcomer needs.

“That’s one thing Tom and I

feel called to do is to get in the lives of a lot of the college stu-dents,” she said. “I remember when I was in college — I was away from my family, I was alone — I wish I had somebody fighting for me, encouraging me. That’s what Tom and I want to give back.”

Despite their love for the students and the atmosphere they create, the time between the fall and spring semesters is a welcome break for both the university and the town.

“When they go home and town clears out, we like it for about a week. It’s quiet, there’s no traffic, there are no crazy drivers on the road — but we end up missing that vibe,” An-gela said. “We’re always look-ing forward to students coming back because the atmosphere changes, and it’s more excit-ing.”

Six weeks during the winter and two months during the summer are reserved for Oxo-nians and the small population of students who stick around for intersession courses. The town is quiet and somewhat serene when the madness leaves at the end of each term.

The Square is more inviting, the roads are less busy and parking isn’t nearly as big of an issue around town.

“It’s just more peaceful. You can actually have a conversa-tion with somebody.”

Business marketing commu-nications senior Patrick Moore has only been in Oxford for two years, having transferred from Meridian Community College in 2011. He lacks the bug that infects most people who venture into the small town — he came and plans to leave without heartache.

“Oxford is just a stepping stone. It’s a town where a whole bunch of people gather, and it’s a stepping stone for those people,” he said. “It’s just a small town with a bunch of people for 10 months out of the year.”

Oxford, Miss., is a town with a university. It’s a town and a university. It is a community.

“All of the people have come together in the town,” Angela said. “I have fallen in love with Oxford — I really have. And a lot of that has to do with the college community and the kids.”

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"I absolutely love music," Cantrell said. "Radio is an influential medium that allows people to define their individuality, yet relate to others around them."

"Rebel Radio is not just a job for me," Cantrell said. "It has allowed me to be a part of the Student Media Center and become part of the university rather than becoming just a student."

Cantrell sees 92.1 becoming a unifying, relatable media outlet for everyone on campus and in the area.

She has had these high hopes since began as a deejay her freshman year.


miriamcresswell

experience.Ole Miss was natural choice for Miriam.

"I began as a biochemistry major at Ole Miss and did relatively well in my classes, but I thought I was missing out on something greater," Cresswell, a convert to news, said. "Journalism is something I truly love."

"It's exciting to be in a position where I can give back to the university that has been a part of my family for so long," Cresswell said. "Broadcasting lets me into people's living rooms every night to tell them what's going on in the world, whether they are students, alumni, or just residents of the Oxford-Lafayette community."

"I want to be able to look back and have people remember my time at Newswatch," Cresswell said.

Cresswell will serve as news director in the fall.

editor in chiefThe Daily Mississippian

adamganucheau

people.Adam is a people person.

"I love the DM because I love the people," Ganucheau said.

"People always ask me why I love my work," Ganucheau, a news writer who previously interned by Jackson's Northside Sun and the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, said.

Ganucheau hopes to continue building an informed public through his work at the DM.

"I've worked for the DM since I was a freshman," Ganucheau said. "News struck my interest from the beginning, and I want to be a part of communicating with students, faculty, and the Oxford community."

"I love journalism because of its power to inform and inspire change," Ganucheau said. "It's something I don't take lightly."

editor in chiefThe Ole Miss

benhurston

unity.Ben lives for good design.

He also lives for the successful unification of an extensively diverse student body, a task he intends to accomplish within the hard-bound pages of The Ole Miss.

Hurston first experienced the world of journalism as a high school student working in his school's paper.

"I was the editor of my annual in high school and came here knowing that I wanted to pursue a career in journalism," Hurston said.

Hurston writes as well as curates."It all comes back to storytelling," Hurston said. "I'm excited to use my gifts to translate the story of Ole Miss into one that a large audience can become a part of."


johnmonteith

passion.John has been a news junkie for his entire life.

"I was born into the Today Show dream team era - Matt, Katie, Al, and Ann, and I really took news for granted until I got to school," Monteith said.

"I changed my major to journalism January of my freshman year and began working at Newswatch my sophomore year," Monteith said. "I started as a weather anchor and have worked my way up."

Monteith feels that his work in journalism is a public service.

"I love television because people form relationships with their stations and anchors," Monteith said. "I want to continue winning awards and building the legacy."

"I want to put Newswatch on the map for the University."

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students the chance to jump off the high dive before they graduate and to have fun at the pool.

“We’ll have a couple of can-nonball contests, and we’ll have some more silly stuff, too,” Garneau said.

Ellery Jividen, a freshman lifeguard at the Turner Cen-ter, said she is excited to jump off of the high dive because the lifeguards are not allowed to jump off it themselves.

She said it is going to be an all-around good time and that music and games will be played.

Jividen said opening the high dive was graduate assis-tant Lauren Williams’ idea. Williams wanted to promote the aquatics facilities at the Turner Center.

“A lot of students, even though they know that we have a pool, haven’t actually made an effort to go visit it and see the kind of facilities we have,” Jividen said.

A.J. Barrios, a senior ac-countancy major, said hav-ing this event makes students want to come out and see the Turner Center, as well as its pool.

He said the high dive op-portunity is of a different dy-namic than the typical stress relievers students turn to dur-ing exam season. He also said being able to get a group of friends to participate in this event would be great.

“I think it’s a good stress re-liever,” Barrios said. “It does the body good to get away from stressing.”

SPlaSH, continued from page 1 How Mississippi Became Beer-friendly

Oxford’s inaugural beer festival is a direct indication of the alcohol reformation taking place in Mississippi. Most of the beers provided at the festival this year were illegal in the state less than a year ago. The state had and still has some strict and odd regulations when it comes to alcohol. Yet, since being elected into office in 2011, Gov. Phil Bryant has signed

two Senate bills that have dramatically loosened regu-lations. This legislation has earned Bryant the nickname “Budweiser Bryant” from the grateful Mississippi beer en-thusiasts.

The credit does not lay solely with Bryant, though. A majority of the change in state regulation is due to the advocacy promoted by the grassroots, nonprofit organization Raise Your Pints. Formed In Jackson in 2007, this organization fo-

cused on bringing the high-est quality beers in the world to Mississippi. In order to accomplish its mission, two decisive bills needed to be passed.

The first bill was Senate Bill 2878, a bill that would increase the amount of al-cohol in beer so that it may contain up to 8 percent by weight. This bill was passed and became effective July 1, 2012. It allowed beer drink-ers in Mississippi to access a much greater array of beers, like craft beers and high-gravity beers. Craft beers are beers that are distributed by small, independent brewer-ies, while high-gravity beers are beers that contain a high percentage of alcohol. Ac-cording to beeradvocate.com, the 5 percent alcohol by weight cap eliminated 80 percent of the top-rated beers in the world and about 33 percent of the world’s beer styles, like barley wine, doppelbock, imperial stout and many more. Before its passing in July, Mississippi was the only state to have a ban on high-gravity beer.

The second bill the Raise Your Pints collective sought to pass was S.B. 2183, which would legalize the act of home brewing. The bill was passed on March 18, 2013, though the illegality of home brewing in the state was not really preventing Mississip-pians from enjoying the hob-by. The entire issue was more of a gray area of legal inter-pretation. This law change resulted in clarifying the legislation, to the delight of home brewers. The passage of S.B. 2183 left no question that home brewing is a legal hobby in Mississippi. Missis-sippi was the second to last state to legalize this act of-ficially, leaving Alabama as the only state that has yet to do so.

Raise Your Pints President

Craig Hendry said that the passage of S.B. 2878 was more difficult to accomplish than that of the homebrew-ing bill

“It was our top priority and we spent a lot more time educating and promoting it. Our efforts with that bill also made it easier to follow it with the home brew bill the next year.”

The hard work of accom-plishing that task paid off for Hendry and beer enthusiasts in the state.

“After that law passed, we have seen a big influx of new beers and new brewer-ies distributing to Mississip-pi,” Hendry said. “Also, less than 12 months later, we are on the verge of having five breweries open in Missis-sippi, compared to only one a year ago. So, the results are there for everyone to see.”

It is shocking to think that up until a year ago Lazy Magnolia Brewing Com-pany was the only brewery in the state. The brewery was founded in 2003 and is based out of Kiln, Miss. Up until the craft beer bill was passed, Lazy Magnolia was limited to brewing beer with a alcohol content that did not exceed 5 percent. This meant having to turn down a lot of business for the com-pany. If Lazy Magnolia was offered a contract brewing deal and the beer they were to produce exceeded the 5 percent mark, they had to re-ject the offer. Thanks to Hen-dry and his team’s efforts, Lazy Magnolia is now open to much more business and can significantly increase its own production.

Another breakthrough tied to Hendry and the col-lective is the fact that Mis-sissippi now has four official brewing sites. On the coast is Crooked Letter Brewing

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Company located in Ocean Springs, while Gluckstadt is home to Lucky Town Brew-ing Company. Recently, Ya-lobusha Brewing Company brewery has chosen Water Valley as its home.

Yalobusha Brewing had once looked at Oxford as a possible choice for its brew-ing facility but opted to invest nearly a million dollars into the historic Hendricks build-ing in downtown Water Val-ley. Not only will these brew-eries promote the production and sale of Mississippi-made products, these breweries will produce a substantial num-ber of jobs and potentially ignite other small businesses at their locations.

The communities will also benefit from the addition of local attraction, since tourism is proving to be strongly asso-ciated with breweries. Guests enjoy the sensory experience of the venue and have a great appreciation for the highly scientific process that goes into brewing.

There might only be four set breweries right now, but there are plenty in various stages of the creation process,

one of which is the Oxford Brewing Company. It has yet to determine a location in Oxford for its brew facility, but starting this summer it will begin producing its first two signature beers Sorority Blonde and MPA no.8 with help from a brewery in Gad-sen, AL.

“The help we are receiv-ing in Alabama is only tem-porary. It’s Oxford Brewing Company, and we have no intention of changing that,” said Jeff Haggard, member of the young Oxford brew-ing team. “We hope to have a place to call home in Ox-ford producing our five beer labels by early 2014.”

Everything is still in very early stages at this point. Even though it has not even been a full year since the craft beer bill was passed, notice-able progress is being made. Along with breweries kick-starting, the state has seen many inaugural beer festivals taking place since the bill has been in effect.

Changes have also come to beer festivals that existed before the passage of the bill. During the first two years of Top of the Hops in Jackson, event-goers were provided with some good beers but not nearly the amount or variety

they would find at a similar festival in a different state.

“Out of the top 100-ranked beers in America, 90 of them weren’t here,” said Jay Wil-son, event promoter for Top of the Hops.

The passage of the new legislation sparked Darryl Parker and others with the visionary idea of organizing the inaugural beer festival for Oxford. Parker, the head or-ganizer of the event, spoke to volunteers prior to the start of the festival about his ex-pectations.

“It’s our first one so it might not be as organized as others people have attended, but that’s okay,” Parker said. “We will learn what works and what doesn’t. The main thing is exposing people to good craft beer.”

Exposure to craft beer was definitely achieved at the fes-tival, which boasted more than 140 craft beers and un-limited sampling. People were able to unearth numer-ous beers that were consid-ered illegal in the state less than a year ago.

The festival also provided these up-and-coming brew-ing companies like Oxford Brewing, Crooked Letter Brewing and Lucky Town Brewing a platform on which

to promote their beer. All three companies had a booth set up where they would pour samples and enlighten con-sumers on their products and future plans.

No other brewing compa-nies at the festival were rep-resented in the same way. Instead, they were poured by a volunteer who had little to no knowledge about the beer they were giving to you to sample. It was encouraging to see the mutualism between the young state breweries and Oxford festival organiz-ers, and it looks as though both are taking steps in the right direction.

The breweries need festi-vals like Oxford’s event this year so they can promote and give people a chance to sample their product, even though it is not yet avail-able for purchase. The Ox-ford Beer Festival also ben-efits from the participation of these local state breweries by giving the festival its own identity. Of course, all these beer festivals want to pro-mote the many types of beers they have to try from all over the world. Yet, what is the significance of having 3,000 different beers to sample, and none of them are even from the state where the festival is

being held? “We hope to see more state-

brewed beers in the coming years and (are) really hop-ing for a handful of Oxford’s very own brewed beers,” Parker said, which could be a strong possibility now that home brewing is officially le-gal.

Every Mississippi-operated brewery, including those in the planning state, was start-ed by home brewers. The Oxford Beer Festival incor-porated a Brew University area for VIP ticket holders where local home brewers actually taught seminars on how to home brew. The more familiarity with home brew-ing that Mississippians expe-rience, the better the chances are of increased craft brewer-ies in the state. It is not sur-prising that this is the next goal of the organization that has brought the alcohol ref-ormation to where it stands in the state.

“There is no immediate 2014 legislative agenda at the moment,” Hendry said. “Mis-sissippi still has a ways to go to catch up to other states whose laws are more craft beer- and brewery-friendly, but for now we’re focused on craft beer and home brew education and events.”

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Well, it’s about that time.And a lot has changed in

four years.For example, when I came

to Ole Miss in the fall of 2009, no one had heard of my high school alma mater. Four years later, you might have heard of Grayson High School.

And the same can be said for Ole Miss athletics. The exciting times ahead from last year are here now, so I ask those of you who will be back in the fall to take ad-vantage.

It’s overwhelming to think back on my three years at The Daily Mississippian, from a beat writer, to a sports editor, to a managing editor. I think of it as a filmstrip with individual moments, frozen in time.

One moment was in Lo-ganville, Ga., when it all came full circle for me as I covered Robert Nkem-diche’s National Signing Day announcement.

Another moment was in Nashville when I saw Andy Kennedy and the players cut down the nets after an im-probable SEC tournament run.

And that’s just this past se-mester.

There are so many games, so many practices, so many press conferences, so many interviews, so many stories,

and that’s why I enjoyed my time. There’s always a story to tell.

It’s moments like those I will remember — that and a lot of stress-filled days and sleepless nights. But it was worth it because of the peo-ple.

It’s the administrators, coaches and players you cover.

It’s the Ole Miss beat writ-ers you share the press box with.

It’s the other DM staffers who are sometimes similarly stuck in the Student Media Center.

And it’s the people who read, share, comment on and criticize your work.

With all that said, I’m not going anywhere.

I will be back in the fall as a graduate assistant for Ole Miss Athletics, where I will serve as a writer, reporter and blogger for the official website.

But for now, I’m looking forward to one final week-end as an undergraduate in the right-field student sec-tion, that and what the future holds for Ole Miss athletics and me.

Austin Miller is a senior jour-nalism major from Grayson, Ga. Follow him on Twitter @austinkmiller

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The Kendricks: Ole Miss tracks’ dynamic duo

Most people would bask in the flood of media atten-tion that comes with being a member of NCAA track and field history, but many will ar-gue that Sam Kendricks is not most people.

Last Monday, Kendricks sat alone, eating a quick snack in the Union before his last class — just like a regular col-lege student. What one can’t tell by looking at him is that at the Texas Relays almost two weeks ago in Austin, Texas, he became one of five people to jump over 19 feet, and had the best jump in the NCAA in 15 years. That same jump is also the highest outdoor jump in the world so far this year.

Kendricks doesn’t take all the credit for himself, though. When he talks about pole vaulting and his ever-growing accomplishments, he always uses the term “we.”

“I didn’t do it all,” he said.

“There’s this guy, a flight coordinator on the ground or my navigator over there, Coach K.”

“Coach K” has been Kend-ricks’ coach since the seventh grade — and he’s also the track

star’s dad.Scott Kendricks was head

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by david collier | [email protected] Baseball Power Poll: week 7

1.Vanderbilt (39-6, 19-2 SEC, 2nd last week)

This weekend: at South Caro-lina0-3 SEC), 2:30 p.m., CBS

4.South Carolina (33-12, 13-8 SEC, 6th last week)

This weekend: vs. Vanderbilt

5. Florida (25-20, 12-9 SEC, 5th last week)

This weekend: at LSU

2.LSU (39-6, 16-5 SEC, 1st last week)

This weekend: vs. Florida

in this week’s installment, the daily mississippian’s sports editor david collier ranks the 14 southeastern conference teams. weekend opponents are also included for each team. records are as of this past weekend.

3. Arkansas (29-15, 13-7 SEC, 3rd last week)

This weekend: at Kentucky

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8. Alabama (27-18, 11-9 SEC, 8th last week)

This weekend: at Mississippi

9. Kentucky (26-17, 9-12 SEC, 9th last week)

This weekend: vs. Arkansas

6. Mississippi State (33-13, 10-11 SEC, 4th last week)

This weekend: vs. Alabamap.m., ESPNU

7. Ole Miss (31-14, 11-10 SEC, 7th last week)

This weekend: at Auburn

11. Auburn (25-18, 7-14 SEC, 11th last week)

This weekend: vs. Ole Miss

14. Georgia (16-28, 4-16 SEC, 14th last week)

This weekend: at Tennessee

12. Missouri (15-24, 7-14 SEC, 13th last week)

This weekend: at Texas A&M

13. Tennessee (18-24, 6-15 SEC, 12th last week)

This weekend: vs. Georgia

10.Texas A&M (22-22, 7-13 SEC, 10th last week)

This weekend: vs. Missouri

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ATLANTA (AP) -- The South-eastern Conference and ESPN on Thursday announced a 20-year agreement to operate a SEC network that is scheduled to debut in August, 2014.

SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said the SEC network will produce 1,000 live events each year, including 450 televised on the network and 550 distributed digitally. Slive says the network will carry approximately 45 SEC football games each year “and a depth of content across all sports.”

No financial terms were re-leased for the deal, which con-tinues through 2034.

The announcement came at a news conference attended by Slive, ESPN President John Skipper, 32 SEC coaches and each of the league’s 14 athletic directors. The emphasis was this is to be a national network.

“We believe this conference has national appeal,” Skipper said. “This is a national net-work. This is not a regional net-work. We understand that in the 11-state footprint is where the most passionate fans are, but there are a lot of SEC fans in California and Texas and New York and Connecticut and Vir-ginia and Nebraska.”

The league’s coaches and ath-letic directors said having the national network will make all sports more attractive.

“In volleyball, we may want to go after players in California or in the Midwest,” said Georgia athletic director Greg McGar-ity. “Now they can see the SEC is going to have a broadcast of Georgia-Florida volleyball

match on ESPN on Tuesday night at 9 o’clock. That’s the type of stuff you can only dream about. Now we have it unfold-ing.

“Football, obviously, that’s al-ready well-populated. What it does for your Olympic sports is just immeasurable.”

Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari, who already has a national recruiting base, said the network will make all SEC schools more attractive to na-tional recruits.

“Everybody’s recruiting stretches out because they al-ready may want to play against Florida and Kentucky and ev-erybody here, but being in the SEC means if you come with us, you’re not a regional player, you’re national,” Calipari said. “You don’t have to worry you have to stay home because that’s your fan base. Your fan base is national. You don’t have to wor-ry about regional fan bases. You can go out and create what you want to create.”

Still, there was no doubt what sport drove the deal - football.

Calipari acknowledged he felt left out as he sat on the stage and heard only football-related ques-tions. Asked where basketball fit in the SEC picture, Calipari said “I don’t know. How many men’s basketball questions were there today? Did we have any? No.

“In the room it was either they wanted to know about money, percentages or what it did with football. I was ready to stand up `Can I ask a basketball ques-tion?’ I almost did it, just to do it. Then I said no, I don’t want to

embarrass anybody.”Georgia football coach Mark

Richt said the network should be another empowering tool for the SEC, already the national power with seven straight na-tional championships.

“I don’t think there’s any doubt,” Richt said. “It’s not a regional network. It’s a national network. It’s going to appeal to people of all ages, including the people we’re going to be recruit-ing. My guess is there will be content there that will showcase our players, showcase our facili-ties and showcase our coaching staff and what we’ve done in re-cent past and what we want to do in the future. It can only help us.”

Slive also would not discuss details of the ownership arrange-ment with the SEC and ESPN.

“We would not have done this if we did not believe it would be in the long-term benefit of the league, both in terms of distribu-tion and in terms of revenue,” Slive said.

“We’re both happy,” Slive said.

The Big Ten and Pac 12 also have established networks, but Slive said the SEC’s partnership with ESPN is different.

“What’s unique and never been done before is partnering with our primary rights holder, which will allow us to move events seamlessly between vari-ous platforms,” Slive said.

The SEC signed a 15-year deal with CBS in 2008. CBS will still have the first choice of SEC football games.

ESPN senior vice president Justin Connolly said AT&T U-Verse has signed on as the net-work’s first distributor. He said talks are just beginning with other possible cable partners.

Connolly said the deal also gives ESPN rights to oversee the league’s corporate partner program. In addition, ESPN will manage and run all of the SEC’s digital platforms.

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twin brother, Tom, from the seventh grade through their senior years.

“Some dads spend hours throwing the ball in the yard with their sons,” Scott said. “I’ve spent hundreds of hours with Sam alone on the field, pole vaulting and training to vault.”

Those hundreds will turn into thousands of hours in no time. After spending last year being just a fan and men-tor, Coach Kendricks was brought on to the Ole Miss track and field staff this year as a volunteer assistant coach for the pole vaulters.

In a world of stage moms and sideline parents, it is easy to see how this father-son duo could become complicated. But father and son said they are lucky enough to have found their perfect balance.

“Sometimes coach comes first,” Sam explained. “You always go home to your par-ents, and you always practice with your coach, mine just happens to simplify the pro-cess.”

Scott echoed this and pointed out that what he finds most beneficial to their relationship is that when he falls short as a coach, he can make up for it as a dad.

“Some coaches reach a point where they get tired of working with an athlete, or maybe they’ll give up on them after a hard stretch,” he said. “Sam knows that I could never give up on him. That doubt doesn’t exist for us.”

Both Sam and Scott said

that once they step on the field, though, their relation-ship becomes professional and focused on the task at hand. The father-and-son personalities wait in the lock-er room.

Ashleigh Culpepper, a sophomore pole vaulter, wouldn’t know the two were related if she didn’t see them outside of practice.

“Coach K and Sam’s rela-tionship is not father-son on the field,” Culpepper said. “Sam calls his dad ‘Coach,’ and Coach K treats him as if they were not related.”

Stephen Greer, another pole vaulter, said you can see Scott’s passion in help-ing Sam do what he loves and helping Sam reach his highest potential. In return, he said he can tell Sam is very grateful for the time, ef-fort and sacrifices his father makes to help him.

The family factor is what keeps Sam grounded in the sport. In fact, the only way he could describe the Texas Re-lays meet where he jumped into NCAA history was by comparing it to the long-gone days of high school practices with just his dad and his brother.

“I knew I could do it,” he said. “I just didn’t know I would do it.”

This past weekend Sam went on to break the Ole Miss facility record and win his ninth straight regular-season pole-vault title. As for future plans, he said there are no long-term goals just yet.

“The goal is, and always has been, to compete at the highest level for the Rebels.”

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After rallying late to win 8-7 in extra innings Wednesday at home against Saint Louis, No.

24 Ole Miss will hit the road with momentum this weekend to take on Southeastern Con-ference opponent Auburn. The Rebels (32-14, 11-10 SEC) cur-rently sit in fourth place in the

SEC West, while the Tigers (25-18, 7-14 SEC) are scratching to get out of last place. The trip will not be an easy one for Ole Miss with Auburn holding a 17-9 record at home this season and having won three straight series against the Rebels.

“There is a lot to play for,” head coach Mike Bianco said. “We are playing for postseason. Certainly, we’ve talked about the top four seeds, we’ve talked about hosting. Last I checked, we had an RPI of 20 and 11 games left and if you play well you could lower that. So there’s not a lot to play for, it’s the sea-son to play for.”

Ole Miss will send junior right-hander Bobby Wahl to the mound to start the series Friday night. Wahl is 8-0 on the year in 11 starts with a 1.22 ERA, which is a team best and ranks second in the SEC. Opponents are hit-ting just .182 off the Springfield, Va., native. Wahl was also re-cently named to the 2013 mid-season Golden Spikes Award watch list, which is given to the nation’s top collegiate baseball player by USA Baseball.

Auburn will counter with left-hander Conner Kendrick Fri-day night. He enters the series with a 3-2 record in 15 appear-

ances, five of those being starts, and holding a 1.94 ERA. He has pitched 55.2 innings on the sea-son, second most on the team, and is limiting opponents to just a .252 batting average.

The Rebels will go with ju-nior-right hander Mike Mayers on Saturday, who is attempting to get his fourth win of the sea-son. He is currently 3-4 with a 2.84 ERA in 11 starts so far. He has pitched 63.1 innings on the year, second most on the team, and is holding opponents to a .225 batting average.

The Tigers will send another left-hander, Michael O’Neal, to the mound for Saturday’s game. In 11 starts, O’Neal is 8-3 with a 2.34 ERA through a team-high 69.1 innings pitched. Op-ponents are only hitting .220 against him, and he has also thrown complete games twice this season.

Sophomore Sam Smith will close things out on Sunday for Ole Miss. He will be making his 11th start of the year and cur-rently holds a 2-0 record with a 3.53 ERA in 43.1 innings pitched. Auburn’s Sunday start-er is to be determined.

At the plate, Ole Miss is hit-ting .279 as a team and is aver-aging 5.41 runs per game. They

are led by junior catcher Stuart Turner, who continues to pace the Rebel offense. He was also recently listed to the Golden Spikes Award watch list. Turner leads the team and ranks fifth in the SEC with a .389 batting average to go along with a team-high 63 hits, five home runs and 45 RBIs.

The Rebels will also look to continue to get consistency from senior third baseman Andrew Mistone, who recently eclipsed the .300 mark in batting aver-age, putting him second on the team. Mistone also has racked up 30 RBIs this season.

Auburn has a team batting av-erage of .267, and the Tigers are averaging 4.74 runs per contest. Senior infielder Garrett Coo-per and senior outfielder Cul-len Wacker lead the way with .347 and .340 batting averages, respectively. The duo is tied for the team best in hits with 50, and Cooper leads the team with 33 RBIs, while Wacker is a close second with 29. Cooper also leads the Tigers with six home runs.

For continuing coverage of Ole Miss baseball, follow @SigNew-ton_2 and @thedm_sports on Twit-ter.

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