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Vol. 97, No. 128
ATO house almost done Secretary of
Treasury to visit
Haley Crum
Senior Staff Reporter
Jenny Anderson The Daily Mississippian
Workers have begun laying bricks on the ATO house. Exterior construction is nearly complete, and the
house will be ready for move-in Aug. 1 according to Horizon Construction.
Willow Nero
Senior Staff Reporter
As red-clay bricks and black
shingles are added to complete
the exterior façade of the Alpha
Tau Omega house, ATO members proudly await move-in day
2006.
Todd Wallace, head of ATO
house construction at Horizon
Construction and an ATO Board
of Trustees member, said construction is moving along on
schedule and that work on the
house interior will commence
once the outer façade is fully waterproofed and completed.
The house should be completed by Aug. 1, in time for ATO
members to move in for the fall
2006 semester.
“We were concerned about
timing, but it looks like itʼll work
out just fine,” said Max Miller,
president of the ATO House Corporation and associate director of
admissions at Ole Miss.
August will mark two years
since the ATO house was destroyed in a fire that took the lives
of three ATO fraternity brothers.
Nathan Gray, ATO chapter
president and a junior in political
science, said only the window
moldings and roof details are
wooden as an extra fireproofing
precaution.
“The house is all steel,” he
said. “Itʼs impossible for the
house to catch fire again. Weʼre
taking every caution and measure to ensure that.”
The new house features 20
suite-style rooms with state-ofthe-art sprinkler and fire-detection systems, automatic heating,
air-conditioning and lighting and
wireless internet. Forty boys will
live in the new house, approximately the same number that was
housed by the fraternity before
the fire.
“I think theyʼre real anxious
to have a house where theyʼll all
be in one place,” Wallace said.
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Ole Miss students can learn
about and discuss various national
issues today as Secretary of Treasury John Snow visits with groups
of students on campus through the
Trent Lott Leadership Institute.
As Secretary of Treasury, Snow oversees all
the revenue coming and
going through the federal government. He is
one of the presidentʼs
chief advisers when discussing tax policy, economic policy and social
security.
“Here you have the
No. 1 finance guy from
the
administration
John
not only financially,
but economically in
the country,” said William Gottshall, executive director of the
Lott Leadership Institute. “Itʼs a
chance for our students to hear an
up-front and personal account of
what is going on with the national
government, and it serves as good
exposure for our students.”
Snow will be meeting with senior citizens at Azalea Gardens
at 10 a.m. to discuss changes in
Medicaid and issues directly affecting senior citizens. Snow will
then have lunch at the Lyceum
with the Lott Leadership Scholars
and teach an Economics 203 class
in Connor Hall at 2 p.m.
The main event for students is
the lecture in Holman Room 30
at 3 p.m. Although Snow has not
verified the specific points he will
discuss, he is expected to address
various national issues such as
the future agenda of economics,
government spending and government operations financing.
There will be limited seating
in the lecture hall, so students are
encouraged to come early to find
a seat.
“Itʼs important to see such an
important national leader speak
about our economic
future, regardless of
your familiarity with
the issues,” said Richard Forgette, chair of
the political science
department. “Students
will be interested in
this lecture because
their futures will be
tied to the choices the
Bush administration
will make.”
Snow
Forgette
said
students should be
especially curious about policies regarding jobs and economic
growth.
Gottshall said that although
Snow is making this trip to talk to
the universityʼs students, he plans
to explore Oxford, as well. Snow
is planning on touring Roanoke,
the property of Southern writer
William Faulkner, and spending
a lot of time on the Square, Gottshall said.
Sen. Trent Lott will accompany
Snow during his time in Oxford.
Gottshall said Lott and Snow are
extremely close friends and have
a long history together.
Director of University Police
and Campus Safety Jeffery Van
Slyke said that although the University Police Department will
be helping with security, Snowʼs
main security will be provided by
the U.S. Secret Service.
Committee approves Barbour signs city parking bill
condominium project
Alex Beene
Staff Reporter
Lindsey Phillips
Senior Staff Reporter
Revised plans submitted by
Oxford developers to request permission to build condominiums
on South 17th Street were approved Monday night in the City
of Oxford Planning Commission
meeting.
Developers Lee Hawkins and
Henry Logue are currently in the
process of hiring a contractor for
the project and hope to begin construction on the five condominiums in the near future, project
architect Corey Alger said.
Alger said if the project goes
as scheduled, construction on the
property should be completed in
late fall.
The plans had previously been
rejected in March because commission members and residents
of the area were concerned with
potential drainage problems, said
Charlie Noble, chairman of the
planning commission.
“Any time you take down trees
and grass and put up an impervious surface, you do worry a little
more about drainage issues,” Noble said.
While the original proposition
included constructing six twolevel condominiums on the lot
currently occupied by an old, blue
house, the amended plan decreases the number of establishments to
five, leaving more room for trees
and green space, Noble said.
He said the increase in the
amount of space occupied by
trees would help with drainage
and that, as with all new projects,
a formal study was performed to
calculate the amount of water the
sewer system can handle.
“They wanted us to re-visit the
design,” Alger said. “We reduced
the number of homes from six to
five. By reducing one of the units,
we were able to accommodate a
group of trees in the middle of the
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The Square could finally see
the construction of a new, longawaited parking and hotel complex
– designed to alleviate parking – if
a recently signed bill takes action
in Oxford soon.
Gov. Haley Barbour recently
signed House Bill 1671, which allows for the expanding of a new
parking area, among other properties, in the Square. The bill, signed
by the governor on April 5, states
that “the governing authorities
are authorized and empowered, in
their discretion, to construct, acquire, maintain, improve, expand,
enlarge, operate and provide municipal parking facilities for motor
vehicles belonging to members of
the general public.”
Pete Smith, the governorʼs
spokesperson, said the bill was
examined thoroughly before being
signed.
“This bill, as with all bills, went
through a rigorous process before
it ended up being signed by the
governor,” Smith said.
Susie Penman The Daily Mississippian
A recently signed bill may bring a new parking garage and hotel to
alleviate parking headaches on the Square.
The bill was first introduced by
Rep. Noal Akins, D-Oxford of the
Local Private Legislation Committee, and was passed in both the
House of Representatives and the
Senate earlier this year. Smith said
he thinks the familiarity of Oxford
with many working in Mississippiʼs government helped the passage
and eventual signing of the bill.
“The governor, like myself and
so many others, is very familiar
with the town of Oxford,” Smith
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would vote for any man over any
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Gender is a bad way to deterHowever we look at it, for
mine who would make the best
the first time in history, it seems
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possible that one or both of the
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Out of these two women, I
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donʼt know who would make the would be a much smaller issue in
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for president is a pretty new and
exciting thing.
Although I donʼt claim to
be a feminist, Iʼm eager for the
possibility of watching these
two women face off in a national
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mitment toward these
And if death is inevicommunities? Why are
table, then what point
the majority of us so
is there to life? Is life
unwilling to give time,
meaningless?
energy or money to help
Anyone who is
others?
conscious of their own
We claim weʼre part
mortality will have
of an international comasked these questions,
munity, yet every day
usually without discovthousands of humans
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from starvation and
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easily preventable disDM Columnist
all sorts have been
eases. When disasters
created in order to deal with our
like last fallʼs hurricanes beset the
inevitable demise, and while there
nation, immediate relief has to
are a few exceptions to the rule,
come from friends, families and
most ideologies have agreed upon
neighbors.
one thing: Life is worth living. The
Regardless of what our excuses
exact reason may still remain unmay be for our inactivity, we are all
clear, but very few people condone
able to give something to our comdrinking the Kool-Aid and ending
munity, whether it is a few hours of
it all.
our time to visit an elderly perBut for me, thatʼs not enough.
son or five dollars to the humane
Itʼs nice to know that itʼs not futile
society. Itʼs not a matter of canʼt,
to get up every morning, but Iʼd
but wonʼt. We are all culpable; you,
like to find a more specific purpose. me, Joe Blow sitting beside you
When it comes to the question of
doing the crossword during class.
the meaning of life, vague answers
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teaches us to love and care for all
those around us. The list goes on
and on, but they all stress the same
idea.
Sounds obvious, right? Thatʼs
what I thought, too, until I realized
how little emphasis is put on selflessness and community anymore.
In the 12 years that Iʼve lived in
my neighborhood, I can count on
one hand the number of times Iʼve
interacted with any of my neighbors. Iʼll also admit that I canʼt
remember the last time I made a
significant sacrifice for someone
elseʼs benefit.
Now, my case may be an
anomaly, but I doubt it. Communities at every level – familial,
local, national, international – are
suffering. Distractions like material goods and entertainment have
caused us to forget what is most
important in life: our relationships
and our communities.
Communities are vital to human
existence because they help us
form our identities through close
interaction with others and unique
cultural experiences. Those who
live in close communities usually
have a deeper understanding of the
importance of strong family ties
and the need for intimate and loyal
friendships.
Communities that work towards
inclusive attitudes and common
goals are more likely to reduce
crime and violence more than any
legislation could. As communities fade out of existence, so do
many peopleʼs feelings of worth or
purpose in the world. This leads to
feelings of isolation, unhappiness
and despair.
The further we progress into the
increasingly globalized future, the
more concepts like community are
being crowded out by warped ideas
of nationalism. Thereʼs an awful
lot of emphasis on the “me” in
America. So, weʼre all very proud
to be united as Mississippians or
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hurt anyone, especially when giving to a cause that directly affects
your well-being.
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a religion, deity or an afterlife, you
should probably volunteer every
once in a while to build up some
good karma for yourself, just in
case. Otherwise, you could come
back as a dung beetle. And who
wants to push around poo their
whole next life?
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April 12: There will be a Brown
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property.”
The first set of plans included only one tree, as well as two
trees on neighboring property, an
idea that troubled Oxford Mayor
Richard Howorth and Oxford aldermen.
In an interview with The
Daily Mississippian, Howorth
said, “Iʼm tired of people build-
ing projects and then relying on
someone elseʼs trees. The people
have asked us time after time to
save the character of the city.”
Noble said the density and
number of empty condominiums
in Oxford was also an aspect considered.
“We have a lot of transients,”
Noble said. “I think most people
feel like when we walk by these
developments at night and no
lights are on, it creates kind of a
dead feel in the community.”
Noble said he believes the new
condominiums will be a “nice addition” to the area, and expects
the development to be an attractive improvement.
Lindsey Phillips can be reached at
[email protected]
ATO: Alumʼs company handled building
From
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Working actively on the house
has helped Wallace get involved
with the Delta Psi chapter again,
he said. After he graduated in
1999, he said he lost touch with
the chapter and is glad to be working on such a project.
Wallace was a criminal justice major at Ole Miss but said he
decided to work in the familyʼs
construction business because he
could not imagine his life without
it.
The ATO House Corporation
chose Wallaceʼs construction
company to build the new house
rather than contracting it out to
cut costs and increase communication, although Horizon has never worked on a fraternity house
before.
ATO received $1.2 million in
insurance money and has raised
an additional $1.25 million with
the help of ATO chapters across
the nation to rebuild the house.
The total bill will be near $3.5
million, and Delta Psi will pay off
the remainder of the house note
with rent from future inhabitants.
An artistʼs rendering of the
completed project is available at
http://www.olemissato.com/.
Willow Nero can be reached at
[email protected]
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The department is turning off the water to repair and maintain city water mains in the area.
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Fletcher – who signed the order
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– may have made gays more vulnerable to unfair treatment.
“This is such a callous act,” Sen.
Ernesto Scorsone, the stateʼs only
openly gay lawmaker, told reporters. “There was no need for it. Heʼs
singling out a minority of Kentuckians for foul treatment, and that is
totally unacceptable.”
Fletcherʼs order removed language from Kentuckyʼs previous
state government affirmative action plan that prohibited discrimination against people because of
their sexual orientation and gender
identity. Former Gov. Paul Patton
signed an executive order in May
2003 that protected state employees from discrimination based on a
number of reasons including their
sexual orientations or gender iden-
tities.
Administration officials on
Tuesday spun the move as a way to
further boost the number of blacks
and women in state government.
Brett Hall, Fletcherʼs spokesman,
said state government currently has
about 44 percent women and about
7.5 percent blacks. Last summer,
Fletcher set a new hiring goal to
raise minority employment within
state government from about 7 percent up to 10 percent.
Fletcher said in a statement that
his order “equalizes the playing
field” for people seeking state jobs.
Managers and other personnel employees would have mandatory
training on the stateʼs new affirmative action code, Fletcher said in
the statement.
“My administration has set diversity as a priority,” Fletcher said
in the statement.
Hall said the change did not
mean state government would al-
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“At no time has any gay or lesbian employee – and will no gay
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and director of the Liberty and Security Initiative at the Constitution
Project in Washington, D.C.
The Ole Miss American Constitution Society chooses one current
topic a year to discuss at length. This
year they will study terrorism and
civil law issues and how the Fourth
Amendment ties into the situation.
Students are urged to attend because “it deals with todayʼs headlines, but it also deals with issues
that will be with us for decades to
come,” Onek said.
These speakers will help students develop their own opinions
about whether the government can
balance the two, he said.
“They [the speakers] want to see
what everyone thinks and get people
to talk about this because this is an
important topic,” said Harriett Johnson, vice president and speaking engagement coordinator.
“The president can do anything
he wants to as long as he has reasonable suspicion,” Johnson said.
Onek said current trials related to
the topic as well the detention of immigrants post-9/11.
“Iʼm going to suggest that the
administration doesnʼt seem to fully
understand the appropriate relationship between the two of them,”
Onek said. “Given the nature of the
current struggle we are engaged in,
adherence to both is more important
now than ever.”
Kinkopf will discuss various
assertions of executive power and
surveillance. There will also be a
question-and-answer session. David
Weems, a second-year law student,
will attend this panel. “Itʼs clear that
civil liberties are more restricted today than they were before 9/11.”
Weems said he believes it is
important for students to attend because “it should enlighten all as to
how much more restricted they are
and give all who attend a chance
to decide for themselves whether
programs such as the wire-tapping
program are unconstitutional or le-
gitimate exercises of the presidentʼs
war-time powers.”
Students are urged to come because the panel will discuss constitutional rights and how the government is exercising them in todayʼs
world. Many current events will be
tied into the discussion, and students
will be allowed to ask questions, as
well.
“Itʼs imperative that we get it
right because I donʼt think we have
over the past few years,” Onek
said.
This discussion is sponsored by
the Ole Miss American Constitution
Society.
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Associated Press
LAUREL — Zachary Page was
convicted Tuesday of murder in the
2004 shooting death of another Laurel man.
The trial opened Monday after
an apparent plea agreement bogged
down.
Page was also found guilty of conspiracy to commit a drive-by shooting and drive-by shooting in Circuit
Court Judge Billy Joe Landrumʼs
court.
Page, 28, was convicted of killing
Antwain Clanton, 20, during the early morning hours of Dec. 18, 2004.
Clantonʼs body was found next to a
live oak tree along a city street by police officers.
Page surrendered to authorities
a few days later. Orlando Seals, 24,
also has been charged in connection
with the shooting.
Dennis Page, a close friend of the
victim and apparently not related to
the accused man, testified that he and
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The local and private legislation
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While no exact time frame has
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with another group of men, including
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Dennis Page said neither he nor
Clanton had a weapon when they
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Laurel Detective Byron Craft testified that two dozen bullet casings
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Brian McIntyre, a forensic scientist specializing in firearms with the
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Alabama booster killed after struggle
Word play
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An Alabama booster convicted of bribing
a high school coach to get a top
recruit for the Crimson Tide was
killed in his home after a fierce,
bloody struggle, police said Tuesday.
Police would not say how Logan
Young, 65, was killed.
Homicide detective Lt. Joe Scott
said no arrests had been made and
no suspects identified.
Investigators found “a lot of
blood,” police Sgt. Vince Higgins
said. “The nature of the attack was
brutal. The entire house is a crime
scene.”
Higgins said there were signs of
struggle in the house, a two-story
stone Tudor home where Young apparently lived by himself in one of
Memphisʼ most exclusive country
club neighborhoods.
Blood spatter experts from the
medical examinerʼs office spent
much of the day in the house, and
investigators will use DNA testing
to determine if any blood drops
belonged to someone other than
Young.
Investigators donʼt know a motive or if the attack was related to
Youngʼs federal conviction, Higgins said.
Police havenʼt determined how
his home was entered or how many
attackers there might have been.
Scott said investigators were
interviewing Youngʼs friends and
relatives Tuesday.
“Weʼve talked to some family,”
Scott said.
“Weʼre searching for more and
weʼve talked to a lot of friends, a
lot of business acquaintances, just
anybody who has any information
that would help us.”
Higgins said Youngʼs housekeeper found the body after she
arrived for work Tuesday morning,
and the pool boy told police he saw
Young as he was leaving the house
late Monday.
“All we can tell is [the killing] happened sometime overnight
– late night or early morning,” Higgins said.
Memphis police said there had
not been any recent police calls to
Youngʼs address before his body
was found.
Young was free pending appeal
of his 2005 conviction on money
laundering and racketeering conspiracy charges involving the recruitment of defensive lineman Albert Means.
Young was sentenced last June
to six months in prison, plus six
monthsʼ home confinement, then
two yearsʼ supervised release.
His attorneys had argued against
any jail time because Young needed
a kidney transplant and could not
get proper medical care in prison.
Final briefs in his appeal were to
be filed July 14, according to court
records.
Young was the son of a wealthy
businessman in Osceola, Ark., and
was never a student at Alabama, but
he was widely known as the Crimson Tideʼs most influential booster
in Memphis.
He claimed to be a friend of
Alabama coach Paul “Bear” Bryant
and was the original owner of the
Memphis Showboats of the USFL
in the early ʼ80s.
But last year he became one of
the first college football boosters ever to be sentenced to federal
prison for recruiting violations.
Former high school coach Lynn
Lang, who avoided jail time after
pleading guilty to taking part in a
racketeering conspiracy, testified
against Young, saying the booster
paid $150,000 to get Means to sign
with Alabama in 2000.
The NCAA has said it believed
Means was unaware his football
talents were being brokered.
The player later transferred to
Memphis, where he finished his
college career.
Lang testified at Youngʼs trial
that other universities, including Georgia, Kentucky, Arkansas,
Memphis, Mississippi, Michigan
State and Tennessee, offered him
money or jobs to get Means.
No charges were filed against
anyone with those schools.
Meansʼ recruitment became part
of an NCAA investigation that led
to sanctions against Alabama in
2002, costing the Crimson Tide
scholarships and bowl appearances.
Attorney Tommy Gallion, who
represented former Alabama assistants Ivy Williams and Ronnie Cottrell in a defamation suit against
the NCAA and others, called the
news tragic.
Memphis
attorney
Phillip
Shanks was assisting Gallion on the
lawsuit in May 2004 when Shanks
was attacked in his office and left
unconscious.
Key case documents were stolen,
he said. No one was ever charged
in the case.
“I have no idea who could be behind this. I was shocked that Phillip Shanks was beaten, and this was
more shocking,” Gallion said in a
statement read by his secretary.
Cottrell said he was horrified
when he heard Young had been
killed.
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Baseball, softball take bite out of Bulldogs
Cozartʼs bat, Klineʼs arm give Ole Miss
fifth-straight Mayorʼs Trophy victory
Ty Allushuski
Senior Staff Reporter
JACKSON — Ole Miss jumped
on the back of Will Kline Tuesday
night as he pitched the Rebels to a 10 victory over the Mississippi State
Bulldogs in the 27th annual Mayorʼs
Trophy game.
The Rebels (20-13) and Bulldogs
(25-7) played in front of a packed
house at Smith-Wills Stadium in
Jackson. An announced crowd of
5,836 marked the sixth-largest crowd
in the history of the Mayorʼs Trophy
game and was split almost evenly
between Ole Miss and Mississippi
State fans.
Tuesday eveningʼs victory was
Ole Missʼ fifth straight in the annual
rivalry game and gave the Rebels a
14-13 lead in the history of the event.
It was also the first shutout in the 27year history.
“Tonight was a big game for us,”
Rebel head coach Mike Bianco said.
“Youʼre not going to play a bigger
non-conference game all year and
with
the
6,000 people
in the stands,
itʼs pretty exciting.”
Rebel
sophomore
shortstop
Zack Cozart
provided all
the offense
Ole
Miss
Will Kline
would need
in the top of
the second inning. After the Rebels
went down in order in the top of the
first, Cozart led off the second inning
with a solo home run over the right
field wall. Cozartʼs home run was his
sixth of the year.
“He threw me a fastball inside after he threw a first-pitch slider,” Cozart said of the home run ball. “Itʼs
kind of weird; he was one of my best
friends in high school. He pitched a
great game tonight, but Will Kline
pitched a better game. That was one
of the best performances I have seen
since Iʼve been at Ole Miss.”
Kline truly was the story of the
night as the sophomore turned in the
best performance of his Ole Miss career. Kline lasted seven innings and
struck out a career-high nine Bulldog
batters and walked none to improve
to 1-2 on the season.
“I just I felt like I had it tonight,”
Kline said. “I dreamed about playing
Mississippi State as a kid, and it just
felt great to get out there and have a
good outing.”
Mississippi State threatened several times throughout the night, but
Kline responded to every Bulldog
rally.
In the bottom of the first inning,
the Bulldogs loaded the bases with
two outs before Kline coaxed Mississippi Stateʼs Jeff Butts into a ground
out to end the inning.
Mississippi State threatened again
in the bottom of the sixth inning. With
two outs, Kline appeared to pitch
himself out of the inning as he got
Mississippi Stateʼs Joseph Hunter to
pop up to deep right field. However,
Ole Missʼ Mark Wright misplayed
the ball and Hunter advanced to third
base on the error. But as he did all
night, Kline responded to adversity
and proceeded to strike out Butts to
end the inning.
Kline appeared to reach an extra
gear all night long as he commanded
the strike zone with both power and
control. Mississippi State batters often walked back to the dugout shaking their heads after falling victim to
a nasty Kline change-up or an overpowering fastball.
“I was trying to throw pitches
they didnʼt expect,” Kline said.
Just to add drama to an emotionally-charged night, Mississippi State
mounted one final threat in the bottom of the ninth inning against Ole
Miss closer Garrett White.
With fans for both teamʼs on their
feet, Mississippi State loaded the
bases on two walks and a hit batsman
with two outs. White then battled
pinch-hitter Matt Richardson into an
eventual strikeout to preserve the victory and send the Rebel players running onto the field in celebration.
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Encore: Lady Rebels dispose of Mississippi State once more
Maatthew Sharpe The Daily Mississippian
Lauren Rowe and the Lady Rebels knock off Mississippi State for the second time this season by one run.
Patrick Ochs
Senior Staff Reporter
For the second time in seven
days, the Ole Miss Rebels softball
team (15-28, 3-14 Southeastern Conference) handed in-state rival Mississippi State a one-run loss.
No. 25 Mississippi State (30-16,
4-10 SEC) came into last nightʼs
game hoping to break a seven-game
skid but was unable to deliver as Ole
Miss came out on top 6-5.
Mary Jane Callahan (7-14) was
pitted against Stateʼs sophomore
pitcher Ragan Blake (16-8), who has
been lights out all year long. Blake
came into Tuesday nightʼs game with
a 0.96 ERA, eighth best in the SEC,
and 157 strikeouts that was good
enough for fourth in the conference.
The Rebels jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first
thanks to a Callahan double that plated Kayla Mosley from second base.
MSU tied the game up in the top
of the third in a play that resulted
Toddy’s
and Mayʼs legs.
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Kasey Kahne drives to Texas win from pole
Lefty on a roll after bagging second Masters
exas Motor Speedway welcomed fans Sunday afternoon for the running of the
Samsung/RadioShack 500. People
packed the infield and the grandstands to enjoy a day of beautiful weather and high-speed stock
-car racing. Ten NASCAR Nextel
Cup drivers have a victory here in
Texas, where there has yet to be
a repeat winner. Without question,
all ten looked to end that streak.
However, the trend will continue
for now, at least.
Kasey Kahne and the No. 9
Dodge rolled out first after an exceptional qualifying session landed them the Budweiser Pole Award
and the top starting position heading into Sundayʼs main event. The
Dodge crew drove straight to Victory Lane with Kahne even donning a celebratory cowboy hat.
During his rookie season in 2004,
Kahne was seemingly plagued by
nearly winning several races only
to lose by fractions of a second in
the end. Texas happens to be the
site of one of these occurrences.
When Sundayʼs restart near the
end of the race got under way,
Tiger Woods slipped the coveted green jacket on Phil Mickelson Sunday evening at Augusta
National. It was a scene most golf
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2004 Masters. On Sunday, Mickelson proved that day two years ago
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win a major championship. Those
days now seem long ago. Mickelson has won three of the last nine
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for his money until he
Another reason Sunday was so had a disastrous three-putt on 14
special was that there has never that all but sealed the Masters for
been a happier pairing in the final Mickelson. Afterward, Mickelson
group on the final day than Mick- even went as far as to say that he
elson and Fred Couples. All day wished Couples had made a birdie
long, the close friends chatted and on the 14th and could have fought
laughed and acted as if they were him until the end. For 67 holes,
out playing a practice round to- Couples turned the clock back
to almost 15 years ago, when he
won his first and only Masters. He
played phenomenally the whole
weekend, but in the end, Mickelson was too much.
For almost 10 years, golf has
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there was a different rival on the
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seems to finally be taking his game
to another level. Back in 2001 after
finishing runner up to David Toms
at the PGA Championship, Mickelson said, “The thing here is that
everyoneʼs talking about breaking
through and winning one major.
Iʼm trying to win a bunch of majors, and thatʼs whatʼs frustrating.”
These comments ruffled a few
feathers in the golf world. Many
people felt Mickelson was crazy
for making that statement. He was
too wild and undisciplined his critics would say. Some even thought
he was out of touch with reality.
Almost five years and two Masters
championships later, maybe we
were the ones that were insane for
ever doubting him. Your critics believe you now, Phil. Now go claim
that throne from Tiger.
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Next weekend, the Cup drivers are spending Sunday with
their families as NASCAR gives
then the weekend off to celebrate
Easter. The Busch series heads to
Nashville on Saturday.
The circuit will get its first night
race experience of the year when
the action returns in two weeks on
April 22. Phoenix International
Raceway seats 77,000 fans, all
anticipating the excitement that a
night race brings with it. The onemile track saw both Busch brothers claim a victory there last year
so it would not be a shock to see at
least one repeat that performance.
Even though Kahne is on a good
streak, a driver has yet to win from
the pole. But, he just proved that it
can be done at Texas, so who is to
say it wonʼt happen here as well?
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Dale Earnhardt, Jr. fans were
likely less than pleased with the
12th place finish the DEI team
landed. Junior ran near the middle
of the pack all day with a relatively mediocre performance. A top15 finish nonetheless left the No.
8 Chevrolet in the sixth spot in the
overall standings. DEI teammate
Martin Truex, Jr. finished eighth, a
respectable finish for the rookie.
Points leader Jimmie Johnson
had a rough day, as well. Going as
many as two laps down in the early part of the race left the No. 48
team with a points lead that was
dwindling. However, the resilient
crew got Johnson back on the lead
lap where he finished the day 11th
and maintained the points lead.
Matt Kenseth finished second
on Sunday, moving him up to the
second spot in the overall standings as well. Defending champion
Tony Stewart rallied from 40th
to capture third place, also moving up three spots to fifth in the
overall standings. Rookie Denny
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came loose and was
However, determined
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not to have the win stocar as he hit the wall
len from him, Kahne
hard enough to end his
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with the win, leaving
controversy
surKenseth and Stewart several sec- rounding the wreck that cut his
onds behind him.
day short. When passing the
The win marked Kahneʼs sec- lapped car of former teammate
ond victory in 2006, coming back Kurt Busch, a tap on his bumper
from a somewhat miserable “soph- sent Biffle spinning into the wall.
omore slump” in 2005. It seems Needless to say, Biffle and Busch
that the Dodge bunch is looking did not see eye-to-eye about the
to create a trend of its own: The dayʼs occurrences. High hopes
last three times Kahne has been surrounded the No. 16 team headon the pole, he found himself in ing into 2006. After all, they endVictory Lane. The win was likely ed up missing the Cup championthe birthday wish Kahne desired; ship in 2005 by a few mere points.
he turned 26 on Monday.
However, the start to the season
The chances of having a repeat has been worse then anticipated
winner all but vanished relatively with bad luck seemingly follow-
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catch her breath.
The Dogs would not wait long to strike again.
The very next batter hit a sac-fly to right field to take a 2-1 lead.
The Bulldog lead would be short-lived, however.
In the bottom of the third inning, Callahan took a high fastball and put it
over the right field fence, which sits 200 feet from home plate. The Texassized solo home run was the Texanʼs first homer of the season and tied the
game at two.
In the top of the fifth inning, the Bulldogs would take its last lead of the
game on an RBI single from Hayle Guess, which scored Nakita Boyce from
second base, giving State a 3-2 advantage.
Wasting no time of their own, the Rebels struck back in the very next half
inning to take the lead for good.
With one out and runners on first and second, Lisa Conchos hit a double to
left center and tied the game at three.
Two batters later, May came to the plate with runners on second and third,
and put a double to the left-center fence, giving the Rebels a 5-3 lead which
would hold up the rest of the night.
The Bulldogs would not go quietly into the calm night.
With the Rebels leading 6-4 and two outs, Guess hit a round-tripper to
bring the Dogs within one run. Callahan, trying not to let her victory slip
away, got the very next batter to fly-out to right field to end the Mississippi
State threat.
Callahan pitched a complete game for the Rebels to pick up the win, allowing eight hits and striking out one while not issuing a walk.
Blake picked up the loss for the Bulldogs, striking out three Rebels and
walking one.
Ole Miss collected 11 hits on the night, with four players getting two hits
apiece; Mosley, Callahan, Conchos and May.
Guess led all Bulldogs at the plate, going 3-4 with two RBIs and one run
scored.
Bures, who was a 2005 All-America and Freshman of the Year, was held
hitless by Callahan in four at-bats.
With the victory, the Rebels win the series with the Bulldogs for a second
straight season and are 4-1 in the last five meetings between the two schools.
The Rebels will hit the road this weekend and travel to Knoxville, Tenn., to
take on the No. 5 Tennessee Volunteers in a three-game series.
Patrick Ochs can be reached at
[email protected]
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Counselor available. Responsibilities
include: Identify and recruit prospective University students; represent the
University within the geographic area
surrounding Tupelo; provide information concerning admission requirements, financial aid, courses of study,
and other facets of the University; correspond with students and prospective
students and/ or schedule personal
visits with students and prospective
students as appropriate; visit business
industry within the region and conduct
meetings with prospective non-traditional students; develop special recruitment programs and functions in order
to present information to prospective students; promote the University
through public relations skills; perform
related or similar duties as required
or assigned. Excellent interpersonal
skills (oral and written communication skills); good public relations skills,
word processing skills and organizational skills required. Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited
four-year college or university and six
months of related experience. Related
education and related experience may
be substituted on a basis set forth by
the Department of Human Resources.
Applications must be completed online
at https:// jobs.olemiss.edu.
The
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AA/ Title VI/ Title IX/ Section 504/ ADA/
ADEA employer. (662)816-5248
SALES OPPORTUNITY- Producer of
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LOS ANGELES – An 82-year-old woman has
received a $114 traffic ticket – for taking too long to
cross a street.
Mayvis Coyle said she began shuffling with her
cane across Foothill Boulevard in the San Fernando
Valley when the light was green, but was unable to
make it to the other side before it turned red.
She said the motorcycle officer who ticketed her
on Feb. 15 told her she was obstructing traffic.
“I think itʼs completely outrageous,” said Coyle.
“He treated me like a 6-year-old, like I donʼt know
what Iʼm doing.”
Los Angeles police Sgt. Mike Zaboski of the
Valley Traffic Division said police are cracking down
on people who improperly cross streets because
pedestrian accidents are above normal.
Iowa couple tries to skip work using fake obituaries
WATERLOO, Iowa – A couple here were apparently so desperate to get out of work that authorities
said they submitted a fake obituary to a newspaper to
justify days playing hooky.
James Ralph Snyder, 36, and Mary Jo Elizabeth Jensen, 33, participated in the scam by saying
Jensenʼs 17-year-old son had died, police said.
Snyder, Jensenʼs boyfriend, was charged with tam-
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pering with records. Jensen was charged with being
an accessory after the fact.
Snyder, claiming he was the boyʼs father, submitted the obituary to the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
in December, police said.
Later in the week, people who know the family
and the teenager saw him at a downtown restaurant
and called authorities.
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NEED A PART-TIME JOB? The Job
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lists off-campus, part-time job opportuntities for currently enrolled students.
Available jobs are posted on the job
board in Room 303 Martindale. Referral
hours for all jobs are M-F, 11:30-1:30
or by appt.
Doonesbury
By Garry Trudeau
Aunt wonders what to do now
after brother-in-law hits niece
DEAR ABBY: Last night I saw my
brother-in-law hit my 1-year-old niece.
It was horrible. I confronted him, and he
and my sister are going to get counseling. He says he “made a mistake,” but
that he also believes it is “OK to swat a
child.”
I am so upset. I used to think the
world of my brother-in-law,
but now he seems like an
ignorant bully to me. I
am hoping he will learn
better parenting,
and that
everything
will turn out
all right. Iʼm
around a lot,
and the children are seldom alone with him. What
can I do while I wait to see if counseling
is effective? -- CONCERNED AUNT
IN CALIFORNIA
DEAR CONCERNED: You can
suggest that your sister and brotherin-law could also benefit from taking
a parenting class and reading some
books on child development. Sometimes adults hit children because they
have unrealistic expectations about
what they “should” be able to do at
a certain age. They also do it because
they lose their patience.
One-year-olds do not always have
the ability to control their emotions
and behavior. It is up to the parents
to set an example -- to model good behavior -- and hitting sets a poor one.
Parenting classes offer valuable insights and suggestions to new parents.
To find one, check with a pediatrician,
your local high school or community
college, or your health plan.
DEAR ABBY: “Book Lover in
Pennsylvania” described the frustration
of loaning books to friends and never
getting them back.
I, too, am a book lover. Some of my
books are old friends that have remained
on my shelves for years. Periodically, I
take them down and reread them. As I
have matured, I understand things the
author was saying that I did not upon the
first reading.
Because many of these books are
out of print and irreplaceable, I have
designed a bookmark that I print myself
on card stock. At the top, I list the title,
author, loan date, who I loaned the book
to, and the personʼs phone number.
When I lend a book to
someone, I cut off the top
portion of the bookmark
and fill it out in the presence of the borrower.
I keep the top portion
taped to my desk calendar, and when a reasonable
amount of time has elapsed,
if the book has not been returned, Iʼll
telephone. Or, Iʼll stop by the personʼs
home, ring the doorbell and say politely,
“Hi, Iʼve come to collect the book you
borrowed.” So far, it has worked for me.
If you print my letter, please keep
me anonymous. Sign me ... P.L.S. IN
CALIFORNIA
DEAR P.L.S.: Thatʼs a clever solution to a touchy problem. Thank you
for sharing it.
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and
I have been together for seven years.
Weʼre happy together, but if I bring up
the subject of marriage, he reminds me
that heʼs from India and told me from
the beginning that we couldnʼt marry.
We have tried to separate, but couldnʼt
even make it a month apart. We love
each other more than we ever thought
we could.
Do you think he is just scared of
commitment, or doesnʼt he want to
marry me? I love him, but Iʼm tired of
waiting, and I donʼt want to be someoneʼs lifetime girlfriend. -- LOVESICK
DOWN SOUTH
DEAR LOVESICK: Give your
boyfriend credit for honesty. He
hasnʼt misled you. He may come from
a conservative, traditional Indian
family that expects to arrange a “suitable” marriage for him to a woman
from his own culture.
Lori Simpson
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Hump Day Horoscopes
Taurus (April 21 - May 21)
The energy you
have spent perfecting
your artistic endeavors is waning.
Soon, you will
find yourself involved or maybe
leading fascinating conversations. Like a butterfly, you will
socialize.
If you fly too far away from
your usual self, you will start
to miss the grounding of your
familiar comforts.
Gemini (May 22 - June 21)
All you can think
is play, play, play! At
the same time, you
Jacob Joseph
DM Astrologist
Aries (March 21 - April 20)
While that special
someone might be on
your mind right now,
your focus will slowly
shift to the comfort of your
home.
Your family is starting to
demand more of your time. Try
to be obliging and keep your
schedule open for their needs.
want to laze about and just be
entertained.
Keep yourself from becoming too lazy by being involved
in your own entertainment.
You might find yourself
involved in practical jokes, but
be ready to explain yourself if
in your excitement you take the
joke too far.
Cancer (June 22 - July 22)
Surging with
energy, you are ready
to jump into new situations and projects. If
you rush things too much, you
might start to show some signs
of stress.
It is fine to be a little anxious, but if you take it overboard you will find yourself full
of anxiety. Remember to step
back and look at the big picture.
You are ahead of schedule!
Leo (July 23 - Aug. 23)
Secrets intrigue you. People
might point out your
nosiness all of a sudden, as if they are
surprised. Curiosity
is great, but it did kill
the cat – so watch out.
Just try not to step on anyoneʼs toes when you are snooping around. Besides, if everyone
knows that you know something
they do not, they will pester you
endlessly about it.
Virgo (Aug. 24 - Sept. 22)
Keep your friends close and
your enemies closer.
This might be one of
your favorite sayings,
but it is becoming ir-
relevant.
You are becoming so wellliked that you are almost out of
enemies to keep close.
Just remember to be open
about what you want known and
keep quiet about matters you
would rather have hidden.
Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 23)
Invest your time in
planning for the future.
You are very capable
of analyzing yourself.
Use that to figure out your
strengths and weaknesses.
When you know yourself better,
you will be able to emend your
behavior.
Not only will you be a stronger person, you will also be
more confident.
Scorpio (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22)
Ready for the trip of a lifetime? If you cannot
answer “yes” or at
least “maybe,” then
you have a lot of
preparations to make.
Things will start moving
quickly after this week, and you
will be able to get wherever it
is you want to go quickly and
easily.
Sagittarius (Nov. 23 - Dec. 21)
Usually Sagittarians are very
self-aware, but you
may have let your image slip lately.
Be ready for
change. Flaws that you
may see or that other people
may point out turn out not to be
so flawed.
If you can muster a little ex-
tra courage to face opposition,
the opposition will dissipate and
you will be heralded as a hero
– maybe not by everyone, but
your own opinion counts twice!
Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 20)
The people you
interact with daily are
becoming closer to you.
Allow these relationships to develop and give extra
effort when asked.
You may even find some
sparks flying around as you
either start or re-affirm a love
relationship.
Aquarius (Jan. 21 - Feb. 18)
Work is a breeze.
You are energized
and able to put forth
a great deal of effort
into your jobs and responsibilities.
Try not to get too distracted
to interact with the people who
matter to you.
Your relationships are undergoing changes already, and you
must be careful to not exacerbate any conflicts.
Pisces (Feb. 19 - March 20)
What seems like an
easy break is actually a rut that might
be difficult for you to
overcome.
Keep your will strong and
put any playful energies to use
in productive exercises. Who
couldnʼt use a little playfulness
at work? It will keep boredom
away and keep you happy.
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Game not worth the time Say ʻYeahʼ to
O
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to reading over 20 pages of material
computer game makes its
where English words are broken
way to the
down syllabically and
Arts & Life editor, Iʼm
then said syllables are realways the first to say,
placed with other words.
“Hey, Lori! Iʼll review
Itʼs just not fun.
that!”
In some cases the sylSo when Q Bee arlables are replaced with
rived in the office, I was
absolutely filthy words.
excited.
A certain c-word I have a
Created by the
strong distaste for makes
UCLA Math Game
an appearance.
Theory Group, the news
The Web pages themrelease for the game
selves are a disappointtouted it as, “Predicted Hannah Donegan ment, to put it mildly.
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to be one of the hottest
While no one expects
educational games on
the graphical whimsy
the Internet.”
of The Sims from a Web game, there
For me, education and games
are a great many Web-based games
usually donʼt travel together.
that offer at least something visual.
The game was made by Game
The Web standard is MacromeTheory people, though, so I was
diaʼs Flash, so you would think a
hopeful still. That hope was mismath group from UCLA would at
placed.
least offer that.
The game is not really a game.
Nope, their paltry visual offering
The only thing on the disc is a
consists of GIF images. Thatʼs right,
Web page that leads to other Web
friends, GIF images, those little movpages. The premise of the game
ing pictures you learn to make in any
has something to do with decoding
basic programming class.
language. This is where I get lost.
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I like codes as much as the next
Theory Group spend so much time
person, but I have a serious aversion
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In a music scene filled with saccharine-infused canned pop and guys
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about shopping malls, the Yeahs are a
breath of fresh air.
The bandʼs third release, “Show
Your Bones,” is easily one of the best
indie rock albums of the year. I hate
to label them indie, because plain and
simply, they are just good music.
The New York trio has music
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“Bones” are an amalgam of different
musical genres, from classic rock,
punk, folk and Euro-trash. They
arenʼt afraid of using a variety of
different instruments, either, like the
Caribbean steel drums in the albumʼs
first single, “Gold Lion.”
Lead singer Karen Oʼs voice is
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screams are just as perfect as her
harmonies.
She channels Janice Joplinʼs spirit
in “Phenomena,” a song overtly inspired by classic rock bands like Led
Zeppelin and the Who.
As much as Karen O contributes
to the band, the guitarist Nicolas
Zinner and drummer Brian Chase are
what make the group special. Zinner
should win awards for his guitar riffs
in “Way Out” and “Turn Into.” He
tunes his guitar to coincide perfectly
with Karen Oʼs voice and Chaseʼs
backbeat. I donʼt know how much
heʼs getting paid, but he should get
a raise.
The Yeahʼs last effort, 2003ʼs “Fever to Tell,” was a mild hit, putting
them on the charts with the single
“Maps.”
This album is the next step in the
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The pages are cluttered and itʼs
difficult to figure out what exactly
youʼre supposed to be looking at.
The news release for the game
features three reviews from reputable
publications. These reviews are
oozing with delight over the game.
They use words like “dynamic,”
“innovative,” “cutting-edge” and
“entertaining.”
I have to sit and wonder when
reading gibberish for two hours from
pages a trained monkey could lay out
became something to shout about.
The fine-tuning of the concept
and its execution leave much to be
desired. While the game is free, itʼs
still not worth the time or effort.
Because the basic concept is actually a good one, I implore Ole Missʼ
math department to do something
similar.
All youʼll have to do to make an
offering more entertaining than this
is make a Flash animation of a naked
dancing monkey solving a Sudoku
puzzle. Iʼm sure yʼall can do much
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The secret to playing golf: just try not to
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Keith Woernle
Humor Column
very so often, when a mob
of angry Spanish students
is beating you senseless
because they can no longer
cheat on their online homework
due to the article you wrote last
week, you look deep into your
soul, pause and think to yourself, “Man, golf sucks.”
And then you all have a good
chuckle because it does.
“Hasta luego,” they all say as
they leave.
“OK!” you laugh as you run
off to get your dictionary because you still donʼt know what
that means.
So, this past Sunday, while I
was recovering from those mob
wounds, I flipped through the
channels and saw that the final
round of the Masters Golf Tournament was on television.
Typically, I donʼt watch golf
on television, but I actually enjoyed viewing the sport that has
the worldʼs richest and longest
history.
You see, during the mid-15th
century, while Scotland was
brimming with Scots, England
was conquering the world,
Germany was plotting evil and
France was smoking a cigarette,
the world was really lacking any
universal sports to get behind.
Luckily, around this time golf
was invented.
As many of you undoubtedly know, golf was invented in
1444 by the Earl of Sandwich,
whose name has always made
historians fall out of their seats
with laughter. (Note: Not really,
historians have no senses of
humor.)
And the Masters, the most
prestigious tournament in all of
golf, has survived even to this
day.
Top players like Eldrich
“Tiger” Woods, Greg “The
Shark” Norman and Nick “The
Aardvark” Faldo all gather year
after year in Augusta, Ga., in the
hopes that, if theyʼve practiced
long enough and if luck is on
their side, then maybe they can
get a good look at Tigerʼs wife.
As is noted, Tiger Woods is
unique since he is currently the
following ethnicities: AfricanAmerican, Thai, White, Chinese,
Samoan, Tatooinian and Irish.
But Tiger finished tied for
third this year and it would be
the smooth, solid play of Phil
Mickelson that ended up winning the tournament by two
strokes.
When asked to comment on
the consistent play of Phil Mickelson, ʻ95 British Open winner
John Daly replied, “Iʼm drunk.”
Golf has been a solid, popular sport every year, and because
of its universal appeal, it is
the focus of many successful
movies like “Happy Gilmore,”
“Tin Cup,” “The Island of Dr.
Moreau,” etc.
Near the end of this Masters
tourney, some friends and I
decided to go play a few holes
ourselves.
I currently reside at The
Links, a beautiful and inexpensive apartment complex
built right on a golf course
– a complex so wonderful that
Darrell Blakely
they should gladly waive next
monthʼs rent for the free advertising this sentence just gave
them.
Unfortunately, the problem I
have with golf is that I get progressively worse at it every time
I attempt to play.
Also, golf can be expensive.
With a set of nice clubs costing
four figures, balls costing $50
and green fees being 30 bucks,
the entire afternoon can end up
costing roughly $93 billion.
This means there are one or
two Ole Miss students who actually canʼt afford to play.
We eventually ventured out
to the course, where I began hitting triple bogies and quadruple
bogies and bogies that havenʼt
even been invented yet.
Hole 1 actually gave me the
most trouble.
Using my “driver,” I hit
the ball off the “tee.” After
it “sliced” and landed in the
“rough,” all my “friends” began
to “laugh,” right up until I
“shot” them.
Luckily, there was a sandtrap
and a shovel nearby.
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