the daily mississippian - july 20, 2011

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M ISSISSIPPIAN THE DAILY HE DA THE DAILY E WEDNESDAY , J ULY 20, 2011 | V OL . 100, N O . 161 | T HE S TUDENT N EWSPAPER OF T HE U NIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | S ERVING O LE MISS AND O XFORD SINCE 1911 | THEDMONLINE . COM N O . 161 | T HE S TUDENT N EWSPAPER OF T HE U NIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | S ERVING O LE M N O . 161 | T HE S TUDENT N S TUDENT N EWSPAPER OF T HE U NIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | S ERVING O LE MISS AND O L ESDAY , J ULY 20, 2011 | V OL . 100, N O . 161 | T HE S TUDENT N EWSPAPER OF T HE U NIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | S ERVING O LE MISS AND O XFORD SINCE 1911 | THEDMONLI ULY 20, 2011 | V OL . 100, N O . 161 | T HE S TUDENT N EWSPAPER OF T HE U NIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | S ERVING O LE MISS AND O XFORD SINCE 1911 | THEDMONLIN DAY , J ULY 20, 2011 | V OL . 100, N O . 161 | T HE S TUDENT N EWSPAPER OF T HE U NIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | S ERVING O LE MISS AND O XFORD SINCE 1911 | THEDMONLINE . CO LY 20, 2011 | V OL . 100, N O . 161 | T HE S TU ENT N EWSPAPER OF T HE U NIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | S ERVING O LE MISS AND O XFORD SINC G O LE MISS AND O XFORD SINCE 1911 | THEDMONLINE . C OL . 100, N O . 161 | T HE S TUDENT N EWSPAPER OF T HE U NIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | S ERVING O LE MISS AND O XFORD SINCE 1911 | THEDMONLINE . CO DAY , J ULY 20, 2011 | V OL . 100, N O . 161 | T HE S TUDENT N EWSPAPER OF T HE U NIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | S ERVING O LE MISS AND O XFORD SINCE 1911 | THEDM D 00, N O . 161 | T HE S TUDENT N EWSPAPER OF T HE U NIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | S ERVING O LE MISS AND O XFORD SINCE 191 0, N O . 161 | T HE S TUDENT N EWSPAPER OF T HE U NIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | S ERVING O 0 0 0 E EWSPAPER OF T HE U NIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | S ERVING O LE MISS AND O XFORD SINCE 1911 | THE 6 NESDAY , J ULY 20, 2011 | V OL . 100, N O . 161 | T HE S TUDENT N EWSPAPER OF T HE U NIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | S ERVING O LE MISS AND O XFORD SINCE 1911 | THEDMONLINE . CO V OL . 100, N O . 161 | T HE S TUDENT N EWSPAPER OF T HE U NIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | S ERVING O LE MISS AND O XFORD SINCE 1911 | | J ULY WEDNESDAY OL . 100, N O . 161 | T HE S TUDENT N EWSPAPER OF T HE U NIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | S ERVING O LE MISS AND O XFORD SINCE 1911 | THEDMONLINE . COM 2011 20, 100, N O . 161 | T HE S TUDENT N EWSPAPER OF T HE U NIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | S ERVING O LE MISS AND O XFORD SINCE 1911 T , weather 07/20/2011 30% rain high: 95 low: 73 07/21/2011 50% rain high: 94 low: 74 PRESLEY SPARKS FIRST-PLACE PITTSBURGH PIRATES FLAG FOOTBALL PRODUCES SOLID SHOWING p. 4 p. 8 BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- LSU committed major violations while recruiting a junior college football player, but won’t be slapped with any postseason bans or future scholarship reductions, the NCAA ruled Tuesday. The governing body decided to place the school on pro- bation for a year and cited a former assistant coach for unethical con- duct. The investigation found that ex- assistant coach D.J. McCarthy im- properly arranged for transportation and housing for former defensive lineman Akiem Hicks in 2009, then later tried to cover up those actions. The NCAA accepted LSU’s self- imposed reduction of two scholar- ships during the 2010-11 academic year, as well as a 10 percent reduc- tion in official visits and reductions in recruiting calls. LSU already had begun reducing official visits during 2010-11, but the NCAA expanded the punishment to include 2011- 12. McCarthy resigned in December 2009. Hicks never played for the Ti- gers before he left LSU. NCAA Committee on Infrac- tions chairman Dennis Thomas said LSU’s violations all were con- sidered “major.” Yet he stressed that punishment could have been more severe if not for the efforts of LSU’s compliance department to discover and report the violations, and to cooperate with subsequent NCAA inquiries. “The committee really felt that the LSU compliance staff and in- stitution did an excellent job, and that they assisted the (NCAA) en- forcement staff in the investigation regarding these violations,” Thomas said. He pointed specifically to Senior Associate Athletic Director Miriam Segar, who became suspicious of Hicks’ living arrangements from the time he arrived in Baton Rouge. Ac- cording to an earlier LSU report on the matter, Segar spent weeks press- ing for answers and made the deci- sion to bar Hicks from traveling to LSU’s 2009 season-opening game at Washington because she was un- satisfied with the information she had received. “That was critical,” said Thomas, who is also the commissioner of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. “If that had not been done, the in- stitution could have really been un- der more severe and serious penal- ties as well.” The violations reported in the case also included more than 3,600 phone calls that three noncoaching staff members either made to or re- ceived from high school coaches and administrators, prospects and family members of prospective students. LSU has said most of those calls concerned clerical matters, were not football related and resulted from a misinterpretation of NCAA rules. Still, LSU also reported those viola- tions after seeking clarification on the NCAA’s interpretation of the rules regarding permissible phone calls. LSU chancellor Michael Martin said the university does not plan to appeal. In effect, LSU already has served its punishment regarding scholar- ships, having limited itself to 83 to- tal scholarships during the 2010-11 academic year. That means the Ti- gers will be playing with the maxi- mum 85 allowed scholarships in the 2011 season. NCAA gives LSU 1-year probation for violations ASSOCIATED PRESS Sardis marina still recovering from wind storms PHOTO BY PETRE THOMAS | The Daily Mississippian To keep up with the rising cost of college tuition, Uni- versity Parking Services are following suit with a $15 in- crease in on-campus parking decals. Linda Christian, manager of University Parking Services, announced this past week that the prices of decals will go up for the first time since 2007. Commuter and residence hall decals will increase from $60 to $75, and an additional or replacement decal for another car will be raised from $10 to $15. Christian announced that the university will also be add- ing a second “park and ride” lot this fall to provide more parking options for students, faculty and staff. The new lot is in front of the Old Walmart building, thus named the “Old Walmart lot.” The new decal will be avail- able to students, faculty and staff who wish to park on the north end of campus and ride the OUT bus to and from campus. The new lot will provide 400 available parking spaces and builds upon the South Lot, which holds 950 parking spaces. The price for each lot will be $20, a $10 increase in price from the year before. Last year, a little more than 300 students purchased South Lot parking decals. Christian said they have slightly increased the vehicle fees for the upcoming school year due to increases in ex- penses that the department of parking has incurred. Christian noted that the price for an Ole Miss parking decal is still less than many southeastern universities. “Even with this increase, our fees are still very competitive with other regional universi- ties,” she said. Andrew Parrish, a junior bi- ology major from Huntsville, Operation costs cause increase in price of parking decals BY MEGHAN LITTEN The Daily Mississippian INFOGRAPHIC BY NICK TOCE | The Daily Mississippian See PARKING, PAGE 4 The universities listed above, including Ole Miss, have reported a planned increase in parking decal prices for the upcom- ing school year. Many universities have not officially released prices for parking decals for the 2011-2012 school year. Parking decals for other universities may include other amenities such as parking garages and shuttle buses. Last week, Sardis Lake Ma- rina was hit hard by a wind storm that caused the facility to close momentarily. The National Weather Ser- vice reported straight-line winds between 85 to 90 mph hit the area late last Wednes- day afternoon through the ear- ly evening. According to marina offi- cials, an estimated 150 boats had been moored at the slips on the docks when the winds hit the facility. B oat owners said that they could see boats and docks free- floating in the lake together the morning after the storm. The wind damaged over 80 boats in the dock, sinking ap- proximately 30 of them. Since the storm, the marina has been going underwater to find the boats. They have BY JACOB BATTE News Editor See MARINA, PAGE 4 See PROBATION, PAGE 4

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W E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . C O MW E D N E S D A Y , J U L Y 2 0 , 2 0 1 1 | V O L . 1 0 0 , N O . 1 6 1 | T H E S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I | S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D O X F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1 | T H E D M O N L I N E . 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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- LSU committed major violations while recruiting a junior college football player, but won’t be slapped with any postseason bans or future scholarship reductions, the NCAA ruled Tuesday. The governing body decided to place the school on pro-bation for a year and cited a former assistant coach for unethical con-duct.

The investigation found that ex-assistant coach D.J. McCarthy im-properly arranged for transportation and housing for former defensive lineman Akiem Hicks in 2009, then later tried to cover up those actions.

The NCAA accepted LSU’s self-imposed reduction of two scholar-ships during the 2010-11 academic year, as well as a 10 percent reduc-tion in offi cial visits and reductions in recruiting calls. LSU already had begun reducing offi cial visits during 2010-11, but the NCAA expanded the punishment to include 2011-12.

McCarthy resigned in December 2009. Hicks never played for the Ti-gers before he left LSU.

NCAA Committee on Infrac-tions chairman Dennis Thomas said LSU’s violations all were con-sidered “major.” Yet he stressed that punishment could have been more severe if not for the efforts of LSU’s compliance department to discover and report the violations, and to cooperate with subsequent NCAA inquiries.

“The committee really felt that the LSU compliance staff and in-stitution did an excellent job, and that they assisted the (NCAA) en-forcement staff in the investigation regarding these violations,” Thomas said.

He pointed specifi cally to Senior

Associate Athletic Director Miriam Segar, who became suspicious of Hicks’ living arrangements from the time he arrived in Baton Rouge. Ac-cording to an earlier LSU report on the matter, Segar spent weeks press-ing for answers and made the deci-sion to bar Hicks from traveling to LSU’s 2009 season-opening game at Washington because she was un-satisfi ed with the information she had received.

“That was critical,” said Thomas, who is also the commissioner of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. “If that had not been done, the in-stitution could have really been un-der more severe and serious penal-ties as well.”

The violations reported in the case also included more than 3,600 phone calls that three noncoaching staff members either made to or re-ceived from high school coaches and administrators, prospects and family members of prospective students.

LSU has said most of those calls concerned clerical matters, were not football related and resulted from a misinterpretation of NCAA rules. Still, LSU also reported those viola-tions after seeking clarifi cation on the NCAA’s interpretation of the rules regarding permissible phone calls.

LSU chancellor Michael Martin said the university does not plan to appeal.

In effect, LSU already has served its punishment regarding scholar-ships, having limited itself to 83 to-tal scholarships during the 2010-11 academic year. That means the Ti-gers will be playing with the maxi-mum 85 allowed scholarships in the 2011 season.

NCAA gives LSU 1-year probation for violations

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To keep up with the rising cost of college tuition, Uni-versity Parking Services are following suit with a $15 in-crease in on-campus parking decals.

Linda Christian, manager of University Parking Services, announced this past week that the prices of decals will go up for the first time since 2007. Commuter and residence hall decals will increase from $60 to $75, and an additional or replacement decal for another car will be raised from $10 to $15.

Christian announced that

the university will also be add-ing a second “park and ride” lot this fall to provide more parking options for students, faculty and staff. The new lot is in front of the Old Walmart building, thus named the “Old Walmart lot.”

The new decal will be avail-able to students, faculty and staff who wish to park on the north end of campus and ride the OUT bus to and from campus. The new lot will provide 400 available parking spaces and builds upon the South Lot, which holds 950 parking spaces.

The price for each lot will be $20, a $10 increase in price from the year before. Last year,

a little more than 300 students purchased South Lot parking decals.

Christian said they have slightly increased the vehicle fees for the upcoming school year due to increases in ex-penses that the department of parking has incurred.

Christian noted that the price for an Ole Miss parking decal is still less than many southeastern universities.

“Even with this increase, our fees are still very competitive with other regional universi-ties,” she said.

Andrew Parrish, a junior bi-ology major from Huntsville,

Operation costs cause increase in price of parking decals

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The universities listed above, including Ole Miss, have reported a planned increase in parking decal prices for the upcom-ing school year. Many universities have not offi cially released prices for parking decals for the 2011-2012 school year. Parking decals for other universities may include other amenities such as parking garages and shuttle buses.

Last week, Sardis Lake Ma-rina was hit hard by a wind storm that caused the facility to close momentarily.

The National Weather Ser-vice reported straight-line winds between 85 to 90 mph

hit the area late last Wednes-day afternoon through the ear-ly evening.

According to marina offi-cials, an estimated 150 boats had been moored at the slips on the docks when the winds hit the facility. B

oat owners said that they could see boats and docks free-

floating in the lake together the morning after the storm.

The wind damaged over 80 boats in the dock, sinking ap-proximately 30 of them.

Since the storm, the marina has been going underwater to find the boats. They have

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Summer is always sure to bring unexpected things, whether it is a spontaneous road trip with friends or a weekend camping trip with family.

In my case this summer, the unexpected occurrence came from a very different source.

As the school year wears on, we start thinking about sum-mer. We apply for different jobs and internships and hear back within a few weeks. We lock down that job or intern-ship and all we have to do is yearn for the summer to arrive.

After the ever-dreaded fi nals come to a close and we pack our bags for the summer, we fi -nally prepare for the fi rst day of the new situation.

If the job or internship is something you think you will enjoy, the anticipation is al-most too much to handle.

For some of us, the fi rst few days exceed anything we could ever imagine. We think, “Man, if only I could just drop out of

school and be hired here full time.”

After a few weeks, though, the high wears off and you might be thinking something like, “This job is terrible, why did I ever think I would enjoy this?”

For others of us, we dread the fi rst day of the job or internship and because of that, we do not enjoy it at fi rst. Then, as the short days of summer continue to pass by, the job becomes a little more interesting or enjoy-able.

You think, “You know, I could defi nitely get used to this; it’s not so bad.”

Then there are always those of us who ride the fence with everything. We might not have known what to expect with our summer job or internship and it turned out to be alright.

This summer, I fell into the latter category of summer in-ternship and job occurrences. I had absolutely no clue what

to expect going into the intern-ship and I am pretty indifferent to the whole concept of what I am doing.

Through my thinking of how bad my situation could have been, I realized two things that I am very glad I learned: school is amazing and what-ever you expect in a job can be completely opposite of what it is like.

We sometimes take school for granted. We dread those two hour lectures, the late-night labs and the sporadic exams and quizzes.

This summer, I fi nd myself dreading meetings, long confer-ence calls and fetching people coffee much more than I dread the school-related things.

School is what molds us into the professionals that we will (hopefully) later become, and we need to grasp that concept and not lose sight of the fact that most of us are not ready for the “real world” just yet.

I do not know what I want to do after college yet. Unless you are about to graduate, that is not too much of a problem. I have realized that if I did know what I wanted to do, I could not possibly have high or low expectations about that future job.

Not to sound too much like Forrest Gump, but you never know what you’re going to get, and now I know to go into a job with an open mind.

I have a few years left before I graduate but I am becoming more and more prepared for the real world. I now have a completely different approach to the world than I did going into this summer.

Maybe you have learned some things too.

Adam Ganucheau is a sophomore journalism major from Hazlehurst, Miss. Follow him on Twitter @GanucheauAdam.

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In the wake of the 2008 fi nan-cial crisis, lawmakers and pun-dits have been stressing the need of the American people to make great “sacrifi ces.” With the coun-try quickly approaching the debt ceiling, talk has been growing more serious and the proposals more drastic. But despite the fact that the proposals in Washing-ton are growing more extreme, the debate over what needs to be done about the economy seems quite narrow.

The debate simply breaks down to this: just how much should we cut? Granted, the idea of a tax hike for the super wealthy is being discussed as a viable option. But with the cur-rent political climate and with so many defi cit hawks on Capitol Hill, I for one am feeling some-what pessimistic as to whether a suffi cient tax increase will hap-pen. What does seem certain, however, is about $4 trillion in entitlements cuts.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle have been assuring Ameri-cans that such cuts are truly best for the people and the economy. Does their demagoguery hold up? Of course not — though it is what’s best for the corporate

elites who fear a signifi cant tax hike to cover the debt and the infl ation that would inevitably occur if the economy were to re-bound quickly.

So, as usual, Washington is siding with its friends in the business community and its rep-resentatives on K Street at the expense of the rest of us. Anyone who is serious about creating jobs and seeing economic growth in the U.S. knows that Draconian austerity measures will only exas-perate an already dire problem.

With so many debt-incumbent Americans struggling to pay their health insurance, their mortgage, college debt, credit card debt and with unemployment, underem-ployment and poverty as high as they are in this country — most Americans are tightening their spending in an attempt to offset their own balance sheets — it is subsequently hindering econom-ic growth. Further cuts to social security, Medicaid and privatiz-ing Medicare (which will un-doubtedly be more expensive), will only result in even tighter spending and a stagnating, if not weaker, economy.

Nobel prize-winning econo-mist Joseph Stiglitz understands this perfectly. Stiglitz not only predicted the crash but also the kind of entitlement cuts in our

midst and their negative impli-cations. Furthermore, he has contended numerous times since the fall of 2008 that if people are not spending, the government has an obligation to create an-other stimulus package to relieve the burden of the many strug-gling Americans and to encour-age spending.

Regrettably these ideas, which proved quite effective in the post-war period, are nowhere to be heard in today’s political dialogue. This is not terribly surprising given the “limited government” dogma that has permeated political discourse for decades. Nonetheless, it is ter-ribly disappointing to only hear of proposals that are not only bad for the economy, but more importantly, proposals that will hurt millions of Americans.

With so many people strug-gling to get by, Americans should be looking less toward the empty promises of politicians and more toward the bona fi de examples of democracy the world has re-cently witnessed in Wisconsin, Spain and Greece. The struggle against austerity measures and market fundamentalism over-all is no easy task, but it is a far better alternative than the daily economic struggle facing most Americans.

In the last few weeks, some news attracted my attention. The news items were all related by the fact that they were all verdicts after complicated and cumbersome trials.

In the case of Casey Antho-ny, she was found not guilty of the murder of her daughter, al-most three years after the death of Caylee Anthony.

Rwandans had to wait for nearly 17 years to see their tyrant Pauline Nyiramashuko and her son Arsene Shalom sentenced to life imprison-ment for their role in the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. Orchestrated by Pauline and led by Arsene, a Hutu para-military group had surrounded and attacked a Red Cross shel-ter, where thousands of Tutsi refugees were gathered. They raped and tortured the women before killing them and burn-ing their bodies.

I can understand that a rel-atively slow judgment gave Casey her life back. For more than two years she had been living with the fear of the death penalty. Jurors had to

go through every piece of evi-dence before deciding whether she was guilty or not.

And that was because there were no clues about how Cay-lee died or to link Casey to her death. On the other hand, I cannot understand why the case of Pauline Nyiramashuko would last that long.

Why would thousands of women who had been raped by Pauline’s orders have to wait all that time to see justice in the one who ruined their lives? Ac-cording to many reports, there are around 20,000 “children of rape” in Rwanda now, none of whom know their father.

As many of the Tutsi women were raped several times and by more than one, 20,000 teenag-ers had to grow up through years of disgrace they had no hand in.

If the slow judgment pace was acceptable and even favorable in Casey’s case, it is because no one truly knew if Casey killed her daughter or not. Everyone judged her merely based on his or her own feelings, and jurors needed hard evidence. It was not clear whether she really was responsible for the death of Caylee or not.

Pauline’s case is very differ-ent. Millions over the whole world witnessed her crimes. She did not kill one kid.

She killed and raped thou-sands of people. She ruined the lives of thousands of wom-en she had ordered her troops to rape and of thousands of children who were the result of that brutal sadistic crime. A slow judgment does not make any sense here. At least as much as I can see.

Strangely, the same thing happened many times before. Only in 2008 were the Ser-bian war criminals responsible for the Serb massacre sent to trial. The massacre dates back to 1995, when 8,000 men and boys were killed in the city, which was declared by the United Nations to be a “safe area” under the UN protec-tion.

Several of the 8,373 victims were babies. The mass murder was described by the Secretary-General of the UN as the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War.

In spite of that, most of those murderers did not walk into court until more than a decade later.

Again, women who were raped, and the families of thousands of men and children killed had to wait so long to see their slaughterers punished for their crime.

The same thing happened in Egypt. Some people were calling for a peaceful “walk out” for then-President Hosni Mubarak. I think those call-ing for that “crime” had none of their families killed on the hands of Mubarak’s police.

And who gave them the right to forgive him for his crimes against his people?

It’s the right of those killed and injured to see justice in Mubarak and his men. I can understand why thousands are protesting now in Tahrir Square in Cairo.

They want a faster trial for Mubarak. I know the guy who lost one of his eyes by a plas-tic bullet shot at him by one of Mubarak’s snipers.

He said he knows he will never get his eye back. But all he wants is to see Mubarak and his men pay for their crimes.

I know there is so much politics behind the scenes. But those people who were killed by sadistic criminals, who hap-

pened to be in power, do not care about that. I do not ei-ther.

I think, like most “humans,” all I want is to see killers and rapists taste some of the pain they gave their victims.

And that this happens quick-ly without giving any consid-eration for behind-the-scene politics.

Victims should not have to wait long years of agony until they see those criminals pay for the pain they have given them. Maybe seeing them punished would relieve some of that pain.

Most of us were sad for the death of Caylee Anthony. But I think we should feel more sadness for thousands killed or lost and the ones they loved on the hands of some bloody sadists.

Especially when they watch them walking freely for years.

I think we do not want to add to their pain by our indif-ference.

Adham Hagag is a PhD student in electrical engineering from Egypt. Follow him on Twitter @AdhamHagag.

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William Carpenter catches the ball for a touchdown as Josh Namin defends. Seven teams played in the flag football tournament.

Ala., is confused by how the parking department handles the permits.

“I don’t understand why we have a separate fee for a park-ing decal,” he said. “I think it should be a part of our tuition costs.”

Mallory White, a sopho-more pre-pharmacy major from Sandersville, agrees with Parrish.

“I feel like that a lot of our funding for different services and operation costs come from our tuition and the $75 for parking decals should be a part of our tuition because it effects a large majority of our students,” she said.

White believes the parking service on campus isn’t worth the money, even if it is cheap-er than other universities.

“Availability and conve-nience are issues with park-ing at Ole Miss, especially for commuter students,” she said. “$60 was a lot for an inconve-nient service. We are paying a large price for an inconvenient service.”

White said parking was frustrating this year and will be even more frustrating when the largest freshmen class in Ole Miss history arrives next year.

“There are going to be fewer parking spots and yet a higher price for a more inconvenient situation than before,” White said.

With the purchase one of the two “park and ride” de-cals, students will be able to park at either location on the north or south end of campus and ride an OUT bus to class. Students with the South Lot or Old Walmart decals are not allowed to park in any other area on campus from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; however, students who purchase a commuter decal may park in commuter park-ing or one of the “park and ride” lots with no penalty. The 30-minute parking lot outside the Student Union is included in campus parking for South Lot and Old Walmart park-ing decal holders — they are not allowed to park in this lot during the day or they will re-ceive a campus parking ticket.

The consequences for park-ing in the wrong area will be steeper for South Lot and Old Walmart decal holders. Nor-mally, the fines for parking in the wrong area are $15 for the first offense and increases to $25 for an additional offense and then $45 for the third of-fense and any thereafter.

The fines for a South Lot and Old Walmart decals are doubled: $30 for first viola-tion, $50 for the second vio-lation and $90 for the third violation.

PARKING,continued from page 1

found all but one so far. The facility is temporarily

closed to allow for a damage and safety evaluation to take place, though marina employ-ees believe they will have to re-construct most of the facility.

There is no time line yet on how long the construction will

take or when they will open back up.

This week, the parking lot is filled with damaged boats, many missing their windshields and several more with severely damaged frames.

As for the marina itself, there were two docks laying on top of each another, one that ap-pears to be free-floating that is actually still connected by ca-bles to the facility and another that is disconnected entirely.

There were no reported in-juries, which marina employee Allison Kemp attributes to the weather, saying that it had been so hot outside that they had not seen much business recently.

“We have not had much business because it’s been so hot,” Kemp said.

Panola County EMA Direc-tor Daniel Cole told the Pa-nolian that they immediately were able to find 15 boats

overturned and by morning they discovered many more.

There is a small amount of fuel that was spilled into the lake, but Cole reported that they winds were containing the spill.

The rainfall at the lake was reported at 4.7 inches.

Though the facility is closed, anyone who owns a boat docked in the marina is al-lowed to check on their boat and where it was docked.

MARINA, continued from page 1

LSU has a lot of key players re-turning and is a popular pick to contend for Southeastern Confer-ence and national titles this season.

“A situation that could have been much worse was made better by the dedicated work of the LSU athletics compliance staff and I am pleased that the NCAA recognized LSU’s effort to cooperate and be proactive,” Martin said. “The com-pliance staff ... made an exemplary showing of how a university should react when mistakes are made.”

The NCAA’s report details vio-lations that included McCarthy’s use of a cell phone that was not

registered with LSU’s athletic de-partment. He did not log those calls, which caused other coaches to inadvertently break the rules by making further calls that put LSU over the NCAA’s one-call-per-week limit. McCarthy also held a confer-ence call with Hicks and another female student who worked in the athletic department, during which the three agreed to provide false information about Hicks’ living arrangements for the summer of 2009 to LSU compliance staff.

Hicks met the female student during his official visit to LSU and kept in touch with her. Because she worked for the athletic depart-ment, their phone calls to one an-other amounted to violations relat-ing to excessive calls to a recruit, the

report said. Hicks also stayed with her, free of charge, during an unof-ficial visit, and later moved into the vacant Baton Rouge apartment of a former LSU player in an arrange-ment made by McCarthy, accord-ing to the report.

To comply with the NCAA’s rul-ing, LSU will have to issue a report next year on measures it has taken to avoid a recurrence of the infrac-tions revealed by the probe. LSU also will have to inform prospective recruits that it is on probation and explain why.

Meanwhile, the NCAA also placed restrictions on McCarthy’s ability to work for any NCAA football program he works for in the near future.

He must avoid phone contact

with recruits, their relatives or legal guardians for a year and enroll in an NCAA rules seminar as well as ethics training.

After McCarthy left LSU, he was hired by the WRA Receiver Acad-emy, which conducts instructional camps. According to the academy’s website on Tuesday, McCarthy was still part of the staff. A phone mes-sage left with the organization was not returned.

McCarthy played receiver in col-lege for Washington in the early 1990s. Before arriving at LSU as a receivers coach in 2007, he was an assistant at UCLA, Central Florida and Nevada.

He also coached defensive backs for the Oakland Raiders from 1998-2000.

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The second-largest number of participants came to show their skills on the gridiron in the Ole Miss Intramural 4 vs. 4 flag foot-ball tournament Monday night.

Jason Darby, team leader for Intramural Sports, is pleased with the tournament’s turnout.

“The participants seemed to enjoy the laid-back atmosphere, but we’re still extremely compet-itive,” Darby said. “Every team

that came out had a blast, and even more importantly, showed good sportsmanship toward each other teams.”

Darby said that participation in the last two tournaments of the summer have been good, and he hopes to see even more participation in the final tourna-ment of the summer.

The double-elimination tour-nament showcased the abilities of 40 players on seven teams, in-cluding the Co-Rec Champions “Big Green.” The team consisted

of Adam Von Der Haar, Lauren Davis, Mary Toler, Levi Dungan, Petre Thomas and Nicholas Von Der Haar.

“Team Hensley” rolled through their first two games with an av-erage score of 17 points before coming away with a win in an exciting game over “Alex Mor-gan” 33-28 to make it to the championship game.

“Team Rose” would open up with a one point loss to “Alex Morgan,” before going on a four-game winning streak to meet

“Team Hensley” for the final. The final produced one of the

best games of the evening as the teams battled back and forth be-fore an interception return for a touchdown gave “Team Rose” the go-ahead score late in the game, and they would hold on a for a 35-27 win.

Intramurals will end with a 4 vs. 4 sand volleyball tournament next Monday.

Fore more information, call the Intramural Office at 915-5573.

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knowing you’re good. It’s a battle. A lot of guys with more talent than me haven’t played in the big leagues. You see a lot of guys that aren’t as talented being more suc-cessful.”

Presley will need to remain confi -dent for the Pirates to have a chance to win their division. For the fi rst time in years, the Pirates are in fi rst place in the National League Cen-tral Division at 50-44, and Presley can tell you there is a whole new kind of excitement buzzing around the streets of Pittsburgh.

“It’s cool to come up and be a part of this at this time,” he said. “It has been a long time since the Pirates have been successful. To be here, you can feel things turn around and the attitude changing. Fans are coming out to the stadi-um. It’s been an awesome experi-ence. Hopefully, we can carry this

on through the second half, and I think we will. I think it will be a

tight race down the stretch and we’re ready to go.”

In the race for October, Pres-ley will have to face off with two former Rebels in his own division – Lance Lynn of the St. Louis Car-dinals and Zack Cozart of the Cin-cinnati Reds, who just recently got the call to the majors as well.

“It’s going to be pretty cool,” Presley said. “I’m excited about fac-ing those guys. To see guys you’ve played with in the past and have a chance to play against those guys in the big leagues is pretty awesome. It’s going to be tough. You can’t re-ally count anyone out at this point. It’s going to be pretty cool coming down the stretch against some old teammates for sure.”

So while people rest and relax either at home or on vacations, Presley and the Pirates will be in the middle of what could be one of the closest division race in recent history.

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AWARDS, continued from page 8

one like the Royals Eric Hosmer or the Angels Jordan Walden and Mark Trumbo could sneak into contention.

Runners up: 1B Mark Trum-bo, Los Angeles Angels of Ana-heim; P Jordan Walden, Los An-geles Angels of Anaheim, 1B Eric Hosmer, Kansas City Royals

NL MVP: SS Jose Reyes, New

York MetsReyes has been spectacular so

far in 2011, and the only thing that could hold him back is the hamstring injury he suffered right before the All-Star break. He’s hit for average at .354 and led the NL in hits and was second in steals at the All-Star break.

Behind Reyes are Dodgers’ center fi elder Matt Kemp, who is on pace for a 40 home runs and 40 steals this season, but could be hurt by his terrible defense at the position. The Brewers’ Prince

Fielder also has 22 homers at the break.

Runners up: CF Matt Kemp, Los Angeles Dodgers; 1B Prince Fielder, Milwaukee Brewers; CF Andrew McCutchen, Pittsburgh Pirates

NL CY Young: Roy Halladay, Philadelphia Phillies

The argument could be made for a couple other pitchers, but Halladay has been the best of the bunch so far in 2011. He went 11-3 with a 2.45 ERA in the fi rst half of the season and struck

out 138, while walking only 17. Halladay also threw six complete games.

Runners up: Jair Jurrjens, At-lanta Braves; Clayton Kershaw, Los Angeles Dodgers; Cole Hamels, Philadelphia Phillies

NL Rookie of the Year: Closer Craig Kimbrel, Atlanta Braves

This was by far the toughest award to decide. Nationals’ sec-ond baseman Danny Espinosa has been fantastic, hitting for power and playing gold-glove defense, while Braves fi rst base-

man Freddie Freeman has started to hit consistently and for good power. However, Kimbrel gets the nod over both players as he’s been the best reliever in baseball up to the All-Star break. He struck out 70 in just 46 innings of work and recorded 28 saves, while posting a 2.35 ERA and .183 batting aver-age against.

Runners up: 2B Danny Es-pinosa, Washington Nationals; 1B Freddie Freeman, Atlanta Braves; P Brandon Beachy, At-lanta Braves

SMITHVILLE, Miss. - After collecting household goods over the last two weekends, Ole Miss Athletics personnel hand-deliv-ered a substantial load of items to the Smithville community as part of the Rebel Relief Project on Tuesday.

More than 25 Ole Miss repre-sentatives joined forces with the United Way of Monroe County and citizens of Smithville and the surrounding areas to unload the Rebels’ 18-wheel equipment truck and another University van that were loaded with donated items.

The large group of helpers un-loaded the vehicles in quick fash-ion. It took roughly two hours to get boxes of items from the truck to categorized areas within a large warehouse that the United Way has been using to collect donated goods from throughout the state of Mississippi for the tornado-stricken area.

“It’s a great day to be able to give back and help others,” said Ole Miss Senior Executive Associate Athletics Director John Hartwell, one of the many volunteers. “Ob-viously, the folks of Smithville have gone through a lot. Just to be able to provide a very small bit of help to them in their recovery ef-

fort is great. The people here have been so nice and so appreciate.”

The Rebel Relief Project began collecting items at the Oxford Walmart on July 10 and then again at the Ole Miss Ladies’ Foot-ball Forum on July 16, fi lling up the entire 18-wheel equipment truck in the process. The project has been coordinated by Chyna Ward-Poley and assisted by the ef-forts of the Ladies’ Forum.

“There’s nothing like giving,” said Rebel football coach Houston Nutt, another of the volunteers. “I’m just really proud of Ole Miss. Chyna did a good job of getting this thing kick-started, and every-body has jumped on. It’s about giving every day. Our players will learn a valuable lesson. There’s nothing like having that heart and that spirit of giving and always try-ing to lift somebody up, whether it’s a tornado victim or just any-body that’s sick or not as well off as you. You’re just always trying to make a difference.

“It was unbelievable to see how many from our athletics department were here and how many people from Smithville and surrounding counties were here,” Ward-Poley said. “Driving through and seeing the devasta-

tion was kind of overwhelming. There’s so much help that they need, but at least we’re here today to help. I really hope Rebel Re-lief (continues to exist). It doesn’t have to be some kind of disaster. I hope that we’ll be able to seek out people that need help instead of waiting for something like this to happen.”

“It brings you back to reality,”

said Ole Miss Associate Athletics Director Jamil Northcutt, another volunteer. “Sometimes we get dis-tracted and caught up in our ev-eryday lives, and we don’t realize what really matters - our family, friends and helping other people. It was good to talk with the people of this community and to have a chance to give of our time and our sweat to help them out.”

“United Way has been operating this warehouse since the day after the tornado, and God has put so many great folks in our path,” said Patti Parker, executive direc-tor of the United Way in Monroe County. “We’re just amazed at the amount of stuff that Rebel Relief was able to send our way. It’s been absolutely fantastic for our com-munity.”

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After collecting household goods over the last two weekends, Ole Miss Athletics personnel hand-delivered a substantial load of items to the Smithville community as part of the Rebel Relief Project on Tuesday. Chyna Ward-Poley coordinated the efforts, while head football coach Houston Nutt and assistant athletic directors John Hartwell and Jamil Northcutt were among the 25 Ole Miss representatives.

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For most, summer is a time of rest and relaxation, but for former Ole Miss baseball standout Alex Presley, things are not so at ease.

Presley, who is now with the Pittsburgh Pirates, became the next former Rebel to make it to the big leagues this year when he got the call in late June to serve as a designated hitter while the Pirates were on an interleague road trip.

“This year, getting called up was what I’ve been working for the whole half of the year and (is) a culmination of everything I’ve done,” Presley said. “It felt reward-ing to get called back up.”

Since getting the call, Presley has been tearing the cover off the

ball. In 71 at-bats this season, he is hitting .352 with one home run, which came in his first game with the Pirates this season.

Getting called up to the majors wasn’t a first for Presley. He got the call last September, when rosters expand to 40 players, and he cred-its that experience for the success is he having now.

“I think that helped out a lot for me as far as knowing what to ex-pect coming into this year,” Presley said. “My nerves weren’t quite as bad in the beginning, so I was able to overcome that a lot quicker, and just getting comfortable.”

During his days in Oxford, Pres-ley hit for a career average of .320 with 14 home runs and 110 RBI, and he knows that the experience of playing in the Southeastern

Conference helped him achieve the success he has reached today.

“Playing in a great conference definitely helped out,” Presley said. “You can see all the guys I played with and we played against in conference that are in the big leagues being successful. So, we got a chance to play against the best players at our level coming through and that will only make you a better player playing against the best players.”

After his days in the Ole Miss red and blue were over, Presley set his sights toward professional base-ball, but he was in a state of shock when he saw the Pirates drafted him in the eighth round in the 2006 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft.

“I was kind of shocked (that the

Pirates picked me),” Presley said. “I was surprised (they) wanted to take me out of all the teams I talk-ed to. It was a good opportunity to get my pro career going.”

It has only been a few weeks since Presley has been in the ma-jors, but he knows that in order to stay there, he must keep up the level of production he is currently providing.

“It’s all about consistency and being dependable,” Presley said. “I try not to do too much and just play my game. They want people they can count on and people they know can get the job done consis-tently. That’s what I’m trying to do. I laid some groundwork in the short time I’ve been up this year and I hope to keep playing well. It’s all you can do.”

Therefore, Presley wants to be prepared for anything he faces.

“(Baseball) is a game of adjust-ments, people making adjustments back and forth constantly,” he said. “I’m getting pitched a certain way and I’m being successful, so I can’t expect them to keep doing the same way. I have to look at reports and tendencies, but at the same time, not get caught up in it too much where it clouds your thoughts at the plate. It’s what it’s all about – making adjustments.

And for Presley, confidence is also key.

“I think it’s almost everything,” he said. “Everybody’s got talent at this point. Talent’s not the ques-tion. It’s all mental at this point –

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MLB first half: mid-season awards

AL MVP: OF Jose Bautista, Toronto Blue Jays

This one is pretty easy to choose. Despite playing for a team, the Toronto Blue Jays, that will most likely finish fourth in their division, Jose Bautista is the runaway choice for AL MVP at this point. He led all players in the first half of the year with 31 home runs and he’s walked more times than he has struck out. His impressive transformation from a mediocre player to elite power hitter has a chance to be topped off with an MVP award.

Runners up: 1B Adrian Gon-zalez, Boston Red Sox; OF Curtis Granderson, New York Yankees

AL Cy Young: Jered Weaver, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Unlike the AL MVP award, which has a pretty clear front runner, this award is a two-person race and it could go to either play-er. On one hand, Justin Verlander of the Detroit Tigers is 12-4 with a 2.15 ERA and 147 strikeouts to only 31 walks. He also has a no-hitter to his credit so far in 2011. On the other hand, the Angels Jered Weaver is 11-4 with a 1.86 ERA and a ridiculous .194 bat-ting average against. Even with the no-hitter, I think it’s Weaver

who gets the nod.Runners up: Justin Verlander,

Detroit Tigers; CC Sabathia, New York Yankees

AL Rookie of the Year: P Mi-chael Pineda, Seattle Mariners

This is another race that is pretty clear at the halfway point, as Pineda has been one of the best pitchers in baseball over-all, not just among rookies. His win-loss record of 8-6 is skewed because he plays for a terrible of-fense team, but has a 3.03 ERA and 113 strikeouts working in his favor. If the Mariners limit his innings in the second half, some-

BY BENNETT HIPPThe Daily Mississippian

With the first half of the Major League baseball season over, it’s always interesting to look at who is in position to win the end of the year awards at the midway point. All statistics are from Wednesday, July 12, the last day of the All-Star break.

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