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Smoke-Free Campus Envi-ronment, a policy introduced to Ole Miss in August, of-ficially took effect on Jan. 1. The University Police Depart-ment (UPD) has been strictly enforcing the policy, ticketing any faculty, staff or students caught smoking on campus. There are limits to the policy, though.

“We actually have to see that person smoking before we is-sue a citation,” said Michael Harmon, UPD captain of field operations.

Since the policy went into ef-fect a little over a month ago, UPD has only written six cita-tions for smoking, according to Harmon and Assistant Police Chief Ray Hawkins. Students received four of the citations, while faculty and staff mem-bers received the other two.

“The officer who wrote the ticket said that (the offenders) were mostly compliant,” Har-

mon said. “They just don’t like the fact that they can’t smoke on campus.”

Hawkins said UPD is hop-ing for voluntary compliance.

“If they do that, then it’ll be smooth for everybody,” he said.

The money accrued from the smoking citations will be used to provide assistance to any student, faculty or staff mem-ber who wishes to quit smok-ing, according to Leslie Bana-han, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs. People who want to quit smoking can go to the Student Health Center to receive three months of sup-port to quit smoking from the funds generated by the smoke-free policy.

Two other goals of the policy were to improve clean air and reduce litter.

“We certainly haven’t elimi-nated it, but we’ve improved it,” Banahan said. “I’m pleased with how it’s going.”

While Banahan said that many people have reacted

positively toward the new smoke-free campus, there have been mixed feelings about the policy.

“I completely understand having designated smoking areas, but having a complete-ly smoke-free campus is ri-diculous,” accountancy junior Cameron Sweetwood said. “If you’re outside, I don’t see who it’s hurting other than the smoker. I mean, it’s not the end of the world, but it would make my day a lot bet-ter if I could enjoy a cigarette between classes when I don’t have time to leave campus.”

Criminal justice junior Con-rad Helms has a similar senti-ment.

“Smoking on a campus as beautiful as ours is not neces-sarily an agreeable subject, yet it is one that must fundamen-tally be acceptable on a public university’s campus,” Helms said. “It is a freedom of choice guaranteed to all citizens, and,

Smoke-Free CampuS GeTS mixed reaCTionSSix citations have been written since the smoke-free policy on campus took effect on Jan. 1, and members of the ole Miss community are adjusting to the change.

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Musical duo King Kobraz is known around campus for its songs that have been played at several sporting events this year. A video of “Feed Moncrief” has received over 110,000 views since it was uploaded to You-Tube last November, and the duo released its newest video, “Tsuns of Gunz,” on Wednes-day.

The two members, interna-tional studies senior Blake Pru-ett and English junior Patrick Haadsma, have known each other since high school. Neither of them were born in Missis-sippi, but they both claim it as home now. They began their collaboration a year and a half ago.

“We never thought our music would have gotten so much at-

A closer look at King KobrazKing Kobraz has received widespread attention from students, administration and other fans, but there is more to the duo’s music of which others aren’t aware.

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Blake Pruett and Patrick Haadsma, better known as King Kobraz, crowd surf while shooting the video for their new song ‘TSUNs of Guns’ before the basketball game against Kentucky.

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KANGAROO BOXING MATCH PREVENTEDD M S T A F F R E P O R T S

On Wednesday, Feb. 13, the Star Family Circus will be coming to Oxford.

One of the circus acts in-cludes a kangaroo, known as Rocky, that is dressed up in boxing shorts and boxing gloves. Rocky, while on a leash, is put into a sparring ring with a human to ulti-mately spar with.

Around 1,600 animal rights activists have signed a peti-tion protesting the Oxford boxing match. The petition, which was placed on Change.

org, was addressed to Major Gen. Augustus Collins of the Mississippi National Guard.

The boxing match caused problems in Natchez last month, but the Oxford Po-lice Department (OPD) said that the match will not take place when the circus arrives in Oxford next week.

According to the OPD’s Facebook page, “At this time the department is doing what it can to address individual citizens’ concerns about the event.”

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Troubles at the post office

In second grade, we had to learn two things that our teach-ers stressed would be of the ut-most importance when we be-came adults: cursive and how to mail a letter.

As we have become adults, or at least adults for all intents and purposes, we rarely use these second grade-honed skills. Per-sonally, I use cursive when I write my rent check. That’s it. As for mailing a letter, it is a quickly dying means of com-munication that is in need of revival.

The decline of old-fashioned mail correspondence has been made even more evident in recent news, as the U.S. Postal Service has announced it will stop delivering mail on Satur-days. According to the Postal Service, the volume of mail being sent has decreased by al-

most 25 percent in the past six years.

This sharp decrease has left the Postal Service operating at a great loss, causing it to make drastic changes in how this 238-year-old independent agency, which was first run by Benjamin Franklin, operates.

The change is likely to cause quite the stir on Capitol Hill regarding the legality of the Postal Service making decisions about delivery schedules with-out Congressional approval. The Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act could also be addressed, an act which man-dated that $5.5 billion per year be paid into an account to pre-fund retiree healthcare, 75 years into the future, which has been partially to blame for the drop in revenue.

Aside from the questions the lawmakers have to answer, we have a few to ask ourselves.

When was the last time you wrote someone a letter? When did you last receive a letter from someone? Is a letter sent via “snail mail” of more impor-tance then a text? How applica-ble is the mail to our daily lives

and to our future?My second-grade teacher

taught us how to write letters and address envelopes using a “Flat Stanley.” Flat Stanley was a laminated, paper-cut boy whom you mailed to your friend. In turn, your friend would write back and tell you about the adventures that he or she would go on with Flat Stan-ley.

Around that same time, I moved from Carthage to Hat-tiesburg, leaving behind my best friend in the whole entire world.

I was devastated.When our teacher announced

the Flat Stanley project, I knew exactly whom I would mail my Stanley to.

Sixteen years later, we are now more like sisters than best friends and will be each other’s maid of honor, all because of a letter.

There is something unde-niably special about a letter. When I check my mail, I am al-most overwhelmed by emotion when I see a handwritten letter from a friend or relative among the Papa John’s coupons and

endless wedding and shower in-vitations. The thought and time that go into a letter speak vol-umes of the sender and how im-portant the receiver is to them.

In the age of instant commu-nication with emails and text messaging, one rarely thinks to send a “Thank You” or “Get Well” card in the mail, but, boy, does it have an impact when they do. Even with all of the benefits of technology, one of the best ways to show someone you love them and how much they mean to is to put pen to pa-per and walk out to your mail-box.

So, I encourage you to think of someone near and dear to you, whether it be your grandmoth-er or childhood best friend, and sit down and write them a letter. And hopefully they will write back and you will get to expe-rience the joy of receiving an old-fashioned letter in the mail ... unless it’s Saturday.

Anna Rush is a second-year law student from Hattiesburg. She graduated from Mississippi State University in 2011. Follow her on Twitter @annakrush.

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For 2013, the Ford Fusion was completely redesigned in hopes that is could not only match, but exceed the competition.

The Fusion starts out with an Aston Martin-inspired grille and headlights.

The rear end is not ugly either with integrated exhaust pipes and hexagonal LED taillights. Top it all off with gunmetal and 18” wheels, and you have argu-ably the most attractive family sedan since the 1960s.

Our test car was equipped with the top-of-the-line Titani-um package that had an equally impressive interior. The front seats were wrapped in a supple, glove-like leather and had the right combination of comfort-able and supportive. The rear seats also proved comfortable enough for long trips with com-

fortable backs and legroom that is on par with the rest of the competition.

The gunmetal color of the rims carries to inside across the dash and down the center console that gives the Fusion a sporty look. The interior also has quality materials through-out with hard plastics being in the minority.

My only gripes with the inte-rior was with the faulty, hard-to-use MyFord Touch system and the plastic paddle shifters that are too small to use. The 2 1/2 inch paddle shifters are mount-ed right in the middle of the steering wheel and are useless if your hands are at 10 and 2.

Ford did away with the V-6 for 2013, and, instead, the Fu-sion is available with a trio of four bangers. The standard engine is the carry-over 2.5-li-ter that makes 175-horsepower and 175 lb/ft of torque. For an

additional $795, you can get the turbocharged, 1.6-liter Eco-Boost engine that is good for 178 horsepower and 184 lb/ft of torque.

However, our test car with the Titanium package came standard with the 240-horse-power, 270 lb/ft of torque tur-bocharged 2.0-liter EcoBoost engine (a $2,465 option on the SE model). The engine proved to be plenty powerful, taking 6.8 seconds to get to 60 mph with a moderate amount of torque steer. Our test car was front-wheel drive but all-wheel drive is available for an extra $2,000.

The Fusion’s performance at the pump is not too shabby either with an EPA-rated fuel economy of 22-mpg city, 33-mpg highway and 26-mpg combined. For those hyper-mil-ers out there, a 47 mpg hybrid is available along with a plug-in

hybrid.The only transmission avail-

able is a six-speed automatic with a manual mode via the horrible paddle shifters. The transmission is a smooth opera-tor with no jerks or pulls, and you will even forget its shifting.

But in manual mode, the transmission doesn’t want to hold the gear all the way to red-line that will hurt your chances at the red-light drag race after you drop your kids off. Howev-er, it does have a satisfying rev-match feature on down-shifts, so if you do lose on the straight, you’ll catch up in the corners.

The Fusion has a very sporty driving experience as well. The electric power-assisted steer-

ing gives decent feedback and doesn’t feel too heavy or light. The independent front and rear suspension is agile with only moderate body roll.

The base price of the Fu-sion SE with 2.5-liter engine is $21,700. Our test car with the Titanium package started at $30,200. Add in white metal-lic paint ($495) and moon roof ($895), and the total as-tested price comes to $31,590.

Overall, the 2013 Ford Fu-sion is a great package. It has an attractive exterior, premium interior and a fun driving expe-rience, making it one of the best in the midsize segment.

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When Ford first introduced the midsize Fusion for the 2006 model year, it was a step in the right direction. However, even though it was light years ahead of the Taurus it replaced, it was still behind the competition.

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as a public university, we can-not expect to be held to a stan-dard that denies some students their rights just because some people think it’s dirty. What a trivial endeavor.”

Banahan said the university has given no consideration to making amendments to the pol-icy. If considerations were to be given, the process would start with the Implementation Com-mittee, a group with a broad representation of faculty, staff and students.

Citations for smoking on campus carry a fine of $25. Among the six citations, tickets have been issued at residence halls and academic buildings.

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tention,” Pruett said. “Patrick had the dream though.”

Pruett said Haadsma had hoped all along that their song would reach a wider audience and eventually be played in the stadium.

James Taylor, Skeeter Davis, Elvis Presley and Kanye West are all among Pruett’s influenc-es, but Haadsman has only one favorite group.

“I’ll keep it simple and say that all I listen to ever is Wu-Tang Clan,” Haadsma said.

Their inspiration comes from their everyday lives as well, cit-ing their jobs as Tri Delta house boys as providing a lot of mate-rial.

“Most of our songs have basi-cally just been us talking about what we see every day,” Haads-ma said.

King Kobraz is releasing a new mixtape sometime around spring break that is not sports-related.

“Our music has a more springtime feel, more pop-hop,” Pruett said.

The likelihood of producing another sports song is slim, but there is one exception.

“If Robert Nkemdiche asked us, we would do another song,” Haadsma said.

The reward for their musical project has not been monetary, due to NCAA regulations that do not allow money to be made off a player’s name; however, the duo said they have made a lot of invaluable connections, which they hope will help them as they continue to make music.

“If a music career doesn’t work, though, graduate school is the next step for us,” Pru-ett said. “I’ll hopefully stay in Mississippi though. I love this state.”

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The Pentagon announced on Jan. 24 that women can now serve in full combat units in the U.S. military alongside men.

According to the Associ-ated Press, the action was advised by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The move overturns a 1994 ruling, which prohib-ited women from serving in ground combat units.

University of Mississippi Army ROTC participants re-acted to this decision to lift a 19-year ban on females serv-ing in combat roles in the U.S. military.

Linguistics junior Amina Al Sherif said that from an ROTC standpoint, gender equality isn’t an issue.

“That sex barrier is there, but for the majority of the time, at least in ROTC, it’s largely ignored,” Al Sherif said. “We’re all mixed the entire time – field training, exercises.”

History senior Jarrod Snell said that a strong bond al-ready exists between every-one in ROTC.

“It’s a tight bond, and both males and females are a part

of that,” Snell said. “So I think that it will work just as well with combat units.”

Al Sherif said she thinks the changes will be phased in over a period of time.

“I’m anticipating some type of changes in PT stan-dards,” Al Sherif said. “Being in a combat unit is very phys-ically stressful, and you need to be able to function under that stress, and you need to be able to carry out tasks un-der that stress, no matter if you’re a male or female.”

Al Sherif said she realizes that ROTC is a unique uni-versity organization.

“It’s a way of life,” she said. “You chose it. And it’s good to know everyone else around you has picked that life as well.”

Army ROTC members react to Pentagon decisionMale and female RoTC members welcome the Pentagon’s decision to allow women to serve in full combat units, as gender equality hasn’t been an issue in their groups.

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fasciitis, which is a tendon in the foot. Kennedy has said that Wil-liams can’t injure it any worse, and that his return is all based on pain tolerance. Williams went though some of the pre-game warm-ups Wednesday night but did not dress for the game.

“My hope is that he’ll be avail-able Saturday, but I’m going to do what he tells me,” Kennedy said. “If he’s ready, I’ll put him in.”

Without Williams, the bench is filled with inexperience, as the top four players off the bench are freshmen.

Ole Miss announced on Twit-ter Thursday that junior forward Demarco Cox will miss the re-mainder of the season. Cox suf-fered a stress fracture in his foot before the season started and re-injured it in the Diamond Head Classic in Hawaii.

With a victory on Saturday, Kennedy would tie B.L. Gra-ham for the most wins as an Ole Miss head coach at 144.

Tipoff is set for noon Saturday and will be televised on CBS.

For continuing coverage of Ole Miss men’s basketball, follow @Tyler_RSR and @thedm_sports on Twitter.

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next season, but a bowl game should be expected, and eight or nine wins is possible. Can they win more? Sure, you never know what can happen in college football, but that shouldn’t be the expectation.

Many in Oxford are talk-ing about the Rebels win-ning double-digit games next season. While that very well could happen, that’s not very

realistic.After all, where Ole Miss is

right now is not unfamiliar ter-ritory.

Year one under Houston Nutt ended with the Rebels being named a preseason top-10 team. Three seasons later, Nutt was fired.

My point is, Freeze isn’t shooting for a season to re-member-type year. He’s build-ing a program, and it takes recruiting classes to build that program. Not one class, but many classes.

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Ole Miss (18-4, 7-2 SEC) will travel to Missouri on Saturday to take on the 21st-ranked Tigers in a rematch of a January contest that Ole Miss won 64-49.

Missouri was without lead-ing scorer and second-leading rebounder Laurence Bow-ers in the first meeting. In his absence, Ole Miss senior for-ward Murphy Holloway took advantage with a game-high 22 points.

“I think they have a chip

on their shoulder, which we will too,” Holloway said. “We haven’t really proven our-selves.”

The Rebels’ win over the then-10th-ranked Tigers stands as their best win to date. Missouri is the only top-50 RPI team that Ole Miss has beaten this season.

Head coach Andy Kennedy sees Saturday as another big opportunity for his team.

“Looking forward to the challenge,” he said. “They’re an excellent team. We are go-ing to have to be on top of our game.”

Also in the first meeting, Missouri held SEC-leading scorer Marshall Henderson to just 11 points, his lowest point total in conference play. The Ole Miss defense forced 19 Missouri turnovers and held the Tigers to just 2-of-18 shooting from 3-point range.

Ole Miss has been without senior guard Nick Williams for the last two games, as he recovers from a torn plantar

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The ole Miss men’s basketball looks to complete the season sweep against No. 21 Missouri on the road this weekend. Tipoff is set for noon Saturday and will be televised on CBS.

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Tempering expectations

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BY DAvID [email protected]

A little over a year ago, the Ole Miss fan base was about as low as they could go. They were looking for a change. They were looking for some-one to come in and give them something to be proud of.

Enter Hugh Freeze.In just over a year on the

job, Freeze has turned a bot-tom-dwelling program in the toughest football conference in the country to a program that has gained an enormous amount of respect from their opposition, the media and the average sports fan. That re-spect was won over partly on the gridiron, going 7-6 in year one, but National Signing Day really caught people’s eyes.

Ole Miss had the best ranked class in school history Wednesday, finishing in the top 10 of all four major recruit-ing services, including a No. 2 finish in the 247Sports.com rankings, and the excitement in Oxford is at a new high.

But the Rebel faithful need to temper their expectations.

Yes, signing a recruiting

class of that caliber is what it is going to take to compete for championships in the SEC West, but one recruiting class won’t get it done.

Freeze and his coaching staff have already proven they can recruit with the best of them, but can they do it year in and year out? Yesterday, Freeze talked about having ins with many of the big name recruits that Ole Miss was able to land, but next year or the year after, that luxury may not exist.

What this year’s class can do is give the notion to other top-billed prospects for the next few years that Ole Miss is a place that can land the best players. But it will also take more success on the field.

A number of the players in this recruiting class will make a big impact next fall. That doesn’t necessarily mean they will be big playmakers or start-ers from day one, but they will provide solid depth for a team that returns most of their start-ers from a year ago.

The early part of the sched-ule is not kind for Ole Miss