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TALKING RACE AND GENDER: ENDING DOMINATION

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Long lines in the Union and lack of park-ing spaces are not the only places the ef-fects of this year’s large freshman class are evident. More women than ever are registered to

participate in Panhellenic Recruitment. Panhellenic Vice President of Public Rela-

tions Claire Brown said that as of Septem-ber 8, there were 948 women registered for recruitment. Last year approximately 830 women par-

ticipated the process. Registration ends September 19. Al-

though this leaves a week for more women to register, Brown said they do not antici-pate many more. “We all have our guesses, but it has really

slowed down,” Brown said. “We only had one registration yesterday.” Panhellenic president Casey McManus

said they are extremely excited about the number of women registered. They are attributing the record number to the size of this year’s freshman class as well as the strength of Ole Miss Greek Life. The Panhellenic Executive members are

not the only ones excited about recruitment. Many potential new members (PNMs) are excited about it as well. “I’m really excited to make new friends,”

said Cosby Parker, a PNM from Jackson. Caroline Purcell, a PNM from Houston,

echoed Parker’s feelings. Purcell added that she was nervous, but that her Gamma Chis

have been helpful. The large number of women registered

may have a greater impact on chapters than just potentially larger pledge classes. There has been much speculation that another chapter could be added to campus in the next few years. Jena Gaines, Panhellenic adviser, said

this year might help that rumor turn into truth. “This will help everyone realize the need

for another chapter,” Gaines said. Gaines stressed that the addition of an-

other chapter on campus will not happen right away. She said it is a lengthy process that includes getting the Greek community to agree to the addition as well as finding a Panhellenic sorority desiring to expand to Ole Miss. “We want to make sure every chapter on

this campus is successful,” she said.Ole Miss currently boasts a 92% place-

ment rate. According to the Greek Life of-fice, this is the highest in the SEC. McManus said her best advice for PNMs

is to “just be yourself.”“Keep an open mind,” Brown added. “Ev-

ery house has something great to offer.”Panhellenic Recruitment 2010 officially

began with Pre-Convocation on September 12. Bid Day is October 24. To participate in Panhellenic formal re-

cruitment, a woman must have a 2.5 GPA and have completed the AlcoholEDU course. To learn more about Panhellenic or to register for recruitment, visit the Ole Miss Greek Life website at dosolemiss.com/greek.

BY HILLARY GOODFELLOWThe Daily Mississippian

Recruitment on the rise

The Northern District Public Service Com-missioner Brandon Presley will stop in Ox-ford today to promote Lifeline, a program that could cut costs for telephone custom-ers.Presley will be meeting with Mayor Pat Pat-

terson to discuss the program and is open to the public.Lifeline is designed to offer financial aid to

telephone customers who are struggling to

pay their bills. The program provides a dis-count on qualifying customer’s home or cell phone bills of up to $162 a year.The meeting will be held at City Hall to

promote the program, and Presley and his staff will be on hand to share information and answer questions regarding the program. “Lifeline provides real help for real people

who need it,” Presley said in the press release. “I want to do all I can to make sure every qualifying telephone customer knows about Lifeline and has an opportunity to apply for

the discount.”During the week of September 13-17, “Na-

tional Lifeline Awareness Week,” Presley will join local officials across north Mississippi to promote the program and get the word out to the consumers. The event will be at 10:30 AM and is open

to those interested. Those who would like more information regarding the program and application process should attend the meeting or call Commissioner Presley’s office at 1-800-356-6428 or 1-800-637-7722.

Public meeting held to discuss telephone bill aid

Last Thursday, the art department at the Univer-sity of Mississippi hosted its annual Juried Student Summer Show in Meek Hall.Students in the art department submitted their

work, which ranged from paintings and self-por-traits to sculptures and collages, at the end of last semester.“We had about 400 submissions,” Katherine

Fields, acting assistant professor of art, said.Over the course of the summer, the submissions

were whittled down to less than 100. Two art pro-fessors from Arkansas State University served as jurors in this process.“They came and juried the work. They are very

well-known, well-established sculptors,” Fields said of the professors.It took them a full day to narrow down their se-

lections.The jurors selected a first, second, and third prize

winner from the submissions, as well as six honor-able mentions.Paul Gandy, who graduated last year with a de-

gree in graphic design, claimed first place prize with his random and somewhat odd, but eye-catching mural, “Living the Dream.”“I just wanted to do a sort of (tribute) to the

creations of artwork,” Gandy said of his map-like mural.“This is me pouring out everything I had. It is

very random.”In creating his piece, Gandy said he sat down and

began drawing whatever came to mind.One thing led to another and he “just kept go-

ing,” he said.Fields said that although only a few were chosen,

she enjoyed all of the artwork at the reception. “It’s exciting to see what the students have done,”

Fields said.Fields added that the show displayed the abilities

of the students in the art department. As a print-making professor, she said she particularly enjoyed the work of her own students in the show.“I’ve had most of the featured artists as students,”

she said, “and it’s great to see what they have learned during their time here.”Having a jury caused some anxiety before the

show, however.“It’s scary to be juried and judged for your art-

work because it’s your passion,” Fields said. “But I’m proud of them all.”

Summer showspotlights student artworkBY KATE NICOLE COOPERThe Daily Mississippian

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No two people have same perspective of a past event. But Mississippi governor Haley Barbour has

the most colorful, “slightly” revised memo-ries of Mississippi, Ole Miss and American politics that I have ever heard. In a recent interview with Peter Robinson

on the program “Uncommon Knowledge” on HumanEvents.com, Barbour discusses everything from his upbringing as a James O. Eastland democrat to joining the presi-dential campaign of Richard Nixon and to his generation’s experiences in desegregated schools. In the interview, he fondly remembers his

experiences with Verna Bailey, the first black woman to attend Ole Miss. He and Bailey sat near each another, assigned alphabeti-cally, according to Barbour. He dotingly re-marks that Bailey would allow him to copy her notes when he would skip or miss class. But there’s a slight problem with Barbour’s

story, according to Bailey herself, “I don’t re-member him at all, no, because during that time that certainly wasn’t a pleasant experi-ence for me,” she said. “My interactions with white people were very, very limited. Very, very few reached out at all.” Barbour’s memories are overwhelmingly

unusual. How can he remember having such a fond experience with Ole Miss’ first black female student and she does not remember

even meeting him?Barbour is one of the most prominent

Southern politicians in America. He has be-come a national figure following hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the BP Oil Spill. He is the head of the Republican Governors Asso-ciation, a well-known former lobbyist and a possible contender for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. If anyone met him at Ole Miss during the

late 1960s, they would certainly remember him today. But his wonderful quips about his youth in

1960s era Mississippi do not end there. According to Barbour, his “generation went

to integrated schools; I went to an integrated college.” Mississippi totally ignored the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling. The state did not begin integration of its K-12 schools until 1970, when they were forced by the U.S. Supreme Court to do so. Bar-bour first attended Ole Miss around 1965.James Meredith graduated from Ole Miss

in 1963, two years prior to Barbour attend-ing. Ole Miss admitted Verna Bailey in the sum-

mer of 1964 and admitted its first black freshman in the fall of 1964. So, during Barbour’s early days at Ole Miss there were probably two black students the whole time and by the time of his senior year there were 39 black students.

Barbour “never thought twice about it (in-tegration).” He obviously didn’t have to think about it,

there were at least only two black students when Barbour was a freshman around 1965. Barbour also has a very interesting view of

early history of the Republican in the South. He says, “The people that led the change in the South was my generation… and it was the old democrats that fought for segrega-tion.” This is true; it was the old Southern dem-

ocrats, like James O. Eastland, that fought hard for segregation. Nationally, in 1964 President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. Nationally, the Democrat-ic Party was quickly becoming the party of civil rights. That year, the GOP nominated Barry Goldwater, who was against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, over the pro-civil rights candidate Nelson Rockefeller of New York. The GOP had attempted to win the votes of unsatisfied, unenamored Southern demo-crats. The ranks of the GOP were quickly beginning to be filled by former Southern democrats. But what is most interesting about Barbour’s

colorful story is that when all of the change was taking place in the South occurred, he was barely old enough to vote. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could all

choose what to remember?

Haley Barbour’s delightful view of history

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For those of you who aren’t avid Food Network watchers like me, you might not know the name Ma-rio Batali.The celebrity chef owns fourteen restaurants and is

not exactly known for his “vegetarian-friendly” cui-sine. However, the sausage loving maestro of Italian cook-

ing has joined a growing food movement: Meatless Mondays.Every Monday in all of his restaurants there are at

least two vegetarian options. And Maestro Mario isn’t the only one catching on.In the middle of World War I, the U.S. Food Ad-

ministrations suggested that American families re-duce certain staples in order to save money for the troops and allies. These were advertised at “Meatless Mondays” and

“Wheatless Wednesdays.”The results were incredible, and the campaign re-

turned during World War II. The movement resurfaced in 2003 as part of a health

initiative by Johns Hopkins. So, enough of the history lesson; let’s get

right to the meat of the issue.

Why should we forego eating animals on Mondays? Well, no matter how you feel about those crazy veg-etarians, it has become pretty difficult to deny the effect that factory farming has had on our food sup-ply.The widespread use of synthetic growth hormones

and antibiotics has already had documented effects on the animals and our bodies when we consume them. It seems like there is a mass recall every other week

of meat or, more recently, eggs. Something is definitely not working. We all know abstaining from meat is healthier for

our bodies and better for the planet. Even if you don’t care about the animals, do it for

your health.On average, Americans consume 45% more meat

than is suggested by the USDA. Sacrifice your carnivorous ways one day a week for

the betterment of your arteries. Your heart will thank you one day. There are several places on campus with vegetarian

options, but frankly none that are very healthy for you.Let me be the first to say that cruelty-free food can

be delicious and healthy!

Over 30 universities across the country have already implemented a Meatless Monday option.Considering our University’s recent commitment to

become a “green” campus, our administration should jump on board. If each American curbed their meat consumption

by as little as 20%, the affect on our greenhouse gas emissions would be as dramatic as if everyone drove a hybrid vehicle. Trust me folks, this is a whole lot cheaper.I’m not asking you to stop eating meat entirely. One day a week is not such a big deal in the grand

scheme of your health. Think about it: are you such a slave to your meat-

eating ways that you won’t at least try something new.Stop being little weenies and try something new al-

ready!Ladies, step away from the Chik-fil-A on Mondays.

Men, try a bean burrito instead of that bacon burger. There is a whole world of flavor out there that you might even enjoy more than meat! Just hush and give it a try! If you would like to know more about Meatless

Mondays, check out the University of Mississippi Vegetarian Organization on Facebook.

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For several stressed students, learning more actually proved to be a relief.Graduate computer science student Shreyas Ganta

was one of nine students who set sail on Lake Sardis on Sunday afternoon in the first year of Ole Miss Out-doors’ Sailing Clinic. Ganta said he needed something different to break up two stressful weeks.“I am going to be really busy next week, and I was

busy this week too,” Ganta said Friday. “I needed some-thing different to relax me.”Ganta had never sailed before. Neither had freshman

art major Virginia Mikell, who signed herself and her boyfriend, Madison Ruthven, up for the course.“It is my birthday, and I needed something different

to do,” Mikell said. “Madison has always wanted to sail, and I saw it in the newspaper and signed us up.”Ruthven had sailed once before and had developed a

taste for it.“I would like to learn exactly how to sail,” Ruthven

said. “When I sailed the time before, it was a 25 foot boat, so I’ve never sailed in a boat where you have to control everything yourself. I am pretty excited.”Sailing is something Ruthven said he would love to do

regularly if he could buy a boat. Even though he can’t afford one just yet, Ruthven recently used his ingenuity to quench his thirst for boating sports.“Since I can’t buy a sailboat, me and my buddies made

a raft,” he said. “We took it out in the pond behind my house. Her maiden voyage went really well.”Ruthven said he couldn’t wait to try it all when he was

watching some of the students sail Sunday.“My anticipation level is pretty high,” he said. “This

is an all-inclusive experience. I am going to attack, jibe, flip and swim back.”Ganta, who comes from India, said events such as this

are not offered in schools back home.“Events like this are the best part of coming to an

American university,” Ganta said. “I have never tried water sports in my life. This is a great opportunity to learn something really fun.”During the land drills, Ganta learned why the boom

pole was called the boom when it hit him in the head while he was changing sides, but he did not let that dis-courage him.“I am still excited,” Ganta said. “I am ready to be en-

gaged, this is going to be a lot of fun.”OMOD was glad to be able to offer this relaxing clinic

for only $15 a head, said senior Rob Treppendahl, a real estate major who co-chaired the event.“It wasn’t very expensive because we already had the

boats in stock, and we are just teaching a skill,” Trep-pendahl said. “We just wanted to get people excited about the outdoors.”Treppendahl, whose two man crew was the first to

make it back, said he had a blast.“Sailing is a lot harder than it looks,” he said. “But it

was fun. It made you slow down and appreciate the simple joys in life.”The trip was not without its growing pains — one duo

ended up beached on an island — but everyone had enough fun that they were asking Treppendahl if this was something they could do every Sunday.“We may start a sailing club,” Treppendahl said. “Next

time, I think we’ll bring kayaks and canoes as well, so people will have something to do while they wait their turn on the three sailboats.”

BY CAIN MADDENThe Daily Mississippian

OMOD SETS SAIL AT SARDIS LAKE

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Junior political science major Enzo Armana pushes mechanical engineering sopho-more Nick Dickens on the sailboat Sunday afternoon.

CAIN MADDEN | The Daily MississippianOle Miss Outdoors Intern Freshman exercise science major Jessie Coffey and graduate computer science student Shreyas Ganta of India rig the sail to the boom pole Sunday afternoon.

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The Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies will be welcoming critically acclaimed author and cultural critic bell hooks to the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts today. Hooks will be presenting a lecture

titled “Presenting Race and Gender: Ending Domination” as a part of the Sixteenth Annual Lucy Sommerville Howorth program, a program that brings distinguished speakers in the ar-eas of women’s studies to the campus.“We are ecstatic that she (bell hooks)

is coming,” Dr. Mary Carruth, director of the Sarah Isom Center, said. “She is very selective about her travels and lec-tures. In turn, she said that she’s very excited to come to the university and Mississippi.” Hooks serves as Distinguished Profes-

sor in Residence in Appalachian Studies at Berea College in Kentucky. Hooks is known as one of our nation’s leading intellectuals by The Atlantic Monthly and is listed in the Utne Reader as one of the “100 Visionaries Who Could Change Your Life.” Her writing focuses on the intersec-

tion of race, gender, class and sexual-ity and their ability to create systems of oppression and domination.

Her first book “Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism” was started when hooks was 19 years old. This was during the 1980s, which was

a turning point in the world of women’s rights. “Ain’t I a Woman” was named one of the “20 most influential books of the last 20 years” by Publishers Weekly in 1992. Her most well known works are “Fem-

inist Theory: from Margin to Center” and “Thinking Back: Thinking Femi-nist, Thinking Black”. Her most recent publication is titled

“Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom”. Hooks will be speaking on race, gen-

der and the importance of intersec-tional thinking. “I hope that they (the students) will develop lenses for under-standing race, class, gender, and femi-nism,” Carruth said. “I hope they take away not only that,

but constructive ways of talking about race, class, and gender in the commu-nity. “Bell hooks’ books will be available for

purchase at the Union Bookstore and Square Books. Select books are on re-serve at the JD Library under the name GST 301/Carruth. A book signing will take place in the

Ford Center Lobby at 5:00 p.m. The lecture starts at 5:30 p,m, in the Ford Center Main Hall.

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The following schools will be in attendance:

•Auburn University • Belmont University • Delta State University • Drexel University College of Medicine• Florida Coastal School of Law • Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing• Jackson State University

•Jackson State University School of Health Sciences• Lincoln Memorial University • LSU Law Center • Millsaps College • Mississippi College (2)• Reformed Theological Seminary •Regent University School of Law • Richmont Graduate University•Roger Williams University School of Law • Ross University • Southern College of Optometry •Tennessee State University

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All University of Mississippi Students are welcomed and encouraged to attend!

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During the month of Sep-tember, “How to Draw” lec-tures will take place in the auditorium of the Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library.The lectures will meet every

Tuesday at noon in Septem-ber. During the one-hour lec-

tures, the lecturer, Chandra Williams, will teach attend-ees the basics of how to draw anything from observation.During each of the lectures

they will focus on different aspects of art. During the September 14

lecture, Williams will fo-cus on proportion, the size, amount, or location of one thing compared to another. Williams is a local artist who

trains teachers how to apply visual art in their classrooms and works with school ad-ministrators on creative ways to engage students through hands-on learning, according to Williams’ artist profile on the Mississippi Arts Commis-sion website. The artist was unavailable

for a comment at press time.The following week on Sep-

tember 21, the lecture will focus on angles and perspec-tive. According to Samantha

Bradford, an Ole Miss sopho-more, perspective plays a vital role in any artist’s career.“It never hurts with later art

classes to go over perspective,

different ways of looking at things,” Bradford said. Bradford is biology major

with a minor in art and hopes to use art in her career. According to Bradford, not

many biologists can go into the field and make etches of what they see, so by using art she will have an advantage. “You use art with every-

thing,” Bradford said.The last week of the lecture,

September 28, Williams will teach value and the illusion of depth. Taylor Benvenutti, an Ole Miss sophomore and art major, said that she believes the lectures are a great way for students who are looking for a career in art to receive a little extra help and practice. “Getting as much practice

and knowledge in art, I think, helps so much,” Benvenutti said, “If someone is offering something for free, of course, I would want to take advan-tage of it.” Bradford said that often

times because lectures cost money to attend, many stu-dents don’t want to have to pay for them. But because these are free,

she said she thinks they are excellent and encourages stu-dents to attend them.The lectures are completely

free, offering an advantage to many students and commu-nity members. Attendees are encouraged to

bring a pencil and notebook or sketchpad. To sign up for the class, con-

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Drawing course to be offered free to Oxonians JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — It's not

just companies and products that need solid branding. Sometimes entire regions need a "hook." One area of the state is hoping to get just that, and it is looking for immediate results.Southwest Mississippi suffers from

an identity crisis that hinders eco-nomic development in the region, which has resulted in sluggish growth and high unemployment.Bob Smira realized this years ago.

He was working for the Department of Economic and Community De-velopment — now Mississippi De-velopment Authority — in Jackson at the time, and was briefing a legisla-tor on a project."He looked at me and asked,

'What's in this for the Delta?'" Smira said. "Southwest Mississippi needs to be identifiable (like the Delta, the coast, the Golden Triangle). We have to find a way to brand and market the entire region."Today, Smira is president and CEO

of the Monticello-based Lawrence County Community Development Association in Southwest Mississip-pi. He admits the region is still not there yet, but feels Lawrence County and the other nine counties — Ad-ams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Pike, Walthall and Winston — that comprise the Southwest Mississippi Partnership are finally going to land an identity.In August, the consulting firm Lo-

cation Strategies of Atlanta present-ed its report to the Partnership on prospective target industries for the region. Over a year in the making, the firm recommended call centers, metal fabrication, plastics, large food-processing industries and general food processing as the best region's prospects.J. Britt Herrin, executive director

of the McComb-based Pike County Economic Development District, said the Southwest Mississippi Part-nership, which was formed nearly two decades ago, has commissioned target industry studies in the past.What makes this effort different is

that Location Strategies will "drill down" a list of prospective compa-nies and site consultants. It is much

more focused than business-recruit-ing initiatives in the past."This is more about matchmak-

ing," Herrin said.Herrin said the region suffered

from job losses even before the re-cession. The counties were largely successful in replacing those jobs. However, getting more of its citizens in the work force by recruiting new businesses has proven difficult. The sluggish economy simply added to the region's problems."We've sort of been playing catch

up," Herrin said.This has resulted in one thing all

the 10 counties have in common — high unemployment.The latest figures from the Missis-

sippi Department of Employment Security show Jefferson County's jobless rate is 19.9 percent, ranking it 78th among Mississippi's 82 coun-ties. Claiborne County's unemploy-ment rate is 18.3 percent (76th in the state.)The lowest unemployment rate in

the region is in Adams and Lincoln counties, both at 11.7 percent, rank-ing them 22nd.The Southwest Mississippi Part-

nership set a goal when the effort launched to land new jobs within 18 months. That puts the deadline at the end of this year.After years of losing jobs, this

sounds ambitious. However, the re-port offered some encouragement. For example, the study identified food processors as a good fit for the region. Indeed, the region today has roughly a dozen food processors in operation. Thus, the infrastructure and work force is already in place.The region also already has a strong

metalworking base. A good example is Atlas Manufacturing Company, which produces traveling water screens for power plants and grap-pling buckets. It has expanded from roughly 35 workers in 2003 to nearly 70 today, and is looking to add more workers.In addition, the report found that

the region is good for companies' bottom line. Compared to similar regions across the nation, the study found business costs were 20 percent or more lower in Southwest Missis-

sippi. That, coupled with high scores in quality of life and solid transpor-tation infrastructure, gives the area something to sell.The Southwest Mississippi Partner-

ship was also encouraged by a recent trip to Texas. Representatives of the Partnership went to Dallas, where they met with about 50 prospects. Herrin said the trip generated plenty of interest, and they have been in-vited back.The region has received good news

since the Dallas trip.In August, the U.S. Department

of Commerce's Economic Devel-opment Administration awarded a grant to the MDA. The funding will be used to provide technical as-sistance to existing and developing small businesses located in South-west Mississippi.On the private sector front, Verizon

Wireless announced the completion of its acquisition of certain assets of Centennial Communications Corp. located in 14 Mississippi counties, including all 10 that are members of the Southwest Mississippi Partner-ship.Verizon Wireless said it was con-

verting Centennial's existing wireless network to CDMA technology, and would roll out high-speed mobile broadband service on a market-by-market basis in the newly acquired properties.Even bigger news came when Gov.

Haley Barbour announced that Kior, a Houston, Texas-based bio-fuels company, is planning to build three facilities in Mississippi to con-vert biomass into crude oil. One of those plants is to be built near Bude in Franklin County.Herrin said the Partnership has got-

ten support from a number of enti-ties such as Entergy and the MDA. The Commerce Department and Verizon Wireless announcements offer more encouragement. Still, the region's successes of late have largely been the results of grassroots efforts, and the region will continue to look from within for future success."We've really done our homework,"

Herrin said. "We have to make a big splash, and I'm confident that we will."

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Butch Scipper to long-time civil rights activist James Figgs sidles up to the buffet to fill their plates with fried chicken, collard greens and black eyed peas. Shiny loafers and beat tennis shoes alike squeak against linoleum floors.Things are pleasant here, out of sight

of the empty factories and crumbling streets that recall a strange history marked as much In some ways, the mood in The Dining Room is like a political rally. Everyone with a stake in Marks’ future can be found there with a plate of grub. Men and wom-en, black and white, smile, shake and kiss the baby. Big campaign-style posters behind the buffet read “Fore-cast 2010. In Spite of….” Begging, what in spite of what?

The answer: a pleasant community, its hope, survival and success in spite of the status quo of poverty, poor education, racial division and few prospects.It’s an against-the-grain thesis backed

by influential optimists, of which there are many, and challenged by a just-as-influential history.After all, this is the place where the

Mule Train to Washington began, an iconic moment in the annals of the civil rights movement. To this town once labeled “the poorest place on earth” came Dr. Ralph David Aber-nathy and Stokely Carmichael and thousands of marchers and journal-ists geared up for the Poor People’s Campaign, a nationwide march on Washington that began in Marks. In town, there were protests, arrests and enough tension to last a lifetime.But today’s Marks is nothing like

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MARKSCan racial reconciliation save the town that spawned MLK’s Mule Train?

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plans for a brighter future. They’re negotiating with Amtrak for a pas-senger train stop, talking of a Mule Train museum or souvenir shops to lure tourists, and talking about a role as low-crime bedroom community for the likes of Clarksdale and Bates-ville.These are not naive people. They

have lived in the Delta all their lives. They know it will not be easy.“I tell my grandchildren only their

best is acceptable,” Chancery Clerk Butch Scipper said. “I think that we as a community have to expect that out of ourselves, and when people don’t give you excellence there has to be – I don’t what the answer is – there’s got to be some way of push-ing that excellence.”He and others know that, without

excellence, the town, and the county, could blow away like so much chaff. In spite of poverty…Since manufacturing went south,

Quitman County has remained near the bottom of a state that sits at the bottom of the country for employ-ment rates. Since the 2008 recession, the unemployment rate has hovered around 15 percent. The per-capita income in Quitman County is $10,817, number 78 of Mississippi’s 82 counties. It lost 15 percent of its population in the past decade and about 30 percent since 1980. If you consider teen pregnancy, problems with education and a less lucrative cotton market, things look worse and worse.It’s a 12-car pileup of some of the

worst statistics that can belabor a community of 1,300. The conflu-ence of hard times has squeezed out everyone, from low-income students looking for a better life to some of the town’s biggest boosters. “It’s what I was about for so long,

just trying to think of a way to bring work in there so we could maintain our little paradise... It was a great place to grow up, but now there’s no reason for any child to come back

there and work,” Peyton Self said.A successful family of farmers and

bankers, the Selfs grew with the town. From a tree-lined cul-de-sac of mansions called Self Circle, they were at the social and financial center of Marks at the best of times and did what they could to hold the place to-gether at the worst.But Peyton Self left the Delta for

greener Oxford pastures. After de-cades of fighting, he gave up at 50.The problem with such entrenched

poverty, says Self and his sister Mickey Cassidy, is welfare. President Johnson had good intentions with his Great Society poverty programs, but for places like Marks that were losing jobs faster than gaining them, it became an entrenched fixture. With the poor making up almost 35 percent of the population, welfare now rivals any other industry as the greatest source of income in town.“Most any industry requires skilled

labor, and when you’ve got people that have been on welfare for three generations, the skill is just about gone,” Self said.Self graciously retired from a group

of locals who remain optimistic. These people, whose ranks include everyone from the highest local offi-cials to housing project residents, are the lifeblood of Marks. If there’s any hope for the town, it is in these folks collaborating to resuscitate their be-loved hamlet. But the obstacles are many, and they start with something as peculiar and blind as the human spirit.“Starting back after the Civil War,

we started then with the African-American race, breaking their spirits early and just pounding them away, and we’ve done that year after year, generation after generation. We’ve closed them off and kept them living in poverty, and poverty breeds pov-erty, and poverty breeds problems,” said Scipper, who has spent his 19 years in public office trying to im-prove race relations in Marks.Black leaders point to welfare as a

necessity. They point to the fact that journalists flocking into Marks for the Poor People’s Campaign labeled the town the poorest place on Earth, a label many consider an embellish-ment. But no one denies that share-croppers and their families lived in squalid conditions. Figgs and others claim that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wept when he saw conditions here.The poorest of Marks now have

shelter -- functional, small homes subsidized by government funding. They have public education. It’s not great, but kids go to school nine months of the year instead of being pulled out for three months at a time during harvest season.“To have comfort, see running wa-

ter, flush a commode, get up in the middle of the night and not have to put no wood on the fire, it’s just a joy when I go into these old folks’ house now, and I see how they’re liv-ing. Tears come to my eyes because I know my grandfather and my great grandfather and them lived in some horrible conditions,” Figgs said.Figgs is the deputy mayor. A Marks

native, he is a 55-year member of the NAACP and a former bodyguard to the late, legendary Mississippi NAACP chief Aaron Henry. A little at a time, he said. He’s won some white leaders over to seeing his side of things, especially concerning aid to the elderly. But there is so much left to do. Forecast 2010…By “something else” he’s referring to

something that will give the econo-my a boost, the only thing that hasn’t recovered from civil rights. But some, invigorated with a sense of success, have a plan.The seat of county government,

Marks, unlike smaller Quitman-County towns like Lambert and Sledge, can buy time on a babbling stream of tax dollars. But the money is dwindling rapidly. Everyone now agrees: Marks must reinvent itself. The farming-turned-manufacturing hamlet must turn again to survive. That prospect has officials of ev-ery stripe bustling to identify what makes Marks unique.On top of the list is the Mule Train.

City and county officials are solicit-ing Amtrak, which breezes through daily carrying dozens of passengers to Memphis or Jackson, to stop in Marks and make the Home of the Mule Train a destination, even if it’s just a stretch-your-legs-and-buy-a-T-shirt destination.As in Sumner and other Delta

towns, marketing civil rights history has come up against bitter memories. Critics say it’s too painful and embar-rassing to put on a sign, a postcard and a building. But most leaders in Marks disagree. As Collums put it, “Some things you can’t change. You have to learn to live with them, adapt to them and make the best of them. As the old saying is, you have to take a pig’s ear and make silk out of it. It’s tough going at times.”There’s also a present optimism that

Marks can be a bedroom communi-ty. With factory-laden Batesville and Clarksdale just a half hour away and the casinos in Tunica not much far-ther, workers who prefer small towns with low crime can live in Marks. And there are signs it is emerging as a fishing and hunting community. Scipper said second-home buyers and retirees are modestly gaining numbers. According to census esti-mates, home values have risen by 60 percent since 2000.Small businesses are cropping up.

Three stores opened downtown in the past three years, not many, but enough to strike a balance with the crumbling gas station at the end of Main Street.Many of these efforts are tempered

by the fact of failing schools and the facts of poverty and history, but the people are rallying, piling up in numbers, ready to pull themselves and their town up whatever moun-tains appear on the road to recovery. Towner explained the strategy: “As you come in contact with problems, you try to solve them individually.”They seem to have solved one, and

it may have been their greatest. In the Delta town where the conflagration of civil rights once burned bright, the flames are being quenched, and there are signs that just two short generations have come close to solv-ing a problem that persisted for more than a century.

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Ole Miss defeated Tu-lane Saturday night 27-13 in New Orleans. But as I walked out of the Super-dome Saturday night, I was not ready to hit up Bour-bon Street, nor was I ready to celebrate anything for that matter. Although a few drinks didn’t seem like that bad of an idea after the foot-ball I had just witnessed. In fact, the Ole Miss faith-

ful that did stick around for the entire game were not in the best mood. Waiting on the never-end-

ing line down the escalators, you would have thought you were leaving a Saints game back in the Archie days. Back then, nobody re-

ally cared to talk about the game, and the only sounds coming from the fans after a game were groans. Nope, not a sound of the

“Hotty Toddy” you’re ac-customed to hearing after a victory. What was mostly heard was the ever-sobering “Well, it may be a long year.” Jermemiah Masoli prompt-

ly threw an interception on the Rebels’ first drive of the fourth quarter after Rebel fans were beginning to think, “Oh no, not again.” The interception was more

than likely Masoli’s fault, but it’s what happened dur-ing the previous drive that made this play perplexing. Masoli had led the Ole

Miss offense to scoring drives four out of five times before Masoli led the Ole Miss

offense to scoring drives the four out of five attempts be-

fore but, after one three and out by the former Oregon star, backup Nathan Stanley was put in the game. This, of course, backfired, and Stanley’s one series was a three and out. Masoli played the rest of

the game, completing 14 of 20 passes for 281 yards and one touchdown with the pick while also rushing for 27 yards and a score.The move of frantically re-

placing Masoli after his mis-take reminded me of a move Ed Orgeron would use with his kickers. That attitude was if you’re

not going to perform, there’s always someone be-hind you. Now, I wouldn’t ever

compare Nutt to Orgeron, but his decision to replace Masoli – the Rebels’ most proven weapon – so quickly has to be questioned. While the offense did

flounder in the second half, the unit wasn’t the only problem for the Reb-els. The most alarming stat of the night was that the Ole Miss defense allowed a Conference-USA offense to convert 13 of 19 first downs in the second half. Tulane quarterback Ryan

Griffin completed 21-30 passes for 203 yards on the night with little pressure up until the Green Wave offen-sive line was gassed, giving up three sacks in the final two minutes of the game. After last week, the most

important goal of this game was to earn a victory for this football team. Although it may not have been as easy as a Rebel fan may want to admit, a win is exactly what they got.

After a 5-1 comeback victory against McNeese State on Friday night and a 1-0 halftime lead against nationally ranked No. 20 Memphis, Ole Miss looked to be on its way to a season-changing weekend sweep. Memphis, however, responded with

two early second half goals and held on for the 2-1 win on Sunday after-noon.On Friday night, McNeese State

scored the first half’s lone goal on a lofting shot from 45 yards out. Ole Miss then took full control of the game, scoring five goals on 25 shots and nine corner kicks in the second half.“We came out in the second half

— we talked about being more ag-gressive, going to the ball, forcing the tempo of the game, and all those kind of things at halftime — and then we were able to do that,” coach Matt Mott said. “We moved the ball really well and we got the ball in dangerous chances.”In the 52nd minute, freshman

Mandy McCalla headed in the game’s tying goal, the first of her college ca-reer, off a Taylor Cunningham corner kick.“When Mandy (McCalla) scored

the first goal, that kind of broke the ice and then we were able to get on them pretty good,” Mott said.After the first goal, Ole Miss poured

on the offensive pressure and the Reb-els’ leading scorer this season, Dylan

Jordan, put Ole Miss in the lead in the 59th minute on another header goal on a cross from McCalla.Sophomore Alix Hildal, who played

in both the Rebels’ defense and mid-field, followed up a blocked shot from Cunningham and scored on the rebound, her first career goal, to put the Rebels up 3-1 in the 70th min-ute.“Alix is a great player,” Mott said.

“She could play almost every position on the field. We thought we could create more with her in the midfield. (Freshman) Ally Nikolaus did a good job stepping in at defense. Alix gave us a lot of composure in the midfield, which was what we needed.”McCalla later doubled her scoring

for the night and junior Lily Crabtree scored a breakaway goal for the Reb-els’ fourth and fifth goals, respectively. In all, Ole Miss amassed 36 shots, the fifth-most in program history, and 14 corner kicks in Friday night’s game.“It’s been a long time coming,” Mott

said. “We were due—we were due to hit the target. And we started put-ting the ball on frame, and then good things happened. If you continue to pound away at the goal, they’re go-ing to eventually start going in, and I think that’s what happened.”On Sunday afternoon, Ole Miss

continued its spirited play from Friday night’s second half and, with just over 25 minutes left in the first half, sophomore North Texas-transfer Chelsea Heimann scored a rebound goal during the scramble

off a Cunningham corner kick to give Ole Miss an early 1-0 lead over Memphis.“We came out and had a lot of en-

ergy,” Mott said. “We got that good early goal and played well in that first half.”Freshman Sarah Story, who made

a career-high five saves in her third career start, stopped three separate Memphis scoring chances inside the box to preserve a 1-0 halftime lead.“It was a very good performance

from (Sarah Story). She played well in a tough environment. I think we’re seeing a maturation of a goalkeeper right in front of us. I’m happy with what we got out of goalkeeping.” The momentum shifted on handball in-side the box that set up a Memphis penalty kick, which the Tigers then converted to tie the game in the 49th minute. Less than three minutes later, Memphis scored a breakaway goal to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead. Cunning-ham and freshman Erin Emerson each had a chance to tie the game, but couldn’t find the back of the net.With the loss, the Rebels fall to 2-4-

1 on the year. Ole Miss continues its

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In his first start, Jeremiah Masoli threw for a long score and ran for another, and the Ole Miss defense was able to avoid a second consecutive late-game collapse as the Reb-els defeated Tulane 27-13 in New Orleans. Ole Miss jumped out ear-

ly, scoring on their first two drives with a 4th down sneak by Masoli and a 16-yard run by Brandon Bolden. The Rebels would cap the

first half of scoring with Masoli completing the first of two key throws to Markeith

Summers. The first, a 70-yard strike, gave Ole Miss a 24-3 lead at halftime.“I was really excited about our

effort, especially in the first half,” Nutt said. “We talked really hard about finishing, I thought we finished very hard in the fourth quarter,” The third quarter would be

a different story, however, as Ole Miss failed to amass a sin-gle yard of offense as Tulane started their comeback. The Green Wave marched

down the field with a 12-play, 84-yard drive that ended with a 1-yard touchdown by Tulane running back Darkwa Or-leans.

The fourth quarter started similarly as Santos Cairo hit a 38-yard field goal, cutting Ole Miss’ lead to 24-13. It appeared that Ole Miss

would follow last game’s blue-print that saw the team blow a 31-13 lead to Football Cham-pionship Subdivision oppo-nent Jacksonville State. If the game was not on the

fan’s mind, it was certainly on the players, “ Ah man, every day I replay

it,” said safety Johnny Brown. “After the game I couldn’t even sleep,” Jeremiah Masoli completed

his second long pass of the game again to Summers, who had 165 yards receiving on the night. Masoli’s 61-yard strike set up a 29-yard Bryson Rose field goal with eight minutes remaining in the game. The defense was able to hold

Tulane scoreless the rest of the contest thanks to increased quarterback pressure by the likes of Jonathan Cornell, who led the team with 11 tackles and three sacks.

MASOLI SHINES EARLY, REBELS AVOID SECOND-HALF COLLAPSE

BY STEPHEN QUINNThe Daily Mississippian

The Rebels came out and made a statement in the final match of the Magnolia Invitational on Saturday as Ole Miss (6-3) swept past Sam-ford (6-5) by a score of 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-20) to claim the tourna-ment title.It is the fourth consecutive Mag-

nolia Invitational title for the Reb-els who have won each tournament dating back to the 2007 season. Ole Miss won all three matches it played on the weekend with a win over Southern Miss on Friday night and a win over Louisiana earlier in the day on Saturday.Allegra Wells paced the Rebels

against the Bulldogs with 11 kills and hit .348, while Regina Thomas put down nine kills and hit .727 with six blocks. Miranda Kitts put down three blocks and six kills on the night.Kitts was named Tournament

MVP, while Thomas and Ashley Veach were also named to the All-Tournament team.Ole Miss out-blocked Samford

11.0 to 2.0 on the night.It was a back-and-forth start to the

match as both Samford and Ole Miss fought to control the tempo in the first set. Neither team could

put the other away until the Rebels finally came up with a quick burst of points at the end of set to pull ahead. With the score knotted at 20, Ole Miss got a kill from Kara Morgan to break the stalemate and put the Rebels up for good on the way to the 25-21 win.The second set was as nip and

tuck as the first, with the two teams trading scores early before Ole Miss would use a Kitts kill to snap a 12-12 tie. The Rebels never trailed again in the frame as Ole Miss would push the rest of the way to a 25-20 win in the second set.The third set was never in question

as Ole Miss moved out to an early 3-0 lead and never trailed. The biggest lead for the Rebels

came at 21-15 on the way to a 25-20 win in the third set to give Ole Miss the match and the tournament title.The Rebels will continue to play at

home when Ole Miss opens South-eastern Conference play on Friday, Sept. 17 against the Alabama Crim-son Tide at 7 p.m. Ole Miss will also host Mississippi State that weekend with a 1 p.m. match on Sunday, Sept. 19 at 1 p.m. in a contest tele-vised by Cox Sports.

Volleyball claims fourth Magnolia Invitational in a row

OLE MISS SPORTS INFORMATION

ADDISON DENT| The Daily Mississippian

Ole Miss receiver Markeith Summer races towards the endzone after a 70-yard reception from quarterback Jeremiah Masoli late in the first half of the Rebels 27-13 victory over Tulane. Summers had a banner night with 165 yards receiv-ing against the Green Wave.