One More Final Push?

OXFORD- The Ole Miss Rebel men's basketball team suffered a heartbreaking loss in Columbia, South Carolina Tuesday as they lost 79-73 to the reeling Gamecocks. The Rebels have lost two of their last three games to sub-par teams, who will most likely not be looking at post season birth. I spoke with Rebel freshman, Demarco Cox, after Saturday's loss in Starkville and all he could muster was: "We must finish. We can't advance unless we finish. It's that simple."

The Rebels finish the SEC regular season with three crucial games as far as standings go in the shaky Western Division and for positions in the conference tournament starting March 10 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Rebels host the SEC West leading Alabama Crimson Tide Saturday who have had an impressive SEC season despite starting the non-conference off poorly. The Tide are 11-2 in conference play and defeated the Rebels soundly 74-64 on February 12 in Coleman Coliseum where they are undefeated.
The tide boast two talented players in their starting squad one of which is 6'8 forward JaMychal Green who is averaging 16.1 points per contest. The Rebels must bang around the potential SEC player of the year candidate if they have any chance of knocking of the talented Tide. Another threat is 6'2 combo guard Senario Hillman. Nick Williams and the Rebs perimeter defense must keep him from slashing and the drive and kick.

The Rebels finish the season at Auburn and hosting the hot Razorbacks. The Rebels must finish these last three games strong in order to have any shot at a postseason birth. The "big dance" is most likely a stretch but the Rebels can seal their the fourth NIT birth over Coach Kennedy in which the Rebels have done well in.

I asked a great Rebel fan, Emmett Manning, what his thoughts were on the final three games of this season and he quoted: "I have followed Ole Miss all of my life and I have seen some crazy things happen. So why can't something crazy happen now?"

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Powder Puff Football Turns Out Successful for Charity

The Powder Puff philanthropy created a successful and exciting event for those involved. The initial goal of raising $25, 000 was reached. The Charities benefitting from this are Feed the Hunger and Love for Life. Overseer Tyler Samuels commented on the events success “Reaching our goal was our main concern when we first began. But after seeing the excitement from the different sororities I am sure that this will become an annual event.”

Many facets of raising money were included. Long-sleeve shirts were sold for $20, which proved to be a good idea considering multiple orders had to be placed to meet demands. Wristbands for the BBQ dinner included some free drinks at the Levee were also sold, as well as game day tickets. “For the first year this event went surprisingly smoothly”, states Pike Alumni Tyler Samuels.

On the Friday before the game the BBQ dinner hosted a boys dance competition as well as a vote for the Powder Puff Queen. The guys were instructing by the girls to perform a dance routine on stage. Each sorority was designated eight willing dancers. After each team was given the chance to get their groove on the winner was chosen. The crowd was to choose the winner using a “noise-o-meter” based on who got the loudest cheers. Pi Beta Phi was victorious in this event, gaining points in the overall tournament.

Also on that night the Powder Puff queen was chosen. Each sorority nominated a girl they thought worthy of being their queen. Each nominee dressed in their finest was interviewed on stage by the evening’s hosts, Michael Jolly and Michael Templeton. The girls were asked why they think they should be queen and many gave humorous responses. The girls were given their opportunity to say their piece but in the end it came down to the crowd’s vote. Senior, KD Taylor Madison was chosen as the Powder Puff queen.

Saturday, February 19 was game day and the excitement was evident. Girls adorned in their sororities colors and letters began to mentally prepare for the biggest football game of the year: a single-elimination powder puff showdown in which Tri-Delta came out victorious. Coach of the winning team, sophomore, Pike Jackson Jarboe said the hardest part about coaching the girls was the back and forth talking that seemed persistent within the team. It was hard to get them to focus. When I asked him about the girls being nervous playing on Vaught-Hemingway he said they were a little nervous at first but as the game got closer the nervousness turned into excitement.

The success of this event has hopefully created a new tradition of philanthropy that includes a large portion of the Greek system on campus. Pike chose to include every sorority on campus to create a competitive drive. The event proved time worthy as it rose over $25, 000. In future years more experience should bring even more involvement, thus more money to give to charity.

Going Grey

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The Secret Sisterhood

Resident assistant Catherine McCoy became concerned when she noticed the residence on her floor becoming inclusive with their certain group of friends. McCoy wanted to invent a way where everyone body on her floor knew everyone and would all become great friends. McCoy came up with a program called going grey.

Going grey is a program where everyone on the floor will be given a secret sister. The objective is for the residence to get to know their secret sister, without giving themselves away. Each residence will have to give an encouraging note,clues to who you are, and a gift no more than fifteen dollars.

McCoy calls her program going grey because it is a mix of all the racial colors. McCoy has noticed that the residence certain group of friends were all the same race, but some residence would talk to a different race. McCoy combined all the races into one to make one program for everybody. Red is native american and hispanics,white is caucasian, black is african american,brown is Indian from the asian-indian subcontinent and,yellow is asian, mixed together is grey.

“This program is important to me because I would like to see more new friendships on the floor and if young people can see beyond skin color then it will help make it better for future generations,” McCoy said. During the program the residence got to participate in an activity called five guys in a room. McCoy had pictures of females and males dorm rooms. The residences had to guess the gender, age, and race who lived in that particular room. The activity showed the residence that you can not tell the race of the person when you are just looking at their room.

Three weeks later McCoy’s floor is filled with notes and gifts from everyone’s secret sister. Their are encouraging notes on residence’s white boards that are places outside of everyone’s door. Some residence even have receives a gift from their secret sister. The gifts have mainly been their secret sisters favorite candy. The residence still have the rest of the semester to give out their notes, clues, and their gifts. With the response so far Going Grey will be a successful program.

“I love getting surprises and meeting new people on the floor, ” Mary Jones says. So, most of the doors are filled with letters and candy. What seemed like a program was not going to work,since there was only three people who attended the meeting, has turned into a successful secret sister hood.

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