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Monday, January 23, 2023
Volume 111, No. 15
Video of arrest sparks controversy MARY BOYTE
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A video depicting the arrest of a local man by two law enforcement agents sparked controversy on social media, with many viewers finding the video disturbing. On Wednesday, Jan. 18, according to a Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department press release, an LCSD “plain clothes” deputy and an Oxford Police Department officer arrested Jerami Tubbs, 42, of Lafayette County after a physical struggle. The video, which shows only part of the arrest, quickly found its way to social media in the following days. In the video, Tubbs can be seen lying on the ground outside the Marathon gas station on South Lamar Street while the two officers hold him down. The sheriff’s deputy appears to lean on IMAGE FROM VIDEO COURTESY: MAKAYLA NALLS Tubbs’ neck with his knee while punching him multiple times. A Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department deputy and an Oxford Police Department officer arrest Jerami Tubbs On Jan. 20, the LCSD outside the Marathon gas station on South Lamar Boulevard on Jan. 18. released a statement on
The reality of NIL
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M’Leah Lambdin competes for Ole Miss Rifle against Akron at the Patricia C. Lamar National Guard Readiness Center in Oxford on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021.
ELLE MUIRHEAD
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Lauren Hoselton was a walk-on, non-scholarship athlete soon to begin her fifth-year season on the Ole Miss women’s track and field team when the student-athletes were called into a meeting. Sitting in a room alongside her fellow teammates and all of the other 20-something-year-old athletes at the university, administration explained that the collegiate athlete experience as they knew it would
be changing. A new interim policy would now allow them to monetize their name, image and likeness. On July 1, the NCAA’s monumental “NIL” policy went into effect. As soon as it became official, the face of college athletics began to change. And that policy not only transformed the world of college sports, it also dramatically changed the lives of the athletes who play them. In the 16 months following the announcement,
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Facebook stating, “We are thankful the officers nor Tubbs were injured during the arrest.” Tubbs was initially stopped by the sheriff’s deputy for a traffic violation committed on a Gold Wing motorcycle. They were then joined by the OPD officer for backup. The deputy, according to the release, knew Tubbs as a convicted felon from previous interactions in which he was in possession of weapons. The release further states that the officers informed Tubbs that he would be patted down, resulting in the suspect “becoming argumentative and acting very out of character from past experiences.” Tubbs then pushed the deputy and attempted to run away, before the deputy grabbed him and the pair “fell to the ground,” the release states. Tubbs was still wearing his protective helmet
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Lady Rebels’ successful season so far
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Ole Miss women’s basketball head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin cheers during a game against Georgia on Jan. 12.
CALEB HARRIS
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Despite a rare loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide during last week’s contest, the Ole Miss women’s basketball team continues to make history. Hitting a program-high in attendance (8,958 fans) on Dec. 14 is a testament to the new life that head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin has breathed into this program. The Lady Rebels find themselves sitting fourth in the SEC
at 16-4 and 5-2 in the SEC. Their 16-3 record ranks fourth all time for the best start of a season through the first 19 games and puts them behind the 2006-2007 team. That team would eventually make the Elite Eight in the NCAA Tournament. Ole Miss has the dynamic duo in junior forward Madison Scott and the reigning sixth woman of the year, senior guard Angel Baker. The duo both rank in the top
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