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Thursday, October 6, 2022
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Volume 111, No. 7
Fraternity fight amasses millions of views online as brawl breaks out in stands HAL FOX
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Fans pack the student section at Vaught-Hemmingway for Ole Miss’ matchup against Kentucky on Oct. 1.
Herrington files lawsuit against Lafayette County
Clad in navy blazers, khaki pants, red polo shirts and brown leather loafers, fraternity pledges traded punches as the Rebels and Wildcats traded touchdowns in a close 22-19 win for Ole Miss in the football game against the University of Kentucky on Sat., Oct. 1. Two groups of pledges from currently unidentified fraternities at the University of Mississippi started a brawl in the upper portion of section N3 of the student stands in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Ole Miss Rebels offensive lineman and senior multidisciplinary studies major Mason Brooks recounted what he saw occurring in the stands from the field on The Mason Brooks Show. “Hey man, they’re fighting up there. And I was like, ‘What?’ And someone else
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Timothy Herrington is escorted out of the Lafayette County Courthouse by county officers after his court appearance on July 27.
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Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., who has been charged with the murder of University of Mississippi student Jimmie “Jay” Lee, has filed a lawsuit
against the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office alleging wrongful imprisonment. Herrington, an Ole Miss graduate, was arrested on July 22 and charged with the murder of Lee following an investigation led jointly by local law enforcement, chiefly the Oxford Police Department. According
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Kappa Sigma member hospitalized after assault EMILY O’REILLY MARY BOYTE
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was like, ‘Man, they’re really throwing up there!’ And I look up, and there’s just a brawl,” Brooks said. “Some guy in a red shirt was throwing a couple of punches, and then this guy comes in and just schlepped him, just a right hook right in the chin.” Earlier in the week, Rebels head coach Lane Kiffin had urged fans to attend the game after a poor showing in the stands during the first three home contests. “The energy of the stadium clearly shifted up into the base, we got it cranked on the field. It was a rowdy day,” Brooks said. Other members of the university community did not find the Greek grappling as entertaining. Jacob Batte, director of news and media relations for the University of Mississippi, said the university is investigating the incident. “The University of Mis-
An unidentified Kappa Sigma Fraternity member was transported to a hospital in Memphis following an incident in which Tyler Wright, a UM business major, allegedly punched him. A video depicting the victim lying unconscious on the street with blood pouring from his ear and people gathered around making jokes has since circulated on social media. According to the Oxford Police Department, the altercation occurred shortly after midnight on Sept. 18 in
the vicinity of Fillmore Avenue in downtown Oxford. Some speculated that a frying pan seen in the video was used to strike the victim. According to the police report, however, the victim was “struck one time with a fist and fell to the ground, hitting his head.” Windfield Swetman, president of the Delta Xi Chapter of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, confirmed to The Daily Mississippian that the victim is a member of Kappa Sigma and that Tyler Wright has no association with the fraternity.
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