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Student leaders, volunteers inducted into Hall of Fame
Volume 112, No. 25
The Grove Bowl… Games? RHEGAN VANHOOZER CAMERON LARKIN thedmsports@gmail.com
Ole Miss Football Head Coach Lane Kiffin has done it again. Never one to think conventionally, Kiffin has scrapped the traditional spring football scrimmage game and conjured up a new, engaging experience for players and fans alike. The first-ever Grove Bowl Games will take place this Saturday, April 13, at 3 p.m. at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Kiffin believes the typical spring scrimmage does not offer much in terms of evaluation as the team’s spring practice concludes, and the event has only persisted for so long because of tradition, not utility. Instead of the normal red-team-versus-blue-team scrimmage, the bowl will now feature seven-on-seven competitions and skills challenges. All competitions will be offense versus defense, with points earned in each skills contest. The student-athletes have drafted their teams and coaches, as per usual, but this year, there will be more fan involvement, according to a post-practice interview with Kiffin.
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PHOTO COURTESY: THOMAS GRANING / OLE MISS DIGITAL IMAGING SERVICES
Zynub Al-Sherri, Clark Etzel, Caleb Bohannon, Emmie Burgess, Madeleine Ryan, Daneel Konnar, Azurrea Curry, Bailey Beaird, Caitlyn Horton and Genevieve Wilson, class of 2024 Hall of Fame inductees, pose for a photo on April 5.
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Ten students were inducted into the University of Mississippi’s Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Gertrude C. Ford center on Friday, April 5. Each year, students are selected from the pool of Who’s Who Among Students honorees by a committee in accordance with Associated Student Body policy. Selection is based on campus involvement, leadership, academic achievements and community service. This year’s honorees are Zynub Al-Sherri, Clark Etzel, Caleb Bohannon, Emmie Burgess, Madeleine Ryan, Daneel Konnar, Azurrea Curry, Bailey Beaird, Caitlyn Horton and Genevieve Wilson. Zynub Al-Sherri Zynub Al-Sherri is a public health and health
sciences and Arabic double major from Oxford who hopes to pursue a career in the global health sector working alongside refugees. Awarded a Taylor Medal, the U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship and Hattie Burke Jackson Scholarship, Al-Sherri serves as webmaster for the Muslim Student Association and president and founder of the Palestinian Arts and Culture Club. In addition, she has been a supplemental instruction leader for general biology and organic chemistry, a teaching assistant for the Arabic Language Flagship and an ambassador for the Health Professions Advising Office. “I’m grateful beyond words, but this honor isn’t just my own,” Al-Sherri said. “Each and every one of my accomplishments, involvements and successes is evidence of the amazing community I’m in and the wonderful individuals and mentors I’ve been blessed with along the way. I would be nowhere without them.”
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Ole Miss Football Head Coach Lane Kiffin celebrates a touchdown during a game against Texas A&M on Oct. 29, 2022.
Solar eclipse captivates UM community NOAH WALTERS
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UM students view the solar eclipse on April 8.
University of Mississippi students donned glasses and gazed into the sky with the hopes of capturing a glimpse of the solar eclipse on Monday, April 8. Although Oxford did not have a view of the total solar eclipse (at peak totality, only 94.59% of the sun was covered) people still gathered in droves around campus to witness the phenomenon. The
next solar eclipse in the contiguous 48 states will occur on Aug. 12, 2045 — 21 years from now. For many, the event brought a sense of community. “I enjoyed helping out the Society of Physics Students and the Department of Physics and Astronomy and seeing the reactions people had when seeing the eclipse for the first time,” senior physics major Bryce Barrett said. “I’m also happy to have helped others prepare for the eclipse
by sharing my previous experience with one. As outreach coordinator, I helped the Society of Physics Students pass out eclipse glasses, flyers with viewing tips and information about eclipses and moon pies for anyone who wanted to see the eclipse.” Eclipse glasses were a particularly hot commodity on Monday — looking directly at the eclipse with bare eyes could cause reti-
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