Nelson Duke by David Camp

Nelson Duke from Cleveland, Mississippi, is a sophomore student at the University of Mississippi. Duke is majoring in journalism and hopes one day that he can go into marketing or be sports broadcaster. He also joined the SAE fraternity last fall and which he highly enjoys.

"Joining a fraternity was one of the smartest choices I've ever made", says Duke

Duke has two older brothers and one older sister who all attended the University of Mississippi. He enjoys college a lot more than high school because he only graduated with 16 people.

For his hobbies at Ole Miss, Duke likes to play basketball and tennis. “It a great workout”, says Duke.

I asked Duke what’s something interesting about him self and he replied, “I can say my ABC’S backwards.”

Duke is also a huge Ole Miss Football fan and is really upset about how the program. Duke hopes that Houston Nutt will be fired sometime soon.

David Camp is an aspiring journalism major that attends the University of

Mississippi. He is now a senior and is from Little Rock, Arkansas. Surprisingly, he went

to Ole Miss growing up in Arkansas Razorback country.

 

“I was the only person from my high school to attend Ole Miss.”

 

            David also belongs to a big family.

“I have three older brothers and two step brothers.”

 

            While a senior in high school, his basketball team won the state championship in

Arkansas.

“I like playing basketball and tennis down here while I’m down here at Ole Miss.”

 

            He loves going to the Grove with all his good friends.

“Even though we’re not good, I’m still a supporter.”

            David also said he got a DUI when he was a freshmen when he lived at

Kincannon. When David is out of college, he wants to be either a sports broadcaster or

work for his family and sell bonds.

“I will probably live in Little Rock once I’m done with school, although I’m not trying to

leave here too quick.”

Watson Burney

              It’s not often that one walks away unscathed from a snake bite, but Watson Burney has lived to tell the tale. Four summers ago, Burney was bitten by a water moccasin, after chasing it. He explained that he likes to catch snakes, and that yes, he was aware that it was a moccasin. Burney, who was rushed to the hospital, had to spend a night in the ER.
             Burney hails from Water Valley, Misss. He came to the University of Mississippi to be
close to his divorced mother, but said that he only goes home "once or twice" a semester.    However, he may not be here for long. He is thinking of transferring to Mizzou or Boston next year for their journalism program. Burney, a junior, plans to do something with the print journalism field after he graduates.  But his aspirations do not stop there.  He also hopes to live in Paris, France for five years.
            "It takes more than one year to stop feeling like a visitor and make friends," said Burney, when asked why he would stay for five years.

Wil Yerger

Associate director of student programming, 2011 orientation leader, Ole Miss ambassador for two years, and philanthropy chair for a fraternity sounds like a large to-do list for any college student.

Wil Yerger, a junior at the University of Mississippi, has been involved in all these extracurricular activities, as well as being a full-time student. He was not required to participate in these programs, but his desire to become more involved has increased drastically.

“Every year there seems to be more interest in campus involvement,” Yerger said. “That could be due to the increase in the number of students on campus or just better publicity for campus involvement.”

His older sister encouraged Yerger to become involved on campus to give back to the university. He feels that he has made life-long friendships and even potential contacts for future employment.

Yerger explained that becoming involved in these types of programs usually requires several processes.

“All of these organizations, except for philanthropy chair, require extensive application and interview processes,” he said. “For example, about 200 people applied for orientation leader and only about 25 were selected.”

Yerger encourages more students to become active in various programs and organizations to feel the same gratitude toward the university that he does, he said.

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Taking A Ride With Bentley

While talking with Bentley Bryant, junior at Ole Miss, one realizes two things very fast: She has a lot of freckles and would not hurt a fly. Her upbringing in Virginia, she said, helped create that care-free personality that is evident as soon as one hears her speak.

“My parents were very supportive of me, never doubted me and never held me back,” she said. “They gave me my own ropes.”

Well with those ropes, she swung down to Mississippi where she now dates Tyler McBeth out of Biloxi, Mississippi. When asked, “If your significant other cheated on you, what would you do?” She said, “Break up with them.”

“If you could kill one person in the world, who would it be?” “I don’t think I would kill anyone,” she said.

This writer set a scenario for Bentley. Someone has the choice of saving her or another fellow classmate. She was then asked why she should be chosen over her classmate.

“Because after you save my life, I’ll be a loyal friend to you afterwards forever.”

--Houston Brock 10340194

Allison McDill

Allison McDill, a junior at Ole Miss, was perfectly OK with changing her major from nursing to journalism after discovering what she really wants to do with her life.

“I dream of becoming involved with fashion magazines or a local magazine,” McDill said.

Publications such as VIP Jackson from her hometown of Jackson, Miss. have been her inspiration.

She believes that Ole Miss has been the perfect place for her to pursue her dreams. She said she could not imagine a place to better prepare her to explore the world.

“If I could live in any part of the world for a month I would live in Milan, Italy, to study about fashion and hopefully intern for Milan's Fashion Week,” she said.

She said she would love to be surrounded by the city as well as the celebrities and high fashion before she makes her way back down to the South.

“After working with a fashion magazine, I want to come back to the South and settle in Nashville,” she said. “Nashville is such a beautiful city and has such an exciting atmosphere.”

Despite being wary of entering the workforce in two short years, she is very excited to see what the future has in store for her, McDill said.

-Wil Yerger

Victoria Boatman

It's not unusual to find a college sophomore with an undecided major, and no clue as to what they want to do ten years from now. University of Mississippi sophomore Victoria Boatman is no exception.
Although a declared journalism major, Boatman has narrowed her potential career paths as either that of a lawyer, journalist or archaeologist. Whatever she decides, she knows one thing is for sure-she will have a successful career.
With a successful career comes extra money and time said Boatman. It's time and money that she plans to dedicate to give back solely to her community. "When I was in middle school I was president of our school's community service organizations," Boatman said. "Giving back to the community is just something I have always enjoyed doing."
Boatman hopes to give back not only to her local community, but to that of other nations. "I hope 10 years from now I'm traveling alot," she said. She has only been to four places outside the county but she, "enjoyed that time so much that I hope to be able to do service work for other countries too. I just want to continue to give back."

Bracey Harris

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Wiley Anderson

The University of Mississippi admits thousands of students from around the world each year. The students come from an array of different backgrounds, beliefs and ethnicities. One thing they all share is a certain level of humanity.

Wiley Anderson, a journalism student at Ole Miss, has had his share of personal tragedy, yet has emerged with strength and determination. Losing his father at age 11, he admits, was a minor setback in his life, but he remembers the morals and values he taught him.

“I remember shooting ball in the backyard with my father all the time,” he said.

“He was the kind of father I want to be. He was just an all-around great man.”

Basketball was always a big factor in his life. Anderson cites Blake Griffin of the Los Angeles Clippers as his all-time hero. Anderson said that he wanted to grow up and become a professional basketball player.

“I wanted to go to Duke University and play basketball,” he said.

“However, I decided to come to Ole Miss and pursue my education. I felt it was most important.”

In the future, Anderson plans to travel as a luxury. He has already been to Thailand, and hopes to backpack through Europe one summer after graduation.

Anderson tries to reflect on a life-long moral he will always stand by.

“Honesty is always the best policy.”

Houston Brock

Houston Brock is a sophomore at Ole Miss from Jackson. However before this interview, he was just the guy who sat behind a fellow classmate in journalism class. What makes Houston so interesting?

Brock grew up on a house full of women in a rural lifestyle. Being the only male has led him to his witty and humorous exterior. He is the typical "guy's guy;" he likes to laugh, grabs and thrives off attention, and, in turn, tends to be quite proud.

What's his chosen profession?

"I would say a comedian," he said.

"I like to make people laugh and I like the attention"

Brock said his three best attributes are that he's: "handsome, witty, and nice."

Anxiously awaiting the answer to a question, he blurted out "I hate chocolate,"

Which made one more key attribute of his personality to shine through: unpredictability.

Stories By Sommer Hughes

Tuesday afternoon at the Ole Miss campus, Hayden Phillips, a junior, was explaining to his classmates why he would want to live in a Harry Potter movie.

“I like the idea of something that isn’t real,” Phillips said.

He talks about how there is something cool about the movie because it’s magical and how it would be a good change to get away from reality.

Ole Miss junior Phillips expressed his desire to live in another country.

“ I would like to live in Scotland. I like the stone buildings,” he said.

Phillips also discussed how the weather would be nice all the time and he would really enjoy experiencing a different atmosphere for a while.

Picking a name for a potential child in 10 seconds was an easy task for Phillips. Thinking of names for children is sometimes a hard decision for a lot of people.

“Hayden, if it’s a boy,” he said.

“Grace, if it’s a girl. That’s my little sisters name. And it is also a great noun at that,” Phillips said.

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