THE DAILY
MISSISSIPPIAN
Monday, January 30, 2017
Volume 105, No. 76
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State Rep. Jay Hughes speaks to a crowd of more than 100 at the Powerhouse to urge them to stand against proposed legislation that would abolish the Mississippi Arts Commission. Film Festival. But Sunday eve- mission into the Mississippi idents to contact legislators LYNDY BERRYHILL ning they gathered to stand Development Development across the state in defense of thedmnews@gmail.com against proposed legislation Authority, which could happen MAC. he Powerhouse is that would abolish the Missis- if House Bill 1325 or Senate Bill “This is not and shouldn’t be where Oxonians sippi Arts Commission. 2611 are passed. a partisan issue,” Hughes said. traditionally gather Around 100 residents atDemocratic state Rep. Jay “This is about something Misfor art shows, inde- tended a call to action to urge Hughes and Republican state sissippi is amazing at.” pendently produced plays and state lawmakers against merg- Sen. Gray Tollison spoke out screenings from the Oxford ing the Mississippi Arts Com- against the bills and told resSEE BILL PAGE 3
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Chancellor comments on executive orders DM STAFF REPORT
Following the example of several other universities across the nation, Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter released a statement Sunday regarding recent executive action orders from President Donald Trump. The statement said little about the university's plans to handle Trump's ban on admitting refugees and citizens of several predominately Muslim countries. Instead, Vitter's statement said the university was still "gather-
ing information and evaluating the impact of executive orders." The statement instructed students and faculty who feel unsafe to contact the Office of International Programs. Similar statements were released over the weekend from Yale, Stanford University, MIT and many other universities. Some, like the email sent to all students at Chapman University, recommended students from affected areas who are cur-
rently outside of the country return as soon as possible and recommended those inside the country not leave. Students studying abroad who have visas or green cards have been denied reentry to the US, according to an article published by The Guardian. Currently, however, there are no programs listed in affected countries on the university's study abroad website. According to the Institute of International Education,
there are more than 17,000 students from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen, the countries affected by the executive order, currently studying at American schools. According to the most recent report from the university's Institutional, Research, Effectiveness and Planning, there are no students on campus from these countries. This data is for the 2014-2015 school year, however; no more recent data is currently available.
A community workshop, Together Oxford, will be held tonight to allow the university and Oxford community to talk about today’s political climate and share their different perspectives on race and violence and other difficult topics. Tony Caldwell and Jandel Crutchfield with the Ole Miss Department of Social Work will moderate the event from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday at Paris-Yates Chapel. Caldwell and Crutchfield are professors of social work at the university’s Tupelo campus. The two first held Together Tupelo after the 2016 fatal shooting of unarmed local man, Antwun “Ronnie” Shumpert. In June 2016, Shumpert was shot by officer Tyler Cook and transported to North Mississippi Medical Center where he died the next day at age 37. The grand jury cleared Cook of all charges. After this and other police shootings across the country, Caldwell and Crutchfield took it upon themselves to continue the conversation. “We wanted to bring the community together dealing with these issues,” Crutchfield said. “We are trying to embody social work values by leading this discussion.” Together Oxford is a follow-up event to Together Tupelo. Both workshops aim to get communities talking about what was going on with police brutality nationwide and in their hometown. Together Oxford is designed to include all walks of life, from students to other social workers. Jennifer Buford, clinical instructor of social work at Ole Miss, said what the people in her department are doing is much needed. “I was very pleased to hear
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