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ASB Funding For Student ORGANIZATIONS The Associated Student Body had roughly $45,000 for student organizations this year. This past fall, ASB gave an estimated $41,600 to student organizations throughout campus, with about $3,400 left in funding for organization to apply for the 2013 spring semester.
HOW DO I QUALIFY?
BY KELLS JOHNSON krjohns2@go.olemiss.edu
Must be a registered organization with the university.
The Associated Student Body works with the administration to promote and maintain constructive student life. Annually, the ASB is given about $100,000 by the vice chancellor of student affairs. The ASB reserves the right to keep about half of that amount for their internal departments, such as the Senate and Cabinet. The other half of those funds is used to benefit projects and events hosted by various organizations on campus. “This year, the ASB had roughly $45,000 for student organization funding,” said Carson Rutledge, interim treasurer for the ASB. In fall 2012, the ASB gave an estimated $41,600 to student organizations on cam-
Significant purpose to do something productive on campus.
HOW MUCH IS UP FOR GRABS? Roughly $3,400
HOW DO I APPLY? Just fill out the application on dos. orgsync.com by 8 a.m. on Feb. 15.
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GRAPHIC BY WILL STROUTH | The Daily Mississippian
Interviews available Feb. 11-15; sign up in Student Union room 408.
Anti-abortion legislation introduced
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OLE MISS KICKS OFF BLACK HISTORY MONTH
HONORS CONVOCATION WELCOMES GEORGE WILL
Today is the kickoff of February’s Black History Month events. There will be an address given at noon in the Student Union lobby by Rev. C. Edward “CJ” Rhodes, alumnus and co-founder of the university’s Department of Minority Affairs. Rhodes is the son of Caroll Rhodes, a civil rights attorney, and resides in Jackson, where he is the pastor of Mount Helm Baptist Church. The University Gospel Choir will sing at the event and political science sophomore Sean Higgins will introduce Rhodes. This is the first in the series of events that will be taking place until Feb. 28.
Tonight at 7 p.m. in the Ford Center, George Will will speak at the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College Spring Convocation, themed “The Political Argument Today.” Will is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, columnist and journalist and will discuss the political climate and theory of the U.S. Will has been called “perhaps the most powerful journalist in America” and received his Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1977. Following the event, there will be a reception and a book signing by Will in the lobby of the Ford Center. The event is open to the public. Admission is free and tickets are not required for entry.
Rep. Alan Nunnelee introduced for consideration in Congress the Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-State Exchange Plans Act in order to curb taxpayer funding of abortions in the U.S. BY KELTON BROOKS krbrooks@go.olemiss.edu
On Jan. 22, congressman Alan Nunnelee introduced the Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-State Exchange Plans Act. The SAFE Act is a bill that would extend long-standing federal policy, prohibiting taxpayer funding of elective abortions to multi-state insurance plans offered through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Under the Affordable Care Act, the federal government is required to sponsor at least two multi-state insurance plans. The Affordable Care Act requires the Office of Per-
sonal Management to administer two multi-state insurance plans. David Rutherford, assistant professor in the department of public policy, said he believes it is imperative to ascertain exactly what the Affordable Care Act mandates. “A lot of people are saying it mandates some known abortion and others are saying maybe not,” Rutherford said. “It is important to really determine what is said in the Affordable Care Act, and that means more than listening to your favorite bias radio station.” Rutherford said he understands both sides of the argument, but acknowledges one
has to look at the legislation as it is to understand fully. “When you have a government that is by the people and for the people, our views on religious issues — moral and ethical — all play into the formation of our opinion on these kinds of issues,” Rutherford said. In his speech to the House of Representatives, Nunnelee emphasized his commitment to preventing taxpayers from paying for abortions in light of newly implemented regulations and requirements of the Affordable Care Act. “While in this body we’ve had much spirited debate See POLICY, PAGE 3