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fire for racist photos ADAM GANUCHEAU
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Ole Miss guard Terence Davis gestures to a referee during a game against the University of Georgia on Saturday, Feb. 9. The Rebels won 80-64.
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A photo in the University of Mississippi’s 1970 yearbook shows a member of the Delta Psi fraternity dressed in a Ku Klux Klan robe and hood, holding two flaming torches. “The leader of the ‘SECRET PSIs’ prepares to open their chapter meeting,” the photo caption on the Delta Psi yearbook page reads. A photo in the 1979 Mississippi State University yearbook shows two shirtless members of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity with their faces, torsos and arms darkened. In the 1969 Ole Miss yearbook, two photos show members of two sororities — Chi Omega and Kappa Kappa Gamma — performing skits in blackface. One caption makes a reference to “Gone With the Wind,” and apparently, the longstanding tradition of white sororities prohibiting black women from joining. “Miss Scarlet (sic), can I be a Kappa Kappa Gamma?” the caption reads. Mississippi Today reviewed publicly available
yearbooks of several colleges and universities dating back to 1960. The analysis reveals decades of racism and other forms of insensitivity members of white Greek organizations proudly displayed at Mississippi colleges and universities, which are now preserved in digitized form. Photos of Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s medical school yearbook page featuring images of a man in blackface and another in full Klan regalia touched off a political storm in that state. The scandal eventually sent a wave of reporters and political opposition researchers across the country digging through college yearbooks of their own officials. Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood and Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves — the leading candidates for their parties’ gubernatorial nominations — also came under fire Friday for their associations with fraternities that published objectionable photos on college yearbook pages.
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Tart, Spencer look to expand inclusion in SAA SARAH HENDERSON
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Carl Tart’s devotion to inclusivity and planning are what led him to be named executive director of the Student Activities Association this year. “This position holds a very special place with me because I am the first African-American to hold it in a very long time,” Tart, a junior exercise science major, said. “I want to make sure that not only African-American students but all students are represented.” The Ole Miss Student Activities Association is an organization made up of student
leaders whose primary goal is to promote campus involvement through special events. Tart, who was previously the co-director of entertainment for SAA, said there has not been an African-American executive director of the organization since 2005. “I just wanted to help enhance the student experience,” Tart said. Tart’s goal for the year is to increase campus participation in SAA events by making sure all students feel accepted. He hopes to introduce new student attractions and plans to create a Google Calendar that will inform students of all upcoming SAA events.
Tart and other directors will travel to Columbus, Ohio soon to attend the National Association for Campus Activities conference. The conference serves to showcase special events and talents that SAA has the opportunity to bring to Ole Miss. Last year’s conference brought David Hall’s “Cards Against Hypnosis” show to campus during the Month of Welcome. Reynolds Spencer, a junior accounting major, will serve as the associate director, and he previously served as the co-director of entertainment alongside Tart. The two will preside over SAA’s four committees:
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The Student Activities Association brings bungee jumping to Business Row during Welcome Week last semester.