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Personality elections attract more student votes than ASB general elections BY KELLS JOHNSON krjohn2@olemiss.edu

Only 3,256 students voted in the Associated Student Body elections this semester, and while it is a slight increase from last spring, some Ole Miss students don’t feel the need to vote. On Tuesday, the University of Mississippi announced its elected ASB members for the 201213 school year. In the fall, 4,964 students voted in the personality elections, and only 3,019 students voted in the ASB general elections of Spring 2011. ASB attorney general Evan Kirkham said this spring’s general elections have helped change the on-campus perception of spring elections. “Although voter turnout was lower than last fall’s personality elections, numbers were up from the 2011 Spring general,” he said. Even though the number is up, the percentage of the student body actually voting in elections is close, based on statistics from the university regarding enrollment numbers from the fall of the respective years. Based on a 2011 Fall enrollment of 16,586 for the Oxford campus, 19.63 percent of the student body voted in Tuesday’s election. Based on those same numbers, 29.92 percent of the student body voted in the fall’s personality elections. Based on a Fall 2010 enrollment of 15,505 for the Oxford campus, 19.47 percent of the student body voted in the Spring 2011 ASB elections. This semester’s elections were the first time in history that campaign volunteers were directed

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Students gather in front of the Lyceum for election results Tuesday night. Today there will be a runoff between Mary Margaret Johnson and Emmalee Rainey for the vice president position.

to campaign from campaign zones, according to Kirkham. “Establishing formal campaign zones was a policy that I promised during the debates and in my platform for attorney general last fall,” he said. “So far I have only heard positive responses regarding the policy from both candidates and students.” Kirkham said he thought everything went well so far this week. “Tuesday’s election ran

smoothly because of the mutual respect the candidates had for one another, creating an upbeat atmosphere and a positive image of the Associated Student Body on campus,” Kirkham said. “Of course nothing could have been accomplished without the hard work of my Elections Commission.” Some students like LaKendra Lewis, a chemistry junior, feel voting in student elections is extremely important.

“I voted because I support change,” she said. “I believe that the individuals I voted for will get the job done.” Popular events like the personality and general elections happen every year, but several students decide note to vote in student elections because they feel it is unimportant or unnecessary. “I think it’s amazing that we have our very first African American female president, but I don’t always take student gov-

ernment very seriously,” said freshman Amanda Simpson. “I wish they would address even more issues that the student body may have more often.” In the past year, ASB has been able to offer free scantrons and has been pushing for a smokefree campus. “Students should have a voice in what this campus needs, and I feel our newly elected president will definitely meet those needs,” freshman English major Ja’killya Mhoon said.

ASB vice presidential slot to be decided tonight BY JACOB BATTE thedmnews@gmail.com

Five of the six elected positions for the Associated Student Body government were announced Tuesday night, but one is still not decided. That announcement will come tonight. Emmalee Rainey and Mary Margaret Johnson will participate in the run-off for ASB vice president. Rainey took home the most votes Tuesday with 1,403, or 44.1 percent, while Mary Margaret Johnson received 1,085 votes, or 33.8 percent. Samuel McKay was a third candidate; however, he only

received 21.3 percent of the vote, with 684 votes. Johnson said she had a mixed reaction when she heard the results. “We knew it was coming, but it was very surprising,” she said. Johnson said despite her recent lack of sleep, she loves campaigning. “I think the whole process is important,” she said. “At the same time I’ve had an outpouring of support and it has uplifted my spirit more than you can imagine.” Rainey said she wasn’t surprised by the outcome. “I knew running a campaign against two other very

qualified candidates that there would probably be a run-off,” she said. “But (tonight) is going to be wide open.” Voting will be similar to Tuesday’s elections. Students can log on to MyOleMiss from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and select Spring Elections. The results will be announced at 5:45 p.m. in front of the Lyceum. Rainey said regardless of who wins, she believes the Senate will be in good hands. “I believe in our Senate, and I think we’ll have a strong Senate either way,” she said. A total of 3,256 students voted in Tuesday’s general election.

RIGHT: Mary Margaret Johnson LEFT: Emmalee Rainey

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Syria: ‘never again’ has happened again

BY BRITTANY SHARKEY brittsharkey@gmail.com

The current situation in Syria is nothing short of horrific and heartbreaking. Emboldened by the successful uprisings in nearby Tunisia and Egypt in 2011 during the height of the Arab Spring, Syrians began protesting the brutal Ba’athist regime, led by President Bashar alAssad. However, these protests have been met with state-sanctioned atrocities, from cutting off food and medical supplies to blacking out communications to mass killings. The constant bombing and shelling of the city of Homs has been met with much international outcry. The official UN death toll currently stands at 5,400, but because of the unrest an accurate

account has been impossible to calculate, and the actual number is expected to be much higher. The response to the situation in Syria has been mixed. Currently the United States’ strategy has been one of economic sanctions and political alienation of al-Assad. However, some feel that this is not sufficient to aid the people of Syria against this attack by their own government. Some feel no more action is necessary — that the problems of Syria are their own affair and will sort themselves out eventually. Last weekend the UN Security Council could not sustain enough votes to pass a plan that would have involved pressure for al-Assad to step down and the implementation of a plan by the Arab League to cease the attacks on the citizens of Syria. The holdouts that prevented the passage of this resolution were Russia and China. So while the Arab League calls for UN intervention, the inter-

national community is left spinning its wheels and debating the next move for Syria. This dilemma with intervention over the sovereignty of the individual state has been the crux of the problems facing the international law community since its inception following World War II. Institutions like the International Monetary Fund and the UN were founded with the intention of promoting international relations and stability. However, since their creation, all of these institutions have faced problems with enforcement and encroachment on the independence of individual nations. Currently, the UN struggles with trying to punish wayward nations when they violate the various agreements to which all member nations are party. Membership in the UN is contingent upon agreeing to various treaties and codes, yet none of these are mandatory. In fact, there is no such thing as manda-

tory international law, but rather a set of strong suggestions that most countries follow in the name of keeping peace. It’s a tough trade-off; the UN and other multinational institutions need to sustain their members by having mandates that don’t infringe too much on the individual rights of the country, but they need to have rules in order to maintain a relatively stable level of global peace. And all too often, in this trade-off, it is small groups of people who suffer most from the gray area this balancing act creates. What we do know is this: the current government of Syria is killing off its own people at an alarming rate, all under the guise of quelling a rebellion. The international community has been unable to reach a consensus on the course of action to be undertaken. The most some individual countries have been able to muster is a strict condemnation of the actions of Syria and economic sanctions.

While involvement in the affairs of another country is costly in many ways and politically unpopular, the recurring theme of the last 20 years in international relations has consisted of failure to intervene and constant refrains of “never again.” It is often said that the international community lacks the teeth to undertake a significant action, and that’s fine. If the institutions themselves understand they can offer no more than stern condemnations and economic sanctions, they have to stop promising “never again.” The people of Syria at least deserved to know that the international community would not intervene on their behalf. They deserved to know that promises of “never again” really meant again and that again had come all too soon. Brittany Sharkey is a second-year law student from Oceanside, Calif. Follow her on Twitter @brittanysharkey.

Lawbreakers will break gun laws anyway

BY TRENTON WINFORD tgwinford@bellsouth.net

A society is based on coded laws that people must follow or risk retribution. These laws aim to make society safer and better for everyone. Unfortunately, some citizens choose to disregard these laws for a variety of reasons. There is a saying that a lock only stops an honest man, and that is exactly what gun control laws will do. Such

laws won’t affect those who already break laws. If a person is going to rob a store at gunpoint, he is going to do so whether there is a law against him carrying a gun or not. After all, he is already breaking a few laws by deciding to rob the store. It does not matter to him if he breaks one more law. As a result, gun control laws will only restrict law-abiding citizens. Mississippi has some of the most lax gun laws in the world, and I, for one, feel safer because of that. Many cries for gun control usually come after a tragedy involving gun use occurs. School shootings or the inci-

dent in Arizona seems to give credence to the argument for gun control, but in actuality they do the opposite. Let’s focus on the shooting spree in Tucson, Ariz., that targeted Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. The shooter Jared Loughner violated a number of laws before any shots were fired. Would laws that make it harder to purchase or carry a weapon have changed Loughner’s mind about going forward with such a crime? No. After shots were fired, citizens immediately sprang into action. One even used a chair to swing at Loughner while another tackled him to the

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ground. If another citizen had been legally carrying a weapon, he or she could have possibly prevented all or part of the tragic situation. Furthermore, in his book “More Guns, Less Crime,” John Lott uses statistics compiled from 1977-94 to show that crime rates are lower in areas with lax gun control laws. Eighteen years’ worth of data led him to this conclusion. However, many gun control advocates choose not to pay attention to the relevant statistics. They instead choose to focus on the emotional appeal. They use tragedy and rare

circumstances to make people believe that gun use is out of control. Also, many gun control advocates fail to recognize the far-reaching effects of gun control laws. Such laws would make it more difficult for hunters to purchase gaming weapons and ammunition and for weapons dealers to make a profit. After all, when making laws, we need to think about the effects of the law on society as a whole, not just on those who voluntarily break the law. Trenton Winford is a sophomore public policy leadership major from Madison.

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Brazilian women and body image: what we can learn

BY LEXI THOMAN alexandria.thoman@gmail.com

When Americans think of Brazil, they typically think of three things: beaches, parties and beautiful women. Even though I would have to say that all three accounts are, in fact, very true, people tend to forget that every Brazilian woman doesn’t look like a carbon-copy of Gisele Bündchen. And while Brazilian-cut bikinis might look dynamite on people with her figure, if you put the same suit on someone else, the results might not be as visually appealing. Regardless, this is what you see when you visit any beach

in the southern zone of Rio de Janeiro: women of all shapes and sizes squeezed into microscopic bathing suits that you would never see in the United States. While I had been warned long ago that I should leave my conservative gringa bikini at home, I never would have expected Brazilian-cut bathing suits would be a prerequisite for each and every female beach-goer, regardless of age or level of physical fitness. I am not going to lie; the first time I visited the famous Copacabana Beach in January, I was pretty shocked by what I saw. For every young and beautiful Brazilian woman in a bikini on the beach that day, she was handily outnumbered by women with far less flattering figures. I couldn’t understand how some women would ever think about wearing such absurdly tiny bathing suits while

a more conservative one-piece would be more flattering on their body type. And I am ashamed of my reaction today. After living in Brazil for nearly two months now, I have come to recognize a thing or two about Brazilian women that I think American women could stand to learn. Brazilians don’t grow up trying to hide their imperfections or flaws — they are taught to embrace them. It is because of this that a woman in her 60s can stand on the beach next to a 20-yearold bathing suit model and feel completely comfortable in the same bikini. I know plenty of friends back home in the states who are already weeks into their extreme diet/exercise regimens for the perfect spring break beach body, and they are all completely miserable.

I tried to explain the concept of spring break crash diets to my Brazilian host mom, and she just started laughing. “You American women all want to be perfect! It makes you so uptight. Relax. Life is too short to worry about that kind of thing!” It is very hard to argue against that logic. In the United States, girls are bombarded from the minute they are born with images of rail-thin models and perfectly toned celebrities. And if their bodies do not fit into either of those two categories, they are taught that they should be ashamed of themselves, hide their imperfections and slave away on a treadmill until they are perfect. I can’t count how many times I have been at the pool or the beach in the United States and heard someone say some vari-

ation of, “She really shouldn’t be wearing that bathing suit.” I must admit, those words have left my own lips before as well, but I realize now just how superficial and vain I was. If my time on Brazilian beaches has taught me anything, it is that it doesn’t matter what bra size you wear, what number is written on the tag of your jeans or if you are 17 or 70. What matters is that you have the confidence in yourself to not care what others think about superficial things like your bikini body because in the end, it really isn’t important. So be yourself, laugh often and go ahead and have that second piece of cake. Lexi Thoman is a junior international studies and Spanish doublemajor from St. Louis.

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Correction The story “Edelman speaks about education and childhood poverty” had incorrect information regarding the Black Law Student Association. Third-year law student Abe McGlothin Jr. is the president of the association.

tirade is a freshman (which Mr. Higgins appears to be) mistake. PAC expenditures were not the legal heart of the case, and nowhere in the article does Mr. Higgins even mention the restrictions that Citizens United sued to remove. On top of bad politics, that’s bad journalism. Under the previous rulings, the FEC retained the power to even ban books, or to seriously hobble the press during election time (because, after all, media corporations are corporations). Saying a corporation isn’t a person isn’t a legal argument. Corporate personhood is a legal fiction (a concept Mr. Higgins can look up on Wikipedia, as well), which justices of all stripes understand. That doesn’t mean that corporations don’t have legally enforceable rights under law or that the denial of those does not deny the rights of the individual members of corporations. Citizens do not lose their rights to speech once they are associated, incorporated or even united. Chase Bradstreet Ole Miss law student

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Ole Miss African Drum and Dance Ensemble and others present concert tonight BY KAITLYN DUBOSE lkdubose@olemiss.edu

In 1962, James Meredith became the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi, officially desegregating the campus. The 50th anniversary of Meredith’s enrollment and Black History Month will be commemorated by “Celebrating 50 Years of Integration,” which will be held on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Nutt Auditorium. The free concert will feature performances by the Jazz Ensemble, Steel Band, African Drum and Dance Ensemble and special performances by music graduate students Caline Waugh and Fred Dunlap. Oxford resident Guelel Kumba will also perform. George Dor, associate professor of music and a native of Ghana, will lead the African Drum and Dance Ensemble, and he has also composed two original songs which will be performed. One song, called “Imaginative Reflections and Celebrations,” is about Meredith’s courage. “Without him I would not even be able to be here,” Dor said. “If Ole Miss had not

been integrated, I could not be here.” The song celebrates how far Ole Miss has come in the last 50 years, according to Dor. The diversity and acceptance will be obvious onstage as well, as the song will be sung by both black and white students. “The way they will be arranged on stage, everyone will be able to see the integration as they perform,” Dor said. “Ole Miss has come so far in integration; we should celebrate.” Ole Miss students Oluwatobilaba and Ifeoluwa Olayemi, two sisters from Nigeria, are part of the African Drum and Dance Ensemble. “This is a breakthrough event,” Oluwatobilaba said. “We are increasing awareness.” The awareness extends to both integration and the work of the ensemble, she said. Her sister agreed. “We’ve been working really hard,” Ifeoluwa said. “We are excited to show our work.” Dor said he hopes people will leave the concert with a sense of history and a positive outlook on the future of Ole Miss. “Remembering those humble beginnings and seeing how far we’ve come, the sweetness of integration should be celebrated,” he said.

Nominations for Elsie M. Hood Award due March 1 BY KATHRYN WINTER Kathryn.winter2011@gmail.com

The Elsie M. Hood Award is one of the University of Mississippi’s most prestigious teaching awards, based on a lifetime’s worth of commitment to excellence in teaching, helping students and researching. Recipients receive a $5,000 check from Chancellor Dan Jones and a personalized plaque. The winner will also speak during the Honors Day ceremony in April, and his or her name will be engraved on a plaque in the J.D. Williams Library. The 2011 award winner was English professor Ethel YoungMinor. Kelly Wilson, the 2010 Hood Award winner, is the chair of the selection committee, who is the winner of the award the year before. The rest of the committee is made up of eight faculty members who were previous winners, plus the Associated Student Body president and a member of the UM Alumni Association. The Hood Award was started in 1966 and has been given every year since then. The award used to be $500 and was presented to the first recipient, German professor William Eickhorst, under Chancellor J.D. Williams. Wilson said the number of nominees varies each year, but the winners of the Hood Award are usually the names that come up multiple times. An eligible professor must not have won the award before, and the committee chooses by considering teaching evaluations and materials, letters from students and sometimes even letters from years before. “The selection committee looks for candidates who have been nominated in multiple years, so each recipient has an ongoing history of impressive teaching,” said Daniel Mattern,

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Ethel Young-Minor teachers a class in Spring 2011. Young-Minor was the 2011 recipient of the Elsie M. Hood Award.

a chemistry professor. “It also means that if a professor you nominate is not selected that year, your nomination letter stays active and is re-read when that professor is nominated again.” Mattern was a Hood winner in 1992 and has served on the committee. Psychology and pharmacology professor Kenneth J. Sufka has been serving on the committee since he won the Hood Award in 1996. “Why would a student not nominate one of their outstanding professors?” Sufka said. “Think of that teacher who has shown enthusiasm and passion for their subject, a love for the art of teaching and a deep concern for student success. These are the people that absolutely make a difference in your life. They care about you. Let that faculty member know how much you valued him or her.” Each nomination letter should explain why a student is choosing the teacher and include examples. “It makes it hard for us to choose if someone sends in a letter and says, ‘Oh, this person is great. She’s such a great teacher,’ but doesn’t give us any

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Senior forward Terrance Henry led the Rebels with 15 points against Tennessee.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Ole Miss jumped out to a 15-2 lead, but Tennessee climbed back and defeated the Rebels 73-60 on Wednesday night. Terrance Henry led four Ole Miss players in double figures with 15 points. Murphy Holloway added 13,

Nick Williams 11 and Jelan Kendrick 10. Jeronne Maymon scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help Tennessee overcome a slow start. The Volunteers (15-13, 7-6 Southeastern Conference) trailed by as many as 13 points in the first half and were behind 31-30 at halftime. A layup by Maymon less than a minute into the second half sparked a 7-0 run that gave Tennessee its ultimate lead. Jordan McRae came off the bench to add 16 points, including a highlight-worthy dunk that gave Tennessee a 47-37 lead with 11:20 to play. Demarco Cox answered with a layup at the other end, but the Rebels wouldn’t get any closer. Ole Miss (15-12, 5-8) and Tennessee entered the game first and second respectively in rebounding in SEC play, but the Volunteers outrebounded the Rebels 40-28 and outscored them in the paint 36-28. Following this two-game road swing, the Rebels return to Oxford for a Saturday game against LSU.

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With the conclusion of the home portion of their schedule this past weekend, the Ole Miss women’s basketball team (1215, 2-12) will play their final two Southeastern Conference games on the road. The first of the two games will take place tonight as the Lady Rebels take on the No. 13 Georgia Lady Bulldogs (20-7, 9-5 SEC). Tip-off from Stegeman Coliseum is set for 6 p.m. Georgia is the second ranked opponent in as many games for Ole Miss. The Lady Rebels put a scare into No. 10 Tennessee before falling at home, 65-55, this

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rebounding, averaging 6.2 rebounds per game. The Lady Rebels continue to be led by McFarland, who leads the team in scoring (13.6 ppg) and scored 21 points this past Sunday against Tennessee. The play of the freshmen, such as Faleru and Danielle McCray, has been a silver lining during the Lady Rebels’ current ninegame losing streak. Head coach Renee Ladner credits a lack of experience for their success. “They don’t know any different,” she said. “They haven’t been in it long enough to understand. Sometimes ignorance is a good thing because they just compete.”

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The No. 24 ranked Ole Miss women’s tennis team will host Southern Miss and No. 19 Tulsa in a patch of matches at the newly renovated Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center, weather permitting. The Rebels (5-4) continue a threegame home stand, which started with a 6-1 win against No. 57 SMU this past Saturday. “This is a big weekend for us,” head coach Mark Beyers said. “We have two good matches, especially the one against Tulsa. They’re ranked in the top 20 and that’s where we want to be. It’s a good measuring stick for us. These are the kind of matches that if we want to get into the top 20 and in the conversation of hosting NCAA Regionals, we have to win them. It’s a great challenge for our team, and we are looking forward to it.” The match against Tulsa will be the Rebels fifth match against a top-25 opponent this season. Tulsa

comes into Oxford with a 6-1 record, led by sophomore Samantha Vickers, who is ranked No. 61 in singles with a 17-3 overall record. “We saw them this fall at a tournament, and they are a good team, well coached,” Beyers said. “They play good doubles and they’re strong from top to bottom. It’s going to be a tough match, a battle. We’re going to have to play good tennis to beat them.” Erin Stephens earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors after she rallied to defeat SMU’s Elena Fayner at No. 3 singles to put the Rebels up 3-1 in the match. After dropping the first set, Stephens won 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. She also paired with senior Gabby Rangel for an 8-1 at No. 2 doubles. “It’s great for her,” Beyers said. “Playing (No. 3 singles) as a freshman against the teams that we’ve played is rough. From a win-loss standpoint, it looked like she wasn’t doing that well, but she played some good tennis in Virginia. I was happy that she was able to pull off a close match the

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past Sunday. In the last meeting between the two schools earlier this season, Georgia used a 26-0 run in the first half to win 61-47 in Oxford. Four Lady Bulldogs scored in double figures, led by junior guard/forward Anne Marie Armstorng with 15 points and 11 rebounds. For Ole Miss, freshman forward Tia Faleru recorded for first career doubledouble with 13 points and 10 rebounds while sophomore guard Valencia McFarland also added 13 points. For the season, Georgia is led by junior forward Jasmine Hassell (13.1 ppg, 5.9 rpg), and Armstrong leads the team in

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Senior Gabby Rangel (left) and freshman Erin Stephens (right)

other day. It’s one of those things that when you’re playing well, but not getting any wins, it eats at your confidence a little. This was a good confidence boost for her to know she was playing better tennis.” Senior Kristi Boxx is currently ranked No. 20 in singles with a 14-7 overall record, 4-4 at No. 1 singles. She and doubles partner Abby Guthrie are ranked No. 5 with a 16-5 record, 7-1 in dual matches. Sophomore Caroline Rohde-Moe is currently ranked No. 74 in singles with a 17-4 overall record, 7-1 at No. 2 singles. The Rebels will begin play against Southern Miss at 1 p.m. Friday and continue Sunday at noon.

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