THE DAILY
MISSISSIPPIAN
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Volume 105, No. 98
T H E S T U D E N T N E W S PA P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D OX F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1
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Letter to the editor: Feedback on recent columns
March horoscopes: March madness or moon sickness?
Ole Miss football is back in action
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Senate requests more counselors for students
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The Associated Student Body passed a handful of bills and resolutions Tuesday night aimed at improving students’ mental health and officer efficiency. Senator Elizabeth Romary presented and spoke in affirmation of Resolution 17-05.
The proposed resolution would request that the school add an additional counselor to the school’s counseling center. This counselor would focus on mental health and other issues related to substance abuse. Romary said this year, Ole Miss has lost three students to substance abuse and a stronger counseling center would give similarly struggling students the help they need.
“This is the best counseling center in oxford, and I ask you to vote in affirmation for this because it really will help the student body,” Romary said. Resolution 17-05 passed after Romary’s personal testimony about a friend lost to substance abuse. Mr. and Miss Ole Miss stopped by Lamar Hall to address the Senate about another facet of mental health on cam-
pus. Cole Putman and Acacia Santos spoke in affirmation of a bill written by senator Terrius Harris that would support mental health during school elections. Harris said Bill 17-06 allows an opportunity for candidates who are going through ASB or public elections to have specialized counseling sessions. Putman and Santos shared stories about the psychological effects
being thrust into the public eye can have on a college student. “There’s a culture perpetuated at Ole Miss that everything is all good and we’re great, but that is not the case,” Putman said. “These people (are) put on a pedestal in the public eye. It’s just an opportunity to change that opinion about the school.” Santos said she supports the
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Oxford celebrates Mardi Gras with annual parade
PHOTOS BY: SHELICE BENSON
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church hosted its annual Mardi Gras parade yesterday in celebration of Fat Tuesday. Members of the community dressed up in their beads, masks and other costume attire, painting the town purple, green and gold as they followed a path around the Square.
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Members of the Black Student Union Tuesday night asked candidates running for ASB senate and officer positions one question: How will you represent African American and other minority members of the student body? “I appreciate everyone who came tonight,” BSU President
Terrius Harris said. “Its really important that you take the campus population that we represent into consideration when you’re running your campaign.” Harris moderated the event until stepping down for presidential candidate Emily Hoffman’s speech and open question session. BSU Vice President Chad Knight took to the lectern in lieu of Harris, who currently serves as Hoff-
man’s campaign manager. Twenty BSU members heard the candidates speak. The BSU circulated a flier for Tuesday’s general meeting via their social media accounts and asked members to share it in the hopes that all candidates would be aware of the meeting. Sixteen candidates responded and were included, but two candidates emailed the BSU back past their deadline and weren’t
allowed speak at the meeting. Seven candidates for Senate seats spoke to BSU members at the meeting, along with a group of candidates running for executive officer positions. William Nowell and Bryant Carlton sought endorsements in their judicial chair campaigns, and Jenny Jesuit spoke on behalf of her campaign for treasurer. Attorney general candidates Dillon Pitts and Levi Bev-
is addressed the BSU as well. Elam Miller, Matt Gladden and Alison Hanby were the only vice presidential candidates to speak Tuesday, and Emily Hoffman was the only candidate for president to speak. Presidential candidate Austin Spindler attended the meeting but did not speak due to time limitations. No candidates for
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