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Wagster Pettus receives Silver Em award Student
charged with creating fake IDs TAYLOR VANCE
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Emily Wagster Pettus, a veteran journalist in the state of Mississippi, received the Silver Em award from the University of Mississippi School of Journalism and New Media last night. Silver Em is the highest award the university gives to journalists. As a student at the university, Pettus worked for The Daily Mississippian and The Oxford Eagle. She went on to report for the Vicksburg Evening Post and The Clarion-Ledger, and she is now a reporter for the Associated Press in Jackson.
ASB campaigns cited for violations HADLEY HITSON
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More than 150 students gathered in front of the Lyceum starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday night to await the Associated Student Body executive election results. Nearly two hours passed before Interim Attorney General Anya Czerwinski announced the outcome. The delay resulted from campaign violation hearings involving vice presidential candidate Sarah Doty and an undisclosed senatorial candidate.
“We heard two violations concerning a candidate for a Senate seat and a candidate for vice president,” Czerwinski said. “One candidate for the Senate was disqualified, and a vice presidential candidate was exonerated.” While Czerwinski did not confirm the name of the vice presidential candidate who received a violation, Doty identified herself as the candidate in question. Doty said a freshman who was part of her extended
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Sarah Doty
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An Ole Miss student was arrested and charged with manufacturing false identifications by the Oxford Police Department on Monday. Liam Little, a sophomore political science major from Ontario, Canada, was taken into custody at the Jefferson Apartments when the property manager noticed “suspicious activity” occurring at the apartments, according to a press release from OPD. Officers discovered a large fake identification manufacturing system at the apartment. Little was transported to the Lafayette County Detention Center, where he was given a bond of $75,000 by a Justice Court judge. Officials at the Lafayette County Detention Center did not disclose whether Little was still in custody or had posted bond. Little’s arrest comes after the passage of the alcohol safety and security ordinance, with which city officials and the Oxford Police Department have tried to decrease the use of fake IDs to gain entry into bars. The law, which was passed in September and took effect Jan. 1, requires customers entering a bar to scan their IDs.