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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Vol. 100 No. 288
Building temperature increase felt campus-wide tested but was selected after examinations of energy policies at similar universities across the country. The temperature might not always feel like 78 degree. Campus Sustainability Coordinator Jim Morrison said he believes the age of the buildings plays a factor. “Just about every university, especially in the South, deals with older buildings, older mechanical systems,” Morrison said. “It’s very difficult to manage, and I think with this warm winter, it’s brought out a lot of concern.” Morrison said the university recognizes students’ concerns and wants to improve the condition of the buildings. The Office of Sustainability is focused on improving the efficiency of the buildings on campus. Morrison said students need to realize that 78 degrees is more difficult to regulate in some of the buildings that are up to a 100 years old.
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Sophomore Addair Abbott waves a newspaper to cool down in her English class Monday afternoon.
While the summer starts bringing in the heat, so too does the Physical Plant at Ole Miss. The mandatory temperature change in buildings has almost ended its first year. While students have voiced their concerns over the heat in classrooms, the Physical Plant Department is battling to reduce the University of Mississippi’s energy cost. The campus-wide temperature for all buildings has been set to 78 degrees. The temperature was chosen to allow the maximum energy benefit while still keeping students and faculty comfortable, according to the Physical Plant’s Associate Director Russ Buchholz. Before it became a university policy, it was discussed at every level of administration. Buchholz said the efficiency of the temperature was not
The energy levels in buildings are monitored by smart meters, which can show if buildings need improved insulation or mechanics, but improving the energy efficiency on campus will take a few years. “The overall goal with regard to energy that we need to achieve as a campus is to meet a 30 percent energy reduction by the year 2015,” Buchholz said. The majority of the changes that take place will not be felt by the students. Buchholz said the campus will have to go through a cultural change more than anything. Criminal justice freshman Will Boone is feeling the heat. “It’s like it’s hotter inside the classrooms than it is outside,” Boone said. “Especially in Hume.” Physical Plant employees have said they are sensitive to the discussion, and they are aware of the complaints.
Chinese-Americans share their experiences at Overby BY CHARLES ROBINSON charleshalerobinson@gmail.com
A panel of four ChineseAmerican Mississippians spoke Wednesday at the Overby Center’s Chinese Connection. The panel consisted of Chat Sue, Frieda Quon and Ruby Joe, who are all University of Mississippi alumni, and Martin F. Jue, who is a Mississippi State University alumnus. The discussion was led by journalism professor Bill Rose, who asked the panel about their experiences with discrimination and assimilation into southern communities during the Civil Rights Movement and the importance of education to Chinese-Americans in overcoming these challenges. “In my family, education was a way to get out of working in the grocery store,” said Sue, who, like the other panel members, was raised in a family that owned, operated and lived in a community grocery store. Jue also spoke about why he
JON HAYWOOD | The Daily Mississippian
LEFT TO RIGHT: Bill Rose, Ruby Moy Joe, Chat Sue, Frieda Quon and Martin Jue. The Overby Center fellows hosted an event discussing the experiences of Chinese-Americans who live in Mississippi.
feels education was especially emphasized by the ChineseAmerican community. “We grew up the same way, went to the same school, ate the same food, but because (Chinese-Americans) looked different, they had to excel and stand out in other ways,”
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Jue said. “And I think they did that through education.” The panel also discussed Frieda Quon’s plans to develop a museum on the Delta State University campus to preserve Chinese-American history. Quon said there needs to be something to document their
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parents stories. “Those are the ones who really struggled,” Quon said. “They paved the way for us so that we could experience the American dream.” Jue was first to respond after a student asked the panel how they managed to assimilate
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within a predominantly black and white society, Jue was first to respond. “I think you finally find that sense (of belonging) when you become comfortable with yourself,” Jue said. “Just accept who you are, and you don’t care.”
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