THE DAILY
MISSISSIPPIAN
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Volume 104, No. 129
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New University feminist group presents ‘Cabaret Night’
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In an effort to raise awareness on the topic of eating disorders, the Southern Smash College Tour will partner with UM Sports Nutrition, Student Dietetic Association and the UM National Panhellenic Conference to host its
“Smash the Scale” event. The event will take place in front of the Student Union from 11 to 3 p.m. today and Thursday. Both days will have various activities that promote a positive body image. Participants will have the opportunity to get their picture taken in a Be*YOU(tiful) photo booth, release balloons with the ‘perfect number’ and smash a
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scale with sledge hammers. Southern Smash was founded in November 2012 to fill a silent void in our society. This event aims to start a movement about appreciating our bodies and having self-worth. McCall Dempsey, founder of the non-profit organization and a UM alum, travels throughout the country, visiting different schools
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and treatment centers where she discusses her personal struggles with an eating disorder. President of the Student Dietetic Association Grace Talbot said the event is designed to promote positive body image and raise awareness for eating disorders. Many people may not know what an eating disorder looks like and some may not know they have
disordered eating patterns, Talbot said. “I think that here at Ole Miss and just college campuses in general, there is such a bad stigma about body image and what students get wrapped up in,” Talbot said. “Getting wrapped up in getting the spring break body and
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New keynote speaker announced for fall convocation DANI THOMAS
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Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter is the new keynote speaker assigned to replace Sherman Alexie at the 2016 freshmen convocation. Alexie, the author of this year’s common read book “Ten Little Indians,” was scheduled as speaker but cancelled in protest of House Bill 1523. University administrators say they will continue to unify students through written word with his work.
Dewey Knight, committee member and associate director for the Center for Student Success and First-Year Experience, said Vitter’s presence will bear significance to incoming students as well as to the new chancellor. “It’s his first fall convocation at the University just like all the other freshman and transfer students who will be in attendance,” Knight said. Each year, the subcommittee to the UM Common Reading Selection Committee selects the top five submissions to be voted on by the entire
committee. The winner is then approved by the Provost Office. “The book must be less than 400 pages, available in paperback, accessible to students at all levels, available to community leaders, published in the last five years, written by a living author who can speak at fall convocation and contain multiple themes that can be applicable to many disciplines,” subcommittee member Michael Howland said. Howland said the book
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Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter speaks during his first visit to the University on Oct. 29, 2015.