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Curriculum combines community service BY MACKENZIE HICKS smhicks@go.olemiss.edu
Early one Sunday morning in April, senior Amber Smith arrived at the Turner Center to help volunteer for the Rebel-Man Sprint Triathlon. Although she was there volunteering, Smith was also there to receive credit for one of her classes, Parks and Recreation Management 391. “It’s a practicum course required for graduation,” Smith said. “All parks and rec majors have to take it and have 50 hours of community service hours by the end of the semester.” According to Smith, the course requires each student to receive 30 hours of service from one location while dividing the other 20 evenly between two other places. “Next year, it’ll be all 50 hours at one location,” Smith said. The Parks and Recreation Management department isn’t the only one on campus that requires its students to volunteer, however. Other departments, such as the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College and the Nutrition and Hospitality Management department, also require or encourage their students to get volunteer hours throughout each academic term. According to Dr. Kathy
Knight, interim chair of Nutrition and Hospitality Management, she has been encouraging her students to volunteer by making it a requirement in her classes. “Ever since I started teaching nutrition, NHM 311, I have always tried to include a service component,” said Knight. “So, I have them work one-clock hour at a food pantry.” Knight explained that when she first started in 1985, there was only one place in Oxford for her students to volunteer – the Oxford Food Pantry. “Those opportunities have grown in the last five years,” Knight said. “Now, we have a campus food pantry, Manna through the Episcopal Church, More Than a Meal and Lovepacks.” Knight believes volunteering is very important for her students because she wants them to gain a new outlook on others in situations different from their own. “I want them to broaden their horizons with seeing that some people have to worry about what they’re going to eat that night,” she said. “There are some students that do, but fortunately, most of our students, though their budgets may not be perfect, do not have to worry about where their next meal is coming from.” The number of departments on campus that require volun-
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Volunteers work to unload a shipment of food at The Food Pantry in Oxford.
teering for is unknown, but according to Laura Martin, project manager at the McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Development, there are seven departments on campus that participate in service-learning courses, which are courses that have a service component built-in. “I don’t know about volunteering requirements, but we have recently polled department chairs to see how many are participating in those type
courses, and I think there was complish our goal of matching around seven,” Martin said. service activities to community The McLean Institute was needs. This involves supporting founded in 1984 and has been faculty, staff and students intertrying to raise the quality of life ested in combining coursework for all Mississippians. with the needs of the commuAccording to their website, nity through service-learning the institute is working with the courses and community-based university at this moment to research projects.” create a better environment for Right now, ten courses rangservice-learning courses. ing from pharmacy to linguisTheir mission statement tics were listed as the available claims, “By developing support courses for the coming 2014 opportunities for faculty, staff and students, we expect to ac- See , SERVICE PAGE 4
Fraternity project spreads region wide BY BRIDGET QUINN bbquinn1@go.olemiss.edu
The Cannon/Dozier Project, a service project advocating drunk driving awareness, created by Ole Miss Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, was recently adopted by several chapters across the South as a region project. The Cannon/Dozier Project is named after the death two young men of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Adrian Cannon of the Omicron Psi
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Chapter at Delta State University, and Julius Dozier, who was a member of the Nu Upsilon Chapter at Ole Miss. These two young men died due to a head on collision with a drunk driver in May 2008. The two were best friends from New Albany, Miss. Cannon was a junior, member of the Delta State Marching Band, concert band and jazz band. Dozier was a junior, member of the Magna Cum Laude Honor Society and
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The third phase is the promotion of an annual alcoholfree weekend. The weekend will include social activities, i.e. dance, step show, cookout. The event will be open to the public, and will promote having a good time without the use of alcohol. “The goal of this project is to educate college students on the dangers of alcohol abuse, especially driving under the influence of alcohol,” University of Mississippi Nu Upsilon Chapter advisor Kenny
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the University of Mississippi Marching Band. According to fraternity documentation, the project itself has three phases. The first phase is education sessions for the Alpha Phi Alpha members, to expose problematic drinking patterns. The second phase is community education sessions, one per semester, to expose the campus community to the detriments of drinking and alcoholism; sharing the Cannon/Dozier story.
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Rogers said. “We hope to save the lives of many.” The Nu Upsilon Chapter at Ole Miss has been the pilot of the program and the first to present the formal project. The Cannon/Dozier Project was adopted as a region project March 22, 2014 at the annual Alpha Phi Alpha Southern Regional Conference, held in Chattanooga, Tenn. “We are very proud our program has advanced to See FRATERNITY, PAGE 4
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Three reasons you shouldn’t buy a commuter tag BY SIERRA MANNIE ssmannie@go.olemiss.edu
1. You aren’t too good for public transportation And I don’t know who told you you were. One of my favorite professors is a native New Yorker, and she says - get this some people there actually walk places. They use their legs to move from spot to spot. And, she says, educated, filthy rich people will actually take the subway with plebeian strangers too poor to pay to breathe the sweet, 1% oxygen that they do. I don’t
know why being seen behind the wheel of a vehicle you know you can barely operate in a city that can barely fit the people who live in it even matters. Do yourself a favor and let go of the keys to your ginormous truck one day. Sit on the bus. Reduce your CO2 emissions. Make new friends.
2. Parking is expensive Not only are decals expensive, but University Parking Services sleeps well at night, regardless of the trashy, unfunny notes you write to them when you know you
do wrong, and regardless of the fact that you might’ve amassed two hundred dollars worth of parking ticket violations within three hours of you doubleparking in a handicapped space.
3. Stop making excuses If excuses build bridges to nowhere, making excuses about why you can’t get to class because of parking render you especially immobile. Parking sucks. Everyone knows that parking sucks. No one cares that parking sucks. Especially, no one cares about your tired
Tweets that stopped being funny 12 years ago about how much parking sucks. But, with all of the options presented to you, why should anyone care about your perceived inconvenience? Since you know by now that you aren’t too good for public transportation, you can totally get on the bus. You can walk. You can carpool. You can use Park & Ride, the parking lots of which the commuter tags actually work. Dive into all of these avenues of prosperity. Sierra Mannie is senior classics major from Ridgeland.
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Hell hath no crazy When asked why a recent relationship failed, a lot of guys seem to plead insanity. I don’t mean their own insanity; I mean their exes’. “Oh,” they say, “she was crazy.” Any number of conflicts, themes and motifs may have been behind the breakup, but if you want the Sparknotes version, it’s that the lady was bonkers. Calling an ex crazy is, obviously, a cop-out. It conveniently absolves the accuser of any responsibility for the breakup while painting the ex as someone who simply could not be reasoned with. This is, unfortunately, a highly effective cop-out for writing off a female ex. I’ve heard men called crazy as well, but not in the same gendered context. For a little background, the term “hysteria” derives from the Greek word hystera, meaning “uterus.” Nineteenth century Western medical practice attempted to diagnose the female body as a source of emotional instability, a tradition that, though discredited, still has its proponents. In some circles it’s still considered funny (hysterical, if you will) to joke that women on their periods are rampaging harpies incapable of rational thought. Then there are the endless articles coaching men on how to talk to women in
their emotive, native language of sniffling, groaning and stroking a nearby throw pillow. It’s not that men can’t be crazy; it’s just that women are socially expected to be guided by pure emotion, so calling a woman crazy often doesn’t provoke further questioning. Men are from Mars, women are from Hystera. The crazy woman trope has hung around pop culture so long you’d think it would take the hint and stop calling you at home during dinner. There’s Glenn Close as the iconic woman scorned in “Fatal Attraction”; Isla Fisher as kinky clinger
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fall semester. Martin, however, believes there will be more courses in more departments in the future. “There’s a push for it in the administration right now,” Martin said. Departments are not the only places on campus looking to encourage more community involvement from its students. The Residential College South is looking to add a requirement of eight service hours next semester for its residents. “I want to create a community of doers,” said Dr. Marvin King, senior fellow for the Residential College South and an associate professor of political science and African American studies. According to King, he wants to, in a sense, force his students to volunteer because, in the end, it’s best for them. “The research literature shows that students do better the more involved they are,” King said. “It seems counterintuitive. People are more busy. They have a lot to study, but what we actually find is the more involved students actually do a lot better.” King also thinks volunteering gives students a different perspective on things by making them active outside the classroom. “While I’m a professor, I’ll be the first to admit you can learn a lot outside of the classroom, but
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only if you give yourself that opportunity,” he said. King used the metaphor of eating an apple to show why he believes volunteering is beneficial for everyone. “It’s like eating an apple. It’s good for the body. It’s good for the soul. It gives you energy. It gets all the toxins out of your body. It’s good for you. I think volunteering is a lot like that.” While Knight and King both emphasized the idea of volunteering as rewarding on a personal level, they both agreed service hours also help students be competitive on the job market. “I’m very conscientious of what it takes to get a job after you graduate,” King said. “And I know the more you have on the resume, the better, and not everyone knows that.” Knight echoed that belief by saying volunteer hours are what help set her students apart when they apply for internships. “Used to good grades, a good GPA, went a long way to getting you in. Now, since it’s so competitive, admission committees are looking for more,” she said. Either way, Amber Smith believes all sides are helping her as she heads into her last semester at the University of Mississippi. “It has benefitted me to volunteer because I have met so many people and made so many connections for the future.”
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the regional level,” President of National Pan-Hellenic Council Joe Curry said. “It is astounding to know that every chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha in the Southern region will be participating in The Cannon/Dozier Project.” States that adopted the project include: Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina. Alpha Phi Alpha District Director, and member of the Southern Regional Board, Rickey Thigpen, made the final decision to pass the project region wide. “Out of the 2,800 members in attendance at the conference, there was not one person who opposed the Cannon/Dozier Project,” Thigpen said. “The project was passed, no questions asked. It received a standing and roaring ovation.” Thigpen said the Mississippi District is training the southern Alpha Phi Alpha chapters over the summer, and implementation of The Cannon/Dozier Project on those campus’s begin in fall. According to President of Alpha Phi Alpha Nu Epsilon Chapter, Abdul Hamid, the Cannon/ Dozier Project will be presented by the Southern Region next March at the 2015 National General Convention in Charlotte, NC, where it is projected to become only the fifth National Program of the fraternity. “Drunk driving is an enormous problem across our nation, and thousands of people have died from accidents that included drunk driving,” Curry said. “I feel that this alone justifies why The Cannon/Dozier Project should be a national program.”
“It’s an honor to represent the Nu Upsilon Chapter as the Cannon/Dozier Project spreads to become one of our National Projects,” Rogers said. According to Rogers, Alpha Phi Alpha District of Mississippi adopted the Cannon/Dozier Project in its District Meeting January 2009. The Cannon-Dozier Project was created by the leaders of the Mississippi District at the time as they were leaving the Omega service of Julius Dozier and A.J. Cannon. “An Omega service is one that honors brothers who have passed and effectively initiates them into the Omega Chapter for deceased brothers,” Rogers said. “They felt the need to prevent the pain caused by the death of the two young men by raising awareness for alcohol use and drunk driving. Thus, the Cannon-Dozier Project was born.” According to Curry, the Nu Upsilon Chapter has integrated various events on campus here at the University of Mississippi, consisting of awareness events, church services, and memorial services for Julius Dozier and A.J. Cannon. This year, Ole Miss Nu Upsilon Chapter held two events related to the Cannon/Dozier project. According to Hamid, the first involved educating of high school students in Marks, MS, giving facts about alcohol use. Tre Dozier, brother of Julius, who is an active member of the Nu Upsilon Chapter, described his experience he went through they day his brother was killed in the aforementioned drunk driving acci-
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dent in 2008. The second event was a formal PowerPoint presentation, followed by another testimonial from Dozier. The presentation was shown to college students, most of who were members of National Pan-Hellenic Council Greek Letter Organizations. “As a member, this program really hits home. Every family has close bonds within, and losing a family member is devastating,” Curry said. “I am proud to be a member of the Nu Upsilon Chapter, taking a stand against drunk driving and striving to increase community awareness on the issue.” Other projects the fraternity are involved with include Project Alpha with the March of Dimes, Go-toHigh-School Go-to-College, A Voteless People is A Hopeless People and Brother’s Keeper. “We cover many different topics in raising awareness, but distracted driving was one that was not covered and should be,” Thigpen said. “We lose way too many people and we promised the parents of the deceased that their sons did not die in vain. We want to know that someone’s life is saved because of there sacrifice.” According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, alcohol-related car crashes kill someone every 31 minutes and injure someone every two minutes. “It’s really sad how the choice of one person can drastically change the lives of so many,” Whitney Dozier, sister of Julius Dozier said. “Alcohol is a serious issue among our generation and I just hope the Cannon Dozier project accomplishes raising awareness.” “Although, we are not finished with the program yet, the ultimate goal is to advance it to the National level, and we will not stop until that goal is accomplished,” Curry said.
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Music Midtown changes the festival scene BY GRACE LOVVORN eglovvor@go.olemiss.edu
Last week was significant for Atlanta-based music festival Music Midtown. Not only did tickets go on sale for the event, but a phenomenal lineup was announced. The lineup is a sure sign Music Midtown is once again established since returning only three years ago after a six-year hiatus. For those unfamiliar with the festival, Music Midtown is held annually at Piedmont Park in Atlanta. The two-day event is typically held at the beginning of fall. Music Midtown is unique because of its lineup. Popular artists tend to always headline the event, but well-known Georgia-based artists also have a strong presence at Music Midtown. This year, Music Midtown will be held on Friday, September 19, and Saturday, September 20. Of course, Piedmont Park will be jammed-packed during these short two days. This year, headlining artists include Eminem, John Mayer, Lorde, Lana Del Rey, Jack White, Run DMC, Zac Brown Band, Iggy Azalea, Gregg Allman and Bastille. The list
continues with B.o.B, Fitz and the Tantrums, NEEDTOBREATHE, Mayer Hawthorne and others. The lineup indicates that Music Midtown is growing into a festival which deserves a special spot on any music lover’s calendar. Instead of a small handful of major artists selected for the event, 2014’s Music Midtown brings an entire plethora of artists which are well-known to a diverse range of audiences. Another perk of Music Midtown is its location. Located just northwest of the heart of Atlanta, the festival gives concertgoers multiple options for restaurants, lodging and other attractions. The metropolitan landscape gives Music Midtown an urban feel, while still maintaining a laid-back atmosphere. Students here at Ole Miss would find Music Midtown especially appealing. Atlanta is only a five-hour drive from Oxford, and has plenty of attractions, from Atlantic Station, an outdoor mall, to the Georgia Aquarium, one of the largest aquariums in the world. Music Midtown is a stark contrast from festivals typi-
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The current trend of NBA teams is to try and build “super teams,” or teams full of stars, through trades or free agency. Instead of largely building through the draft, like the Oklahoma City Thunder or reigning champion San Antonio Spurs, teams focus on established stars and convince these stars to team up. But for every success story like the Boston Celtics or Miami Heat, there’s also a team like the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers. The Knicks shipped a load of young players and draft picks to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Carmelo Anthony. Despite being pairing Anthony with former All Star for-
ward Amar’e Stoudemire and Defensive Player of the Year Tyson Chandler, the Knicks didn’t make the playoffs this past year and only won one playoff series since acquiring Anthony. Now with Anthony testing free agency and the team having little money to spend, it’s clear this attempt at a super team was a failure. The Los Angeles Lakers suffered a similar fate. The team engineered blockbuster trades to acquire possibly the best center in the game in Dwight Howard and a former MVP in point guard Steve Nash. Many labeled them as title favorites, but after a rash of injuries and chemistry problems the team finished with their worst record since 2007. Dwight Howard left in free
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Belgium’s Steven Defour celebrates after scoring his goal during their 2014 World Cup qualifying Group A soccer match against Scotland at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Friday Sept. 6, 2013.
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did. There is more attention on the head coach than on any of the players on the USA rosters. Something tells me that it’s just what Klinsmann wants. The USA advanced to the round of 16 by defeating Ghana (thanks to the late goal by Brooks), tying with Portugal, and losing 1-0 to Germany. Even with the loss to Germany, USA earned second place in the group and advanced to the knockout stage for the second year in a row. The United States will face Belgium Tuesday for the right to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2002.
Belgium provides no easy task for the Yanks. Belgium has many players that play for some of the top clubs throughout Europe, including clubs like Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City, Atletico Madrid, Everton and Wolfsburg. Belgium comes into the match with a perfect 3-0 record in group play, defeating Algeria, Russia and South Korea, but the matches have been close with all three resulting in one goal wins for Belgium. The last time the United States faced Belgium, Belgium prevailed 4-2 in May 2013. The USA and Belgium both have injury concerns heading into this match. Belgium captain Vincent Kompany is listed as doubtful for the match
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Tuesday with a groin injury. USA forward, Jozy Altidore, has been medically cleared to play Tuesday after he suffered a hamstring injury in the opener against Ghana on June 16. How fresh will he be after sitting out for close to two games remains to be seen, but his return will give the Yanks a huge lift on the attack. The U.S. defended well against Germany in a 1-0 loss, and they’ll need to do the same thing against the premier players of Belgium. Omar Gonzales and Besler of the U.S. defense will have to keep up their stout play, like they did against Germany in order to stop Belgium. When it comes to scoring goals, the United States will look for Dempsey to make an
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impact and hopefully Jermaine Jones can work his goal scoring magic like he did against Portugal. Of course if I had to make a prediction, I will take the United States just because of pride for my country. With the recent trend of knockout matches being decided on penalty kicks, my prediction is that not only will
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Round of 16: a look ahead at USA-Belgium BY DYLAN RUBINO thedmsports@gmail.com
The “group of death” they called it. Germany, Portugal, Ghana and the United States. If you had to take a guess which two teams would not make it out of this group, the United States probably would have been one of them. Even former USA soccer standout and current ESPN soccer analyst, Alexi Lalas said the USA had no chance. Even USA head coach Jurgen Klinsmann said his team had no shot to advance out of the “group of death”. Klinsmann was brutally scrutinized and questioned for leaving off USA soccer icon Landon Donovan of the 23man roster for the World Cup. Leaving Donovan off the roster brought questions as to how far this USA team could advance. It has proved to be the right decision. By leaving Donovan off the roster, the younger players that Klinsmann brought in, including Aron Johannsson, Matt Besler, John Brooks and many more, have been able to contribute at a high level for the USA, and have built a foundation for USA soccer for years to
come. If the USA failed to advance to the round of 16, you can be sure that Klinsmann leaving off Donovan would’ve been the main question. Klinsmann made sure who his leaders were and made sure that the younger players looked up to and listened to Tim Howard, Clint Dempsey, Michael Bradley and DaMarcus Beasley. You see these players mentoring the younger members of the team, and you see them at the post-game press conferences. Klinsmann made sure that there were no superstars on this teams and USA soccer was all about unity instead of stardom. Even if in the eyes of USA soccer fans Dempsey is the star for his game against Ghana or if goalkeeper Howard is the star because of his performance in the net, Klinsmann sees no stars on his team, and that’s just the way he likes it. Klinsmann knew all eyes would be on him after not having Donovan on the roster, but he saw something in the younger players he recruited to play for the USA that no one else See USA, PAGE 7
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