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New parking department formed
Anderson Hall namesake dies
The university is creating a department focused entirely on transportation issues, raising the prices on decal stickers and adding two new park and ride options.
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BY CAIN MADDEN ccmadden@go.olemiss.edu
While new head coach Hugh Freeze and Athletics Director Ross Bjork were getting settled into their jobs following highly publicized national searches, another national search was happening under the radar at the University of Mississippi. That search for the new director of parking and transportation ended with Isaac Astill. This new department will slowly annex responsibilities involving transportation that were previously spread throughout campus, including parking with the University Police Department, shuttle services often with the physical plant and Zip Cars with the office of sustainability. As far as the fall semester is concerned, the department will only absorb parking issues and some shuttling services, and Astill will begin serving on the OUT board. This year the department will continue to generally run like it has in the past, as Astill evaluates parking and develops a plan for the future.
PHILLIP WALLER | The Daily Mississippian
New Department of Parking and Transportation director Isaac Astill shows off the new master parking plan for campus.
Though there are exceptions, including commuter and faculty/staff decal pricing going up, a reallocation of parking due to the new residence halls and two new OUT bus routes from the park and ride lots. Decal prices will now be $85 for commuter, residence halls and faculty/staff stalls, up from
A S S O C I AT E D P R E S S
NCAA slams Penn State, fines it $60 million STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — The NCAA crippled Penn State football for years to come and practically tore Joe Paterno’s name out of the record books Monday, erasing 14 years of victories and imposing an unprecedented $60 million fine and other punishment over the child sexual abuse scandal. “Football will never again be placed ahead of educating, nurturing and protecting young people,” NCAA President Mark Emmert declared in announcing the penalties.
The governing body of college sports shredded what was left of the Hall of Fame coach’s legacy — the sanctions cost Paterno 111 wins and his standing as the most successful coach in the history of big-time college football — while dealing a severe blow to the university’s gold-plated gridiron program. The NCAA ordered Penn State to sit out the postseason for four years, slashed the number of scholarships See NCAA, PAGE 7
$75 this past year. The increase is partially to cover the new park and ride options, which are expected to deliver students to the core of campus every five to seven minutes. Park and ride is a $20 decal plan. “Everyone should absorb part of that cost,” Astill said. “These guys are only paying $20, and all of that money would not pay for the service, but everybody else benefits when somebody else parks there.” While the decal prices are going up, they are still under the options at Mississippi State University, which charges $115 for commuter decals, and the University of Southern Mississippi, which charges $135 for student decals. The first park and ride option will run from the South Lot to the Kennon Observatory circle and back again, via a new road that will connect the South Lot to Manning Way. The new road cost approximately $300,000, according to Vice Chancellor of Administration and Finance See PARKING, PAGE 5
BY MEGAN SMITH
Dr. Frank Anderson, 98, former professor and namesake for the Frank A. Anderson Hall in the school of engineering, died yesterday. Alexander Cheng, dean of the school of engineering, released a statement saying, “We’re extremely sad that Dr. Frank Anderson, founder of the chemical engineering department at Ole Miss and mentor to many generations of students passed away (yesterday),” according to Clint Williford, department chair and professor of chemical engineering. “To speak on behalf of the department of chemical engineering, we here at Ole Miss take great comfort in reflecting on Dr. Anderson’s wonderful contributions to all our lives,” Williford said. Williford anticipates that in the near future there will be a memorial service for Anderson. Anderson came to the university in 1940 as an assistant professor of chemistry. During his time at the university, Anderson served as a professor of chemistry and chemical engineering, chairman of the departments of chemistry and chemical en-
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Former professor Frank Anderson.
gineering and associate dean of engineering. Anderson retired in 1979. Dr. Russell E. Aven is a former student and colleague of Anderson. “He was one of the finest teachers I’ve ever known,” Aven said. In 1956, Anderson, then head of the chemical engineering department, asked Aven to return to the university to teach, Aven said. Aven and Anderson worked together until Anderson’s retirement. “We’ve been through a lot together,” Aven said. According to Aven, Anderson was not only an outstanding teacher, but also a great indiSee ANDERSON, PAGE 5
Estelle Faulkner Art Exhibit Reception tonight William Faulkner’s late wife, Estelle, will have her paintings on display for the next three months at the University Museum. BY DAVID KENNEDY dmkenned@go.olemiss.edu
July 3 marked the opening of the late Estelle Faulkner’s art exhibit at the University of Mississippi Museum. For the next 3 months, 19 of Estelle’s paintings will be on display together for the first time in front of an audience. Estelle was known for giving away her paintings for free and pursued art as an outlet. She also played the piano and enjoyed reading. Estelle Oldham Faulkner was the wife of the nobel prize winning writer William Faulkner, who was an Oxford native.
PHOTOS BY WILL STROUTH | The Daily Mississippian
The Estelle Faulkner Paintings exhibit will have its reception today at the UM Museum.
Estelle and William had one daughter together named Jill. Before Estelle married William she lived in China and was married to a man named Cornell Franklin. Estelle’s artistic vision was shaped by her own unique per-
spective. According to the University of Mississippi Museum Curator John Griffith, “She was a very well cultured lady from all her travels.” Griffith also said ”She had the need to create and See FAULKNER, PAGE 5