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Federal budget cuts lead to fewer scholarships for students BY MEGHAN LITTEN The Daily Mississippian
More than 200 Ole Miss students will have to find new ways to help pay for college. On April 14, the U.S. Congress passed legislation concerning the national budget. Several programs did not receive the funding they needed to continue operations, including the Robert C. Byrd Scholarship. The program awarded freshmen who plan on pursuing post-secondary education after high school graduation. The scholarship program is named after the Democratic U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, the longest serving senator in U.S. history, who served in the U.S. Senate from 1959 to until his death in 2010. Robert C. Byrd Scholars are chosen from each of the 435 United States congressional districts. The merit-based scholarship began in 1985 as a one-time scholarship, but since 1993, the selected students receive $1,500 annually over four years. The program is funded by the federal government through the Department of Education. The department distributes funds to state education departments, who then administer the scholarships to the Byrd Scholars of the congressional districts of the state. In 2010, the Robert C. Byrd Scholarship Program awarded 28,000 scholarships totaling $42 milliom for college students in the U.S. One Ole
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Incoming freshman Casey Hatley registers for financial aid on a computer during his orientation. Many students who don’t receive full scholarships sign up for financial aid to help pay for tuition.
Miss Byrd Scholar, Jarrod Hatton, a sophomore physics and philosophy double major from Walnut, was informed through an email this month that no more Byrd scholarships would be awarded to any students in the state. Hatton applied for the scholarship when he was a senior in high school and believed that he would continue to receive the scholarship for four years. “I thought it was about the reapplication process that you
do every summer,” Hatton said about the email. “I continued to read the message and found out that they had cut funding so I wasn’t getting any money at all.” Hatton and his fellow Byrd Scholars have been communicating through Facebook and brainstorming ideas of how to take action. “Other students I have met have a Facebook message going out about getting the scholarships reinstated,” he said.
Currently, students are considering calling, emailing and writing their senators and representatives in Washington, D.C., about how the unexpected loss of scholarship will affect how they will pay for college. “I will have to take out more dollars in loans,” Hatton said. “But luckily I have other scholarships so I won’t take that much of a hit.” See SCHOLARSHIP, PAGE 4
McEwen’s coming to the Square BY MATTHEW NEEB The Daily Mississippian
for their expansion of McEwen’s outside of Memphis. “There is a close enough tie with Memphis and Oxford, between alumni and just by the fact that people love to come down to Oxford, we thought it would be a good fit,” Smythe said. For daily operation of the new location, Littlefield and Smythe have called upon two Oxford natives. Lee Cauther, who formerly managed the Downtown Grill, will now join McEwen’s as the daily operating partner. As head chef, Smythe and Littlefield chose local Jeff Robinson, who will be leav-
A Memphis favorite has found a new home on the Square in Oxford. The well-established McEwen’s restaurant has made plans to take the spot of Waltz on the Sqaure, which was located at 1110 Van Buren, between Old Venice and Marchbanks real estate office. Described on its website as “classic Southern cuisine with South American, Asian and Creole elements,” McEwen’s looks to bring new flavor to the Square. Owners Bert Smythe and John Littlefield feel that Oxford is a promising location See MCEWENS, PAGE 4
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McEwen’s restaurant of Memphis plans to open another location on the Square in Oxford in late July where Waltz on the Square used to be.
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Outstanding week for Randolph ends in semis at U.S. Am Public Links BANDON, Ore. - Former Ole Miss All-American Jonathan Randolph ended an outstanding week in the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship Friday, falling 3 and 2 to UNLV’s Derek Ernst in the semifinals at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort. After winning his morning quarterfinal match 5 and 3 against Todd Baek of San Diego State, Randolph got off to a slow start in the semifinal match against Ernst, who put out Randolph’s teammate, Joe David, in the first round. The players made the turn with Randolph four down. Ernst held a 5-up lead through 11, but made triple-bogey, bogey on 12 and 13 to allow Randolph to get back to 3-down. Ernst closed it out on the par-4 16th with a par. “It was really tough out there today, especially later in the afternoon,” Randolph said. “The wind blew harder today than it did anytime we were here. You can’t make any mistakes in this type situation. He played exceptionally well. Every time I made a mistake, he capitalized on it. I hit it O.K., I just didn’t take advantage of the situations. I had a couple of birdie putts that just did not go in. The greens were pretty fast and they had so much slope, getting your speed right was tough. This was a good experience for me, and I’m taking a lot from it for the future.” Watching from Oxford was head coach Ernest Ross, who was excited for his former pupil to make it this far on a big stage. “Jonathan represented himself and Ole Miss very well,” Ross said. “ I know he is disappointed not to win and advance, but I have never seen golf conditions that extreme and tough. He made all Ole Miss Rebels proud.” Prior to the last match, Randolph had only played 58 holes to reach the semifinals in his first ever appearance here at the Public Links. The 2010 All-American, who left his name in the record book at Ole Miss, finished second in stroke play qualifying and then won his first match 4 and 3 before winning the next three 5 and 4, 5 and 4 and 5 and 3. David stuck around all week after his first round loss to Ernst, to support Randolph, his teammate for the last three years. See RANDOLPH, PAGE 4