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Friday, August 26, 2016
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Air Force ROTC recognizes junior UM holds second members who completed training annual Pride Camp CHELSEA SCOTT
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Ole Miss Air Force ROTC cadets Sammie Chapman, left, and KV Singh, right, shake hands and exchange the Prop and Wings pin on Thursday. These cadets were honored with the pin for successfully completing Air Force Field Training this summer.
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welve juniors of the Ole Miss Air Force ROTC program marched along the pathway of the Circle in front of the Lyceum Thursday night as they were honored for successfully completing Air Force Field Training this summer. The three-week-long training took place in both Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama and Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg, where students trained with other Air Force cadets from across the nation. The afternoon’s ceremony included all cadets and
staff in uniform, and each junior received a Prop and Wings pin to wear on their flight cap. This is the beginning of their last step toward becoming second lieutenants. Junior and pin recipient Zacchaeus McEwen said the training was extremely challenging but a great learning experience. He said he is proud of his fellow classmates and the amazing job they did. “The feeling to receive our Prop and Wings – I can’t explain it,” McEwen said. “It’s very meaningful. We’ve been through a lot and it was a lot of hard work but we did it together.”
Spencer Pleasants wants Ole Miss’ LGBTQ students – especially freshmen – to know they have friends on campus. Last year, the university held it’s first Pride Camp, a day designed to welcome and inform students of the opportunities, safe spaces and support on campus for the LGBTQ community. Pleasants, President of the UM Pride Network, said it’s also about making friends. “It’s important to know that you’re not alone, especially as a freshman,” Pleasants said. “You’re going to get to know whose faces are going to be apart of your family for years to come.” Pride Camp will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27 in Bryant Hall. Jaime Harker, director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies, said after the Laramie Project incident in 2013, the University of Mississippi was listed in a national survey as one of the worst college environments in the country for LGBTQ students. “Pride Camp is important for the university because it provides support for students who often feel like outsiders here,” Harker said. “We have tried very hard to change that
over the last three years and Pride Camp is one of those initiatives.” In 2013, the UM Theatre Department performed “The Laramie Project.” The play tells the story of the murder of Matthew Shepard, a young, gay student who attended the University of Wyoming, and the community’s reaction to his death. Many audience members, including an estimated 20 Ole Miss football players, made inappropriate remarks towards the cast members during the production and disrupted the performance. Jaime Cantrell, faculty advisor for UM Pride Network, said student leaders recognize the significance of building inclusive spaces across campus, and Pride Camp serves to increase awareness of the challenges LGBTQ students face while affording an early opportunity for community building. Director of the Center of Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement Shawnboda Mead said, given the success of the inaugural Pride Camp, the department will continue to provide this space for students. “In hopes of further connecting participants to available resources, we’ve invited additional organizations to
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Students volunteer in Lima, Peru LASHERICA THORNTON thedmnews@gmail.com
The Ole Miss MedLife chapter aided thousands of people by bringing medicine, education and development to low-income families in a mobile clinic over the summer in Lima, Peru. Based in Lima, MedLife is a non-government organization currently operating in five countries across the world. According to UM chapter President Samuel Rose, this medical organization provides
medical, dental, pharmaceutical and gynecological care as well as education on better hygiene and developmental projects for the community. Rose first became involved during his sophomore year and was appointed president during his junior year. Since then, Rose worked relentlessly with the MedLife national office in hopes of incorporating optical care at a clinic. “After almost a year, we successfully reached this goal,” Rose said. “This past summer we took 1,000 pairs of glasses, checked 257 people, and gave
200 people glasses. We were the first MedLife chapter in the world to do this.” Other than integrating an optometry station at the clinic in Lima, the students also examined 1,500 people. All the patients seen will receive follow-up care, an attribute unique to this medical mission organization. The pharmacy school also took a MedLife trip, learning how pharmacy worked in Peru. Seeing 85 patients in two days, the pharmacy school
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