THE DAILY
MISSISSIPPIAN
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Volume 105, No. 7
T H E S T U D E N T N E W S PA P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D OX F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1
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Students, faculty raise campus questions at town hall BLAKE ALSUP
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nly six people asked Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter questions during the first university-wide town hall meeting Monday, which attracted more than 100 attendees, but the queries touched on several controversial campus issues. Students and faculty questioned Vitter about increased enrollment, the removal of Confederate anthem “Dixie” from football games, the removal of the state flag on campus in 2015, increasing international engagement on campus and growing the university’s endowment to reach the $1 billion goal. One freshman asked if “students will ever be allowed a voice in the song ‘Dixie’ ever being played.” Vitter said unanimous agreement between athletics leadership, senior administration, the Associated Student Body, alumni and the band in 2015 discontinued playing of the song. “I respect the process that it went through and the decision that athletics made,” Vitter said. “People love Dixie. It’s a beautiful song. For some people, it evokes pride, as it does for me. For some people, it can be hurtful. Let’s create the right culture and the right songs that bring us together and move us forward.” PHOTOS BY: MARLEE CRAWFORD One participant from the au- TOP: Attendees of the town hall put their suggestions for how to improve Ole Miss on boards around the room at the town hall dience talked about the need to meeting on Monday. BOTTOM: Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter answers questions posed during the Q&A portion of the town hall meeting Monday afternoon in the Inn at Ole Miss.
grow endowment funds to $1 billion and asked, “What steps need to be taken to reach that goal?” Vitter said that for five years in a row, the university has made a great accomplishment in raising more than $100 million, but that a lot of those funds have gone to infrastructure needs. “Building buildings are immediate uses of that money as opposed to going to an endowment, which through interest churns out funds each year,” Vitter said. “I, personally, would hope that we can build up our endowment to a higher level in that billion dollar range.” Vitter asked that attendees share their views and suggestions about topics like academic excellence, healthy and vibrant communities, athletic excellence, and people, places and resources. Students were asked to write down improvements they saw for each category and how to make those ideas a reality. These suggestions were taped to whiteboards on all sides of the room, and Vitter said the suggestions will be posted online later. Allen Coon, a junior public policy major, asked two questions about student voices in the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on History and Context and about the expansion of mental health and psychological services for LGBTQ students on
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Campus partisan clubs support presidential candidates AUSTIN HILLE
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ILLUSTRATIONS BY: JAKE THRASHER
This year’s election cycle has drawn controversy from both Republican and Democratic sides of the aisle. While there are many voters who remain true to their party commitment, many are having a hard time fully backing their party’s nominee. “I can’t speak for my membership as of yet. But, as far as I am concerned, I feel as if we are firmly in support of [Hillary Clinton] over Donald Trump for president,” said Arin Kemp, president of the
university’s College Democrats. The Ole Miss College Republicans take a similar stance as the College Democrats, rallying behind their nominee despite controversies that surround him. “We are under the Mississippi Federation of College Republicans, and as an organization we have endorsed Donald Trump,” Luke Philips, president of the College Republicans student organization on campus, said. “Ole Miss College Republicans has endorsed Trump as well, so we are supporting him.” And although both parties
stand behind their respective nominees for the upcoming election, they also understand some of the hesitations students from both parties may have when it comes to voting in November. “I think there are concerns for any presidential candidate, especially one who has been in the public sphere for so long,” Kemp said. “The camera has always been on [her] for the past 20 years or so. So, definitely more is going to come out about her. But I still feel like she is the most qualified candidate when you
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