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Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire Voter ID bill to go before In response to the campus-wide smoking ban, students are spearheading a smoking ban protest the Department of Justice today at 1 p.m. in the Grove. BY NICK ANDREWS ndandrew@go.olemiss.edu
The recent decision to ban smoking on campus at The University of Mississippi has been met with criticism from faculty, staff and students alike. The criticism is coming to a peak today at 1 p.m. in the Grove when a group, led by two Ole Miss students, will protest the ban. Chase Bradstreet and Kyle Jones are third-year law students and casual smokers. The duo started a Facebook group called “Smoke Up The Grove,” which invites anyone interested to smoke cigars or cigarettes during the protest. Because the smoking ban will not be fully enforced until Jan. 1, 2013, the University Police Department can only hand out warning cards to those seen smoking on campus. Bradstreet and Jones confirmed that extra trash receptacles and some water will be provided at the protest. The protest was originally scheduled for Aug. 31, but Hurricane Isaac forced the protest to be moved back one week. Bradstreet and Jones expect approximately 100 students to be present at the protest and said faculty and staff involvement is highly encouraged. According to Bradstreet and Jones, the protest is specifically aimed at the zero-tolerance smoking ban on campus. The ban is a change from the previous policy which utilized designated smoking areas throughout campus. Both Bradstreet and Jones said they feel that the previous policy was sufficient but neither well-enforced nor well-publicized by the university, and they are not alone in this thought. Jeanette Wells, Kathleen Henry and Deborah Smith, university employees who work in Martindale, also voiced their displeasure with the way the previous policy was enforced and publicized. Smith said the university
Comments were pulled from the “Smoke Up The Grove” public Facebook page.
House Bill 921, which was passed by the Mississippi House and Senate, will require voters to provide a government form of photo identification, and it is now up to the U.S. Department of Justice whether voters will or will not need photo IDs.
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did not make people aware of the location of designated smoking areas. “Nobody knew where they were,” Smith said. “They know now that the whole campus is smoke free.” Bradstreet and Jones said they would be happy to return to the previous smoking policy, and Jones said the problem with the policy was that it wasn’t properly enforced. “It’s not going to be respected if you’re not going to enforce it,” Jones said. Wells and Henry showed strong support in the studentorganized protest and indicated that they plan to participate should their schedules allow. Bradstreet and Jones are also in agreement that the protest will be a good thing regardless of the university’s reaction. More scheduled protests will depend on the university’s reaction and the student turnout. Melissa Loria, a neuroscience graduate student who is in the process of quitting smoking, is a strong advocate for bringing back the old policy and will be attending the protest despite being a nonsmoker. “We’re not expecting a good reaction from (the university), but if we get it we’ll be very pleased,” Loria said.
Students are continually disregarding the “No Food or Drink” signs on campus. They are disrespecting their designated areas. Ban all food and drink”
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Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.” If the sissies can’t take fellow students smoking in the smoking areas, we’ll bring it to the center of campus”
FILE PHOTO (QUENTIN WINSTINE) | The Daily Mississippian
BY JESSI HOTAKAINEN jmhotaka@go.olemiss.edu
On April 10, the Mississippi Senate passed House Bill 921 by a 34-14 vote. If approved by the U.S. Justice Department, it will require voters to provide a government-issued photo ID. The bill is required to go before the U.S. Justice
Department as part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This act ruled that certain states with a history of racial discrimination must request the approval of the attorney general or a federal court to find that the proposed changes in election law will not discriminate against voters. “This state has had a very See VOTE, PAGE 4
A lemonade to remember Sophomore forensic chemistry major Kimmi Herring will sell lemonade in the Grove on Saturday to benefit childhood cancer research and programs.
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I may just have to drop by for this. I graduated last year, but the university isn’t getting a red cent of my alumni money while they do things like this.”
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It takes a law against smoking to make me want to smoke. Great job Ole Miss!”
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Kimmi Herring, a forensic chemistry sophomore, will run a lemonade stand before football games in the Grove this month.
BY SUMMER WIGLEY sswigley@go.olemiss.edu
Nothing sounds more refreshing than an ice-cold lemonade on a hot, humid day in the Grove. Add a great cause to a delicious cup of
lemonade and one has the perfect combination. Forensic chemistry sophomore Kimmi Herring is going beyond the classroom to make a difference in others’ See LEMONADE, PAGE 4