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Threat on cars at Lexington Pointe Square parking hours extended Oxford Police Chief Mike Martin confirmed that a suspect was arrested for the bomb threat involving cars at Lexington Pointe Apartments yesterday morning.
The City of Oxford Board of Aldermen approved a new parking ordinance yesterday that will add additional hours to the Monday through Saturday parking period. BY MOLLY YATES mayates@go.olemiss.edu
The two-hour parking limit hours on the Square are going to last a little longer starting in mid-October. On Tuesday, the Oxford Board of Aldermen enacted a new city parking ordinance at a regularly scheduled meeting with a unanimous vote after the third reading. Brought to the board by City Planner Tim Akers, the proposed ordinance was written by the Downtown Parking Advisory Commission and is
an amendment to a previously existing ordinance in the city code. The ordinance will affect the two-hour parking spaces that are available on the Square from Monday through Saturday. The change will add three hours to the previously existing 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. limit, allowing for later parking in front of businesses on the Square such as bars, restaurants and retail stores until 8 p.m. The new ordinance is being See SQUARE, PAGE 4
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Police Chief Mike Martin confirmed that there was a bomb threat at Lexington Point on Tuesday.
BY JENNIFER NASSAR thedmnews@gmail.com
At approximately 7:47 a.m. Tuesday, the Oxford Police Department responded to a call of a bomb threat involving vehicles at Lexington Pointe apartments off Jackson Avenue, according to Oxford Police Chief Mike Martin. The Oxford Fire Department and the University Police Department were also notified due to a threat that was made in regard to an Ole Miss football player’s vehicle, Martin said.
“We made a search of every vehicle in that parking lot and didn’t find anything,” he said. Oxford police requested a bomb-sniffing dog from the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department to conduct a search on all the vehicles involved. Martin said nothing was found. A suspect has been arrested for auto burglary, which is what Martin said they were able to prove. “That individual, right now, is in custody,” Martin said. “We know this individual has broken into a car.”
The university sent out a public announcement within a few hours of the bomb threats informing students of the proper procedures to take in case of emergencies like this. It also recognized bomb threats on other campuses that have been occurring since the beginning of the semester. “Recently campuses nationwide have received bomb threats,” the announcement said. “Our community is no exception.” For more information on what to do in severe situations, visit http://www.olemiss.edu/
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The Board of Aldermen is continuing to address issues surrounding Square parking.
Challenging students in the classroom In one year, Ole Miss graduate Jay Levy led his students to the highest passing rate in Mississippi on state tests. BY ANN-MARIE HEROD aherod@go.olemiss.edu
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Ole Miss alumnus and Pisgah High School English teacher Jay Levy
Jay Levy accomplished something in his first year of teaching that many other teachers take years to achieve. Levy, a 9th- and 10th-grade English teacher at Pisgah High School in Brandon, led his students to a 98.1 percent passing rate on the English II state test, which was the highest in the state of Mississippi for the 2011-12 school year. He was also named Teacher
of the Year at Pisgah in the same year. Pisgah is a Title 1 school. At Title 1 schools, students receive free or reduced lunches and most come from poor economic backgrounds. Although Pisgah is a Title 1 school, that does not mean Levy is not concerned with challenging students academically. “I remember when I had my interview, our school had a sign up that said, ‘2011 Star School,’” Levy said. “A
star school is the highest rating given to a high school. I knew going on in that there was going to be a lot of stress because of those standards. I tried to do the very best I could because I knew those students were depending on me.” In 2011, Levy graduated from The University of Mississippi’s School of Education. Months earlier, during his junior year of college, See LEVY, PAGE 5