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Eco-friendly fountains make university more sustainable, future installments proposed
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Each Hydration Station counts every 12.5 ounces dispensed as one “bottle saved.” The total number of bottles saved was gathered by the Office of Sustainability Wednesday.
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Since the first installation in 2011, Hydration Stations on campus have saved the equivalent of 910,000 water bottles and provided students with filtered, free water. Now student organizations and university officials hope to expand the initiative to the Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. The Hydration Stations are bottle-filling systems strategically placed throughout campus that provide refrigerated water while encouraging the reuse of containers. “I think they’re really effective,” Associated Student Body President Davis Rogers said. “My director of health promotions is actually working with people in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium to see if they can replace all the water fountains there. Or at least a few of them.” Installing Hydration Stations in the stadium has many benefits, said Cristina Leis, ASB director of health promotions. “We really want them to go into the stadium because it’s our way to combat alcohol abuse, which is a huge problem,” Leis said. “We understand people drink in the stadium but the problem is that people get so dehydrated, especially in these early games. Including the Hydration Stations in the stadium would combat that.” This is not the first attempt to get stations in the stadium, however. “Many of the proposals from the Office of Health Promotions get rejected from the athletic department for financial reasons,” Leis said. “The Office of Health promotions submitted a new proposal last week, so hopefully this one will go through. If this latest proposal gets accepted, then we hope to offer students free water as soon as the next home game.” The Office of Sustainability recorded the number of bottles saved at each location Wednesday. The stations keep track of how many 12.5 ounce bottles are filled, giving students an idea of the change each reuse makes as well as providing a way to keep track of the bottles saved. Last year, The University of Mississippi’s Green Fund became interested in funding these projects and has since financed three Hydration Station installations. The Green Fund and Green Grove are branches of the Office of Sustainability that work with the Hydration Stations. These three installations, located in Holman, Faser and
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Brevard, were implemented within the last year but have already had impressive results. “As of last week, the total number of bottles filled is 84,967,” said Sara Douglas, post baccalaureate fellow for the Office of Sustainability. Each facility is estimated to cost around $3,000. “It depends on the type of station that you get, but they’re between $1,500 plus $1,500 to $1,700 for construction,” Douglas said. Though there are now 19 working stations in 13 different buildings, the Office for Sustainability looks forward to future stations as well. “In the future the university will put Hydration Stations in all majorly renovated buildings and new buildings,” Douglas said. “There was a new policy passed that all buildings that were undergoing major renovations and new buildings would have Hydration Stations installed. That came from Facilities Planning.” Facilities Planning is responsible for all of the new buildings and major renovations on campus, said Ian Banner, director of Facilities Planning and university architect. “When you do this in an existing renovation process the cost is
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Letter to the Editor I recently read an article in the paper calling the Facebook Messenger app “Orwellian.” This opinion can be traced back to an article published in the Huffington Post in December by someone who is not in the tech industry, but in the marketing industry. As someone who plans on spending her entire career in the tech industry and has been using and learning the ins and outs of Android for years, I’d like to dispel a few of the myths perpetuated in this article. The biggest error I noted was claiming Facebook has access to large amounts of personal data because of app permissions. Allow me to explain how app permissions work. When you are writing an app for Android, you are required to write a file called AndroidManifest.xml. This file tells, among other things, what permissions the app requires to execute every single function the app has. Say you’re writing an SMS replacement app. If you want your app to be able to send SMS messages, you must include the phrase “android.permission. SEND_SMS” in the permissions portion. If you don’t include this line, your app will not be allowed to send SMS at all, as it does not have the permissions to, meaning it will not function properly.
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Now, why is Messenger asking for all those crazy permissions? Let’s take a look at app functionality. You can make phone calls through the app if someone has their number posted on Facebook. This is why it asks for permission to make phone calls. You can use Messenger to send and receive SMS and MMS messages to people that aren’t on Messenger yet, allowing you to use it as your main texting app. This is why it asks for permissions related to sending, receiving, editing and the like. The Messenger has the ability to take photos in the app itself. Therefore, it asks for permission to use the camera. The app also has the ability to send voice clips to your friends. This is why it asks to record audio. You are able to send your GPS location with messages so your friends know where you are. Especially helpful if you are trying to meet up and one person has no idea where they are going. This is why it asks to access your location data. I believe this covers most of the permissions people are worried about and explains very clearly what Facebook’s intentions are. If you look at apps with similar functionality, you will find the very
same permissions for the same intentions. Now, on to the second part: Facebook is spying on you, collecting all your data, and sending it all to the government. Mark Zuckerberg has spoken out against the NSA since the beginning of the Snowden reveal. He and tech giants like Google have denied giving the NSA access to their servers. He has been pushing for more transparency, and even said the government “blew it” when it came to balancing protecting people and preserving freedom. He’s even called Obama over his frustration with how badly our government has damaged the reputation of the internet and countless internet-based companies based in America. If anything, Facebook is doing the best they can to prevent spying. As for the data aspect, look at it like this: stop and think for a moment just how much data you use per day. Not just mobile data, I’m talking how many text messages you send, phone calls you make, photos you take, how much you use your phone in general. Now try multiplying that by the over one billion Facebook users. That amount of data is astronomical. Their servers simply could not handle that amount of data being recorded. Not only that, but I’m
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sure most of you know about data limits put in place by your phone plan. Your carrier keeps track of how much data you use. If Messenger were indeed sending all of your data to their servers, you would reach your data limit ridiculously quickly. If you go and check your data usage (it’s under settings) you can see just how much you have transmitted. If they were collecting your data at all, these numbers would be much higher than before. And don’t forget about how quickly your battery would drain. Transmitting that much data constantly would take a lot of energy. The app does increase your battery usage, but only slightly compared to if it were collecting all your information. Hopefully this rundown of how apps work will help you understand better why Messenger asks for the things it does. Whether or not you use the app is up to you, but hopefully now you know it is safer than you once believed. The permissions make sense based on functionality, and if Facebook were collecting all your information, you would notice pretty quickly. Meagan Brown Computer science major
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Strong Senate vote for Obama on Syria rebel aid WASHINGTON — In the heat of an election campaign, Congress cleared the way for the U.S. military to train and equip Syrian rebels for a war against Islamic State militants Thursday night, reluctant ratification of a new strategy that President Barack Obama outlined scarcely a week ago. The 78-22 Senate vote sent Obama legislation that also provides funding for the government after the end of the budget year on Sept. 30, eliminating any threat of a shutdown. The House approved the bill on Wednesday. In an appearance at the White House soon after the vote, Obama said he was pleased that a majority of both Republicans and Democrats had supported the legislation. “I believe we’re strongest as a nation when the president and Congress work together,” he said. Noting the killing of two Americans by the Islamic State group, he said that “as Americans we do not give in to fear” and would not be put off by such brutal tactics. In the Senate, 44 Democrats, 33 Republicans and one independent voted for the bill, while nine Democrats, 12 Republicans and one independent opposed it. The issue created new fault lines for this fall’s elections for control of the Senate as well as the 2016 race for the White House. “Intervention that destabilizes the Middle East is a mistake. And yet, here we are again, wading
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continued from page 1 extremely small, when you go in and break out walls and waterlines and things like that in existing buildings it can be reasonably expensive,” Banner said. “But when we’re gutting buildings anyway or in new buildings, it’s so easy to do it. We just felt like it was one of those things that was the right thing to do.” Banner said the Hydration Stations benefited all of campus and were in the interests of both the Office of Sustainability and Facilities Planning. “The Office of Sustainability works very closely with our office so anytime we can advance mutual goals, we do,” Banner said. “We felt that anytime we can put things in buildings that help make things better for the students, faculty and staff, we try to do it. The Hydration Stations are a relatively inexpensive way of giving people the opportunity to refill bottles with drinking water rather than using plastic and having to recycle everything.” ASB President Rogers said the Hyrdration Stations have come a long way since the first one was installed on campus in 2011 in the Turner Center. “It originally started when I
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Secretary of State John Kerry testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday. into a civil war,” said Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. laying down a marker for Republican presidential primaries still more than a year distant. Sen. Mark Begich, in a difficult re-election campaign, said, “I disagree with my president” on the wisdom of having the U.S. military become involved. “It is time for the Arab countries to step up and get over their regional differences” and be more aggressive in the fight against terrorists, the Alaska Democrat said, drawing a quick rebuttal from Republican rival Dan Sullivan. For a second straight day, the administration dispatched top-ranking officials to reassure lawmakers — and the public —
that no U.S. ground combat operation was in the offing. Obama made the same promise in an address to the nation eight days ago laying out his new policy — and repeated it Thursday night. His new strategy includes increased airstrikes in Iraq and the possibility of strikes in Syria. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told one House committee that Obama “is not going to order American combat ground forces into that area.” Appearing before a different panel, Secretary of State John Kerry said the administration understands the danger of a “slippery slope.” The term was widely used a half-century ago as the United States slid ever deeper
was an ASB senator,” Rogers said. “Somebody wrote a resolution that said we should change out all the old water fountains on campus and add in Hydration Stations. It started out (at the Turner Center) and they liked it so we started writing more resolutions.” After the initial success, the
stations began to be implemented across the campus. “Overall it’s great,” Davis said. “ASB supports it and we’re working on ways to put more Hydration Stations up with the Green Grove. They’ve done a fantastic job.”
into a Vietnam war that eventually left more than 50,000 U.S. troops dead. Obama’s general plan is to have U.S. troops train Syrian rebels at camps in Saudi Arabia, a process that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, said could take a year. The president already has said
he will use existing authority to have the Pentagon deploy airstrikes against Islamic fighters in Syria as well as in Iraq. From halfway around the world came a chilling reminder from militants who already have overrun parts of Syria and Iraq and beheaded three Westerners. This time, the Islamic State group released a video showing a British journalist who said he was their prisoner. In Washington, leaders in both political parties supported the Senate legislation, draining the debate of all suspense. Asked about approving Obama’s plan in the wake of the war in Iraq, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said, “Iraq was a mistake. I was misled and I voted wrong. But this is not Iraq, this is a totally different thing.” Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell also favored the legislation, yet said it must be followed by a top-to-bottom review of the administration’s global military strategy.
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Rebels React: Are there too many students on campus? The Daily Mississippian set out on campus Thursday to gather reactions from various students regarding the record-breaking freshman class and increased enrollment numbers. This is what they had to say.
Parker Vinson, sophomore accountancy major Vinson said the freshman class this year is noticeably bigger than when he was a freshman last year. He said while driving on campus students can cause traffic to build up. “You’re waiting in line for fifteen minutes,” he said. “You can definitely feel their impact.”
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Jadea Oliver, sophomore pre pharmacy major Oliver said it is evident that campus has grown because of the dorm usage, lines in the dining areas and around campus. “It’s a bit clustered,” Oliver said. Oliver said that she is happy to see the incoming freshman GPA was 3.46 and expects the university to continue to grow. “As Ole Miss gets known more and more, you bring people from all over,” she said.
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Zacchaus McEwen, freshman, integrated marketing and communications major McEwen said the growth taking place on campus is refreshing for the state of Mississippi. “It’s the start of a new era. I think our generation, we’re pushing forward, breaking down barriers, and we’re making things happen here in Mississippi,” he said.
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LIFESTYLES| 19 SEPTEMBER 2014 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 5
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The cool factor: Trust your own creative aesthetic
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The Oscar de la Renta Spring 2015 collection is modeled during Fashion Week in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014.
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New York Fashion Week wrapped last week. Although I was not there, I think I am still on the high that comes with it. Everywhere I look I see inspiration. Sitting in Farley Hall waiting on my integrated marketing communications class to begin, I flipped through some runway shows from last week. I also had to check out outfits from fashion show attendees. My absolute favorites always come from street style photographer, Tommy Ton. I looked away from my laptop
screen to chat with a woman I have met a couple of times when I noticed her incredible just-dirty-enough-to-be-cool white platform high-tops. I realize she probably was not intentionally trying to be of-the-minute, but perhaps this is even better than premeditating a look. Have you ever noticed that most often, the coolest people seem to try the least? I have spent many years studying and observing this essence. Sometimes it is carelessness that provides the best canvas for brilliance – not so much carelessness, but perhaps a nonchalant attitude. I have
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discovered that this outlook must stem from trial and error but always results in confidence. I guess what I am trying to say is that I would love to see more open and free expression through dressing not only in the South, but also across the globe. Dressing is but an art form that I feel is still waiting for its moment. While studying at Parsons New School for Design in New York this summer, I had a liberating experience like ones I have always read and heard about. One instructor, in particular, would always complain to me that his students
would ask for his design direction instead of trusting their own creative aesthetic. It then became very clear to me. Not only in fashion, but also in all areas of life, you have to trust yourself. You must believe in yourself, as cliché as that may sound. The way I see it, clothing is a necessity for being publicly presentable. Why not take some amount of pride in it? Use it as an asset. With that being said, it is also possible to have a great deal of fun with choosing a wardrobe. Put on what you feel enhances you. Don’t be afraid to try some-
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town,” Forbus said. “When I go back to Amory, people are going to ask, `How did you do against Mississippi State?’ So it’s always nice when you win that game.” After playing the most minutes of any non-starter as a freshman, Forbus has stepped into a starter’s role and already equaled her goal total with four goals in eight games this season. “Getting the hat trick got my confidence up early in the season, so now I know I’m able to score goals, and as a team, I know we put the ball in the back of the net,” said Forbus, who also set the state record with 231 goals in her high school career. Coleman has come back after a year off, while Russell is 100 percent healthy after battling injuries for much of her Ole Miss career. They have become two of the first players off the bench for the Rebels. They each had perhaps their best games of the season in the win over MTSU, with Coleman assisting on a goal and drawing a penalty to set up another, and Russell scoring her first career colle-
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The Rebels look to reverse a recent trend, and last won Starkville in 2009. “They’re going to be ready to go,” head coach Matt Mott said. “We have to get ourselves ready to go. We haven’t won down there since I have been here. It’s been a really tough place to play. You throw the record out and you throw history out and you go play. You’re playing for the Magnolia Cup and that’s something that’s really important to us.” The match carries added importance for the team’s four native Mississippians in sophomore Sara Coleman (Laurel), Addie Forbus (Amory), Georgia Russell (Tupelo) and freshman MacKenzie Dickerson (Kosciusko). They are also familiar with many of their opponents from high school and club soccer. “We always pride ourselves on being from Mississippi,” Coleman said. “There aren’t very many of us, so we try to represent our state well and push really hard.” “It’s always extra important when you play a team where you have kids from your home-
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Featuring DM sports editor Dylan Rubino (@drubino11) and sports writer Cody Thomason (@thecodythomason).
With a quarter of the season over, what’s your opinion on the Rebels’ start to the season? Dylan- When I first looked at the schedule, I knew Ole Miss would start the season 3-0. I did not expect this much success from the Rebels on both sides of the ball this early in the season. I thought Boise State and Vanderbilt would be tough games, but the Rebels made it look easy. The level of play from the defense is what surprised me the most. The “landshark” defense has looked like the best in the Southeastern Conference so far. Bo Wallace has been the best passer in the conference. I did not expect this much success for Ole Miss, but I’m pleasantly surprised to say the least. Cody- I think the Rebels have done well so far in the season, but not quite well enough to deserve being rated the number 10 team in the nation yet. Ole Miss has shown a loaded passing attack and an exceptional passing defense by a secondary that has a knack for getting interceptions, but they’ve also had some weaknesses exposed. Everyone knew the offensive line was a big worry for the Rebels, but so far none of those fears have been put to rest as the line has struggled with run blocking and false start penalties. Meanwhile, the defense has had a tough time stopping the run in all three games this season.
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Will the top 10 ranking for the Rebels last long? Dylan- Hate to say it, but it may only last another two weeks. The Memphis game will be tough, but after that it’s Alabama week. A loss there will most definitely knock the Rebels out of the top 10. If Ole Miss beats Alabama (fingers crossed), they travel to a hostile environment at Kyle Field the next week to play Texas A&M. There is a good chance the Rebels will split those two games. If the Rebels go undefeated these next three games, you could see Ole Miss as one of the best teams in the country. Cody- I think the Rebels high ranking in the polls will be short lived. In the next five weeks after the Memphis game, Ole Miss faces 3rd-ranked Alabama, 6th-ranked Texas A&M, an on-the-rise Tennessee team, 8th-ranked LSU and 5th-ranked Auburn. Ole Miss could conceivably go 1-4 in that stretch, although I personally think they will be able to get at least two wins against those opponents. Ole Miss definitely has a strong team this year, but the chances that they can stay undefeated after that stretch are very slim.
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Dylan- Resting the players is the biggest advantage for me. A tough stretch of games is coming up for the Rebels. It all starts off with Memphis, who no one should take lightly considering they were one touchdown away from upsetting UCLA. Alabama comes to town next and Ole Miss players’ health for that game will be key. Two running backs are facing injuries with I’Tavius Mathers and Jordan Wilkins. Deterrian Shackelford is fighting an ankle injury. Getting these guys healthy will be big for the Rebels in the off week. A little rest doesn’t hurt either.
Dylan- Not having a game this weekend hurts momentum. The Rebels have played so well over the first three games that another game this weekend would be good for the team to continue their recent stretch of successful play. Too much rest during a bye week can lead to lackadaisical efforts in the coming week. It’s good to keep your players focused on the task ahead and not give them too much time off. I know it sounds weird, but it’s true.
Cody- Getting players an extra week to get healthy as well as an extra week to prepare for their next game. A week off means that the Ole Miss players won’t be as sore and beat up but also that players with more serious injuries, like I’Tavius Mathers and Jordan Wilkins, will have a better chance at being full-strength and just playing in general against Memphis. It also means that the team will be very prepared for Memphis with the extra time to watch film and practice.
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Cody- There’s definitely a chance the team could be rusty. There’s a possibility players will be looking past the Memphis game and on to the Alabama game, which could make the Rebels susceptible to an upset against the Tigers. The extra time is definitely great for the team to have but it could have been better used against one of the Rebels bigger SEC opponents.
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Volleyball remains undefeated, beats Louisiana Tech NICK ANDREWS tribnic@gmail.com
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Lexi Thompson returns the ball during Thursday’s match.
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Ole Miss volleyball continued their perfect start to the 2014 season, beating Louisiana Tech Thursday night at the Gillom Sports Complex in Oxford to kick off the Rebel Classic. Thursday night thunderstorms added to the atmosphere in Gillom where the Rebels dominated Conference USA opponent, Louisiana Tech. The Rebels won in straight sets (25-22, 25-18, 25-16) to improve to 11-0 on the year. Ole Miss took the opening point of the match. Louisiana Tech tied the first set at one point each and the Rebels never looked back. The match saw no lead changes and the one tie. Seniors Marie-Pierre Bakima and Nakeyta Clair and freshman Lexi Thompson racked up nine kills each. Sophomore Aubrie Edie recorded 34 assists and senior Cara Fisher got eleven digs. Junior Ty Laporte added eight kills of her own. “It’s us, but it’s the crowd too,” Laporte said. “We wanna be the team that’s fun to watch.” Laporte said the team got comfortable sometimes but that they are improving at getting better. “When coach would call a timeout or get into us we responded immediately,” she said. In the first two sets, the Rebels earned comfortable leads before allowing the Bulldogs to fight back. The Rebels gave up runs of four and five points multiple times throughout the match. “Us being out of position and us not being consistent and doing the right things over and over are things that are allowing anywhere from four to seven points per set,”
head coach Steven McRoberts said. “You have things that don’t necessarily hurt us when we have a big lead but they will hurt when we get into SEC play.” McRoberts said he was satisfied with the effort and execution in the third set but that the team needs to work on focus. “One of the biggest things we’ve talked about is our focus coming into matches,” he said. “We’ve got to be more disciplined in our defense and do things right the whole way through.” McRoberts said the third set was the best for the Rebels Thursday night. In that set the Rebels hit .500 and didn’t commit a hitting error. Clair had four of the eleven kills in the third set for the Rebels. “Other teams are going to come in here and try and shatter our dreams,” Clair said. “But we’re a different team this year.” The Rebels lay their perfect record on the line against Samford today at 5:30 p.m. “I think Samford is going to be a good opponent. I think they’re going to test us maybe more than any other team that’s come in here,” McRoberts said. McRoberts and his team are very much aware that SEC play is just three games away. He wants his team to continue to work on focus. “We’ve got to stop being scoreboard watchers and just play,” McRoberts said. “We need to play like it doesn’t matter which jersey is on the other side.” McRoberts is on the same page as his players. “We have to learn to keep our intensity up the whole time,” Laporte said. “It’s a mental thing.”
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