The Daily Mississippian - September 5, 2018

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THE KING TWINS: MUSIC VIDEO SHOWCASES OXFORD’S DIVERSITY

SEC RECOGNIZES OLE MISS’ BIG PERFORMERS

More than 100 people, including Oxford residents and university students, gathered and joined hands on the Square to film the video for “Color Blind.”

Ole Miss was well represented when the SEC announced its players of the week, with three out of the nine being Rebels. SEE PAGE 8

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City approves ID scanners, cameras on Square

The Oxford Board of Aldermen unanimously voted to implement the long-awaited and controversial Alcohol and Safety Ordinance on Tuesday.

PHOTO: CHRISTIAN JOHNSON

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he Oxford Board of Aldermen unanimously passed the “Alcohol and Safety” ordinance Tuesday night, which will require students to scan their IDs to enter bars, will require sororities and fraternities to rent out venues with adequate security and will force businesses to install cameras on the

interiors of their buildings. The ordinance will go into effect in 30 days, but at that point will only apply to the businesses located within the original “Downtown District” boundaries, which are all businesses located on the Square. The ordinance will then be applied to the rest of the city on Jan. 1, 2019.

The aldermen delayed the vote at their last meeting, citing substantive unread emails from citizens regarding the ordinance. Since the ordinance’s introduction in June, the vote has come under increased scrutiny from citizens and business owners who said the ordinance had a racial bias and promoted a message of exclusivity.

Dee Hobbs, the attorney for The Lyric, said he was “surprised” by the decision of the city to only make the law applicable to bars in the defined downtown area for the first period of time, and he’s prepared to pursue legal action.

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UNC statue debate resembles Ole Miss contextualization CHRISTIAN JOHNSON

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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received approval over Labor Day weekend to relocate the recently toppled “Silent Sam” statue to a “safe, legal and alternative location,” according to a statement from Chancellor Carol Folt. Folt shared a letter last Friday explaining that the UNC System Board of Governors has granted her and the UNCChapel Hill Board of Trustees permission, for the first time in UNC history, to move the controversial statue. Folt will

present the plan for relocating “Silent Sam” by Nov. 15. Last year, the University of Mississippi gained similar permission from the state attorney general to relocate a statue of a Confederate soldier after the statue’s base and contextualization plaque were struck by a drunk driver. The statue, dedicated in 1906 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, currently stands in the Circle on Ole Miss’ campus. After the collision, some students hoped the university would remove the statue. Instead, the base of the statue was repaired for more than $10,000 and a new plaque was installed.

On Aug. 20, protesters from around North Carolina and the UNC community gathered in protest of “Silent Sam,” a monument of a Confederate soldier on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. During the event, the statue was toppled by several among the crowd. The Chapel Hill protest was the latest viral event surrounding the discussion about Confederate memorials in public spaces and comes during a time when many cities and universities across the country are removing similar monuments. James M. Thomas, assistant professor of sociology, said the

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PHOTO: CHRISTIAN JOHNSON

A statue of a Confederate soldier stands in The Circle on the Ole Miss campus. The monument was repaired in 2017 for more than $10,000 after an inebriated driver crashed into it.


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