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Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011
Vol. 100 No. 176
Record enrollment at UM for second straight year
PETRE THOMAS | The Daily Mississippian
Students sit in the Student Union to eat lunch and talk during a break between class. Student enrollment at The University of Mississippi has increased by 6.5 percent.
By Cain Madden dmeditor@gmail.com
Anyone who has struggled to find parking, waited in a long line to eat or listened to professors complain about classes
being too large likely saw this coming. The University of Mississippi has record enrollment yet again this year. While Alcorn State University led the state in growth at
19.3 percent, Ole Miss — at 6.5 percent — outpaced Mississippi State University (4 percent) and the University of Southern Mississippi (4.6 percent). The Ole Miss student body includes 15,329 undergradu-
ates, 2,080 graduate students, 531 law students and 258 students in the doctor of pharmacy program. Chancellor Dan Jones attributes the growth of 1,111 students on the main campus to a continued focus on boosting the educational experience. “We want to make sure the academic experiences at the university are upheld for everyone,” Jones said. “While it creates challenges for our infrastructure, we feel like this is a positive story for our academic success.” Of those challenges, the pressure on classroom space and professors is one of the top things Jones said he’d be watching. “We are examining classes that can be enlarged, but we are committed to making sure classes that need to be small stay small,” he said. “For the faculty, I am grateful for the positive attitudes everyone is expressing. “This pressure on our space and faculty is immense.” Jones said the university is also working toward improv-
ing dining options and several are opening this fall, including a full-size Starbucks in the J.D. Williams Library and a mobile Subway unit near the Grove stage. “We have expanded dining at the Johnson Commons and are committed to expanding the Student Union,” he said. “We’ve also increased the number of satellite dining options around campus.” Parking and transportation is also a concern, and Jones said the university is committed to expanding the public transportation system and creating a more bicycle-friendly campus. Jones said the university will add 850 more beds in the fall. Many will be in Miller Hall, which is currently under construction. He said the ultimate impact of this growth is well worth the challenges. “The best news about the enrollment growth is that it will result in more graduates for our state and region,” Jones said. See ENROLLMENT, PAGE 4
Rebels cough up victory in fourth quarter against BYU BY DAVID COLLIER dlcollie@olemissedu
Head coach Houston Nutt said you can’t “give gifts” to a team like Brigham Young University. “We did that,” Nutt said. “I hate to lose one like that.” After leading 13-0 early in the fourth quarter, Ole Miss gave away a few plays that ended in a 14-13 heartbreaking loss to BYU. “We played extremely hard tonight,” Nutt said. “I thought our guys laid it on the line, but there is a fine line between winning and losing.” Early on, both teams struggled to get anything going on offense, and costly injuries at the running back position didn’t help the Rebels’ cause. The first injusry came on soph-
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omore Jeff Scott’s first carry of the season. The speedster went down with an injured ankle, but was able to return to the game later. Then senior Brandon Bolden went down with an ankle injury in the second quarter and did not return to the game. Later in the game, Bolden’s backup, senior Enrique Davis, went down with a knee injury in the fourth quarter that ended his day as well. With all the injuries, the Rebels managed only 64 yards on the ground for the game. Finally, with the first half of the game nearing an end, an electric 44-yard punt return from Scott and the change to junior Zack Stoudt at quarterback sparked the Rebels. “He gave us momentum,” Nutt said. “I felt like they were crowding the line of scrimmage, and he was able to get some throws. “Even in the passing game, I felt
PETRE THOMAS | The Daily Mississippian
Sophomore running back Jeff Scott returns a BYU punt 44 yards to set up the Rebels’ first score of the game, a Bryson Rose 20-yard field goal before the half. Scott finished with 88 all-purpose yards in the 14-13 loss to BYU.
the running was going to come through. I thought that gave us the best chance to win.” Stoudt, who totaled 140 yards on 13 of 25 passing, led the Reb-
els down the field on his first drive, but the offense stalled in the red zone and led to junior Bryson Rose’s 20-yard field goal right before the half.
Mobile Subway servicing students in the Grove
Roaming around the Grove
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In the third quarter, BYU sophomore quarterback Jack Heaps began to find a rhythm, but See REBELS, PAGE 8
Stoudt comes on in relief, named starter for SIU P. 8