THE DAILY
MISSISSIPPIAN
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Volume 104, No. 12
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Player out for season with neck injury
BRIAN SCOTT RIPPEE
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PHOTO BY: ROYCE SWAYZE
Acting Chancellor Morris Stocks receives a gift from the president of Addis Ababa University, Admasu Tsegaye (second from right). Joining them are acting UM provost Noel Wilkin, AAU deputy scientific director Berhanu Assefa, and Zenebe Beyene, director of AAU’s Office of External Relations, Partnership and Communication. Jeilu Oumar Hussein, AAU academic vice president and UM cheif international officer Nosa Egiebor are not pictured. The Ethiopian representatives visited Ole Miss last week to discuss an international partnership, as part of the Ole Miss in Africa initiative .
The football team announced senior defensive tackle Issac Gross will miss the remainder of the season with an apparent neck injury after practice on Tuesday. Gross will undergo season-ending surgery and the team’s medical staff is optimistic for a full recovery, a press release said. Gross, the 6-foot-3-inch, 240-pound nose tackle from Batesville has played in every game but one during his time at Ole Miss, and has made 17 starts for the Rebels in his three-year career. After leading the team in sacks in 2013, Gross was third in 2014 with 10 tackles for a loss and eighth on the team in total tackles with 40. Gross also recorded 3.5 sacks in 2014, good for fifth on the team. Gross is expected to redshirt this season and come back healthy for a fifth and final year in 2016.
Freshman experience groups move out of the classroom
ABBIE MCINTOSH
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Students enrolled in EDHE will be stepping outside of the traditional classrooms over the next few weeks and attending classes in less conventional locations on campus. The Freshman Year Experience class, EDHE, is designed to help freshmen learn about the University and what it has to offer. EDHE professors will bring classes on field trips to various facilities on campus such as the University Museum, Rowan Oak, the Student Union, the Lyceum and the J.D. Williams Library. Professors choose different locations to introduce to their students. These trips are not held every week, but spaced out throughout the semester. According to Jennifer
Painter, EDHE professor and operations supervisor of University and public events, having classes at these locations has helped her students in the past. “It was an eye-opener for our students (because) 90 percent of them were from out of state and had only visited Ole Miss one or two times,” Painter said. Freshman Emily Hershberger, a communication sciences and disorders major, said having class at different locations has positive aspects. “I think there is a benefit for having classes in different locations,” Hershberger said. “You are getting to experience what you are learning about in person and physically going to those places instead of just talking about it.” Hershberger said she was a visual learner and attending class at the location being dis-
cussed was helpful to her. She also said that taking trips outside of the classroom makes it more enjoyable because students are able to interact with the University. Though some students like Hershberger favor having instruction outside of the usual lecture hall, Freshman biology major Kelsey Rose commented on the inconvenience of the frequent changes in venue. “If the location of class is being held farther away than usual, then I do not like having class at that different location,” Rose said. Even though there are mixed reactions about the trips, Painter said she saw favorable reactions from the majority of her students. “The overall reaction and feedback was excitement,” Painter said.
PHOTO BY: ARIEL COBBERT
Professor Martin Fisher readies for the lesson in Tuesday’s EDHE class.