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Caroline Kennedy signs off Caroline Kennedy, daughter of deceased president John F. Kennedy, visited Square Books on Thursday to sign copies of “Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy.”
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Nearly 200 people sat outside Square Books on Thursday to get their copy of “Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy” signed by Caroline
Gregory Brock’s journalism career has come full circle. Brock returned to his alma mater Wednesday to meet with students, and on Thursday, he accepted the 2012 Sam Talbert Silver Em Award given by the Meek School of Journalism and New Media. The Silver Em honors journalists who are either Mississippi natives or work within the state and represent the highest standards of journalistic practice. 26496
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BREAKING FROM TRADITION The university’s recent celebration of 50 years of integration challenges the community to consider to what extent the Greek system is inclusive.
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Senior Editor for Standards at The New York Times and Ole Miss alumnus Gregory Brock accepted the 2012 Sam Talbert Silver Em Award on Thursday at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics. abartel@go.olemiss.edu
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Kennedy. “Listening In” was released on Sept. 25 and is the compilation of nearly 300 hours of recordings that were taken in the Oval Office during John F. Kennedy’s presidency. Notably, the book includes a conversation between former Mississippi Gov. Ross Barnett and President Kennedy during the tense period of negotiation regarding the integration of The University of Mississippi. Lynn Roberts, general manager of Square Books, shared the excitement of having Kennedy in Oxford. “We’re really glad to have her, and there’s been great public support,” Roberts said. “It’s exciting. This doesn’t happen too often; we have lots of great authors come, but they’re not children of former
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Brock began his career as a journalist at The Daily Mississippian and later worked at the Palm Beach Post, the Charlotte Observer, The Courier-Journal, the San Francisco Examiner and the Washington Post. The Washington Post honored Brock during his time there by naming him a Harvard Nieman Fellow for the 1994 academic year. Brock admitted that the work of a journalist is largely a constant struggle. See AWARD, PAGE 3
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Roughly one third of the students at The University of Mississippi are members of a fraternity or sorority. The university hosts 14 Interfraternity Council (IFC) chapters, 9 National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) chapters and 9 Panhellenic Council (NPC) chapters. According to Michelle Horvath, graduate of the Panhellenic Council and higher education graduate student, the Greek system needs to grow regarding integration. “Our Greek organizations are value-based organizations,” Horvath said. “People are not recruited based on the immutable characteristics, such as race. We recruit on scholarships, volunteerism and other values such as that.” Horvath said that there are a number of causes regarding the lack of diversity in the Greek
system. “In many Greek organizations, people have legacies and they are comfortable going there, and that’s not going to change,” she said. “For white and black students, it’s difficult to go to an organization where you don’t see someone who is reflective in yourself there,” Horvath said. “Some of it is based on individual tradition and preferences.” In April of 2011, Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Tau Omega, Alpha Phi Alpha and Alpha Kappa Alpha had the first super swap among IFC, NPHC and NPC chapters at The University of Mississippi. Senior psychology major Emmalee Rainey enjoyed the swap for its encouragement of diversity. “I hope that Greek organizations plan more events like that in the future,” Rainey said. “It bridges the gaps and diversifies our community.” “The enjoyment of being
with each other prevailed over any aesthetic or cultural differences between us,” Rainey said. Horvath hopes that others don’t believe there are stereotypes about the different Greek councils. “Students need to know that if they assume that there is a stereotype, there’s a lack of knowledge there,” Horvath said. “Anyone in the Greek Life office is willing to talk to any student who is interested in finding out about any Greek information to expel those stereotypes.” Junior journalism major Bracey Harris hopes to see progress continue in diversifying the Greek system at Ole Miss. “What that progress will look like is open to interpretation,” Harris said. “For me, it’s anyone, regardless of their background, feeling comfortable enough to go through either Greek system.”