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long-term parking plans In the first of a two-part series, Director of Parking and Transportation Isaac Astill explains his intentions for parking and the process of having changes made.
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Ole Miss announced Saturday that first-year women’s basketball head coach Adrian Wiggins will no longer serve as head coach and has been placed on administrative leave as the university and NCAA continue their joint investigation of “impermissible recruiting contacts and academic misconduct committed by members of his staff.” These staff members, the husband-wife team who serve as director of basketball op-
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At the beginning of the fall semester at an Associated Student Body retreat, President Kimbrely Dandridge asked members what frustrated students the most. The answer: parking. “It was that fast when people said parking,” said Chad Bowman, ASB cabinet executive assistant.
The pre-pharmacy senior from Madison serves on Director of Parking and Transportation Services Isaac Astill’s parking and traffic committee. He became a parking representative for the ASB after Dandridge expressed wanting more information on parking. Bowman has met with Astill about four times over the semester to discuss the issue. “I try to let him know what students have been thinking
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First-year women’s basketball head coach Adrian Wiggins has been placed on administrative leave and two of his assistants, Michael and Kenya Landers, have been fired, Ole Miss announced on Saturday. Athletics director Ross Bjork will speak to the media today about the situation. dmmanaging@gmail.com
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erations and assistant coach, Michael Landers and Kenya Landers, have been terminated effective immediately. In addition, student-athletes Kay Caples, a transfer from Trinity Valley Community College, and Brandy Broome, a transfer from Pensacola State College, are ineligible to compete after failing to meet NCAA transfer eligibility standards. Caples was named the National Junior College Player of the Year, and Broome was See WIGGINS, PAGE 10
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because I hear a lot working with the ASB,” Bowman said. “I think what actually spurred (the meetings) was just hearing people thinking, ‘Nothing is being done with parking.’ “The fact is, stuff is actually being done, and just because you don’t see it doesn’t mean it isn’t happening.” Astill, who was hired as parking director in July, told See PARKING, PAGE 6
Mississippi joins immigration lawsuit Mississippi has made an aggressive move against immigration policy in the midst of economic problems. BY ALISON BARTEL abartel@go.olemiss.edu
Mississippi became the first state to join a lawsuit filed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents against Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Oct. 10.
The lawsuit was formed regarding immigration policies that the agents say hinder ICE officials from doing their jobs. Ten individual ICE agents, represented by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, introduced the lawsuit in August.
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The suit will focus on prosecutorial discretion and deferred action, two main points in Obama’s immigration policy. The first refers to prioritization of deportation on a case-by-case basis, See LAWSUIT, PAGE 5
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Head coach Adrian Wiggins was placed on administrative leave for ‘impermissible recruiting contacts and academic misconduct committed by members of his staff.’
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