THE DAILY
MISSISSIPPIAN
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Volume 103, No. 45
T H E S T U D E N T N E W S PA P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D OX F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1
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Evan Engram confident in Rebels to turn it around Page 11
Bishop Hall construction continues
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Kappa Delta wins 2014 Theta Encore
PHOTO BY: THOMAS GRANING
Tuesday night, Ole Miss Panhellenic sororities participated in the 2014 philanthropy event. Each sorority’s new members presented an eight-minute-long performance. Kappa Delta was announced the winner. Delta Gamma placed second and Tri Delta placed third. See page 6 for more photos of the event.
Local service assists Alzheimer’s patients SPECIAL TO THE DM
CHANDLER CLARKSON cbclarks@go.olemiss.edu
Memory Makers, a respite day program, offers local senior citizens with a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease a place to socialize while providing their caregivers a few free hours in the day. Memory Makers, located on 125 Heritage Drive, is a non-profit program and resource center in Oxford that offers a four-hour program to 12 participants with early to mid stages of Alzheimer’s or forms of dementia as well as counseling services and a caregiver resource center. The program runs Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is led by Rita Cauthen, the program manager. Memory Maker’s four-hour block provides the caregivers time to run errands, clean the house and enjoy time to themselves.
“Generally families and loved ones step up to the plate without any training or without any experience in taking care of someone with these issues,” said Jo Ann O’Quin, president of Memory Makers and retired professor of social work at The University of Mississippi. Cauthen sticks to a strict schedule with Memory Makers participants. From breakfast chats and Good Old Days magazine stories to brain stretching activities and fitness videos, the clock on the wall keeps the participants on an organized schedule. Simplicity is key for those with Alzheimer’s or dementia. Memory Makers was founded by Dianne and Bill Arnold and O’Quin as a service to offer relief to caregivers. These three Memory Makers board members saw the need for the service during various
PHOTO BY: CADY HERRING
Memory Makers Respite Day Services is seen on Heritage Road on Monday.
support groups in which they participated. Dianne Arnold was exposed to a support group in Cleveland when her father was diagnosed with
Alzheimer’s, and the group made a world of a difference in her life. Founded in 2010, the Mem-
SEE ALZHEIMER’S PAGE 5
Construction is underway near Bishop Hall to repair a failed sanitary sewer line and a storm drainage system. The sewer line primarily serves the Johnson Commons, and the storm drainage system serves the Quad area, according to Tommy Turner, architectural project coordinator for The University of Mississippi. The goal for the project is to correct both the line and drain in an effective manner to avoid back flow into Johnson Commons. The drain is in need of an upgrade, and the line is in a similar state. The budget for the construction is approximately $200,000. Turner discovered the problem of the sewer and drain system when the renovation of the Johnson Commons was completed. Both drainage systems experienced backflow into the basement of the Johnson Commons. Turner said the construction needed to be done sooner rather than later. “Once we became aware of the problem, we immediately began an urgent project to correct both issues as we felt the issues could have health and safety impacts if left uncorrected,” Turner said. Turner expressed that the construction will not directly impact Bishop Hall. “It is however being performed in the close proximity to Bishop and has and will continue to impact both parking and foot traffic in the area,” Turner said. The project has been limited to 45 days to avoid inconvenience to the university and it is planned to reopen areas as soon as possible before the completion date. “Patience and cooperation by the university community will certainly help assure the project’s prompt and successful completion,” Turner said.