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Health center urges students to get vaccinations

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news brief CHILD KILLED BY CAR ON COLLEGE HILL OVER WEEKEND

BY CAITLIN CLANCY cgclancy3@gmail.com

The time for seasonal flu shots has come yet again, and the Student Health Center at the University of Mississippi is encouraging students to get vaccinations.

During a regular flu season, several hundred students are diagnosed with the virus. The highest the Health Center has seen was in 2009 during the outbreak of the swine flu when approximately 700 people were diagnosed with the flu.

“We try to get as many people to take the flu vaccine as they will each year,” said Barbara Collier, director of University Health Services. “College-aged people especially need to because they live together, play together and are in class together.

“They’re just in close proximity, so we try to get as many people as they will to come in.”

Anyone with a chronic illness, such as asthma or diabetes, is at higher risk for the flu because their immune systems are weaker. The See FLU, PAGE 4

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The Lafayette County Sheriff ’s department confirmed that a girl approximately 14 months old was run over by a car just off of College Hill road Saturday morning.

She was pronounced dead in the emergency room.

The Sheriff ’s department could not provide any more information because they are still investigating the accident.

Lafayette County Coroner, Rocky Kennedy, confirmed that the toddler had been brought in.

The victim died as a direct result of her injuries, Kennedy said.

Kennedy said he could not release more information about the victim because of family wishes.

The victim was hit not far from where Ole Miss student Kevser Ermin was hit by a car and killed while she was on her bike this past weekend.

Mississippi Blood Services faces low blood supply

BY CAITLIN ADAMS caitlinadams90@gmail.com Special to The DM

When Simms Haguewood, a senior education major, donated blood for the first time, and she did not know what she was getting herself into.

She had heard horror stories about past donors fainting and vomiting, and the mere sight of needles was enough to send her over the edge. Therefore, Haguewood walked into the blood drive expecting the worst.

“When I went in the door, I figured it was going to be an awful experience and was already mapping out an escape route or excuse before they even asked me to roll up my sleeve,” she said.

But Haguewood stuck it out

inside

and said she was surprised by the keep the supply adequate,” she outcome. said. “Doctors are not able to “I could not believe how easy predict how much blood they will and painless the process was,” she need, so it is always important said. “I walked in, sat down, talk- to have an adequate supply on ed to the nurse and before I knew hand.” it, she had distracted me enough Every two seconds, someone in that I barely noticed the needle go the U.S. needs blood, and a single in. It was a small price to pay for car accident victim can potenthe reward of saving lives.” tially require 100 pints of blood.

Haguewood is not the only An eligible donor is able to donate person hesitant to donate blood. blood every 56 days, but a majorAbout 60 percent of people in ity of the population will go their the United States are eligible to entire lives without donating a donate, but out of that 60 per- single time. cent, only 3 to 4 percent actually Matt Daniels, a senior interndonate blood. This statistic is one ing at Mississippi Blood Services, reason why Mississippi Blood Ser- refers to these statistics when disvices, the local fixed drawing site, cussing the importance of blood is currently low on supplies. donation.

Lolita Gregory, operations “Just one donation can save manager at Mississippi Blood Ser- the lives of three people,” he vices, said the organization tries to said. “Unless you know someone attract repeat donors in order to who has received blood, it can be keep the supply sufficient.

“It is a constant issue trying to See BLOOD, PAGE 5

‘Crazy’ ants invade the Southeast P. 5

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A student donates blood at the mobile blood services vehicle in front of the Union.

Occupy: the movement of our generation P. 8

Rebels look to replace injured Temple and Dorsey on defense P. 12

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This broken Promised Land

BY ANDREW DICKSON addickso@olemiss.edu

Founders of Tuba Zangariya, which is considered to be an “Arab village” located in northern Israel, coexisted and shared ties with their Jewish neighbors and eventual Israeli countrymen. The oncenomadic Muslims of this territory helped defend Jewish settlements found there during a revolt in the 1930s before Israel achieved statehood in 1948.

“We’re the only Bedouin town in the area, surrounded

by Jewish neighbors,” resident Ali Heib told a Tuba Zangariya newspaper. “We work in their places.”

So when a mosque in the village was attacked and vandalized by arsonists earlier this October — arsonists widely suspected to be Jewish extremists — the locals were aghast.

Holy books and sacred spaces of the Islamic tradi-

tion were set ablaze by perpetrators who then defaced a wall outside the mosque with Hebrew graffiti. This attack is thought to be related to other assaults on mosques happening in the West Bank, as graffiti tags found at those scenes (Hebrew words for “revenge” and “price tag”) match the one found in Tuba-Zangariya.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has an impressive history, but I only have time for the scene today: Two parties, the Israeli government and the Palestine Liberation Organization, are currently engaged in negotiations concerning peace; official negotiations between the two are mediated by what is known as the Quartet on the Middle East (which is essentially represented from the USA, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations).

As it stands today, there is a state of Israel that contains two key areas — the “West Bank,” located in East Israel, and the “Gaza Strip,” located in southwest Israel — that are seen as Palestinian territories.

Israelis and Palestinians have been at odds over many issues,

namely control of borders, control of Jerusalem and how to reach a lasting agreement.

The city of Jerusalem, which is an important setting in Jewish, Islamic and Christian historical narratives, is situated right on one of the “fault lines” in question; in fact, the Palestinian National Authority regards east Jerusalem as part of the West Bank (and thus a Palestinian territory), while Israel claims to have annexed the city in 1980. As of 2005, more than 700,000 people lived in Jerusalem — 465,000 Jews and 232,000 Muslims.

The prevailing suggestion, especially this past decade, to squash the conflict has been a “two-state solution:” the creation of an independent Palestinian state separate from the state of Israel. The West Bank and the Gaza Strip have been considered as potential locations for a Palestinian state, but this solution raises its own problems: Who draws the borders? What about Jerusalem?

Will one state be considered “Jewish,” as Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Israel should be in 2009, with the other

considered “Muslim?” And does anyone with any inkling of history at all recommend separating people by race and religion?

I can’t say I do.

Now, I’ll openly admit I’m not smart enough to settle the inner workings of a massive conflict overseas in 800 words; I cannot predict whether or not a two-state system could ever be cohesive or if it would just give already-fighting parties two polarities to choose from.

I am, however, capable of inspiring the forgotten poet in the heart of the person who can accomplish what I cannot; I am also bold enough to suggest a universal solvent capable of purifying relations between any two enemies.

Now humor me here — this idea is radical: Peaceful coexistence led by nonpartisan officials.

OK, so you’re calling me a hippie or thinking I don’t understand the complexity of human conflict. You’re right — I don’t understand how groups of people existing in the same space could choose to squander the ability to live

in harmony for their fleeting time here.

I don’t understand how, when Father blessed us all with reason, a select few extremists never learned to stop fighting over who owns this hollowed ground, the “Wall,” the “Rock” — this broken Promised Land is my platform to emphasize the impermanence of all things.

I fear the schism in Israel is fated to split its people right in two, giving rise to two states which will eventually be at war among both themselves and each other, giving rise to further violence. It’s a cycle of suffering that can only be broken when we, as a race, work as one.

Don’t you know the more I write about it (peace), the harder it becomes just to live without it, so let’s talk about it. I know it’s just a pipe dream to you, but people say that our dreams are the only things that can save us; so come on reader, dream with me.

We can live in peace forever.

believed in.

In a way, I can’t help but be impressed by the enormous undertaking campus elections have become. Candidates have campaign managers, an official campaign staff and several organizers.

But at the same time, I can’t help but wonder how few of those 5,000 Ole Miss students who voted this past Tuesday will exercise that right again next month in a real election.

Not to downplay the importance of crowning our homecoming court and selecting

“campus personalities,” but the issues on the Nov. 8 ballot will affect Mississippians — and out-of-state students at Mississippi schools — in a much greater way.

As it is true in every election, the issues that are on the ballot now will affect our generation longer than they will affect the generations of our parents and our grandparents.

Yet still, our voting age bracket turns out in dismal

Andrew Dickson is a senior religious studies major from Terry.

Vote when it really counts

BY LEXI THOMAN alexandria.thoman@gmail.com

This past Tuesday, more than 5,000 University of Mississippi students cast their votes for the on-campus personalities.

Anyone who had somehow forgotten about the impending election day was imme-

diately reminded when he or she stepped on campus.

Even after two years at Ole Miss, I am still caught off guard by the spectacle that is on-campus election day. Hundreds of campaign workers in matching T-shirts group together at strategic intersections and walkways, smiling, waving flyers and telling you to vote for their candidates.

And in case you missed all of the excitement on Tuesday, you had a chance to catch the encore two days later for the Miss Ole Miss run-off elec-

tion.

I’ve got to say, the sheer number of people actively campaigning on election day was pretty impressive (even if many were obligated to participate because of their Greek affiliations).

Those of my friends with personal connections to the candidates seemed to be the most active, sending a constant stream of texts, calls and Facebook notifications my way.

They were taking up a cause and lobbying for someone they

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Letter to the Editor To the Editor: To the powers at UPD ... as an avid “Grover” who never attended this university but enjoys tailgating and SEC football and has done so for the last six years, I would like to formally ask for clarification on a couple basic rules/regulations that the university has established and allows UPD to enforce.

The first question is in regard to safety and, more specifically, the rule about “open flames.”

On the http://www.olemissfb.com/ website, under the “The Grove” tab there is a policy that states “Open flames are strictly prohibited. This includes the use of portable fireplaces and tiki torches. Propane bottles and propane tanks are not allowed.” So yesterday during the Alabama tailgating there were several charcoalfueled grills set up.

We had a tent adjacent to ours that proceeded to create a raging inferno next to us, and in the vicinity of at least 15 small children playing in the area.

I calmly approached the police tent in front of the Union and spoke with at least four officers, one of whom was the assistant chief sitting in a golf cart.

I asked the officers about the rule first and was told that charcoal grills are in fact “OK” in the Grove, but they would go check on the situation. I told them not to bother since it was simply my misunderstanding on the rules ... that being I thought grills/open flames and such are NOT allowed in the Grove.

So to be more concise with my questions ... what is the “rule?” Are charcoal grills/ hibachis, etc., allowed in the

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numbers.

If we can find the time to vote for a Homecoming Queen or Colonel Reb, why can’t we find the time to vote for the governor, or for important ballot initiatives that could affect their daily lives?

Four years from now, most of us won’t remember who was Miss Ole Miss, Colonel Reb or Homecoming Queen; but the governor who is elected this year will still be in office.

Now, I realize that we will probably not see campaign workers lining the sidewalks on the Ole Miss campus on Nov. 8.

Grove now?

The last questions are regarding the brute force with which campus is guarded now on Friday nights.

Using the same reference website above I find this: “The Grove opens at 9 p.m. on Friday, and closes at midnight following the game.” However, anyone who has tried to get on campus before 9 p.m. has been met with loud, angry security forces with flashlights searching cars for contraband ... and by contraband I mean tents and chairs.

I don’t see in the official, publicly released policy where it says you can’t even be on campus and by doing so you can be arrested for trespassing.

I understand the goal of UPD is to keep the university operating as an institute of higher education and that in the past we were blocking sidewalks and taking up parking spaces, but at 7 p.m., all that is moot.

The first few games we were allowed to park yet leave our contraband in the vehicles. At one game I unloaded my truck at 8:50 p.m. and was met with hostility and foul language by a short-statured uniformed officer with a wagging finger.

Most unappreciated.

As a generous supporter of Ole Miss Athletics, I’m simply asking for the official policy to be made public AND (this is the most important point) for this policy to be enforced CONSISTENTLY. It changes every year, and even worse, every weekend.

Can someone please clarify these two sticking points in your policy for me? Appreciate it.

Rob Smith Oxford

The personal interest that is so unique to student elections is not there, and I understand that. However, that doesn’t mean we cannot take the extra time to educate ourselves on the issues and exercise our right to vote.

I hope that every one of those 5,000-plus Ole Miss students who cast their vote Tuesday will do the same in the statewide election in three weeks.

Each and every one of us has a voice, but it will not be heard unless we take the time to fill out an absentee ballot or head to the voting precinct in November.

Lexi Thoman is a junior international studies and Spanish doublemajor from St. Louis, Mo.

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New app makes catching the bus a bit more convenient

BY BLAIR JACKSON sblairjackson@gmail.com

For University of Mississippi students who frequent the Oxford University Transit buses, a new iPhone app could mean less frustration and more progress at bus stops.

Busvetica is an application for mobile Apple products that locates the nearest bus stop and displays the next bus arrival time.

The Apple application, which works with the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, was developed

by Ian Meyer and his company Adelie Software. He said the idea for the app came to him upon observing confusing bus arrival times in his town of Chapel Hill, N.C. The $1.99 application has been available for just under a month and has stayed up to date

thus far.

The app gets its information from NextBus, which uses satellite technology and computer modeling to track vehicles on their routes.

The Busvetica system refreshes every minute and promises to always be accurate in its calculations.

“The system is based on GPS transmitters located on each bus, which is received by NextBus, which is then transferred to Busvetica for easy access,” Meyer said.

Neci Dismukes, a senior from Macon, Ga., said he is excited about the new application.

“I’m going to download it now,” he said. “I rush between classes to catch the bus, and with this I could just look at my phone and know the bus’ arrival times.”

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Students can now track where the OUT buses are with Busvetica, a new iPhone app developed by Adelie Software.

tion for Busvetica in Oxford, but Meyer himself can regulate the buses from his location in North Carolina through use of an online simulator.

School redistricting plans being drawn

BY AVE MAYEUX avemayeux@gmail.com

New district maps are currently being drawn for the Lafayette County School Board by local company Elliot & Britt Engineering as a result of the 2010 Census.

The current school districts do not meet federal deviation requirements due to population growth within the county.

“We advised them to meet the federal law of ‘one man, one vote’ and that they needed to redistrict,” Larry Britt of Elliot & Britt Engineering said.

The federal government requires that all elections are to be held with “one man, one vote” representation. Each district must be populated equally, so that one district does not outweigh the other. The 2010 Census showed that the current districts are not within the tolerable deviation range.

The ideal population for each district is 2,953. District 1 has the highest average at 11.21 percent and is above average by having a population of 3,284.

District 3 has the lowest average; it is 11.55 percent under average

and has a population of 2,612, which is low by 341. The separation deviation is 22.76 percent, while the ideal deviation between each county is less than 10 percent, Britt said.

These numbers were calculated by assessing the latest census data and figuring out the mean.

Next, each district was examined to see how many people were currently living there, versus how many people should be.

This data was then presented to the school board.

Fortunately, the redistricting will not result in students being forced to transfer schools.

“It doesn’t really have any effect on anything except the election of the school board members,” Britt said. “(The school districts) just have to comply with the law, and the law says ‘one man, one vote’ and that just means that you have to try to keep your average as best you can in each district so that no one district is represented by too few people or too many people.”

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county officials. Once the total population of Lafayette County was calculated, the people who do not vote were subtracted from that number because they are located in the separate Oxford school district. The districts were equalized from there.

If you take that number from the current population then divide it by five, that tells you how many people need to be in each school district, Britt said.

“All we’ve done at this point in time is advised the school board that they don’t meet the deviation requirements, and they’ve authorized us to come up with a couple of plans to be presented at a public hearing,” Britt said.

After the new district maps are completed, they will be presented at a public hearing.

During the public hearing, information will be given out. The public has the right to come and express concerns with the proposed plans. After this, the plans may be tweaked or one will be chosen for submission to the justice department.

All the plans have to go through the United States Justice Department. They will review the plans and look over the numbers to make sure the county is in compliance with the law.

Then the justice department can either sign off on the plan and the county can put it into effect, or they can send back questions.

These plans will be presented after the first of the year, no later than February.

“We do the minimal change with the maximum benefit,” Britt said The main goal of this project is to get “all the districts equalized as best as you can,” Britt said.

There have been no concerns about this project, to Britt’s knowledge.

Jake Tracht, a junior from Oceans Springs, is skeptical of the price.

“I think it would do twice as good if it were $.99,” he said.

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continued from page 1 Health Center highly suggests that these students get vaccinated as soon as they can.

On average, the Health Center gives close to 500 flu vaccines per flu season. Approximately 40 shots have been given since Oct. 1 to students this semester.

Collier said the Health Center is doing everything to make getting a flu vaccination as quick and easy as possible.

“Even if our waiting room is full of people, if you want to get the flu shot, they’ll tag your student bill and as soon as the nurse can get to you, she’ll give you the shot,” she said. “You don’t have to wait in line, so students should not be deterred by big crowds because it won’t take long to get there.”

The vaccination costs $20, and those with Blue Cross Wellness Benefits who have filled out the questionnaire that goes along with it are eligible for a free flu shot that Blue Cross insurance will pay for.

A common myth concerning the flu vaccination is that you can actually catch the flu from the shot because it is an inactivated vaccine containing the virus. Collier assures the public that this is false because the virus is completely dead within the shot.

Three different shots are available for the public, including a regular flu shot approved for people ages 6 months and older, a high-dose flu shot approved for people 65 and older and an intradermal flu shot approved for people 18 to 64 years of age.

Wilson Griffing, senior history major, is taking his own precautions to prevent the flu.

“During flu season, I go the extra mile and along with washing my hands, I use the Purell dispensers in the bathrooms on

The application is based on the idea of simplicity, Meyer said. It can be found in the Apple app store and is easy to locate as a bright red icon with a bus. campus,” he said.

The main symptoms of the flu include fever, cough and often extreme fatigue, along with smaller symptoms like sore throat, headache, muscle aches and a runny or stuffy nose.

Collier encourages students to come to the Health Center as soon as they start feeling sick, especially if one or more of the symptoms are present.

“If you have symptoms then you want to come in early,” she said. “The sooner you start the medicine, the more beneficial it will be.”

If a student does contract the flu virus, it is best that he or she stay in his or her room alone and rest until he or she is completely better. A student with the flu will have to miss about five days of school, in which he or she should sleep and recover alone so as to not spread the virus.

The flu is easily spread so sometimes students won’t even know they have it and will spread it to all the people around them unknowingly.

To prevent this from happening, the Health Center encourages students to be aware of flu symptoms and to be knowledgeable of basic protections like covering one’s mouth when coughing, sneezing into one’s arms instead of hands, washing one’s hands frequently and staying at home if one is sick.

The Health Center hopes to raise the number of vaccines given by hosting an event in the Student Union on Oct. 24 from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. where students will be able to receive the flu vaccination.

Collier said she hopes that by hosting this event in the Union, students will see other students getting their flu vaccinations and will get one of their own.

More information about the flu and the flu virus can be found on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, www.cdc.gov.

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‘Crazy’ ants invade the Southeast Poets for Change come

BY MEGAN SMITH megansmith67@gmail.com

As recent waves of hairy, crazy ants invade areas of the Southeast, including Mississippi, Florida, Texas and Louisiana, many wonder if Oxford could be next on their hit list.

The ants have been spotted in Jackson and Hancock County in Mississippi, according to a paper published by Joe MacGown, a scientific illustrator and curatorial assistant at the Mississippi State Entomological Museum at Mississippi State University.

These ants were recorded in the Caribbean in the late 19th century, thus receiving the nickname “Caribbean crazy ants,” according to an Associated Press report.

Considering the origin of these ants, people often pose the question of how they arrived in the Southeastern portion of the United States.

Paul Lago, chair of the biology department at the University of Mississippi, identified this as one of the chief problems concerning such invasions.

“We have these things invading from other places, and how do they get here?” he said. “Maybe it’s natural, and they are just flying. I don’t know.”

Regardless of how they came to be in the Southeast, the ants pose a problem.

The ants often get into walls and short circuits, Lago said.

Of course, Lago said this phenomenon is not exclusive to hairy, crazy ants. Fire ants can and have done the same thing

in Oxford.

The question remains as to whether or not the ants will reach Oxford.

“It’s very possible that the cold will shut them down,” Lago said. “They might not be able to live this far north.

Fire ants don’t go very far north, but fire ants live here.

If fire ants can live here, why can’t they?”

Local exterminators have not experienced more ant problems than usual.

Requests for ant treatments on houses have not increased in quantity recently, according to Mike Pickens, owner of Pickens Pest Control.

Office manager Phyllis Goodwin of Guardian Termite and Pest Control Inc., reported a similar situation.

If the ants do reach Oxford, consequences include expensive control. Treatments range from $275 to prices in the thousands, according to the Associated Press report.

The ants do not sting like fire ants but still pose a huge problem to residents and exterminators alike.

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hard to realize the positive effect that just one single donation can have.”

One of the biggest problems Mississippi Blood Services faces is not having enough blood when it is needed the most, and then being bombarded by donations to an overwhelming degree.

“It is a constant struggle trying to keep blood on the shelves,” Gregory said. “Sometimes we are not moved to act until something personal happens.”

Events that strike on a personal level, such as the terrorist attacks of 9-11, motivate the community to donate blood to aid those affected.

Gregory said she appreciates blood donations in any form but emphasizes that keeping the blood bank fully stocked year round in anticipation of emergencies is most important.

“It was the people who donated prior to Sept. 11 who were the real heroes that day,” she said. “They gave the blood on the shelves that was able to immediately help those victims in need.”

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A Mississippi Blood Services worker prepares a student to give blood in front of the Union.

Daniels expresses his sense of duty when it comes to donating blood.

“People should feel a sense of community and responsibility to help those who are in need,” he said.

Anna Varner, a junior marketing communications major, agrees that donating blood is important.

“Not only is donating blood crucial to help those in dire need, but it is one of the easiest ways to show compassion,” she said. “Do-

nating is free, and a majority of the time you walk away with free food and prizes for doing something as simple as sitting in a chair.”

Gregory said she agrees with the idea that blood donation is an easy way to give back, no matter your economic status.

“Sometimes we think because we don’t have a lot of money we can’t make a difference, but that is not the case,” she said. “You literally give a piece of yourself when you donate blood.”

to Oxford, visit schools

BY ROSS CABELL rsscabell@gmail.com

On Sept. 24, the master of fine arts poetry program at the University of Mississippi chalked up sidewalks, handed out poems, put broadsides in windows and even hijacked classrooms, all in the name of promoting social, environmental and political change.

The event 100,000 Poets for Change was started by Michael Rothenberg, a Berkeley professor of poetry, ass a project to get his poetry students involved in the outside world.

Poets for Change now boasts 700 events spread over 550 cities in 95 countries. Oxford can now be counted among those cities.

Ann Fisher-Wirth, a professor in the MFA creative writing program, acted as the unofficial faculty sponsor.

“This is the first time that this event exists,” FisherWirth said. “I have taught creative writing for a long time and have done various types of environmental activism and different kinds of social activism, and this is the first time I have been in something that brings the poets together like this.”

The purpose of this event was not only to raise awareness for different causes, Fisher-Wirth said, but also to put the poet, usually an insular artist, out in the public engaging the community.

MFA poetry student Josh Davis helped organize the event.

“My idea is that we wanted poems whose focus was outward rather than inward,” he said. “The point of an event like this is to try and expand that focus.”

The Poets for Change event was held around the world, but MFA students got a head start on the event the day before by infiltrating high school classes and bringing poetry to the students.

“We went to Oxford High School and crashed and read poems,” Davis said. “It didn’t

matter whether or not they were paying attention; standing in a strange place, like a math classroom, is a bizarrely radical thing to do.”

The goal was to make an impact, however minimal, on the students, according to Davis.

“Even if it wasn’t getting burned on their retinas, they will remember these things,” he said. “That poets are living and breathing people.”

On the day of the event, the poets chalked up the sidewalk around the fountain in front of Bondurant Hall with lines and stanzas of poetry. Many early risers stopped to look at the poems, Fisher-Wirth said.

The Square was also taken over by MFA poets. Southside Gallery had broadsides in its windows with poems written by the students.

However, the plan wasn’t always to bombard Oxford residents and Ole Miss students with poetry.

In the beginning, ideas were tossed around about having an event at locations like the Powerhouse or Off Square Books. Holding the event at either place didn’t pan out, so the direction of the event changed.

“There are poetry readings that go on all of the time in the Powerhouse and Off Square books and on campus,” Fisher-Wirth said. “There is plenty of that. The deal with that of course is how to get people who don’t ordinarily read poetry to come to our readings.

So this is kind of turning that around.”

This being the inaugural event in Oxford, there is talk about future plans for Poets for Change and what could be done to reach more people.

“It became clear to us that we really ought to work hard in future years to get more people involved,” Davis said. “If we had more manand womanpower, we could achieve more. The private effort is not enough. The public effort is something poets can do.”

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‘Go Greek or Go Home,’ pressures from family and friends

BY JENNIFER WILSON jkwilso3@olemiss.edu

Jane Smith waited anxiously to hear the good news. She knew that she would get into the sorority of her dreams. She had to. Her mom, her aunt and even her grandmother had all been Delta Gamma sorority members when they were students at the University of Mississippi.

Jane knew she must continue the legacy.

Minutes later, Jane discovered she did not get into Delta Gamma; in fact, she did not get into any sorority at all. So as all of her friends celebrated with their new “sisters” on the lawns of the sorority houses, Jane went to her room and drank a bottle of liquor.

She then decided that if she could not belong to the same sisterhood as her family members and friends, her life wasn’t worth living. So Jane jumped to her death from her eighth-floor dorm balcony.

A variation of this story was told to me when I started my freshman year. It began as an explanation as to why the balcony doors were locked on the eighth floor of Crosby, then it turned into a discussion on how important it is to get into the “right” sorority.

This story is almost certainly not true, but recently, I discovered that a variation of this story has been told to other incoming college students as well.

It is immediately apparent to anyone on the Ole Miss campus

that sorority members have an active presence. All you have to do is walk around the Student Union and you will see the large concentration of female students in oversized T-shirts adorned with various Greek letters.

The admissions page of the Ole Miss website estimates that 35 percent of undergraduate women are involved in a sorority. Onlineuniversities.com put Ole Miss at No. 6 on its list of “10 Schools with the Biggest Greek Life” this year, and the 2012 Princeton Review placed Ole Miss at No. 3 on the “Major Fraternity and Sorority Scene” list.

These statistics suggest it is important to many Ole Miss students to participate in the Greek system.

But is there a “Jane Smith” level of pressure on women at Ole Miss to join sororities? Is there any pressure at all? And if there is, does that mean the pressure is always a bad thing?

One former Ole Miss student definitely felt a Greek-induced pressure when she moved to Oxford. This person, who chose to remain anonymous, said that when she transferred to Ole Miss, she felt pressure NOT to join.

“I truly hated that transfers felt so left out of the Greek process,” she said. “I had a lot of friends that purposely went to

Ole Miss as freshmen in order to rush. However, friends that transferred with me tried to rush as sophomores and juniors, and they were devastated by the teasing they received by even thinking about rushing. Some felt so outcast they just didn’t even care to enjoy college like most of us did. I have to admit that most people know if you’re a transfer, you’re just not welcome, but I think that should change.”

Leighton Wright is a current student at Ole Miss and a member of Delta Gamma. She also transferred to Ole Miss but said she felt no discrimination while rushing. Wright also said that she never heard any negative comments about her transfer status and that she did not feel any different from the freshmen who rushed with her.

“I love being a part of Delta Gamma even though I did not join as a freshman,” she said.

“I have grown as a person as a result of my involvement in the chapter and the various activities my chapter is involved in on and off campus.”

Both Wright’s mother and her grandmother were Delta Gamma members also, but she said she felt no obligation to join because of that.

Similarly, Kappa Kappa Gamma member Laura Stolberg insisted that no one tried to coerce her to join and that the decision to participate in the

Greek system was simply and completely her own.

“I did not feel any pressure to rush, I just wanted to,” she said.

Margaret Bean, an Ole Miss alumna, said she felt a small amount of pressure, but she already knew sororities were not for her.

“On my first day at Ole Miss, people kept asking me if I was Russian. I would reply ‘No, I’m not,’” she said. “When I realized what they were really asking (rushing), my answer was still the same. I guess that was a type of pressure, but it didn’t really affect me.”

Rachel Burchfield, coordinator of Greek affairs for Ole Miss, said women may experience a small amount of pressure from other students to join a sorority but that it can be a positive thing that results in a great experience.

“I don’t think from the university there is any pressure, but I think a lot of women may have friends who are rushing, so they feel like they want to join in,” she said. “And I don’t think that’s a bad thing. Greek life was such a positive experience for me; obviously, I’m still involved in it two years after college, so I don’t think it is a bad thing at all.”

Burchfield expressed that every student at Ole Miss is welcome to join the Greek community, no pressure attached.

Memory garden becomes reality

BY MADISON FEATHERSTON madison.featherston@gmail.com

The Memory Garden Project has been the dream of many people at the University of Mississippi for years, and it has finally become a reality.

The Ole Miss community is close-knit, and when students lose their lives while enrolled, there is a lasting effect. The memory garden will be a place where students, faculty and staff, alumni and anyone from the Oxford community can reflect on lives lost.

“Ole Miss is such a family, that the class of 2006 decided we needed an area where students could go to remember others whose lives had been lost while in school,” Dean of Students Sparky Reardon said.

In 2006, former Chancellor Robert Khayat asked his friend Bobby Martin, president of the People’s Bank and chairman of the board, to get involved in donating funds to the project. Khayat promised $10,000 if the Tippah County Alumni Club would match the

funds.

Jimmy Hill and the rest of the Tippah County Alumni Club met this challenge, but the price of the project was more than what was initially expected.

The project has been in the works since 2006, but due to the financial ups and downs, it has not been able to fully come together until now.

“It’s good to see this project finally completed, and we are grateful to Mr. Hill and the Tippah County Alumni Club members for their support,” Jennifer Southall, director of annual giving, said.

“Arabella Montgomery and Maureen Shorter, the 2006 class officers, worked really hard to get this project off the ground, and I know they — along with many others who contributed along the way — will be pleased that we now have a dedicated area on campus to remember members of the Ole Miss family,” she said.

“Every good community is as good as its rituals,” Reardon said. “I hope it becomes a ritual that Ole Miss students will take the time to remember

classmates, whether in school or not; it will be a place to spend quiet time and reflection.”

The project was deemed complete when the senior class of 2011 donated four benches. There are more elements to add in the future, but the memory garden is now open and located adjacent to ParisYates Chapel.

“I think it’s a significant addition to the campus,” junior Trine Fjordhold said. “So many students consider Ole Miss their home away from home; it’s important to have a place not just to honor those who have passed, but to give the community a place to remember them in peace.”

If you are interested in supporting the memory garden, please contact Jennifer Southall at 662-915-6625 or email southall@olemiss.edu.

Gifts may also be made by mailing a check to the University of Mississippi Foundation, P.O. Box 249, University, MS 38677, with memory garden noted or by visiting http:// w w w. u m f o u n d a t i o n . c o m / makeagift.

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LEFT: Derek Smith plays music with Pretty Lights at the Lyric. RIGHT: Dominic Lalli of Big Gigantic plays the saxophone at the Lyric on Oct. 11.

Homecoming court creates positive vibes for future

BY JONECE DUNIGAN jlduniga@olemiss.edu

It has been a long, tough road of campaigning for this year’s homecoming court seats.

After plastering students with stickers of support, constant handouts of flyers and rallies of support on every corner of campus, the winners will take their stand in front of thousands of screaming fans on Nov 12.

For some students, this moment is the end of the homecoming court’s journey.

To other students, like sophomore journalism major Kells Johnson, this year’s homecoming court has a strong, positive force behind the glitz and glam of campaigning.

“Some of us know that homecoming queen and Miss Ole Miss have an effect on the student body,” Johnson said. “(The) Ole miss campus can be affected positively due to these positions.”

Johnson disagrees with students who see homecoming as a titleseeking position, saying, “Why would you do something just to do it? You have to do something with that title.”

The University of Mississippi makes sure that candidates will help change its environment.

“What I think is important about this election is that they are adding a component to community service,” Miss Ole Miss Alex Street said.

Her passion for Mississippi education led her to become both a volunteer and site manager for

two years with Leap Frog, a nonprofit, after-school tutoring and enrichment program.

“People want to see Oxford as this perfect little place, but Oxford has its own share of problems also,” Street said. “As a site manager, I have seen the real need that these kids have for college kids to come to them and be a mentor to them.”

Street shares such a strong relationship with Leap Frog, that she plans to endorse the program as Charity of the Year, a privilege given to Miss Ole Miss.

The strong love for charities in other homecoming members led students like Johnson to allow their voices to be heard during the voting process.

“I felt like it was important to vote,” Johnson said. “I know that they can have an effect on the student body. They have good ambitions to do great things with their positions.”

Another factor adding to the positive vibe is the campaign strategies used this year. Simple changes of tactics like shaking hands and asking how people were doing that day shows why. Street believes presence plays a big part in campaigning, and she made the decision to not bombard people.

“I’ve wanted to make this personal,” she said. “This is an opportunity to meet people on campus and to make friends. You can make connections with people that you would not meet otherwise.”

Her campaign trail also added a little twist when people started to

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“I think it is important to make campaigns fun,” Street laughs.

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Occupy: the movement of our generation

PHOTOS BY NATHANIEL WEATHERSBY | The Daily Mississippian

LEFT: The group placed an “Occupy Memphis” sign at the front of the park at which they were demonstrating. RIGHT: Demonstrators brought home-made signs to the event in support of their viewpoints.

BY NATHANIEL WEATHERSBY nweather@olemiss.edu

While you were screaming for the home team to win, they were screaming for the government to listen.

On Saturday, Oct. 15, while thousands of people milled through the Grove and Circle on their way to a football game, a small but mighty group of people gathered in Memphis to combat the economic corruption in the United States. They call themselves Occupy Memphis, a branch among many being established around the country stemming from the Oc-

cupy Wall Street movement in New York.

By now, through constant exposure from the media, you have heard about, if not understand, all that is going on with the Occupy movement.

This movement could very well be the social movement of our generation, and we walk around with no will to learn about the history happening right in front of our noses.

Every day we are encouraged as both students of this university and as citizens of the United States of America to take a stand and change whatever we do not like about our surround-

ings.

Earlier this year when the protests in Egypt were under way, many of us felt envious toward a group of young people who were willing to make a change.

Now it seems that our chance has come to show the rest of the world that the youth of America are just as capable of bring the change they feel their country needs.

The Occupy movement broadly calls for reform of an unfair economic situation. Protestors say they are rising as representatives for the previously unrepresented 99 percent against the wealthier and overly

represented 1 percent.

As one searches deeper into the cause, he or she will find many smaller reasons stemming from the failing economy that serve as the forces behind the movement’s participants. Many of the people present at the Occupy Memphis gathering talked about their feelings toward the unfair taxation of corporations.

However, each person has his or her individual motive behind his or her presence at that park in Memphis.

Because of these differing motives, born of the same rage against injustice, the movement as a whole is made up of people from various walks of life that symbolize the unity this country was built upon.

One thing particularly interesting about the preparation the protestors presented at the Memphis rally was the stressing of their chosen position as non-violent.

The extremely diverse group, under the instruction of three facilitators, participated in a training session that taught the ins and outs of non-violent protesting.

Among the things learned were appropriate ways to stand your ground against the opposing side, whether it was law enforcement, media or passers-by with different views.

Also stressed was the importance of identifying yourself as an active or passive resistor when threatened with arrest. The facilitators constantly warned the protestors that there could be a great chance of arrest.

Despite the impending

danger of being arrested, the Memphis protestors stayed where they were, obviously not going to back out of a fight for what they and every other American believe in: freedom and equality.

While no leader was defined, the people gathered that day at the Civic Center Plaza in Memphis and accomplished more than expected.

Many people may call them “hippies,” but they are solidifying their place as true Americans by standing up and fighting against a problem that has plagued this country for years.

Though the decision is ultimately up to the individual whether or not to join the cause, the Occupy movement has come during what it sees as the final hour.

Amid the gloomy downturn of the economy and the rising rates of unemployment, the Occupy movement is the catalyst that could develop America into a phoenix rising from the ashes of a burning economic catastrophe. Thus, as students of a university that teaches us the importance of taking a stand for what you believe in, we can do more to inform ourselves about the events happening around us.

You do not have to join the cause or even agree with it; you just have to be willing to do the research to avoid casting an illinformed opinion on something you know little about.

For those who want to join the cause or find out more information about the movement, Occupy Memphis has both a website (www.occupymemphis.org) and a Facebook page.

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Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers visits UM

BY AUSTIN MILLER thedmsports@gmail.com

Heisman Trophy winner and two-time National Champion Johnny Rodgers visited the University of Mississippi this past weekend.

On his itinerary, in addition to attending Saturday’s Ole Miss-Alabama game, was visiting Meek School of Journalism and New Media Dean H.W. Norton, who knew Rogers from his time as the journalism dean of the University of Nebraska, and speaking to Professor Jim Lumpp’s Integrated Marketing Communication class.

He also brought his 1971 Heisman Trophy to Oxford, which was on display at the Meek School of Journalism tent before the game Saturday, where people talked to him about his career and posed with him and his trophy. Forty years later, Rodgers continues to take great pride in his individual and team accomplishments from his successful three-year playing career at Nebraska.

“It gets better as we go along here because we haven’t won too many more,” Rodgers said.

“At our 40-year reunion, Sporting News came and made an announcement on Sept. 12 that they had voted and declared that the 1971 team at the University of Nebraska, in their opinion, was the best college football team of all time.

It’s not just impressive that you won the National Championship, but to be voted the best team of all-time, it shows you just what you can do when you’re with a group of people who are all focused on winning at the same time.”

His senior year of high school in 1969, Rodgers was named Athlete of the Year for the state of Nebraska. Coming out of high school, he was drafted in the 38th round by the Los Angeles Dodgers but decided to attend Nebraska to continue his football and baseball careers. After his freshman season in 1970, when the Cornhuskers won their first National Championship, he gave up baseball to focus on football.

“After we won our first National Championship in 1970, the university came back to me and made a deal with me to not play baseball anymore,” Rodgers said. “If I was not to play baseball, then I would be the first player (Nebraska) would endorse for the Heisman Trophy. I ended up winning the Heisman Trophy and we had two National Championships in 1970 and 1971.”

In his three years at Nebraska, in addition to the Heisman Trophy and winning two National Championships, he was also a two-time First Team All-

American and set NCAA records with seven punt returns for touchdown and eight kick/ punt returns for touchdowns.

He accounted for nearly 6,000 all-purpose yards and 39 touchdowns as a returner, receiver and running back.

After his collegiate career came to a close, Rodgers was drafted in the first round by the San Diego Chargers but chose to sign with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.

“During negotiations, I flew out one night from San Diego and flew to Montreal and negotiated with the Canadians. I told them I wanted $100,000.

They said OK, so I left. The only problem was that I had thought about $100,000 for so long that by the time I had gotten it, $100,000 was not as much money as I had thought it was. So the next year I negotiated for $1 million and I got that.”

At Montreal, he was the CFL’s Rookie of the Year for the 1973 season and earned Player of the Year Runner-Up and AllPro Honors for the 1974, 1975 and 1976 seasons. He also led the Alouettes to the 1974 Grey Cup Championship.

“When I went to the Canadian Football League and I showed up with a Heisman Trophy, I kind of dictated and was known through the country, not just in the city,” Rodgers said.

“When I went to Canada, everyone in Canada all loved me.

We sold out every stadium we went to simply because that we were bringing big-time football and big-time names.

From the CFL, he returned to the United States and the San Diego Chargers in 1977.

He played parts of two seasons while battling hamstring injuries until a freak knee injury in 1978 ended his football career.

After football, he went back to school at Nebraska to earn degrees in broadcasting and advertising.

Rodgers has been very successful in professional life, most recently with various marketing initiatives, public speaking and the Johnny Rodgers Youth Foundation. He credits these successes off the field to his playing experiences and skills he learned on the field.

“On the football field, you have to know that the guy next to you is going to do his job,” Rodgers said. “It’s the same way in the boardroom. You have to know the guy next to you is going to do the job. To know that you are in this together because you don’t do anything by yourself. You don’t win Heisman Trophies by yourself, you don’t win National Championships by yourself and you don’t build a great university by yourself.”

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Junior wide receiver Melvin Harris makes a 15-yard touchdown catch in this past year’s 23-10 loss to Alabama. After being suspended for the first three games of the season, he was dismissed from the Ole Miss football program Monday.

NOTEBOOK, continued from page 12 Nutt impressed with Wilson, Arkansas Looking ahead to Saturday’s matchup against No. 10 Arkansas, Nutt was very complimentary of junior quarterback Tyler Wilson and the Razorback offense.

“I think we’re facing the best quarterback in the SEC, Tyler Wilson,” he said. “Excellent quarterback; very, very accurate, can throw every ball. They are very very good on offense; they can score points.”

Wilson has thrown for 1,799 yards and 12 touchdowns on the season with only three interceptions.

One of the worrisome things about the Arkansas offense is that they use the spread offense

with four elite wide receivers, but still can have success running the football. Stopping the run is something Nutt will emphasize this week.

“The thing that you can’t go to sleep on is they’ll hand that ball to Dennis Johnson, (Ronnie) Wingo,” he said. “They’ll mix it up with a draw, mix it up with an inside zone or an outside zone, a screen. If you recall last year, Knile Davis had a good game against us, and they did it with the running game. As good as their passing game is, and you have to really respect that, you’ve also got to be able to stop the run too. It’s important.”

Searching for leadership Amidst injuries, suspensions and, most recently, a dismissal, leaders must step up for Ole Miss to be successful in the last six games of the season.

“It’s so important to hang in

there when things aren’t going just right,” Nutt said. “You’ve got to keep fighting, hang on to that rope and everybody do their part.”

Players that Nutt will rely on for leadership to a young team include seniors Bradley Sowell, Damien Jackson and Brandon Bolden. The attitude they set for the team is the most important thing for Nutt.

“It’s all hands on deck, everybody doing their job,” Nutt said. “Being very, very positive, and it’s the right attitude. That’s the bottom line, you have to the right attitude in this league.”

Ole Miss-Auburn game time set The game time for Ole Miss and No. 19 Auburn on Oct. 29 has been set for an 6 p.m. CT kickoff and will be televised by the ESPNU, the Southeastern Conference announced Monday.

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Rebels look to replace injured Temple and Dorsey on defense

BY BENNETT HIPP jbhipp@olemiss.edu

A very subpar 2011 season has continued to get worse for Ole Miss, as the Rebels defense lost two of its senior defensive leaders for the season in defensive end Wayne Dorsey and defensive back Marcus Temple.

Both were injured during Saturday’s 52-7 blowout loss to Alabama. Temple suffered a broken right ankle in the first quarter, and Dorsey broke his right arm in the fourth quarter.

“Wayne Dorsey had surgery yesterday, along with Marcus Temple,” Ole Miss head coach Houston Nutt said at Monday’s press conference. “Those guys will not be able to play the rest of the year. That really hurts.

They were outstanding captains for us, real leaders. Wayne Dorsey was playing his best football. Marcus Temple was playing his best football, playing the ball better in the secondary than he has his whole career.”

Dorsey currently leads Ole Miss with three sacks this season, and was playing very well in his second year in the Ole Miss program, while Temple

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LEFT: Senior cornerback Marcus Temple breaks up a pass in Saturday’s 52-7 loss to Alabama. Temple suffered a broken right ankle in the first quarter and will miss the rest of the season.

RIGHT: Senior defensive end Wayne Dorsey is carted off in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s 52-7 loss to Alabama. Dorsey, who leads the team with three sacks, broke his right arm and will miss the rest of the season.

has recorded two interceptions and has been the Rebels’ most consistent cornerback so far in 2011.

The loss of the two team captains means that the Rebels will have to call on their younger players to try and fill the shoes of Dorsey and Temple on defense, especially in the secondary.

“We’re trying to get the best fit right there,” Nutt said. “Wes-

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ley Pendelton, Charles Sawyer, Damien Jackson, Frank Crawford and Senquez Golson have to step up and go to work for us.”

Among the names mentioned as players who could see increased roles at defensive end include senior Kentrell Lockett, junior Gerald Rivers, junior Jason Jones, sophomore Cameron Whigham, junior Uriah Grant, who moved to the position against Alabama, and freshman C.J. Johnson, who has also played linebacker this season.

One of the options Ole Miss has at corner is to move cur-

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Melvin Harris dismissed from the team Ole Miss head coach Houston Nutt opened his Monday afternoon press conference by announcing that junior wide receiver Melvin Harris had been dismissed from the program.

“We’ve really tried to help him for three years,” he said. “I don’t

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and coach Nix, and they are thinking about moving me back to corner,” he said. “I’ve played it, I’m comfortable with it, so whatever is best for the team is what I’m going to do.“ a“Dedicate the rest of the season to him,” Sawyer said. “I know that’s what he’d do if one us went down. Just keep playing hard; play for him.”

As Ole Miss heads into Saturday’s game with No. 10 Arkansas, who ranks 17th nationally in points scored per game (39.2 ppg), the Rebels have to scramble to find players to fill both spots on the field and the leadership roles on the defense.

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rent safety sophomore Charles Sawyer back to cornerback, where he played this past season. While that move is under consideration, Nutt wasn’t sure if that’s the right move for the defense.

“Still right there discussing that, talking about it,” he said.

“Boy, you know (Sawyer’s) got four interceptions from that spot back there (at safety), that’s what you hate. He’s really comfortable right there.”

When asked about moving back over to corner, Sawyer said he would be fine with the move.

“I just talked to coach Burns

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want to get all the way involved in everything — the scenario of this thing –– but he’s going to continue to go to school and hopefully get his life in order.

“It’s just sad. I know this: I know that we did everything we could to try to help him. I know that.”

Harris was suspended for the first three games of this season for a violation of team rules, but came back and made a touch-

down catch against Fresno State in his second game after returning from suspension.

The Buford, Ga., native finishes his Ole Miss career with 33 receptions for 434 yards and three touchdowns.

Nutt said that Harris will “probably” transfer to a 1-AA school and finish his football career there.

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