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IHL approves removal of Meek’s name FIVE THINGS OLE MISS MUST DO TO BEAT AUBURN Ole Miss looks to achieve its first three-game win streak since 2015, while Auburn is trying to avoid three straight losses. See page 11 for five keys to an Ole Miss victory over the Tigers. SEE PAGE 11
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University of Southern Mississippi president Rodney D. Bennett, right, and University of Mississippi Chancellor Jeffrey S. Vitter, confer at the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning’s monthly meeting in Jackson on Thursday. Members of the state College Board voted to strip Ed Meek’s name from the Meek School of Journalism and New Media nearly a month after his Facebook post drew backlash for being racist.
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JACKSON — The state Institutions of Higher Learning unanimously approved the University of Mississippi’s request to remove Ed Meek’s name from the School of Journalism and New Media at its
regular meeting on Thursday. President of the Board of Trustees Shane Hooper said the board treated this vote as it does every other proposal that comes before them for consideration. He said the local and national attention Meek’s post has garnered did not make the proposal a matter of special interest to the board. “As required by the Institutions of
Higher Learning’s academic guidelines, requests to change the name of academic units are submitted by the institutional executive officer to the Board of Trustees for consideration in April and October. This process was followed, and the Board approved the request,” Hooper said.
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Harvest Supper raises money for UM Museum DANIEL PAYNE
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Under glowing lights strung between cedars, patrons meandered toward the scents of wine and the sounds of steel drums, stopping to talk with friends old and new every few paces. The fifth annual Harvest Supper brought visitors and residents to Rowan Oak on Thursday night to support the University Museum. Friends of the Museum organizes the event, which includes dinner, drinks and an auction of local art, to raise money for the museum each year. The group has raised $100,000 annually for the museum since the Harvest Supper began in 2014. “The money the Friends bring in is really import to maintain the collection, to expand the collection and to have events to bring people
in the museum,” said Kate Wallace, the membership, events and communications coordinator at the University Museum. “It means a lot. We work on a pretty small budget. We’re a state institution and there’s not a lot of extra money going around.” The event was planned for 550 attendees, and tickets were sold for $150 each. Individuals and businesses also sponsor the event; some donated over $10,000. Wallace said there are not any other fundraisers like this for the museum, and the Friends of the Museum that put it on is a special group of supporters. “They show up regularly for events,” she said. “They are big champions for us in the community.” Gail Henry, a Friend of the Museum and greeter at
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The 2018 Harvest Supper is held on the grounds of Rowan Oak to benefit the UM Museum. The event is sponsored by The Friends of the Museum.
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