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ON STAGE: UM THEATRE HOSTS READING OF RARE FAULKNER PLAY
FORMER QUARTERBACK CHAD KELLY ARRESTED FOR CRIMINAL TRESPASSING
Faulkner’s short play “The Marionettes” was performed in what was potentially the first onstage portrayal since the play was written. The reading gave faculty and students new perspectives on what Faulkner was like as a young artist.
Former Ole Miss quarterback and current Denver Bronco Chad Kelly was arrested for criminal trespassing charges early Tuesday morning.
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University investigates mold in residence hall WADE JOHNSON TAYLOR VANCE
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Crosby Hall residents have reported being sick due to mold growing in their dorm rooms and poor air quality. Jim Zook, associate vice chancellor for strategic communications and marketing, said the university is aware of concerns of the air quality among Crosby residents and the “concerns are being taken seriously.” “We’re working diligently. We have had housing staff
throughout the weekend talking with the students and parents,” Zook said. The Daily Mississippian obtained an email sent to Crosby residents on Oct. 5 by Lionel Maten, assistant vice chancellor for student affairs and director of student housing, which said the university will “be inspecting rooms in the building and working with facilities and environmental services staff to clean up areas as needed.” Zook said a heating, ventilation and air
conditioning test was completed on Monday for elevated moisture and mold, and the results turned out to be “fine.” He said environmental tests for elevated levels of moisture and mold were conducted on Tuesday but the results have not been reported yet. Kendra Ingram, a freshman political science major who lives in Crosby, said she was diagnosed with bronchitis earlier in the school year and has had a sore throat and cough throughout the year.
Ingram said her portable air filter in her dorm room has turned black. “I have been sick since August,” Ingram said. “When I went into the university Health Center in August, they knew I lived in Crosby right away and said that was the reason I was getting sick.” Caitlyn Bone, a freshman elementary education major that also lives in Crosby said she has been sick, but she does not think it was caused by mold because she hasn’t seen any in her room.
“I noticed a significant amount of dust in my room within the first few weeks, so my dad advised me to put a filter on my vent,” Bone said. “I did so and was promptly told to remove it (by maintenance) as it was ‘causing’ dust. Zook said the university has found a substance growing in some rooms, but the university cannot confirm what the substance is. Bill Sothern, a certified mold expert and Chief
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Alumni struggle in Hurricane Michael recovery efforts ABBIE MCINTOSH
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PHOTO COURTESY: ASSOCIATED PRESS | DAVID GOLDMAN
A man walks by damaged boats in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Fla., on Tuesday, Oct. 16. The storm made landfall in the Florida Panhandle on Oct. 10 and turned out to be the third-most powerful Atlantic hurricane to make landfall on the United States.
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Ole Miss alumni are struggling with how to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Michael nearly two weeks after the hurricane first made landfall. The category 4 hurricane, which first made landfall on Oct. 10, is the fourth strongest storm to ever make landfall on the continental U.S. and the strongest to ever hit the Florida Panhandle. The destruction that Michael caused has left Ole Miss alumnus Jeff Rish scrambling to pick up the pieces. “I’ve been on a chainsaw for the last nine days,” Rish said. “At some point in the day, I’ve spent several hours on the chainsaw for the last … I’ve lost track of time.” Rish, who graduated from Ole Miss in the 70s having earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, has lived in Lynn Haven, Florida, a suburb of Panama City, since the 1990s. His one-story brick house only suffered minor damage.
Rish; his wife, Patti; and their two dogs, Dutch and Ginger, were without power for more than a week. “To get air conditioning back, that’s like dying and going to heaven,” Rish said. Fallen trees litter their front and back yards. Tarps cover roof damage on not only their house, but also their neighbors’ and thousands more. Rish said that the wind was once so loud that he couldn’t hear the tall pine trees in his backyard snapping like twigs. But after seeing the damage, Rish knew rebuilding wasn’t going to happen overnight. “We just take things one day at a time,” Rish said. “You literally just do it a day at a time and deal with what you have to deal with.” Rish said when he realized how strong Michael was going to be, it was too late. Before power was restored, the Rishes had little communication with the outside world. “It’s something you deal with,” Rish said. “You realize you don’t have communications. You realize you can’t reach first
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