THE DAILY
MISSISSIPPIAN
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Volume 105, No. 42
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Caldwell named vice chancellor for diversity ASB discusses senator etiquette MIA SIMS
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Katrina Myers Caldwell spoke on diversity at the vice chancellor open interview session in September.
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After months of searching, Ole Miss named the new vice chancellor for diversity and community engagement Tuesday. Katrina Caldwell is currently employed at Northern Illinois University as the assistant vice president for diversity and equity since 2012. Before that,
she directed the Center for Intercultural Programs and Adult Student Affairs at DePaul University in Chicago. She will begin her first day at Ole Miss on Jan. 1, 2017. Caldwell is from Memphis, Tennessee, originally and said she was excited for the chance to work in the South again. She said she wants to make all students, prospective or enrolled, feel like Ole Miss is a welcoming place.
Growing up in Memphis, her mother told her she could not apply to Ole Miss because of the issues surrounding race and diversity. Caldwell said this time around, her mom pushed her to apply for this position. “What I’ve read and heard about this institution and the work that you’re doing, I want to be a part of that,” Caldwell said. “It takes people to make change happen and, from what I’ve seen, I think you’ve got the
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people here.” Caldwell said she knows how important people are to a big university. She said she cares about the faculty she hires and works hard to get to know her students. “I do approach things from a story,” Caldwell said. “I start with a story first. It’s the best way I learn, so I use it as a tool.” Vice Chancellor for Student
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Associated Student Body leaders met Tuesday to reinforce and improve campus communication with new and incumbent senators. During a powerpoint presentation, ASB President Austin Powell went through every branch of ASB to remind senators of the role each branch plays, discussing the importance of effectively communicating with each other. “We’re under what’s called shared governance,” Powell said. “Each body of members at the university has their own governing system. Students have one, faculty members have one and administration has one as well.” There are several types of communication ASB members use to inform the rest of the student body. One was urgent communication, which he said is anything happening on campus that is life-threatening including incidents like active shooters or threatening protest groups coming to campus. “We want to make sure our advisers know about these situations, and also our grad as-
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Oxford parents address racial concerns in district SLADE RAND
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Residents came together Tuesday night to voice their concerns about the Oxford School Board’s “poor communication” after the high school newspaper reported the district was looking into adding a separate school for low-income students. Earlier this month, The Charger quoted School Board Superintendent Brian Harvey in an article about plans to open a separate school for those students receiving free or reduced lunch. Parents contacted attorney Walter Zinn to represent them to the Oxford School District.
Zinn called for the Oxford School Board to hold Tuesday’s open meeting, which was announced only 25 hours in advance. “Tonight is a small representation of the passion we’ve had at these past meetings we’ve held,” Zinn said. Because most students in the reduced lunch program are African-American, many parents thought Harvey’s comments were racially charged, according to Zinn. Zinn introduced parent Tori Marion White, who said she was upset because OSD did not keep parents involved in their plans to
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Attorney Walter Zinn, representing parents, addresses the Oxford School Board about concerns that the district was
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