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Wednesday, October 26, 2016
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‘Pulse: A Tribute’ is remembering Orlando Miss University pageant tonight BRIANA FLOREZ
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The 68th annual Miss University Scholarship Pageant will be at the Gertrude C. Ford Center 7 p.m. Wednesday. Contestants will compete in four different areas of competition: interview, talent, swimwear and evening wear. The winner of the 2017 Miss University Scholarship Pageant will be receive a $2,000 scholarship, $2,000 stipend, $1,000 allowance for talent and fitness and other awards. First alternate will receive a $1,000 scholarship, and second alternate will receive a PHOTO BY: TAYLAR TEEL $500 scholarship. A pop-up exhibit, “Pulse: A Tribute” is being displayed through Thursday in the Student Union Ballroom. The exhibit is in recognition of LGBTQ History Month and the 49 peoAdditional awards will be disple who lost their lives in the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando. Alumnus Johnathan Kent Adams created a canvas series following the shooting with watercolor portraits of tributed for the talent, swimsuit all 49 victims. There will be a “Meet the Artist” reception with Adams from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday in the Student Union Ballroom. The exhibit and reception are sponsored and interview competitions. by Feminist Empowerment at the University of Mississippi with support from the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies and the Ole Miss Student Union. The SEE MISS UNIVERSITY PAGE 3 events are free and open to the public.
Professor Poll: ‘Should Election Day be an excused absence?’
JENNIFER SADLER
Instructor, Integrated Marketing Communications “Ideally, every professor has made the current election part of the classroom and encouraged students to be educated on the points made during this election season. I actively encourage my students to learn what they can about each candidate and for the last debate 88 of my students gathered in the Overby Auditorium to live tweet the debate using the #MeekJourno hashtag. Because polls are open throughout the day, I would expect students to make arrangements to vote in between or after class, but if they are late or miss due to voting I could make an exception. For most, this will be their first time voting for a president, which is as much a test of their ability to shape the future as we have been preceding them.”
RICH FORGETTE
Senior Associate Dean, College of Liberal Arts “I hope all eligible students take the time to vote on Nov. 8. In political science, we debate whether voting is foremost a right, responsibility, or privilege. It is partly all three. Regardless, Mississippi polls open at 7 am and close at 7 pm. Thus, I do not think it is necessarily an excuse for missing class. If students have class all day or are registered outside of Lafayette County, they should look into submitting an absentee ballot. They should do that soon, though, since the mailing deadline is before election day.”
MIKKI K. HARRIS
Assistant Professor, Meek School of Journalism & New Media “Students who need to be away from campus an entire day should exercise their right to vote via absentee ballot, rather than miss classes on Election Day. However, if they have to vote in person on Election Day, excusing that absence depends on the professor and the subject matter. Voting is an anticipated absence, so for my classes, if a student notifies me of the absence, meets deadline, and completes all work that would be missed prior to missing class, I would excuse being absent on Election Day, but if I am approached about missing class the day before or days after the election, no, that absence is not excused.”
MARVIN KING
Associate Professor, African American Studies “While I encourage everyone to vote, I would not suggest that missing class to vote count as an excused absence. The polls are open for twelve hours and I don’t know of any student with classes from 7 a.m.–7 p.m. without a break. If the ASB and Faculty Senate recommended that voting be considered an excused absence, I would respect that decision.”
COMPILED BY AUSTIN HILLE