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Informational sessions for Park and Ride Informational sessions and ride trials will take place Thursday for students interested in the Park and Ride option offered by Ole Miss parking and transformation services. BY EMILY BEENE eabeene@go.olemiss.edu
A Park and Ride event allowing University of Mississippi students to experience the benefits of the Park and Ride system will take place Thursday. The event will be from 10 a.m. until noon, and buses will be leaving from Bishop Hall. Rides will only take from 10 to 15 minutes round-trip, and refreshments will be provided at Park and Ride lots. A student group will also be promoting the event Monday through Wednesday in the Union answering questions and providing information on the new parking system for interested students. Ole Miss started Park and Ride this fall to introduce a new parking system aimed at combating the steadily decreasing parking options available to commuters. “Give us the opportunity to show that these Park and Ride lots do work, and they’re going to benefit everyone,” Isaac Astill, director of The University of Mississippi Department of Parking and Transportation Services, told Ole Miss news. Park and Ride offers two express shuttle service routes, Gold and Brown. The Gold route runs from See PARK AND RIDE, PAGE 3 26497
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Blood for katherine Former Miss University and recent Ole Miss graduate Katherine Barkett Byrd is in need of blood donations. BY GRANT BEEBE thedmnews@gmail.com
Katherine Barkett Byrd, 2011 Miss University and recent graduate of the Meek School of Journalism and New Media at The University of Mississippi, has been diagnosed with hemolytic-uremic syndrome and is in critical condition at Baptist Hospital in Jackson. Byrd will require a series of blood transfusions and is in need of donations through Mississippi Blood Services. She requires AB+ plasma, which can only be donated by males, and blood of all types. However, AB+ and O+ types are especially needed. Ole Miss students stepped up this past week to donate in Byrd’s name through Mississippi Blood Services in drives held in front of the Union on Nov. 7. The Oxford community also pitched in, giving at a blood drive hosted by Material
Girls this past weekend. Mississippi Blood Services continues to accept blood in Byrd’s name and will give her credit for all donations that mention her name and birthdate: Dec. 20, 1987. Alex McDaniel, a Meek School graduate who now works as a reporter and social media coordinator at The Clarion-Ledger, said her memory of Katherine inspired her to get involved. “Katherine and I knew each other in college, and we were never particularly close or anything like that, but we were journalists together,” McDaniel said. “She was just one of the most positive people that I ever knew. “Every time I saw her in the newsroom, she was always smiling. She always kept me going. She could have a million stresses in her life, and FILE PHOTO (AUSTIN MCAFEE) | The Daily Mississippian
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Katherine Barkett Byrd crowns Kayla Snow as Miss University at last year’s pageant.
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Poll: Which Oxford intersection do you believe is most dangerous? 50% 12% 16% 3%
Old Taylor Rd/Hwy 6 Intersection
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Hwy 7/Hwy 6 Ramps Harris Dr/Jackson Ave Hathorn Rd/Jackson Ave Anderson Rd/Jackson Ave
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Compiled by Phil McCausland Graphic by Emily Roland This poll was posted on theDMonline.com this past Tuesday, Nov. 6. 180 readers voted on this poll and shared which Oxford intersection they found the most dangerous. Of the six options, exactly half voted for Old Taylor Rd/Highway 6. This intersection is pictured above and is considered dangerous because of its heavy traffic due to population density.