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Tricycles to be available for departmental use on campus MIA SIMS
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The University of Mississippi is proud to announce its incorporation of tricycles as an alternative to the golf carts used by various departments. The tricycles will not only aid in mobility around campus but also aid in health and wellness. Being a non-motor bike, the tricycles will provide an outlet for exercise. The wellness aspect of the tricycles, or trikes, is what creates significance in their incorporation. Wendy Carmean of human resources expressed the basis of the program and how it is beneficial to the Ole Miss community. “Our hope is the bikes and trikes will offer an alternative to the golf cart for quick and timely travel for cross-campus errands,” Carmean said. “Zipping across campus on a bike rather than a golf cart is a great way to get the juices flowing. It’s a fact that we perform better and feel better when we add physical activity, even in short increments, to our schedule throughout the day.” The idea of the tricycles emerged when RebelWell, the university’s wellness program was awarded a grant from Blue Cross Blue Shield of MS Foundation. “One of the initiatives in the grant was to build a departmental bike program that
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New departmental tricycles are seen at the Ole Miss Bike Shop on Monday. could be used by faculty and staff to move about the campus in a timely manner,” Carmean said. “Many departments currently have access to golf carts, but we wanted another option that was more wellness oriented. We actually plan to introduce a new fleet of bikes
and trikes in the next couple of months.” The trikes will be outfitted with Ole Miss logos and special tags. The trikes are red, have large rear baskets and, before distribution to various departments, will have handle bar bells.
The tricycles are only for departmental use opposed to student use. Andrea Jekabsons, also an employee of the human resource department, asserted that in addition to trikes, the Department of Parking and Transportation is also provid-
ing 50 two-wheeled, logo-covered bikes for student use. The new departmental bike program is planned to kick off with a trike race at 10 a.m. Dec. 1. Five teams will race in a relay format from the University Avenue/Grove Loop intersection around the Circle and back.
Oxford School District reinstates pledge policy
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The Oxford School District recently reinstated a pledge policy and is giving students and faculty the option to opt out of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, a standard morning activity in U.S. public schools. Public schools cannot force students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, though schools may allow time to recite the pledge at the beginning of the school day. Mississippi State Code
37-13-6 states the boards of trustees of Mississippi public schools require students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at least once every school month. The code also states any student or teacher who objects shall be excused without penalty. The Oxford School District Pledge Policy was reinstated the week of Oct. 26, involving students reciting the pledge every morning. The Oxford School District administration has also educated students on their options during the recitation of the pledge. Oxford School District Communications Coordinator
Kelly Graeber said the high school administration wanted to give students the option to participate or not. Students are given the freedom to choose, and if their choice is to opt out, they know they are not allowed to be disrespectful or disruptive during the Pledge of Allegiance. Graeber said giving students the option to choose is part of preparing decision-makers for society. “We want them to be confident in the decisions they make, and they can start thinking, ‘Is this important to
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continued from page 1 me? What are my thoughts? Where do I stand?’” Graeber said. Lindsay Parker, a student teacher at Oxford High School, said this new policy is positive for students and a way to protect them. “I am really happy Oxford High has made students knowledgeable on their rights,” Parker said. “I would not want any of my students to feel uncomfortable or forced to compensate their beliefs. I do, however, feel that the pledge is more patriotic than religious, although not all families see it that way.” A study by the American Humanist Association, with support from the Stiefel Freethought Foundation, reports that 34 percent of Americans support removing the phrase “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance. The study was conducted in May in response to a 2013 poll by Lifeway Research, which stated that only eight percent of American adults felt “un-
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der God” should be removed from the pledge. The original version of the Pledge of Allegiance did not include the words “under God.” The patriotic oath was attributed to a Baptist minister by the name of Frances Bellamy and published in a children’s magazine in September 1892 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s voyage to America. It originally read “I pledge allegiance to my flag and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” In 1954, Congress added “under God” to the Pledge during the Cold War to emphasize distinctions between the United States and the officially atheist Soviet Union.
JACKSON, Miss. — In-state tuition at eight public universities is likely to increase by an average of 3.2 percent this fall, if the College Board approves plans Thursday for the Mississippi University for Women to raise prices. The board voted on a two-year tuition plan last year, and most universities aren’t making changes now. Thursday’s action is preliminary, and the board must vote again later. Mississippi residents would pay a statewide average of $6,718 for two semesters of full-time tuition and fees, up by $272. Delta State University and Mississippi Valley State University would keep tuition flat for the third year. The other six universities would increase charges from 2.5 percent to 5 percent. MUW had originally planned to keep prices flat next fall, but now wants to raise tuition and fees by 2.5 percent to $5,781 a year. The largest increases would come at the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State, which would both raise tuition and fees
5 percent to nearly $7,500 a year. Alcorn State is seeking approval to become the third university to waive out-of-state charges for all students, along with Delta State and Valley. Alcorn estimates that it would forfeit about $1.5 million in out-of-state charges in the first year of the policy, saying it already waives the charges for many of its more than 450 nonresident students. Alcorn said it would have to enroll about 170 more students to make up for the lost revenue. Many students don’t pay the sticker price, thanks to federal, state and college-based aid. In 2010-2011, Mississippi university students typically got $6,400 worth of aid, Southern Regional Education Board figures show. That covered about one-third of the total cost of attendance, once room, board, books and transportation were factored in. Still, increasing college costs are far outstripping stagnant family incomes. In-state tuition will rise 66 percent from fall 2005 to fall 2015, while household incomes have been basically flat in
Mississippi. It now takes about 17 percent of the typical Mississippi family’s income to pay for one year of college at a state university, not counting room, board or other costs. As costs outstrip family incomes, more students are borrowing to pay for school. More than half of students at the state’s eight public universities had federally financed student debt in 2011, with the average student borrowing almost $6,700. The numbers are higher at some schools. Federal figures show 90 percent of Mississippi Valley State undergraduates had loans in 2011. Universities say they need more money to increase faculty salaries, cover operation costs and make up for cuts to state aid. Though appropriations to the university system rose by almost $40 million this year, it still remains more than $55 million short of the $782 million that it received in state money in the 2008 budget year. On a per-student basis, aid shrank even more during the economic downturn.
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Gun sales surge ahead of jury’s Ferguson decision FERGUSON, Mo. — Some suburban St. Louis gun dealers have been doing brisk business, particularly among first-time buyers, as fearful residents await a grand jury’s decision on whether to indict the police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown. Metro Shooting Supplies, in an area near the city’s main airport, reports selling two to three times more weapons than usual in recent weeks — an average of 30 to 50 guns each day — while the jury prepares to conclude its three-month review of the case that sparked looting and weeks of sometimes-violent protests in August. “We’re selling everything that’s not nailed down,” owner Steven King said. “Police aren’t going to be able to protect every single individual. If you don’t prepare yourself and get ready for the worst, you have no one to blame but yourself.” Protest leaders say they are preparing for non-violent demonstrations after the grand jury’s decision is announced, but they also acknowledge the risk of more unrest if the panel decides not to issue criminal charges against Darren Wilson, the white officer who shot Brown, who was black and unarmed. “I’ve probably sold more guns this past month than all of last year,” said County Guns owner Adam Weinstein, who fended off looters last summer at his storefront on West Florissant
Avenue, the roadway that was the scene of many nightly protests. Weinstein stood guard over his business with an assault rifle and pistol. First-time gun owners account for about 60 percent of his recent customers, King said. Among them is Dave Benne, who on Saturday purchased a Smith & Wesson handgun as shoppers swarmed the 8,600-square-foot showroom. Benne said he’s considered buying a gun for some time, but the events in Ferguson, a town that borders his community of Florissant and shares a school district with its neighbor, were the decisive factor.
“Everyone else has one,” he said. “I figured I’d better too.” The St. Louis County Police Department reports a sharp increase in the number of concealed-carry permits issued since Brown’s death compared with a year ago. From May through July, the county issued fewer permits compared with 2013, records show. But from Aug. 1 through Nov. 12, officials issued 600 more permits, including more than twice as many in October as a year earlier. Fifty-three more permits were issued in the first eight business days of November than in all of November 2013.
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Is Iggy really ‘da realest?’
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Before the “Fancy”-crooning, Australian-born female rapper Iggy Azalea, became known to the American pop music consuming masses as the response to the question “Who dat? Who dat?” her most famous lyrics sprouted from controversy. “I’m a runaway slave … master,” Iggy proclaimed in the opening bars of on-off freestyle rhyme “D.R.U.G.S.” Azalea took to the Internet to release a letter in 2012 to apologize for the offensive nature of the lyric and explain the intended meaning of her quip. Azalea argued that her line, derivative of the Kendrick Lamar song that shares the same beat as the Iggy recording in question, also shares a similar context. She repeated the black male rapper’s version of this lyric line for line, save for her inclusion of the term “master.” Azalea stated that taken out of that context, her rendition’s impact is altered. “I was never trying to say I am a slave owner. The intent was to say was that past histories have been mastered,” she wrote. Although the retraction does little to clear up her blatant and mildly inappropriate attempt at a tongue-in-cheek reference to the racial elephant that she represents in the rap music room, the end of her letter points to a dialogue that has remained omnipresent since she began to creep up the ladder of stardom in 2011. “I am for unity and equality,” she wrote. “People should get a fair shot at whatever they want to do no matter what color they are; rap and hip hop as a culture is not
exempt from this.” Long before Iggy’s splash on the rap market, white acts during the golden era of rap like The Beastie Boys and 3rd Bass blended a white
Rap Album award at the 2014 Grammy Awards. Representing white women in rap, artists such as Kreayshawn and Kitty Pryde, sprinkle message boards and so-
since a witness in the 1995 O.J. Simpson trial testified to hearing a black male voice. In a similar circumstance in 1999 case “Clifford vs. Kentucky,”
perspective with the traditionally minority-centric narratives of hiphop culture’s brand of free expression. Furthermore, Eminem rose meteorically to rap superstardom with his verbal chronicles, bringing to life his blue-collar upbringing for fans of the genre in the early 2000s. More recently, Macklemore made headlines as he beat out Kendrick Lamar for the Best
cial media timelines. Former Def Jam darling and UK grime emcee, Lady Sovereign even predates Iggy half a decade with her international appeal. “All people have a voice and equal right to use it,” Azalea demanded in her letter. She’s right. She puts her voice, however, to peculiar use. With eyes closed, Iggy Azalea’s signature grunting drawl would be difficult for listeners to match to her blonde hair, blue-eyed appearance. Admittedly, the concept of “sounding black” has been a slippery slope with which to build a foundation for an argument
a cross examiner asked a witness, “Do some people sound like Blacks when they are talking?” His answer: “Possibly, yes.” Iggy Azalea stands as one of those strong possibilities. Arriving fashionably late to an interview alongside mentor T.I. on the Hot 97 FM Morning Show in New York City, Azalea listed the numerous grievances she is privy to regarding her authenticity. “Some people might not like that I rap in an American accent, and I’m Australian. Some people might not like that I’m white, and they feel things that I do are stereotypically black,” Azalea fired
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The Mandala sand art that the monks have been creating in the Student Union will be disassembled Friday. The particular design they have been creating is symbolic of “boundless wisdom,” which Easterbrook claimed is “apt” considering the approach of finals week. “The sand is going to be put in vials and distributed among all the students that are there,” Easterbrook said. “The idea is that they can carry this wisdom with them.” The dissemblance of the sand painting event is set for noon Friday and will be the perfect conclusion to the performance tonight. “It’s a terrific introduction to another part of the world that we’re not familiar with,” Easterbrook said. “It’s great to take advantage of this opportunity while you’re in school at a place intended for learning.”
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to attend. “In America, we have very little knowledge or contact with Tibet,” Meacham said. “This is really a chance to see Buddhist rituals. These dances that they’re performing and the rituals that are part of the show are thousands of years old and have been performed the same way since the beginning. That’s how they’ve been handed down.” She added that because American culture is so young, this is really a chance to look back and see history. The tickets are $10 with an Ole Miss student ID, $30 for members of the community and $24 for faculty and staff. The performance starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Ford Center tonight and will last for just under two hours. However, that’s not the last event that the monks will bring to the Ole Miss Campus.
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philosophy. “It’s a tool to teach an understanding of how they’re studying,” Lee said. “Usually there is more action in the debate. Two people will take a side, and the others will pose questions. Outside of a performance, they may continue this past midnight.” Even though this performance is here in Mississippi, the group of 11 monks will still perform in the Tibetan language of their monastery. “There’s a spokesperson who speaks during the performance and introduces each section as well as when a translation is necessary,” Easterbrook said. He added that the monks have sent ahead of them a very intensive program that explains everything that is happening during the performance. Kate Meacham, the marketing director for the Ford Center, highly encourages students
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A visiting group of Tibetan monks have been painting sand in the Student Union since Monday. Though this small peek into the culture of Tibetan monks is interesting, it is not the highlight of their visit at Ole Miss. That honor goes to “Mystical Arts of Tibet: Sacred Music Sacred Dance,” a live demonstration of dance and chants sacred to the culture of Tibet. “The tours first started in 1988,” director Irene Lee said. “We’ve been on about 25 tours.” Out of all of those tours, this is the second time the monks have come to visit Ole Miss and perform at the Ford Center. “When the monks first came, they seemed to really resonate with the student body,” said Norman Easterbrook, direc-
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tor of the Ford Center. “One of things we try to do is showcase cultures different from our own. This group seems to be a really popular thing with our students.” The performance is only for one night, yet the monks will display different facets of their culture. “Some of them are like ritual dances,” Lee said. “Also included in the performance program is the multiphonic chanting and playing of traditional instruments like the longhorn.” Multiphonic chanting means that one monk can produce more than one note at the same time. “That’s a type of vocal technique that’s not familiar at all to those of us in the western culture,” Easterbrook said. “I find it fascinating.” Also included in the program is a debate demonstration to show how the monks discuss
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Ole Miss basketball set to play Southern University
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OLE MISS WOMEN’S VS. SOUTHERN 5:00 P.M. C.T. TV: SEC NETWORK + TAD SMITH COLISEUM The 2-0 Ole Miss Women’s Basketball team is off to a stellar start so far. The Rebels won their first two games by an average of 39 points. This game is critical for the Rebels as head coach Matt Insell only has one game to prepare before his coaching matchup with his father, Rick Insell, on November 23rd against Middle Tennessee State. The Rebels got off to a poor 1-4 start last season, and a win against Southern would prevent that nightmare to happen again. Thus far, freshman point guards Toree Thompson and A’Queen Hayes have weathered the storm at the point. Senior forward Tia Faleru became the 26th Ole Miss Rebel to reach the 1,000-point mark in the win against Mississippi Valley State. The three-point shot is a statistic where the Rebels need to get more consistent, and tonight’s matchup provides a good opportunity for the Rebels to practice on their looks. Meanwhile, Southern comes into this matchup 1-0 on the season as tonight’s matchup is their biggest test of the young season. Southern’s schedule looks to be a roller coaster as they’ll take on Illinois, Minnesota, Texas, Arizona, and Florida over the next month.
Impact Player - Ole Miss Junior shooting guard Gracie Frizell needs to make her mark offensively in this game. She’s only knocked down one of five three pointers to start this year. If the Rebels want to get better, Frizzell will be the driving force from the perimeter, and the key catalyst behind the three-point line. With more production from Frizzell, the Rebels should have no trouble beating Southern. Impact Player - Southern Senior point guard Kendra Coleman returns as the Jaguars leading scorer from a season ago. Playing against great point guards is a key test for Toree Thompson, Erica Sisk, and A’Queen Hayes. Coleman will get her looks offensively, but the Rebels can take her out of the game by making Coleman work hard on the defensive end. Coleman could cause problems if she gets going early due to her speed and tenacious effort on the defensive end.
65 overtime loss to Charleston Southern, Ole Miss rebounded to pick up their first win of the season 74-64 at Troy on Monday night. Tonight’s matchup begins the Emerald Coast Classic where Ole Miss hosts two home games before they travel to Niceville, Florida to take on Creighton on November 28. The Rebels have many things to work on before they take on Creighton, who is still a solid basketball team even without sharpshooter Doug McDeermott this year. Ole Miss needs to work on scoring in the paint in this matchup against Southern out of the SWAC conference. On the other hand, the
Jaguars come into this matchup 1-1 on the season, and they have a little hope, as they know Ole Miss is now vulnerable to any team after losing to Charleston Southern.
matchup presents a golden opportunity for Jones to get some confidence back as he’ll play a big role in the Ole Miss frontcourt rotation this season.
Impact Player - Ole Miss Senior stretch forward Aaron Jones returns tonight after a three game absence due to a suspension where he violated team rules. The 6’9’’ forward led the Rebels with 6.6 rebounds per game and was third in the SEC with 69 blocks last season. It’s been obvious that Jones’ impact has been missed through the first two games. The Rebels need Jones’ rebounding and post-scoring in order to win games this season. Tonight’s
Impact Player - Southern Sophomore point guard Trelun Banks can really do it all for the Jaguars. He’s a crafty point guard who can pass, shoot, rebound, and assist. Through two games, the guard averages 9 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists. You might as well call him a stat-sheet stuffer. He’s one guy the Rebels need to look out for as he will most likely be all over the floor and competing on both ends to help his team win.
OLE MISS MEN’S VS. SOUTHERN 7:00 P.M. C.T. TV: SEC NETWORK + TAD SMITH COLISEUM Standing at 1-1 in the young season is not what any Rebel fan wanted to start the 2014-2015 Men’s Basketball season. Being undefeated in non-conference play is crucial to making the NCAA Tournament. Following the Rebels’ heartbreaking 66-
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Freeze, Luke preparing for tough atmosphere at Arkansas CODY THOMASON
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With the 2014 Ole Miss football season coming close to the tail end of the regular season, the team is preparing to take on the 5-5 Arkansas Razorbacks in what will be their last game before their regular season finale against Mississippi State. Head coach Hugh Freeze spoke to the media about how the team was getting ready for the tough matchup. “The kids are preparing like they have all year. I think we will be ready to give it a good effort come Saturday against a good football team,” Freeze said. “(That’s a) fun atmosphere to play in, and I think our kids understand that we have to go earn it, and I’m
pleased with how they prepared this week.” Not even Freeze expected his team would have the improbable eight win season they have had thus far. “My plan that I had, that I actually presented in my interview (for the head coaching position), was we’d be going to (our first) bowl game this year, and that was kind of the goal: to be very competitive and find a way to get enough wins to go to a bowl game,” Freeze said. “That was the original plan, but we’re excited that it didn’t work out.” But in order for the team to continue its impressive run, Ole Miss has to travel to Fayetteville and take on the Razorbacks, who boast an impressive run defense, which is ranked
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Hugh Freeze readies the football team before Vanderbilt in Nashville earlier this season. 22nd in the nation and only gives up 126 yards per game. “It’s tough to run on these guys, but we certainly have to try to attempt to establish a run game in every game,” Freeze said. “This will be no exception. We’ll certainly give it a go.” Arkansas’s defensive line has a lot to do with how stingy their run defense is. Offensive line coach and co-offensive coordinator Matt Luke discussed what the Rebels would be facing on Saturday. “They are very talented. When we got done playing them last year after watching
the tape, I thought (sophomore defensive tackle Darius) Philon and (senior defensive end Trey) Flowers were probably as good of a duo as anybody in the conference last year,” Luke said. “Obviously, another year older and a year better, and they present a lot of challenges. They play really hard, and they are very talented and fast twitch. We just have a lot of respect for those guys and the way they play, so we are going to have to play really well to give ourselves a chance, especially one the road.” The offensive line is receiving a huge boost, however, as star sophomore left tackle La-
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remy Tunsil should be making his return after injuring his bicep against LSU and missing the Auburn and Presbyterian games. “I’m sure he’s anxious to get back out there. He’s practiced well and he’s tested (his bicep) out,” Luke said. “He’s done everything, so I’ll look for him to be, if not 100 percent, pretty close to it.” Also returning to the field will be freshman starting kicker Gary Wunderlich. “He looks good this week,” Freeze said. “I think it was good for us to hold him out for those two weeks. I think he’s ready to go.”
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