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Resurrecting ‘dead week’ Students and faculty members alike have questioned whether or not a “Dead Week” policy exists preventing faculty from assigning heavily weighted assignments the week before finals. University policy put in place last year clarifies the matter. BY GRANT BEEBE thedmnews@gmail.com
University policy established last year indicates that “guidelines exist to allow sufficient time for students and instructors to prepare for final examinations.” “During the period of Wednesday through Friday of the last week of class, instructors are not to give exams, tests, or quizzes that contribute more than 10% of the final grade for a class.” However, a number of stipulations exist that allow instructors to assign papers, exams,and other assignments during the period in question. “An instructor can obtain
approval of the department chair and dean to give an exam, test, or quiz, of this weight, during this three day period.” “Instructors should return graded work and/or inform students of their grades on exams, tests, or quizzes prior to the beginning of finals week.” The policy exempts labbased courses, technical writing courses, seminar courses that assign a term paper and senior design courses that assign a multi-faceted project in lieu of a final exam automatically. However, major projects of See DEAD WEEK, PAGE 6
North Ridge to be renamed North Ridge, one of the three new freshman residence halls on campus, will be renamed in honor of Ole Miss graduate Lucian Minor and his family. BY ADAM GANUCHEAU thedmnews@gmail.com
One of the three newest residence halls on The University of Mississippi campus will have a new name in the coming weeks after the state college board of trustees approved the university’s request. North Ridge, one of the three new freshman residence halls that were built within the last year, will be renamed after 1937 Ole Miss graduate Lucian Minor. “We are currently in the process of scheduling a dedication ceremony,” said Larry Sparks, vice chancellor of administration and
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finance at Ole Miss. “Also during this time, the exact name of the dorm will be nailed down.” Minor and his family recently gave $5.2 million to the university’s PatterSee RIDGE, PAGE 5
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University Trails residents petition for more safety University Trails residents have petitioned for more advanced security after recent break-ins and other incidents. BY JEREMY K. COLEMAN jkcolem1@go.olemiss.edu
University Trails resident and University of Mississippi student DJ Gregory has started a petition to promote more advanced security after several break-ins and a student being held at gunpoint a few weeks ago. “These apartment complexes are so close to the campus and historic Oxford Square, yet there is still so much crime and very little protection of students and residents,” said Gregory, a junior political science major. He was a victim of a breakin a couple months ago and said $800 worth of electronics were stolen. He said he found the security unacceptable. “The most the management of the apartments could tell us to do was to lock our doors,” he said. The petition he started to turn in to the complex has gotten a wide range of community attention, as it received about 60 signatures within a matter of two days. “We feel our property, more importantly our safety, is at grave risk, and the management seems to care very little about those that pay rent here,” Gregory said. “We want them to know our disdain.” University Trails apartment manager Augusta Dunazin said ensuring the protection of students and their belongings isn’t easy and it is sometimes beyond the management’s control. “Crime in Oxford always increases over the holidays when students go home, and unfortunately, this is not
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something that we can 100 percent prevent,” she said. Oxford Police Chief Mike Martin agrees. “Most of the burglaries that occur at these apartment complexes are gonna be at times when there are holidays,” Martin said. “We always tell people to carry small things home with them when they leave.” Danielle Bean, a junior broadcast journalism student living in the community, said she does not feel very protected in her own home. “(I) don’t feel safe anymore and I don’t imagine that anyone would,” Bean stated. “It’s not a safe place and they’re not a very productive apartment complex.” It was said by many that security measures at the apartment buildings are not up
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to par and there were many things that could be done to increase the safety of individuals who reside there. “University Trails needs to work on their security for the safety of people,” said Aisha Lions, a senior forensic chemistry major and resident at University Trails. “The most important thing is to be alert,” Chief Martin warns to residents of the apartment complexes. Bean said the recent crimes that have occurred at the complex have changed her perspective. “I trusted this place to be my home for a couple of years and it’s not a home anymore,” Bean said. Campus News Editor Jennifer Nassar contributed to this report.
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