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Volume 105, No. 54
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Hope through the flames after Greenville church fire TAYLOR SHELLEY EMILY MACKENZIE
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Greenville, Miss. – Bishop Clarence Green has an interesting message for the perpetrators who vandalized his church: “forgiveness.” The Hopewell Baptist Church in Greenville was set on fire Tuesday night. Authorities are calling it an act of intimidation. Green said he believes the church is more than a building: it’s a community of love. He wants to remind the residents of Greenville to remain resilient and to look toward forgiveness. “You can’t let the actions of others lower your standards of life,” Green said. Kenneth Powell and his wife live next door to the church. Powell said they reported the fire to authorities after they noticed flames creeping through the roof of the church. “I was afraid the flames would come over here,” Powell said. The perpetrator torched the inner sanctuary, and “Vote Trump” was spray-painted in white on the side of the building. ROGELIO V. SOLIS | ASSOCIATED PRESS Greenville Fire Chief Ruben A state fire marshal, right, and an ATF agent collect evidence as they investigate the fire damaged Hopewell M.B. Baptist Church Brown Sr. said the cause of the fire in Greenville. “Vote Trump” was spray-painted on an outside wall of the black member church. is still to be determined.
“What we do know, is that the fire was started intentionally,” Brown said. Though Greenville Mayor Errick Simmons was not quick to blame political affiliation, he said the fire is being investigated as a hate crime. “This itself was a hateful and cowardly act, because it directly infringes on the people’s civil liberties,” Simmons said. Greenville has a population of more than 32,000, with 78 percent African-American and 20 percent white, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Simmons said he believes race relations in the city are “fair” and “great.” However, members of the community are still left wondering why this happened. “Why would you hate the church? If you can’t go to the church and have service and peace, where can you go? What is next?” Greenville resident Khadijah Mitchell said. The investigation of the church fire is still ongoing. The authorities said they have a person of interest, but no arrests have been made.
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Senator speaks to state It’s On Us concludes week of national sexual assault awareness flag advocacy group DM STAFF REPORT
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The Ole Miss Associated Student Body and Rebels Against Sexual Assault joined forces this week to sponsor events built to educate the campus during It’s On Us Week. As a part of the national week designed to end sexual assault on college campuses, RASA and ASB brought in a visiting speaker, hosted a panel discussion and sponsored a 3K run. They will hold a Sexual Assault Awareness rally and debut UM’s Clothespin Project today. 2016’s It’s On Us Week kicked off on Halloween at 11 a.m. in front of the Union with a student Pledge Drive. RASA and ASB encouraged students to sign the national It’s On Us organization’s
pledge to “Help keep women and men safe from sexual assault” and to “Not be a bystander to the problem, but to be part of the solution.” Freshman psychology major Sarah Cooley was one of many to sign her name. “I think the pledge is a great reminder of what we need to be doing on campus,” Cooley said. Chardonnay Madkins, project manager with End Rape on Campus, kept the week’s programs rolling with her Tuesday night presentation in Bishop Hall. Madkins emphasized EROC’s mission to end campus sexual assault violence through direct support for survivors, educational prevention and policy reform. She said students who are marginalized by race or sexual orientation are often left out of sexual assault conversations on campuses.
“We have to very much be aware of what environment we’re in and how it treats marginalized people,” Madkins said. “First thing we have to do is learn the facts of rape and rape culture.” Next semester, Madkins will set out on a yearlong tour of college campus to promote EROC’s message across the country. Ole Miss was the first stop on her mission to re-center America’s marginalized students, which she said would help all students. Wednesday night, It’s On Us Week 2016 pushed on with a screening of Kirby Dick’s 2015 documentary, “The Hunting Ground.” The film challenged American college administrators to do more to combat campus sexual assault. After the film, ASB and RASA led a panel discussion between students
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Sen. Chris McDaniel speaks about the state flag controversy to students and people of the Oxford community on Thursday night in Brevard Hall.
State Sen. Chris McDaniels met many questions at a meeting of the Our State Flag Foundation Thursday night. The senator spoke to around 70 students and community members about police brutality, Confederate symbolism at SEE IT’S ON US PAGE 3 the university and the remov-
al of the state flag from campus in October 2015. “My position on the state flag is as long as it’s our state flag, it needs to fly,” McDaniels said. “Ole Miss is a state institution … A state institution has the
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