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Thursday, November 10, 2016
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Volume 105, No. 58
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Don’t stop political involvement just because election is over
Ready? Set? Go! Ole Miss Campus Rec to host third annual Rebel Trail Challenge
Ole Miss golf has grown through honesty
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Vitter to be inaugurated as 17th chancellor today CLARA TURNAGE
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PHOTO BY: CAMERON BROOKS
Chancellor Vitter walks with students around campus during the Walk with the Chancellor. Students could communicate ideas, goals or just chat with Vitter while on the walk.
3 P.M. - INAUGURATION OF THE CHANCELLOR - GERTRUDE FORD CENTER
Jeffrey Vitter will be officially sworn in as the 17th chancellor of Ole Miss at 3 p.m. today in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. Vitter, who began his role as chancellor in January 2016, said the theme of the inauguration will be “The Power of Higher Education to Transform Lives, Communities and the World.” “I’m very positive that the power of education is the most important tool we have to help people. The most important thing we’re doing in society is funding education,” Vitter said in a recent interview. “I can’t think of any better opportunity to improve (lives) than education.” The ceremony will be followed by a reception for attendees and students from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the Circle. Fourteen committees were ap-
4:30 - WELCOME AND RECEPTION - CIRCLE
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Students, faculty respond to election in open forum KAITLIN FEASTER
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On the second floor of the students ballroom Wednesday evening, students and faculty gathered in elation or dismay to talk about the 2016 presidential election. The Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement hosted the event, and almost 50 students packed the Ballroom. Jeffrey Bourdon, the main lector of the event, spoke in detail about how Donald Trump made it to where he is today: the president elect. Bourdon began by explain-
ing that the road to Trump’s current position began 500 days ago when he announced his candidacy. He gave eight reasons why Trump went on to win the election: reality star, style, Twitter, trinkets, money, anti-establishmentarianism, media and timing. He said these eight aspects of Trump’s campaign were effective because they created the illusion of cutting out the middleman. “The tactic of ‘cutting out the
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middleman’ was effective in Trump’s campaign because it made the public feel like they knew him personally,” Bourdon said. “(They) are what ultimately vaulted him to the top.” When Bourdon finished, he opened the floor to student questions. The lecture itself lasted only 17 minutes, while the questions went on for nearly an hour. One student asked what other Republican candidates should have done to increase their own chances of winning. Bourdon said he believed the
PHOTO BY: ARIEL COBBERT
SEE FORUM PAGE 5 Jeffrey Bourdon, writing and rhetoric instructor, speaks at “The Results Are In” post-election forum in the Union Ballroom Wednesday evening.
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