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Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Volume 108, No. 34
Back on campus James Meredith returns to Oxford with documentary crew
YAF event moved amid controversy WILL STRIBLING
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James Meredith was escorted to classes by guards on Oct. 1, 1962, when he became the first African American student to be admitted to the University of Mississippi. His enrollment was regarded as a pivotal point in the fight for civil rights. On Monday, Meredith returned to campus with the Lion TV film crew for a documentary on the importance of his legacy in the South and in Southern education. He does not identify himself as a member of the civil rights movement, but his legacy on the university and in the South is undeniable. “The one thing old people don’t like is help,” Meredith said as he pushed himself up from a chair placed in the middle of Jerry Hollingsworth Field. Meredith is 86 now, but he still travels the world with his wife and family. He is lively and ready to laugh when he meets new people.
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‘Banksgiving’ food drive fights seasonal hunger KENNETH NIEMEYER thedmnews@gmail.com
In one of the most food insecure states in the country, the University of Mississippi Food Bank is partnering with residence halls, Greek organizations and other departments on campus to host Banksgiving,
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a holiday food drive to help give hungry students on campus access to food during the break. “We’re hoping that those organizations can help to bring in a lot of donations for the holiday season,” food bank director Kate Reinhardt said. Food bank volunteers said that it is important for students
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fighting hunger to have a place on campus where they can access food. Reinhardt said she decided to get involved with the food bank after researching food insecurity in Mississippi, when she learned that the price of a meal in Oxford is around 70 cents higher than the rest of the state.
REBELS OUTLAST NORFOLK STATE
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“Students (are) having to adjust to the new prices, and Oxford is a very expensive place to live as well as paying for tuition,” Reinhardt said. “There’s just all these different things that they have to pay for, and the main priority that students should have is to focus
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Incorrect reporting and unclear communication have made the rescheduling of an upcoming campus lecture the subject of a debate about freedom of speech. The “Free To Offend” lecture from Daily Wire contributor Elisha Krauss was originally scheduled to take place at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at 7 p.m. on Nov. 13. Then, after a few hours last Thursday, news broke that the event was seemingly canceled, and that it was instead moved to Auditorium 124 of the student union during the original time. The lecture was approved at the Overby auditorium following a misunderstanding from Overby Fellows. The Ole Miss chapter of Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), a conservative activism organization, is hosting the event. However, since its founding in 2007, the Overby Center has observed a policy that prohibits partisan or openly ideological student groups from using its venue. Inaugural Overby Fellow Curtis Wilkie said that it was a misunderstanding of the organization that submitted the request that caused the oversight. President of the Ole Miss YAF chapter, Sarah Croft, has her major, public policy leadership, in her email signature. When she put in a request to book the venue, those who processed the request believed it came from the Trent Lott Leadership Institute. This error
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