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Ants infest dorms Four dorms across campus affected HADLEY HITSON
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Helen McDougald, a sophomore allied health studies major, is the 2020 Most Beautiful at the 69th annual Parade of Beauties. The Tupelo native is a transfer student from Itawamba Community College. McDougald joked about breaking the cycle of winners, since the two previous Most Beautiful have been brunettes, and she is blonde. McDougald said the Parade of Beauties was a great experience and she’s grateful she met so many girls that she probably wouldn’t have met otherwise.
Since returning to campus from winter break, students who live in certain dorms have noticed hundreds of ants crawling around their buildings — in the halls, in the bathrooms and on the beds. Complaints have come from Pittman, Stockard, Hefley and Stewart Hall, and students said they are hesitant to report the infestation to the university. “It was the night before school started this semester,” Julia Crumrine, a freshman IMC major, said. “I was about to turn off my lamp when I looked at my headboard behind me, and it was covered in ants. There were more than I could count, just crawling all across it.” Crumrine lives on the second floor of Pittman Hall, and she said it looked like the ants were getting into her room from a crack in the wall. “We eventually moved my headboard into my bathroom and moved my bed away from the wall to find that
the ants were coming from a little hole in our wall,” Crumrine said. “It’s not like we left food out or anything while we were gone. They just came in.” While the ants have been gone from her room for several days, Crumrine said several other girls in the dorm have experienced similar issues, and many people have stopped putting in maintenance requests, opting to buy their own at-home pesticides instead. “(Maintenance wasn’t) going to be able to come help until the next day, so I just had to try and kill the ants myself. It was so awful,” Crumrine said. “People now just text in our dorm group chat to borrow ant spray.” Matthew Spurling, a freshman geological engineer, said he noticed the infestation last fall, shortly after moving into Stockard, but it seems to have worsened while students were gone over the five-week winter break. “Every time I go into the showers, there are just ants all over the walls,” he said. “I
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Remebering a legend Burson’s memorial to be held this month NIGEL DENT
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Public relations guru Harold Burson was a man built on a foundation of strong morals and a stronger work ethic, according to his family and colleagues. Burson, former CEO of Burson-Marsteller and famed pioneer of modern public relations, died on Jan. 10 at 98 years old. His son Mark Burson, an instructional assistant
professor, and other friends and co-workers, offered insight on the man who championed creativity and diversity in the industry. “To understand my father as a public relations professional, as a father, as a friend (and) as a colleague, you have to appreciate where he came from,” Mark Burson said. Born to a low-income, Jewish immigrant family in Memphis, Harold Burson inherited
his notable qualities — like his compassion, intellectual curiosity and work ethic — from his parents. His mother was especially revered for helping African-American communities by buying clothes at low prices and selling them on credit. Before enrolling at the University of Mississippi, Burson graduated high school at the age of 15 and worked as a junior worker for The Commer-
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Harold Burson, a 1940 University of Mississippi graduate often heralded as the ‘Father of Public Relations,’ has died at age 98.
REBELS DROP SECOND STRAIGHT
CRIMES OF THE HEART
The Rebels have been a step behind their opponentssition all year, and the trend continued as the Rebels lost 73-63 to the LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge on Saturday.
“Our concept was to look at what kinds of love there are and what are we really talking about when we talk about love,” Director Gregor Patti said. “I think that love can be bitter, love can be expected, it can be familial (or) betrayed. There’s lots of different kinds of love.”
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BURSON
continued from page 1 cial Appeal in Memphis. Since he could not afford college, his employer contacted Ole Miss’s then-Chancellor Alfred Butts, who helped appoint Burson as the head of the Ole Miss News Bureau and as a correspondent for The Commercial Appeal. These two jobs sparked the start of his collegiate career. Arriving on a hot summer day in 1936 after taking a Greyhound bus from Memphis to Holly Springs to Oxford, Burson found a welcoming community and a new home. “Until he died,” Mark Burson said, “whenever anyone asked, ‘What are the keys to your success?’ (My father) would say, ‘That’s easy. My time in the army and the generosity of the University of Mississippi and giving me the opportunity to get an education.’” Harold Burson was drafted the United States Army in 1943 during World War II. He was deployed for two years in Germany, the last 11 months of which he spent covering the Nuremberg trials for the American Forces Network. “If I had to pick one characteristic vital to success in any field I know of,” Burson said in his commencement address to the Ole Miss graduating class of 1989, “it would be what we might call ‘the people factor’... The ability to relate to and work with other people.” Besides being the first PR
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continued from page 1 don’t know what it’s from, but I haven’t reported it to housing or anything.” Jackson Dear, a freshman engineering major who also lives in Stockard, said he and his roommate have never reported their ant problem to any university official either. “We didn’t report any-
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Harold Burson (left) discusses potential expansion into Europe during a 1950s marketing campaign. Burson also worked as a reporter for the American Forces Network and was assigned to cover the Nuremberg trials after World War II. firm to create a dedicated research unit or to use an IBM mainframe computer, Burson-Marsteller was also one of the first agencies to hire African Americans and women in leadership positions. “He said everybody has the right to a voice,” Mark Burson said. “I don’t think he ever uttered the word ‘diversity,’ but he believed we had to open up the tent here, and we had to create pathways to bring all kinds of people into this business.” Vic Han, a former em-
ployee and client of Burson-Marsteller, recalled his time searching for a job after graduating college in 1972. He said Burson-Marsteller’s demonstrated a dedication like no other agency to recruiting young talent, being one of the only agencies to hire people straight out of college without working experience. “They wanted them young because they were energetic,” Han said, “and public relations is something that you can learn. That was really one of the factors that I think helped
thing to maintenance because when we came back, it was a week before school started, and we just didn’t know who to talk to, so we handled it ourselves,” Dear said. “We had ants all over our fridge and our room, all by the beds and in the window. It took us a long time to finally get them out.” Dear also said the ants on his floor of Stockard are still in the hallways and in the bathroom.
“I have seen ants in the bathrooms on the sink counters and on the floor,” he said. “I’ve never seen anybody spraying for bugs or anything, and I’ve never heard of anybody doing anything to fix it.” The Department of Student Housing said they were unable to speak on the matter and referred the reporter to the university’s public relations department, which could not be immediately reached at time of publication.
Burson-Marsteller go … to number one.” Steve Parrish, a friend of Burson and former senior vice president for corporate affairs of tobacco giant Altria, said that Burson left a legacy that valued open, honest relationships with the public. Parrish said he based all of his relationships, professional and personal, on honesty and integrity. “He proved that nice guys finish first,” Parrish said, “He was a kind counselor and mentor to so many people, and
I considered him to be a role model.” Reminiscing on times when he and Burson would visit a restaurant near the Burson-Marsteller offices, Parrish said all of the staff would c always know Burson. y “They smiled when they P saw him because he was as nice and considerate to them a as he was to me or anybody else,” Parrish said. “And that T f was just Harold. He was a wonderful person, which is one C of the reasons I always looked v w forward to getting together t with him.” Growing up, Mark Burson t did not know that he would w have not only end up in the same field as his father but alsoa s teach at the same university that he attended. Mark Burson wanted to be- e come an art director, but after e graduating from the University a of Southern California, his fa- s ther eventually convinced him w to continue his studies in the School of Journalism’s masters m w program in public relations. M After moving his oldest daughter in for her freshP man year at the University of Mississippi, Mark Burson o P became enamored with the campus just like his father and 2 began considering pivoting to n e teaching. “I used to think that I chose h Oxford,” he said. “And then my h father passed, and I realized I didn’t choose this place. I re- B alized God sent me here to be m among such a great communityd … he passes and I find myself s in the best place to be able to e k handle that.” t
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Helen McDougald was crowned 2020 Most Beautiful yesterday at the 69th annual Parade of Beauties. McDougald, a sophomore allied health studies major from Tupelo, is a transfer student from Itawamba Community College. To her, winning was very rewarding given that this was her first time competing in the pageant. “I was so nervous, and when they called my number (as the winner), I was like, ‘really, me?’ and had to look around to make sure,” McDougald said. McDougald said that she enjoyed the Parade of Beauties experience because she was able to meet so many girls that she wouldn’t have met otherwise. “It’s safe to say that this was more than just prep for this weekend and be done with it,” McDougald said. Associated Student Body President Barron Mayfield was one of the presenters for the Parade of Beauties, along with 2019’s Most Beautiful Hannah Perrigin. Mayfield said he enjoyed the event, adding that he’s hoping to be asked back to host next year. “Hosting the Parade of Beauties might have been the most fun thing I have gotten to do as ASB President,” Mayfield said. “Before this I had never even seen a pageant of any kind, so it was really cool to get to be a part of the excitement
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John Neff, a University of Mississippi associate professor of history, has died, according to a history department Facebook post from earlier today. The university history department announced his death on Facebook, adding that details on his memorial will be shared to the page when available. “In the meantime, please keep John’s wife Kathy and their children in your thoughts,” the post read. He received the Outstanding Teacher Award and the Humanities Teacher of the Year in 2009, as well as the College of Liberal Arts Teacher of the Year in 2005. Neff wrote extensively about the Civil War, including Confederate symbols in public spaces. He was also a member of the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on HistoMEGAN SUTTLES / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN ry and Context, which placed Helen Maragaret McDougald (right) stands with last years winner of the Parade of Beauties. contextualization plaques around campus. Neff’s death has prompted an outpouring of support on social and the competition and everyber when she first joined SAA. year, and would recommend it media. Historian Kevin Levin thing.” “I got to help with all the to anyone who competes in Pa- tweeted: “Horrible news for the Karson Thomas, a senior behind the scenes, like helprade of Beauties in the future. Civil War community out of the psychology major, was one of ing prepare to get the girls on “Like our previous Most University of Mississippi. Historian the co-directors of pageants for stage,” Thomas said. “It’s really Beautiful said, be confident John Neff passed away. He was an the Student Activities Associcool, and I’ve really enjoyed in yourself,” McDougald said. incredibly talented historian and ation (SAA). Before serving as getting to know all the girls.” “Just be yourself and be confi- a really good guy. My thoughts go co-director, Thomas started out McDougald said that she dent.” out to his family and friends.” as a pageant committee memtook Perrigin’s advice from last
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MEN’S TENNIS
Men’s tennis claims convincing win JOSHUA CLAYTON
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The Ole Miss tennis team continued their push up the ITA rankings over the weekend with a convincing win over No. 20 Oklahoma State. The Rebels beat the Cowboys 4-2 on Friday at the William F. Galtney Indoor Tennis Center to improve to 6-1 on the season, just a week after making their first appearance in the top 25. Tim Sandkaulen and Finn Reynolds helped get an early lead for the Rebels in the doubles round with a 6-4 victory over Matej Vocel and Dominik Kellovsky, the top-ranked doubles combo in the country. The Rebels added to the lead with singles victories from Simon Junk and freshman Nikola Slavic. It was sophomore Jan Soren Hain that came up with the match-clinching win on Court 2. Hain lost the first set 2-6 but rallied in the second to force a third, which he won handily 6-3. “I didn’t even really see the score when I was playing, but then when I saw 1 and 3 go down, I just locked in,” Hain said. “I knew it had to be right here, right now.” The team now has two top-25 wins including their win at No. 12 Illinois and their only loss coming at the hands of
No. 16 Michigan last week.Their ranking will only go up with this impressive win with SEC play approaching. The Rebels’ conference slate will start with three straight road trips to Fayetteville, Athens and Knoxville before returning to Oxford to face LSU on March 13. “Jan [Soren Hain] showed that he can play at a very high level and I’m very proud of how he was able to close that match out in the end,” head coach Toby Hansson said after the match. “Just that match as a whole, starting with doublesthey have really great doubles teams, but so do we. We really went after it and we were active, and played well with a lot of energy, and we kept that momentum going.” The Rebels will have a short break before returning to the court for the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic in Montgomery starting February 20. Teams participating include Arizona, Alabama, Auburn and Texas Tech. Ole Miss lost to Arizona in the 2019 tournament final after beating Princeton and Alabama in the first two rounds. This Ole Miss squad has the potential to stay at the top of the league standings on its way to an NCAA tournament bid, but the conference slate will be a battle every weekend as the Rebels navigate the SEC’s seven other top-25 programs.
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The Ole Miss baseball team enjoyed perfect weather at Swayze field in their fifth intrasquad scrimmage on Sunday afternoon in preparation for the 2020 season. The Rebels have been in fullteam practice since January 24, holding regular practices and scrimmages to simulate potential in-game situations. Football stars Jerrion Ealy and John Rhys Plumlee have impressed in the batter’s box and the outfield, and Derek Diamond is expected to make an immediate impact on the mound. “It’s been good, and of course it’s good to finally be all out here together. I think everyone’s fired up,” head coach Mike Bianco said. The team will hold three more open intrasquad scrimmages on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Rebels’ season will start in two weeks with a weekend series against top-ranked Louisville in Oxford.
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The Ole Miss men’s basketball team’s disappointing season was ultimately summed up in one play. Javonte Smart stood in for the inbound underneath the Ole Miss basket, and with Carlos Curry facing the rest of the Tigers on the court, Smart simply bounced the ball off of Curry’s back, gathered it and threw in an uncontested layup. The Rebels have been a step behind their opponentssition all year, and the trend continuedsnowball continued to roll downhill as the Rebels lost 73-63 to the LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge on Saturday. Any momentum the Rebels
gathered from competing against good teams in their last few outings is all but gone as they were totally outclassed from the tip off. Ole Miss was down 40-20 at the half with only seven baskets from the field on 28 shot attempts. Devontae Shuler got off to a hot start with nine quick points, but the Tigers corralled Breein Tyree and take control of the game quickly. “Breein’s energy level has got to stay high when he’s not shotmaking. We’ve talked about that a lot,” head coach Kermit Davis said. “I thought their guys were physical with him, did some timely switching and when that happens really good players have got to make others better.” Tyree finished the first half with no points, having to spend most of
the first period on the bench with foul trouble.Tyree scored 36 points when the Tigers beat the Rebels by four in Oxford on Jan. 18. Ole Miss went on a 14-0 run to open the second half from 20 to eight with Tyree getting involved, but the Tigers fended off comeback efforts. Tyree finished with nine points while Shuler finished with 28. Blake Hinson’s struggles continued as he finished with no points on 0-6 shooting. Khadim Sy, who didn’t start because he missed a class during the week, finished with 11 points and six rebounds. The Rebels drop to 10-11 with the loss, 1-7 in the SEC. They’ll host South Carolina in the Pavilion on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
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KJ Buffen drives toward the rim in the loss to Auburn earlier this season. Ole Miss fell to 10-11 after the loss to LSU on Saturday in Baton Rouge.
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Ghostlight finishes season with “Crimes of the Heart” ANNABELLE HARRIS
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In the past two weeks, I have finished a semester’s worth of homework for my American history class. I did not do it because I’m a huge history buff or a straight-up overachiever, but I did it because I couldn’t afford to do otherwise. I completed all of my homework assignments which my teacher anticipated being about 3-6 hours worth of work per week during the course of a two-week free trial for the online homework, Connect McGraw-Hill. It would have cost me $84 to have access all semester. On top of my many living expenses and college fees, I could not afford to spend another $84
for access to complete my homework. Online homework through subscription programs, like McGraw-Hill, limits students’ academic achievability and does not offer much more value toward a students’ education than its free counterparts. For nearly every introductory class I’ve taken at Ole Miss biology, Italian, microeconomics, macroeconomics I’ve had to pay $70-$107 just to gain access to the homework. This cost does not include the cost of a textbook. Sure, scholarships exist, but not everyone gets them. Students could easily be expected to pay upwards of $500 for a semester of introductory classes, an overwhelming financial burden. A U.S. Department of Education survey found that 20% of
all credits earned by university students come from just 13 classes, including my general biology and introduction to economics courses. These classes are taught all over the U.S. and have been for decades, and there is no apparent reason we should be required to complete homework online when students have been succeeding in these classes long before the internet existed. The National Association of College Stores found that the annual average cost of required course materials for a student has decreased from $701 to $415 between 2008 and 2019. This seems like a good trend, but the same report found that in the spring of 2019, 4,400 of the 22,000 students interviewed downloaded free content –– twice as many as
three years prior. For physical textbooks, there is at least competition. Thriftbooks, Amazon and campus organization group chats all serve as alternative, cheaper ways to buy textbooks. However, with programs like Connect, you can either buy the online code or overwhelm yourself with a semester of homework during the free trial. Of course, the latter is reserved for those lucky students whose teachers have released the materials that far in advance; otherwise, in order to not fail, students have to buy the online homework. Connect has several features: quizzes, “interactive” textbooks that test you as you read and video guides for extra information. However, as someone who learns better through writing things by
hand or using flashcards, these tools do little to improve my understanding of the assigned material. Not only are these tools wildly expensive, but they are also nonessential. For online classes, I’ve had teachers post PowerPoints of their lessons, supplementary videos and graded quizzes on Blackboard, all for free. It’s ultimately up to teachers to decide what resources best help their students learn, but as a student in a generation burdened with the rising cost of college, having an extra $84 in my bank account helps me worry less and focus on my classes more. Katie Dames is a junior international studies major from St. Louis, Missouri.
We need to stop saying ‘Ole Miss’ ZACH BORENSTEIN
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Once, while in college, I was at a track meet watching a race with a teammate and good friend of mine. In the race, one athlete’s heel was clipped by another’s, and the athlete went tumbling down. “Man,” my friend said, “that guy got jewed over.” I paused in disbelief. “What?” I said sharply. He giggled a bit sheepishly, knowing he had made a mistake. As a Jewish man from New York, I had never even heard that. I do not think my friend, who probably had not been close to a Jewish person before, connected the term “jewed” with a real human being. To him, it was just a saying. But I didn’t let him keep saying it. I let him know that it is not at all okay to use that phrase. I still love the guy — and this incident didn’t change how much I care for him one bit — but I did not accept his behavior just because he is my friend. I can believe that, for some people, Confederate symbology and language may not be directly
connected to the harming of others; regardless, it is not at all acceptable. The Confederate emblem should be removed from the state flag. The statue in the Circle has got to go. And we have got to stop saying “Ole Miss.” Language matters, but we often get used to saying things that normalize harm. Certain phrases diminish or denigrate groups of people, and if not addressed, these phrases become so commonplace that those using them do not even consider their origins and effects. “Jewed over” is one example, as are the Washington “Redskins” football team and –– one I just recently learned about –– “lame,” which can be hurtful to people with disabilities. And there is a big one, known nationwide, linked to the University of Mississippi. When I first came to Mississippi, I didn’t know anything about the phrase “Ole Miss.” However, I have since learned that it was used in the time of slavery in reference to a plantation owner’s wife. The retirement of this term would surely upset a great deal of people, many of whom also know
nothing of the name’s origins. For many, the term may genuinely have an innocent meaning. I get it, but I don’t get it. The miracle of the United States is people living side by side with others from races and places and cultures perhaps as varied as anyplace else in the world. Yet, as we inhabit each others’ spaces, we sometimes fail to really, truly see each other. Accepting the term “Ole Miss” as inevitable demonstrates sympathy for people who would be hurt because one of their school’s nicknames and traditions would fall by the wayside. What about others who could be affected by the normalization of the phrase? It is a reference to slave-plantation life that implies fond nostalgia. There may be no college campus more suitable to lead a movement to disassociate the virtues connected with the Confederacy. While being “Ole Miss,” this is also the alma mater of James Meredith, who in 1962 became the first black student at the University of Mississippi. His enrollment led to a riot in which two people were
killed. Doing away with the term “Ole Miss” would be a small step to continue his and this university’s legacy. I am not the first person to suggest this name change, but I am happy to be an advocate. We could start by boycotting any business –– in Oxford or elsewhere –– that sells merchandise bearing the term. We could petition the university’s sports teams to order uniforms that do not bear the nickname. With eleven syllables, “The University of Mississippi” does not exactly roll off the tongue, and a nickname is surely in order. The replacement is so obvious that it is staring us directly in the face: let’s call it “New Miss.” This would acknowledge the past, honor the
tradition, but turn it in a way that is oriented toward honoring the experience of all students and people. In discussing this and similar matters with friends, I have heard it suggested that we are choosing between being hypersensitive or belligerent, but I don’t see it that way. It is not about worrying about every word we say or punishing ourselves for our mistakes. It is just about respecting each other as much as we can. This is a simple contribution to that cause.
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Zach Borenstein is a second year Masters in Teaching student from Scarsdale, New York.
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