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Thursday, June 29, 2017
Volume 105, No. 145
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New state laws go into effect July 1 CARLY OWENS
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The Mississippi state legislature closed session on March 29. They passed many laws in this regular session that will go into effect on July 1 of this year. These are highlights of some of the new bills that you should be aware of going into effect this weekend.
SB 2724
PHOTOS BY: ARIEL COBBERT
The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council wraps up its “Mississippi Artist Showcase” at the Powerhouse from the month of June. Artists such as John Steele Davis and J-Man are featured. The showcase will close at the end of this month.
Student football tickets expected to sell out RACHEL ISHEE
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Ole Miss is anticipating a sellout of season tickets for the fifth year in a row. Although student season tickets have been on sale since April 10 for the 2017 football season, students are continuing to purchase their tickets well into the summer or until they sell out. “Last year was a record-breaking year, and while we are slightly behind that pace, we are ahead of previous years,” said Kyle Campbell, associate athletics director of media and public relations.
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As of Wednesday, more than 6,600 student tickets have been sold at $130 each, leaving nearly 3,600 left until the student section is sold out for the season. Last year’s student section renovations increased student ticket sales from 8,100 to 10,325. “Ole Miss football has become a bucket-list experience for students and the general public alike,” Campbell said. “Fans don’t want to miss out on those seven gameday opportunities, regardless of ticket price, team success or other factors.” Tickets can be purchased online through the Ole Miss
sports website. Students must be members of the Rebel25 program before they can purchase tickets. The membership requires an annual $25 fee that goes towards Ole Miss Athletics. If tickets are still available on August 1, the $25 fee will be eliminated. Upon purchase, tickets will be loaded onto the student’s Ole Miss ID card, but can be transferred to other students throughout the season. Selling a student ID is prohibited by the university, but more information involving how to transfer tickets will be available closer to the start of the season. While some insist on pur-
expands on an existing seatbelt law
chasing tickets in the student section because of the atmosphere that can’t be duplicated anywhere else, some have found that they prefer sitting in other areas of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. “I decided to buy regular tickets because it is more convenient and more enjoyable to be in regular seats,” graduate student Kelley Hansbrough said. “The student section is so much nicer in the new area, but it is still so overrun,” she said. “You have to get there two to three hours early just to have a decent
Traffic Laws It is illegal for anyone to sit in the front seat of a car without wearing a seatbelt; Senate Bill 2724 expands on that law. It says that a driver may now receive a ticket for any passenger who neglects to wear a safety belt, regardless of where they are sitting in the car. This also means that if a car seats four and you drive nine people to a party, you are now subject to receiving two tickets instead of one: the ticket for
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SEE LAWS PAGE 3
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NBA draft Which teams won and which lost?
Miss University awarded for community service
SEE OPINION PAGE 2
SEE SPORTS PAGE 7
SEE LIFESTYLES PAGE 5