THE DAILY
MISSISSIPPIAN
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Volume 105, No. 77
T H E S T U D E N T N E W S PA P E R O F T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I S S I S S I P P I S E R V I N G O L E M I S S A N D OX F O R D S I N C E 1 9 1 1
WHAT’S INSIDE... A plea for a kinder, gentler America
LUTHI brings free funk tomorrow night
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Jandel Crutchfield and Tony Caldwell along with the Ole Miss Department of Social Work moderated “Together Oxford,” a community workshop dedicated to discussing race and privilege with nearly 100 participants. The workshop is a continuation of “Together Tupelo.”
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early 100 participants attended the "Together Oxford" community workshop, where they learned to check their privilege and work past racial divides Monday night at Paris-Yates Chapel. Jandel Crutchfield and Tony Caldwell with the Ole Miss De-
partment of Social Work moderated the event. The workshop is a continuation of “Together Tupelo,” which took place earlier in 2016 after Antwun “Ronnie” Shumpert was shot and killed in the community by a local police officer. Crutchfield, who grew up in Baton Rouge where Alton Sterling was also shot and killed by a police officer the same sum-
mer, said she and Caldwell felt moved to help people cope with the hurt in the aftermath. “There’s still a bit of unrest,” Crutchfield said. Crutchfield said the program was not political in nature and was not designed to help “end racism” or “end violence.” Caldwell and Crutchfield passed out surveys where participants checked off boxes next to advantages they were born
with. Ashley Mathis, a senior social work major who participated in the privilege check, said she thought the exercise was very interesting to her as a student. Although Mathis was in the three to four privileges category, she is nearing the completion of a college degree. “It showed where everyone is, but also where everyone started,” Mathis said.
Groups relocate due to Union construction
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The Student Union plaza is a popular place for student organizations and groups to promote themselves, but they will have to find alternatives while renovations take place until 2018. Bradley Baker, director of the Student Union, said the Union is working with students and organizations to come up with alternative locations to hold events during the construction. “While our students and their respective organizations will certainly be affected by the construction, we are aiming to provide them with alternative lo-
cations to host their events and promotions, where they are able to have the most visibility,” Baker said. “From our office, the Student Activities Association, Greek organizations and the Associated Student Body, to name a few, we each have to be creative in not only hosting events but marketing the organizations as well.” Given the time frame of the project, it will take some time to find the perfect location for events and promotional tables to relocate to. Baker said the Union would like to keep table reservations and event spaces in close proximity to dining
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Student Union
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ays after newly elected President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring the citizens of several Middle Eastern countries from entering the United States, University of Mississippi professors and alumni are raising money and protesting to show support for Muslim students. Abigail Meisel, a former professor at the university, began a GoFundMe to fund a full-page ad in the Wednesday edition of The Daily Mississippian. The account met and exceeded its funding goal of $760 in less than a day. More than 45 people donated to the account, including several current and former university professors and students. “Muslim students at The University of Mississippi are a small fraction of the student population--and they need our support during a frightening time,” reads the GoFundMe page. Meisel said she would take suggestions on how to spend the extra money. Several graduate students– many from the English department– held a peaceful protest of the ban on Saturday. Matt Kessler, a student enrolled in the creative writing master’s program, organized the protest. “These are our brothers and sisters,” Kessler said in reference to those affected by the ban. “This is not what our country is about.” The impromptu rally prompted Kessler and others to organize a larger protest this weekend with the help
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