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NATIONAL SIgNINg dAy prevIew To keep up with signing day follow @thedmsports on Twitter See thedmonline.com and pages 7 and 8 for stories about signing day Wednesday, February 1, 2017 THE DAILY Volume 105, No. 78 MISSISSIPPIANTHE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SERVING OLE MISS AND OXFORD SINCE 1911 Visit theDMonline.com @thedm_news Student senators announce elections, green plans SLADE RAND [email protected] The Associated Student Body announced a vote to fill four newly vacant Senate seats next week. ASB Vice President Michael Howell also announced ASB will hold a vote to fill four newly vacant Senate seats next week. Past candidates are automati- cally invited to run, and all other students can turn in a petition by Monday to be considered. Howell said though these senators will only serve five weeks, they will get credit for a full term and be eligible to run for other campus positions. The Senate also voted to pass a set of regulatory and efficiency-centered bills, when they met for the sec- ond time this semester. Howell led the evening’s meeting, ushering three pro- posals through the senators’ voting process. The Rules Com- mittee presented two of these regulations to address senators’ attendance and duties, and the PHOTO BY: ARIEL COBBERT Student Life Committee pre- Allison Handy, college of liberal arts senator, presents bill 1701, which she authored, Tuesday evening in Lamar Hall. The bill’s goal is to hold senators accountable sented a third resolution to when they are absent from senate meetings by requiring prior notice before an absence. promote campus environmen- thored a bill that would enforce gued the bill in front of the Sen- senators could be held account- ond bill sought to define and talism. a strict attendance policy for ate Tuesday night. able,” Hanby said. re-establish senators’ duties to Senior Rules Committee formal Senate meetings. She ar- “I wrote this bill so that all The Rules Committee’s sec- member Alison Hanby au- SEE ASB PAGE 3 SPECIAL TO THE DM OUT bus system changes shorten routes to campus XINYI SONG Monday. (Photo by Xinyi Harris, was that buses were MARLEE CRAWFORD Song) circling around campus where “It’s running so much bet- the flow of both car traffic and ter,” Harris said. “The stu- pedestrians delayed buses The new Oxford-University dents that are riding it have throughout the day, pushing Transit bus routes put in place communicated to the drivers arrival times further apart. the first week of January have that they like it so much bet- He said the transportation changed the bus flow, and ter because they get to the office wanted to solve the other improvements are on buses quicker. They get to problem by redesigning those the way. campus quicker.” routes to make them the most Mike Harris, the director The buses are now only en- efficient and direct. of the department of parking tering campus to drop off at In fall 2017, four more bus- and transportation, said the the Kennon Observatory hub es will be added to the cam- buses are running about five and the Union hub, avoiding pus for interior routes. Two minutes quicker than they on-campus traffic that was will constantly run clockwise, were previously. slowing them down previous- while the other two will run A bus picks up students at ly. PHOTO BY: XINYI SONG the Kennon Observatory hub The problem, according to SEE BUS PAGE 3 A bus picks up students at the Kennon Observatory hub Monday. WHAT’S INSIDE... Facts or feelings? This spring, catch local Rebel hoops wins A reflection on our political musicians at the ‘Small Hall’ fourth SEC game against climate Mississippi State SEE OPINION PAGE 2 SEE LIFESTYLES PAGE 5 SEE SPORTS PAGE 7 PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 1 FEBRUARY 2017 OPINION COLUMN Complex political issues in an 140-character world Trump is a loud-mouthed system of values. People that Americans truly are be- This is how the world has MATT BARNTHOUSE demagogue who made ab- believe what they want to coming more polarized. reached a point where terms [email protected] surd promises, doesn’t live believe, rather than sacri- It does not help that dis- like “alternative facts” can up to the principles he sets ficing their pride in lieu of course has been reduced to be said un-ironically by the Political discourse in the and speaks of women in an the truth. 140 characters in this Twit- White House press secre- United States is a sham. The abhorrent manner. The right is filled with ter world. Complex issues tary. American people have de- On the other side, Hillary fear-based arguments about are being dumbed down to This is how a man who volved discussion on com- Clinton repeatedly proved immigration and terrorism, memes and straw-man ar- preaches fear, shows com- plex issues into 140 char- her incompetence as sec- while the left is infected guments. It is impossible to plete disrespect to women acters, fear-mongering and retary of state, lying to the with smug moral superior- have an intelligent discus- and “leads” with complete the most trivial of memes. American public about the ity, which preaches “toler- sion on anything because of disregard to the Constitu- People, both in the media intentions behind the Beng- ance” but fails to tolerate character limits, the ability tion can end up in the White and out, no longer pursue hazi attacks, while also be- ideas that do not fit its worl- for other people to jump House. the truth. American dis- ing completely careless with dview. Apologies to those in on discussions, as well Facts do not matter, only course as a whole is an echo information related to na- reading this in their “safe as the shield of a computer feelings. chamber of “alternative tional security. Clinton was space.” screen to protect the person People would rather feel facts” that are sought out perhaps just as bad of an Even the so-called “truth” spewing his or her agenda. good about themselves of convenience rather than option for president, even if is more murky than ever be- It is much easier to call than fix any real problems truth. The American peo- it was less obvious. fore. Major media outlets somebody pro-choice a in the world. This is the ple are getting what they That is not the point, clearly pander to one side of “murderer,” or declare any- new America. Welcome to deserve – a presidential ad- however. People do not care the political spectrum in the body pro-life to hate wom- the meme generation. The ministration that is based about the truth. They want desperate plea for ratings. en’s rights, than it is to delve American people are getting on fear and zero responsi- to call people names and This creates an atmosphere deeper into issues. The what they deserve. bility. feel good about themselves. in which people looking for computer screen provides There was no true victory The internet allows people the truth have to read be- an environment where peo- Matt Barnthouse is a possible in the 2016 presi- to insulate their conscience tween the lines. A 2014 Pew ple talk at each other, rather political science minor dential election. Donald J. with ideas that reflect their Research study suggests than to each other. from Carmel, Indiana. 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