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This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Journalism and New Media, School of at eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in Daily Mississippian by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact [email protected]. FOOTBALL PREVIEW INSIDE Friday, September 6, 2013 Vol. 102, No. 9 The Daily Mississippian The Student Newspaper of The University Of Mississippi | Serving Ole Miss and Oxford since 1911 UM implements gameday parking changes
By Hawley Martin ing popularity (of the Grove) [email protected] people are basically parking on SHUTTLE MAP sidewalks, I saw them on stairs, on ON PAGE 5 The University of Mississippi grass areas. And basically what it community will see many changes comes down to is we have to en- to the game day parking system sure the safety and accessibility for beginning on Saturday. those coming to campus,” Astill The Department of Parking said. and Transportation has recreated A parking committee has the parking system for game day pledged to ensure that there are due in part to cooperation with the the appropriate number of ADA Office of Civil Rights. According spots on campus, enforce these to Isaac Astill, director of parking spots accordingly and make sure and transportation, the university these spots provide access to cam- has committed to compliance with pus, according to Astill. the Americans with Disabilities Additionally, only three other Act (ADA). sets of people will be allowed to Many, like Astill, had noticed park on campus on game day: that many fans in the past were those who live on campus and parking illegally due to the popu- have the appropriate parking per- larity of the Ole Miss tailgating mit, those who have purchased a KATIE WILLIAMSON | The Daily Mississippian A parking sign displayed near the Residential Colleges Thursday afternoon. New parking changes require permits to park on gamedays. atmosphere, and consequently designated spot and those with people with certain disabilities mission-critical activities. all been sold, according to Astill. endeavors that require daily at- one of these spots with keen judge- found it difficult or impossible to The spots for sale were pur- One lot has been set aside for tention, such as science experi- ment. participate in Saturday’s festivities. chased through the Ole Miss Ath- a select number of faculty who ments. Astill said that the parking “Over the years with the grow- letics Foundation, and they have must be on campus every day for committee considered requests for See PARKING, PAGE 7 Vaught-Hemingway Stadium receives facelift
By Pete Porter keting Coordinator Brandon [email protected] Hudspeth said he thinks it will still be the same Vaught- Vaught-Hemingway will Hemingway that Rebel fans have a new and improved have come to love. look as Ole Miss begins its “I think the fans will feel 2013 home football schedule excitement not only because against Southeast Missouri it’s the first home game of the State University on Saturday. season, but also because of The stadium received a the changes,” Hudspeth said. facelift during the offseason “It’ll have a little bit different that included the addition of look but for the most part it’s blue sidelines, four on-field going to be exactly what you suites, brick outlines around remember of the stadium be- the edges of the stadium, a fore.” new slogan on the press box, According to Hudspeth, the reconstruction of the first two blue turf is mainly a staging rows on both sidelines and area where personnel can go the removal of the chain link back and forth without hav- fence on each sideline. ing to worry about interfering Although it sounds like a lot KATIE WILLIAMSON | The Daily Mississippian of changes, Ole Miss Mar- See STADIUM, PAGE 8 New chair-back seats are seen at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium Thursday afternoon.
OPINION: Khayat discusses new book, time at university Gameday Shuttle map MORE INSIDE Opinion ...... 2 Ian Clearly Cartoon Lifestyles ...... 3 News...... 5 The Syrian problem Football Preview ...... 1B thedmonline.com See Page 2 See Page 3 See Page 5 @thedm_news OPINION PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 6 September 2013 | OPINION
THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN EDITORIAL STAFF: Adam Ganucheau editor-in-chief [email protected] phil mccausland managing editor [email protected] grant beebe senior editor caty cambron campus news editor [email protected] pete porter city news editor [email protected] hawley martin asst. news editor [email protected] tim abram opinion editor [email protected] mallory simerville Emily Crawford lifestyles editors [email protected] david collier sports editor [email protected] casey holliday kendyl noon online editors [email protected] Bracey harris Column natalie wood multimedia editors The Syrian problem [email protected] thomas graning By Whitney Greer All that needs to be done is to Cross that group off the U.S. Qaida supplying them jihadists, photography editor [email protected] find the pro-American, pro-de- weapons handout list, let’s move weapons and other aid are true. [email protected] mocracy faction within Syria, and on to the rebels. It is clear that there is simply no President Obama’s proposed hand them a bushel of RPGs and A Syrian rebel killed a Hezbol- good side to intervene on behalf tisha coleman U.S. military intervention in Syria, a few M16s for the road. Then the lah insurgent and proceeded to of in the Syrian civil war, which Ignacio Murillo based off of Bashar al-Assad’s us- U.S. can wash its hands of pesky make a home movie out of cut- is the actuality behind Congress, natalie moore age of chemical weapons, would al-Assad for the next few years ting the fallen fighters’ heart out Britain, the United Nations and design editors be equivalent to meekly swatting until the dirty work is completed, and taking a bite out of it. There the American people not board- a hornet’s nest then climbing the and we can swoop in with ballot is also the fact that rebels burn ing the “invade Syria” train sarah Parrish tree in which it hangs. This comes boxes and equal rights to finish down and massacre villages of in- Obama is currently riding around copy chief as no surprise, as lately the presi- the job. nocent Christians whenever they the bend. [email protected] dent has been so busy trying to So which side of the Syrian civil happen to come across them, but In its essence, the Syrian civil land on the right side of diplomat- war should we support: al-Assad details like that have fallen to the war is a battle between Shia and jamie Kendrick ic history that he has done noth- and his current regime, or the wayside since Obama painted Sunni Islam, an age-old conflict Nikki McDonald ing but cha-cha across the line be- rebels? Therein lies the problem. himself into a corner via a red line that no American military sup- Natalie Miller tween reason and weakness while It has already been made very banning chemical weapon usage. port can nullify. U.S. involvement Matt zelenik doling out monetary and military clear that al-Assad is up to his el- As promising as the rebel fac- would give Iran an excuse to at- account executives aid to unstable regimes. bows in weapons shipments and tion sounds to hand some high- tack Israel, and al-Qaida a foot- The Obama approach to “ad- passive-aggressive diplomatic sup- powered rifles to going off of their hold on the path toward reaching Farrell Lawo dress” the Syrian problem entails port from Russia, all with an anti- many genocidal actions alone, political legitimacy long term. Kristen Saltzman giving arms to our pet Syrian U.S. agenda. Meanwhile, Iran- they are also unabashedly made Most notably, a military strike creative staff faction so they may fend off the run, Lebanon-based Hezbollah up of the Muslim Brotherhood. toward Syria is an action that bloodthirsty extremists who are is patrolling the streets of Syria in You know, the same one that just would incite a bloody power S. GALE DENLEY their opposition. In return they the name of upholding the Assad got dethroned in Egypt once their struggle throughout the entirety STUDENT MEDIA CENTER will naturally push a representa- regime, and threatening a strike thin veneer of self-claimed “mod- of the Middle East in one fell tive government that will pander on Israel should Obama find the erate” ideology wore off. What’s swoop and so should be nothing PATRICIA THOMPSON to the U.S. and Israel’s agenda for gumption to take action against more, the rebels do not even less than vehemently avoided by director and faculty adviser the region. him. need U.S. funding if reports of al- the Obama administration. roy frostenson T H E DAILY assistant director The Daily Mississippian is The Daily Mississippian welcomes all comments. 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All submissions must be turned in at least three days in advance of date of desired publica- Thomas Chapman Email: dmeditor@gmail. Letters are welcome, but media technology manager may be edited for clarity, tion. com space or libel. Hours: Monday-Friday, jade maharrey 8 a.m.-5 p.m. administrative assistant ISSN 1077-8667 lifestyles LIFESTYLE | 6 September 2013 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 3 Khayat discusses new book, time at university
by Bracey Harris sippian sat down with Khayat A lettered student athlete, ing sandlot ball with black kids. the last time he drew such ire [email protected] before he headed off to a recep- Khayat played on the universi- Although they would never be from the Ole Miss fan base was tion for his new book. ty’s baseball and football teams. classmates, friendships were still when he missed the field goal To say former University of Sitting in the parlor of the The baseball team won the SEC able to develop in some cases. against Tennessee, but even that Mississippi chancellor Robert Lyceum, one thing became ap- championship, but state officials “It broke our hearts,” he said response paled in comparison. Khayat has lived a storied life is parent: Khayat knows how to banned them from participating of the decision that caused No death threats were received an understatement. That story handle the press — a fact that’s in the College World Series for them to miss the opportunity of over three points. will be shared with the public not surprising considering the fear they would compete against a lifetime. He is blunt about why the flag when Khayat’s first memoir, almost constant scrutiny his black players. When Khayat’s administra- removal process got underway. “The Education of a Lifetime,” administration received as a re- He explained that although tion challenged the use of the Coaches informed him that oth- is released Sept. 10. sult of dealing with some of the segregation was considered Confederate flag, a regional er schools were using it against When the Moss Point native university’s most controversial the norm, he and several of outrage ensued. enrolled at The University of symbols. his teammates grew up play- It can certainly be argued that See KHAYAT, PAGE 4 Mississippi in 1956, he could
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