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Egrove June 29, 2017 University of Mississippi eGrove Daily Mississippian Journalism and New Media, School of 6-29-2017 June 29, 2017 The Daily Mississippian Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline Recommended Citation The Daily Mississippian, "June 29, 2017" (2017). Daily Mississippian. 1130. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline/1130 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]. LOOK FOR DM ONLINE CONTENT IN JULY DAILY COVERAGE AT THEDMONLINE.COM Thursday, June 29, 2017 THE DAILY Volume 105, No. 145 MISSISSIPPIANTHE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SERVING OLE MISS AND OXFORD SINCE 1911 Visit theDMonline.com @thedm_news Powerhouse wraps up artist showcase New state laws go into effect July 1 CARLY OWENS [email protected] The Mississippi state legislature closed session on March 29. They passed many laws in this regular session that will go into ef- fect on July 1 of this year. These are highlights of some of the new bills that you should be aware of go- ing into effect this week- end. 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 expands on are featured. The showcase will close at the end of this month. an existing seatbelt law Student football tickets expected to sell out RACHEL ISHEE As of Wednesday, more sports website. Students chasing tickets in the stu- [email protected] than 6,600 student tick- must be members of the dent section because of the Traffic Laws ets have been sold at $130 Rebel25 program before atmosphere that can’t be It is illegal for anyone to Ole Miss is anticipating a each, leaving nearly 3,600 they can purchase tickets. duplicated anywhere else, sit in the front seat of a car sellout of season tickets for left until the student section The membership requires some have found that they without wearing a seatbelt; the fifth year in a row. is sold out for the season. an annual $25 fee that goes prefer sitting in other areas Senate Bill 2724 expands Although student season Last year’s student sec- towards Ole Miss Athletics. of Vaught-Hemingway Sta- tickets have been on sale tion renovations increased If tickets are still available dium. on that law. It says that since April 10 for the 2017 student ticket sales from on August 1, the $25 fee will “I decided to buy regular a driver may now receive football season, students 8,100 to 10,325. be eliminated. tickets because it is more a ticket for any passen- are continuing to purchase “Ole Miss football has Upon purchase, tickets convenient and more enjoy- ger who neglects to wear their tickets well into the become a bucket-list ex- will be loaded onto the stu- able to be in regular seats,” a safety belt, regardless of summer or until they sell perience for students and dent’s Ole Miss ID card, but graduate student Kelley where they are sitting in out. the general public alike,” can be transferred to oth- Hansbrough said. the car. This also means “Last year was a re- Campbell said. “Fans don’t er students throughout the “The student section is that if a car seats four and cord-breaking year, and want to miss out on those season. Selling a student ID so much nicer in the new you drive nine people to a while we are slightly behind seven gameday opportu- is prohibited by the univer- area, but it is still so over- party, you are now subject that pace, we are ahead of nities, regardless of ticket sity, but more information run,” she said. “You have to previous years,” said Kyle price, team success or other involving how to transfer get there two to three hours to receiving two tickets in- Campbell, associate athlet- factors.” tickets will be available clos- early just to have a decent stead of one: the ticket for ics director of media and Tickets can be purchased er to the start of the season. public relations. online through the Ole Miss While some insist on pur- SEE TICKETS PAGE 3 SEE LAWS PAGE 3 Could Brett Favre NBA draft Miss University be Mississippi’s gov- Which teams won awarded for WHAT’S ernor? and which lost? community service INSIDE... SEE OPINION PAGE 2 SEE SPORTS PAGE 7 SEE LIFESTYLES PAGE 5 PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 29 JUNE 2017 OPINION COLUMN Listening is key in creating productive discussion JOHNATHAN LOVELADY ideologies, and experiences true. ness. Repeatedly, this ends anything but hurt yourself [email protected] yet, time after the time, dis- Former President Lyn- personal relationships, pro- more than it would for that cussions tend to turn into don B. Johnson didn’t want fessional connections and person or group. We live in a world where arguments. Why is this tak- to give his support for the even causes a rift in orga- Now I acknowledge that communication seems so ing place? Because everyone Voting Rights Bill of 1965 at nizations regardless of the many do not agree with this close, yet, feels distant in thinks their opinions, per- first until he consulted fur- initiative. act of “listening.” I respect regard to conversing with sonal philosophies, ideas ther with Dr. Martin Luther Talking past each other, as that. But I came to that others. The act of listening and experiences are more King Jr. and his associates I like to call it, has eclipsed conclusion by listening to is a part of the human ex- important than the person on why the bill was import- our society in the dark like them! perience, but sometimes it they are speaking with. ant for the United States. the generations before us. Go out and try to listen for seems to not be in full force While at times fighting for Changing your beliefs isn’t Discussions turn into brutal once. It will be hard, but re- when interactions occur. your ideals is necessary, at compromising but it’s the arguments where at a time warding. For far too long there has this point in time it’s not. act of getting closer to what people ignore all the top- When you see how pro- been consistent talking back We are at a turning point in you believe is the truth, and ics that affect our reality to ductive discussions go, it and forth on a variety of is- society where illusions are even if you disagree with keep relationships intact. may change your perspec- sues but no actual action on taken as reality and speak- something, there will al- Silence is dangerous tive or thoughts on a lot of this campus. We must come ing the truth is attacked. ways be something that you though as nothing gets done things. We can better focus together and understand So will you be a placebo or could agree on. and the problems we face, on issues in our communi- what we want without al- an actual dose to people in Too many times people ig- rather some groups deal ties that we can actually fix. ways turning things into a your life? nore or misread a situation with it more than others, Jonathan Lovelady is a verbal fight. Many people would con- by making preconceived no- get worse. Going around sophomore business major We all have our opinions, sider their beliefs to be set tions about something. This and assuming about some- from Los Angeles, CA. in stone, but that just isn’t leads to closed-minded- one or something doesn’t do COLUMN Could Brett Favre be Mississippi’s next governor? Ventura, former profession- Again,” to the building of as famous and well-respect- in Mississippi, I’d be willing al WWE wrestler, served as his political brand through ed as hall of fame quarter- to bet that a Favre and Rice governor of Minnesota. Al his famous MAGA hats and back Brett Favre, of Hat- campaigning duo would ex- Franken, former writer for punchline attacks on op- tiesburg, run for governor cite the constituency of Mis- Saturday Night Live, cur- ponents such as “Low En- of Mississippi, and hall of sissippi as much as it would rently represents the state ergy JEB!” (Jeb Bush) and fame wide receiver Jerry football fans. The football of Minnesota in the United “Sleepy Carson” (Dr. Ben Rice, of Starkville, run for antidotes and leadership States Senate. Carson, current secretary of lieutenant governor of Mis- experiences that Favre, as On Comedy Central’s “The housing and urban develop- sissippi, doesn’t sound im- a quarterback, and Rice, as Roast of Donald Trump” ment), Trump ran his cam- possible. a wide receiver, would pro- in 2011, Trump unofficial- paign like a reality TV show Brett Favre rose to fame vide Mississippi voters the ly announced his intention and it paid off. through his time at the motivation to wake up on NESTOR DELGADO to run for the presidency, Politics are as exciting and University of Southern Election Day and check the [email protected] a statement that roasters, movie-esque as they’ve ever Mississippi and has held box next to their names. such as Gilbert Gottfried been before, and Trump’s numerous National Foot- Maybe we can thank Pres- What if I told you that one and Larry King, laughed victory begs the question: ball League passing records ident Trump for this, maybe day celebrities and sports at.
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