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University of Mississippi eGrove Daily Mississippian Journalism and New Media, School of 9-22-2010 September 22, 2010 The Daily Mississippian Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline Recommended Citation The Daily Mississippian, "September 22, 2010" (2010). Daily Mississippian. 316. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline/316 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]. 1 W EDNESDAY , SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 | VOL . 99, NO .21 THE DAILY this week TODAY MISSISSIPPIAN OLE MISS MEMORABILIA T HE ST UDEN T NEW S PAPER OF THE UNIVER S I T Y OF MI ss I ss IPPI | SERVING OLE MI ss AND OXFORD S INCE 1911 | WWW . T HED M ONLINE . CO M EXHIBIT In conjunction with UM’s annual Fall Family Weekend, the museum presents an exhibition of memo- rabilia that follows the graphic rep- HOMECOMING WINNERS ANNOUNCED resentation of “Ole Miss” across decades, including sports uniforms, band instruments, luggage, caps, pennants, jewelry and clothing. All day, free. University Museum FRIDAY FREE FRIDAYS: REBEL CHALLENGE COURSE Check out the Rebel Challenge Course every Friday from 2-4pm for FREE FRIDAYS. The RCC is open to students, faculty and staff and consists of high elements. We are located on campus near the in- tramural fields off Hathorn Road. 2 p.m. - 4 p.m., free. Rebel Challenge Course inside ALEX EDWARDS | The Daily Mississippian Lauren Childers and Marianna Breland hear the Miss Ole Miss election results. Breland won the Junior Maid category, while Childers won Miss Ole Miss. For more elec- OPINION tion day pictures, see our slideshow by visiting thedmonline.com. The homecoming race has been extended to The Miss Ole Miss campaigns, however, have Parker. LANDSHARKS Thursday as the candidates for Homecoming come to an end, awarding the title to Lauren For campus favorites and M-Club court, see Queen and Colonel Reb have been narrowed. Childers last night in front of the Lyceum. thedmonline.com. Remaining for queen are Christin Gates, Diana Winners of the Homecoming Court are the The race elections will resume on Thursday, Price and Douglas Strahan. following: Freshman Maid- Jensen Ankerson, September 23, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on every For Colonel Reb, Doug McDaniel and Ty New Sophomore Maid- Callie Rush, Junior Maid- full-time student’s MyOleMiss page under Vote are still in the running. Marianna Breland and Senior Maid- Neal Ann in Student Elections. Universities ban Twitter, Facebook in trial period TEA Party hosts first meeting BY BLAIR JACKSON the effectiveness of such a ban LIFESTYLES The Daily Mississippian would be at the University of The Harrisburg University of Mississippi. When asked about INSIDE WITH DJ MARIO Science and Technology in Penn- this issue, Ole Miss students ex- sylvania is a small private school pressed mixed emotions. that attracted big public atten- “I definitely wouldn’t like it,” tion last week when it banned said Xavier Hunter, sophomore all online social media including from Columbus. Hunter said that social networking is a way Facebook, Twitter, Myspace and CAIN MADDEN | The Daily Mississippian AOL for an entire week. he keeps up with friends and The purpose of the ban, ac- something he looks forward to Oxford TEA Party chairperson Kay Cobb addresses the crowd at Tuesday cording to the university, was when finished with homework. night’s gathering. The meeting was the first in Oxford for the newly organized to make students see what life “When and how much I use group. would be like without social me- Facebook is none of the Univer- BY CAIN MADDEN TEA Party Chairperson Kay dia. The university also wanted sity’s business,” Hunter said. The Daily Mississippian Cobb, who co-founded the to spark public interest in the Robin Ann Riggle, a freshman group with Garrett over a issue. from Orlando, echoed Hunter. Oxford Lawyer Ray Garrett lunch meeting, said the group’s Eric Darr, Harrisburg Univer- “As a college student, you wants Washington to repre- base goal is informing the vot- sity Provost, said in an inter- should be in charge of your own sent the working class people. ing public. view with NPR that he is not time,” Riggle said. Fearing the country is head- “This November, we have SPORTS Other students said they un- ing in an unsustainable di- anti-technology, he just believes nine different people running SOCCER today’s college students take the derstood the thought behind the rection, Garrett became a co- for judge positions,” Cobb role of social media in their life ban. founder of the Oxford TEA said. “In my opinion, judge- for granted. The social media Jay Patterson, a freshman from Party to make a difference for ships are often what we are the blackout was simply an experi- Jackson, Tenn., said, “I don’t his children. most uniformed on.” ment. Darr called it an “academ- use networks such as Facebook “I am not naive enough to Because of that, the group is ic exercise.” very often, but I definitely see think the government cares organizing a judges forum in With Harrisburg’s experiment how it gets in the way of study- what Ray Garrett says,” Gar- October where all nine judges arises questions of whether oth- ing.” Patterson also said that it rett said at last night’s TEA will be present, so people will er universities should also try a is more a self discipline problem Party meeting. “But you can have more to go on than just a week-long online social media bet they do care what 100 ban. It makes one wonder what See FACEBOOK, PAGE 4 people say.” See TEA PARTY, PAGE 6 TONIGHT : The Hold Steady w/ Wintersleep TICKETS : $18 DOORS : 8:00 PM the lyric oxford 2 OPINION OPINION | 9.22.10 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 2 CAROLINE LEE editor-in-chief LANCE INGRAM city news editor RACHEL CLARK BY MATTHEW campus news editor KING Cartoonist MIA CAMURATI opinion editor EMILY ROLAND lifestyles editor PAUL KATOOL sports editor KATIE RIDGEWAY visual editor ALIX ZACHOW copy chief ADDISON DENT photography editor The mission of The Daily Mississippian is to consistently produce a bold and accurate daily news source by fulfilling our obligation to the truth and main- taining our loyalty to the public we serve. PATRICK HOUSE business manager JORDAN ARMENDINGER KEATON BREWER GEORGE BORDELON AUBRY KILLION DUSTIN MAUFFRAY ALEX PENCE account executives ROBBIE CARLISLE KELSEY DOCKERY LIBBI HUFF SARA LOWREY I’m leaving my mark creative assistants I am the world’s greatest lover. phrase or turn of words can captivate us in member. You watch people walk through the Maybe. ways we would never expect. Grove, but you don’t remember their faces. S. GALE DENLEY STUDENT MEDIA Actually, I heard someone start a speech This makes me wonder– what is it that I think everyone should strive to leave their CENTER: with that line once. It was an amazing makes us tune certain things out, while oth- mark. speech. The guy captivated me from the very ers stay with us for years? There really isn’t much to life if you never PATRICIA beginning. You don’t tune out someone who In ninth grade world history, I learned that influence someone else. THOMPSON BY EMILY director and faculty claims to be the best ever in bed. the capital of American Samoa was Pago So be a great friend, a great student, a great adviser CEGIELSKI In fact, if I am going to be completely hon- Pago. That’s one of maybe three things I can person, or a horrible one. Columnist est, I did not see this speech in person. In tell you I learned during my freshman year Jack the Ripper is remembered. ARVINDER SINGH high school, my speech and debate coach of high school. My question is: Would you rather drift KANG showed us some oratories (ten-minute Everything else went in one ear and out the through life unidentified, be known for manager of media speeches) that had placed at the big national other. something horrible you did (mass murder technology competition. This was one of them from a After each semester of college, about five does indeed qualify as horrible) or be known DYLAN PARKER while back. tons of information gets dumped from our for your love making skills? creative/technical Three years later, I could not tell you the minds never to be found again. I, my friends, hope to be the world’s great- supervisor name of the boy if my life depended on it. I Very few things stick permanently, but est lover. DARREL JORDAN could not even tell you what the rest of his when they do, it is quite incredible. I hope Well, if you translate “lover” into “journal- chief engineer speech was about. to one day leave something in your mind. ist” or “writer.” All I know is he claimed to be the modern Whether you are completely pissed off at I mean, do not get me wrong, I’m not dis- MELANIE WADKINS day Don Juan, and that image stuck with an opinion I have or if you simply remember respecting my skills at “love,” but my par- advertising manager me. that one column you read once that started ents read my columns. STEPHEN GOFORTH Occasionally things are so attention-grab- as “I am the world’s greatest lover,” I want to OK, so maybe I can be the world’s great- broadcast manager bing that we will never forget them.