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For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1 DTheailyMississippian Friday, January 27, 2012 thedmonline.com Vol. 100 No. 236 Barbour causes statewide controversy with midnight pardons whether or not all but 21 of this, but the court should just the full pardons are legal was rely on the facts of the case,” originally scheduled for Mon- he said. day, Jan. 23, but it has been Two possibly bigger issues moved to Friday, Feb. 3, be- than the actual validity of the cause more time was needed pardons are how the state’s to cover the numerous par- constitution may be changed dons, according to the state and how Barbour’s legacy will attorny general’s office. be affected. Marvin King, Jr., a political Newly elected Gov. Phil Bry- science professor at the Uni- ant has condemned the ma- versity of Mississippi, admit- jority of the pardons and said ted that determining whether that he will seek to change the all the pardons are legal is a laws necessary so this act by a tough call, but he said he be- governor cannot be done eas- lieves Barbour had wide lati- ily again. tude in his decision. King said he expects the “My understanding is that future will bring new rules re- he had pretty blanketed provi- garding pardoning abilities of sions for doing this in the state the governor. constitution,” King said. “So “The major effect may be while it might seem unpopu- that no future governor will lar, I’m not sure it’s actually have such a blank slate when FILE PHOTO | The Daily Mississippian Former Governor, Hayley Barbour illegal.” it comes to pardons,” he said. King was quick to point out Amending the constitution BY WILLIAM BEDWELL his last official acts. This act, that, Atty. Gen. Jim Hood be- that in the end, the courts will of Mississippi is not too hard, [email protected] uncommon on such a large lieves that at least 156 of the decide whether Barbour actu- according to King, but it is a scale, will likely have far- pardons do not meet constitu- ally had the power to do what lengthy process. One possibil- At the end of his tenure as reaching implications on Mis- tional requirements and has he did. ity King proposes is having a governor, Hayley Barbour sissippi’s constitutional rules launched an investigation. “People are often swayed by pardoned 200 felons as one of regarding pardons. On top of The original hearing on their emotions on issues like See BARBOUR, PAGE 5 UMMC lays off 112 employees Ole Miss graduate school numbers on the rise BY KAYLA VISE lation of uninsured patients,” said BY MEREDITH FULLER Institutional Research. [email protected] Tom Fortner, chief public affairs [email protected] The total number of students officer at UMMC. enrolled in the university’s grad- The infamous term “bad econ- Not only do those uninsured Faced with the current econ- uate school in the 2003-04 year omy” became all too real for the patients lose their jobs and of- omy upon graduation, many was 551, while in the 2010-11 University of Mississippi Medical ten their insurance, but also they college students are making the school year that number has Center in Jackson. put off elective procedures that decision to continue their educa- grown to 625 enrolled students, Earlier this month, 112 would generate revenue for the tion. according to the Center for In- UMMC employees were laid off hospital. The University of Mississippi stitutional Research. from work due to a downturn in Last year, Keeton said the hos- has seen graduate student en- Graduate school interim dean the economy. James Keeton, vice pital provided $120 million in rollment across all programs in- Christy Wyandt said that while chancellor of affairs, predicts “charity care” for the many un- crease approximately 20 percent there are several reasons stu- the loss of UMMC’s employees insured, $20 million more than since 2000, according to Mary dents choose to go to graduate will save the medical center $12 UMMC’s $100 million budget. Harrington, director of institu- school, the limited amount of million annually, according to Most of the eliminated jobs tional research and assessment. jobs is certainly a reason many The Clarion-Ledger. UMMC’s were nursing positions, health Hospitality management se- decide to continue their educa- finances were reported to have care technicians and support staff nior Kate MacNeil was among tion. been in the red last year, which and administration. the students who made that de- “I think generally when the prompted the sudden reduction However, Fortner believes the cision. job market is tight, more stu- in jobs. cut positions will come back as “I just feel like with the amount dents consider entering gradu- INFOGRAPHIC BY CAIN MADDEN | The Daily Mississippian “It is imperative that we align the economy improves. of jobs available now, I want to ate school,” she said. “Going our costs with our revenues,” “All of the (jobs) lost were in our have that much more of an ad- to school is a good alternative andt said. The graduate school Keeton said in a news release. clinical enterprise, as opposed to vantage when I decide to apply to being unemployed or under- and the Center for Excellence “We have no other option.” our educational programs or our for a job, and I believe that grad employed. Also, I think when in Teaching and Learning offer Keeton said the medical center research programs,” he said. school is what will give me that students see that jobs are hard to workshops of several different layoffs will not affect patient care. Keeton said he does not expect advantage,” she said. come by, they want to do what varieties focused on professional “The employees were laid off more layoffs in the future and ex- The graduate school at Ole they can to increase their mar- developments. There are also generally due to the current eco- pects most of those laid off to be Miss, which is made up of sever- ketability for the rest of their counselors available through the nomic conditions and the chal- able to find another job. al graduate programs, received careers.” graduate school dedicated to lenge our medical center has to “We will continue to look at 2,019 applicants in the 2003- There are several opportuni- helping Ole Miss graduate stu- provide care to a very large popu- our financial situation to main- 04 school year, and the number ties enrolling in one of the near- dents find work after they com- tain our stability and deliver what increased to 2,902 applicants in ly 100 specialist or graduate pro- plete their degree. we have to to the state of Missis- 2010-11, according to the Uni- grams offered to students when inside sippi,” he said in a release. versity of Mississippi Center for they begin to look for a job, Wy- See GRADUATE, PAGE 5 Ole Miss professors Rebels Netters sweep Missed opportunity: and students react to Southern Miss in Rebels blow 10-point Princeton ranking season opener halftime lead P. 6 P. 7 P. 12 2 OPINION OPINION | 01.27.12 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 2 BY JOSH CLARK @dm_toons Privacy or no privacy? A critical question in the digital age BY EMILY STEDMAN expectation of privacy when it ed to the Internet through some to ignore. Eventually, and likely didates. If companies are able to [email protected] comes to not being tracked by sort of personal device (comput- without you ever noticing, some access a more in-depth Internet GPS devices? er, phone, iPad, etc.) as we read people will disappear from your history, regardless of how many On Monday, in a unanimous The knee-jerk reaction is to this? feed (without you unsubscribing) privacy protections we enlist to 9-0 decision, the Supreme Court shout, “Of course we do!” No All of those devices are pas- and others will begin to domi- help us prevent this from hap- held that police must obtain a one wants the police to sneak sively tracking your GPS coordi- nate. pening, we are in trouble. warrant before using a global into an open garage and attach nates. Long gone are the days of ab- On the other side of the coin, positioning system to track sus- a GPS tracker without first en- Our society’s acquiescence to solute control over your Internet however, soon our generation pects. suring the existence of probable such passive and typically unde- identity, and that trend seems to will be in charge, and because Justice Samuel Alito focused cause before a neutral and de- tected monitoring seems to give be seeping into other aspects of we face the brunt of this ordeal on the physical nature of attach- tached magistrate. the police a legitimate argument life as technology becomes an as it is, perhaps we will be more ing a GPS device to a suspect’s But, under more careful for attaching GPS devices with- ever-present component of our understanding of some of our vehicle.