August 26, 2011

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For more information, please contact [email protected]. 1 DTheailyMississippian Friday, Aug. 26, 2011 thedmonline.com Vol. 100 No. 170 IHL approves $50 million UM Union expansion BY CAIN MADDEN existing funds, state bonds from It will be a 2-phase project that [email protected] the Mississippi legislature and in- takes 3-5 years, and Jones said it debtedness that would add a fee would allow them to add an ad- It is 12:15 p.m., students are to students. ditional 50 percent of space to the just out of class and some skipped “In years past, students have current facility, while also reno- breakfast. shown a willingness to have ad- vating it. The expansion will go When Terrance Martin was a ditional funds for a new Union,” behind the Union, where the cur- freshman, he might have stopped Jones said. “Last year’s Associated rent service area is. by the Union on the way to his Student Body president Virginia Jones said it would take 12-to- next class, but now the senior goes Burke led a voluntary effort to 18 months to plan the project, hungry. raise money for the Union – the and 18-to-24 months each for the “I just skip it,” the marketing Legacy Campaign.” two phases. major said. “Most times people Jones added that decreasing While there would be some are in a rush and don’t have time state funding has made it difficult inconveniences during the con- to wait, what, 30 minutes? I’ll just for university projects to not be struction, Dean of Students be hungry until class lets out.” partially student-funded, as there Sparky Reardon said upgrading Martin said being hungry dur- are larger budget needs, such as the Union will be well worth it. ing class isn’t really ideal, however, being fair with the pay of faculty Reardon said this is because the as it makes it harder to concen- and staff. Union has several needs that could CAIN MADDEN | The Daily Mississippian trate. The Student Union was com- help make it better for students, Students file into the crowded Student Union during lunch hour. Because the Union is the “It is so difficult,” he said. “I was pleted in the 1970s, when the including a place exclusively for central-most dining area on campus, grabbing a quick bite between classes has become in class today about to die because campus had 8,000 students. With student organizations to gather, a near impossible for students with time constraints. I had no food.” the student population nearly banquet hall and an auditorium. Future students might be in bet- double that now, Jones said the Reardon said it was important with a cheaper option for hosting lease, Reardon said. It could also ter shape as the Institutes of High- university has been working for a to provide office space for student events, Reardon said. be a place to host lectures, bands er Learning recently approved the number of years to expand and organizations in a central loca- “Students struggle to plan and comedians, he added. University of Mississippi’s $50 renovate the Union. tion. events, parties or dances,” he said. Martin said expanding the million bid to expand the Student “This is a student-centered uni- “There is a great deal of learn- “To do it, they have to rely on Union was a good idea, but he Union last week; however, though versity, and the Union is an im- ing to be done in a building that places that are a lot more expen- said he wished it would have hap- it will come at a cost. portant gathering place, but there brings students from diverse back- sive and more boozy.”” pened sooner. Chancellor Dan Jones said fi- is not sufficient space now,” Jones grounds and areas together,” he Having an auditorium would be “Maybe by the time my little nal financing details are still being said. “The Union is a great tool said. a place to showcase films, outside boy comes to school here, he will worked out but that the funding for enhancing the community on A banquet hall exclusively for of the elements, that are between be like, ‘Yay! the Union,’” Martin would come from three sources: campus.” students could provide them the movie theatre and DVD re- said. Oxford strives to become more biker-friendly BY WILL BEDWELL have overwhelming traffic issues he was 17 and is amazed by the [email protected] or be forced to find other ways recent change he’s witnessed in for people to travel through the community. The Oxford Pathways Com- town. Over a decade later, the “(Oxford) has always been mission has almost transformed Pathways Commission’s plans relatively bike-friendly com- the local community into a cy- of avoiding “carmageddon” by pared to the rest of Mississippi, clist-friendly haven but has now giving people alternative means but it has improved a very large run into a wall. of transportation is at a stand amount in the past five to 10 After Phase Two was initially still. years,” Rone said. approved by the Mississippi De- Mike Mossing, chair of the Rone believes there are many partment of Transportation, all Pathways Commission, bikes ways in which the university can bids on creating the new lanes to work every day and helped become more cyclist-friendly. were too high for the city’s bud- establish the commission’s mis- He would like to bike to work, get. New plans must be made to sion statement: “To provide but since bike lanes on South fit a $2 million budget, forcing people a way to get around Ox- Lamar have not yet been built, the commission’s engineers to ford with or without a car.” this task is next to impossible. redesign their blueprints. So far the commission has “I would have to leave at 6 The Phase Two project, completed Phase One of their in the morning to get to work which consists of implementing plans, which converted the rail- safely and in one piece,” Rone 13 more miles of bike lanes on road next to campus into a bike said. South and North Lamar Road, and walking path and added a He would like bike lanes Sisk Road and Bramlet Avenue mile of bike lanes that connect to be built next to the major and creating a BMX track at to the path. These lanes are on thorough-fares on campus and the FNC park, are still pending Gertrude Ford Parkway, Old weather-proof bike garages to final approval. Taylor Road, McElroy Drive be placed in front of all resi- In 1999, the Oxford Traffic and Molly Barr Road. dence halls. Commission predicted the Ox- Pathways Commission mem- Both Mossing and Rone be- ford community would either ber Scott Rone hopes the plan lieve the community will be will be approved next year. healthier and happier if more PETRE THOMAS | The Daily Mississippian Rone, 52, has been a member Neal McMillin, sophomore southern studies major, rides his bike to class after lunch in the inside of the Oxford community since See BIKE, PAGE 4 Student Union. Many students ride bikes on campus to save gas and time. University installs Relay for Life 5K Prewitt part of fix-it stations to kick off this youth movement year’s events on defense P. 4 P. 8 P. 12 2 OPINION OPINION | 8.26.11 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 2 Letter to the Editor Most things become dangerous with excess. We can clearly see it with power, wealth, food and even sex. Religious beliefs aside, I think that the “powers that be” aren’t trying to suppress knowl- edge but actually understand the full consequences of an excess of sex. As much as we’d like to turn our eyes away from it, there are more hazards other than venereal diseases to too much sex, and I’ll leave it to the reader to do their own research on the topic. Although I feel that most articles in The DM are cases of students “trolling” (fishing for a response), I’d like to take this opportunity to make one point in regards to Mr. White’s article (“Sexing it up”). None of us are blind to the des- peration of this world, especially in America. There are children starving in third world countries and obese people right next door. There are parents that can’t have children while young couples are having abortions. I say this not to be hateful or to hurt anyone but to open our eyes to the contradictions of an ever- increasing craving for an ever- diminishing pleasure. The fact that we can get what- ever we want in a matter of sec- onds, and that most consequences BY JOSH CLARK | Follow @dm_toons for our actions are continuously erased, has led us towards a very dangerous downward spiral. While sex is a pleasurable, beau- tiful and meaningful act, I think Cooper v. Stockett: The Help and its legal consequences we can learn an important lesson from remaining taciturn, not only in speech, but with our wants and BY EMILY STEDMAN On that day, Ablene Cooper, a suit against Stockett, in the cial gain and acted indifferently physical bodies as well.

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