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University of Mississippi eGrove Daily Mississippian Journalism and New Media, School of 6-23-2010 June 23, 2010 The Daily Mississippian Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline Recommended Citation The Daily Mississippian, "June 23, 2010" (2010). Daily Mississippian. 698. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline/698 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 C M Y K W EDNESDAY , JUNE 23, 2010 | VOL . 98, NO . 70 THE DAILY this week BARNARD OBSERVATORY MISSISSIPPIAN GAMMILL GALLERY 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 EXHIBITION ‘Spirit of New Orleans,’ photo- graphs by Bruce Keyes from the book by the same name, presents a three-decade odyssey through the Ole Miss to see tuition hike for ‘10-11 streets of the Big Easy. BY KATE NICOLE COOPER The Daily Mississippian Museum open from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. It’s safe to say that at Ole Miss, lingers as to why the University students pay for quality when takes it from student’s pockets Free, open to the public they pay their tuition at the be- instead of raising the funds in ginning of every semester. another fashion. The tuition fee is ever-chang- “We explore every avenue of ing at Ole Miss. So many may revenue, such as private dona- FORD CENTER have breathed a sigh of relief tions, and we do a very good job THE KING AND I when, for the 2009-2010 spring at Ole Miss,” Knight said. “Tu- semester, tuition wasn’t raised for ition is not our first choice, but In this rich Rodgers and Hammer- the first time in several years. when it comes down to balanc- stein musical, English widow Anna Leonowens comes to Siam in the However, it has been an- ing the books, tuition is what we 1860s to tutor the many wives and nounced this spring that tuition have to use to do it.” children of the country’s king. She will be raised for the upcoming When compared to other pub- soon discovers that she and the 2010-2011 school year. This fall, lic colleges across the nation, the king live in two different worlds in-state undergraduate students increase of 6.4 percent is relative- headed for a collision. Part of the will pay $2,718 per semester, ly small. Schools in other parts of 2010 Oxford Shakespeare Festival’s compared to last year’s $2,553. the country, such as California A Royal Season. The additional $165 is a 6.4 and Florida, are PHOTO COURTESY Stock Exchange percent increase from last year. seeing double- Ole Miss campus that are paying option of no higher education is $14-$18, starts at noon. “It’s a byproduct of the fact digit percentage increases. for their own tuition, this could even more expensive. that we continue to receive fewer “I have partial financial aid, but mean even less money in the stu- Knight said tuition increases and fewer dollars from the State my parents still pay for a certain dents’ wallets. are likely a reality for the foresee- of Mississippi,” Dewey Knight, amount of my school,” Andrea “It’s going to leave me with less able future. The university will inside associate director of financial Pollard, a senior criminal justice money to do things I want to do, probably see an increase in tu- OPINION advising, said. “And as the sup- major, said. “I have two brothers less money for fun. I have an aca- ition nearly every year. port from that channel of rev- in school in San Diego, and (my demic scholarship, but it doesn’t If the state continues to give ALL TOGETHER NOW enue goes down, if we’re going parents) have to help them also. provide for everything,” Chase the university less money, the to maintain our levels of quality Not only do they have to help Middleton, a senior biology and school will have to make up for and our standards of service, to with their (my brothers’) tuition, psychology major, said. it some way. And unfortunately, cover the costs, there’s no other now they have to pay more of Knight stressed that people the school may always be forced place to go but tuition.” mine.” need to realize that higher edu- to resort to tuition increases, For some, the question still For the many students on the cation is expensive, but the other Knight said. ASSOCIATED PRESS FAST FOOD: NOT SO FAST FAULKNER COLLECTION PART TWO OF A THREE-PART SERIES AUCTIONED IN NYC LIFESTYLES NEW YORK (AP) — A rare sold for $47,500. The book collection of signed William also is inscribed by the Nobel A CRASH COURSE IN Faulkner books and personal Prize-winning author to Cowley, WEDDING ETIQUETTE itemxs, including one of his who was working on a profile of most acclaimed novels, “Light in Faulkner for Life magazine. August,” sold at auction Tuesday Christie’s did not identify for $833,246. either buyer, or the American The collection of 90 items was seller. It had estimated that the nearly a complete representation collection would sell for more of Faulkner’s work, said the auc- than $1 million. PHOTO COURTESY Stock Exchange tion house, Christie’s. A few items offered a glimpse The auction probably was into the personal side of the BY RACHEL JOHNSON onds, according to Bob Vasi- the last chance to acquire such author, whose stream of con- The Daily Mississippian lyev, president of Vasco Prop- a large collection of the author’s sciousness writings explored the erties, the franchise operator When asked, most students work, Louis Daniel Brodsky, a complicated social system of the in Oxford. Wendy’s, however, said their fast food choices poet and Faulkner scholar, said South. would like to serve customers were not based solely on the in an interview before the auc- In a 1936 Western Union tele- within 60 seconds, assistant speed of a drive-through, but tion. gram to his 3-year-old daughter, manager Robert Shegog said. also on the food and where The highest price went for Faulkner wished her “plenty of SPORTS However, there are several they wanted to eat on a given “Absalom, Absalom!” a story ghosts, goblins, witches and cats factors that cause a drive- day. Are restaurants likewise about Southern poverty told en- and owls on Halloween.” TERRICO WHITE, PART II through’s service to become motivated by multiple factors, tirely in flashbacks, which sold In a 1951 copy of “Sartoris,” slow. or do they focus solely on the for $86,500. Inscribed in 1936 Faulkner scribbled, “For Joan, it Shegog observed that there speed of the service they pro- to novelist and journalist Mal- was all for her, even while she was are mistakes made by both the vide customers? colm Cowley, the first edition asleep.” The author was referring customer and the restaurant. Most restaurants time their novel exceeded the $40,000 to to novelist Joan Williams, with “A lot of times it’ll be us when drive-through service with a $60,000 pre-sale estimate. whom he had an affair. we run out of meat or stuff, timer that begins when a cus- Inscribed copies of “Absalom, “He’s not merely an American Shegog said. “A lot of times tomer pulls up to the order box Absalom!” are extremely rare, author,” said Tom Lecky, head of people come to the window and ends when the customer with only two others recorded at the auction house’s department and realize, ‘Oh, my purse is in pulls away with their order. auction in the last 30 years, ac- of books and manuscripts. “He’s the trunk,’ so then that makes The timers count in seconds, cording to Christie’s. an international author.” our service time slow down.” and different restaurants have The first edition of “Light in Faulkner was a native of New Other times, it could be mod- different standards for how August,” which centers on three Albany, Miss., then lived in Ox- ifications to a regular menu long each order should take. characters and explores the dev- ford, Miss. The University of item that cause the kitchen For example, Taco Bell tries astating effects of racism and re- Mississippi runs a museum at his to keep orders around 30 sec- ligious fanaticism in the South, Greek Revival house. See FAST, PAGE 4 2 3 OPINION OPINION | 6.23.10 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 2 OPINION | 6.23.10 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 3 BY COLUMN MATTHEW KING CAROLINE LEE Cartoonist editor-in-chief FUN IN THE SUN OR DEAD MAN WALKING? DONICA PHIFER Summertime is here, and it’s extremely hot. all know the Mississippi heat wave is here to stay. if you’re out playing frisbee golf or even just laying online editor BY JUJUAN McNEIL This seems to be the first thing I notice every day Since we’re stuck with it, here are some practical by the pool. LANCE INGRAM Columnist as I start my car in the morning while being greeted (and free) things to do to make sure you don’t end I am a camp counselor and I can honestly say news editor by a 100 degree wave of heat crushing me as soon up unconscious ten feet from that massive J.

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