University of Mississippi eGrove Daily Mississippian Journalism and New Media, School of 7-22-2010 July 22, 2010 The Daily Mississippian Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline Recommended Citation The Daily Mississippian, "July 22, 2010" (2010). Daily Mississippian. 596. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline/596 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 T HURSDAY , JULY 22, 2010 | VOL . 98, NO . 70 THE DAILY this week MISSISSIPPIAN UM MUSEUM ABSTRACT WORKS OF T HE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | SERVING OLE MISS AND OXFORD SINCE 1911 | WWW . THEDMONLINE . COM MARIE HULL AND ANDREW BUCCI Large freshman intake results in A vivid selection of Marie Hull’s limited upperclassmen housing colorful, energetic abstract works on paper and Andrew Bucci’s BY POINESHA BARNES refi ned, calligraphic, and organic The Daily Mississippian compositions in oil and watercolor Some upperclassmen will and Ole Miss’s new addition, comprise an exhibition on loan have to fi nd alternate housing Campus Walk, are practically at from the Mississippi Museum of Art. for the upcoming semester. capacity. Ole Miss has 4,800 new fresh- But housing offi cials say ev- Teacher and Student: Abstract men that are scheduled to live erything will work out. Works of Marie Hull and Andrew on campus for the fall 2010- “There are still a few single Bucci remains on view at the 2011 semester. spaces left in every residence University of Mississippi Museum Both classrooms and resi- hall,” Lorinda Krhut, director until September 18. dence halls are under discussion of student housing and resi- to fi nd ways to accommodate dence life, said. “For students ADDISON DENT | The Daily Mississippian The University of Mississippi such a large incoming class. who already have a roommate University Housing administrators are working to accomadate both Freshman and Museum is open Tuesday through Upperclassmen who complet- in mind, their best bet would pre-registered uperclassman who wish to live in the dorms in the fall. Saturday from 10:00 a.m. through ed their applications before the either be Kincannon Hall or 6:00 p.m. and closed Sunday deadline will not have to worry, Guess Hall.” mined to keep the on campus housing, still has vacancies, but and Monday, and all University however. Guess Hall was originally living experience at its best, so they are based on need. holidays. Those who did so still have scheduled to be closed for the they have hired additional resi- Some students that applied their rooms reserved. 2010-2011 school term. Due dent assistants to fi ll the posi- for private rooms have received “Upperclassmen with more to the large infl ux of freshmen tions at Guess Hall. emails from the housing offi ce than 30 credit hours are not they have been forced to open If the infl ux of students is apologizing for the inconve- guaranteed on-campus hous- the hall and make it available to still too great for Guess Hall to nience, but informing them ing if they have not already students. hold, temporary housing will be that the private room that they completed their housing ap- Depending on the ratio of made available in Miller Hall. had previously reserved for the plication,” Michael Allbright, males and females, Guess Hall Temporary housing will be just fall semester was no longer an inside former coordinator of area two, could possibly be made co-ed that, temporary. “No shows” option. OPINION said. for the upcoming school term, are inevitable, housing offi cials “They are going to have to It is university policy that all Allbright said. said. Students that are placed come up with another solu- HOUSEBROKEN freshmen must live on campus, He said that Guess Hall has in Miller Hall will eventually tion for upperclassmen,” junior so lodging for those students is been co-ed in the past, and if be moved to alternate housing Apral Foreman said. “If you the primary concern. the need persists, it will be when the number of “no shows” want to stay on campus, you All of the residence halls, in- again. is determined. should have the opportunity, cluding Northgate, The Village The housing offi ce is deter- The Village, married student despite your classifi cation.” ASSOCIATED PRESS OXFORD UNDERGOES FACELIFT SMITHSONIAN HOLDINGS TO AID RESEARCHERS IN GULF SUITLAND, Md. (AP) — Scientists study- ing the massive BP oil spill are turning to a vast LIFESTYLES collection of preserved animals at the Smithso- nian to see what kind of changes the oil spill DAX RIGGS IN REVIEW may wreak among life forms in the Gulf of Mexico. The museum and research complex in Wash- ington holds the most complete set of inverte- brate species from the Gulf, offering scientists ADDISON DENT | The Daily Mississippian studying the spill’s effects a look at life before Roadwork continues on Jackson Ave. on Wednesday afternoon. Road workers are resurfacing the road and expect to be fi nished in the coming days. the gusher began. A researcher pulling a crea- ture from the Gulf can use the Smithsonian’s collection to compare its size, body chemistry BY KATE NICOLE COOPER About half of the construction was and other characteristics to a specimen collect- The Daily Mississippian scheduled to be completed Wednesday. ed before the catastrophe. The company hoped to then move to Old Smithsonian scientists began putting their Since Monday, Jackson Avenue has Taylor Road by Wednesday afternoon to become more of a traffi c jam for driv- collection to use just days after the oil spill, cre- begin work there, Houston said. ating a digital map showing where each speci- ers during the morning and afternoon The south side of Highway 6 and a hours while traveling to and from work men was collected in the Gulf. Information patch in front of Rowan Oak will be in- from the collection could help settle conflicts or school. cluded in the work on Old Taylor Road. about how much damage the spill caused, said SPORTS The current road construction is a re- Upon starting the work on the two por- sult of the American Recovery and Rein- Jonathan Coddington, head of research and RANKING THE SEC: tions of Old Taylor, Houston said he collections at the National Museum of Natural vestment Act (ARRA), a stimulus pack- hopes to have these projects completed QUARTERBACKS age enacted by the 111th United States History. within a few days. “(Once we fi nish Old “Shrimpers are going to say, ‘We’re just not Congress in February 2009. Although Taylor Road), we will go back to Jackson the bulk of the project is fi nanced by seeing any big shrimp any longer.’ Then we’ll Avenue to put on the top coat of asphalt go back to these collections and say the aver- the ARRA, it is also supported by the and stripe it.” surface transportation funds, as well as age size of shrimp prior to the spill was this,” “Belk Street was included in this proj- Coddington said, surrounded by thousands of local money from the city of Oxford. ect also, but has already been completed The Mississippi Department of Trans- jars containing worms and other Gulf creatures other than some minor concrete work,” preserved in alcohol in a suburban Maryland portation, or MDOT, has a contract Jay Wood, of Florence and Hutcheson, with the city of Oxford and Lehman- warehouse. “It will come out which ever way it said. As a project engineer, Wood over- comes out. Facts help everybody.” Roberts Construction Company, who sees the inspection and record-keeping is in charge of the current construction Requests for loans of specimens and other of the work being done on Jackson, the information about the Gulf creatures have work and the work that is to come. two portions of Old Taylor Road and “We have to lay three inches of as- spiked since the April 20 explosion on a drill- Belk Street. ing rig leased by BP PLC unleashed the spill, phalt in total,” David Houston, estima- Kevin McLeod, consulting engineer tor/project manager of Lehman-Roberts Company, said of Jackson Avenue. See FACELIFT, PAGE 4 See SMITHSONIAN, PAGE 4 2 OPINION OPINION | 7.22.2010 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | PAGE 2 BY CAROLINE LEE ROBBIE CARLISLE editor-in-chief Cartoonist DONICA PHIFER online editor AMANDA WARD news editor MIA CAMURATI opinion editor LANCE INGRAM lifestyles editor ERIC BESSON sports editor OSCAR POPE visual editor RACHEL CLARK copy chief ADDISON DENT photography editor The mission of The Daily Mississip- pian is to consistently produce a bold, bright and accurate daily news source by fulfi lling our obligation to the truth and maintaining our loyalty to the public COLUMN we serve. MICHAEL BUISE Talkin’ ‘bout my generation business manager BY ALLIE GAGGINI It’s late Wednesday night. You have fi- remember when Chuckie thought he was these kids. Bluntly put, their TV shows PATRICK HOUSE JON STEPHENS nally finished your homework after a bit going to explode because he ate a water- are not as good as our generation’s pro- REBECCA ROLWING Columnist of procrastination, and then you stumble melon seed? Of course you do. Tommy grams. account executives into bed for a few hours of sleep. After 20 Pickles and the gang shrunk to micro- Now, I know what you’re thinking, or so minutes of thinking about the next scopic size and ventured into Chuckie’s “How will these kids ever learn what ROBBIE CARLISE day’s activities, that one crush you just body in order to save him.