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THE DAILY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2018 | VOLUME 107, NO. 29 MISSISSIPPIAN THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | SERVING OLE MISS AND OXFORD SINCE 1911 SPECIAL REPORT REPARATIVE JUSTICE In response to recent campus conversations A campus movement calling for the regarding race, this Thursday’s DM university to address racism head-on will take a closer look at discrimination has gained the support of university within our university community. faculty, staff and students. SEE TOMORROW’S DM SEE PAGE 3 Professors publish ‘UM Race Diary Project’ report 2014-15 academic year document microinvalidations (unconscious students, collected anonymous such as the Grove and the Student SLADE RAND specific references to Ole Miss negation or nullification,)” the responses online from Aug. 23, Union,” the report reads. [email protected] students demonstrating racist, report’s summary reads. 2014, to April 23, 2015. Respons- Students registered to partic- misogynist, homophobic and oth- The faculty researchers are es came from “621 students in un- ipate in the reporting process Four UM sociology profes- erwise discriminatory behavior, Associate Professor of Sociology dergraduate sociology, psychol- online through a public link to a sors have published a report often to no repercussions. Willa Johnson, Assistant Profes- ogy, social work, political science web page explaining the study’s titled “Microaggressions at the “During the 2014-2015 aca- sor of Sociology James Thomas, and EDHE classes.” The process purpose and inviting students to University of Mississippi,” which demic year, 621 undergraduate Professor of Sociology John of coding and analyzing responses submit preliminary information analyzes nearly 1,400 entries students reported 1,381 incidents Green and Associate Professor of began in November 2016. before writing their first entries. from the UM Race Diary Project, of microaggressions involving mi- Sociology and African American “These incidents occurred This initial survey stated that the drawing attention to bias-related croassaults (explicit putdowns), Studies Kirk Johnson. These throughout the campus in “diary of race-related events… incidents on- and off-campus. microinsults (unconscious professors, along with a team of classrooms, in Greek houses and The reports collected during the rudeness and insensitivity), and 14 undergraduate and graduate dormitories, and in public spaces SEE RACE DIARY PAGE 3 UM administrators discuss university’s public image looking more like Ole Miss, HADLEY HITSON where most of the black [email protected] students are athletes, not there for academic rea- Provost Noel Wilkin and sons,” Noguera said in the Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter article. addressed the Faculty Sen- A member of the Senate ate on Tuesday night about brought this article to Vit- the image of the university ter’s attention at Tuesday’s and commented on a quote meeting. about the university in The “That unfortunately is New Yorker magazine. part of the national bias In the October issue of that we have to deal with,” The New Yorker, an article Vitter said. “We’ve got a entitled “The Rise and long way to go with diver- Fall of Affirmative Action” sity on campus, but we’re was published detailing working hard on that.” affirmative action’s history Provost Wilkin said and predicting its future. minority enrollment at Professor of education at Ole Miss, specifically from U.C.L.A., Pedro Noguera, within the state of Missis- compared his university to sippi, is one of the highest the University of Missis- in the South. sippi in discussing what he ”If you look at our per- sees as the negative effects centages of African-Amer- of affirmative action. ican enrollment compared “You end up with the to other universities in the University of California SEC, we’re number two. at Berkeley or U.C.L.A. Mississippi State is at 20.8 PHOTO: ABBY HAMELTON Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter discusses undergraduate enrollment trends at the university during Tuesday’s Faculty Senate meeting. SEE FACULTY PAGE 4 Vitter recommends Meek name removal to IHL board ation of the matter in a statement Board meeting, which will take any agenda item.” for the racist beliefs conveyed in TAYLOR VANCE Tuesday afternoon. place on Oct. 18. Vitter’s recommendation a Facebook post he published on [email protected] “The proposal to change the “The Board of Trustees has comes after the School of Jour- Sept. 19. name of the Meek School of the authority to approve or not nalism and New Media faculty, Since the Council of Academic Ole Miss Chancellor Jeffrey Journalism and New Media approve any request or recom- Graduate Council, Undergrad- Administrators’ vote, a group of Vitter confirmed that he has has cleared all administrative mendation brought forth by an uate Council and Council of UM faculty, staff and students submitted a proposal to the State steps required on our campus to institutional executive officer,” Academic Administrators all have called for reparative justice Institutions of Higher Learning to change the name of an academic IHL communications director voted to remove Meek’s name. at the university and for the remove Ed Meek’s name from the program,” the statement read. Caron Blanton said in a previous Meek requested that the univer- journalism school to be renamed Meek School of Journalism and Vitter has recommended that statement to The Daily Missis- sity remove his name in a public in honor of anti-lynching advo- New Media. Vitter announced his his proposal now be placed on sippian. “The Board must take statement released three days af- cate and investigative journalist proposal for expedited consider- the agenda for the next IHL a vote in order to take action on ter he drew widespread criticism Ida B. Wells. PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 10 OCTOBER 2018 OPINION THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN EDITORIAL STAFF: “It doesn’t matter what your temperament is, as long as your blood is cold.” SLADE RAND editor-in-chief [email protected] DEVNA BOSE managing editor [email protected] BLAKE ALSUP news editor TAYLOR VANCE BRITTANY BROWN assistant news editors [email protected] JUSTIN DIAL sports editor BEN MILLER assistant sports editor [email protected] CHRISTIAN JOHNSON photography editor [email protected] ABBY HAMELTON assistant photo editor [email protected] LIAM NIEMAN arts & culture editor ELIZA NOE assistant arts & culture editor [email protected] HAYDEN BENGE design editor [email protected] ETHEL MWEDZIWENDIRA COLUMN opinion and design editor [email protected] SARAH HENDERSON Oxford’s no-kill shelter is a step forward online editor Previously, approximately 40 a real problem,” Alderman Janice surgery. Many measures will [email protected] ALYSSA MONCRIEF be taken to ensure the animals’ [email protected] percent of animals brought into Antonow said. IVANA NGUYEN the OLHS were euthanized. The The shelter is also working quality of life and safety is social media editor shelter also brought in animals with the city and county to guaranteed. Mississippi Critterz [email protected] On Oct. 1, Mississippi Critterz, not only from the surrounding increase funding for the shelter. has the pets’ best interest in Oxford’s first no-kill animal area, but also from the rest of It has requested nearly $62,000 mind and will continue the make shelter in almost three decades the state and parts of Tennessee. more than was previously given Oxford/Lafayette County pets ADVERTISING By focusing solely on local to the OLHS yearly. It is clear safe and sheltered. SALES MANAGER was established. The shelter, which currently holds a year- animals, the shelter will be able that the shelter is prioritizing Rebecca Brown to make a bigger impact on the the animals’ comfort and Alyssa Moncrief is a freshman [email protected] long contract with the Board of Aldermen, will only take animals community. This also prevents safety and will be a substantial political science and journalism the shelter from facing the same improvement from the OLHS. major from Jackson. SALES ACCOUNT from the Oxford and Lafayette County area. The new shelter challenge of overcrowding OLHS The shelter will still rely on EXECUTIVES experienced. ample support from the Oxford Sofi Ash will use the same facilities as the Oxford Lafayette Humane Many new and improved and Lafayette community to Cameron Collins safety measures are being taken volunteer, adopt and ensure CORRECTIONS Sam Dethrow Society, Oxford’s previous animal shelter that was forced to shut to fully ensure the safety of that all of Oxford’s animals are Isaiah Pugh The petition calling for down due to overcrowding. the animals. According to The spayed and neutered to prevent Michael Rackers Oxford Eagle, the Lafayette excessive animals on the streets. reparative justice had Until the establishment can garnered more than 100 open to the public on Oct. 17, the County Board of Supervisors This has been the leading cause voted to make it illegal to drop of overcrowded shelters in signatures at the time of S. GALE DENLEY animals are being housed in an its print publication. STUDENT MEDIA CENTER emergency services trailer on the animals off at the animal shelter Mississippi, as Mississippi’s grounds. after hours, something that has residents statistically have their Brandee Ledene is the PATRICIA THOMPSON been a considerable issue before. animals spayed or neutered Assistant Dean/Student Media Following the shutdown vice president of the “It has always been dangerous less frequently, according to the Daily Mississippian Faculty of the OLHS, the new plan Mississippi Critterz board.