October 6, 2016

University of Mississippi eGrove Daily Mississippian Journalism and New Media, School of 10-6-2016 October 6, 2016 The Daily Mississippian Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline Recommended Citation The Daily Mississippian, "October 6, 2016" (2016). Daily Mississippian. 1024. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline/1024 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]. Thursday, October 6, 2016 THE DAILY Volume 105, No. 33 THEMISSISSIPPIAN STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SERVING OLE MISS AND OXFORD SINCE 1911 Visit theDMonline.com @thedm_news SEE ONLINE... WHAT’S INSIDE... UPD hosts memorial for 10th Spirits, Forests & Physics Will Ole Miss win this weekend? anniversary of officer’s death haunt Oxford this Halloween see what Chancellor Vitter says SEE THEDMONLINE.COM SEE LIFESTYLES PAGE 8 SEE SPORTS PAGE 11 NY Times VoiceSocial media provokes,of the galvanizes students campus protest colmnist: CLARA TURNAGE Students, do what you love SLADE RAND [email protected] New York Times columnist David Brooks urged students to find true happiness through committed relationships Thursday night. Brooks was the keynote speaker at the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College’s 2016 fall convocation. He said students should ask themselves what their higher calling is, rather than focus on short-term happiness. Brooks is also a PBS news contributor and a commenta- tor on NPR’s “All Things Con- sidered.” He has written two New York Times best-selling books, most recently “The Road to Character.” It is a semi-auto- biographical work based on his PHOTO BY: ARIEL COBBERT own philosophical journey and search for fulfillment. torically white college campuses, it often “Mine wasn’t a life of profun- On a campus steeped in racial history, a takes a public push for students like this dity, yet there are those times to be held accountable.” when you get lifted out of your- King’s post gained even more national self,” Brooks said. “You start to student protest in the very heart of the university recognition when 49ers’ quarterback understand things about your- Colin Kaepernick retweeted it. Kaeper- self and where you live.” draws attention. A protest that was caused, driven and nick had recently gained attention – Brooks stood behind the lec- good and bad – for refusing to stand for tern with bright lights shining sustained by social media, however, marks the start of the national anthem in protest of police down on him. The Gertrude C. brutality in America. Ford Center was packed with something new. The tweet also drew the attention of honors students, faculty and had worked on for two years. She began the Ole Miss’ public relations Twitter community members who have On a Thursday night in late Septem- hearing from Ole Miss students who account, which is run by Ryan Whitting- read his columns for years. ber, New York columnist Shaun King were hurt, scared and angry. ton, assistant director of public relations. Brooks spoke softly, but with received emails from students more than The post set off a swift chain reaction “When we saw Shaun King’s tweet, purpose. He said the loss of 1,000 miles away. They sent screenshots that illustrates both the power and the we felt it was important to immediately connection and intimacy are from a Facebook post: “I have a tree with peril of social media. Ole Miss — once a acknowledge the situation, and since the causing a growing disconnect room for all of them if you want to settle place where student opinion marched tweet was directed @OleMissRebels, we within society. It has led to a this Wild West style.” almost in lockstep in the same direc- felt it best to respond from that account national decline in marriage, The comment was posted by an Ole tion — heaved to and fro under different ASAP,” Whittington said. “We monitor friendship and trust. Miss student, referring to black protest- viewpoints. mentions for all of our official social me- “The divisions are more stark ers in North Carolina who mourned the dia platforms, and we’re both entrusted than they’ve ever been,” Brooks death of a man shot by police officers. ALL IN AN HOUR with the responsibility of responding said. “You have partisan hostil- “Several students emailed it to me King said he didn’t expect the post to directly to any and all tweets we deem ity on top of economic inequal- directly,” King said. “They were not only go viral – that wasn’t the point – he just necessary.” ity.” offended; they were literally concerned wanted to make sure Jordan Samson The UM NAACP wasn’t planning Brooks’ advice for breaking for their safety.” was held accountable. Samson, the busi- to protest–not at first. When inter- through severe divisions was King tweeted a question to @OleMiss- ness major who made the original post viewed by The Daily Mississippian simple: Do something you love. Rebels, seen by his 382,000 followers. at around 2:30 p.m., quickly deleted his that Friday morning, Marino said He said he is a firm believer Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., Facebook account and the comments af- she wanted to give the university the in throwing oneself into things Tysianna Marino, president of the ter King tweeted it out around midnight. student NAACP chapter, was preparing “Yes, it was hate speech, but it was a presentation on a research project she also violent,” King said. “Sadly, on his- SEE SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE 6 SEE BROOKS PAGE 5 PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 6 OCTOBER 2016 OPINION CARTOON BY: JAKE THRASHER Dear students: relying on study drugs is not worth it While watching the TODAY students has also used the to your body. Getting addicted to this show, I became intrigued by drug for the same reasons. Yes, college students, I said drug will ruin your life in the a segment that examined the What was most shocking it. Good grades are not worth long-run. So, I cannot wrap abuse of Adderall, a drug usu- about their findings was that it. my mind around why students ally prescribed to people di- most of the students admitted The side effects alone should think it is okay to take them. agnosed with attention deficit they would take it again and scare away anyone who does I understand that they have disorder, in college and high again if it came down to it. not actually have to take it. enormous amounts of pres- school students around the But is it worth it? Is getting Adderall has been known sure to get good grades. I have nation. good grades worth becoming to “change people” over the the same type of pressure on The TODAY show reporter completely dependent on this years—especially the people me, but I do not see how pop- spoke with numerous students highly addictive substance? who were not supposed to be ping “study buddies” is going from various universities Not to me. taking it. People are known to to help me get through it. around the nation, including The way I see it is if some- become more aggressive, act If you feel as if you need MIKALA TURNER one Ivy League institution, one feels he needs aid from with erratic behavior, have this drug to do well, I highly [email protected] and found that most of them any type of un-prescribed a loss of appetite and be ex- suggest flushing those pills had used Adderall in order to drug to do something, it is tremely exhausted after tak- and getting to a counselor, College students are like pull all-nighters. They said already a problem. Everyone ing this drug. because you are beginning a bad acrobats — they attempt the drug allows them to focus knows college is stressful, but Adderall can cause an in- rough ride down a long road to balance a healthy lifestyle, on one thing at a time and ac- if you cannot handle it with- crease in paranoia and anxi- of problems. a social life and great grades curately take in information. out a “smart drug,” maybe it is ety, impairing how you would all at once and often go tum- According to the Center for time to take a step back. normally react to regular situ- Mikala Turner is a sopho- bling down. College students, Disease Control and Preven- Good grades are not worth ations. An overdose from this more social work major from however, have no safety nets tion, one in five high school risking doing serious damage drug can be fatal. Bruce. to catch them when they fall. 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