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THREE AND OUT Chancellor Vitter’s short time on campus has been defined by a public struggle with the university’s image.
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n era that was ushered in by a Sugar Bowl victory and following the removal of the state flag. In the meantime, I will remem- a Carnegie academic research honor came to a close on ber yearning for more monumental decisions to continue our progress Friday with the state education board’s announcement on campus — a period where students continued to yearn.” that Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter will step down from Though he said he’s proud of the progress he’s seen on campus, his position in January 2019. Vitter will resign as the Benson views the changes such as the contextualization plaques and shortest-tenuredA Ole Miss chancellor since George Holmes retired diversity programs as slow-coming, and likened them “to a band-aid... from his position as the first head of school in 1849, a year after the or perhaps a type of herbal medicine.” university’s founding. “I am so proud of the addition of the office of the Vice-Chancellor Vitter’s time at the university is often classified as one of change. for Diversity and Community Engagement. I am excited to see a black Beyond the multi-million dollar construction projects and physical woman as the University’s General Counsel,” Benson said. “I see the additions to the university’s landscape he presided over, Vitter led the Center for Inclusion and Cross-Cultural Engagement strengthening school through a time of cultural transition. and expanding. However, the plaques in front of buildings named after In the three years since Vitter became head of the school, the uni- white supremacists and the re-building of monuments glorifying the versity has added two new dormitories and a modern basketball arena. confederacy are a slap in the face. So, the changes that we want to see It welcomed both a new mascot and head football coach, hired the are slow — maybe working, but maybe not.” first Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Community Engagement and Other Ole Miss community members have been disappointed with installed six contextualization plaques for campus elements. Vitter, like Vitter’s efforts in addressing Confederate symbols on campus, but for many students who first stepped on campus four years ago, will depart different reasons than those Benson cited. from an Oxford campus different than the one he arrived on. A group created earlier this semester named “Stand Fast Ole Miss” “I am gratified that we have grown dramatically in impact, stature has taken a vocal opposition to what its members see as Vitter’s pro- and commitment in the past three years,” Vitter said in the IHL’s gressive agenda when it comes to campus symbolism. press release announcing his resignation. “We are stronger academ- “Our goal is to bring Ole Miss back to a place where the Lyceum has ically, enjoy more support in private giving and research funding, as much regard and respect for defending conservative stances as it has and engage more proactively with the world around us. In addition, demonstrated for more extreme liberal postures,” wrote Hayes Dent, we are a more diverse community with a more visible dedication to the group’s founder. “Our Chancellor must be a strong arbiter of deter- inclusion and civility.” mining when the privileges of ‘academic freedom’ and ‘free speech’ are He adopted a university already on the path to change and oversaw being abused to the detriment of our University.” the implementation of many initiatives that began years before he The chancellor’s decisions when it comes to wrangling in Ole Miss’ took the job. ever-changing identity have left students and alumni on either side of On Oct. 26, 2015, three days before the Institutions of Higher the ideological fold dismayed. Learning voted to unanimously approve Vitter as Ole Miss’ 17th chan- Vitter was the first university official to condemn the racist tone of cellor, the university lowered the Mississippi state flag for the final a Facebook post made by prominent donor Ed Meek earlier this year. time. The state flag’s removal came one week after heated school-wide Vitter urged Meek to delete the post that was criticized for its racist and debate ended in an 33-15 ASB senate vote in favor of removing the sexist implications, and the chancellor later advocated for the state IHL flag from campus. The culture of change had begun to take root on to approve the removal of Meek’s name from the university’s School campus before Vitter was selected and it later came to dominate his of Journalism and New Media. The board voted to approve the name tenure at Ole Miss. change at its October meeting in Jackson. Jarvis Benson, a senior at the university and president of the Black Also in October, Vitter wrote an op-ed to The Daily Mississippian Student Union, said he learned patience through his four years of expe- in response to a report on the school’s racial climate published by four riences with the chancellor and campus administration. UM sociology professors. The report, titled “Microaggressions at the “I will remember this period (under Chancellor Vitter) as one of tran- University of Mississippi,” analyzed more than 13,000 entries from sition,” Benson said. “Chancellor Vitter’s entrance will be marked as Ole Miss students documenting bias related incidents in the university SEE VITTER PAGE 5 PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 12 NOVEMBER 2018 OPINION
THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN EDITORIAL STAFF: SLADE RAND A word from DM columnists editor-in-chief [email protected] Chancellor Vitter’s resignation Chancellor Vitter has announced his intent to resign after three years of mixed reactions from the university DEVNA BOSE community. These six columnists have been students on this campus since Vitter’s investiture to his departure. managing editor [email protected]
metrics as well as witnessed diversity on campus which, a husband and a son; rather BLAKE ALSUP news editor our university become in reality, sought to further it’s to say that the position of exceptionally divided. consolidate power over a chancellor is not and never TAYLOR VANCE A majority of conservatives vocal majority which wanted was the proper position for BRITTANY BROWN assistant news editors have felt alienated by Vitter’s tenure to end. him to excel in. Vitter’s leadership since the Vitter may have been trying Moving forward, it would [email protected] beginning, with his support of to pursue a third way at a be in the best interests of those who pushed to remove University which finds itself all students, facility and JUSTIN DIAL the flag of the state which hostile; however, he never alumni, regardless of their sports editor pays his salary, encouraging appeared to master the ability backgrounds and beliefs, to BEN MILLER the prohibition of the playing to be all things for all people. see the appointment of a assistant sports editor WILL HALL of Dixie at football games, He often humiliated our chancellor that is Mississippi- [email protected] [email protected] further engaging our school school with his nervous policy made, tried and true, and in a public relations debacle implementation and run-and- understands what it means to CHRISTIAN JOHNSON In the three years since with the selection of a new hide approach to criticisms an Ole Miss Rebel. photography editor Chancellor Vitter took mascot through a show vote, leveled by both students and [email protected] control of the leadership and, lastly, instituting various facility. This is not to say that Will Hall is a senior journalism at our university, we have overreaching programs sold I have any doubts in Vitter’s major from Atlanta. LIAM NIEMAN declined in various positive on the pretext of advancing abilities as a man, a father, arts & culture editor ELIZA NOE assistant arts & culture editor very turbulent term in the department and went on to this chancellor. This, coupled [email protected] position. There were many become the Provost at the with the many issues athletics controversies surrounding University of Arkansas where has suffered, are all reasons HAYDEN BENGE Vitter, as there have been he grew its academic faculty enrollment is down and public design editor around the many chancellors by over 60 personnel. Vitter outlook for the university [email protected] before him. Even with that earned a bachelor’s degree isn’t great. The university was said, why would people in mathematics from Notre indeed set for many setbacks ETHEL MWEDZIWENDIRA celebrate the loss of a leader Dame, a master’s degree in before his arrival. In light of opinion and design editor who has one of the most business administration from this, we should be grateful [email protected] stellar resumes this university Duke University and finally his he’ll stay on as faculty. I look has ever seen? Ph.D at Stanford University. forward to seeing what the SARAH HENDERSON BRANDON BROWN Vitter has published over I believe Vitter came to the engineering and computer online editor [email protected] 300 books, compositions university during turbulent science departments will [email protected] and journals for the field times and that led people to achieve while he’s part of the of computer science since blame him for many of them. Ole Miss family. IVANA NGUYEN Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter he began his academic A few Greek letter societies social media editor announced his resignation as career. He was awarded are under investigation or Brandon Brown is a senior [email protected] Chancellor of the University tenure at age 29 in Brown have been closed due to psychology major from Laurel. of Mississippi following a University’s computer science various issues not caused by ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER that UM Chancellor Dan demand Jones’ reinstatement. “preferred candidate” on Rebecca Brown Jones’ contract would not Despite statewide support, Oct. 19, later to be appointed [email protected] be renewed. Jones’ tenure contract renegotiations were chancellor on Oct. 29, 2015. oversaw increased student unsuccessful. Now, after Vitter’s resignation SALES ACCOUNT enrollment, unprecedented Still, students sought on Friday, we are again EXECUTIVES private investment, and the transparency and to actively without a chancellor, again Sofi Ash institutionalization of inclusivity participate in the chancellor without public justification of Cameron Collins and racial reconciliation, replacement process. Yet why or what or how. Students Sam Dethrow but the IHL only later the IHL-appointed Campus must now decide: is this Isaiah Pugh cited concerns regarding Search Advisory Committee our university, or the IHL’s? Michael Rackers ALLEN COON management of the University included only a single student Disclaimer: In 2015, Allen Coon [email protected] of Mississippi Medical Center representative, then-ASB served as Communications S. GALE DENLEY as its justification. President Rod Bridges. We Director for Students for STUDENT MEDIA CENTER Within a week of the were told community input Chancellor Jones. It’s déjà vu. announcement, a diverse would be decisive, that PATRICIA THOMPSON On March 20, 2015, the collective of students candidates would be submitted Allen Coon is a senior Assistant Dean/Student Media Mississippi Institutions of organized Students for to community debate, but public policy leadership, Daily Mississippian Faculty Higher Learning (IHL), the state Adviser Chancellor Jones, and on candidate interviews began African-American studies, governing body overseeing the March 25, approximately 2,000 Oct. 13, and after only a week and sociology triple major administration of Mississippi’s students, faculty, staff and of private sessions, Jeff Vitter from Petal. public universities, announced alumni crowded the Circle to was selected as the IHL’s FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA The Daily Mississippian is published Mondays, Wednesdays, THE DM NEWS TWITTER THE DAILY Thursdays and Fridays in print during the academic year, on @thedm_news MISSISSIPPIAN days when classes are scheduled. 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resignation. As our university and future considerations through the MPartner to say the very least, we as a moves into a period of to ensure students’ success. program. community must recognize administrative transition, it These demands are not easy On the social side, that progress is a marathon, is important to reflect on his to navigate, but Chancellor Chancellor Vitter’s role not a sprint. Small steps tenure. Vitter promoted progress in was controversial. He forward are still steps forward. Serving as the chancellor each area. oversaw the installation of I had the honor of getting of any university is a difficult The university’s academics contextualization plaques on to know Chancellor Vitter and job. Yet, serving as the thrived under Chancellor campus, which is an important his wife well over the past chancellor of the University Vitter’s leadership. He first step of many steps few years. Though I do not of Mississippi is arguably one pushed for more academic needed to recognize the agree with all of their campus of the most difficult roles in opportunities through university’s often overlooked decisions, I deeply respect LEVI BEVIS higher education. On top initiatives such as the annual history. He also advocated their work and commitment [email protected] of overseeing one of the UM Tech Summit and new for the removal of Ed Meek’s to better our university. fastest growing universities, building construction. He name from the School of On Nov. 9, our university university leadership must also expanded service Journalism and New Media. Levi Bevis is senior public received news that Chancellor juggle our university’s often opportunities into three While some of his responses policy leadership major from Vitter had announced his dark history, current interests, neighboring communities to campus issues were lacking Florence, Alabama.
follow the money. to speak at a ceremony with the Our State Flag has still failed to remove even In “Democracy In Chains,” dedicating a new scholarship Foundation, a group the most heinous names and Nancy MacLean alludes for women in law school, dedicated to promoting symbols from campus. to the coup that removed Vitter instead devoted his the white supremacist And yet, at bottom, this former chancellor Dan Jones remarks to a discussion of the Mississippi state flag on issue is much deeper than from office and installed Jeff building’s chandeliers. campus — although many the career of one individual. Vitter in his place. Jones However, he managed of its staunchest supporters Vitter has not been executing had been an advocate for to ingratiate himself with are not students. When his own agenda, but the IHL’s. Medicaid expansion, a stance certain reactionary elements, this group called for Vitter As he prepares to exit, the that did not endear him including the billionaire Fred to condemn a progressive IHL prepares to choose his to health insurance lawyer Smith of FedEx, a notorious professor’s tweet, he quickly successor. JAZ BRISACK and Institutions of Higher union-buster. Vitter pressured complied. However, Vitter Let’s hope they don’t give [email protected] Learning trustee Alan Perry, the Honors College to remained dismissive of the us somebody worse. who helped choose Vitter. make Smith the Fall 2017 UM Race Diary Project, In order to understand The new chancellor convocation speaker. instead celebrating a Jaz Brisack is a senior UM’s chancellor drama, let’s avoided activism. Asked Vitter also curried favor contextualization process that journalism major from Oxford.
University of Mississippi, manifestation of the tension or she walks to class passing activists for doing too little. the central themes that between the forms of the statues that glorify the mid- He tried to be all things to emerge are passivity and past and the future. While 19th century struggle to all people and ended up temperance. Jeff Vitter is other southern universities maintain white supremacy being nothing but a hollow the embodiment of the can ignore their relationship and the mid-20th century “wrist-bump of both sides- morally vacuous centrism with slavery, segregation struggle to dismantle it. On ism.” I hope that the IHL that both those on the and white supremacy, we, as this campus, even being will select a new chancellor center-left and center- students and fans of the Ole passively apolitical is still who, with strength, courage right yearn wistfully for Miss Rebels, must navigate taking a stance. and moral fortitude, will in our hyper-polarized this crossroads every single Chancellor Vitter had unapologetically lead us political milieu. However, as day. I welcome this great the misfortune of being into the 2020s and beyond. JACOB GAMBRELL Chancellor Vitter has shown, responsibility to set the disliked by a majority of [email protected] you cannot be an effective standard for other southern both the conservative Jacob Gambrell is a senior leader by straddling a universities to follow. One students and donors for international studies As I reflect on Chancellor fence. cannot plead ignorance nor doing too much and by the major from Chattanooga, Vitter’s tenure at the Our university is a physical embrace indifference as he progressive students and Tennessee.
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A LOOK AT VITTER’S LEGACY Important moments from the chancellor’s three years at Ole Miss
SEPT. 23, 2016 NOV. 10, 2016 JAN. 29, 2016 Students flooded the Lyceum halls Vitter’s investiture ceremony Ole Miss received a No- for “Occupy the Lyceum” on Sept. took place on Nov. 10, 2016. “I tice of Allegations from 23, 2016, to protest the univer- am privileged to be your partner the NCAA’s enforcement sity’s lack of reaction to a racist in building a vibrant Mississippi staff alleging roughly 30 Facebook comment posted by an through higher education,” Vitter violations. Ole Miss business student. said during the ceremony.
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JULY 20, 2017 OCT. 2, 2017 Hugh Freeze resigned on July 20, 2017, after a lawsuit by Houston The student body voted to replace the Nutt prompted the university to hand over phone records from Rebel the Black Bear mascot with the six days in January 2016, and a phone call to an alleged escort Landshark. On August 20, 2018, Ole Miss service was found. Vitter commented on the resignation, saying Athletics unveiled Tony the Landshark, the university found “a pattern of personal misconduct inconsis- named for former Ole Miss football play- tent with the standards expected from the leader of our football er and veteran, Tony Fein. team.”
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MARCH 2, 2018 SEPT. 19, 2018 NOV. 9, 2018 Vitter announced the formation of UM donor and namesake of the Meek School Ole Miss Chancellor Jeffrey the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee of Journalism & New Media, Ed Meek, made Vitter announced his for History and Context (CACHC) on a post that garnered criticism from the chan- resignation, according to a March 29, 2016. The committee’s fi- cellor, students and the community. statemnt released by the state nal report, including plans for the cre- Vitter posted a statement to Facebook, Institutions of Higher learning. ation of six contextualization plaques, saying “While we all want to ensure a safe, was released on July 6, 2017. The family-friendly environment at the university contextualization plaques were un- and in Oxford, I must condemn the tone and veiled on campus during a ceremony content of Ed Meek’s post from earlier today. on March 2, 2018. “These plaques The photos in his post suggest an unjustified are daily reminders of our obligation racial overtone that is highly offensive. Ed, to learn from the past and commit to I urge you to withdraw your comment and an inclusive future,” Vitter said. apologize to anyone offended.”
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community. In his response, Vitter questioned the protocol of soliciting such reports. “I am disappointed by the fact that the report is silent on wheth- er the research group helped the students who self-reported these incidents by referring them to local authorities or encouraging them to take advantage of re- sources available on our campus,” Vitter wrote in that op-ed. Less than a week after the sociology professors published their report, Vitter used his per- sonal Facebook page to condemn another social media post. Vitter never named the professor he sought to condemn, but the chan- FILE PHOTO: CHRISTIAN JOHNSON FILE PHOTO: DEVNA BOSE cellor’s statement came the same Elam Miller is a senior and the president of the Associated Student Body. Jarvis Benson is a senior and the president of the Black Student Union. day a post by Our Stage Flag the Chancellor’s reaction to the chancellor frequently asking the as a faculty member,” Dr. Vitter sweeping changes to this campus. Foundation called attention to a UM Race Diary Project,” Benson student body “... to desire more, said in an IHL press release. I wish I would have seen him be tweet posted by one of the UM said. “This study should have had to give more, to be more and to Benson said Chancellor Vitter able to actually accomplish this.” Race Diary Project researchers huge impacts on administration’s leave more behind.” He said the might not have achieved all he A university spokesman said calling for protesters to disrupt look into campus race relations university has more work to do to wanted to in his time on campus. on Friday that Vitter will not be Republican senators’ meals and – things students face every complete the goals Vitter laid out “I would like to believe that entertaining requests for inter- “put your whole damn fingers in day. However, his op-ed in the in his Flagship Forward Strategic Chancellor Vitter wanted to make views at this time. their salads.” DM showed his passive feelings Plan, but that his plan has provid- “While I passionately support toward having these conversa- ed a foundation for progress. free speech, I condemn state- tions.” “While Chancellor Vitter has ments that encourage acts of ASB President Elam Miller, a chosen to return to faculty, I aggression,” Vitter wrote, which senior, has often worked with the challenge the student body to many people took to be a con- Chancellor’s office since he joined hold true to the values of the UM demnation of sociology professor the ASB Executive Branch in Family and to demand meaning- James Thomas’ viral tweet. spring of 2017. As ASB president, ful participation in the selection Benson said he has noticed Miller is scheduled to meet with of our next Chancellor,” Miller a disconnect between Vitter’s the Chancellor once a month. said. community efforts and the Ole “Over the past three years I Vitter will return to the class- Miss community itself. He said he have seen our university make room after Jan. 3, 2019, taking doesn’t feel that the Chancellor several strides in academics, such a tenured faculty position in the “effectively addressed campus as becoming an R1 Research School of Engineering’s Depart- relations” unless something had Institute, which I believe can be ment of Computer and Informa- gone viral on social media. directly attributed to the work of tion Science. “The most disappointing Chancellor Vitter,” Miller said. “There is no more important example of (this disconnect) was Miller said he remembers the role on a university campus than
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39099 THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 12 NOVEMBER 2018 | PAGE 7 Twitter reacts to announcement of Vitter’s resignation DEVNA BOSE [email protected]
The IHL Board announced Jeffrey Vitter’s intent to resign as Ole Miss Chan- leader of the University of Mississippi during a time of great progress and cellor on Friday morning. Vitter will serve as chancellor of the university until accomplishment,” Vitter said. Jan. 3, 2019, and continue as a tenured Distinguished Professor in the School The IHL release states that an interim chancellor will be named soon. The of Engineering’s Department of Computer and Information Science. Ole Miss community quickly took to social media in response to the announce- “It has been an extraordinary honor and privilege to serve as the ment of Vitter’s resignation.
Who thinks we can get a great Second consecutive failure of the Chancellor at Ole Miss now that the Mississippi IHL for Oxford and champion of POLITICAL CORRECTNESS @OleMissRebels. The removal of Dan Jeffrey Vitter (David’s brother) has Jones followed by the installation of Jeff resigned? Our Governor, Phil Bryant, has Vitter. Get the @UMchancellor position ‘ appointed all the members of the Board ‘ correct...we deserve better than this of Institutions of Higher Learning, so consistent ineptitude.” we’ll see.” @kelly_english @dougspeights 11/9/18, 11:02 AM 11/9/18, 11:56 AM
Hate to see anyone lose their job but It is one hell of an honor to have Dr. Vitter needed to go. Big move for Ole Jeff Vitter’s signature on my diploma as Miss that has to happen. #HottyToddy.” @UMchancellor.”
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Students share thoughts about Vitter’s resignation
“It just never felt like he had GRACE MARION TAYLOR VANCE an active interest to make the [email protected] campus an inclusive place,” Porter said. Freshman international studies and Spanish major Reed Peets Ole Miss Chancellor Jeffrey Vit- said he thinks Vitter’s resigna- ter announced his plans to resign tion is interesting because there from his position as chancellor had been previous rumors that and instead become a tenured his contract wasn’t going to be professor in the computer science renewed. department after January. Ole “I mean that must mean that Miss students had varied respons- there’s something pretty signifi- es to the announcement and the cant that the university was not legacy that Vitter leaves behind. happy about.” Peets said. Vitter, the 17th chancellor of the Senior biology major Grady university, has presided over some Fisher said he doesn’t care very of the university’s most trou- much about Vitter resigning. bling times in recent history. His “As long as the next guy doesn’t resignation comes at the end of a destroy the university, do what period when student enrollment you want,” Fisher said. “They’re has decreased for two consecutive going to take my money whatever years, former Ole Miss head foot- I do, so who cares who’s running ball coach Hugh Freeze resigned (the university).” and the university was under Sophomore journalism major investigation by the NCAA. Earlier FILE PHOTO: ARIEL COBBERT Austin Parker said he doesn’t this year, the university attracted Chancellor Vitter takes a selfie with a student in front of the Union during Welcome week in 2016. think Vitter has done much for national attention for the racist responses to these controversies, out his three years, seem to have “I feel like I’m standing on the university. tone of a Facebook post made along with others from through- left students with the opinion that uneven ground,” Porter said on “He’s been very neutral and on by a prominent donor. 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SAYING ‘GOODTIE’ TO CHANCELLOR VITTER
LIAM NIEMAN [email protected]
After hearing the news on Friday that the rumors were true and were downright disastrous. I couldn’t help but shake my head when, that Chancellor Vitter is resigning, I was conflicted. I knew that people on a visit to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., Vitter wore on both sides of the political aisle who see him as enforcing too much black shoes with his seersucker suit. I nearly gasped every time I saw our or too little change would be happy to see him gone, and that peo- fearless leader wearing an athletic blend Ole Miss polo underneath a ple who are ready to finally settle down with a leader after recent and sports coat. sudden changes in the Lyceum over the past five years would be upset. But what Vitter lost in these blunders, he made up for in the vast But for me — someone who values clothing above nearly everything array of neckwear he wore throughout his time as chancellor. To say else — Vitter’s resignation meant saying goodbye to a man who was goodbye, I’m looking back through the ties that Vitter wore as chan- bold enough to wear whatever he wanted and curated an extensive cellor and highlighting some of the most memorable. These aren’t all collection of neckties. good ties, but they’re all bold, for better or for worse. Vitter didn’t always make the right fashion choices. Sometimes they
THE BINARY TIE(S) Although it’s not surprising given his computer science back- ground, an interesting thing I found while researching this story is that Vitter actually owns at least two ties featuring various strings of binary code: one in white on blue and an- other in white on red.
PHOTO COURTESY: JEFF VITTER’S TWITTER FILE COURTESY: ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE PIANO KEY TIE THE ‘STARRY NIGHT’ TIE In the biggest social media Though Vitter’s own academic discipline is situated moment of the past semester, deep within STEM territory, this tie, featuring one of high-profile donor Ed Meek made Vincent Van Gogh’s most famous paintings, shows that a widely criticized Facebook post, he was also able to appreciate the humanities. which Vitter in a Facebook com- ment said suggested “an unjusti- fied racial overtone.” Somehow, Vitter woke up the morning after that controversy, put on this musi- cally themed novelty tie and contin- ued to wear it all day, even through his speech at the community forum.
FILE PHOTO: DEVNA BOSE
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TIE A favorite when rubbing shoul- ders with political bigwigs (Vitter wore it on visits to both the state and national capitals), this tie em- blazoned with miniature outlines of Mississippi made a lot of public appearances during Vitter’s time as chancellor.
PHOTO COURTESY: JEFF VITTER’S TWITTER PHOTO COURTESY: JEFF VITTER’S TWITTER
THE ‘AT’ SYMBOL TIE Although it’s less bold than his pair of binary ties, this tie consisting of a black-and-white pattern of ‘at’ symbols is another homage to Vitter’s computer science scholarship. It’s also notable that the ‘at’ symbol is how all Twitter handles start, including @UMchancellor, as Vitter used his social media accounts to do everything from interact with students to making official statements.
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Vitter’s tenure overshadowed by NCAA sanctions
to seeking the truth.” “It is simply not warranted and JUSTIN DIAL During the video, Bjork is based on fundamental flaws [email protected] announced that the university in the NCAA case and how the would be imposing more sanc- investigation was conducted. On Jan. 3, 2019, Jeffrey Vitter tions on itself, in hopes that it We will vigorously appeal the will step down as chancellor of would ultimately soften the COI’s additional postseason ban. It is the University of Mississippi, final verdict. clearly an excessive punishment, marking the end of his three-year “The university is self-imposing and we are outraged at the unfair tenure as the leader of Ole Miss. a one-year postseason ban on the characterization of our football For many, he will be remembered football program for the 2017 sea- program and the university cul- as Ole Miss’ chancellor during the son in addition to our previously ture involving athletics.” school’s long-fought battle with announced self-imposed penal- Two weeks later, Ole Miss the NCAA and its Committee on ties,” Bjork said. “The decision submitted a notice to appeal the Infractions. to add the postseason ban was a 2018 postseason ban and other Vitter’s tenure as chancellor joint decision by Chancellor Vitter penalties highlighted in the COI’s could easily be defined by the and myself and supported by final report to the NCAA’s Infrac- NCAA’s case against Ole Miss. Coach Freeze.” tions Appeals Committee. The Committee on Infractions A short time later, on July 20, “We have the best legal team in issued its first Notice of Vitter and Bjork held a press the country to handle our NCAA Allegations against the university conference to announce Hugh appeal,” Vitter said. “We believe just 20 days after he took office, Freeze’s resignation as the head the additional penalties imposed with the final verdict in the case coach of Ole Miss Football. The by the COI are unwarranted, coming only days before the administrators stressed that which we will make very clear announcement of his resignation. Freeze’s resignation did not tie- at the appropriate time in our Vitter officially took office as in with the NCAA’s allegations written submissions on the merits the University of Mississippi’s against the football program, of our appeal.” chancellor on Jan. 1, 2016, almost but rather with concerns of his November saw the final four years after the NCAA inves- personal conduct. episode of Ole Miss’ NCAA saga, tigation into Ole Miss Athletics “In our analysis, we discovered when Ole Miss received the ap- FILE PHOTO: BILLY SCHUERMAN began. However, just three weeks a pattern of conduct that is not peals committee’s response to the into his tenure on Jan. 22, the Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter expresses his grievances with the additional sanctions laid out by the COI in 2017. consistent with our expectations university’s appeal. The appeal university received the first Notice as the leader of our football upheld the 2018 postseason ban, of Allegations from the NCAA severity of select violations, Vitter Following the conclusion of the program,” Bjork said. “Chancellor but overturned other sanctions Committee on Infractions, alleg- and Bjork’s statement announced women’s basketball and track & Vitter and I spoke with coach related to recruiting. ing violations in women’s basket- that the university would be field case, the Committee on In- Freeze last night. We discussed “While we are pleased by the ball, track & field and football. self-imposing sanctions in line fractions sent Ole Miss an updat- the entire situation. Coach (committees) finding that the COI Following a 30-day extension with the usual punishment for ed Notice of Allegations focusing Freeze was very transparent and abused its discretion with respect to Ole Miss’ original 90-day such violations. solely on the football program. admitted the conduct. Earlier this to the unofficial visit penalty, response window, Chancellor “In response to these violations, The updated notice outlined eight afternoon Chancellor Vitter and I we remain disappointed by the Vitter and athletics director Ross we have taken several corrective new violations, in addition to the met with coach Freeze again. He remainder of the ruling, which Bjork released the university’s actions and we have self-imposed 13 in the first notice. offered his resignation, and we upheld a 2018 postseason ban response to the COI’s Notice significant penalties,” the On Feb. 22, 2017, Vitter, Bjork accepted.” and findings of lack of institution- of Allegations, along with a statement read. “We based our and then-head football coach With Freeze’s resignation, Matt al control and recruiting induce- statement addressed to the “Ole self-imposed penalties on the Hugh Freeze appeared in a prere- Luke was named the interim head ments,” a university statement Miss Family.” COI’s decisions in other cases and corded video addressing the Com- coach for the 2017 season. read, effectively ending the In the statement, Vitter and the NCAA penalty matrix released mittee on Infractions’ updated In December 2017, the NCAA’s case against Ole Miss. Bjork admit to violations within in 2012.” Notice of Allegations. Committee on Infractions issued Vitter’s arrival in 2016 and the the athletic department, but In October 2016, the NCAA’s “We announce today that its final report on the Ole Miss announcement of his resignation contend the severity of those case against Ole Miss women’s the NCAA enforcement staff’s case. The COI disagreed with Ole late in 2018 closely align with violations. basketball and track & field came investigation of football has now Miss’ stance on the allegations, the timeline of the NCAA’s case “Serious violations have oc- to a close with no additional concluded, and that earlier today, adding an additional year to the against Ole Miss’ football pro- curred,” the statement read. “For action being taken against either our outside legal counsel received university’s self-imposed 2017 gram. The university has yet to 27 of the 28 allegations, we agree program. the university’s Notice of Alle- postseason ban. release an official explanation of that a violation of the NCAA rules “We regret the violations of gations dealing with the football “We are deeply disappointed Vitter’s departure, but the timing occurred; however, for several of NCAA bylaws in both programs program,” Vitter said. “Through- and angered by the additional of his resignation and the timing those allegations we do not agree and have taken several steps to out the more than four-year penalty of a 2018 postseason of the conclusion of the case are on all of the facts.” prevent future violations,” Vitter investigation, the University of ban,” a university statement said. eerily similar. In addition to contending the said. Mississippi has been committed
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Ole Miss offense’s lackluster performance results in loss
effort that his defense played with JOSH GOLLIHAR on Saturday. [email protected] “They are playing hard. They are giving it all they got,” Luke COLLEGE STATION, Texas — said. “Offensively, we have to find Ole Miss lost a third-straight SEC a way to stay on the field and help game on Saturday, falling to Tex- (the defense) out.” as A&M 38-24. The Rebels are far Third-down efficiency, or lack removed from a 5-2 record after thereof, held the offense back. a comeback win over Arkansas, The team successfully converted now sitting at a record of 5-5. a third-down once out of 11 tries. The flow of the game in College The biggest failure to convert Station was eerily similar to last came in the third quarter when week’s, minus 22 total points. The Brown and Ta’amu had connect- Ole Miss offense was not perfect ed for 14 yards and a first down. at any point, but big plays led to However, the play was negated its 14 points. DaMarkus Lodge, by targeting call that stemmed A.J. Brown, Octavious Cooley and from a blindside block from Daw- Elijah Moore made plays, but the son Knox. Not only did Ole Miss Aggies’ coverage became an issue have to punt, but Knox will also for the Rebels in the second half. miss the first half of next week’s FILE PHOTO: CHRISTIAN JOHNSON “They were not doing any- matchup against Vanderbilt due Running back Scottie Phillips looks for an opening during the game against Auburn earlier this season. Auburn won thing crazy,” Lodge said. “They the game 31-16. to the targeting call against him. were playing cover two to the Lost in a disappointing finish defense. He added nine tackles added in a 39-yard catch-and- in his career. boundary. They bracketed to the was A.J. Brown’s historic day. and a tackle-for-loss. run. The Aggies looked to take a middle of the field. We just have With his performance on Satur- The Ole Miss offense found The third quarter had a clear 7-point lead deep in Ole Miss to execute.” day, the Starkville native eclipsed a rhythm toward the end of the effect in the game. Ole Miss only territory, but Kellen Mond fum- The first half showed the teams’ the 1,000-yard mark again. Also, first quarter. After failing to run possessed the ball for a limited bled on a quarterback run at the differing offensive styles. The he became the program’s leader the ball effectively at the start, the 3:57 of game-time in the quarter, four-yard line. Zedrick Woods Aggies ran 40 plays from scrim- in career receiving yards. balance returned. Scottie Phillips but the offense did not convert a recovered it and returned it for mage, methodically moving the The defensive woes are well left the game injured early, but his first down. The only points in the a 96-yard scoop-and-score. The ball up and down the field. Their documented. The group is com- replacement stepped up. Woul- quarter came from the defense. defense answered again on the offense put up 199 yards for an pletely depleted of any resem- lard was able to move the sticks On its first drive of the half, next drive with an interception by average of about five yards-per- blance of depth. This weekend, a few times, allowing Phil Longo Trayveon Williams began to turn Ken Webster. The spark needed play. The Rebel defense limited not only did the defense keep to stay committed to the run. The the first half’s short runs into big to put distance between the Ag- the Trayveon Williams-led A&M the offense in the game, but the big-play passing attack accounted gains. The junior totaled 228 on gies and the Rebels was there, but rushing attack to 2.2 yards-per- defense was the reason the game for most of the offense. DaMarkus the ground for the day, enough the offense dropped the ball. Matt carry. Mohamed Sanogo was once was winnable going into the Lodge had two catches for more to take him over the 1,000-yard Luke acknowledged the strong again the key cog for the Ole Miss fourth quarter. than 40 yards, and A.J. Brown season mark for the second time NOW OPEN
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Rebels easily handle Western Michigan 90-64 in opener
GRIFFIN NEAL [email protected]
Gliding down the court, not a jersey in front of him, Terence Davis rose up and flushed a two handed slam that officially marked the beginning of the Kermit Davis era of Ole Miss Basketball. His opening-game dunk was the first two of 17 points he would score en route to a 90-64 victory over Western Michigan on Satur- day afternoon at the Pavilion. Terence Davis, the senior for- ward picked to the preseason all- SEC second team, led the team with 17 points on 7-12 shooting to go along with two rebounds and three steals. The win was Coach Davis’ first in the red and blue, and despite coaching for more than 32 years in college basketball, tip off still made him nervous. “It was a new experience today. I had butterflies,” Kermit Davis said, with a laugh. “It was a fun, new feeling for me, especially PHOTO: CHRISTIAN JOHNSON with the start we had.” Dominik Olejniczak dunks the ball during Saturday’s game versus Western Michigan. Ole Miss beat the Broncos 90-64. Ole Miss jumped out to a 15-4 really trying to guard to the scout- nearly impossible. the ball had been moved through- Coach Davis cited D.C.’s lead, hitting six of their first ing plan.” After the fifteen minute mark out the offense. intense work ethic as evidence for nine shots including three made To Davis’ point, Ole Miss held of the first half, the Rebel lead Coach Davis trotted out most his success. threes. Western Michigan’s most lethal never dipped below 12. Western his bench, playing ten guys in “He led most hours in the gym Defensively, they forced offensive threat, Seth Dugan, to Michigan opened the second the first half and 12 in total. Ten on his own every day,” Kermit eight turnovers in the first four 10 points and 7 boards on less frame on an 8-1 run, prompting players put points on the board, Davis said. “He’s one of our minutes, finishing with 17 forced than 40 percent shooting. For Coach Davis to swiftly call a with four (Davis, Shuler, Tyree, strongest guys and one of our in the first half. They parlayed context, Dugan put up 32 points timeout. Seemingly, whatever D.C Davis) hitting double digits. best athletes.” the strong defensive production and 22 rebounds in Tuesday’s he conveyed to his team in the D.C. Davis, the smaller and The loftier Davis was happy to into 24 points off turnovers. game against Detroit. huddle worked, because Ole Miss less-known of the Davis tandem, see teammate’s hard work pay Kermit Davis’ squad led 43-22 at Ole Miss opened the game run- didn’t look back; the Rebels won scored a career high 12 points on off. halftime. ning Coach Davis’ patented 1-3-1 the remaining 17 minutes 46-34. a perfect 4-4 shooting from the “D.C. is a player — he’s been “I was really pleased with how defense. They hounded the WMU Ole Miss shot 54 percent from floor. A junior college walk-on, pretty much our best defender we played defensively. (WMU) guards and routinely forced the the field, knocking down 10 of 22 D.C. Davis only saw action in five in practice,” Terence Davis said. had seven turnovers on their first ball handlers to pick up their three point attempts—good for 46 games last season, but a strong “(After the game) I just told him I right possessions,” Kermit Davis dribble near the mid-court line, percent behind the arc. For the offseason and opening game love him, man. You don’t get too said. “I thought we played hard, making any sort of offensive most part, the three point makes suggest more playing time going many guys around you like him.” but we played within a concept of rhythm for Western Michigan came later in the shot clock after forward.
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