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Thursday, September 11, 2014 THE DAILY Volume 103, No. 13 MISSISSIPPIANTHE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI • SERVING OLE MISS AND OXFORD SINCE 1911 Ramsey Lewis performs at the David Nail kicks off tour at The Buchanan shows promise as Check us out online at Ford Center Page 3 Lyric tonight Page 4 backup quarterback Page 8 theDMonline.com In a class of their own: freshman enrollment climbs 2014-15 WILL CROCKETT 2013-14 [email protected] The most recent Ole Miss freshman class is the largest Freshmen in school history with 3,814 students, according to an Ole Miss Public Relations release by the that went out Wednesday. The previous freshman class had 3,582 students, mak- numbers ing this growth an increase of This freshman class 6.5 percent from the previous sets enrollment and year. Not only is this the larg- est freshman class in school academic records. history, it’s also the highest overall scoring on the ACT and has the highest overall GPA. Missi ssi M This freshman class has an Average ACT score pp in i o average ACT score of 24.3, up R ri e ti from the average score of 24.1 3,582s e i s from last fall. The average GPA d 3,814e of the freshman class is 3.49, n up from the previous falls av- t s erage of 3.46. Both of these % % numbers have been steadily increasing since 2010. 61.2 23.8 The freshman class also in- cludes 57 class valedictorians, 24.3 52 salutatorians, 73 student Average GPA body presidents, 83 Eagle Scouts and 10 Girl Scouts who achieved the Gold Award. Chancellor Dan Jones saw the numbers as a sign of stu- 57 valedictorians 73 student body presidents dents recognizing the success of The University of Missis- 52 salutatorians 10 Gold award recipients sippi. “We are very pleased that 83 Eagle scouts GRAPHIC BY ALLI MOORE students and families across Mississippi and throughout 3.46 America continue to recognize the quality education and out- standing college experience we ROTC holds annual 9/11 Memorial Run offer at The University of Mis- sissippi, all at a very competi- events.” MARY VIRGINIA PORTERA tive price,” said Jones in the All of the participants of the [email protected] press release. “Our faculty and race remain behind the ca- staff work very hard to deliver dets as they run, which reiter- The University of Missis- the very best academic pro- ates the meaning behind this sippi ROTC hosted its annual grams for the students, and it’s event. Memorial Run this morning truly rewarding to see those ef- “More or less, the run is not in honor of all of the victims forts being acknowledged with a race or a competitive event,” of the 9/11 attacks in 2001. extraordinary interest in at- Master Sgt. Hayes added. “It The run began in front of tending our university.” is a run that anyone can join, the Lyceum at 6 a.m. and was Recent incoming freshman and it is a personal run as led by cadets of the Univer- classes have continued to top well. It means something.” sity of Mississippi ROTC. The the previous classes numbers. The race has a deep and run was not a race but rather When asked what he felt was impactful meaning to Chase a way to reflect and honor the behind the trend in freshman Pinson, cadet battalion com- fallen and those affected by class size growth, Director of mander of the UM Army 9/11. Public Relations Danny Blan- FILE PHOTO ROTC. Army Master Sgt. Hayes, ton found multiple examples. Ole Miss ROTC members prepare to run in honor of Sept. 11 last year. “It’s an honor to participate, senior military instructor for “One major draw are the the ROTC, spoke of the pur- and I personally find that it triotism and service to coun- from the actions of 9/11, and exceptional programs offered pose of this tradition. always serves to refocus me try,” Hayes said. “We want to we want everybody to take here,” Blanton said. “In ad- “The University of Missis- on what is really important,” have a run honoring the vic- part and recognize that peo- sippi has a tradition of pa- tims and the first responders ple were impacted by these SEE 9/11 PAGE 6 SEE FRESHMAN PAGE6 OPINION PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 11 SEPTEMBER 2014 | OPINION THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN EDITORIAL STAFF: LACEY RUSSELL editor-in-chief [email protected] SARAH PARRISH managing editor [email protected] MACKENZIE HICKS copy chief [email protected] LOGAN KIRKLAND MAGGIE MCDANIEL news editors [email protected] KYLIE MCFADDEN asst. news editor [email protected] THOMAS GRANING multimedia editor [email protected] CLARA TURNAGE lifestyles editor [email protected] DYLAN RUBINO sports editor [email protected] SIERRA MANNIE opinion editor COLUMN [email protected] CADY HERRING photography editor Putin on a case [email protected] ALEX BORST separatists in the Donetsk region that Putin’s approval rating is hov- in Syria, Ukraine and elsewhere [email protected] of eastern Ukraine. ering just above 80 percent, about have been negative overall, every- Although sanctions and NATO 15-20 percentage points higher thing the Putin administration has ELLEN WHITAKER action should continue and are than before the conflict began. done has been for the revitaliza- ALLI MOORE As people who are the product validated given the numerous Putin represents a revitalized tion of Russia, at least in the eyes MADDIE THEOBALD of Western rhetoric and media, it design editors is difficult for us to see the world international treatises and man- Russia at the cost of some free- of the Kremlin. The annexation through a non-Western lens. Rus- dates that this administration has doms and liberties. State censor- of resource-heavy Crimea was a broken, I would venture to say Pu- ship, human rights abuses and move to gain territory and pro- ADVERTISING STAFF: sia has existed for the past 25 years as only a shadow of its former self, tin is still one of the most dynamic militaristic police abuses have claim dominance while the build- having lost its ideological empire and strategic leaders since the been at the forefront of Western up of natural gas reserves has left MATT ZELENIK and much of its ability to exert breakdown of the Soviet Bloc. media in past years, but President much of Europe at the mercy of advertising sales manager power abroad. This is an exit from This may seem like a contro- Putin’s poll numbers still rise. Russian gas exports and prices. [email protected] the powerful stature that Russia versial view when looking at the It may be an innate quality of Every move Putin makes is stra- has held since the late 1930s and Kremlin’s many provocations to- Russian people that attracts them tegic. Whether we understand or EMILY FORSYTHE has left the country confused as to wards Western nations over the to the idea that Russia is still des- agree with this strategy is irrel- DAVID JONES what it means to be Russian. This past few years, Putin having also tined for greatness, no matter the evant when looking at Russia with JAMIE KENDRICK idea of the new Russian identity is bolstered the Assad regime in time period of geopolitical situ- a survival-of-the-fittest mentality. EVAN MILLER important to consider when ana- Syria and furthered a civil war in ation. It could also be that rem- One thing is for certain, although account executives lyzing the current conflict between which 200,000 people have al- nants of the Soviet mindset that Russia has already been the fo- Russia and the Ukraine. ready died. held the Russian people captive cus of much controversy in recent MARA BENSING As the Ukrainian crisis contin- After all of these missteps and for over 70 years have been rein- years, the Kremlin will continue CONNOR HEGWOOD ues to develop, Russian President acts worthy of imprisonment, why troduced through the Ukrainian to throw curveballs at the inter- KIM SANNER Vladimir Putin has increasingly does a man who does everything conflict, stirring up past images national community as long as creative designers become the target of international wrong by Western standards con- of former global dominance and its present administration retains criticism. This criticism is certain- tinue to be seen as the champion emotionally validating many of power. S. GALE DENLEY ly warranted, the Putin adminis- of Russia? the actions the Putin administra- STUDENT MEDIA CENTER tration having violated Ukrainian While the Russian economy and tion has carried out. Alex Borst is a sophomore in- national sovereignty through the international standing have both A good leader protects his own ternational studies major from PATRICIA THOMPSON annexation of Crimea and through taken large hits due to the inva- no matter what, and although the Madison. Director of Student Media and its direct support of Ukrainian sion of Ukraine, polls have shown repercussions of Russia’s actions Daily Mississippian Faculty Adviser ROY FROSTENSON THE DAILY The Daily Mississippian is The Daily Mississippian welcomes all comments.