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This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in Daily Mississippian by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE Daily MISSISSIPPIAN Thursday, October 8, 2020 theDMonline.com Volume 109, No. 7 2021 Do we want Bama? spring break Lane Kiffin says he has no canceled

advantage over ELIZA NOE HADLEY HITSON [email protected]

Spring 2021 semester will not JAMES MINZEHEIMER have a week-long spring break, [email protected] according to an email Chancellor Glenn Boyce sent to the UM com- Lane Kiffin and the Ole Miss Rebels will take on Kiffin’s munity. The class of 2021 will have former boss Nick Saban and the an in-person commencement on on Saturday. Kiffin served as the at May 1, and the class of 2020 will Alabama from 2014-2016 before becoming the at finally have its in-person com- Florida Atlantic University. mencement on May 8. At a press conference on Monday, Kiffin did not seem According to the email sent optimistic about his chances against Saban. from Boyce, administrators can- “Everyone thinks it’s an advantage that I’ve worked with celled spring break “to complete (Saban). But if it’s an advantage, why is he 20-0 against his the semester as quickly as possible former assistants? If you think it’s an advantage, you’re not a while mitigating risks associated very good gambler,” Kiffin said. with travel.” Coming off the heels of a tough overtime victory The university will still uphold against a run heavy Kentucky offense, the Rebels’ Martin Luther King Day on Jan. 18, defense will see something similar to the passing and classes will begin on Jan. 19 as scheme they saw in week one against the University originally scheduled. Additionally, of Florida. Last week, Alabama Mac Jones the university will close on April 2 threw for 435 yards with four touchdowns. for Good Friday. With the Rebel defensive struggling heavily Spring semester will end on against the run and the pass this season, it April 23, a week earlier than previ- is likely that Alabama will put up a lot of ously scheduled. Final exams will points on Saturday, similarly to how be completed by April 30. they did against Texas A&M last week. In addition to the spring sched- The Daily Mississippian spoke ule clarifications, the email said with Crimson White sports reporter that Spring 2021 class formats will Robert Cortez about his expectations be clarified for students before they for the upcoming game. register for classes — a different “I don’t think Bama needs to be approach than the university took afraid of anything. Player for player, with fall semester registration. Bama is better than Ole Miss, and that “We will offer as many classes shows, but I think people should look out for trick plays as we can with a face-to-face com- and special offensive schemes from Lane Kiffin. The Bama ponent, up to the protocol-adjusted defense has shown some lapses, and using these trick plays capacity of our classroom spaces,” or special offensive schemes is a way that Kiffin will try and Boyce said in his email. “There will exploit that.” be many opportunities for faculty Robert also predicted that the game would be 35-10 to engage with students in every course.” SEE BAMA The Spring 2021 calendar PAGE 5 states that priority registration for students will begin on Nov. 2. FILE PHOTO: BILLY SCHUERMAN / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN Students want pass/fail grades Cchange.org by social work classes, but I had no choice KENNETH NIEMEYER major Jay Lee, has gained this semester as my in-person [email protected] 384827 signatures of its 5000 classes suddenly got changed A petition urging the Uuni- signature goal. Beneath the to remote without notifying versity of Mississippi to install post, there is a section for me,” art major Haleigh Hill- a pass/fail grading system for signers of the petition to leave man wrote. “Not only that, but Fall 2020 has gained nearly a comment explaining why one of my professors has no 4000 signatures. The petition they chose to leave their sig- clue how to use the technology calls on the university to en- nature. The comments range needed for us to have our class sure that students do not lose from quips such as “I can’t remotely. It’s affecting our any academic progress they read,” from sports and recre- entire class. I’m a senior with may have made by receiving ation administration major two classes left to graduate … bad grades this fall because of Nevin Wells to more serious and I would love for these two course delivery changes. concerns. classes not to destroy my GPA The petition, posted on “I struggle with online SEE PASS/FAIL PAGE 8 ILLUSTRATION: KATHERINE BUTLER / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 8 OCTOBER 2020 ‘Different from

the traditional’ KATE KIMBERLIN [email protected] Meet Miss Ole Miss Lilli Gordon

floods, and then the pandemic traditional one since she had tak- MADDY QUON hit,” Gordon said. “I was like, ‘I’m en advantage of a lot of opportu- [email protected] never gonna catch a break.’” nities to study abroad, she was still As the coronavirus forced Kylie Cockrell, one of Gordon’s somehow plugged into campus much of the world into quarantine best friends, said she and co-cam- and the people there while she was and isolation, most people took up paign manager, Ian Pigg, joked halfway across the world,” Pigg hobbies such as baking or reading. with Gordon about visiting her in said. This year’s Miss Ole Miss, Lilli Australia upon learning that she Gordon loves traveling and Gordon, has a different story. was studying abroad for the spring considers it to be a hobby of hers. For the first half of 2020, Gor- semester; they followed through Last summer, Gordon was a re- don was in Australia studying less than a month later, buying cipient of the Freeman Founda- abroad. In March, she was faced plane tickets and booking a trip. tion grant, allowing her to work with a choice: go home immedi- Cockrell said that on one of her at dental clinics in Thailand and ately or stay in Australia indefi- and Pigg’s last nights in Australia, Vietnam for the summer. nitely. Gordon chose the latter, while on a sunset cruise in Sydney “The whole premise of it is so that she could continue work- Harbor talking about spring elec- they want you to be familiarized ing and traveling throughout the tions, she told Gordon that if she with Southeastern culture and country. ran for Miss Ole Miss, they would integrate American students into Gordon said it was interesting be her campaign managers. Southeast Asia,” Gordon said. “So, seeing how Australia handled the “We made a little pact that I worked in a dental clinic in Viet- pandemic and watching it unfold night between us three that we nam for four weeks, then in Thai- in the United States from the oth- wanted to do this together, even land for four weeks and then just er side of the world. She considers though not one of us had an idea did some traveling.” BILLY SCHUERMAN / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN herself lucky to have had the ex- what to do or where to start,” Cockrell said that Gordon anything.” and then just leave, and we get perience, but she also reflected on Cockrell said. “Lilli and Ian are the has shown her what a true friend Gordon said she looks forward wrapped up in things going on on the other struggles Australia faced friends that push you out of your should be, and she considers Gor- to collaborating with Cade Slaugh- campus, so if we could do some- while she was there. comfort zone and to jump in head don a constant in her life. ter, this year’s Mr. Ole Miss on thing for the Boys and Girls Club, “I was very lucky to get to stay first. I know we will never in a mil- “She has pushed me, encour- their service project. Her campaign that would be incredible,” Gordon there. I ended up staying longer lion years forget that boat ride.” aged me and made me appreciate supported the Boys and Girls Club, said. “I know a lot of the kids strug- than I would have if I had just Pigg said that he considered the little things. I love watching her where she’s volunteered for the gle with getting the nutrition that studied abroad casually, so it defi- Gordon to be the perfect candidate love her people here at Ole Miss,” past three years, and she would like they need every week, so anything nitely put us through it because for Miss Ole Miss. Cockrell said. “She has shown me to continue that support as Miss with a food drive. I think it would we had the bushfires when we got “While her Ole Miss experi- how to tackle life head on, and I Ole Miss. be really fun just to give the kids there, and then there were all these ence had been different from the wouldn’t trade her friendship for “I feel like we take over (Ox- something to look forward to.” ford) every year for nine months ‘18 years coming’ Cade Slaughter reflects on becoming Mr. Ole Miss

becomes a place that acts as a Since the pandemic, Slaugh- KENNETH NIEMEYER home away from home for many ter began painting more out of an [email protected] students, especially those in their abundance of free time and space Senior integrated marketing first-year. that became available during quar- and communications major Cade “Especially with my dad, antine. Slaughter was named Mr. Ole Miss it’s kind of an extension of what “(I was) trying to keep up with last week. Slaughter, a native of home had been for me for 18 a lot of friends who, quite literal- Hattiesburg, is the first member of years, coming from Hattiesburg ly, were spread across the coun- his family to attend the university, and moving to Oxford,” Slaugh- try,” Slaughter said. “So I started though no one would tell you they ter said. “But I think the cool idea watercoloring some comforting were surprised he chose Ole Miss. of home is that it gets to look dif- words and images of campus and Slaughter’s father, though ferent for everybody.” other things and would mail them not an alumni university, raised Around campus, Slaughter to people.” him to be an Ole Miss football is known as a charismatic, en- The idea of the campus as fan. When his father died during gaging campus leader with a “home” was important to Slaugh- Slaughter’s senior year of high not-so-subtle affinity for Taylor ter because so much of his college school, he knew that attending the Swift’s music; he even wrote an experience was based around university was something that he extensive album review of ‘Folk- family although he didn’t actually would have wanted. lore’ for The Daily Mississippian. have any familial connection to “Once he passed away, it was Slaughter describes himself as a the university. He said he wanted like this is a hardship I’m going people person and likes to be in- to emphasize to students that they through, but in a way, he had al- tentional in all of his interactions. have a unique opportunity to cre- ways trained me for that next step He spends most of his free time ate a home for themselves at the and really instilled that love for playing tennis and being around university. Ole Miss in me, even though he his friends, but recently, he has “This is really the first time didn’t go to school here,” Slaugh- taken up a new hobby. in your life that your community ter said. “One thing people actually and who you’re surrounded by is Slaughter’s campaign for Mr. don’t know about me is that I’m completely up to you,” Slaughter Ole Miss focused on the idea of an artist, which is kind of crazy,” said. “You don’t have an authority the university being a home for Slaughter said. “Most people or higher power dictating the way its students. His campaign slogan don’t associate me with that, but your life looks, and it’s a really cool was “This is Home,” and he want- I spend a lot of time with myself idea that it’s completely up to you ed to emphasize the idea that the and just watercoloring.” to decide what you’re home looks college experience and campus BILLY SCHUERMAN / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN like.” THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 8 OCTOBER 2020 | PAGE 3 Boyce and deans speak at Freshman Convocation

KATE KIMBERLIN does not affect us as individu- [email protected] als,” Boyce said. Charlotte Fant Pegues, Traditionally, a guest is who currently serves as the invited to impart outside wis- interim vice-chancellor for dom unto the entering class of student affairs, also presented students at the University of the challenge coin. The phrase Mississippi during Freshman “Stronger Together” is on the Convocation, but this year, in- back of the coin. Pegues dis- coming students were invited cussed how important it is to listen to various university that the student body is stron- deans and Chancellor Glenn ger together by lifting each Boyce. other up. Dean of Students Brent “You are a part of the Ole Marsh hosted Freshman Con- Miss family, and a good fam- vocation via Youtube and ily takes care of one another,” Facebook Live video on Tues- Pegues said. day, Oct. 6. However, the vid- While convocation is not a eo was pre-recorded. Marsh tradition exclusive to the Uni- began by riding in on a skate- versity of Mississippi, Provost board and donning a grey Noel Wilkin emphasized how facemask. symbolic it can be in one’s aca- “I am impressed by your demic career. He also thanked resilience thus far and would the freshman class for its will- encourage you to keep press- ingness to participate around ing on,” Marsh said. campus. In his section of the video, “Your presence here makes Boyce described how import- us a stronger university,” PHOTO COURTESY: ant the university is to him UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI COMMUNICATIONS Wilkin said. and how he hopes that all stu- Instead of inviting a guest to the freshman convocation, Chancellor Glenn Boyce emphasized how As chief academic officer, and then just leave, and we get dents will feel the same way Wilkin also encouraged stu- wrapped up in things going on on important the university is to him. while attending. dents to use their resources campus, so if we could do some- “Each and every one of on campus and get involved in thing for the Boys and Girls Club, you have something very spe- freshman class’s common tent of the book to the corona- different from the water crisis student organizations. that would be incredible,” Gordon cial in common. You chose reading book, “What the Eyes virus, noting that the essential in Flint, the similarity lies in “Excellence is a critical said. “I know a lot of the kids strug- Ole Miss,” Boyce said. “Your Don’t See” by Mona Han- message is that everyone has the need to see the problem part of our community and a gle with getting the nutrition that choice creates a common bond na-Attisha, which explores the responsibility to value and from a community-wide per- critical part of the experience they need every week, so anything that will never be broken.” lack of clean water in Flint, protect public health. spective, rather than focusing for both faculty and students,” with a food drive. I think it would Boyce also discussed the Mich. Boyce related the con- “While COVID-19 is very only on how an issue affects or Wilkin said. be really fun just to give the kids something to look forward to.”

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THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN S. Gale denley EDITORIAL staff student media center FOLLOW US KELBY ZENDEJAS KATHERINE BUTLER sports editor art/graphics editor PATRICIA THOMPSON ELIZA NOE [email protected] editor-in-chief [email protected] Assistant Dean/Student Media [email protected] JAMES MINZESHEIMER KATE KIMBERLIN ATISH BAIDYA assistant sports editor design editor HADLEY HITSON Associate Director/Editorial [email protected] [email protected] THE DM INSTAGRAM managing editor @thedailymississippian [email protected] BILLY SCHUERMAN ARIANNA SWENSEN ROY FROSTENSON photography editor Assistant Director/Advertising KENNETH NIEMEYER online editor [email protected] [email protected] THE DM NEWS TWITTER executive news editor @thedm_news [email protected] CONNER PLATT KATIE DAMES Advertising Sales Manager opinion editor When it is decided that The Daily MADDY QUON [email protected] THE DM SPORTS TWITTER [email protected] Mississippian will take an editorial stance @thedm_sports assistant news editor on an issue, the following positions will [email protected] make decisions as the Editorial Board: SALES ACCOUNT editor-in-chief, managing editor, copy EXECUTIVES THE DM DESIGN TWITTER chief, sports editor and opinion editor. Cayman Rigdon @thedm_visuals Cole Sanford PAGE 4 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 8 OCTOBER 2020

Cooper Manning on his son, his sports Brown broadcast and the UM experience receives didn’t particularly like, like being KELBY ZENDEJAS a cameraman or being the be- SEC honor [email protected] hind-the-scenes folks. I was al- Cooper Manning, UM alum- ways really comfortable in front JAMES MINZESHEIMER nus and the eldest son of football of the microphone and real com- [email protected] legend Archie and Olivia, has fortable just talking when I didn’t While the Rebels collected made a name for himself outside have anything planned. I wasn’t a nail-biting win last Saturday of his parents’ and siblings’ repu- great — and I’m still not great — at against Kentucky, Ole Miss punter tations. He hosts his own sports script. Mac Brown collected another win comedy broadcast called The I am far more at ease when it’s this week as the Southeastern Manning Hour on Fox Sports adlib and reacting to questions. I Conference (SEC) named him SEC NFL Kickoff, and he holds a busi- would love to be better at memo- Special Teams Player of the Week nessman profile as Principal and rizing things and saying them. I’m for his performance in the game. Senior Managing Director of In- also very very appreciative of the The redshirt senior out of vestor Relations for AJ Capital guys on the editing side. I was not Eden Prairie, Minn. adds this to Partners. very good at editing. I always had his extensive list of accolades that In a Q&A format on Monday, a to bring in someone to teach me include the Dean’s Honor Roll and pair of Ole Miss Talbert Fellows — how to do it. the SEC Academic Honor Roll. a cohort of student journalists at One other thing I regret is that Against Kentucky, Brown the university — asked Manning I was never a DJ when they had punted five times for 245 yards, about his time at Ole Miss, his the local music. I’ve been working and this season, he is averaging creative process for The Manning on my DJ voice. (Speaking in his 49 yards a punt. Brown ranks Hour and his high school football “DJ voice”) But, you always have second in the nation this year, and star son Arch Manning. regrets. he is only trailing the University The following conversation Virginia White, integrated of Georgia’s Jake Camarda, who has been edited for brevity and marketing and communications took the Special Teams Player of clarity. major: Can you tell us about the the Week title after a successful Emma Harrington, integrat- creative process for the ‘Manning week one game against Arkansas. ed marketing and communica- Hour’? Brown’s field time will likely tions major: Thinking back on the Manning: It’s been amazing- increase this Saturday with the choices you made in regards to ly fun — the amount of rope they Rebels taking on the University of classes and your major, how has give me to just do whatever I PHOTO COURTESTY: THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI Alabama Crimson Tide in Vaught- that shaped the way you’ve been want. We always have a script, but here.’ They let me go further. I let where can turn into 30 articles Hemingway stadium. Alabama able to work in your career path? it’s kind of loose. Sometimes we the guests dictate the nonsense somewhere else. So, fortunately, has forced opponents to punt five And what, if you could, go back follow it. Sometimes I get kind of and the humor, and I ask a lot of Arch has got a really good outlook times this year, but with Alabama’s and do anything different to help sideways and way away and total- stupid questions hoping to get and is a humble guy and thinks all tough defense, it is possible that you in the future? ly go off the rails. something different than what the of this attention is undeserved and the Rebels may elect to punt more Manning: I really got a lot of They never tell me, ‘Whoa, viewers anticipate. We’re in our kind of silly. than that. value out of doing the things I whoa, whoa. Come on, get back sixth year of The Manning Hour. If my other son Heid was get- This would give Brown an Who woulda thunk? ting this attention, we’d be in big opportunity to climb up the NCAA Harrington: I wanted to ask trouble because he would be wear- punting leaderboard and try to you a little bit about your son, ing a cape to school, probably. And, knock Camarda out of the top Arch. He’s definitely shaping up dear goodness, I can’t imagine how spot. to be the next great Manning big his head would be. The right Brown has pinned three of his family quarterback. How has thing is happening to the right son eight punts inside the 20-yard line your experience with your broth- at the right time. Look out. this season, and four have been ers and father helped you to guide White: With all of your knowl- over 50 yards. At this rate, Brown your son with what he’s doing, es- edge now, what advice would you is likely to break the 60-yard mark pecially looking at college in the give yourself when you were a stu- this season with his longest punt future? dent at Ole Miss? being 59 yards against Kentucky. Manning: I think it’s been Stay in school. Never graduate. “I knew last year I obviously very helpful just to kind of know I think going outside of the box is, had a lot more punts at this point how the media works a little bit in ways, so good. If something is in the season, but getting a couple and know that everything gets presented to you and you’re think- of opportunities compared to blown out of proportion a little ing, “I dont think I’m going to be eight or nine, it’s actually more bit — good and bad. I knew things very good at it,” I learned more and calming for me because I know I would get cranked up. So, we kind got more out of things that went am not going to have an overload of kept him a little more behind wrong than things that went right. work day,” Brown said. the scenes this freshman year, Manning was set to play football The offense is also putting and then he had way more success at Ole Miss before he was diagnosed Brown in a good place. With the than I think we thought. with spinal stenosis and graduated trouble the Rebels defense has Now — and again in the world with a degree in Broadcast Jour- been having, Brown has given the of the internet and Twitter and nalism from Ole Miss in 1996. things — one little article some- team some room to breathe.

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KELBY ZENDEJAS [email protected] Ole Miss senior cross country runner Waleed Suliman was named the SEC’s Men’s Runner of the week by the conference on Tuesday. The Rebel led the team last weekend to victory after he finished runner-up at PHOTO COURTESTY: JOSHUA MCCOY / OLE MISS ATHLETICS Louisville’s Live in Lou Classic with a 23:36.8 time for his defensive players. second-straight top-five finish. Tywone Malone, the number With the help of Suliman, the BAMA one defensive tackle in New continued from page 1 men’s team finished the race Jersey, announced via Twitter with a 41-point margin over that he has shortened his list to six Charlotte in the Men’s Gold Bama in the first half, and 42-23 schools, including the University 8k. at the end. of Mississippi. The two-time All-American When it comes to this week, the When it comes to the Ole Miss runner is the only Rebel to Crimson Tide offense has proven offense, fans and pundits expect hold the All-American status itself on multiple occasions and more implementation of the run in two consecutive seasons in should have no problem putting game. Neither Snoop Conner nor cross country after securing up 50 or even 60 points against Jerrion Ealy, who are effectively 36th place in the 2018 NCAA the lacking Rebel defense. splitting snaps at starting running Championships and 20th The defensive players will likely back, have had a chance to break place in 2019. PHOTO COURTESTY: TOM CONLEY try the best they can to prevent 50 free in the open field yet. As a junior, Suliman points from Bama, but the reality It is also likely that Kiffin will Waleed Suliman was named the SEC Men’s Cross Country Runner of received numerous honors, setting in for Ole Miss is that this implement some of the dual- the Week after posting a second top-five finish. including NCAA South-All may just not be the year for an quarterback sets with Plumlee Region after placing 9th at the upset. and Corral on the field to throw off NCAA South Regional 10k. In Kiffin never got the chance to the often-disorganized Alabama win in 2019. in at 17:27.9. addition, Suliman placed third get a solid recruiting class before defense. In his previous race, Ole Miss will be off this at the SEC Championship and this fall, but with the recruiting Kickoff is at 5 p.m. at Vaught- Suliman secured a fourth- week before traveling to helped the Rebels to their period now in full swing, Ole Miss Hemingway Stadium. place seat at LSU’S SEC Birmingham for UAB’s Blazer second-straight championship is making every effort to grab Preview on Sept. 19., clocking Classic on Friday, Oct. 16.

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myself, there have been many that have socialized medicine quire a total overhaul in the sec- edent, wait times are extreme- HELEN CLAIRE MCNULTY potential issues that I see with pay their doctors a fraction of ondary education system where ly long. Going from a setting [email protected] this proposed model. the salary. all undergraduate and graduate where care is administered Throughout the presiden- First is the issue of doctor According to MedScape, studies are paid, which is a tall quickly and in a lovely setting tial debates, campaigns and shortages. With baby boomers the average doctor in the U.S. order for the current state of to something quite the oppo- now the pandemic, healthcare nearing retirement age, a large makes $381,000 per year com- public universities funding. site would certainly face back- has become a hot-button is- outflow of doctors are leaving pared to the next highest-paid We as Americans are also lash and frustration from many sue. Self-proclaimed Demo- the profession, which is leav- doctors. German doctors earn accustomed to a certain experi- Americans. cratic-Socialist Bernie Sanders ing many more openings than $163,000 per year, and the ence while at a hospital — nice I am not saying that privat- has painted an idyllic picture what can currently be filled. United Kingdom’s physicians accommodations, short wait ized healthcare is perfect. It of what he believes healthcare With an average medical school make around $138,000 USD times, etc. In a video by Prage- certainly has room for improve- should be in America: univer- debt of $201,490 and the ex- per year. The best-paid doc- rU, a Canadian citizen spoke ment, but socialized healthcare sal coverage for everyone with treme competitiveness to ob- tors in Europe make under half about how his pregnant wife, is not the answer. Congress low to no out-of-pocket costs tain acceptance into virtually of what the average American who had a high-risk pregnancy, needs to put their differences for prescriptions or copays. On any medical school, it wards doctors do. had to wait several days to get aside and work together to im- the surface, this sounds like a off a lot of potential doctors. With the introduction of an ultrasound for two reasons: prove the healthcare system in pretty sweet deal, but what few Some justify this burden by be- universal healthcare, current the ultrasound machine was this country. talk about — Democrats or Re- ing able to pay off the six-figure physicians could see a large pay all booked up, and ultrasound publicans — are some of the debt through the handsome cut, and potential medical stu- technicians in hospitals don’t problems that impact medical salaries that they could poten- dents would think twice about work on weekends. In the U.S., Helen Claire McNulty is professionals in transitioning tially earn. Physician salaries in taking on that much debt as that would be completely un- a senior biology major from to this socialized haven. the U.S. are among the highest they would not be able to pay acceptable. In countries where Holland, Michigan, and West As an aspiring physician in the world, while countries it off as quickly. This would re- socialized medicine takes prec- Palm Beach, Florida.

Medicine is about helping people, not making money

patients and their families through sicians, not specialists. We’re hav- come growth compared to other Richard Easterling is a sec- SUDOKU PUZZLE BROUGHT TO YOU BY OLE MISS GOLF COURSE RICHARD EASTERLING the most difficult times in their ing too many physicians choose professions. ond-year medical student at [email protected] lives. UHC would lead to patients to pursue the higher-paying but America is far behind other UMMC and an alumnus of the This week, The Daily Missis- having greater ease in seeking and less-needed specialties due to the first-world countries in our health- University of Mississippi. sippian published a column titled, receiving care and would lead to fact that they will receive higher care statistics, and a large reason “For the sake of doctors, say no to less administrative burnout on financial compensation. for this is financial barriers to universal healthcare,” which crit- physicians, allowing them to focus Physicians for a National seeking care. In the interest of my icized the possibility of universal more on patient care. Health Program goes into great future patients, I support UHC. HOW TO PLAY healthcare in the United States. According to Medscape, the detail about how physician sal- Universal Health Care (UHC) average overall physician sala- aries would actually not change ry was $313,000, with prima- with a single-payer system and Opinion Policies: Complete the grid so is a system proven by almost every other first-world nation. Ameri- ry care receiving an average of would be better off overall thanks Columns do not represent the views of The University of that every row, column ca is unique in our archaic, prof- $237,000 and specialists receiv- to the reduction in administrative Mississippi or The Daily Mississippian. The Daily Mississippian and 3x3 box contains the it-focused system, and I believe ing $341,000. This data is from hurdles put forth by the private welcomes letters to the editor, which should be emailed to numbers 1 through 9 with moving to a single-payer system a self-report survey, representing insurers. The APHA published [email protected]. Letters should be no longer than 300 is vital for the health of our nation. 2% of U.S. physicians; actual in- an article in 2011 on The Impact no repeats. words. They may be edited for clarity, brevity and libel. Third- At the core of medicine is helping come statistics are almost impos- of Single-Payer Health Care on party letters and those with pseudonyms or no name will not others, not a paycheck. A career in sible to find. Physician Income in Canada and DIFFICULTY LEVEL be published. Letters are limited to one per individual per medicine is a career of dedicating The major physician shortage found that overall Canadian phy- month. Letters should include contact information, including one’s life in the service of helping we have is for primary care phy- sicians ended up having faster in- relationship to the university, if applicable. need more news? Visit thedmonline.com for breaking news on Oxford and the Ole Miss campus

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nobody asked for this.’” mester in the Spring and said PASS/FAIL Lee said that he has not the university is continuing continued from page 1 been in contact with any uni- to listen to student concerns versity administration regard- about course delivery. ing the petition, but he has “During the Spring 2020 because I was forced to take spoken to Associated Student semester, the P and Z grade them online.” Body President Joshua Man- options were offered in large Lee said he decided to write nery about it, and Mannery part in response to the mid-se- the petition because he was plans to make sure his con- mester disruption that stu- struggling in his online class- cerns are advocated for. dents and faculty experienced es and because he felt college “He hasn’t, of course, made in the shift from in-person students have already been his own stance on the issue, delivery to remote delivery of left out of certain COVID-19 but he has let me know that classes,” Forgette said. “The relief measures, such as gov- he will listen to us because he University’s faculty are sensi- ernment stimulus checks that just wants to listen to us, and tive to student concerns about independents could not qual- that’s all we want,” Lee said. remote and online course de- ify for. Associate Provost Richard livery formats, and recognize “I just don’t really think it’s Forgette did not directly an- that these formats present real fair,” Lee said. “I know that swer whether the university challenges to student learn- we have to take our precau- was made aware of the petition ing. The University’s Keep tions, and I feel like — if we’re or if the university plans to re- Teaching and Keep Learning at least going to have to take spond to it. Instead, he noted teams are working actively to those precautions — the uni- that Z and P grade options address these challenges.” versity could stand by us and were offered as a response to be like ‘we understand that classes moving online mid-se-

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