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Thursday, November 30, 2017 THE DAILY Volume 106, No. 54 MISSISSIPPIANTHE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SERVING OLE MISS AND OXFORD SINCE 1911 Visit theDMonline.com @thedm_news It’s lit: University kicks off holiday season Docufi lm explores HIV in the South JACQUELINE KNIRNSCHILD STAFF WRITER To raise HIV awareness and honor World AIDS Day, the Oxford Film Festival and the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies will host a free screening of the documentary “deepsouth” at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Powerhouse. Released in 2012, “deepsouth” explores the neglected HIV/AIDS crisis in the rural American South through the lens of a college student living in the Mississippi Delta and two HIV activists who, despite challenges with resources and bureaucracy, devote their lives to preventing the spread of AIDS and helping those already infected to live a healthy life. “As one of the top lethal diseases in both America and worldwide, it is critical to better understand and instill change in how the PHOTO BY: BILLY SCHUERMAN world views and combats Students look on as the annual Christmas tree lighting takes place in the Circle on Wednesday. Student Activities Association’s Hotty Toddy Holidays event also included pictures with Santa, ice skating and free snacks SEE AIDS AWARENESS PAGE 3 Offi ce of Sustainability hosts Native Planting Day KENDALL PATTERSON projects regarding energy effi - Strawberry Plains Audubon STAFF WRITER ciency, renewable energy, sus- Center in Holly Springs. tainability and more. “This is one of our number Hoeksema, after receiving one favorite partnerships,” The Offi ce of Sustainability the grant, proposed the idea of said Mitch Robinson, conser- hosted its second Native Plant- hosting a Native Planting Day vation education manager at ing Day on Wednesday morn- in 2015, and the university held Strawberry Plains. “We see the ing at the intersection of Frater- the fi rst Native Planting Day in university as a tremendous as- nity Row and Vaught Lane. The spring 2016. set both as a partner with the event was part of the University “The overall goal is to high- Offi ce of Sustainability as well of Mississippi Green Fund Proj- light how native plants can be as just working with the biology ect. used and can really support na- department and environmental Native Planting Day started tive birds by supplying them a studies minor.” after Jason Hoeksema, associ- lot of food,” Hoeksema said. The Offi ce of Sustainability ate professor in the Department During the event Wednesday, and Strawberry Plains Audu- of Biology, and a group of stu- participants planted more than bon Center also see this as an dents received a grant from the 50 Christmas fern plants and opportunity to keep Ole Miss Green Fund Project in 2014 to about 500 white wood aster beautiful. PHOTO BY: MARLEE CRAWFORD plant native plants. The Green plants. Strawberry Plains Audubon worker Mitch Robinson demonstrates to volunteers how to Fund Project provides funds for The plants are provided by SEE PLANTING PAGE 3 pull plugs out of crates on Wednesday. 2,500 plugs of Christmas ferns and white wood asters were planted at the corner of Fraternity Row and Vaught Drive. IN THIS ISSUE... OPINION LIFESTYLES SPORTS SPORTS Subverting Trump’s prejudices Take a break There’s a new No. 1 Carousel continues to rotate What happens when we fl ip Trump’s theories The perfect podcast picks to help you Heading into conference championship While Ole Miss has secured its guy, the around and apply them to white men? survive holidays at home weekend, the CFP picture is anything but clear SEC coaching chaos remains open PAGE 2 PAGE 4 PAGE 6 PAGE 7 PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 30 NOVEMBER 2017 OPINION THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN EDITORIAL STAFF: LANA FERGUSON editor-in-chief [email protected] SLADE RAND managing editor [email protected] MAGGIE MARTIN copy chief [email protected] RACHEL ISHEE MADDIE MCGEE news editors [email protected] SAM HARRES GRAYSON WEIR sports editors [email protected] MARLEE CRAWFORD BILLY SCHUERMAN photography editors [email protected] COLUMN DEVNA BOSE lifestyles editor [email protected] Turning around Trump’s theories about the need to keep people America great again. illegally. JONATHAN GIBSON of different ethnicities, The way to do that — if Putting ourselves in the assistant lifestyles editor nationalities and beliefs out one is to judge people shoes of those who are [email protected] of our country. according to stereotypes marginalized is important in It’s easy for many — is to force all white understanding even a small LIAM NIEMAN Americans to passively men to emigrate. taste of the experiences of opinion editor accept these prejudiced ideas • Just look at the way those marginalized by our [email protected] because the people hurt by they bring crime to government. If it sounds them are unknown. When our towns and cities. ridiculous to treat one group HAYDEN BENGE someone is seen as “the Mass shootings and tax of people in this manner, ETHEL MWEDZIWENDIRA other,” that person loses his or evasion are destroying it’s probably because it’s design editors her humanity, and empathy is the great foundations of ridiculous to treat any group [email protected] DANIEL PAYNE lost via immoral judgements the Americas: sharing of people that way. STAFF COLUMNIST of how to treat him or her. land and resources while In order to humanize those respecting neighbors. Daniel Payne is a EMILY HOFFMAN who have been discriminated These are some bad sophomore integrated social media editor Within the past two months, the United States has against by some politicians, guys. marketing communications witnessed two of the worst I have turned the tables and • We need to secure the major from Collierville, ADVERTISING mass shootings in its history: applied Trump’s theories to, border with Canada. Tennessee. SALES MANAGER the first in Nevada, the second arguably, the most powerful People are flooding in Blake Hein in Texas. Both attackers demographic in America: without being checked [email protected] were widely regarded as lone white men. to see if they could be wolves with mental problems • White men came to the next mass shooters. SALES ACCOUNT and troubled pasts. this nation as illegal We need extreme vetting CORRECTION: EXECUTIVES There was another terrorist aliens. They destroyed of people from majority- Cameron Collins attack in New York City that the land, putting burger Christian nations. An article on the front page Sam Dethrow occurred between the other restaurants on every • How can we know their of Wednesday’s edition Ethan Gray corner and disregarding birth certificates are two shootings. This attack about the Books and Bears Kathryn Hathorne was considered a part of a the great cultures that legitimate? We can’t. larger problem, often labeled once existed here. That’s why the U.S. only event should have said S. GALE DENLEY by some politicians as an act Bringing violence, has one option to restore that it was created 20 STUDENT MEDIA CENTER of Islamic extremism. disease and strange law and order, to secure years ago by Donald Cole, cultures, they conquered our nation and make it PATRICIA THOMPSON President Donald Trump, assistant provost and math innocent people and tore great again: secure our Assistant Dean being one of the politicians professor, and Jan Murray, Student Media who links violent acts to a down the monuments borders from countries Daily Mississippian Faculty particular region, skin color to a great, Native- with majority white liberal arts associate dean Adviser or religion, quickly responded American heritage. populations and deport and art professor. as expected — by tweeting • We need to make the ones who are here FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA THE DM NEWS TWITTER THE DAILY The Daily Mississippian is published Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays in print during the academic year, on days @thedm_news MISSISSIPPIAN when classes are scheduled. 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