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This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Journalism and New Media, School of at eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in Daily Mississippian by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Thursday, April 3, 2014 Vol. 102, No. 116 The Daily Mississippian The Student Newspaper of The University Of Mississippi | Serving Ole Miss and Oxford since 1911 Spring weather arrives to warm welcome Nelly to headline Grove concert
BY DM STAFF REPORTS [email protected] The Student Activities As- sociation announced Wednes- day afternoon that Grammy Award-winning artist Nelly will be replacing Jason De- rulo at Friday evening’s con- cert after Derulo canceled his appearance on account of a death in the family. A native of St. Louis, Nelly will perform at 8:30 p.m. “We are very excited to welcome Grammy Award- winning artist Nelly to the Grove this Friday,” said Carly Eason, executive director of the Student Activities Associa- tion. “We have received a very positive response from the stu- ALEX EDWARDS | The Daily Mississippian dents of Ole Miss since our Students walk across campus on a warm spring afternoon Wednesday. announcement, and we hope to see everyone in the Grove on Friday at 8:30 p.m. Our condolences go out to Jason Derulo Dr. Robert Vince speaks at annual and his fam- ily at this School of Pharmacy Hartman Lecture time.” Nelly lished in 1973 to honor our man lecturer this year,” Allen sides to counteract viruses’ rep- BY MARY VIRGINIA is cur- PORTERA school’s third dean,” Allen said. said. “Dr. Vince has an Ole licating systems. He went on to rently [email protected] “Dean Hartman’s tenure at the Miss connection and worked say that this research allowed ranked school was sadly cut short by an as an assistant professor in the him to understand the opera- as the Dr. Robert Vince, director automobile accident in 1970.” medicinal chemistry depart- tions of the HIV retrovirus. NELLY fourth- of the Center for Drug De- Before his death, Hartman ment in 1966.” Vince also recounted difficul- best-selling rap artist in Amer- sign at the University of Min- accomplished many feats, in- One of Vince’s most widely ties he and his research team ican music history by RIAA nesota, gave the The Univer- cluding laying the groundwork known accomplishments is his had with patenting and licens- and has sold more than 21 sity of Mississippi School of for Faser Hall and the Research design of Abacavir, an HIV ing their drugs. million albums. Pharmacy’s annual Charles W. Institute of Pharmaceutical drug. Abacavir has been used “The first AIDS drugs were He has also been featured Hartman Memorial Lecture Sciences on campus. for the global treatment of approved even a lot faster than onscreen in “The Longest Wednesday. The lecture, “Ad- Vince is a medicinal chem- HIV and AIDs in adults and they would be today,” Vince Yard” and “CSI: NY.” ventures in Drug Design,” took ist who focuses on different re- children. The royalties earned said. “It would be a lot more Joining Nelly are special place at the Gertrude C. Ford search topics, including drugs from this drug’s success have difficult today to get drugs ap- guests Travis Porter and Fly Center for the Performing Arts. that combat HIV, Alzheim- also allowed Vince and his re- proved.” Panda. The concert is free and David D. Allen, dean of the er’s, herpes, and skin cancer. search team to do other medic- Part of Vince’s message was open to the university com- pharmacy school, said the lec- Vince’s talk demonstrated his inal research. that the inefficiencies of our munity and guests. ture was created to honor a for- knowledge over a broad field of Vince began by describing licensing and patenting system For more information, con- mer faculty member. medicinal chemistry research. how his research early in his can prove deleterious to impor- tact the Ole Miss Student “The Charles W. Hartman “We are so thrilled that Dr. career on the herpes virus cen- Union at (662) 915-1044 or Memorial Lecture was estab- Vince agreed to be our Hart- tered on working with nucleo- See HARTMAN, PAGE 4 [email protected].
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THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN EDITORIAL STAFF: ADAM GANUCHEAU editor-in-chief [email protected] PHIL MCCAUSLAND managing editor [email protected] GRANT BEEBE senior editor SARAH PARRISH copy chief [email protected] CATY CAMBRON ALLISON SLUSHER news editors [email protected] TIM ABRAM opinion editor [email protected] EMILY CRAWFORD lifestyles editor [email protected] CLARA TURNAGE asst. lifestyles editor [email protected] HAWLEY MARTIN sports editor [email protected] CASEY HOLLIDAY KENDYL NOON online editors [email protected] BRACEY HARRIS multimedia editor [email protected] THOMAS GRANING COLUMN photography editor [email protected] TISHA COLEMAN ‘Turn away the gays’ bill NATALIE MOORE design editors BY ANNA RUSH The gay and lesbian community people visiting Mississippi are love everyone, from a pauper to [email protected] feels this measure could affect often blown away by the friend- a prince, tax collectors or crimi- ADVERTISING STAFF: them the most. It could allow liness of our citizens. nals, sinners or saints. I was Tuesday, the Mississippi Leg- businesses to deny them services Mississippi has always prided taught that you should welcome MATT ZELENIK islature approved a conference because the business owner’s re- itself on being a highly religious everyone to your home and advertising sales manager report on Senate Bill 2681, the ligion opposes homosexual rela- state. Our churches are full ev- your dinner table. I was taught [email protected] Religious Freedom Restoration tionships. ery Sunday. Tithe baskets are that no one should be turned EMILY FORSYTHE Act, sending it to Gov. Phil Bry- This bill, and the fact that passed around with the poorest away, no matter where you have DAVID JONES ant. The bill has caused con- people would discriminate and and the richest all giving what come from, what you have done JAMIE KENDRICK troversy ever since it was gen- claim their religion as an excuse, they can. Churches are often the or what you believe. EVAN MILLER erated, with many comparing deeply bothers me. Mississippi, lifeblood of communities, often Clearly, I have missed an im- account executives it to Arizona’s “Turn Away the sadly, is on the bottom of many helping the less fortunate, re- portant Sunday school lesson. I Gays” bill. The bill would allow lists. Education, health care, building in the wake of disaster hope the legislature could give MARA BENSING for individuals to sue over laws poverty, teenage pregnancy, in- and offering a sense of belong- me its notes on what I missed FARRELL LAWO that place a substantial burden fant mortality and the list goes ing to those adrift. so that I can see how a bill al- KRISTEN SALTZMAN on their religious beliefs and on. One quality that Mississippi So, perhaps I attended a dif- lowing discrimination is even a KIM SANNER practices. has always been able to take ferent Sunday school lesson remotely good idea. creative designers The controversy that rises pride in, and I personally take than those in our state legisla- Or perhaps, I should give out of the bill’s introduction is pride in, is the generosity and ture. Maybe I slept in on the them my notes on the countless S. GALE DENLEY that it could arguably open the welcoming nature of its resi- day we covered discrimination lessons I’ve been to that focused STUDENT MEDIA CENTER door for discrimination, allow- dents. Mississippi is consistently against others. Surely I must on love and acceptance. ing businesses to not have to ad- at the top of the lists for most have, because everything that here to anti-discrimination laws charitable giving, despite being I was taught growing up in the Anna Rush is a third-year law stu- PATRICIA THOMPSON Director of Student Media and if doing so would cause them the poorest state in the Union. church directly refutes the na- dent from Hattiesburg. She graduated Daily Mississippian Faculty to violate their religious beliefs. Coined the Hospitality State, ture of this bill. I was taught to from Mississippi State in 2011. Adviser ROY FROSTENSON THE DAILY The Daily Mississippian is The Daily Mississippian welcomes all comments. 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COLUMN Keep the boardroom out Letter to the of the bedroom editor Dear editor, a corporation is so far removed moved from actually providing BY SEAN HIGGINS We’d like to request that The Daily Mississippian stop being [email protected] from the actual individual us- contraceptives to the employee. ing contraceptives that it doesn’t It’s not as if the government delivered to the Alpha Tau Omega house. Thanks. Social conservatives can’t infringe on a corporation’s re- mandated corporations to have seem to mind their own business. ligious liberties. Never has the a morning-after pill dispenser Ryne M. St. Marie Tuesday morning, the Supreme court afforded a for-profit corpo- in the break room. Where is the Chapter President of Alpha Tau Omega Court heard the beginning of ration — such as Hobby Lobby religious objection to offering in- University of Mississippi oral arguments in Sebelius v. — the far-reaching religious pro- surance coverage that provides Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. — a tections for which it is arguing. Viagra? challenge to the Affordable Care It also begs the question: Are The contraceptive mandate Act’s mandate requiring certain corporations protected by either in the Affordable Care Act has Letter to the for-profit businesses to offer in- the free exercise clause of the already benefited an estimated surance plans with contraceptive First Amendment or the Reli- 27 million women, according to coverage. Since House Republi- gious Freedom Restoration Act? the Department of Health and can attempts to dismantle the Af- The First Amendment and Re- Human Services. Obamacare editor fordable Care Act have failed in ligious Freedom Restoration Act has helped prevent women from Dear editor, Congress (more than 50 times), protect the rights “of the people” continuing to pay unreasonably and since the act withstood a and religious rights of “persons,” more for their health care than I do not think you are taking the correct assumption of the constitutional challenge in NFIB respectively. So does Hobby men do, since women are no fraternity community in your article “Direspect from unful- v. Sebelius, I guess their logic (or Lobby — or any other for-profit longer charged a co-pay for the filled promises.” The way you wrote the article comes with lack thereof) told them to try, try business, for that matter — find wide range of preventive services absolutely no point of view from the fraternity men. When again. protection under this argument? they need. According to a poll by you say that “all has been done in the past six weeks is plan Lower federal courts have re- Well, it depends on if you con- Hart Research Associates, wom- and participate in spring parties,” you are dead wrong. We turned a mix of rulings on the sider corporations, or businesses, en of all demographics support are sick of this stereotype because it is not true. You are not constitutionality of the contra- to be people. Recently, right- the contraceptive mandate — the one sitting in chapter meetings discussing the incident ception mandate in the Afford- wing legal scholars and the con- including 92 percent of Demo- and thinking of ways to prevent further incidents. Believe able Care Act. Due to the con- servative branch of the Supreme crats, 83 percent of indepen- me, fraternities are doing this. We want the incidents to flicting conclusions reached by Court have been leaning in that dents, 63 percent of Republicans discontinue. the lower courts, the Supreme direction. and 79 percent of Catholics. I understand your disappointment with no immediate ac- Court agreed to hear Sebelius v. At the end of the day, I believe Social conservatives need to tion, but there is no immediate action possible. The only Hobby Lobby and provide clar- that the contraceptive mandate mind their business and choose thing that can happen will be fraternities extending invita- ity on this portion of the law. is both warranted and consti- their battles. The contraception tions to African American potential new members during Hobby Lobby, and other tutional. Prior to the grossly mandate is widely supported and fall rush. I am proud to say that my fraternity, Sigma Chi companies raising religious ob- irresponsible Citizens United has many exceptions, including Eta Chapter, has welcomed multiple African American jections to the contraception campaign finance decision, the for businesses that have 50 or members in the past few years. Other fraternities have as mandate, argue that the statute Supreme Court had little to no fewer employees, churches and well. I encourage all fraternities on campus to follow these violates their rights under the Re- precedent giving a corporation convents and religiously affiliated actions. ligious Freedom Restoration Act the same rights as actual people. nonprofits. Racism is an individual problem and not necessarily an in- and the free exercise clause of Corporations cannot “exercise” My favorite sign from a recent stitutional problem. All the institution can do is educate its the First Amendment. They ar- religion in the same manner a protest at the Supreme Court members and hope their individual actions reflect the views gue that corporations managed person can. If the court sides read, “If men could get preg- of the institution as a whole. Nobody is “being disrespect- with religious values shouldn’t be with Hobby Lobby, it sets a dan- nant, birth control would be ful” and “ignoring a promise,” particularly the fraternity required to offer certain contra- gerous precedent. Could busi- from gumball machines and ba- presidents, so there is no reason to blast them. ceptives to employees. nesses claim religious exceptions con flavored.” Essentially, they’re arguing that to serving gay clients? Can they I suspect there’s more than a Sincerely, corporations are entities that can claim a religious exception to hint of truth to that statement. “exercise” religion — an inter- providing insurance plans that Sanford Moore esting concept, to say the least. cover certain vaccinations? 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ASSOCIATED PRESS Officials: 4 dead, including gunman, at Fort Hood
BY WILL WEISSERT been the most nerve-wracking Associated Press I’ve ever felt. I know God is here protecting me and all the FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) soldiers, but I have my phone — A gunman opened fire in my hand just hoping it will Wednesday at Fort Hood in ring and it will be my hus- an attack that left four dead, band,” DeHart said. including the shooter, law en- In Chicago, President Barack forcement officials said. Obama vowed that investiga- One of the officials, citing tors will get to the bottom of official internal Justice Depart- the shooting, seeking to reas- ment updates, said 14 others sure the nation whose sense of were hurt. The officials spoke security once again has been on condition of anonymity shaken by mass violence because they were not autho- In a hastily arranged state- rized to release information by ment, Obama said he and his name. team were following the situ- A U.S. law enforcement of- ation closely but that details ficial said reports circulating about what happened at the within the Justice Department sprawling Army post were still indicate the shooter died of fluid. He said the shooting what appears to be a self- brought back painful memo- inflicted wound. The official ries of the 2009 attack. spoke on the condition of ano- Obama reflected on the sac- nymity because the investiga- rifices that troops stationed at tion is still ongoing. Fort Hood have made — in- The Texas Army base was cluding during multiple tours the scene of a mass shoot- to Iraq and Afghanistan. TAMIR KALIFA | Associated Press ing in 2009. Thirteen people “They serve with valor, they Lucy Hamlin and her husband, Spc. Timothy Hamlin, wait for permission to re-enter the Fort Hood military base, where they live, follow- were killed and more than serve with distinction and when ing a shooting on the base Wednesday. 30 wounded in what was the they’re at their home base, they deadliest attack on a domestic need to feel safe,” Obama said. military installation in history. “We don’t yet know what hap- The Army said on its official pened tonight, but obviously Twitter feed that the post was that sense of safety has been still on lockdown. Injured peo- broken once again.” ple were being treated at the The president spoke with- post’s Carl R. Darnall Medical out notes or prepared remarks Center and other local hospi- in the same room of a steak- tals. house where he had just met Outside the base, some rela- with about 25 donors at a pre- tives of soldiers waited for viously scheduled fundraiser news about their loved ones. for the Democratic National Tayra DeHart, 33, said she Committee. White House of- had last heard from her hus- ficials quickly pushed tables to band, a soldier at the post, that the side of the room to make he was safe, but that was hours room for Obama to speak to earlier. the nation. “The last two hours have
DEBORAH CANNON | The Austin American-Statesman, via Associated Press Vehicles are checked outside of the Bernie Beck Gate at Fort Hood Wednesday.
celebrating diversity in Ole Miss HARTMAN, April 4, Friday, 5 pm continued from page 1 Ford Center for the Performing Arts tant medicinal research. Tickets on sale for $10 at UM Box Office Vince discussed some of his ($12 at Ford Center on event day) most recent and current work in Price includes an after-show international reception. Alzheimer’s and DNA damage, or skin cancer, research. Jungeun Bae, a graduate Ph.D. Proceeds from Cultural Night student in the School of Pharma- will go towards aiding victims cy, spoke highly of Vince’s lecture. of Typhoon Haiyan Bae said the lecture inspired her in the Philippines. to take part in pharmaceutical re- search. Purchase your ticket “It was a very tremendous and at the Union Box Office amazing talk,” Bae said. “I found for only $10 for a great cause! it very interesting that he cor- related his lab work to a larger pharmaceutical setting. It gave me hope for my lab work so that I can develop a drug for a specific dis-
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SPECIAL TO DM ASSOCIATED PRESS Gay marriage legislation Miss. Gov. says he raises questions will sign 20-week
BY JENNIFER FRONING The Mississippi bill and some feel that gay marriage [email protected] similar efforts from other is an insult to their moral and abortion ban states raise the question about religious beliefs. The Mississippi legislature whether the state will ever le- Jordan Bard, a freshman JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Several states have a 20- passed a bill Tuesday that both galize gay marriage. English major who is gay, does Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant week ban, including Ala- gay citizens and gay-rights ac- “There are people who are not consider gay marriage to said Tuesday that he looks bama, Arkansas, Louisiana tivists have denounced pub- very by the book and this be a detriment to religion. forward to quickly signing a and Texas. licly. The bill allows individu- is how it is, very black and “Religion is not required for bill that would ban abortion Arizona’s 20-week ban has als and companies to assert white, and it threatens people a happy marriage, and there- at 20 weeks, the midpoint of been blocked by a federal a religious freedom defense and its hard to see how or why fore no marriage poses a det- a full-term pregnancy. court, but supporters of the against a lawsuit when refus- it should,” said Jamie Nelms, riment to any religion,” Bard “This measure represents Mississippi proposal point ing services to another private a sociology professor at Ole said. a great effort to protect the out that Mississippi is in a party. If the bill is signed by Miss. Bard says he’s still optimis- unborn in Mississippi,” Bry- more conservative federal Gov. Phil Bryant, Mississippi Joining a larger commu- tic that the South will change ant said in a statement after appeals district, so a legal would be the first state in the nity speaking out for change, its attitude. House Bill 1400 passed the challenge might have a dif- country to implement such a same-sex couples recently ap- “The South will definitely House 91-20 and the Senate ferent outcome. law. plied for marriage licenses in be one of the last places to 41-10. Sen. Deborah Dawkins, For example, if a gay cou- Mississippi and were declined. embrace marriage equality, The bill has exceptions. D-Pass Christian, said a 20- ple wanted to hire a florist Over 100 couples in seven but it will happen eventually, Abortion would still be al- week ban will affect poor for their wedding, the flo- southern states have applied just like the equal rights move- lowed at or after 20 weeks women. She said those who rist would have the option to for licenses, and none of them ment of the 20th century.” if the woman faces death or have money and want an claim it is his legally protected have been accepted, as public permanent injury because of abortion could still travel out religious right to refuse ser- policy holds that marriage is the pregnancy. It would also of state to get one. vice. between a man and a woman be allowed in cases of severe “It occurs to me, over the Four other states – Ohio, in Southern states. fetal abnormality. past few years, that a lot of Arizona, Idaho and Oklaho- There are currently 17 Diane Derzis, who owns men do not understand how ma – are scrambling to find states that have legalized gay Mississippi’s only abortion a female body works,” said ways to make gay marriage il- marriage, and of those states, clinic, Jackson Women’s Dawkins, who voted against legal or to pass bills that give none of them are in the South. Health Organization, said the bill. people the right to treat mar- “I think it’s just your back- the clinic stops doing abor- Sen. Angela Hill, R-Pop- ried gay couples differently. ground and the culture of tions after 16 weeks’ gesta- larville, who voted for the where someone comes from, tion. She said each woman bill, said: “This is not about especially in the South, of undergoes a sonogram to de- a woman’s body. This is why they’re anti-gay,” said termine fetal age. about the life of an unborn Nelms. Although the clinic would 20-week baby.” The South has a long his- not be affected by the new tory of being religious and law, Derzis said she expects someone would file a legal challenge. The most recent Health Department statistics show 2,176 abortions were done in Mississippi in 2012. Two were listed at 21 weeks or later, and 382 were unknown gestational age. Support- ers of the bill said they were NewsWatch troubled by the number of unknowns. Producer Sports Director 29147 5 p.m. News Director Technical Director Monday Molly
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Coming home with Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors
BY CLARA TURNAGE the Lion, the Lyric will be filled particular Double Decker Arts [email protected] with the kind of music Oxford Festival. loves: quirky, strong and just off “When my wife, Ellie, and I Numerous musicians pass the beaten path. were first friends and she was through Oxford every year. Some “I love Oxford,” Holcomb singing with me every now and are on their way to the top, some said. “It’s a town with a lot of then, I was trying to convince her are just on their way and some personality and a lot of history.” to date me,” Holcomb said. are just playing because they can. Holcomb first started coming “I brought her down to Oxford It is tough for any band to make to Oxford when his sister was for Double Decker in 2005, and it in the current music climate, a student at The University of that is where I asked her out for and especially one from such a Mississippi. He reminisced about the first time, right there in the small area. Square Books and the many Square on the courthouse steps,” One of the few bands that did Double Decker Arts Festivals he he said. is Drew Holcomb and the Neigh- attended on his visits. After many years of dating, El- bors. Unlike many bands that “We’d just enjoy all the great lie and Drew married and later range through this small town, things you have there,” he said. had their first child, a daughter. when Drew and his wife, Ellie, “I’ve been coming back ever “We named her Amy Lou af- come to Oxford, they are com- since.” ter Amy Lou Harris, who was the ing back to where their musical After experiencing so much of musician that night in remem- careers began. what Oxford had to offer, Hol- brance of our first date,” he said. Drew Holcomb and The comb knew right where to come “So Oxford is a very meaningful Neighbors will be playing to- when he started performing. place for us as a family.” night at the Lyric. Their mix of “We started playing music, and In 2005, when Drew was lucky soft indie and folky alt-rock notes Oxford was one of the first towns to catch a first date with Ellie, merge along the new-age alter- we came and played,” he said. the band caught some special native movement. Paired with Oxford is also special to Drew attention as well. The 2005 al- the companion band, Judah & and his family because of one bum, “Washed in Blue,” gained the band a large amount of at- tention, and its music was soon included on TV shows such as “Army Wives,” “The Cleaner,” “House M.D.” and the recently ended “How I Met Your Moth- er.” After extensive touring and a steady rise on the music scene, Holcomb expressed contentment in coming back to his roots. Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, pictured above, will play tonight at The Lyric. “This is our first time to play the Lyric,” Holcomb said. “It’s Music Festival in Memphis. tiple bands known to the Ox- good to come back and play “This show will definitely be a ford scene such as The Dirty there.” preview of that,” Holcomb said. Guv’nahs, which played at the A big first is on the young “Hosting a music festival is some- Lyric just two weeks ago. band’s horizon. On June 7, the thing I’ve always wanted to do.” “The other band on tour with band will host the Moon River The festival will feature mul- us is Judah & the Lion,” Hol- comb said. “They’re a really great alternative-folk band.” It’s Spring Time and White Teeth are Always in Style! Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors are sure to bring Try Zoom Whitening bring this their unique style to the Lyric’s Perfect for formals ad for stage and even give a sneak peek Up to 6 shades whiter $75 off! to what’s in store for this rising band. 2212 W. Jackson Ave. “We love the crowd there,” Oxford MS 38655 Holcomb said. “We love Ox- 662.234.8463 ford.” www.faresedental.com find us on Facebook! 29075 29016
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