Students React to Monument Ciara Walker Resents Power, and Power Used Grants from a Number of Organi- Staff Reporter Wisely Produces Justice
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1 C M Y K ‘Three Cheers’ for My Chemical Romance MONDAY OCTOBER 10, 2005 -Page 16 Vol. 97, No. 35 Lynch gets crowned Students react to monument Ciara Walker resents power, and power used grants from a number of organi- Staff Reporter wisely produces justice. The li- zations, different fraternities and Another delay in the construc- brary represents education, and sororities, private donors and tion of the civil rights monument education ensures freedom. students. According to Haggard, on campus has sparked interest Recently, the planning was she hasnʼt heard much about in some students. delayed again and the proposed fund-raising for the monument In September 2002, a contract model that has been in the works since being here. She said she was signed with artist Terry Ad- for three years was rejected be- suggests something, such as a kins of New York agreeing to cause the glass doors were seen Black History Month concert, be construct his proposed model for as being too dangerous. done. the civil rights monument. Ad- “I donʼt think that they should Chuck Paris, a junior psychol- kins proposed a model that con- continue with the construction of ogy major, said he agrees with sisted of two sets of hurricane- the proposed model if itʼs going Haggard. proof glass doors, framed by to be a safety hazard,” Allison “If the student body is behind columns with the words “resist, Haggard, a junior pharmacy ma- it, they will take it and run with unite, teach and learn” engraved jor, said, addressing the safety is- it,” he said. “Maybe we can have in the clear doors. At the top of sue that university officials cited something like a blues or jazz the clear doors, engraved over as a reason for the proposalsʼ re- festival. Iʼm sure a lot of people the threshold, would have been jection. “A monument should be would attend it. Also, some front the words “Justice-Henceforth able to withstand time, so maybe page advertisement may be good and Freedom-Forevermore,” on they should go ahead and come for raising more money.” each side. up with a new idea that will be According to Haggard, a civil The monument would have able to withstand different ele- rights monument would create been between the Lyceum, where ments.” balance. James Meredith registered, and It was noted in October 2004 “We have a Confederate mon- the J.D. Williams Library, named that the columns framing the ument and an American monu- after the chancellor who was in doors needed steel reinforce- ment. Why not build a Civil charge during Meredithʼs enroll- ments to hold the doorsʼ weight Rights monument?” she said. ment. The words “Justice” and safely, and it was structurally “We call ourselves a diverse uni- “Henceforth” would have been impossible to open and close the versity, and a monument would on the side of the thresholds doors. represent that. Donʼt just say it, facing the Lyceum. The words The structure and safety of show it.” “Freedom” and “Forevermore” the monument is not the only Because the construction of Matthew Sharpe The Daily Mississippian would have be on the side of the problem that has been delaying the monument has been pro- Alumni Association President Jon C. Turner congratulates thresholds facing the library. the process. A lack of funds has longed, some questions of how Homecoming Queen Amanda Lynch at halftime of the Ole Miss According to a past DM arti- contributed to the setbacks. dedicated the university is to this Since the process started, the project may arise. v. Citadel football game. cle, Adkins said the Lyceum rep- structure has been funded by See MONUMENT page 4 Circumstantial evidence led to Smithʼs sentence Michael Simmons one convicted of a capitol of- “Jurors hold to a higher bur- dering Carnesha Nelson, a fo- a romantic relationship but de- Staff Reporter fense will receive life in den of proof in death rensic science major from Moss nied involvement in her death. Former Ole Miss student De- prison if the death pen- penalty cases,” Cham- Point, after her disappearance on Nelson, who resided in Cros- metrius Smith received life in alty is not pursued by the pion said. May 27, 2004. by Hall for her freshman and prison without the possibility of state. The case evidence was Nelsonʼs body was found two sophomore years, moved into parole late September after the District Attorney John mainly circumstantial days later by fishermen in Sardis her apartment just weeks before state decided not to pursue the Champion said he want- and the state wanted to Lake. her murder. death penalty for his involve- ed a conviction, one that put Smith away, he said. She was found on what would Smith worked as a desk re- ment with the disappearance and would be difficult to ob- “It was the decision have been her 20th birthday. ceptionist in several Ole Miss murder of Carnesha Nelson, a tain if the state pushed I made at the time from Smithʼs DNA and evidence of residence halls, including Cros- former Ole Miss student. the death penalty con- Demetrius Smith a strategy standpoint,” a struggle were located at Nel- by Hall, where Nelson lived dur- Under Mississippi law, some- viction based on the Champion said. sonʼs apartment at The Cove. ing her freshman and sophomore amount of evidence. Smith was convicted of mur- Smith said he was involved in years. National Coming Out Week starts today Hangin’ on Genie Alice Via everyone to get together before “The Laramie Project is a play Senior Staff Reporter everything gets started. about how the town of Laramie, Today marks the beginning of Tuesday, National Coming Out Wyo. reacted after the murder of Coming Out Week at Ole Miss, Day, there will be an information Matthew Shepard,” said Garry a time to recognize the steps for- table in the Student Union lobby Posey, graduate student and play ward that have been taken by the from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., and mu- director. “After his death, a group gay population and others, accord- sician Eric Himan will perform of theater performers from New ing to Tommy Vasser, president of from 12:15 to 1 p.m. at the Union York went to Laramie, which is the Gay-Straight Alliance. Plaza. where the murder occurred, and “It [Coming Out Week] is a “The information tables will interviewed about 200 citizens. great time for recognition of all have information about the GSA Then they took those along with the events that have transpired in as well as ALLIES, which is a news reports and did a docudra- the gay community and among its faculty and staff organization that ma. The show was later made into allies,” he said. “GSA is attempt- provides support for gay, lesbian, an HBO movie.” ing to showcase our alliance not bisexual or transgender students,” Vasser said the cast is not all only with members of the gay Vasser said. “They will hopefully members of the GSA, and not all community but with our straight have our October newsletter and people who are gay, just students allies as well.” they will pass out [candy] and rib- who were willing to come to the The weekʼs events will kick off bons to people who are willing to audition. There is no admission tonight at 8 p.m. in the Isom cen- wear them.” charge and it is open to the pub- ter in Johnson Commons. Vasser Tuesday at 7 p.m. there will be lic. Matthew Sharpe The Daily Mississippian said this meeting will be a simple a presentation of “The Laramie Posey said he thinks it is im- Members of the Kappa Alpha fraternity ride through the Square Friday Project” in the Johnson Commons portant to show this play in Ox- review of all the events taking as a part of the annual Homecoming Parade. place this week and a chance for Ballroom. See WEEK page 7 Monday • October 10, 2005 PAGE 3 PAGE 2 915-5503 October 10, 2005 Letters to the Editor Memorial remembers ʻembarassing momentʼ Monumentʼs rejection brings back memories of integration efforts Dear Editor, some change left. I have a very Dear Editor, To abandon this project now is just plain As a young black student smart cousin who will gradu- “Resist in Fear No More” is what I have de- wrong. Breaking the here at Ole Miss, I would just ate high school this year. He cided will be my motto from this day forward. It seems like the administration did not re- like to say that the two of you, wants to go to college, but my Actually, it was our family motto in 1965, ally believe this project would actually become a and all of those other people family canʼt afford it. He will when seven of my brothers and sisters and I inte- reality. From what I understand, there was very silence complaining about a civil rights most likely have to take out grated the Drew Schools in Drew, Miss. little help from the administration on raising the monument, are really getting thousands of dollars in loans We had to stare fear in the face every day for funds for the memorial. When it became clear that Twenty-five sexual offenders call Oxford home, but with the infre- on my nerves. No one has ever like I had to do. You could use five long years. Fear of being kicked off a planta- it was going to happen, the administration had to quency of sexual assault victims reporting their heinous crimes, many offended me in my entire life, some of that cash to send him or tion because of a motherʼs and fatherʼs decision put an end to it.