February 5, 2020

University of Mississippi eGrove Daily Mississippian 2-5-2020 February 5, 2020 The Daily Mississippian Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline Recommended Citation The Daily Mississippian, "February 5, 2020" (2020). Daily Mississippian. 46. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline/46 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]. LIVE NATIONAL SIGNING DAY COVERAGE ONLINE TODAY THE Daily MISSISSIPPIAN Wednesday February 5, 2020 theDMonline.com Volume 108, No. 50 Boyce answers students CHANCELLOR’S KENNETH NIEMEYER DYLAN VANCE PLANS: [email protected] The Associated Student Body (ASB) Senate hosted Chancellor Glenn Boyce at its meeting on Tuesday to ask him $1.5 million questions about his plans for the university. website ASB Vice President Char- lotte Shackelford requested that all senators ask their questions redesign respectfully and said that she hoped this would be a positive way for the senate to communi- cate with Boyce. Senators’ questions ranged from improvements to the Counseling University Counseling Center (UCC) to how the chancellor plans to recruit prospec- center tive students. Often, Boyce answered questions by saying that students should help him expansion come up with plans to better the university. Corbin Fox, chairman of the Committee on Student Life, asked Boyce about recent student concerns about the UCC Confederate and asked if his administration was aware of these issues. Boyce said he met with the monument UCC recently and was discour- aged when he learned that sometimes a student must wait update BILLY SCHUERMAN / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN Chancellor Glenn Boyce met with the Associated Student Body Senate on Tuesday to discuss goals that the SEE BOYCE PAGE 3 ASB has for the university. BOARD OF ALDERMEN Greek recruitment dates change Vaping hearing set KENNETH NIEMEYER the Oxford Police Depart- [email protected] GRANT MCLAUGHLIN ment proposed the additional [email protected] ordinance, which focuses on The Office of Fraternity and The Board of Alderman specific vaping devices. Sorority Life has confirmed that voted on Tuesday to hold a “Due to some issues that Interfraternity Council (IFC) and public hearing on additional we’re seeing — especially in our College Panhellenic (CPH) recruit- provisions to last May’s smok- kids — we felt like being more ment processes will move to earlier ing ban ordinance. proactive and trying to step in the school year. The three provisions add in and deal with the primary CPH recruitment will take restrictions to Oxford’s current thing that they’re interested in, place this year from Aug. 29 to smoking ban, which prohibits which is that electronic smok- Sept. 6, and IFC recruitment will the use of vape pens or e-cig- ing device,” McCutchen said. be Aug. 30 through Sept. 6. arettes in establishments in While he supported the Arthur Doctor, director of town. proposal, Alderman John fraternity and sorority life, said The first provisions spec- Morgan raised concerns about CPH considered moving recruit- ify a restriction on the posses- the new provisions targeting ment processes to before classes sion of vape devices for people college students. begin and discussed the prospect under the age of 21. The second “If we were a city with just with various campus stakehold- mirrors state law, restrict- a high school, it’s a no brainer. ers, but more research was needed ing students from possess- But we have a university, and before that decision could be made. ing any such devices on any I’d just hate to see us just For many years, formal Greek school campus, and the third flustering university kids for recruitment processes were held FILE PHOTO: BILLY SCHUERMAN / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN is a restriction which mirrors having these,” Morgan said. five weeks into the semester, which A new member of Kappa Kappa Gamma celebrates joining her federal law on selling or After a brief discussion, the is later than most Southeastern distributing these devices in board decided to proceed and Conference (SEC) schools. The sorority earlier this year. The Interfraternity Council and College any capacity to anyone under hold the public hearing at the majority of SEC schools schedule Panhellenic recruitment processes will move to the first week of 21 years old. next regular meeting, which their Greek recruitments for the September. Chief Jeff McCutchen of will take place Feb. 18. SEE RECRUITMENT PAGE 8 PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 5 FEBRUARY 2020 Black History Month begins A year of celebrating black history emulate and admire.” ABBEY EDMONSON Wesley said she does not view [email protected] the month solely as a memo- February marks the begin- rial. Rather, she sees it as an ning of Black History Month, but acknowledgement of all of the big some members of the univer- moments in the history of African sity community are questioning Americans. whether the month-long cele- “A lot of times when we talk bration is still viable in today’s about our history, we talk about climate. the dark parts with slavery and The Center for Inclusion and everything, but I think it also Cross Cultural Engagement is highlights some of the great things taking a new approach to the that we’ve overcome. A lot of the traditional heritage month events inventors we’ve had were black, that it has organized in past years and people who have done things at the university: “All in. All year.” for the first time were black, and it The Black Student Union will still highlights a lot of the progress that host the seventh annual Black we’ve made.” History Month Gala on Feb. 7, Kamron Daniels, the National and the center will welcome Yusef Pan-Hellenic Council vice president of community service and a MCKENZIE RICHMOND / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN Salaam for the Black History Month keynote address on Feb. mechanical engineering major, “Lift Every Voice” keynote speaker Patrick Alexander speaks about the importance of carrying on Martin 25. said he sees the month as an Luther King Jr.’s mission at the Ole Miss Student Union on Monday. A film screening, staged read- educational opportunity for every- ing and panel discussion will be one, not just members of the Afri- held at Fulton Chapel on Feb. 24, can-American community. and a luncheon and commemora- “Black History Month is Opening event highlights tive ceremony will be on Feb. 25. important because it gives people Advocates like Morgan who were a marginalized group Freeman have argued that the in this country an opportunity acknowledgement of black history to teach others who may not be MLK’s mission aware of black history, and also, should be year-long rather than reduced to a single month, while it just gives people a spotlight to CAROLINE NIHILL shine,” Daniels said. “It’s definitely [email protected] others believe that the month is a dedicated time to fully acknowl- about educating people.” Patrick Alexander, associate edge accomplishments of African Doctor noted that Black professor of English and African Americans. History Month is an event that American studies, delivered his Dana Wesley, a second year brings together all generations. keynote speech on Martin Luther graduate student, said that she “(My grandmother) is 92,” King’s mission for the “Lift Every favors Freeman’s opinion. She Doctor said. “She lived in a time Voice” celebration on Monday, understands the importance of where African Americans could which began the month-long cele- the event, but she thinks a shift in not vote, where they were being bration of Black History Month. status quo is needed. lynched and hung for just being “(Black History Month) is both “I don’t think it’s right,” black. For me to have been able an opportunity to reflect upon the Wesley said. “I understand why to experience my first time ever incredible sacrifices, incredible we have (Black History Month) voting in 2008, and to be able to work of people — in my case, my and the necessity for it — so that vote for somebody that looked like ancestors — who have done so we know that it is being acknowl- me, and for her to be there with much that I have the opportunity edged in at least one point in the me, was just something that I will to do the things that I’m passion- year — but I think that if we could never forget.” ate about today,” Alexander said. actually integrate it throughout Ryan Upshaw, assistant dean Alexander and Nichelle Robin- the year and talk about not just for student services of the School of Engineering, said he believes son, associate professor of teacher MCKENZIE RICHMOND / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN black history but Native Ameri- that in a place with a past like education and School of Educa- The UM Gospel Choir sings to open the “Lift Every Voice” event held at can history (and) Asian-American tion diversity officer, received the history, we’d see a lot more prog- Mississippi, Black History Month Lift Every Voice Award for work the student union on Monday. ress in our country.” is critical, both to our country and against injustice, dedication to Arthur Doctor, director of to the University of Mississippi. inclusion and energy toward the fraternity and sorority life, has a “While advances have been prisoners’ rights. fairer, more just, more equitable made, there are still many hills betterment of the community. “Davis would continue to teach and more kind than the world we different view. Through education, he stated behind bars while also teaching knew,” Caldwell said.

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