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Thursday, July 23, 2015 THE DAILY Volume 103, No. 143 THE STUDENTMISSISSIPPIAN NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SERVING OLE MISS AND OXFORD SINCE 1911 Visit theDMonline.com @thedm_news lifestyles lifestyles sports “Faulkner on How to fry an egg Ole Miss hires Paper” exhibit on the sidewalk celebrated track and at Southside field coach Gallery Page 4 Page 5 Page 8 Stocks reflects on first month as interim chancellor CLARA TURNAGE After last week’s listening [email protected] sessions highlighted many questions of trust students and faculty have for the col- After only a month as act- lege board, Stocks said he ing interim chancellor, Morris hoped the university could Stocks has had the opportuni- move forward. ty to experience many of the “As I speak with Chancellor aspects of his new position. Jones, he is so excited about “What’s great about this job his future,” Stocks said. “He’s is, it’s busy and your days are got great opportunities there. filled, but it’s always interact- He is moving forward and en- ing with people who are posi- courages us to move forward tive about the university and – that includes in all activities are looking for ways to help,” with our governing board.” Stocks said. “I really enjoy Stocks said the board was that.” “committed” to finding the Stocks was named interim right chancellor for the uni- chancellor after Dan Jones versity and he would ap- was ousted by the Institutions proach the college board with of Higher Learning board in the same respect and trust March. Though Stocks does as before. He said he did not not officially become inter- believe Jones’ removal would im until September 15, when deter candidates, as some Jones’ contract ends, he took asked at the listening session. the position in June after “I don’t think anybody Jones took a personal vaca- wanted the sequence of events tion and returned to his home that happened, but there are in Hazlehurst, Mississippi. going to be people who want Stocks said, since taking the this job because, as I said, this position, he has been busy but is a wonderful university,” productive. For the duration Stocks said. “I believe there his time as chancellor, Stocks will be a good number of peo- named Noel Wilkin, current ple interested in leading this associate provost, as his inter- Stocks answers questions in his office for an interview. PHOTO BY: LOGAN KIRKLAND im provost. SEE STOCKS PAGE 3 Orientation sessions address campus sexual assaults SUAD PATTON-BEY “We have the same approach to policies with the resources that al- [email protected] orientation as we always do, be- lowed students to share their hon- cause that’s the most effective way est opinion about different topics Each year, the orientation pro- to prevent that violence,” Mosvick and kept them engaged. Both Ox- gram welcomes incoming fresh- said. ford Police Department and UPD men and transfer students to the “I think that students have be- spoke at the program. Ole Miss family. Various issues gun to take the issue of sexual “It’s just orientation, so it’s not are discussed to ensure the stu- misconduct a lot more seriously,” effective to hear the message one dents’ happiness and safety, one John Aaron, a junior who served time,” Mosvick said. “We do a lot of which is sexual assault on cam- as an Orientation Leader from of work with first year students in pus. 2014-2015, said. “The presenta- particular and EDHE 105 classes, In May, Ole Miss police investi- tion Responsible Rebel was inter- and throughout the year to rein- gated an incident that reportedly active; it did a great job of making force these messages. That short occurred around 3 a.m. at the Phi the topic interesting and informa- time in orientation, they have a lot Kappa Psi fraternity house. The tive.” of information given to them in a accused member was suspended One method was the text very short amount of time.” from the organization by the pres- message polling system, which Sexual assault is an umbrel- ident of the fraternity. enabled students to participate in la term used to describe a wide Assault is a common topic for the presentation live. range of unwanted attentions, orientation gatherings at univer- “When we introduced the con- such as kissing, exhibitionism, sities because such incidents are cept of this issue, we asked folks to groping and rape. not only damaging to the dignity imagine someone they care about “The most effective way to pre- of the victim, but also to the repu- COURTESY: VIOLENCE PREVENTION OFFICE who might be affected by an issue vent violence is to activate by- tation of the campus involved. “Our approach shouldn’t vary ordinator said. like this, to try make it more per- standers to do something when Sexual assault prevention has just because one incident was Mosvick is a part of the Respon- sonal,” Mosvick said. they see something that makes been a part of the orientation pro- public,” Lindsey Bartlett Mosvick, sible Rebel segment of orienta- The presentation balanced na- them uncomfortable,” Mosvick gram for several years. Violence Prevention project co- tion. tionwide statistics and university said. opinion PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 23 JULY 2015 | OPINION THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN SUMMER EDITORIAL STAFF: LOGAN KIRKLAND editor-in-chief photography editor [email protected] CLARA TURNAGE managing editor news editor [email protected] TORI WILSON copy chief [email protected] CODY THOMASON sports editor [email protected] ZOE MCDONALD lifestyles editor [email protected] ASHLEY NORWOOD multimedia editor [email protected] ADVERTISING STAFF: COLUMN EVAN MILLER advertising sales manager Millenials and the small town life [email protected] follow our hearts and bask in the Rolls and Hot Pockets, complete- er we are physically producing a ALEX BORST intellectual stimulation of a liberal ly disconnected from the toil that product for consumption or offer- [email protected] LEAH UNDERWOOD arts education. so many farmers have endured ing a service that makes someone account executive When millennials hear the Rarely, however, are we prod- to keep us fed. We all want “cool” else’s life much easier. world “rural”, our minds invari- ded towards farming, animal jobs – to be writers, executives We often relegate the small husbandry or any other essential and politicians. I think that farm town, agrarian lifestyle to an SARAH DRENNEN ably flash through pictures of dirt agrarian trades. life can be entirely fulfilling. idyllic but unsuitable existence. CLAIRE HUBACEK roads, main streets and cotton creative designers fields, supplemented with the oc- We need to reevaluate how we So, what happens to the heart of I challenge all of us to shed these casional church steeple or water- look at rural America as well as rural America and the farms that preconceived ideas and try out the melon stand. what we consider a fulfilling life- are the life-blood of urban Amer- hard work for ourselves, if only S. GALE DENLEY In Mississippi, these symbols style. ica if young growers don’t take up for a few months as a part of an STUDENT MEDIA CENTER are abundant enough. I’ve lived in a rural town this the mantle? internship. A ten mile drive in any direction summer, working on a sustain- Over 60% of American farm- Someone has to feed the world, PATRICIA THOMPSON will most likely bring you with- able hog farm that strives to pro- ers are 55 years old or older. In a and even if it means simply vis- Director of Student Media and in a stone’s throw of a corn field. vide pork to consumers in an ethi- country where 200 years ago, over iting a farmers’ market for your Daily Mississippian Faculty cal and affordable manner. 98% of the people farmed to some produce, it is important that we all Adviser Those of us who are native to the colorfully named towns of rural The sweat and mud that clings degree, now only 2% of Ameri- wake up and realize that food just ROY FROSTENSON America often have a hard time to my skin and clothing reminds cans farm. The number of farms isn’t a given; a farmer is behind Assistant Director/Radio and grappling with the nostalgia that me daily that I am producing in the U.S. peaked in the 1930s every bowl of cereal and every Advertising is often associated with the simple something palpable and life-giv- at over 6 million and has steadily glass of orange juice that you have lifestyle provided by small towns ing for someone. I am productive dropped to the present number of for breakfast. DEBRA NOVAK Creative Services Manager and the forces that pull us away and surrounded by people who 2.2 million. Rural America still exists and from them. value the same thing I do: to pro- Small farms are disappearing is pining for young people to MARSHALL LOVE While we remember the mus- vide food to people, one of life’s and the entire culture of farming is bring life back to its aging ranks.