November 1, 2018

University of Mississippi eGrove Daily Mississippian 11-1-2018 November 1, 2018 The Daily Mississippian Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline Recommended Citation The Daily Mississippian, "November 1, 2018" (2018). Daily Mississippian. 108. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline/108 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]. THE DAILY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2018 | VOLUME 107, NO. 42 MISSISSIPPIAN THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI | SERVING OLE MISS AND OXFORD SINCE 1911 2018-19 BASKETBALL PREVIEW: NEW COACHES 2018 MIDTERMS: HOW WILL VOTERS TURN OUT AT POLLS? 101 Ole Miss faculty and students were surveyed on whether or not they plan to vote. Just over half said they plan to vote and around a quarter said they aren’t registered. SEE PAGE 3 NEW PRESS PLAY ON TWENTY ONE PILOTS After a yearlong hiatus, Twenty One Pilots APPROACHES “shows massive growth in maturity” with its new album “Trench,” Ole Miss Basketball returns this weekend at the Pavilion. Kermit Davis and writes assistant arts and Yovett McPhee-McCuin are looking for strong starts to their first seasons as culture editor Eliza Noe. Rebel coaches. Read our previews of the men’s and women’s seasons inside. SEE PAGE 5 SEE PAGES 6-7 ASB calls for A+ addition to grading scale effect, the senate’s resolution individual semester could be as idea. Senators who voted against LAYSEN LANDRUM still requires approval from UM high as 4.3. The University of the resolution cited the fact that [email protected] administration. Mississippi would be the third no polls were conducted to gauge Students could earn an A+ for As stated by university policy, school in the SEC to implement student sentiment. some courses as early as next fall. the conversion from raw score this policy. “ASB has posted on their The Associated Student Body to letter grade is completely up According to information pre- social media, at least once, that Senate passed a resolution this is coming to the floor and to at its Tuesday night meeting contact your senator if you have asking for the university to add Receiving an A- would no concerns or thoughts, and to an A+ option to the university’s my knowledge, no concerns or grading scale. longer render a cumulative thoughts were raised,” ASB Sen. Sally Boswell, the grading 4.0 an impossibility. Nick Weaver, an author of the policy chair for the ASB ‘ resolution, said. Academic Affairs Board, said Some senators expressed OLE MISS WRAPS the purpose of the resolution is concerns that the grade inflation UP FALL SEASON Sally Boswell “to give professors the option to may cause issues for students, IN HAWAII reward students for exceptional ASB Grading Policy Chair for the Academic Affairs Board and worried that this change Ole Miss Men’s Golf performance.” would create new issues rather finished up its fall “Receiving an A- would no than solving old ones. season with an eighth longer render a cumulative 4.0 the discretion of the professor. sented at the meeting, University “There are students on this place finish at the an impossibility,” Boswell said. The establishment of this policy of Alabama and Louisiana State campus who have earned a 4.0 Warrior Princeville The policy, which passed would not alter that. If added, University both already have an and they’ve earned that 4.0 Makai Invitational through the senate by a margin the A+ would be worth 4.3 on the A+ worth 4.33 and 4.3 respec- because they’ve kept it all the way in Kauai, Hawaii. of 32-13, would grant profes- GPA scale. tively on their grading scales. through,” Sen. Charlotte Sackle- sors the option of using an A+ The resolution states that A major concern expressed by ford said. “And if we do pass this SEE PAGE 8 letter grade without mandating cumulative GPA would still be the resolution’s opposition was that professors use it. To take capped at 4.0, but GPA for an the lack of student input on the SEE GRADING PAGE 3 PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 1 NOVEMBER 2018 OPINION COLUMN THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN EDITORIAL STAFF: Enjoy your rights and make your vote count SLADE RAND editor-in-chief a Republican or Democrat, the that said, it will certainly be a historic elections taking place, BRANDON BROWN importance of voting on Nov. 6 hurdle he’ll need to overcome. many registered voters still don’t [email protected] [email protected] cannot be understated. Then there’s Hyde-Smith, a seem likely to vote. In fact, poor The 2018 midterm elections Unlike the presidential election Democrat-turned-Republican voter turnout is particularly DEVNA BOSE will decide the fate of which where it comes down to the with the backing of President pronounced during midterm managing editor party holds a majority in the electoral college, the popular Trump and her own state elections and even more so [email protected] U.S. Senate and House of vote really does matter in the government. She will have to among college-aged students. Representatives. Many states midterms. battle both Espy and Republican Only about 13 percent of people that were once solid Republican BLAKE ALSUP Mississippi, for example, has challenger Chris McDaniel. ages 18-34 are expected to vote in or Democrat are now a toss-up, both a Senate election and a Although McDaniel trails the midterms. news editor meaning every vote will count. special election occurring for significantly, it might be enough A fallacy many voters seem to TAYLOR VANCE If the Republicans want to hold both of its seats. The forerunners to prevent Hyde-Smith from fall victim to is that the midterms BRITTANY BROWN their narrow majority of 51-49 of the special election going into achieving the 50 percent margin aren’t important. That sentiment assistant news editors over Democrats in the Senate, all November are Mike Espy and she needs to win the special couldn’t be further from the truth. [email protected] of their supporters will need to Cindy Hyde-Smith. election. For example, if President Trump turn out to keep them in power. Espy has garnered an With this said, it’s safe to is elected for another term, his JUSTIN DIAL Currently, eight states are toss- impressive following throughout say Mississippi is an important presidency will effectively be sports editor ups, which means those states can Mississippi and has the best battleground state in the midterm useless without a Republican- BEN MILLER be used to keep or gain a majority chance of winning out of any elections and will help shape the controlled Senate and House to assistant sports editor for each party in the House and Mississippi Democrat in decades. majority in the Senate. Other follow him. So, get out there and Senate. However, he claims the only thing embattled states include Texas, enjoy your rights as an American [email protected] To sum it up, it’s close. holding him back from a decisive Florida, Tennessee, Indiana and citizen. Vote. The margins are extremely victory is his own party. He says, Missouri, which are all set for CHRISTIAN JOHNSON narrow for this election, and it will “if they don’t vote for me, it will contentious battles. Brandon Brown is a senior photography editor all come down to voter turnout be because of their idea of what I Unfortunately, many polls psychology major from Laurel. [email protected] on Election Day. Whether you’re represent as a party person.” With shows that even with these LIAM NIEMAN arts & culture editor COLUMN ELIZA NOE assistant arts & culture editor [email protected] Tax changes could keep Mississippians in-state high. In fact, only 14 states, other factors.” unanimously but died in the HAYDEN BENGE including traditional high tax Twenty-six states had a tax Senate without a vote. design editor states like California, Connecticut, burden of 8.5 percent or greater. States are in competition [email protected] New Jersey and New York, fared Of those 26 states, 25 had a net with one another. We know worse. All neighboring states out-migration. Only Maine was this because we routinely offer ETHEL MWEDZIWENDIRA had lower tax burdens than able to buck the trend. And not incentives for select companies opinion and design editor Mississippi. What effect does this surprisingly, of the 17 states that in the form of subsidies or tax [email protected] have? had net migration gains in 2016, breaks, or we propose eliminating Mississippi had a net migration all but one has a tax burden of less the individual income tax for loss of over 3,500 in 2016. On than 8.5 percent. All totaled, more SARAH HENDERSON three-to-five years for recent online editor BRETT KITTREDGE a per capita basis, this means than 500,000 individuals moved college graduates. Mississippi lost 100 residents for from the top 25 highest-tax states While we are always in favor [email protected] Few people would argue with every 88 the state gained. This is to the 25 lowest-tax states in of lower taxes, these moves IVANA NGUYEN the beauty of a California sunset. parallel with migration losses in 2016. Those high tax states lost an are just an acknowledgement social media editor The bright lights of Times Square Louisiana. Alabama and Arkansas aggregate income of $33 billion. that our tax burden hurts [email protected] are tough to compete with.

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