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Thursday, October 9, 2014 THE DAILY Volume 103, No. 31 THE STUDENTMISSISSIPPIAN NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SERVING OLE MISS AND OXFORD SINCE 1911 Visit theDMonline.com @thedm_news Running from my UPD plans for future BREAKINGpoint gameday behavior LACEY RUSSELL [email protected] The University Police De- partment experienced unruly behavior from fans last week- end as a result of Ole Miss’ historic win over Alabama and said it will not toler- ate such behavior for future games. UPD Police Chief Calvin Sellers was on the field when thousands of fans began storming the field and remov- ing the goal posts from the ground. “My concern was that peo- ple were going to get hurt when that thing fell,” Sell- ers said. “At one point, a guy started climbing one of the uprights. If he got up there and fell, it would have been bad.” He said last weekend’s field PHOTO BY: CADY HERRING raiding and goal post removal will be the last of the season. The pain and fear of ridicule follow closely behind me with every breath and step I take, but I won’t let “I can’t grab every person them catch me again. As the run turns to a blur, my thoughts become vivid. This is my realization of the that’s out there,” Sellers said. importance of exercising, and all it took was a simple moment that changed my life forever. Suicide is the “I’m going to be well outnum- third leading cause of death among 15- to 24-year olds, and I almost became a statistic. bered, but you need to think See page 8. about it. You could be the one that I do get.” UPD Captain of Field Op- erations Michael Harmon OPD, UPD prepared for crisis situations said he doesn’t expect the upcoming homecoming game KARSON BRANDENBURG & of changes that take place seem to we wanted to do.” tion may be warranted. be reactive,” said Ray Hawkins, The $12,000 purchase was ap- The Washington Post pub- against the Tennessee Vol- TAYLOR LUST university assistant police chief. proved by Chief Joey East of the lished an article in June stating 74 unteers to be as hectic as last knbrande@ go.olemiss.edu “Around the time of the Virginia Oxford Police Department. Of- school shootings have taken place weekend; however, he does [email protected] Tech shooting, we felt there was a ficers at the department under- since the mass shooting in New- expect another high-volume need to have additional resourc- town, Connecticut, Dec. 14, 2012, crowd. Both the University Police De- es in case we had a situation like according to a list maintained “Our fans are unique,” he partment and the Oxford Police that.” by the group Everytown for Gun said. “They’re passionate Department have AR-15 carbines The Oxford Police Department Safety. Thirty-one of the 74 shoot- about us winning, now, but that can be deployed as a last re- recently acquired 10 military style ings were on a college campus. they’re also passionate about sort should the campus or city AR-15 carbines, which are kept in This list includes assaults, sui- partying. So, it goes hand in experience an active shooter or a locked mount in every marked cides and discharged firearms, hand.” other emergency. patrol vehicle. This measure but the numbers as a whole Three disorderly conduct, Chief Calvin Sellers of the Uni- wasn’t done as a display of mili- demonstrate that students on eight assaults and 35 alco- versity Police Department de- tary prowess but rather as one of college campuses do have access hol-related incidents were re- clined to comment on how many preparation. to firearms. This explains the rea- ported to the department last AR-15 carbines the department “The ultimate goal here is to son why university police depart- Saturday, according to UPD’s had. send these men and women back ments and departments in cities online daily crime log. “It is like telling the other side home every day,” James Owens, with universities want to be pre- Harmon said arrest num- what play you are going to run,” JOEY EAST deputy police chief, said. “And pared for crisis situations. bers from last weekend ri- he said in an email responding to if we can provide them with the went training to use the weapons “Hopefully these ARs only valed the record 46 arrests the inquiry. tools they need to assist them in three weeks ago. come out for training purposes, that were made during the “We try to be proactive, but a lot doing their job, then that’s what And their proactive prepara- SEE CRISIS PAGE 5 SEE UPD PAGE 5 lifestyles opinion sports ‘Our Faith Affirmed Do we need Wallace puts - Works from the feminism? Texas A&M Gordon W. Bailey history, Alabama Collection’ behind him Page 12 Page 2 Page 14 Do We Need Feminism? opinion PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 9 OCTOBER 2014 | OPINION THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN EDITORIAL STAFF: LACEY RUSSELL editor-in-chief [email protected] SARAH PARRISH managing editor [email protected] MACKENZIE HICKS copy chief [email protected] LOGAN KIRKLAND MAGGIE MCDANIEL news editors [email protected] KYLIE MCFADDEN assistant news editor DYLAN RUBINO sports editor [email protected] CLARA TURNAGE lifestyles editor [email protected] SIERRA MANNIE opinion editor [email protected] CADY HERRING photography editor [email protected] ALLI MOORE KATY MUELLER MADDIE THEOBALD ELLEN WHITAKER design editors THOMAS GRANING multimedia editor [email protected] COLUMN KRISTIN JACKSON digital content coordinator Do we need feminism? Those in the latter category of- ally in these discussions. more informed reasons. Femi- ADVERTISING STAFF: ten cite a discomfort with the term When we talk about racism, nism is not and never has been itself, which has become widely we talk not about an individual’s a monolithic movement in the MATT ZELENIK associated with a mythical cult belief in the superiority of one’s interests of all women; queer advertising sales manager of succubi warming themselves own race but about power struc- and non-white women have been [email protected] beside a pyre of bras while plot- tures that privilege one race over shoved to its political sidelines ting to destroy all men. This isn’t another. And when we talk about since Seneca Falls. EMILY FORSYTHE relegated to famous people. The feminism with a capital F, we are Alternatives to capital-F femi- DAVID JONES Tumblr account, Women Against often talking not about a basic be- nism abound, notably Alice Walk- EVAN MILLER CHARLES MCCRORY Feminism, in which women post lief in the equality of women but er’s theory of womanism. So why account executives [email protected] pictures of themselves holding up about an organized movement do we insist that everyone call signs decrying feminism, has met many perceive as racist, hostile, herself a feminist, as if the term MARA BENSING Many of us who consider our- the scorn of feminists who argue exclusive and anti-male. itself had the power to unite all CONNOR HEGWOOD selves feminists find it pretty cool that these women are merely re- The image of all feminists as people in support for women’s KIM SANNER that so many female celebrities sponding to feminist stereotypes bitter, misandrist victims is a ri- equality? creative designers (Beyoncé, Lena Dunham and and are misinformed on the defi- diculous stereotype that needs to Attempting to herd everyone now Emma Watson) have come nition of feminism: “the theory of be corrected, but not all women under the feminist label offers S. GALE DENLEY out publicly as feminists and the political, economic and social who decline to be called feminists an easy sense of community and STUDENT MEDIA CENTER pretty uncool that some others equality of the sexes.” believe in this trope. conveniently ignores the rifts of (Shailene Woodley of “Divergent” PATRICIA THOMPSON As with defining racism, Merri- Plenty of intelligent, empow- opinion within it. Director of Student Media and and Taylor Swift until very re- am-Webster can be an unhelpful ered women avoid the label for Daily Mississippian Faculty cently) have rejected the label. SEE FEMINISM PAGE 3 Adviser ROY FROSTENSON THE DAILY The Daily Mississippian The Daily Mississippian welcomes letters to the editor. Let- Assistant Director/Radio and is published Monday ters should be addressed to The Daily Mississippian, 201 Advertising MISSISSIPPIAN through Friday during Bishop Hall, P.O. Box 1848, University, MS, 38677-1848, MELANIE WADKINS S. 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