University of Mississippi eGrove Daily Mississippian Journalism and New Media, School of 9-25-2014 September 25, 2014 The Daily Mississippian Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline Recommended Citation The Daily Mississippian, "September 25, 2014" (2014). Daily Mississippian. 922. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/thedmonline/922 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Journalism and New Media, School of at eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in Daily Mississippian by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Thursday, September 25, 2014 THE DAILY Volume 103, No. 23 THE STUDENTMISSISSIPPIAN NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SERVING OLE MISS AND OXFORD SINCE 1911 Visit theDMonline.com @thedm_news opinion lifestyles sports CARTOON: How much Wommack Government Mustard is too prepares for food services much? Memphis offense Page 2 Page 4 Page 6 UPD discusses action plans for campus crisis PHOTO BY: THOMAS GRANING University Police Officer Michael Hughes watches on during a traffic stop in April. KYLE WOHLEBER to react to an active shooter also a call about a suspicious have been here to help us in the “We were having meetings [email protected] on campus. UPD Chief of Po- package in the Malco Movie past. They come and assist us in here 6 o’clock Friday night,” lice Calvin Sellers said the only Theater parking lot for which with a sweep of the football sta- Sellers said. “They were having threats he’s had to respond to in UPD brought in the Tupelo dium Friday nights before the meetings at the athletic depart- With the anonymous threats his time at the department have bomb squad. After investiga- games.” ment trying to decide what’s of violence causing cam- been bomb threats and uniden- tion it was determined neither The Friday before the Texas going to be our plan of action pus-wide lockdowns at the tified packages left at buildings. instance included a bomb. vs. Ole Miss game in Oxford if we get a bomb threat tomor- University of Alabama in Tus- Several years ago, there was a “UPD has their own explo- during the 2012 season, the row halfway into this football caloosa, the University Police bomb threat to a football play- sive detective canine to use in University of Texas in Austin game.” Department is being questioned er’s car, which required UPD such situations,” Sellers said. received a bomb threat that UPD decided if there was a about their own crisis plans. to fence off the area and in- “Batesville, Desoto County and threw the campus into a panic, bomb threat, they’d set up a Students at The University vestigate the claim. There was others all have bomb dogs and resulting in an evacuation. of Mississippi have never had SEE UPD PAGE 3 University dedicates inclusion and diversity center AMANDA WILSON ceremony, Chancellor Dan of concern for the latest ad- The center is under the di- “I’m so excited and grateful [email protected] Jones reflected on his experi- dition. Following Chancellor rection of Shawnboda Mead, a for the new step the universi- ence dealing with cross cultur- Jones’ diversity action plan, graduate of Mississippi State ty is making,” Reeves said. “I al engagements and diversity. the Center for Inclusion will and Western Kentucky Uni- believe this is long overdue, The Center for Inclusion and “This is a service for all stu- play a major role in creating versity and the former associ- and I’m hopeful it’ll bring the Cross Cultural Engagement dents to help make this a bet- programs and providing ser- ate director for Diversity and changes that many of us stu- officially opened Wednesday. ter place, a better state and a vices that encourage more Multicultural Education at dents are looking for.” Located on the first floor of better country,” Jones said. cross cultural experiences for The University of Tennessee. The dedication ceremony is the Stewart Residence Hall, Following Chancellor Jones, students. “We want to aid and give our part of UM’s Racial Reconcil- the center is the newest addi- Vice Chancellor for Student Hephner LaBanc explained attention to our underrepre- iation Week. tion to the university’s efforts Affairs Brandi Hephner La- the impact of students and sented students and popula- Ann-Marie Herod, co-direc- in promoting diversity on Banc spoke about how far the staff who created the idea for tion,” Mead said. tor of inclusion for the Asso- campus. The mission for the university has come and the the center. Kiesha Reeves, senior crimi- ciated Student Body, said she center is to “work enthusiasti- campus improvements due to “The dedication of the stu- nal justice major, said she be- is enthused about the univer- cally to develop programs and the dedication of students. dent group that first concep- lieves it’s time for the univer- sity’s latest effort. services that support The Uni- Beginning in 2012, under tualized this department has sity to make this step. Reeves “I’m very excited about the versity of Mississippi’s core previous vice chancellor Rob- come to final realization, and was the victim of racial dis- center being here at the uni- value of inclusiveness.” ert Khayat, the Multicultural the dedication of the faculty crimination last spring after versity,” Herod said. “It just The opening ceremony took Center Working Group be- and staff that supported their being harassed by Ole Miss shows the strides we’re mak- place outside of Stewart Hall gan the process of forming ideas through that process has students in the parking lot of ing as a whole to make Ole with an audience of students, the center, despite the years been rewarded,” she said. her apartment complex. Miss a better place.” faculty and staff. During the opinion PAGE 2 | THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN | 25 SEPTEMBER 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 asst. news editor [email protected] THOMAS GRANING multimedia editor [email protected] CLARA TURNAGE lifestyles editor [email protected] DYLAN RUBINO sports editor COLUMN [email protected] SIERRA MANNIE Silence in the face of evil opinion editor REID BLACK don’t struggle to pass any of my So why do some think that was able to escape that cycle. [email protected] [email protected] classes. I don’t fully understand understanding other people and But many people aren’t. I know how to interact with people from complex social issues can happen I have a lot to learn, but that’s be- CADY HERRING different backgrounds because “by osmosis”? cause something I can’t name has My name is Reid, and I’m a photography editor for the eight years I spent at my To give a very good and very told me to listen to the people I’ve white male from an upper-middle [email protected] K-12 private school, I was sur- relevant example, I’ve heard it been fortunate enough to have in class Protestant family. rounded almost entirely by peo- said countless times that “the way my life. I began private piano and vio- ELLEN WHITAKER ple just like me (at graduation, we to end racism is to stop talking Millions of people walk around lin lessons at the age of four, and ALLI MOORE made a joke of the homogeneity about it.” You might as well say daily, blind to the presence and to enrich my musical develop- MADDIE THEOBALD of our student body by taking a “the only way to end disease is to mechanisms of oppression. Those ment, I attended music festivals design editors “minorities” picture, in which I stop talking about it,” which of are millions of people who, armed and competitions in six different was included on account of being course, is foolish. with the right skills and knowl- states and even one in Europe. gay). What if Alexander Fleming had edge, could be actively fighting ADVERTISING STAFF: Starting in fifth grade, I was edu- When I say that I’ve learned kept the discovery of penicillin to against racism, sexism, classism cated at a private college prepara- more in my time here than I have himself? and the myriad of other problems MATT ZELENIK tory school, where I was not only at any other period in my life, I’m We are, however, still dying plaguing our society and others’. advertising sales manager encouraged but also shown exact- not exaggerating one bit. from racism, homophobia, sex- And they may not know they have [email protected] ly how to excel in the classroom But do you think that’s because ism and classism, which is why that ability, but they do. We all do. and on standardized exams. Now, I found other students with simi- it is so heartbreaking to me to So don’t stop talking about rac- EMILY FORSYTHE I’m attending a well-respected lar upbringings and clung to them hear people say, “We should just ism. Or homophobia. Or classism. DAVID JONES four-year university where I’m for dear life so that I wouldn’t stop talking about it because if Or anything. Start the dialogue, EVAN MILLER a member of the honors college have to face the real people of the we let those problems alone, they or if you don’t know how, listen to account executives and where I pay zero tuition due real world? should go away on their own.”I what’s already being said.