THE DAILY
MISSISSIPPIAN
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Volume 103, No. 108
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cution and intensive investigation (only he had his cell phone kemcfadd@go.olemiss.edu seized, computer seized, vehicle The former Ole Miss student FBI searched, dorm room FBI indicted on charges regarding searched and even his family’s the desecration of the statue of Georgia home FBI searched). James Meredith has pleaded not The other two have apparently received federal forgiveness for guilty to two charges. Graeme Phillip Harris, 20, any involvement, or at least after and two others were initially in- 13 months have not been intenvestigated for placing a noose sively investigated nor indicted, and a former Georgia state flag even though the government has exhibiting the Confederate stars known who they are since about and bars on the statue of James February 18, 2014. The title of Meredith, the first black student the Friday, March 27, 2015, Department of Justice press release to attend the university. The Daily Mississippian broke proclaimed that the ‘man who the news of the statue desecra- tied rope around neck of James Meredith Statue on University tion on Feb. 17, 2014. A member of the Mississippi of Mississippi Campus’ was ‘inAlpha chapter of Sigma Phi Ep- dicted on civil rights charges,’ silon fraternity, Harris left the which is patently untrue. Graeme university following the incident, Harris did not tie a rope around and the fraternity chapter was the neck of the James Meredith statue, and the student who adlater shut down due to hazing. Harris is currently free on a mitted to that action was not in$10,000 bond with travel restric- dicted. “Though Graeme’s presence tions to northern Georgia and Mississippi for court visits and at such an insensitive event was middle Georgia for school. If con- a serious lack of judgment, he victed, Harris faces a maximum has physically injured no one. He did not intend to threaten, of 11 years in prison. The investigation is ongoing, intimidate, or oppress any single and is being investigated by by individual or group. He did not the FBI’s Jackson, Mississip- understand the ramifications of pi, Division’s Oxford Resident his actions as anything beyond a drunken prank. Agency and the In order to conUniversity of Misvict him, the law sissippi Police Derequires that partment. The case Graeme have is being prosecuted intent to injure, by the Justice Deintimidate, oppartment’s Civil press or threaten, Rights Division and which he did not. the U.S. Attorney’s Graeme Harris is Office of the Northnot guilty of the ern District of Misgovernment’s sissippi. criminal charges David Hill, Harbrought against ris’ lawyer, released him, and in spite a statement Monof the certainty day regarding his expressed in the client’s involveCOURTESY: FACEBOOK.COM DOJ press release ment in the incion Friday and the dent: multitude of news sources since, “In the early morning hours the American public should reof Feb. 16, 2014, three Georgia member that Graeme Harris is teenagers, after a night of binge only accused and not convictdrinking in a university fraternied, and conviction requires evity house, engaged in alcohol-fudence, not press releases.” eled conduct that was foolish, On Friday, the Department insensitive and offensive. Only of Justice charged Harris with one of those teenagers, Graeme Harris, was selected for prose-
KYLIE MCFADDEN
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Student Joanna Ng recycles a water bottle at the Student Union Monday.
CAROLINE CALLAWAY cdcallaw@go.olemiss.edu
The Ole Miss Recycles program is a collaborative effort between various organizations on campus and the city of Oxford. According to Amberlyn Liles, director of Oxford Sanitation and Recycling, the university averages anywhere from 16,000 to 60,000 pounds in recyclables each month. She said some months, namely May and December, are “heavier” than others because of the number of students leaving the university who may be recycling items they don’t plan to take with them. All of the money that comes from the recyclable materials does not come back to the university, however; it goes straight into the Oxford community. Currently, the price per ton of recyclables in Oxford is about $100. This means that on average, the university helps the city of Oxford generate between $800 and $3,000 per month. In addition to that, the city pays a $36 tipping fee every time they dump one ton of solid waste into the landfill. The money that is saved from recycling is put into the city’s General Fund, which funds most of the de-
partments within the city. Dumpsters for non-recyclable solid waste are found at nearly every turn on campus, behind residence halls and academic buildings, but finding a recyclable-specific dumpster on campus is rare. Ole Miss students who work on campus and are more familiar with the ins-and-outs of the university are at a loss as to where the recyclables go once they are emptied from their respective bins. “I am not entirely sure where the recyclables go,” said Summer Wigley, community assistant for Crosby Hall. “I know the bin will be full one day and empty the next.” Ole Miss housing handles the recycling from residence halls. The employees of custodial contractor Sodexo dispose of the recyclable materials near the Sodexo office, a small building located at the back of the Kincannon parking lot. A custodial worker for Sodexo in Crosby Hall, Vaterious Polk, explained that recyclables from the trash room in that residence hall are taken to a specific dumpster that is a bit of a distance away from Crosby. A different crew handles game day and special event recycling.
PHOTO BY: MARLEE CRAWFORD
Since these events are outdoors, the Landscaping Department handles the disposal of those materials. Instead of being taken to the physical plant on campus, the recyclables handled by the Landscaping Department are taken directly to the Oxford Recycling Facility, where they are sorted and transported elsewhere. The collection and disposal of recyclables for the academic buildings is a little more complicated than that of the residence halls and outdoors. At night, custodial staff from the physical plant collect the recyclables from academic buildings; this includes buildings with classrooms as well as buildings that are just there to serve the students, like the library and the student union. Once the materials are collected, they are set outside the buildings and another team of physical plant employees picks them up. Plastic and aluminum are taken to recyclable-specific dumpsters either behind Fulton Chapel or the football stadium. From there, the materials are collected by Oxford Recycling and taken to their facilities. Paper is handled differently.
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