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Context committee to rename Vardaman Hall
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Students, faculty and members of the Oxford community gathered at the Ole Miss Inn on Monday for the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on History and Context Listening Session. During the meeting, the audience was encouraged to ask questions and comment on the progress made so far by the committee and what lies ahead before the deadline to submit final recommendations.
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he name of Vardaman Hall will be changed and seven other sites on campus will be altered or contextualized, the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on History and Context said Monday. The committee is currently taking recommendations for the contextualizing material for Lamar Hall, Barnard Observato-
ry, Longstreet Hall and George Hall, with a deadline of the semester’s end to submit their final recommendations. Antebellum sites such as the Lyceum, Barnard Hall, Croft and Hilgard Cut are also being considered for contextualizing because they were each built by enslaved people. These sites were determined during phase one of the committee’s charge, which took recommendations through their website starting in August. The committee received
45 buildings or places recommended for change. In phase one, members of the committee gathered these recommendations and researched each of them in order to form an opinion on whether it needed contextualization. The committee met eight times last semester. The committee was met with many questions from the the 50 or so students, faculty and community members in the listening session. Several students posed ques-
tions to Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter who, after opening up the meeting and hearing the introductions led by members of the committee, left. Jackson Lovelady, freshman business management major who asked several questions at the meeting, said he felt his questions could have been better answered had the chancellor been there. “If the chancellor was here, (my question) would have been answered,” Lovelady said.
One of Lovelady’s final questions was about the organization of the committee. Who has the final say in whether a building is contextualized or not? Lovelady asked. “The chancellor,” said Donald Cole, provost for academic affairs, who answered the majority of the questions. The meeting was recorded on video and several students took notes; Cole said these materials
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A long-running feud over the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag is moving onto a new legal battlefield. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday over reviving a 2016 lawsuit filed by an African-American attorney, Carlos Moore. He contends the flag is “state-sanctioned hate speech.” In a state with a 38 percent black population, Moore says the flag sends an unconstitutional message that black residents, including his young daughter, are
second-class citizens. The flag has been used since 1894, causing division for generations. Opponents say it’s a reminder of slavery and segregation, while supporters say it represents history and heritage. U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves dismissed Moore’s suit in September, saying Moore lacked legal standing to sue because he failed to show the emblem caused an identifiable legal injury. Moore wants the appeals court to order Reeves to hold a full trial on his arguments. “To the extent Judge Reeves discussed the merits, he had some things to say which were
very much in accord with the allegations Carlos made,” said Moore’s attorney, Mike Scott. Republican Gov. Phil Bryant has said repeatedly that if the flag design is to be reconsidered, it should be done by the voters, not by lawmakers or the courts. On behalf Bryant, state assistant attorneys general Douglas Miracle and Harold Pizzetta wrote in arguments to the appeals court: “The district court was correct that Moore fails to identify that part of the Constitution that guarantees a legal right to be free of anxiety.” Mississippi’s state flag is the last in the nation to prominent-
ly feature the Confederate battle emblem — a red field topped by a blue X dotted with 13 white stars. In a 2001 referendum, voters chose to keep it. Like other Confederate symbols, the Mississippi flag has come under increased scrutiny since the June 2015 killings of black worshippers in South Carolina. The white man convicted in 2016 in that case had posed with the Confederate battle flag in photos published online. Several cities and counties and seven of Mississippi’s eight public universities have stopped flying the state flag. In dismissing Moore’s suit, Reeves, who is also Afri-
can-American, picked apart arguments made outside the courtroom by many flag supporters who say Mississippi’s secession from the union before the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery. Reeves quoted the state’s 1861 secession declaration, which said: “Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery — the greatest material interest of the world.” Then, the judge continued in his own words: “To put it plainly, Mississippi was so devoted to the subjugation of African-Americans that it sought to form a new nation predicated upon white supremacy.”
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Trump and the transgender student: On hypocrisy
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Donald Trump isn’t working to protect the youth of America. Not all of us, anyway. The Trump administration withdrew the Title IX protection of transgender people to use the restroom that corresponds to their gender a few weeks ago, and while this is of great concern for many students, it received little public attention.
This is probably due to the fact that the new administration does so many shocking things in a single week that the media, much less the public, can hardly keep up. The inability to constantly comprehend the decisions from The White House creates a need in the average citizen to reflect on the consequences and implications of Trump’s actions. Like far too many of the new policies, this one is not grounded in reality, but false perceptions. One of these false perceptions is transgender students are a danger to other students. The narrative that transgender people are more likely to harm others in the restroom is not only a false one, but a dangerous one. Transphobia presents a
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real threat to those who simply want to go into the bathroom that matches their gender. More than one in 10 in the people in the transgender population have been verbally harassed in a public restroom in the past year. One percent have been physically attacked as well as one percent who have been physically assaulted. These figures are not surprising given the widespread support of transphobic policies such as Mississippi House Bill 1523, the Religious Liberty Accommodations Act. What is surprising, however, is a president who would openly disregard the facts to receive support from a particular faction of the country. Party before nation in deed – but not word – is
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continued from page 1 would be given to Vitter after the meeting. Tysiana Marino, a senior public policy leadership major and president of the university chapter of the NAACP also asked why some buildings were chosen above others. Cole said these buildings were only what the committee had determined to be the most necessary changes. “It’s very difficult for me to give a precise threshold of which a building might be renamed,” Cole said. Ashkan Asghari, a freshman marketing major, only asked PHOTO BY: CAMERON BROOKS one question during the meet- Jaime Harker, professor of English and the director of the Sarah Isom Center for ing, but he asked it three times. Women and Gender Studies, asks a question during the CAHC Listening Session “This question is repeat- on Monday at the Inn. ed once again. I did not get an answer last time I asked it,” tion, said it was not the “com- think in the future the chancelAsghari said. “Is the student mittee’s charge to decide if the lor should consider that it’s not body – each and every student students get a vote or not, but always about who has the most at Ole Miss – going to have a certainly that’s something that pull in the community but who we want to press forward.” has the most knowledge to comchance to vote on this or not?” Several others asked about mit to the project,” Marino said. Asghari said he felt his questhe level of student involvement “To reach more people should tion was not answered. and why there were so few stunot be that big of a pull for him “The participants who chose dents on the committee. (Vitter).” to answer my question basically “This is something that would There is only one student on said not always does the majoribe more appropriately directthe committee: Austin Powty need their voices heard – it deed to Chancellor Vitter, but … I ell, current Associated Student pends on the situation,” Asghari said. “I’m not for or against the names, I’m just looking for the voices of the students being heard. My parents come from a very closed country, Iran, which is a dictatorship. No one has a vote there, basically. I just don’t want to see that.” Ty Deemer, a freshman public policy leadership major and member of the ASB Senate said he understood that a schoolwide vote was not feasible, but asked if the issue could instead be put to a senate vote. “At the end of the day, you have one person representing 18,000 students. It’s hard to get all these opinions through one person. Can’t we do what the ASB Senate is outlined to do?” Deemer said. “At this point, people on both sides of the issue aren’t happy. Nobody is being heard. There is no discussion. It doesn’t matter what side you stand on, you want to be heard.” Jennifer Stollman, academic director of the William Winter Institute of Racial Reconcilia33642
“This is the first time I actually heard that the chancellor chose the members of the committee,” said Allen Coon, an ASB senator and junior public policy leadership major. “I just want to clarify that there were two students who were nominated with the expertise requested…I just find it surprising that two students nominated by the student body to serve the committee and neither were chosen.” Powell said students who want a voice should become involved in ASB or speak to their representatives. Powell said similarly to how citizens rely on their representatives in state and national governments, concerned students should come to their student representatives so that their opinions and stances are known. Another common concern among students was first posed by Terrence Johnson, a journalism major. “Is this process more so about education and contextualizing everything or is it more so, honestly, about appeasement?” Johnson said. “If we are this flagship institution … we need
to be honest about our history.” Cole told the audience meetings like the listening session gave the committee enough input to make the contextualization meaningful, and not just an appeasement. The university’s primary moniker, Ole Miss, was raised as a possible subject of contextualization or change but Cole said it was not currently on the table. Bryan Kessler, a graduate student in the history department, said he was concerned the deadline for the contextualization committee was so early. He warned that speed can often lead to haste. Kessler also said he was concerned the committee would consider the university’s reputation too much when making the decision to contextualize a building. The next listening session will be held at 6:30 p.m. March 23 in the Burns-Belfry Museum on Jackson Avenue. Until then, a forum has been opened at context.olemiss.edu for community members to submit input to the committee. This forum will close March 31.
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Poet Molly MuCully Brown at Off Square Books JONATHAN GIBSON
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A local poet is bringing a taste of the darker side of Virginian history to Oxford tomorrow at 5 p.m. at Off Square Books. Poet and author Molly McCully Brown will be reading excerpts from her new book “The Virginia State Colony For Epileptics and Feebleminded.” The book features poems from the perspective of patients and staff in the Virginia State Colony, a mental institution near Lynchburg, Virginia, at the center of the American eugenics movement in the 20th century. “I got really interested in the Colony because I grew up just a couple of miles from there,” Brown said. “From about 1915 to 1955, thousands of people with mental and physical disabilities were forcibly admitted to this hospital and sterilized, largely without their consent and often without their knowledge.” Brown has cerebral palsy, a neurological disorder affecting muscle tone, balance and motor function, and because of this she found a connection with the patients
at the Colony. “I had this moment where I sort of realized that if I had been born in the same part of the world 50 years ago, I would have been a prime
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candidate for this hospital,” Brown said. Brown has been a writer her entire life, and her parents — both novelists — encouraged her pursuits
throughout her childhood and into her later years. “My parents like to joke that my small rebellion in life was that I was a poet and not a fiction writer,” Brown said. “But writing poetry has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.” Brown’s perspective on the world has been changed dramatically by poetry and the poets she admires. She said the thing she loves about being a writer is training herself to pay more attention to the world and the things people ordinarily might miss. “I find the world inspiring — both in the moments when it’s beautiful and a wonderful place to be, and in moments like in this book, that are darker,” Brown said. “The primary job of the writer is to pay attention and figure what we have to say back to the world.” While her book will be officially released tonight at Square Books, Brown has allowed some people to preview her work and has had several teachers use it in classes. “It’s cool to see how people have reacted to this thing that for so long only existed inside my head,” Brown
said. “It’s fun to see something that you’ve dreamed up become an object in the world. Now it’s a real thing that I can hold, and that’s kind of amazing.” Brown said writing her book did not come without its difficult moments. Between drafting, multiple rounds of revisions and finally getting published, she faced a great deal of anxiety. “Any time you take something you care about and put it out in the world, that’s an anxiety-producing thing,” Brown said. “I think it’s because it’s not just a set of poems about my life or a place I grew up; it’s a set of poems about a really difficult and dark and important part of American history. I hope that I did justice to this thing and these people who lived these lives.” The event will be free to the public, and copies of “The Virginia Colony” will be available for purchase. “I’m excited,” Brown said. “I’m really grateful to all the people at Square Books for this opportunity, and I can’t wait to share this moment with them.”
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‘For Honor’ is solid, approachable combat game MATTHEW BARNTHOUSE mlbarnth@go.olemiss.edu
Ubisoft’s “For Honor” is a solid, engaging combat game that finds a great balance between approachability and challenge. It is far from perfect, but definitely a game worth trying out, especially for those that enjoy melee combat games. First off, the game is absolutely gorgeous. It captures the raw carnage of medieval combat, which also means that the game is quite gory at times. Those that do not like blood and severed limbs should stay away from “For Honor.” Those with a PlayStation 4 Pro get an even more beautiful game, as it is capable of playing on 4K. However, if slicing up knights is one’s forte, then “For Honor” is a great choice. The controls are responsive and easy to learn, but the more complex moves are far harder to master. This allows the player to jump in early to have fun, while also having a reason to stay for the long haul. Every move has a counter, so it takes
actual smarts and strategy to win every battle. This may not be the best title for those that enjoy button-mashing, but it is still fun either way. The single-player story is fairly interesting, but it isn’t the selling point of the game. “For Honor” truly shines with it’s online play. Even with my so-so internet connection, I experienced minimal lag, and was able to make my moves and time combos just fine.
This, like most online games, are more fun with friends. However, it is still pretty fun to play on one’s own. If there is any criticism to have with “For Honor,” it isn’t with the gameplay. It takes up over 40 GB just to install with the disc version, and will probably take up even more space as updates are added throughout its lifecycle. That means deleting games in one’s PlayStation library will probably
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be necessary before trying out “For Honor.” Also, the game forces the player to always have an online connection, even for single player mode. For those that only play games at their house, that shouldn’t be a problem. However, for somebody that travels a lot, and enjoys playing PlayStation games in hotel rooms with less-than-adequate wifi, it becomes a huge problem. “For Honor” is a
game meant for the domesticated human being. Online matchmaking needs to be improved drastically as well. For the amount of players online, there are way too many instances where teams are filled with computer-controlled bots. Thank goodness the bots are actually pretty smart, and aren’t bad teammates, but players want to be playing against other players. In the grand scheme of things, these are minor complaints that don’t take away too much from an otherwise stellar game. “For Honor” is a perfect game for melee combat fans, and a very good choice for those who just want to try out a fun, approachable game. Final Verdict: 8.5/10 Author’s Note: This game was reviewed on a standard PlayStation 4. It has enhancements on the PlayStation 4 Pro, and is also available on Xbox One and Microsoft Windows.
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er, none of them are viewed by scouts as ready to step in and start right away. That does not mean there will not be quarterbacks taken in the first 10 picks. Less than a third of the league has a franchise quarterback. The rest are looking for one. That need places high priority on grabbing a rookie and hoping for production. Do not expect a quarterback from this class to perform to the level of Dak Prescott. The offensive line is usually the deepest position. This year, I do not see a guy that is a lock to be great. Last year’s draft gave us Tunsil, Ronnie Stanley and Jack Conklin who will all be pro bowl level talents for many years. The top of this year’s class is Ryan Ramczyk of Wisconsin, Garrett Bolles of Utah and Cam Robinson of Alabama. Ramczyk and Bolles only have one year of experience starting at the Division I level. Robinson is an established run blocker with inconsistent production in the passing game. Bolles is athletically superior with a high ceiling. Ramczyk is the most talented, but he is sidelined currently after hip surgery. Robinson’s inconsistencies combined with a gun and drug charge has people questioning him. The lack of a sure thing at offensive tackle has allowed guards like Dan Feeney and Forrest Lamp to enter the first round conversation. There are many teams between picks 20 and 32 of the first round including Denver, Detroit, the New York Giants, Houston and Seattle. At least two linemen will be picked in this range. Overall, this is a fun group of prospects. There are at least 40 players who are worthy of a first round pick. This surplus of talent will overflow into the second day of the draft. Do not be surprised if the rookie of the year is a player drafted in the second round or later. With free agency beginning this week, team needs will become clearer and that will start to shape how the draft will go. There are a lot of possibilities that will take place between now and April 27. 7
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49ers and is essentially a lock for the top 15. With the injury questions and the questionable choices made at the combine, this could cause the draft day fall similar to that of Laremy Tunsil. Three positions have dominated the first pick in recent memory: quarterback, defensive end and offensive tackle. With Myles Garrett being a generational talent, he will be the choice for the Cleveland Browns. Even if he was not the sure thing, the other two positions present no threat to that coveted spot. In a projected historically deep draft, highPHOTO BY: AARON M. SPRECHER VIA AP end quarterbacks and offensive Washington wide receiver John Ross runs during the 40-yard dash at the NFL linemen will not be found. football scouting combine on Saturday, March 4, 2017, in Indianapolis. The top four quarterbacks as ness that all Temple players game tape and track record of now are Mitchell Trubisky of play with will almost guarantee for the Crimson Tide defense North Carolina, Deshaun Wathimself as first rounder. Teams makes him one of the 10 best son of Clemson, DeShone Kizlike the Miami Dolphins, Cin- players in this draft. However, er of Notre Dame and Patrick cinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh he has an injured shoulder. On Mahomes II of Texas Tech. All Steelers could use his services top of that, he was sent home four have an edge in some area. to get younger and faster at the from the combine before his Trubisky is the most accurate. workout for an altercation with Watson is the most proven. linebacker position. Not all players were able to a hospital worker during the Kizer has the desired frame and solidify or improve their status medical evaluations. Without stature of a franchise quarterthese questions, he has been back. Mahomes has an one of in this year’s draft. The All-American linebacker projected as high as the sec- the strongest arms ever seen from Alabama Reuben Foster’s ond pick to the San Francisco coming out of college. Howev-
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Saiz wins C Spire Howell Trophy ANNIE MAPP
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Ole Miss senior forward Sebastian Saiz won the C Spire Howell Trophy on Monday, an award recognizing the best college basketball player in the state of Mississippi. Saiz has averaged 15.1 points per game this season and leads the Southeastern Conference with 10.9 rebounds per game. At 6-foot-9, he has 19 double-doubles on the season and has been a leader for the 19-12 Rebels who return to the court in Nashville, Tennessee on Thursday night in the SEC basketball tournament. He recorded his 19th and most recent double-double of the season in a 75-70 win against South Carolina on Saturday. He had 21 points and 15 rebounds. As a native from Madrid, Spain, Saiz traveled a long way from home to play college basketball, which brought its own unique set of challenges and adjustments. That hasn’t stopped him from becoming one of the best players to ever play for Ole Miss Saiz joined former Rebel Murphy Holloway as the only players in the 1000-point, 900-rebound club in program history. Currently, he ranks seventh in the nation in rebounding. He is also to the first player in program history and just the 16th player in SEC history to record 1000 points, 900 rebounds and 100 blocked shots. With Saiz earning this honor, it is now the fifth straight year an Ole Miss basketball player has received the Howell Trophy. Other players who received it include Stefan Moody (2015 and 2016), Jarvis Sum-
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Senior forward Sebastian Saiz was awarded the Howell Trophy on Monday. The Howell Trophy awards the best college basketball player in the state of Mississippi and was the fifth straight Howell Trophy winner for the Rebels. mers (2014) and Marshall guard Quinndary WeatherHenderson (2013). spoon and Delta State guard “I’m proud of him,” said Ole Devin Schmidt. The winner of Miss head coach Andy Kenne- the award was selected based dy. “He deserves this.” off votes from a state-wide meOther Howell Trophy final- dia panel and fan voting conists included Mississippi State ducted by C Spire.
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Whose draft stoke rose and fell at the NFL combine JOSH GOLLIHAR
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Over the past week in Indianapolis, the NFL’s executives, coaches, scouts and media converged at Lucas Oil Stadium for the 2017 NFL Scouting Combine. This is an opportunity for everyone to be on a level playing field when it comes to medical evaluations, physical testing and on-field drills. Every year, a group of players either makes money by having a strong week, or there are some players who fall down draft boards with a poor showing. These are the players who helped their draft stock: Evan Engram: A player who dropped everybody’s jaw is a name very familiar to Rebel fans - Evan Engram. Coming into this week, the knock on Engram was his smaller frame for a tight end at 6-feet-3-inches and 234 pounds. However, matchup players are becoming vital in the evolving passing game at the professional level. Engram compares both physically to NFL Pro Bowl tight end Jordan Reed with the same height and weight, and on the field as an off-the-line tight end who cannot be covered by corners, safeties or linebackers. Engram did not let a ball touch the ground
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Despite the small frame of Evan Engram at the tight end position, Engram turned many heads at the NFL combine this weekend. during the receiver drills and He fits perfectly with the Green ran the fastest 40-yard dash of Bay Packers at 29 and the New all tight ends at 4.42 seconds. England Patriots at 32. Engram is in the conversation Alvin Kamara: SEC fans for a late first-round selection. should be thrilled this player
was underused at Tennessee. Alvin Kamara is a three-down back with the ability to run between the tackles, off tackle and catch the ball out of the backfield and in the slot as a wide out. His jumps were what set him apart from the rest of the running backs. He had a vertical jump of 39.5 inches and a broad jump of 10-foot-11. These numbers coming from a 5-foot10 frame are rare. The talk for running backs hovers toward Leonard Fournette, Dalvin Cook and Christian McCaffrey, but Kamara should be a first round pick. At a position that is the victim of constant abuse, Kamara’s lack of carries could be a plus for teams comparing him to the heavy workload of the top three. Obi Melifonwu: The game is seeing passing numbers that are unprecedented. The answer to that is having a secondary full of shutdown guys and versatile skill sets. Obi Melifonwu of UCONN represents this perfectly. He turns heads when he walks in the building measuring at 6-feet-4-inches and 224 pounds. Those numbers scream safety, but not so fast. He posted a 4.4 second 40-yard dash and noteworthy jumps of a 44-inch vertical and a broad of 11-foot-9. That athleticism
paired with above average ball skills will allow him to play as a cover one single-high safety, play press man coverage as a corner and serve as a matchup safety against tight ends. A player like Melifonwu is the answer to hybrid tight ends and running backs who can play as receivers. His range in the draft is anywhere from pick 20 to pick 40. His physical presence fits best with the Baltimore Ravens and the Seattle Seahawks. John Ross III: The big news coming out of Indianapolis happened on Saturday when John Ross III of Washington broke Chris Johnson’s 40-yard dash of 4.24 seconds. Ross posted a time of 4.22 seconds. Already viewed as one of the best receivers in the draft, this number only helps him as a prospect. The slight on Ross is he fits the Brandin Cooks mold at 5-feet11-inches. Before the combine, most viewed Ross as a fringe first round pick who might get overlooked because of the elite defensive talent. Now, with documented record-breaking speed, he is almost a lock for the first round. The Philadelphia Eagles, Tennessee Titans and Tampa Bay Buccaneers could use a deep threat receiver
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