The Daily Mississippian - June 2, 2015

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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Volume 103, No. 130

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Ole Miss’ Texans affected by flood Faculty chair drive

honors chancellor CLARA TURNAGE

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Across campus faculty, staff and alumni are working to host a $1.5 million faculty chair drive in honor of Chancellor Dan Jones.

The drive, announced on May 15, only has 16 days left, but Wendell Weakley, president and CEO of the University of Mississippi Foundation, said they have every reason to believe they will hit the $1.5 million minimum.

Weakley said the Athletics Association, Women’s Council, Alumni Association, Faculty Senate, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Ole Miss staff and many other groups on campus made the drive possible.

“All of those groups came together in a fairly short period of time to help in the process of reaching out to all constituent groups,” Weakley said.

Though many chairs are designed for one department or area of campus, Weakley said this one was designed to encompass any part of campus.

“This chair, we felt, should

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be broad-based,” Weakley said. “It will allow the provost to use it for the highest and best need of the university. It could go many different schools over its lifetime.

Whatever the greatest need is.”

The funds could go into effect as early as this August depending on the results of the drive, he said. If the drive is met with the minimum $1.5 million and no more, the funds will be put away for 24 months to acquire interest before the chair is installed. If the funds exceed that amount enough, the endowment will become available as early as this August.

The drive for this chair, held predominately online on ignite.olemiss.edu, the university crowdfunding site, is divided into three groups: faculty, staff and alumni.

“Each group wanted to have their own identity and show their support for this initiative,” Weakley said. “When you add these three pieces together, that sum will be the

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Parking and Transportation changes for summer session DM STAFF REPORT Parking and bus schedules for the summer sessions change to acclimate to the reduction in students in Oxford.

The Park and Ride busses do not run during the summer sessions, Director of Parking and Transportation Mike Harris said. To compensate, students can park in any lot that is not designated for faculty and staff or reserved. “It’s a pretty laid back time for us especially compared to the rest of the year,” Harris said.

Though there will be many students visiting for orientation and summer camps, Harris said they will park in the Residential College lots and should not be a hindrance to students.

“Be aware of the camps going on,” Harris said. “You

have a lot of families dropping off their kids.”

The Oxford University Transit will also have altered schedules, Superintendent Ron Biggs said. The schedules are changed during summer and Christmas due to the decrease in ridership and profit,” Biggs said.

The Orange Line and Lyceum line will not operate from May 11 – August 17. Time and interval changes have also been made to all other lines.

The Red Line will run from 6:15 a.m. – 6:15 p.m. Monday – Friday and 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Saturday. The Green Line will operate from 7 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. with intervals of 30 minutes. The Yellow Line will run from 7:10 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. with 30-minute intervals.

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A Parking and Transportation Services employee issues a ticket for a parking infraction Monday.

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Can mission trips be wasteful?

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In the past few months, with the onset of spring break and summer vacation, I’ve been paying particular attention to social media in order to follow what my friends are doing.

High school graduation a couple of years ago sent many of us in different directions, so it’s a good way to keep in touch and not miss out on their experiences.

A lot of the photos and statuses I have been seeing lately are from mission trips that my friends have taken to big American cities or foreign countries, often third world, where there is significant poverty, among a multitude of other issues.

However, much of what I am seeing makes me wonder how they could really be considered mission trips at all.

Trips for sure, but maybe not so much missions.

Before you question my background, yes, I do consider myself a Christian, and no, I have never been on a mission trip.

Much of the reason for this

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is that I question their intentions completely. I see all these heartwarming pictures of people with poor children in areas that most would consider uninhabitable, but, later in the album, I see pictures of everyone in a resort or at a ball game.

It gets me thinking how much aid these do-gooders are actually providing. In fact, I have heard friends say when they got back, “We built half of a tiny house in two days then went to the beach for the rest of the trip.”

That is, in no way, a mission trip; that’s a vacation. What’s even worse is that these “missions” are tax-deductible.

Many who go on these religious endeavors probably don’t even notice what they are doing. Why? Mission trips make people feel good about themselves.

They leave their homes to venture off to faraway places to provide service to those in need while simultaneously sharing the gospel. They allow people to play hero for a little

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while and “make a difference.”

In doing this, they ignore the ways to really help the needy, not to mention the reality that there are people twenty miles away that may need help just as much as those that are 3,000 miles away.

Moreover, do missionaries realize how it must make those helpless souls feel when, after spending the day with them, they travel back to their fourstar hotels and enjoy hot food and soft beds as opposed to little to no food and the cold, hard ground?

Even if your trip does encompass eating what they eat and sleeping where they sleep, look at the situation from an economic standpoint.

Aside from medical assistance, the people in these poor cities and third world countries don’t really need anything but money and supplies.

Venturing over there and building a house or a church for them is unnecessary, because you’re providing unskilled labor to places full

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of it. In fact, the money you spend getting there is often more than the yearly wages of the workers wherever you’re going. If you truly want to make a difference, stay home and donate the money.

There are plenty of good causes to contribute to.

Stop Hunger Now is a program in which the church raises money and then packs meals to send abroad. If you want to provide something more sustainable, Heifer International allows you to purchase different kinds of livestock to send anywhere in the world.

Just remember that for every expensive plane ticket purchased and every hotel room booked, there’s a lot less money that goes where it should. After all, the intention is to help someone in need, so do it effectively, not wastefully.

Mark Sandefur is a junior civil engineering and public policy major from Madison, Mississippi.

news Ole Miss students from Texas feel impact of national disaster CLARA TURNAGE

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With the highest number of out-of-state students from any state – more than 1,159 students just last year – the recent flooding in Texas has affected a number of Ole Miss students and alumni.

The floods in May rained enough to cover the entire state in over eight inches of water CNN reported Saturday and NBC News reported the number of dead had risen to 24 on that same day. The flooding has heavily affected Houston, San Antonio and Austin with numerous small towns and communities in between.

Furqani al-Amin, sophomore management information systems major, lives in Houston.

He said his car was filled with water and totaled on May 12 while parked on the curb in front of his home.

“I hadn’t had my car for a full year,” al-Amin said. “Multiple of my neighbors cars were flooded but not like mine. I was devastated.”

Al-Amin will not be able to return to Ole Miss due to financial issues.

“That’s more money that my parents shouldn’t have to worry about,” al-Amin said.

Rachel Clark, a graduate of 2013 had nearly 3 feet of flooding in her neighborhood in Midtown and said there was 4-5 feet of water in the downtown area.

“Several homes and businesses in that part of town withstood some intense water damage, but the streets were clear of water and debris by the time I drove to work on Tuesday after Memorial Day,” Clark said.

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Daniel Minus, who lives outside of San Antonio, said parts of her families land was covered in as much as 6-7 inches of water, though her home, standing on a hill, only had 2-3 inches.

The flooding made many roads impassable for Minus, who traveled to Nashville and was delayed nearly 3 hours because of highway flooding.

“I had to wait a few hours to get on the road because they had closed it off and they had to drain out water on the highway,” Minus said.

Minus said knowing that the flood was taking lives as close as Wemberly, a town only 60 miles from her, is hard to grasp.

“It’s just heart-wrenching to know,” Minus said. “It’s horrible to see on the news that it’s in your state.”

Gabriella Gonzaba, a senior secondary social studies education major also from San Antonio, is an orientation leader on campus this summer.

“It’s really hard having to be here. I just went home for the weekend but now I’m here. It’s hard seeing everyone struggle there and I’m here,” Gonzaba said. “I can’t help in any way. I can’t take my siblings to school, I’m 12 hours away.”

Gonzaba said her community had experienced flooding before, but not like this.

“We were not prepared for this,” Gonzaba said. “It just hit us.”

Gonzaba, too, said it was hard to cope with the reality of this situation.

“It’s actually people you know,” Gonzaba said. “People ask me, ‘Does that affect you?’

Yeah. You think those things affect people you don’t know or strangers. Those are people you sit in class with, those are people down the hall from each other. Just keep praying for the families because we have so many Ole Miss from Texas.”

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continued from page 1 fund that ultimately goes into the endowment for the chair.”

Wendell Weakley said the UM Foundation was a “driving force” behind the concept due to the number of board members who wanted to give back to Jones - specifically Susan Thames.

Susan Thames said after working with or under Jones for more than 12 years, she wanted to support something in his honor that would serve his interests.

Thames said this particular gift would help the university to continue to grow and accumulate top-level professors.

“This is the greatest incentive to bring in excellent faculty from around the country,” Thames said. “It’s crucial in the recruitment and the retention of gifted professors.”

Thames said his many contributions to the University of Mississippi Medical Center and his tenure as chancellor “brought magnanimous tribute to both institutions.”

“Every time someone came to him and said ‘I need help’ – whether it was a student, a volunteer, faculty or staff – he was right there,” Thames said.

“You just don’t get that kind of hands-on assistance from people in that high of a leadership position and he always was there. This man has done more for this state and its institutions than anyone that I could ever even imagine.”

Weakley said those involved in the gift kept it a secret until the surprise announcement on May 15.

“It was really a great day,” Weakley said. “It was a very touching moment. It was clearly the right gesture for someone that thinks about service as much as he does.”

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During orientation and the beginning of each school year, signs welcoming the newest freshman class greatly outnumber the few signs that acknowledge students who transfer from other schools to Ole Miss. But don’t be fooled by the lack of signs: Thousands of transfer students attend the university, and many are as involved in campus organizations as COURTESY: walterhowardzinn.com other, COURTESY: kelllyformississippi.com more traditional students.

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College, spent spring semester university, traditional students Don’t overwhelm yourself just in France on a study abroad trip. are going to be the ones that or- because you may feel behind,” She is a member of Phi Theta ganizations cater to,” Sim said. Inman said. “Don’t be intimiKappa Alumni, the Golden Key “However, in my two years at dated. There are plenty of ways International Honour Society, Ole Miss I can already see more to get involved on campus, and Ole Miss Democrats, Students of a push for transfer students there are many people who want for a Green Campus and Kappa to become actively involved in to help you succeed. You will be Alpha Theta sorority. campus.” just as successful at a university Anna-Lauren Inman, a senior as you were at your community biology and pre-med major, college. It will just take a little agreed. Inman transferred to time to get used to.”

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With shining tracks like “L$D”, “Electric Body”, “Lord Pretty Flacko Jodye 2”, and “Jukebox Joints”, A$ap Rocky’s album certainly continues his murky, cloud rap aesthetic with an all-star set of collaborators and producers. Also, though, the work is an obvious testament to A$ap Rocky’s recent experimentations with psychedelics and women, a phase which seems to pass through the lives of many musicians.

A$AP Rocky’s “A.L.L.A.” is regarded by many a solid album, though at times not altogether clear or appropriate.

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Of course, he does show that his heart isn’t entirely made of ice in a line which some say is about A$AP Rocky’s crush on Rihanna: “Ain’t nothing better than the pretty big forehead b---h,” raps A$AP Rocky in “Jukebox Joint.”

At least A$AP Rocky can appreciate women for their unique features.

Of course, he leaves none of his sartorial interests unmentioned, whether it’s his affinity for Goyard leather trunks, habit of dropping thousands of dollars on Rick Owen’s Adidas

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The A$AP Mob’s resident fashion killa’ dropped his latest album, originally due on this very day, last Tuesday, and the swift reactions that soon surfaced evoked a slew of mixed feelings.

More than two years after the release of his debut album, “Long. Live. A$AP.”, Rakim Myers, better known as A$AP Rocky, finally released his dreamy, drug-fueled sophomore.

Now fully emerged from the underground scene, A$AP Rocky’s music falls under the cloud rap subgenre. True to the category, his tunes seem to float through the air and unfurl like puffs of smoke. His set of 18 songs continues what the rapper started with “Long.

Live. A$AP.”, but without the fiery Spring Break-style hits like “Wild for the Night” and

touched briefly on police brutality and gang violence but that’s because, as A$AP Rocky said in an interview with “The Guardian” in April, “I think we already have a ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ album. I think that’s enough self-righteous, self-conscious black sh-t going on. I don’t really need to manifest that into my music.

I’m black and I’m proud, but I’m more proud to be black and handsome than anything.”

Executive producer Danger Mouse brings the album’s drawl of drumbeats and soundscapes together into something that is best described as “drug-like”. On several tracks, London-based guitarist and vocalist Joe Fox, who A$AP Rocky claims he discovered in the wee hours of the morning on the street, joins the mix, but doesn’t seem to add anything more than a background melody.

As soon as A$AP Rocky dropped the album last week, most everyone commented on his crude line bashing British singer/songwriter and actress, Rita Ora in the 14th track of the album, “Better Things.”

The line is, if anything, positively sickening, and to top it all off, A$AP Rocky does not shy away from even more questionable lines.

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A$AP Rocky effectively displays his musical prowess and never seems to be too overpowered by some of the more unique voices which accompany him on the album like M.I.A., Kanye West, Future, Lil Wayne, and Schoolboy Q, perhaps because of the practiced ear and judgment of the late producer A$AP Yams.

The producer and force behind the A$AP Mob died during the album’s creation.

A$AP Rocky’s grief, brought on by the death of Yams, permeates throughout the entire album.

A$AP Rocky, if anything, shows his snide side throughout A.L.L.A., whether through proclamations of extreme wealth (except for, however, his beef with the debt collector, which he touches on in the beginning of “Excuse Me”), fashion references, or jarring lines regarding women. He only

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NCAA tournament loss ends season for Diamond Rebels natalieraeallen@gmail.com

After a devastating 2-1 loss to to CSU Bakersfield, the Ole Miss baseball team ended its season on May 30. With a tworun homer in the bottom of the fourth by senior infielder Soloman Williams, the Roadrunners took the win.

Despite the loss, Head Coach Mike Bianco still supported his players’ efforts.

“I’m proud of them. I know that there was a time in the season where it didn’t look good.

At one point we were 16-18 and had lost four in a row and got shut out at Vanderbilt. We challenged our guys and they responded. At the end of the day, we had a winning record in the number one baseball conference in the country, were a number two seed and played the country’s most difficult schedule and these guys have a lot to be proud of. They won’t be proud tonight and probably not for a couple weeks, but their coach is proud of them.”

Although their offense never reached the peak that it did the year before, this season’s team finished their season with a strong effort. Winning six of their last season games, the Rebels finished with a winning SEC record of 15-14.

With a final record of 30-28, five seniors ended their baseball careers at Ole Miss: Scott Ashford, Austin Knight, Sikes Orvis, Sam Smith, and Scott Weathersby. Each of them contributed to the Rebel family in his own way throughout his past seasons, and they will all be greatly missed.

Orlando native and first baseman Sikes Orvis closed his career with 34 home runs, the 10th most in Ole Miss baseball history. With the loss of this iconic power hitter, a new leader will have to step up to the plate next season.

Next year’s team has some major shoes to fill. The Rebels will have to find consistency in their offense earlier in the season than they did this year, as well as add some depth to their bullpen. Between injuries and loss of junior college transfer Sean Johnson, the Rebels struggled on the mound throughout the season.

The team’s underclassmen have gained valuable experience in the past few years, and will need to step up in order for the Rebels to produce another winning season. If they can stay hungry and train hard in the off-season, they should have no trouble maintaining Ole Miss baseball’s standard for excellence.

Austin Knight bats at the Mississippi baseball game April 15.

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Track team travels to NCAA Championship in Oregon

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In just his third season as the head coach of the Ole Miss track and cross country programs, Brian O’Neal is guiding the Rebels into a new chapter of excellence. A total of 17 male and female athletes will make the journey to Eugene, Oregon for the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 11 different events.

A sum of 14 male and female qualifying entries is a new school record. Not only does this break the previous achievement of 13 championship qualifying entries by the 2011 team, but the nine men’s entries are the second-most in school history.

A weekend of stellar performances at the NCAA East Preliminary in Jacksonville, Florida not only decided who would have the opportunity to compete at the final level, but

demonstrated to Coach O’Neal and Rebel fans just how determined and focused these athletes are as they head into the most important part of their season.

“I’m tremendously proud of our athletes for their competitive spirit and poise displayed this weekend,” O’Neal said.

“We approached this weekend with the thought process of performing at a high level and to advance to the final rounds of the NCAA Championships.

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The energy with which we competed allowed us to overcome some adverse situations.

This team is resilient and fun to coach. They understand the nature of single-elimination rounds and embrace that we have to be at our absolute best during each round or the season is over.”

“Now we’ll get a chance to go home and rest as we prepare for the next round,” O’Neal said. “We look forward to our next challenge in Eugene.”

On Saturday, the Rebels did not disappoint. Six men and four women runners became qualifiers.

Sophomore, Texas natives Robert Domanic and Trevor Gilley qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 1,500 meters for the first time in school history. This will be both runners’ first appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

The only senior on the men’s team to qualify was another Texas native, Robert Semien. Semien advanced in the 110-meter hurdles for his second year in a row. Only .05

seconds off of his recently set personal record, his time of 13.78 was the seventh-best time at the quarterfinals.

Freshman Shannon Ray was the first woman to qualify in the 200 meters since 2002.

She did so with her personal best time of 23.15, which moved her up to No. 3 in school history.

Four other men and three other women runners qualified prior to Saturday’s competition.

Not only does the future look bright for this Rebel track team in this season’s championship, but in the seasons the come. With only two seniors on the team, the underclassmen will only gain more experience and confidence in their upcoming seasons under Coach O’Neal’s leadership.

The national meet will take place June 10-13 at historic Hayward Field in what has become known as Track Town USA.

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