Friday, September 6, 2013
FOOTBALL PREVIEW INSIDE The Daily
Mississippian
Vol. 102, No. 9
The Student Newspaper of The University Of Mississippi | Serving Ole Miss and Oxford since 1911
UM implements gameday parking changes By Hawley Martin thedmnews@gmail.com
The University of Mississippi community will see many changes to the game day parking system beginning on Saturday. The Department of Parking and Transportation has recreated the parking system for game day due in part to cooperation with the Office of Civil Rights. According to Isaac Astill, director of parking and transportation, the university has committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Many, like Astill, had noticed that many fans in the past were parking illegally due to the popularity of the Ole Miss tailgating atmosphere, and consequently people with certain disabilities found it difficult or impossible to participate in Saturday’s festivities. “Over the years with the grow-
ing popularity (of the Grove) people are basically parking on sidewalks, I saw them on stairs, on grass areas. And basically what it comes down to is we have to ensure the safety and accessibility for those coming to campus,” Astill said. A parking committee has pledged to ensure that there are the appropriate number of ADA spots on campus, enforce these spots accordingly and make sure these spots provide access to campus, according to Astill. Additionally, only three other sets of people will be allowed to park on campus on game day: those who live on campus and have the appropriate parking permit, those who have purchased a designated spot and those with mission-critical activities. The spots for sale were purchased through the Ole Miss Athletics Foundation, and they have
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A parking sign displayed near the Residential Colleges Thursday afternoon. New parking changes require permits to park on gamedays.
all been sold, according to Astill. One lot has been set aside for a select number of faculty who must be on campus every day for
endeavors that require daily at- one of these spots with keen judgetention, such as science experi- ment. ments. Astill said that the parking committee considered requests for See PARKING, PAGE 7
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium receives facelift By Pete Porter tjporter@go.olemiss.edu
New chair-back seats are seen at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium Thursday afternoon.
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Vaught-Hemingway will have a new and improved look as Ole Miss begins its 2013 home football schedule against Southeast Missouri State University on Saturday. The stadium received a facelift during the offseason that included the addition of blue sidelines, four on-field suites, brick outlines around the edges of the stadium, a new slogan on the press box, reconstruction of the first two rows on both sidelines and the removal of the chain link fence on each sideline. Although it sounds like a lot of changes, Ole Miss Mar-
Gameday Shuttle map
keting Coordinator Brandon Hudspeth said he thinks it will still be the same VaughtHemingway that Rebel fans have come to love. “I think the fans will feel excitement not only because it’s the first home game of the season, but also because of the changes,” Hudspeth said. “It’ll have a little bit different look but for the most part it’s going to be exactly what you remember of the stadium before.” According to Hudspeth, the blue turf is mainly a staging area where personnel can go back and forth without having to worry about interfering See STADIUM, PAGE 8
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