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Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Volume 108, No. 23
Is the chancellor in? Boyce has yet to publicly address the campus 12 days after being named chancellor
IHL Board releases timeline GRIFFIN NEAL
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Quay Williams hands a list of demands written out by the Abolish IHL coalition to executive coordinator to the chancellor Lynlee Stacy. Glenn Boyce, who was announced as the 18th chancellor of the university on Oct. 4, has yet to publicly address the campus. He became the chancellor on Sunday and has met with students privately since being named chancellor. Stacy said that Boyce was in Jackson at the University of Mississippi Medical Center on Monday and Tuesday and said that he would be there for most of the week before going to other satellite locations on Friday. A university spokesperson said that Boyce was working on campus on Tuesday.
ASB Senate votes to condemn IHL process KENNETH NIEMEYER thedmnews@gmail.com
The Associated Student Body Senate voted 35-8 on Tuesday evening to approve a resolution condemning the Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees’ chancellor search process. Authors of the resolution emphasized that the statement was only meant to condemn the
IHL and its search process, not Boyce himself. They also read statements from the National and College Panhellenic Councils and the Residential Housing Association condemning the IHL for lack of transparency. “This is by no means a mark against Dr. Boyce, but the way he was selected,” the RHA statement read. “The lack of transparency by the IHL is disheartening.”
Anna Hall, ASB Senate president pro-tempore and one of the authors of the resolution, also said that the resolution was not a no-confidence vote in the IHL or Boyce. “I think the main thing was to come out and say that we don’t approve of the way this process went down and that this is something that is going to be on the forefront of our minds for the next several months and
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even the next several years,” Hall said. “This is a part of a larger social movement, and this is just the first step.” Hall said the IHL let students’ comments from September’s listening session fall on deaf ears. “Students are the lifeblood of this university,” Hall said. “Without students there would,
SEE ASB PAGE 2
The Institutions of Higher Learning released a timeline of events for “accuracy and clarification” of the search process of Glenn Boyce as the university’s 18th chancellor. The release comes six days after the Faculty Senate overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for the IHL to provide a “complete accounting and detailed timeline” of the chancellor search process. The senate’s deadline for the IHL response was set for Tuesday at 5 p.m. The senate executive council met Tuesday night to discuss whether or not to set an extraordinary meeting this week, but did not confirm whether or not to hold one. At the Faculty Senate meeting on Oct. 8, the senate tentatively scheduled a meeting for Thursday in the event that the IHL’s response was not sufficient and to potentially consider more severe legislation. The release stated that Boyce served as a consultant in the search process from Jan. 18 to June 30; Boyce told reporters he was paid around $87,000 for the consulting job. The IHL Board of Trustees recommended Boyce as a consultant in the search process to the UM Foundation, according to emails obtained by Mississippi Today. On July 1, the day after he finished as a consultant, BuffkinBaker, the outside search firm contracted to facilitate the search, asked Boyce if he would consider being a candidate. Boyce declined then and again on Aug. 8, when BuffkinBaker approached him for a second time to gauge his
SEE IHL PAGE 8
CAN THE REBELS REACH A BOWL GAME? After a bowl ban and program restrictions hampered Ole Miss for the last two years, the Rebels are finally eligible for a bowl game. However, with seven games gone, the team stands with a 3-4 record. Take a look a the Rebels’ potential path to the postseason. SEE PAGE 4