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For a number of years, the University of Mississippi has flirted with the halfway point between students from the state and students from elsewhere among the freshman class. This year, 52 percent of the freshman class could be from out of state, according to early estimates from applications received at admissions, said Larry Ridgeway, vice chancellor of student affairs. “I think (Mississippi’s taxpayers) will have mixed feelings about it,” Chancellor Dan Jones said. “Overall, our outof-state student population is still under 40 percent. “Most educators believe that
diversity amongst students provides an enriched educational atmosphere, and I am a strong believer that a good balance creates a healthy learning and a healthy financial environment.” Jones said part of the strategic planning going on is to determine a long-term ideal ratio between out-of-state and in-state students. New admissions policy As of March 17, the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning board gave Ole Miss some ability to control who is admitted from out of state. Before this measure, Ole Miss was required to admit anyone from out of state who met Mississippi’s set standards, which
this week CROFT INSTITUTE
SPRING SPEAKER CATHY FRIERSON TUESDAY The Croft Institute for International Studies welcomes its final speaker, Dr. Cathy Frierson, a native of Mississippi. She was a National Merit Scholar at UNCChapel Hill, and earned her Ph.D. in Russian History at Harvard University.
Tuesday, March 29 at 7 p.m. Croft Room 107
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Frierson will present “Children of the Gulag: Trauma, Survival, Rehabilitation,” a lecture which touches on the topics of state abuses of citizens, survival of trauma victims, and transitional justice as part of a post-Communist rule of law.
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are lower than many surrounding states. Ridgeway said a decision has not been made on what the standards will be, and that the effect would be on the incoming class of 2012-2013. “One thing we will do is look at what other schools in similar circumstances have done — LSU and Arkansas are two,” Ridgeway said. “They have determined a minimum ACT and GPA for a guaranteed auto-acceptance.” Students who do not meet that minimum requirement would be able to apply and go through an appeals committee, which would look at additional information, including involvement and if one of the student’s parents graduated from Ole Miss, Ridgeway said.
Ridgeway said this policy would mostly affect freshmen from the United States, rather than international students and transfer students from community colleges. Larry Sparks, vice chancellor for administration and finance, said the drive behind this push has been the University’s growth in recent years. “Last year, we received a seven-percent growth in student population,” said Sparks, who anticipated a similar growth among the incoming freshman class. “We can’t continue year after year at seven percent.” Sparks said some of the reasons the University cannot handle the growth are obvious, including faculty, parking and
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Suspects tied to OHS lockdown apprehended BY KEVIN WILLIAMS The Daily Mississippian
Waymon Russell, 40, and Justin Carol, 26, both of Collierville, Tenn., have been apprehended after a police chase that led to the lockdown of Oxford High School on Wednesday, March 23. Both men have been charged with at least three counts of burglary with further charges pending. According to Oxford police chief Mike Martin, Carol and Russell
have been linked to four burglaries in the Oxford area. The incident began when a police officer attempted to stop the driver of a 1991 Chevrolet pickup truck packed with consumer electronics that was about to enter the Oxford Square. The driver failed to pull over and a chase ensued. The truck progressed eastward on Jackson Avenue and then drove off the road onto Chestnut Street before careening into a thicket of trees, lo-
cal law enforcement officials said. Police said the pickup was originally stolen in Memphis. Both suspects fled the scene of the accident on foot. Carol was apprehended, but Russell ran in the direction of Oxford High School. Russell, bleeding from the wreck, stumbled in and out of a classroom in the ROTC building on the Oxford High School campus. As a result of the intrusion,
OHS was placed on immediate lockdown. No students or faculty were harmed during the incident, and the lockdown was lifted after OHS administrators were assured by law enforcement that the threat had been removed. Russell was later arrested in Avent Park at 8:12 p.m. after authorities received a suspicious person report. As of Friday, March 25, neither man had posted bond.
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