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Man leads police on chase through Oxford
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BY MOLLY HUTTER The Daily Mississippian
With the help of topics like insects and oceans, dozens of Oxford and Lafayette County children’s vocabularies are beginning to grow. The University of Mississippi’s School of Education has teamed up with the Oxford-Lafayette Boys and Girls Club to create the Vocabulary Improvement Service Learning Program, in which senior elementary education majors spend time after school read-
ing to and interacting with local children. Dr. Kerry Holmes, associate professor of elementary education and one of the program coordinators, said that the objective of the program is to increase the number of books these children hear. According to studies done by reading researcher Steven Stahl, this increase will then directly improve the children’s growing vocabularies. “Our whole goal is to help these children learn better vo-
cabulary,” Holmes said. Since the program’s first day September 7, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon elementary education students visit the Boys and Girls Club with lesson plans that incorporate multiple readings from fiction, nonfiction and poetry books. About 85 children of ages 8 through 12 participate in the reading groups, Holmes said. The Ole Miss students involved are getting benefits See EDUCATION, PAGE 5
A man was arrested Wednesday night after leading police on a chase through campus and Oxford. Travis Wilson was arrested and charged with speeding, resisting arrest, driving the wrong way on a one-way street, running a stop sign, and driving with a suspended license. The chase began at 12:50 a.m. after a UPD officer clocked Wilson’s green Toyota going 36 miles per hour, twice the speed limit, while Wilson was traveling southbound on Rebel Drive near Stockard and Martin halls, according to the police report. After the officer turned on his blue lights, the vehicle picked up speed and led officers on a chase toward the Tad Smith Coliseum. Wilson allegedly continued to drive the wrong way around the Coliseum. By the time he turned off of Old Taylor Road onto Highway 6, he had run nine stop
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UM faculty senate proposes dead week policy BY BLAIR JACKSON The Daily Mississippian
A proposed dead week policy is under consideration by the University of Mississippi faculty senate. If enacted, classes would not meet the entire week before exams. Students who support this policy say that class assignments due during this week affect their ability to adequately study for exams. Cody Hall, a senior from Tupelo, said, “I think that an official dead week would be a good idea. Learning new material the week
before exams is just not worth it when students are trying to center their focus on preparing for the class exam.” While there are many students who support the idea of a whole week without classes, there are still others who do not. Ben Hurston, a sophomore from Hattiesburg, called the policy a bad idea and said he believes the time off would be abused. “Things get along just fine without the dead week,” Hurston said. In a faculty senate meeting last April, the matter was brought up by the Associated Student Body.
It was discussed and considered by the senate in a meeting in May. Years ago, when an official dead week was established, there was a spike in vandalism and parties on campus. Senators opposed to the policy said that a dead week was tried, and it failed. Still, others in the senate strongly support the policy because of its intent: to alleviate student stress and allow for them to do better on exams. If an official dead week were established, campus organization activity would more than likely be restricted as well. Sororities
and fraternities would be prohibited from holding social events. In concern for athletes during this week, the SEC already prohibits athletic events, but the NCAA does not. An alternative to the dead week policy presented in the senate meeting was that exams be spread out over more days than the typical five to allow students more time to prepare for each exam. The faculty senate will continue to explore the possibility of a campus-wide dead period, and the potential costs and benefits that the policy would mean to the university.
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