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Thursday, November 10, 2011
response to article
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Police Beat Response
Response to The High-Stress Police Beat
Police Response
Response to Crime Beat
Response To Police Beat
Response to Police Beat
When reading the news or watching it on TV, it is easy to look at tragedies as things that are not real, just a fictional story like a movie. What I often forget, it that this is not Disney’s version of a tragedy, but people’s real lives, hurts, and troubles. I am guilty of not looking into a story seriously if I am not connected. However, as a crime news reporter, you have no choice but to put yourself into the situation. Being on the crime scene and witnessing the events first hand is something I do not feel I would be able to do. I know I would not be able to keep my cool when it came time to talk to grieving wives, husbands, children, or any significant other. I feel it would want to hung them and console them, instead of asking them how they were feeling. I know this is a job that must be done, in order to inform the public of events, so realizing just how much trouble witnessing these events causes a reporter, makes me gain a whole new respect for what they do. It takes a strong person to be able to put there self in that situation, and still remain human at the same time.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Response to Police Beat Stress
Monday, November 7, 2011
The High-Stress Police Beat
After our police beat discussion in class today, read the following story from The American Journalism Review and post your brief reactions here by Thursday, 10 Nov.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Intramural Soccer Kicks Off this Week at Ole Miss
It’s that time of year again, soccer has returned to the Ole Miss intramural field. Teams compete for pride and the infamous intramural tshirt. This is Jessica Lynch with 271-TV News.
Students who participate tend to get very competitive when it comes to their soccer skills.
It's the refferees job just to make sure everyone is out there to have a good time.
This is Jessica Lynch here with 271-TV news, hope you have a great night.
Ole Miss Looks to Reduce its Carbon Footprint with students' "green"

So why exactly do these international students decide to come to Ole Miss? German student Kirsten Liere-Netheler says she heard from other students that Ole Miss is a nice place and a lot of fun. Also, she and her German friends received scholarships from coming here.
Yes, the number of international students at Ole Miss is increasing, but are they really getting to know the Ole Miss students? Professor Michael Harvey says he never sees anyone speaking to any of the International students in his classes.
Liere-Netheler says she has not really made many American friends. All of her friends she has made are other international students.
The number of international students here is expected to continue to increase, so Ole Miss students could really take advantage of this opportunity and speak to people from all over the world.
Students Live on the Edge by Guzzling Down Energy Drinks Near Finals Week
As students guzzle down energy drinks to get through finals week what they don’t realize is by doing so, their living on the edge. Im Lucy Cross reporting got 271 news. As finals week approaches college campuses, the demand for energy drinks are on the rise. The energy drink industry is expecting nine billion dollars in revenue this year, finals week being one of their busiest times. Megan Hanna with Freds Pharmacy tells us how their company prepares for this week.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Is Oxford, Mississippi bicycle friendly? That is the question I asked Ole Miss student, Cody Shuffield and Courtney Keller, who recently moved from Louisiana to Oxford to open her own business.
Ole Miss’ campus is full of students who ride their bicycles to class, there seems to always be problems with student parking so for many a bike ride instead of walking makes their student life a little bit easier.
Cody Shuffield explained that he did not believe the campus or the city of Oxford was very bicycle friendly. He told me even the times when he walked instead of riding his bike, he still was always careful.
Courtney Keller recently moved here from Lutcher, Louisiana and she said that she believes the special lanes for bicyclists is a smart caution Oxford takes and believes the city seems safe for bicyclist.
There has been bicyclists injuries and even death happen in Oxford as well as on campus. The question is what things can be done to improve this? The campus does have a station set up with tools for students to repair their bikes if necessary, some believe the Oxford is bicycle friendly, but other do not. This is Michael Briscoe reporting from Jour 271.
http://youtu.be/j-28iL5Z5T8
Old Taylor Road intersection to receive facelift

Volleyball on the Rise Towards End of Season

The Rebels began play Friday night against SEC foe Auburn whole stole a win earlier this season.
Idea of Midnight Classes Causes Mixed Reviews

It’s that time of year again. Time to start registering for spring classes. And some colleges are doing something a little different and offering midnight courses. Is this something Ole Miss should try? Reporting for 271-TV News I’m Olivia Rearick.
Discussion classes are loud and lecture halls are full. Some students say it’s difficult to make a convenient schedule and several think as enrollment increases so should the number of sections for courses.
Sophomore, education major, Casey Losee says in her own words, “I need to space them out, so there needs to be a lot more options when it comes to having class times.”
But what if Ole Miss decided to offer midnight courses to help with this problem? Other colleges nation wide are finding midnight classes are beneficial to students with children and inflexible jobs.
Assistant Director of Enrollment Services, Jenny Kate Luster, says, “The more you can give them flexibility in terms of their schedule and when they can offer classes is a good thing. However, I’m not sure that would really work for some of our faculty members that obviously work eight to five for the most part. But, for the student perspective, it probably would be a good thing.”
Not only would it be difficult to find professors to teach these courses, but it might be hard to get students to sign up. When told about midnight courses, I received mixed reviews from several students.
Sophomore, business major, Elizabeth Harris says, “I personally wouldn’t go to a midnight course unless it was a ghost hunters themed course then I’d be there like, I can’t even think of an analogy right now that’s how, I’d be there”
Losee says, “Absolutely not. I’m too busy. I need sleep.”
It’s unclear if Ole Miss is considering midnight courses. But, one thing is for sure, if courses keep filling up this quickly, additional classes may be needed. Reporting for 271-TV News I’m Olivia Rearick
How Students Prepare For Exams

With the holidays and breaks approaching, that also means exam week is just around the corner. I interviewed a few students on how they were going to prepare for this semesters exams.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Kathy Times Visits Ole Miss
ESPN columnist and television personality Jemele Hill visited Ole Miss to present for their Newsmaker Lecture Series. Hill encouraged students to continue their goal to become journalists. Hill interacted with students in the audience, "Using that flip-cam is practicing being a journalist." Hill spoke about her experiences before and during ESPN.
Hill also told her experience as a woman in the field of sports journalism.
Kathy Times Helps Ole Miss Students Prepare Themselves for their Careers
"Students who fail to plan, plan to fail" says Kathy Times as she lectured Ole Miss students on preparing themselves. Times joked as she described her idea of a 'shot caller.'
ESPN's Jemele Hill Speaks to Ole Miss Students
ESPN”s television personality and sports columnist Jemele Hill spoke on the Oxford campus on October 18th as part of the Newsmaker Lecture Series presented by The University of Mississippi's Association of Black Journalists.
Hill’s lecture focused mainly on the idea that journalism is a field that is never ending.
“Methods of delivery change,” she said, “But journalism as a whole does not.” People will always want to know new information, and it will always be a journalist job to deliver that information.
Hill is a lighthearted speaker who also provided several stories, often comical, from her experience in the field of journalism.
Hill was the first of several notable speakers of the week participating in the Newsmaker Lecture Series in the Meek School of Journalism.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Kathy Times Visits Ole Miss
Yellow Brick Media Concepts President Kathy Times visited the University of Mississippi on October 20th as part of the Newsmaker Lecture Series presented by The University of Mississippi's Association of Black Journalists.
Kathy Times

Yellow Brick Media Concepts President Kathy Times speaks about the importance of networking and building skills while in college at the
Times stresses that now is when you should be meeting people and preparing for your career. She also suggests creating a five-year plan and learning a second language.
Times’ speech was a part of the Newsmaker Lecture Series presented by The University of Mississippi’s Association of Black Journalists.
To learn more about Kathy Times you can visit her website at kathytimes.com.
ESPN's Jemele Hill Visits Oxford

ESPN's television personality and columnist Jemele Hill visited the campus of the University of Mississippi this past week as a part of the Newsmaker Lecture Series hosted by the school.
Jemele Hill

Jemele Hill, ESPN sports personality and columnist, attended the University of Mississippi’s Association of Black Journalists conference on October 18, 2011.
Hill spoke about how important it is to get as much experience as you can because she guarantees it will help a student's future in journalism.
Kathy Times
The Newsmaker Lecture Series continues. President of Yellow Brick Media Concepts, Kathy Times, was the second speaker in the lecture series. She talked with Ole Miss students about being the best reporter you can be, successfully planning your journalism career, and ethics and credibility. Times says the first step is to be adventurous for journalism and hungry for answers. But to her, ethics and credibility are the building blocks for success. In her own words she says, "Unless you have a trust fund, all you have is your credibility. Don't blow it." And with a resume as packed as hers, Times is certainly a credible model of accomplishment.
Jemele Hill
Jemele Hill, columnist and television personality for ESPN, was at the University of Mississippi’s Association of Black Journalists conference on October 18, 2011 to talk to students about journalism now and share her experiences with them.
Hill prides herself in being able to work harder than others.
“The methods change, but the core the principles never change,” Hill says. Telling people what they do not know by twitter, flip cams, blogs, ect. is important in today’s media.
Hill also stressed how important it was to get experience now in order to be successful in the future.
For more information on Hill’s speech and many others, please contact Deidra Jackson, adviser, at 662-915-1547 or djackson@olemiss.edu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPOxsEmjn0Q
Kathy Times Speaks to Ole Miss Students

President of Yellow Brick Media Concepts and Immediate Past President of the National Association of Black Journalists, Kathy Times, spoke to students at the University of Mississippi today about their careers and how news reporting is changing.
Times told students about ten lessons that will better their careers, encourages students to be good writers, always follow the rules, and have a mentor in their field. She tells students that their creditability is all they have and a person’s ethics and character must never change.
Times’ speech was the second part of the Newsmaker Lecture Series presented by The University of Mississippi’s Association of Black Journalists.
Kathy Times Speaks to Students

Kathy Times, president of Yellow Brick Media Concepts, spoke with students at the University of Mississippi today about the every-so-changing journalism field.
Times, an award winning journalist, educated students on how to be successful in the work world.
She informed students of ten lessons that will better their careers, highlighted by the fact that you should chose a field you are passionate about.
Times shared her experiences as a news reporter. Her stories included controversial events, such as racial profiling.
Times’ speech was a part of the Newsmaker Lecture Series presented by The University of Mississippi’s Association of Black Journalists.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Kathy Times Speech
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Edited Band Story
It’s Sept. 3, the first home football game of the season for the
According to an Ole Miss marching band teaching assistant of the Ole Miss marching band, this was the first time the band was moved to the student section of the football stadium. The students had complained that the band could not be heard from its prior position in the stadium, which is why the band was moved.
Although this simple move should not have been a big problem, it became quite a mess. Jim Stites, a teaching assistant, said it was the band’s first time in a new place, everything did not go as smooth as everyone wanted.
The drum major of the Pride of the South, Chris Presley, said the band director hired the University Police Department to act as the band’s security, but the UPD never came as they were supposed to.
“The drum major and the TAs [teaching assistants] had to act as the band’s security and keep other people from coming into the band’s section of the stands,” Presley said.
Presley said for the next game, the band directors will call and confirm with the UPD to ensure the band’s security shows up for the next game.
A fourth year member of the Ole Miss marching band, Kelli Harrison, said she did not understand the students’ rude behavior toward the band. Band members’ possessions were stolen when the band left the stands to perform its half-time show she added.
“If the security had shown up like they were supposed to, none of this would have happened,” she said.
“I’m so ashamed of Ole Miss students,”
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Revised: Life of an RA
Clean up on fourth floor. This is a task that many custodians know too well. Students return from their party ventures at the No. 3 party school in the nation, Ole Miss, along with drunken minds.
It’s their first time being away from home with no curfew and constant nagging from parents can get ignored with no physical consequences. Attending class becomes completely optional. Welcome to college.
Although parents are not present, students still have to abide by rules. Residential assistants are paid to live in the dorms and regulate student residents. Although the residential assistants do not control their curfew they do control their noise level.
Residential and community assistants for example experience drunken residents. According to the University policy, residential assistants are to report residents who are caught intoxicated or with alcohol. Martin Hall RA (residential assistant) Shan Williams said,
“When they’re caught, it never ends well. As an RA, we try to give them a second chance.”
Williams says she has experienced the most trouble from girls attempting to sneak guys up after 2 a.m. during the week. The residents are allowed visitation until 12 a.m. weekly. On the weekends, it is extended until 2.am.
“If this problem continues, the residents will be punished with no visitors,” Williams said.
Kwanza Boone, a community assistant says,
“The guys are rowdier that girls when intoxicated, Boone said I try not to judge them after the first time, but after the second time, consider yourself judged.”
RA’s kind attitude and maturity lands them the job, but it’s strictly business once the students arrive.
Community assistants witness many of the same things Resident assistants do. However, their job may be easier. They’re job is to sign visitors in. Community assistants are usually doing homework or watching movies on the laptop in the wee hours of the morning at the desk.
According to the RAs, being a residential assistant is time consuming, but they do have a life outside of being “responsible” for other students.
One World, Two Artists

Artists and Mississippi natives John Alexander and Walter Anderson offer diversity to the University of Mississippi’s museum.
The opening reception took place September 22.
The paintings will be on display through Dec. 3rd. Many of the paintings had been on display at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art.
Tracy Stricklin, the museum desk assistant said, “We had very high attendance. We are excited to have the paintings here. It’s a nice opportunity.”
The paintings are hung on a lime green wall. The narrow hallway seems to enclose viewers into the details of the painting.
The artists’ family donated many of the paintings; however, paintings from personal collections also are displayed.
The art pieces vary from wild, colorful pictures of frogs, owls, and birds to cabbage rows, marsh, shrubs, and trees. There also is a painting of embryos near the end.
The paintings date back to 1934 with the most recent one from 1960.
There are three larger pictures in a corner, which are slightly hidden but unable to be missed.
A quote by Walter Anderson on the left wall reads, “The first poetry is written against the wind by sailors and farmers who sing with the wind in their teeth. The second poetry is written by scholars and students and wine drinkers who have learned to know a good thing. The third poetry is sometimes never written, but when it is, it’s by those who have brought nature and art together into one thing.”
The bibliographies of the artists near the pictures allow viewers to gain extensive knowledge about their backgrounds and lives.
The suggested admission was only 5 dollars although it was no charge to current members.
http://museum.olemiss.edu/2011/08/one-world-two-artists/
Revised Tablet Story
Edited: Housing in Oxford and On-Campus Hard to Come By
Southern Crossings: Where Geography and Photography Meet
Southern Crossings: Where Geography and Photography Meet
Jessica Lynch
When humans live in a place over time, we leave our mark. Marks that represent lifestyles, connections between society and land, and values.
Photo of Atlanta, GA
In Southern Crossings: Where Geography and Photography Meet, artist David Zurick captures the marks he sees humans have left on earth throughout the south.
In this exhibit, there are pictures taken throughout several southern states including Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, and South Carolina. Photographs range from pictures of buildings and landscapes, to gravesites and chemical plants.
One of Zurick’s photographs was taken in Pearl River County, Mississippi, in 2000. The photograph is of an old broken down farmhouse set beneath big oak trees and surrounding fields. In the explanation of this photo, Zurick explains that it is the home of an elderly woman who chose to live there because, “that is the way she was born and the way she would die.” Zurick believes old farmhouses such as hers are footnotes of the historical south. Many are disappearing, and the landscape will not be the same when they are gone.
A second photograph was taken in downtown Cordele, Georgia. Cordele is a city located on the Old Dixie highway, whose downtown area used to consist of thriving shops and restaurants serving travelers and farmers passing through town. Now, this once busy downtown is dead, and looks to remain that way. The only part of Cordele that remains afloat is the part located on Interstate 75, that consist of a strip of motels and fast food restaurants.
Another photograph in the exhibit represents the opposite of Cordele, taken in Atlanta, Georgia in 2001. The photo is of the Atlanta skyline featuring skyscrapers and buildings as far as the eye can see. What is interesting about this photo is that there is no form of life in the picture. You can see no people or vehicles on the road, a site that a person who lives in Atlanta their entire life may never see. Zurick took this picture early one Sunday morning, and says it was an “arresting sight.”
Senior Brandon Braner, a visitor at the museum, says the picture of Atlanta is his favorite of the exhibit. “I was born and raised in Atlanta,” Braner said, “and I have never seen the city look that way. The emptiness makes the city look like it has been emptied, and for once peaceful.”
The Southern Crossings: Where Geography and Photography Meet exhibit is currently being displayed in Barnard Hall across from the Student Union.
Boobies Rock
Jessica Lynch
October 4, 2011
Boobies Rock
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With recruitment just around the corner, it is time for greek life to focus on one of its major platforms- charity. Every year, the Panhellenic Council, a group of seven women in charge of girls recruitment, organize the charity event “C.A.R.E. Walk.” C.A.R.E. Walk is a one-mile walk around campus to raise money for breast cancer.
Thousands UM students usually participate in C.A.R.E. Walk each year. It is typically a mandatory event of active sorority members, and encouraged of the freshman intending to participate in the Panhellenic recruitment process. Participants may walk in support of a breast cancer victim by wearing a pink shirt or a nametag with the victims name displayed.
Mary Lauren Brunsen, vice president of community service for the Panhellenic Council, said they really want to focus on the charity part of C.A.R.E. Walk this year.
“In the past, C.A.R.E. Walk has been known for being more of a recruitment event than a charity one, “ Brunsen said, “we really want girls to focus on the cause, and be there to support the victims, and celebrate with the survivors.”
One main change happening this year to shift the focus toward the cause is that active sorority members will wear the same t-shirt. In the past, sorority members have worn their own letters, in a universal shirt picked by their chapter. However, with all the shirts being the same this year, freshman will not be able to identify what sorority each active is in, but instead uniting them as one.
“I am really excited to participate in C.A.R.E. Walk this year.” Freshman Valerie Ellis said. “Finding a cure for breast cancer is a cause I think all women should support, because it could happen to any of us.”
“I think it will a great opportunity for me to meet actives in every sorority, as well as other freshman. I am just ready to get the recruitment process started already, said freshman Valerie Ellis.”
C.A.R.E. Walk is one of the highest grossing philanthropies on campus. “I think last year we raised about $26,000,” Brunson said. “With the largest number of girls going through recruitment in Ole Miss history we hope to raise more than ever.”
Cost to participate in the C.A.R.E Walk is $15. This cost includes a t-shirt and dinner and drinks after the walk.
Sources:
Mary Lauren Brunson: VP Community Service , marylaurenmlb@gmail.com, 662-809-3916
Valerie Ellis: Freshman participant, 817-915-8172, vellis@olemiss.edu
Life in Yoknapatawpha
William Faulkner once declared himself “sole owner and proprietor” of Yoknapatawpha County. He wrote novels, short stories, poetry, essays, and a play during his career. He is primarily known for his novels and short stories, many of which are set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, a setting Faulkner created based on Lafayette County, where he spent most of his childhood.
The “Faulkner’s Geographies: A Photographic Journey” exhibit was set up in the University of Mississippi Museum for the 38th annual Faulkner and Yoknapatawpha Conference. The exhibit, which is exclusive to the to the university, presents photographs from the permanent collection of Archives and Special Collections from the university library.
The 36 black and white photographs displayed are from Henri Cartier-Bresson, Cofield Collection, Martin Dain, and Phil Mullen. The images present an opportunity to respond to Faulkner’s generous words with compelling images that help fill in the gaps of wonder and speculation about his intimate world.
In the photographs, Faulkner is seen at work and at leisure, at his home, Rowan Oak, as he was in Japan, with his pipe in hand and Panama hat rolled up and tucked in his shirt pocket. There are images of the people and events that inspired his writing.
Many photographs are not titled as much as there described. Many of the images are described as “miscellaneous,” a mode Faulkner frequently wrote in.
The exhibit opened July 12 and will be closing October 10, 2011.
UM Welcomes Faulkner

"Ole Miss Welcomes William Faulkner Exhibit"
Gallery 130

The definition of art is "the use of skill and imagination in the creation of aesthetic objects, environments, or experiences that can be shared with others."
Gallery 130, the
Robin Helton, a minor of art, said, “I usually end up here between classes to see what’s new, and it’s amazingly interesting what people come up with.”
The art exhibition that is currently displayed in Gallery 130, which is located in Meek Hall, is titled “Not Exactly There,” and will be on display until Oct. 6.
This exhibit consists only of abstract art. Upon entering the room, you can see numerous canvases featuring a mix of colors and shapes. Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Helton described her favorite of the pieces as such.
“I think the use of color and shapes is really interesting,” Helton said. “It makes you feel like you’re looking through a glass window.”
The creator of the exhibit, Michael Wille, is a professor of art at
Wille’s paintings have been featured in several art exhibitions around the nation, such as Hoffman LaChance Contemporary,
There will be a lecture on Wille’s artwork on Thursday Oct. 6 at