Suicide Prevention Walk

“Out of Darkness” Suicide Prevention Walk to be held in November

 Another walk will be held at Ole Miss this November, but for something a bit different than breast cancer, something less widely known. The walk will be held for the prevention of suicide. The second annual “Out of Darkness” walk is being held in order to raise money for suicide prevention and just show those contemplating suicide that people do care, the world does care.        

There are various organizations that raise money for various causes. But one that is more often than not over looked is the organization for suicide prevention. Suicide is a tough word to swallow and a very sensitive subject, however the prevention of it is vital and anything that has anything to do with that should be noted and participated in by everyone. One would think that everyone would love to save a life.

            Hopefully this is the case, this town will find out on the 5^th whether or not that is true. If you or anyone you know would like to join in on this walk or offer financial support, please visit https://secure1.olemiss.edu/tools/userfiles/lcolley-300-9edea4ef-e4fd-4b1b-b6f9-7c7939d046d5.html for more information. To learn even more about suicide prevention, visit http://www.afsp.org/ .

Passion 2012 University Tour makes a stop at Ole Miss

Passion 2012 University Tour makes a stop in Oxford

 This past Thursday the Ford Center was packed to the brim with Ole Miss students and residents of Oxford. However, this time it was not for an orchestral concert, motivational speech, or even a play, but for a Christian event. Christian recording artists Kristian Stanfill and Charlie Hall, with the Passion 2012 University Tour, made a roar at the Ford Center Thursday night.

                  This event was not the center’s typical event, but the turnout was “o-mazing”, a phrase used often when describing an amazing experience at Ole Miss. I was of course one of the many lucky students to attend this concert. Stanfill and Hall brought a very welcoming atmosphere into the center and revived the spirits of the Christians that do exist on campus. This night was filled with tears, shouts, joy, and fellowship.

            It is part of the Passion Conference’s 12 stops to universities around the U.S. in promotion for their annual conference in Atlanta in January. It was indeed a night of worship and gathering of people with one goal in mind and one purpose, a togetherness. The event was a success, the turnout was amazing, as aforementioned. The Passion Conference no doubt gained many new followers and fans.

For more information on the Passion 2012 University Tour and the Conference, visit http://www.passion2012tour.com/ and  http://268generation.com/passion2012/#!/home/

Also, for more information on the artists, visit http://www.kristianstanfill.com and http://charliehall.com/

Outrageous Parking Tickets

Outrageous Parking Tickets

Kenyotta Jenkins
Jour 102

The University of Mississippi is home of the Rebels on a pretty campus, and plenty of support from the fans. The current problem the University has is parking. This year there are more commuters on campus so that means there are less parking places which is causing more tickets handed out. Ticketing is only the big problem during game days and school days which cause students not to drive on campus, and it puts UPD to work. This is causing a dilemma because there are barely parking places so students’ park anywhere they want too.
UPD is the University’s Police Department that gives most of the tickets out on campus. The UPD knows about the crazy parking on campus so they are already prepared for a hectic day of constantly giving out tickets. On campus the two places the most tickets are being given is the Fed- Ex and the Coliseum Parking lot. Since there are barely places to park people park in handicap places and park in the grass which gives the UPD reasons to ticket them.
Most of the tickets are not that expensive, but still no one wants a ticket billed to their account and no one wants to pay for an unreasonable ticket. Some of the UPD officers will give you warnings about parking in certain places and others will not say anything they will just hand you the ticket. The cheapest ticket that has been written is only $15, while the highest is between $50-$150. The big catch behind the tickets is if you don’t pay the tickets on time UPD will give you a boot or you car will get towed; you will have to spend more money not only paying your ticket off, but getting your car back.
When there are football games on campus it gets extremely packed and UPD is everywhere scoping to give tickets. There was one case where someone had a parking permit and still received a ticket. On game days the campus every parking lot is packed and once again people begin to park in the grass because they have no where to park.
When commuters park on campus for class its totally different then the football games because there are some places to park, not a lot but you don’t have to park in unnecessary parking places. Commuters normally are off the hook when it just a regular class day because once someone else leaves there is a place to park, but on a game day it is different ; no one can leave because it’s so packed and then people fight over parking places.
Since students continue to receive foolish tickets on game days and just for parking on campus, they are complaining a lot to UPD about letting up on the parking tickets. The tickets have gotten so bad that a lot of students are riding the buses that come through campus to avoid the outrageous parking and tickets.
“It’s sad at all the tickets we give out daily, sometimes I don’t want to give them out but it all a part of my job so I have too “, said Officer Wesley Smith. “ Game days is really when the parking gets outrageous and I have no choice but to write someone a ticket.”