ASB ELECTIONS TODAY
The 1999 Associated Student Body Presidential Debate turned out to be more of a question-and-answer hour than a heated debate, but that didn't stop the five candidates from doing their best to get their messages across.
"I don't know if I adequately dealt with the issues, but I did my best," said ASB presidential candidate Smith Boykin, a junior political science major from Jackson. "I don't believe issues, even with this debate, were adequately addressed.
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Brian Rosenkrans/Daily Mississippian
ASB presidential candidate John Joseph (left) responds to a question during Monday night's ASB debate while ASB Attorney General Perry Moulds and panelist look on. The debate, televised on Channel 12, allowed candidates to answer questions posed by the panelist regarding current issues at Ole Miss. Please see page 2 for ASB debate commentary and page 6 for sample ballot.
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Fraudulent fliers try to smear candidates
Approximately 300 fliers degrading three Associated Student Body presidential candidates appeared around campus, specifically in academic buildings, over the weekend.
The fliers made unfounded accusations about candidates John Joseph, Stephen Harrell and Whitney Wilt.
VP candidates McIntosh, Allen get two minute opportunity to pitch platforms
Associated Student Body vice presidential candidates Anne Elizabeth McIntosh and Jonathan Allen were allotted two minutes at the 1999 presidential debate to convince students why they should be elected.
McIntosh asked questions like, "Have you ever been in the position you had an 89.4 at the end of the semester, and your teacher just wouldn't round up?"
Question of the Week
QUESTION: Which ASB candidate are you going to vote for and why?
Discussion to focus on black women
In honor of Black History Month, the Black Student Union will be sponsoring the "Fannie Lou Hamer Recognition of African Women" program at 7 p.m. tonight in the Union Ballroom. The program will take a look at African-American women and their accomplishments in history.
Ama Sobukwe started the program on October 6, 1998, at the Stone Recreation Center on the birthday of Fannie Lou Hamer. Hamer was a Civil Rights activist who lived in Montgomery County. She was the youngest of 20 children and the daughter of sharecroppers. She worked on voter registration and welfare programs for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
Khayat, Cabinet discuss honor code, campus improvements
Chancellor Robert Khayat stopped in unexpectedly at the Associated Student Body Cabinet meeting Tuesday as the group discussed the Honor Code, international student relations and plans to build a new stage in the Grove.
ASB president Brad Davis left the meeting early to meet with the academic council concerning the Honor Code.
Delta Psi fraternity to return to Campus
The first official fraternity on the Ole Miss campus is poised to make a comeback.
The Phi chapter of Delta Psi began in 1855. It has been on hiatus since 1996, but to recruit students for the chapter's re-activation, alumni sent e-mail to every non-Greek male in the Barksdale Honors College.
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