University of Mississippi - Ole Miss Yearbook (Oxford, MS)

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Journalism Department Receives Full Reaccredita- tion...The Department of Journalism extended their tradition of excellence by receiving full reaccreditation last summer. The journalism faculty compiled cours- es and syllabi, student and faculty resumes, budget information, and depart- mental history to complete the process. Headed by department chair Dr. Stuart Bullion, the faculty wrote a self-study titled 50 Years of Journalism. I ' m always gratified by the enthusiasm and loyalty of our alumni. The success of this department is their success and vice versa. Our alumni have not just graduat- ed and gone on their way but are still a part of Ole Miss journalism, said Bul- lion, who depended on retired faculty, alumni and friends to gather information. TheUniversity Museums. ..The city of Oxford received Mary Buie Museum in 1939, two years after Mary Buie ' s death. Her sister, Kate Anderson Skipworth, super- vised the museum ' s construction. Skip- worth contributed a large portion of her estate to the museum in 1961. Later, the museum was presented to The Universi- ty of Mississippi. In 1976, the Kate Skipworth Teaching Museum was added on to the Mary Buie Museum. Dr. Sabatier Invents Mine Detector. ..University of Mississippi scientist Dr. James Sabatier has invented the most accurate mine-hunting system in the U.S. Army ' s inventory. Sabatier ' s system scans the ground ' s ser- vice to detect and identify vibrational pat- terns produced by burial mines. First test- ed in the fall of 1998, the detector was 100 percent accurate and had no false alarms. The mine detector consists of three major components: a powerful loudspeak- er, a laser Doppler vibrometer and a com- puter. Our job now is to make the system go faster, a lot faster. We will be working with other companies to develop a system that can scan 100 times faster. Sabatier said.

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S PB , -4. BROAD COLLEGE F LIBERAL ART Opening Doors Since 1848 The past year has marked a period of growth in the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Mississippi. Much of this growth has been made possible by the advent of several private gifts to the University. In February 1999, Ole Miss alumnus David Nutt announced a $14.5 million donation, supplementing the 1998 gift of $25 million from Pascagoula attorney Richard Scruggs. Another outstanding endowment of $15 million was made in September 1999 by Judson H. Kroeze. Much of the money from these donations has been appropriated to Liberal Arts and will be used in supplementation of faculty salaries, construction of the new Center for Performing Arts, renovation of Old Chemistry into a new Visual Arts Center, and general improvement in several Liberal Arts departments. Other construction projects pertaining to the College of Liberal Arts are the renovation of Bondurant Hall and Galtney center and the completion of the Hollingsworth Chemistry and Lecture Center in Coulter Hall. The advancement of Liberal Arts at Ole Miss coin- cides with the ongoing process of attempting to obtain a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation ' s foremost Liber- al Arts honor society. This year has been a time of pride for anyone involved in Liberal Arts. Michael P. Dean, Associate Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, states, This continues to be an exiting time to be at the uni- versity and in the College of Liberal Arts. It is apparent that the public has a great deal of faith in the work of the college and have been very generous in supporting it. SPECIAL THANKS TO SARAH ELIZABETH GUNDLACH FOR PHOTOGRAPHS. WRITTEN BY ANGELA FAULKNER. 114

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CAMP SPEAKS frcbcifig wc V£ ceice The job of the yearbook is to take a year of your life, freeze it in the form of articles and pictures, and deliver it as the Ole Miss Yearbook. Our jobs would not be finished if we only showed the best parts of Ole Miss and pol- ished over the real issues. Quite often Ole Miss is depict- ed negativly, with proclaims of ram- pant racism and sexism. While many students have not personally encountered either of these emotions, it would be ignorant to pretend they don ' t exisit. As we quickly approach the year 2000, University officials have com- mitted themselves to making Ole Miss a thriving multicultural body, readily excepting of others beliefs, and ideas. The way to reach our goal is to learn to embrace the differences in everyone. It is our place as future leaders at Mississippi ' s premire instiution to accept our neighbor for the unique person greatly created by an awesome God. A unique person that would be made inadequate if stripped of any part of their being. Regardless of popular believe, you are who you are for a reason, to make a difference in the role you were given. What kind of world would it be without difference? Ole Miss is different and that is part of her appeal. Ole Miss draws you in and teaches you the most valuable lessons in life, this makes Ole Miss special to us, but what is the job of a I University if not to give its students compassion and understanding. The times we live in make it hard to embrace the differences in our fel low man, because sometimes the most important thing to someone is th everything you have vowed to hate. My first year at Ole Miss 1 learned something that I alread} knew but had forgotten. A political science professor, Dr. C. Smith, explained in class one day the con- cept of Civil Liberties. He said, ' You can ' t deny someone the right tc do something they believe is right. If it is not illegal they have ever) right to do what they want as do I The day we began to take away thu rights of our neighbors is the day wc all lose. 116 r-aa j.!-