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

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As students return to campus and the leaves begin to change, fall at Ole Miss can be quite the pleasant time of year. The semester started out with the bang of Welcome Week. Sponsored by the Student Programming Board, the week brought music, food and fun to new and returning Rebels. Overall, each event we have sponsored this year has been a success, said Bradley Baker, program coordinator for the Department of Campus Programming. The Student Programming Board has done an exceptional job this semester at planning different activities for students. The purpose of the SPB is to develop new ideas and turn those ideas into a reality. The fall semester has been jam-packed with activities and events that attract diverse groups of students. All week long, caricatures, game shows, a money machine, an IronMan obstacle course and a velcro wall were set up for students in front of the Union as they traveled to and from their first few classes of the semester. On Saturday, Aug. 27, students turned out in droves for Rumble in the Grove. Digital Underground, Tone Loc, Drew Holcomb, The Taylor Grocery Band, Sanders Bohlke and The Gospel and Jeff Johnson all performed. The Welcome Week events may have been an indicator that students would show up to the other activities that lay in store. Baker said. We have had high student participation in every activity, ranging from Rebel Nights to Homecoming Week to Welcome Week, he said. In my mind, some of the events that stood out the most included Ole Miss Idol and Poetry Slam during two different Rebel Nights, the Big Red Chair Photo during Homecoming Week and the outdoor activities we have had at the Student Union throughout the semester. The hands-on activities have included mechanical bulls, rock walls and bungee runs to name a few. Once students settled in, the events did not stop. From Poetry Slams to Rebel Nights at the Southern Breeze to various productions from the Ole Miss Theater Department and other companies to conceits from Percy Sledge and the Oak Ridge Boys, there was always something available to students to combat any boredom that popped up in their hectic schedules. Personally, I have enjoyed both the Poetry Slam and Ole Miss Idol competitions in the Southern Breeze, Baker said. Due to the high number of talented performers in both events, the crowd turnout was incredible. In turn, the high number of attendees made the atmosphere that much more competitive. On Tuesday, Sept. 6 through Sunday, Sept. 1 1, filmmakers and movie enthusiasts from far and away converged on Oxford for the third annual Oxford Film Festival. Participants enjoyed screenings, workshops, professional independent and amateur films, presentations and awards. At the beginning of October, the campus landed one of the largest concerts in Ole Miss history - the Mississippi Rising benefit for Hurricane Katrina victims, which was broadcast live on MSNBC. The Ole Miss theater department kept busy with various productions. The season included Our Town, The Rocky Horror Show and a holiday delight, Christmas Wonderland. Also in other performances, Manic thrilled a Ford Center audience on Friday, Oct. 21. I ' ve seen other performances (at the Ford Center) in the past, and they ' ve always been really well done, but they ' re always priced so that the average student can ' t afford to get into many, said Albert Scovel, a senior from Pascagoula. I really wanted to see La Boheme, but it was too expensive. Later in the semester came an Ole Miss tradition, Parade of Beauties, where Ole Miss sophomore Sarah Mokry, of Olive Branch, was crowned on Wednesday, Nov. 16. It will be neat to tell my kids and grand kids that I was ' Most Beautiful ' in a college known for having the most beautiful girls, Mokry said. I never imagined that I would win because there were 87 other beautiful girls in the pageant. In a pageant of this caliber, it is hard to imagine yourself winning it all. Any one of them would have been an amazing ' Most Beautiful. ' On Friday, Nov. 18, famed Republican Sen. John McCain gave a speech to a packed Gertrude C. Ford Center, focusing on the U.S. presence in Iraq. John McCain was really good, but the most impressive part was that we were able to get someone of that caliber in the first place, Scovel said. The Lott leadership Institute seems to be a really great asset to the university that hopefully will continue to bring in high quality speakers. I Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Chi pledges at this year ' s Homecoming parade. Various artis ' at Rumble in I during Welcome W.

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Campus housing is a vital part of Ole Miss student life. On-campus living provides students with a home away from home. written by Crystel Cannon Almost every freshman student has one thing in common when they begin life at Ole Miss - they must live in one of the 13 residence halls located around campus. To make these students ' lives a little easier, Associate Director for Residence Life, Melinda Pullen, said the housing department continually strives to improve their services whether by enhancing the aesthetics of the buildings, improving the elevators and safety issues, offering significant leadership and programming opportunities or providing employment opportunities. She also pointed out that research has shown that students who live on campus have better grades, higher graduation rates and make better alumni. Pullen said 3,515 students currently live in the residence halls. Living on campus offers students the opportunity to learn from each other ' s differences, to learn to cooperate and experience people and points of view that they may have never had the opportunity to experience prior to living on campus, Pullen said. Joseph Warner II Most of my good friends are down the hall from me. - Ann Kirk Jacobs Freshman from Brookhaven, Miss. Ann Kirk Jacobs, a freshman international studies major from Brookhaven, lives in Martin Hall. Jacobs said she likes the fact she always has friends around 24 7. I ' m never bored, she said, adding that she always has someone close by to give her advice or an opinion about an outfit. Most of my good friends are down the hall form me. For Jacobs, a huge downside of on-campus living is sharing a bathroom with 40 people. People coming home at all hours of the night when she is trying to sleep, writing a paper or studying also makes Jacobs long for a more private living situation. Living in a space one-fourth the size of her old room has also been cause for adjustment. Still, despite some of the discomforts of residence hall life, Jacobs said the housing staff was extremely helpful after torrential rains of Hurricane Katrina flooded her room on August 29. We had to pull up the carpet and move the chest of drawers out from the window, she said. If required for her sorority, Jacobs said she would spend another year j ' . exp act pi del liw (left) Stockard residents gather for an impromptu guitar concert during a study break. (top right) Stockard Hall showroom allows male students to view their new homes. (bottom right) Move-In is a big production for incoming freshmen. 1 8 Student Life