UM's CoI Extension Request

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[thf24]

All I know is it sure is cooperative of them in a most exemplary way to request/demand all these delays.

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[Coach34]

I have not heard. But the Bearsharks are spinning last week's NCAA visit as "Bdork invited the NCAA here to show our transparency"

[Lumpy Chucklelips]

..."Bdork invited the NCAA here to show our transparency"

Bdork..."I have no idea what you are talking about when you say burner phones, our assistants paying players, us paying players not to visit other schools. You can come and look all you want and I don't believe you will find any truth to that".

[Martianlander]

Obviously they requested the delay because they have nothing to hide.****

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[Saltydog]

saying something. That's akin to asking OSHA to show up at construction site or manufacturing facility.

[TrapGame]

I have not heard. But the Bearsharks are spinning last week's NCAA visit as "Bdork invited the NCAA here to show our transparency"

The whore/gambling house invited the sheriff's office in to make sure the girls were disease free and the dice weren't loaded.**

[Johnson85]

If the request has already been approved, the UM fansite guys would be shouting this news from the rooftops....as good news for them. I think the NCAA will deny the request. If they wanted to delay the CoI meeting, the NCAA would have already done so...imho.

If they delay the COI meeting, I would think that would be a very good sign for UM. At the very least, I think it would mean they are coming in with a somewhat open mind, as if they think UM is guilty, they are not going to want them to have another season to capitalize. Best case scenario for non-UM people I think would be for the COI to go ahead and announce a bowl ban and a small to medium scholarship reduction, to make sure they don't capitalize any more than they already have, vacate the wins they know should be vacated, and say they are going to reserve the rest of the punishment until they finish the investigation.

[AlSwearengen]

At what point do they stop spinning and just shut up? Damn, they have a lot more energy than I do.

[Commercecomet24]

I have not heard. But the Bearsharks are spinning last week's NCAA visit as "Bdork invited the NCAA here to show our transparency"

So bdork doing stand up comedy now?

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[lefty96]

I believe they requested a furlough in the response to the delay.

[notsofarawaydawg]

The latest letter from their fearless leader who refuses to fire anyone at this time. Flagship, flagship, flagship and more flagship. BullSHIT !!!

From Vitter.

As we complete a productive academic year and immerse ourselves in an energetic summer session, we continue to work on important goals related to history, context, and identity.

The University of Mississippi, along with many universities across the country, continues on a journey to acknowledge and address the challenging and complex history around the issues of slavery, injustice, and race. Here on the main campus, we are involved in a profoundly important dialogue to fully understand and articulate our historical truths, while claiming our hard-earned present identity as a national flagship university.

The university has long been committed to honest and open dialogue about its history and how to make our campuses more welcoming and inclusive. In 2014, under the leadership of then-chancellor Dan Jones, guided by recommendations from the 2013 expanded Sensitivity and Respect Committee, the university took another step in that direction. The result is generally referred to as the 2014 action plan.

I realized shortly after becoming chancellor that many people do not realize the tremendous amount of work already done toward these goals, while others see these efforts as potentially threatening to cherished aspects of the university. As a general principle, I think it is important to communicate and keep people engaged and informed, so that we can work most effectively together.

To that end, we have enhanced the website, diversity.OleMiss.edu, which, among other things, gives an ongoing and comprehensive update on the 2014 action plan. We list each of the plan’s six recommendations, along with what has been accomplished and planned. For example, the search we launched this spring for vice chancellor for diversity and community engagement is a key part of Recommendation 1, and the new vice chancellor will help advance Recommendation 2 on developing a portfolio model of diversity and engagement. You can also read about the progress and ongoing work on Recommendations 3 and 4 in dealing with race and advocating the ideals of inclusion and fairness.

I’d particularly like to highlight Recommendation 5, which is about history and context. Beginning last summer, a committee of four experts began working to contextualize the Confederate statue in the Lyceum Circle. The resulting language was inscribed on a plaque installed near the statue in mid-March. I wrote you on March 29 about the committee’s desire to consider further input and reexamine whether the plaque’s language should be changed and, if so, how. After considerable input and study, the committee made its final recommendation, which I have approved, and in the coming months a new plaque will replace the current one and read as follows:

As Confederate veterans were dying in increasing numbers, memorial associations across the South built monuments in their memory. These monuments were often used to promote an ideology known as the “Lost Cause,” which claimed that the Confederacy had been established to defend states’ rights and that slavery was not the principal cause of the Civil War. Residents of Oxford and Lafayette County dedicated this statue, approved by the university, in 1906. Although the monument was created to honor the sacrifice of local Confederate soldiers, it must also remind us that the defeat of the Confederacy actually meant freedom for millions of people. On the evening of September 30, 1962, this statue was a rallying point for opponents of integration.

This historic statue is a reminder of the university’s divisive past. Today, the University of Mississippi draws from that past a continuing commitment to open its hallowed halls to all who seek truth, knowledge, and wisdom.

I commend the committee members for their dedication and good work as we turn to the remaining important work to contextualize campus sites and buildings. As mentioned in my March 29 letter, I am establishing a Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on History and Context that will expand the membership from four to roughly a dozen. I invite you to consider the criteria for committee membership and take part in the nomination process; the deadline is June 30.

The committee’s charge will be to recommend which Oxford campus sites should be contextualized, so as to explain the environments in which they were created or named. The committee will also be charged with designing the content and format to contextualize the sites. Three sites already suggested for contextualization are Johnson Commons, Lamar Hall, and Vardaman Hall. The committee will work during the upcoming academic year and employ a variety of methods along the way to ensure transparency and broad community input.

I want to clear up one area of confusion that arose from Recommendation 6, namely, about considering the implications of calling ourselves “Ole Miss.” Many individuals I’ve talked with felt that our efforts to create a welcoming environment at the university would somehow ultimately lead to restricting use of the term Ole Miss Rebels.

I can assure you that we will continue to use the terms Ole Miss and Rebels as endearing nicknames for the university. Data show that the term Ole Miss is broadly viewed as one of connection and affection, with strongly positive national (and international) recognition. It is one of the more known and respected (and frankly, envied) college brands. People searching on the Web for information about our university are seven times more likely to use the term Ole Miss than University of Mississippi, and the term Ole Miss evokes a more positive image than does even University of Mississippi. Similarly, the term Rebels, which originally was a link to the Confederacy, is used today in a completely different and positive way: to indicate someone who bucks the status quo, an entrepreneur, a trendsetter, a leader. Sharon and I are proud to be Ole Miss Rebels. However, as we continue to use the terms Ole Miss and Rebels, we must always use accompanying images and symbols that are consistent with the positive meanings we advocate.

Since becoming chancellor, I have had opportunities to visit with thousands of people who love this institution and invest their time and resources in our mission to transform lives and communities. I am convinced that together — guided by the UM Creed, informed by our expertise, and with respectful candor — we will successfully come to grips with difficult aspects of our university’s history and move boldly as a national leader to craft a vibrant future. Please accept my sincerest thanks for your continued support and involvement as we move our great flagship university forward.

[TrapGame]

The latest letter from their fearless leader who refuses to fire anyone at this time. Flagship, flagship, flagship and more flagship. BullSHIT !!!

The Titanic was a flagship too. And well, you know...

[Reason2succeed]

It must hurt all of those Donald Trump conservatives to swallow all of that "political correctness" all at one time.

[confucius say]

Is this real life? It took him 2000 words to say we are trying to be more inclusive and less racist, but will cling to the term ole miss. Can't have it both ways chancellor.

[Coach34]

Ole Miss
Dixie
Rebel Battle Flag
The South Will Rise Again

all part of the experience at that University. Doesn't that just scream "inclusion"?

[blacklistedbully]

"Data show that the term Ole Miss is broadly viewed as one of connection and affection, with strongly positive national (and international) recognition. It is one of the more known and respected (and frankly, envied) college brands."

The delusion runs from the very top down.