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As we close in on the midway point of another semester there a quite a few hot topics that students are talking about around the campus. Parking, our football team, free scantrons, Amendment 26 and when the exact date that it will become fashionable again to wear leggings, XXXXL sweatshirts and rain boots. I'm thinking mid-October.

That said, I am going to take a different route, and talk about an issue that has been untouched as of yet by the campus water-cooler. Intramurals. I'm sticking to the important issues see?

Last spring I searched through a bookshelf at Goodwill looking for new material. I bought a stack of books, read the ones that most interested me and put the others aside.

I took many classes that spring semester, finding my Psychology 201 course most intriguing, but despite being immensely interested in the material, I found myself longing for a better articulation of how psychology could be applied to my everyday life.

I would like to ask all of the Oxford Police Depatment officers to please get on the same page in regard to the Oxford dog leash law. 

For the greater majority of the 11 months that I have had my dog Cash, I’ve kept him on a leash in Oxford like the law demands. I have only allowed him off leash after two separate OPD officers gave me their permission to do so as long as I maintained control over him with the assistance of a remote electronic training collar (E-collar). 

John has an unfortunate story. He and his wife want to start a family, so they began searching for a house. The house they end up buying has a few problems, but it is a good starter house. The roof leaks, the cabinets need to be replaced and the foundation has some problems.

After buying the house, like any responsible couple, they shopped for home insurance. They were told that the foundation will need to be repaired within the next year, so no insurance plan would cover the home’s foundation at a price John could afford.

Lately, some of the Republican candidates have managed to talk themselves into a hole concerning welfare and those living in poverty. Newt Gingrich, probably the most offensive on the subject, accused all poor people of not having the habit of “showing up on Monday,” implying that those living below the poverty line simply do not work as a result of laziness. He said, “Really poor children in really poor neighborhoods have no habits of working and have nobody around them who works.” 

Chances are, most women reading this column are no strangers to a phenomenon that I find rather ridiculous. No matter how often it happens, it still makes me feel uncomfortable, self-conscious and sometimes, even threatened. 

What is this phenomenon, you ask? It is the “catcall” – the seemingly harmless whistle that certain “breeds” of men use when they think a passing girl is attractive, or when they just want to be obnoxious.

As of 2011, Mississippi was the most obese state in the nation. That makes six years that Mississippi has garnered this “honor.”  

Yet, we see that the state of Mississippi and its leadership have not come up with a sustainable, successful plan to reverse this trend. 

This past weekend was a proud one for the Ole Miss campus. Ten outstanding students were inducted into the Hall of Fame, joining countless others who have contributed effort and energy into their time here as undergraduates.

Four months have passed since Occupy Wall Street began its protest at Zuccotti Park in New York City’s Wall Street financial district, yet we wait for a clear articulation of their demands.

Hey students,

As we begin the new semester, I want to give you some updates on your Associated Student Body. 

1. Our Spring General Elections take place Feb. 21. Positions include president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, attorney general and judicial chair. 

If you want to run, you must complete a petition (available in the ASB office -— Union 408), and turn it in Feb. 3. If you have questions about your eligibility or what the positions entail, email [email protected]