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Wednesday, April 22, 2015
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Farewell, Chief Sellers LANA FERGUSON
lnfergus@go.olemiss.edu
After 25 years of working at the University Police Department, Chief Calvin Sellers will say goodbye on May 31. The 62-year-old Sellers has dedicated 30 years, almost half of his life, to working in police departments, the majority of which has been at Ole Miss. Sellers said he didn’t always know law enforcement was where he belonged. Before joining force, he was a jack-of-all-trades. He owned an insurance business and even worked as a disc jockey at a local radio station. “I did a lot of jobs before this,” Sellers said. “My heart wasn’t in that. It just wasn’t what I wanted to do.” In 1984, Sellers went on a job search in Water Valley. “Actually, when I got hired as law enforcement, I was trying to get a job as a fireman,” Sellers said. “There weren’t any jobs open for
SEE SELLERS PAGE 3 PHOTO BY: KAYLA BEATTY
LEFT: Chief Calvin Sellers stands in the office he has worked in for 25 years.
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Professors debate uses of technology in classrooms SHELBY NICHOLS
sjnichol@go.olemiss.edu
As technology evolves, students and staff are finding more ways to include it in the classroom environment, but not everyone supports the movement. More than 80 percent of students on college campuses now use mobile devices to study according to McGraw-Hill Education and Hanover Research. The University of Mississippi is following the trend, with smartphones and tablets being increasingly crucial to the learning atmosphere. Freshman computer science and Chinese double major Mitchell Edwards said the percentage doesn’t surprise him. “In this day and age, the Internet is a reality,” Edwards said. “The abilities and resources it offers to students are endless, from troves of information that would be unreachable without information technology to free forums to exchange ideas and to learn from others.”
The department of computer and information sciences’s professor Dawn Wilkins has taught at Ole Miss for 20 years. Wilkins said she likes the idea of using technology in the classroom but knows the risks. “The primary reason would be cheating,” Wilkins said. “Students are creative and will find ways to manage.” Wilkins also said she believes that technology can be beneficial. “For students it’s more about organization and research,” Wilkins said. “Most use the Blackboard app.” Despite the growing popularity, not every professor is supportive of students using smartphones and other technology in a classroom setting. History professor John Neff does not allow students to use any form of technology in his classroom. Neff said mobile devices are useful, but not for studying. “Students are told that electronics will make being a student easier; this is not true,” Neff said. “Being a student always involves hard
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work, with or without technology. There are no shortcuts.” Neff said he believes taking
notes on a technological device defeats the purpose in certain learning environments.
“Students need to become active listeners, able to discern the
SEE TECHNOLOGY PAGE 4