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Volume 111, No. 9
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“Never failed to be a light in all of Tenants forced to move around or our lives”: Walker move-out: the 4-1-1 on 514 Jackson Fielder remembered by friends
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The more than 200 tenants of UNCOMMON, an apartment building located just off campus at 514 E. Jackson Ave., received an unexpected letter Oct. 12: The property had been purchased by Capstone Real Estate Invest-
ments, and though initial email communications with residents stated nothing more than a name change, the building would now be immediately converted into condominium units. The new owner provided tenants with two options: either “break” their lease early and accept a gift card for $1,250, or choose to stay and agree to be moved around the building as
renovations take place. The letter stated, in part: “This may include a different unit type and/ or floor, and could potentially include roommate changes due to the limited relocation options.” Despite the options offered, MARY BOYTE many of the current tenants feel thedmnews@gmail.com stuck and unprepared for the situation they are now living through. On Sunday, Oct. 16, in the early hours between midnight SEE UNCOMMON PAGE 3 and morning, Ole Miss students Walker Fielder, 21, and Blanche Williamson, 20, were victims of a hit and run in the parking lot behind City Hall. Both students were rushed to Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi, where Fielder succumbed to his injuries. Williamson was taken to Regional One Health in Memphis, where she continues to be treated. Fielder, a member of Sigma Chi and the fraternity’s rush leader, was well-known and well-loved on the Ole Miss campus. Hours before the incident, Fielder turned 21. Friends and family attended a visitation and funeral Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 19, in Jackson. Gigi Yoste, an Ole Miss student and one of Fielder’s closest friends, described Fielder as the type of person everyone strives to be. “He had a contagious personality that drew people from all over closer together,” Yoste said. “He was by far the goofiFLETCHER CANUP / THE DAILY MISSISSIPPIAN est human I’ve had the pleasure Delisia Nicholas gets expressive telling a joke at a comedy show at to know. From his funny dance Proud Larry’s on Sept. 19. moves to his silly sayings, he al-
Comedy scene stands up in Oxford KHARLEY REDMON
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If you visit Moe’s Penny Bar on a Wednesday night, you’ll find what you’d probably expect. Patrons sitting around the bar, enjoying drinks with their friends. Wings with celery, carrots and ranch being delivered to tables. Music filling the bar with life. But at 8 p.m., something happens at Moe’s Penny Bar that you won’t be able to find anywhere else in Oxford. At 8 p.m., Ayric Bradley walks up to the standalone mic in the corner of the venue and starts his now Wednesday night routine. “It’s Open Mic Night at Moe’s
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Walker Fielder ways made others laugh. Walker always had a smile on his face, and he had a unique way of making others feel special.” Yoste and Fielder have had different relationships since they met during their sophomore year of high school at Jackson Academy. Moving from a friendship to a romantic relationship back to a friendship, Yoste and Fielder always remained best friends.
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