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The Mississippi House of Representatives voted 82-28 on Wednesday to pass bill that will ban transgender athletes from competing on female sports teams in schools and universities. The bill previously passed in the state Senate with a vote of 34-9, and Gov. Tate Reeves has said he plans to sign it into law.
The Associated Student Body Senate urged the House not to pass the bill last month. At the time, ASB President Joshua Mannery said if the bill was passed, it would lead the university to be a part of a system that makes its students feel “unsafe and unwelcome.”
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From heightened DUI arrests last month, to claims of racism in renting Oxford venues and the possibility of a Double Decker this semester, Mayor Robyn Tannehill covered a lot of ground in her town meeting with the Associated Student Body on Wednesday, Feb. 10. This was the Associated Student Body Senate’s first virtual town meeting with Tannehill in a new effort to establish a direct line of communication between students and the city of Oxford.
Tannehill said she believes the heightened number of DUI arrests in January is partly a result of bars closing at 11 p.m. and a decrease in available Uber drivers. She also said many of the DUIs are related to a benzodiazepine issue in the city.