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BOE Meeting
Who: Hattiesburg Board of Education
What: Females are no longer allowed to wear miniskirts, jeans are not allowed, and males must keep hair above the ear
When: Friday morning
Where: Hattiesburg
Why: enrollment has dropped by 200 students
How: Board passed new rules
The Hattiesburg Board of Education met Friday morning and discussed problematic enrollment numbers.
Assistant Superintendent Max Hoemmeldorfer reported that enrollment numbers had dropped by 200 students and also stated “This is the third year we’ve lost enrollment. The future looks bleak.”
Faculty in Plane Crash
Who: Associate professor of rural sociology John Dumont and associate professor of English George Johnson, from Backwater State University
What: Jet crashed on takeoff, killing 5 people
When: Thursday night
Where: Kennedy International Airport
Why: unknown
How: unknown
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Two associate professors from Backwater State University survived a jet crash that killed five people Thursday night at Kennedy International Airport.
Professors John Dumont and George Johnson were returning from separate conferences in New York when the plane carrying 45 passengers crashed upon takeoff.
Arrest
Who: Cathy Benson, 22-years-old
What: Arrested for the third time in 6 months
When: Thursday night
Where: ?
Why: Driving under influence of alcohol
Daughter of local attorney Jim Benson was arrested Thursday night, for the third time in 6 months, for driving while under the influence of alcohol.
Cathy Benson is a 22-year-old senior, this year’s homecoming queen, cheerleader, straight-A student, and will be attending Vanderbilt University’s graduate studies program to study biology.
Curriculum changes
Who: University President David French
What: Announced changes in graduation requirements
When: Changes to take place next fall
Where: University
Why: Only 15 percent of students took foreign language and only 20 percent took a math course
A university president announces graduation requirement changes after a recent study showed that only 15 percent of students took a foreign language and only 20 percent took a math course.
President David French revealed that students are now required to take one math, computer science, and foreign language course to graduate.
