Some Black MS residents are skeptical of COVID vaccine. Can researchers change minds? [The Sun Herald]
Dec. 21 A few days ago, Vanessa Reed got a letter in the mail. A company called ClinicalResearch.com wanted her to know she could get up to $740 and potentially a free COVID-19 vaccine if she signed up for a clinical trial.
Reed, who is Black and Native American, tossed the letter aside.
“To me it’s dangerous,” she said of the vaccine. “I do believe in vaccinating your children. But I just don’t trust any of this. People can tell me it’s OK, but their body is not my body.”
Freedom of speech on campuses is key to addressing racial inequality
William Sturkey, The Washington Post
Dec. 22, 2020
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On Dec. 10, Garrett Felber, an assistant professor of history at the University of Mississippi ( Ole Miss ), received an email notifying him without warning that his position would be terminated at the end of 2021. Felber is an award-winning scholar and an internationally recognized leader in the study of mass incarceration - one of the pressing questions of our time, considering that the United States incarcerates its citizens at a higher rate than any other nation.
Although his department chair claims that his termination stems from a breakdown in communication, scholars and nonscholars alike were shocked that a professor on leave - as a research fellow at Harvard University - could be fired for a failure to communicate, especially in the middle of a global pandemic. Many observers familiar with Felber joined colleagues within his own de
USMâs Gore Jr., Maples earn Conference USA honors
Bozeman named to the All-C-USA Academic team Frank Gore Jr. was named Conference USA All-Freshman. (Source: University of Southern Mississippi) By Tim Doherty | December 21, 2020 at 1:29 PM CST - Updated December 21 at 2:04 PM
From University of Southern Mississippi Sports Information
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) â University of Southern Mississippi freshman running back Frank Gore Jr., and redshirt sophomore linebacker Hayes Maples each earned Conference USA second-team football honors in an announcement by the league office Monday.
Gore Jr. was also a member of the C-USA All-Freshman team.
Gore, a native of Miami, Fla., led the Golden Eagles in rushing with 708 yards on 121 carries for a 5.9 yard per carry average. During his first season, he posted three 100-yard rushing games.
To build COVID-19 vaccine trust with Black Mississippians, researchers fight legacy of mistreatment Isabelle Taft, The Sun Herald
Dec. 21 A few days ago, Vanessa Reed got a letter in the mail. A company called ClinicalResearch.com wanted her to know she could get up to $740 and potentially a free COVID-19 vaccine if she signed up for a clinical trial.
Reed, who is Black and Native American, tossed the letter aside. To me it s dangerous, she said of the vaccine. I do believe in vaccinating your children. But I just don t trust any of this. People can tell me it s OK, but their body is not my body.