Colonel Reb controversy: Official Judicial Council ruling

Posted on Apr 4 2013 - 7:32pm by Lacey Russell
File Photo (Austin McAfee) | The Daily Mississippian Campaign signs are seen in front of the Union during the personality elections in the fall of 2012.

File Photo (Austin McAfee) | The Daily Mississippian
Campaign signs are seen in front of the Union during the personality elections in the fall of 2012.

Serving as the judicial chair for the 2012-13 academic year, Courtney Pearson signed the following account of the Judicial Council‘s actions in issuing a resolution concerning the constitutionality of the personality election title of “Colonel Reb.”

This decision, signed March 25, has sparked much debate across campus, the Oxford community and the Ole Miss family as a whole.

The decision is currently being reviewed, as it is the product of a constitutionality questionable process, according to current ASB Attorney General Rob Pillow.

Check out the full text PDF here: