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By Erin Pennington

On September 7th rapper Mac Miller was pronounced dead due to an overdose at the age of 26.

Fans and close friends including Chance the Slot expressed their reactions on Twitter.

“I don’t know what to say, Mac Miller took me on my 2nd tour ever. But beyond helping me launch my career, he was one of the sweetest guys I ever knew. Great man. I loved him for real. I’m completely broken. God bless him.”, tweeted Chance the Rapper.

Ole Miss students reacted to the rappers tragic death, some even stated that drugs are being glamourized in the Hip-Hop industry.

” Honestly, I was very shocked. I had taken a nap and I had woke up and it was all over social media. It still has not processed that he’s actually not here anymore, it was so sudden”, said Senior Communications and Sciences Disorder major Azjah Watson.

“I feel like Hip-Hop always glamourizes things they shouldn’t glamourize, or they either sexualize things they shouldn’t sexualize. So I really feel like Hip-Hop is glamourizing drugs and all these different things. Then when someone dies, everyone looks around like how did this happen?,” said Junior Broadcast Journalism Major Semaj Dordan.

While Mac Miller is still being mourned, fans have now returned his famed album “Swimming” back to the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart.

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By Nadja Jauregui

Serena Williams was penalized for her actions when playing at the US Open Final match against Naomi Osaka this past weekend. The judge accused her of receiving coaching which is prohibited during matches. Williams swore she did not and would never receive coaching.

“I’d rather lose than have to cheat to win,” Williams said during the conference. “I don’t need to cheat to win. I’ve won enough.”

Williams is a strong advocate for women’s rights and equality and having to go through an issue like this caused Williams to act in the manner that she did. Dr. Harker from the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies at Ole Miss addressed her thoughts on the match. Harker noted that women and sports continues to be an ongoing struggle for equality because of past cultures and norms. The way people view women athletes might be subconsciously influenced by past views whether people realize it or not.

There is not much else that can be done on how the match turned out, but there can be actions made to prevent similar future events.

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