BY ANNA RUSH akrush1@gmail.com As graduation quickly approaches, many muse that your college years are the best years of your life. The unknown that lies beyond graduation can be daunting. The mere thought of saying goodbye to the friends you’ve grown so close to over the past few years can bring tears to your eyes. Some of your friends know exactly where they are going,...
Dear Editor, Whereas Williamson claims that she is tired of “picking up a copy of The DM and seeing people outraged about absolutely inane topics,” I am admittedly tired of something else. I am tired of apologizing. I am tired of being under the magnifying glass. I am tired of making overt gestures of political correctness to try and justify my university...
BY LEXI THOMAN alexandria.thoman@gmail.com Here we are again, at the end of another academic semester. In many ways, it is had to believe that this is my last. So many people have touched my life over my four years at Ole Miss -— friends, acquaintances, classmates and coworkers; the list goes on and on. But for most seniors who are at the finish line of their undergraduate...
BY TRENTON WINFORD tgwinford@bellsouth.net On April 17, the U.S. Senate voted down an amendment to a bill that would have extended background checks on firearm purchases to close a supposed loophole with gun shows. The liberal outcry that followed filled the media for days. As I read through the reactions, I noticed a few numbers and statistics that kept popping up, so...
BY WANFEI WU wwu@go.olemiss.edu This is probably my last column for The Daily Mississippian. I can’t believe how quickly time flies. I remember how I started my journey from China two years ago, the first day I got to Oxford and the first time I went to my journalism school, my Farley Hall. I remember how excited I was when I saw the dean, the assistant dean, the professors...
BY ALEXANDRA WILLIAMSON aewillia@go.olemiss.edu I’m so tired of picking up a copy of The DM and seeing people outraged about absolutely inane topics, like “Dixie,” the mascot and the name bestowed upon the winner of a campus popularity contest. I swear, people on this campus sweat the small stuff so much that they’re far too dehydrated to do anything when it comes...
Dear Editor, In last weeks article, “ASB Rejects Resolution to Ban Dixie” Sean Higgins became the latest administration sock puppet to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. Sean said, “I think it’s offensive…” speaking for the nameless, faceless, never quoted multitude he believes he represents in denouncing the song Dixie for being the Confederate...
Dear Editor, This week we all were fortunate to witness an exemplary act of courage by one of our students, Sean Higgins, when he stood alone for something that he believed in against all of the voices of his colleagues in an ASB Senate Committee meeting. Regardless of whether or not you agree with Sean’s proposal, he should be admired and respected for his unselfish...
BY PHIL MCCAUSLAND pjmccaus@go.olemiss.edu My friend told me that his girlfriend tried to renew her driver’s license yesterday but couldn’t because the DMV was closed for a holiday. I asked what holiday, and he explained that the state of Mississippi was celebrating Confederate Memorial Day. Really guys? Is the state of Mississippi trying to be a target? Celebrating...
