My 3 and ½ years at Ole Miss have been full of ups and downs, but The Daily Mississippian has been a constant throughout and a major part of my life this semester as I took on the position of news editor. I came to Ole Miss as a transfer student in fall 2015, and […]
The Ole Miss chapter of Beta Theta Pi fraternity is facing charges related to hazing and alcohol. “We met with the Office of Conflict (Resolution and Student Conduct) today, and we will be facing charges related to hazing, providing alcohol to minors, alcohol possession and an unregistered social event,” Beta chapter president Chauncey Mullins said […]
Jaz Brisack has been an active part of the Ole Miss community during her nearly four years at the university, affecting change inside and outside of the classroom. Now, she has been named the university’s 26th Rhodes Scholar — and the first female from Ole Miss to receive the honor. Her initial reaction to receiving […]
A crowd of around 35 people gathered in The End of All Music record store on Wednesday night to hear Hanif Abdurraqib read poems and have copies of his essay collection titled “They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us” signed. Abdurraqib, an Ohio native, noted that it was the one year anniversary of […]
A couple dozen students and community members gathered at 5 p.m. Thursday night at the Circle on campus as part of a nationwide day of protests to protect Robert Mueller, special counsel of the Trump-Russia investigation. The event was called “Nobody is above the law — Mueller protection rapid response” and was organized by MoveOn, […]
Members, parents and friends came and went from the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house on Friday during the afternoon hours of the brisk fall day, some with tear-stained faces and others with smiles and laughter. The Daily Mississippian met with Director of Fraternal Leadership and Learning Arthur Doctor, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Brandi Hephner […]
The national Kappa Alpha Theta organization has decided to remove the University of Mississippi’s Epsilon Zeta Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta at the end of this semester after 39 years on campus due to a number of issues including “low membership and discouraging recruitment efforts.” National leaders of the organization voted unanimously to close the […]
A plaque memorializing Elwood Higginbottom, the seventh and last person known to be lynched in Lafayette County in 1935, will be installed this Saturday in Oxford. The unveiling ceremony will take place at Second Baptist Church, with a community meal to honor the family after the unveiling ceremony. “This marker unveiling is the culmination of […]
James Alexander Ventress, the namesake of Ventress Hall on the University of Mississippi’s campus, authored the bill to establish the university in 1840. He was also a slave owner. Nicka Sewell-Smith, a genealogist from Bolivar, Tennessee, is the great-great-granddaughter of Easter Parker, a slave owned by Ventress. She first notified The Daily Mississippian of this […]
Meek School of Journalism and New Media faculty met Friday at noon to discuss how to move forward after Ed Meek’s Facebook post received widespread criticism and national attention. Although no official confirmation has been released, an early draft of a faculty statement acquired by The Daily Mississippian shows that faculty plan to ask Meek […]
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