Cedar Bowers

Bowers is a native of Tupelo, Miss. They serve as an Staff Opinion Writer for The Daily Mississippian.

Artistic expression or delinquent behavior? tattoos’ place in academia

Tattoos are more than just a painfully permanent marking of the body — fundamentally, they are an inherent expression of the self.   The art of tattooing is ancient, spanning 10,000 years across place, time and culture. The earliest recorded tattoo art can be traced back to Otzi the Iceman, whose pre-modern modification has continued into […]

Magnolia Letters: punk rock gone south or South gone punk rock?

  When most people think of punk rock, battle vests with patches, cigarettes, mohawks and aggressive guitar riffs come to mind. However, the idyllic college town of Oxford should come to mind too. Punk rock is a musical subgenre defined by do-it-yourself ethics, stripped-down instrumentation and vocals and anti-establishment rhetoric. It has a history more […]

Change the university mascot one last time, please

The history of the Ole Miss mascot is a long and tumultuous one. The University of Mississippi’s current semi-official mascot is Tony the Landshark, whose vibrant aquatic energy has been absent from any sporting event in years.  In 2017, the Landshark dethroned the university’s previous mascot, Rebel the Black Bear, who had shouldered the mantle […]

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