Clay Hale

Clay Hale is a first-year graduate student pursuing a Master’s in integrated marketing communications from Water Valley, Miss. He serves as the Editor In Chief for The Daily Mississippian and previously served as the Arts and Culture Editor and Managing Editor. In his free time, Clay likes to write songs, watch Scooby-Doo and go to Cracker Barrel.

Monthly music round-up: Five February jams

  February felt like a desert of new music, but make no mistake, there were a few tracks that were not a mirage for listeners. Here are a few new songs that you should check out before we get too deep into March’s melodies. “Busy Woman” by Sabrina Carpenter If you read my review of […]

2025 Ole Miss yearbook available for pre-sale

The Ole Miss yearbook will start pre-sale for the 2025 edition today. In previous years, the yearbook has been available to University of Mississippi students for free. This year, students will have to purchase their yearbook for either $20 in pre-order, starting today, or $25 during the week of distribution, which is scheduled for April […]

Monthly music round-up: six January gems

  Although January felt a little dry in new music content, there were a few hidden tracks that stood out in the small pond of songs. Here is a roundup of new tracks released in January that deserve your attention.  “Sports car” by Tate McRae Pop music faced a bit of a drought in January, […]

DJ Clay’s top 10 songs of 2024

In a time when artists are producing a larger quantity of music in an effort to retain the public’s attention, 2024 offered a multitude of new projects from many performers.  Because of the influx of projects released this year, I struggled to narrow this list to 10 songs. I simply could not list every worthy […]

‘Agatha’ was meaningless all along

“Agatha All Along” is Disney+’s latest series addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and while it is full of charisma and personality, the show’s weakness is a meaningless ending. The series follows the witchy Agatha Harkness, played by a mischievous Kathryn Hahn, as she breaks free from a spell placed upon her by Elizabeth Olsen’s […]

Sabrina Carpenter’s new album comes up ‘Short’

Sabrina Carpenter has been on the cusp of fame for many years and album cycles. Her sixth album effort, “emails i can’t send fwd:,” spawned two of her biggest hits to date with the RIAA-certified platinum hit “Nonsense” and the Billboard Hot 100 Top 25 hit “Feather.” But now — thanks to Carpenter’s seventh studio […]

Are you ready, Rebels?

First and foremost, congratulations on being accepted into the University of Mississippi and making it to orientation. You are officially one step closer to being an Ole Miss Rebel. It seems like just yesterday that we were in your shoes, and now here we are, crafting a guide for incoming students. In some ways, we […]

Tree collapses near student union, follows multiple others

A giant Grove tree fell on the sidewalk in front of Gertrude C. Ford Ole Miss Student Union at approximately 12:50 p.m. on Thursday, April 11. This is at least the third towering tree to fall on the University of Mississippi campus in the last two days. Bystanders reported that one student was almost hit […]

‘eternal sunshine’ radiates healing and growth

Pop princess Ariana Grande launched her seventh studio album, “eternal sunshine,” to eagerly awaiting fans on Friday, March 8, and it would be completely fair to call this her best work to date. Admittedly, I am a sucker for music with meaning. I tend to roll my eyes at tunes similar to those on Grande’s […]

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