Yusef Salaam, one of five teenagers wrongfully convicted – and later exonerated – in the 1989 Central Park jogger case, visited the university on Tuesday to give the Black History Month keynote speech about the hope for change and how people can work to end racism and prejudice. Salaam spoke of his life experiences — […]
Ryan Rigney, communications lead for Riot Games’ League of Legends and Ole Miss School of Journalism graduate, returned to campus on Wednesday to share his insight on social media in the modern workplace with students. Rigney, who addressed an audience in the Overby Center on Wednesday and participated in the 2020 Jobs Conference on Thursday, […]
Students living in Deaton Hall were forced out of their dorm rooms early Sunday morning because of heavy flooding caused by a stray lacrosse ball toss. What started as typical dorm shenanigans quickly escalated as a group of students tossing a lacrosse ball in the hallway clipped a sprinkler head on the fourth floor, causing […]
Nearly one year ago, Oxford resident Seth Buck anxiously waited outside the locked door of a small storefront off of Jackson Avenue. Today was the day. It was almost 9 a.m., and at the turn of the hour, Bad Eddy’s Hobbies and Collectibles, a comics and gaming store, opened its doors to the public for […]
The Oxford Police Department and local bar owners have said they have not seen any change in Square safety since the city’s Alcohol Ordinance went into full effect at the start of this year. The ordinance, which was voted into effect last September by the Oxford Board of Aldermen and backed by OPD, seeks to […]
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYGZAhUTS7k[/embedyt] Light spread across the court, spilling into the stands and onto the stairwells of the beloved Tad Pad. But something was missing. One light, a large bucket light, had burned out, leaving a shadowy area on the court where, just a few years ago, the Rebels would’ve been representing their school. Two […]
Every fall, the lawn of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church becomes home to a local pumpkin patch just off the Square. People are supposed to pay for the pumpkins they’d like to take home, but some passersby, however, end up smashing the pumpkins without paying for them. “I was walking back on that sidewalk and I […]
Square patrons and employees may have noticed an increase in road, alleyway and parking space closures on the weekends over the past year. These closures have affected parking, drivers picking up individuals and driving. When major roads such as Jackson and Van Buren Avenues on the Square close, drivers are often rerouted down University and […]
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