The new year brought a new legislative session to Jackson. It also brought new estimates from the Census Bureau on Mississippi’s population. For the fourth time in five years, Mississippi lost population. The state’s population declined by 4,871 people, the sixth highest total in the country. Mississippi and neighboring Louisiana, which saw a decrease of […]
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) approved to university’s plans to relocate the Confederate monument on campus to the Confederate cemetery behind the Tad Smith Coliseum. The unanimous approval on Friday leaves one more vote to decide whether the monument will be relocated. The Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees will make […]
In Oxford, emerging artists have opportunities through education and through local organizations to establish themselves within creative careers. While art fields seem dependent on large scale success, local level work provides artists with ways to experiment with their work. While the art program is not as large as other schools at the university, it has […]
Ole Miss offensive coordinator Rich Rodriguez has built the image of Ole Miss’ attack. That image is of quarterback John Rhys Plumlee dashing past flat-footed defenders for explosive touchdowns, and the potential for the true freshman running the offense successfully was apparent in the second half of the loss to LSU. Plumlee’s record-breaking heroics this […]
Enrollment at the University of Mississippi has decreased 3.5% over the past year, according to a Thursday afternoon press release from the Institutions of Higher Learning. Illustration by Katherine Butler. This is the third consecutive year that enrollment has fallen, and this year it fell more than it has in previous years. Total enrollment across […]
Following a sudden cancellation last week, an event featuring conservative commentator Elisha Krauss has been rescheduled to be in the student union on Wednesday. The event, hosted by the university chapter of conservative student organization Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), was originally scheduled to be held in the Overby Center Auditorium on Nov. 13. However, […]
After deliberating for nearly three hours in executive session, the Faculty Senate voted to pass a resolution declaring no confidence in the Institutions of Higher Learning and in the chancellor selection process. On Wednesday, the senate released two proposed resolutions to be considered at the special meeting on Thursday. One resolution called for a declaration […]
The Faculty Senate will consider two resolutions tomorrow. One calls for the declaration of no confidence in the Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees and the appointment of Chancellor Glenn Boyce. The other calls for a coalition of post-secondary institutions to initiate a constitutional amendment to abolish the IHL and create a more representative […]
The Institutions of Higher Learning released a timeline of events for “accuracy and clarification” of the search process of Glenn Boyce as the university’s 18th chancellor. The release comes six days after the Faculty Senate overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for the IHL to provide a “complete accounting and detailed timeline” of the chancellor search […]
At a Monday afternoon meeting in the Lyceum, Provost Noel Wilkin told the deans of the academic schools that newly appointed chancellor, Glenn Boyce, would not entertain the idea of flying the Mississippi state flag on campus, keeping the Confederate statue in the Circle or re-instituting Colonel Reb as the university’s mascot, according to a […]
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