In the newest development in the search for Ole Miss’s 18th chancellor, the Board of Trustees of the Institutions of Higher Learning released their 39-member panel on June 7 that will make up the Campus Search Advisory Committee. According to IHL bylaws, this committee will discuss all candidates that apply before a set date, and […]
The newest Grisham Writer in Residence, January O’Neil, has never been to the Deep South, but she said that she is a southerner at heart. She plans to move to Oxford in the coming months to teach classes and write for the 2019-2020 academic year. “I’m excited for the challenge, and I want to be […]
Oxford has had a revival of comedy acts this summer thanks to Oxford Comedy and their mission to bring standup to the Oxford scene. Connor King, the man behind Oxford Comedy, hosts an open mic night at 9 p.m. every Tuesday at Harrison’s for comedians to try their hand at making folks laugh. “This year […]
An employee at Who Dat’s Drive-Thru has been fired after giving a customer a receipt that contained a racially offensive description. Alexia Washington, a University of Mississippi student, visited the drive-through daiquiri bar on June 7. After receiving her order, the top of her receipt read “Black bitches in silver car.” Washington, who goes by […]
Need some hope in the love department? The romantic comedy genre sure has lately. But recently, Netflix’s “Always Be My Maybe” has reignited a flame in the rom-com genre. Sure, we’ve had a few great teen rom-coms, such as “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before,” but recent release “Always Be My Maybe” brings back […]
Lawmakers have earmarked $850,000 for a tuition-charging University of Mississippi preschool as they struggled to find money to expand other preschools statewide. The Clarion Ledger reports the Willie Price Learning Lab got the money between 2016 and 2019. Gov. Phil Bryant criticized the spending in 2017, but it has continued. The money spent was enough to […]
The Robert C. Khayat Law Center hosted a visitation for Thad Cochran on Sunday. Cochran, who represented the state of Mississippi in Congress for over 40 years, died last week at the age of 81.
Former U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, who served seven terms and used seniority to steer billions of dollars to his home state of Mississippi, has died. He was 81. Cochran’s final chief of staff, Brad White, said Cochran died Thursday at a veterans’ nursing home in Oxford. Thad Cochran was born in the small town of […]
The mayor of Oxford says the city’s police department is now under investigation after one of its officers was charged with murder. Mayor Robyn Tannehill released a statement Tuesday saying the state attorney general’s office is investigating the department at the city’s request. Matthew Kinne, a former Oxford police officer, is charged with murder in […]
Student media will host all 13 Associated Student Body executive officer candidates for a debate tonight in the Overby Center auditorium, which will replace the candidate debate that was previously hosted and moderated by the ASB itself. Here is what the three presidential candidates want students to know about them before the debate. Leah Davis: […]
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