Ole Miss students are questioning campus housing’s approach in managing problems with its residents, and some have voiced concern with housing employees’ recent reliance on law enforcement officials. University Police Department is called to residence halls approximately two to five times nightly and more on the weekends, according to UPD Crime Prevention Coordinator Bishop Lewis. […]
Tim Wise and Joy Degruy, both prominent researchers and scholars on race, delivered the University of Mississippi’s Black History Month Keynote Address and highlighted how to address racial problems of the past, how those problems haunted the university this past weekend and what can be done to move forward. Wise discussed Saturday’s Confederate marches and […]
Updated 4:50 p.m. University Police Department Chief Ray Hawkins said there was one person arrested on campus “who failed to comply with directions” from the police. Hawkins said no one associated with the protest was injured. Updated 3:36 p.m. Saturday After protesting for exactly one hour as allotted by the university, pro-Confederate activists end their […]
Dean of Students and Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Melinda Sutton Noss will leave Ole Miss at the end of this semester to take a job at Southern Methodist University. Sutton Noss, an SMU alumna, will officially become the Associate Vice President and Dean of Students at SMU, the same position she currently holds […]
Organizers of a counterprotest in response to the pro-Confederate rally planned for Saturday have moved their event from the Circle to the Jackson Avenue Center to ensure the safety of participants. Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Brandi Hephner LaBanc announced the change at Wednesday’s public discussion about the upcoming rallies. Counterprotest organizer and senior marketing […]
Maggie Rogers is yet another 21st century pop star looking to bring authenticity to the genre, and she succeeds with the release of her debut album. In “Heard It in a Past Life,” released on Jan. 18, the fresh-faced singer-songwriter appeased her fanbase with 45 minutes of her newest works. Though most artists have a […]
Local literature fans packed the rows of wooden fold-out chairs to hear Southern studies faculty members Ted Ownby, Kathryn McKee and Jessica Wilkerson read from their recent book releases. Ownby, McKee and Wilkerson presented excerpts of their works to a crowded house of colleagues, students and other community members. After a brief introduction, […]
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAL8TSK-qbM[/embedyt] A group of students and other community members marched through the Circle and the Lyceum on Wednesday in protest of the Confederate statue located in the center of campus. Student activists and members of Students Against Social Injustice delivered a letter to university administration asking them to remove the statue, meet with […]
After a three-year absence from the charts, Mumford & Sons has re-established themselves as the kings of indie-pop with their fourth album “Delta” which earned them their third No. 1 album. With the album’s lack of foot-stomping folk songs and unplugged ballads, it seems that the bearded, banjo-soaked acoustics we fell in love with are […]
It really is incredible how far women have come in just the last century. Every day, we do things like vote, drive, own property, prepare for a professional career and even go to college, that just a few decades ago would have been impossible. In 1870, when college student Bettie Locke tried to join an […]
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