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Mumford & Sons branches out with new album “Delta”

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 […]

Opinion: As a Kappa Alpha Theta, I encountered my fair share of judgment

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 […]

Opinion: How Cindy Hyde-Smith reminded us that America was never great

For the past two and a half years, I’ve been wondering what made America great. What was so great about America and how exactly do we make her great again? I grew up in suburban Mississippi with parents who constantly reminded me that I was blessed with opportunities that they weren’t. Both grew up in […]

Gallery: Photos from Jeffrey Vitter’s three years at the University of Mississippi

Ole Miss Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter announced on Friday that he intends to resign from his position before the end of the 2018-2019 school year. Vitter will continue to serve as Chancellor through January 3, 2019, and will join faculty as a computer and information science professor after his resignation. After officially arriving on campus in Jan. […]

Opinion: Take down the plaque, take down the statue

The contextualization plaque in front of our school’s Confederate monument is an interesting commentary on university policy. The plaque discusses the history of such monuments erected across the South in the 20th century and even gives a nod to the fact that they were almost always funded by groups pushing Lost Cause ideology. The Lost […]

The Daily Mississippian Q&A with The Brook & The Bluff

Assistant arts & culture editor Eliza Noe sat down with The Brook & The Bluff, a four-man band born and bred in Birmingham, Alabama, ahead of their show at Proud Larry’s last night. Packed into a van — they’re still debating its name, narrowing it down to either Vannabelle or Vincent Van Gogh — bassist […]

Opinion: Stop giving religious speakers a platform

Freedom of speech is crucial to our society in order to maintain democracy in the United States. But at what point does this freedom to spread one’s beliefs turn into hate speech? Recently, there have been hateful comments and remarks being hurled at students by men who stand in the Circle and tell people they […]

Lafayette County sees huge increase in voter turnout from previous midterm

Oxford citizens turned out in droves to vote in the 2018 midterm elections on Tuesday, surpassing 2014 midterm voting totals two hours before the polls closed. Voters faced long lines, reported voting machine malfunctions and found limited parking at polling places throughout the historic Election Day. A total of 16,517 votes were cast in Lafayette […]

Oxford police find possible pipe bombs, modified weapons inside South Lamar home

This story is being updated throughout the day. Oxford Police Department officers discovered explosive devices and modified weapons inside a home on South Lamar while responding to a domestic disturbance on Sunday afternoon. After entering the home on South Lamar to investigate a domestic violence call, officers came across what have been identified as “possible […]

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