It has been almost two months since Mississippi legislators passed a resolution to remove the old state flag from its position, and now the state flag commission has narrowed down the search for a new state flag to two options. Next week, by Sept. 2, the commission will agree on one of the choices which […]
I think we can all agree that the word “unprecedented” has become insufferable, so I apologize for the headline. Sometimes, though, overused words are truly the only descriptor that can encapsulate moments like this. For over a century, The Daily Mississippian has served the University of Mississippi and the Oxford community in the best way […]
There will be no Grove tailgating or game day activities during the fall football season, Gov. Tate Reeves said in a press conference today. “I know this will not be popular. It’s no fun, and I’ll miss (game day activities) terribly myself,” Reeves said. “But it’s better than being a state that’s prohibiting football altogether.” […]
Over four months after the first coronavirus death in Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves announced a statewide mask mandate for all gatherings, including shopping, on Aug. 4. In addition to the mandate, Reeves ordered that hot-spot counties — or counties that have high reporting numbers of coronavirus cases — delay public-school start dates until Aug. 17. […]
For Lena Bowers Schoen, helping people is fun. Lena, a rising third-grader at Della Davidson Elementary School, has spent her time in quarantine making and selling masks to raise money for charities that benefit Oxford. Her first gift was to the Ole Miss Food Bank, which received $350 and handmade, hand-dyed masks from Lena. “To […]
Sam Williams, an Ole Miss linebacker and defensive lineman, was charged with sexual battery on Friday, according to a police report obtained by the Clarion Ledger. According to the report, Williams was arrested on Friday morning and was released later that afternoon after paying a $25,000 bond. Williams has also been suspended from all team […]
In an update sent to faculty and staff on Thursday, Chancellor Boyce and Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance Larry Sparks announced that vice chancellors should be prepared for budget cuts as large as 7.5% as a result of the COVID-19 crisis and decreasing enrollment. “The financial impact of the pandemic has already been significant […]
The Confederate monument relocation plan will no longer include the installation of headstones in the Confederate cemetery, according to a statement from Chancellor Glenn Boyce on Friday, July 17. Earlier this week, on the same day that the monument was moved to the cemetery, the chancellor sent a statement that said the university would not […]
Nearly a month after the state Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board of Trustees approved the relocation, the Confederate monument was moved from the Circle to the Confederate cemetery behind the Tad Smith Coliseum. The disassembly of the monument began early Tuesday morning without announcement to the public. Two fences surround the construction site at […]
In addition to requiring face coverings in all indoor spaces and implementing social distancing during the fall 2020 semester, students, faculty and staff will be required to participate in a daily COVID-19 symptom checker, a questionnaire that includes questions about symptoms and pre-existing conditions that could be affected by contracting the novel coronavirus. The symptom […]
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