The fall semester will not continue after Thanksgiving, according to an email sent to the university community. “The modified calendar reflects the university’s efforts to mitigate the potential impact of COVID-19 during the late fall months,” the email said. The last day of classes will be Nov. 17, and final exams will be administered on […]
Almost 900 people tuned in to Facebook Live to watch the Lafayette County Supervisors’ meeting to hear community members’ arguments for and against relocating the Confederate monument in front of the county courthouse. The board, which consists of only white men, listened to both sides for an hour, and will vote on whether or not […]
In a letter sent to Mississippi legislators, almost 40 former student body presidents of public Mississippi institutions signed to urge legislation to remove and replace Mississippi’s current stage flag. Mississippi’s current flag features a Confederate flag emblem in the top left. JoJo Dodd, Mississippi State’s student body president from 2015-2016, released the letter on Twitter […]
The commissioner of the Southeastern Conference is forcing the state of Mississippi into a decision: change your flag or no athletic conference championships in the state. In the statement released on Thursday, commissioner Greg Sankey said that it is past time that Confederate symbols be retired from SEC schools. “Our students deserve an opportunity to […]
The vice president of programming for the university’s Interfraternity Council did not sign the joint letter from the UM Greek community calling for the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees to vote on the relocation of the Confederate monument on campus. This letter comes over a year after the Associated Student Body (ASB) […]
A UM student and an employee have tested positive for COVID-19, according to an emergency notification sent to the university community. The university said that the wellness and safety of the university community was its primary concern at this time. “We take this opportunity to remind our community of important information regarding COVID-19,” the email […]
Chancellor Glenn Boyce said he was committed to seeing that the Confederate monument that sits on campus is removed from the Circle, according to an email sent to the university community. “This is a time for change. For me, that means moving the monument away from the center of our campus,” he said. “That monument […]
As peaceful protesters met on the Square on Saturday, the Confederate monument that sits at the Circle on campus was vandalized. The words “spiritual genocide” were spraypainted in black across all four sides of the base, and “SG” was painted toward the bottom. University Police Department (UPD) arrested suspect Zach Borenstein, a 38-year-old white man, […]
In what Oxford Police Department has called a “critical incident,” local, state and federal agents arrived at South Lamar Blvd. in front of Hooper Hollow cottages. Hunter Carlstrom, a man wanted in connection with a murder in Arkansas earlier this month, was shot and killed by U.S. Marshals in the incident on Friday morning when […]
The board of aldermen passed Oxford’s fourth emergency resolution during the COVID-19 crisis, which will extend the stay-at-home order until May 18. In addition to the extended resolution, the board passed that starting on April 25, all employees at essential business must wear masks or face coverings properly at all times. Business owners must have […]
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