Elyse Littleton

Recruitment: the rush of it all

Sorority recruitment week, a well-known tradition in Oxford, commenced on Aug. 12. Perfectly manicured hands nervously gripped canvas totes that read “Panhellenic” as girls raced to rounds at 11 chapter houses on Sorority Row and Rebel Drive. The week marked a new beginning for many Ole Miss students.  Though running home on bid day on […]

Bridging the gap: English, neuroscience and STEM in the humanities

The University of Mississippi Department of English invited Vanderbilt’s Cal Turner Chair in Pediatric Neurological Surgery Dr. Jay Wellons as well as UM’s own Caroline Wigginton, a chair and associate professor within the Department of English, for a public lecture entitled Next Chapters. The event took place on Monday, April 17.  Next Chapters is an […]

The tea of The Tea: what’s in it?

On any given day, numerous Ole Miss students can be seen walking around campus with clear, 32 ounce cups filled with a colorful liquid called “loaded tea.” Loaded teas have circulated across social media and college campuses, but some consumers question the health benefits and risks of these teas.  Operators of The Tea, a campus-favorite […]

Artificial intelligence presents new challenge to the university

The artificial intelligence research company OpenAI released an in-development project called ChatGPT on Nov. 30, 2022, a few short weeks before many colleges across the country began final exams season.  Using ChatGPT, anyone can enter a prompt and create a well-formulated academic paper instantaneously. Websites will grant users a free trial or only charge money […]

10th annual Egg Bowl Run delivers ball to host team

The Egg Bowl game ball will travel more than 80 miles in the hands of Mississippi State and Ole Miss students on Monday, Nov. 21, marking the 10th anniversary of the Egg Bowl Run.  The University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University’s Military Science and Leadership organizations annually kick off the rival Egg Bowl game […]

News editors discuss their experiences as Black women in the field

As journalism is a predominantly white and male-dominated field, “A Sisterhood of Editors” discussed their experiences as Black women in newsrooms across the country in the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics’ third event of the semester. On Oct. 5, newspaper editors Katrice Hardy, Mary Irby-Jones and Jewell Walston and Overby fellow and School […]

Overby Center announces fall events

The Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics organizes panel discussions for journalism students and members of the Oxford community and recently announced the schedule for the 2022 fall semester.  The first event, on Tuesday, Sept. 13, was a discussion honoring the 50th anniversary of the Title IX Education Amendment. Title IX prevents discrimination in […]

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