Over my past three years working at The Daily Mississippian, I’ve been told that I hate a lot of things I love. Greek life, the Associated Student Body, the School of Journalism and New Media and the University of Mississippi in general are just a few examples. Any time I would hold these institutions accountable […]
Since its creation in 1917, the Associated Student Body has viewed itself as the voice of University of Mississippi students. In recent years, though, students have noticed a disconnect between the makeup of campus and the student groups that are represented in ASB. About 36% of students enrolled at the University of Mississippi are in […]
When the University of Mississippi Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life began allowing Greek organizations to host events at the end of February, leadership operated under the university rule that 25% of event attendees would have to get a COVID-19 test. However, FSL is never notified of those results. “With the asymptomatic testing, we submit […]
One year ago, a University of Mississippi student self-reported the first case of COVID-19 among UM students, faculty and staff. Since March 16, 2020, the Oxford campus community has amassed 1,288 aggregate confirmed cases, and Oxford’s most recent data shows a total of 5,858 cases in the past year. Now, the rate of increase for […]
At approximately 12:30 p.m. on Friday, March 12, University of Mississippi pharmacy students and doctors officially began administering the COVID-19 vaccine in the Tad Smith Coliseum. UM received a shipment of 1,170 Pfizer vaccines that day, and as of Wednesday, 708 of those doses have been administered to students and employees. Initially, on-campus vaccinations were […]
At approximately 12:30 p.m. today, University of Mississippi pharmacy students and doctors officially began administering the COVID-19 vaccine in the Tad C. Smith Coliseum. The first person to receive a dose was senior biology major Brianna Chambers. Chambers is a certified EMT, so she has been eligible to receive the vaccine since the first doses […]
On March 2, Gov. Tate Reeves and the Oxford Board of Aldermen decided to eliminate all mask mandates and lower COVID-19 capacity limits. At 5 p.m. on the following day, people could officially enter some businesses maskless, gather in larger groups and attend sporting events at greater capacity. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
Morgan Atkins always felt like making it to the Associated Student Body presidency was a feat that was expected of her. August 2018, her first month on campus, was the only time in her college career that she did not have a role within ASB, and over the past three years, she moved around filling […]
The Mississippi Senate voted to ban transgender athletes from competing on women’s sports teams in the state on Feb. 11 during a late-night session. If passed by the state House of Representatives, the ban would be established by Senate Bill 2536, which passed through the Senate with little discussion and only nine votes not in […]
The University of Mississippi has been prepared to distribute COVID-19 vaccinations within a moment’s notice for weeks. Socially-distanced tables and chairs fill the Tad Smith Coliseum, organizing the circular building into stations through which patients will rotate counter-clockwise. General medical supplies are stocked, and security guards are on call. According to students who have begun […]
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