ASB focuses on “repair” for the minority communities at UM

Associated Student Body leaders acknowledged the lack of minority representation in student government at the University of Mississippi in a diversity, equity and inclusion town hall on Wednesday night. “Coming in as a Black president, as an African-American president, I was keenly aware that ASB, in the past, has not always been the most accessible […]

UM cancels 2021 spring break

Spring 2021 semester will not have a week-long spring break, according to an email Chancellor Glenn Boyce sent to the UM community. The class of 2021 will have an in-person commencement on May 1, and the class of 2020 will finally have its in-person commencement on May 8. According to the email sent from […]

Ole Miss DB Otis Reese cites racist events as reason for leaving UGA

Ole Miss defensive back Otis Reese took to Twitter on Tuesday night to make a statement on the “devastating mental toll” his time at the University of Georgia had on him and plead with the NCAA to allow him eligibility to play for the Rebels this season. “From the first moments I stepped on Campus, […]

Student organizations push for voter registration at UM

With the deadline for voter registration in the state less than two weeks away on Oct. 5, student organizations are ramping up their efforts to encourage students across the University of Mississippi campus and members of the Oxford community to register themselves to vote. “There are so many reasons why it’s important to vote, but […]

A president undecided: how ASB president Joshua Mannery is navigating his role as a Black student leader during the COVID-19 pandemic

When Joshua Mannery won the race for student body president in April, he knew he would play a different role than past presidents. The world had already been plunged into disaster aversion from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the University of Mississippi was in the beginning throes of managing virtual classes. In the weeks following, Mannery […]

At least 168 active cases: UM’s COVID-19 situation by the numbers

As the first week of fall classes at the University of Mississippi comes to a close, the university reports a 91% increase in COVID-19 cases in the past seven days. On the first day of classes alone, the university reported a 56-case increase among students and that trend continued throughout the week. The current total […]

Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on History and Context clarifies its involvement in university’s relocation plans

Since the state Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board of Trustees approved the university’s request to relocate the Confederate monument, members of the university community have spoken out against certain details of the plan, including the addition of headstones to the cemetery and the creation of a memorial for the U.S. Black Troops from Lafayette […]

Approved: State college board votes to relocate UM’s Confederate monument

It’s done. After years of advocacy, several protests, at least four pieces of student and faculty legislation and thousands of signatures, the state Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board of Trustees voted unanimously and without discussion to relocate the University of Mississippi’s Confederate monument. The monument currently stands 29 feet tall at the front of […]

Classes could be online in the fall. Will freshmen still want to come to Ole Miss?

Higher education is in limbo because of the coronavirus pandemic, but according to a campus-wide email that Chancellor Glenn Boyce sent on April 29, the university will make a decision concerning fall classes by June 30. “The university is developing contingency plans for a range of scenarios for the Fall 2020 semester,” Provost Noel Wilkin […]

Dean of the journalism school resigns

Will Norton has resigned from his position as Dean of the School of Journalism and New Media after nearly 11 years in the role, and he will return to the faculty at the end of the 2019-2020 academic year on May 11. Provost Noel Wilkin announced Norton’s resignation in a campus-wide email on April 23. […]

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