Six months after the largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in United States history occurred in central Mississippi, the University of Mississippi’s MacArthur Justice Center is leading efforts to help detainees and their families handle the aftermath. In what became a record-setting operation carried out on Aug. 7, immigration officials detained 680 individuals working […]
The 13 Associated Student Body executive candidates gathered in the Overby Center on Monday night to debate the most prominent issues on the Ole Miss campus — mental health, student involvement and ASB transparency. Leah Davis, Tom Fowlkes and Barron Mayfield, the three candidates running for ASB president, all sought during the debate to emphasize […]
This year’s candidates for Associated Student Body president disagree on the state of campaign finances almost a full school year after the ASB Election Reform Task Force was established. Founded this past fall, the task force’s mission has been to make the Ole Miss student elections more accessible. “I think people are encouraged that we […]
Interim Chancellor Larry Sparks said the Confederate monument that currently stands in the heart of the Ole Miss campus should be relocated “to a more suitable location” in a statement sent to students and faculty on Thursday. “We will work diligently toward this goal by respecting and abiding by state rules, regulations and policies that […]
Updated: 7:20 p.m. Thursday The university faculty senate passed its resolution calling for the relocation of the Confederate monument in the Circle to the Confederate cemetery on campus with a unanimous vote at a special meeting tonight. This is the third out four campus government organizations to call for the monument’s relocation. The fourth organization, […]
The Associated Student Body Senate resolution calling for the relocation of the Confederate monument from the Circle to the Confederate cemetery passed the ASB Rules Committee on Thursday night. The Senate will hold a final vote at its meeting on Tuesday evening. The resolution states that the Confederate ideology “violates the tenets of the University […]
Austin Fiala temporarily resigned as Associated Student Body attorney general yesterday, creating conditions that would allow him to run in the 2019 general election. His resignation came just before the ASB election petitions were released today. “I am temporarily resigning in order to pursue future goals within ASB,” Fiala said. “At this time, I can […]
Pro-Confederate groups Confederate 901 and the Hiwaymen marched on campus today after more than a week of preparation and counterprotests by many in the university community. Read our coverage of the past week’s major developments and statements leading up to today’s events. The university and University Police Department released their first statements on Feb. 13 […]
The Associated Student Body Senate passed a resolution at its first meeting of the semester on Tuesday night in support of two bills that failed in the Mississippi House of Representatives. “Even if it’s killed legislation, they have to know that we didn’t want it killed,” ASB Sen. J.R. Riojas, one of the authors of […]
The Oxford Police Department, Mayor Robyn Tannehill and the Board of Aldermen are all supporting proposed legislation that would extend bar hours to 2 a.m on the Square, while the sale of alcohol would still end at 1 a.m. State law currently does not differentiate between the sale and consumption of alcohol. While Oxford presently […]
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