Saturday, July 8 marked a year since University of Mississippi student Jimmie “Jay” Lee disappeared. A 2022 graduate and prominent member of the Oxford queer community, Lee was last seen leaving his home at Campus Walk Apartments. Digital forensic evidence overwhelmingly suggests that another former Ole Miss student, Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., with whom prosecutors […]
For UM pre-med student, non-binary person and drag queen Jaquavious Lee, drag is an expression of love. “Drag is essentially love. It’s all about love. Outside of drag, I am easily overlooked, because I don’t have a really big personality,” Lee said. “When I’m in drag, it’s one of the few things I can control, […]
Twenty-two-year-old University of Mississippi student Ethan Blake Bailey died on April 14 in Oxford. Originally from Coldwater, Bailey was an accountancy major and member of the Epsilon Xi chapter of the Sigma Nu Fraternity on campus. Don Fruge, president of Sigma Nu, described his fraternity brother: “Ethan Bailey was a one-of-a-kind guy and someone that […]
The University of Mississippi announced 10 senior inductees to the 2022-2023 Hall of Fame class, with honorees being recognized in a ceremony held at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts. The honorees are Preston D. Antes, Jilkiah L. Bryant, Andy Flores, Kelly Li, Preston McWilliams, Rabria M. Moore, Sepp Cecil, Logan C. […]
Mason Greenwald won a runoff election for vice president of the Associated Student Body with 52.2% of the vote by a margin of 44 votes. 1,000 votes were cast in the runoff election, spurred by the disqualification of Kate Wall from the vice presidential election for campaign violations, specifically citing clauses that forbid incentivizing people […]
On Friday March 24 an EF-4 tornado hit Rolling Fork, Mississippi, devastating most of the Mississippi Delta town. Although all residents of Rolling Fork were affected by the same tornado, they all lived unique experiences and continue to do so in their recovery. On Saturday March 25, The Daily Mississippian interviewed several survivors. Their stories […]
Curtis Vaughn, 32 year old Oxford resident, was found dead on Wednesday, March 22 in the neighboring Yalobusha County. Vaughn was previously reported missing by his family and had not been heard from since 11 p.m. on Monday, March 20. Oxford police are treating the death as a criminal investigation, and working with the Lafayette […]
Rolling Fork and Amory are just two of several towns in Mississippi impacted by the system of tornadoes and storms that killed 25 and displaced hundreds. Kharley Redmon, Violet Jira and Jordan Isbell contributed reporting. Rolling Fork, a small town in the Mississippi Delta cradled by cotton farms, was the hardest hit town in a […]
With senate and officer elections coming up on Tuesday, March 28, The Daily Mississippian looked into the Associated Student Body to provide the university’s students with more insight into the organization. ASB was established in 1917 “to serve selflessly and to represent justly the student body, in accordance with the University of Mississippi’s Creed, by […]
Indie/folk rock band Big Thief wowed Oxford crowds for the first time in the Lyric on Thursday, Feb. 9. The performance was the beginning of the end to their world tour that has taken the band to places like South Korea, Japan and Australia. “I’m very excited for the show tonight,” principal songwriter, vocalist and […]
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