Jordan Holman

Transportation department gives update on Chucky Mullins closure

A portion of Chucky Mullins Drive will be closing April 16 with plans to reopen in January 2019. The Oxford Police Department tweeted the news on April 6 followed by a report from the university that same day. The closure resulted from a joint decision made by the university’s Department of Facilities Planning, the Department […]

University explores gender wage gap for employees

The university recently released a 2017 Pay Equity and Advancement Report through the Chancellor’s Commission on the Status of Women at the University of Mississippi. Including data gathered from 2007 to 2015, the report outlines the existence of a pay gap between male and female employees in each school at the university. According to the […]

Section of Chucky Mullins Drive closing next week until January 2019

A portion of Chucky Mullins Drive running from south of Highway 6 to Old Taylor Road will be closed April 16 through sometime in January. The Oxford Police Department tweeted the news Friday; however, the closure did not originate from the police department. “It is primarily a university and city project,” OPD Maj. Jeff McCutchen […]

Campus construction set to continue into 2018-19 school year

Construction on campus is continuing at a steady rate as the Department of Facilities Planning and the Special Planning Committee work together to implement a construction plan as part of the university-wide strategy known as Flagship Forward. Flagship Forward was developed in 2016 under the leadership of Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter and focuses on five distinct […]

J.D. Williams Library shifts weekend operating hours

Since the beginning of the semester, the J.D. Williams Library has been implementing a new schedule of operating hours. It now closes an hour earlier on Fridays – at 6 p.m. rather than 7 p.m. – and opens an hour earlier on Sundays – at noon instead of 1 p.m. “We chose this so that […]

OPD switches crime reporting program to retain federal funding

The Oxford Police Department will be switching over from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) system it currently uses to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) within the next year. Overall, OPD hopes the new system will make its annual crime reports to the FBI more detailed. With the UCR program, the department summarizes its reports […]

Baptist Hospital facing blood shortage, calling for more donations

Mississippi Blood Services in Oxford has declared a shortage due to the inclement weather and sickness that has swept over the state this month. According to supervisor Jackie Spencer, the service is about 1,000 units behind its usual monthly quota.   “The weather really put us behind, because all the ice and snow meant people […]

Community reacts to extension of Square bar hours

As of this week, Ole Miss students now have an extra hour out on the Square on weeknights. A new policy was enacted earlier this month allowing bars in Oxford to stay open until 1 a.m. every night of the week except Sundays, when they will close at 9 p.m. Business hours at popular locations […]

20th annual Books and Bears event provides presents for staff members in need

Colorful lights fill the streets, holiday joy fills the air, and children eagerly wait to open gifts on Christmas morning. And this December, for the 20th year, Books and Bears will help university staff members celebrate the holiday season by giving gifts to their children. Donald Cole, assistant provost and one of the original leaders […]

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