Rethinking farm labor: Activist and rancher Juan Quinonez Zepeda highlights Latino workers’ role in Southern agriculture

To celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, alongside the Latin American and Caribbean Studies program, invited Dartmouth graduate and Mississippi-raised rancher, Juan Quinonez Zepeda, to speak on the complex landscape of Southern agriculture and the role of Latino farmworkers on Friday, Oct. 17. The presentation, titled “Cattle, Cash, & Cebadilla: Latinx […]

UM Jam club drums up support as it finds its rhythm

It is not every day that the idea of a club emerges from number-crunching assignments. Yet Brandt Stewart, a junior accounting major, felt a lack of collaborative spirit in his studies, calling his classes a “nose to the paper” environment, so he created UM Jam Club. “I wanted to find other music people,” Stewart said. […]

ASB hosts Adopt-A-Basket

With the help of several university organizations and volunteers, the Associated Student Body hosted their 21st annual Adopt-A-Basket event in the Union Ballroom on Tuesday, Nov. 19, during which they stuffed 174 boxes. The Adopt-A-Basket program is an initiative that puts together Thanksgiving meals to give to university employees and the Lafayette-Oxford-University community. Since Oct. […]

ASB calls for more student job listings, election budget increases

The Associated Student Body introduced new deputy attorney generals, legislation regarding campaign budgets and a call for all student worker jobs to be publicly posted on the University of Mississippi’s website during a formal meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 12. Resolution 24-9 calls for the Department of Human Resources to have all university departments post student […]

Campus political organizations rally before the vote

Political groups at the University of Mississippi have ramped up efforts ahead of Election Day. The UM Democrats, UM College Republicans and University of Mississippi GOP organizations each prepared a lineup of events to boost voter turnout. UM College Republicans UM College Republicans have hosted events to boost voter turnout. President Cass Rutledge, a senior […]

ASB recommends parking ticket policy change

The Associated Student Body passed bills and resolutions regarding Americans with Disability’s Act maintenance requests and a new parking ticket warning policy during a meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 22. ASB discussed and voted on three resolutions and one bill. Resolution 24-6 proposed changing the University of Mississippi Department of Parking and Transportation’s warning policy to […]

ASB collaborates with Alluvial Collective to facilitate free and open dialogue

In collaboration with the Alluvial Collective, the Associated Student Body hosted an informal senate summit to foster cooperative dialogue on Tuesday, Oct. 8. Formerly known as the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, the Alluvial Collective is an independent nonprofit organization that creates spaces for youth leadership development. Junior Yasmine Ware, a multidisciplinary studies major, […]

ASB holds its first formal senate meeting of the year

The Associated Student Body elected four new senators, passed a bill establishing a new type of legislation and recognized Hispanic Heritage month in its first formal senate meeting of the school year on Tuesday, Sept. 24. After 17 candidates for four open ASB Senate seats gave speeches, Zachary Rifkin, Daniel Dear, Katherine Miles and Mason […]

UM students set to “Build The M”

The University of Mississippi’s first “Build the M” event at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium has been rescheduled for Sunday, Sept. 22 at 4 p.m. after being canceled due to rain. Inspired by similar initiatives from other universities, the Ole Miss Alumni Association has invited freshmen to form the university’s M logo on the football field. Students participating […]

Upperclassmen navigate pressures of finding internships in competitive market

As students begin to surf the job market, the value of internships becomes increasingly important –– and finding one is only getting more competitive. According to a National Association of Colleges and Employers 2022 Student Survey for four-year college students, paid interns received an average of 1.61 job offers, compared to 0.77 offers for non-interns. […]

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