Julia James

Local resale shop aims to employ those with mental illnesses

Oxford’s Holding Hands Resale Shop has continued to serve the community despite the challenges of the pandemic. Holding Hands employs people with mental illnesses and disabilities, striving to provide opportunities for those in need. This is something that founder Donna Howard saw a need for in her community since the shop’s inception. Howard started the […]

Students, faculty express the frustrations of compressed semester

Students are struggling to keep up with classes during the condensed semester, and professors feel the pressure to deliver a quality product in a different format. Over the summer, the university announced  it would modify the fall semester schedule, moving finals to take place before Thanksgiving and having students not return after the holiday. Richard […]

Milkshakes, art draw local students to UM Museum

While pausing to reflect upon the wire tree she has almost finished sculpting, Ladaijah Moore exclaimed, “Boom, yes! Let me take a picture of this.” Moore is a regular participant in the UM Museum’s monthly Milkshake Mash-ups event, at which local middle and high school students come to the on-campus museum to drink milkshakes and […]

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