Logan Durley

Logan Durley is a sophomore biological sciences major on the pre-med track from Olive Branch, Miss. He serves as a Opinion Staff Writer for The Daily Mississippian. In his free time, Logan enjoys reading, working out, nature walks and watching the rain on his front porch.

Taboo topic? Let’s talk about it.

Not long ago, I found myself in the lobby of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College having a conversation with a close friend about a topic that I have always found uncomfortable: mental health.  It was a truly wonderful dialogue, with each of us gaining a deeper understanding of each other and an awareness of […]

Oxford under occupation: what Vance’s visit means for UM

When Turning Point USA announced that United States Vice President JD Vance would be speaking at the University of Mississippi, I rolled my eyes in a moment of meek protest — the gravity of America’s condition washed over me as it has every day in the year since President Donald Trump’s electoral triumph.  As vice […]

Right on the needle: the necessity of free campus flu shots

Peak flu season is right around the corner, as made apparent by the growing number of mid-lecture coughs sounding throughout auditoriums and classrooms across campus. Each cough expels thousands of microbes that ricochet across closed spaces and into the respiratory tracts of vulnerable students.  To combat the severity of the flu, a disease that  kills […]

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