Asya Branch, a University of Mississippi alumna and the first African American Miss Mississippi USA, is prepared for her next stop in the Miss USA pageant circuit: Miss USA 2020. Branch’s pageant experience dates back to when she was in the first grade. Since her debut, Branch has held the notable Miss Mississippi 2018 title […]
Students at the University of Mississippi continue to navigate the challenges of pursuing an education under COVID-19 regulations. As the routine-altering switch to online, remote and socially-distanced classes approaches the end of its fourth week, many students are beginning to see its lasting effects on their lives. “In the long run, online classes will have […]
Although many students in Oxford will remember Hurricane Laura’s impact as a rude, ten-minute warning siren at 6 a.m., others were anxiously expecting destruction for their hometowns, hosting their evacuating family and friends and organizing relief efforts for beloved communities. On August 27, Hurricane Laura made landfall in the United States. It hailed from the […]
Can we trust the governor of Mississippi to do what’s best for the faculty, staff and students of the state’s universities— even if that means signing away his power? Probably not. The only hope we have in lessening the power of the Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board of Trustees is in Congress. The fiasco […]
Second gameday weekend summary: Rebels ran. Players performed. Fans cheered. Grovers groved. As University Police Department officers backed away and music played in the distance, hundreds of freshmen bolted from a tunnel into Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. In navy blue “Rebel Run” T-shirts, they covered the field and then climbed their way into the student section. I […]
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