When I was a freshman here, I read Slade Rand and Taylor Vance’s farewell columns in The Daily Mississippian. Even though I had only started working for the DM that spring semester, I remember thinking to myself, “What would I write in a farewell column?” Well, it looks like that time has come, three and […]
This semester, there have been two reports of attempted suicide, according to the University Police Department Clery Daily Crime Log. “It’s just such an awful thing to happen with a student, and certainly with their families, with their friends and the campus community in general,” Juawice McCormick, the interim director of the University Counseling Center, […]
While the University of Mississippi has plans in place if someone attempts or dies by suicide, the plan has not always been foolproof. Katie Williamson, a senior international studies major, said she called the University Counseling Center’s after-hours hotline last semester intending to speak to a counselor, but instead had University Police officers knocking on […]
As a child, Ian Pigg dreamed of becoming a zookeeper or a vet. As an adult, he’s figuring out his dream after college — deciding between working in fundraising and development or going to graduate school to get an MBA. Right now, as a college student, Pigg is fulfilling another dream: being Mr. Ole Miss. […]
Approximately 60 University of Mississippi students gathered outside of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house Thursday night to protest alleged incidents of sexual assault. Over the course of an hour and a half, students stood in demonstration holding signs that read “protecting rapists is not brotherhood” and “coercion is not consent” while chanting “no means […]
Whether students, faculty and staff at the University of Mississippi have received a vaccine against COVID-19 or not, they will be temporarily required to wear a mask in indoor public spaces on campus, according to an email Chancellor Glenn Boyce sent August 4. University students and staff alike are required to wear masks while walking […]
Ken Thomas, the associate dean for the Capstone for the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, is leaving the University of Mississippi. He has accepted a new position at Harvard University, where he will be the assistant dean of Harvard College, the Allston Burr Resident Dean of Cabot House, Lecturer in Environmental Science and Engineering and […]
Three students from the University of Mississippi will be appearing on NBC’s “Capital One College Bowl” – a quiz bowl show hosted by brothers Peyton and Cooper Manning – as one of 12 teams competing for $1 million in scholarships, on Tuesday night. The three students that comprise the team are Alyssa Langlois, a rising […]
Group therapy is proving to be as effective as individual therapy, but is less accessible to male students at the University of Mississippi. According to the descriptions of University Counseling Center (UCC) group therapy categories, group therapy is open to everyone, with the exception of sexual assault survivor support, intimate partner violence survivor support, feeding […]
When the news broke that the Institutions of Higher Learning had selected Glenn Boyce to become the University of Mississippi’s next chancellor in October 2019, Boyce’s reputation preceded him. After having served as IHL commissioner and then consulting on the IHL’s search for chancellor, he made a name for himself before even setting foot on […]
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