Two unnamed individuals — one fatally injured and one taken to a hospital — were found in a small private plane crash in Lafayette County on Thursday, March 30. The Lafayette County Sheriff Department sent a press release Friday morning stating they received an alert at 9:36 p.m. Thursday from the Union County Sheriff’s Office […]
During the final formal senate of the academic year, the Associated Student Body failed to pass Senate Resolution 23-6, which proposed that ASB publicly condemn a new state law banning gender-affirming care for transgender people under the age of 18. The vote was done by roll call on Tuesday, March 21, with the names of […]
On the steps of the Lyceum on Tuesday night, March 28, the Associated Student Body announced the new executive members for the 2023-2024 year: Sara Austin Welch is president, Teal Salloum is treasurer, Ethan Robertson is secretary, Helen Philips is attorney general and Harrison Stewart is judicial chair. On Wednesday morning, ASB announced that vice […]
The Associated Student Body held its last and longest formal senate of the 2022-2023 academic year Tuesday night, March 21. They failed one resolution and passed two bills and three resolutions. SR 23-6 Senate Resolution 23-6 failed after a lengthy debate. The resolution proposed that the ASB publicly condemn the recent passing of MS House […]
During formal senate on Tuesday, Feb. 28, the Associated Student Body passed SR 23-4, putting into place the angel shot initiative on campus and in local bars. If someone feels unsafe in a bar, they can go up to an employee and order an “angel shot,” a code that lets the employee know the customer […]
With senate and officer elections coming up on Tuesday, March 28, The Daily Mississippian looked into the Associated Student Body to provide the university’s students with more insight into the organization. ASB was established in 1917 “to serve selflessly and to represent justly the student body, in accordance with the University of Mississippi’s Creed, by […]
On Tuesday Feb. 28, the Associated Student Body held a formal senate meeting and passed three resolutions and two bills ranging from constitutional language technicalities to the “angel shot initiative.” SR 23-4 Through Senate Resolution 23-4, the ASB endorses the implementation of the “angel shot initiative” in local bars. The “angel shot initiative” educates individuals […]
The Associated Student Body requests UM professors use students’ preferred pronouns such as he/him, she/her and they/them. In a formal meeting Dec. 13 over Zoom, Senate Resolution passed 22-9 with two “no” votes, effectively putting into place a preferred pronoun policy for students. Senator Caleb Ball, one of the authors of the resolution, suggested that […]
A video depicting the arrest of a local man by two law enforcement agents sparked controversy on social media, with many viewers finding the video disturbing. On Wednesday, Jan. 18, according to a Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department press release, an LCSD “plain clothes” deputy and an Oxford Police Department officer arrested Jerami Tubbs, 42, of […]
In 2022, the University of Mississippi experienced record growth in the freshman class and outlined plans to accommodate that growth, however it remains to be seen whether housing will be adequate for students next year. The university has a residency requirement for all freshman students, and the 2022-2023 freshman class is the biggest in the […]
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