The annual Double Decker Arts Festival brought thousands of visitors to Oxford last weekend. In year 28, the two-day event took over Oxford’s Square, where locals and festival attendees celebrated with food, art and music. The Nicholas Air Stage hosted acts like Charley Crockett and Grace Potter.
Kashmir Hill, a features writer on the business desk at The New York Times, spoke about the promises and problems of artificial intelligence, social media and digital surveillance during the Jordan Center for Journalism Advocacy and Innovation’s inaugural symposium at the University of Mississippi on April 2-3. Hill, whose work focuses on how new technologies […]
Sean Giamportone, a junior biomedical engineering major, was officially appointed and inaugurated as Associated Student Body Treasurer earlier this month after Robert Holliday was deemed constitutionally ineligible to hold the post. Holliday, a junior finance major, was elected treasurer during ASB elections on March 26 as a write-in candidate after no one launched a formal […]
The Associated Student Body Judicial Council upheld a decision to allow two candidates to run for ASB vice president, despite neither meeting constitutional eligibility requirements. One of those candidates, Walker Jacklin, went on to win the election on March 25. Jacklin and fellow vice presidential candidate Hannah Broders were allowed to run for reasons outlined […]
The University of Mississippi is evaluating bids from private developers for construction of dramatically expanded student housing. The project aims to add 3,500 on-campus beds by 2029 to accommodate growing student enrollment at the university. This project is a shift from the university’s previous plans, announced in August 2023, to construct three new residence halls […]
Ole Miss student Wyatt James Thistle died on Tuesday, March 11 while on a boating excursion in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with his friends, according to a Dignity Memorial Obituary. Thistle, a 20-year-old sophomore at the University of Mississippi, was pursuing a Bachelor’s in General Business. Thistle was born on Oct. 20, 2004, in Dallas. […]
The state will not seek the death penalty for Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr., who is charged with the capital murder of Ole Miss student Jimmie “Jay” Lee. The decision was announced in a bond hearing for Herrington on Thursday, Feb. 27, in Lafayette County Circuit Court. Judge Kelly Luther also denied Herrington’s bond during the […]
Editor’s Note: The original version of this article incorrectly said that 71% of respondents were graduate students and 29% were undergraduate. The correct breakdown is 71% undergraduate and 29% graduate. We regret the error and appreciate the clarification. The University of Mississippi Associated Student Body Senate conducted a survey in fall 2023 assessing student housing […]
A University of Mississippi junior began sports betting when he was 16. What started as a $5 wager quickly became a habit. “I had a buddy that had started getting into gambling, and he said it was fun. It literally started with one $5 bet on a sports game that we were going to, and […]
The prosecution and defense delivered their closing arguments in the trial of Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr. — who is charged with the capital murder of Jimmie “Jay” Lee — on Monday, Dec. 11, at the Lafayette County Courthouse. Lee, 20, was a prominent figure in the Oxford-Lafayette LGBTQ+ community who graduated from the University of […]
