On Wednesday, the City of Oxford announced that the sidewalk and on-street parking in front of 208 S. Lamar — the building space most recently occupied by Stella Restaurant — would be closed, citing “structural concerns and potential hazards to pedestrians.” Earlier this week, on Sunday, Oxford building officials required Fill-Up With Billups to close […]
Thirteen speakers will take the stage for TEDxUniversityofMississippi at the Ford Center Saturday night, ranging from Beth Ann Fennelly, the Poet Laureate of Mississippi, to Pakistan native and Ocean Springs High School senior Areesha Razi. “I am looking forward to challenging the community to think outside of the box, meanwhile engaging those thirsty for knowledge,” […]
With the 2020 primary and general elections looming, student voting accessibility is being monitored both nationally and locally. Despite continual efforts to establish a polling place on campus, including an Associated Student Body (ASB) resolution, Lafayette County circuit clerk Jeff Busby doesn’t believe it will happen before the 2020 elections. “I would like to see […]
In just over 20 days, Lafayette County voters will cast their ballots in the Democratic primary to decide which candidate will take on President Trump in November. The county will also hold primaries for the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives elections. Just two states – Iowa and New Hampshire – have held their […]
The Oxford Police Department is using the $7,500 they raised from their 14th annual haunted house to purchase trauma kits for each classroom in the Oxford School District. The purpose of the trauma kits is to stop bleeding, which is the leading cause of death in shootings. They include a tourniquet, a packing kit for […]
The Oxford Board of Aldermen approved the final plat of lands for what has previously been identified as the upcoming Oxford Waffle House location on Tuesday. Oxford Planning Director Ben Requet presented the Request Approval for the amended final plat named “Lot 1, The Summit, Phase I.” The lot is located on Commonwealth Boulevard, off […]
Female presidents are held to a higher standard than their male counterparts, according to new research directed by Dr. Gregory Love, associate professor of political science at the university. Love released the findings of the research alongside the six other Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies fellows on Wednesday afternoon. The research focused […]
The role of activism at the University of Mississippi was compared to past activism at the University of Missouri during an event on Thursday. The discussion, Dialogues on Diversity, was the last event of the Student Activism and Leadership Summit, sponsored by the Center for Inclusion and Cross-Cultural Engagement and co-sponsored by the Associated Student […]
The Ole Miss School of Law chartered a bus to Sumner on Friday, to visit the Tallahatchie County Courthouse and Emmett Till Interpretive Museum. The visit came in response to the photo of three Kappa Alpha fraternity members holding firearms at the river site sign, which made national headlines this summer. Susan Duncan, law school […]
Ole Miss students who bought football season tickets may have noticed a change in the ticket delivery method from previous years. For the first time since before the 2010 football season, student tickets were not loaded onto the student ID cards, and such cards will not be suitable for entry into Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Rather, each […]
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