As the death toll from vaping-related illnesses climbs, University of Mississippi students shared mixed reactions on how this will affect their use of e-cigarette products. The Mississippi State Department of Health confirmed the state’s first death linked to a vaping-related lung illness in September, sparking the state’s investigation into the relationship between severe pulmonary disease […]
New research has revealed details of the lives of enslaved people that lived at Rowan Oak, which would later become the home of writer William Faulkner. The findings are a result of an ongoing, multi-phase research project conducted by the University of Mississippi Slavery Research Group (UMSRG). Following work to archive the history of enslaved […]
Mississippi, often a punchline in state-to-state comparisons, has the highest vaccination rate among school-age children. Before being admitted to any child care facility in the state, Mississippi residents are required to receive seven separate vaccines, giving Mississippi some of the toughest vaccination laws in the country. However, Ole Miss, the state’s flagship university and a […]
Oxford’s Walmart is taking preventative measures, namely increased security, to improve the safety of community members following shootings in Southaven and El Paso, Texas, Walmart stores in recent months. Though Walmart employees declined to comment, Oxford Police Department’s interim police chief, Jeff McCutchen, confirmed that OPD has increased its security presence at Walmart. “We partnered […]
Students filled the Overby Center auditorium Monday night for the Associated Student Body executive officer candidate debate, and many in attendance thought the most important issue was bridging the gap between the ASB Senate and the student body. “As a student at the university, it’s important we put time and effort getting to know candidates […]
The University Police Department has established a Campus Safety Committee with the Associated Student Body in response to vehicle-pedestrian accidents that occurred on campus last semester. UPD Chief Ray Hawkins said the idea behind the Campus Safety Committee is to partner with student government and create a direct line for students to talk about the […]
United Campus Workers (UCW) has officially chartered the first registered labor union at the University of Mississippi. The campus chapter will become the “local,” or founding chapter of UCW, for the state of Mississippi, but the charter can expand to any public university within the state. The union was approved by its national organization, the […]
Three National Pan-Hellenic Council sorority chapters briefly inhabited houses on campus in and before 2007 but haven’t had representation on Sorority Row since the Residential College was built. The Theta Psi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Tau Eta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta and Lambda Sigma Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sororities lived on Sorority […]
The empty lot on Fraternity Row between Pi Kappa Phi and Phi Delta Theta has a history unknown to many students. The property still belongs to a National Pan-Hellenic Council fraternity whose original house was burned down in a suspected act of racially motivated arson before any of the brothers could move in. The Phi […]
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