Samir Husni has 37 years of experience at Ole Miss, witnessing the ups and downs of the university over the years, which could explain why amidst a world-changing pandemic he has maintained an incorrigible optimism about voluntarily teaching face-to-face during these unprecedented times we’re in. A professor of journalism and director of the Magazine Innovation […]
COVID-19 has significantly impacted nearly every facet of daily life, from business to industry to academia. The University of Mississippi’s financial aid office is one of many adjusting its workflow to service students at a time when some students see financial support as even more important than it was pre-pandemic. Laura Diven-Brown, the […]
The integration of the University of Mississippi by James Meredith in 1962 set a precedent of racial tension that would reverberate throughout the campus for years to come. With the founding of the Black Student Union happening around 1968, African American students — approximately 200 of the over 7,000 total population — were forced together […]
The Grove was dotted with over 1,000 backpacks on Wednesday – with colorful messages of hope and encouragement – to remember college students who die by suicide every year. The exhibit was sponsored by the University of Mississippi chapter of Active Minds, their third “Send Silence Packing” event. To Lydia Cates, a sophomore and the […]
Nearly a hundred people gathered to memorialize alumnus and media mogul Harold Burson on Saturday in Paris Yates Chapel, a place his closest friends and family said he would consider home. Some of those closest to Burson delivered eulogies in honor of him. “In life, as in business, Harold never wavered in his belief that […]
Londyn Lorenz has aspired to be a contestant on “Jeopardy!” since she first began watching the show at 4 years old. During the first week of February, she traveled from Oxford to Los Angeles to realize her dream. Lorenz, a 19-year-old sophomore international studies major, said she has been preparing to buzz in on the […]
For 14 years, Lee Harper has created skeleton dioramas celebrating the fascinating and untold stories of people lost in history. Starting as a fun art project for Halloween with a “macabre version of Elf on the Shelf,” Harper was shocked to learn that her husband, Andy, had been sharing her work on social media without […]
Drag is an artful form of expression for Wes Ngo and Greg Parker. Ngo and Parker, co-presidents of the UM Pride Network, took the Lyric stage Friday night in drag for the semester’s first mermaid-themed Code Pink party. Ngo performed as “Lily Koi” in a blonde-and-black ombre wig, white bodysuit, black corset and thigh-high heels. […]
