Nigel Dent

One year later: COVID-19 at Ole Miss

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 […]

Financial aid office adopts “self-service” methods for students

  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 […]

A Question of Repair: Recounting the arrests of 89 black Ole Miss activists in 1970

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 […]

PR legend honored by friends, family and colleagues

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 […]

Student takes on ‘Jeopardy!’ this spring

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 […]

Student drag queens take center stage at Code Pink

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. […]

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