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Opinion: I shouldn’t have to purchase my homework

In the past two weeks, I have finished a semester’s worth of homework for my American history class. I did not do it because I’m a huge history buff or a straight-up overachiever, but I did it because I couldn’t afford to do otherwise.  I completed all of my homework assignments ー which my teacher […]

Opinion: We need to stop saying ‘Ole Miss’

Once, while in college, I was at a track meet watching a race with a teammate and good friend of mine. In the race, one athlete’s heel was clipped by another’s, and the athlete went tumbling down. “Man,” my friend said, “that guy got jewed over.”  I paused in disbelief. “What?” I said sharply. He […]

Athletics, UM Foundation, Alumni Association support monument relocation

Adam Ganucheau Mississippi Today The University of Mississippi’s top fundraisers, including the current athletics director, back the university’s proposal to move its Confederate monument. Keith Carter, who formerly headed the athletics foundation before taking over as athletics director, joined the heads of the alumni association and university foundation in signing an April 8, 2019, memo […]

Opinion: Governor, you shouldn’t disrespect the liberal arts

Governor Tate Reeves’s office claims a dedication to being “For All Mississippi,” but Reeves’s Mississippi apparently does not include gender studies majors. The resentment toward universities and colleges is not exactly a recent phenomenon, but on Monday, this hostility was shared by our own Governor Reeves from the podium of the State of the State […]

Services planned for local journalist and UM graduate Callie Daniels Bryant

On the morning of Jan. 23, Callie Daniels Bryant, a University of Mississippi graduate and local journalist, died from injuries from a car wreck. A little before 10 a.m., 28-year-old Callie was driving westbound on Highway 30 when her car went off-road and crashed into a tree. She was transported to Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi, […]

Kim and Kanye buy movie tickets for Oxford

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West bought out a theater for nearly 300 members of the Oxford community to see “Just Mercy” tonight at the Oxford Malco Cinemas on Jackson Avenue — and they’re paying for popcorn, too.  Earlier this month, Kardashian West posted an Instagram story announcing her and her husband’s partnership with the non-profit […]

Playlist of the week: Feel good

Though the semester has just started, early classes and tough parking may be getting you down. Don’t let this get in the way of the beginning of an awesome semester. Enjoy our pick of timeless feel-good hits to brighten your day.

Southside Gallery hosts its second themed exhibition

Southside Gallery is featuring 13 artists in their latest themed exhibition “Birds,” which opened on Jan. 28. The theme of the exhibition is artwork that features birds because of their appearance throughout different mediums and works.  This is the second year that Southside Gallery has done a grouped themed exhibition. Last February they had their […]

Column: Is Ole Miss’ best basketball not enough to win?

There are no moral victories in SEC basketball. That’s especially true for a basketball team that built a 19-point lead over a nationally ranked squad in its own building and failed to come out with the victory after two overtimes. The Ole Miss basketball team missed another golden opportunity with the then-No. 17 Auburn Tigers […]

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