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Diavolo brings ‘surreal’ performance to the Ford Center

When asked about his personal description of dance performance “DIAVOLO: Architecture In Motion,” performer Simon Greenberg kept it short and simple.  “Playful, a little surreal and dangerous,” Greenberg said. “DIAVOLO” played its first show in Oxford at the Gertrude Ford Center on Tuesday night.  The Los Angeles-based dance company was founded in 1992 by Jacques […]

Opinion: You really shouldn’t defend ICE

On Sunday, Sept. 29, The Daily Mississippian published an opinion column by Lauren Moses titled, “ICE raids are a legitimate solution to illegal immigration.” This column, which necessitates a view of immigrants as the other, is not only ill-situated in a historical context, but also contributes to the already constant marginalization of those living in […]

Opinion: Take it from me — The ASB constitution needs to be rewritten

I am the candidate who was disqualified from the Miss Ole Miss runoff election. After three grueling hours of hearings, I walked out of the Lyceum confused, frustrated and sad. My disqualification was not the result of any individual. Rather, it was caused by a flawed system. The individuals bound to uphold our Associated Student […]

Matt Luke gives injury updates ahead of Vanderbilt game

While Ole Miss head coach Matt Luke is pleased with how his team performed against top-ranked Alabama on Saturday, he listed several negatives throughout his Monday press conference. The Rebels’ 59-31 loss brought optimism among fans and the team because the performance of several freshmen, and the coach said the team is focused ahead of […]

Opinion: The chancellor search process needs reform

Ole Miss is facing turbulent times. Enrollment is down, the football team is less than stellar and the national trend of political polarization has not left us unscathed. Perhaps most importantly, the university sorely lacks strong leadership, encapsulated by the chancellor position. Larry Sparks is our interim chancellor, but the true position has been unfilled […]

Bid: Secured ✓

Hundreds of new sorority members ran from the Grove to their new houses on Sunday. Potential new members spend the week touring the various sorority houses on campus before receiving an invitation to a sorority on Bid Day. A new member of Kappa Kappa Gamma is dawned in blue lipstick as she celebrates finding her […]

Global climate strike comes to Oxford

Nehemiah Walls holds a sign advocating for change to everyday life to help reduce the effects of climate change. Photo by Billy Schuerman. Christian Doherty draws a picture of the Earth before the start of the climate change rally in the Circle on Friday. Photo by Billy Schuerman. A child holds a sign in favor […]

Inside the politically charged chancellor search

Members of the Institutions of Higher Learning board of trustees gathered at Old Waverly, a high-end private golf club in West Point, in mid-September for their annual retreat. The 12-member IHL board, which oversees Mississippi’s eight public universities, usually meets in Jackson to approve lease agreements, consider legal contracts and discuss professor tenure and other […]

Gerrymandering case initiated by student to be considered by 5th Circuit Court

Early in the 2020 legislative session, the full U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will consider whether a lower court erred in ordering the redrawing of Mississippi Senate District 22 to correct racial gerrymandering. The preliminary data from the case was collected by recent Ole Miss graduate, John Chappell. As a sophomore in 2017, Chappell […]

Opinion: We are a species worth saving

Nothing is quite as sobering as droves of elementary school-age children around the world skipping school to ask their governments for a viable chance to inherit a habitable Earth. From Sept. 20-27, over 7.6 million children, parents, grandparents, neighbors (re: humans) around the planet disrupted their daily lives to strike against government inaction regarding the […]

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