A resolution to adopt the Landshark as the official mascot passed 29-15 -1 Tuesday evening on the ASB Senate floor. Before the vote, Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter and Athletics Director Ross Bjork fielded senators’ questions regarding Friday’s announcement to change the official mascot to the Landshark, effective for the 2018 football season. Some senators wondered why […]
Eighty-one percent of students voted in support of changing the official Ole Miss mascot from the Black Bear to the Landshark, the Associated Student Body announced Friday night. More than 4,100 students voted in the OrgSync poll over a four-day period that ended Friday evening. ASB President Dion Kevin III said he was pleased with the […]
Detective Lt. Jeremy Cook of the University of Mississippi Police Department graduated from the FBI National Academy program on Sept. 15 in Quantico, Virginia. He was one of 224 law enforcement officers who graduated from the 269th session of the National Academy. Only 1 percent of all law enforcement across the world gets to attend the […]
With 61.77 percent of the vote, Tucker Fox won the runoff election for Mr. Ole Miss, beating Chancellor Zaugg. Fox said the election results meant the Ole Miss campus believed in his campaign, which focused on community and unity. “What we tried to say for the past few weeks is that we’re all a family. It’s […]
With classes in full swing, students at Ole Miss are beginning to get sick, and this outbreak of illness has many worried about catching the flu later this fall. Dr. Travis Yates, director of University Health Services, said he normally starts seeing an increase in student illness around this time of the school year. “The viral upper […]
Reporters from The Huffington Post visited Oxford Friday as part of its multi-state bus tour, “Listen To America: A HuffPost Road Trip.” The road trip is focused on hearing the personal stories of citizens across the nation and to highlight the issues, concerns and hopes of Americans. The pitstop concluded with author, journalist and university […]
The last of four planned provost candidate open forums commenced Friday at the Inn at Ole Miss with Craig H. Kennedy presenting. Kennedy focused on moving the university forward by providing a quality education to all students, increasing diversity and retaining faculty. Kennedy currently serves as a professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and […]
The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors met with a packed room Tuesday night to discuss the possible relocation of a Confederate memorial statue in Oxford. A total of four people spoke, two for and two against moving the memorial, voicing their opinions on what Lafayette County should do with the statues. Before the discussion began, Board […]
Students attending this Saturday’s game against South Alabama will experience an SEC rule new to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. This year, event-goers will have to follow the clear bag policy implemented by the SEC in an effort to increase security at football games. Bags larger than 4.5 inches by 6.5 inches must be made of clear plastic, […]
This weekend, leaders from Ole Miss Greek life convened upon Camp Hopewell in Lafayette County for a three-day retreat designed to build leaders and bring campus closer together. The retreat was cut short Saturday night, however, after three black students found a banana peel in a tree in front of one of the camp’s cabins. The students […]
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