Sarah Henderson

Gallery: Scenes from ‘Students Over Statues’ march

Students Against Social Injustice marched to the Confederate monument on the Circle to demand the university administration remove the statue. The protest was met with no counterprotesters after the leader of Confederate 901 initially said in a Facebook post on Thursday that it would send a group to counterprotest SASI’s event.         […]

Rebels to compete in Texas Invitational

After playing in the Friends of Jaclyn Tournament and the Stacy Winsberg Memorial Tournament, Ole Miss softball will compete in the Texas Invitational this weekend in Austin. The Rebels, currently 6-3, will face Sam Houston State, Tulsa and No. 10 Texas. Last year, the Rebels clenched an 8-2 victory over the Longhorns, and the last […]

Confederate protests drive some students away from campus this weekend

Today, Marcus Williams and one of his friends will get in his Honda and drive five hours to his home in Pascagoula. It’s something his parents insisted on. He won’t be back until Monday, when campus is expected to be a little calmer. As Confederate groups storm campus this weekend, Williams will be at home, […]

Look back on 2018 in movies with The DM

This past year, The Daily Mississippian reviewed many of the movies that drove conversations, sold tickets and earned Oscar nominations for the 2019 Academy Awards. We’ve taken the time to compile these reviews here, so you can prepare yourself for the Sunday night awards show. Throughout the year, we wrote about all but one (“The […]

Bianco announces weekend starters as Ethridge deals with injury

Ole Miss baseball sits at a 2-1 record and will travel to New Orleans this weekend to take on the Tulane Green Wave. The Rebels come into the series on an offensive high after racking up 15 runs and 19 hits against Arkansas State on Wednesday, led by Thomas Dillard and Tyler Keenan who each […]

Album review: Avril struggles to catch her breath with ‘Head Above Water’

After what seems like centuries, Avril Lavigne is back on the music scene with her new album “Head Above Water.” Gone is the pop-punk queen we grew up with in the early 2000s, and what’s emerged is a grown woman looking to move on. “Head Above Water” is a testament to Lavigne’s resilience since her […]

Ole Miss jockeys for postseason seeding against Georgia

Ole Miss men’s basketball is looking to bounce back this Saturday against Georgia after suffering a tough loss on the road to South Carolina on Tuesday. The loss broke a four-game win streak, and now the Rebels are looking to get back in the win column. Georgia is also coming into the matchup with an […]

OPINION: Why do we cling to the Confederacy?

Much of the debate about Confederate monuments on campus has centered on whether these monuments are symbols of racial hatred or regional heritage, framing the anguish of the black community against the erasure of Southern culture. Many people have painstakingly explained why these monuments are racist and why the celebration of Southern pride does not […]

Annual RebelTHON raises nearly $300,000 for children’s hospital

The annual RebelTHON fundraising event raised $259,000 for the Blair E. Batson Children’s Hospital but failed to reach the $300,000 goal set by the RebelTHON leaders as a part of this year’s “Join the R3v0luti0n” campaign. Jack Patrick Sullivan, RebelTHON vice president of internal relations, said he was not disappointed in the fact that the […]

OPINION: Amazon’s pullout on New York and the rise of anti-business politics

Last Thursday, Amazon announced it was abandoning plans to build a second headquarters in Long Island City, Queens, citing opposition and hostility from local officials. The new headquarters was expected to bring up to 40,000 high-paying jobs to the area and generate potentially billions of dollars in annual tax revenue. Upon its initial announcement, the […]

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