Josh Baker asks an important question: “Who does removing the statue even help?” On Oct. 1, 2013, audience members jeered, mocked, and shouted homophobic slurs at actors during a campus performance of “The Laramie Project” — a play about the murder of a young gay student named Matthew Shepard at the University of Wyoming. In […]
“Between two parties, we must choose the lesser evil” isn’t a promising start to a piece condemning divisive action. My issue with the article lies neither with the writer’s condemnation of the Smollett assault nor with her condemnation of racism exhibited by prominent politicians. It is with the conclusion that she presents. She claims that […]
The Ole Miss Women’s Tennis team enjoyed a two-match sweep when Alcorn State visited Oxford on Wednesday. The Rebels had no problems with the Braves and took both midweek matches 4-0. Alcorn State entered the contest 1-10 on the season, while Ole Miss was coming off their first win of the season, a 5-2 victory […]
Ever wonder why the NCAA doesn’t vacate losses? In short, it’s because the NCAA’s enforcement model is broken. Ole Miss was forced to vacate 33 wins over a seven-year span as the university’s final punishment in the NCAA’s case against Ole Miss. However, no losses were vacated from the record books. In the six seasons […]
Davis Roberts Integrated Marketing Communications major Grenada, Mississippi “Honestly, I think vacating our wins is kind of pointless. We were all there for a lot of those. We know that we won in actuality. Alabama knows that we won those games, so you really can’t take that away. I just find it kind of pointless […]
The final shoe of the NCAA’s investigation fell on Ole Miss Football on Monday night when the association forced the Rebels to vacate 33 wins over six seasons spanning from 2010 to 2016. The games vacated include two Egg Bowls (2012 and 2014), a Magnolia Bowl (2013) and one bowl game (2012). The Rebels also […]
Bud Edwards attempted to ease students’ concerns about the University Counseling Center’s new restrictive policy Tuesday night at a forum sponsored by Active Minds. The 10-session limit, which was announced over winter break, went into effect Jan. 2 and left students wondering why such a change would take place and if it would affect […]
Hoping to keep a winning streak alive, Ole Miss, 16-7 (6-4), travels down to the plains of Auburn, Alabama, to square off with the Auburn Tigers, 16-7 (5-5), in the second meeting between the two teams. The Rebels seem to have righted the ship after a rocky midseason slump during which they lost five out […]
The final punch in the NCAA’s nearly six-year long case against Ole Miss has landed, effectively ending the Ole Miss-NCAA saga. On Monday evening, Ole Miss athletics director Ross Bjork released a letter dated Dec. 7, 2018, that highlights which games from the 2010-16 seasons will be vacated from the school’s record books. “We’re still […]
The NCAA’s investigation into the Ole Miss football program is finally complete. On Monday, Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Ross Bjork announced that, as part of the penalties delivered from the NCAA, the football program has been forced to vacate 33 wins over a seven year span. Ole Miss will vacate four wins from 2010, […]
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