Around 60 candidates submitted petitions to qualify for Associated Student Body elections Sunday night in Lamar Hall. Fifty Senate candidates and 10 executive officer candidates qualified for elections and started campaigning immediately after qualifying by putting campaign signs up on Business Row. Students will have the opportunity to vote for senators and executive officers to […]
Oxford Police Department worked to build connections in the community Thursday night at Fill-Up with Billups at their annual Coffee with a Cop event. OPD sees the event each year as a way to address students and citizens’ law enforcement questions and to put names behind the badges and make positive connections. Officers said the […]
The University of Mississippi purchased the old Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi facility last June to allow more space for the growing number of students and academic programs. Now, the university is debating plans for what will become of the building. The university has not released any information about what the administration specifically plans to do […]
“If I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.” This was the opening motto of the 2018 Ole Miss Special Olympics, where people from all over the state competed in basketball-related activities. Volunteers from the community and university gathered in the Turner Center to support athletes with developmental disabilities. Michael Dupper, a health, […]
The William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation is relocating and moving away from Ole Miss after almost two decades on campus. Although the move is still in the early stages of the planning process, the institute announced that it is expanding its operations and moving to Jackson to become an independent non-profit organization in order […]
The Associated Student Body Senate met Tuesday night and outlined a vision for what it plans to accomplish during the spring semester. Senators discussed several ideas surrounding how they think the campus should move forward. ASB Senators outlined pieces of legislation they are considering introducing on behalf of the student body. Sen. Coco McDonnell, chairwoman […]
Earlier this week, the Oxford Police Department recommended the Board of Aldermen change the alcohol ordinances to extend the bar hours to 1 a.m. every night except Sundays. They said the purpose of the change is to make the laws more consistent and less confusing for citizens and visitors. The current ordinance states bars can […]
The Ole Miss Associated Student Body voted in eight new senators and an executive position to fill vacant seats for the spring semester Tuesday night. ASB Vice President Elam Miller said there were open seats because of students traveling abroad next semester and other reasons. He also said students in “appropriate academic standing” were chosen […]
Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter launched the Flagship Constellations Initiative to a full auditorium at the Gertrude C. Ford Center on Friday night. The initiative focuses on four themes, called constellations, for experts and university officials to present research and solutions: big data, pain wellness, community wellbeing and disaster resilience. Vitter said the university has a duty […]
The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors approved and released its new comprehensive plan earlier this week, outlining the county’s goals before its potential zoning changes. Supervisors responded to questions from locals who were concerned about the vote’s process and about the time frame in which this plan was developed. “We’ve had almost 40 meetings since […]
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