Will Hall

Opinion: ASB: Focus on realistic change

Last week, an ASB meeting mostly spent discussing street lamps and sidewalks took an abrupt turn to the controversial when Sen. Coco McDonnell introduced a policy objective that would allow for students to carry firearms on campus. In the week following, McDonnell’s proposal has managed to generate enough havoc to garner published responses from members […]

NBC article misrepresents campus

This semester, Ole Miss was blessed with the presence of a leader in the field of misinformation. NBC News set foot on the Ole Miss campus and, in the article “The Confederacy still haunts the campus of Ole Miss,” published Nov. 16, reinforced age-old lies about our university and state. Apart from the easily verifiable […]

Opinion: Ole Miss conservatives organize for inaction

If I was around in Tip O’Neill’s day, I doubt we would’ve agreed on much, but he did get one thing exceptionally right: All politics is local. In the age of 24-hour news cycles and the theatrics of President Trump, it has become increasingly easy to forget this truth in favor of focusing on the […]

Opinion: Statue opinion must be challenged

In the heart of Oxford there stands a statue of a lone soldier who stares in perpetuity over the place which he once died for. For more than 100 years, the soldier has stood valiantly in memorial to all those who perished alongside him defending their land, but soon the soldier may stare out no more. […]

Opinion: Mississippi: Elect McDaniel, denounce establishment

The night of Nov. 8, 2016, I was glued to my television, watching one of the greatest dramas of our lifetime come to its thrilling finale. As President-elect Donald Trump approached the podium, people around the country laughed, while others cried all while the Republican Party fell on life support. The New York billionaire who […]

Opinion: Where were student voices in mascot vote?

Last week, social media was united in mocking Ole Miss yet again for mindlessly making another decision that further erodes our university’s great traditions and fanfare. Promoted by the Associated Student Body in a campaign that could politely be described as less than enthusiastic, the Landshark was selected as the new mascot in a margin […]

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