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The Ole Miss Band plays during Ole Miss's homecoming football game against Kentucky on Oct. 1, 2022. File photo by Fletcher Canup. Editor’s Note: Caleb Harris plays alto saxophone in the Pride of the South Marching Band. When Chancellor Glenn...

David Magee stands in front of the new William Magee Center for Wellness Education. David Magee received $343,000 in donations in order to open the center. Photo by Reed Jones. The Thomas Hayes Mayo Lab released the first episode of...

Along with the typical cold and flu seasons this winter, COVID-19 is still prevalent, and COVID-19 cases have risen recently on campus and in Mississippi. According to the Mississippi State Department of Health, there have been 3,594 COVID-19 cases reported...

Violet Jira, Daniel Sanford, Angie Calhoun, and Daniel Ednog discuss the legalization of marijuana at the Overby Center, located on the campus of The University of Mississippi on Feb 22. 2023. Photo by Ashton Summers. The Overby Center for Southern...

Eli Nordstrom, president of Oxford High School’s Gay Straight Alliance speaks at a rally against Mississippi House Bill 1125, which would ban puberty blockers and cross-hormone therapy for transgender youth under 18, on Feb. 11, 2023. Photo by HG Biggs....

Graphic by Sedley Normand. The South is known for its delicious food, called “comfort food.” But it’s important to note that comfort food did not arise out of comfortable circumstances. Most comfort food comes from the Deep South in states...

Members from the Delta Sigma Theta sorority performed during halftime at an Ole Miss women's basketball game against Kentucky on Feb. 13, 2023. Photo by Ashlynn Payne. The University of Mississippi has five of the nine historically Black National Greek...

Graphic by Libby Flanagan. On Jan. 27, surveillance footage was released to the public in which Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was severely beaten and injured by five Black police officers from the Memphis Police Department in Memphis. The...

In the Associated Student Body’s first senate assembly of the semester on Tuesday, Feb. 7, eight open senate seats were filled and two bills were unanimously passed. From left to right: Larson Looney, McKay Orwig, Jeremy Gauthier, Rachel Young, Ryleigh...

Mississippi lawmakers have introduced bills targeting education and healthcare rights of LGBTQ+ Mississippians this session.  Of the bills being introduced, HB 1125 is the closest to being passed. Also known as the “Regulate Experimental Adolescent Procedures Act'' (REAP),  HB 1125...