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Illustration by Katherine Butler. With the end of fall semester approaching, COVID-19 numbers could spike if college students return to their home for winter break without taking proper precautions.  Many schools are following guidelines established by the American College Health...

Photos courtesy Gage Skidmore. Illustration by Katherine Butler. It has been three days since most major news networks called the presidential election in favor of Joe Biden, but President Donald Trump still has not conceded defeat. While votes continue to...

Asya Branch, a University of Mississippi alumna and the first African American Miss Mississippi USA, was crowned Miss USA Monday night at this year’s Miss USA pageant. This is the first time Mississippi has won the title. “I'm filled with...

Miss Mississippi Asya Branch emcees the 2019 Most Beautiful pageant alongside Miss University Blair Wortsmith. Photo by Reed Jones Asya Branch, a University of Mississippi alumna and the first African American Miss Mississippi USA, is prepared for her next stop...

Photo by Billy Schuerman. Last week was UM’s second annual First-Generation Student Celebration Week. On Monday, Nov. 1, the week of celebration kicked off with a breakfast in the Grove. The rest of the week consisted of virtual events, including...

Enrollment at the University of Mississippi is down for the fourth year in a row, according to data from the state Institutions of Higher Learning.  A year ago, there were 22,273 students at UM, but fall 2020 numbers have the...

Mississippi voters decided in an overwhelming majority to approve a new state flag design in Tuesday’s election. The decision to remove the flag came in the wake of nationwide protests following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others...

Mississippians voted to approve medical marijuana in the state Tuesday, voting in favor of the creation of a medical marijuana program and to approve Initiative 65. Medical marijuana’s appearance on Mississippi ballots has been a point of discussion for months,...

Incumbent republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has defeated democratic challenger Mike Espy. The Associated Press called the race for Hyde-Smith at 10:45 p.m. This is the second race between Hyde-Smith and Espy and the first matchup since a special election was...