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The university’s Pi Kappa Alpha chapter has been sanctioned including restrictions on social activities and anti-hazing education following alleged hazing incident last fall. Photo by Katherine Butler. Adam Peavy, an attorney representing a university student, is planning to file a...

The University of Mississippi has released its student housing strategic plan for the next six years, which addresses, in part, “student misperceptions around mold and mildew in traditional residence halls.”  As recently as 2018, residents of Crosby Hall — the...

The University of Mississippi is allocating tickets for the class of 2020 and 2021 commencement ceremonies to remain in compliance with current government orders and public health guidance.  According to the university’s commencement registration form, each 2020 graduate will receive...

The members of Happy Landing, a local indie folk band, released their debut EP on Aug. 7, 2020, and since then, they’ve amassed hundreds of fans. The band came to be after lead singer and songwriter Matthew Hendley spent a...

After developing a love of computer coding in high school, senior computer science major Rowan Agrawal decided that he wanted to foster that same passion in middle and high school students in Lafayette County. As a result, he founded Code...

Illustration by Katherine Butler. When the University of Mississippi Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life began allowing Greek organizations to host events at the end of February, leadership operated under the university rule that 25% of event attendees would have...

Despite national trends, Mississippi is making progress in preventing racial disparities in vaccinations rates among African American residents in the state.  “Mississippi appears to be first in the nation to reach vaccine parity for African Americans receiving Covid vaccinations,” State...

The ninth-ranked Ole Miss men’s tennis team is preparing for a busy holiday weekend as the team gets ready to travel to Auburn, Alabama, to compete against the University of Auburn on Friday, April 2. Just two days later, the...

One case of the B.1.1.7 United Kingdom COVID-19 strain and one case of B.1.427 California COVID-19 strain were reported on Friday in Lafayette County, according to a tweet from the Mississippi State Department of Health. “Like other previously identified COVID-19...

The University of Mississippi will begin offering appointments for the single-dose Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine starting Thursday, March 31. The Office of the Provost sent a campus-wide email on Tuesday, giving students, faculty and staff the opportunity to sign...