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University welcomes students back, no plan for widespread testing
Students moved back onto campus last week for the first time since classes switched to an online format in March, but currently, the university does not have a publicly available plan to test its students for COVID. Several community assistants...
City questions ownership of Confederate monument on the Square
The Oxford Board of Aldermen is challenging the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors over ownership of the Confederate monument on the Square that has long been a point of contention for community members. In an Aug. 18 letter from the...
Members of Greek organizations begin to test positive for COVID-19
Correction: The original photo caption stated that the room pictured was recently vacated. The caption has been corrected to show that members had not yet moved into the room at the time the photo was taken. The Daily Mississippian has...
University installs temporary fencing to block Confederate monument visibility
After continued criticism of the Confederate monument’s placement on the University of Mississippi campus, the university installed “a temporary screen” on the side of the monument facing Manning Way and Hill Drive earlier this week. The decision stemmed from conversations...
Vice Chancellor Larry Sparks to retire at the end of the year
Larry Sparks, vice chancellor for administration and finance, will retire at the end of 2020, according to a statement from the university. Sparks, who has worked at the university since 1997, also served as interim chancellor from January 2019 until...
State flag commission makes tweaks, narrows choices to nine
The Mississippi Flag Commission met Friday planning to narrow choices for a new state flag to five, but instead ended up with nine after much debate and tweaking of designs. Those nine designs are available for public viewing and input on the...
Here is what UM’s Black student leaders want from the university and how they hope to get it
On the afternoon of July 20, nine Black student leaders — Nicholas Crasta, DeArrius Rhymes, Jailien Grant, Re’Kia Fairley, Candace Bolden, Amirah Lockhart, Asia Eichelberger, Chinwe Udemgba and Zuri Dixon Omere — met with Chancellor Glenn Boyce to discuss the...
Reeves orders statewide mask mandate, delays “hot-spot” school districts
Over four months after the first coronavirus death in Mississippi, Gov. Tate Reeves announced a statewide mask mandate for all gatherings, including shopping, on Aug. 4. In addition to the mandate, Reeves ordered that hot-spot counties — or counties that...
Student teachers face uncertainty as schools make reopening decisions
As school districts across Mississippi decide how or if they will reopen for in-person learning, nearly 200 student teachers at the University of Mississippi are preparing for the school year under ever-changing conditions. Education majors spend their senior year student...
Masks for meals: local girl starts business for charity
For Lena Bowers Schoen, helping people is fun. Lena, a rising third-grader at Della Davidson Elementary School, has spent her time in quarantine making and selling masks to raise money for charities that benefit Oxford. Her first gift was to...
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