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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...
Here’s everything we know about on-campus housing and dining for fall semester
As students, faculty and staff approach the semester, many still have questions regarding university housing and dining. Here is what the university has released about housing and dining so far: Groovin’ at Move-In, the university’s usual move-in day operations, have...
Department budgets could face cuts up to 7.5%
In an update sent to faculty and staff on Thursday, Chancellor Boyce and Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance Larry Sparks announced that vice chancellors should be prepared for budget cuts as large as 7.5% as a result of the...
No headstones will be added in Confederate cemetery, Boyce confirms
The Confederate monument relocation plan will no longer include the installation of headstones in the Confederate cemetery, according to a statement from Chancellor Glenn Boyce on Friday, July 17. Earlier this week, on the same day that the monument was...
Black student leaders demand meeting with Chancellor Boyce
Updated July, 20, 2020. Chancellor Glenn Boyce agreed to meet with nine Black student leaders on campus this afternoon. Nicholas Crasta, Amirah Lockhart, Jailien Grant, DeArrius Rhymes, Re’Kia Fairley, Candace Bolden, Asia Eichelberger, Chinwe Udemgba and Zuri Dixon Omere sent...
Confederate monument leaves the center of campus
Nearly a month after the state Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) Board of Trustees approved the relocation, the Confederate monument was moved from the Circle to the Confederate cemetery behind the Tad Smith Coliseum. The disassembly of the monument began...
Protests continue: Students, faculty and alumni march against relocation plans
Dozens of university community members marched from the Grill at 1810 to the Confederate cemetery in opposition of the university’s “proposed plans for the renovation of the Confederate cemetery” on Monday afternoon. Organized by student leaders from the #UMoveTheStatue campaign...
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