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Two university students are working with a statewide organization to improve sex education by proposing and lobbying for bills in Mississippi legislature. Mississippi law currently requires school districts to choose between “abstinence-only” and “abstinence-plus” curriculums. Both teach that sex is...

The University of Mississippi is planning to launch the Open Society Initiative, a new center for racial reconciliation. The purpose of the new center is to build upon the foundation of the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation and “continue...

A UM student and alumna are finalists for the Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Senior Arielle Hudson, an English education major, Associated Student Body senator and Black Student Union president, will participate in a...

There’s a lot happening on campus this week. We don’t want you to miss out on any of it. Study Abroad meeting: Anyone considering studying abroad in Dubrovnik, Croatia (also known as King’s Landing in the HBO series “Game of...

College Panhellenic raised over $118,000 for CASA of Lafayette County during the CASA Encore dance competition on Wednesday night. The competition’s donations benefit Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). Delta Gamma sorority took home first place in College Panhellenic’s (CPH) first...

Before Ole Miss football’s matchup with LSU on Saturday, the Student Activities Association will pass out 500 corn dogs at the Union plaza. SAA has also partnered with Mississippi Mutts for the event, which is bringing puppies as part of...

Elisha Krauss, conservative speaker and Daily Wire contributor, spoke about the importance of free speech on college campuses on Wednesday night.  The event where she spoke, sponsored by the Ole Miss chapter of the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF), sparked...

An Ole Miss freshman who struggled to cope with her mother’s death from cancer hopes to establish an Oxford chapter of a national organization that helps children affected by their parents’ illnesses. Kate Fries, a freshman studies student from Michigan,...

Enrollment at the University of Mississippi has decreased 3.5% over the past year, according to a Thursday afternoon press release from the Institutions of Higher Learning. Illustration by Katherine Butler. This is the third consecutive year that enrollment has fallen,...

Incorrect reporting and unclear communication have made the rescheduling of an upcoming campus lecture the subject of a debate about freedom of speech. The “Free To Offend” lecture from Daily Wire contributor Elisha Krauss was originally scheduled to take place...