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An honors college student who wore blackface self-reported the incident, according to a statement from the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College Dean Douglass Sullivan-González. Sullivan-González released the statement to honors college students explaining how the organization’s process works. “The Honors...

A group of protesters cancelled its plan to have a sit-in protest on Friday at the Lyceum. The plans to have a sit-in protest were outlined in UM Solidarity’s meeting minutes from a meeting on Sunday.  UM Solidarity, a progressive...

Some University of Mississippi faculty members have expressed concern about the university possibly losing accreditation after the controversial hire of Glenn Boyce as the next chancellor. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Principles of Accreditation say that accredited institutions...

Students, faculty and alumni took part in protests across campus on Friday in response to the Institution of Higher Learning’s selection of Glenn Boyce as the University of Mississippi’s new chancellor.  Friday morning, students and faculty, led by campus activism...

Much like the University of Mississippi during the controversial selection of Glenn Boyce, the University of South Carolina faced controversy this year when choosing the 29th president, former West Point superintendent Robert Caslen, in July.  The choice raised concerns for...

The progressive student organization UM Solidarity had a closed-door meeting on Sunday to discuss plans to move forward after protesting the Institution of Higher Learning’s new hire of Glenn Boyce as the University of Mississippi’s 18th chancellor.  Cam Calisch, co-president...

The university’s newly named chancellor, Glenn Boyce, coached football at three so-called “segregation academies,” Madison-Ridgeland Academy, Canton Academy and Tri-County Academy, in the 1980s and 1990s. The information came to light during The Daily Mississippian’s efforts to gain a comprehensive...

Executive officers of the University of Mississippi Faculty Senate have publicly condemned the Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees’ handling of the chancellor search, according to a statement released on Friday.  In addition to the lack of transparency, the...

https://soundcloud.com/the-dm-editor/dm-exclusive-interview-with-glenn-boyce With a little over a week before newly announced Chancellor Glenn Boyce takes his new position, he said that he has few concrete steps in mind to improve the university. He wants to listen to students before he makes...

The Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees selected Glenn Boyce as the next chancellor before completing the 20-step process because the campus needed to be unified as soon as possible, according to board vice president  Ford Dye. The IHL...