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Starting this semester, the Associated Student Body (ASB) will reward students for their academic successes with rewards cards.  Scout Treadwell, the ASB director of Greek outreach, created an initiative allowing students who are on the Dean’s and Chancellor’s Lists to...

As average daily temperatures rise, Mississippi farmers are having to change their farming practices to adapt to a changing climate. Despite longer growing seasons, the economy of Mississippi, where 29% of the population is employed by the agriculture industry, is...

Matt Travers didn’t want to leave China. In fact, despite the widespread fear brought on by the coronavirus outbreak, he wants to return as soon as it is safe to do so.  Travers, a junior international studies major, was recently...

The Board of Aldermen held a public hearing Tuesday night on a proposed ordinance which would add vape device restrictions to the city’s smoking ban. Taylor Thompson, an Oxford local and owner of the Cloud 9 vape shop, was the...

Chancellor Glenn Boyce addressed the university community again on Monday in an email regarding the relocation of the Confederate monument. This statement echoes Boyce’s previous email that was sent after the Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees (IHL) struck...

University community members are adjusting to the effects of historic floods that have displaced Mississippians and flooded thousands of homes in the Jackson area. While the University of Mississippi Medical Center, which is in Jackson, has not been affected by...

In just over 20 days, Lafayette County voters will cast their ballots in the Democratic primary to decide which candidate will take on President Trump in November. The county will also hold primaries for the U.S. Senate and the House...

After years of debate, leaders of the United Methodist Church (UMC) have presented a plan to split into two denominations because of disagreements about the inclusion of LGBTQ people. Though the plan will need to be approved several times by...

Londyn Lorenz has aspired to be a contestant on “Jeopardy!” since she first began watching the show at 4 years old. During the first week of February, she traveled from Oxford to Los Angeles to realize her dream.  Lorenz, a...

UM students were named Grand Champions for the Onsite Competitions at the Southeast Journalism Conference last weekend, winning seven awards. Including awards from The Best of the South competitions, students at the University of Mississippi took home a total of...