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John T. Edge knows good Southern food. In fact, he thinks that the food people eat and where they eat it tells a story. This is the premise behind his and Wright Thompson’s documentary series, “TrueSouth,” which recently concluded its...

With over 30 chapters of honor societies on the University of Mississippi campus, students have a wide range of options for membership. However, the majority of these societies require payment for membership, which can hinder students’ financial abilities to join. ...

The University of Mississippi’s website will undergo its first major redesign in seven years, according to an unexpected announcement from Chancellor Glenn Boyce last week. After years of discussion, the redesign will have many steps to complete before the final...

Last week, Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) trustee Thomas Duff and his brother Jim donated $26 million to the university toward the construction of a new science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) building. The 202,000-square-foot building, which is set to...

The first 2020 presidential campaign office in Mississippi opened this week — and it’s in Oxford.  Mike Bloomberg posters outlining the Democratic presidential candidate’s message, “We Like Mike” are pasted across the walls that were formerly the Merle Norman and...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The president of Jackson State University resigned Monday after he was arrested in a prostitution sting in central Mississippi. William Bynum Jr., 57, was among 17 people arrested during the weekend in the Jackson suburb of...

Six months after the largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid in United States history occurred in central Mississippi, the University of Mississippi’s MacArthur Justice Center is leading efforts to help detainees and their families handle the aftermath. In what...

A new mandate from the university requires that every student must take a diversity and inclusion training course, and not doing so could jeopardize a student’s ability to register for classes for the next semester. This campus-wide requirement to participate...

After serving 18 years as one of the only 18-and-up bars on the Square, The Levee is rebranding as Tango’s and will only allow entrance to people who are 21 years old and older.  Levee part-owner Griffin Tanner said he...

Hui Zhu was not expecting to be stuck in China for the spring semester.  Zhu, a Chinese instructor at the University of Mississippi, went to China with her son to see her family in the seaside city of Qingdao during...