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The University of Mississippi Counseling Center has spread seven displays across campus — pegboards with paper notes written by passersby hanging from colorful ribbons. There were suns, hearts and flowers drawn around messages of hope on the square notes.  “I...

As a kid growing up on the South Side of Chicago, Sergio Brack’s parents didn’t want him to leave the house. They were afraid of the negative influence that his neighborhood could have on him, so Brack devoted all of...

As the death toll from vaping-related illnesses climbs, University of Mississippi students shared mixed reactions on how this will affect their use of e-cigarette products. The Mississippi State Department of Health confirmed the state’s first death linked to a vaping-related...

The IHL Board of Trustees has invited eight individuals for interviews as part of the University of Mississippi’s chancellor search, according to Adam Ganucheau of Mississippi Today. Here is where they come from: Michael Benson has served as the President...

Brandon Theesfeld, the former Ole Miss student charged in the murder of Ally Kostial, pleaded not guilty on Monday. Matthew Kinne, the former Oxford Police Department officer charged in the murder of Dominique Clayton, also pleaded not guilty. Theesfeld’s plea...

Hundreds of new sorority members ran from the Grove to their new houses on Sunday. Potential new members spend the week touring the various sorority houses on campus before receiving an invitation to a sorority on Bid Day.

Members of the Institutions of Higher Learning board of trustees gathered at Old Waverly, a high-end private golf club in West Point, in mid-September for their annual retreat. The 12-member IHL board, which oversees Mississippi’s eight public universities, usually meets...

Early in the 2020 legislative session, the full U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will consider whether a lower court erred in ordering the redrawing of Mississippi Senate District 22 to correct racial gerrymandering. The preliminary data from the case...

Saturday afternoon, 10 people filed into the Butler Auditorium in the Triplett Alumni Center to attempt the impossible: they each sought to defeat David Ross, an International Master of Chess, in a game of chess.  While each player was attempting...