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Campus leaders discuss MLK’s impact on them, society
Donald Cole: Assistant provost, assistant to the chancellor for multicultural affairs and associate professor of mathematics Q: How have the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, death and legacy shaped your world? Donald Cole A: MLK has been the standard...
Word on the Street: Remembering MLK
Katrina Caldwell, vice chancellor for diversity and community engagement: Katrina Caldwell "Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave us a roadmap to a particular spot on the journey towards justice. He never intended to take us to the final destination...
Paris-Yates Chapel bells ring 39 times to honor The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Paris-Yates Chapel Peddle Bell Tower rings 39 times at 6:01 on Wednesday, the time of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death 50 years ago at age 39. Photo by Marlee Crawford Fifty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King...
Participants in ‘I Am A Man’ reenactment photograph say there is still progress to be made for working class
MEMPHIS — “Our best days are ahead of us,” Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said Wednesday morning. Strickland was one of the main speakers at the “I Am a Man” reenactment photo on Beale Street as part of the commemoration of...
Ole Miss law students organize drive to help Jacksonville State University students in wake of tornado
In the wake of destruction in Jacksonville, Alabama, two Ole Miss law students took it upon themselves to help the community heal. A tornado with winds up to 150 miles per hour devastated the Jacksonville area March 19, leaving many...
Students debate definitions of sexual consent at Great Debate
The Ethics Bowl team squared off in the Great Debate on Tuesday night in Bryant Hall over consensual sex. Though the idea of whether consent is necessary was never in question, debaters did argue which should be the normal standard...
The Daily Mississippian covers 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination
People from all over the world are traveling to Memphis Wednesday to remember and celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. King was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis 50 years ago today. The motel is now home to...
University kicks off Autism Awareness Month today
The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders will kick off Autism Awareness Month with the “Light It Up Blue” event Tuesday morning. Willie Price Lab School classes will hear a reading of Holly Robinson Peete’s book “My Brother Charlie” before...
Accounting school adds two new graduate degrees
Beginning this fall, the university’s Patterson School of Accountancy will offer two new graduate degrees: the Master of Accountancy and Data Analytics (MADA) and the Master of Taxation and Data Analytics (MTDA). The programs are an advancement in the school’s...
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