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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Longtime Republican Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, told The Associated Press on Monday that he will resign April 1 because of health problems. Cochran, who turned 80 in December, stayed...

James Meredith, the university’s first black student who enrolled in 1962, expressed a change of heart on two issues following an emotional weekend. The civil rights icon said he’s become more receptive to his statue as well as to the...

Students will have four options for the 2018-19 ASB president on tomorrow's ballot. Candidates Wister Hitt, Elam Miller, Emily Tipton and Dylan Wood announced their candidacy in February and debated publicly last Wednesday night at the Overby Center. As campaign...

More than 800 alumni registered for the 2018 Black Alumni Reunion, bringing the alumni and their friends and family back to Oxford to celebrate. The four-day weekend full of concerts, panels and galas reunited friends and highlighted the impact African-Americans...

Oxford leaders and university administrators delivered the second “State of the University” speech of the academic school year Friday afternoon at The Inn as part of the 2018 Black Alumni Reunion. Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter spoke about the university’s strategic plan...

The Black Alumni Reunion hosted a panel discussion Saturday morning highlighting alumni from different classes and generations. The Black Alumni Reunion panel gave successful alumni the chance to talk about experiences in life, at the university and after. While on...

Students and alumni shared their experiences as minority students at a predominantly white institution and why they chose to further their education at the “Real Talk, Day of Dialouge” panel Friday afternoon in the Triplett Alumni Center. The panel consisted...

A project created a few years ago has resurfaced, reaffirming that black history and black voices are “More Than A Month.” The Black Student Union and Center For Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement partnered to host More Than A Month,...

The University of Mississippi is known for its tumultuous past, but today that history, both good and bad, was etched in bronze. Students, faculty and members of the Oxford community gathered in the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing...

The 2018 Black Alumni Reunion kicked off a four-day weekend yesterday with a wide range of activities including an alumni and student networking panel and a standup comedy show, underscoring this year’s expanded programming. The Black Alumni Reunion, which takes...