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If this is your first day on this campus or if this is simply your first time reading The Daily Mississippian, then I welcome you. I welcome you to this special place and welcome you to the proud and outspoken...

In the three years I have worked for The Daily Mississippian, creating the cover of the Pride issue is one of my most meaningful projects. Being gay in Mississippi can be frustrating, challenging, and sometimes even scary, but overall being...

The United States Supreme Court issued a 7-2 ruling on June 4 in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to design and bake a wedding cake for a gay couple. The ruling issued a narrow ruling in the case...

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The University of Mississippi appointed Erica McKinley as general counsel on Monday. McKinley was previously the chief operating officer for the National Basketball Players Association and was an assistant attorney general in the D.C. Office of the Attorney General, where...

The Oxford Board of Aldermen will hold a public hearing on Tuesday to discuss  plans to designate the Square as a “Downtown District,” a special district which would operate under different laws and introduce a special set of requirements for...

The city of Oxford and Ole Miss hosted the Oxford Regional as part of the NCAA Baseball Tournament this past weekend, which drew large crowds and generated revenue for several local hotels and restaurants. Oxford mayor Robyn Tannehill said at...

A.J. Holloway, long-time Biloxi mayor and University of Mississippi football star, died at the age of 79 on June 5. At an early age, he moved to Biloxi from Ocean Springs because he wanted to become a football star. Holloway...

A case involving the British data firm Cambridge Analytica is before a county judge in the U.S. state of Mississippi, where representatives of a British insurance company and the University of Mississippi have testified under oath that no private data...

Mississippians went to the polls yesterday to cast their votes for U.S. Congressional and Senate primary races. The elections ended with two of the primaries heading to a runoff that will take place in three weeks. Incumbent U.S. Sen. Roger...