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Executive members of the UM Pride Network, Queer People of Color, OUTGrads, OUTLaw and The Sarah Isom Center for Women’s and Gender Studies signed a statement responding to the city of Starkville denying the permit for a Pride Parade. Read the full statement below:...

After the Starkville Board of Aldermen meeting Tuesday night, Bailey McDaniel cried, heartbroken. The aldermen voted 4-3 to deny a special event request to allow the city to host an LGBTQ Pride Parade on March 24 as part of Starkville’s...

Saturday marks the sixth annual RebelTHON event at Ole Miss and the executive board has set a hefty fundraising goal of $225,000. Participants and young patients will stay up from 3 p.m. to 3 a.m. dancing and raising money for...

The University Police Department sent out an email reporting a sexual assault had taken place on campus around 3:30 a.m. Friday in a residential hall. By the time the email was sent at 5:30 a.m., the suspect had been identified....

Since Mike Harris joined the university as director of the Department of Parking and Transportation in February 2014, the numbers of citations for offenses like parking and obstructing traffic have decreased. There were 46,356 total citations from July 2014 to...

The debate team’s eight members put themselves in the shoes of the Mississippi Senate as they argued different sides of gun control last night in Bryant Hall. More than 50 community members watched teams debate the statement, “This House, as...

Organizers of a group that was planning a Mississippi college town's first-ever gay pride parade said Wednesday that they're exploring legal action after city officials denied them a permit. Starkville aldermen voted 4-3 Tuesday to deny the permit requested by...

Local hair salon owner Tammy Herod and creative writing MFA candidate Julian Randall will lead campus’ “Barber Shop and Beauty Shop Talk” this afternoon at the Residence Hall 2 Student Commons. The Center for Inclusion and Cross Cultural Engagement, UM...

Last night’s Honors College Convocation highlighted the lesser-publicized global crisis of human trafficking and the importance of empathy in addressing the issue. The Ole Miss community welcomed Katie Ford, former CEO of Ford Models and current activist, and Shandra Woworuntu,...

The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning has lost more than $107 million in state-appropriated funding since July 2016, and the University of Mississippi has joined the fight to reel that money back into the state’s education budget. Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter...