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Jim Hood is a busy man. After 13 years as Mississippi’s attorney general, the Chickasaw County native is well-acquainted with his home state’s strengths and weaknesses and has yet to let his passion for public service die. Just yesterday, Hood...

On Nov. 1, National Novel Writing Month — affectionately abbreviated NaNoWriMo by participants  — will begin. Participants of the challenge will attempt to write 50,000 words, the length of a short novel, over the course of the month. The prize?...

In the two months since classes began, five sexual assaults have been reported on campus — three in dorms and two in fraternity houses. The most recent report was a sexual assault that occurred in Stockard Hall. The assault was...

At least 20.9 million adults and children are bought and sold worldwide into commercial sexual servitude, forced labor and bonded labor. The International Justice Mission is a faith-based international non-profit that works with governments, police forces and social workers to protect people from this...

Pamela Junior, director of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, speaks in the library on campus today. Photo by Chase Roberts “I'm gonna keep on a-walkin', keep on a-talkin', marchin' down to freedom land,” Pamela D.C. Junior, director of the first...

The coquis stopped chirping when Hurricane Maria hit. On a typical night, the nickel-sized frogs dominate the island air with their high-pitched call, reminiscent of cicadas in the Mississippi summer. For the past month, nothing has been typical in Puerto...

The contextualization plaque and decorative base of the Confederate statue in the Circle were fixed after a driver crashed into them earlier this semester. Photo By Taylar Teel Debates surrounding Confederate monuments and their potential messages of history and racism have intensified across the...

Illustration by Jake Thrasher October is LGBT History Month. The monthlong celebration observes the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues as well as the history of the gay rights and civil rights movements. The Oxford and university community is...

The new Mississippi Civil Rights Museum is scheduled to open Dec. 9 in Jackson and will celebrate the work of lesser-known local activists of the national civil rights movement, according to museum director Pamela Junior. “This is major for the state...

Curtis Wilkie discusses his book "The Road to Camelot" with Charles Overby and Tom Oliphant at the Overby Center on Wednesday, October 18. Photo By Xinyi Song Journalists Curtis Wilkie and Thomas Oliphant presented their new book, "The Road to...