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Austin Calhoun spends $60-$100 for medical marijuana every week. He needs the medicine to decrease his seizures and nausea, and it also helps eliminate the inflammation caused by his arthritis. He knows it works. “It is definitely, right now, a...

Faith Houston, a senior in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Mississippi, hopes to one day be “an informed and compassionate pharmacist who can serve patients well,” she said. So, when it came time to write her Honors...

Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves outlines his successes in office to supporters at a rally at Stribling Equipment in Richland, MS., Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Reeves is seeking reelection. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) The National Association for the Advancement of...

Audience of annual memorial service watches violinists play in Paris-Yates Chapel on May 4, 2023. Photo by Cayleigh Garrard. With the closing of each academic year, the University of Mississippi holds an annual memorial ceremony, reflecting on and memorializing the...

Lynn Fitch, Mississippi Attorney General. Photo Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons Mississippi’s first woman Attorney General Lynn Fitch is the keynote speaker at the upcoming Master of Business Administration commencement ceremony on May 12.  Raised in Holly Springs, Miss., Fitch graduated from...

President Joe Biden is sworn in at his inauguration on January 20. 2021. Photo via Wikimedia Commons. After months of speculation, President Joe Biden officially confirmed that he will be running for re-election. The announcement prompted a variety of emotions...

Graphic: Sedley Normand / The Daily Mississippian People with depression and anxiety have self-medicated with cannabis long before it was made medically legal in many states.  In a 2022 study published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public...

Jaquavious Lee, who performs as Lady Pluto, applies a colorful eyeshadow look for the Oxford Pride Parade on the morning of April 30, 2022. File photo: HG Biggs/The Daily Mississippian For UM pre-med student, non-binary person and drag queen Jaquavious...

Tuition at Ole Miss is increasing once again, up by $180 for in-state students and $528 for out-of-state students for the 2023-2024 school year. With five out of eight Missisisppi public universities increasing tuition, Mississippi students are faced with more...

The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency is scheduled to end on May 11, and the federal government will shift its response to the COVID-19 pandemic out of the emergency phase that was implemented in March 2020 just days after COVID-19 was...