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The University of Mississippi and the Mississippi Cannabis Patients Alliance (MCPA) have announced a joint partnership with the Releaf app to collaborate on marijuana research.  The Releaf app allows patients to document their experiences and record and track side effects...

On a Sunday morning in March 2020, Tammy Kalli sat in her bed watching her Methodist church’s service on her computer. It didn’t feel right. It was lonely. It was not church.  “I felt disconnected from God. I wanted a...

Graphic by Savannah Shook. In response to a directive from Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, TikTok is now inaccessible on university WiFi and banned from being used on state-issued devices. The ban has brought about uncertainty in unlikely places such as...

Graphic by Libby Flanagan. ChatGPT continues to exceed expectations for artificial intelligence language generators as educators across the country struggle to adjust to the new, AI-enhanced educational climate.  ChatGPT is a large language model released by the artificial intelligence company...

A bartender at The Blind Pig mixing drinks behind the bar. Photo by Megan Fayard. Bartenders on the Oxford Square not only serve drinks, they also serve as a safety net. With over 15 bars on the Square, bartenders are...

  Members of the First Generation Student Network pose for a photo. Photo by Bill Dabney. Coming to college can be daunting for many reasons. It could be daunting because you are 10 hours from home for the first time....

Hayden Pierce speaks during an ASB Senate meeting on Nov. 8, 2022. Photo by HG Biggs. The Associated Student Body requests UM professors use students’ preferred pronouns such as he/him, she/her and they/them. In a formal meeting Dec. 13 over...

M’Leah Lambdin competes for Ole Miss Rifle against Akron at the Patricia C. Lamar National Guard Readiness Center in Oxford, MS, on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021.Photo courtesy: Petre Thomas/Ole Miss Athletics. Lauren Hoselton was a walk-on, non-scholarship athlete soon to...

Graphic by Savannah Shook. The artificial intelligence research company OpenAI released an in-development project called ChatGPT on Nov. 30, 2022, a few short weeks before many colleges across the country began final exams season.  Using ChatGPT, anyone can enter a...

A Lafayette County Sheriff’s Department deputy and an Oxford Police Department officer arrest Jerami Tubbs outside the Marathon gas station on South Lamar Street on Jan. 18, 2022. Image from video courtesy: Makayla Nalls. A video depicting the arrest of...