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This semester, there have been two reports of attempted suicide, according to the University Police Department Clery Daily Crime Log.  “It’s just such an awful thing to happen with a student, and certainly with their families, with their friends and...

While the University of Mississippi has plans in place if someone attempts or dies by suicide, the plan has not always been foolproof.  Katie Williamson, a senior international studies major, said she called the University Counseling Center’s after-hours hotline last...

“I have never really talked about my mental health journey before,” senior general business major Kenzee Blount said.  These are the first words the Independence, Mississippi, native uttered to me as I sat down with him on the first floor...

The United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday, Dec.1 to overturn the monumental Roe v. Wade decision of 1973, that ensures women’s rights to an abortion.  Illustration by Micah Crick The court hearing, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health...

The pain is almost universal — finally getting to the front of the line at a bar, putting your items on the counter at the liquor store or worst of all, seeing blue lights in your rear-view mirror — and...

Last week, many shared Thanksgiving with family and friends, in-person and unmasked, for the first time in two years. This marked a major milestone in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.  But in a matter of days, a new threat...

Before you take a sigh of relief about COVID-19 cases going down, put a mask on: The flagship is blue with the flu.  “Compared to last year, when everyone was wearing masks and distancing, we’re seeing our first real flu...

​Each year, students on the University of Mississippi campus fall victim to a number of different crimes, including sexual assault, larceny, harassment and cyber-bullying. The University Police Department has been making efforts to keep its students safe, specifically during football...

The public was given the floor to speak their piece regarding the Safe Ride Home Initiative during the Oxford Board of Aldermen meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 16. In previous meetings on the initiative, taxi and rideshare app drivers have expressed...

After nearly two years since the start of COVID-19, the University of Mississippi Study Abroad program exceeded their pre-pandemic rates since the beginning of this school year.  All in-person study abroad programs were cancelled in the summer of 2020, but...