Opinion
IHL, who do you serve?
Amending their previous suggestion, the Mississippi Institutes of Higher Learning (IHL) voted to prohibit public colleges and universities from mandating the COVID-19 vaccine as a condition for employment or enrollment, excluding medical institutions. IHL issued a statement at their Aug. 27 meeting strongly advising vaccination for faculty and students, but...
Trent Lott’s troubled past has no place at UM
Ole Miss is struggling to find its identity in the modern world, and enshrining racists should have no place in that process. After it was dragged kicking and screaming into desegregation in the 1960s, the university has endured many controversies and conflicts all stemming from the university’s racist past and...
The fight against racism must be active here in Oxford
On the afternoon of Sept. 14, 2021, I was in my car at the stoplight where Sorority Row and Jackson Ave intersect. While I was waiting for the light to turn green, a red, lifted, Ford truck pulled up beside me. There were a few college-aged white males inside that...
Disabilities are overlooked on campus
Life as a disabled student at Ole Miss is as similar to that of a non-disabled student as it is different. I still went to frat parties pre-COVID-19, I still go to football games and I still do all the schoolwork my classmates do. I am also sometimes late to...
The pursuit of freedom is starting to outweigh the truth
We live in a theocracy, and Freedom is our God. The nation’s most famous port, New York Harbor, houses a statue dedicated to this principle. A replica of the Liberty Bell serves as a similar reminder on the Mississippi Capitol grounds, and on our own campus, a new center designated...
Column Response: History isn’t being rewritten, it’s just finally being revealed
On Sept. 10, The Daily Mississippian published an opinion column titled, “Rewriting our past only endangers our future.” This piece argued against teaching subjects like Critical Race Theory and in favor of teaching history in a way that reinforces America’s “sacrifice, humility, integrity.” This argument makes no sense. It...
The death of the American celebrity
The first Monday in May arrived on Sept. 13 this year. Rescheduled due to COVID-19, the Met Gala was finally livestreamed to the public last week amidst mixed reviews. The Met Gala serves as an opportunity for celebrities to reach new levels of stardom and designers to showcase their boldest...
Does COVID not spread the same at a football game?
With the rise of COVID-19 cases from the Delta variant and other new strains, the policies Ole Miss Athletics have implemented should be held under scrutiny. For instance, at football games fans are not required to wear masks no matter how packed the stands are. This has undoubtedly helped contribute...
Recycling resources needed in Lafayette County
In the modern age of widespread environmentalism and focus on sustainability, it’s easy to overlook the most basic ways to protect the environment: reduce, reuse, recycle. It is a phrase that’s been ingrained into everyone’s mind since grade school, yet they still remain difficult to implement within the Oxford community....
Don’t let Elon Musk control the economy
Popular with college students, tech-savvy libertarians and dark web drug smugglers, with undoubtedly some of these groups overlapping, Bitcoin’s storied history as the first and foremost cryptocurrency started a new chapter when El Salvador recently adopted it as the official currency alongside the U.S. dollar. The first country to do...
