Opinion

Mississippians are no strangers to Southern hospitality, and that fact is never more evident than when their own need help. Members of the Jackson metro area were recently forced to prepare for disaster as the Pearl River reached dangerous, record-breaking levels. This caused chaos as approximately 1,000 homes were flooded,...

An average-looking white man named Pete. A chaotic first stop in the Midwest. National headlines covering the race-related controversies of competitors.  If you’ve tuned in to current political events, your mind is probably jumping to the Democratic primary races. If you’re like the rest of us, you’re probably thinking about...

89 African-Americans were arrested on the Ole Miss Campus on Feb. 25, 1970 and held over night in a Lafayette County Jail. This photo was procured from the Feb. 26, 1970 issue of The Daily Mississippian. Fifty years ago this week, three protests for black equality on campus led to...

The end of the spring semester is an exciting time at the University of Mississippi: flowers are blooming and finals are imminent. The people of Oxford all prepare for the annual Double Decker Arts Festival, an event that attracts more than 60,000 people per year. However, this year is a...

The Oxford Board of Aldermen recently voted to have another public hearing to potentially add further provisions on the vape ban in our city. This comes after months of deliberation from health care officials, local government officials and concerned private citizens about the issue of the commonly used Juul vape...

When I packed for college, my parents made sure that I had pepper spray — just in case I faced any surprise threats while walking alone at night. Though my mix of paranoia and caution led me to keep that pepper spray on my keychain, that fear is statistically less...

There’s a story that all of us have heard and some of us have told, and it goes like this: The University of Mississippi was once a great school. Its magnolia-shaded campus sheltered one of the few enduring pockets of a genteel and glorious South. But at some point —...

On Monday, Feb. 3, The Daily Mississippian published an opinion column titled “We need to stop saying ‘Ole Miss.’” The author, Zach Borenstein, compared the affectionate nickname of our university to racially charged phrases, but he misses the point of tradition entirely. My friends and I recently discussed the waning...

The Iowa caucus started on Tuesday, Feb. 4th, and two days later, we still weren’t sure who won. For days, two candidates claimed victory.  Citizens all over the country are calling for a revolution of our voting system. The Iowa Caucus is being used as a way to portray the...

Dear parents everywhere, I saw Janet Jackson’s breast and turned out just fine. Lewd. Crude. Disgusting. Nasty. Vulgar. Crossed the line. Glorified pornography. Crass. Inappropriate. Gross. Sickening. These are just some of the comments fired across the internet following Shakira and Jennifer Lopez’s performances during Super Bowl LIV’s halftime. What...