Opinion

When it comes to a global pandemic, there is no one guilty party. People will die from the decisions that are made, but it seems that to the University of Mississippi community — from students to administrators, athletics and Greek...

To the Editor, It's been a long, hot summer unlike any we've ever known. The slightest whiff of fall in the early mornings takes many spirits almost immediately to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. To be clear, we all want football. However, the...

My return to Oxford looks different from what I imagined when I left. Behind my mask, I smile at familiar faces while walking in the Circle, despite obstructed views and a six-foot distance between us. I want to return to...

I think we can all agree that the word “unprecedented” has become insufferable, so I apologize for the headline. Sometimes, though, overused words are truly the only descriptor that can encapsulate moments like this.  For over a century, The Daily...

Dear Editor, The University of Mississippi should decline to put the health and lives of its student football athletes at risk by withdrawing the team from South Eastern Conference (SEC) football this season. Football players should not be pressured to...

Dear Chancellor Boyce and the University of Mississippi community, John Neff was our colleague, mentor, friend, husband and father. Efforts to imply that John, who died suddenly on January 30, 2020, was supportive of or helped develop the University of...

Hotty Toddy!  Gosh Almighty! Who the Hell Are We? The Hotty Toddy cheer asks an important question (if you cut it off just right).   Who the hell are we as the University of Mississippi community?  UM is many things. Fundamentally,...

The National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) issued a statement last Thursday noting that Confederate monuments “still stand as symbols of those ideologies and sometimes serve as rallying points for bigotry and hate today. To many African Americans, they continue...

Almost two months ago, I was emailing back and forth with a source for a story, trying to schedule a time that we could go on a walk and I could ask him some questions. We settled on March 13,...

The pandemic has taken so much from everyone, and the class of 2020’s dreams were largely lost, too — including mine. There’s no “virtual celebration” or mailed graduation cap — as well-intentioned as they may be — that can bring...