Opinion

Dear Editor,  I would like to add to the article in last Thursday’s DM about mass testing for COVID on campus.  The university calls mass testing “sentinel testing” or “surveillance testing.” We want to find out what percentage of asymptomatic...

It is no secret that American education is fundamentally flawed and unequal – beginning with K-12 school funding derived from property taxes and ending with disproportionate educational attainment along racial and economic lines. The COVID-19 pandemic and all of its...

The United States Postal Service is careening through an engineered crisis, hurtling towards failure. A 2006 law requiring that the Postal Service prepay retiree health benefits 75 years in advance — a provision to which no other government agency or...

I had an odd experience that happened recently during the Black Lives Matter protests this summer. I purchased something in Oxford, and while the payment was processing, the Black woman behind the counter grabbed the stuff I purchased to help...

Since mid-March, government response to the coronavirus has been wide and sweeping. States like California, New York and New Jersey are still enforcing strict stay-at-home orders while others such as Florida, Texas and Mississippi have allowed citizens more discretion. Given...

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...