Opinion

“Life with Lenora” is a weekly series capturing the experiences and occasional musings of our opinion editor.  At first glance, the last extracurricular activity you’d guess was in my pre-college repertoire was achieving the Eagle Scout rank. I endlessly watch...

If there is one thing I’ve learned this year, it is that the students at the University of Mississippi are fighters. We don’t sit down, we don’t back down and we certainly don’t give up when we face challenges.  Perhaps...

On Oct. 2, 1962, James Meredith became the first Black student at the University of Mississippi after a prolonged political clash involving then-Gov. Ross Barnett, U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy.  Meredith’s fight to enroll amidst...

On Jan. 2, the Emmy-award winning reality television show “RuPaul’s Drag” Race premiered its 18th season. The tagline of the season — “in shady times, let there be light” — feels less like branding and more like reassurance as 14...

Typically, the saying goes, “When one door closes, another one opens” — at least, that is what my parents always told me. In the case of former Ole Miss head football coach Lane Kiffin, it felt like one door opened...

As temperatures plummet precipitously in our cozy, snow globe college town, holly jolly times are back in session and finals season is at its precipice, there is a silent yet debilitating phenomenon threatening holiday magic: the winter blues.  Days become...

Not long ago, I found myself in the lobby of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College having a conversation with a close friend about a topic that I have always found uncomfortable: mental health.  It was a truly wonderful dialogue,...

Every year, more than 40,000 Americans are killed in car crashes, as reported by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Unfortunately, this is more likely to happen in Mississippi than anywhere else in the country. The Magnolia State is ranked first...

Graphic by Kadin Collier The Freshman 15 is an all-too-familiar pattern for many students. It is a warning issued to precocious pre-college tourers, a testament to the dramatic expansion of food options the average first-year faces and, for many, an...

I do the same thing every morning in almost the exact same order. I wake up, brush my teeth, put my contacts in and make my bed.  I do not like it if my routine is messed up.  I hate...