The University of Mississippi is in an era of change. From new campus buildings like the Student Union, to emerging academic programs such as the Haley Barbour Center for the Study of American Politics and more, few aspects of our campus community are static. Adding to the dynamism, we also...
Last week, the DM published an article about Kennedy Frain and some of the failures of the university’s Student Health Center and Student Counseling Center. It is unacceptable that our university allows high prices and a limited insurance network to become a barrier between students with financial needs and the...
While scouring social media in recent weeks regarding various events that have occurred, from the Gillette commercial to the government shutdown, one thing became clear: perspective is key. The latest video that has garnered mass media attention was of an incident between a group of high school students wearing “MAGA”...
“The dogma lives loudly within you” said U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, as she looked down upon Amy Barrett, who was seated in the center of the Senate Judiciary Committee room in 2017. Barrett, at the time a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, was in the midst of...
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, a Saudi national, fled her family and country while visiting Kuwait on Jan. 5. Her final destination was Australia; however, while stopping in Bangkok, al-Qunun faced possible deportation back to Saudi Arabia. It was at that moment that the 18-year-old barricaded herself inside her hotel room and...
To describe the life of Ed Perry without mentioning his delivery of what would go on to be known as the “Whiskey Speech” is to miss one of the greatest moments in his legacy in public service. Delivered on the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Mississippi Capitol, Perry...
My 3 and ½ years at Ole Miss have been full of ups and downs, but The Daily Mississippian has been a constant throughout and a major part of my life this semester as I took on the position of news editor. I came to Ole Miss as a transfer...
Greek students at our university have inherent advantages in our campus elections. As I detailed in a previous article, these advantages include access to funding, access to people with campaign experience and more. Presenting these problems would be useless without exploring ways to create opportunities for non-Greek students to have...
To progressively grow as an economy, a country cannot run without adequate and superior infrastructure. America’s infrastructure though, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2017 Infrastructure Card, was rated a D+ with various categories ranging from a B score in rail, to a D- in transit. This infrastructure,...
It really is incredible how far women have come in just the last century. Every day, we do things like vote, drive, own property, prepare for a professional career and even go to college, that just a few decades ago would have been impossible. In 1870, when college student Bettie...
