Former Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter resigned from his position on November 9, 2018. Read our coverage of his resignation here, and analysis of what this means for Ole Miss here. Three weeks after Vitter's resignation, the Ole Miss leadership team wrote a letter to the Ole Miss community "aiming to clarify...
For decades, Ole Miss has made progressive efforts to refine itself while upholding the same outdated traditions. Those traditions have long been a threat to minority students like myself. The Grove, for instance, has been a tradition for decades. During the 1980s, the Grove became a well-known place for students...
We, the undersigned faculty, staff and graduate students, commend the faculty decision at the Meek School of Journalism and New Media to call for donor Ed Meek to remove his name from the school immediately. We thank Dr. Meek for making the right decision to voluntarily withdraw his name from...
On Oct. 1, Mississippi Critterz, Oxford’s first no-kill animal shelter in almost three decades was established. The shelter, which currently holds a year-long contract with the Board of Aldermen, will only take animals from the Oxford and Lafayette County area. The new shelter will use the same facilities as the...
During campus elections, you were probably bombarded with more stickers and people reminding you to vote than you ever could have wanted. Despite the overabundance of stickers and campaigning, student elections are a vital part of our campus life that provide us with the unique opportunity to select student leaders...
At his rally in Southaven on Tuesday, Donald Trump attacked and ridiculed Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the professor who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of attempting to rape her when they were both in high school. Trump called Ford “really evil” and said that the women in attendance...
Our nation is currently embroiled in a controversy over the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. If you’re on the right, you cry, “Witch hunt!” If you’re on the left, you can choose to oppose him based on his beliefs about reproductive rights and executive privilege, three sexual...
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to permanently extend the individual tax cuts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, sending the bill to the Senate for further consideration. The 2017 bill, which was the largest reform to the federal tax code in over 30 years,...
The United States Senate, as the “higher chamber” in the United States Congress, has the daunting responsibility to “advise and consent” on the appointment of Supreme Court justices. By definition, senators also have a responsibility to the American people. This responsibility obliges the Senate to do due diligence in a...
Stress and anxiety disorders are slowly plaguing thousands of college campuses all over the country. According to a 2017 report by the American Psychological Association, 61 percent of college students were seeking counseling because of anxiety, and 45 percent went because of stress. This study indicates that many students experience...
