Sidna Brower Mitchell when she was the editor of The Daily Mississippian in 1962. Photo Courtesy: Hottytoddy.com. Used with permission. As editor of The Daily Mississippian when James Meredith integrated the University, I am flabbergasted by the "outrage" about Ed Meek's post on Facebook. Folks keep repeating that Ed's post,...
My Saturday night started off the same way it would for most of my peers. I spent time calculating my ensemble, making sure that my makeup and hair would complement the look, and figuring out plans to ensure that I would hold true to the idea that we never lose...
Alex McDaniel Speak truth to power. It’s the principle lesson I learned during my time at the university — a lesson many student journalists learn during their time here and not necessarily in the classroom. For decades, student journalists on this campus have regularly reported on race relations, exposing inequality,...
The Daily Mississippian, like the University of Mississippi, has not always stood against hate. We sometimes participated in upholding a vision of our campus and city that rested on outdated ideas about race and gender that some people in our community wish still existed. There are days when we didn’t...
Supreme Court nominee Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation vote has been postponed in light of recent allegations of sexual misconduct. The 53-year-old has been accused by professor Christine Blasey Ford of sexual misconduct in an incident that occurred more than 30 years ago. The Palo Alto University professor alleges that...
If you want a sticker, take a walk down Business Row — especially if it’s your fastest route to class — because I guess it will leave you with no other choice. Either way, you won’t make it off campus without at least 50 of them being thrown at you...
Jackson is a place that many people call home and many others visit to go sightseeing. There is one thing, however, that isn’t so beautiful — the road conditions of Jackson. WAPT reported that many Jackson residents have become concerned with the potholes throughout the city after a high school...
Like many of you, especially those who grew up in the “Bible Belt,” I was born in the pew — a conservative, evangelical pew. Since I can remember, every Sunday was spent in worship service, Sunday school and evening worship service. Then, we’d go to church for Bible study on...
I get out of Russian 111 at 11:50 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday. This puts me squarely in lunch time — really in the thick of it. Thick is indeed the word to describe the capacity of our free-for-all dining facilities...
Dear Editor, Let’s talk about Uber. The city of Oxford did its best to prevent Uber from coming to town a few years ago but was overridden by the state legislature. Now Uber is in its third year in Oxford. It’s convenient, it’s on your phone and thousands of people...
