Opinion

Traveling internationally is an experience that many college students crave, but are uncertain about committing to — whether that be due to the cost, work and class responsibilities or the decision to venture into the unknown. I spent a month...

At a university marred by a history of racial struggles and discrimination, students, faculty and alumni alike are not strangers to the effects of division on the basis of race. While steps are being taken to mitigate this harmful history...

Student government is always an exciting institution where it seems new challenges and dramas unfold each day. On Thursday, April 4, our campus experienced one such moment. On this semester’s election day, the ASB Judicial Council found that an error...

Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar has been in the national spotlight since her controversial tweets earlier this year and a speech in which she criticized the American Israel Public Affairs Committee — a pro-Israel lobbyist group. Last Friday, President Donald Trump tweeted...

In the spirit of promoting a better and more complete appreciation of the current protests of the Confederate monument, it has occurred to me that the current protests against racism, bigotry and oppression should be placed in the proper context....

At the end of August 2018, Gov. Phil Bryant signed legislation authorizing a lottery in Mississippi. In recent months, a five-member board of directors has worked to establish a $400 million Mississippi Lottery Corporation. At the moment, Mississippi is still...

Just over six months ago, Ed Meek made a racist, sexist Facebook post that implied a relationship between the images of two young black women, both Ole Miss students, and a threat to “the values we hold dear that have...

Black women’s bodies have always been a focal point of conversation among white men who have no right to discuss them. Through a historical lens, commodification of the black body allowed for black female bodies especially to be objectified. Continuing...

I grew up in the suburbs of Chattanooga, Tennessee. My childhood memory is imperfect, but I can only remember one black family out of all three neighborhoods that I grew up in. I attended a private school that was located...

At last week’s meeting, the Board of Aldermen presented a new city ordinance restricting the use of vape pens and e-cigarettes. To accomplish this, the board is extending the definition of tobacco products to include any vaporized tobacco or flavored...