Opinion

Two weeks ago, as neo-Confederates marched on campus, students left town in fear for their safety. This newspaper reported that one student wondered “whether I should continue to go to Ole Miss” because “I feel like they don’t want black...

When we learn about history, we most often learn the shorthand story through the eyes of those who have won the war but not those who have lost the war. After all, to the victor go the spoils. I have...

Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar has been in hot water recently, with accusations of anti-Semitism coming from both parties. The controversy erupted last month after Omar tweeted, “It’s all about the Benjamins baby,” suggesting that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee...

In my head, parking is the necessary evil that governs leasing spaces on campus. However, in talking with my peers, I have noticed a common question: Why replace much-needed parking spaces with campus-wide bike lanes? Any person attending the School...

They came, they saw and, like it or not, they conquered. Last week, Oxford was brought to its knees by demonstrations that invoke the question that every single Ole Miss student is destined to ask themselves while attending the university:...

Last week, students, faculty and staff sifted through confusing communiqué and endeavored to make informed decisions about whether it was safe to come to their place of work and study. Meanwhile, students organized to condemn the white supremacist march and...

Dear Editor, The undersigned were generally impressed with the coverage of our community’s reaction to the protestors who marched in Oxford on Feb. 23. We were personally proud of the men on the basketball team who knelt during the National...

On Feb. 23, Oxford and Ole Miss were the venue for a pro-Confederate rally, organized by Confederate 901, located in Memphis, and the Hiwaymen, who brought a handful of Civil War nostalgists to our great town. While the rally took...

Re: “Why do we cling to the Confederacy?” (Feb. 22) The writer of this article suggests that racism must be "torn away," giving a nod to all the protests and marches going on now. I am a lifelong resident of...

Much of the debate about Confederate monuments on campus has centered on whether these monuments are symbols of racial hatred or regional heritage, framing the anguish of the black community against the erasure of Southern culture. Many people have painstakingly...