In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein accusations and Larry Nassar case, many people are weighing in on what measures should be taken to combat sexual assault. Vice President Mike Pence suggested that, in order to decrease sexual abuse in the workplace, men should never spend time alone with their...
President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union address last week with one mindset standing out in the 80-minute speech: nationalism. Trump’s position of “America first” has remained relatively steady, showing itself in his foreign policy and immigration rhetoric. Though his proposals for immigration reform include some compromises,...
Motivation: We all want it, crave it and hunt it. Motivation is an elusive creature that always seems just out of reach, except for a few invigorating moments when our fingers brush its electric hide. But perhaps we’re chasing it too hard? Maybe, like happiness, we need to let motivation...
On Feb. 1, the Mississippi State Senate passed SB 2197, a bill that would have major ramifications for college students. The state Senate passed an initiative that was started by ASB in 2016, without much attention from the ASB administrations that followed. The initiative was about amnesty for reporting medical...
Imagine having the convenience of ordering your favorite food or beverage online and having it shipped to your home, only to later find out you broke the law. Because it is illegal to ship alcohol from online companies to Mississippi, this is a potential problem. Private investigators from the state...
You, like many, may be tired of political campaigns and elections. Most Americans still feel like they need a few years of rest before the next round of political drama. But it’s 2018, and that means it’s time for the midterm elections. Primaries will begin in March for the general...
Last week, an ASB meeting mostly spent discussing street lamps and sidewalks took an abrupt turn to the controversial when Sen. Coco McDonnell introduced a policy objective that would allow for students to carry firearms on campus. In the week following, McDonnell’s proposal has managed to generate enough havoc to...
President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union address late Tuesday night on Capitol Hill. The president used his nearly 90-minute speech to celebrate his administration’s legislative achievements of 2017 and went on to detail an ambitious outline for further progress in 2018. Soon after taking the podium,...
I found a proposal from the article, “Associated Student Body Senate discusses spring legislation goals” published in The DM on Jan. 24, to be appalling. According to the piece, “Sen. Coco McDonnell, chairwoman of the External Affairs Committee, said she plans to possibly introduce legislation that would … allow students...
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