Although once deemed an unstable energy state, Mississippi currently looks to implement drastic changes in 2018. Mississippi’s Public Service Commission voted to approve rate changes for the state’s two largest privately owned energy companies last Tuesday, and energy prices are officially rising. Entergy Corporation and Mississippi Power will implement the...
As I reflect on my time in Europe over the past semester, there are many things I’m going to miss about European life. Of all of these things, tea time may be at the top of the list. Tea time, as stereotypical as it is, is a very serious thing...
During an Oval Office meeting between the president and senators from both sides of the aisle last week, Donald Trump was asked about allowing immigrants from Haiti and several African nations to enter the U.S. As you now know, President Trump was said to have responded in a poor but...
In the past few years, the media has had a field day talking about the negatives regarding fraternities, and many are now proposing that they be kicked off college campuses. As ridiculous as that sounds to some, others find that idea not too far-fetched with the recent events in LSU,...
Within the past two months, the United States has witnessed two of the worst mass shootings in its history: the first in Nevada, the second in Texas. Both attackers were widely regarded as lone wolves with mental problems and troubled pasts. There was another terrorist attack in New York City...
This guest column is partially in response to Will Hall’s column “NBC article misrepresents campus” published Monday. Game days at the University of Mississippi are unlike any other sporting event in the country. The centerpiece of these festivities, the Grove, is a vibrant and legendary part of our beloved university...
Welcome back to campus! I know you don’t want to be here. Trust me — it’s hard for me to want to be back in class, too. But here’s the thing: You should be thankful to be back. We just finished celebrating a day all about being thankful, but if...
This semester, Ole Miss was blessed with the presence of a leader in the field of misinformation. NBC News set foot on the Ole Miss campus and, in the article “The Confederacy still haunts the campus of Ole Miss,” published Nov. 16, reinforced age-old lies about our university and state....
Due to felony disenfranchisement laws, an estimated 6.1 million United States citizens cannot exercise their right to vote, according to the Sentencing Project, a nonpartisan criminal justice advocacy organization. Its recent report, “6 Million Lost Voters,” shows Mississippi, one of only 12 states enforcing a lifetime felon voting ban, claiming...
Florida State University indefinitely suspended all Greek activities after a student died in a hazing incident in his fraternity earlier this month. A similar alcohol-related death at a Penn State fraternity earlier this year resulted in sweeping reforms throughout its Greek programs, with strict new rules about their behavior and...
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