Opinion

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...

The life of the college student is as idealized as it is misunderstood. Popular culture often depicts us as perpetually happy and carefree: drinking out of red Solo cups, throwing Frisbees or reading on the grass under an old oak tree. Those who have graduated before us will tell us,...

By Emily Hoffman The proliferation of rap music in the modern age is evident in daily life. Just look at gas station shelves stocked with “Rap Snacks” marketed by the image of popular rappers like the group Migos. Sprite uses rap lyrics to market soft drinks, plastering the words on...

I love being on time. When I wake up every morning, my brain shouts, “Woody, you MUST be on time!” Immediately, I want to begin moving. This goes for any location my mind adjusts to. Whether it’s work, school or the doctor, I’ll make sure I arrive. My car is...

If I was around in Tip O’Neill's day, I doubt we would've agreed on much, but he did get one thing exceptionally right: All politics is local. In the age of 24-hour news cycles and the theatrics of President Trump, it has become increasingly easy to forget this truth in...

It isn’t news that men often dismiss feminism because we consider it too radical or because we don’t quite understand it. Many of us were raised to think that way — the very word “feminism” either made us frown with disapproval or left us confounded in our ignorance. However, accepting...

The opinion piece titled "This Reformation Day, keep reforming" was primarily about problems the author saw with beliefs and practices of different Christian groups. While I agreed with some points and disagreed with others, I think it is beneficial to have discussions and to think critically about important issues, such...