Opinion

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...

Perfection is a goal all of us strive for, whether or not we know it. Whether you’re striving for the perfect body, relationship or grades, you’re striving for perfection in some way. As students, especially, we tend to get bent out of shape striving for academic perfection. Growing up, there...

Millennials have power. Even though they receive constant criticism from older individuals, they aren’t often recognized as the political powerhouse they have become. Politicians largely ignore the youngest groups of voters; they often talk about issues that aren’t important to the average millennial, or they ignore the issues that are...

This column is responding to Will Hall’s column “Statue opinion must be challenged” published Nov. 3. Will Hall’s opinion is nothing new, and it might even seem compelling.  “Confederate symbols exist to remind people of their ancestors; removing them from public spaces is an authoritarian reaction that plays into the...

In the heart of Oxford there stands a statue of a lone soldier who stares in perpetuity over the place which he once died for. For more than 100 years, the soldier has stood valiantly in memorial to all those who perished alongside him defending their land, but soon the soldier...

Driving is a privilege, but within our country, it has been consistently portrayed as more of a right. Everywhere you drive all over the state and in many other places, you see little if any sidewalk at all. The pedestrian, in this way, has been devalued in our society to...

This guest column is in response to Will Hall's column "Elect McDaniel, oppose establishment" published Oct. 16. As our country’s two major parties begin preparations for the 2018 midterm elections, Mississippi’s U.S. Senate race has already received attention on the national scale. In what is expected to be a highly...

Yesterday was Halloween, which meant parties, dressing up and some scares. It was a big deal for most of us in the United States. It was also Reformation Day — more specifically, the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's start of the Protestant Reformation. Most of us find this holiday a...

Essentially, contextualization doesn’t work with Confederate statues in public spaces because it’s a policy based exclusively on the white experience. It pleases nostalgic fans of cherry-picked, sanitized history and guilty white “liberals” alike. The former remain satisfied with their symbols standing tall, while the latter seem content with a little...

Social media: It’s a part of our lives, especially as young people. I’m suspicious of baby boomers telling this generation that it’s lazy or useless because of social media, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be concerned about the enormous impacts it may have on us as individuals and a...