Opinion

While I am on board for getting rid of the bear, this shark thing isn't a good idea. Around the country, people are laughing hysterically at us (see: our football program), so let's not add fuel to the already out of control blaze. Yes, the bear was a terrible mascot choice...

University: it’s a place to explore ideas. Old, new, good, bad, theoretical and realistic ideas – they fill books, conversations, art and PowerPoint slides all over campus. Ideas help us grow as people, being perhaps the most valuable part of a complete education. When profound enough, the growth from these...

War never changes. The damage of war on the psychological endurance of soldiers has plagued the globe for centuries without any form of resolution. From the beginning of WWI and onward, visible psychological stress was displayed after the unstable introduction of conventional weapons and psychological warfare. Trench warfare, accompanied by the uncertainty...

In the midst of what have undoubtedly been a very dramatic few months, one major piece of news never quite broke out as it should have. California is winning the moral scavenger hunt. In the highest reaches of Californian state government, people are quickly finding chance after chance to remind...

Introductory language courses should have two main purposes: teaching the basics and developing the student’s interest in the language so he or she has an incentive to continue studying it. Since these goals seem like such common sense, I am surprised to see that intro-level language courses almost always require...

There have been many protests in the news lately, and before this academic year is over, I fear there may be one here at the University of Mississippi. These protests usually end with increased hatred, inflamed tempers, violence and in the worst cases, death on both sides. For those of...

Which is worse: hateful speech or censorship? This question is likely to resurface once again in the heated discussion of what to do with the Confederate monuments in our own community. On one side, college campuses are considered safe spaces for free speech and expression, where it may otherwise be...

Small governance is sung as virtue among Mississippi state leaders. Addressing supporters at the 2016 Neshoba County Fair, prospective gubernatorial candidate and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves declared Republicans “are fighting for smaller government.” Gov. Phil Bryant urged citizens to “just imagine a Mississippi of limited government” with his second inaugural...

Machines are evolving – quickly. Remember the “old days” when you could directly tell a computer what to do, right down to lines of code? Well, that time is over. Humanity is getting one step closer each day to perfecting artificial intelligence. However, this powerful future transition could present a...

Yesterday, as I was sitting in class, the young lady sitting next to me was unable to focus on the lecturer for a solid minute – a mere 60 seconds – at a time. Instead, her attention was absorbed by the steady stream of messages, images, videos and emojis emanating...