Opinion

Unless you have been living under a rock of non-Confederate statue origin, you have no doubt heard and seen countless opinions on what we should or should not do with the Confederate statues that populate our parks and courthouses in the American South. “Tear it down!” some yell in their...

The one object most of us couldn’t live without is our smartphones. Packed into the size of a deck of cards are a clock, a planner, a cache of social media apps and a veritable personal arcade. Unfortunately, purchasing one of these modern miracles is not cheap, and a wireless...

Dear Chancellor Vitter: The recent events in Charlottesville make even clearer what many of us have known for some time: Confederate monuments are not only an affront to a large proportion of our population, but are also a rallying point for neo-Confederates, neo-Nazis, white nationalists, and the so-called alt-right. These monuments...

Dear Freshman Class, Thank you for being here at Ole Miss. And thank you for your attendance, attentiveness and thoughtful support and response to our keynote speaker at the Fall Convocation meeting last Tuesday at the Pavilion. I wish everyone in our Ole Miss family – all students, all faculty...

Five friends walk into a bar. They have driven separately, and now they’re ordering glass-bottled drinks and tasty dishes packed with meat and cheese. This is not the setup for a joke, but rather a common scene in our dining and entertainment practices. It’s also a scene that shows how...

More than ever, students in the United States should be concerned about their finances. Student debt is abundant, and money is tight for many; millennials should be more concerned than ever about the money they make, owe and save. Unfortunately, this isn’t the case. Millennials score lower than other generations...

The recent violence in Charlottesville has renewed discussion of the appropriate place of Confederate memorials across the nation. On Saturday August 12, in a university town not unlike ours, white supremacists gathered to protest the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. Chanting slogans such as “Jews will not...

The iPad is a confused device. Apple envisions it as the next wave in personal computing, while many people view it as a bigger screen on which to watch Netflix. Sales of the device have reflected this confusion, with sales steadily declining for the past three years. Apple always saw...

As Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Texas coast as a Category 4 storm and Gov. Greg Abbott authorized a massive evacuation effort, the Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) announced that its anti-immigrant agenda was more important than the safety of Texas residents. In previous administrations, checkpoint operations ceased...

With the ongoing radicalization of both the left and the right across our nation, there has been a consistent push for discussing whether to expand or restrict our free speech. The First Amendment means to me that any speech can be allowed unless it does not encourage peace, causes violence or is...