Opinion

As I read the article on the events of the Greek Life retreat this past weekend, I was shocked by the description of the discussion of racial issues on campus. Students left the room, “some in tears,” as “tensions continued to rise” and members called friends to pick them up so...

My sorority sister was the first to see it. We – myself, my sister and another NPHC member – were heading back to our cabins after our large group session was dismissed. As we approached the cabin, she abruptly stopped. Her eyes widened. Her jaw dropped. She frantically pointed at...

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...

I’m a native Houstonian and this is surreal. Words can’t fully describe what is happening, but you are seeing much of it unfold before you on the news and social media. The saying, ‘everything is bigger in Texas’ is true. Harvey is bigger, our hurt is bigger, our hearts are...

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...