On Monday, the Oxford Police Department announced the outset of its Community Response Team, a new unit dedicated to cases that require additional police responses like victim services for people who experience sexual assaults, harassment, stalking or domestic violence. According...
Morgan Atkins is the first female ASB president in eight years, and she is only the seventh female president in university history. Photo by Katherine Butler. Morgan Atkins always felt like making it to the Associated Student Body presidency was...
From left to right, the newly elected ASB officials are: President Morgan Atkins, Vice President Richard Springer, Attorney General Grace Dragna, Treasurer Alex Mabry and Secretary Katelin Hayward. Illustration by Katherine Butler. In an Associated Student Body election with only...
The Oxford Board of Aldermen moved to create a committee to reevaluate Oxford’s contract with Mississippi Critterz, the city’s animal shelter, after the Oxford Police Department concluded an investigation into complaints at the shelter. The city’s contract stipulates that Mississippi...
Moments after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced that Texas would be the first state to completely reopen businesses and get rid of the state-wide mask mandate, Gov. Tate Reeves announced that Mississippi businesses will be allowed to operate at 100%...
The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is hosting the 17th annual Gillespie Business Plan Competition virtually on April 9, and the competition’s application opened yesterday. The Gillespie Business Plan Competition is organized by the School of Business Administration, in honor...
Chancellor Glenn Boyce announced via email on Friday that all University of Mississippi campuses will “return to normal” by the fall 2021 semester. The announcement was also published on all of the university’s social media accounts. “The growing adoption and...
Grove Grocery, the University of Mississippi’s food pantry, is expanding and opening a new location in the George Street House on March 1. Located next to the library and across from the Lyceum, this space will be the Grove Grocery’s...
After almost 20 years in the position, Douglass Sullivan-González, dean of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College, announced on Thursday that he will step down from the position in August 2021. “My passion and skills call me to pour my...
The Office of the Provost sent a COVID Vaccine Administration Survey via email on Thursday to measure community members’ willingness to receive the vaccine, as well as how many people on campus have already received the vaccine. Students, faculty and...