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Health guidelines issued by the university and the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life’s #MaskUpFSL campaign did not stop fraternity members from hosting several in-person bid day events without following mask and social distancing guidelines.    In photos obtained by The...

It has been almost two months since Mississippi legislators passed a resolution to remove the old state flag from its position, and now the state flag commission has narrowed down the search for a new state flag to the final...

When Joshua Mannery won the race for student body president in April, he knew he would play a different role than past presidents. The world had already been plunged into disaster aversion from the COVID-19 pandemic, and the University of...

Although many students in Oxford will remember Hurricane Laura’s impact as a rude, ten-minute warning siren at 6 a.m., others were anxiously expecting destruction for their hometowns, hosting their evacuating family and friends and organizing relief efforts for beloved communities....

As outbreaks continue to rise in student housing, community assistants are facing a new set of challenges this year. They are responsible for making sure students wear masks and social distance inside dorms, but many say their environments are not...

As a result of most classes going online because of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote and in-person classes are proving to be a challenge to some students. Many students have to balance remote and in-person classes back to back, making it...

After a long day jam-packed with classes and meetings, junior psychology major Meredith Brown sat down in the computer lab in the JD Williams Library to take her social psychology exam on Proctorio. What Brown didn’t expect was to fall...

Students on the second and third floors of Crosby Hall say they are being told to quarantine in place after at least three people on each floor tested positive for COVID-19. While the UM COVID-19 dashboard states that on-campus quarantine...

As the first week of fall classes at the University of Mississippi comes to a close, the university reports a 91% increase in COVID-19 cases in the past seven days.  On the first day of classes alone, the university reported...

A week and a half after returning to the University of Mississippi, many students who live in campus housing are in quarantine and isolation. Here's what we know.  Not all students in quarantine are staying on campus Ashley Mejia, Gabby...