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University faculty and staff held a meeting in the Overby Center on Monday afternoon to discuss the draft of communication policy changes with University Marketing and Communications (UM&C) officials. One associate journalism professor who was present, Kristy Swain, said the...

University Marketing and Communications (UM&C) representatives Jim Zook, Rod Guajardo and Ryan Whittington attended the Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday night to get feedback regarding the new communications policy draft. No faculty members spoke in support of the policy, and many...

University faculty and staff held a meeting in the Overby Center on Monday afternoon to discuss the draft of communication policy changes with university communication officials Jim Zook and Rod Guajardo. No changes were made in the proposed policies after...

After seniors Rachel Anderson and Emma Counce kept seeing dead birds on the ground when leaving class last fall, they knew something was wrong.  After receiving a $10,000 grant from the National Audubon Society, Counce and Anderson now plan to...

The integration of the University of Mississippi by James Meredith in 1962 set a precedent of racial tension that would reverberate throughout the campus for years to come. With the founding of the Black Student Union happening around 1968, African...

A newly proposed university policy on faculty communications, if approved, would change how faculty and staff use social media and speak with media outlets. Faculty members are now expressing concern about how the new policy could limit free speech at...

After three years of declining enrollment at the University of Mississippi, multiple floors of freshman residence halls remain unoccupied, and others do not reach capacity. Brown Hall, another freshman dorm, will no longer be available to students as an on-campus...

The university hosted 68 teams of seventh to twelfth graders as they competed in the Mississippi FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Tech Challenge Championship, the state championship for robotics clubs in Mississippi schools.  “Teams compete by...

The Courthouse Square Preservation Commission (CSPC) approved the demolition of the building at 208 S. Lamar — the former location of Stella Restaurant — at its special meeting this morning. City building official Chris Carter said that contractors recently drilled...

After a century of failed attempts, Congress passed legislation on Wednesday that would classify lynching as a federal hate crime.  “We must pass it to correct the inactions of those before us. The inaction of others does not relieve one...