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Adam Ganacheau Mississippi Today  Rep. Trey Lamar wants to amend the Mississippi Constitution to limit the governor’s power to appointInstitutions of Higher Learning trustees— a response to a controversial chancellor search the IHL conducted at UM last fall. Lamar, a...

Joshua Mannery, a junior double major in political science and English, has been named a finalist for the Harry S. Truman scholarship.   The Truman scholarship is a prestigious national scholarship which provides recipients up to $30,000 for graduate studies. The...

Escorted by police officers and university officials, dozens of university students marched from Lamar Hall to the Confederate monument in the Circle on Monday evening to commemorate Black History Month.  “I feel like this walk is important because it represents...

With the 2020 primary and general elections looming, student voting accessibility is being monitored both nationally and locally. Despite continual efforts to establish a polling place on campus, including an Associated Student Body (ASB) resolution, Lafayette County circuit clerk Jeff...

Every spring for the past seven years, hundreds of university students gather to dance and raise money to benefit the only children’s hospital in the state through RebelTHON, and this is the fourth consecutive year that the event has concentrated...

Nearly a hundred people gathered to memorialize alumnus and media mogul Harold Burson on Saturday in Paris Yates Chapel, a place his closest friends and family said he would consider home. Some of those closest to Burson delivered eulogies in...

The Ole Miss softball team traveled to Birmingham, Alabama, for the Blazer Classic over the weekend and brought home a trio of wins and a pair of losses.  The Rebels beat the Oklahoma State Cowgirls and the UAB Blazers after...

For University of Mississippi students, the dream of launching their own businesses can become a reality through the UM School of Business Administration’s Gillespie Business Plan Competition. The Gillespie Business Plan Competition is hosted by the university’s Center for Innovation...

Robert Brown, professor of political science, was sitting in his office on a normal afternoon when his entire life and teaching career changed for the better with a single phone call from former Chancellor of the University of Mississippi Dan...

Starting this semester, the Associated Student Body (ASB) will reward students for their academic successes with rewards cards.  Scout Treadwell, the ASB director of Greek outreach, created an initiative allowing students who are on the Dean’s and Chancellor’s Lists to...