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Students Against Social Injustice (SASI) recently met with university administrative officials to discuss removing the Confederate statue and creating a hate speech policy on campus, but SASI members said administrators “beat around the bush” during the meeting. Quay Williams, the...

A petition in support of legalizing medical marijuana in Mississippi has gained more than 3,000 signatures on campus. The petition, circulated by Medical Marijuana 2020, is part of a campaign to include a proposed state constitution amendment on the 2020...

The Associated Student Body Senate passed a resolution at its first meeting of the semester on Tuesday night in support of two bills that failed in the Mississippi House of Representatives. “Even if it’s killed legislation, they have to know...

Hannah Perrigin is crowned Most Beautiful by Miss Mississippi Asya Branch following the Parade of Beauties pageant on Wednesday. Photo by Reed Jones Miss Mississippi Asya Branch emcees the 2019 Most Beautiful pageant alongside Miss University Blair Wortsmith. Photo by...

The University Police Department has established a Campus Safety Committee with the Associated Student Body in response to vehicle-pedestrian accidents that occurred on campus last semester. UPD Chief Ray Hawkins said the idea behind the Campus Safety Committee is to...

Former Chancellor Jeff Vitter is not teaching any classes this semester following the announcement that he will serve as a tenured distinguished professor in the School of Engineering's Department of Computer and Information Science. Dawn Wilkins, chair and professor of...

A sexual assault was reported on Jan. 28 to the University Police Department, making it the first on-campus sexual assault reported this semester. UPD Lieutenant Jeremy Cook said the alleged assault happened in the Luckyday Residential College and that the...

Illustration by Devna Bose Larry Sparks is an insider, and he thinks that’s just what the university needs right now. He became the school’s interim chancellor on Jan. 2, departing from the Office of Administration and Finance to replace Jeffrey...

When Miss Ole Miss Jessica Tran saw the screenshot during winter break, she was immediately disheartened. She was texting Nakiyah Jordan about going to the University Counseling Center (UCC), and Jordan sent back a screenshot from the UCC website —...

Marcia Cole addressed a crowded audience on Thursday night during the university’s opening ceremony for Black History Month, and stressed the continued importance of demanding justice and condemning discrimination in order to end modern racism. Photo by Reed Jones “A...