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UM senior Katherine Levingston was in shock when she first heard about the shooting at a  synagogue in Pittsburgh that left 11 people dead on Oct. 27. “It was just very shocking to see it happen in a temple because...

Filling the wooden pews that line the sanctuary of Second Baptist Church on Jackson Ave., a sea of black and white faces sat as one, bound together in remembrance of Elwood Higginbottom. Efforts to memorialize the 1935 lynching of Higginbottom...

Ole Miss students and community members walked through campus to raise awareness of suicide prevention during the Out of the Darkness Walk on Sunday afternoon. Participants helped raise funds for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) which provides eduction,...

The university is allowing students living in Crosby Hall to relocate to different dorm rooms at no additional cost after the university conducted air quality tests for mold spores in the residence hall. The tests were conducted by ERG Environmental...

UM faculty and students presented ongoing fieldwork and research Thursday night in an early celebration of National Archaeology Day on Friday. The Archaeology Showcase went from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Bryant Hall 111 and was sponsored by the Department...

A plaque memorializing Elwood Higginbottom, the seventh and last person known to be lynched in Lafayette County in 1935, will be installed this Saturday in Oxford. The unveiling ceremony will take place at Second Baptist Church, with a community meal...

Rebels Against Sexual Assault hosted a week of events during “It’s On Us Week” in an effort to raise awareness about sexual assault on campus. So far this semester, the university has recorded eight reports of sexual battery in the...

The Mississippi chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) will host the third annual “Out of the Darkness” walk in the Grove this Sunday. All proceeds benefit the AFSP. The walk serves as a way for members of...

Incumbent U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker spoke to the The Daily Mississippian on Tuesday ahead of the midterm elections on Nov. 6. Wicker said college students and millennials are critical to his vision for the state because he believes one of...

Students and faculty gathered in Fulton Chapel on Wednesday night for the UM Family Meeting to discuss the current campus climate regarding race and Confederate symbols. “No one mentions the word climate when everything is going OK,” UM student Jaylon...