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Ole Miss Homecoming and Personality Election candidates announced, ASB VP amendment on the ballot
The Associated Student Body sent the Homecoming and Personality Election candidates into campaign season at the candidate certification meeting on Thursday, Sept. 18 in the Gertrude C. Ford Student Union. Students celebrate in the union after being nominated homecoming candidates...
Conservative students find way forward after Charlie Kirk’s death
People gather in the Circle for a vigil honoring Charlie Kirk on Sept. 14. Photo by Olivia Cangelosi Before Turning Point USA Founder and CEO Charlie Kirk was killed at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, he was scheduled to...
Short-term rentals put pressure on Oxford affordable housing market
A map featuring current Airbnb prices in Oxford on Sept. 17, 2025. Graphic courtesy Airbnb website In February 2023, Emily McDougal, mother of a toddler, was moving. Again. As Oxford housing costs increased over the years, McDougal found herself consistently...
UM student awarded John Lewis Young Leaders Fellowship
Tyren Boyd Jr. Photo Courtesy: University of Mississippi Communications Tyren Boyd Jr., a senior public policy leadership and rhetoric, writing and speech communication double major from Indianola, Miss., was named one of the 16 fellows in the 2025-26 cohort of...
How do professors feel about AI in the classroom?
Graphic by Marissa Calusinski As artificial intelligence grows in popularity as a tool for completing assignments, instructors are adjusting their classroom policies to accommodate for the continued use of it by students. According to a 2024 survey conducted by the...
John T. Edge celebrates new memoir at Off Square Books with standing room only
Author John T. Edge reads his memoir at Off Square Books on Sept. 16. Photo by Madison Twiddy. John T. Edge shared reflections on community and family life in his new memoir, “House of Smoke: A Southerner Goes Searching for...
Professors unsure how to proceed after federal judge strikes Mississippi’s total ‘DEI ban’
Uncertainty about the legal standing of House Bill 1193 — which would prohibit Mississippi public schools from teaching about diversity, equity and inclusion-related topics, specifically sex and gender, race and DEI-supporting programs — has left many University of Mississippi professors...
UM students react to Charlie Kirk’s death
Students at the University of Mississippi reacted Thursday to the shooting death of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk on Wednesday at a Utah Valley University event. https://youtu.be/088GATVGzrk?si=eHhgzF69VIaB0Qu5
Gallery: Charlie Kirk memorial gathering at the Grove Stage
University of Mississippi students gathered to honor the life of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk in a memorial at the Grove Stage on Thursday, Sept. 11. Kirk died after being shot at a Utah Valley University event on Wednesday.
University of Mississippi staff member fired for re-posting ‘insensitive comments’ following the murder of Charlie Kirk
A University of Mississippi staff member was fired for re-posting “hurtful, insensitive comments” on social media relating to Wednesday’s murder of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk at an Utah Valley University event, according to an email sent to faculty, staff...
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