In 2016, Oxford Police Department’s Officer Jason Dyer received the Newcomer of the Year Award following his first year on the force. Now, just after completing his second year, Dyer is being recognized as 2017’s Officer of the Year. “I...
During the first week of classes, the Oxford community gathered to celebrate the city’s rich culture and local economy through Pop Up Oxford. The week’s events included speakers, exhibits, programs and lectures that highlighted the college town’s literary, musical and...
As of this week, Ole Miss students now have an extra hour out on the Square on weeknights. A new policy was enacted earlier this month allowing bars in Oxford to stay open until 1 a.m. every night of the...
After several years of contextualization efforts, the university will unveil new plaques at six locations in an attempt to recognize what many community members see as troublesome reminders of history embedded in several structures on the Oxford campus. The plaques...
The semester is off to a wintery start with temperatures plummeting to the teens, frost coating car windows in the mornings and, unfortunately, stuffy noses, muscle aches and feverish chills. Cold weather and the flu are encapsulating the nation this...
As he prepares to head north to Indiana, Tim Potts thinks back to his early days behind the badge as chief of University Police. In his first year at Ole Miss, Potts saw the Ku Klux Klan visit campus twice,...
Canceling classes due to winter weather can be a slippery slope for UM officials. Two rounds of winter weather and observation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day brought Ole Miss winter intersession classes to a halt for several days earlier...
The Associated Student Body Senate met Tuesday night and outlined a vision for what it plans to accomplish during the spring semester. Senators discussed several ideas surrounding how they think the campus should move forward. ASB Senators outlined pieces of...
This article was originally published by Mississippi Today. JACKSON — Presidents from all eight public universities made a sobering plea to lawmakers Monday: For the sake of Mississippi’s future and students paying tuition, we need more money. “We’re getting to...
Renovations to the first floor of the J.D. Williams Library over winter break. Photo by Marlee Crawford Students who made visits to the J.D. Williams Library the first day of classes were greeted by several renovations throughout the interior of...