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Square Jam, a basketball talent showcase, returns on the Square Friday, Oct. 22.  Hundreds of community members showed up Square Jam. The event is hosted annually before the start of the Ole Miss basketball season. Photo by Reed Jones. Square...

The Lafayette County Detention Center is making improvements including the installation of money and educational kiosks and the building of a new, expanded commissary room. Sheriff Joey East and Jail Administrator Johnny McDonald spoke with The Daily Mississippian about these...

The Associated Student Body Senate convened Tuesday to vote on the removal of six senators — five were removed due to either resignation or the accumulation of excessive absences. In the same meeting, the senate body filled those five seats...

As new daily COVID-19 cases fall, vaccination rates continue to rise in Lafayette County. Last week, the county reached a celebratory milestone of 50% of the population being fully vaccinated. The milestone marks a halfway point in what has been...

Mississippi's post-secondary board voted to recommend significant changes to Mississippi’s state-aid programs, sparking state-wide outrage. The changes, which will be considered in the next legislative session, could mean losses in the thousands, particularly for low-income students.  The proposed Mississippi One...

Rhodes Scholar and novelist of the book “A Dream Too Big” Caylin Moore gave an inspiring speech about his life to the students of the Sally McDonald Barksdale Honors College Thursday night at the Honors Convocation. Moore emphasized openness to...

The 21 United of Mississippi hosted their 7th annual Buddy Walk at the Old Armory Pavilion on Sunday, Oct. 17. People of all ages gathered to raise awareness for Down syndrome and support their friends and family members who have...

On Sept. 28, the City of Oxford announced masks would no longer be required in public indoor spaces, leading some members of the University of Mississippi community to question whether the campus mask mandate would remain in place.  The university...

As the South creeps further into the fall, and therefore the flu season, student pharmacists on the University of Mississippi campus are making their yearly push to encourage the Ole Miss community to get the flu shot.  The program, Operation...

​After a full year of online, Zoom and hybrid classes, the campus of the University of Mississippi is coming back to life. The overall feeling surrounding the return to full in-person operations is shared by students and faculty alike: thankful....