Opinion

  “Life with Lenora” is a weekly series capturing the experiences and occasional musings of our opinion editor. One of the perks of having a relative who made his living as an antique collector is inheriting decorations that tell a...

“Life with Lenora” is a weekly series capturing the experiences and occasional musings of our opinion editor. This week, I survived ice armageddon. That isn’t an exaggeration. As Oxford, Miss., braved historic winter conditions, rendering its roads impassable and its...

On a campus filled with thousands of students from different hometowns, majors and backgrounds, becoming lost in the crowd happens more than we’d like. But in dance spaces across the University of Mississippi, music becomes a common language — one...

“Life with Lenora” is a weekly series capturing the experiences and occasional musings of our opinion editor.  At first glance, the last extracurricular activity you’d guess was in my pre-college repertoire was achieving the Eagle Scout rank. I endlessly watch...

If there is one thing I’ve learned this year, it is that the students at the University of Mississippi are fighters. We don’t sit down, we don’t back down and we certainly don’t give up when we face challenges.  Perhaps...

On Oct. 2, 1962, James Meredith became the first Black student at the University of Mississippi after a prolonged political clash involving then-Gov. Ross Barnett, U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy and President John F. Kennedy.  Meredith’s fight to enroll amidst...

On Jan. 2, the Emmy-award winning reality television show “RuPaul’s Drag” Race premiered its 18th season. The tagline of the season — “in shady times, let there be light” — feels less like branding and more like reassurance as 14...

Typically, the saying goes, “When one door closes, another one opens” — at least, that is what my parents always told me. In the case of former Ole Miss head football coach Lane Kiffin, it felt like one door opened...

As temperatures plummet precipitously in our cozy, snow globe college town, holly jolly times are back in session and finals season is at its precipice, there is a silent yet debilitating phenomenon threatening holiday magic: the winter blues.  Days become...

Not long ago, I found myself in the lobby of the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College having a conversation with a close friend about a topic that I have always found uncomfortable: mental health.  It was a truly wonderful dialogue,...