Opinion

My friends at The Daily Mississippian, As an award-winning publication that’s touted as the cornerstone for this university’s journalistic objectivity, your coverage of Glenn Boyce and the IHL’s search process for a new chancellor has been extremely disappointing and one-sided....

Around noon Friday, I stood in the lobby outside of The Inn at Ole Miss ballroom. I was there among dozens of other members of the UM community who were angered and astonished by the Institutions of Higher Learning Board...

One of my close friends (who wishes to remain anonymous) is bisexual. This past summer, their co-worker accidentally outed them to their employer. A few days later, my friend was called into their employer’s office and asked about their bisexuality....

If there were any questions as to whether the Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees cared what the university community thought of its next chancellor, now we know. Students, faculty and staff know and love this university more than...

On Sunday, Sept. 29, The Daily Mississippian published an opinion column by Lauren Moses titled, “ICE raids are a legitimate solution to illegal immigration.” This column, which necessitates a view of immigrants as the other, is not only ill-situated in...

I am the candidate who was disqualified from the Miss Ole Miss runoff election. After three grueling hours of hearings, I walked out of the Lyceum confused, frustrated and sad. My disqualification was not the result of any individual. Rather,...

I know some may consider this blasphemous, but I do not follow Old Row on Instagram. Though it seems like a harmless comedy account, it's hard to deny that its content is aspirational for many college students, or at least...

Ole Miss is facing turbulent times. Enrollment is down, the football team is less than stellar and the national trend of political polarization has not left us unscathed. Perhaps most importantly, the university sorely lacks strong leadership, encapsulated by the...

Nothing is quite as sobering as droves of elementary school-age children around the world skipping school to ask their governments for a viable chance to inherit a habitable Earth. From Sept. 20-27, over 7.6 million children, parents, grandparents, neighbors (re:...

On Aug. 7, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials arrested over 600 undocumented workers in Mississippi. The events surrounding the arrests and companies’ responses point to a greater immigration issue in Mississippi and, ultimately, the United States. Many news...