The University of Mississippi’s Crisis Action Team (CAT) continues to increase emergency preparedness and use social media to make Ole Miss a safe campus. CAT is composed of five people on campus: Emergency Management Coordinator Jim Windham, Dean of Students Sparky Reardon, Chief of Police Calvin Sellers, Chief Communications Officer Tom Eppes and Associate Provost...
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Oxford officials have installed improvements to the city’s existing laws to ease the Square’s ongoing parking difficulties. File Photo After discarding the paid-parking system of its “Plan A,” The Downtown Parking Advisory Council decided to go with its “Plan B.” Using cameras powered by License Plate Recognition software, the newly hired Standard Parking group...
For many students, the difference between going to college and working after high school can depend on the Federal Pell Grant Program. University of Mississippi freshman David Miller of Clinton is grateful for the program. He is the youngest of three in a family in which the mother is the sole financial provider. Miller said he knew that if he wanted an education, he was...
Richard Barnes, Leonard B. Melvin Distinguished Lecturer and professor at The University of Mississippi School of Law, was killed in a car accident Jan. 22 while traveling between Conway, Arkansas, and Little Rock. Preliminary reports issued by Arkansas State Police indicate that Barnes crossed the median of Interstate 40 and collided with an oncoming tractor trailer. Barnes...
After a 55-year wait, the University of Mississippi School of Medicine will now have an exclusive building for its growing classrooms on The University of Mississippi Medical Center campus in Jackson. Courtesy Ole Miss CommunicationsAn illustration of the new University of Mississippi Medical Center being built in Jackson Mississippi House lawmakers approved a bill on...
File Photo (Jared Burleson/The Daily Mississippian)Governor Phil Bryant Gov. Phil Bryant declared 2013 the year to hire veterans, and in conjunction, the Mississippi Department of Employment Security and Workforce Investment Network job centers are assisting an estimated 28,000 Mississippi veterans to return to civilian life and regular employment. Mississippi Gov....
Holding Hands, a local thrift store in Oxford, aims to employ as many people with disabilities as possible. Angelina Mazzanti | The Daily MississippianHolding Hands Resale Shop Located across the street from Walmart at 2618 West Oxford Loop, Holding Hands Resale Shop is much more than the average thrift store. Opened by Donna Howard Jan. 2, the store aims to employ...
On Jan. 21, I rolled out of bed at 4 a.m. and was on the Metro headed to Capitol Hill by 5. Then began the hours of long lines, a handful of security checkpoints and, for some of us, a brief nap on the grass of the Capitol grounds. When President Barack Obama finally came to the podium, I expected his speech to be a routine, somewhat nauseating, politically-motivated plea...
The Second Amendment does not protect the right to hunt; in fact, there is no right to hunt. What the Second Amendment does do is prevent the government from disarming its citizens, an act which would be a leap toward tyranny. Thus, any legislation or policy that places an undue burden on a person to own — not to buy — a firearm is unconstitutional. The key point...
Like the rest of the American public, I watched in horror as news of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting broke on the morning of Dec. 14. Within hours, it seemed as if every major media outlet was reporting on the tragedy. Cable news channels provided coverage around the clock, newspapers posted constant updates on their online editions, and social media sites like...
