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New York Times bureau chief analyzes role of Mexican government during speech at Croft

Students and locals filled the Croft auditorium Tuesday night to attend a talk by Croft visiting speaker, Azam Ahmed of the New York Times. Ahmed focused his lecture on the idea that Mexico’s most powerful cartel is its government – not the drug cartels themselves, as many believe. Ahmed is the Times’...

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University mandates active shooter training to all staff

All faculty, staff and administration at the university have been ordered to complete a state-mandated “Active Shooter Situations: What Should You Do?”...

Oxford Conference for the Book celebrates local, national talent, solidifies Oxford’s reputation as literary town

Oxford Conference for the Book returns Wednesday and boasts a program of diverse panels and acclaimed writers, including headlining authors Martin Amis...

#MeToo founder Tarana Burke delivers Women’s Empowerment Keynote address

Activist Tarana Burke has dedicated more than two decades of her life to social justice and laying the groundwork for what would eventually become the...

Officials: Gov. Phil Bryant to appoint a woman to US Senate for first time ever in Mississippi

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s Gov. Phil Bryant will appoint the state’s agriculture commissioner to fill the Senate vacancy that will soon...

Ole Miss introduces new basketball hire Kermit Davis with special press conference

Ole Miss got to officially meet its new men’s basketball coach Monday night. A special press conference was held in The Pavilion to introduce Kermit...

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Gov. Bryant signs nation’s strictest abortion bill into law, Mississippi’s sole abortion clinic sues

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s governor signed the nation’s most restrictive abortion law Monday — and was slapped with a lawsuit less than...

Tarana Burke

#MeToo founder Tarana Burke gives Women’s History Month keynote Tuesday

Tarana Burke, the civil rights activist who coined the sensational phrase-turned-social-movement #MeToo, will speak at the fourth annual Women’s Empowerment...

‘The Past is Never’ author Tiffany Quay Tyson at Off Square Books tonight

Tiffany Quay Tyson is coming to Off Square Books at 5 p.m. Monday to sign and discuss her latest novel, “The Past is Never.” The novel follows two...

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Nominations being accepted for Frist Award to recognize faculty, staff

Faculty and staff play an active role in students’ daily lives year round, and the Thomas F. Frist Student Service Award makes time once a year to recognize...

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