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The symbols’ keeper: Ole Miss’ identity struggle

Confederate Statue in the Circle. (Photo by: Ariel Cobbert)   On any tour day in Oxford, prospective students are herded from landmark to landmark on campus as a guide tells them the history of Ole Miss. They walk through the Circle, past the Confederate Memorial with its newly erected contextual plaque....

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OPD combats alcohol abuse and underage drinking

So far this semester, there have been 18 cases of fake IDs and 33 counts of minors in possession of alcohol reported from the University Police Department...

Students survey low-income Oxford housing

University of Mississippi professors are teaming up with students and county officials to help solve low-income housing issues in Oxford. Sociology professor...

Oxford Galleria II offers 2,500 jobs to Oxford

Workers from Linkous Construction Company Inc. started tearing up land on the north side of Jackson Avenue two years ago. Since then, a handful of retailers...

University hosts talk on post-election bias and racism

Around 50 members of the Ole Miss family gathered in Bryant Hall Wednesday to sit, talk and process everything that has happened in the nation and on campus...

Oxford organizations combat county-wide homelessness

  While some students rest their heads on their dorm room pillow or across town in their home away from home and moms and dads tuck their kids in...

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Overby panelists analyze, discuss “What’s next?” for the nation post-election results

A week after Republican Donald J. Trump was elected president in a historic race, students and community members filled the Overby Center for Southern...

Protestors stand with Standing Rock in front of the Union

More than 20 Ole Miss community members protested the Dakota Access Pipeline construction with signs that read “Natives Lives Matter,” “Stand with...

University launches new safety app

The University of Mississippi launched the LiveSafe Safety app Monday. LiveSafe is a startup that specializes in mobile technology to help with safety.  The free mobile safety app is available to students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni and visitors, providing a streamlined way for users to communicate directly with university safety officials. The university conducted...

Counterfeit money reports surface in Oxford

The Oxford Police Department reported three counts of counterfeit money being used last week. Two reports were from the Oxford Commons Malco Theater and...

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