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Provost Morris Stocks to be interim chancellor, Jones to leave June 15

Photo by: Logan Kirkland Provost Morris Stocks will serve as interim chancellor from June 15 until a new chancellor is found, a period the state college board predicts to be 9 to 12 months. Stocks said he is looking for a replacement provost to fill his place while he serves as interim chancellor. Though...

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Groups help transfer students get involved, adjust on campus

During orientation and the beginning of each school year, signs welcoming the newest freshman class greatly outnumber the few signs that acknowledge students...

Parking and transportation changes for summer sessions

A Parking and Transportation employee gives a ticket on Monday. (Photo by: Logan Kirkland) Parking and bus schedules for the summer sessions change to...

Ole Miss’ Texans speak on impact of national disaster

With the highest number of out-of-state students from any state – more than 1,159 students just last year – the recent flooding in Texas has affected...

Drive funds faculty chair for chancellor

Across campus faculty, staff and alumni are working to host a $1.5 million faculty chair drive in honor of Chancellor Dan Jones. The drive, announced on May 15, only has 16 days left, but Wendell Weakley, president and CEO of the University of Mississippi Foundation, said they have every reason to believe they will hit the $1.5 million minimum. Weakley said the Athletics...

Nepal disaster affects UM students

Survivors and evacuees bring out their belongings and personal property from the collapsed houses in Bhaktapur, near Kathmandu, Nepal on April 29, 2015,...

Living wage campaign

Toni Adams has worked at the Chi Omega sorority house for 15 years. She, like many citizens in Oxford, work for less than a living wage. (DM Photo | Clara...

Blurred lines in Mississippi immigration program politics

Laura Vazquez the Senior Immigration Legislative Analyst for the National Council of La Raza speaks at a meeting. Washington, D.C. – Discussion of...

Mississippi in Brief

DON’T GO BREAKING MY HEART (SHAPED GLASSES) You know what I read in a magazine? A jail in Hernando, Mississippi now houses the man who stole Elton John’s...

Sinkhole forces traffic, highway detour

A sink hole is seen on Highway 6 near Chucky Mullins Drive. (DM Photo | Cady Herring) A sinkhole caused by the separation of two segments of a subterranean...

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