BY ALEXANDRA WILLIAMSON aewillia@go.olemiss.edu I’m so tired of picking up a copy of The DM and seeing people outraged about absolutely inane topics, like “Dixie,” the mascot and the name bestowed upon the winner of a campus popularity contest. I swear, people on this campus sweat the small stuff so much that they’re far too dehydrated to do anything when it comes...
Dear Editor, In last weeks article, “ASB Rejects Resolution to Ban Dixie” Sean Higgins became the latest administration sock puppet to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. Sean said, “I think it’s offensive…” speaking for the nameless, faceless, never quoted multitude he believes he represents in denouncing the song Dixie for being the Confederate...
Dear Editor, This week we all were fortunate to witness an exemplary act of courage by one of our students, Sean Higgins, when he stood alone for something that he believed in against all of the voices of his colleagues in an ASB Senate Committee meeting. Regardless of whether or not you agree with Sean’s proposal, he should be admired and respected for his unselfish...
BY PHIL MCCAUSLAND pjmccaus@go.olemiss.edu My friend told me that his girlfriend tried to renew her driver’s license yesterday but couldn’t because the DMV was closed for a holiday. I asked what holiday, and he explained that the state of Mississippi was celebrating Confederate Memorial Day. Really guys? Is the state of Mississippi trying to be a target? Celebrating...
BY TIM ABRAM toabram@go.olemiss.edu De jure segregation (segregation by law) was officially abolished with the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, but de facto segregation (segregation by choice) still exists in pockets of our society. For example, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “It is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America...
BY JON HAYWOOD jontarius@gmail.com I had no idea what I was getting myself into four years ago when I joined the Ole Miss family. I first heard about Ole Miss when I was 12 years old. I came here for an engineering competition during the spring. As with anyone who witnesses Ole Miss in the springtime, I absolutely felt love for the campus. So, I promised myself that I...
BY BRITTANY SHARKEY brittsharkey@gmail.com That which we would call an enemy combatant or a criminal is just as dangerous. After Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured alive, speculation from armchair criminologists abounded. Would Tsarnaev be tried in a criminal court or would he be classified as an enemy combatant? Many prominent politicians called...
BY TRENTON WINFORD tgwinford@bellsouth.net Recently my class took a tour of the National Center for Physical Acoustics, which is right here on the campus of The University of Mississippi. Prior to this tour, I did not know that the center existed, much less what projects and research were conducted there. I didn’t feel too bad, though, since the employee giving us the...
BY ANNA RUSH akrush1@gmail.com Facebook has a new commercial that absolutely enrages me. It shows a girl around college age at a family dinner. One of the ladies at the table, arguably the crazy, unmarried aunt who smells like cats and gives the worst Christmas presents, begins to tell a story. The story is painfully boring, but the girl has a method of escape: Facebook...
