Lately, I’ve noticed this trend of people writing half-hearted listicles on things dealing with Disney princesses possessing the traits of “real women.” They get into Pulitzer Prize-worthy reporting on big questions like, “What would Disney princesses look like without makeup?” or “What would Disney princesses look like with no faces?” And I ask myself, “Do...
It’s almost mid-November, so the annual war on Christmas is in full force. This year’s first crusader against joy and light? Starbucks. Joshua Feuerstein, former pastor and current pop-producer of “edgy” viral videos, went to Starbucks and saw their sleek, minimalist winter cups. This year, no snowflakes, or reindeer, or even a single solitary evergreen grace the...
‘Our State Flag Foundation’ is an embarrassment. My names is Matthew Jones. I am a recent alumnus of the University of Mississippi, and I am now a third year law student at the University of Mississippi School of Law. I am proud of my university for its decision to remove the state flag of Mississippi from our campus. I do not need to go into the history of why...
Among the most dangerous and cripplingly destructive political philosophies of our time is libertarianism. Libertarians distrust government and claim to love liberties and personal freedoms. They claim that government does not work, and when libertarian candidates take office, ensure that it doesn’t. The irony is not lost on me that government gridlock occurs when those...
The restaurant business is a dangerous one. The recent E. coli outbreak linked to Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has affected 39 customers and counting in Washington and Oregon. State health inspectors have reported that the people who were affected by the outbreak ate at several different Chipotle locations before getting sick. The outbreak is now raising questions and...
Several days ago, a cartoon drawing was published in the Daily Mississippian. The drawing I am referencing had a Mississippi flag and, in the background, hooded, cloaked members with a burning cross. I can only assume they were projected members of the Klu Klux Klan. The words on the drawing stated, referencing to the Mississipi flag, “When you lift this up, you lift...
I am proud of my classmates for standing up against our state, for opposing our governor, and for separating our University from the Confederate battle flag. I have been vocally supportive of their efforts from the beginning. Now that the same coalition is targeting the Confederate statue, I will vocally oppose their efforts until the end. We have achieved two great victories...
Dear Editor, It is not right to judge those who lived in a different era by today’s standards. Our family has ties to Ole Miss that go back to the late 1800s. Several generations of cousins have attended Ole Miss, including twin sisters, all from Mississippi. After the War Between the States, my family was too poor to paint and too proud to whitewash; they spent the...
Our generation does a lot of things poorly. We ignore wrongdoing, feign outrage, are generally passive in many important matters and are not as politically literate as we should be. We don’t vote as often as we should and plenty else. But we also don’t hang out in malls anymore. We, as a generation, have realized that the mall is not a good place. The mall is not a...
