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As a native Mississippian, I don’t spend a whole lot of time in Florida. Sure, a vacation or two here and there, but for the most part, I stay away from the Sunshine State. According to recent acts taken by the state legislature of Florida, it appears that this is a wise decision, as I am obviously not...

Recently I’ve noticed a bizarre chain of attacks on pornography, but I’m not too convinced by them. Although the attacks relate porn to all different...

I’m certain that I’m not the only one who has an issue with Oxford’s bus system. I carefully choose the word system because calling it a bus service...

Kendrick Lamar has a song about being a hypocrite when it comes to race. It is called “Blacker the Berry.” He goes on a relentless crusade against...

I am a man who likes men. I find this fact about myself extremely insignificant in the grand scheme of my life. I find the environmental work that I do...

Dear editor,   My name is Autumn Bullard. I am a doctoral student at The University of Mississippi. I am well educated, I am a humanist, I am a feminist...

There comes this special day every year when total strangers on the OUT bus approach you, lick their thumb and reach for your forehead as they tell you,...

I had a class that I really enjoyed last semester. I completed the assignments early, got great grades on them and legitimately enjoyed the lectures –...

I remember a discussion with a Jordanian-American friend a year ago where I asked her, “Since Jordan is in the Middle East, which is part of a greater...

I had a class that I really enjoyed last semester. I completed the assignments early, got great grades on them and legitimately enjoyed the lectures – a rare and beautiful occurrence. But at the end of the semester, my score was dropped half a letter grade, and my cumulative GPA dropped two tenths because I missed one class too many. I was told that I was let off easy...