It is no secret that high school age kids are having sex— and a lot of it, at that. According to the Center for Disease Control, 47% of high school age students reported being sexually active in 2013, and of that, 34% had had intercourse in the three months prior to that study. So, yes, nearly half of America’s youth are having sex in their adolescent years. Yet as...
Greetings little stars, My name is McKenna Wierman, and starting next week, the Daily Mississippian will have an astrology column. I have studied the stars, the planets and their power over the human soul for many years. I consider myself to be especially in tune with the forces of the Universe and the energetic powers which move the University. In preparation, use these...
The summer movie season has reached its conclusion, and, as usual, it was full of big budget action sequences, depth-lacking crowd pleasers and clumsily done endings conducive to sequels. Audiences had the opportunity to see “Minions” in a feature length film, Amy Schumer on the big screen and yet another John Green novel adaptation. Movies like “Magic Mike XXL”...
When I see headlines of police brutality, such as the cases involving Sandra Bland, Rexdale Henry and Dillon Taylor, and then see the complacency with which many Americans view this issue, I can’t help but see an extreme disconnect between the attitude of Americans today and the ideals that propelled the American Revolution. With phrases such as “Give me liberty, or...
The San Francisco-based crowdfunding platform Tilt has cancelled the Snoop Dogg concert it planned at Ole Miss. Instead, Tilt is bringing Tupelo natives Rae Sremmurd to the Lyric on September 9. Tilt announced that Ole Miss would receive a free concert by the West Coast rapper after the university won a point-based contest against other colleges around the nation in December....
The goal for any defense is to be better than the year before and improve so that they may play at their full potential. After the Ole Miss defense ranked first in the nation in scoring defense last season, the goal will be to return to that high level of play despite the loss of some big seniors and two All-Americans in the secondary. While the secondary certainly takes...
Senior offensive tackle Fahn Cooper didn’t have much time to prepare before being thrust into the starting right tackle role last season after transferring in from junior college. Now with a year in the SEC and a full offseason under his belt, Cooper said he feels much more comfortable. “Last year I didn’t have spring ball, I just had June and July then we were...
