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Ole Miss students and Oxford residents can benefit from free, legal tax preparation provided by students and professors from The University of Mississippi School of Law. The service will be available on Tuesdays and Thursdays until April 5. A team of students and professors from The University of Mississippi School of Law is offering help to the public this upcoming tax...
Proposed rules for voter ID were sent to the Department of Justice for approval this past Tuesday. As part of the state’s process of seeking federal approval for voter ID, proposed rules for the new law were sent to the United States Department of Justice for approval this past Tuesday. Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann submitted these rules, and if approved,...
The Class Attendance Guidelines Policy discusses the importance of attendance relative to learning, but the process is slowed down because of the difficulty of taking attendance in large lecture classes. “We have been looking for a way to make taking attendance more efficient for a long time,” said Kathy Gates, chief information officer for Ole Miss. “We considered...
Leading up to the election, and even after, the opposition to common-sense voter protection laws has increased. The argument, however, has not been framed around a problem with the policy; rather, the focus has been on trying to explain that such legislation is not necessary. I often hear opponents to voter identification laws claim that such laws are unnecessary because...
It’s irrelevant and a ridiculous non-issue. You might then ask, “Why does anyone care? Why is anyone debating this issue? Why have 37 states, including Mississippi, either enacted or started to consider legislation to create voter ID laws?” Well, let’s follow it logically through the pipeline. In order for a bill to become a law, some kind of...
By Allison Brooks, Chandler LeDoyen and Jared Senseman After Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant sparked controversy by urging voters to show ID when they vote on Tuesday, Democrats in Lafayette County have been trying to get the word out that there is no law requiring an ID to vote in Mississippi. Mississippi's voter ID law is still pending approval from the...
Election Day has arrived, and while the polls are open for voting, the work for the employees at the County Circuit Clerk’s Office is far from over. Lafayette County Circuit Clerk Baretta Mosley believes that voter turnout for this year’s election will be high. “Usually our absentee ballots are an indicator for the number of voters and our absentee numbers...
The University of Mississippi Food Bank will open its doors next Thursday at 12:30 p.m. Established by a joint committee of students and faculty, the food bank will be located in the old math lab in Kinard Hall. Dr. Robert Cummings, director of the university’s Center for Writing and Rhetoric, is the faculty sponsor of the project, and the student directors are Jessica...
“The Houston Police Department places the highest value on human life, and events like these are tragic and unfortunate for everyone involved.” This is what the chief of the Houston Police Department in Texas said after one of his officers shot and killed a schizophrenic, wheelchair-bound double-amputee on Monday. The man had impressively cornered the offending...
