Author Archives: Staff Report
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...
BY JAKE THOMPSON jcthomps@go.olemiss.edu When I came to Ole Miss in the fall of 2010, I had no idea what was awaiting me in the next three years. I decided to become a journalism major with aspirations of a career as a sports writer, which is a tough goal to achieve. Little did I know how close I was to accomplishing that. Towards the end of my first semester, a teacher...
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...
