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This past weekend, a series of apparent insulting, misogynistic and troubling rhetoric was said at Sigma Chi’s annual Derby Days event. The event raises thousands of units of blood for Mississippi Blood Services and undoubtedly saves lives. However, the lack of basic control of the event has unfortunately stained Sigma Chi and its brothers’ reputations. It provides...
The term “diversity” holds a privileged position on many college campuses, including the University of Mississippi. Ask any faculty member, administrator or student on campus and they’ll tell you that the University promotes diversity in and out of the classroom. Many student organizations, including some of our Greek Life organizations, have attempted to adopt this...
Staff editorial This weekend, the University of Mississippi saw the power social media has to inspire change. What began as one Facebook post grew into an investigation within just 24 hours of its posting. The rise of social media as a public platform has given way to social justice on a level previously unseen. Anyone, anywhere can inspire change. Perhaps more moving,...
Spanish students received an email from Director of Portuguese and Spanish Julia Bussade outlining the details of an academic dishonesty investigation that, for some students, may affect the future of their GPAs on Monday. “It has come to my attention that some of you cheated on [MySpanishLab] homework by using a tool that gives you the correct answer without any effort...
