Tag Archives: University of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi has named Joshua Kryah its newest Summer Poet-in-Residence. Each summer the university hosts one poet to write on campus as well as work with a few classes. Kyrah, who is originally from St. Louis, applied for the position in 2010 after hearing about the program from a fellow friend and poet, Jake Adam York, who was the Poet-in-Residence in...
Dear Editor, In an ASB Senate Student Life Committee meeting last week, I introduced a bill that would essentially ban the song “Dixie” from University of Mississippi events. Unfortunately, the bill failed by a vote of 12 to one — I was the only committee member who voted in favor of the bill. I wrote the resolution to ban “Dixie” because it is offensive...
