Dylan Edwards Bio It’s hard to miss a horse walking around downtown Oxford. That’s exactly what the Oxford Police Department is counting on as they patrol. The mounted patrol is frequently deployed […]
Mounted patrol helps keep Oxford safe
Opinion: Police should protect and serve, not wage war; public should demand transparency
By Morgan Stringer Bio Police militarization has become a major discussion topic. The excessive use of Special Weapons and Tactics teams, the lack of accountability of officers, police departments obtaining military equipment, […]
Opinion: Mandatory minimums slowing America’s battle with narcotics
By Henry Lang-VanDerLaan Bio Our nation has been waging a war on drugs over the past three decades. We have created a new branch of law enforcement, The Drug Enforcement Agency, purely […]
Food culture and ‘food justice’ hot topic at Ole Miss
By Grace Sullivan Bio Students at the University of Mississippi are looking to start a conversation about food. As a part of the national program “Food Day,” Ole Miss hosted its own […]
Civil War soldiers may be first to document PTSD
By Morgan Stringer Bio The first documentations of Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome in soldiers may have occurred during the American Civil War. This was one of the topics discussed recently during an […]
‘The sky is the limit’ for new nature group at Ole Miss
John Cooper Lawton Bio A new Ole Miss nature group has taken flight on campus. On Sept. 28, Ole Miss Birders led a bird-watching expedition of 13 people, including nine Ole Miss […]
Ole Miss Birders take to the sky
Grace Sullivan Bio The Ole Miss Birders is one of the university’s newest official clubs. This flock of students took to the skies of Hurricane Landing at Sardis reservoir for its first […]
Farmer Brown churns success with Mississippi dairy
Victoria Boatman Bio Five years ago, when Billy Ray Brown brought local dairy farming back to North Mississippi, no one in the state knew what to make of the idea. “It was very […]
Tupelo veterans group plans to build a replica Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
By John Cooper Lawton Bio In an effort to raise money for a replica of Washington’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, the Veteran Wall Committee hosted the Weekend for Our Heroes last week […]
