Abigail Myers, Author at The Daily Mississippian

Mental health must be respected in the classroom

In light of COVID-19, professors have been forced to become lenient with student absences when it comes to quarantining. However, when it comes to mental health-related absences, the university has no official

November 15, 2021

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America must celebrate its Indigenous people, not their oppressor

Columbus Day has been celebrated as a national holiday since 1971, said to celebrate Christopher Columbus’s arrival and “founding” of the New World, but many claim this holiday overlooks the long history

October 11, 2021

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Convicted citizens deserve to vote

On Sept. 22 of this year, the 5th circuit of the Federal Court of Appeals heard arguments regarding Mississippi’s felony voting ban. Mississippi’s current law states that “you permanently lose the right

September 30, 2021

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Column Response: History isn’t being rewritten, it’s just finally being revealed

On Sept. 10, The Daily Mississippian published an opinion column titled, “Rewriting our past only endangers our future.” This piece argued against teaching subjects like Critical Race Theory and in favor of

September 22, 2021

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Climate change is here, and we need to fight it

“That’s a problem for future generations.” I have heard this line from many of my peers every time climate change is brought up. Claims that the “sea level will rise 1-8 feet

September 15, 2021

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Opinion: COVID protocols are worth the inconvenience

Over the summer, Ole Miss students received two very different emails addressing what COVID protocols for the upcoming Fall semester will look like. On June 24, the Interim Vice Chancellor for Student

August 22, 2021

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Opinion: Where the pandemic leaves the current freshman class

When the university announced back in February that fall 2021 classes will return to a pre-pandemic structure, the Oxford community let out a collective sigh. It seemed as though things would be

April 6, 2021

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