Kenneth Niemeyer, Author at The Daily Mississippian

How medical marijuana will look on ballots in November

Medical marijuana will be on the ballot for Mississippi voters in November, but the choices may be confusing. There will be three options for Mississippi voters on the ballot. First, voters

October 18, 2020

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Community members ignore university’s asymptomatic testing program

Over a month has passed since the university created an asymptomatic testing program for university community members — which will end this month — but the majority of students, faculty and staff

October 11, 2020

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‘18 years coming’: Cade Slaughter reflects on becoming Mr. Ole Miss

Senior integrated marketing and communications major Cade Slaughter was named Mr. Ole Miss last week. Slaughter, a native of Hattiesburg, is the first member of his family to attend the university, though

October 7, 2020

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Petition for pass/fail grades gains attention of administrators and students

A petition urging the University of Mississippi to install a pass/fail grading system for fall semester has gained nearly 4,000 signatures. The petition calls on the university to ensure that students do

October 7, 2020

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Slaughter, Gordon named Mr. and Miss Ole Miss

Personality elections concluded today with Cade Slaughter, named Mr. Ole Miss and Lilli Gordon named Miss Ole Miss. Slaughter, a public policy leadership and integrated marketing communications major, won with 58.48%

October 1, 2020

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University creates new dashboard to track asymptomatic testing on campus

The university has launched a new dashboard to track data from the COVID-19 asymptomatic testing program on campus. The dashboard is located on the same webpage as the original COVID-19 dashboard, but

September 30, 2020

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Mr. and Miss Ole Miss head to a runoff election

Elections for Mr. and Miss Ole Miss are headed to a runoff on Thursday, Oct. 1. Cade Slaughter and Cole Barnhill will be on the ballot for Mr. Ole Miss on Thursday,

September 29, 2020

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James Thomas’s attorney says his strike broke no laws

Attorney Rob McDuff sent out a statement on Friday claiming that his client, associate professor of sociology James Thomas, did not break Mississippi law when he participated in a two day “scholar

September 28, 2020

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Psychiatric evaluation requested for former OPD officer accused of murder

Defense attorney Tony Farese is requesting a psychiatric evaluation for former Oxford Police Officer Matthew Kinne, who is awaiting trial for the murder of Dominique Clayton. Kinne was charged with the murder

September 27, 2020

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University unveils results of climate survey, makes plans for future

Last week, the university released the results of the campus climate survey that kicked off in February 2019 after former Chancellor Jeffery Vitter resigned, Ed Meek’s name was removed from the journalism

September 24, 2020

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