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Opinion: College is about exploring ideas before committing

University: it’s a place to explore ideas. Old, new, good, bad, theoretical and realistic ideas – they fill books, conversations, art and PowerPoint slides all over campus. Ideas help us grow as

September 19, 2017

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Opinion: Virtual reality: A potential cure for PTSD

War never changes. The damage of war on the psychological endurance of soldiers has plagued the globe for centuries without any form of resolution. From the beginning of WWI and onward, visible psychological

September 18, 2017

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Opinion: California travel ban exposes hypocrisy

In the midst of what have undoubtedly been a very dramatic few months, one major piece of news never quite broke out as it should have. California is winning the moral scavenger

September 15, 2017

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Opinion: Online language homework holds back learning

Introductory language courses should have two main purposes: teaching the basics and developing the student’s interest in the language so he or she has an incentive to continue studying it. Since these

September 14, 2017

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Opinion: A Christian response to protests

There have been many protests in the news lately, and before this academic year is over, I fear there may be one here at the University of Mississippi. These protests usually end

September 13, 2017

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Opinion: In the debate over free speech, choose empathy

Which is worse: hateful speech or censorship? This question is likely to resurface once again in the heated discussion of what to do with the Confederate monuments in our own community. On

September 12, 2017

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Opinion: State leaders sing small government but limit local leadership

Small governance is sung as virtue among Mississippi state leaders. Addressing supporters at the 2016 Neshoba County Fair, prospective gubernatorial candidate and Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves declared Republicans “are fighting for smaller

September 11, 2017

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Opinion: Deep learning: A misrepresented phenomena

Machines are evolving – quickly. Remember the “old days” when you could directly tell a computer what to do, right down to lines of code? Well, that time is over. Humanity is

September 11, 2017

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Opinion: The philosophy behind Snapchat

Yesterday, as I was sitting in class, the young lady sitting next to me was unable to focus on the lecturer for a solid minute – a mere 60 seconds – at

September 8, 2017

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Opinion: Boycotts can help end injustice in Israel

Boycotts work. Whether they’re abstaining from riding the city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, after a woman refused to give up her seat or declining to buy lettuce and grapes picked by anti-union scabs

September 7, 2017

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