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39 past student body presidents call for state flag change

In a letter sent to Mississippi legislators, almost 40 former student body presidents of public Mississippi institutions signed to urge legislation to remove and replace Mississippi’s current stage flag. Mississippi’s current flag

June 22, 2020

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OPINION: Why support the Confederate monument

Christianity has long been guilty of the sin of white supremacy. Slave ships had chaplains. Plantation owners “converted” their slaves to Christianity. Churches have long been some of the most segregated spaces

March 6, 2019

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OPINION: Do students have a say in important matters?

On March 1, the Associated Student Body Senate announced its intention to vote on a bill to encourage administration to relocate the Confederate statue from the Circle to the Confederate cemetery on

March 6, 2019

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Letter to the Editor from the Jewish community

Dear Editor, The undersigned were generally impressed with the coverage of our community’s reaction to the protestors who marched in Oxford on Feb. 23. We were personally proud of the men on

February 26, 2019

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Ole Miss leadership addresses Vitter’s response to UM Race Diary Project

University leaders released a letter today aiming to clarify the administration’s commitment to academic freedom and to address comments made by Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter last month. “We are aware that an op-ed

November 30, 2018

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A note from the editor: Pride, our first summer edition

If this is your first day on this campus or if this is simply your first time reading The Daily Mississippian, then I welcome you. I welcome you to this special place

June 14, 2018

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Letter to the editor: Tim Abram

This is responding to Will Hall’s Oct. 16 column (“Elect McDaniel, oppose establishment”). I would first like to commend Hall for sharing his political views in such a public fashion. As a

October 19, 2017

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Letter to the editor: Response to gun control debate

On Oct. 13, staff columnist Matthew Dean argued that we should remove emotion from the gun debate and keep the debate honest and logical. Setting aside from the fact that much of

October 16, 2017

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Letter to the editor: Response to “How San Juan’s mayor failed her own citizens”

I am a native of Puerto Rico, an Ole Miss grad, a former AROTC cadet regimental commander and a former U.S. Army officer. I am submitting this response to Mr. Dean’s opinion

October 8, 2017

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Letter to the editor: Jessica Heppard

This letter is in response to Kyle Brassell’s letter in the Sept. 1 issue of The Daily Mississippian. In case readers have forgotten the contents of that letter, Mr. Brassell first expressed disappointment

September 15, 2017

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