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Letter to the Editor: DM, be fair

My friends at The Daily Mississippian, As an award-winning publication that’s touted as the cornerstone for this university’s journalistic objectivity, your coverage of Glenn Boyce and the IHL’s search process for a

October 8, 2019

Chancellor Glenn Boyce·Opinion2

Letter to the editor: When the university is silent, we should listen

It was the first day of the semester, and The Daily Mississippian’s headline simply read: 173 Days. That same day, a cardboard sign appeared at the base of the Confederate statue: 172

September 17, 2019

Opinion2·The other two

Opinion: Letter to the Editor: In response to ‘Why do we cling to the Confederacy?”

Re: “Why do we cling to the Confederacy?” (Feb. 22) The writer of this article suggests that racism must be “torn away,” giving a nod to all the protests and marches going

February 25, 2019

2/23/19: Weekend Protests·Opinion2

OPINION: Letter to the Editor: Response to ‘Why face what you can brush under the rug’

Josh Baker asks an important question: “Who does removing the statue even help?” On Oct. 1, 2013, audience members jeered, mocked, and shouted homophobic slurs at actors during a campus performance of

February 14, 2019

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OPINION: Guest column: Response to ‘Choosing the lesser evil’

“Between two parties, we must choose the lesser evil” isn’t a promising start to a piece condemning divisive action. My issue with the article lies neither with the writer’s condemnation of the

February 14, 2019

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Letter to the Editor: In response to Jaz Brisack’s article, “Hands off Venezeula”

Re: “Hands off Venezuela” (Jan. 31) Earlier this year, I was sitting next to a Venezuelan man on a flight. We struck up a conversation about the turmoil going on in his

February 8, 2019

Opinion2

Letter to the Editor: Dr. Meek brought calm and reason to conflicts

Dear Editor, My motivation for writing this letter was the column by Josh Baker in the Oct. 19 issue of The (Daily) Mississippian. My purpose is to add a bit of history

October 26, 2018

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Response: History department responds to Chancellor Vitter’s remarks

Re: “Guest Column: Ole Miss Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter” (Oct. 11) Last Thursday, Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter issued his personal observations about the recent report on microaggressions by the UM Race Diary Project and

October 17, 2018

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Letter to the Editor: A letter calling for reparative justice

We, the undersigned faculty, staff and graduate students, commend the faculty decision at the Meek School of Journalism and New Media to call for donor Ed Meek to remove his name from

October 9, 2018

Ed Meek Controversy·Featured Slider·Opinion2

Guest column: The impervious nature of male privilege and supremacy

The United States Senate, as the “higher chamber” in the United States Congress, has the daunting responsibility to “advise and consent” on the appointment of Supreme Court justices. By definition, senators also

October 3, 2018

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