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Masks no longer required on OUT buses

UMPR announced April 20 that face coverings will no longer be required on Oxford University Transit effective immediately. Previously, on campus, masks were only required on transportation and in healthcare facilities. OUT’s

April 22, 2022

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UM lifted its mask mandate, but some students still find comfort in masking

The University of Mississippi lifted all on campus mask mandates for the first time since the early days of the pandemic in March 2022. To many, it felt as if the days

April 6, 2022

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The Lyceum is putting lives at risk by ending the mask mandate

The pandemic that hit us two years ago feels like an eon in the past. Humans are naturally adaptive creatures, and we have proved this by semi-enduring the pandemic thus far. People

March 23, 2022

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UM is now the only school in SEC West to continue to require masks in classrooms

Update: On Mar. 1 University of Mississippi Chancellor Glenn Boyce announced that effective Mar. 2, the university will be going mask-optional. Masks will only be required in healthcare settings and on transit

February 28, 2022

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Masks now only required in instructional areas and healthcare settings at UM

The University of Mississippi is now requiring masks and face coverings only in instructional areas and healthcare settings regardless of vaccination status, according to an email Chancellor Glenn Boyce sent on Feb.

February 12, 2022

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Wood Security masks up campus

A long-standing security patrol at the University of Mississippi has joined with student ambassadors in the fight against COVID-19 on campus. Charlotte Thrash of Wood Security followed a student into the POD

February 10, 2022

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UM mask mandate persists, despite lifting of city mandate

On Sept. 28, the City of Oxford announced masks would no longer be required in public indoor spaces, leading some members of the University of Mississippi community to question whether the campus

October 14, 2021

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UM requiring masks as a result of Delta variant

Whether students, faculty and staff at the University of Mississippi have received a vaccine against COVID-19 or not, they will be temporarily required to wear a mask in indoor public spaces on

August 4, 2021

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Fauci says vaccinated Mississippians should wear masks

On Sunday, Dr. Anthony Fauci expressed that he would wear a face mask, even though he is fully vaccinated, if he were to visit Mississippi — the state with the lowest number

July 7, 2021

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Walmart employees report loose enforcement of corporate policies

While the City of Oxford Board of Aldermen voted to lift its mask mandate on March 2, many businesses around Oxford have continued enforcing masks indoors. Walmart is one store that has

April 9, 2021

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