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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

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Opinion: Time to work together to create a better governance

During campus elections, you were probably bombarded with more stickers and people reminding you to vote than you ever could have wanted. Despite the overabundance of stickers and campaigning, student elections are

October 8, 2018

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Opinion: A (second) letter to Southern white women

At his rally in Southaven on Tuesday, Donald Trump attacked and ridiculed Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the professor who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of attempting to rape her when

October 5, 2018

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Opinion: A government of the 16 percent

Our nation is currently embroiled in a controversy over the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. If you’re on the right, you cry, “Witch hunt!” If you’re on the left,

October 5, 2018

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Opinion: Emotional support animals: A true, healing treatment option

Stress and anxiety disorders are slowly plaguing thousands of college campuses all over the country. According to a 2017 report by the American Psychological Association, 61 percent of college students were seeking

October 1, 2018

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Opinion: When oppression runs dry

Bias is often the assumption made when a controversial story or an uncomfortable study that points to a supposedly clear narrative emerges. Occasionally, it is what it appears to be: prejudice disguised

September 28, 2018

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Opinion: Racism is a symptom of white supremacy

The University of Mississippi is at a crossroads. With Ed Meek’s name coming down from the journalism school, it would be easy to proclaim that racism has been vanquished and inclusion upheld.

September 27, 2018

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Opinion: Your assumptions show your true character

I shouldn’t have to write this but, nevertheless, here I am stating this so-called controversial topic that black people aren’t ruining Oxford or Ole Miss. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, black

September 27, 2018

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Letter to the editor: Why we must center black women’s experiences

As educators who study race, gender and women’s history and as citizens of the city of Oxford, we were outraged to learn of Ed Meek’s Facebook post. In it, he targeted two

September 25, 2018

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Letter to the editor: Sidna Brower Mitchell

As editor of The Daily Mississippian when James Meredith integrated the University, I am flabbergasted by the “outrage” about Ed Meek’s post on Facebook. Folks keep repeating that Ed’s post, statement and

September 21, 2018

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