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Opinion: Making a shrine out of the Confederate cemetery is amoral and ahistorical

The National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) issued a statement last Thursday noting that Confederate monuments “still stand as symbols of those ideologies and sometimes serve as rallying points for bigotry and

June 25, 2020

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IHL college board to approve relocating Confederate monument from heart of Ole Miss campus

The board of trustees of the Institutions of Higher Learning, during its Thursday meeting, is expected to consider and approve a plan to relocate the Confederate monument at the University of Mississippi.

June 15, 2020

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IFC executive member refuses to sign Greek statement in support of statue relocation

The vice president of programming for the university’s Interfraternity Council did not sign the joint letter from the UM Greek community calling for the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees

June 10, 2020

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We all need racial sensitivity training

Our school’s brand has not been tarnished by racism, because racism has always been our school brand. Imagine if the institution that once lost all but four of its students, who were

August 29, 2019

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Monument decision now out of university hands

Plans to relocate the Confederate monument to the Confederate cemetery have been sent to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH), Interim Chancellor Larry Sparks announced Wednesday afternoon. After five and

August 29, 2019

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Where the statue stands: justification, presentation and approval still needed

The university is currently working with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) to receive a permit for the relocation of the Confederate monument on campus, which must happen before the

May 2, 2019

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State politicians disagree on who has final say in Confederate monument relocation

State legislators who authored the bill that dictates how military monuments can be relocated have different opinions about who has the final authority to actually relocate the Confederate monument that stands in

March 27, 2019

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Students, faculty react to Confederate monument resolutions

All four campus government organizations of the university’s shared governance have passed resolutions in the past several weeks calling for the relocation of the Confederate monument from the Circle to the Confederate

March 18, 2019

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Sparks breaks silence, questions about the statue remain

The faculty senate unanimously joined the call to relocate the Confederate monument from the Circle to the Confederate cemetery on campus by passing a resolution on Thursday, but the debate over who

March 8, 2019

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OPINION: Letter to the Editor: The student body has not spoken

Most students have recently heard for the first time about Resolution 19-4 being voted on and “unanimously” passed by the ASB senators. What all the news articles and social media posts have

March 8, 2019

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