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Ole Miss Social Media team deletes controversial tweets after win over Liberty

The Rebels walked away with a predicted win on Saturday, but what happened afterwards shocked social media everywhere. As soon as the final whistle blew the Ole Miss team was ready. The

November 8, 2021

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Boyce will not use chancellor’s Twitter account

Chancellor Glenn Boyce will no longer use the UM Chancellor Twitter account as the primary way for the chancellor’s office to communicate to the university community. The university still owns the @UMchancellor

November 12, 2019

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Twitter responds to James Thomas’s tenure

James Thomas, a sociology professor with a history of controversial social media posts, was granted tenure by the IHL Board of Trustees on Thursday. Thomas’s name was pulled from a list of 77

May 17, 2019

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‘Tweets are my own’: How James Thomas’s Twitter sparked a conversation about academic freedom

James Thomas’s nose crinkles when he smiles, which is more often than his Twitter followers might think. “I get the sense that people who don’t know me well think that there’s this

March 4, 2019

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Twitter responds to Ole Miss basketball players kneeling during national anthem

While neo-Confederate protesters were marching 1,000 feet away in the Circle, eight Ole Miss men’s basketball players knelt during the national anthem at The Pavilion before the team’s home game against Georgia

February 23, 2019

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Sports, memes and crippling disappointment: Meet the Ole Miss Twitter community

Once pasted across the student union’s walls and forever etched into Ole Miss history, 1932 Ole Miss graduate Frank Everett’s words, “The university is respected, but Ole Miss is loved. The university

February 14, 2019

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Twitter reacts to final NCAA sanctions

The NCAA’s investigation into the Ole Miss football program is finally complete. On Monday, Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Ross Bjork announced that, as part of the penalties delivered from the NCAA,

February 13, 2019

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Twitter reacts to announcement of Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter’s resignation

The IHL Board announced Jeffrey Vitter’s intent to resign as Ole Miss Chancellor on Friday morning. Vitter will serve as Chancellor of the university until January 3, 2019, and continue as a

November 9, 2018

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Twitter reacts to Matt Luke being named Ole Miss football’s head coach

Matt Luke was introduced as Ole Miss football’s official head coach during a press conference Monday. The Daily Mississippian took to Twitter and asked followers if they were happy with the decision

November 27, 2017

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Oxford women say ‘#MeToo’

Women are using different social media platforms to show how widespread and commonplace sexual assault and harassment are by posting with the hashtag #MeToo. Tweets and posts began appearing Sunday when actress Alyssa

October 17, 2017

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