It has been six weeks since the dome fell over the Mississippi College community. In that time, students, forced to adapt their daily routines of independent college life to the rhythms of home, have done their best to meet the double-edged challenge of completing the remainder of the semester online while maintaining their sanity. In... Continue Reading →
The Mississippi College Office of Student Success is typically housed in Leland Speed Library; today, it is housed on Google Meet. Regan Atkins, the office’s director, has been working tirelessly to make sure students have an outlet for all their learning needs. Since COVID-19 was found in Mississippi, moving classes entirely online, many staff members... Continue Reading →
It is no secret that MC is full of many, many amazing and talented people from the fields of Hederman Science, to the studies of Jennings, to the disciplines of Aven, and everywhere in between! Our campus seems to be bursting with individuals of different talents and abilities. Among them is Jared Vardaman, a junior... Continue Reading →
On April 23, the first round of the 2020 NFL draft will take place. Thirty-two players will be selected to continue their football careers at the pro level. After that, 233 more players will be selected over the course of the two days following. There will be seven rounds and 255 total players selected. This... Continue Reading →
To the Editor: My first letter to an editor of a newspaper was sent in the late 1980s, to the Jackson Daily News, on a topic I now can’t remember. In the decades since, I’ve been tempted to fire off other opinionated missives on any number of issues vital to societal discourse—for example, how video... Continue Reading →
In the past month, Mississippi College has had to change the way they operate drastically. Students switched to online Zoom classes, professors started teaching from home, and the MC leaders have had to make numerous decisions in a short amount of time. On Thursday, April 16, 2020, MC President Blake Thompson publicly announced that the... Continue Reading →
By now, there’s only a few weeks of school left. Everyone is tired of being cooped up in their homes with what seems like nothing to do. I encourage you to pick up a new hobby, but if you’re like everyone else, the easiest thing to do is start a new show. I’ve watched a... Continue Reading →
It has been really hard staying at home and not being at Mississippi College. At first I was excited because of spring break. I needed a break from schoolwork and campus. However, the coronavirus has begun to spread all over the world. The world went into panic! I went into panic as well, but it... Continue Reading →
If you are like me, then you are struggling to stay fit during this pandemic. With public gyms being closed, at-home workouts seem to be the way to go. The problem is that working out at home is kind of difficult. For many people, home is a safe haven and place of rest. It can... Continue Reading →
On March 6, Disney and Pixar released Onward into theaters across the world as the newest film to come from the two studios’ successful partnership. It combined the voice talents of Tom Holland and Chris Pratt, promising an entertaining story about two brothers and the fantastical journey they undertake. Reviews were favorable, and the film... Continue Reading →
Are you angry or sad? Do you want to fight the world for what has happened within the past month? Are you still shocked by the recent events? It’s been a little bit over a month since the coronavirus has taken the world by storm. Universities, sports events, restaurants, etc. have been closed down. We’re... Continue Reading →
As if the coronavirus was not bad enough, here comes the Confederacy from beyond the grave. Two days after Mississippi went under a shelter-at-home order to combat the spread of COVID-19, Governor Tate Reeves signed “Confederate Heritage Month” into effect. According to an article in the Jackson Free Press, the proclamation designates April 2020 as... Continue Reading →
The Mississippi College Writing Center has been fully equipped to help students remotely. As COVID-19 continues to keep students away from MC, the Writing Center can meet students wherever they are. Writing Center Assistant Director Lingshan Song, said 17 tutors have been trained to work via Zoom, online chat, and online correspondence. Leading the Writing... Continue Reading →
Due to COVID-19, schools all over the world have made a drastic transition to online classes, and this is not how some individuals anticipated finishing the rest of their semester. Many students have gone into a panic! It’s more about the thought of not being on campus, sitting in a class and hanging out with... Continue Reading →
In times such as this, we find ourselves turning to our favorite shows and movies to distract from a reality that seems to grow grimmer with each passing day. It’s a form of coping and escapism wrapped into one, immersing ourselves in various media to take us out of the real world for a little... Continue Reading →
2020 has brought forth such chaotic change in just the few short months it has been around. On top of all that has taken place so far, the sports world has been shown no mercy with the relentless 2020 changes. Future NFL Hall of Famer Thomas Edward Patrick Brady, Jr. has said his farewell to... Continue Reading →
The pandemic is sweeping through the world one person at a time labeled as COVID-19. This new virus, also known as the coronavirus, is a respiratory illness similar to the flu with its symptoms. Severe cases can lead to extended intensive care unit stays or even death. The USA, China, Spain and Italy are among... Continue Reading →
Well, let’s take a look. We have been in the house for a couple of weeks now. We have hit the month of April, and there is still a month before school gets out. Let’s hang in there. I know that we are tired of talking about the coronavirus, but did you hear the nicknames... Continue Reading →
Hey there all you cool cats and kittens...oh no, it's happening to me. I watched Netflix’s Tiger King and now I can’t stop saying weird things around my family and suppressing the need to talk about a tiger owner, drug dealer, and homosexual who convinced two, maybe three straight men to marry him! Honestly, it... Continue Reading →
I decided that since we do not have sports going on right now that I would look back at football season and do a full season recap of the Mississippi College 2019 football season. Things really started to click this season for the Choctaws. The triple option offense started taking over games and the defense... Continue Reading →
As students prepare to welcome Chick-fil-A and Einstein Bros. Bagels to a renovated Commons in the Fall 2020 semester, another campus favorite will be gone by the end of this semester — 1826. According to Mike Prince, Director of Food Services, 1826, the beloved cafe on the Piazza, will close its doors “for good” as... Continue Reading →
This summer, Dr. Keith Elder, a professor and professional in the field of public health from Birmingham, Alabama, will succeed Debbie Norris as provost and executive vice president. Elder currently serves as the program director for the Samford University School of Public Health, a program he founded four years ago in July 2016 to teach... Continue Reading →
As classes begin going online, it is easier to get distracted by everyday things. However, I am here to offer some solutions. Here are my top three places to get some work done during the quarantine. CAR. Nothing says seclusion like the driver’s seat of my Chevy Cruze. The other day, I completed some Moodle... Continue Reading →
The Mississippi College School of Law is in the heart of Jackson. Nearby are the State Capitol Building, the Mississippi Department of Education, the Mississippi Supreme Court, and other lower courts. Only two law schools dominate the state: The University of Mississippi School of Law in Oxford and MC Law. MC Law offers two types... Continue Reading →
To say that the coronavirus pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on everyday life is a vast understatement. With countries instituting travel restrictions, grocery stores being wiped clean, schools closing down, sporting events cancelled, and mass gatherings of people being banned, the effects of COVID-19 have twisted the very notion of normalcy in terms of... Continue Reading →
From a very young age, we all have hopes of attending college, one day earning a degree, landing our dream job, and beginning our life. Mississippi College has provided students with the necessary tools to start making that happen. Every year Career Services gives students the opportunity to bring their resumes and dress up to... Continue Reading →
It was 6:00 a.m. on Monday, March 2. It was before “bright and early.” I was sitting on a bus, getting ready to travel with the Lady Choctaw women’s basketball team to Cleveland, Tenn., for a battle against Lee University in the first round of the Gulf South Conference tournament. The Lady Choctaws were going... Continue Reading →
On Saturday, Feb. 22, several students from across campus volunteered with Samaritan’s Purse and helped individuals impacted by flooding on the Pearl River in Jackson and Ridgeland. According to the National Weather Service, The Pearl River rose to its third highest recorded level on Monday, Feb. 17, cresting at 36.67 feet, eight feet above flood... Continue Reading →
On Feb. 12, 2020, the internet was taken by storm. It was on this day that the iconic meme account “mc.needs.arbys” was started on Instagram, and it’s been winning the hearts of MC students ever since. This account has grown to over 650 followers in less than two weeks, only posts 100% original content, and... Continue Reading →
Since Frierson Field opened in 1977 in Dickins-Scoper Baseball Stadium, it has hosted hundreds of baseball games and been home to generations of Choctaws. With multiple rainouts and constant field damage to the dirt and grass, the baseball field needed a renovation. Construction on the field started at the beginning of October 2019 and ended... Continue Reading →
On Feb. 12, Netflix released the highly anticipated sequel to 2018’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, fittingly titled To All the Boys 2: P.S. I Still Love You. It was truly the perfect movie for Valentine’s Day, filled with enough love and sweetness to charm audiences everywhere. The film picks up not long... Continue Reading →
Shall we start from the beginning? Many of us came to Mississippi College as freshmen or transfers. Before we even got here, the idea behind living spaces according to MC’s website was that the East Tower, Mary Nelson, and Gunter were for female freshmen. The West Tower, Latt-Webb, and Chrestman were for female upperclassmen. Whittington... Continue Reading →
Time and journalism have a weird relationship. As articulators of the new, we feel a need to reveal our discovery to the public as soon as we learn it. Yet as curators of history, and as human beings capable of being wrong, journalists often can learn a lot more by exercising patience and letting the... Continue Reading →
According to an article in the Jackson newspaper, the Clarion Ledger, dated Feb. 2, at least 14 inmates have been found dead in Mississippi prisons since late December 2019. Most of these wrongful deaths, the article continued, occurred at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Sunflower County, better known as Parchman Farm. The article revealed the... Continue Reading →
MC’s Career Services has been working hard to prepare what Piper Walters, MC’s Coordinator of Student Employment, calls “our biggest event of the year.” Career Day is the annual on-campus opportunity for students to network with local businesses and pursue internships and jobs for the spring and summer. Career Day will take place on Feb.... Continue Reading →
Recently a documentary that chronicled the story of famed NFL star turned convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez was released on Netflix. As someone who is a huge football fan and who was captivated and shocked by the Hernandez arrest, investigation, trial, and conviction, I knew I had to watch it. Here is my review of the... Continue Reading →
The Mississippi College softball team has quickly become one of the most consistently high-performing teams in the GSC since making the jump to Division II in 2015. Last season, the Lady Choctaws won 40 games overall and won two games in the NCAA Regionals before falling in the region final. MC head coach Brooke O’Hair... Continue Reading →
Pam Beasley is viewed by many as a lovely mother and the main female protagonist in the show The Office, but here is the thing: She’s not the greatest thing since sliced bread. She’s not this unbelievably incredible female role model. She is very overrated. Here is why. Pam led Jim Halpert on for years... Continue Reading →
New traditions for the Choctaw family will be here soon. Spring commencement will be held on Friday, May 8, in various locations across MC’s historic campus. “This will be MC’s first ceremony on the Quad,” said graduation marshal Kyle Brantley. “The school decided to change graduation after Dr. Thompson’s inauguration ceremonies.” Dr. Thompson’s inauguration went... Continue Reading →
In 2019, Donald Glover, also known as Childish Gambino, produced a short film, “Guava Island.” This short film spans just 56 minutes, but it sure is a whirlwind. I found this nugget when I was staying up late one night and streamed it on Amazon Prime. If you’re looking for something off-beat and a bit... Continue Reading →
The Mississippi College baseball team has built a championship-caliber program over the past few seasons. Just a few years ago the team was 12-34, but the past two seasons they have won a combined 64 games including a Gulf South Conference (GSC) championship. This season there are a lot of new faces, and it has... Continue Reading →
The library was the number one place on campus where students could stay until 2:00 a.m. during the weekdays and 1:00 a.m. on the weekends. The change in the hours should have been a conversation since we got back last fall. What was MC thinking? We already have to deal with the fallout of The... Continue Reading →
A collective hush fell upon the Mississippi College campus on Dec. 18 when finals finished, students traveled home, and many walked across the stage at graduation. However, it was go-time for the Physical Plant crew. Like summer break, the Physical Plant had a to-do list of quick improvements they wanted the campus to experience in... Continue Reading →
820 million, 21% of Africa, and 10% of the world. These three figures, according to statistics reported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, represent the number of people facing hunger in the world today. It’s hard to imagine that somewhere someone, in the 21st century, doesn’t know where they will get... Continue Reading →
Everyone was so excited last summer when we got the best news; Chick-fil-A would soon hit the campus of Mississippi College. Now we are just patiently waiting for fall of 2020. But, before we can even get to God’s chicken, we have to talk about The Commons. We all were so eager to get home... Continue Reading →
Every 34 minutes, a wish is granted to a child by the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America. In Mississippi alone, 165 children are diagnosed with a new terminal illness each year. Make-A-Wish is a nonprofit organization with a mission to grant a wish to every eligible child. On Jan. 16, 2020, MC students and faculty gathered... Continue Reading →
“Where’s our fourth goddess?” called Dr. Phyllis Seawright as she assembled a scene from words on a page to the living stage. The actors on stage assemble on an invisible ship, and await the order to conjure up a storm, wreck the ship, and begin the show. Seawright’s production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest is... Continue Reading →
Dr. Blake Thompson has some big plans up his sleeve for the Blue and Gold family. Many students see, hear, and imagine these plans daily – yes, this is referencing the Chick-fil-A taking over The Commons in August 2020. But there is more to the university’s future than chicken. In the last few weeks, Laura... Continue Reading →
Alumni, current MC students, faculty and visitors alike are all aware of a phenomenon specific to the main Mississippi College campus in Clinton, Miss. This occurrence is what is commonly referred to as the “MC Bubble.” This bubble encompasses a certain look and persona that many people at MC strive to achieve. This way of... Continue Reading →
The Mississippi College Lady Choctaw basketball team is in a position that they have not been in some time: in the running for a spot in the Gulf South Conference Tournament. The Lady Choctaws are currently tied for eighth in the conference which is the cut off for the final spot in the tournament. MC... Continue Reading →
