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 →
“On or about December 1910,” wrote the famed author Virginia Woolf, “the human character changed.” This line has been used to introduce World War I since time immemorial, and it couldn’t be more true. World War I blended old school military tactics with new and deadly technology. Around 10 million soldiers died, while many high... Continue Reading →
On Tuesday, Nov. 19, friends of MC reunited in Anderson Hall to observe the Dr. Don Phillips Mississippi College Athletics Dinner. This evening of feasting, fundraising, and fellowship has been held annually since 2002, and is one of the major fundraising events for MC’s athletics department, raising over $2 million over the past 17 years. ... Continue Reading →
“Make America _____ Again.” It’s an attention-grabbing title, but that’s nothing out of the ordinary for the MC Social Justice Club (SJC). “Make America _____ Again” is the name they created for their immigration panel held on November 14th. It was one of the events in For the Culture Week, and included Professor Lingshan Song,... Continue Reading →
Black Friday to around Dec. 28--that is Christmas season. Christmas season does not begin the day after Halloween. Christmas season does not begin in early November, but rather the day after Thanksgiving. November should be a time of celebrating fall, the end of the harvest, and the leaves turning orange and yellow. Not a time... Continue Reading →
On Saturday, Nov. 16, the Mississippi College Choctaws defeated the Delta State Statesmen in their annual rivalry football game. For the first time since 1993, the Heritage Bell trophy crossed Robinson-Hale field, ringing victory as ecstatic team members carried it home. The second and final MC Preview Day of the semester preceded the groundbreaking kick-off.... Continue Reading →
The fall semester of 2019 has brought considerable changes to Mississippi College’s quaint campus: Chick-fil-A, faculty leaving, and the closure of Ratliff Hall. This season of changes has not passed over one of MC’s most talked about programs—the School of Nursing (SON). MC has prided itself on an excellent School of Nursing since the program... Continue Reading →
As a self-proclaimed horror movie connoisseur, when I heard that Doctor Sleep, the sequel to Stephen King’s 1977 horror bestseller The Shining, would be making its way to the big screen, my inner nerd leapt in excitement. I read the novel version, released in 2013, my senior year of high school, and to this day... Continue Reading →
Let me set the stage. You’ve spent the better part of your day locked away in a study room, working on assignments and studying flashcards until you can’t see straight anymore. You’re exhausted and frustrated, and the only thing you want is to crawl into bed after a long day of work. Leaving the library,... Continue Reading →
Cross country might be the most uniquely challenging sport in terms of early mornings, rigorous training, mental trials, and both literal and figurative rough terrains. The Mississippi College Cross Country coach Matthew Reneker believes that there is a sweet spot in terms of balancing training hard enough and not training too hard to where... Continue Reading →
The intramural team Jehovah’s Fitness secured their 2nd intramural title after a chilly and competitive contest against team Eric Prather on Thursday night, November 7. It was a cold and misty night for flag football, but the stands of Robinson-Hale were filled with fans. The dreadful breeze bit at every cheek as it undulated with... Continue Reading →
Dr. Ron Howard has a passion for learning. It was cultivated in his childhood growing up on a small family farm in East Tennessee. His parents did not have much education, but they instilled in young Howard a desire to achieve in ways they weren’t able to. Looking back, Howard mused, “I’ve always thought there... Continue Reading →
Along with a Dollar General and a generations old gas station, no Southern town would be complete without a Mexican restaurant. I practically grew up on “cheese dip” and fuh-gee-tas served in dimly lit cantinas decorated with ceramic peppers and sombreros. And Taco Bell...c’est magnifique! It is therefore no surprise my tastes are hardwired to... Continue Reading →
Mississippi College is proud to welcome Coach Mike Jones back to the court for his return as the head men’s basketball coach. Coach Jones has known from the start of his career that coaching basketball was more than just a job, it was an opportunity to make a difference and support young athletes. Now, he’s... Continue Reading →
It’s October, almost November, and you know what that means. It’s finally fall! By this point, everything is falling: leaves, grades, and rain. But in the midst of a flurry of midterms, papers, and presentations, arguably the best season of the year has descended on us. There is no shortage of fall activities in which... Continue Reading →
Dr. Glenn Antizzo will make his eighth television appearance on Nov. 5, 2019, to discuss election results and offer insight to Magnolia State politics. The Mississippi College political science professor has been making appearances on ABC affiliate WAPT-16 since the early 2010s, promoting America’s second-oldest Baptist university well. “I try to put politics into plain... Continue Reading →
On Oct. 18, 2019, up-and-coming alternative rock group The Band Pacific performed a concert on Mississippi College’s campus to raise money for Batson Children’s Hospital of Mississippi Dance Marathon. The Freshman Leadership Initiative Program (FLIP) decorated the Caf patio with shimmering lights in all the trees and bushes, creating a very MC and aesthetically pleasing... Continue Reading →
The Mississippi College women’s soccer team has shot all the way up to number six in the latest United Soccer Coaches Poll for Division 2, mainly thanks to a double-digit game win streak that currently has them in first place in the GSC. It wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows for the Lady Choctaws though as... Continue Reading →
One of the most interesting features of Mississippi College’s picturesque campus is one that isn’t included in the tuition costs. The wildlife at MC continually provides a feeling of life and vitality to campus that other campuses in the area lack, no matter how different they claim their squirrels are. A host of strange and... Continue Reading →
The rain couldn’t keep us away, Blue and Gold is thicker than water. Past and present met that day, every MC son and MC daughter. On Saturday, Oct. 26, Mississippi College observed the culmination of its annual Homecoming Week. After a busy week of reunions and get-togethers, dinners and awards, cheer-offs and Follies, alumni and... Continue Reading →
Blake Thompson strolled through the arched entry of Providence Hill Farm’s palatial barn with cool confidence, passing the rows and rows of stalls on his way to greet Ann Skogerboe, the program director of the Mississippi College Equestrian Team. Riding a horse was, somehow, far from his mind. With a little encouragement, Thompson donned a... Continue Reading →
