On Tuesday, October 20, we put four polls on our Instagram story. We asked MC students and Collegian readers to cast their votes for president, Mississippi state senator, the proposed Mississippi state flag, and the legalization of medical marijuana in Mississippi. When asked to vote for either President Donald Trump or Vice President Joe Biden for President of the United
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Social media’s influence on this year’s election seems to be greater than ever before. The pandemic left millions of Americans stuck in their homes with time to become more active on social media. Candidates aren’t door knocking or going out nearly as much. Social media platforms give politicians the ability to connect with voters where they are. This creates a
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“We learn from history that we do not learn from history.” This quote from Friedrich Hegel found at the beginning of Alt-Right: Age of Rage, sums up the 2018 documentary well. Focused on the return of political violence, this one hour and 45 minute work follows two leaders. The first, Daryle Lamont Jenkins, is an activist who helped launch the
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Saturday, Oct. 17 marked the first and only home cross country meet of the season at the Watson Invitational for the MC men’s and women’s cross country teams. The Lady Choctaws won their second straight event while the men’s team finished second. Individually on the women’s side, redshirt sophomore Jazmin Hernandez claimed her second straight individual title as she set
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Tensions are rising as the presidential election is drawing closer. Most national elections are not global events, but the U.S. presidential election is an exception. The U.S. has an impact on the world in a way other countries don’t. This country is the largest economy in the world with the largest stock exchange. Nine out of ten currency transactions worldwide
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On Oct. 26, MC’s Worship Collective released their newest album to streaming platforms. It is their fourth album overall as well as their first Christmas album. Fittingly titled “Joyful and Triumphant,” the album comes with a story of perseverance as it was being worked on while COVID-19 overtook normal life. “When COVID hit, we had the band parts for these
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What appears to be a simple game of ping pong most afternoons in the Alumni Commons gym is far more than an afternoon round. It is the sound of dedication, sacrifice, and the stories of individuals who have risked everything to be able to play their sport. Knowing what table tennis means to its players unravels an entirely new layer
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One might say it’s all been building up to this. This is the last editorial you will read from me before the Election of 2020. I make no pretense toward profundity; I want only to give my perspective. I am no oracle, but I believe the sun will rise and the world will continue to spin on Nov. 4 regardless
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History professor and Reconstruction-era enthusiast Melissa “Missy” Jones was interviewed by both Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) and MSNBC within the span of a week. Jones shared her knowledge on women’s suffrage and African American Mississippi ancestry. MPB reached out to the Mississippi Humanities Council asking for an expert in the history field on women’s suffrage. The Humanities Council suggested MC’s
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A gigantic roller coaster of emotion and scariness all wrapped in one. That’s how the new show “The Haunting of Bly Manor” on Netflix can be described. It is the trending follow-up series to “The Haunting of Hill House,” another hit on Netflix. It opens with an older woman known as “The Storyteller” sitting on her couch before suddenly making
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