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OPINION: Are we losing our taste for free speech?

By Payne Bell January 12, 2018

Freedom of speech has always been a sacred value of both the University and society in general. Since around the middle of 2017, I have noticed an increasing amount of censorship, occurring on multiple...

Why do high schoolers not go to the movie as often?

Why do high schoolers not go to the movie as often?

By Alex Gibbs January 10, 2018

Recently, I was having a conversation with my mother, and she asked me why people my age did not go to the movie as often people did when she was growing up. After she asked me this, I began to think of...

OPINION: Corporate lobbies are coming to gobble up your free internet

OPINION: Corporate lobbies are coming to gobble up your free internet

By Tripp Cory and Barron Liston December 14, 2017

Net Neutrality is a principle that ensures that every American can access the internet freely and without restriction from their internet providers on the content being accessed and the speed at which...

House Bill 1523: Times are changing in Mississippi

House Bill 1523: Times are changing in Mississippi

By Tripp Cory and Barron Liston November 30, 2017

Have you ever wondered why many people consider Mississippi to be backwards and prejudiced? If so, House Bill 1523,  the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act”, has...

Pinks new album is anything but traumatic

Pink’s new album is anything but traumatic

By Tori Newsome and Preston Dubberly November 2, 2017

Pink released her new album Beautiful Trauma on October 13. This was her first album to release since 2012.  In July, she announced via twitter that she was working on a new album and gave her fans a...

Kellys Album of the Week: Teens of Denial

Kelly’s Album of the Week: Teens of Denial

By Kelly McBride September 15, 2017

Teens of Denial is the second labeled album Car Seat Headrest has released. These guys have created an album that has originality in lyrics, style, tone, and attitude that reminds me of Pixies-style alternative...

My favorite restaurants are sure to satisfy

My favorite restaurants are sure to satisfy

By Paul Andress June 13, 2017

In my final edition of Paul’s Palate, I will give you my advice on the best places to eat in the Jackson metro area. These places will take more of a hit on your wallet, but trust me the price are justified...

Stay fit this summer with these tips

Stay fit this summer with these tips

By Maclain Kennedy June 5, 2017

Summer is so close you can almost taste it. Just make it through exams and we’re done. Roughly two months with no long nights of homework and countless hours of after-school sports practice. However,...

Jicka on Jackson: These are a few of my favorite things

Jicka on Jackson: These are a few of my favorite things

By Sarah Riley Jicka June 5, 2017

As my time at Prep comes to a close, so does my time in the capital city. I look forward to exploring the ins and outs of Tuscaloosa, but right now, I would like to recognize a few places that made me...

OPINION: Capture the moment, not the video

OPINION: Capture the moment, not the video

By Tanner McCraney April 12, 2017

The root of my hate came about a year ago at a Weeks concert. I was standing behind a man who videoed the entire concert with one of the Galaxy phones that are about the size of a brick. Because of this,...

Chance the Rapper: a voice for Chicago and Jackson

Chance the Rapper: a voice for Chicago and Jackson

By Sarah Riley Jicka April 3, 2017

With three Grammy Awards this year alone, Chance the Rapper (born Chancelor Bennett) has been given the opportunity to use his fame for good and is taking advantage of it. In his third mixtape, Coloring...

Sports Opinion: Is SEC Basketball on the rise?

Sports Opinion: Is SEC Basketball on the rise?

By Steven Wyatt February 16, 2017

It is no secret that the Southeastern Conference is not the most dominant conference in college basketball. The SEC has consistently put teams in the NCAA tournament, but the conference struggles to compete...

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