Opinion

Anna’s Advise: Prioritize your mental health

By Anna Belson HottyToddy Intern Prioritizing your mental health in college is something that most people don’t take into account at first. Coming in from high...

Adam Brown - December 2, 2024

Op-ed: Ole Miss Journalism Students Found a Tough Mentor, Abiding Friend in Dean Will Norton

Submitted by Bob Lewis RobertQLewisJr@outlook.com It was a balmy and carefree April morning in 1977 as I squeezed my large frame into a cramped classroom desk...

Column: Students Continued to Write as their World Dramatically Changed

By Jeff Roberson Hottytoddy.com Contributor robersonjeff0630@gmail.com In this first semester to teach sportswriting, I’ve received good advice from veterans of classroom instruction. Jump right in and give them...

Column: A Birthday of Significance

By Jeff Roberson HottyToddy.com Contributor robersonjeff0630@gmail.com My father recalls that my grandfather built a house during the great depression, and the mortgage company went bankrupt. He lost...

Op-Ed: This is Why We Need More Military Vets in America’s Newsrooms

Editor's Note: This op-ed originally ran in Neiman Reports By Zack Baddorf Executive Director/Founder of Military Veterans in Journalism zack@mvj.network Since the attacks of 9/11, the United States...

Spice Found in Vapes at Local Gas Station Results in Two Arrests

Two Oxford men have been arrested on drug charges following an investigation that began after local high school students had adverse reactions to using...

Opinion: Pandemic Shows Over-regulated, Under-embraced Innovation in MS

By Hunter Estes Mississippi Center for Public Policy As a deadly virus has spread across the nation, many of us have been forced to embrace alternative...

Letter to the Editor: Nevertheless, Oxford Film Festival Persists!

By Melanie Addington Executive Director, Oxford Film Festival A week ago we announced the postponement of the Oxford Film Festival. It seems a lifetime ago and...

Letter to the Editor: Local Nonprofits Need Our Help Now More Than Ever

By Kurt Brummett Executive Director United Way of Oxford-Lafayette County “While we often think we are immune to difficulties others face, no one knows what tomorrow...

Letter to the Editor: Senator Wicker, Please Help

By John Currence Oxford Restauranteur Dear Senator Wicker, As a result of having closed our businesses for public safety reasons Tuesday, I have advised 300 employees in...

On Religion: In Times of Plague, Priests Do What Priests Need To Do

The second wave of influenza in the fall of 1918 was the worst yet and, by the time Father Nicola Yanney reached Wichita, Kansas,...