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AMELIA CAMURATI editor-in-chief
JACOB BATTE news editor
BY JOSH CLARK
JON MOSBY opinion editor
Cartoonist
AUSTIN MILLER sports editor PETRE THOMAS photography editor NICK TOCE visuals editor KELSEY DOCKERY design editor LAUREN SMITH copy chief
JASMINE PHILLIPS business manager KEATON BREWER ALEX PENCE
account executives SARA LOWREY
creative assistant
S. GALE DENLEY STUDENT MEDIA CENTER:
PATRICIA THOMPSON director and faculty adviser ARVINDER SINGH KANG manager of media technology
A welcome and thank you from the editor-in-chief From the
BY CAIN MADDELN
Editor-in-Chief
T H E
One hundred years. Ledes for columns in The Daily Mississippian these days tend to have a higher word count, but in this case, three words say a lot. The student newspaper — the institution that has led the conversation on the Ole Miss campus — is turning 100 this year. I am honored, excited and terrified at the same time to be at the helm as this happens. I am honored because I have met former Mississippian editors and reporters — professors, professionals at newspapers or media companies throughout the state and country, and fel-
low students. All are brilliant. I am excited because of the history behind this institution, featuring 100 years of incredible reporting and eye-opening editorials. Mississippi’s flagship university boasts a legacy where editors and staffers have been unafraid to stand up to the university, the state and the world — with results. I can’t wait to hear even more war stories this weekend during the centennial celebration. And well, I am terrified because of all of the above. A few former editors have assured me that this is not an uncommon feeling when the
weight of the task ahead finally sinks in. I feel it, but I’m not going to let it stop me as I prepare for a year where I will lose sleep, shed tears and want to put my fist through a wall. But mostly, I will laugh. My group of editors and staffers will have a great time this year as we make sacrifices to put out the best product we can, as 100 groups before us have. Welcome back to Oxford, folks. As you get together and reminisce with old friends, may your laughter once again fill the Oxford night, well into the night. Hotty Toddy.
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Editor
This week, The Daily Mississippian will focus on moments that defined both the publication and the university in celebration of its centennial. Reprinted articles and columns come from the past 100 years of The Daily Mississippian. Todays’s edition is our 100th anniversary commemorative edition leading up to the centennial celebration this weekend. For a list of related events this weekend, see the calendar on page 6.
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