With vaccinations on the rise The W postpones most Homecoming festivities until August
Radio station suffers power outage due to winter storm
Graduation to be in-person
Students cope with challenges during Pandemic
The pandemic has taken a mental toll on people around the world. Many have seen increased anxiety, depression, and other mental health situations including the students attending Mississippi University for Women. Kat Lewis is a freshman Speech Language Pathology major, and Emma Beeler is a junior English Creative Writing and History double major, and both say the pandemic has impacted them, but in different ways.
Music by Women Festival goes virtual, lasts all month
In the midst of this pandemic, the fifth annual festival is being held virtually. Every night this month at 7:30 p.m., new concerts are being posted to the Music by Women website and YouTube channel. The concerts are completely free to the public, and they will continue to stay up for viewing following the festival.
Simple Servings offers non-allergenic choices at cafeteria
Pandemic sees streaming services premiering movies on small screen, theatre at same time
For about a year, COVID-19 has impacted our day-to-day lives in so many different ways. From having to wear a mask, socially distancing from one another, and even the way we have to view new movie releases, everything seems different. Although streaming services have been around for quite some time, they have become a new alternative to going to the cinema.
Students have hopes, concerns about vaccines
COVID-19 has now been around since late 2019 and came to the United States in early 2020. The virus has changed the course of many people’s lives. As of late February, 500,000 people in the U.S. had died.
Scientists have been working hard to develop a vaccine since the cases started. As the numbers increased so too did their efforts. Vaccines usually take years to develop. However, vaccines developed by Moderna and Pfizer have recently been approved for use after less than a year from the initial impact of the coronavirus.
The W raises new state flag on campus, distributes video
On Feb. 5 the Mississippi University for Women raised the new state flag on campus.The W was one of the state universities to take down the original state flag, which featured the canton of the Confederate battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. It stopped flying on campus in 2016.The new design for the state flag entitled: “The New Magnolia” was voted in this past November with the citizens of Mississippi voting 73% in favor of the new design.