Miss. universities: Guns OK on some parts of campuses
A newly revised policy will allow visitors with enhanced carry permits to carry registered weapons in public spaces on campus at Mississippi’s eight state universities.
Survey: 1 in 4 college women report unwanted sexual contact
Nearly a quarter of undergraduate women surveyed at more than two dozen universities say they experienced unwanted sexual contact sometime during college, according to a report released Monday.
Campus sex crime reporting increases, says Education Dept.
Reports of sex offenses on college campuses provided to the Education Department have nearly doubled over a five-year period.
Few campus sex assaults reported to police
Senators on Tuesday grappled with the thorny issue of why some just let their college handle it — or don’t report it at all.
California debates ‘yes means yes’ sex assault law
College students have heard a similar refrain for years in campaigns to stop sexual assault: No means no.
Education official: Some campuses hostile to sexual assault victims
Some colleges and universities are still failing students by inadequately responding to campus sexual assault, a senior Education Department official testified Thursday.
Campus rape addressed by White House task force
The Obama administration admonished colleges and universities — “No more turning a blind eye” — as it released guidelines designed to stem sexual assaults on campuses and help the victims.
New trial ordered in MSU firearm case
The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a Mississippi State University student who was convicted of having a firearm on campus.
A gingerbread campus: MUW’s front campus has never looked so … delicious
Advanced baking students at Mississippi University for Women’s Culinary Arts Institute have recently added some new skills to their resumes — like architecture, engineering and construction. That is, if working in gingerbread counts.
EMCC Golden Triangle expansion to begin in early 2014
East Mississippi Community College will break ground on a new student union at its Mayhew campus early next year, President Rick Young told Oktibbeha County supervisors Monday, after the school successfully lobbied area counties for financial pledges this summer.
Supervisors, EMCC interested in Starkville satellite facility
East Mississippi Community College and Oktibbeha County representatives say they’re willing to work together on a partnership that would bring a workforce training satellite facility to Starkville.
MSU: Abduction attempt claim was a hoax
A Mississippi State student who claimed to be the victim of an attempted abduction near Sessums Hall last week has recanted her story and told university investigators she fabricated the incident, a MSU release states.
MSUPD investigating attempted abduction
Mississippi State University police officers were investigating an attempted, on-campus abduction Wednesday night, but no clear details were available on the situation.
MSU campus police Probe sexual assault report
An MSU student reported that Saturday morning between 4-4:30 a.m., she was approached at the intersection of Lee and Coliseum boulevards as she walked back to her apartment. Threatened with a weapon, she was assaulted near McKee Hall before her assailant fled.