Molly Minta

The university says the investment is needed to maintain health and safety as the city’s water emergency has upended the start of the fall semester. 

Administrations at Belhaven University, Millsaps College, and Jackson State University are not sure how long these contingency measures, like limiting dining hall hours and distributing bottled water, will last.

Policy revisions earlier this year added new criteria by which faculty could be evaluated during post-tenure review, including a faculty member’s “effectiveness, accuracy and integrity in communications” as well as their “collegiality.” 

For years the university has sought support from the Legislature to construct its own water system rather than rely on the city’s.

It was an isolated incident, the police said, stemming from a personal relationship.

Many worry that Lee’s killing will lead community members, seeking safety from violence and harassment, to conceal their sexuality or gender identity.

The LGBTQ community faces disproportionate violence and harassment in Mississippi. Lee’s killing, a friend said, directly affects everybody in the community. 

E.E. “Butch” Caston has come out of retirement twice in the last decade to work at the university. On July 6, he un-retired once again.

He wrote in his email to the campus that the reason trustees gave for his departure was primarily financial.