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Today in History: Today is Friday, Oct. 2, the 275th day of 2026.
On this date: In 1982, Sony CDP-101 is the world's first commercially released compact disc player, launched by Sony in Japan , for 168,000 yen ( 1066.90 USD).
College football: Louisiana Tech to host Army West Point in rematch of 2024 Independence Bowl
Coming off a bye week following a pair of losses to Power Four conference teams, the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs look to bounce back against Army … Read More
Second Date Update: Hannah and Paul (G-Wagon Naggin’)
Photo: Fred De Noyelle /GODONG / The Image Bank Unreleased / Getty ImagesHannah says that she and her date got into TWO arguments before they even got...
Ole Miss Cross Country shows promise at first full meet
Both the Ole Miss Men’s and Women’s Cross Country squads earned top-10 team finishes amid a large Gans Creek Classic field in Columbia, Mo., on Sept. 25. Out of a 30-team field for the 8-kilometer race, the Rebel men, led by Kidus Misgina, finished No. 5. In his season debut for…
Mystery Photo: Big head
Here’s an interesting image. Where is it? Bonus points: Tell us what’s going on with this picture.
The Park Bench - New edition!
A new edition of the weekly Parks and Rec newsletter, The Park Bench, has arrived.
Looking Up: Four Stories of Astrophysics in the Columbia Plateau
It can be cosmically easy to get caught up in the rhythm of things: classes, work, loved ones and sleep. We become so transfixed by these core components that we forget we are all living on a rock orbiting the sun. We owe the very existence we spend studying, dancing and laughing…
The Tortured Artist Conundrum
In thinking of the late Kurt Cobain (the most notable and, for the sake of this article, recognizable example), we often tell ourselves that the music preceded the legacy. This is true on a broader, more external level, at least. The mythos of Nirvana, and the grunge scene at…
Women’s Professional Baseball League Makes History
The Los Angeles Queens prevailed against the San Francisco Firebells to win the first ever Women’s Professional Baseball League championship on Sept. 22, marking history for not only the WPBL itself but for North American sports as a whole. When discussing the Queens’ season in…
College Student Equates GenAI Use to Directing, Declares Theatre Major
True artists suffer for their work. Every stroke of a painting, every breath into a flute and even every finger used to hit ‘command + copy + paste’ into a Google Doc. Raw, human suffering and perseverance. And, nobody knows this better than junior Viktor Halas, who — after…
“Search continues for sorority members lost to depths of Prentiss basement.”
For the Prentiss Hall sororities, Rush Week should have been a period of excitement and anticipation. But this brief moment of happiness was usurped on the morning of Philanthropy Day following the disappearance of three Alpha Phi members. What began as a trek to find more tape…
The Debate Around Sydney Sweeney’s Novig Ad
Antiquated ideals have cast doubt upon women’s place in sports for a very long time, suggesting that women’s bodies belong elsewhere. Though males have traditionally dominated mainstream sports, women have made resounding progress in regards to taking up space in the field.…