Interviewer: How were you impacted by the ice storm? Dave: Transportation mostly. I didn’t make it here the first two days because everywhere from my house was either up a hill or down a snaky curvy road, and I didn’t feel like ending up in a ditch anywhere. So, the real heroes on those days were Amy Abbott…
Category: Ice Storm Coverage
Hear from Provost Dunn: Ice Storm, Plans for the Fall, and More
The following article documents an interview between Sara Snelson and Provost Keith Dunn. Provost Dunn discusses the effects and impacts of the February 2021 ice storm from his perspective, as well as what he expects for the 2021-2022 academic year. Sara Snelson: “How were you impacted by the ice storm? What were your experiences?” Provost Dunn: “Personally,…
Student Life Profile: Katie Sorey
The following article documents an interview between Sara Snelson and Student Life Staff member Katie Sorey. Sorey discusses the effects and impacts of the February 2021 ice storm from her perspective. Sara Snelson: “How were you impacted by the ice storm?” Katie Sorey: “I was personally and professionally impacted by the ice storm, because I was on…
Ice Storm Survey Results: Experiences
The Purple and White conducted an online survey as part of our February 2021 Ice Storm Coverage, open to the entire Millsaps community, including students, faculty, administration, and staff. Click here to read the data results from our survey. Logistics: 41 total responses, 33 include experience descriptions. Results range from February 27th, 2021, to March…
Survey Results: Data
The Purple and White conducted an online survey as part of our February 2021 Ice Storm Coverage, open to the entire Millsaps community, including students, faculty, administration, and staff. Click here to read the experience-based results from our survey. The survey was released February 27th 2021 by P&W members through social media, clubs, and email. The survey continued into…
Off-Campus Students: “It was pretty stressful, but we got through it.”
James is a senior double majoring in Communications and Political Science. He lives in McKinney, Texas, and has been taking online classes from home since the start of the pandemic in 2020. Of the southern states, Texas has made headlines due to the dire situation that many Texans found themselves in during the freezing weather and…
Winter Storm From An Outsider’s Perspective
This is my interview with freshman Marshea Crisler. She lives off campus in the South Jackson area. SL: How were you impacted by the ice storm? MC: As a local, the biggest impact by the ice storm was the loss of water and lack of clean water. Me and my family had gone days without clean water for…
Braving the Freeze: A Perspective on Winter Weather in Mississippi
In Mississippi, it’s rare to get any more than two or three snow days in a year — for most of the winter, it’s just freezing rain. So when the winter freeze came to town in late February, the city and much of Mississippi were caught off guard. With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing into 2021, this…
Discontentment Rising on Campus: Student-Led Town Hall, Thursday, March 4th
On Thursday, March 4th, the Student Body Association held a faculty-free town hall to address concerns regarding the recent winter storm. While morale has been steadily declining, the recent ice storm seems to be the last straw for students. Questions surrounding communication and transparency early-on became the most frequent, but most of all, students want to know why. “Why…