Tupelo Tornado Relief is One for the Books
On April 28, 2014, a massive tornado devastated Tupelo, Miss. While many groups have formed to help rebuild the city, one Tupelo resident has taken her love of books and reading to a new level. Does...
View ArticleCourse Offers Teachers Willie Morris Focus
Willie Morris was a great Oxford writer and now NWCC is offering a special course for teachers using his material and touring sites associated with the author. Teachers who are looking for ways to...
View ArticleFilmmaker Derek Brown Kicks off 10 Square Project
Derek “Dee” Brown is a talented creative artist who is new to Oxford, but is working on a video project called 10 Square about our community. In this series, Brown will talk to and video various...
View ArticleChildren’s Books Have Asian Flair
Three new concept books with an Asian flair are sure to delight your toddlers for hours. These easy books come with a catch, though. You and your mini-me(s) must be willing to read aloud about a Panda...
View ArticleHundreds Come Out for Oxford School’s Charger Challenge
Photo by Marlen Polito. If you needed proof that Oxford is a kid-friendly town, you simply had to spend a little time at the 4th Annual Charger Challenge on Saturday. Hundreds of families came out...
View ArticlePatterson School of Accountancy Credits Faculty, Library For Success
The Patterson School of Accountancy’s three programs are ranked nationally in the Top 10 by the Public Accounting Report. The University of Mississippi’s Patterson School of Accountancy has been...
View ArticleAdams: a Daughter and Her Daddy
Herb Brooks could have been a successful trial lawyer, General, U.S. President, just about anything. I strongly feel he was a genius. I have studied peak performers for years and have never come...
View ArticleWallace Passes Eli Manning in the Books for Total Yards
On an afternoon where the Hotty Toddy chant rang throughout Vaught-Hemingway stadium as the Rebels beat the Bulldogs, Ole Miss senior quarterback Bo Wallace left the field with a place in the record...
View ArticleCelebrate Giving Tuesday in Oxford with Donations to Needy
We have given thanks last Thursday (and then some more last Saturday!) but the holiday festivities have not yet ended. We still have another month to spread the holiday cheer where it is needed most....
View ArticleOle Miss Faces TCU in Peach Bowl NYE
Ole Miss will be returning to the spot where this magnificent season all began in Atlanta on New Year’s Eve. The Rebels ended the season No. 9 in the College Football Playoff rankings to participate...
View ArticleRebel Volleyballers Earn All-Region Honors
Ole Miss junior Nakeyta Clair (Country Club Hills, Illinois) and sophomore Aubrey Edie (Fayetteville, Arkansas) were both honored for their outstanding seasons by the American Volleyball Coaches...
View ArticleUM Common Reading Short List Announced
The University of Mississippi’s Common Reading Experience list has been narrowed down to five books, with one to be chosen in early 2015 to be the focus of university-wide discussions and events over...
View ArticleOle Miss Employees Play Santa for Needy Children
UM’s annual Books and Bears event. / Photo by Kevin Bain, Ole Miss Communications There were many more presents under a lot of University of Mississippi Physical Plant employees’ trees on Christmas...
View ArticleAbout Novelist Zane Grey
Zane Grey (1872-1939) was to the western novel what Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was to detective fiction, churning out 89 novels about the American cowboy and the western frontier. His books were on the...
View ArticleNorthwest Offers Willie Morris Study, Tour Class for Educators
Teachers who are looking for ways to enhance their Mississippi Studies or English classes can get a firsthand look into the life and works of Mississippi author Willie Morris this semester. The...
View ArticleCoopwood: My Resolution to Break the Facebook Addiction
One of my New Year’s resolutions is to stop spending time on Facebook. For those who have heard of the name, but are unfamiliar with it, Facebook is an online social networking service headquartered...
View ArticleRethink Mississippi: Tuition Hikes Add Another Hurdle to Higher Education
Mississippi universities will see another tuition hike this year after a number of continued increases.Photo courtesy of Rethink Mississippi Mississippi’s universities will once again raise their...
View ArticleOxonians Enjoy Hidden Treasures, Charity Donations at Indoor Yard Sale
The weather was unusually warm and sunny today but that did not deter Oxonians from enjoying the Indoor Yard Sale today. There were numerous vendors selling furniture, vinyls and vintage clothing all...
View ArticleBlood In My Eye Premieres at Overby Center
A documentary featuring an emerging strain of anger among some prominent African-American activists and intellectuals during the civil rights movement will have its public premiere at the Overby...
View ArticleThe Show Goes On for This Oxford Film Festival Director
Melanie Addington Oxford’s celebrated 12th annual Film Festival wants to keep the show going tonight as James Franco’s The Sound and the Fury movie screens at 6:30 p.m. at Malco Commons Theater on...
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