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10 Ways to Tell You’re Talking to an Ole Miss Student, Part 2

Discover the vibrant, humorous traditions that define Ole Miss students, from The Grove to The Vaught, and everything in between.

Top Stories of 2017: UM Student Lost Her Hand But Not Her Fighting Spirit

On Aug. 21, 2015, Kassidy Bailey sat beside her friend Wyatt Hemmings as he drove the two around his property on a Canadian-American Challenge...

Top Stories of 2017: New Hotel Designed with Millennials in Mind

  HottyToddy.com recently attended the groundbreaking ceremony for Oxford's newest hotel, Tru by Hilton. Described on the Hilton website as “a brand-new hotel experience …...

Top Stories of 2017: Ole Miss Profs Reflect on Literary Lion Willie Morris

For all his worldliness and erudition, Willie Morris—the late Mississippi memoirist, editor, educator and literary lion of the South—loved nothing more than a good...

Top Stories of 2017: The Story Behind Ole Miss' Most Beloved Poem

The man who penned “The Heart of Ole Miss,” the beloved and oft-quoted poem about the University of Mississippi, initially thought so little of...

Top Stories of 2017: Finding Mr. Kinney in the Mississippi Delta

While on a work-related trip to Cleveland, Miss. one day, I dined at the Starving Musician’s Bakery, stopped in at the bank and later...

Top Stories of 2017: Dean of Oxford Photographers Retires After 33 Years

  For more than three decades, Robert Jordan has profoundly shaped how the world perceives the University of Mississippi. His photographs have documented the natural...

Top Stories of 2017: How Much Pizza Is Too Much Pizza?

With at least 15 restaurants serving delicious pizza, we decided to find out if Oxford has enough pizza lovers to pay for all that...

Top Stories of 2017: The Sky’s The Limit For This One-Stop Shop

Skymart Grocery and Bait Shop has been a staple in Oxford for decades. The store strives to be a friendly one-stop shop for anyone...

Top Stories of 2017: WLBT Anchor Remembers Oxford, UM and His Biggest Story

This story was republished with permission by The Meek School Magazine. When Wilson Stribling (’94), a news anchor/ reporter for WLBT in Jackson,...

Top Stories of 2017: In Praise of Oxford's Chicken-on-a-Stick

Move over, Mr. Bill (Faulkner). Oxford’s literary fame around the world may take a back seat to its chicken-on-a-stick. The late-night delicacy of the Chevron...