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7 Funny Things Southerners Say About Cold Weather

Judging the weather based on numerical temperatures is boring. Besides, if it’s 35 or 40 degrees, who can tell the difference? Southerners love a...

HottyToddy Rebel Riddles & Rhymes: What Am I?

What better way to start your morning than with a brain-teasing riddle or a thought-provoking rhyme? Check back every weekday morning for the latest...

Rebels Fall in Last-Second Heartbreaker at Florida, 61-60

The Ole Miss women’s basketball team fell in heartbreaking fashion at Florida, with the Gators knocking down a go-ahead layup with 27 seconds to...

You Can Still Cast Your Votes for Tuesday's Oxford Day for Art

Television and movies may be in the middle of awards season, but events of that type take a different form in Oxford. Day for Art,...

Review: "The Afterlives" Bends Reality in Funny But Provocative Ways

“The Afterlives.” By Thomas Pierce. Riverhead Books. 366 pages. $27.00. “The Afterlives,” by Thomas Pierce, is a cheerful, clever novel about past and future lives....

The Hills Are Alive Again as "The Sound of Music" Comes to Oxford

When “The Sound of Music” debuted on the silver screen in 1965, the hills were alive with the sound of grousing critics. More than...

Lafayette County Supervisors Approve First-Ever Zoning Ordinance

The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors approved their first-ever county zoning ordinance Thursday after hearing the public's final comments during a recessed meeting. "This has...

Oxford Artist J-MAN Pays Tribute to Andy Warhol in Upcoming Exhibition

Oxford-based artist J-MAN is a busybody. In addition to constantly producing new paintings, prints and other art pieces and being a family man, he...

Tim Heaton: 15 Sure Signs You Went to High School in the South

Personally, I would decline a do-over for high school. It was tough: The confusion of emerging adulthood and all those tragedies that only a...

Meek School Magazine: Meet the Man Behind UM's Big Game Coverage

David Dillard sits comfortably in his control room in the Intercollegiate Athletic Offices at Ole Miss giving instructions to his switchboard operator and the...

UM Alumni Review: Johnny Parker Is the Man Behind the Muscle

Growing up in Shaw, Johnny Parker (BA 69) badly wanted to play football, but with only 100 pounds on his 5-foot-11.5-inch frame, he was...