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Ferguson: A Life Lesson from a Former Sailor

A former sailor reflects on Navy service, world travel, heartbreak, discipline, and learning to see every person’s God-given value.
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On Cooking Southern: The Days of Wine and Noses Are Here to Stay

SOUTHERNISM OF THE WEEK High Falutin’: A situation, attitude, or circumstance in which one party is putting on airs, acting high and mighty and...

Oxford Stories: Tupelo Native Chooses Music Over Homeland Security Career

Music is universally understood. Some play instruments. Others sing, and some write lyrics. Tupelo native Jesse Leech, 23, recently graduated from the University of Mississippi...

Ole Miss in Ethiopia: Helping Ethiopian Families Cope with the Impact of AIDS

On January 2015, the Meek School of Journalism and New Media sent ten students on a reporting trip to Ethiopia. These students compiled their...

Country Star Brad Paisley Returns Autographed Guitar to 6-Year-Old

Back in January, Brad Paisley brought his Country Nation College Tour presented by Zaxby’s to the new Pavilion at Ole Miss. You may remember one...

Gravitational Waves Detected from Second Pair of Colliding Black Holes

University of Mississippi researchers are among scientists worldwide elated that gravitational waves – ripples in the fabric of space-time – have been observed for...

‘A Mississippi Summer Night’ by Shane Brown

I love a Mississippi summer night. There are different views I get and different sounds I need and wanna feel that make my body and...

DeJournett: How I Fell in Love with Oxford 13 Years Ago

One of my now former students who is originally from up north recently posted something on Facebook speaking of how in the space of...

Oxford Stories: UM Student Fondly Recalls Her Experiences at Summer Camp

Nestled in the rolling hill country of Texas on the banks of the Guadalupe River is camp Waldemar, an all-girls camp founded in 1926....

Monday’s Top 7 Instagram Photos By HottyToddy.com

Summertime is in full swing, and landsharks have their fins up all over the world. Whether here in Oxford or in Paris, France, there...

Dunagin: A Dearth of Character in 2016 Presidential Election

An aging lawyer, once a well known Louisiana politician, put a Biblical spin on the presidential race that reflects my thoughts on the prospects...
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