Southern Experience

Meet the Comedians Taking the Stage for The Roast of Lane Kiffin

Meet the Oxford and Memphis comedians taking the stage Sept. 16 for The Roast of Lane Kiffin at The Lyric.

Monday’s Top 7 Instagram Photos by HottyToddy.com

Orientations, vacations and holidays make for the most wonderful time of the year! (Besides football and Christmas, of course.) Being officially the first day...

Dunagin: You Can’t Trust the Mississippi Legislature with Trust Funds

You can’t anymore trust the Mississippi Legislature with trust funds than you can a Parchman trusty with a leave of absence. Recent and not so...

UM Graduate Wins Elizabeth George Foundation Fellowship

Rachel Smith, a 2012 graduate of the University of Mississippi’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program, has received an Elizabeth George Foundation fellowship, which will allow...

Mississippi-Made Mandarin Recognized as World-Class

Offering the immersive experience of any Language Flagship Program is a tremendous plus for any university, but being the country’s best program is far...

McLean Summer Program Turning High School Students into Entrepreneurs

Twelve high school students from across Mississippi gained exposure to innovative problem-solving skills by participating in an entrepreneurial leadership program at the University of Mississippi. The...

Alumna Ivey Swan makes Art her Life’s Mission

Art is a hobby for some and a profession for others, but for alumna Ivey Swan (BS 15) it’s her life’s mission. “When I was...

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...

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...