Southern Experience

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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Kids in the Capitol Program Gives Fifth-Graders a Look at Government

Dozens of middle school students have gotten a close-up look at their state government in action this spring, thanks to the Kids in the...

Lafayette County Students Receive Highest Academic Award at Ole Miss

Four Lafayette county students are among 76 University of Mississippi students to receive a 2016 Marcus Elvis Taylor Memorial Medal, the university's highest academic...

UM Offers New Minor in Digital Media Studies

The University of Mississippi will offer a new interdisciplinary minor in digital studies designed to equip undergraduate students from many different degree majors with digital...

K-Rappers: Oxford Twins Introduce Books by Rapping

Oxford residents, Margaret and Katherine King, redefine notions of the typical Southern lady. Sure, they are warm, well-dressed and have radiant smiles. They laugh at...

Oxford’s Past and Present as Told by Locals

Where does the center of Oxford lie today? As restaurants and shopping options grow on Jackson Avenue and forest land vanishes around the under-construction hospital,...

19 Southern Expressions for the Impoverished

My memories of growing up in the South are happy ones. Those were simpler times when kids had to be called to come back...

Oxford CrossFit Sponsors “My First Tri” for Athletes on May 7

Oxford CrossFit is hosting the "My First Tri" triathlon on Saturday, May 7, at 9 a.m. at Clear Creek in Sardis. Oxford CrossFit, a gym...

Ole Miss in Ethiopia: God’s Country

It’s a holy day, it’s hot, and there are people everywhere. Amharic for baptism, Timket commemorates in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church the baptism of Jesus...

Joel Kotkin To Address Students, Oxford/Ole Miss Today. Free Lunch Provided.

Blake Tartt, III along with the Real Estate Alumni Board of Ole Miss, the Meek School of Journalism and New Media and Ole Miss...

New York Times: Delicacies of the Mississippi Delta

The New York Times recently featured the irreplaceable cuisine in the Mississippi Delta in its Travel column this week. The author, Phil McCausland, traveled to...
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