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Ferguson: No Snow in a Mississippi Christmas

Mississippi may lack snow, but Christmas traditions, humor, faith, and gratitude make the season meaningful and full of joy.

Recapping the Women, Work, and Food Graduate Symposium

Last Friday was an important and exciting first for the SFA: We hosted our first-ever academic conference for graduate students in partnership with the Sarah...

Oxford Restaurant History: Burger Chef

Fast food chain set up shop on West Jackson in the 1970s. Before Oxford even had its first McDonald's, it had Burger Chef. It was...

Mississippi Fact: 9/19/13

James Copeland's outlaw career ended with his hanging in 1857. A body snatcher dug up his corpse and cleaned the flesh off. A doctor...

Are You Ready! For Startup Weekend in Tupelo?

Innovate Mississippi announced that Startup Weekend Tupelo will take place September 27-29 (6 pm Friday to 6 pm Sunday) at the Renasant Center for...

French Chef Matches Wine with Grits

Those who have read the best-selling novel The Firm already know about the beautiful old Peabody Hotel in Memphis. A great chase scene takes place just...

Pass Christian Yacht Club

The yacht club in Pass Christian, established in 1849, is the second oldest in the United States.

Jeff Scott Becoming ‘Great’ Scott

Ole Miss football is exploding right now, and so too is its 5'7'', 162-pound running back Jeff Scott. Only three games into the season, the Archbishop-Carroll...

University Museum Ranked 17th Best College Art Museum

Complex Art & Design website praises breadth of museum's collections, community ties Citing how the museum balances “their dedication to the local community with a...

Ensuring Integrity of the Vote

I spent my summer representing challengers in a series of election contests. I have written before about some of what we proved. Now,...

A Visit from the Basket Man

Milton Gross has been making oak strip baskets and bottoming chairs for decades. I have posted about him before, and there is information about him through at...