Author Archives: Collin Brister, Brian Rippee, Browning Stubbs
I understand you didn’t learn it the first time. You slept through that midterm with the relief of, “Oh, my lowest grade can be replaced by my final,” and then you blew it off with a wave of your hand. But it’s go time, and there is no escaping it now. You have to learn it. All of it. Because it’s finals week. It’s here. So, here are a few study and preparation...
Born and raised in the small town of Taylor, Mississippi, 74-year-old Irene Willingham has been filling stomachs and serving with a smile in the University’s dining services for 50 years. It all began in January of 1966 after her older cousin, already employed in Ole Miss dining, recommended her for a job. Willingham said she grew up learning and loving to cook, but...
Though the parking and transportation department added 1,414 new spots this year alone, many more are on the way. The completion of the new parking garage attached to the Pavilion at Ole Miss offers 400 new reserved spots, 162 of which are still available for purchase. The non-reserved spots in this lot work on a meter system, which generates an average $300 a day for...
STEP ASIDE THE 700 CLUB “Chicken Soup for the Soul” is being made into a TV series. According to WAPT News, Mississippi is the chosen venue for the film. Author Mark Victor Hansen told Gov. Phil Bryant that he would dedicate the first 15 minutes of each episode to show miracles in Mississippi. He said he wanted the series to be filmed in Mississippi because he wants...
There is a popular argument, resilient and scavenging as German cockroaches, that would suggest that I, in daring to love Mississippi and the University of Mississippi, daring to affirm myself and the other black lives that have the audacity to exist here, kicking and screaming when the student body and the administration act up with regard to these things, would have...
This week, be sure to take a much needed study break to see Ole Miss Student Dance perform their end of semester showcase, “I {e}MOTION,” at Fulton Chapel. Ole Miss Student Dance is a student run dance company within the university. Auditions are held once a semester for students, both undergrad and graduate. Everyone is welcome, from beginners to those with many years...
