The Music of the South Conference will be held today and tomorrow and will give attendants the opportunity to participate in talks centered around the music of the American South. Musicians, scholars and other active participants in the modern music world will gather today and tomorrow on The University of Mississippi campus and around Oxford for the 2013 Music of the...
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Prosecutors in Colorado decided Tuesday to seek the death penalty for James Holmes, the infamous Batman shooter in Aurora, Colo. The news was met with a round of applause in the courtroom, which included many victims’ families and Holmes’s parents. As I read news articles detailing the way the courtroom crowd reacted, I gave a lot of thought about what I would do in...
I would like first and foremost to unequivocally condemn the act of the Florida Atlantic University professor who instructed his students to write the word “Jesus” on a piece of paper, and then to stomp on it. I also believe that we, whatever our political or religious views may be, should not allow such acts to pass unmarked. In an earlier issue of the Daily Mississippian,...
With RebelTHON quickly approaching, the committee and students are preparing for Friday’s festivities. The final touches are being made for Friday’s RebelTHON, which benefits Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis. RebelTHON will be held at the Jackson Center from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Those who sign up are encouraged to have a minimum $75 fundraising goal. Claire...
The Ole Miss women’s tennis team netted three wins over in-state foes this weekend, defeating Mississippi State, 4-1, on Friday before sweeping a doubleheader against Southern Miss, 4-0, in both matches Sunday. FRIDAY: No. 37 OLE MISS 4, MISSISSIPPI STATE 1 The Lady Rebel tennis team got back in the Southeastern Conference win column Friday afternoon, handing in-state...
As I perused Facebook yesterday, I noticed posts declaring outrage over Google’s doodle. Instead of Easter, Cesar Chavez was honored on the search engine’s home page. Cesar Chavez was an American civil rights activist who nonviolently organized farmers into a union named the National Farm Workers Association. His contributions to the Hispanic community and the...
Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments in two separate cases dealing with gay marriage. These cases dealt with the constitutionality of the federal government’s Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and California’s Prop 8, both pieces of legislation that outlaw gay marriage. The decisions in these cases will be announced in June, and while it seems unlikely that either...
