Courtney Pearson, crowned Ole Miss’ first African-American homecoming queen. Although 33 years separate their time at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), Rose Flenorl and Courtney Pearson share many similar experiences growing up in the southern United States. Their time at Ole Miss helps illustrate the racial changes that have been made over the past 50 years...
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It’s campaign season on campus again. Some might say, “Again?” Yep, folks, the gigantic, colorful signs are back up in front of the Union. Once more we are to be accosted by people and their deluge of stickers and flyers and buttons and whatnot. Their pleas for us to support their particular candidate are shouted at us as we attempt to get through our day and attend...
Ole Miss will take on the Georgia Bulldogs Saturday in hopes of getting back in the win column after losing four of its last five games. The Rebels and Bulldogs will tip off at 7 p.m. from Tad Smith Coliseum. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN2. Tyler Jackson/The Daily Mississippian After dropping four of the last five contests since its record 6-0 start in...
In the past week, I’ve read news stories about Heidi Klum insuring her legs for millions of dollars, Rihanna not wearing makeup in her new video, Angelina Jolie’s kid’s acting career and how Kate Upton finds Antarctica’s weather to be not bikini-friendly. OK, great. There are two issues here I need to address. First, that these are actual news stories in our media...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently donated HIV testing equipment to The University of Mississippi following the release of statistics indicating blacks are much more likely to be diagnosed with HIV. New initiatives on campus are designed to counteract these statistics and raise awareness. Vince Daivs | The Daily MississippianThe V.B. Harrison Student...
A fire at Lafayette High School on Feb. 5 resulted in disciplinary action from the school and legal charges from the school district, in addition to a re-evaluation of safety precautions. Tanner Marquis | The Daily MississippianLafayette High School A student started a fire in a bathroom of the English hall at Lafayette High School (LHS) on Feb. 5 that “appeared to...
Nashville-based band The Wild Feathers will be bringing its Southern rock ‘n’ roll to Proud Larry’s today as part of its winter tour. Courtesy John Peets | Warner Brothers Records The Wild Feathers is a band that blends rock ‘n’ roll, folk, country and blues to create a sound that is raw but clean and crisp at the same time. While this blending of genres is not...
The transition of College to real life is bittersweet for some in the Oxford community. File Photo Oxford is home to about 20,000 people. Add the roughly 17,000 Ole Miss students, and you’ve got the Oxford-university community. “I hate that.” Angela Barrett has been living in Oxford for four years with her family of four. She works as a music associate at First...
President Obama delivered his State of the Union address Tuesday night, and since then many media outlets have fact-checked what he told the nation. Most sources found that Obama did quite a bit of cherry picking and provided some doctored numbers in his annual speech. Let’s look at one of his first claims of the evening: “After years of grueling recession, our...
The city of Oxford is working with Lafayette County officials and FNC, Inc. to build a new frontage road along Highway 7. Last week, the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors agreed to seek a $2.3 million Community Development Block Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to pay for the construction of the north leg of a frontage road that would...
