Every night before bed 21- year old Jori LaVoy washes her face, brushes her teeth and then proceeds to do something that few other college students do- she takes first of 13 pills to control her ulcerative colitis. For many students, college is an important first step in growing up, experiencing freedom and learning how to manage one’s time. For LaVoy, however,...
Author Archives: Lacey Russell
One of the three newest residence halls on The University of Mississippi campus will have a new name in the coming weeks after the state college board of trustees approved the university’s request. North Ridge, one of the three new freshman residence halls that were built within the last year, will be renamed after 1937 Ole Miss graduate Lucian Minor. “We are currently...
University Trails resident and University of Mississippi student DJ Gregory has started a petition to promote more advanced security after several break-ins and a student being held at gunpoint a few weeks ago. “These apartment complexes are so close to the campus and historic Oxford Square, yet there is still so much crime and very little protection of students and...
The city of Oxford welcomes Tony La Russa as he will have a book signing tonight at 7 p.m. at Square Books. La Russa managed the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team from 1996 to 2011 and won two World Series. “One Last Strike” is a memoir in which La Russa gives the inside story behind his comeback and his career, explaining how a team with so much against it was able...
Marshall Henderson made quite a few stops before arriving in Oxford, but he is quickly making a name for himself as a Rebel. Henderson has given Ole Miss an offensive weapon that last year’s team lacked. Ole Miss has scored 90 points in four of their five games this season. Last year, the Rebels surpassed 90 points just once. The Rebels are also winning by an average...
1. Alabama (11-1, 7-1 SEC, 1st last week) 2. Georgia (11-1, 7-1 SEC, 3rd last week) 3. Florida (11-1, 7-1 SEC, 4th last week) 4. LSU (10-2, 6-2 SEC, 2nd last week) 5. Texas A&M (10-2, 6-2 SEC, 5th last week) 6. South Carolina (10-2, 6-2 SEC, 6th last week) 7. Vanderbilt (8-4, 5-3 SEC, 8th last week) 8. Ole Miss (6-6, 3-5 SEC, 9th last week) 9. Mississippi State...
Brandon Bolden – RB – New England Patriots In Bolden’s rookie season, he has 234 yards on 43 attempts and two touchdowns. Bolden was suspended earlier this season for violating the league’s performance-enhancing substance policy. BenJarvus Green-Elis – RB – Cincinnati Bengals In his first season for the Bengals,...
Music lovers and musicians sit nestled in a tiny, rustic cabin, located in the historic town of Hernando, Miss. Sounds of fiddles and banjos being plucked fill the cool night air. Slowly the little cabin is bursting with bluegrass music. On any given Thursday night, you will find a group of musicians strumming and sharing laughs as they play a medley of bluegrass...
Rarely will you read a column of mine that advocates 1. An expansion of federal government power and 2. A tax increase. This one, however, does advocate these. The Constitution grants Congress and the federal government the power to regulate interstate commerce. The vast majority of Internet purchases fit into the category of interstate commerce. Currently, the Supreme...
