Recent high school graduates now enrolled at UM may find comfort in the fact that a little piece of high school tomfoolery is sure to follow them to their college dorms: the pulling of fire alarms. Most upperclassmen have experienced the headache brought on by faux-flame-induced panic while living in their...
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INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PANIC Last Monday, the IHOP restaurant parking lot in Meridian unexpectedly caved in. According to the Insurance Journal, the drainage structure below the parking lot collapsed, but engineers are still unsure what caused it. The gap engulfed at least 14 cars. Percy Bland, mayor of Meridian, declared a state of emergency in order to allow the city...
High school students from across the Southeast will be competing in Ole Miss’s annual Brain Brawl this Saturday. Forty-two teams from Mississippi and its neighboring states will partake in a quiz bowl tournament to test their knowledge on topics such as history, science, literature and popular culture. “Brain Brawl is one of those competitions where anything can happen,”...
The UM art and art history departments will host a holiday art sale and auction from 4 to 9 p.m. on Thursday at the Jackson Avenue Center. The event is free to the public and will feature a wide range of jewelry, ceramics, sculptures, paintings, prints, photos and more created by students and faculty, as well as locally and nationally known artists. The event begins with...
