“Seven years ago, the Oxford Juneteenth Festival began as a party with a purpose,” Cecilia Webb, event coordinator, said. In 2008, Webb and several other persons organized an annual county wide celebration on or before June 19 to observe the abolition of slavery, that took place 150 years ago in Galveston,...
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With a well constructed yet challenging 2015 fall schedule, and coming off of a winning season, the Ole Miss soccer team looks to validate the program even more this fall. The team should have plenty of experience returning 10 starters from last year’s team. The players are currently undergoing strength and conditioning training and in July will work on skill enhancements...
The Ole Miss women’s volleyball team has a promising season ahead of it this fall. Returning six of the seven starters from last year and adding seven new players, the team has a great mix of experience and youth that should result in another good season for the Rebels. Last year, the team went 22-10 in head coach Steven McRoberts’s first year, which was the best...
Although campus life may feel peaceful and slow to students enrolled in summer classes, some of those students are completely overwhelmed by the University’s friendly 3,391 acres. These students are between the ages of fifteen and eighteen, and have yet to begin their senior year of high school. They have come from all over the nation to participate in Summer College...
Both the men’s and women’s tennis teams had seniors leave impressive marks on the program in their final season in Oxford this year. On the men’s team, Nik Scholtz had a great season, capped by finishing No. 19 in singles in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Individual Rankings as well as being named an All-American. Scholtz was an All-American each of his...
