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In light of Ole Miss Dean of Students Sparky Reardon’s retirement, The Daily Mississippian searched the archives and is reprinting one of Sparky’s sports columns from when he was assistant sports editor of The DM in 1970. This column was first published on Feb. 25, 1970, and it is a response to University of Tennessee student sports writer Bob MacDonald’s column...
This year was meant to be a symbol of the progress that The University of Mississippi has made. Every member of the student body knew we were celebrating 50 years of integration and that the university has a history of prejudice and hate, which the Ole Miss community wanted to prove we had overcome. Because of the actions of a select few, it appears to the nation we haven’t. Tuesday...