As the perception of the NCAA student-athlete has begun to change in the eyes of sports fans, the number of NCAA violations against them for accepting improper benefits has also changed over the last thirty years — skyrocketed, even. Televising college athletics has bolstered its popularity and, naturally, has yielded a higher degree of competitiveness amongst those...
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David Nail is starting a fire today at The Lyric Oxford. The country music sensation is gearing up to kick off his “I’m a Fire” tour here at the heart of Rebel Nation. When The Lyric’s doors open at 7:30 tonight, Nail will launch a tour featuring songs on his new album, also titled “I’m A Fire,” including top hit “Whatever She Got” as well as the emotional...
As people who are the product of Western rhetoric and media, it is difficult for us to see the world through a non-Western lens. Russia has existed for the past 25 years as only a shadow of its former self, having lost its ideological empire and much of its ability to exert power abroad. This is an exit from the powerful stature that Russia has held since the late 1930s...
Today at 3p.m., The University of Mississippi released it’s enrollment number for the Fall semester of 2014. The number of enrolled students on all of the universities’ campuses was reported more than 23,000. This number is the largest in the state for college campuses. This year’s count has made history for Ole Miss. The number of enrollment this year has increased...
