BY ALEXANDRA WILLIAMSON aewillia@go.olemiss.edu We refuse to be terrorized. People said it after 9/11; if you trade the government your liberty for the promise of safety, you’re letting the terrorists win. And the same can be said now. After the attack on the World Trade Center, we gave up any semblance of privacy for the Patriot Act and the Transportation Security...
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BY MATT SIGLER mcsigler@go.olemiss.edu After a much needed Southeastern Conference series sweep this past weekend over Tennessee, the No. 18 Ole Miss Rebels will travel to Jonesboro, Ark., to take on non-conference foe Arkansas State. The Rebels (29-12, 10-8 SEC) and Red Wolves (22-18, 8-10 Sun Belt) met earlier this season with Ole Miss taking the 10-4 victory at home. Although...
BY TIM ABRAM toabram@go.olemiss.edu In 1903, W.E.B. DuBois coined the phrase “double consciousness” in his book “The Souls of Black Folk.” DuBois defined double consciousness as “(a feeling of) two-ness—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings … two warring ideas in one dark body whose dogged strength alone keeps it...
Sunday marked the start of the second year of Rebel Road Trip, a 12-city journey that features Ole Miss head football coach Hugh Freeze and athletics director Ross Bjork gathering with fans across the region. This year’s trip began last night in Houston. Today, Freeze and Bjork will make their way to Pascagoula at 11:30 a.m. and New Orleans at 5:30 p.m. From there, the...
