Author Archives: Logan Kirkland
A few weeks ago, Twitter alerted me to the presence of an ASB Senator who, tragically confusing racism and homophobia with having a conservative political view, had a timeline full of Tweets reflecting such a mistake — at least, that is, until I tweeted him to ask him about it. The aforementioned ASB Senator then blocked me, made his tweets private and supposedly,...
Twenty years ago, a snowstorm kept an indie rock band from performing in Oxford. This weekend, Five Eight, based out of Athens, Georgia, will be returning to make up their missed show on the famous Proud Larry’s stage. Since their formation in 1988, the band has produced six albums, toured across the country with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group R.E.M., and they have...
I grew up in Eupora, Mississippi. Instead of letting you Google where that is, I’ll tell you. It’s 20 minutes from Starkville. Yes, that Starkville. I grew up spending Saturdays in Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium and random Sundays at Swayze Field. My dad brought me to games as a child, and I fell in love with names like Deuce, Romaro and Eli. I’ve been doing this for...
Every fall, crowds gather in couture capitals New York, London, Milan and Paris to discover what’s next for fashion. Editors of top fashion publications, models, rappers, actors and bloggers tour the globe to attend fashion shows and their notoriously star-studded after parties. The elite drape themselves in the latest haute couture in hopes of being captured by “street...
Dear editor, On Nov. 3, we will vote on Initiative 42, a proposed amendment to the state constitution to bring it in line with roughly 45 other states and to ensure that every child has a fundamental right to an adequate and efficient education. This amendment is necessary due to the legislature’s failure, for 16 of the past 18 years, to follow its own law to fund our...
