The status of Ole Miss junior defensive back Tee Shepard had been in question for the last two days. There were even rumors flying around that he had intentions of hanging up the cleats and leaving the team. He made it official Tuesday. Shepard announced in a statement on Tuesday, citing that the “injuries” and “challenges” he has been forced to overcome has taken...
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The Ole Miss pass defense had a tough time in Gainesville on Saturday. The defense has performed well in all of the previous match-ups, but without junior safety Tony Connor, the secondary struggled in containing the Gator receivers and tight ends and allowed 271 yards through the air and four touchdowns. With Connor out, the secondary is trying out a significant...
The Ole Miss soccer team has dominated their non-conference opponents this season, going undefeated with a 6-0-2 record. In conference matches, however, things have been much tougher for the Rebels, shown by their 2-3 start in the SEC. Opposing SEC teams have been able to slow down a potent Ole Miss offense. Leading scorer CeCe Kizer has 11 goals on the season,...
Out on County Road 307, there’s a joint just off of Highway 6, a long drive from the bustling nightlife on the Square. Open Thursday through Sunday, Mr. Feather’s was created to offer a different, more Southern experience to weekends in Oxford. Scott Michael, owner of Rooster’s Blues House, Jared Foster, chef and owner of LandShark Crawfish and manager Zach...
Speed is the word that first comes to mind when thinking about Seratones. In the almost two years the band has been together, they’ve signed to a record label, recently played with Houndmouth and will open for St. Paul and The Broken Bones later this fall. They have also been featured on NPR, Stereogum and Paste Magazine. In a way, their music reflects the speed of...
I turned 13 in 2007, and I had lots of plans for how I wanted my life to turn out. I wanted to be a novelist and a doctor, and I wanted to marry a good man. I mostly just wanted to grow up. I’m not one of those people who spend their days wistfully wishing they were children again. Things are better now than they were before. 13-year-old me at least got that right. 13-year-old...
Libra, the Scale: September 23- October 22 You’ve been feeling pretty cool lately, Libra, and with good reason. The stars have aligned for you, and for the next month you will achieve perfect balance; most of your jokes will make sense AND be funny, your socks will always match, you’ll always know what days to wear shorts and what days to wear pants,...
During the Cold War, U.S. foreign intervention was often explained by invoking the “domino theory” in an effort to clarify the containment doctrine. The underlying fear was that if one regional pivot or “domino” were to fall under the spell of a leftist regime or even direct Soviet control, then other countries in that area would fall even quicker than the first...
The Oxford School District has been making a vast number of improvements to the nutritional and educational values of food within its schools. In 2013, the school district initiated a program called Good Food for Oxford Schools. The program incorporates local foods into the cafeteria menus while also educating students about the food they are consuming....
