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In the News — Huffington Post Rates Oxford "Charming"
The lights of a truly charming southern town.
The Huffington Post has something very nice to say about Oxford in a March 21 post.
You’re kidding, you say! Isn’t this reliable liberal web site normally more than eager to take our town to task for stories like the Meredith statue defilement and the Laramie Project incident from last year.
That’s all true, but lets give credit where credit is due for acknowledging Oxford as one of the more “charming” towns in Dixie. In fact, Oxford was the first town on the list. Here’s an excerpt from the longer post:
“The South can be pretty damn charming, true, and there is certainly more to it than places like Nashville or Charleston (which are admittedly great).There are some cute towns strewn across the region, each with their own unique vibes that make us want to visit stat.Here are 9 places you’re definitely missing out on.OXFORD, MISSISSIPPIFaulkner called this small northern Mississippi town home and it shows. There’s still a strong literary scene here but it can be argued that the main event is Ole Miss football — the campus still has a speed limit of 18mph to honor favorite son Archie Manning’s one-time jersey number (to be fair, the campus changed the speed limit on Manning Way to 10mph to honor Archie’s son, Eli, and his second Super Bowl win.)”
The link to the whole story is here: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/21/9-southern-towns-you-nee_n_4985803.html
Hattip to John Cofield
| Mon, Nov 4 |  | vs Long Island University | W, 90-60 |
| Fri, Nov 8 |  | vs Grambling | W, 66-64 |
| Tue, Nov 12 |  | vs South Alabama | W, 64-54 |
| Sat, Nov 16 |  | vs Colorado State | W, 84-69 |
| Thu, Nov 21 |  | vs Oral Roberts | L, 100-68 |
| Thu, Nov 28 |  | vs BYU | W, 96-85 OT |
| Fri, Nov 29 |  | vs 13 Purdue | L, 80-78 |
| Tue, Dec 3 |  | @ Louisville | W, 86-63 |
| Sat, Dec 7 |  | vs Lindenwood | W, 86-53 |
| Sat, Dec 14 |  | vs Southern Miss | W, 77-46 |
| Tue, Dec 17 |  | vs Southern | W, 74-61 |
| Sat, Dec 21 |  | vs Queens University | W, 80-62 |
| Sat, Dec 28 |  | @ Memphis | L, 87-70 |
| Sat, Jan 4 |  | vs Georgia | W, 63-51 |
| Wed, Jan 8 |  | @ 23 Arkansas | W, 73-66 |
| Sat, Jan 11 |  | vs LSU | W, 77-65 |
| Tue, Jan 14 |  | @ 5 Alabama | W, 74-64 |
| Sat, Jan 18 |  | @ 17 Mississippi State | L, 81-84 |
| Wed, Jan 22 |  | vs 13 Texas A&M | L, 62-63 |
| Sat, Jan 25 |  | @ Missouri | L, 83-75 |
| Wed, Jan 29 |  | vs Texas | W, 72-69 |
| Sat, Feb 1 |  | vs 2 Auburn | L, 92-82 |
| Tue, Feb 4 |  | vs 10 Kentucky | W, 98-84 |
| Sat, Feb 8 | | @ LSU | 7:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 12 |  | @ South Carolina | 6:00 PM SECN |
| Sat, Feb 15 | | vs 17 Mississippi State | 5:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Feb 22 |  | @ Vanderbilt | 2:30 PM SECN |
| Wed, Feb 26 | | @ 2 Auburn | 6:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 1 |  | vs 12 Oklahoma | 1:00 PM TBA |
| Wed, Mar 5 |  | vs 1 Tennessee | 8:00 PM TBA |
| Sat, Mar 8 |  | @ 6 Florida | 5:00 PM SECN |
Lindsey
March 24, 2014 at 8:59 pm
It’s ignorant and disrespectful to call the James Meredith and Laramie Project incident merely “stories.” Those were not singular, “outside agitators” acting in a vacuum. They were acts of racial hatred and bigotry committed by students, hardly unique to the university’s history. Your “damn Yankee/liberal media” attitude is one reason Oxford and the South continue to maintain their racist, bigoted reputation.
Katie
March 24, 2014 at 9:02 pm
Amen!