Southern Experience

Double Decker 2025: A Celebration of Music, Art, and Community in the Heart of Oxford

Oxford’s Double Decker Festival brings two days of live music, art vendors, Southern food, and family fun to the Square.

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Oxford’s Olden Days: Scoutmaster William Faulkner Tricked by His Scouts

As a child growing up in Oxford, William Faulkner enjoyed most any outdoor activity. One of the outdoor activities that he and he brothers...

Vassallo Interviews: Richard Howorth

Richard Howorth (owner of Square Books and former Mayor of Oxford) has enjoyed one of the more interesting lives of anyone who ever found Oxford...

Alumnus Douglas Odom Using Talents at AmeriCorps VISTA

Students are encouraged to engage in community service as part of the learning experience at the University of Mississippi. Douglas Odom, who graduated with a...

New Book Chronicles Ole Miss Band History, Funds Scholarships

As they have for nearly 90 years, members of the University of Mississippi marching band, “The Pride of the South,” are set to begin...

Top 13 Welcome Week Events Students Should Attend

As summer begins to turn to fall, there are always a few constants on the Ole Miss campus: a new semester, new faces, football season and...

Cliff Nash is an Aeronautical Industry ‘Top Gun’

University of Mississippi engineering alumnus Cliff Nash is among the “top guns” in aeronautics these days. Previously elected president of the Mississippi Airports Association, Nash...

Chick-fil-A Hosts Bingo for Senior Citizens

Oxford senior citizens had a blast Friday morning at Chick-fil-A on West Jackson Avenue the restaurant hosted bingo from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m....

Neely-Dorsey: You Ain’t Country If…

Patricia Neely-Dorsey is a poet who celebrates Mississippi for all its virtues. Here are a few poems calling out those who haven't known a...

Tom Feltenstein’s Uncommon Wisdom: Change – What Needs Changing, Not What’s Easy

A Few years ago, British Rail had a real fall-off in business. Looking for marketing answers, they went searching for a new ad agency...

What Should the Next Chancellor Be Like? More Alumni Share Their Opinions with HottyToddy.com

**Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles concerning University of Mississippi stakeholders and their opinions on which qualities the college...