Southern Experience

Heaton: 10 Essential Tips for Moving to the South

Embrace Southern hospitality with these essential tips on traditions, food, and customs to help you settle into your new home.

Oxford Stories: As New Students Arrive On UM Campus, Others Offer Advice

As a new crop of incoming freshmen arrive on campus and try to find their way around Ole Miss, experienced students say transitioning from...

Reflections: A Unique Landmark

Enjoy our "Reflections" post -- one of many vignettes and stories featuring memories of days gone by. This installment is from J.A. Heitmueller.  If you would like...

Too Hot To Trot – How Mary's Fun Farm Is Keeping Animals Cool

This week has been a scorcher with temperatures in the 90s, but humans are not the only ones facing the heat. Animals of all...

Delta Business Journal: Delta Supper Club – For The Love Of Food

Everyone knows the Delta has plenty of stories to tell, some nearly everyone knows while others remain hidden.  Before Stewart Robison transplanted to the Mississippi...

Oxford Encounters: "Avery Warsing – The Girl From NYC Who Made The Ole Miss Adjustment"

After growing up in Manhattan, Avery Warsing was only 17 when she arrived in Oxford four years ago. Before stepping onto the Ole Miss...

Oxford Stories: As New Students Arrive On UM Campus, Others Offer Advice

As a new crop of incoming freshmen arrive on campus and try to find their way around Ole Miss, experienced students say transitioning from...

Brown: Who Are You? Titles And Identities

I retired last year, and am pleased to report that the transition has gone very well.  I have easily shifted from my part-time job...

New Oxford Square Parking Garage: Will It Be Option A or Option B?

Last week, the Oxford Downtown Parking Commission held its monthly meeting and discussed the future of the parking garage set to be built on...

Vassallo: "Ole Miss History…The Year Was 1919"

Have you ever noticed the light standard right out in front of the Lyceum? This magnificent nightlight was placed there in 1919 by the...

Oxford-Lafayette Humane Society's Pig Finds A Home

A white and black pot belly pig named Mavis, was available for adoption this past week at the Oxford Lafayette Humane Society. On Thursday, June...