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.

Hotty Toddy News Services - February 19, 2025

Battle for the Senate Comes to Madison

As January draws to a close, more and more attention is being given to the state of play for both houses of Congress during...

New Music Comes Soon After New Heart Valve

Musician thrilled to compose new music following heart surgery When Channon Doerr was 8, a school nurse discovered he had a congenital heart defect. He didn’t...

Speaker’s Edge Competition Helps Hone Presentation Skills

Annual event challenges students to prepare, think and state their case before judges In today’s world, college graduates entering the workforce with well-developed speaking skills...

John Hailman's From Midnight to Guntown: You Busy This Weekend?

As a federal prosecutor in Mississippi for over thirty years, John Hailman worked with federal agents, lawyers, judges, and criminals of every stripe. In From Midnight to...

10s of Oxford Are Artists, Teachers, Athletes, Entrepreneurs

Noted Oxford photographer Susan Foust grew up in the city and shows a keen appreciation for the history, values and classic architectural legacy of...

From Mississippi to Iraq, Beloved Hat Brings Rebel Home

In the South, there are three major religions that dictate lifestyle: Southern Baptist, Methodist, and College football. Each Sunday, we attend our various houses of...

Ole Miss Builds Safety Net for Students

Emergency 'family fund' will help students in crisis Everyone can identify with a life-changing crisis of one kind or another: sudden unemployment, death of a...

New Nightclub App is Brainchild of Ole Miss Entrepreneurs

Two former Ole Miss roommates have come up with a new Smartphone app that lets users instantly know what's going on at any bar...

Faulkner Fox-Hunting Portrait Made From Cofield Photos

This portrait of William Faulkner is based on a photograph by my grandfather J.R. Cofield. Five oil paintings were done from the photograph. One hangs...

UM Students Attend MSF Legislative Day in Jackson

The Ole Miss chapter of Mississippi First travelled to the capitol city for the group’s second annual Legislative Day. Mississippi First is a policy activism...