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.

Original Landshark: the Ballad of Rebel Tony Fein

Before the Rebel faithful began throwing up the Landshark, a football player named Tony Fein introduced it to the Ole Miss defense. Gather ‘round kids,...

An Oxford New Year's Motorcycle Tradition

Across the country, motorcyclists brave the cold on New Year's Day. Members of a group in Oxford have been riding together on the first...

John Hailman’s From Midnight to Guntown: Try It Again

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...

7 New Year’s Resolutions You’ll Want to Keep

 From chocolate treats to comfort for feet Around this time of year, you get hit over the head with the usual New Year’s resolutions: lose...

What I Learned In 5 Days At The Jersey Shore

1. I learned that getting there is not half the fun. It’s no fun at all. Because Memphis International is no longer a Delta...

Start the New Year with ArtZone 2014

ArtZone classes at UM Museum provide education, artistic develop for young children OXFORD, Miss – The New Year summons Oxford-area students to the University of Mississippi...

Pharmacy Students Organize Vitamin Angels Fundraiser

Donations will provide vitamin A to more than 4,500 children worldwide OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi pharmacy students are doing their part to help...

The Holy Family: Migrants in a Hostile Land

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to the followers and readers of this blog! Below is a column I wrote for Christmas 2010. It...

A Powerful Saying to Approach 2014 with…

In my keynotes and seminars, I try to share timely tools that people can use to stay as positive as possible and to seek...

Ole Miss Sisters Pledge Sorority Over Two Decades

Being an Ole Miss Rebel is often a family affair. Love for the University spans generations and the Permenter family is no different. These are...