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

Do’s And Don’ts For The First Week At Ole Miss

DO: Get to campus 30 minutes early if you want a parking spot. DON’T: Go to Chick-fil-A in the Union between 11 a.m. and 1...

Month of Welcome Helps Students Make Transition to Campus Life

When students arrive for the fall semester at the University of Mississippi, a much larger than usual slate of fun and engaging activities – more...

NCNPR Scientist Honored for Parasitic Diseases Research

Babu Tekwani, a principal scientist in the University of Mississippi's National Center for Natural Products Research and professor of pharmacology in the School of...

UM Foundation Receives Millionth Gift

The University of Mississippi Foundation recently received its 1 millionth gift since it started counting 34 years ago. The distinction goes to Dr. Steven Patterson, a general...

Hughes: The Hidden Beauty in Oxford’s Tragedy

It is so sad if you knew someone, or were connected somehow to the tragedy last Sunday that makes Oxford Mourn. The reality is that...

Posh Ole Miss Dorms: Over-the-Top or Fabulous?

Dorm rooms have never been considered fancy. However, incoming Ole Miss freshmen take dorm room decorating to a whole new level. At Ole Miss, students...

Chancellor’s House Chooses Top Hat for Exclusive Uniforms

In keeping with the focus on luxury, Chancellor’s House has worked with Top Hat to create a collection of fashionable uniforms designed specifically for...

Eating Oxford: Oxford’s $625,000 Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Oxford is best known for its chicken on a stick, catfish po’ boys and shrimp and grits, but we can also brag about having...

The General Reflects on 100 Years of Ole Miss History Through Yearbooks

Jim Stephens ("The General") has collected over 90 years of Ole Miss annuals during the previous 35 years. Recently, the General shared 1918, 1919...

Neely-Dorsey: Please Make ‘Meet My Mississippi’ Official State Poem

Mississippi's Goodwill Ambassador Patricia Neely-Dorsey calls on fellow Mississippians to help her poem become the state's official poem. In the most recent legislative session, a...