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Rekindling the Mississippi Spirit

By JOE ATKINS On the evening of March 18, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. addressed striking sanitation workers in Memphis, and this is what he...

The Paradox of James Meredith

The Paradox of James Meredith By JOE ATKINS OXFORD – James Meredith’s new book, A Mission from God, co-authored with William Doyle, sometimes reads like the...

DWW (Drunk While Walking) and Things That Go Bump in the Night

Frank Hurdle is a graduate of Ole Miss and the Ole Miss Law School. He was the 1987-88 editor of The Daily Mississippian. DWW (Drunk...

Oxford High School Sets Local National Merit Scholarship Record

Oxford High School Sets Local National Merit Scholarship Record By Frank Hurdle The National Merit Scholarship Foundation has announced the names of Mississippi’s semi-finalists and Oxford High...

Ladies, GOTV!

A friend of mine said on Facebook, after last night’s final presidential debate, “Someone posted last night that the Democrats are just making up...

A Long Way To Go

By Cristen Hemmins Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the day James Meredith integrated Ole Miss.  I am listening to reports on NPR and MPB, and reading articles...

The Ever-Widening World of Hotty Toddy

By Charlie Mitchell For the two weeks known on campus as August Intersession, the Meek School of Journalism and New Media was fortunate to have...

Generations

There is an energy on the Ole Miss campus that persists, no matter what. That’s one of the many observations I’ve pondered as a newcomer...