The university’s inaugural REDe Entrepreneurship Summit focusing on women entrepreneurs began in the Union Ballroom with Shiza Shahid, a successful woman entrepreneur from Pakistan, on Thursday. Shahid is an entrepreneur, co-founder and founding CEO of the Malala Fund, an organization that promotes women’s education and is named after Malala Yousafzai, a Nobel-Prize winning women’s education […]
Willie Goolsby began cutting hair more than 50 years ago and has owned and operated Goolsby Hair World since 1968. Although the shop now serves a multicultural clientele, there was a time when black and white people did not patronize the same barbershops or beauty shops. “They thought I was so good that they wanted […]
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” spoke to a crowded auditorium on Friday night at the Gertrude C. Ford Center. Scarborough and Brzezinski discussed the state of journalism and politics during the Trump administration with award-winning authors Jon Meacham and Walter Isaacson. The event was sponsored by the Overby Center for Southern […]
For nearly two years, Oxford Police Department has dedicated a team of officers to helping downtown business owners feel more secure during crowded nights on the Square. The Downtown Unit was formed in January 2017, after OPD’s Flex Unit ended. The Flex Unit consisted of four officers who patrolled the Square during peak hours, especially […]
Approximately 300 women, including Jill Freeze, attended the inaugural Living Out Loud Women’s Conference to worship and focus on women’s issues on Saturday at the Oxford Conference Center. Freeze joined the panel of six speakers, all women, who shared their testimonies focused on “Freedom and Restoration,” this year’s theme. The specific focus of the conference […]
The LOU community will celebrate its third annual LOU Pride Weekend over the next few days. The weekend’s events are open to all and celebrate the local LGBT community. Oxford’s pride weekend celebrations exist due to the efforts of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies and former graduate student Matt Kessler. In […]
Savannah Smith will receive her degrees in journalism and public policy leadership on May 12, and by this time next year, she will be completing her first year of graduate school at New York University. Smith is one of thousands of Mississippians who will leave the state in a phenomenon known as “brain drain.” According […]
A small, copper-colored chain with a wire hanger-shaped pendant dangles around her neck. Her long, red hair drapes over her shoulders, and her hands rest on her knees as she cradles a tall cup of iced tea. She is donned in a tan button-up shirt and a knee-length skirt embroidered with patterns of bright blue […]
The Lyceum’s columns are iconic symbols at the University of Mississippi — so iconic that one of the most prestigious campus organizations is named after them. The Columns Society bears its namesake with pride and is celebrating one decade of service and leadership this year. “It’s really exciting, considering the Columns Society was founded in […]
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