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Ole Miss alumnus publishes stories, creates scholarship to memorialize twin brother

A year after graduating from the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at Ole Miss, Ben Ingram died by suicide. Ben’s twin brother, Lee Ingram, has worked to preserve his brother’s legacy by publishing a book titled “Dreams About Food: Stories by Ben Ingram and Friends” to fund a scholarship in Ben’s name. “Dreams About Food” […]

Ole Miss hosts Louisiana-Monroe for homecoming

Ole Miss has a chance to improve to 4-2 this weekend against Louisiana-Monroe, following the beatdown it suffered last week against the LSU Tigers. Louisiana-Monroe comes to Oxford as Ole Miss’ homecoming opponent. Ole Miss will be the second SEC opponent the Warhawks have faced this season, having suffered a 48-10 loss earlier in the […]

Column: Desperate moves may be catalyst for improving defense

When the band Guns N’ Roses worked on its hit song “Sweet Child o’ Mine” with producer Spencer Proffer, he suggested that the band add an outro to the song. Lead singer Axl Rose listened to a demo of the track trying to figure out what words to use for the song’s breakdown, and began […]

Alumni bring first comic, collectible store to Oxford

What’s that in the sky? Is that Superman? Charizard? Harley Quinn? It’s all three. Each of these characters is featured on the sign of Oxford’s first comic and collectible shop, Bad Eddy’s. The shop, which is set to open on West Jackson Avenue later in October, is the creative collaboration of Kent Eddy and Andrew […]

Rebels seeking first conference win after dropping three straight

The Ole Miss volleyball team will play two conference matches this weekend, first at Arkansas then versus Louisiana State University at home. The Rebels have dropped six of their last seven matches, including three straight to begin conference play. This stretch has been littered with errors which must be cleaned up if the team wants […]

Positivity surrounds Ole Miss Men’s Basketball as season approaches

Ole Miss basketball took another step toward a new era on Monday as it held its first official practice and media day. Head coach Kermit Davis was eager to get started as the season nears. At media day, Davis reflected on how opening days have changed since he began coaching. “This is my 37th year […]

UM chancellor has yet to vote on Meek name removal

Ole Miss Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter has not made an announcement about or taken any action toward the vote to remove Ed Meek’s name from the Meek School of Journalism and New Media after the Council of Academic Administrators approved name change on Thursday, marking five days since Vitter received the recommendation. “If (the vote) is […]

President Donald Trump to hold Mississippi rally

U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a “Make America Great Again” rally in Southaven at the Landers Center at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, where U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith will join him on stage. Trump is currently hosting rallies around the country to support congressional candidates before the Nov. 6 general election. He cancelled his previous rally […]

Playlist of the week: Teen angst

Remember those days when you would lock yourself in your room and listen to those two or three songs that perfectly captured all of that repressed teen angst, when you felt like no one would ever understand you and how you were feeling? Almost all of us went through that phase where we listened to […]

Undergraduates host third ‘Lowercase’ event on Saturday afternoon

Three undergrads read original works of creative writing at an event called “Lowercase” on Saturday afternoon at Cabin 82, a coffeeshop in the lobby of the Graduate Oxford. The “Lowercase” reading series, which solely features undergraduate writers, started last March and is supported by the Ole Miss Department of English. Malerie Lovejoy, a senior English […]

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