Red and blue balloons floated behind a life-size cutout of President Donald Trump in the foyer of Bryant Hall. Handouts with titles such as “Great Myths of the Great Depression” and “50 Wacky Ways the Government Spends Your Money” were laid out on a table. The new Ole Miss Turning Point USA chapter was hosting […]
About 15 years ago, an undergraduate art major, portfolios in hand, meandered around the Grove on game day selling sketches of the courthouse and Lyceum — made while working the front desk at a residence hall —for $50 to drunk tailgaters. Fast forward to now, and Southside Gallery is exhibiting 24 of Charlie Buckley’s newest […]
“I’m gonna keep on a-walkin’, keep on a-talkin’, marchin’ down to freedom land,” Pamela D.C. Junior, director of the first state-sponsored civil rights museum in the nation, sang to the audience gathered at the library Thursday afternoon. “Do you realize that you are a light?” Junior asked the crowd. “Lights came into the state of Mississippi […]
Instead of having the typical cheese-and-crackers platter, Frame Up’s Basement Gallery treated guests to Pop-Tarts and popcorn last night at its “Pop Art Show!” — symbolizing the bizarre, yet intriguing, qualities of the paintings and mixed media pieces on display. The “Pop Art Show!” included the works of three local artists — Ally Black, a […]
House Bill 1523, also referred to as the “religious freedom” bill, will go into effect in the state of Mississippi on Tuesday. Last year, the bill sparked national attention as many saw it as a setback for LGBTQ equality in the state. HB 1523, which allows Mississippi businesses to abstain from serving LGBTQ individuals on the basis of religious […]
In order to understand “Fault Lines,” a collection of tapestries and prints by Mary Zicafoose on display at the University of Mississippi Museum, one should probably read former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser’s poem “Tectonics.” When Zicafoose first read “Tectonics” 10 years ago, she said she was blown away by the “brilliant contrast” Kooser created […]
“You know what South African mothers tell their kids? ‘Be grateful for what you have, because there are fat children starving in Mississippi,’” comedian Trevor Noah said in his first appearance on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” in 2014. Considering his comments on the South, students may be surprised to hear Noah is performing a set at the […]
The University of Mississippi Medical Center received record research funding this year that could lead to new discoveries in the medical field. According to a UMMC press release, the center received 316 extramural grants and awards in the 2017 fiscal year, the most in the institution’s history for a single year. The total dollar amount […]
As the sun set, families with giggling children, Ole Miss students and faculty, along with other members of the Oxford Jewish community, gathered last night at Paris-Yates Chapel for the first local observances of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The University of Mississippi Hillel and the Jewish Federation of Oxford hosted the historic holiday service, […]
Seth Lerer, distinguished professor of literature at the University of California, San Diego, took the stage Monday evening in the Bondurant Auditorium to discuss how we can enliven the past by analyzing the way language has changed throughout history. “The future of the humanities will be not just studying the past but making that past vivid […]
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