The Oxford Police Department has teamed up with various auto shops – including Southland Body & Paint Shop, Neal Hodge Automotive Innovations, Oxford Auto Care and Deal’s Auto Repair – to offer vouchers in lieu of tickets for equipment violations through its new “We Care Program.” Instead of ticketing violators with broken tail lights […]
The J.D. Williams Library held a lecture on “Faulkner’s Native American World: Fiction and Reality,” hosted on Wednesday afternoon appropriately in the Faulkner Room. University students, professors and community members attended the lecture led by Robbie Ethridge, a professor of anthropology, and Annette Trefzer, a professor of American literature and literature theory. “The question is […]
UM faculty and students presented ongoing fieldwork and research Thursday night in an early celebration of National Archaeology Day on Friday. The Archaeology Showcase went from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in Bryant Hall 111 and was sponsored by the Department of Classics and the Archeological Institute of America. Featured professors included Matthew Murray, Nancy […]
Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh delivered emotional testimonies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, regarding Ford’s allegations that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her more than 30 years ago. Tensions were high between Kavanaugh and senators, both Democrat and Republican, during the hearing, which is part of his U.S. Supreme Court confirmation process. This past […]
The new face of the University of Mississippi — the character that will likely emblazon tents, cups, stickers and fan paraphernalia this season — is Tony the Landshark. Revealed on Aug. 18 at a celebration with fans called Meet the Rebels Day, Tony stands as the latest in a long line of Ole Miss mascots, […]
Efforts to memorialize the 1935 killing of Elwood Higginbottom, the seventh and last person known to be lynched in Lafayette County, continued on Tuesday night. A few dozen people lined the pews in the Tallahatchie Oxford Missionary Baptist Association church building for a public meeting hosted by the Lynching Memorialization in Lafayette County group. April […]
The Oxford Board of Aldermen is exploring options for opening a spay and neuter shelter in town to replace the work done by the Oxford Lafayette Humane Society, which recently decided to end its contract with the city. The Aldermen voted Aug. 14 to begin accepting applications from organizations seeking to pick up the city’s […]
The Oxford Board of Aldermen is exploring options for opening a spay and neuter shelter in town to replace the work done by the Oxford Lafayette Humane Society, which recently decided to end its contract with the city. The Aldermen voted Tuesday to begin accepting applications from organizations seeking to pick up the city’s animal […]
Oxford’s 23rd annual Double Decker Festival begins Friday and continues a tradition that began years ago when the festival stage was the bed of a pickup truck and the event had only a handful of local artists and vendors. According to Visit Oxford, the tourist center largely responsible for coordinating the event, the entire Square […]
Green Week on campus begins today and will end on Earth Day, April 22, nine years after its inaugural event. The University of Mississippi has recognized Green Week since 2009 under leadership of the Office of Sustainability, which seeks to “expand awareness of local and global environmental issues, increase participation in sustainable behaviors and promote […]
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