LifestylesDesk

Valentine’s schmalentine’s: the Arts & Culture Desk’s opinions on the ‘holiday’

In “Ask A&C,” University of Mississippi students ask questions about university and Oxford life and members of the arts and culture writing staff answer with their personal takes. This week’s question is: “Is Valentine’s Day a real holiday or just an opportunity for candy and greeting card companies to make a profit?” Simone Bourgeois Valentine’s […]

Stakes are set high for Mississippi Primaries

Nearly a third of all states’ primary elections were held this past Tuesday, March 5, hence the moniker “Super Tuesday.” Mississippi’s primary election, though, takes place next Tuesday, March 12, and there are a handful of topics voters need to understand before hitting the polls next week.   Primary elections select the official candidates for each […]

Ask A&C: Sleep vs. cram for final exams?

In “Ask A&C,” University of Mississippi students ask questions about university and Oxford life, and members of the arts and culture writing staff answer with their own personal takes. This week, sophomore psychology and exercise science major Katie LeBlanc asks: “Sleep vs. cram for final exams?” She says she prefers to sleep.    TEAM SLEEP […]

Fall semester’s fresh and familiar faces

It is that time of the year again — schools across the nation are beginning another academic year. For months, high school graduates and junior college transfer students have gone through the arduous process of deciding where they will take their next steps. This process can be overwhelming for some, but others have always had […]

Album Review: ‘Folklore’ arrives as a storytelling work of emotion and instant success

Taylor Swift’s surprise album, “Folklore,” dares to venture into unfamiliar woods with a thematic tone for storytelling and ubiquitous, consuming emotion. In August of 2019, Swift released her seventh studio album “Lover” under the wings of heightened public anticipation, an agenda for critical success and a marketed hope for a pristine shelf life to carry […]

This week in Oxford: Nov. 6-10

Monday 8:30 a.m. – Yoga in the Gallery – UM Museum 6 p.m. – “Just Mercy” panel discussion – Overby Center Auditorium Tuesday 2:30 p.m. – Seeing Sri Lanka – Overby Center 6 p.m. – Native American Student Panel: “Telling Our Stories” – Bryant Hall 9 p.m. – Amos Lee – The Lyric Oxford Wednesday […]

This week in Oxford: Oct. 30-Nov. 3

This week in Oxford … Monday 8:30 a.m. – Yoga in the Gallery – UM Museum 5 p.m. – Jim Carmody with “The Big Nasty” by Ron Borne – Off Square Books 6 p.m. – Blackflix Halloween Movie “Get Out” screening – Lamar Hall Tuesday 12 p.m. – The Bell Witch of Mississippi: Slavery and […]

Weekly playlist: Hattiesburg punk

Welcome back to part two of our Mississippi playlist. This installment features a few easy listening indie/rock tunes from bands like Oxford’s own Swear Tapes and Gulfport’s If I Die in Mississippi, but most are hard and quick punk jams from around the state. This playlist is chock full of bangers that’ll make you want to […]

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