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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 […]

Glen Ballard to be awarded the Medal for the Arts

In April 2022, the University of Mississippi’s Department of Music awarded the late Jim Weatherly the first Medal for the Arts.  On April 20 this year, the list of awardees will expand to include Glen Ballard. The Medal for the Arts is a product of the university’s desire to honor the legacy of artists who […]

‘Super Mario’ lights up the silver screen

The world of video game adaptations has been fairly eventful as of late. Paramount’s “Sonic the Hedgehog” film was highly successful as was its sequel. HBO’s recent television adaptation of “The Last of Us” was also widely well received by passionate fans of the source material as well as general audience members.  This current revitalization […]

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 […]

This week in Oxford: Oct. 23-27

Monday 8:30 a.m. – Yoga in the Gallery – UM Museum 5 p.m. – John Marszalek, David Nolan and Louie Gallo with “The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: The Complete Annotated Edition” – Off Square Books Tuesday 5 p.m. – C. Morgan Babst with “The Floating World” – Off Square Books 6 p.m. – […]

This week in Oxford: Oct. 16-20

Monday 8:30 a.m. – Yoga in the Gallery – UM Museum 5 p.m. – John Cofield with “Oxford, Mississippi: The Cofield Collection” – Chancellor’s House 5 p.m. – DACA and Dreamers Panel – Bryant Hall 6:30 p.m. – Oxford Pop Art Show – Basement Gallery Tuesday 5 p.m. – Elizabeth Heiskell with “What Can I […]

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