Bartenders on the Oxford Square not only serve drinks, they also serve as a safety net. With over 15 bars on the Square, bartenders are expected to make important judgment calls to ensure a safe and welcoming environment. Popular bars such as the Library Sports Bar, Rafters and Funky’s see crowds ranging from 200 to […]
Karlee’s Paleteria y Neveria is quickly growing in popularity after opening an authentic Mexican food truck serving fresh, slow cooked tacos, quesadillas and more. Tucked between an auto shop and a gravel road on 266 County Road 101 in Oxford, patrons driving into the parking lot are greeted with the smell of fresh tacos. You […]
The Oxford Police Department is preparing to put on its 16th annual haunted house that will provide spooks and scares for a good cause. The event will take place over three days, Oct. 27 from 4-6 p.m. and Oct. 28-29 from 6-10 p.m. Locals can look forward to not only having a lot of fun, […]
Thacker Mountain Radio Hour, a weekly live radio show which features literary and musical guests, will host a 25th anniversary show at The Powerhouse at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20. The celebration show will span 60 minutes, hosted by Jim Dees and the Thacker Mountain Radio Hour house band, the Yalobushwhackers, accompanied by the […]
Assistant professor Suresh Bandari, a researcher in the School of Pharmacy, died Sept. 5 following a cardiac arrhythmia event. Bandari leaves behind his wife, Pavani Konagala, and his two children, Anish and Srihan. Bandari joined the university in 2017 and worked as a postdoctoral research associate and research scientist at the School of Pharmacy’s Department […]
Soon after his arrival at the University of Mississippi in August 2020, David Henen, an Egyptian student pursuing his Ph.D. in Linguistics, found that attending an American university as an international student came with many unexpected challenges. “No one came for me at the airport, no one helped me to find housing, so I struggled […]
Oxford’s annual SarahFest showcased a powerful pop-up art exhibit, entitled “See Us Differently,” at the Powerhouse Community Arts center on Wednesday, which highlighted the effects of introducing the humanities into the prison system. SarahFest is an annual arts and music festival hosted by the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies. This year they […]
On the morning of Friday, Sept. 10, the Martindale Student Services Center will be renamed Martindale-Cole, symbolizing unity and progression on the University of Mississippi campus. In a conversation held Sept. 9 at the Overby Center, Larry Martindale and Donald Cole shared stories of how they came to be the namesakes of the campus building. […]
Melanie Addington has been involved with the Oxford Film Festival for nearly 20 years and has decided it is time to pass the baton. While holding the title of Executive Director of the festival, Addington has enhanced the national reputation of the film festival and transformed it into a signature event for Lafayette County. From […]
The members of Happy Landing, a local indie folk band, released their debut EP on Aug. 7, 2020, and since then, they’ve amassed hundreds of fans. The band came to be after lead singer and songwriter Matthew Hendley spent a semester in New York studying at The King’s College and interning at CBS with 60 […]
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