One of Netflix’s newest original films, big-time producer and director Steven Soderbergh’s “High Flying Bird,” takes place in the midst of an NBA lockout season and follows the path of sports agent Ray Burke (André Holland) and his rookie basketball clients. The film addresses topics of power and race in an incredibly innovative way, and […]
Ole Miss women’s basketball fell to the Arkansas Razorbacks 73-61 this past Sunday at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas. They are now 9-19 overall and 3-11 in the conference going into the final two games of the regular season. After a back-and-forth first half with eight lead changes, a 14-3 Arkansas run late in […]
Re: “Why do we cling to the Confederacy?” (Feb. 22) The writer of this article suggests that racism must be “torn away,” giving a nod to all the protests and marches going on now. I am a lifelong resident of Mississippi (52 years) and grew up in the Delta in the 1970s and ‘80s. I […]
Oxford hosted the fourth of seven town hall meetings by Athletics Director Ross Bjork and the Ole Miss Athletics Department. The open atmosphere allowed fans to air out their feelings and directly ask Bjork questions. Topics brought up by fans included the recently vacated wins, relations with Mississippi State and particular aspects of the NCAA […]
Dance and circus fans alike will gather tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at the Ford Center for a performance from Canadian group Cirque Éloize. The contemporary circus group is stopping in Oxford on tour with their newest show “Saloon.” “Saloon,” an 85-minute show that includes eight acrobats and three musicians, is a Wild West adventure that […]
Tonight’s 91st Academy Awards was an evening of upsets. While some of them are worth celebrating, the Academy’s selection of “Green Book,” a film that tried but failed to tackle race through film, seemed like the biggest blunder of the night, especially when “BlackKklansman” and “Black Panther” were also up for awards. Instead of an […]
So, here we are again. The weekend marked another chapter in a story that has engulfed Oxford and the entire Southeast for decades. Oxford once again served as a metaphorical battleground for the conflict between progress and a lost cause. In one corner, we have a vast majority of students, faculty and alumni looking […]
Neo-Confederate activists organized on the Square and marched onto the Ole Miss campus on Saturday to protest the removal of Confederate symbols from the area. Many community members gathered along the path of the march to observe. Laura Antonow, Director of the Office of College Programs at Ole Miss Outreach, said she thought the protest […]
As neo-Confederate activists arrived on campus, counterprotesters with signs began chanting, “Black presence, black power,” “We will not be quiet” and “Your heritage is hate.” Despite the possibility of severe weather, approximately 50 counterprotesters gathered around the Circle in the middle of the Ole Miss campus Saturday afternoon. Some were students and community members, while […]
Members of Students Against Social Injustice (SASI) marched on campus Friday afternoon to demand the university administration remove its Confederate monument. The protest was not met with counterprotesters after the leader of Confederate 901 initially said in a Facebook post on Thursday that he planned to counterprotest SASI’s event. “We are here today to put […]
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