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I feel somewhat strange admitting it, but I have fallen head over heels for this town. I have lived in a lot of places and met a lot of people, thanks to my overly enthusiastic mother who makes friends with every thing that has the ability to breathe, her classic victim being the woman standing behind her in the grocery store. Just ask artist, Zach Tutor, but had she not stormed into Square Books and antagonized the poor guy, I never would have known about Supersonic Electronic, or the amazing art it held. 

Over a thousand women representing eight different sorority pledge classes danced Tuesday night in the thirteenth annual Theta Encore.
This year, Pi Beta Phi stole the show.
Theta Encore, a dance competition between Panhellenic’s fall pledge classes, is hosted each year by the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
Known as one of the largest philanthropy events on the Ole Miss campus, Theta Encore benefits Theta’s national philanthropy Court Appointed Special Advocates and the Scarlet Lawrence Akins Foundation.

Sometimes, good things come in pairs. Shoes, cookies and good movie sequels are things that we would consider normal when they come in pairs. What about college professors teaching the same course?

Before the start of this semester, I enrolled in a course that was dual-taught by two very qualified professors. I had been warned about these dual-taught courses, but I decided that the concept of having two professors teach the same course was very logical.

Picture this: Student A has a class, required by her major, for which she spends an excessive amount of time working. Hours of homework here. Cram session here, cram session there. After all of the work she put into this class, she finishes with a 93.

That, my friend, is a very good grade. The only problem is that her final letter grade has a little minus sign next to it. That minus sign means the difference between a 4.0 and a 3.7 for the hours involved with that class.

Suddenly, her immense effort is worth a lot less.

Jane Smith waited anxiously to hear the good news. She knew that she would get into the sorority of her dreams. She had to. Her mom, her aunt and even her grandmother had all been Delta Gamma sorority members when they were students at the University of Mississippi. Jane knew she must continue the legacy.

Dr. David J. McCaffrey III said he became a pharmacist to help people.
While his career path changed from helping patients to students, he is exceeding at his goal, as he was recently recognized by the University of Mississippi’s Pharmacy school by receiving an award for Excellence in Advising.

Recruitment starts tonight for those hoping to become involved in a fraternity or sorority at Ole Miss.  NewsWatch reporters John Kaiser and Dana Ainsworth take an in depth look at rush week asking questions about the record number of participants and whether Ole Miss should add a new sorority and taking to local business owners about preparations for the week.

I joined the Greek system here with a certain sense of reluctance, unsure of what my commitment to a fraternity would mean.  

However, in the two years I was in a fraternity, I met many of my closest friends and grew as a person through countless positive experiences. This is why I was so frustrated by what I saw and heard in my first recruitment process as a member this past fall. It might be because I am so naive that I never considered why fraternities and sororities are so disproportionately white.  

The University of Mississippi has once again been ranked as one of the top party schools in the country, according to the Princeton Review.

The University of Mississippi’s School of Applied Sciences, is the third largest school on campus and growing quickly. In the spring it was announced that the current dean, Linda Chitwood, would be returning to teaching full-time. Chitwood, who held the position of dean for 10 years, is returning to teaching effective July 1st. 

There's a story on every corner.

That's what Fox News anchor Shepard Smith told a class of eleven Ole Miss journalism students during a recent class session.

The students are in New York City for the second week of a May intersession course.

He challenged the class to go out with a camera and find a story, report, write and edit the piece in about four hours.

This is what Lillian Askins and Ashley Barnett put together.