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February 1, 2012
Best automobile buys for 2012

So what if the economy is not at its best and buying a new car is considered a bad investment? There is nothing like that new car smell. And for those who want that new car smell, I have put together my second annual new car buyer’s guide.

 

 

So what if the economy is not at its best and buying a new car is considered a bad investment? There is nothing like that new car smell. And for those who want that new car smell, I have put together my second annual new car buyer’s guide.

All cars (and truck) are 2012 models and are organized by class. The vehicles were rated on both objective (price, performance, fuel economy, etc.) and subjective (comfort, appearance, driving experience, etc.) scores.

Drum roll, please.

 

February 1, 2012
Colour Revolt returns for hometown shows, play EP in full

Colour Revolt has been hard at work and is more than ready for its Oxford appearance. 

 

Colour Revolt has been hard at work and is more than ready for its Oxford appearance. 

“It’s just a hometown advantage kind of thing,” band member Jesse Coppenbarger said. “We can play our stuff and feel comfortable with it. If it’s kind of loose and not tight yet, it will be more fun than anything.”

February 1, 2012
Movies: Splendid "Descendants"

At long last, we within driving distance of the Oxford Malco Theater, have now been deemed worthy enough to get to see “The Descendants.”

 

February 1, 2012
Six years later, tour brought musician back to Oxford

A little past midnight, a bleeding sophomore collapsed to the floor holding his stomach. He was stabbed in his stomach, lower abdomen, under his left eye and behind his ear. His drunken roommate and former fraternity brother stood over him with a knife in his hand as the third roommate dialed 911. The Lafayette police arrived to find the two men fighting tooth and nail. After a critical week-long stay in Baptist Memorial Hospital, the 20-year-old English major withdrew from the University of Mississippi and returned to his home in Austin, Texas. That was Feb. 25, 2007, nearly five years ago to this day.

 

February 1, 2012
The start of something new: going vegan

In high school every time a PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) commercial would air, I would get upset.

 

In high school every time a PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) commercial would air, I would get upset.

It angered me that many of their supporters believed that anyone who wasn’t vegetarian or vegan was practicing animal cruelty. 

I am not a supporter of animal cruelty, of course, but there is a major difference between eating a hamburger and abusing an animal.

February 1, 2012
The Weekly Top Zen: Fly Me to the Moon

I’m sick as I write this. My back aches, my shoulders are tense and I’ve found myself coughing up very interesting variations of the color green. Simply put, my body hates me right now. I don’t know what I did to upset it, but it is clearly getting its point across that it is very, very displeased with me.

 

I’m sick as I write this. My back aches, my shoulders are tense and I’ve found myself coughing up very interesting variations of the color green. Simply put, my body hates me right now. I don’t know what I did to upset it, but it is clearly getting its point across that it is very, very displeased with me.

January 29, 2012
2012 North American International Auto Show Review

2012 proved to be another exciting year for the North American International Auto Show in Detroit with many new production and concept cars being unveiled.

 2012 proved to be another exciting year for the North American International Auto Show in Detroit with many new production and concept cars being unveiled.

January 29, 2012
Author launches novel set in Depression-Era Mississippi at Off-Square Books

 

With her house quiet and her husband and children sleeping, Julie Cantrell sat down and started writing her first novel. Now, “Into the Free” will debut this Tuesday at a launch party at Off-Square Books. 

 

With her house quiet and her husband and children sleeping, Julie Cantrell sat down and started writing her first novel.

Now, “Into the Free” will debut this Tuesday at a launch party at Off-Square Books. 

January 29, 2012
Beauty and the Beast is Beautifully Bestial in 3D

 

When I was in seventh grade, I was the beast when our drama class put on a production of “Beauty and the Beast.” 

But not the beast you would think of. Our mascot was the blue devil, making this beast the blue devil head with a nice jacket. I was a blue beast. Oddly appropriate, I think. I did a pretty good job, despite having to hold a microphone under my mask so the audience could hear me.  

 

When I was in seventh grade, I was the beast when our drama class put on a production of “Beauty and the Beast.” 

But not the beast you would think of. Our mascot was the blue devil, making this beast the blue devil head with a nice jacket. I was a blue beast. Oddly appropriate, I think. I did a pretty good job, despite having to hold a microphone under my mask so the audience could hear me.  

January 29, 2012
Oxford Native Hosts his first Art Show in San Francisco

f you were to tell local artist, Zach Tutor, five years ago that he would be curating his own art show in San Francisco, he would not have believed you. 

 

f you were to tell local artist, Zach Tutor, five years ago that he would be curating his own art show in San Francisco, he would not have believed you. 

Tutor, a former University of Mississippi student and Oxford native has been running one of the most popular art blogs on the Internet today, Supersonic Electronic.

“Art is all I’ve ever known,” Tutor said.

While his success may have come to a bit of a shock to him, he was all but prepared for it. 

January 29, 2012
SOPA and PIPA: Opposition With Different Motivations

Last week’s protests against the would-be anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA got global attention; Wikipedia claims that over 160 million people saw their page denouncing the bills, and at least that many people laid eyes on Google’s “censored” logo. Now, voting on both bills has been “delayed indefinitely” due to the public outcry against them, but there still seems to be some confusion about what the fuss was about in the first place.

 

Last week’s protests against the would-be anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA got global attention; Wikipedia claims that over 160 million people saw their page denouncing the bills, and at least that many people laid eyes on Google’s “censored” logo. Now, voting on both bills has been “delayed indefinitely” due to the public outcry against them, but there still seems to be some confusion about what the fuss was about in the first place.

January 29, 2012
Weekly Top Zen: Back to the Future

It’s my first last column of my first last semester of college! Or is it my last first column? Last first semester? Last last? Man, I dunno. Obviously, we’re off to a great start already.

 

It’s my first last column of my first last semester of college! Or is it my last first column? Last first semester? Last last? Man, I dunno. Obviously, we’re off to a great start already.

January 25, 2012
Letter to the Editor: Why Rebel Radio needs to change

Throughout the day, there is a promotion aired on Rebel Radio that hails Oxford as the “quintessential college town,” a statement that’s hard to argue with. Part of having a great college town is having a thriving arts scene, which we have. 

 

Throughout the day, there is a promotion aired on Rebel Radio that hails Oxford as the “quintessential college town,” a statement that’s hard to argue with. Part of having a great college town is having a thriving arts scene, which we have. 

November 18, 2011
‘Jack & Jill:’ worst movie of the year, so far

It’s finally happened: 2011 has produced a movie worse and less funny than “The Hangover Part II.”  

 

It’s finally happened: 2011 has produced a movie worse and less funny than “The Hangover Part II.”  

Leave it to Adam Sandler to give us one of the most awful cinematic abortions I’ve ever had the displeasure of sitting through.

November 17, 2011
Benefit the Oxford community with The Temptations

If you were alive during the 1960s and beyond, you know who The Temptations are. With their sultry, easy-going lyrics and catchy tunes, the group has become one of Motown’s greatest achievements and continues to influence the music industry. 

 

If you were alive during the 1960s and beyond, you know who The Temptations are. With their sultry, easy-going lyrics and catchy tunes, the group has become one of Motown’s greatest achievements and continues to influence the music industry. 

November 14, 2011
Sugar and spice and all things cake

Cinderella’s fairy godmother uses the flick of a magic wand to create a carriage out of a pumpkin. Janie Travis uses the stir of a spatula to create a pumpkin out of cake.
Travis rotates “Number 63: Pumpkin Cake with Burnt Orange Buttercream” while it sits glistening in the sunlight atop a white ceramic cake stand.

November 14, 2011
Test Drive: 2012 Chevrolet Volt

GM is not a green car virgin. Its first relationship was with a car known as the EV1, an all electric car that was produced from 1997 to 1999. The EV1 was hampered by its heavy, inefficient lead-acid batteries that provided an average range of only 75 miles, and eventually all of the lease-only EV1s were crushed by GM. Of course, its horrid looks didn’t help much either.
So, when Chevrolet decided to produce the Volt, they made sure to avoid the same mistakes.

November 13, 2011
'Immortals:' pointless but entertaining

So in “Immortals,” a ruthless maniacal king wants to, you guessed it, take over the world.  Along the way, he and his army come across a village where they slaughter everyone except a muscle-bound warrior who they turn into a slave, but he escapes and seeks bloody vengeance on them.  

So in “Immortals,” a ruthless maniacal king wants to, you guessed it, take over the world.  Along the way, he and his army come across a village where they slaughter everyone except a muscle-bound warrior who they turn into a slave, but he escapes and seeks bloody vengeance on them.  

Sound familiar?

Also, that muscle-bound warrior has been trained and looked after his entire life by none other than Zeus, king of the gods, disguised as an old man.

Sound familiar?

November 10, 2011
In Review: 'RENT'

With the semester coming to a close and the recent loss of our football coach, spirits are low around the University of Mississippi campus. Since one of the best ways to get over a problem is to remember that other people have bigger problems, the solution is in the dark theater just before the Grove.

With the semester coming to a close and the recent loss of our football coach, spirits are low around the University of Mississippi campus. Since one of the best ways to get over a problem is to remember that other people have bigger problems, the solution is in the dark theater just before the Grove.

November 6, 2011
Auto Preview: 2012 BMW 3 Series

The sixth generation, code-named F30, BMW 3-series sedan will hit dealerships this February, and it will be a little bigger, a little lighter and will jump on the eco-train with a hybrid variant. 

 

The sixth generation, code-named F30, BMW 3-series sedan will hit dealerships this February, and it will be a little bigger, a little lighter and will jump on the eco-train with a hybrid variant. 

Let’s start with the heart of the 3 series, the engines. Both the engines for the 2012 3-series will utilize BMW’s TwinPower Turbo technology, which, despite its name, has just one turbocharger. 

November 6, 2011
Harold and Kumar return to take on Christmas

It’s been three years since we last heard from Harold and Kumar, and I don’t think there’s been any major outcry for another sequel, but here they are with “A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas,” anyway.  

 

It’s been three years since we last heard from Harold and Kumar, and I don’t think there’s been any major outcry for another sequel, but here they are with “A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas,” anyway.  

Set six years after their last adventure, “HK3” picks up with our affable stoner heroes, Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn), who are leading separate lives and haven’t spoken to each other in a few years.  

November 2, 2011
Fashion’s finest photographers

We see the photographs in every fashion magazine, showcasing the latest trends and styles in intriguing and interesting ways, but who is behind the camera? 

 

I was rummaging through my old Vogue magazines the other day trying to find some kind of inspiration for this column. 

What I ended up doing instead was gazing through the magnificent photographs, reliving the stories over and over again as I gazed at the wonderful fashions and the interesting settings.

And then it came to me. We see the photographs in every fashion magazine, showcasing the latest trends and styles in intriguing and interesting ways, but who is behind the camera? 

November 2, 2011
Pinterest connects the world through common interests.

The Internet can be overwhelming. Websites are full of things like fashion, recipes and quotes that you would like to remember but easily forget from one day to the next.

 

The Internet can be overwhelming. Websites are full of things like fashion, recipes and quotes that you would like to remember but easily forget from one day to the next.

A small team of nine people from Palo Alto, Calif., decided to create a website that would make it easy for web browsers to document and organize things they find on the Internet, and Pinterest is now one of the fastest-growing social services in the world, according to the Pinterest team.

November 1, 2011
'The Rum Diary' Review

“The Rum Diary” can be somewhat difficult to wrap your head around. 

 

“The Rum Diary” can be somewhat difficult to wrap your head around.  

I was never 100 percent sure if it had some larger purpose that was within grasp that I was failing to reach, or if it really was meant to be the broad and silly comedy the trailers made it out to be.  

I’m inclined to think both, but the movie only toed the water either way, never fully jumping in.  

November 1, 2011
Ole Miss provides services for students with disabilities

The university offers assistance to those students who register with Student Disability Services.

 

Adam Brown was born with cerebral palsy, a condition that affects his left arm and leg.  

“I’ve had it for 28 years, well, 27 and some odd months,” he said. “Basically I use my walker and a wheelchair. But I only use my wheelchair if I have to go a long way.”

But this has not stopped Brown from going to college — two colleges, in fact. 

A transfer from Mississippi State University, Brown is now a senior journalism major at the University of Mississippi.