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The Oxford Board of Aldermen and the University of Mississippi have initiated updates to the Oxford-University Transit system in the past few weeks. Along with blue, red, yellow and green lines, a purple line will be added to the mix, creating a Saturday route.  
This new purple line will accommodate a very specific, growing issue that has been voiced and observed within Oxford: some transit-dependent people have trouble traveling around Oxford on the weekend when the green and yellow lines do not run.

After arguably the worst season in school history, new head coach Hugh Freeze won the press conference and took the first step to rebuilding the football program and uniting the fan base.

When reports started to surface, the reaction was mixed, but Freeze won over the capacity crowd at the Ford Center with his love and vision for Ole Miss, both delivered in a charismatic fashion.

For quite some time, billboards across Mississippi have read, “Our children can’t read: ippississiM.”  

It is difficult for many to imagine living in a world without the ability to read.  

Lacking this ability has tremendous and adverse effects on individuals who seek to effectively communicate with friends, colleagues and family. 

While the nation worries about its national debt, soldiers returning from home and who they’re going to vote for in the 2012 elections, the University of Mississippi lived through its own little controversy these past two weeks.

Two weeks ago today (Tuesday Oct. 25th), the university held the primary elections for the personality candidates on campus.

The Grove has always been considered one of the top tailgating traditions in the country, but for those who need some more validation, Parade and Tailgater Monthly magazine are here to help out. 

Parade magazine took an inside look into the tailgating atmosphere, featuring the Grove on its cover. 

Parade, which is included in more than 600 Sunday newspapers across the country, has a circulation of 32.2 million and readership of nearly 70 million weekly, according to its website.

Kennedy excited to get started Friday

Ole Miss men’s basketball head coach Andy Kennedy met with the media Thursday afternoon, as the team prepares to begin the season with its first official practice Friday. 

The Rebels lost their two top scorers in Chris Warren and Zach Graham, but Kennedy is excited with what he has seen from his team this offseason and looking forward to seeing where this team can go in 2011-12. 

Nutt impressed with McCarron

Alabama sophomore starting quarterback A.J. McCarron has impressed so far, as he continues to get more comfortable in his first year as a starter. In last week’s 34-0 shutout of Vanderbilt, McCarron threw for career highs with 23 completions, 237 yards and four touchdowns.

While Oxford may be known for the thousands of students the University of Mississippi attracts, the steps required to achieve higher learning are not overlooked.
Oxford School District’s 2011 enrollment summary noted that the area is host to 3,733 students, ranging from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade. Despite growing enrollment, however, Interim Superintendent Brian Harvey said the schools do not offer a tutoring service but allow after-school tutoring opportunities on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.

The most common thoughts associated with the works of William Shakespeare consist of the run-time being too long, the words too confusing and the rhythm too annoying.

Dex Edwards’ production of Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors” opens the Ole Miss theater season with a laugh-out-loud production that is easy to follow, immensely entertaining and only 90 minutes long, including intermission.

Tonight the Oxford Art Crawl is bringing together art and culture, featuring unique works of art from St. Louis, Ocean Springs and University of Mississippi art students.
The art shows change every month. Wayne Andrews, the executive director of the Yoknapatawpha Arts Council, said a record-setting gallery show is premiering at the Powerhouse at 6 p.m., an hour before the Art Crawl starts. The show, by Katherine Rhodes Fields, mixes parody and 1970s images from Playboy magazine with food and photography that can be scratched and sniffed.

Members of the Associated Student Body cabinet have begun the discussion of amending the university’s smoking laws.
There are 38 designated smoking areas around campus, which are enforced by the University Police Department, to help protect non-smokers from secondhand smoke. These areas first came about in 2007.
However, these designated areas are not always used appropriately. Over the past two and half years, UPD has given out approximately 250 tobacco citations.