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January 29, 2012

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.

November 10, 2011

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.

October 25, 2011

The Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library is now offering downloadable e-books, audiobooks, music and videos to local library card holders.

 

The Lafayette County and Oxford Public Library is now offering downloadable e-books, audiobooks, music and videos to local library card holders.

The e-books can be read on any PC or Mac computer, iPod, Android tablet, Nook, Sony Reader, BlackBerry, Windows Phone or Kindle e-reader. 

Every genre is available for download, including classic literature, historical fiction, modern literature, mystery, suspense, romance, science fiction and fantasy.

October 18, 2011

 

Confession: I’ve never seen the original “Footloose,” so I walked into the remake with a clean slate.  

I was even prepared to like it just fine because occasionally I enjoy feel-good movies where singing and dancing solve all the world’s problems.  

If “Footloose” had just stuck with that idea, it might have been a good movie, or at least a passable one.  

September 19, 2011

 

First, a word on bringing children to the theater: If your child is physically incapable of shutting up for longer than 30 seconds, take one for the team and just stay home.

So yeah, “The Lion King.”  Originally released in 1994, “The Lion King” was the last truly great hand-drawn animated movie and marked the high point of the “Disney Renaissance” that began with “The Little Mermaid” a few years before.  

September 14, 2011

 

“Don’t Worry — We’ll Get More!” I saw this slogan on a poster in the 1993 movie “Super Mario Brothers.” 

In the movie, a dystopian, fungus-infested Manhattan is ruled under the thumb of Dennis Hopper, who sees the city’s resources dwindling.

The poster in question promoted Dennis Hopper’s character, King Koopa, as an environmentalist whose solution to the problems facing his people is to find more.

August 30, 2011

The beginning of a new semester means all new classes, and with those classes come books — books that are getting more expensive.

Weeks ago, students had to choose between the long lines of bookstores or ordering online and waiting for books to arrive.
Another option the University of Mississippi bookstore offers students is allowing them to order the books online and then pick them up in a box, avoiding the hassel of finding books while everyone else is doing the same thing.

August 24, 2011

Early last week, Russell Armstrong, a cast member of the Bravo hit “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” committed suicide.  

 

Early last week, Russell Armstrong, a cast member of the Bravo hit “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” committed suicide.  

July 12, 2011

 

It’s here again — the political candidates campaigning like mad people in lieu of the upcoming August primaries. Every other commercial on local television is a political advertisement that begs for your vote. The advertisements can be clean, but most are not. The mud-slinging political campaigning is at an all-time high, but that is nothing new. It is the way American politics has been for the last 200 years. 

June 29, 2011

 

Not everyone can handle a classic Shakespearean play, but most everyone loves a classic musical, right? Amid the two Shakespeare shows this summer, the Oxford Shakespeare Festival is drawing in the family crowds with Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s “Camelot,” a musical extravaganza of medieval proportions.

June 17, 2011

 

It’s not every day that you get to celebrate the centennial anniversary of anything. That’s why this past week has been particularly interesting for the team of editors that put together The Daily Mississippian every day. This weekend, the Ole Miss Alumni Association will host a centennial celebration for former editors and staff members of The DM.

April 28, 2011

In a society where prices on goods are soaring, murder rates are shooting up (pun intended) and overall attitudes are less than positive, we have become accustomed to the fact that life is not always grand.

As humans, we naturally have a tendency to find a cure for these blues that periodically get us down.

In what seems to be a very American thing to do, we have resorted to something materialistic that is probably not so good for us: television.
Everything in the 20th century revolves around television.

April 20, 2011

The most prominent chef in Oxford is testing his talents on television. Local chef John Currence is a contestant in this season of Bravo’s Top Chef Masters series. 

April 13, 2011

Thinking of a word to describe Oxford textbook stores is difficult.

Thinking of a word to describe Oxford textbook stores is difficult.

Abusive seems appropriate, but that doesn’t really convey how much they take advantage of students. Exploitative could work, but that still doesn’t cover how shady the “Big Three” bookstores are towards their customers.

Too many things come to mind, but I’m sure we can all come up with our own adjectives to define the amazing experiences we have had getting ripped off, cheated and treated like second-class citizens.

April 3, 2011

A jazzy groove that carries a hint of rock and roll and an infusion of the blues, a classical piece with a contemporary flair that is not entirely out of place on the radio: This is Price Walden’s “Hydrogen Jukebox,” and its premiere performance last year made his dream of becoming a composer reality.

A jazzy groove that carries a hint of rock and roll and an infusion of the blues, a classical piece with a contemporary flair that is not entirely out of place on the radio: This is Price Walden’s “Hydrogen Jukebox,” and its premiere performance last year made his dream of becoming a composer reality.

March 11, 2011

Margaret Ann Morgan reports on two Ole Miss students arrested for narcotics.

March 11, 2011

Aubry Killion reports on the recent Japan earthquakes and tsunamis.

March 8, 2011

NewsWatch Reporter Lillian Askins explains how driving on Highways 6 & 7 in Lafayette County can be dangerous.

March 8, 2011

NewsWatch Segment Anchor Ashley Ball catches us up on "Today's Tweets".

March 8, 2011

NewsWatch Weather Anchor Sarah Farris gives the details of this week's weather forecast.

March 7, 2011

NewsWatch goes in depth on students who suffer from insomnia.

March 1, 2011

NewsWatch sits down with athletics Chaplain Jason Cook about his decision to forego the NFL for ministry.

February 24, 2011

Amanda Coleman interviews ATF agent Lisa Green on recent gun trafficking around local campuses.