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February 1, 2012
Washington needs an outsider

The 2008 presidential election between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama was purported to be about hope and change; the next president was going to change the status quo from a gridlocked Washington to a Washington that worked for the American people, rather than lobbyists and peddlers like Newt Gingrich, corporations and Wall Street. But the voters eventually got what they deserved. 

 

November 30, 2011
Rebels seek to exorcise Blue Demons in SEC/Big East Challenge

The Ole Miss basketball team returns to action tonight for the first time since their 64-61 overtime victory this past Friday over Miami. The Rebels are set to face the DePaul Blue Demons in the Big East/SEC Challenge from Allstate Arena in Chicago Illinois. This is the second time Ole Miss has participated in this inter-conference competition. In 2008, the Rebels lost 77-68 to No. 9 Louisville on a neutral site in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The Ole Miss basketball team returns to action tonight for the first time since their 64-61 overtime victory this past Friday over Miami. The Rebels are set to face the DePaul Blue Demons in the Big East/SEC Challenge from Allstate Arena in Chicago Illinois. This is the second time Ole Miss has participated in this inter-conference competition. In 2008, the Rebels lost 77-68 to No. 9 Louisville on a neutral site in Cincinnati, Ohio.

November 9, 2011
State rejects ‘Personhood’

Mississippians on Tuesday rejected the initiative aimed at defining a human life as beginning at conception.

 

Mississippians on Tuesday rejected the initiative aimed at defining a human life as beginning at conception.

Strong opinions were expressed concerning Initiative 26 after the results were announced, with many people upset and others relieved.

September 21, 2011
Ten Minute Play Festival this weekend

 

Mixed among the usual traditions of the first home SEC football game of the season lies a little artistic gem of local culture right around the corner from Vaught-Hemingway.

This weekend, Theatre Oxford is hosting the annual Ten-Minute Play Festival at the Powerhouse on University Avenue.

September 1, 2011
Soccer takes undefeated record on the road

 

Fresh off their first 3-0 start since 2005, the Rebels take their undefeated record to Auburn, Ala., for a pair of tough road games this Labor Day weekend. 

These 270 minutes of shutout defense, led by reigning SEC Defensive Player of the Week senior goalkeeper Alley Ronaldi, were the longest since the first three games of the 2003 season. 

June 20, 2011
In review, Oxford Shakespeare Festival: Henry IV, part 1

 

Summer has always meant three things to me: humidity, watermelon and Oxford Shakespeare Festival.

Shakespeare festivals are a popular summer commodity for starving artists to find employment for two to three months of fast rehearsals and long runs. Families across the country pack the outdoor theaters to listen to the melodic and poetic script and get a glimpse of what the theatrical world was like in Elizabethan times.

June 6, 2011
Winning at all costs: Was it worth it?

 

Southern Cal, North Carolina, Tennessee and now Ohio State - all big-time college football programs - in trouble with the NCAA.

There are now rumors swirling that Oregon could be the next program to be investigated by the NCAA.

April 11, 2011
Poncho, anyone?

Voter intimidation is a serious and heinous crime.

Voter intimidation is a serious and heinous crime.

Anyone attempting such a nefarious action should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and according to projectvote.org it carries a maximum penalty for conviction of a fine and no more than one year in prison. Because of such light punishment, voter intimidation has not been even marginally deterred by federal laws.

But a recent article that ran in newspapers across the country raises the question: Just what is the definition of voter intimidation?

March 28, 2011
More trouble may lie ahead for Tressel, OSU

I’ve always found sweater vests to be a gross misinterpretation of the original sweater intent; any man wearing a sweater vest is a weak representation of masculinity.

I’ve always found sweater vests to be a gross misinterpretation of the original sweater intent; any man wearing a sweater vest is a weak representation of masculinity.

So, as drama continues to unfold in a place where the Head Sweater — Ohio State Football Coach Jim Tressel — governs and rules, I find the absence of anyone willing to stand up and be a man unsurprising. As a disclaimer, the column that follows is a case study in what happens when you have a chance to tell the NCAA the truth and think it better not to.

February 27, 2011
Faculty Profile: Charles K. Ross, director of African-American studies

Charles Ross, director of the African-American studies department at the University of Mississippi, never dreamed that football would inspire his thesis. 

Raised in Columbus, Ohio, Ross studied history at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Ala. 

Following his undergraduate program, Ross returned to Ohio. Unsure of what he wanted to do, he spent almost two years working for the federal government before returning to academics.

February 27, 2011
The End of Labor

 

I am not a fan of organized labor and unions. Let’s just get that out of the way at the start so the rest of this makes sense.

Over the last week, the media has been calling Wis. Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill, which would strip public employee unions in that state of their ability to collectively bargain, “the end of the American organized labor movement as we know it.” 

September 9, 2010
Lockett returns for Tulane game

Kentrell Lockett is back. The talented junior defensive end missed last week’s game against Jacksonville State because of an irregular heartbeat that required tests in Cleveland, Ohio before he could be cleared.  

 

Kentrell Lockett is back. The talented junior defensive end missed last week’s game against Jacksonville State because of an irregular heartbeat that required tests in Cleveland, Ohio before he could be cleared.  

 

September 2, 2010
Rebels host Jacksonville State in opener

Even without Jeremiah Masoli, the show must go on as Ole Miss opens its season at home against the Jacksonville State Gamecocks on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

 

Even without Jeremiah Masoli, the show must go on as Ole Miss opens its season at home against the Jacksonville State Gamecocks on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

 

August 25, 2010
Ole Miss ranked Top 5 Party School in the Nation

On August 2 the Princeton Review released its now-infamous party school list for the 2010-2011 school year. 

 

On August 2 the Princeton Review released its now-infamous party school list for the 2010-2011 school year. 

 

July 6, 2010
Reviving the rivarly

In 2008, Mississippi State fans met Sylvester Croom with a lukewarm reception when he led his team on the field against Southeastern Conference foe Arkansas in front of a Senior Day crowd of 42,056 – which proved to be his final home game as the Bulldogs’ head coach.

In 2008, Mississippi State fans met Sylvester Croom with a lukewarm reception when he led his team on the field against Southeastern Conference foe Arkansas in front of a Senior Day crowd of 42,056 – which proved to be his final home game as the Bulldogs’ head coach.

July 1, 2010
Many stars of NBA '10 summer, but One is King

“If you guys want to sleep right now and not wake up [until] July 1st, 2010, go ahead because it’s going to be a big day,” LeBron James teased in a 2008 postgame press conference in New York City, fully aware that ESPN would turn it into a subliminal messaging campaign by replaying it ad nauseam to keep the summer of 2010 warm long enough for even the wittiest of sports journalists to run out of one-liners to describe just how “hot” it is.