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Soon after the alternates have been named, one contestant gets a faint smile from over the shoulder of one of her friends also participating in the Miss University pageant. 

She knows she has done pretty well because she already has two preliminaries, Best Interview and Best Evening Gown, but at this point, any of the remaining girls on stage could win. 

The announcer’s voice comes out of the speakers in the Ford Center, and Kayla Snow’s life changes forever.

Like everyone else in the Ole Miss family, I love my university. I love the people, the tradition, the Grove and, yes, even class. I love the town of Oxford and the countryside in which it resides. I love the football games in the fall, the basketball games in the winter, the baseball games in the spring and all of the other sports in between.

When the Ole Miss basketball team takes the floor Saturday afternoon to face South Carolina, one Rebel will be facing former teammates.

Murphy Holloway transferred from Ole Miss after his sophomore season and returned home to South Carolina, where he walked on and redshirted before returning to Ole Miss this past fall for his junior season.

While NCAA transfer rules prohibited Holloway from playing in any games for the Gamecocks, Holloway went through practice with the team.

Freshman guard Maurice Aniefiok is a long way from home. Growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, Aniefiok played soccer growing up before ever picking up a basketball. From that day on, though, Aniefiok knew basketball was his ticket in life. He soon realized, however, that he needed to come to America to take his skills to the next level.

It is my morning ritual. My alarm goes off at 4:45, I am up by 5:00, and my feet are pounding the pavement by 5:20. As crazy as it might sound, I am a morning runner by choice, knocking out six to ten miles before the sun has even risen. 

I wouldn’t have it any other way.

University of Mississippi students have voted, and 85 percent of the 2,433 students who expressed opinions in the Green Fund Initiative survey were in favor of paying more tuition for a specific fund for sustainability projects around campus.

Of the responders, 95 percent were in favor of a the sustainability-project fund. 

The next step for the Green Fund is for legislation to be drawn up and voted on by the Associated Student Body senate.

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.

The middle blocker position is not for the weak. It is not for anyone who is scared of the action or to find themselves in the thick of the action. The Ole Miss Rebel volleyball team has found a player who exemplifies what it takes to play this position in junior Courtney Cunningham.

The other night, as I played the video game “Deus Ex: Human Revolution,” I was forced to make a decision. 

I successfully discovered the leader of the terrorist organization that had infiltrated the medical facility I worked for, and I had to decide if I wanted to fight or try to talk him into leaving peacefully. The catch: He had a hostage, and her life depended on my decision.

“Kill him! Kill him!” my roommate was yelling beside me.

“But if I do that, she’ll die too,” I told him.

It’s good that we’re finally talking again; I’ve got all sorts of dark new material to share with you my friend. You’re familiar with the saying “opposites attract,” right? 

I have for you a tale of two friends, a boy and a girl. They were a couple — well, not really a couple, but they were certainly attracted to each other. They’re a lot alike, sharing the same interests and having a similar sense of humor; they have a connection.

Free Scantrons are now available at various points around the University of Mississippi campus.

Associated Student Body President Taylor McGraw  was the catalyst for getting the Scantrons for students as a part of his campaign to be ASB president. 

More Than a Meal, a non-profit volunteer organization that benefits many families in the Oxford-Lafayette area, has given the town and the university a major role in community service and volunteer work.

“The first time I spent my Tuesday afternoon with all of the wonderful families, I knew that this was a place I could really make a difference,” said Piper Pecanty, sophomore exercise science major. “From helping kids with their homework, to serving food, to collecting toiletries these families need, there is always room for extra volunteers.