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Accomplished Musician Performs On 1,642-Pipe Instrument In Piano Series Opener Sept. 21, Deborah Purnell Sep 2004

Accomplished Musician Performs On 1,642-Pipe Instrument In Piano Series Opener Sept. 21, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Distinguished organist Warren Steel performs an 8 p.m. solo recital Tuesday (Sept. 21) in Paris-Yates Chapel at the University of Mississippi.


Janet Reno To Discuss National Security In Public Address At Ford Center, Natashia Gregoire Sep 2004

Janet Reno To Discuss National Security In Public Address At Ford Center, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno may be out of office but she still cares about national security.


Faulkner Birthday Celebration Set Sept. 25 At Rowan Oak, Deidra Jackson Sep 2004

Faulkner Birthday Celebration Set Sept. 25 At Rowan Oak, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - From sunup to sundown Sept. 25 at Rowan Oak, scores of William Faulkner scholars and fans are slated to publicly read all 313 pages of "Absalom, Absalom!," often hailed as the Nobel Prize-winning novelist's masterpiece.


Intellectual Property Forum Postponed Because Of Hurricane Ivan, Staff Report Sep 2004

Intellectual Property Forum Postponed Because Of Hurricane Ivan, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The Intellectual Property Forum and Technology Expo, scheduled for Thursday and Friday in Jackson, is being postponed because of the impending landfall of Hurricane Ivan. The forum was set for the Marriott Downtown Jackson, but organizers were concerned for the safety of participants traveling from other areas of the state. A new date for the event will be announced later.


Mdot Bans Parking On Highway 6, Alternatives Available For Football Fans, Tobie Baker Sep 2004

Mdot Bans Parking On Highway 6, Alternatives Available For Football Fans, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Due to public safety concerns, fans attending University of Mississippi football games are no longer allowed to park on Highway 6 near campus.


North Miss. Residents Subject Of Prof's Photo Exhibit, Jennifer Southall Sep 2004

North Miss. Residents Subject Of Prof's Photo Exhibit, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A photography exhibit by a University of Mississippi professor featuring residents of Blue Mountain opens Thursday (Sept. 16) at Blue Mountain College.


Um & Alabama Students Join Forces To Help Community, Jennifer Southall Sep 2004

Um & Alabama Students Join Forces To Help Community, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - It's perhaps a safe bet that most students from the universities of Mississippi and Alabama who were in Tuscaloosa for Saturday night's football match between the two schools were not up early Saturday morning volunteering at community service sites. But some 100 students from the two schools were doing just that, thanks to a joint effort between the Department of Student Housing and Residence Life at Ole Miss and the Office of Residential Life at UA.


Inaugural Care Walk Aids Breast Cancer Patients, Jennifer Southall Sep 2004

Inaugural Care Walk Aids Breast Cancer Patients, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The first of what organizers hope will become an annual walk to help local women suffering from breast cancer takes place at 4 p.m. Thursday (Sept. 16).


Jesus And Elvis Subject Of Talk By Southern Studies Director, Jennifer Southall Sep 2004

Jesus And Elvis Subject Of Talk By Southern Studies Director, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The King of Rock & Roll and the King of Kings reign Wednesday at the University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture when Charles Reagan Wilson, center director, delivers the talk "Just a Little Talk with Jesus: Elvis Presley, Gospel Music and Southern Spirituality."


How-To Workshop Teaches Creation, Use Of Oral Histories, Jennifer Southall Sep 2004

How-To Workshop Teaches Creation, Use Of Oral Histories, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi's Office of Outreach and Center for the Study of Southern Culture offer teachers and others a workshop Saturday, Sept. 25, on creating and using oral histories.


Parents Group Gives To Counseling Center In Response To Tragedy, Deborah Purnell Sep 2004

Parents Group Gives To Counseling Center In Response To Tragedy, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - As students, faculty and staff at the University of Mississippi continue to mourn the recent loss of three family members, the Parents Leadership Council has donated $1,500 to help train counselors in crisis management.


Magazine Students Win Top Awards In National Competition, Natashia Gregoire Sep 2004

Magazine Students Win Top Awards In National Competition, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Two University of Mississippi journalism students followed the teachings of their magazine professor and reaped top awards in a national competition.


Pulitzer Winning Poet Reads From His Work Sept. 14, Deidra Jackson Sep 2004

Pulitzer Winning Poet Reads From His Work Sept. 14, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and scholar Stephen Dunn reads from his work Sept. 14 at the University of Mississippi.


School Of Applied Sciences Alumni Chapter Names 2004 Outstanding Faculty, Deborah Purnell Sep 2004

School Of Applied Sciences Alumni Chapter Names 2004 Outstanding Faculty, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi School of Applied Sciences Alumni Chapter has announced the inaugural recipients of the Thomas A. Crowe Outstanding Faculty Award.


Ford Performing Arts Center Announces 2004-05 Series, New 'Music Of The South' Events, Deborah Purnell Sep 2004

Ford Performing Arts Center Announces 2004-05 Series, New 'Music Of The South' Events, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Acclaimed political satirists The Capitol Steps and the Tony Award-winning musical "Fosse" are among six featured performances slated for the 2004-05 Gertrude Castellow Ford Center for the Performing Arts Series at the University of Mississippi.


Fall Enrollment Hits Record With Nearly 16,500 Students, Barbara Lago Sep 2004

Fall Enrollment Hits Record With Nearly 16,500 Students, Barbara Lago

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – A record 16,498 students are enrolled this fall at the University of Mississippi, according to figures released Saturday. The total unduplicated headcount represents 945 more students enrolled this fall than last on UM's Oxford, Tupelo and Southaven campuses and University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) in Jackson – a 6.1 percent increase.


Chapel To Be Open Saturday For Well-Wishers, Friends Of Ato, Staff Report Sep 2004

Chapel To Be Open Saturday For Well-Wishers, Friends Of Ato, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Paris-Yates Chapel at the University of Mississippi is open from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday to allow football fans and other campus visitors to offer condolences to members of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity.


Fall Lunch Lecture Series Focuses On South, Kezia Pigford Sep 2004

Fall Lunch Lecture Series Focuses On South, Kezia Pigford

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Stories about the South - from Elvis Presley to civil rights-era sit-ins to rednecks in film and the Mississippi teacher shortage - are highlighted in lunch programs this fall at the University of Mississippi Center for the Study of Southern Culture.


Bioderm Sciences Selects Oxford As Corporate Hq, Jennifer Southall Sep 2004

Bioderm Sciences Selects Oxford As Corporate Hq, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - BioDerm Sciences Inc., a recent spinoff of Health Pathways Inc. health care holding company of Gaithersburg, Md., is locating its corporate headquarters, research and development and manufacturing operations in Oxford.


Football Fans Encouraged To Support The Rebels By Wearing Red To The Game, Staff Report Sep 2004

Football Fans Encouraged To Support The Rebels By Wearing Red To The Game, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is requesting that fans support the football team this season by wearing red to all home games as part of the Red Alert campaign.


Art Students Reach Out With Paper Wings, Staff Report Sep 2004

Art Students Reach Out With Paper Wings, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- Students in Jan Murray's ART 101 class hung hand-made cut-paper birds among the blooms of a crepe myrtle tree on the University of Mississippi's main campus Thursday in memory of fellow students who died since May.


Thousands Mourn 10 Students In Campuswide Memorial Service, Natashia Gregoire Sep 2004

Thousands Mourn 10 Students In Campuswide Memorial Service, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - On the University of Mississippi's Oxford campus, signs of grief are everywhere.


Student Leaders Ask Fans To Wear Blue-And-Gold Ribbons Saturday, Jennifer Southall Sep 2004

Student Leaders Ask Fans To Wear Blue-And-Gold Ribbons Saturday, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi seniors Bradley Baker and Lindsay Harper concede that a number like 65,000 may be a bit out of reach. But they and student volunteers are working as fast as they can to make as many blue-and-gold ribbons as possible before Saturday's football game against the University of Memphis.


Media Arrangements For Memorial Service, Staff Report Sep 2004

Media Arrangements For Memorial Service, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

A media area for all still and video cameras at the memorial service for 10 Ole Miss students has been designated near the stage on the basketball court of the Tad Smith Coliseum. The area will be on a platform above floor level, providing unobstructed views of the stage, floor and crowd.


Nation's Youngest Syndicated Radio Host Returns To Campus For Book Signing, Mitchell Diggs Sep 2004

Nation's Youngest Syndicated Radio Host Returns To Campus For Book Signing, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Ask Ben Ferguson what he's been doing since he took his last final exam in May at the University of Mississippi, and you'd better be prepared to listen for a while. The nation's youngest syndicated talk radio host hasn't been still for long.


Memorial Service To Honor Students Who Have Died Since May, Mitchell Diggs Sep 2004

Memorial Service To Honor Students Who Have Died Since May, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - As many as 3,000 people are expected to attend a memorial service Thursday evening honoring University of Mississippi students who have died.


Batesville Attorney Named Law Alumnus Of 2004, Natashia Gregoire Sep 2004

Batesville Attorney Named Law Alumnus Of 2004, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A pharmacist-turned-attorney with an exemplary record of community service is the University of Mississippi's Law Alumnus of the Year.


Cause Of Campus Fire Still Undetermined, Staff Report Sep 2004

Cause Of Campus Fire Still Undetermined, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A University of Mississippi spokesperson has reiterated that the cause of a fatal fire in a campus fraternity house is still not known.


Athletics Staffer Tends To Fire Crew's Human Needs, Jennifer Southall Aug 2004

Athletics Staffer Tends To Fire Crew's Human Needs, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Ensuring that firefighters who fought the Friday morning blaze at the Alpha Tau Omega house had plenty to drink and eat was "the least" Candy Williams could do, the athletics ticket clerk said.


Major Economic Development Announcement Set For Thursday, Staff Report Aug 2004

Major Economic Development Announcement Set For Thursday, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The University of Mississippi and the Oxford-Lafayette Economic Development Foundation have scheduled a Thursday news conference for a major economic development announcement. The event is set for 10:30 a.m. in the Ole Miss-Oxford Depot, behind the Ford Center for Performing Arts off University Avenue. University, community and state officials will be available for interviews following the news conference.