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Media Area Designated For Townsend Funeral Services, Staff Report Aug 2004

Media Area Designated For Townsend Funeral Services, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

A media area for all still and video cameras at the funeral of William Moore Townsend has been designated immediately across the street from the First United Methodist Church in Clarksdale. At the request of the family, the Clarksdale police will direct all media to this area, which will be clearly marked on Leflore Avenue.


Memorial Service To Honor Ato Fire Victims, Other Students Who Have Died Since May, Mitchell Diggs Aug 2004

Memorial Service To Honor Ato Fire Victims, Other Students Who Have Died Since May, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi plans a memorial service Thursday evening to honor the three victims of Friday morning's fire at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house, as well as seven other students who have died since May.


Funeral & Memorial Services Set For Ato Fire Victims, Staff Report Aug 2004

Funeral & Memorial Services Set For Ato Fire Victims, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Families of the three students who died in Friday's fire at ATO house have made funeral and memorial arrangements.


Nation Responds To Fraternity Tragedy With Outpouring Of Support, Natashia Gregoire Aug 2004

Nation Responds To Fraternity Tragedy With Outpouring Of Support, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Nike called for their shoe sizes, classmates opened their closets and families in this college town offered to house the 19 fraternity brothers displaced after fire swept through their fraternity house Friday, killing three.


Third Victim Of Ato Fraternity House Fire Identified, Staff Report Aug 2004

Third Victim Of Ato Fraternity House Fire Identified, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The third victim of a Friday morning fire at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house at the University of Mississippi has been identified as Howard Hillhouse Stone, 19, of Martinsville, Va., a sophomore majoring in political science. The identity was confirmed by the state medical examiner, said Jeffrey Alford, vice chancellor for University Relations. Preliminary autopsy reports indicate that all three victims died of smoke inhalation. The fire broke out at approximately 4:30 a.m. Twenty-two students and a house mother were in the house when the fire started. Further details will be released as they become available.


Ole Miss Fire Scene Completed, Atf Aug 2004

Ole Miss Fire Scene Completed, Atf

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Federal, state and local investigators announced Saturday the completion of the on-scene investigation of the fire that occurred Friday morning at the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House at the University of Mississippi.


Nation Responds To Fraternity Tragedy With Outpouring Of Support, Natashia Gregoire Aug 2004

Nation Responds To Fraternity Tragedy With Outpouring Of Support, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Nike called for their shoe sizes, classmates opened their closets and families in this college town offered to house the 19 fraternity brothers displaced after fire swept through their fraternity house Friday, killing three.


Ato House Burns At Um; Three Missing, Staff Report Aug 2004

Ato House Burns At Um; Three Missing, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Three students are unaccounted for following an early-morning fire at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house on the University of Mississippi campus. The fire broke out at approximately 4:30 a.m., and more than 50 firefighters from two departments fought the blaze for nearly two hours. Twenty-three students and a house mother were in the house when the fire started. Further details will be released as they become available.


Community Grieves, Reaches Out To Ato Fire Victims, Families, Angela Moore Aug 2004

Community Grieves, Reaches Out To Ato Fire Victims, Families, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Students, faculty and staff at the University of Mississippi mourned Friday for three students lost in an early morning fire at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house.


Three Die In Ato House Fire Aug. 27, Staff Report Aug 2004

Three Die In Ato House Fire Aug. 27, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Three students died in an early-morning fire at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity house on the University of Mississippi-Oxford campus. The fire broke out at approximately 4:30 a.m., and more than 50 firefighters from two departments fought the blaze for nearly two hours. Twenty-three students and a house mother were in the house when the fire started. Further details will be released as they become available. A news conference is tentatively set for 3 p.m. today in the Media and Public Relations conference room of Paul B. Johnson Commons West on Chapel Lane.


Prof Offers Insights Into Why Miss. Highways Are So Deadly, Staff Report Aug 2004

Prof Offers Insights Into Why Miss. Highways Are So Deadly, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Mississippi's highways rank as the nation's second deadliest, concludes a study released earlier today by CNN/Money.com. The report is compiled from census reports and data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. With a rate of 30 deaths per 100,000 people, Mississippi ranks above all states except Wyoming.


World Traveler, Crenshaw Native Leaves Life's Possessions For Scholarships, Tina Hahn Aug 2004

World Traveler, Crenshaw Native Leaves Life's Possessions For Scholarships, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss - The University of Mississippi Foundation has received an astounding gift: a bequest of $325,000 from Eugenia Miller of Crenshaw. Representing the majority of her life's material possessions, the gift goes to endow the Miller-Pittman Medical Scholarship Endowment and the Miller-Pittman PreMed Scholarship Endowment.


New Accountancy Intern Program Is Student Win-Win, Elaine Pugh Aug 2004

New Accountancy Intern Program Is Student Win-Win, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. ­ A revamped internship program for accountancy students at the University of Mississippi is expected to enhance the school's job placement record, which already approaches 100 percent.


Assistant Coach Uses Cpr To Save Boy's Life, Staff Report Aug 2004

Assistant Coach Uses Cpr To Save Boy's Life, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - On a recent sunny afternoon, Brian Herzog, assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Mississippi, headed for the pool at his apartment complex, anticipating some relaxation before the beginning of preseason football and volleyball practice. But Herzog's day of rest would have to wait -- within minutes, he was helping to save a life, and making a new friend in the process.


University-Oxford Airport To Get New Terminal, Extended Runway, Tobie Baker Aug 2004

University-Oxford Airport To Get New Terminal, Extended Runway, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University-Oxford Airport sees up to 20 flights land daily, and on football game days more than 5,000 passengers pass through Clegg Field.


Athletics, Hospital Partner To Provide Student-Athlete Care, Staff Report Aug 2004

Athletics, Hospital Partner To Provide Student-Athlete Care, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi athletics department has formed a partnership with Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi to provide comprehensive health care for its student-athletes.


Space Law Expert To Lead Live Discussion On Npr Aug. 19, Staff Report Aug 2004

Space Law Expert To Lead Live Discussion On Npr Aug. 19, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Joanne I. Gabrynowicz, director of the National Center for Remote Sensing and Space Law at the University of Mississippi, is the featured speaker on the hour-long "Connection" program, which airs live on National Public Radio at 10 a.m. (Central) Thursday, Aug. 19. Gabrynowicz, an international expert on space law, is to lead a discussion on such current issues in space law as privatization & commercialization of space and use of weapons in outer space.


Foodways Symposium Scholarships Offered To African-American Students, Jennifer Southall Aug 2004

Foodways Symposium Scholarships Offered To African-American Students, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Three African-American college students who can best craft answers to a trio of questions on the intersection of food and race will be awarded free admission to the seventh annual Southern Foodways Symposium - an examination and celebration of the South's shared food culture, taking place Oct. 7-10 in and around Oxford and the University of Mississippi.


Longtime Librarian Continues To Meet Library Needs With Endowment, Tina Hahn Aug 2004

Longtime Librarian Continues To Meet Library Needs With Endowment, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A longtime University of Mississippi librarian has strengthened an already meaningful legacy of service by bequeathing $100,000 to support library services.


Three Students Earn Honors At National Biz Leadership Conference, Deidra Jackson Aug 2004

Three Students Earn Honors At National Biz Leadership Conference, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Three University of Mississippi business students took honors at the recent Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference in Denver.


Sister Hazel Concert Highlights Back-To-School Activities, Jennifer Southall Aug 2004

Sister Hazel Concert Highlights Back-To-School Activities, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Moving, classes, picnics and free concerts in the Grove - including a show by Sister Hazel - mark the last weeks of summer for University of Mississippi students, who return to campus beginning Thursday, Aug. 19.


First Oas Scholarship Recipient, Grenadian Ambassador Come To Oxford Campus, Jennifer Southall Aug 2004

First Oas Scholarship Recipient, Grenadian Ambassador Come To Oxford Campus, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Grenada's ambassador to the United States, Denis Antoine, visits the University of Mississippi next week (Aug. 15-17) as he accompanies the university's first Organization of American States scholarship recipient to the Oxford campus.


Foodways Symposium Calls For Egg Recipes, Remembrances, Jennifer Southall Aug 2004

Foodways Symposium Calls For Egg Recipes, Remembrances, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Although the South can't necessarily take credit for creating the deviled egg, the region no doubt claims a special affection for the food. Just attend any Southern family reunion, picnic or Sunday dinner for evidence of that.


From Tennis To Accountancy, Prof Keeps Winning, Staff Report Aug 2004

From Tennis To Accountancy, Prof Keeps Winning, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - From national ping pong champ to world-ranked tennis professional, Mark Wilder learned early the meaning of the word "compete." The word still rings true for him, albeit in a different context as he helps prepare accountancy students for successful careers.


Accountants Strive To Learn From Past, Avoid Mistakes Of Current Scandals, Angela Moore Aug 2004

Accountants Strive To Learn From Past, Avoid Mistakes Of Current Scandals, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - By studying 18th-century accounting records of slave plantations or payroll records of a 19th-century railroad company, accountants at the 10th World Congress of Accounting Historians learn valuable lessons about their profession's roots.


New Chair Of Pharmacy Administration Takes Post, Dabney Weems Aug 2004

New Chair Of Pharmacy Administration Takes Post, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Noel E. Wilkin has been named chair of the Department of Pharmacy Administration at the University of Mississippi. Wilkin, an associate professor of pharmacy administration, previously served as director of the UM Center for Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management.


Funeral & Memorial Services Set For Ato Fire Victims, Staff Report Aug 2004

Funeral & Memorial Services Set For Ato Fire Victims, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Families of the three members of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity who died in an early-morning fire Friday at the University of Mississippi have announced funeral arrangements.


Journalist, Alum Pens Touching Book About Adopting African Child, Natashia Gregoire Aug 2004

Journalist, Alum Pens Touching Book About Adopting African Child, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

In Zimbabwe, nothing grows in the dry season. The heat is relentless, and the parched, cracked earth seems to cry out for rain. But it was there five years ago, in the scant shade of an acacia tree, that an abandoned baby girl's screams stirred up a string of events and emotions that would forever change the lives of University of Mississippi alumnus Neely Tucker (BA '86) and his wife, Vita.


Law Students, Professor Help Young Man Begin Anew, Angela Moore Jul 2004

Law Students, Professor Help Young Man Begin Anew, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - No matter how they try to make new lives after serving time, many convicted felons never recover from the smudge on their reputations. Every time they apply for jobs or higher education or try to vote, past mistakes can come back to haunt them.


Award Takes Biology Prof To Teach In Thailand, Kezia Pigford Jul 2004

Award Takes Biology Prof To Teach In Thailand, Kezia Pigford

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A University of Mississippi biology professor hopes to expand his research on wildlife population extinctions later this year when he serves as a visiting lecturer in Thailand as part of the Fulbright Scholar Program.