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Museums Displays Delta Artist's Work In Special Black History Show, Angela Moore Feb 2004

Museums Displays Delta Artist's Work In Special Black History Show, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University Museums honors the work of Mississippi Delta artist Thomas Edward Eloby through March 14 in an exhibition in the lower level Skipwith Gallery.


B.B. King Set To Headline Second Annual Blues Symposium, Jennifer Southall Feb 2004

B.B. King Set To Headline Second Annual Blues Symposium, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Legendary musician B.B. King returns to his home state Feb. 26-28 to perform at the University of Mississippi's second annual Blues Today Symposium.


Political Experts Opine On 'Religious Right's' Impact On Election '04, Natashia Gregoire Feb 2004

Political Experts Opine On 'Religious Right's' Impact On Election '04, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Democrats risk alienating some of their core supporters if they employ an aggressive strategy to win in the South, especially if they choose to pander too far to the religious right.


B.B. King To Be Honored With Professorship, Jennifer Southall Feb 2004

B.B. King To Be Honored With Professorship, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - When B.B. King departs from the University of Mississippi after his Feb. 27 performance as part of the second annual Blues Today Symposium, he'll do so as an honorary professor of Southern studies. It's only fitting, since King's relationship to Ole Miss has been a close one.


Journalist, Author Curtis Wilkie Named Cook Chair Of Journalism, Natashia Gregoire Feb 2004

Journalist, Author Curtis Wilkie Named Cook Chair Of Journalism, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Curtis Wilkie, a veteran journalist with more than 30 years experience covering presidential elections, civil rights issues and international conflicts, is the University of Mississippi's new Kelly Gene Cook Sr. Chair of Journalism.


Music Faculty Present Joint Voice Recital Feb. 15, Deborah Purnell Feb 2004

Music Faculty Present Joint Voice Recital Feb. 15, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi music faculty present their second production of the spring 2004 Music Faculty Series at 3 p.m. Feb. 15 in the Ford Center for Performing Arts.


Trip To Delta Blues Hot Spots Planned In Conjunction With Symposium, Jennifer Southall Feb 2004

Trip To Delta Blues Hot Spots Planned In Conjunction With Symposium, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - In addition to the many Oxford blues shows scheduled as part of the University of Mississippi's second annual Blues Today Symposium Feb. 26-28, a trip to the Mississippi Delta kicks off the event Feb. 25-26.


Former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove Begins Lecture Series At Um, Staff Report Feb 2004

Former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove Begins Lecture Series At Um, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Former Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove delivers a series of lectures on state and national politics Wednesday and Thursday at the University of Mississippi. The lectures are the first classroom assignments for Musgrove, who last month accepted a post as distinguished visiting lecturer at Ole Miss.


Race And Sport Pioneer Speaks Tuesday In Black History Month Event, Tobie Baker Feb 2004

Race And Sport Pioneer Speaks Tuesday In Black History Month Event, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Often described as "the racial conscience of sport," Richard E. Lapchick discusses "Race and Sport" Tuesday (Feb. 17) at the University of Mississippi's Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.


Endowment To Support Country's First Faulkner Dissertation Fellowship, Deidra Jackson Feb 2004

Endowment To Support Country's First Faulkner Dissertation Fellowship, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Thanks to a gift from an alumnus and his wife, the University of Mississippi plans to offer the nation's only doctoral scholarship for students studying the life and work of Nobel laureate William Faulkner.


Local Cast Performs Obie-Winning 'Vagina Monologues' Feb. 13-14, Elaine Pugh Feb 2004

Local Cast Performs Obie-Winning 'Vagina Monologues' Feb. 13-14, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Eve Ensler's award-winning play "The Vagina Monologues" is to be performed Feb. 13-14 at the University of Mississippi, featuring a cast of students and faculty. Proceeds go to Family Crisis Services of Northwest Mississippi.


Writer Richard Ford Reads From His Work Feb. 12, Deidra Jackson Feb 2004

Writer Richard Ford Reads From His Work Feb. 12, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Leaving the Mississippi Delta - where he lived "a wonderful monotony" for some five years - was the best thing award-winning novelist Richard Ford did for the sake of his writing, he said.


Um Ranks First In State In Attracting National Merit Scholars For 2003-04, Jennifer Southall Feb 2004

Um Ranks First In State In Attracting National Merit Scholars For 2003-04, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi enrolled more National Merit Scholars for the 2003-04 academic year than all other Mississippi public institutions of higher learning combined, according to data from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, which administers the awards.


Conference Aims To Define, Redefine South Feb. 13-15, Jennifer Southall Feb 2004

Conference Aims To Define, Redefine South Feb. 13-15, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Discussions about how to define the American South bring scholars from around the country to the University of Mississippi Feb. 13-15 for a conference on The U.S. South in Global Contexts.


Theatre Arts Opens Spring Season With 'Steel Magnolias' Feb 12-14, Deborah Purnell Feb 2004

Theatre Arts Opens Spring Season With 'Steel Magnolias' Feb 12-14, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Department of Theatre Arts at the University of Mississippi opens its spring season with Robert Harling's "Steel Magnolias" Feb. 12-14 at 8 p.m. in Fulton Chapel.


Ten Students Inducted To Hall Of Fame 2003-04, Jennifer Southall Feb 2004

Ten Students Inducted To Hall Of Fame 2003-04, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Ten University of Mississippi seniors recently earned entry into the school's Hall of Fame, created 74 years ago to recognize UM's most outstanding students.


National Choreographer Presents Local Talent In Racial Reconciliation Dance Feb. 21, Kezia Pigford Feb 2004

National Choreographer Presents Local Talent In Racial Reconciliation Dance Feb. 21, Kezia Pigford

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Oxford residents and University of Mississippi students have the opportunity to work with a nationally acclaimed dance choreographer in a project intended to enhance race relations and culminating in a major original dance production.


Blues To Be Celebrated With Symposium, Music-Filled Weekend, Jennifer Southall Feb 2004

Blues To Be Celebrated With Symposium, Music-Filled Weekend, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - B.B. King performs Feb. 27 at the University of Mississippi, beginning a weekend filled with blues shows as part of the university's second annual Blues Today Symposium, produced by Living Blues magazine.


Internationally Recognized Neurologist To Speak At Honors College Convocation, Jennifer Southall Feb 2004

Internationally Recognized Neurologist To Speak At Honors College Convocation, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks visits the University of Mississippi campus Monday, Feb. 9, to deliver the keynote address for the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College's Spring Convocation.


State High School Students Head To Annual Mock Trials, Adam Moore Feb 2004

State High School Students Head To Annual Mock Trials, Adam Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - More than 100 high school students from eight north Mississippi schools gather Feb. 7 in a courtroom at the University of Mississippi Law Center.


Fourth Amendment Expert Delivers Inaugural Otis Lecture, Natashia Gregoire Feb 2004

Fourth Amendment Expert Delivers Inaugural Otis Lecture, Natashia Gregoire

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Fourth Amendment was not intended to make it impossible for citizens to protect themselves from real terrorist threats, says law professor John Burkoff, who delivers the inaugural James Otis Lecture Wednesday (Feb. 4) at the University of Mississippi School of Law.


Investment In Higher Ed Advised For State's Economic Growth, Mitchell Diggs Feb 2004

Investment In Higher Ed Advised For State's Economic Growth, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

JACKSON, Miss. - As the nation's economy shifts to knowledge- and technology-based industries, Mississippi's colleges and universities must provide expertise and leadership to attract new jobs and build a stable state economy, members of a special committee told the state House of Representatives today.


Student Newspaper Merits Prestigious Crown Award, Clare Smith Feb 2004

Student Newspaper Merits Prestigious Crown Award, Clare Smith

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi's student newspaper, The Daily Mississippian, is slated to receive a prestigious Crown award at the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Awards Convocation March 20 in New York.


New Ford Center Director Off To Fast Start, Deborah Purnell Feb 2004

New Ford Center Director Off To Fast Start, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - If activities during his first few weeks as director of the University of Mississippi's Ford Center for the Performing Arts are any indication, Norman S. Easterbrook can expect his new job to be fast paced.


Mccoy Group To Reveal Plan For Promoting Economic Growth Through Higher Education, Staff Report Feb 2004

Mccoy Group To Reveal Plan For Promoting Economic Growth Through Higher Education, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The McCoy Working Group, created by the Mississippi Legislature in 2003, reports Tuesday, Feb. 3, on a 20-year strategy to invest in higher education and accelerate economic growth. The group, co-chaired by University of Mississippi Chancellor Robert Khayat, Commissioner of Agriculture Lester Spell and Hinds Community College President Clyde Muse, delivers its recommendations to the House of Representatives at 2 p.m. in the Capitol in Jackson.


'The Music Man' Sings, Dances Way To Ford Center, Feb. 3, Deborah Purnell Jan 2004

'The Music Man' Sings, Dances Way To Ford Center, Feb. 3, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Watch out north Mississippi, there's trouble in River City, Iowa, and it's coming to the University of Mississippi.


Grad Student To Receive Humanities Council Award, Adam Moore Jan 2004

Grad Student To Receive Humanities Council Award, Adam Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - State Rep. Steve Holland, a University of Mississippi graduate student from Tupelo, is to be honored Feb. 6 in Jackson with a Special Recognition Award from the Mississippi Humanities Council.


Alum Returns To Share Book On Mississippi Slaves In Liberia, Jennifer Southall Jan 2004

Alum Returns To Share Book On Mississippi Slaves In Liberia, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - "A strange, shared history" is a phrase Alan Huffman uses to describe the topic of his first book, "Mississippi in Africa," which he discusses at a brown bag lecture, Wednesday, Feb. 4, at the University of Mississippi.


Open Doors: Open Minds: Black History Month Calendar, Tobie Baker Jan 2004

Open Doors: Open Minds: Black History Month Calendar, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

Jan. 31 - Town Hall Meeting: "Racial Reconciliation in the Oxford/Lafayette County Communities" with special guest Dwight Rhoden, an artist charged with choreographing a new work based on racial reconciliation at UM; 1 p.m., Oxford-Lafayette Public Library Auditorium. Contact: Jennifer Mizenko,.


English Grad Student Among Rising Young Southern Poets, Deidra Jackson Jan 2004

English Grad Student Among Rising Young Southern Poets, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - An unpublished poet at the University of Mississippi has been named one of the South's best young writers.