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Prominent Ad Exec Delivers Otho Smith Business Lecture March 25, George Kehoe Mar 2002

Prominent Ad Exec Delivers Otho Smith Business Lecture March 25, George Kehoe

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Thomas Aiello, marketing guru for fast-food giant McDonald's USA, talks about advertising's good, bad and ugly at The University of Mississippi (UM) March 25.


Acclaimed Pianist Performs Evening Concert March 21, Deidra Jackson Mar 2002

Acclaimed Pianist Performs Evening Concert March 21, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Catherine Godes, a prominent soloist, chamber musician and accompanist, performs a concert of piano music at the University of Mississippi (UM) March 21, featuring works by such celebrated composers as Mozart, Beethoven, Ginastera and Debussy.


Tennessee Williams' Fictional Landscape Is Subject Of March 19 Liberal Arts Forum, Elaine Pugh Mar 2002

Tennessee Williams' Fictional Landscape Is Subject Of March 19 Liberal Arts Forum, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Exploration of the Mississippi Delta -- physically and intellectually -- is key to understanding writer Tennessee Williams and his fictional Glorious Hill and Two River County.


Law Alumni, Friends Invited To Oxford Campus Events March 22-23, Elaine Pugh Mar 2002

Law Alumni, Friends Invited To Oxford Campus Events March 22-23, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Student awards, moot court competition, continuing education, reunions and social events round out plans for Law Weekend, March 22-23, at The University of Mississippi-Oxford campus.


Registration Underway For Lifeguard, Swimming Courses, Tobie Baker Mar 2002

Registration Underway For Lifeguard, Swimming Courses, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Learn to swim or become a certified lifeguard during one of five training sessions offered during March and April at The University of Mississippi (UM)-Oxford campus.


College Board Approves 25 Um Sabbatical Leaves In 2002-2003, Barbara Lago Mar 2002

College Board Approves 25 Um Sabbatical Leaves In 2002-2003, Barbara Lago

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Sabbatical leaves for 25 University of Mississippi (UM) faculty members have been approved by the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning.


Musicians To Perform Lyrical Indian Classical Music In April 1 Concert, Deidra Jackson Mar 2002

Musicians To Perform Lyrical Indian Classical Music In April 1 Concert, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Indian classical music -- an intensely spiritual and rhythmic art form gaining popularity in the West -- makes its debut April 1 at The University of Mississippi (UM).


Professional Referees Step From Nfl Spotlight To Charity Effort Help, Mitchell Diggs Mar 2002

Professional Referees Step From Nfl Spotlight To Charity Effort Help, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- For Steve Freeman of Oxford, split-second decisions, big egos and thousands of angry people are all in an afternoon on the job.


Counseling Center Gets Gift To Combat Student Drinking, Deborah A. Purnell Mar 2002

Counseling Center Gets Gift To Combat Student Drinking, Deborah A. Purnell

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- First Chance, The University of Mississippi's (UM) program to discourage student drinking, has a new ally as national experts declare underage drinking to be "an epidemic."


10 Students Inducted To Um Hall Of Fame 2002, Deborah A. Purnell Mar 2002

10 Students Inducted To Um Hall Of Fame 2002, Deborah A. Purnell

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Ten University of Mississippi (UM) students have joined an elite group of scholars and leaders in the 154-year-old University's prestigious Hall of Fame.


Retired Journalism Prof Jere Hoar Honored With Reception April 5, Patsy R. Brumfield Mar 2002

Retired Journalism Prof Jere Hoar Honored With Reception April 5, Patsy R. Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Donors to an honorary scholarship fund and other friends of retired University of Mississippi (UM) journalism professor Dr. Jere Hoar are invited to an April 5 reception on the UM-Oxford campus.


Summer Study Abroad Programs Offer Opportunity Of Lifetime, Angela Moore Mar 2002

Summer Study Abroad Programs Offer Opportunity Of Lifetime, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- If you like Rowan Oak and Faulkner, you'll probably love the Globe Theatre and Shakespeare while earning credit at Cambridge University in England this summer.


Academic Support Center Hosts Steps To Success ‘Brain Bowl’, Deborah A. Purnell Mar 2002

Academic Support Center Hosts Steps To Success ‘Brain Bowl’, Deborah A. Purnell

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- University of Mississippi (UM) freshmen pair with professors, administrators and staff in the first Steps to Success "Brain Bowl" March 19-21 on the Oxford campus.


Visiting Theatre Artist Affects Students With Special Effects, Deidra Jackson Mar 2002

Visiting Theatre Artist Affects Students With Special Effects, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Not many visiting artists don a 50-pound ape suit and lumber around The University of Mississippi-Oxford campus in broad daylight.


Visiting Theatre Artist Affects Students With His Special Effects, Deidra Jackson Mar 2002

Visiting Theatre Artist Affects Students With His Special Effects, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Not many visiting artists don a 50-pound ape suit and lumber around The University of Mississippi (UM)-Oxford campus in broad daylight.


High School Journalists Come To Oxford Campus For Learning Sessions, Patsy R. Brumfield Mar 2002

High School Journalists Come To Oxford Campus For Learning Sessions, Patsy R. Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Mississippi high school teachers and students who work on their newspaper, yearbook or literary magazine are invited to the annual Mississippi Scholastic Press Institute at The University of Mississippi (UM)-Oxford campus April 5.


National Nutrition Month Information Needs Careful Digestion, Um Expert Advises, Elaine Pugh Mar 2002

National Nutrition Month Information Needs Careful Digestion, Um Expert Advises, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss.-- Expect to be inundated with information related to food and nutrition throughout March, designated National Nutrition Month® by the American Dietetic Association (ADA). With so much to read, hasty consumption may cause readers to be misled.


Oxford-Lafayette Business Development Week Set For March 18-21, George Kehoe Mar 2002

Oxford-Lafayette Business Development Week Set For March 18-21, George Kehoe

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss.-- If you operate a small business or hope to start one, experts are offering free practical, comprehensive information and counseling during Business Development Week in Oxford March 18-21.


Museums Reaching Outlying Communities With Art Project, Elaine Pugh Mar 2002

Museums Reaching Outlying Communities With Art Project, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Art throughout Lafayette County is the goal of The University of Mississippi (UM) Museums' new grant program.


Christopher Reeve To Speak On Oxford Campus March 22, Elaine Pugh Mar 2002

Christopher Reeve To Speak On Oxford Campus March 22, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Actor Christopher Reeve comes to The University of Mississippi's (UM) Oxford campus March 22 to headline Sigma Nu fraternity's Charity Bowl XIII, a fund-raiser for paralysis research.


'Friends Of Note', Staff Report Mar 2002

'Friends Of Note', Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

More than 50 University of Mississippi Wind Ensemble band members performed in Jackson Wednesday night for parents, friends and other supporters as University officials promoted the "Friends of Note" campaign to raise money for band scholarships.


Forensics Team Makes Strong Tourney Finish, Tobie Baker Mar 2002

Forensics Team Makes Strong Tourney Finish, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Gy Odom and David Lee of Jackson clearly have no fear of speaking in public. They led The University of Mississippi's (UM) novice forensics team to a strong third place overall in the 2002 Southern Hospitality Swing debate tournament last weekend.


Number Of Luckyday Scholarships For Future Teachers Doubled, Patsy R. Brumfield Mar 2002

Number Of Luckyday Scholarships For Future Teachers Doubled, Patsy R. Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Joseph Jones of Golden in Tishomingo County wanted to be a high school English teacher, but with both parents disabled, he wasn't sure he could afford a university education.


Medical Malpractice, A Problem In Mississippi?, Staff Report Mar 2002

Medical Malpractice, A Problem In Mississippi?, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The University of Mississippi has a source for your stories: Dr. Larry Cox, Robertson Chair of Insurance and associate professor of finance in the UM School of Business.


Prospective Students Invited To Spring Visit Day March 23, Deborah Purnell Mar 2002

Prospective Students Invited To Spring Visit Day March 23, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- High school, community college and other prospective University of Mississippi (UM) students are invited to get a first-hand look at UM-Oxford during Spring Visit Day 2002 -- a campuswide open house March 23.


Steel Drum Band Hosts Concert Thursday, Deidra Jackson Mar 2002

Steel Drum Band Hosts Concert Thursday, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Children plus Caribbean music yields an energetic combination for The University of Mississippi Steel Drum Band on Thursday (March 7).


Students Raise Funds, Collect School Supplies To Aid Bosnian Youth, Deborah Purnell Mar 2002

Students Raise Funds, Collect School Supplies To Aid Bosnian Youth, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Deprived children in war-torn Bosnia benefit from school supplies and funds recently raised by Sigma Chi fraternity and six sororities at The University of Mississippi (UM).


Nominations Opened For Frist Service Awards, Elaine Pugh Mar 2002

Nominations Opened For Frist Service Awards, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- They go beyond office and classroom walls to meet the emotional, spiritual, social and academic needs of individual students. This describes the faculty and staff members sought for nominations to receive the 2002 Frist Student Service Awards at The University of Mississippi (UM).


Dark, Funny 'Poor Bitos' Takes Um Stage March 21-23, Deidra Jackson Mar 2002

Dark, Funny 'Poor Bitos' Takes Um Stage March 21-23, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Poor, poor Bitos. That's the pitying sentiment a female character hurls toward Bitos, who is equated with French revolutionary Robespierre and the subject of the devastating comedy "Poor Bitos." But will audiences feel as compassionate?


Miss. News ‘Dean’ Bill Minor Talks About Civil Rights, Half-Century Career, Patsy R. Brumfield Mar 2002

Miss. News ‘Dean’ Bill Minor Talks About Civil Rights, Half-Century Career, Patsy R. Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Wilson F. "Bill" Minor, "dean" of the Mississippi news corps, talks March 6 at The University of Mississippi (UM) about coverage of the Civil Rights Movement and other big stories in his 50-plus-years career.