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Follow Flag Etiquette To Show True Respect For America, J. Adrian Aumen Sep 2001

Follow Flag Etiquette To Show True Respect For America, J. Adrian Aumen

University of Mississippi News

In light of recent attacks on our country, Americans and their friends around the world are showing their respect by displaying The Stars and Stripes at their homes, businesses and remembrance sites. But how many of us know the proper, respectful way to handle and display the U.S. Flag?


Expert Sources For Media, Staff Report Sep 2001

Expert Sources For Media, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- To help media covering Tuesday's terrorist attacks, below are University of Mississippi faculty with applicable expertise.


Community Invited To Gather In Remembrance, Patsy Brumfield Sep 2001

Community Invited To Gather In Remembrance, Patsy Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi Family will observe a 24-hour vigil of meditation beginning at midnight Thursday in the new Paris-Yates Chapel on the Oxford campus.


Ole Miss Family Gathers For Peace; Blood Donors Exceed Capacity, J. Adrian Aumen Sep 2001

Ole Miss Family Gathers For Peace; Blood Donors Exceed Capacity, J. Adrian Aumen

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- About 500 members of The University of Mississippi community gathered Tuesday evening in the Student Union Plaza in consolation, memory and prayer for victims of the morning's attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington D.C. On Wednesday, plans for a day-long blood drive were cut short when the volume of response from students, faculty and staff exceeded organizers' capacity before noon.


Blood Drive Nets Too Many Donors, Staff Report Sep 2001

Blood Drive Nets Too Many Donors, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi (UM) blood drive was called off Wednesday -- too many donors.


Ole Miss Family Gathers For Peace; Blood Donations Exceed Capacity, J. Adrian Aumen Sep 2001

Ole Miss Family Gathers For Peace; Blood Donations Exceed Capacity, J. Adrian Aumen

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- About 500 members of The University of Mississippi (UM) community gathered Tuesday evening in the Student Union Plaza in consolation, memory and prayer for victims of the morning's attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Washington D.C. On Wednesday, plans for a day-long blood drive were cut short when the volume of response from students, faculty and staff exceeded organizers' capacity before noon.


Spitfire Tour Cancelled, Staff Report Sep 2001

Spitfire Tour Cancelled, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The Spitfire Tour public forum scheduled today has been cancelled due to transportation problems. Anyone who purchased a ticket in advance can return it for a refund at the Central Ticket Office in the Student Union.


Blood Donations Taken Today For Attack Victims, Staff Report Sep 2001

Blood Donations Taken Today For Attack Victims, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

People across campus and across America are asking: "What can I do to help?" The answer: Donate a pint of blood today. Donations accepted 8 a.m.-6p.m. on the fourth floor of the Student Union.


Teach For America Founder Gives Brown Bag Lecture Sept. 14, Deidra Jackson Sep 2001

Teach For America Founder Gives Brown Bag Lecture Sept. 14, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Wendy Kopp, founder and president of Teach for America, a nationally-recognized teacher recruitment and placement program which in 1993 helped relieve dire teacher shortages in the Mississippi Delta, examines the program's evolution at The University of Mississippi (UM) Sept. 14.


Vigil For World Peace, Staff Report Sep 2001

Vigil For World Peace, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

The Ole Miss Family is invited to participate in a vigil for the victims of today's tragedy and their families beginning at 7 p.m. tonight, Sept. 11, in the Student Union Plaza. All are invited to share their concerns for world peace and for each other. The Paris-Yates Chapel will be open 8 a.m.-10 p.m. every day this week.


Small Business Center Offers Free Seminars Sept. 12-13, George Kehoe Sep 2001

Small Business Center Offers Free Seminars Sept. 12-13, George Kehoe

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss -- Taxes to marketing to long-term planning -- The University of Mississippi Small Business Development Center will present a two-day training program Sept. 12-13 for business owners, managers, and entrepreneurs who want a comprehensive look at small business operation.


Maryland Attorney Tapped To Lead National Law Center, Elaine Pugh Sep 2001

Maryland Attorney Tapped To Lead National Law Center, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Distinguished criminal attorney Thomas Clancy is the inaugural director of the National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law at The University of Mississippi (UM).


Faculty Forums Address Diverse Topics, Interests, Elaine Pugh Sep 2001

Faculty Forums Address Diverse Topics, Interests, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Interested in unraveling the mysteries of chronic pain? Puzzled about finding your place in the post-Southern landscape? Intrigued to learn why tax-exempt organizations shouldn't fear the media?


Internationally Known Engineer Named Chair Of Civil Engineering, Elaine Pugh Sep 2001

Internationally Known Engineer Named Chair Of Civil Engineering, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dr. Alexander H.-D. Cheng, a specialist in ground water and the mechanics of porous material, is the new chairman of The University of Mississippi's (UM) Department of Civil Engineering. At the University of Delaware for eight years, Cheng assumed his UM post in mid-August.


Scientists Devise New Tactic For Fighting Dangerous Fungi, Mitchell Diggs Sep 2001

Scientists Devise New Tactic For Fighting Dangerous Fungi, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Agricultural chemicals can kill mold on strawberries, but can they treat an organ transplant patient's fungal infection?


Isom Center Kicks Off Fall Lectures Sept. 10, Elaine Pugh Sep 2001

Isom Center Kicks Off Fall Lectures Sept. 10, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi's Sarah Isom Center for Women invites university and community members to its Lunch Lecture Series fall opener Monday, Sept. 10.


Rebel Games Go Global, Tobie Baker Sep 2001

Rebel Games Go Global, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- College football has just begun, but some Mississippi National Guard troops deployed to Bosnia are already gearing up for the 2001 Egg Bowl on Thanksgiving Day.


Bbc Tunes In, Turns Up Volume On Fire Ants, Mitchell Diggs Sep 2001

Bbc Tunes In, Turns Up Volume On Fire Ants, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A television crew from the British Broadcasting Corp. is visiting The University of Mississippi (UM) this week to tape segments for a program on fire ants and how they communicate.


Campus Council Ready To Enforce No-Drugs Rule, Patsy R. Brumfield Aug 2001

Campus Council Ready To Enforce No-Drugs Rule, Patsy R. Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- New message to fraternities at The University of Mississippi (UM): If a member or pledge brings drugs into the fraternity house with the intent to distribute, the result will be tough -- death to social life for an extended period.


Healthworks To Boost Employee Quality Of Life, Tobie Baker Aug 2001

Healthworks To Boost Employee Quality Of Life, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A new fringe benefit geared toward improving the health of all university employees will be made available, starting in October.


Freedom Forum Endows New Journalism Center, Patsy Brumfield Aug 2001

Freedom Forum Endows New Journalism Center, Patsy Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi (UM) plans to renovate significantly its journalism building and add a center to study Southern journalism and politics through a $5 million grant by The Freedom Forum, Chancellor Robert Khayat announced Wednesday.


Biologists Expand Plant Archive And Tap Potential, Mitchell Diggs Aug 2001

Biologists Expand Plant Archive And Tap Potential, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- William Faulkner's papers, B.B. King's record collection and the paintings of Theora Hamblett -- notable archives at The University of Mississippi (UM).


Racial Reconciliation Leader Named, Deidra Jackson Aug 2001

Racial Reconciliation Leader Named, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi (UM) named Midsouth community developer Derrill L. Pierce the first executive director of its Institute for Racial Reconciliation.


Oxford Campus Greets Record Enrollment, Barbara Lago Aug 2001

Oxford Campus Greets Record Enrollment, Barbara Lago

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Preliminary fall enrollment figures released today for The University of Mississippi at Oxford indicate a record-breaking 11,772 students, including record numbers of freshman, Mississippi and African-American students.


Vaught-Hemingway Expansion Under Way; Web Cam Overlooks Construction, Tobie Baker Aug 2001

Vaught-Hemingway Expansion Under Way; Web Cam Overlooks Construction, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Progress on the $25 million expansion of Vaught-Hemingway stadium can now be viewed by anyone in the world, not just football fans at The University of Mississippi (UM).


Outstanding Professor Sheds Light On University As 'Ivory Tower', Dr. Ronald Schroeder Aug 2001

Outstanding Professor Sheds Light On University As 'Ivory Tower', Dr. Ronald Schroeder

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dr. Ronald A. Schroeder, UM associate professor of English and Elsie M. Hood Outstanding Teacher of the Year 2001, delivered the following inspirational address during the inaugural New Student Academic Convocation on the Oxford campus:


Deadline Extended On Call For Civil Rights Artwork, Amy Lorton Aug 2001

Deadline Extended On Call For Civil Rights Artwork, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

Editor's note: This story first appeared in May. The deadline for proposals was recently extended to January 4, 2002. UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi's (UM) Civil Rights Commemoration Initiative -- a group of UM students, former students, faculty and staff -- has begun a national search for an artist to create a the state's first permanent civil rights memorial. It will be located at the center of the UM-Oxford campus. Proposals for artwork will be accepted until January 4, 2002.


Chancellor Says Higher Salaries, More Faculty Are Top Priorities, Patsy Brumfield Aug 2001

Chancellor Says Higher Salaries, More Faculty Are Top Priorities, Patsy Brumfield

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A salary increase for faculty and staff is the top priority of University of Mississippi (UM) Chancellor Robert C. Khayat, he told faculty at their fall meeting on the Oxford campus Thursday.


Symposium Examines Britain, American South, Tobie Baker Aug 2001

Symposium Examines Britain, American South, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- King James of England and Delta bluesman B.B. King -- what do they have in common?


Gospel Choir To Perform At Mid-South Fair, Deidra Jackson Aug 2001

Gospel Choir To Perform At Mid-South Fair, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The Grammy-nominated University of Mississippi Gospel Choir gets back to school and on stage for a special performance Sept. 23 during the 10-day Mid-South Fair in the heart of Memphis.