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Add These Six Steps To Your Exercise Program To Increase Success, Tobie Baker Jan 2001

Add These Six Steps To Your Exercise Program To Increase Success, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Imagine a man in his mid-50s sitting with his legs crossed watching television. In comes his 3-year-old granddaughter who sits on his foot desiring him to rock his leg sending her up and down in delight.


Mississippi Quilts, Folk Art Featured At University Museums, Amy Lorton Jan 2001

Mississippi Quilts, Folk Art Featured At University Museums, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss.-- The spotlight is focused on some of the state's finest craftspeople and artisans in two new University of Mississippi Museums exhibits: "The Art of Quilting" and "Crossroads of the Heart."


Law School Provides Legal Help For Indigent, Thanks To John Grisham, Elaine Pugh Jan 2001

Law School Provides Legal Help For Indigent, Thanks To John Grisham, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss.-- In his ninth novel, best-selling author John Grisham pulls his readers through a page-turning plot that lands his central character in the streets, an advocate for the homeless: The Street Lawyer.


Key To Successful Weight Loss Is Long-Lasting, Safe Program, Amy Lorton Jan 2001

Key To Successful Weight Loss Is Long-Lasting, Safe Program, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A new year is traditionally the time for fresh starts, which for many Americans means trying to keep that resolution to lose weight or get into shape.


Gospel Choir Gets Grammy Nomination, Deidra Jackson Jan 2001

Gospel Choir Gets Grammy Nomination, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- After 25 years spent stirring local and regional audiences with its rousing songs of praise, The University of Mississippi (UM) Gospel Choir had realized a long-held goal when it finally recorded a CD inside a professional studio.


Journalism Department Tops $1 Million In Endowments, Amy Lorton Jan 2001

Journalism Department Tops $1 Million In Endowments, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. --Scholarships available at The University of Mississippi's Department of Journalism are at an all-time high with total endowments topping more than $1 million, according to The University of Mississippi Foundation.


Business School Student Awarded Scholarship By Memphis Executive Group, George Kehoe Jan 2001

Business School Student Awarded Scholarship By Memphis Executive Group, George Kehoe

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Breck Hines, a senior in The University of Mississippi (UM) School of Business Administration, recently won a $1,500 scholarship for outstanding academic achievement from the Memphis Chapter of Financial Executives International (FEI), a leading professional association for financial executives.


Expert Sees Linux Spread As ‘Industrial Revolution', Mitchell Diggs Jan 2001

Expert Sees Linux Spread As ‘Industrial Revolution', Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Most home computer users would be hard-pressed to identify exactly what Linux is, but this revolutionary operating system is shaking up the computer industry in ways that eventually will make it a household word.


Senior Honors Grandmother With Women's Council Scholarship, Amy Lorton Jan 2001

Senior Honors Grandmother With Women's Council Scholarship, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Susan Keith, a University of Mississippi managerial finance major from Long Beach, wanted to give her grandmother something special for Christmas this year. She knows the holidays for Dorothy Graham Brown from Pass Christian are rough, since Keith's grandfather died on Christmas Eve four years ago.


Documentary Filmmaker Sponsors Women's Council Scholarship, Amy Lorton Dec 2000

Documentary Filmmaker Sponsors Women's Council Scholarship, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Rachel McPherson of New York learned the ropes of documentary filmmaking the hard way: on- the-job training in one of the world's toughest cities. That's why she is so excited about joining The University of Mississippi's Ole Miss Women's Council for Philanthropy and being one of its first sponsors.


Luther Ott's Life Gives New Meaning To Public Service, Elaine Pugh Dec 2000

Luther Ott's Life Gives New Meaning To Public Service, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Luther Ott's profession is practicing law. His passion is serving the disenfranchised.


Performing Arts Center Takes Shape As Construction Continues, Deidra Jackson Dec 2000

Performing Arts Center Takes Shape As Construction Continues, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The proposed $25 million Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts is shown as a faint icon neighboring the School of Education on the most current map of The University of Mississippi's (UM) Oxford main campus.


Ole Miss Researchers Partner With Cdc To Study Herbals, Mitchell Diggs Dec 2000

Ole Miss Researchers Partner With Cdc To Study Herbals, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The exploding market for botanical dietary supplements and their impact on public health is the focus of an ongoing study by researchers at The University of Mississippi (UM) in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).


A Cappella Group Is Greeted With Interest, Deidra Jackson Dec 2000

A Cappella Group Is Greeted With Interest, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- After hearing the melodious blend of 10 male voices from The University of Mississippi (UM), unfamiliar audiences usually respond with a similar harmonious tune of their own: "Who were those guys?"


Physical Plant Spreads Spirit Of Season, Will Odom Dec 2000

Physical Plant Spreads Spirit Of Season, Will Odom

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The Christmas season brings with it a spirit of giving to others and caring for those around us, and The University of Mississippi Physical Plant Department embodies that spirit with its annual Christmas Basket Program.


Technology Used To Recruit International Students To Um, Tobie Baker Dec 2000

Technology Used To Recruit International Students To Um, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- New technology is delivered with old-fashioned handshakes in an unusual effort to recruit international students to attend The University of Mississippi (UM).


Cyber Crimes Grow With Internet, Upd Offers Specialized Training, Tobie Baker Dec 2000

Cyber Crimes Grow With Internet, Upd Offers Specialized Training, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The growth of the Internet over the last decade has not only sparked new promise but also has created digital outlaws.


Record 87 Board-Certified Teachers Get Boost From World Class Teaching Program, Deidra Jackson Dec 2000

Record 87 Board-Certified Teachers Get Boost From World Class Teaching Program, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A record 354 primary and secondary Mississippi school teachers recently certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) included 87 who underwent rigorous study through The University of Mississippi's (UM) World Class Teaching Program.


University Musems Offers Unique Gifts For The Holidays, Amy Lorton Dec 2000

University Musems Offers Unique Gifts For The Holidays, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Just in time for those last-minute holiday shoppers, The University of Mississippi Museums gift shop is reducing the price on a number of unique gifts for Christmas, including limited-edition prints, vintage clothes, fine silver, posters of past exhibits and Theora Hamblett T-shirts. The gift shop is located in the lobby of Museums on University Avenue.


Oxford Health & Fitness Named Best All-Around Magazine By Spj, Tobie Baker Dec 2000

Oxford Health & Fitness Named Best All-Around Magazine By Spj, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi (UM) student-launched Oxford Health & Fitness magazine recently garnered the Society of Professional Journalists' (SPJ) Mark of Excellence Award.


Army Awards $1 Million To Electrical Engineers, Elaine Pugh Dec 2000

Army Awards $1 Million To Electrical Engineers, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Mention the U.S. Army's Patriot missile defense to many Americans and success in the Gulf War springs to mind. What most people don't realize is that operating such mobile radar systems is an awesome task. Transportation, for example, requires three 18-wheelers.


Oxford Business Women Come Together To Discuss New Scholarship, Amy Lorton Dec 2000

Oxford Business Women Come Together To Discuss New Scholarship, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The menu might have featured the usual lunch specials, but something distinctly different was happening at the Downtown Grill in Oxford last week.


Alumnus Plays Key Role In Release Of Historic Tape, University Communications Dec 2000

Alumnus Plays Key Role In Release Of Historic Tape, University Communications

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- University of Mississippi journalism graduate Chris Berry played a key role in the recent release and broadcast of the audiotape of U.S. Supreme Court proceedings related to last month's presidential election.


Softball Camps Offered To Girls Ages 8-18 In January, June, Dee Thomas Dec 2000

Softball Camps Offered To Girls Ages 8-18 In January, June, Dee Thomas

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Girls ages eight to18 can improve their softball pitching and hitting at The University of Mississippi's (UM) Softball Camps to be held in January and June.


History Prof Contends Early R&B Helped Heal South's Racial Divide, Deidra Jackson Dec 2000

History Prof Contends Early R&B Helped Heal South's Racial Divide, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- They called it "the devil's music." "A disgrace." "Smut." Even "immoralistic noise."


New Um Weather Station Provides Real-Time Information, Warnings For Entire Community, Mitchell Diggs Dec 2000

New Um Weather Station Provides Real-Time Information, Warnings For Entire Community, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Most computer users would be reluctant to introduce a new bug into their hard drives, but The University of Mississippi has one that many people will be eager to add to their machines.


Staff Sustains Test-Taking Students With Late-Night ‘Breakfast', J. Adrian Aumen Dec 2000

Staff Sustains Test-Taking Students With Late-Night ‘Breakfast', J. Adrian Aumen

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The griddle stays hot until late in the evening Dec. 12 for University of Mississippi students studying for semester-end examinations.


School Of Education Helps Groom Youth For Regional, State Science Fair Competitions, Deidra Jackson Dec 2000

School Of Education Helps Groom Youth For Regional, State Science Fair Competitions, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Think about grade-school science fair projects, and replicas of erupting volcanoes, bug collections and solar system exhibits come to mind.


‘Bears & Books' Gives Campus Community Way To Say ‘Thanks', J. Adrian Aumen Dec 2000

‘Bears & Books' Gives Campus Community Way To Say ‘Thanks', J. Adrian Aumen

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- When most University of Mississippi (UM) faculty and staff are heading home for the evening, another group of employees is just arriving to spend the twilight hours not with their families but on the job -- cleaning, straightening, repairing and preparing the university for another busy day.


Professors Edit New E-Commerce Journal, George Kehoe Dec 2000

Professors Edit New E-Commerce Journal, George Kehoe

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Although signs of the Internet-driven economic revolution are evident in the rise of dot.com enterprises and Web site shopping, the main event is still to come. With Cyberspace technology just spooling up, two University of Mississippi (UM) School of Business Administration professors are co-editing a new academic journal to help keep researchers and business leaders informed of the latest developments in the multi-faceted world of e-commerce.