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Clark Meshes Military, Law, Education, Will Odom Dec 2000

Clark Meshes Military, Law, Education, Will Odom

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- If you think you have a long drive to work, try commuting 12 hours to Germany each month.


Bye, Bye Butterflies: Kick Performance Anxiety To The Curb To Prevent Serious Injuries, Deidra Jackson Dec 2000

Bye, Bye Butterflies: Kick Performance Anxiety To The Curb To Prevent Serious Injuries, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

Alicia Graf and Mikhail Baryshnikov, two world-renowned ballet dancers, don't usually wear knee pads, groin cups and helmets, but perhaps they should.


Country Music Artist Visits Um, Oxford, Deidra Jackson Dec 2000

Country Music Artist Visits Um, Oxford, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- He was just a 13-year-old from Philadelphia, Miss., but his mandolin playing landed him a job in a Nashville bluegrass band.


Keys To Avoid Becoming A Victim Of Auto Theft, Burglaries, Elaine Pugh Dec 2000

Keys To Avoid Becoming A Victim Of Auto Theft, Burglaries, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The jagged line on the graph recording the incidence of auto burglaries and thefts rises and falls at certain times of the year. Generally, during the Christmas shopping season the line tends to have an upward course, with thieves eying easy targets.


Summer College Offers Glimpse Of College Life To High School Students, Dee Thomas Dec 2000

Summer College Offers Glimpse Of College Life To High School Students, Dee Thomas

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- For many high school students, preparation for college is filled with worry about leaving home and their ability to perform at the college level. Anxiety often is increased with decisions about what college to attend or what field to study.


Um Offers 2001 Summer Accelerated Studies For Eighth-, Ninth-, 10th-Graders, Dee Thomas Dec 2000

Um Offers 2001 Summer Accelerated Studies For Eighth-, Ninth-, 10th-Graders, Dee Thomas

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Think you're too young to go to college? Not at The University of Mississippi (UM), where a new program planned for the summer of 2001 gives students who are entering the eighth, ninth and 10th grades in the fall a taste of college life.


An Exemplary Life, Amy Lorton Dec 2000

An Exemplary Life, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- All it took was one simple remark to change Leila Clark Wynn's life, and in the long run help The University of Mississippi Center for the Study of Southern Culture.


Barnes Increases Team Goal In Coaches Vs. Cancer Program, Lori Topp Dec 2000

Barnes Increases Team Goal In Coaches Vs. Cancer Program, Lori Topp

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- For the sixth straight year, The University of Mississippi (UM) joins the American Cancer Society in a "three-point attack" on cancer. The Men's Basketball Team and Men's Head Coach Rod Barnes are calling on fans to support the Coaches vs. Cancer Program


Law Professors Among International Delegation To U.N. Negotiations, Elaine Pugh Nov 2000

Law Professors Among International Delegation To U.N. Negotiations, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Two University of Mississippi (UM) law professors are members of an international delegation meeting at the United Nations this week through Dec. 8 to hammer out details for a permanent international criminal court.


U. S. Attorney's Office Opens New Office, University Communications Nov 2000

U. S. Attorney's Office Opens New Office, University Communications

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- The Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi celebrates the opening of its new quarters at the Thomas R. Ethridge Building, 900 Jefferson Ave. in Oxford, Friday, Dec. 8.


Law Professors Among International Delegation To U.N. Negotiations, Elaine Pugh Nov 2000

Law Professors Among International Delegation To U.N. Negotiations, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Two University of Mississippi (UM) law professors are members of an international delegation meeting at the United Nations this week through Dec. 8 to hammer out details for a permanent international criminal court.


U.S. Justice Department Provides $3 Million Initial Funding For New Center At Law School, Elaine Pugh Nov 2000

U.S. Justice Department Provides $3 Million Initial Funding For New Center At Law School, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The U.S. Department of Justice has provided $3 million for a new center at The University of Mississippi (UM) School of Law to look at criminal issues and consider ways of reducing crime and developing strategies to combat it both domestically and internationally.


Exhibit At Um's Barnard Observatory Reveals Junkyard Life Through Photos, Deidra Jackson Nov 2000

Exhibit At Um's Barnard Observatory Reveals Junkyard Life Through Photos, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Twenty-four black-and-white images of people, whose livelihoods revolve around a long-standing scrap metal recycling plant in Hattiesburg, are on view through Jan. 12 in "Junkyard," a narrative photography exhibit at The University of Mississippi's (UM) Center for the Study of Southern Culture.


Beloved Holiday Story, ‘A Christmas Carol,'Comes To Fulton Chapel Stage, Deidra Jackson Nov 2000

Beloved Holiday Story, ‘A Christmas Carol,'Comes To Fulton Chapel Stage, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," one of the most beloved and treasured holiday stories, and regarded by literary critics as "one of humanity's most lasting morality tales," is presented Dec. 1-3 and Dec. 7-9 by The University of Mississippi Department of Theatre Arts.


Um Scientist Says Mad Cow Disease Variant Poses No Threat To Mississippi Deer Population, Mitchell Diggs Nov 2000

Um Scientist Says Mad Cow Disease Variant Poses No Threat To Mississippi Deer Population, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A fatal brain disorder similar to mad cow disease has been discovered in deer and elk herds in Colorado and Wyoming, but Mississippi hunters need not worry about contracting any such illness from local kills.


Jackson Businessman Provides $1 Million For Um Athletics Campaign, Tina Hahn Nov 2000

Jackson Businessman Provides $1 Million For Um Athletics Campaign, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. --Jackson businessman Carl Herrin and his wife, Nancy, have enjoyed countless Saturdays each fall watching The University of Mississippi football team battle SEC rivals and other teams from across the nation.


Jackson Attorney Supports Law School's Moot Court Program, Elaine Pugh Nov 2000

Jackson Attorney Supports Law School's Moot Court Program, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. --Bill Dalehite might have walked away from The University of Mississippi (UM) in 1972 with two degrees and without any feeling of indebtedness to the institution that had prepared him for life. The successful Jackson attorney, however, is one Ole Miss alumnus who literally looks for ways to say thank you over and over.


Sixth-Grader Makes Opera Theatre Debut, Deidra Jackson Nov 2000

Sixth-Grader Makes Opera Theatre Debut, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Twelve-year-old Michael Scott of Oxford is a cherub in blue jeans, a single-striped scarlet sweatshirt and olive-colored hiking boots.


Um Leisure Management Program Receives Accreditation, Tobie Baker Nov 2000

Um Leisure Management Program Receives Accreditation, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The undergraduate leisure management program at The University of Mississippi (UM) has obtained full accreditation from the National Recreation and Park Association and the American Association for Leisure and Recreation.


Small Business Outreach Conference Offers Tips On Winning Federal Tech-Related Funds, University Communications Nov 2000

Small Business Outreach Conference Offers Tips On Winning Federal Tech-Related Funds, University Communications

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. — A federal- and state-sponsored conference in Jackson offers tips on how small, technology-oriented businesses can apply for and win research and technology-related government contracts and grants.


Shrinking Pool Of School Superintendents Gets Boost, Deidra Jackson Nov 2000

Shrinking Pool Of School Superintendents Gets Boost, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY -- The nationwide demand for school superintendents is in crisis: Nearly half the country's 14,300 district leaders have retired, are approaching retirement age or are resigning due to increasing accountability pressures and school board politics.


Um Graduate Honored Nationally, University Communications Nov 2000

Um Graduate Honored Nationally, University Communications

University of Mississippi News

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- John Joseph IV of Decatur, Ala., has been selected as the third recipient of the Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership Award honoring young Catholic adults who show leadership in and commitment to social justice.


An Ounce Of Prevention Is Good Advice, Amy Lorton Nov 2000

An Ounce Of Prevention Is Good Advice, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Winter brings not only dreary days and cold temps but also a good chance you'll be among the millions of Americans catching the flu, or influenza, virus. Although flu shares a lot of symptoms with the common cold, it can be deadly for the very young, those with chronic illnesses and the elderly. The virus also can make healthy people miserable and can last for one to two weeks, says Barbara Collier, a nurse practitioner and director of The University of Mississippi Student Health Services.


Doctoral Student Wins National Educator Award, Deidra Jackson Nov 2000

Doctoral Student Wins National Educator Award, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Teacher Carol Burton recently marshaled her 26 first-graders inside their Hernando Elementary classroom and escorted them to another school assembly.


Ole Miss, Msu Collaboration Could Benefit Cancer Patients, Mississippi Farmers, Mitchell Diggs Nov 2000

Ole Miss, Msu Collaboration Could Benefit Cancer Patients, Mississippi Farmers, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

VERONA, Miss. -- When The University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University meet Thanksgiving night at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, only one team will emerge victorious. But the two institutions are meeting for friendlier purposes on a small plot of farmland in Verona, Miss., and the cooperative effort could produce a winner for the entire state.


Researchers Get $5 Million To Develop New Malaria Medicines, Mitchell Diggs Nov 2000

Researchers Get $5 Million To Develop New Malaria Medicines, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Claiming more than 1 million lives and billions of dollars in health- care costs and lost productivity every year, malaria ranks right at the top of the world's health problems. So it seems fitting that the search for new malaria cures has attracted one of the largest research awards in The University of Mississippi's (UM) history.


Christmas Celebrations May Differ Around The Globe, Spirit Is Universal, Elaine Pugh Nov 2000

Christmas Celebrations May Differ Around The Globe, Spirit Is Universal, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. --Joyeux Noël. Froehliche Weihnachten. Buon Natale. Feliz Navidad. Merry Christmas. Whatever the language, the message is universal --celebrate merrily a special time of the year. It's a season that also transcends differences in culture and even religious beliefs, but with a flavor unique to certain heritages and particular lifestyles.


If Santa Is Bringing A Scooter, Don't Neglect These Safety Tips, Tobie Baker Nov 2000

If Santa Is Bringing A Scooter, Don't Neglect These Safety Tips, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- If you're able to get a kick scooter -- the latest craze and an item sure to be on almost every Christmas wish list this year -- under your feet, then safety should be a priority.


Star Of Bethlehem May Be There For All To See, Astronomy Professor Says, Mitchell Diggs Nov 2000

Star Of Bethlehem May Be There For All To See, Astronomy Professor Says, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- For centuries, the fabled star of Bethlehem has stood both as a mystery for astronomers and a powerful symbol for Christians. But the popular image of a blazing star-- epitomized in Christmas carols and greeting cards-- probably is all wrong.


Celebrate The Holiday Season With Traditional Southern Fare, Amy Lorton Nov 2000

Celebrate The Holiday Season With Traditional Southern Fare, Amy Lorton

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- During the holidays, fat grams just don't count. Overloading on carbohydrates and sugar is a must, and showing off your best cooking skills is as necessary as Bing Crosby singing White Christmas. It's not officially Christmas in any household across the land until everyone is miserable from the amount of food they have cooked, eaten and pushed off on every neighbor within a 10-mile radius.