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New Parking Areas At Ole Miss Open To Football Fans Saturday, Tina Hahn Sep 1998

New Parking Areas At Ole Miss Open To Football Fans Saturday, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- University of Mississippi football fans attending Saturday's seasonopener against the University of Memphis will have a few new parking options, Ole Miss officials announced this week.


Computer Lab Puts Ole Miss Freshmen On Cutting Edge Of Biology Research, Rick Hynum Sep 1998

Computer Lab Puts Ole Miss Freshmen On Cutting Edge Of Biology Research, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Freshman biology students will have access to cutting-edge technology in a new computer facility that recently opened at The University of Mississippi.


Handheld Pcs Expand Teaching Horizons, Francine Strickwerda Sep 1998

Handheld Pcs Expand Teaching Horizons, Francine Strickwerda

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- There was a time when every Boy Scout's camping adventure began with a compass, a sleeping bag and a clean pair of shorts with his name sewn inside.


Remembering The Perfect Team:, Tina Hahn Sep 1998

Remembering The Perfect Team:, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- 1962 ... The year stands as a benchmark of change in the life of The University of Mississippi.


Neil Simon's 'Rumors' Kicks Off Ole Miss Department Of Theatre Arts' Fall Season, Peter Lee Sep 1998

Neil Simon's 'Rumors' Kicks Off Ole Miss Department Of Theatre Arts' Fall Season, Peter Lee

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Neil Simon's play Rumors is about a 10th wedding anniversary party you would want to miss.


Center For The Study Of Southern Culture Acquires Arkansas Photographers' Lifetime Collection, Peter Lee Sep 1998

Center For The Study Of Southern Culture Acquires Arkansas Photographers' Lifetime Collection, Peter Lee

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A special snapshot of Southern life has found its way to the Southern Media Archive at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at The University of Mississippi.


Protecting Compact Discs Not Like Old Vinyl Records, Peter Lee Sep 1998

Protecting Compact Discs Not Like Old Vinyl Records, Peter Lee

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The sun is beating down, and you just left your CDs in your closed-up car. When you get back, you find a few of them now have a slight wave to them.


Ole Miss To Host Fall Visit Day Oct. 3 For High School/Community College Students, Will Odom Sep 1998

Ole Miss To Host Fall Visit Day Oct. 3 For High School/Community College Students, Will Odom

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Choosing which college to attend is an important and exciting decision for any student, but it is often approached with hesitation and filled with numerous questions. To help solve this dilemma, The University of Mississippi is opening its doors to anyone interested in catching a glimpse of the many elements of Ole Miss life.


Ole Miss Accountancy Student Wins Prestigious National Scholarship, Deidra Walters Sep 1998

Ole Miss Accountancy Student Wins Prestigious National Scholarship, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Starling Cousley of Oxford, a graduate student in The University of Mississippi School of Accountancy, was recently chosen as one of only 54 students in the nation to receive a prestigious Arthur H. Carter Scholarship.


Alum Julie Smith Making A Killing On Mystery Novels Set In New Orleans, Rick Hynum Sep 1998

Alum Julie Smith Making A Killing On Mystery Novels Set In New Orleans, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- With her warm smile and bright-red hair, novelist Julie Smith looks harmless enough. But, as any hard-boiled, big-city gumshoe will tell you, looks can be deceiving.


Concert Singers Perform Local Concert, Peter Lee Sep 1998

Concert Singers Perform Local Concert, Peter Lee

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The University of Mississippi's award-winning Concert Singers will perform five selections Sunday Oct. 4 at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Oxford.


Hurricane Assistance For Students Offered By Dean Of Students Office, Peter Lee Sep 1998

Hurricane Assistance For Students Offered By Dean Of Students Office, Peter Lee

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- University of Mississippi students who have concerns about family and friends affected by Hurricane Georges have a place to turn for assistance.


Young Children Who Think School Is ‘Play' Usually On Target, Staff Report Sep 1998

Young Children Who Think School Is ‘Play' Usually On Target, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Parents who watch their child play all summer then spend a chunk of the family budget on school supplies may be surprised to hear the child consistently reply "I played" when asked what he did at school.


Football Season Opens, Tina Hahn Sep 1998

Football Season Opens, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- If everyone has picnic gear packed for the Grove, it must be time for The University of Mississippi to kick off football season.


Court Of Appeals Plans Session At University Of Mississippi Law Center, Elaine Pugh Sep 1998

Court Of Appeals Plans Session At University Of Mississippi Law Center, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit will be in session at The University of Mississippi's Lamar Law Center Sept. 8-11.


New Rebel Club Seating Honors Guy Billups Jr. Of Gulfport, Tina Hahn Sep 1998

New Rebel Club Seating Honors Guy Billups Jr. Of Gulfport, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- When Guy C. Billups Jr. of Gulfport wants to be involved in a sport, he does some serious fishing--sailfishing to be exact, on 20-pound lines. He has won numerous tournaments, including the Masters Tournament in the United States and a second-place finish in Kenya, Africa. He also held a world record for a 92-pound Pacific sailfish caught on a five-pound test line. When Billups wants to enjoy a spectator sport, his favorite is Ole Miss football.


Um-Desoto Graduate Program Application Deadline Set Oct. 1, Angela Holloway Sep 1998

Um-Desoto Graduate Program Application Deadline Set Oct. 1, Angela Holloway

University of Mississippi News

SOUTHAVEN, Miss. -- Applications for admission to the graduate program in elementary education at The University of Mississippi-DeSoto Center for the spring 1999 semester are due Oct. 1.


Social Life Of Native Americans Explored In Ole Miss History Symposium Oct. 7-9, Peter Lee Sep 1998

Social Life Of Native Americans Explored In Ole Miss History Symposium Oct. 7-9, Peter Lee

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The catastrophic changes that ravaged native American society in the early years of the colonization of America are the focus of this year's Porter L. Fortune Jr. History Symposium Oct. 7-9 at The University of Mississippi.


Concert Singers Choir Wins Second International Competition, Peter Lee Aug 1998

Concert Singers Choir Wins Second International Competition, Peter Lee

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Not content to be the world's best, The University of Mississippi Concert Singers recently returned from their Italian tour with a second honor.


Biologist Parsons Spotlighted On Discovery Channel, Rick Hynum Aug 1998

Biologist Parsons Spotlighted On Discovery Channel, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- A University of Mississippi biologist was featured recently in a nationally aired segment on The Discovery Channel's Discovery News.


Alumnus Michael Brady Establishes New Scholarship In Business Administration, Deidra Walters Aug 1998

Alumnus Michael Brady Establishes New Scholarship In Business Administration, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss.-- Atlanta businessman Michael Brady, a 1969 graduate of The University of Mississippi School of Business Administration, wants to share his good fortune.


Gloria Kellum Named Interim Vice Chancellor For University Relations, Tina Hahn Aug 1998

Gloria Kellum Named Interim Vice Chancellor For University Relations, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Dr. Gloria D. Kellum -- executive director of The University of Mississippi's Sesquicentennial and longtime faculty member -- has been named interim vice chancellor for University Relations.


Blues Archivist Komara Compiles Book On Jazz Great Charlie Parker, Deidra Walters Aug 1998

Blues Archivist Komara Compiles Book On Jazz Great Charlie Parker, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Saxophonist Charlie Parker -- considered a pioneer of modern jazz -- rarely performed the same song twice, and if he did, the song wasn't the same note for note.


New Medicaid Program In Mississippi Pays Pharmacists For Disease Management Services, Rick Hynum Aug 1998

New Medicaid Program In Mississippi Pays Pharmacists For Disease Management Services, Rick Hynum

University of Mississippi News

Result could be better, more cost-effective health care for Mississippians


Hollingsworth Field: Football Gridiron To Be Named For Longtime Ole Miss Supporter Sept. 5, Tina Hahn Aug 1998

Hollingsworth Field: Football Gridiron To Be Named For Longtime Ole Miss Supporter Sept. 5, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- When Dr. Gerald M. "Jerry" Hollingsworth of Ft. Walton Beach, Fla., walks to the field in The University of Mississippi's Vaught-Hemingway Stadium Sept. 5, maybe reality will dawn.


Birds Will Sing For Their Supper During Migratory Season, Staff Report Aug 1998

Birds Will Sing For Their Supper During Migratory Season, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- When birds of a feather get together for dinner and drinks in the fall, an ordinary back yard can suddenly become a magical, musical place.


A Pascagoula Couple Commits $25 Million For Liberal Arts Faculty Support, Tina Hahn Aug 1998

A Pascagoula Couple Commits $25 Million For Liberal Arts Faculty Support, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- When University of Mississippi professors began the 1998-99 academic year this week, Chancellor Robert C. Khayat had a surprise announcement: A Pascagoula couple has committed $25 million in support of faculty salaries.


University Artists Series Brings World-Class Performers To Ole Miss -- Tickets On Sale Now, Will Odom Aug 1998

University Artists Series Brings World-Class Performers To Ole Miss -- Tickets On Sale Now, Will Odom

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- For about the price it costs to go to the movies, people in surrounding communities and University students can broaden their artistic horizons throughout the school year by spending seven evenings with world-class artists.


Noted Author Tim O'Brien Addresses Mcdonnell-Barksdale Honors College Retreat, Peter Lee Aug 1998

Noted Author Tim O'Brien Addresses Mcdonnell-Barksdale Honors College Retreat, Peter Lee

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- Tim O'Brien, award-winning author of mostly Vietnam-era novels, was such a hit with The University of Mississippi's best and brightest last year that he recently returned to campus to speak at a retreat for McDonnell-Barksdale Honors College freshmen.


Assortment Of Fall Community Enrichment Programs Offered, Deidra Walters Aug 1998

Assortment Of Fall Community Enrichment Programs Offered, Deidra Walters

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. -- The beginning of a new school year is the perfect time to pick up a new hobby or fine tune an old one. Whether your interests focus on music or art, horseback riding or yoga, or elsewhere, The University of Mississippi Institute for Continuing Studies is offering a wide variety of fall non-credit community enrichment programs.