Presidential debate writes ‘new page for the history books’   A view of the debate from the balcony of the Gertrude C. Ford Center. UM photo by Robert Jordan.                                   OXFORD, Miss. – While analysts deliberate over which candidateRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – The year’s first presidential debate brought countless opportunities for learning and life-changing experiences to University of Mississippi students, but not all the beneficiaries were students. Some of the personnel working the event got in on the act, too. In the weeks leading up to the presidential debate, Ashley Walker was working twoRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – At the end of a hectic week marked by intense preparations and great uncertainty, the first presidential debate at the University of Mississippi turned out every bit as grand as planners ever dreamed it would be. Thousands of media representatives from around the world came to Oxford to cover the Friday nightRead the story …

Memphis meteorologist Jim Jaggers plans to spend Monday riding around Oxford and the University of Mississippi as part of his Go Jim Go! fundraiser for LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center. Courtesy photo. OXFORD, Miss. – When TV meteorologist Jim Jaggers bicycles through Oxford Monday (Sept. 29) as part of a fundraising quest for LeBonheur Children’s MedicalRead the story …

Minature windmills were placed in the Grove to display ideas for alternative energy. UM photo by Peter Cleary OXFORD, Miss. – The Grove and Circle were littered with plasma screens, polling booths and a long line of miniature white windmills as students and visitors anticipated the first of three presidential debates during Friday’s Rock theRead the story …

A worker installs mini windmills as part of an alternative energy display during Rock the Debate in the Grove Friday. UM photo by Nathan Latil. OXFORD, Miss. – On a campus where the biggest crowds generally come out for football games, University of Mississippi students showed they have a more serious side Friday afternoon. InsteadRead the story …

CBS journalist Harry Smith (left) talks with Dan Murff and other Ole Miss fans during a segment from ‘The Early Show’ that aired live from the University of Mississippi Student Union Plaza Friday morning. UM photo by Robert Jordan. OXFORD, Miss. – CBS journalist Harry Smith got a taste of Oxford and Southern hospitality onRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Africa Radio Group reporter and Harvard Law graduate Maina Kiai had an unusual day ahead of him when he woke up Friday morning, the day of the presidential debate at the University of Mississippi. “The bus (for international journalists) was late in Memphis, and when I went to get some papers andRead the story …

Longtime NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw discusses the political landscape and the prospects for the first presidential debate with Curtis Wilkie, former Boston Globe reporter and fellow of UM’s Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics, before a packed house Thursday evening at Fulton Chapel. UM Photo by Kevin Bain. Respected journalist said he believesRead the story …

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