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OXFORD, Miss. – Capitol Steps, touted as the musical troupe that put the “mock” in democracy, comes to the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Mississippi Aug. 29, as a lighthearted prelude to the UM-hosted first 2008 presidential debate. Tickets for the 8 p.m. show are $30 and availableRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Former University of Mississippi track star Brittney Reese is in good spirits and looking good in workouts leading up to the Olympic women’s long jump competition, including Tuesday’s qualifying rounds and Friday’s main event, said Joe Walker, UM head track coach. “I think (Brittney) will be ready when the time does come,” WalkerRead the story …

Megan Garguilo OXFORD, Miss. – Two outstanding Mississippi students are recipients of the University of Mississippi’s oldest and one of its most prestigious scholastic awards, the $40,000 Robert M. Carrier Scholarship. Logan D. Fair of New Albany and Megan Elise Gargiulo of Long Beach, who plan to enter Ole Miss as freshmen this fall, wereRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Diana Day-Cartee said that creating the JoAnne and Eagle Day Ole Miss First Scholarship at the University of Mississippi is allowing her late father’s “mission on earth to live on” while also fulfilling one of her mother’s longtime desires. Named for Day-Cartee’s parents and seeded with a $25,000 gift to UM, theRead the story …

Krista Tippett Public invited to 9:30 a.m. program at Oxford Conference Center OXFORD, Miss. – Krista Tippett, creator and host of the Peabody and Webby award-winning radio program “Speaking of Faith, is scheduled to address University of Mississippi students Friday, Aug. 22. Drawing on her conversations with theologians and scientists, artists and activists, Tippett plansRead the story …

Tristan Denley. UM photo by Nathan Latil. OXFORD. Miss. – Tristan Denley, associate professor of mathematics at the University of Mississippi, will welcome some 450 students to his family of four in August 2009 when UM’s first of two planned residential colleges opens. Recently named Senior Fellow of the college, Denley will move into aRead the story …

View a slide slow of the some items from the Blues archive. {gallery}08-2008/blues{/gallery} OXFORD, Miss. – After toiling long hours in the field under a hot Mississippi Delta sun, poor black sharecroppers of the early 20th century gathered on front porches and put to music their sorrow and suffering. The soulful lyrics and sounds ofRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Twenty-six business students return to the University of Mississippi this fall smarter and with stories to tell about studying abroad in England, Ireland and the Czech Republic. The travel during the university’s two-week May Intersession was arranged with help from alumni and the guidance of faculty members. The students enjoyed learning experiencesRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Twenty-six business students return to the University of Mississippi this fall smarter and with stories to tell about studying abroad in England, Ireland and the Czech Republic. The travel during the university’s two-week May Intersession was arranged with help from alumni and the guidance of faculty members. The students enjoyed learning experiencesRead the story …