OXFORD, Miss. – It was a huge party, complete with cotton candy, live music, games and an inflatable “bounce house” for the kids. But the occasion wasn’t a birthday – it was Earth Day 2009 at the University of Mississippi. And if the children’s enthusiasm was any indication, the planet will be in good hands.

OXFORD, Miss. – Let’s talk green. Yes, money. And yes, the environment. Many people think you can have one or the other: green in your pocket or green in your lifestyle. However, the myth dies here; you can have both. The following simple green changes can result in a happier Earth and bank account:

Eileen Pollack OXFORD, Miss. – Fiction writer Eileen Pollack reads selected passages from her best-selling novels Thursday (April 23) in the Grisham Visiting Writer Series at the University of Mississippi. Pollack is the last Grisham Visiting Writer to speak during this year’s series. The free, public event is set for 7 p.m. at the OleRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff, authors of last year’s Pultizer Prize-winning book “The Race Beat ,” are to lead a discussion of the challenges and perils news reporters faced while covering the civil rights movement Thursday (April 23) at the University of Mississippi. Sponsored by the Overby Center for Southern Journalism andRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Panhellenic Council is holding a silent art auction from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday (April 23) at the Ole Miss-Oxford Depot. The auction is a community service project of the Panhellenic Executive Council featuring art donated by the women of UM’s nine sororities. All of the money raisedRead the story …

Watch video of the Bioswale.     Jeff McManus (pointing), director of landscape services at the University of Mississippi, shows off the university’s new bioswale Monday morning near Crosby Hall as part of the university’s Green Week 2009 activities. A bioswale uses rocks and plants to slow rainwater runoff to help purify water and reduceRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – “Capture the Moment: The Pulitzer Prize Photographs,” the largest and most comprehensive display of Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs ever shown in the United States, opens Wednesday (April 22) at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics at the University of Mississippi. The photographs are to be on display through July 3. TheRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Mississippi: The Dance Company presents “Extra/Ordinary Stories” Thursday, Friday and Sunday (April 23, 24 and 26) at the University of Mississippi’s Meek Hall Auditorium. Sponsored by the Department of Theatre Arts , the show focuses on the extraordinary in ordinary events and lives, as well as the ordinary in the extraordinary. TheRead the story …

The 5 Browns OXFORD, Miss. – With one of the most appealing classical music stories of recent times, The 5 Browns , a quintet of classical pianists who happen to be brothers and sisters, have taken the world by storm. On Friday (April 24), the siblings take the stage at the University of Mississippi’s GertrudeRead the story …

Present autographed guitar to retiring UM chancellor Vince Gill along with Ole Miss alumni Mary Donnelly Haskell, Rivers Rutherford, and Bryan Kennedy performed to a sold out Ford Center crowd. The event raised money for Ole Miss scholarships. OXFORD, Miss. – Country music superstar Vince Gill and three Ole Miss alumni helped raise more thanRead the story …