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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University of Mississippi officials met with representatives of the Commission on Presidential Debates this afternoon, and learned that advance staff for Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama completed a walk-through of the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, site of Friday’s presidential debate. Moderator Jim Lehrer also participated in the walk-through.  The debate is scheduledRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – As thousands of journalists converge on the University of Mississippi campus this week in preparation for Friday’s presidential debate, some are offering students and locals a chance to participate in live media events. “We are working hard to have the media interact directly with students, faculty and staff, as well as theRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Every day, Barack Obama and Sarah Palin chart new political territory along racial and gender lines, but the first steps toward this historic presidential election actually began more than 40 years ago. On Wednesday, historians and academicians at the University of Mississippi pointed to Aaron Henry and Fannie Lou Hamer as trailblazersRead the story …

The University of Mississippi is going forward with the preparation for the debate. We are ready to host the debate, and we expect the debate to occur as planned. At present, the University has received no notification of any change in the timing or venue of the debate. We have been notified by the CommissionRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Close all high schools – including their athletics programs – and funnel those funds into early childhood education. Pay elementary school teachers salaries equivalent to that of professional basketball player LeBron James. These were two radical – yet facetious – suggestions made Tuesday (Sept. 24) by State Superintendent of Education Hank BoundsRead the story …