OXFORD – With America less than six weeks away from electing a new president, voters are following the campaign with tremendous interest. And apparently, so is the rest of the world. “The level of interest is extremely high in Japan,” said Yoichi Kato of the Japanese newspaper the Asahi Shimbun. “The choices America makes haveRead the story …

Judith Meredith and John Meredith, the wife and son of James Meredith, are available to answer questions at 10 a.m. Friday (Sept. 26) at the University of Mississippi Civil Rights Monument between the Lyceum and the J.D. Williams Library. James Meredith was the first black student admitted to the university in 1962. For more information,Read the story …

The Chancellor of Change: Robert C. Khayat No one person has done more in the University of Mississippi’s history to reconcile, unite and inspire than Chancellor Robert C. Khayat. He is to be available to answer questions at 11 a.m. Friday (Sept. 26) in his formal office in the Lyceum. The former Ole Miss andRead the story …

A raw interview feed with University of Mississippi Chancellor Robert Khayat will be available through a satellite uplink 10:30 – 10:45 a.m. CST September 24, 2008. To access the feed, use the following satellite, transponder, Slot and frequency and polarization: Satellite/Transponder: GALAXY 28 17K DIGITAL 89 degrees West Description Slot B6 Band Width 6.00 UplinkRead the story …

Two students also win $500 OXFORD, Miss. – A month of preparation by four students has culminated in seats at the first presidential debate of 2008, to be held Friday night at the University of Mississippi. On Monday night in the Overby Center, the two-person team of James Hoggatt of Brookhaven and Arianne Kiesel ofRead the story …

University of Mississippi students Claire Graves, Brent Caldwell, Nickolaus Luckett and Lauren DeLap are to be available for questions at 3:45 p.m. Thursday (Sept. 25) in Farley Hall, Room 125. Delve into the minds of these four Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College students and the passion they bring to this election. They offer four distinctRead the story …

Arguably no state in the country has been more defined by the issue of race than Mississippi. Named after Mississippi’s former governor and JFK Profiles in Courage Award recipient, the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation at the University of Mississippi is a groundbreaking organization formed to reconcile past injustices. Former Gov. Winter joins RoseRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – President George W. Bush has made some bizarre remarks, and popular culture has deemed these slips of the tongue as Bushisms. “They misunderestimated me,” Bush reportedly said once in Bentonville, Ark., and “Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?” Bush was quoted in Florence, S.C.

Harry Smith OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi faculty, staff and students, along with other members of the local community, have been invited by CBS News to be on the Oxford campus Friday morning to be part of the network’s “The Early Show,” which will be broadcast live from inside the Student Union. “We wouldRead the story …

OXFORD, Miss. – Jackson businesswoman Melanie Dowell gave corporate culture advice and interviewing tips to MBA students at the University of Mississippi, her alma mater, last week as part of the Otho Smith Lecture Series.