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Mississippi Civil Rights Leader Cleve Donald has died

He was the second black student to graduate from Ole Miss in the 60s.  He got his start as a student in the Jackson Movement led by Medgar Evers. Jerry Mitchell reports:

“Cleve was one of the student leaders,” [Leslie] McLemore said. “The movement gave Cleve the foundation for what he did later in [...]

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The Miss. State billboard on West Jackson was taken down because it was a recruiting violation…

The Mississippi State billboard on West Jackson in Oxford went down ahead of schedule.

It turns out it’s a recruiting violation

Mississippi State freely admitted it was about recruiting:

WTVA-TV reports (http://bit.ly/woLIdJ) that an MSU billboard sits on a busy street in Oxford near the Ole Miss campus. It shows MSU football players holding [...]

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Thacker Mountain Christmas show on tomorrow and Saturday, locally and statewide

Thacker Mountain Radio’s Christmas show this year was excellent, both for music (BIll Perry, Effie Burt, the return of Duff Durrough) and readings (Theresa Starkey, Richard Howorth, Jack Pendarvis).  A full two hour version will be broadcast in Oxford tomorrow and Saturday afternoon from 3 to 5, and then an hour version will [...]

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How Ole Miss picked a coach

There’s an interesting article I learned about from Ben in comments on Bleacher Report by Jeb Williamson about the coach selection process.  He seems confident that several of the people thought leading candidates– Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart (who, Williamson reports, was interested enough to start talking to possible assistant coaches), Mike Leach and [...]

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Ole Miss to hire Hugh Freeze as head coach?

The Daily Journal and the Clarion Ledger sports blogs have gone with other online reports and are saying that Arkansas State coach Hugh Freeze will be the next Ole Miss head football coach.

Rebelgrove.com reported that Freeze, the current Arkansas State coach and former Ole Miss assistant, will meet with Ole Mss officials today.

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David Milch to adapt William Faulkner fiction for HBO

The announcement that David Milch  (Deadwood, NYPD Blue) and HBO have acquired a first option to adapt any of 19 Faulkner novels and 125 short stories was met primarily with the question:  Which ones should he adapt?  Slate did a whole piece on it, asking authors Salman Rushdie, Francine Prose, and others which they [...]

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The table with the best view of the Square

There may be a debate about which table, but one of several tables on the balcony and the upstairs room at John Currence’s new location for Bouré, in the old Downtown Grill space on the Square have the best view.  The picture above (click to expand) is from the corner table on the [...]

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A place for the loved ones?– Ole Miss as a cemetery

This just in.

The Ole Miss Alumni Association is exploring the idea…

…of establishing an “on campus” memorial to honor proud alumni and friends. Throughout our history, Ole Miss has touched many individuals and created a proud and vibrant extended community. And while our school has helped shape the lives of those in [...]

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Woodson Ridge Farms

The folks at Woodson Ridge Farms are still doing their Saturday Morning thing from 8-12 out at the farm.  They are bringing stuff up from their farm in Louisiana too, along with $8 a pound fresh-from-the-boat Gulf shrimp, which you can have boiled or raw.

This would be a smart move for tailgating.  You [...]

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A list of possible coaches and athletic directors for Ole Miss

Parish Alford at the Daily Journal has a list with a punch line to it.  The Clarion Ledger has a list (with more discussion), too, that share names with Alford’s list:

Kirby Smart. Hugh Freeze. Larry Fedora.

Mike Leach. Manny Diaz. Gus Malzahn.

Mark Hudspeth. Rich Rodriguez. …

There’s the high-profile assistants – Malzahn, [...]

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