Carter excited to bring wrestling to Tupelo
COLUMN: The more things change, the more they stay the same. Dixie Carter, the president of TNA Impact Wrestling, can attest to that when talking about Ole Miss and Oxford. The one time Kappa Kappa Gamma took some time out of her busy schedule Wednesday to visit with Ole Miss Chancellor Dan Jones and Dr. Thomas “Sparky” Reardon, the Dean of Students at Ole Miss as she continued her preparations for tonight’s big wrestling event in Tupelo. (more…) (May 9, 2013, Page 9A)
Carter leads TNA Wrestling in to Tupelo
BLOG — Wrestling aficionados living in Oxford and Lafayette County have a chance to see some of the biggest stars in the business Thursday night at Tupelo’s BancorpSouth Arena. (more…) (May 9, 2013)
UM police respond to disturbance on campus
While officers with the University of Police Department at the University of Mississippi responded to hordes of students amassing near the Kincannon and Stockard dormatories around midnight, officials are saying the event was not a riot. (November 7, 2012, Page 14)
UM’s CME dedicated to Barbour
Former Gov. Haley Barbour thanked the crowd and university officials as he accepted his name attached to the Center for Manufacturing Excellence at Ole Miss on Thursday. (October 19, 2012, Page 1A)
UM integration transformed history
Harry Belafonte spoke as the keynote address for the 50th anniversary of integration celebration at the University of Mississippi on Monday night. (October 2, 2012, Page 1, 2)
Private funding getting more crucial in higher ed
The biggest challenge facing colleges and universities everywhere is simple: funding. Editor Don Whitten looks at how funding has changed over the years and shares some of University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones’ insights on how private funding is becoming more important in higher education. (May 2, 2012, Page 4)
Kennedy says he is staying at Ole Miss
Ole Miss men’s basketball coach Andy Kennedy says he is staying in Oxford. Kennedy issued a statement to the media Sunday afternoon stating that reports saying he was offered the head coaching position at UAB were false. (more…) (March 26, 2012, Page 6)
Bjork introduced as Ole Miss AD
Ole Miss’ initial approach to hire Ross Bjork as the program’s new athletics director didn’t work in January. Chancellor Dan Jones’ second pitch to land Bjork and pull him away from his AD spot at Western Kentucky, however, hit the mark. (March 23, 2012, Page 7A)
It’s official: Bjork to be next Ole Miss AD
Ole Miss’ search to find the next person to lead the athletics department is finally over. After searching for Pete Boone’s replacement since he announced his decision to step aside as AD last November, Ole Miss officially hired Western Kentucky Athletics Director Ross Bjork to the same position today. He is expected to be introduced at a press conference Thursday.
According to a release from Ole Miss, Bjork will take over in mid-April. A committee led by former Ole Miss quarterback Archie Manning and FedEx executive Mike Glenn helped recommend Bjork to Chancellor Dan Jones. (March 21, 2012, Page 6)
Freeze introduced as Ole Miss’ coach
Ole Miss’ national search for a head football coach, that included an undisclosed amount of candidates and interviews, ended up going to the candidate that wanted the job the most: Hugh Freeze.
The Senatobia native, who led Arkansas State to a 10-2 record this past season as a first-year head coach, came back home Monday when he was officially introduced as Ole Miss’ 37th head coach at the Ford Center. (December 6, 2011, Page 6)
