Columnists

Finding snakes, hornbills and love in Rumbai

By Joanne Wilkinson Home and Abroad After teaching for three years in Caracas, Venezuela, I felt it was ...

Education

Ole Miss, Oxford ranked among nation’s best and beautiful

Michael Newsom UM Communications The University of Mississippi and Oxford often rank at the top of annual lists ...

Columnists

Ole Miss’ first alumni homecoming – circa 1909

A week removed from this year’s homecoming festivities at the university, I thought I might give you a ...

Columnists

No need to spoil cats; they’ll eat anything

Some cats get lasagna, but my cats don’t. I grew up with dogs, outdoor dogs, that ate scraps. ...

Lifestyle

Another lost building — Oxford-Lafayette County Jail

By Jack Mayfield jlmayfield@dixie-net.com The very imposing Oxford-Lafayette County Jail was lost to a wrecking ball on the ...

Columnists

Being ‘next in line’ can make one appreciate life

Remember all the times you heard the words: “Next in Line.” You might have been at City Grocery ...

Lifestyle

William Eggleston makes the ordinary extraordinary: Ole Miss exhibit open through January

A chandelier. A boarded up building. A gas station. All mundane objects and places that become sublime when ...

Lifestyle

Artists dig into their personal journey

On Monday night, watercolor paints, sketchpads, construction paper, and other art supplies were spread out on work tables ...

Lifestyle Features

The landshark — the unofficial Ole Miss mascot

What’s is the landshark and how did it come to Ole Miss? Back in 2006, University of Mississippi ...

Education

Gravitational Wave discussion set for first Fall Science Cafe

The origins of the universe is the topic for a monthly public science forum organized by the University ...

Education

Oxford lawyer Grady Tollison gives back to law school

Grady Tollison (JD 1971) almost wasn’t able to go to law school. After serving in the military at ...

Columnists

Being born in the ‘90s makes it hard to remember the ‘90s

Growing up in the post-millennial age, I was always told my generation are the kids of the ‘90s. ...

Columnists

Sailing on the ‘Oxford Ocean’ in the ‘Ring Dove’

By Jack Mayfield Most “old folks” in Oxford remember a house boat that William Faulkner and his close ...

Columnists

Jack Mayfield on history: Chancellor’s loyalty questioned

While doing some reading on Oxford and the University of Mississippi on the eve of the Civil War, ...

Columnists

Dr. P.W. Rowland and the ‘frog story’ a local favorite

Back in 1936, Dr. Peter Whitman Rowland, a local drug store owner and University of Mississippi School of ...

Columnists

Summer internship at EAGLE has been a blast

Working as an intern for the Oxford EAGLE has really made this summer worthwhile. With school just around ...

Lifestyle

Collector has strong ties to antique farm equipment

By Allen Brewer news@oxfordeagle.com Old farm equipment might make for unique home decor, but for Lafayette County native ...

Columnists

Keeping healthy involves tests that often seem like punishment

The letter that came in the mail said: “According to our records, it’s time for you to have ...

Lifestyle

Jump Sam Jump signs show support for Sam Kendricks in Olympics

By Allen Brewer news@oxfordeagle.com Support for Oxford Olympian Sam Kendricks is growing stronger every day leading up to ...

Garden/Outdoors

Master Gardeners grow for community

By Martha Heffner Master Gardener One may find the finger and foot prints of Master Gardeners embedded in ...

Columnists

The Vagabond Professor

By Jack Mayfield Last week, I wrote about an early professor, Edward C. Boynton, who came to the ...

Columnists

UM professor Boynton provided photos of Ole Miss

By Jack Mayfield Did you ever wonder what photographer took all of the antebellum photographs of the early ...

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