Topic: University of Mississippi
AP News | 2010-03-02 03:04:38
In this photo provided by the University of Mississippi, Barry Hannah is shown in his home in Oxford, Miss. in 1991. Lafayette County Coroner Rocky Kennedy said Hannah died Monday March 1, 2010. He was 67. (AP Photo/University of ...
AP News | 2010-02-24 22:28:51
'Star Wars' Adm. Ackbar pushed as Ole Miss mascot to take Colonel Reb's place: 'It's a trap!'
Some students at the University of Mississippi want Admiral Ackbar of "Star Wars" fame for their new mascot — but as Ackbar himself might say, "It's a trap." Officials say there's virtually no chance the fish-faced leader of the Rebel ...
AP News | 2010-02-23 13:33:58
After 7 years without a mascot, Ole Miss votes on whether to pursue a successor to Colonel Reb
Colonel Reb shall not rise again. That much is certain. The University of Mississippi dumped the mascot — a caricature of a white plantation owner — in a 2003 effort to distance the school from Old South stereotypes. It's been without a mascot ...
AP News | 2010-02-22 20:25:56
University of Mississippi student Koriann Porter, seen in a Feb. 11, 2010 photo in Oxford, Miss., says the racial undertones of the Ole Miss mascot aren't what drove her to get more than 1,700 student signatures in support ...
