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The University He Integrated Honors James Meredith

James Meredith Tells Ole Miss
There's More to Be Done

Oct 1, 2022 5:20 PM CDT

James Meredith Tells Ole Miss There's More to Be Done

The university he integrated in 1962, under guard, honors pioneer

(Newser) - The University of Mississippi is paying tribute to 89-year-old James Meredith 60 years after white protesters erupted into violence as he became the first Black student to enroll in what was then a bastion of Deep South segregation. On Saturday, Meredith was honored during the Ole Miss-Kentucky football game, receiving...

After Plea, 'Monster' Hears
From Slain Student's Mother

Aug 28, 2021 3:05 PM CDT

After Plea, 'Monster' Hears From Slain Student's Mother

Brandon Theesfeld admits killing Ally Kostial, an Ole Miss student, in 2019

(Newser) - Two years after Ally Kostial's body was found near a Mississippi lake, Brandon Theesfeld pleaded guilty Friday to first-degree murder. He received a life sentence under his plea agreement, which lets Theesfeld avoid any possibility of receiving the death penalty, the Daily Journal reports. He'll have a chance...

Protesters Target
Confederate Statues

THE RUNDOWN

May 31, 2020 7:34 AM CDT

Protesters Target Confederate Statues

Multiple cities see graffiti attacks

(Newser) - Protesters took to the streets of cities across America for a fourth night of rallying against the death of George Floyd, and the AP reports that Confederate monuments in Virginia, the Carolinas, and Mississippi were targeted. One at the University of Mississippi was spray-painted with the words "spiritual genocide,...

He Got a Big Touchdown.
Then, a Headshaking Penalty

Nov 29, 2019 12:12 PM CST

He Got a Big Touchdown. Then, a Headshaking Penalty

Ole Miss player draws unsportsmanlike conduct for 'peeing' like dog, costs team the game

(Newser) - Elijah Moore will probably never get down again on his hands and knees and pretend to urinate like a dog. That's a good guess, anyway, after the Ole Miss sophomore's antics during Thursday's annual matchup over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend between the University of Mississippi Rebels and...

Ole Miss Frat Suspends 3 Over Photo at Emmett Till Site

'Offensive' Photo Taken
at Emmett Till Site Surfaces

Jul 26, 2019 9:19 AM CDT

'Offensive' Photo Taken at Emmett Till Site Surfaces

3 Ole Miss students held guns in front of bullet-riddled sign honoring slain civil-rights icon

(Newser) - Three University of Mississippi students have been suspended from their frat over a photo that shows them posing, two with guns, in front of a civil rights landmark honoring slain black teen Emmett Till . ProPublica and the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting report the suspension of Ben LeClere, John Lowe,...

Suspect in Murder of Ole Miss Student Is Fellow Student

Suspect in Murder of Ole Miss
Student Found One State Over

Jul 24, 2019 7:17 AM CDT

Suspect in Murder of Ole Miss Student Found One State Over

Brandon Theesfeld, accused of killing Alexandria 'Ally' Kostial, was found at Memphis gas station

(Newser) - More details are trickling out on the 22-year-old man suspected of killing 21-year-old Ole Miss student Alexandria "Ally" Kostial . Tennessee police say Brandon Theesfeld, originally from Texas, was spotted and detained at a gas station in Memphis and was subsequently brought back to Mississippi, where he was arrested, charged...

Ole Miss Student Dead in Apparent Homicide

Arrest Made in Ole Miss
Student's Murder

UPDATED

Jul 23, 2019 11:43 AM CDT

Arrest Made in Ole Miss Student's Murder

Alexandria 'Ally' Kostial found Saturday north of Sardis Lake

(Newser) - A 22-year-old Texas man has been arrested in the death of a 21-year-old University of Mississippi student, whose body was found in a secluded area not far from campus. Lafayette County sheriff's deputies were on routine patrol Saturday morning when they discovered the body of Alexandria "Ally" Kostial...

Feds Growing Largest
Marijuana Crop in 5 Years

Jul 12, 2019 1:00 AM CDT

Feds Growing Largest Marijuana Crop in 5 Years

Ole Miss is growing more potent strains

(Newser) - The US government is growing the largest crop of research marijuana in five years, responding to interest in varieties with high levels of THC and CBD. The government is the only source of pot for nearly all research in the US, while it still considers it illegal and dangerous. Scientists...

She Was Teaching in Thailand.
Suddenly, She Couldn't Move

Jan 3, 2019 8:00 AM CST

She Was Teaching in Thailand. Suddenly, She Couldn't Move

Family of 22-year-old Caroline Bradner trying to get her home after Guillain-Barre syndrome diagnosis

(Newser) - Caroline Bradner traveled nearly 9,000 miles to "teach English, to travel, and make a difference in this world." Now the family of the 22-year-old Virginian is trying to get her home after she was suddenly stricken by a rare disorder that left her paralyzed from the neck...

Ole Miss Coach Quits After
School Checks Phone Records

Jul 21, 2017 6:50 AM CDT

Ole Miss Coach Quits After School Checks Phone Records

Hugh Freeze placed at least one call to an escort service

(Newser) - Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze's five years with the team ended abruptly Thursday after he faced a choice: Resign, or be fired for "moral turpitude." Freeze resigned from the Rebels effective immediately after the University of Mississippi discovered that he had used his school-issued phone to...

University Says Up to 7K
Bodies Are Buried on Campus

May 7, 2017 2:20 PM CDT

University Says Up to 7K Bodies Are Buried on Campus

University of Mississippi Medical Center trying to decide what to do with them

(Newser) - On some 20 acres of the 164-acre University of Mississippi Medical Center campus, there's something unexpected underfoot: bodies. The Clarion-Ledger reports there are as many as 7,000 bodies buried on the campus, and they likely belong to patients of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum, which in 1855 opened...

These Are the Top 10 Party
Schools in the Nation

These Are the Top 10 Party Schools in the Nation

No Faber College?

(Newser) - With summer pretty much over, it's time for the nation's college students to return to school and get back to the hard business of partying down. And according to the Princeton Review , the following schools are where most of that partying will be getting done. For its annual...

Bong Photo
May Have Cost
NFL Draft Pick
Millions

Apr 29, 2016 3:48 PM CDT

Bong Photo May Have Cost NFL Draft Pick Millions

He claims his Twitter account was hacked

(Newser) - Despite being drafted 13th overall by the Miami Dolphins with a contract worth an expected $12.4 million, Thursday was a bad day for Laremy Tunsil. CBS News reports the University of Mississippi offensive lineman was expected to go much higher—to the Baltimore Ravens with the sixth pick—which...

Ole Miss Yanks
State Flag With
Confederate Emblem

Oct 26, 2015 12:19 PM CDT

Ole Miss Yanks State Flag With Confederate Emblem

Students forced issue; governor says school should 'respect law as written'

(Newser) - The University of Mississippi quietly removed the state flag with its Confederate battle emblem from its place of honor on campus Monday morning. Interim Chancellor Morris Stocks waited until after the ceremony to announce that he had ordered the flag sent to the university's archives. The action came days...

Ole Miss Student Senate Votes to Nix State Flag

Oct 21, 2015 1:53 PM CDT

Ole Miss Student Senate Votes to Nix State Flag

'We are forever tied to the horrors of our past': student senator

(Newser) - A lengthy student-body Senate meeting at the University of Mississippi Tuesday night resulted in a resolution to remove the state flag, which features the Confederate battle flag, from school grounds, the Clarion-Ledger reports. The measure was passed 33-15 and was penned by ASB Sen. Allen Coon in conjunction with several...

Kid Who Bit Off Hamster's Head Out of Ole Miss, Frat

Apr 1, 2015 1:29 PM CDT

Kid Who Bit Off Hamster's Head Out of Ole Miss, Frat

And Brady Eaves could face charges over spring break video

(Newser) - In the spectrum of things you shouldn't do in life let alone on video, this sort of vaults past "get naked with someone named Kardashian:" Brady Eaves is suddenly finding himself out of a fraternity and a college after video surfaced of him titled "psycho drunk...

University of
Mississippi
Gets $68M
to Grow Pot
for the Feds

Mar 25, 2015 1:14 PM CDT

University of Mississippi Gets $68M to Grow Pot for the Feds

School has had the honor since 1968

(Newser) - The University of Mississippi this week retained a quiet claim to fame: It will continue to be the feds' sole pot grower, a distinction it has held since 1968. Since then, the National Institute on Drug Abuse (part of the NIH) has grown marijuana in concert with the school and...

FBI, Ole Miss
Hunt Culprit Behind
Noose on Statue

Feb 19, 2014 9:36 AM CST

FBI, Ole Miss Hunt Culprit Behind Noose on Statue

Confederate flag, racist slurs cited in attack

(Newser) - After a noose and a Confederate flag were found early Sunday on a statue of the University of Mississippi's first black student, James Meredith, Ole Miss is now looking for two men who, according to a witness, were shouting racial slurs while vandalizing the statue. The FBI is also...

Big Snag for Miss. Project: Discovery of 1K Bodies

Feb 11, 2014 4:05 PM CST

Big Snag for Miss. Project: Discovery of 1K Bodies

University will build parking garage elsewhere

(Newser) - The University of Mississippi needs to put up a parking garage for its dental school, but radar scans of the proposed construction area have provided 1,000 good reasons to build elsewhere, reports Yahoo News . That's how many bodies are estimated to be buried in unmarked graves beneath what...

Biggest
Party Animals
Attend Georgia

princeton review rankings

Aug 2, 2010 5:40 PM CDT

Biggest Party Animals Attend Georgia

In student survey, Ohio U. finishes second

(Newser) - Good news for parents paying for their kids to study at the University of Georgia: The school is finally No. 1. The bad news: The Princeton Review list ranks the nation's top party schools. "UGA has been on the party school list for a while, but it’s one...