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Learning Spaces
There are more than 132,000 public and private schools in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
Best Sports Movies of All Time
Sports Girl has a lot on her plate these days between watching every single March Madness game possible, keeping up with pre-season baseball, and what's this about Terrell Owens going …
The Meat Mystery
To tell it true, ground meat makes Lunch Lady nervous. Ever since a friend told her that the beef at a certain delicious fast-food place is designated Grade D by …
Ashley Weileman
Have you ever met somebody and thought to yourself, "I wish I would have known this person when I was younger. Maybe things would have turned out differently." That was …
The Best In Sports In 7 Days
Doctor S sez: Have you heard about the new college football recruiting movie? It's called "The Price is Right."
Welcoming New Businesses to Town
Royal Bleu FashionsOne University Place has opened its doors to a new boutique in the heart of Jackson.
Mascot Mania
Bob Cook of flakmagazine (is he the next Bill Simmons?) weighs in on the insanity of the sports mascot debate. Naturally, Ole Miss is mentioned.
Feeling the Indie Pulse, by Herman Snell
Those of us old enough to remember W.C. Don's, Midnight Sun, Inez's, The Mosquito and the University Pub recall these ground-breaking Jackson music establishments with a nostalgic sigh of passing. …
Top 10 Days In Sports, 2006
Jan. 17: Mississippi State basketball coach Rick Stansbury kicks Walter Sharpe off the team.
Art
‘We Back Laughing’: RaDeazy Herrin Drive Brings Comedy to Picayune
After a three-month hiatus, Herrin Drive Entertainment of Picayune, Miss., will host the “We Back Laughing” comedy show on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, as a means of celebrating the new …
Happy Mother's Day
Arise, then, women of this day!
Here is the original, pre-Hallmark, Mother's Day Proclamation, penned in Boston by Julia Ward Howe in 1870:
The Will of Grace
From outside, Grace House looks like a family home. Swing sets, lawn furniture and a deck dot the back yard. Bicycles rest on the back porch. Inside, the vibe is …
ARTICLE: The VTI Tragedy: Distinguishing Mental Illness from Violence
According to NAMI Medical Director Dr. Ken Duckworth, having a mental illness does not automatically make you a violent person. Read the release from NAMI below.
V-Mail Home: From Mississippi To Iraq And Back
He felt some jet lag his first day there, but not too much to keep him from sitting down at a computer and e-mailing his mother. Twenty-six-year-old Sgt. Vincent Thomas …
Saints March In, Conquer
The Saints, the media and football fans everywhere knew that the Sunday Night Football game between the cinderella Saints and the surging Dallas Cowboys would be a "tester" for both …
Arts, IDs and ALEC
Malcom White, executive director of the Mississippi Arts Commission, constantly battles the perception that his and the state's other "cultural agencies" are not core government functions.
[Kamikaze] When Politicians Attack
I'm sure by now you've read enough reviews of 2006. You've probably read as many predictions for 2007.
Week 4 in the Czech Republic: Revelations
By now if you're reading this Ive already made the gruelling flight back to the states and have touched down safely in Jackson. Reading some of the responses to my …
[Adkins] Save Fondren's Main Street
A few weeks ago I went to Perfect Fit Alterations and enjoyed visiting while trying on pants to be hemmed. Then I walked next door to Jackson Shoe Repair where …
Nashville Chicken Feathers
Nashville has always, and will forever be, the country music capital of the world. Even though I had never been there before, I knew this was true as soon as …
