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Ole Miss Students Social Networking Against Klan


This image appears on the Facebook page of Students Against the KKK at Ole Miss.

by Darrell Creecy
November 20, 2009

The Mississippi White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan plans to protest the University of Mississippi's decision to drop its controversial fight song Saturday before the football game against Louisiana State University. In response, Ole Miss students of all races are using Facebook to organize opposition and counter-demonstrations.
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The Gift of Fashion


Lauren Nicole Taylor will showcase her designs during "THEshow" Nov. 21 at the Arts Center of Mississippi.
Courtesy Lauren Nicole Taylor

by Kelly Brignac
November 20, 2009

On Saturday, Michelle Obama will meet Beyonce at the KenFolk Family Foundation's fashion show, "THEshow," to raise money for the Community Outreach for Social Awareness, an organization that provides free health screenings and education to the citizens of Madison, Hinds and Rankin Counties.
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Ole Miss Students Social Networking Against Klan


This image appears on the Facebook page of Students Against the KKK at Ole Miss.

by Darrell Creecy
November 20, 2009

The Mississippi White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan plans to protest the University of Mississippi's decision to drop its controversial fight song Saturday before the football game against Louisiana State University. In response, Ole Miss students of all races are using Facebook to organize opposition and counter-demonstrations.
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Dusty Grooves, Re-Imagined


Experience The Black Hollies' hard-driving garage and psych music at Ole Tavern Nov. 19.
Courtesy of the Black Hollies

by Larry Morrisey
November 18, 2009

The Black Hollies' precise work at merging a number of iconic musical styles, from blues-influenced British rock to the cool and detached American psychedelic rockers of the mid-1960s, will convince you to trade your iPod for a record player and a stack of scratchy 45s.
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[Hitched] Angelia Budhraja and Rickey McAlister


Rickey and Angelia light a candle during their September wedding ceremony to represent unity.
Photography by Krishna

by Melia Dicker
November 11, 2009

Over several years, international borders and different cultures, Angelia Budhraja and Rickey McAlister found each other.
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Running to Reconnect



Masahiro Hayata

by Brandi Herrera Pfrehm
November 18, 2009

Running isn't just a corporal experience. I lace up my New Balance trainers and hit the trails in the afternoon not just to keep my physical body sound, but also my mind. Some people knit or get creative in the kitchen or garden. Others find solace and escape in reading, playing Sudoku, or practicing yoga and meditation. None of these pursuits is ...
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Saturday, November 21

Mississippi Farmers Market opens at 9 a.m. Local artists, craft makers, food merchants and more selling their goods. Free; call 601-506-2848. ... Delta Music Institute Industry Workshops at Morrison Brothers Music (127 Dyess Road) at 1 p.m. Instructors from the Delta State University program will provide workshops on a range of industry topics. Free; call 601-956-0135. ... Michael Jackson Tribute Dance Celebration Class at Courthouse Racquet and Fitness Club (3625 Courthouse Circle) at 3:30 p.m. for ages 12 and older. Come in costume for a chance to win door prizes. Free; call 601-853-7480; visit http://www.go-long-productions.com. ”THEShow at Arts Center of Mississippi (201 Pascagoula St.) at 8 p.m. is a fashion-show fundraiser for Community Outreach Health Awareness Inc. $20; call 228-324-2946. ... Larry Brewer performs at The Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Call 601-982-0002.
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Nov 20, 2009 | 06:37 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Izzy: it's not enough to just study something - at some point you have to act. Systematic exclusion can be read as hatred, even when those involved in it do not feel it to be that. This is ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 06:37 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
J.T.: Wintrhop, your last sentence "I don't want a small and manageable God. I prefer one that I can't fully understand." bears out that we each have perceptions of God. And, when the ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 06:03 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Wintrhop Sargent: Funny you should mention the gender issue of a deity. I was at lunch with a St. Andrews priest one time and a very conservative member of the Cathedral came to our table ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 05:37 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Izzy: I wouldn't be too sure your church doesn't preach hate if your liturgy is not gender-inclusive. Think about it - is God really a "He" or a "Father"? Those are some images or visions ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 03:35 PM
Barbour Wants to Merge State's Black Universities
baquan2000: Goldenae - you pointed out a key element in your post, "the point is that he would even suggest such a thing. And the sad part is that from the polls, the people ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 03:15 PM
[Doyle] From Dixie, With Love
amoderatemississippian : check out the following link: http://www.oxfordeag le.com/news2.html It does appear, by the article written today, that possibly a sizeable portion of the student body ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 02:55 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Wintrhop Sargent: WMartin - At the church I attend, St. Andrew's Cathedral, there is no teaching or preaching about hate (unless you include the teaching and preaching AGAINST hate). I'm ...

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White Mississippians and Cultural Awareness

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baquan2000 wrote: For the last few days, there have been some issues discussed on here and over at the Clarion Ledger.

You have Jackson VIP story, the Ole Miss "Dixie will rise again" issue - are two big issues that I can think of, where I have noticed white people saying, "why am I the racists or why can't we have something."

I have recognized or people refering to the NAAACP, Jet & Ebony ...
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[Editor’s Note] Love Thy Neighbor

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by Lacey McLaughlin
November 18, 2009

I grew up in the Episcopal Church, and it was the center of everything my family did. From Sunday school to youth group and potluck dinners, the church provided a sense of community and belonging. read more »

New Chief Shakes Up JPD Staff
New Jackson Police Chief Rebecca Coleman announced several changes to her command staff on Friday. The moves include promotions and some shifting of responsibilities among deputy chiefs.

University Mergers Loom?
Rumors of university consolidation gave way to outright threats Monday when Gov. Haley Barbour released his executive budget recommendations for the 2011 fiscal year. Painting a dismal picture of the state's finances for the next three years, Barbour called for consolidating the state's eight public universities into five institutions.

[Stiggers] Eating Like Kings
Mr. Announcer: "Ghetto Science Public Television presents 'Cooking with Grandpa Pookie!' Tonight's guest is Brotha Hustle, the Ghetto Science Team's roving and mobile entrepreneur. On this segment of the program, Grandpa Pookie and Brotha Hustle will show you how to eat well on a recession budget."

[Kamikaze] Show. Me. Some. Passion.
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I call myself a moderate for a reason. I find myself shying away from the lunacy that lurks on the outer fringes of both parties.

[Murphy] Breaking Out
I'm often struck by the way that many people live half-truthfully, editing out personal information that they deem unsavory to others. I'm not sure if this is a southern phenomenon, or simply a trend among those of us who are the black sheep in our families.

Nature vs. Nurture
In the western world, the earliest works depicting homosexuality come from the ancient Greeks, where the practice of adult men having sexual relations with male youths was considered quite normal. The term lesbian dates back to the Greek poetess Sappho, born on the island of Lesbos between 630 and 612 BC. Plato (427 to 327 BC) praised same-sex relationships in his early writings.

Safer Schools Now
School is not always the most comfortable, or safest, place for a gay student.

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[bikechick] Go carLESS
This afternoon, I was in my office working on this week's issue when my phone wrang.
When I answered I was met by the ...

[sports blog] Discuss the Saints: 9-0
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So, the Saints eek out a victory over the St. Louis Rams -- with a secondary that, while beat up, did not look good in ...

[kaze] JxnPro Benefit for Stewpot @ F. Jones Corner THURSDAY 7PM
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Jackson Progressives will be holding it annual Benefit for Stewpot THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19 at 7pm. This years event will be ...

[Food Fight] JFP Food Blog Live! First-ever JFP Food Issue Is Out!
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Today we launched our brand new food blog -- http://www.jfpfood.com -- and published our first-ever (!) food issue, ...

[Food Fight] Southern and Healthy
by Donna Ladd
November 11, 2009

No, "healthy southern" is not an oxymoron. Many of us act as if it is: refusing to give ...

[fearless jackson] Radio Show of Shows: Part II
Transcript from this morning's show:

(musical stylings of Happy Mondays fades)

FJ:Good morning and good grief, this is ...

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» Ceara’s Season 12
Ceara Sturgis' home in Wesson, Miss., is filled with cookie jars. Ancient, smiling caricatures of 1950s-era "Campbell's Kids" join recent additions featuring the likeness of the M&M characters.

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» Ivory Harris 1
Ivory Harris remembers the Northwest Jackson neighborhood of Presidential Hills where he grew up as a "living, breathing community." As a student, a teacher and a public servant, Harris has never strayed far.

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Provoking Art
Ben Rinehart engineers paper. He folds simple, familiar forms like hand-operated fortune tellers kids made in third grade. He creates modern folk art in the shape of pop-up books and three-dimensional blocks. The pieces are mainstream American artifacts.

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Discuss the Saints: 9-0
The Saints are good enough to beat every team on their schedule. So why are they keeping these games so close? 4

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Cookin’, Schmookin’: Help Is On the Way
On Thanksgiving you have two options: Do the cooking, or let someone else cook for you. Luckily, local restaurants and food distributors can fill in and make Thanksgiving easier.

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Nov 20, 2009 | 06:37 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Izzy: it's not enough to just study something - at some point you have to act. Systematic exclusion can be read as hatred, even when those involved in it do not feel it to be that. This is ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 06:37 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
J.T.: Wintrhop, your last sentence "I don't want a small and manageable God. I prefer one that I can't fully understand." bears out that we each have perceptions of God. And, when the ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 06:03 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Wintrhop Sargent: Funny you should mention the gender issue of a deity. I was at lunch with a St. Andrews priest one time and a very conservative member of the Cathedral came to our table ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 05:37 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Izzy: I wouldn't be too sure your church doesn't preach hate if your liturgy is not gender-inclusive. Think about it - is God really a "He" or a "Father"? Those are some images or visions ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 03:35 PM
Barbour Wants to Merge State's Black Universities
baquan2000: Goldenae - you pointed out a key element in your post, "the point is that he would even suggest such a thing. And the sad part is that from the polls, the people ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 03:15 PM
[Doyle] From Dixie, With Love
amoderatemississippian : check out the following link: http://www.oxfordeag le.com/news2.html It does appear, by the article written today, that possibly a sizeable portion of the student body ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 02:55 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Wintrhop Sargent: WMartin - At the church I attend, St. Andrew's Cathedral, there is no teaching or preaching about hate (unless you include the teaching and preaching AGAINST hate). I'm ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 02:10 PM
[Doyle] From Dixie, With Love
ladd: A fail-safe principle I've always sworn by: If the Kluckers agree with me about something, I need to rethink it.
Nov 20, 2009 | 01:39 PM
[Doyle] From Dixie, With Love
Goldenae: I would truly be ashamed of myself if I looked at life and others the way the some people do. Some folks can not put themselves in another person's shoes to save their lives. It is ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 01:27 PM
Barbour Wants to Merge State's Black Universities
Goldenae: Why is it so hard to understand that regardless of what we would like to think, there are different standards. That is quite obvious in Barbour's suggestion of ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:42 PM
[Doyle] From Dixie, With Love
Huckleberry: “a school that the Klu Klux Klan holds at bay” - Queen, for the reasons I wrote yesterday, I don’t think that statement accurately depicts the “chant” situation or the Ole Miss of ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:25 PM
Ivory Harris
Izzy: Great piece, Ward.
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:21 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Ryan: Wait... this thing isnt about whether or not a religion is right or wrong... thats for another discussion on some other forum. This is about the fact that it is no longer acceptable ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:13 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
J.T.: WMartin, believing dogma is a far cry from Loving God, Self, Others. I understand your comment with my heart. And, the irony is that sometimes some in those religions that deem ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 PM
Barbour Wants to Merge State's Black Universities
baquan2000: I thought I made this point earlier, but I guess I didn't. I honestly don't think they will merge the schools. The easiest thing to do is cutback staff, ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 11:57 AM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
WMartin: They do teach faith I will grant you. It's the only way to get people to believe their fairy tales. Love, tolerance, justice and peace? Well we all know religions have no problem ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 11:54 AM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
J.T.: Can't go there with ya', WMartin. I do agree that SOME of the religious institutions and leaders are more interested in putting God on a leash and trying to control god and people ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 11:54 AM
Barbour Wants to Merge State's Black Universities
Kamikaze: All, The Proposed mergers will be the focus of my show on sunday. Rep. Kelvin Buck and REp. Doug Davis who is the chair of the Senate Universities and Colleges ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 11:45 AM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Wintrhop Sargent: Faith, love, tolerance, justice, peace...yeah WMartin, I can see how preaching these things can hurt you. Give me modernism any day. What ideals are espoused by modern ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 11:43 AM
[Kamikaze] Show. Me. Some. Passion.
WMartin: LOL ... No one can froth at the mouth like Walt. Yea!! Screw them tea party people. They only pay the taxes to fund Walt's precious social programs. Why should they be upset that ...

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