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Student veteran services relocate to George Street House

The Ole Miss Veterans and Military Services building was officially unveiled at the recently renovated George Street House last week. The building will now also house the Veterans Resource Center. Veterans and

January 31, 2021

News

Gertrude Ford Center helps honor veterans through concert

On Monday, the University of Mississippi Choir, Orchestra and the Oxford Civic Chorus performed in honor of Veterans Day. Ole Miss ROTC groups volunteered to support the program and recognize veterans in

November 12, 2019

Arts & Culture

Opinion: Talk is cheap, especially on Veterans Day

The true hollowness of gratitude Americans have toward veterans is perhaps never more apparent than it is on Veterans Day. While America glorifies the idea of military service with parades, fireworks and

November 10, 2019

Opinion

How student veterans acclimate to campus life

The typical incoming college student has fantasies of sipping a beer at their first college party, becoming friends with their roommates and having no parental supervision. Student veterans, with different life experience

October 2, 2019

News

Lucero, Memphis alt-country veterans, is ‘long-running, hard-working, bar-rocking’

Lucero, the longtime Memphis country-rock band, is one of the oldest acts to take the Double Decker stage this weekend. They’re veterans of Double Decker, Americana music and Oxford. The band’s lead

April 25, 2019

Arts & Culture

Two Oxford veterans home employees arrested on manslaughter charge

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two former employees of a Mississippi veterans home have been charged with manslaughter in the 2017 death of a 93-year-old World War II veteran. Police charged 25-year-old Jeanne

July 10, 2018

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Ole Miss hosts AmTryke race to benefit disabled veterans

The University of Mississippi Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management hosted the third annual AmTrykes in Action Race, which benefits disabled veterans, this past Saturday on the Ole Miss campus.

April 23, 2018

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Saturday’s football game to honor student veterans, military

At halftime, Ole Miss’ battle against the Ragin’ Cajuns will halt to honor veterans during the annual military appreciation game. This is not the first Ole Miss military appreciation game, but it

November 10, 2017

Arts & Culture

Opinion: Virtual reality: A potential cure for PTSD

War never changes. The damage of war on the psychological endurance of soldiers has plagued the globe for centuries without any form of resolution. From the beginning of WWI and onward, visible psychological

September 18, 2017

Opinion