Published by: The Daily Mississippian
Issue date: May 28, 2008
Section: Arts & Life
The New York Times bestseller, “Love is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time,” by Rob Sheffield goes above and beyond the expectations of an offering to the supreme power that is pop culture. With multiple references to indie rock [...]
Published by: The Daily Mississippian
Issue date: September 19, 2008
Section: Arts & Life
With the right strobes and dimmers, any band can look good, but the musical goods are necessary to solidify the breast-beating machismo of an all-male band. Let’s just say The Hemptones have got the goods.
With members of both Zoogma and the Kudzu Kings, the [...]
Published by: The Daily Mississippian
Issue date: October 20, 2008
Section: Arts & Life
As I boarded the Boeing-747 at LAX for a 14-hour flight to Sydney, Australia, my heart began to pound.
It hadn’t occurred to me beforehand that I would be gliding in the air above water for over half a day. I would cross the international [...]
OXFORD, Miss. – Africa Radio Group reporter and Harvard Law graduate Maina Kiai had an unusual day ahead of him when he woke up Friday morning, the day of the presidential debate at the University of Mississippi.
“The bus (for international journalists) was late in Memphis, and when I went to get some papers and came [...]
Published by: The Daily Mississippian
Issue Date: March 18, 2008
Section: News
Although fraternities in the U.S. are often associated with the stereotype of opulence and binge drinking, a small fraternity called Beta Upsilon Chi would rather strengthen their brotherly bonds.
Called BYX for short (pronounced “bucks”), the “Brothers Under Christ” are members of a social fraternity who abstain [...]
