After banning the Confederate flag, Ole Miss later retired the Colonel Reb mascot. That came right at the end of my tenure as chancellor. I was not heavily involved in that.

'Colonel Rebel' won't be striding along the sidelines this football season, the university decides. Students, alumni debate the move. Ole Miss Mascot a New Confederate Casualty - Los Angeles Times ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) --The University of Mississippi has removed the state flag on its Oxford campus Monday morning because the banner contains the Confederate battle emblem, which some see as a ...

Since 1894, the Mississippi flag has had the Confederate battle emblem in the upper left corner - a blue X with 13 white stars, over a field of red. Residents chose to keep the flag during a 2001 ...

The resolution passed with a 33-15 vote and one abstention, at a school whose athletes are known as the Ole Miss Rebels and whose mascot, the Colonel Reb, was replaced by the Rebel Black Bear in 2010.

In light of the vigorous discussion here the other day about the continuation of Rebel flag-waving, a Rebel mascot and other Old South trappings at Highland High School in North Arkansas, you ...

University of Mississippi mascot Colonel Reb roamed the stands at last year's Egg Bowl against Mississippi State. The mascot was based on white plantation owners. JACKSON, Miss. - Colonel Reb ...

Who would have ever thought 15 years ago that Ole Miss would have banned the Rebel flag, the band playing Dixie, ... Colonel Reb could make a comeback." They expect you to get angry, gripe, ...

OXFORD, Miss. – It took seven years, but the University of Mississippi has a substitute for a beloved and reviled mascot who brought the Confederacy to mind. The new guy is still a rebel, only ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The University of Mississippi has removed the state flag on its Oxford campus Monday morning because the banner contains the Confederate battle emblem, which some see as a ...

Ole Miss has removed the state flag on its Oxford campus because the banner contains the Confederate battle emblem. Beef 'O' Brady's is coming to Mississippi, starting with this city. See where ...

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