Columns
Bert Montgomery: A student's murder, a teacher's reflection  11/2/2009 9:49:00 AM
Reid's note grabbed my immediate attention: “Jury selection begins today in the capital murder trial of Bobby Batiste. Batiste stands accused of murdering Andreas Galanis. Both young men were students at Mississippi State. Andreas Galanis was a friend of mine.”

Birney Imes: Cooking from the soul  10/31/2009 10:01:00 PM
“You have a Mr. Beauregard R. here to see you.” It was Felicia in the front office. Beauregard or “Beau” was in town visiting a friend and I’d invited them for lunch on Thursday. He lives in St. Augustine, Fla., and is a painter.

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Roses & Thorns
Roses and thorns 11-1-09  10/31/2009 10:01:00 PM
Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau; Mississippi University for Women nursing department;and vandals who have damaged or stolen more than $750 in autumn decorations in downtown Columbus

Roses and thorns 10/25/09  10/24/2009 8:34:00 PM
Roses to Mississippi University for Women for bringing us another year of the Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium, held at the college last week. Each October, the Department of Languages, Literature and Philosophy sponsors the Eudora Welty Writers’ Symposium to honor the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

Roses and thorns 10-18-09  10/18/2009 12:07:00 AM
Organizers of a plethora of events and festivals over the weekend; David Bouchard; Heritage Academy students, parents and alumni; and Starkville citizens

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Letters to the Editor (voice@cdispatch.com)
Sir, send me  11/3/2009 10:49:00 AM
I've heard about your offer of big bucks to all the Taliban terrorist who will switch and join our side in the fight for liberty in Afghanistan. Well I'm not a terrorist but I do want to join the fight and I'll not ask for a bonus of big bucks to join up. I'm retired from the U.S. Air Force and I proudly volunteer to serve for one year in Afghanistan, back home for six months then another year in either Iraq or Afghanistan.

Costs and losses  10/30/2009 11:49:00 AM
Those who support changing the name of MUW to Reneau University are missing a critical link in the Profit-Loss-Costs equation..

Name makes town look ignorant  10/24/2009 8:34:00 PM
If an institution is a private one, then its passionate supporters can call that institution whatever they want.

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Dispatch Editorials
Change The W’s residency standard  10/31/2009 10:01:00 PM
When it comes to the student recruitment game, Mississippi University for Women is too often forced to play with one hand behind its back — some reasons obvious, some not so.

MUW: Stay the course on name change  10/21/2009 10:11:00 AM
As each day passes, the discussion surrounding the renaming of Mississippi University for Women more resembles the Abbott and Costello comedy skit, “Who’s on First?”

Four cases of bad judgment  10/13/2009 10:07:00 AM
The decision by a sitting town mayor, a former state representative and two Lowndes County legislators to join a petition for a change of venue in a local capital murder case is a cautionary tale about the intersection of justice and politics. It is also a flagrant example of bad judgment by four men who should know better.

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