Ole Miss removes Mississippi flag with Confederate emblem

Ole Miss removes Mississippi flag with Confederate emblem

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 painful reminder of slavery and segregation.

Interim Chancellor Morris Stocks ordered the flag lowered and said it was being sent to the university's archives.

Ghostly tales and the horror within
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Ghostly tales and the horror within

Glen A. Sproviero

Tales of uncanny phenomena stir the imagination, engender discomfort, and challenge the intellectual assumptions which pervade our rational senses.

Having been displaced by slasher movies, science fiction, and psychological horror flicks, spectral tales are largely out of fashion today; however, such stories can serve an important literary and psychological function.

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