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Stephanie Saul
Stephanie Saul is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist known for her work at '' Newsday'' and ''The New York Times''. Early life Saul grew up in New Albany, Mississippi. In middle school, she wrote the "Snoop" column for the school newspaper. In high school, she was the editor for the school's newspaper, and graduated in 1972 as part of the first fully desegregated class in New Albany. Saul entered the University of Mississippi in 1972 intending to pursue a medical career after graduation, which she saw as a better career opportunity than journalism. She took journalism classes along with her pre-med studies and served on the staff of the yearbook and the school newspaper, the ''Daily Mississippian''. In 1975, she graduated with a B.A. in Journalism and membership in the Phi Kappa Phi honors society. Career Saul began her journalism career working for ''The Clarion-Ledger'' in Jackson, Mississippi, covering the state government and the state legislature. In 1980, Saul, fellow r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Mississippi
The University of Mississippi (byname Ole Miss) is a public research university that is located adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi, and has a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and its largest by enrollment. The Mississippi Legislature chartered the university on February 24, 1844, and four years later it admitted its first 80 students. During the Civil War, the university operated as a Confederate hospital and narrowly avoided destruction by Ulysses S. Grant's forces. In 1962, during the civil rights movement, a race riot occurred on campus when segregationists tried to prevent the enrollment of African American student James Meredith. The university has since taken measures to improve its image. The university is closely associated with writer William Faulkner, and owns and manages his former Oxford home Rowan Oak, which with other on-campus sites Barnard Observatory and Lyceum–The Circle Historic District, is listed on the National Reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
