On Sunday, the New York Times reported on the "Colonel Reb" mascot controversy at the University of Mississippi, a.k.a. "Ole Miss.". Colonel Reb — a caricature of a white antebellum Southern ...

Colonel Reb shall not rise again. That much is certain. The University of Mississippi dumped the mascot – a caricature of a white plantation owner – in a 2003 effort to distance the school ...

The selection puts a symbolic end to Colonel Reb, who enjoyed lingering popularity among many Ole Miss fans. The university for years has distanced itself from association with symbols of the ...

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 ...

JACKSON, Miss. -- University of Mississippi students voted Tuesday for the school to pursue a new mascot to replace Colonel Reb, the goateed Southern gent banished from the sidelines nearly seven ...

Some students and alumni say they'd rather have no mascot at all if they can't have Colonel Reb. More than 18,000 students are eligible to vote in an online referendum all day today. The results ...

He was retired from that role in 2003, after the university -- led at the time by Moss Point native Robert Khayat -- hired a firm to study Colonel Reb and other symbols at Ole Miss. Later that year, ...

It’s been seven years since Ole Miss phased out Colonel Reb, the mascot some viewed as racially divisive and the school would like to put out of people’s consciousness. Now the student body would like ...

Ole Miss to vote on Colonel Reb mascot replacement. JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) - Students at the University of Mississippi vote Tuesday on whether to replace their American football team mascot ...

Not exactly, but if the Colonel Reb Political Action Committee has its way, Colonel Reb may be on the 2012 presidential election ballot. The PAC announced in a press release Tuesday that ...

Colonel Reb's first appearance on the sidelines was in the 1970s. That's right after the period during which all of the SEC"s football teams finally became integrated, including Ole Miss. Colonel Reb ...

Ole Miss will remain the Rebels, but Colonel Reb won't be back on the field. The university has taken other steps in recent years to throw off what many perceive as lingering reminders of a ...