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 ...

The Colonel Reb Foundation, a group formed in 2003 when the mascot was dropped, had bought advertisements in the student newspaper in hopes of winning a "no" vote on the proposal.

She's part of the Colonel Reb Foundation, which is urging students to vote 'no' to a new mascot. A variation of the colonel first appeared in the 1930s in a yearbook.

Colonel Reb was cast off as the on-field mascot in 2003 as the school continued its move away from Old South symbolism. Since then, the teams have been without an on-field mascot.

The Colonel Reb Foundation’s founder snarked to The New York Times in an Oct. 14 article that the school should call itself “Politically Correct University.” Unfortunately, the term ‘politically ...

OXFORD, Miss. -- University of Mississippi students will vote this month on creating a new school mascot. Colonel Reb, the university's longtime Southern gentleman character, was retired in 2003 ...

Step aside Colonel Reb. The next University of Mississippi mascot could well be a fierce black bear, a toothy land shark or a character in a full-body muscle-suit.

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 ...

The Colonel Reb Foundation 's founder is quoted in the New York Times article as saying "little girls in Mississippi [think Colonel Reb is] their grandfather." However, almost 40 percent of ...

The Colonel Reb Foundation, a group formed in 2003 when the mascot was dropped, had bought advertisements in the student newspaper in hopes of winning a "no" vote on the proposal.

Colonel Reb, a caricature of a white plantation owner, was the Ole Miss mascot until 2003. Now some students say they need something to replace him so the school isn't the only one in the Southeastern ...