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Veteran Mississippi State administrator Sid Salter has been promoted to vice president for strategic communications, announced by the university on Wednesday. Salter, a Philadelphia native, brings more than four decades of experience in print, broadcast, digital journalism, and multimedia management to the task in addition to experience in public affairs,.
Traveling in a vintage Cadillac, filmmaker Brian Bain, a third generation Jew from New Orleans, sets out on a 4200-mile road trip though the American South. Traveling through Delta flatlands, small towns in Mississippi, suburban subdivisions, Texas ranches, and sprawling Sunbelt metropolises what he uncovers is the unique and diverse history of Southern Jews. Along the way, Bain woos his future wife, herself a southern Jew, and discusses Jewish participation in the Civil Rights Movement with Andrew Young. Shalom Y'all is peopled with interesting characters, including Zelda Millstein from Natchez, a hoop-skirted tour guide at a plantation; Leo Center, a Golden Gloves boxing champion from Savannah who learned how to box by literally fighting his way to get to synagogue; Tupelo's Jack Cristil, Mississippi State's football game announcer for nearly a half-century; an African American-Jewish police chief; a kosher butcher; and musician provocateurs Kinky Friedman and the Texa
Mississippi State football will play the 26th bowl game when the Bulldogs kick it off against Illinois. Ahead of this game, we dare to review and rank all the previous post-season contests. Part 3 of 4.