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Ole Miss administration made the right move removing ‘Dixie’

The Ole Miss marching band will be changing its pregame routine again.

Athletic director Ross Bjork said Friday that the university will provide a pregame show that will appeal to “all fans,” one without any form of “Dixie.”

While many fans might scoff at the new measure, I applaud it.

It should be noted that the Ole Miss band has played only a portion of the song since it rightfully scrapped “From Dixie With Love” in 2009. For those wondering, that song simply was a slower version of “Dixie,” which no longer represents the majority of students and fans of Ole Miss, nor most of the inhabitants of the state of Mississippi, of which I am one.