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UPDATE: The Hays CISD school board voted Thursday night to allow "Dixie" to be on the ballot for students when they vote for a new fight song. BUDA, Texas -- The Hays High Rebels are known for their ...

A University of Alabama group wants to take “Dixie” out of “Yea, Alabama,” the popular school fight song. The Delete Dixie Initiative is “a coalition of students, faculty, and friends who wish to ...

JACKSON, Miss. — The University of Mississippi’s first-year chancellor followed through on a promise Tuesday and asked the band to stop playing a pep song because some fans are chanting "the South ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WHNT) — A group in Tuscaloosa says the word “Dixie” should be removed from the University of Alabama’s (UA) fight song and replaced with “a more appropriate term.” The Delete Dixie ...

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