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The Delta Statement

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The Delta Statement

Kole Oakes

Kole Oakes, Delta Arts Editor

Kole Oakes, 25, is from Batesville, Miss., and studies English education at Delta State University. Kole is currently a senior and will be graduating fall 2018. Once a DSU alumnus, Kole plans to begin his journey as a high school English teacher in Jackson, Mississippi. Along with teaching, they would like to be more involved in the political literary sphere. Kole is the Delta Arts Editor of DSU’s The Delta Statement. Having interests in literature and music, Kole enjoys reading and writing poetry, listening to records, producing noise music, and spreading communist propaganda. Check out their band camp page to hear some weird/cool noise music! pasmoi

-Bio by Stormy Ferrell, Publisher
All content by Kole Oakes
that is the rock itself

that is the rock itself

Kole Oakes, Editor-in-Chief
March 21, 2018
Too Mechanical for Cats

Too Mechanical for Cats

Kole Oakes, Editor-in-Chief
March 21, 2018
A Spark to Start a Fire

A Spark to Start a Fire

Kole Oakes, Editor-in-Chief
February 6, 2018
A Specter is Haunting Mississippi

A Specter is Haunting Mississippi

Kole Oakes, Editor-in-Chief
January 25, 2018
Is Hate Speech Violence?

Is Hate Speech Violence?

Kole Oakes, Editor-in-Chief
November 30, 2017
Seeking Positive Representation

Seeking Positive Representation

Kole Oakes, Editor-in-Chief
November 17, 2017
Book Cover of And There Was Evening And There Was Morning written by DSU professor Mike Smith.

DSU English Professor Releases Memoir

Kole Oakes, Editor-in-Chief
October 13, 2017
(A Bird) A Shadow

(A Bird) A Shadow

Kole Oakes, Editor-in-Chief
October 5, 2017
Caption: I Am a Man: Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tennessee, March 28th, 1968. Ernest Withers, 1968; printed 1994. Gelatin silver print. Museum purchase, 2006.322.1.

Invisible Colors

Kole Oakes, Editor-in-Chief
October 5, 2017
A Band Made in Cleveland

A Band Made in Cleveland

Kole Oakes, Editor-in-Chief
September 19, 2017
Thanks I Guess

Thanks I Guess

Kole Oakes
February 28, 2017