After 30 years of directing the Mighty Sound of the South SydneyMcKay is stepping down. Or more accurately, he is stepping aside. McKay elected toretire from his position as band director at the end of thissemester but will remain at The University of Memphis as aninstructor. "Dr. McKay has been revered ...
Deep in the bowels of the law school, it is not unusual to findcelebrities like Sean Connery, Gillian Anderson and Woody Allenhanging around. They are all hanging, that is, in picture frames on the walls ofCharles Dewitt's small, basement level office, and they are notalone. Over the years, Dewitt has ...
For nine years, incoming freshmen at the Cecil C. HumphreysSchool of Law have had a unique opportunity -- the chance to eatbreakfast with the dean of the law school as an introduction to theschool. Next year, however, they will have to look for someone else tousher them into their new experience. University ...
Gen. George C. Marshall's long and distinguished career as botha soldier and a statesman made an impression on ROTC cadets aroundthe country, including Rhonda Kendrick, a senior nursing student atThe University of Memphis. Kendrick is one of 270 senior ROTC cadets from U.S. colleges anduniversities ...
Orson Welles would be proud ... well, maybe. In the hands of independent filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman, Welles’ acclaimed movie Citizen Kane became Toxic Avenger IV: Citizen Toxie, a sort of parody released back in 2000. Kaufman is in Memphis this week supporting The University of Memphis Student Film and ...
With the number of graduating law students up more than 30 percent over last semester, administration at the Cecil C. Humphreys went looking for a larger place to hold the graduation ceremonies. This semester, they have decided to hold the ceremony in the Grand Ballroom of the Holiday Inn at The University ...
If you have watched the news recently, you have probably seenthe photos of American prisoners of war being held by Iraqisoldiers. They look scared and nervous, and some even look like they arein pain. Imagine knowing someone you care about might be vulnerable tosuch treatment. For University of Memphis ...
As University of Memphis students play Frogger trying to cross Central Avenue on their way to and from school everyday, cars zoom by at speeds uncharacteristic of a school zone. While some students wait patiently for the light to change so they may cross safely, others simply look both ways before crossing ...
Eric Idle and John Cleese had it all wrong. Gregorian chants were not sung by monks walking around in a trance bashing their heads with stone tablets, as they did in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. They were actually melodic prayers sung by monks that were first set in permanent form during the papacy ...
When she was 14 years old, Laurie Snyder tried out for her school chorus and didn’t make it. Discouraged and hurt, Snyder did not sing again until college, when she began attending song circles with friends. One of these friends dragged Snyder on stage to sing the Celtic folk song “Fields of Hehenry.” All ...
