The book of Ecclesiastes in the Holy Bible says, "For everything there is a season. ..." Robert Frost wrote my favorite poem, in which he says, "Two roads diverged in a wood. ... And I, I took the one less traveled and that made all the more difference." During Spring Break, I journeyed to Washington, ...
University of Memphis alumna and state representative Carol Chumney (D) says she's ready for a run at becoming Shelby County mayor after announcing last week she would run in the 2002 election. "I want a government that is inclusive -- that everyone has a voice in," Chumney said. "I think the issues ...
As news spread Monday of a San Diego high school shooting which killed two and injured 13, a number of University of Memphis students, faculty and staff voiced their concerns about campus safety here at The U of M. Gladys Castanom, a senior industrial engineering major from Mexico, said she often worries ...
The Right Rev. James M. Coleman, Bishop of West Tennessee, is traveling through the churches and campuses of West Tennessee to say goodbye. Coleman is scheduled to come to The University of Memphis, Sunday, at 6 p.m., to offer his farewell to students and confirm at least two U of M students. A dinner ...
A week from today it will be Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras, French for "Fat Tuesday," falls on Feb. 27. In the liturgical calendar, it is usually known as Shrove Tuesday, and the day after is Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season of Lent. TroyAnn Poulopoulos, co-director of River's Edge Campus Ministries, ...
If you're looking for love, the Baptist Student Union is the place to be Friday night. The entire student body of The University of Memphis has been invited to the BSU's Mr. and Miss Mismatch 2001. For $5, one is catered and served a meal from Gridley's Barbecue. But according to the BSU, the evening ...
In an expected victory, retired general of the Israeli Army Ariel Sharon, 72, defeated Prime Minister Ehud Barak, 54, by a landslide in Tuesday's election. The reaction of University of Memphis students to this development in the volatile Middle East seems to raise several questions about peace and ...
Traditionally when one thinks of a missionary, they probably think about an American or Westerner journeying to the dark jungles of Africa or Asia, delivering the gospel. However, Samson Gitau, director of the Barth House Anglican/Episcopal College Ministry, that is not true. TroyAnne Polopoulos, co-director ...
Terrorism has gone from openly bad to covertly worse in just one decade, according to Sabi H. Shabtai, an internationally acclaimed terrorism expert and noted author. "The good news is that Red Terrorism (activity sponsored by Marxist European nations) that we experienced in the 1970s and 1980s is pretty ...
