Students interested in spending their afternoons saddling upwith big-screen cowboy legends like Alan Ladd, Clint Eastwood andJohn Wayne while receiving college credit hours are in for asurprise this summer. Starting May 17, the College of Communication and Fine Arts willoffer a one-time only summer ...
With the recent slew of multiplex heavyweights bragging to havemovies out about reissued zombies, a Colonel Sanders impersonator,a cartoon canine and Jesus, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mindoffers a brilliantly clever panorama of a relationship plagued byself-inflicted amnesia and enduring feelings ...
Imagine creating anonymous pieces of art on vast cityscapesunder the cloaked darkness of night only to have them painted overwithin weeks. Adam "Codak" Smith, a 29-year-old senior graphic arts student atThe University of Memphis, has been creating this type of graffitiart and sharing it with the world ...
Some were nervous, others just weary from the long wait, buteveryone who showed up was anxious to strut their talents for thecameras. No, not the actors and actresses out to accept theirScreen Actors Guild Awards Sunday night, but rather a differentgroup of hopeful thespians. Over 1,500 potential film ...
Architects are typically responsible for designing habitats forothers to reside in, but the architecture program of The Universityof Memphis will be getting a little housing assistance from thedepartment of art this summer. The architecture program, currently housed in the EngineeringTechnology Building, ...
Valentine's Day has long been embodied by saccharine treats andchocolate sweets, but a Pennsylvania organization has become bitterover this long-standing holiday tradition. The Interdenominational Ministers' Conference of GreaterHarrisburg, led by Rev. W. Braxton Cooley, is calling for anational chocolate ...
It's out with the goat and in with the monkey for any onecelebrating the Chinese New Year. Today marks the first day of the Chinese New Year and representsa changing of the guard in the Chinese zodiac calendar. "In China, each year is designated by one of 12 animal signs.Last year was the year of the ...
Students in Melvin Humphreys' Computer Applications for Sportsand Leisure class were greeted with a bit of pomp and circumstanceMonday morning. The perplexed students were the first to be taught in the newFed Ex Institute of Technology, opened last November. Severalexcited faculty members were on hand ...
While the flu virus seems to have already peaked this season andrecorded cases have decreased drastically in the Mid-South and atThe University of Memphis, some experts say a second bout with thevirus could be impending. With the initial strain of influenza B dying down, doctors don'twant people to ...
It might sound like something out of a recent Jack Black movie,but students in Steve Waksman's classes can expect to discuss JimiHendrix, Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page during lectures without beingreprimanded. Waksman, a professor at Smith College in Massachusetts, teachesa course titled the History of ...
