On Veteran’s Day, the ROTC units at The University of Memphis will honor those who have served in the Armed Forces, died in combat, been prisoners of war and those who are missing in action. Beginning at 6 a.m. Monday, there will be two cadets from either the Air Force, Army or Naval ROTC units who ...
The University of Memphis men’s basketball program raises 20 percent of the entire athletic department budget, according to the 2002-2003 U of M budget. The document notes that the basketball program brings $4 million into the school’s coffers. Student fees account for $1.8 million and the football ...
The Highland Hundred (HH) has donated funds to have the leaping Tiger logo placed on Rex Dockery Field in the Liberty Bowl for the Tigers nationally televised game against Louisville tonight. After the Liberty Bowl and The University of Memphis came to an agreement allowing the school to paint the logo ...
Two basketball coaches who battled each other on the court, both spent parts of last week battling for their lives. Former University of Memphis head basketball coach Larry Finch suffered a heart attack Sept. 24. Finch remains in stable condition at Saint Francis Hospital. Marilynn S. Robinson, Senior ...
Larry Finch, former University of Memphis head basketball coach and star guard, suffered a massive heart attack Tuesday night. Finch is currently in the intensive care unit at Saint Francis Hospital. Finch, 51, holds the record for the most wins by any Tigers basketball coach in Tigers history. He was ...
The dollars and cents of running a major public university like the University of Memphis involves much more than just government subsidies from the state. The U of M now ranks third in the state of Tennessee in full-time students and in budgets behind the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and Middle ...
The University of Memphis Air Force ROTC program will commemorate the 55th Air Force birthday with a cake ceremony behind Hayden Hall Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. All students are invited to the ceremony. Maj. T.J. Downing, a 1991 Air Force Academy graduate, said, “We would like to do more to honor the ...
ABC News carried 14 non-stop hours of 9-11 coverage. They interviewed countless survivors, family members, policemen, firemen, politicians and just about every expert in the world. Every major network- CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, CBS, NBC-had extensive programming surrounding the ceremonies marking the anniversary ...
The University of Memphis mascot Pouncer is sporting a new look this fall, and opinions on his new appearance are mixed. When several anonymous recently donors stepped forward and donated money for a new Pouncer costume, The University jumped at the opportunity. However, according to Kevin Grothe, The ...
On any given day, you see students walk across campus sporting a shirt or a hat from another school. “I think that is just disrespectful,” said Adair Snow, a freshman in her first semester at The University of Memphis and recent graduate of Cordova High School. Snow did not want to come to the U ...
