Allegations that a faulty election system may have skewed the vote in favor of the More party circulated among many of those who lost after the student government election results were announced Thursday. According to election rules, students were allowed to vote for no more than 18 candidates for ...
The University of Memphis will be revisiting its plans for a new recreation center after deciding the current estimate was too expensive, according to a campus-wide email sent out Sunday afternoon by U of M president M. David Rudd. “Costs for the project ballooned to well over $60M, ...
The University of Memphis will be revisiting its plans for a new recreation center after deciding the current estimate was too expensive, according to a campus-wide email sent out Sunday afternoon by U of M president M. David Rudd. “Costs for the project ballooned to well over $60M, ...
This opinion was published Jan. 13 online and updated for print.  White Memphian Allie Dowdle asked the Internet to “say no to racism†and for $10,000 to pay for her college tuition. In less than 16 hours of posting on Jan. 11, nearly 500 people ...
With Martin Luther King Jr. Day just around the corner, some Memphians are looking for a local hero who is standing up to racism. Unfortunately, they are willing to put nearly anyone on a pedestal. On Wednesday, white Memphian Allie Dowdle asked the Internet to “say no to racism†...
Moving the campus garden to make room for a 120-space parking lot had significant support from University of Memphis’s student government at Thursday’s meeting. About 19 of the student senate members appear to be in favor of paving over the current campus garden ...
The Refresh Party swept the University of Memphis student government elections last week, winning all Senate seats and capturing the president and vice president elections in a landslide. Natalie Moore, vice president elect of student government and former senator, said she was encouraged by the wave ...
The newly elected student government officers will tackle the “Guns on Campus†bill, which is working it’s way through Tennessee legislature. Jared Moses, president elect of the University of Memphis student government, plans to reach out to the students ...
Tennessee’s move to give public universities their own governing board will likely end the state’s tradition of students having a real voice in higher education, says one member of the Tennessee Board of Regents. The soon-to-be created 10-member governing boards will have the power to set student ...
Students and faculty can expect delays on their morning commute to campus this week as the University of Memphis begins to build improvements to the cross walks around the Southern Avenue railroad tracks. In an email sent to faculty, staff and students, David Zettergren, vice president of U of M’s ...
