When senior Ryan Hopkins walks to class, he smokes his first cigarette of the day. "It's like my coffee," Hopkins said. "It gets me ready for the day." But the Tennessee Legislature is considering a smoking ban in public places, a move that would change Hopkins' morning ritual. A bill to ban smoking ...
The University of Memphis is named one of the safest colleges in the state, a label that may be a bit misleading when including the surrounding area. Despite efforts of The U of M police services, very few students attended the annual safety meeting on campus last week that revealed some important topics. Police ...
If you ask some students, there have been several instances in the past year that could deem our local government "corrupt". Media officials stress that they are just reporting the truth and not trying to exaggerate what our local government is doing. The University of Memphis is holding a panel discussion ...
If you go to The University of Memphis then you've inevitably been stopped by the train at some point. It's just a part of campus that everyone has to deal with. But why? With multi-million dollar pedestrian bridges on Central Avenue getting approval by The University, many students are left wondering ...
Every month Elizabeth Knight and her family visit the memorial of her father. They drive past it at least once a week. It's the intersection where her father was killed in a traffic accident two years ago. However, the Knights may have to take it down soon as the Tennessee Department of Transportation ...
Maybe the dogs knew best all along. Could drinking out of the toilet really be safer than eating ice at your local restaurant? That's what Jasmine Roberts found to be true. The seventh-grader at Benito Middle School in New Tampa, Fla. went to five different fast food restaurants for a school science ...
Rust, broken seats and chipped paint are not what comes to mind when most people think about baseball. But, that describes Nat Buring Stadium, The University of Memphis baseball complex on South Campus. When the stadium was completed in 1972, it was a state-of-the-art facility. After 34 years of weather, ...
With higher ownership of cell phones among University of Memphis students, distractions in classrooms from sending text messages are bound to happen, making some professors irate. Students should read their professor's policies about cell phones, as many have stated in their syllabus that phones can ...
It won't be long before the new softball team at The University of Memphis will call their new South Campus stadium home. Construction of a new softball stadium will be completed in fall of 2006. Plans for the stadium will include locker rooms and is estimated to cost $1.3 million. "We have never offered ...
As the hype surrounding Memphis' regular season home game with Louisville reached a fevered pitch, U of M Junior J.P. Catalano prepared to settle into his student section seat. Five minutes before the game began, an usher told him he would have to move. That's because his seat was given to a booster. "I ...
