Some runners at the St. Jude Marathon Saturday may experience more than mental anguish and aching legs during the grueling trek to the finish line. Runner's diarrhea, known more commonly by veteran runners as the "runner's trots", are experienced by at least 30 percent of runners in 10K races, according ...
For college students on a budget, doling out $100 every six weeks for hair treatments may be fiscally impossible, but the adverse effects of store-bought hair-coloring products might not be worth the money saved. "The damage that occurs from coloring hair is not so much about the chemicals in the products, ...
Timothy R. Creager, who attended the University of Memphis and The Citadel in South Carolina, was killed in Iraq in July 2004 by an improvised explosive devise at age 21. Marines and civilians will run in the Lance Corporal Timothy R. Creager 5K Run/Walk Saturday to honor his memory. The 5K will begin ...
It may be mind-boggling to some to imagine a student getting out of class in the afternoon, finishing homework in the evening and putting on lingerie to go to work in the late hours, but for some students, stripping can be a viable way to pay for school. Although stripping can be a lucrative career ...
Halloween weekend will be an extravaganza to remember for Ben Jenkins, a University of Memphis math graduate student and techno DJ. Jenkins will begin his party binge Oct. 31 at Mollie Fontaine Lounge and end it at Mollie's Saturday at 3 a.m. Jenkins began his DJ vocation in 2008 after seeing some electronic ...
After weeks of gathering signatures, recruiting players and creating bylaws, Olivia Ross is putting the finishing touches on organizing a girl's lacrosse team. "I am hoping to get everything finalized by next Wednesday or Thursday and turn it in to the office of student leadership and involvement in ...
When Rip Woodward had a student audaciously declare, "I do not have to do a fucking thing you say" during his lecture, he knew teaching was the wrong career path for him. "I wanted to teach, because I thought could be like Robin Williams in the movie 'Dead Poets Society,'" Woodward said. "When I was ...
After a glance around any building on campus, one might see throngs of students inhaling smoke from what looks like a small, black wand. It is the latest trend emerging among smokers called e-cigarettes, or electronic cigarettes. E-cigarettes look like regular cigarettes; the only difference is that ...
The University of Memphis Department of Sorority and Fraternity Affairs will reveal its new logo at the "Plug Into Greek Life" event Wednesday. The logo will be the first official logo for the U of M Greek community. The goal is to eliminate stereotypes associated with the Greek community. "This is ...
Some of the names have been changed. At first, Mary Niles kept up with her school work but then started missing class for weeks at a time. "There would be some weeks I would not leave my room," Niles recalls. "My roommates would bring me food and check to make sure I was still breathing, but they were ...
