Want a chance to voice your opinions about on- and off-campus issues and activities? Well, you will be given the chance when The Daily Helmsman conducts a readers' choice survey to be published in a special issue, "The Helmsman's Hits." "I think it will give U of M students a chance to voice their opinions ...
Who would win in a fight? Mario, Sonic, Crash Bandicoot or Bill Gates? While Nintendo, Sony and Sega have been fighting the video game war for years, Microsoft has yet to become a real competitor. All of that will change with the release of Microsoft's Xbox this fall. "The most anticipated system is ...
Everyone in the United States may be eating Taco Bell for lunch today. In a strange publicity stunt, Taco Bell promised a free 99- cent taco to everyone in the US if the Mir space station hits a 40 by 40 foot target reading "Free Taco Here!" placed in the South Pacific. The Russian space station, which ...
Many stock market investors were taken for a whirl last week, as they watched the Dow Jones Industrial Average drop 318.63 points, continuing the downward trend of the market. Despite the Dow's upswing of 260 points Tuesday, many analysts said they don't believe it's the end of the decline. "I believe ...
The leading health problem in the United States is not contagious or predisposed, but is instead self-inflicted. Substance abuse dominates as the primary health problem in the United States, according to a recent report presented by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Washington D.C. The United States ...
They have sold over 70 million albums in the US alone, making them the fifth best-selling band in US music history. Their 17th album, Stiff Upper Lip was released last year. Now the tour is underway, and AC/DC, led by Angus Young and Brian Johnson, is coming to the Pyramid with Slash's Snakepit on March ...
A personal safety alert was issued by Public Safety after a female student was attacked Monday night in the Central Avenue parking lot, and the suspect has yet to be apprehended. The suspect approached the victim and offered to walk her to her car because he was concerned for her safety, the alert said. ...
Dr. Martin Lipinski, chairman of the civil engineering department at The University of Memphis, has been awarded the 2001 Outstanding Engineer Award in Memphis last week. The award was given by the Memphis Joint Engineer's Council, which represents 18 different engineering organizations from Memphis. The ...
Larry G. Hall, 49, a calculus instructor at The University of Memphis and Germantown High School, was buried Tuesday after dying in his home Saturday of an apparent heart attack. Hall was in his first semester teaching at The U of M and was the chairperson of the math department at Germantown High School, ...
A secretive new invention is in development, that could possibly revolutionize lifestyles and ideas around the world. The upcoming invention has been compared to the Internet and cold fusion. Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com; Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computers and John Doerr, a Silicon Valley venture ...
