Along with voting a new governor into office, Tennessee voters will be faced with deciding the fate of the widely debated implementation of a state lottery when polls open on Nov. 5. Lawmakers laid the foundation to lift the prohibition on lotteries last month by approving a bill that will place a constitutional ...
Over the course of 43 years, Wendall Gilbert has become accustomed to facing adverse conditions and producing positive results. As a private in the U.S. Army, Gilbert spent the first part of his service fighting the nation’s battles in foreign lands. Climbing the ranks to brigadier general, he spent ...
Federal and local authorities are investigating a man who approached a University of Memphis professor last week seeking information about weapons of mass destruction. The professor, who wished to remain anonymous, said a man of Middle Eastern descent approached him while he was in his office Feb. 13 ...
Despite years of fruitless funding pleas and unproductive political wrangling, state higher education officials and some state lawmakers seem to share common ground on one issue. The cloud of economic uncertainty hovering over Tennessee is not going to lift anytime soon. “It is really hard for me ...
For University of Memphis counselor Richard James, the thought of holding a bake sale to prevent the erosion of an institution of higher education was once laughable. But with state lawmakers continuously chipping away at the funding for the state's university systems, the need to sell cookies to cover ...
While the segregation of public schools officially ended with the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, the public university systems in Tennessee continue to struggle in dismantling the continued existence of segregation. However, the settlement of a 33-year-old desegregation ...
Tennessee higher education institutions are stuck in a state of suspended economic uncertainty as state lawmakers continue to wrangle over the state budget. Last Thursday, Gov. Don Sundquist vetoed the “no new taxes” budget that was approved on July 12, promising to set off a new round of debate ...
Muhsen Abu Khudier has awaited this Memphis summer day in spirited anticipation. Today is his wedding day. The proper arrangements have been made, and many people have been notified as Khudier prepares for one of the biggest moments in his life. But he will not marry on this summer day. He is told it ...
An internal investigation conducted by the University of Memphis following a complaint by a public safety employee has apparently led to the transfer of Roger Fowler from his post as director of the department. Fowler transferred to a position at the Mid-South Training Institute in the Department of ...
First Corporal Alex Beecham could hear the distant clatter of gunfire and malicious howls, but could not see the droves of enemy soldiers that were slowly lurking under the veil of an early morning fog. Beecham had spent months drilling with the motley brigade of soldiers, and now, the countless hours ...
