Instead of students being able to pick up refund checks every day of the week, the Bursar's Office will only deliver leftover scholarship funds on Fridays and only through direct deposit or mail. The new policy will be in place at the beginning of the fall semester, according to an e-mail sent to students ...
Campus School on The University of Memphis is the No. 1 elementary school in Memphis and one of the top elementary schools in Tennessee, according to the 2008 Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program scores. "Campus School is the best school in the state of Tennessee," said third-grade Campus School ...
Recycling isn't always high on people's list of priorities. In an effort to change people's attitudes and actions, a group of students will host Recycle Mania on Earth Day tomorrow outside the Tiger Den from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. "Down South, we're not big on recycling," said arts and liberal studies graduate ...
Memphians don't have to watch the TV Show Bones to catch a forensic anthropologist examining bones and skeletons. "Dr. Podzorski is Bones," said Lorelei Corcoran, director of the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology, speaking of Patricia Podzorski, The University of Memphis Curator of Egyptian ...
Marrio Green sits at a table in Einstein Bros. Bagels, reviewing a past test. "You can't alleviate stress right now," the senior logistics major said. "You just have to focus on what's at hand now." His preparation technique for exam week to control stress is simply to spend equal time studying, planning ...
At a Greek President Roundtable, some members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council allegedly spoke last fall against traditionally white fraternities and sororities continuing to participate in step shows. The news leaked last month, a couple of weeks before "Why Do You Hate Me?" Week - a week devoted ...
A bill is working its way through the Tennessee legislature that makes it illegal to wear pants low enough to show underwear or a person's buttocks. The bill passed the House subcommittee Wednesday and will be set for review in the House Judiciary Committee tomorrow. The proposed bill "makes it a criminal ...
With whispers circulating of double-digit percent tuition increases for Tennessee colleges and universities, some students will be relieved to hear federal money finally might be trickling down to The University of Memphis. Tennessee higher education will directly receive $500 million, Gov. Phil Bredesen ...
Tara Ransfer, who has two children, has been working for 13 years at the same restaurant, where she started out making $2.38 per hour plus tips. Over the years Ransfer has worked there, she has made her way up to $3.51 per hour plus tips. At Monday's kick-off event for Women's History Month, Ransfer ...
Daniel Lawrence, a senior management major at The University of Memphis, has worked with special needs children for 10 years, for a total of 2,000 volunteer hours. Lawrence was introduced to Camp Celebration, a summer camp for special needs children, when his sister, diagnosed with autism at age 4, ...
