After more than 10 novels and many tours, best-selling author Eric Jerome Dickey will return to his alma mater and fraternity stomping grounds to enlighten an audience on his recent projects and talk on issues that face the black community. Dickey, who joined the Kappa Eta chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha ...
The robust wind and gray sky pushed University of Memphis students through the doors of the University Center Sunday night. Like the weather making people change their clothing, the UC Ballroom had been transformed as well, into a place dedicated to Harlem, N.Y. and its renaissance. The Epsilon Kappa ...
The Office of Residence Life and Dining Services (ResLife) will not require students living in a dorm for the first time to pay a $100 deposit, like students in the past. But, both entering and returning dorm residents will now have to pay a $200 rental prepayment in order to secure their rooms. While ...
Very few students jump at the chance to do an extra assignment to enhance their learning. But, 103 students put forth the effort to complete a research project and present it at The 17th Annual Student Research Forum Monday. The University of Memphis Graduate School and Honors Program sponsored the ...
For a number of University of Memphis students preparing for a final exam is just as important as completing scholarship hours at the end of the semester. "It is hard sometimes to fit scholarship work in your schedule, when you know you could be studying," said Lacy Wade, a junior chemistry major. Yet ...
Many people do not like to hear the sirens or see the blue, flashing lights of a police vehicle. As you roll down your window, you are in disbelief: You have just been pulled over for using your mobile phone.Valerie Short, a sophomore psychology major, admits that she uses her cell phone often while ...
In Debt Free 101, students could learn about money management and investments for their future. However, this fictional class is not offered at The University of Memphis, in spite of how badly it may be needed. So Zeta Phi Beta hosted "All About the Benjamins," a financial consultation workshop for ...
Sharon Atwell, mother of St. Jude patient Katelyn, said she likes to see programs like Up 'til Dawn carried out, but students may never realize how much they are really helping. "The money they (college students) raise allows Katelyn to get the very best of care, no matter what it is," Atwell said. Atwell ...
Many people hope to have a positive impact on others during their lifetime, but 25 U of M students believe that chance will come after their own deaths. "It is grim, but some students know people whose lives were saved by an organ transplant, so they were willing to get involved," said Lisa Eldin, the ...
The members of the Epsilon Epsilon Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) Sorority, Inc. celebrated Super Bowl Sunday with a more formal affair. The AKAs hosted their annual Prominent Black Women's Banquet at the University Center Ballroom. The sorority honored five women from the Memphis area who they ...
