Eleven days and counting and the culmination of hard work, all-nighters and parking tickets finally arrives. Graduation. The smile that lit up the faces of graduating seniors at the start of fall 2005 may now be replaced with a frown. The symptoms of senioritis may seem unbearable. Studying for finals ...
The University of Memphis' radio station, WUMR-FM, is hosting its tri-yearly radiothon this week, soliciting their listeners for donations to support the publicly-held station. FM station U92, also known as The Jazz Lover, kicked off the radiothon Sunday with on-air guest Judge Joe Brown and will continue ...
In a field of orange speckled with blue The University of Memphis's rival game of the year was set. At stake was the chance for both teams, The U of M and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, to get a step closer to bowl play. Tiger-fan excitement was at a fevered pitch. While some Tiger fans headed ...
As the world celebrates the life of Rosa Parks, students at The University of Memphis can look closer to home for another soldier in the battle against racism, Assistant Anthropology Professor Melissa Checker. Checker's book "Polluted Promises" chronicles the battle a small Augusta, Ga., neighborhood ...
Last week, the city of Memphis celebrated its roots in the Civil Rights Movement and paid homage to those who have advanced the human right to freedom. Memphis Area Transit Authority buses remembered Rosa Parks by setting aside a seat for her on all buses. On Wednesday, the day of Parks' funeral, MATA ...
Violence occurs everywhere, in good neighborhoods and bad ones, at the market down the street, the mall across town, at home, or within an intimate relationship. The Women's Studies Program and Student Activities Council observe Domestic Violence Awareness Week this week as a part of National Domestic ...
A special gift arrived at The University of Memphis this semester in the form of three special people with special purposes. Each is here to enhance their fields of study on the campus via the Fulbright Scholars award. The people, Evghenii Florea, Kaushik Majumdar and Musa Abubakar, are visiting recipients ...
Today across the nation, gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transsexuals celebrate National Coming Out Day as a part of their annual National Coming Out Week. In 1987, a demonstration was held Oct. 11 called the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. This march was the second such demonstration ...
In 1848, women in Seneca Falls, N.Y. took the first step toward achieving gender equity in America. These women held the first formal women's convention to discuss women's rights and suffrage in America. Surprisingly, 157 years later, bias toward women still exists, particularly in the field of science, ...
For some students, the pursuit of a degree is a given. Many students are second, third and even fourth-generation college students. Unfortunately, for other students, there is no one to tell him or her about college life and likely no one to offer support. They aren’t just going to school for themselves ...
