Thursday, March 28, 2024

News Features

An unlikely friendship: A history professor and an inmate on death row

Featured Photo by Kailee Shores Story by Kalea Jackson  Amy Sayward, a history professor at Middle Tennessee State University, recently celebrated her 22nd year of a friendship with a man who...

MTSU student cowrites song set in El Paso with ChatGPT-4

Featured Photo by Isabella Gutierrez Story by Isabella Gutierrez At 4 a.m. on Friday, September 15, Evan Scandrett was tired....

Seasonal depression is right around the corner. Here are some tips to combat it.

Story by Jaxon Winters Photo by Kailee Shores It’s that time again. The once vibrant greens of the forest have...

MTSU alumna makes solo debut at the Opry

Featured Photo by Jaelee Roberts Story by Nate Kindma On Sept. 19, Jaelee Roberts stood front and center in the...

Celebrating MTSU’s first female Black basketball player

Featured Photo Courtesy of Beanie Secrest Story by Zoe Naylor If Middle Tennessee State University had a biggest fans club,...

MTSU honors university’s first African American athletes and trailblazers

Story by Megan Tracy / Contributing Writer Photo courtesy of Middle Tennessee State University On Thursday afternoon, Middle Tennessee State University honored eight former Raider athletes...

How Not to Save an Art School: Watkins-Belmont merger met with heartbreak, protest

Story and photos by Kelly Fletcher / Contributing Writer “In every sense of the word, this was my dream school.” Those are the words film...

Logan’s Hugs: One man’s mission of love and peace through hugs

Story by Gracie Martin/Contributing Writer The man with the white beard is not tentative when he steps up, arms open wide, to hug a stranger....

Consider the thistle: one woman’s incredible journey to escape prostitution, drug abuse

Story by Samantha Avalos/ Contributing writer Dorris Walker-Taylor radiates a warm and inviting energy. Settling into a cushioned conference room chair, her hair in tight...

Tennessee’s infant mortality rate decreases, still exceeds U.S. average

A new Tennessee Department of Health report states that Tennessee’s infant mortality rate dropped in 2018, but still exceeds the national rate by 17 percent. Infant...

Award-winning journalist Jack McElroy speaks on police accountability

Photos and story by Brandon Donoho / Contributing Writer Students gathered in the Student Union’s Parliamentary Room on Tuesday to hear Jack McElroy, executive editor...