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Book Bans in Tennessee

Ashley Barrientos | Editor-in-Chief February 22, 2022

Story by Will Chappell, Contributing Writer Almost a century after the Scopes Monkey Trial, Tennessee is vaulting itself back into national headlines with its aggressive drive to ban books in public...

Photo by Matthew Giffin / Sidelines Contributor

MTSU FOOTBALL NAMES NEW OC

Ashley Barrientos | Editor-in-Chief February 17, 2022

Story by Matthew Giffin / Contributing Writer The Middle Tennessee State University football team has hired Samford’s offensive coordinator to take the same position with the Blue Raiders. Mitch...

Immunocompromised Quarantine

Immunocompromised Quarantine

Ashley Barrientos | Editor-in-Chief February 17, 2022

Story by Will Chappell I was diagnosed with Alport's syndrome when I was 10 years old in 2001. Alport's is a rare genetic condition whose sufferers lack one of the three layers of filtration in their...

Nashville License Plate Reader Legislation: Creating a surveillance state in the search for “justice”

Nashville License Plate Reader Legislation: Creating a surveillance state in the search for “justice”

Ashley Barrientos | Editor-in-Chief February 13, 2022

Story by Will Chappell This week, the Nashville Metro Council approved a six-month pilot program for Metro Police to test out license plate reading technology. The technology will capture every license...

Should the Supreme Court Justices Have Term Limits?

Should the Supreme Court Justices Have Term Limits?

Story by Will Chappell, Contributing Writer Last week, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer gave in to political pressure and announced his retirement from the bench. Joe Biden will now nominate a...

Redistricting in Nashville

Redistricting in Nashville

Story by Will Chappell, Contributing Writer Photo by Tennessee Government Gerrymandering is far from the sole domain of the Republican party— but as a longtime resident of Davidson County, it...

Three MTSU Latinos Discuss How American Media Platforms Criminalize Latino Immigrants

Three MTSU Latinos Discuss How American Media Platforms Criminalize Latino Immigrants

Ashley Barrientos | Editor-in-Chief November 28, 2021

Story and photos by Ashley Barrientos Innumerable studies have confirmed that Latinos and immigrants— both documented and undocumented— have been heavily criminalized throughout different media...

As fall passes by, seasonal affective disorder looms.

How do fall leaves earn their vibrant color?

Ashley Barrientos | Editor-in-Chief November 22, 2021

Story by Elise Sandlin, Contributing Writer Photo by Bill Lickman, Photographer Every autumn, deciduous trees shed their leaves to prepare for winter, but the biological process behind the pretty...

Sports Gambling at MTSU

Sports Gambling at MTSU

Ashley Barrientos | Editor-in-Chief November 15, 2021

Story by Elisha Nelson, Contributing Writer Photo by Jonathan Salazar, Photographer Sports gambling is becoming popular among college students with the 2019 passage of the Tennessee Sports Gaming...

MTSU student's shoe collection worth 25k

MTSU student’s shoe collection worth 25k

Ashley Barrientos | Editor-in-Chief November 10, 2021

Story and photos by DeAngelo Conley It is after midnight and Anna Hutchinson surveyed her creation. She sat on the floor of her living room, a metropolis of shoeboxes rising around her. Hutchison...

A Place To Call Home - Murfreesboro’s Crying Cat Books & Records

A Place To Call Home – Murfreesboro’s Crying Cat Books & Records

Story by Cassie Sistoso, Assistant News Editor Photos by Bill Lickman, Photographer Tucked away in the patchwork hem of historic houses of the downtown sits Crying Cat Books and Records, a converted...

Photo Gallery: Trees changing colors on campus

Photo Gallery: Trees changing colors on campus

Photos by Bill Lickman, Photographer

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