Q&A: Get to know the MTSU Board of Trustees
Photo courtesy of MTSU News On a cloudy December afternoon near the end of the semester, the 10 trustees, who guide major policy decisions at MTSU, met inside the Student Union Building for their fourth board meeting of the semester. It was the year’s final quarterly meeting for MTSU’s Board of Trustees, one that MTSU …
Table Talk: Seoul Pepper stirs up quality Korean food
Photo by Eric Goodwin / Assistant News Editor Within a recently constructed strip mall on the far end of South Church Street sits Murfreesboro’s latest Korean eatery, Seoul Pepper. The second Korean place to open in 2017, the meek restaurant is small, clean and quiet. There are only six Yelp reviews for this place, it …
MTSU student arrested for unlawful possession of a weapon, criminal trespassing
Photo by Cat Murphy / MTSU Sidelines According to a MPD police report, Murfreesboro Police officer arrested an MTSU student early Thursday morning for illegally possessing a loaded handgun, criminal trespassing that occurred in June 2016 and three warrants out of Metro Nashville for failure to appear in court. The student, 22-year-old Jaidarius Temple, was …
MTSU Board of Trustees holds last quarterly meeting of year
Photo courtesy of MTSU News Middle Tennessee State University’s Board of Trustees met on Tuesday in the Student Union Ballroom to approve policy and academic program changes, approve committee reports and hear a report from MTSU President Sidney McPhee. The Board of Trustees is broken up into four standing committees. At each quarterly meeting, each …
SGA Senate holds last semester meeting, passes multiple pieces of legislation
Photo by Eric Goodwin / Assistant News Editor MTSU’s Student Government Association Senate held its final meeting of the semester on Thursday in the Student Union Ballroom, capping off a session that President Courtney Brandon said was marked by unity among senators. “I think us working together worked really well,” Brandon said. “We probably wouldn’t …
Crime: Murfreesboro Police respond to reported armed robbery at College Grove
Photo by Eric Goodwin / Assistant News Editor A Murfreesboro Police officer responded on Monday afternoon to a report of an armed robbery at College Grove Apartments on Lascassas Pike. The victim said the incident occurred Tuesday of last week. When the police officer arrived, the victim said he and two of his roommates had …