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Entrance to Middle Tennessee State University campus at East Main and Old Main Circle. (MTSU photo)

MTSU football employee charged with exposing himself and resisting arrest

Kailee Shores October 16, 2023

Featured Photo courtesy of MTSU Story by Kailee Shores & Matthew Giffin MTSU Football Director of Player Personnel Nicholas Woodley was arrested for indecent exposure and resisting arrest at...

Evan Scandrett, an audio production major at MTSU, recently used an artificial intelligence tool, Chat GPT-4, to write a song. He was impressed, for the most part. Photo by Isabella Gutierrez

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

Kailee Shores October 13, 2023

Featured Photo by Isabella Gutierrez Story by Isabella Gutierrez At 4 a.m. on Friday, September 15, Evan Scandrett was tired. He sat in a dark soundproof recording studio, padding covering the walls....

As fall passes by, seasonal affective disorder looms.

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

Kailee Shores October 12, 2023

Story by Jaxon Winters Photo by Kailee Shores It’s that time again. The once vibrant greens of the forest have turned crimson gold and burning red. The sun that weeks ago dominated the landscape...

Her pink dress shimmering in the spotlight on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry, MTSU alumna Jaelee Roberts performs a solo set at the iconic venue on September 19. She graduated with a commercial songwriting degree in August. (Photo courtesy of Jaelee Roberts)

MTSU alumna makes solo debut at the Opry

Kailee Shores October 12, 2023

Featured Photo by Jaelee Roberts Story by Nate Kindma On Sept. 19, Jaelee Roberts stood front and center in the spotlight of the Grand Ole Opry. Beyond the stage was the audience; beneath her...

MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee (left) shakes Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee's hand (right). (Photo by Noah McLane)

Gov. Lee, MTSU President McPhee announce Shelbyville airport as new home for aerospace program

Kailee Shores September 24, 2023

Featured Photo by Noah McLane Story by Noah McLane MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee announced Shelbyville as the new home of MTSU’s Aerospace Program Thursday from the Shelbyville Municipal Airport...

Photo by Jenene Grover

Constitution Week at MTSU: an annual celebration

Kailee Shores September 21, 2023

Featured Photo by Jenene Grover Story by Jenene Grover and RJ Ware Middle Tennessee State University celebrated Constitution Week with the American Democracy Project the week of Sept. 17 to educate...

Classroom doors are now to be locked at all times, causing class disruption anytime a student needs to leave and return. Photo by Brian Branch

MTSU’s new “locked classroom” policy spawns questions and difficulties

Kailee Shores September 21, 2023

Featured Photo by Brian Branch Story by Bayleigh Elliott Over the past decade, school shootings have increased at a rapid rate, with no decline in sight. In response, universities nationwide have...

True crime podcaster and private investigator Catherine Townsend spoke at MTSU as a part of the distinguished lecture series. Photo by Angel Perez.

True Crime podcaster visits MTSU

Kailee Shores September 14, 2023

Story and photo by Angel Perez Middle Tennessee State University hosted private investigator and true-crime podcaster Catherine Townsend on Monday as part of their Distinguished Lecture Series. Born...

(Photo by Kailee Shores)

Remembering Sept. 11, 2001

Kailee Shores September 12, 2023

Story by Holden Carter Photo by Kailee Shores 22 years ago, on Sept. 11, 2001, our country was shaken by an unspeakable tragedy that changed the landscape of our citizens’ day to day. All those...

Photo by Noah McLane

Three men from MTSU Campus Outreach Ministry indicted

Kailee Shores September 3, 2023

Story by Noah McLane Three men from Middle Tennessee State University Campus Outreach Ministry were indicted for attempting to steal nearly $5,000 from MTSU’s student activity fund and for falsifying...

MTSU is renewing efforts to change the name of Forrest Hall. Photo by Noah McLane.

Why, in 2023, does MTSU still have a building named after a Confederate icon?

Kailee Shores September 1, 2023

Story and photo by Noah McLane Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, still holds a presence at Middle Tennessee State University as long as his name remains on the...

Trevor Shannon has been communicating via American Sign Language all of his life. He is a CODA (child of deaf adults) and has been signing at music festivals and other performances for several years.

ASL at Bonnaroo: A performance in and of itself

Kailee Shores June 21, 2023

By Jordan Reining  MTSU Seigenthaler News Service As Girl in Red, the indie pop band led by Norwegian singer-songwriter Marie Ulven Ringheim, performed on Bonnaroo’s Which Stage, there was a...

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