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Professor Tracey E.W. Laird speaks to students in MTSU's Center of Popular Music on Wednesday Feb., 11, 2015 about the inspiration for her newest book, 'Austin City Limits.' (R.J. Estrella/MTSU Sidelines)

Tracy Laird Discusses Austin City Limits’ Impact

Sidelines February 12, 2015

By Caroline Morris // Contributing Writer Tracy E. Laird, author of the book Austin City Limits: A History, spoke Wednesday evening at MTSU’s Center for Popular Music. Austin City Limits is a televised...

Actor Hill Harper to Speak on Campus Wednesday

Actor Hill Harper to Speak on Campus Wednesday

CIM Digital February 10, 2015

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) — Actor and bestselling author Hill Harper will be the keynote speaker for Middle Tennessee State University's Black History Month celebration. Harper is scheduled to speak...

Author Tracey Laird to Speak on Austin City Limits

Author Tracey Laird to Speak on Austin City Limits

CIM Digital February 6, 2015

Author Tracey Laird is set to speak on her recently published book Austin City Limits: A History in the Center for Popular Music on Wednesday. The lecture is expected to discuss the history of the longest...

Review: Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl | Shelf Life

Review: Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl | Shelf Life

CIM Digital February 5, 2015

Shelf Life is a weekly book column where our staff reviews new releases, buzzed-about novels and personal favorites. Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl, made into a major motion picture last year, is a psychological...

Review: Chris Kyle's American Sniper | Shelf Life

Review: Chris Kyle’s American Sniper | Shelf Life

Sidelines January 28, 2015

By Zac Leonard// Contributing Writer With all of the hype behind Clint Eastwood’s new film American Sniper, many forget where the story actually came from: the autobiography. Navy SEAL sniper Chris...

Music journalist Billy Mazor, left, discusses the impact of music publisher Ralph Peer with Director of the Center for Popular Music Gregory Reish,right, on Monday, Jan. 26, 2014 in the College of Education. Mazor is the author of "Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music." (John Connor Coulston / MTSU Sidelines)

Barry Mazor Discusses Ralph Peer’s Career

Sidelines January 26, 2015

By Ethan Clark, Contributing Writer  Music writer and historian Barry Mazor gave a lecture Monday evening  on music publisher Ralph Peer, a man who is credited for creating the modern music industry. Promoting...

Music Journalist to Speak on Ralph Peer's Impact

Music Journalist to Speak on Ralph Peer’s Impact

CIM Digital January 20, 2015

Music journalist Barry Mazor will speak on his book Ralph Peer and the Making of Popular Roots Music on Monday. Mazor, who's written for the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Nashville Scene, will...

Author Discusses College Debt at Social Science Summit

Author Discusses College Debt at Social Science Summit

CIM Digital October 30, 2014

Author and professor of Sociology Dr. Joel Best discussed issues concerning student loans and debt this morning as part of a social science seminar in the James Union Building. Titled "The Student Loan...

"Expecto Patronum" by John Hendrix

Photo courtesy of johnhendrix.com

Children’s Book Illustrator John Hendrix Opens Exhibit at Todd Art Gallery

CIM Digital October 7, 2014

Renowned illustrator and author of children's books, John Hendrix, opened both a display and a student show in the Todd Art Gallery with a lecture for students about the craft of illustration and the...

Stephen Wade speaking in the Business and Aerospace Building Thursday night. Photo by Dylan Skye Aycock.

Stephen Wade concludes MTSU visit with stories, songs

CIM Digital September 26, 2014

Renowned folk scholar Stephen Wade concluded his two-day campus visit with a 90-minute lecture and concert in the Business and Aerospace Building on Thursday evening. Wade's presentation, "A Concert...

Folk scholar Stephen Wade to visit MTSU

Folk scholar Stephen Wade to visit MTSU

Sidelines September 22, 2014

Grammy-nominated folk musician/scholar Stephen Wade will visit MTSU this week to give a series of concerts and talks. The main highlight of Wade's visit will be “A Concert and Conversation with Stephen...

Photo by Cat Murphy.

A look inside the mind of a feminist author

Sidelines March 31, 2014

By Melinda Lorge Contributing writer The suburban life, neighborhood gossip and 1960s family structure of the American Movie Classics’ television drama “Mad Men” were familiar to Jane Marcellus’...

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