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MTSU fraternity recruitment began Wednesday
Recruitment for MTSU’s 11 Interfraternity Council organizations, as well as Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, is underway for the fall semester. Events for each fraternity will take place throughout the month of September. “Everyone should come out to events this month to see what Greek Life is all about, it’s where I’ve found true brotherhood,” Sigma …
Meet the SGA Executive Board: Haley Cobb
She can be found in her office checking emails and making phone calls. On Thursday nights she can be found with a gavel in her hand conducting SGA meetings and training freshman council. And don’t forget her classes, sorority obligations, philanthropic events and anything else that falls under one of her many positions at MTSU. …
Campus internet slow due to wiring, expected to be resolved soon
MTSU’s tech department issued an email last Thursday afternoon in regards to internet slowness due to a wiring project around campus. The department addresses the problem as, “a substantial increase in demand for Internet connectivity throughout the day and evening,” the email explains, “Part of this increase is due to the completion of a project …
Michael Kreyling talks about Eudora Welty and “The Matrix” in Honors College Lecture
The MTSU Honors College kicked off this semester’s series of lectures with a speech on Mississippi novelist Eudora Welty by Vanderbilt English professor Michael Kreyling. Honors College Associate Dean Philip Phillips described the series’ theme by saying “consider the role of space and place in the creative imagination.” A scholar of Southern literature from the …
Political Science students go to Israel, gain new perspective
This year marks the second time two faculty members at MTSU got to take a group of students abroad to Israel to study “The Politics of Being Israel,” an upper division Political Science course. Karen Petersen, assistant dean of liberal arts, with her son, Dean Mark Byrnes, 6 undergraduates and one masters student went into …
BAS Lab begins its first semester after renovation
The Business and Aerospace University Computer lab underwent its first renovation since it was originally founded this summer, according to director Carlos Coronel. Major changes to the lab include two spacious huddle rooms, upgraded seating, and new wood flooring to replace the outdated carpet. The construction in the lab area had to be precise because …