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YouTube stars Pomplamoose to visit MTSU Thursday
Music duo and YouTube stars Pomplamoose will visit MTSU for a Q-and-A session in the Wright Music Building on Thursday afternoon. Consisting of Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn, the group gained a sizable fan-base by covering songs such as Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It),” “Telephone” by Lady Gaga and Michael Jackson’s “Beat It,” as well as posting …
Banners Stolen from Two Greek Row Houses
Two homecoming banners were stolen from two Greek Row houses last weekend, according campus police reports. The banners, stolen from the Sigma Nu and Chi Omega houses, were reported missing within hours of one another. The banners were hanging directly in front of both buildings. Freshman Reese Osborne reported a banner missing from the front …
Breaking Bad actor RJ Mitte to speak on campus Wednesday
RJ Mitte, star of the multi-award-winning TV drama Breaking Bad, will speak in Tucker Theatre at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday as part of MTSU’s “Breaking Bad Week.” The event, “An Evening with RJ Mitte,” is the highlight of the university’s week of activities inspired by the hit television series to commemorate National Disability Employment Awareness Month. …
MTSU Faces Enrollment, Funding Decline in 2014-2015
The university has experienced a decrease in enrollment for the 2014-2015 year which will cause a drop in funding due to the lack of tuition from students. MTSU is down 1,152 students, or 4.82%, this year from last fall semester, according to the Office of Enrollment. The drastic loss of student tuition paid to MTSU …
Sexual Assault Reported to Campus Police
Emergency room personnel at St. Thomas Rutherford hospital notified MTSU Police that a student had been admitted to the ER on Friday for sexual assault, according to campus crime logs. The student did not wish to file a report with campus police. However, the victim did have a rape kit performed, according to the log. …
Murfreesboro Electric experiences problem, MTSU suffers brief power outage
Sunday night at approximately 5:29 P.M., MTSU experienced a brief power outage across campus. According to the campus News and Media Department, the Murfreesboro Electric Department experienced a problem with their East Substation. As a result MTSU’s campus was temporarily without power. Many students in the James E. Walker library lost entire documents as a …