Renaming Forrest Hall: An Update
Story by Matthew Giffin | News Editor
Four years after the Tennessee Historical Commission denied Middle Tennessee State University’s request to change the name of...
Board Backs McPhee in Renaming Forrest Hall
On Tuesday, the Middle Tennessee State University Board of Trustees voted unanimously to "support efforts to gain permission from the state" to remove Nathan...
MTSU Community Supports Sidelines Request for Renaming of Forrest Hall
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For decades, Sidelines, students and the faculty of Middle Tennessee State University have fought for equality and equity for African American students.
In...
Persecution and progress: A look at Rutherford County’s troubled past of hate crimes, racism
Story by Madeline Quinby / Studio M
History shows Murfreesboro and Rutherford County, Tennessee, are not strangers to hate crime. From when the Ku Klux...
Tennessee Historical Commission denies MTSU’s petition to rename Forrest Hall
Photo by Sarah Grace Taylor / MTSU Sidelines Archive
After a rigorous hearing in the William R. Snodgrass Building in Nashville on Friday, the Tennessee...
Forrest Hall: McPhee requests name change from Tennessee Historical Commission
Photo by Sarah Grace Taylor / Editor-in-Chief
MTSU President Sidney McPhee requested that the Tennessee Historical Commission change the name of Forrest Hall late Tuesday...
