Thursday, March 28, 2024

Forrest Hall

MTSU students to speak at Tennessee Historical Commission meeting about Forrest Hall

Featured Photo from Noah McLane Story by Noah McLane MTSU students will give public comment Friday, April, 19 at a Tennessee Historical Commission meeting in regard to MTSU’s appeal of a...

MTSU has initial hearing with Tennessee Historical Commission in second attempt to rename Forrest Hall

Featured Photo by Noah McLane Story by Noah McLane Middle Tennessee State University continued its efforts to change the name...

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

Story and photo by Noah McLane Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, still holds...

Renaming Forrest Hall: An Update

Story by Matthew Giffin | News Editor Four years after the Tennessee Historical Commission denied Middle Tennessee State University’s...

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...

President McPhee accepts recommendation to rename Forrest Hall

MTSU President Sidney McPhee released a letter Thursday morning, accepting the recommendation made by the Forrest Hall Task Force to change the name of...

MTSU follows trends against Confederate symbolism

Middle Tennessee State University is the latest in a wave of colleges and universities distancing themselves from racial aspects of Southern culture, exemplified by Tuesday night's...

Forrest Hall task force recommends a name change

Photo by Meagan White // Sidelines Archive The Forrest Hall task force met Tuesday night for their final deliberation before making their recommendation on whether...

Forrest Hall Task Force meets for first deliberation, discusses name change

The Forrest Hall Task Force met on Thursday night to discuss the potential name change of MTSU's ROTC building. This was the first deliberation meeting...

Forrest Hall: President McPhee responds to Talented Tenth’s demands

MTSU president Sidney McPhee responded on Friday to a list of demands made by the MTSU Talented Tenth after the final Forrest Hall forum. After the...

Forrest Finale: The final forum, the march to McPhee’s house

Photos by Olivia Ladd//Assistant Lifestyles Editor On Thursday night, the Forrest Hall Task Force met in the KUC theatre to hear voices from organizations at...