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MTSU Speech and Debate: Ashes to triumph, to tragedy and healing

Featured photo by Noah McLane Story by Noah McLane MTSU Speech and Debate is the university’s oldest active club – 113 years to be exact. It was here when MTSU had...

MTSU Recycling succeeds despite limited resources

Feature photo by Hannah Carley Story by Hannah Carley and Gus Wright MTSU Recycling and Students for Environmental Action (SEA)...

What do poll workers do? Election Day’s unsung heroes

Feature photo from Sidelines Archive by Makayla Sulcer Story by Maia O'Brien Poll workers are an essential part of the...

‘One door at a time’: Luis Mata’s young staffers push to flip a Tennessee House seat

Feature photo by Shauna Reynolds Story by Shauna Reynolds On a hot Sunday morning, 44 days before the November election,...

Who is Dr. Khalilah Doss, the new Vice President of Student Affairs?

Feature photo by Jenene Grover Story by Jenene Grover The new Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students,...

Student-led Culture and Conversation group allows foreign exchange students to hone English skills, American culture

Photo by Ethan Clark / MTSU Sidelines People in non-English speaking countries often learn English from a young age through child English learning apps...

MTSU professor, students research possible breast cancer treatment

Photo courtesy of MTSU News Story by Sabrina Tyson / Contributing Writer Ying Iris Gao, a Middle Tennessee State University associate professor and lead researcher at...

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Eric Eyre provides insight into impact of opioid crisis, investigative process

Photo by Connor Burnard / Assistant Lifestyles Editor Eric Eyre, the 2017 recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism and a recent speaker in...

Fleeing Hurricane Irma, a family finds community in Middle Tennessee

Photos courtesy of Mariana Cruzada Story by Ben Shaw / Contributing Writer When Orlando residents Mariana and Joel Cruzada saw Hurricane Irma barreling across the Atlantic heading...

‘Free Hugs Guy’ Ken Nwadike tells his story, spreads message of peace at MTSU

Story by Emma Benjamin and Jackson Goodman / Contributing Writers Photo by Jackson Goodman / Contributing Writer Ken Nwadike spoke to a crowded room Tuesday...

J.D. Vance: Author of ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ bridge between ‘Hillbilly culture,’ outside world

Photo courtesy of MTSU News J.D. Vance, the author of "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and a Culture in Crisis" and 2017...