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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,...

Alternative Spring Break: Students Opt for Service over Sunbathing

Sleep, binge-watching and vacation are a few words that come to mind when one mentions the much anticipated week between midterms and finals, the week...

From the Front Lines of Ferguson

Twitter and other social media played a significant role in news coverage of the often violent reactions in the aftermath of last August’s shooting...

Photographer David Carson Discusses Ferguson Before and After

"It was my day off and I was just doing dad stuff," said David Carson, staff photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about the day that...

‘Mom, I’m Quitting College to Join the Circus’

Although she sat perched in a plush armchair inside the Student Union Building on a sprawling university campus, she was not a student, at...

“It’s Weakness Leaving the Body”: Student with Cerebral Palsy lifts 485 Pounds

Cody Noyes reclined in the leg press machine at the Rec Center on campus stretching and loosening up for an attempt to lift triple...

Bud’s Tire: Murfreesboro’s smallest voting precinct

Across town, voters line up to cast their ballot at the county courthouse, locals schools and churches. However, Bud's Tire Pro, the smallest voting precinct...