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Outeroo campgrounds recover from storms on Saturday, June 14, 2025 at Bonnaroo Music  & Arts Festival

Why some volunteers think Bonnaroo 2025 was ‘a complete waste’

Kerstie Wolaver, Lead Features Reporter June 14, 2025
Every year, volunteers work at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in exchange for the opportunity to see their favorite artists. This year, volunteers experienced all of the work without the sets to compensate for their time.
The Centeroo Arch displays a weather delay message on Friday, June 13, 2025, at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.

Bonnaroo 2025 canceled: “We are gutted”

Wren Bailey, Lead news reporter June 13, 2025
Organizers canceled the remainder of Bonnaroo 2025.
A crowd stands beneath the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival arch for Shotgunaroo at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, on June 12, 2025.

Bonnaroo 2025 suspended June 13 due to severe weather

Wren Bailey, Lead news reporter June 13, 2025
Live updates for weather at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival.
Luke Combs performs at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 12, 2025.

Bonnaroo goes country with Luke Combs

Kerstie Wolaver, Lead Features Reporter June 13, 2025
Take a look at Luke Combs — Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival's first country headliner.
Will and Alyssa Higgins kiss at the altar during a wedding ceremony at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 13, 2024, at Manchester, Tennessee. (Skyler Wendell/Sidelines file photo)

‘I Roo’: 3 stories of falling in love at Bonnaroo

Liv Rapier, Kerstie Wolaver, and Emma Burden June 10, 2025
Couples tell their stories about getting married at Bonnaroo.
Entrance to Middle Tennessee State University campus at East Main and Old Main Circle. (MTSU photo)

MTSU dissolves DEI related initiatives

Olivia Summers, News editor June 10, 2025

MTSU discontinued Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, or DEI, initiatives, according to an email sent to faculty, staff and students on Tuesday. This affects some scholarships and programs on campus. The...

A photo of the escaped zebra from the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office on May 31, 2025.

Missing zebra located in Christiana, still evades capture

Siri Reynolds, Reporter June 6, 2025
Ed the zebra has been spotted via drone in Christiana, Tennessee, and efforts are underway to capture the exotic pet.
MTSU men's tennis huddles together before a match in 2023. (Photo by Matt Posey/MTSU Athletics)

MTSU Student Government Association rails against a mandatory fee increase to fund athletics

Sidelines Editorial Staff June 3, 2025
Athletics says most of the funds will go toward updating Murphy Center, but did not say how much.
A photo of the escaped zebra from the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office on May 31, 2025.

Have you seen the zebra?

Siri Reynolds, Reporter June 2, 2025
Missing Zebra in Rutherford County leads to a multiday search for the missing pet.
Kevin Smith (left)  standing with Amy Goldstein (right) after she defended her honors thesis. (Photo courtesy of Amy Goldstein)

MTSU community remembers founder of anthropology department

Megan Goble, Copy Editor May 29, 2025
Kevin E. Smith, a professor of anthropology at MTSU, died March 14 but left behind a strong legacy.
Thor's Furniture on Medical Center Parkway on April 19, 2025.

Rocking with Rankin: Murfreesboro business owner shares models, music and musings

Shauna Reynolds, Features editor May 25, 2025
Thor Rankin, owner of Thor's furniture on Medical Center parkway talks about his past and his experiences as a staple in the Murfreesboro business community for nearly 40 years.
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