Many MTSU students will place their votes on Nov. 5 at a voting location less than half a mile from campus. For students who live outside of Rutherford County, however, much more planning is involved to vote.

When MTSU alumnus Torrance Esmond, who produces under the name "Street Symphony," was in the studio producing Lecrae's "Messengers," he knew they had made something  big. “We needed a kind of big record...