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MTSU holds November’s First Friday Star Party
Photo and story by Sabrina Tyson / Contributing Writer On Friday evening, Middle Tennessee State University held a First Friday Star Party on campus. The star parties take place the first Friday of every month during the fall and spring semester and include lectures on topics such as meteors, black holes and stars. The lectures …

Totality talk: Everything you need to know about the 2017 eclipse with MTSU professor Chuck Higgins
Photo courtesy of NASA With the 2017 solar eclipse almost upon Murfreesboro, many may wonder why the experience is special or why it is occurring at all. The science behind the celestial event can be seen as both simple and complicated, but to understand the eclipse, one has to look to the facts. Chuck Higgins, …

CMT Awards bring honkey-tonkin’ good time to Nashville
Photo courtesy of CMT Fun, funky and fascinating are just three of many words that capture the essence of the 2017 Country Music Television Awards. Held in Nashville’s Music City Center on Wednesday, the fan-based award show officially kicked off the highly anticipated Country Music Association Music Festival and its many festivities. A bluesy tribute …