election 2020
How celebrity endorsement and youth activism could translate to Gen Z votes
Photo Courtesy of The New Daily Story by Ashley Barrientos/Contributing Writer “We are Gen-Z—born into tragedy and movements and protests,” said the director for March for Our Lives, a movement against gun violence in an Oct. 29, 2020 Washington Post article. According to the United States Elections Project, more than 92 million people have already …
Sidelines COVID-19 “Print” edition
Hello readers! With how crazy this semester has been, we at Sidelines were unable to provide you with your normal print editions: so we’ve come together with this semester’s final “print” edition as a special pdf format. Inside you will find stories about studying abroad amidst a pandemic, a student petition for a tuition refund, …
Choices, choices, choices: Des Moines voters making up their minds
By Christyn Allen and Savannah Meade/ Seigenthaler News Service Christyn Allen and Savannah Meadewere two of six MTSU journalism students who spent four days in Iowa covering the Iowa caucus system. Funding was provided by the Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence in First Amendment Studies. If Iowa is the powerful pulse of presidential campaigning, Des …
Search for young voters begins in Iowa
By Zoë Haggard/ Seigenthaler News Service Zoe Haggard was one of six MTSU journalism students who spent four days in Iowa covering the Iowa caucus system. Funding was provided by the Seigenthaler Center for Excellence in First Amendment Studies. Des Moines, Iowa—Twelve of the remaining Democratic presidential candidates spoke Saturday to several hundred college-age students, …
Coffee houses, corn fields and caucuses draw candidates to town that made Maytag a household name
By Tayla Courage and Sabrina Washington/ Seigenthaler News Service Tayla Courage and Sabrina Washington were two of six MTSU journalism students who spent four days in Iowa covering the Iowa caucus system. Funding was provided by the Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence in First Amendment Studies. Newton, Iowa – This town of about 16,000 is 35 …