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Fire at 1540 Place Apartments displaces residents

Fire at 1540 Place Apartments displaces residents

Angele Latham | Editor In Chief January 18, 2020

Photo courtesy of the MFRD A late-night fire on Friday displaced around two dozen residents of the 1540 Place Apartments on Lascassas Pike in Murfreesboro. According to the Murfreesboro Fire Rescue Department,...

Campus Free Speech Protection Act: A look at the new law in effect

Angele Latham | Editor In Chief January 10, 2018

Photo by Sarah Grace Taylor / Sidelines Archive  As the new year rolled in, so did new free speech protections for students and faculty on campuses across Tennessee. On May 9, 2017, Gov. Bill Haslam...

SGA Senate holds last semester meeting, passes multiple pieces of legislation

SGA Senate holds last semester meeting, passes multiple pieces of legislation

CIM Digital December 4, 2017

Photo by Eric Goodwin / Assistant News Editor MTSU's Student Government Association Senate held its final meeting of the semester on Thursday in the Student Union Ballroom, capping off a session that...

Title IX turmoil: Why the Education Department's guideline rescission has split officials, citizens

Title IX turmoil: Why the Education Department’s guideline rescission has split officials, citizens

Angele Latham | Editor In Chief October 6, 2017

Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore / Flickr On Sept. 22, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced that the U.S. Education Department was rescinding guidance regarding how universities should deal with sexual...

MTSU receives ‘red light’ rating for restricting free speech

Angele Latham | Editor In Chief November 7, 2016

Photo by Tanner Dedmon / Managing Editor MTSU was issued the poorest rating for student free-speech rights by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, also known as, FIRE, on Nov. 1. FIRE...

MTSU pool closed Sunday due to air conditioning unit fire

Angele Latham | Editor In Chief October 23, 2016

On Sunday, an air conditioning unit complication caused a fire at the MTSU Recreation Center pool, resulting in a mid-day pool closure. According to the on-duty floor supervisor at the center, Jacob Bailey,...

Nashville Man Dies in House Fire

Nashville Man Dies in House Fire

CIM Digital March 1, 2015

A 45-year-old man was found dead after a fire at his home, according to Nashville authorities. The Tennessean reports the man was found in bed Saturday morning in the room where the fire is believed to...

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