Noah McLane, Lead news reporter
• November 22, 2024
Last week, students received a biennial campus climate survey asking if they can express themselves adequately at MTSU. The survey resulted from Public Chapter No. 268, which prohibits public higher education institutions from taking specific actions regarding divisive concepts and students' and employees' beliefs, ideologies or viewpoints. Governor Bill Lee signed it into law in 2023.
First Amendment scholar, author and former American Civil Liberties Union president Nadine Strossen visited MTSU Monday for a candid conversation about First Amendment rights.
Nadine Strossen...
Photos and story by Andrew Miles / MTSU Sidelines
MTSU’s Dean of the College of Media and Entertainment Ken Paulson organized the 20th annual “Freedom Sings” music show at the Bluebird Cafe in...
Photo courtesy of MTSU News
MTSU College of Media and Entertainment Dean Ken Paulson testified in front of a Congressional committee in Washington, D.C., Wednesday to provide expertise on First Amendment...
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...
The Constitution Day, September 17, is the anniversary of the day in 1787 when the United States Constitution was signed. Though the Bill of Rights was not ratified until 1791, Sidelines will be breaking...
The current discussion on changing the name of Forrest Hall and the controversy surrounding the Confederate flag are both crucial ones to be had. However, the arguments are primarily centered around the...
Two journalists and a St. Louis alderman will host a free public forum in Tucker Theater on Feb. 10 to discuss the reporting process behind the death of Michael Brown and the riots following.
David Carson,...
