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The History of Ripped Jeans through the Decades

Story and Photos by Emily Graham | Practicum Student On a pretty spring day, take a seat in the commons area in front of Middle Tennessee State University’s Walker Library and enjoy watching people.  Here’s...

A walk through the American history of the West in Baldwin Photo Gallery on November 6,2019. (MTSU Sidelines _ Veronica Prigmore)

Gallery review: Mark Klett: Ideas about Time

CIM Digital November 8, 2019

Story and Photos by Veronica Prigmore On Wednesday, November 6th, The Baldwin Photo Gallery at MTSU held an exhibit entitled, “Ideas about Time”, showcasing the works of Mark Klett. The former geologist,...

Black Tuesday, 90 years later: five survivors tell their stories

Black Tuesday, 90 years later: five survivors tell their stories

Sidelines October 28, 2019

Story by Enrique A. Geronimo, Gracie Martin and Hayden Schimborski/ Contributing Writers   Oct. 29, 1929. Black Tuesday. Ninety years ago today the nation's stock market dissolved into a frenzy...

Holocaust survivor, peace advocate and MTSU guest speaker Eva Kor passes away

Holocaust survivor, peace advocate and MTSU guest speaker Eva Kor passes away

Photo courtesy of the Tribune-Star Eva Mozes Kor, a survivor of the infamous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, a former prisoner of Auschwitz and an advocate for forgiveness, passed away peacefully Thursday...

The displays are lined as if along a winding road, allowing viewers to travel their way through Murfreesboro's history. on Feb. 4, 2019, in Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Angele Latham/ Sidelines)

Photos: ‘Stories of the Road’ exhibit opens to honor Murfreesboro road

Angele Latham | Editor In Chief February 5, 2019

History was unveiled Monday at The Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County as the newest exhibit, “Stories of the Road,” opened to an appreciative community. The exhibit focuses on College...

Historic Oaklands Mansion of Murfreesboro offers glimpse into city's past

Historic Oaklands Mansion of Murfreesboro offers glimpse into city’s past

Sidelines October 30, 2018

Photo by Tiffany Brady / MTSU Sidelines Archive Story by Max Leach / Contributing Writer The city of Murfreesboro is a place of constant development. It seems that on every other street corner there's...

MTSU Center for Historic Preservation now accepting applications for local history projects

MTSU Center for Historic Preservation now accepting applications for local history projects

CIM Digital May 6, 2018

Photo courtesy of MTSU CHP The Middle Tennessee State University Center for Historic Preservation has helped with history projects all across Tennessee and is now accepting applications for local history...

US State Department public historian provides lecture on diplomatic career of Frederick Douglass at MTSU

US State Department public historian provides lecture on diplomatic career of Frederick Douglass at MTSU

Sidelines March 2, 2018

Photo and story by Daniel Shaw-Remeta / Contributing Writer Alison Mann, a public historian with the U.S. State Department, gave a lecture on famed 19th-century author and activist Frederick Douglass...

Photos: Oaklands Mansion features fashion, cultural history in 'Wedding Dresses through the Decades' exhibit

Photos: Oaklands Mansion features fashion, cultural history in ‘Wedding Dresses through the Decades’ exhibit

Sidelines February 6, 2018

Photos and story by Daniel-Shaw Remeta / Contributing Writer Oaklands Mansion is displaying an exhibit, entitled “Wedding Dresses through the Decades,” from Jan. 20 until March 4. Featuring over...

'More than I could've imagined': MTSU group studies abroad in Israel

‘More than I could’ve imagined’: MTSU group studies abroad in Israel

CIM Digital August 2, 2017

Photo by Ronny Simon / Submitted MTSU students and faculty returned from a two-week trip to Israel on July 22. The group participated in an upper division political science course that many students...

Nancy Wood poses in her Civil War era pharmacy.

Oaklands Mansion hosts ‘Washing, Churning and Learning Day’

CIM Digital May 14, 2017

Photo by Alexis Marshall / Assistant News Editor The 19th Alabama Civilians visited Oaklands Mansion this weekend to facilitate a “Washing, Churning and Learning” event, showing what it was like to...

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