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MTSU students will give public comment Friday, April, 19 at a Tennessee Historical Commission meeting in regard to MTSU’s appeal of a state law...
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For decades, Sidelines, students and the faculty of Middle Tennessee State University have fought for equality and equity for African American students.
In 1968, Sidelines published...
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Based on an article previously published in the Hickman County Times by the same author
Tennessee has seen more white supremacist incidents from 2018 to present than any other...
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MTSU President Sidney McPhee requested that the Tennessee Historical Commission change the name of Forrest Hall late Tuesday afternoon.
The Commission...
The Tennessee Board of Regents approved a name change of Forrest Hall Friday afternoon, sending the decision to the Tennessee Historical commission.
After the Forrest Hall Task Force and University President...
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His name is on a building, but once upon a time, Nathan Bedford Forrest was the university’s mascot.
From the university’s...
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Following the influx of students and faculty demanding a name change of Forrest Hall in 2015, the university appointed a 16-person task force to give MTSU...
MTSU students, faculty, alumni and organizations have protested the name of Forrest Hall off-and-on for the last half century. Most recently, the issue became relevant on campus in the summer of 2015 after...
Rebekkah Barrett, Senior, Advertising Major
I recently transferred to MTSU, and was originally very happy with the state of racial diversity and tolerance on campus. My previous university had serious...
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Demonstrators gathered on Middle Tennessee State University’s campus Monday afternoon in support of changing the...
Middle Tennessee State University students, faculty and alumni gathered on Tuesday afternoon to protest the name of Forrest Hall. The ROTC building named after Confederate general and alleged Klu Klux...
Some MTSU students are joining the debate on offensive symbolism by requesting the name of Forrest Hall be changed.
Forrest Hall was named after Nathan Bedford Forrest in 1958 due to his involvement in...
