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Marchers chant for biweekly pay as one student, Levi Dandridge holds up a sign that says “Biweekly Pay or I Freeze.” (Photo by Maia O'Brien)

Campus workers met by faculty while marching on campus for bi-weekly pay

Noah McLane, Kameron Scott, and Maia O'Brien December 4, 2024
MTSU campus workers marched for bi-weekly pay on Dec. 3.
Students protested former Vice President Mike Pence's visit to MTSU for Constitution Day. (Photo by Rusty Miller)

Small group of protestors gathers in opposition to former Vice President Mike Pence’s MTSU visit

Hannah Ferreira, Staff reporter September 17, 2024
As students and community members filed into Tucker Theater for MTSU’s Constitution Day event, “Defining Democracy,” featuring former Vice President Mike Pence, several students formed a protest in the grove of trees outside the theater.
Protestors march past a sign at the entrance of campus that reads “Must show Vanderbilt ID to demonstrate on campus,” however, this policy was not enforced on the crowd. (Taken by Noah McLane)

Pro-Palestine march on Vanderbilt’s Campus photo gallery

Alyssa Williams May 5, 2024

Photo Gallery by Noah McLane If you want more news like this, sign up for the Sidelines weekly newsletter here! Find it in your inbox every Thursday afternoon. Noah McLane is a contributing writer...

The semi van that housed the Watkins student's protest art show sat outside the school at Watkins School of Art on February 1, 2020.

How Not to Save an Art School: Watkins-Belmont merger met with heartbreak, protest

CIM Digital February 8, 2020

Story and photos by Kelly Fletcher / Contributing Writer “In every sense of the word, this was my dream school.” Those are the words film student Kenny Strawn used to describe Watkins College of Art. The...

Photos: Nashville residents hold one of many nationwide protests in response to Jeff Sessions' resignation

Photos: Nashville residents hold one of many nationwide protests in response to Jeff Sessions’ resignation

CIM Digital November 8, 2018

Photos by Hayden Goodridge / MTSU Sidelines   Nashville’s Kefauver Federal Building was the scene of a small but fervent protest Thursday night, as demonstrators gathered to publicly oppose what they...

Students protest on campus against $3.5M Charles Koch Foundation Grant given to MTSU

Students protest on campus against $3.5M Charles Koch Foundation Grant given to MTSU

CIM Digital October 26, 2018

Photo and story by Megan Cole / Assistant News Editor  A group of students involved with MT Solidarity gathered outside of the James E. Walker Library on Thursday to protest the $3.5 million Charles...

Thousands of demonstrators gather on the Nashville Public Square to protest gun violence on March 24, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. (Caleb Revill / MTSU Sidelines)

Thousands of demonstrators march for gun control, reform in March for Our Lives Nashville

CIM Digital March 24, 2018

Photos by Caleb Revill / MTSU Sidelines Thousands of demonstrators protested for gun control and increased firearm regulations on the Nashville Public Square Saturday as a part of the national “March...

Tennessee Justice Center leads rally to increase awareness about affordable health care at first Tennessee General Assembly meetings of year

Tennessee Justice Center leads rally to increase awareness about affordable health care at first Tennessee General Assembly meetings of year

Sidelines January 15, 2018

Photos and story by Megan Cole / Contributing Writer Protesters gathered at the Tennessee State Capitol before the first General Assembly meetings of the new year to bring attention to the state of health...

Women's March on Washington MTSU Sidelines/Lexi Marshall

‘I was there’: An MTSU student’s account of the Women’s March on Washington

Sidelines January 23, 2017

Story and photo by Lexi Marshall / Contributing Writer Half a million women and men from across the United States and around the world marched in Washington D.C. on Saturday to protest the inauguration...

MTSU president Dr. Sidney McPhee joins students, faculty and alumni at rally against the name of Forrest Hall to announce a committee designed to determine the fate of the ROTC building's name. (MTSU Sidelines/ Sarah Grace Taylor)

MTSU students protest delay in renaming of Forrest Hall, McPhee explains process

Sidelines September 27, 2016

Photo by Sarah Grace Taylor / Sidelines Archive  Story by Brinley Hineman / News Editor and Sarah Grace Taylor / Editor-in-Chief  The Talented Tenth held a protest outside of the Student Union Building...

Student Bares Rear End to Evangelical Preacher Visiting Campus

Student Bares Rear End to Evangelical Preacher Visiting Campus

CIM Digital November 14, 2014

Preachers from Evangelist church Pinpoint Ministries were the brunt of jeers and rude gestures as they spoke from behind a police barricade on the Student Union Commons Tuesday afternoon. Luke Schloemer,...

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