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Demonstrators gather at The Avenue in Murfreesboro on June 12, 2025 as part of a 'No Kings' protest.

Murfreesboro ‘No Kings Day’ protest pulls unexpectedly large numbers

Lauren Blake, Contributing writer • June 17, 2025
Murfreesboro's No Kings protest drew in a crowd of over 1000 people on Saturday.
A protestor holds up a sign at the May Day protest in Murfreesboro on May 1, 2025.

May Day protest rallies Murfreesboro in 25-hour filibuster

Hannah Carley and Taylor Lawson • May 6, 2025
Two Murfreesboro locals and MTSU graduates organized a May Day protest in Murfreesboro on May 1.
Protesters raise their signs high in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on April 5 2025.

Photo gallery: ‘Hands Off!’ protesters flood Murfreesboro and Nashville

Sam McIntyre, Lauren Blake, and Dania Moore • April 6, 2025

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Protesters raise their signs high in Murfreesboro, Tennessee on April 5 2025.

‘Hands Off!’ protesters flood Murfreesboro’s Broad Street, calling out Trump’s tariffs and DOGE’s effort to cut the federal workforce

Noah McLane, Lead news reporter • April 5, 2025
Hundreds took to the streets of Murfreesboro to protest President Trump and Elon Musk on April 5.
Protestors hold up signs on the footsteps of the capitol in Nashville, Tennessee, on Feb. 17, 2025.

Photo Gallery: 50501 Protesters Rally Together in Nashville

Sam McIntrye and Lauren Blake • February 18, 2025
The political action organization 50501 march on Presidents Day.
Protesters stream down the road with their signs in Nashville, Tennessee, on Feb. 5, 2025.

Photo gallery: 50501 protest comes to Tennessee

Sam McIntyre, Staff photographer • February 7, 2025
50501 protesters come to Nashville, Tennessee. *WARNING: offensive content*
Protester hugs woman yelling at crowd in Nashville, Tennessee, on Feb. 5, 2025.

50501 protest comes to Tennessee: An anti-Trump outrage in downtown Nashville

Hannah Carley, Reporter • February 6, 2025
The 50501 protest against Trump Administration policies echoed across the United States on Feb. 5, with Nashville, Tennessee, joining.
Protester yells as she holds a sign in Nashville, Tennessee, on Jan. 27, 2025.

Photo gallery: Tennesseans take to the state capitol after school shooting

Sam McIntyre, Photographer • January 28, 2025

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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

Noah McLane, Staff reporter • May 5, 2024

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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...

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