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Graphic by Stephanie Hall

Targeting the stress: Students try axe-throwing on campus 

Featured Graphic by Stephanie Hall Story by Baylah Close The sounds of loud thudding, followed by cheers and laughter, filled the second floor of the Student Union Building Monday. Student Programming...

Jae Smith and Jevious Mitchell posing at the
Black Elegance Gala 2023. (Photo by Kaleigh Young).

MTSU Black Elegance Gala: A night of celebration

Destiny Mizell | Lifestyles Editor February 18, 2023

Featured Photo by Kaleigh Young Story by Elise Sandlin Middle Tennessee State University welcomed students to celebrate Black History Month with food, music and dancing last night. The Black Elegance...

Rick Rishaw (Left) and Eric Snyder (Right) work the annual student art sale on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. (MTSU Sidelines / Enrique Geronimo)

Photos: MTSU’s Art and Design Department holds annual student art sale to fund scholarships

Sidelines November 28, 2018

Photos and story by Enrique Geronimo / Contributing Writer MTSU’s Art and Design Department held their annual student art sale Tuesday in the Student Union Building. For this yearly event, Faculty...

One shirt in the Student Union Building has a statistic that reads, “1 in 7 men are victims of domestic violence when in intimate relationships," on Wednesday, April 11, 2018, in Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Savannah Meade / MTSU Sidelines)

Photos: Annual Clothesline Project held at MTSU to raise awareness of domestic violence, promote messages of hope

Sidelines April 16, 2018

Photos and story by Savannah Meade / Contributing Writer The annual Clothesline Project at the MTSU Student Union Building was held from Monday to Thursday to raise awareness of domestic violence and...

MTSU SGA holds last formal meeting of semester

MTSU SGA holds last formal meeting of semester

Sidelines April 15, 2018

Photo and story by Hannah Adams / Contributing Writer The MTSU Student Government Association met in the Student Union Building’s Parliamentary Room Thursday for their last formal meeting of the semester. Before...

Local criminal defense lawyer educates MTSU students on rights during police searches with 'Can Police Do That?' lecture

Local criminal defense lawyer educates MTSU students on rights during police searches with ‘Can Police Do That?’ lecture

Sidelines April 3, 2018

Photo and story by William Green / Contributing Writer A local criminal defense lawyer instructed a group of students on the ins and outs of police searches and their constitutional rights in those situations...

SGA members pass several resolutions, bills in weekly meeting

SGA members pass several resolutions, bills in weekly meeting

Sidelines March 30, 2018

Photo and story by Hannah Adams / Contributing Writer For their weekly Thursday meeting, the Student Government Association met in the Parliamentary Room in the Student Union Building to discuss bills...

Students present business proposals, products in annual MTSU Business Plan Competition

Students present business proposals, products in annual MTSU Business Plan Competition

Sidelines March 29, 2018

Photo and story by William Green / Contributing Writer More than a dozen teams of students and their partners competed Wednesday in the annual MTSU Business Plan Competition in the Student Union Building. The...

Nonprofit organization Be The Match offers MTSU students opportunity to sign up for Worldwide Bone Marrow Donor Registry

Nonprofit organization Be The Match offers MTSU students opportunity to sign up for Worldwide Bone Marrow Donor Registry

Sidelines March 29, 2018

Photo courtesy of Be The Match Story by Andrew Nation / Contributing Writer Be The Match, a nonprofit organization that works to find eligible bone marrow donors, offered students the chance to see...

MTSU SGA members discuss, debate many bills, resolutions in weekly meeting

MTSU SGA members discuss, debate many bills, resolutions in weekly meeting

Sidelines March 24, 2018

Photo and story by Hannah Adams / Contributing Writer The Student Government Association met for their weekly meeting Thursday in the Parliamentary Room in the Student Union Building to discuss new and...

HBO representatives give MTSU students sneak peak of new documentary, ‘Elvis Presley: The Searcher’

HBO representatives give MTSU students sneak peak of new documentary, ‘Elvis Presley: The Searcher’

CIM Digital March 21, 2018

Photo by Caleb Revill / MTSU Sidelines HBO President of Miniseries Kary Antholis and film editor Thom Zimny gave MTSU students a sneak peak of their upcoming HBO documentary, “Elvis Presley: The Searcher,”...

SGA members pass several campus-related resolutions during weekly meeting

SGA members pass several campus-related resolutions during weekly meeting

Sidelines March 17, 2018

Photo and story by Hannah Adams / Contributing Writer Student Government Association members passed several campus-related resolutions during their weekly meeting Thursday in the Parliamentary Room of...

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