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Bill Allen, D-Day survivor and Murfreesboro native, tells his story of how his ship sank 76 years later. (Megan Cole/MTSU Sidelines)

76 Years Later: A Southern Boy’s D-Day Survival Story

CIM Digital June 6, 2020

Boom. The explosion from the detonated underwater mine blew a hole in the ship and split it in two. The LST-523, a 328-foot-long, brand-new American ship that was less than a year old, began to immediately...

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...

MTSU history professor travels to Russia to study 'Siberian Seven' after receiving $6,000 NEH grant

MTSU history professor travels to Russia to study ‘Siberian Seven’ after receiving $6,000 NEH grant

Photo courtesy of MTSU News An MTSU assistant professor of history has traveled to Russia to investigate the "Siberian Seven" after receiving a grant to fund her expedition from the National Endowment...

Dancers show off different styles of dance during a social dance.
(Sidelines/Zachery Wright)

‘We are not dead’: Indigenous People’s Powwow and Celebration revived on MTSU campus

Sidelines February 27, 2017

Photos and Story by Zachery Wright / Contributing writer After nearly a decade of being recognized as one of the top 10 powwows in the United States, MTSU’s Native American Student Association revived...

Living a century: the world through the eyes of 105-year-old Murfreesboro resident

CIM Digital February 7, 2017

Photo by Steve Barnum / Staff Writer Mary Soper of Murfreesboro has lived through an entire century. The 105-year-old was born on June 19, 1911, and she has more spunk than people half her age. It's...

'It's in your hands now' : MTSU's Nazi-looted art lecture promotes 'moral imperative'

‘It’s in your hands now’ : MTSU’s Nazi-looted art lecture promotes ‘moral imperative’

Sidelines January 26, 2017

Photo and Story by Joshua Tilton / Contributing Writer David Glasser, the Executive Chair of the Ben Uri Gallery in London, spoke Wednesday morning in the College of Education Building on the purpose...

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