Spoiled by snow
(02/11/11 12:00am)
While Wednesday's and Thursday's campus closings got students out of class, they caused students and faculty members to cancel or reschedule dozens of campus events.
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Mubarak refuses to turn over reins
(02/11/11 12:00am)
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak refused to step down Thursday but said in a nationally televised speech that he would hand more authority to his vice president, a move that drew rage and bewilderment from hundreds of thousands of protesters packed into Cairo's Tahrir Square.
The day Egypt's fear dissolved: inside a national protest
(02/09/11 12:00am)
Police radios crackled with panic the day President Hosni Mubarak's grip on the nation was shattered.
Terror from a typewriter
(02/09/11 12:00am)
While some University of Memphis students sit in class, take notes or text their buddies, senior Sam Bahre plots his next movie.
The erotic history of Allan Gurganus
(02/08/11 12:00am)
Graduate students in the English department will conduct a public interview with award-winning author Allan Gurganus today at 10:30 a.m. in Room 456 of Patterson Hall to discuss his works, the topics of which range from Southern history to homosexuality.
Egypt's VP offers concessions as battles spill out of Cairo square
(02/04/11 12:00am)
As volleys of gunfire echoed through the heart of Egypt's capital, senior government officials on Thursday offered a flurry of political concessions, seeking to placate protesters on the eve of a potentially explosive new confrontation between supporters and opponents of President Hosni Mubarak.
Tens of thousands stage rival rallies in Yemen
(02/04/11 12:00am)
Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh and his supporters sought to upstage a "day of rage" against his rule Thursday by holding a large simultaneous counterdemonstration across town.
Polar bear's long swim illustrates ice melt
(02/03/11 12:00am)
In one of the most dramatic signs ever documented of how shrinking Arctic sea ice impacts polar bears, researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska have tracked a female bear that swam nine days across the deep, frigid Beaufort Sea before reaching an ice floe 426 miles offshore.
Live sports sites taken offline in ICE seizure
(02/03/11 12:00am)
Days before the Super Bowl, government authorities in New York seized several streaming websites that they accused of illegally showing live and pay-per-view sports events.
New diet guidelines prod Americans once more to adopt healthier lifestyles
(02/02/11 12:00am)
In a new attempt to help an overweight nation slim down and improve its long-term health, the government released new dietary guidelines that called on Americans to eat less, cut down on salt, bulk up on fruits and vegetables, and try water instead of sugary soft drinks.
Egypt crisis may have far-reaching impact for United States in Middle East
(02/01/11 12:00am)
The U.S. faces its most precarious moment in the Middle East in years, with the dangers to U.S. interests growing as a tense standoff drags on between tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's embattled regime, according to analysts and former officials.
Survey: More U.S. freshmen feeling overwhelmed
(01/28/11 12:00am)
This year's college freshmen report feeling higher levels of emotional and financial stress than their predecessors did, according to a national survey conducted by researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Simulating prejudice in class can be effective tool
(01/26/11 12:00am)
For the past two days, a sign on the cafeteria door at Hammond School read, "Jews and dogs not allowed."
Study: Many college students not learning to think critically
(01/19/11 12:00am)
An unprecedented study that followed several thousand undergraduates through four years of college found that large numbers didn't learn the critical thinking, complex reasoning and written communication skills that are widely assumed to be at the core of a college education.
Does 'Huck Finn' rewrite harm story's intentions?
(01/14/11 12:00am)
Readers who want to ride down the Mississippi with Huckleberry Finn and his pal Jim again may find themselves on a slightly different, less-colorful trip.
U of M professor to sign new book
(01/14/11 12:00am)
Since the death penalty was reinstated in Tennessee in 1916, six people have been executed under the law. For Margaret Vandiver and Tennessee's New Abolitionists, that is far too many.
Helicopter parents hinder progress
(12/07/10 12:00am)
Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime, the saying goes. But how will he fare when you station an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet in front of him?
Memphis: miserable or misunderstood
(11/30/10 12:00am)
When Forbes magazine named Memphis the third most miserable city in the U.S. in February, prominent locals, including Memphis Mayor A C Wharton and Memphis Flyer editor Bruce VanWyngarden, were outraged.
Rap: the good, the bad, the ugly
(11/11/10 12:00am)
On April 11, 1992, Texas state trooper Bill Davidson pulled over a 1986 GMC Jimmy for driving with a broken headlight. The driver of the vehicle, 18-year-old Ronald Ray Howard, shot Davidson in the neck with a 9 mm pistol as he approached the truck. The married man and father of two died three days later, according to an article from the Texas Execution Information Center website.
Policing piracy
(10/26/10 12:00am)
Since he moved to Memphis in June, Derek has illegally downloaded more than 21 gigabytes of music and movie files to his personal computer. He said he doesn't feel guilty.