Dozens of University of Memphis students gathered around Clement Hall Friday at approximately 11:30 a.m., recording video and taking pictures of a man allegedly giving a speech about quantifying love, according to eyewitnesses. Police took him to psychiatric services on campus shortly after. "He was ...
Catherine Miller was given one week to live. She had a husband, a 2 year old and a 5-month-old baby when doctors diagnosed her with leukemia. "I needed a bone marrow transplant," she said. "I found a match in Germany and I had the transplant at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas." Four ...
Five days after Black Friday, the shopping riot videos posted on YouTube have garnered hundreds of thousands of views showing people flooding into stores and over each other for the cheapest holiday products. Post holiday shopping madness, organizations all over the country teamed up Tuesday to encourage ...
As people prepare for their Thanksgiving travels and traditions, the Mid-South Food Bank is nearing its annual frozen turkey donation goal. Marcia Wells, communications director for the Mid-South Food Bank, said the Turkey Drive has taken place for years now. "It really kind of started in earnest a ...
Pumpkins, turkeys, Christmas trees and internship applications - 'tis the season to apply. As students prepare for the holidays and winter break, Dixie Crase, director of academic internships at the University of Memphis, said now is a good time for students to think about applying for internships. ...
The Office of Student Disability Services at the University of Memphis will host an information session for Memphis-area high school students and their parents about looking for and transitioning into college with a learning disability. The session will take place Monday from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in ...
It's a race around the world Monday during the kickoff of International Education Week at the University of Memphis. Monday through Nov. 16, the Center for International Programs and Services will observe the week with festivities in Brister Hall and the Ned R. McWherter Library. Twenty-six students ...
The 2012 elections broke early voting records around the country with millions of Americans standing in line to cast a ballot, some for hours. Even though the president for the next four years has been decided, some people still don't know how their ballots are counted in the election process. The Electoral ...
With the new President of the United States chosen, it's time to look at the money. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, candidates were projected to spend about $3 billion for the 2012 Presidential Election. Instead, they spent nearly double that. From January 2011 to October 2012 President ...
The Donkey What's red and blue, has four hooves and neighs? A democrat. The 142-year-old symbol of the Democratic Party made its first official appearance in January 1870 in a newspaper called Harper's Weekly via a political cartoon by Thomas Nast, according to History.com. Andrew Jackson was the first ...
