The class of 2012 will be the 100th class to graduate from The University of Memphis, and this year's Freshman Convocation plans to celebrate that. Freshman Convocation begins at 2:12 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 25 in the Michael D. Rose Theatre. The odd starting time is just one of several tie-ins with the ...
Students eating on campus have lots of options, not just with what to eat, but with how to pay for it as well. The Blue Zone, located on the first floor of Richardson Towers, offers the only all-you-can-eat dining option on campus. The eatery, formerly known at the Richardson Towers Café, adjusts its ...
University of Memphis alumnus Keith Prewitt was appointed deputy director of the Secret Service on July 20. Prewitt, who has been working for the Secret Service for 25 years, graduated from The U of M with a bachelor's degree in psychology and criminal justice when the school was Memphis State University. ...
Drive past Audubon Park on any Sunday afternoon, and you may find yourself doing a double take. It's no heat-induced delusion - there really are people dressed in armor, sword fighting while a crowd of equally historically-attired spectators watch. The Society for Creative Anachronism's Memphis chapter, ...
This fall, students across the nation will be arriving on campuses, where they will immediately be propositioned by representatives from credit card companies. Students are offered free shirts, backpacks and sandwiches, but they aren't told about these gifts' hidden price tags. In exchange for a free ...
Penny pinching can be easier with a quick trip to Summer Avenue, where thrift stores abound. Several of the thrift stores on Summer are clustered around the Highland Street and Summer Avenue intersection, including the adjacent Disabled-American Veterans Thrift Store and Mid-South Outlet. Katherine ...
Russell Hearn and his daughter Lila visited the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art on Wednesday; and Russell Hearn said he found Andy Warhol's "Mao," a 1974 portrait of Mao Tse Tung, intriguing. "Why did he use purple? He was such a strange fellow - you'd think it'd be red," said Hearn. "He really lived art, ...
Jerry's Sno Cones I started at Jerry's Sno Cones, a North East Memphis favorite for frozen treats, most famous for its snow cones. Traffic is constant at Jerry's Sno Cones. During my visit, there were never less than three cars and two children on bicycles in the parking lot of the brightly painted ...
Last semester, I reviewed MIA's "Kala" and Pinback's "Autumn of the Seraphs." This time around, I bring you another album by a band you probably haven't heard of - The Murdocks. Of course, in my traditional style, I waited until the last minute to write this, which explains why you're only just now ...
• The first time I heard Pinback was in a high school English classroom. Zach Smith and Rob Crow's mellow tunes reminded me of the well-built melodies on Elliot Smith's "Figure 8." Whether through my own laziness or a lack of further exposure, I didn't give Pinback a second listen until "Autumn of ...