The U of M is looking to a former employee to resolve the complaints coming from maintenance workers and custodial staff on campus. The newly hired head of the U of M’s Physical Plant department, Ronnie Brooks, worked for the university for 13 years before he left for another job. Brooks, ...
University of Memphis student senate was one vote shy of passing a controversial anti-gun bill Thursday.  The bill attempted to speak on behalf of the U of M student body by saying “that the students do not support Guns on Campus Bill.† The Guns ...
Contrary to popular belief, students who helped pay for the new recreation center will not get to use the facilities for free after they’ve graduated. Full-time students at the University of Memphis have been paying an additional fee to build a new recreational center since fall of 2014, but even ...
A report commissioned by the University of Memphis has echoed claims that physical plant employees were being treated like “slaves,†and U of M President David Rudd has vowed to improve their working conditions. The report, which came out in October and includes interviews ...
This is new territory for Memphis sports fans. The Memphis Tigers are 8-1 on the football field, nationally ranked and headed to a bowl game for the second consecutive season. But their brethren on the basketball court are coming off their worst season in two decades and then lost their best player ...
Following the arrest of a University of Memphis sorority treasurer who is charged with stealing a large sum of money from the group, the former senior coordinator for sororities at the U of M advises that Greek organization members review how their due’s money is being spent. The advice from Emilie ...
Holding office in student government may get easier if the Student Senate has its way. The president and vice president of the Student Government Association will only have to maintain a C+ average (or a 2.85 GPA) instead of the current B- (or a 3.0 GPA), if a proposed constitutional amendments passes. Senators ...
Students and workers at the University of Memphis joined a nationwide protest Wednesday, seeking to shame fast food restaurants into paying employees at least $15 an hour. More than 50 fast food and other low-wage workers marched from the student plaza to the McDonald’s on Highland for the “Fight ...
Correction: A previous version of the story named Lindsey Smith president of the Progressive Student Alliance—she is not. We are apologize to the Progressive Student Alliance for the error. Students and workers at the University of Memphis joined a nationwide protest Wednesday, seeking to shame fast ...
Ally Reeves was riding her bicycle to campus one morning when a car struck her from behind on Central Avenue. Though she chose to not to file the incident or notify police, she’s not biked to school since. “I never thought something like that would happen to me,” she said. “I rode my bike to ...
