President Bush’s speech Monday night was a last-ditch effort to persuade the United Nations and the American public to support a war with Iraq. In his speech, Bush warned the American public that Saddam Hussein might be plotting to attack the United States with biological and chemical weapons. He ...
Rick Fischer, professor of journalism at The University of Memphis, will be inducted into the College of Fellows of the Public Relations Society of America in November. Fischer’s colleague, Barbara DeSanto, nominated him for the honor. The induction will take place during the PRSA’s International ...
Does your professor put you to sleep? Do you wish you had never signed up for the class? Then log on to MyProfessorSucks.com to rate your professor and keep other students from making the same mistake. Kasey Kerber, a student at the University of Nebraska, started MyProfessorSucks.com. Kerber came up ...
The University of Memphis has a new Christian organization on campus. Cross Generation Collegiate Ministries, or CROSS G on Campus, is affiliated with the World Overcomers Outreach Ministries Church. “CROSS” is an acronym for Christian Raising Our Spiritual Standards. The group has several goals ...
Jessica Carter and Jeremy Thompson look like typical college students and not the Web site tycoons that they actually are. Carter, 20, and Thompson, 21, both seniors at the University of Memphis, operate a website that has sold nearly $200,000 worth of product since January. The products are glow light ...
By Monica Whitsitt Staff Reporter A memorial service for David Yellin, former professor at the University of Memphis, will be held at 1 p.m. June 15 in the main theater of the theater and communications department. Yellin, a social activist and communicator since the 1940s, died May 24 of Parkinson’s ...
The Omega Psi Phi fraternity is on academic suspension, and according to the fraternity, they shouldn’t be. Omega Psi Phi was placed on academic suspension by the Pan-Hellenic Council after the spring 2001 semester because the members’ average grade point was below a 2.0. According to the fraternity, ...
The 2000 presidential election sparked nationwide controversy after uncertainty surfaced concerning the ballot count from Florida voters. In response, Congress recently passed a comprehensive election reform bill, according to Steven Mulroy, assistant law professor at the Cecil C. Humphrey’s School ...
An evaluation of The U of M by graduating seniors indicates overall satisfaction with programs and educational contributions by The University. Administration hopes the evaluations will help to improve programs over time. “It helps us to gauge students’ opinions over time,” said Daniel Poje, director ...
New classes will be implemented in the fall for The U of M’s new museum certification program. However, no graduate certificate will be issued until the Tennessee Board of Regents approves the proposed program, and the TBR is giving no hint as to when that will be. According to Mary Morgan, media ...
