When I became The Daily Helmsman’s Editor-in-Chief this semester, I wrote in my first column that one of my New Year’s intentions was to be a good editor who served as an educator not only to his staff but also to the campus community. I can say beyond a shadow ...
Nick Lingerfelt: We need to focus our attention on the producers of oxycodone Several lawmakers have posited the solution to the opioid epidemic — more than 130 people overdose and die from opioids every day, according to estimations from the United States Department ...
A school voucher is a government-funded scholarship redeemable for tuition fees at any school other than a public school a student could attend for free. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has said he wants to make school voucher legislation a part of his legislative agenda. Columnists Nick Lingerfelt and Isaac ...
Nick Lingerfelt: No. At the beginning of this month, multiple bills were filed in the Tennessee state legislature that would allow adoption agencies with “sincerely held religious beliefs†to deny services to same-sex parents because of religious objections. Sen. Joey ...
Tennessee state Sen. Mark Pody (R—Lebanon) and Tennessee Rep. Jerry Sexton (R—Bean Station) have introduced the “Tennessee Natural Marriage Defense Act†in the state legislature, which would nullify the Supreme Court’s ...
Tennessee Republicans and Democrats have introduced bills this legislative session that would legalize marijuana for medical use and also decriminalize it all together. Many states across the country have already legalized marijuana for medical and recreational use. Columnists Nick Lingerfelt and Isaac ...
Today is #StudentPressFreedom Day, a day to remind everyone of the role the student newspaper plays in a campus community. For more than three decades, student journalists have been either censored by administrators trying to exert control over their image or intimidated into ignoring controversial ...
I do not think anyone can claim to be surprised this is where we ended up. Democrats controlling the House of Representatives, President Trump sitting in the Oval Office and a fight over the Southern border wall are all a recipe for disaster. We have been skating across thin ice for two long years, ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, 90 years ago. Memphians will have the opportunity Jan. 21 to participate in several events to commemorate Dr. King’s life and legacy.  1. The National Civil Rights Museum NCM will allow free admission to those who ...
University Middle, the University of Memphis’s new middle school, adds another institution on the current list of primary education schools. The University Middle will be located in the buildings of the former St. Anne Catholic School on the intersection of Highland ...
