Randal Rushing, professor of voice at The University of Memphis for 20 years, has been appointed the new director of the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music. A regular soloist for symphonies and operas, Rushing has served as interim director of the school since 2008, when he took over from Patricia Hoy, ...
Shelby County Sheriff Mark Luttrell will be on campus Friday at 1 p.m. in the University Center, room 342, as part of the University of Memphis College Republicans' "Raise Your Voice" speakers' series. Luttrell, who recently announced his bid Shelby County Mayor, will speak with students and answer ...
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edward Larson will speak about Darwinism and the Dayton, Tenn. Scopes trial tonight at 7 in the Michael D. Rose Theatre on campus, with a reception at 6. The lecture, titled "Dayton to Dover: Darwinism on Trial, Then and Now," is based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, ...
When it comes to politics, I'm jaded. Like many of my peers, I've developed a healthy skepticism of politicians, whether on campus, in Memphis, or anywhere else. Not that I don't care about issues -I do. I've covered U of M student government meetings as a reporter, I've worked as an intern for a state ...
In his State of the State Address last night, Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen challenged University of Memphis President Shirley Raines to make The U of M a top 25 metropolitan research university in the next decade. Bredesen's challenge comes three weeks after he made a similar challenge to University ...
After I found hundreds of copies of The Daily Helmsman in trashcans around campus last semester, I was angry but confident. I thought that whoever did this would be punished. How na've. Instead, the culprit, Jennifer Burton got away almost scot-free. Campus police, advised by the district attorney's ...
Let's face it: The Daily Helmsman is the best damn newspaper on campus. I may seem proud, and as the new editor-in-chief of the paper, I am. Over the break, our reporters and editors were gone - to home, on vacation, to get married, etc. - but they still managed to pull together some of the best coverage ...
Memphis police charged a 20-year-old man yesterday with robbing two female students at gunpoint near campus on Oct. 31. North Memphian Jarvis Bowers approached the students at 3279 Southern Ave., west of campus. He was armed with a handgun, according to the police report. Bowers, who was joined by an ...
The University of Memphis suspended all 10 fraternities in the Interfraternity Council last night after some of the organizations recently broke several laws and University regulations. Although The University hasn't determined the length of the suspension, Dean of Students William Porter said fraternities ...
The Confucius Institute at The University of Memphis will commemorate its second anniversary on campus Monday with song, dance, moon cakes and tea. The Institute will begin festivities shortly after 10 a.m. with the grand opening of its new office space in Wilder Tower, followed by the unveiling of ...