Statistics show that the average person yawns four to six times daily - meaning that the average person yawns about 146,000 times over their lifespan. During the average school day, students sit restlessly in desks or staring at computer screens, while faculty members are busy answering phones and sitting ...
For the second year in a row, the bike race Tour de Tigre will start at the University of Memphis' main campus and end at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium before the football game this Saturday. There were about 20 cyclists last year, said Suzanne Fenech, coordinator for Campus Recreation and Tour ...
Refugees from countries often have already overcome innumerable hurdles, and World Relief is there to provide just what the name suggests: relief. Across the United States, World Relief has many stations such as Chicago, Nashville, and, the most recent work-in-progress, Memphis. "It's a global organization, ...
Behold - a simple equation for all Tigers - a new semester plus the University of Memphis equals a new start with new people. This year's Student Involvement Fair filled the front yard of the University Center with different groups and organizations. Students walked through aisle after aisle of tables ...
New students can often feel overwhelmed by their surroundings on the first day, week, month, or year of school. Luckily, those students got to attend the New Student Convocation. Each year at the convocation, a guest speaker comes to encourage future graduates. This year, Republican Sen. Bob Corker ...
The University of Memphis is offering a new scholarship to aid students interested in graduate school. This scholarship, according to a press release, will cover the costs of tuition and fees for six hours of graduate coursework per semester. Students who are interested in applying for the scholarship ...
Last year, the United States faced two controversial bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act, which were strongly protested with the largest online strike in history. More than 100,000 websites participated in a "blackout" in which site owners would shut their website down and post ...
A suspicious package in Dunn Hall emptied the building of its inhabitants early Monday morning. The initial call rang in at about 9 a.m. from a custodial supervisor who then reported the package to the campus police. A U of M police officer was the first to arrive on the scene. The package, which was ...
Local musicians will come together to support local tattoo artist Joe Stamp in a benefit concert for Stamp and his family at Newby's Wednesday night. An accident involving a car and a motorcycle on Southern Avenue and Houston Street three weeks ago sent Joe Stamp, the driver of the motorcycle, to the ...
Two attacks, both involving a knife, occurred within seven hours of each other in the same shopping center at Kirby and Quince, one resulting in the death of University of Memphis student Aaron Vasquez. According to Memphis Police Department investigators, Vasquez, 19, was taking the trash out behind ...