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Nov 5, 2024 | 
mtsusidelines.com | Noah McLane |Lillian Chapman
Feature photo by Abby Barber Story by Bailey Lowe and Lillian Chapman Election Day at MTSU began quietly, but it didn’t take long for campus to start bustling. Political dialogue spanned from the Honors College to the Todd Art Building, and in the Student Union, SGA and other campus organizations were gearing up for the campus-wide election watch party.
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
mtsusidelines.com | Jenene Grover |Lillian Chapman
Feature photo by Lillian ChapmanStory by Lillian ChapmanThe June Anderson Center for Women and Nontraditional Students brought attention to animals in abusive households and how to help them on Oct. 17 for domestic violence awareness month at MTSU. Partnering with Nashville Therapy Pets, Maigan Wipfli, the director of the JAC, recognized Purple Thursday, National Domestic Violence Awareness Day.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
mtsusidelines.com | Jenene Grover |Lillian Chapman
Feature photo courtesy of Koda WidenerStory by Lillian ChapmanMTSU students faced continuous maintenance issues, including plumbing problems and mold in vents, while moving into some of the older residential buildings this semester, resulting in compensation from MTSU Housing. Womack and Scarlett Commons Apartments are the epicenter of the problems. The plumbing in Womack stopped working at the start of the semester, causing many toilets to continuously leak and overflow or not flush.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
mtsusidelines.com | Kailee Shores |Lillian Chapman
Story by Lillian ChapmanLed by Stoney Brooks, Business and Technology professor at MTSU, 12 students flew from Nashville to Tokyo, Japan to start their three week trip. From visiting shrines during the day to experiencing the festive nightlife of Japan, the students were fully immersed in the rich culture and traditions of Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka. “The trip to Japan was a once in a lifetime experience.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
mtsusidelines.com | Destiny Mizell |Lillian Chapman
Featured photo by Lillian ChapmanStory by Lillian ChapmanIf you want more news like this, sign up for the Sidelines weekly newsletter here! Find it in your inbox every Thursday afternoon. Middle Tennessee Indian Association celebrated Holi together with music and dance in front of the Student Union Building on March 25. Music and laughter could be heard from a distance while the crowd danced and threw water balloons and color powdered amongst themselves.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
mtsusidelines.com | Destiny Mizell |Lillian Chapman
Featured Photo by Steven DewStory by Lillian ChapmanMiddle Tennessee State University computer science students gathered for HackMT 2024 for 36-hours of technology and programming from Jan. 26 to Jan. 28 at the Science Building on campus. Joshua Phillips, an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, organized the event. “This is a 36-hour hackathon where all our students and industry partners and mentors come together to build different kinds of technologies,” Phillips said.
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Nov 15, 2023 | 
mtsusidelines.com | Destiny Mizell |Lillian Chapman
Featured Photo by Lillian ChapmanStory by Lillian ChapmanWith finals a month away, students need a way to relax. Nashville Therapy Pets help students unwind with visits from therapy dogs and cats at Middle Tennessee State University. Nashville Therapy Pets is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people through pet-led therapy. They visit Senior Citizen facilities, colleges, hospitals and schools with their personal pets that are trained and certified as therapy animals.
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Nov 7, 2023 | 
mtsusidelines.com | Destiny Mizell |Lillian Chapman
Featured Photo courtesy of MTSU TheatreStory by Lillian ChapmanThe lights dimmed and the sound of soft music played throughout the theatre. Middle Tennessee State University Theater and Dance presented the enchanting fairytale “Cinderella” at Tucker Theater from Nov. 2 through Nov. 5. Directed by Kristi Shamburger and Will Perkins, “Cinderella” has a modern twist while keeping to the original story line.
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Oct 30, 2023 | 
dailyfreepress.com | Lillian Chapman
You walk into the store in search of the perfect pair of jeans and observe the plethora of denim options in front of you. Piles and piles of jeans lie on numerous tables, from high-rise mom jeans to low-rise flares. You find the jeans you’d been looking for — mid-rise straight — and observe the pile in front of you. Your eyes rest on the sticker of the pair topping the pile — double zero. “It’s fine,” you think to yourself. “I just have to dig deeper.”You flick through every pair.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
mtsusidelines.com | Destiny Mizell |Lillian Chapman
Featured Photo by Lillian ChapmanStory by Lillian ChapmanThe Southern Festival of Books drew a huge crowd as families, friends and book lovers gathered in downtown Nashville to enjoy the music, food and booths full of books Oct. 15 through Oct. 18. Middle Tennessee State University organized a booth for MTSU Write, which is a creative writing program in the MTSU English Department, and for the MTSU History Department where Kristine McCusker displayed a few of her published books.
