Pamela Holder, an associate professor in the MTSU School of Nursing and the former director of the statewide Regents Online Degree Program, was sentenced to a year a day in prison last Friday for her part in a multimillion dollar mortgage scheme.
Holder was convicted for bank and wire fraud charges during a trial in April and was originally indicted on four counts for executing a material scheme with intent to defraud and obtain funds from the Bank of Nashville and First Tennessee Bank, as well as obtaining loan proceeds for personal benefit through false pretenses.
Historic season continues as MT looks for fifth straight, eighth overall victory
The Blue Raiders look to add to their unprecedented season Saturday at 3:30 p.m. as they host the Red Wolves of Arkansas State University at Floyd Stadium.
A win would give MT its best record in the program’s short Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division 1-A) existence.
Bob Womack tells MTSU’s story from his days as a student and how he became MTSU’s most senior prof.
Hundreds of books stand at attention on wooden shelves as they stare down at Bob Womack while he reads over a rough draft of his fifth book. The 86-year-old professor – the oldest at MTSU – doesn’t let his attention become diverted while working in his office on the third floor of Jones Hall.
Pearl before swine
You see them everywhere.
They tell you to buy certain products, they influence the politics and ideas of you and your friends, and their faces are plastered everywhere. Your friends are obsessed with them and you know their stories.
That’s right: celebrities.
Kyles shines in running game; Defense sacks UL five times
Sophomore running back D.D. Kyles ran for 177 yards and junior quarterback Dwight Dasher passed for two touchdowns as the Blue Raiders defeated the University of Louisiana at Lafayette 34-17 at Floyd Stadium Saturday.
The game for Kyles marks his third straight 100-yard performance.
Dasher threw for 219 yards and two touchdowns, completing 16 of his 25 passing attempts.
Bakari Kitwana, author of “The Hip-Hop Generation” and “Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop,” urged students to take an active role in shaping politics and economic policy during a lecture in the Business and Aerospace Building’s State Farm Room Thursday night.
“Economically, more and more young people have enough things in common that they can organize around,” Kitwana said.
Even Odds
Feeling healthy today?
I sure hope so because these days the state of our health care system is at its highest level of disappointment.
Whatever happened to the days when Dr. Pepper would come to your house and fix your broken finger for free because you were too much of an idiot to keep it out of the car door?
In our country, business is focused on making money and this does include our health care providers.
Groups that use the Rec Center’s Alpine Tower to build group skills and create new challenges
As the sunset behind MTSU’s Recreation Center, a lull consumed the MTSU softball team as the last teammate was lowered safely to the ground.
The air was cool and crisp on Friday as the team filed out one after the other through the back door of the Recreation Center and onto the moist grass.
Raiders Against Animal Cruelty is hosting “Veg Week,” a weeklong celebration of vegetarian and vegan diets with events to get students aware of how they can improve their health and the environment.
The student organization that advocates awareness of the cruelty animals face in society is asking everyone to try a meat-free diet for one week.
Police say testing syringes found in vending machines not top priority
More than a week after hypodermic needles were reported in two separate machines on campus, Buddy Peaster, chief of MTSU Police, said that it would likely take months to get any more information.
“Once we get the syringes to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation it could very likely be months before we get it back,” Peaster said. “They get so many items and so many cases [that] it takes time and while it is important to us because we want information, in comparison to a homicide, I doubt they will put a high priority on it.”
