NASHVILLE, TN — Nicholas S. Zeppos became Vanderbilt’s eighth chancellor in 2008, after being interim chancellor the year before. But this past August the school did something under his leadership that not only took courage, but also came at significant fiscal cost. This move is the reason the Tennessee Tribune is naming him one of our two Persons of the Year in 2016. Vanderbilt officially removed the Confederate name from Memorial Hall. Though they had stopped referring to it by the Confederate Memorial Hall identity since 2002, the United Daughters of the Confederacy sued to prevent them from officially removing…
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Without any pun intended, it’s a true fact to say that the new 2017 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat is “hell on wheels” and that’s in a good way. It’s the latest in the new line of highly sought after Dodge Muscle Cars. All 2017 Challenger and Charger models feature the newest UConnect infotainment system, with higher levels of smartphone connectivity, faster load times and improves graphics, along with the Hellcat head on the dash, seat backs and rear spoil- er. This system supports Apple CarPlay and Android Auto features. There are plenty of additional features such as a GPS, internet…
WASHINGTON, DC – Tennessee’s congressman from Memphis wants presidents elected by a majority of American voters, so he’s calling for change in the Constitution to eliminate the Electoral College. U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen is well-positioned to start the process since he’s the ranking member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, the subcommittee with jurisdiction over all proposed amendments to the Constitution. “For the second time in recent memory, and for the fifth time in our history, the national popular vote winner — including Tennesseans Al Gore and Andrew Jackson — will not become President of…
NASHVILLE, TN — State Rep. Brenda Gilmore, chair of the Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators, is calling on Gov. Bill Haslam to diversify his cabinet. Human Services Department Commissioner Raquel Hatter is leaving her post in February, leaving Haslam’s cabinet of more than 20 people with only one commissioner who’s not white. None are African American. “The leadership of the cabinet should be diverse and reflect the broad range of all that Tennessee has to offer,” Rep. Gilmore said Thursday Jan. 5. “This is not only about diversity. It is also about making sure that the very best and…
WASHINGTON – President-elect Trump should take immediate steps to eliminate his foreign financial conflicts of interest, according to a U.S. House resolution co-sponsored by Nashville’s congressman. “The Constitution requires all U.S. presidents to be free from foreign influence and control,” U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper of Nashville said Thursday, Jan. 5. “No president is above the law.” Donald Trump has an unprecedented number of foreign conflicts of interest, given his business ventures around the world and his assertion that the Emoluments Clause does not apply to him. The Constitution states otherwise in Article I, Section 9, Clause 8: “no Person holding…
MEMPHIS, TN — Madeleine Taylor, retired after 26 years with the NAACP including six years as director. Taylor retired in December 2016. Taylor has been integral to the work of the civil rights organization that has been an essential part of the city’s history before, during and after the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. She had the opportunity to serve the community in a number of different venues whether voter empowerment, employment, criminal justice, health care, education or youth work. She said “This journey has been truly invaluable and I hope that I have been able to…
Tennessee State University President Glenda Glover has always declared the university belongs to the community. The last few years, TSU has celebrated the New Year with a prayer service to reaffirm the strong relations Dr. Glover and the institution have with the Nashville community. TSU will hold its fifth annual prayer service on Wednesday, January 4, at 8 a.m. It will take place at Jefferson Street Missionary Baptist Church located at 2708 Jefferson St., Nashville, TN, 37208. Dr. Glover is the keynote speaker. Other program participants include Nashville Mayor Megan Barry, State Rep. Harold Love, Jr., and community activist and…
Michael Watson, owner and founder of Music City Auto Spa, understands that busy professionals value their time. Well aware that so many people have agendas and deadlines, Michael started his company to make sure that the needs of his customer’s cars would never be overlooked. Music City Auto Spa’s goal is to be their client’s personal car concierge, providing a car service that is “showroom clean.” As the child of two entrepreneurial parents, Michael always knew that he would one day have his own business. “They always installed in me to be a leader and to navigate my own success,”…
NASHVILLE, TN — Alex Coure is like a squeaky wheel that gets no grease. A minority business owner, Coure helped Ricoh-USA win a contract with Metro schools in 2012, public records show. The bid was for $1.7 million to provide printers and copiers for Metro’s 153 schools. Under the terms of the 5-year con- tract Ricoh agreed to give 7.14 percent of the work in its bid to Coure’s company, IT Solutions by Design Inc. That amounts to $120,000. It didn’t happen, so Coure asked Councilwoman Erica Gilmore for help. In August 2013, Metro school officials met with Coure and…
MEMPHIS, TN — The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will graduated 135 new health care professionals during its winter commencement on Friday, December 16, 2016, at 1:30 p.m. in the Cook Convention Center Grand Ballroom, 255 North Main Street. “The faculty and staff of UTHSC celebrate the success of our graduates,” said Lori Gonzalez, PhD, vice chancellor of Academic, Faculty, and Student Affairs at UTHSC. “This new generation of health care providers has been educated to be skilled, compassionate and caring, and to positively impact the health of the communities where they live and work.” University of Tennessee…