NASHVILLE, TN — (TSU News Service) – Tennessee State University’s Honors College recently hosted a retreat that brought honors programs at several local universities together for the first time. The National Collegiate Honors Council Nashville Honors Consortium was held Sept. 16 in the McDonald Williams Honors Center at TSU. Besides TSU, the other participating schools were: Belmont University, Fisk University and Lipscomb University. “This is a great opportunity for our universities to come together and share knowledge, collective experiences, collaborate in service learning projects, and break down the racial and cultural divide,” said Dr. Coreen Jackson, interim dean of the…
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NASHVILLE, TN — Last week The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) and Mayor Megan Barry unveiled the new look, feel and design of BNA Vision, the growth and expansion plan for Nashville International Airport (BNA). Through video, renderings, a 3-D model, and a dynamic virtual reality simulation, Music City got its first detailed look at the final plans for the renovation of the terminal and new plaza at BNA, including a hotel and transit station to accommodate plans for future light rail. In July 2016, MNAA first announced the preliminary plan for BNA Vision, releasing conceptualimages and articulating the need…
By Zaid Jilani Birmingham’s Mayor William Bell, first elected in 2010, was supposed to have an easy re-election. A poll released in early August found that 57 percent of his city’s residents thought he was doing an “excellent” or “good” job. But populist challenger Randall Woodfin, a 36-year-old former board of education president backed by the Bernie Sanders-backed campaign group Our Revolution, topped Bell in the first round of voting in August. On Tuesday night, Woodfin finished the job in the runoff, stunning Alabama and winning the mayor’s race comfortably. With 46 of 71 polling stations reporting, Woodfin was leading…
Special to the Tribune By J.R. Lind (Patch Staff) NASHVILLE, TN — Most Metro observers expected a push back against Mayor Megan Barry’s $6 billion transit plan. A sales tax increase is part of the funding proposal — the mayor wants a Metro referendum on the ballot in May — and expected criticisms have already emerged among fiscal conservatives and others on the right. But a group of protesters took to the streets from the Inglewood Public Library to Public Square Park with concerns from the left, in particular that the plan, which calls for a high-speed rail corridor along…
NASHVILLE, TN — With the news that Nashville Mayor Megan Barry has come to apreliminary deal to use tax dollars to build a new Major League Soccer stadium, the Beacon Center is formally calling for a public referendum to allow local taxpayers to vote on whether their tax dollars should fund any part of the new stadium. The referendum question should be concrete and legally binding, and the Beacon Center would like to be a part of crafting the question. Mark Cunningham, a spokesman for the Beacon Center, said, “The Beacon Center is against the city of Nashville forcing taxpayers…
Activist and alumnus Justin Jones ‘17 and alumna Jamye Coleman Williams, Ph.D., ‘39 to serve as convocation keynote speakers NASHVILLE, TN — Fisk University will host its Jubilee Day convocation on Friday, October 6 at 10 am in the Fisk Memorial Chapel. Serving as this year’s keynote speaker will be alumnus Justin Jones ’17 and alumna Jamye Coleman Williams, Ph.D. ’39. The event is free and is open to the public. Celebrated annually, Jubilee Day commemorates the historic day in 1871 when the Fisk Jubilee Singers® departed from Fisk University to tour the United States and abroad to raise funds for…
NASHVILLE, TN — Much has been discussed and more regarding the upcoming election for the Senate seat that Senator Corker will be vacating, following his recent announcement that he will not be seeking re-election to that position. While many notable leaders of our communities and our state have expressed an interest in this position, I find that it is less important who wins this seat than the important need that the winning candidate holds a proper perspective on leadership. It is vital that we all collectively see the importance of a balanced perspective and that the candidate who ultimately fills…
By Euan McKirdy When retiree Stephen Paddock checked into his 32nd-floor suite at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino last Thursday, nothing appeared unusual. Paddock had booked room 32135, described by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Joseph Lombardo as one large suite with uninterrupted views of the Las Vegas Strip. The former accountant would’ve had a clear view of the Route 91 Harvest festival, a three-day country music event taking place in an open-air, ground-level venue across the Strip, some 400 yards away from his hotel. On Sunday night, as the crowd of about 22,000 people listened to headliner Jason Aldean…
By Brett Molina The brother of the man who police say killed at least 58 people and injured about 515 said his family is “dumbfounded” by details of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history. “We can’t understand what happened,” said Eric Paddock, brother of Stephen Paddock, identified by authorities in Las Vegas as the gunman who opened fire from a hotel room during a nearby outdoor concert. Paddock spoke outside his home near Orlando, reports the Orlando Sentinel. Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said Stephen Paddock, 64, was found dead by officers who stormed his 32nd-floor room at the Mandalay Bay…
By Susannah Cullinane, Euan McKirdy and Holly Yan 50 dead after shooting on Las Vegas Strip; suspect ID’d By Susannah Cullinane, Euan McKirdy and Holly Yan The Las Vegas Strip massacre has no known link to overseas terrorism or terror groups, a US official with knowledge of the case said. Separately, a woman described as a “person of interest” after the attack is not believed to be involved in the shooting, police said in a statement. “Marilou Danley is no longer being sought out as a person of interest,” the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said. “LVMPD detectives have made contact…