Tyler Springs, Sports Editor At the front of a half-lit movie theater, Jabari Greer wears a wide smile as he surveys the near-capacity crowd. It’s dinner hour on a Tuesday in Jackson, Tennessee, but nobody is getting up for popcorn.   With his lean 5’10” frame covered up in a chocolate brown suit, Greer resembles [...]

By Molly Whitehorn, A&E Photo Editor Jared Williams is a junior at Rhodes who feeds his love of music off-campus in Memphis rather than confining it to the walls of Hassell. He is a Spanish Literature major who raps with his best friend, Mario Wallace (who goes to University of Memphis), in his spare time. [...]

By Phoebe Driscoll   On Saturday, February 4, several Rhodents braved cold and rainy weather to partake in the 13th Annual Polar Bear Plunge. At 3:00 PM, hundreds of people plunged into the Mississippi River with their respective teams. The event, held each year at Mud Island River Park, benefits the non-profit, tax-exempt Special Olympics [...]

Tyler Springs, Sports Editor   When Berry Gordy Jr. founded the label that would become Motown Records in 1959, he probably didn’t expect it to grow into an American icon of the coming decade. Started in a Detroit basement, his label was not likely to be a world-beater, one that signed artists like Smokey Robinson [...]

Tyler Springs, Sports Editor   A fighting chance. That’s what Tommy West wanted.   It was a simple request. The one-time Memphis football coach, a man who guided the Tigers to five postseason bowl berths, a man who knew the joy of playing in front of a Liberty Bowl crowd of 40,000+ people, had asked [...]

By Rin Abernathy, Staff Writer   Sometimes, I get frustrated with writing. Creative writing is my major concentration. Even if I have no idea what I want to do with my life, I have solidly known for years that writing has to be a part of it. Writing, linguistics, literature: give me words. Words are [...]

By Morgan McCullough & Annabel MacLeod Writer and director Drake Doremus’ modern-day, pessimistic romance Like Crazy is an angst-y yet believable movie. And it’s not driven by hormone-induced vampire lust, making it a breath of fresh air in a world oversaturated with Twilight fever.   The story, loosely based on the writer’s own experiences, arches [...]

Claire Riley, Staff Writer               The University of Memphis men’s basketball team kicked off their season with an impressive win last Tuesday against Belmont, a team that lost by only 1 point to Duke after reducing a 16-point deficit in the second half to a 1 point-lead with under a minute left in the [...]

Jasmine Gilstrap, Editor- In-Chief   The month of November brings with it highly anticipated football games, movies, and most importantly, music. Here are a few of the albums I myself have given a listen and enjoyed, for better and for worse.   Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials My discovery of Florence + The Machine [...]

Lydia Holmes, Staff Writer Last week a member of the Partnership for Public Service, a non-profit organization that promotes government service, came to speak at Rhodes where Career Services hosted a Q &A brunch for interested students and a seminar that described more in depth how and why you should work for the government.  The [...]