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Sports

March Madness brackets bring out fans’ memorable, exciting moments

Every March, people in schools, offices and dorm rooms line up sheets of paper trying to predict the outcome of one of the craziest tournaments on the planet.
Thousands of contests revolve around picking the brackets. The mission is simple when picking games. From the 64-team field (excluding the play-in games), participants fill in their picks for the winners of the 63 games to be played. […]

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Features

SGA donations support pro-life organization in Jackson

Students should expect to see baby bottles around campus in the coming weeks, but not for the reason one might think.

The Student Government Association is teaming up with Birth Choice, a local pregnancy resource clinic, starting March 5-16 to raise donations that will go toward money for the clinic, sex education classes for young women and items needed for new mothers. […]

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News

Tennessee redistricting creates GOP advantage

As Republican presi­dential candidates tra­verse the country in their efforts to win the party’s support, legis­lators closer to home are preparing for the November elections by reaching out to new constituents in re­aligned districts.

Tennessee legisla­tors set new boundar­ies for congressional, state House and state Senate districts early in the year, and Gov. Bill Haslam signed the maps into law Jan. 26. The maps passed the GOP-controlled state legislature by a wide margin and would seem to bolster Republican gains, packing Dem­ocratic-leaning pre­cincts into marginalized districts and making GOP-held districts less competitive. […]