Category — MTSU

This commentary appeared in today’s edition of the MTSU Sidelines:

The recent fatal stabbing of basketball player Tina Stewart near campus is causing investigators and attorneys to scratch their heads about what happened on the night of March 2 at Raiders Crossing Apartments, where the roommates lived.

No doubt the incident is tragic, and I sympathize and mourn the loss with the Murfreesboro community and Stewart’s friends, family and the Lady Raiders, who were like family to the promising young athlete.

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I think it is very important for me to first say: Death is a tragic event, no matter how it happens, and particularly to someone who seemingly had her whole life ahead of her. That being said, we must approach the death of MTSU basketball player Tina Stewart from the perspective of our justice system, which will sort out fact from emotion to discover what actually happened on the night of March 2nd.

Social media sites like Twitter and Facebook have come a long way, since they burst onto the scene in the mid-2000s. They’ve brought old friends together, toppled tyrannical governments, and even perhaps offered insight into a murder case that hits close to home at MTSU.

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