Roughly 200 students and faculty gathered outside MTSU President Sidney McPhee’s house between 1pm and 6pm today to protest proposed budget cuts. I was present between 3pm and 5pm, and I was impressed with the turnout and response from passersby.

For full coverage of the event, check out:

• Nashville Is Talking
• WKRN
• WSMV
• News Channel 5

Click here for the final report by the Oversight Steering Committee, available through MTSU’s website. Bear in mind that these are strictly recommendations at this point. I’ll provide highlights at a later time.

I was riding the Red Route earlier today on a Red bus… behind another Red bus. Does this make sense? Isn’t MTSU trying to cut waste out of the budget?