A University of Memphis football player was fatally shot in his car at Carpenter Complex about 10 Sunday night. Taylor Bradford, a junior defensive lineman from Nashville, was pronounced dead at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis. After he was shot, he drove his light-colored Lincoln across central and hit a tree near Zach Curlin, police said.

Almost 700 additional students signed up for Tiger Text today after a University of Memphis football player was fatally shot at Carpenter Complex on Sunday night. Taylor Bradford, a junior defensive lineman from Nashville, was pronounced dead at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis.

Although University President Shirley Raines said that the shooting Sunday night was a targeted crime, the Memphis Police Department is unable to verify that it was not a random act. In a Monday morning press conference, Raines said that the attack was "an act directed specifically at the victim," and "was not a random act of violence.

The University of Memphis is starting a new strategy in which they hope will help make the campus a safer place. Bruce Harber, director of police services, announced Tuesday in a campus-wide meeting that The University is creating two safety advisory groups to "routinely discuss campus security.

The sun shone beautifully Monday afternoon, despite the somber air around campus. Parking spaces people usually fight over were empty, and benches that are normally filled with students studying or talking on cell phones sat alone. As elementary education major Kim Karnes plainly put it, things just felt surreal.

The results are in, and The University of Memphis student enrollment for Fall 2007 is down. Sliding from 20,562 in fall of 2006 to 20,379 this year, enrollment figures have taken a small dip the past two fall sessions. But, Shirley Raines, president of The University of Memphis, said in a press release that she was pleased with the amount of entering honor students.

University of Memphis students are experiencing their first week of the smoking ban that launched statewide on Monday. Under the new law, restaurants, public and private educational facilities, retail stores and shopping malls, enclosed public areas and outdoor areas are now deemed smoke-free areas under state law.

Unless you just happen to have everything figured out, you have questions about what major to study or what degree to pursue. The Academic Counseling Center feels your pain, and for the past few years has been trying to do something about it by hosting the Discover Your Major Day.

The fatal shooting Sunday night of University of Memphis football player Taylor Bradford has created an atmosphere of sadness and fear on The U of M campus among the student body, particularly residents. Carpenter Complex resident Trenton Busby said when he discovered that his neighbor was killed, he was in complete shock.