Unpopular elevator music playing on the phone combined with a seemingly never-ending wait can ignite fury in many of us at times. A victim of bad customer service, Emily Yellin wrote a book about it. Yellin, author of Your Call Is (Not That) Important to Us, spoke to faculty and staff members at The U of M Monday.

Not all students at The University leave with degrees. Mick Parrish, a former film theatre major at The U of M, dropped out of school after his first semester. "I was doing way too many drugs, and I was up all night playing music in clubs," he said. "I don't remember much.

Some high school students prefer to start the summer earning college credit instead of lounging poolside.  The Governor's School for International Studies accepted 84 high school juniors and seniors from across the state to live and learn at The U of M for five weeks this summer.

Cooking out is all the rage during summertime, and now you can explore new items to put on your grill besides burgers and hot dogs. Justin Burks, a professional photographer, U of M alum and 20-year vegetarian, will teach a U of M Continuing Education vegetarian grilling class on July 12 from 2 to 5 p.

All freshmen and sophomores will be required to buy a $300 meal plan beginning this fall. Right now there are only two schools in the state of Tennessee that don't have a mandatory meal plan," said Danny Armitage, associate dean of students for Residence Life and Dining.

It shortens our tempers, for one thing. It's been shown that more murders occur when the temperature rises. In cities everywhere, the number of homicides increases during summer months. There were six homicides in Memphis just last weekend. Of course, we are not all likely to commit a crime because of the heat boiling our blood and blinding us.