UTM cross country competes against some of the nation’s best at FSU Winter Classic

The UTM cross country teams competed against some of the nation’s top programs on Friday morning at the FSU Winter XC Classic hosted by Florida State at Apalachee Regional Park. The Skyhawk men which entered the loaded field ranked 11th in the South Region and competed in the Garnet Men’s 8k race against Stanford, Iowa State,… Continue reading UTM cross country competes against some of the nation’s best at FSU Winter Classic

Season-best effort from downtown not enough as UTM men’s basketball falls 82-70 to Jacksonville State

The UTM men’s basketball squad canned 13 three-pointers on a 50 percent shooting night from beyond the three-point arc but the visiting Jacksonville State Gamecocks came away with an 82-70 win at the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center.           The Skyhawks’ 13 trifectas were the most since Feb. 15, 2020 against Eastern Illinois as Jaron Williams (five) and Kenton Eskridge (four)… Continue reading Season-best effort from downtown not enough as UTM men’s basketball falls 82-70 to Jacksonville State

Engage the Times returns to engage the issue of public discourse

After a rancorous election season, many public figures and intellectuals are dismayed at the low state of American public discourse. There has been a call in recent months to restore civility to the body politic. A panel of UTM faculty and students met to address that question over Zoom on Feb. 5 in the semester’s… Continue reading Engage the Times returns to engage the issue of public discourse

Taking a look at the UTM’s 2021 football recruit class

On February 3, UTM announced their 2021 recruiting class for the Skyhawk football program, as 16 players committed to the school on National Signing Day. Seven states are represented among UTM’s 16 new recruits: five from Alabama, three from Tennessee and Mississippi, two from Iowa and one from each of Florida, Georgia and Arkansas. The… Continue reading Taking a look at the UTM’s 2021 football recruit class

Advice for young conservatives

This is a trying time to be a young, conservatively-minded person. First, there is the politics, which everyone automatically goes to first. Despite an overall good performance for the GOP, given the circumstances, the Republicans lost both chambers of Congress and the Presidency during the 2020 election. More to the point, the right-of-center political establishment… Continue reading Advice for young conservatives

Ashnikko’s DemiDevil was “Good While it Lasted”

Ashnikko’s DemiDevil mixtape is her planting her glass platforms into the pop scene.  The mixtape is another of Ashnikko’s female empowerment gifts to young women, complete with features from prominent female artists like Princess Nokia, Grimes and Kelis. While DemiDevil is a pop album, there are rap, trap and nu-metal influences. One of the lead… Continue reading Ashnikko’s DemiDevil was “Good While it Lasted”

Should anyone have the right to speak privately over the internet?

Whether it’s attacks from the right or left, internet privacy and security is a hot political potato these days. During the Trump Administration, there were widespread concerns that ANTIFA and other such groups were organizing online to commit street violence, and likewise media figures and the Biden Administration have voiced increasing alarm that right-wing extremist… Continue reading Should anyone have the right to speak privately over the internet?

UTM soccer opens preseason training with first practice

After months of anticipation, the 2020-21 UTM soccer season officially started this afternoon as the squad took the pitch for their first official practice at Skyhawk Field. Head coach Phil McNamara oversees a 2020-21 roster that includes 16 returners from the 2019 team that produced an 8-6-5 overall mark and a 6-2-2 Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) record,… Continue reading UTM soccer opens preseason training with first practice