At a women’s basketball game, two distinct things can be seen: a cohesive team that has their heads in the game and a pair of players that always gives the crowd a good show. These two ladies are not ball hogs, but they are the two Coach Kevin McMillan trusts to get the team to… Continue reading Player Profiles: Heather Butler and Jasmine Newsome
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Terence Smith: Managing things on and off the court
Basketball has been in the lives of the American people since the late 1800s and has only been picking up steam. UTM’s men’s basketball team has been full of young men who have loved the sport since they were children. Terence Smith is one of them. He grew up watching Michael Jordan, and his parents… Continue reading Terence Smith: Managing things on and off the court
Player Profile: Midori Sera
Midori Sera lights up the soccer field as well as the classroom. Sera is a senior Finance major that hails from San Francisco, CA. When not on the soccer field, she is busy studying, which is why Sera is on the Chancellor’s Honor roll. A five-foot-seven midfielder, Sera plays as number 10 on the women’s… Continue reading Player Profile: Midori Sera
Player Profile: Kasey Elswick
Senior Kasey Elswick has made her collegiate volleyball career one for the record books. Elswick, a double major in Accounting and Finance and easily recognized by the brilliant smile on her face, has been well acquainted with the sport of volleyball for most of her life. Volleyball is very competitive in her hometown of Louisville,… Continue reading Player Profile: Kasey Elswick
Cancer doesn’t only come in pink
Bethany Scott, a senior Education major at UTM, was recently diagnosed with stage three ovarian cancer. Scott has received one round of chemo and has five more treatments to receive at Methodist Le Bonheur Hospital in Germantown, Tenn. During each round of treatment, Scott receives four different types of chemotherapy, which is the strongest type… Continue reading Cancer doesn’t only come in pink
Fear: Why we enjoy the adrenaline rush
The beginning of October is traditionally the time of year that people start to think about ghosts, goblins, haunted houses or mazes, horror movies and those ever mysterious things that go bump in the night. All of these things have one thing in common: fear. They all try to scare everyone so that they will… Continue reading Fear: Why we enjoy the adrenaline rush
Faculty Spotlight: Brian Parsons encourages students’ political voice
Not many can say they’ve known their calling since eighth grade. However, Assistant Professor of Political Science Bryan Parsons is one who can. “After I finished my Ph.D., I was going through some old things and came across one of those surveys from eighth grade, and it said teacher,” Parsons said. Parsons has been a professor… Continue reading Faculty Spotlight: Brian Parsons encourages students’ political voice
Tradition runs deep through UTM
Doris Edwards, affectionately known on campus as Ms. Doris, Ms. D or Mom, retired May 4, 2012 after giving her smile, positive attitude and dedication to her UTM family for 38 years. “You know time really went by fast. I really enjoyed the job and didn’t originally intend to stay forever, but that’s what happened,”… Continue reading Tradition runs deep through UTM
Pat Head Summitt: The story behind the women’s basketball legend
Women’s basketball hasn’t always been the way it is now. Women can now be seen dominating the court as well as the men can. In the 1940s and 1950s, it was frowned upon for women to play college sports. It was bad for women of childbearing years to be running up and down a court… Continue reading Pat Head Summitt: The story behind the women’s basketball legend
STDs skyrocket 196 percent
Statistics show a 196 percent increase in sexually transmitted diseases, STDs, diagnosed by Student Health and Counseling Services, SHCS, on the UTM campus. According to SHCS, a comparison was made between STDs diagnosed on the UTM campus from July 2010-June 2011 and STDs diagnosed from July 2011-June 2012. The comparison results were a staggering 196… Continue reading STDs skyrocket 196 percent