Climate expert visits campus

At 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26, Director of the Yale Project about Climate Change Anthony Leiserowitz gave a presentation in Watkins Auditorium on climate change and global warming. Students and faculty filled the room to hear Leiserowitz, who conducts research on climate change on local and national scales. He began the presentation by talking… Continue reading Climate expert visits campus

SGA elections approaching quickly: The Real Deal Party platform

  The Real Deal Party’s platform will address five issues: financial policy, student service, academic issues, community engagement and market UTM’s success. Real Deal’s financial plan is to “continue to safeguard against unnecessary fees by working closely with the Board of Trustees to prevent unnecessary fee increases; work to assure the next General Assembly stays… Continue reading SGA elections approaching quickly: The Real Deal Party platform

SGA elections approaching quickly: YOUniversity Party platform

The YOUniversity Party will be running on six key issues including a financial policy, student services, academics, student organizations, market successes of UTM and transparency. The YOUniversity Party aims to safeguard against student fees and provide financial transparency. They hope to “work closely with the UT Board of Trustees to prevent unnecessary fee increases, work… Continue reading SGA elections approaching quickly: YOUniversity Party platform

Lawmaker pulls UT Sex Week bills

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker says he’s dropping a legislative fight over the student run Sex Week at the state’s flagship public university. Sen. Stacey Campfield of Knoxville and other lawmakers took issue with the use of student fees for the weeklong program about sex. Earlier this week, the Senate passed a resolution… Continue reading Lawmaker pulls UT Sex Week bills

County wide drug bust initiated in Weakley County

Early Tuesday morning, before 6 a.m., agents from ATF, members of the Jackson SWAT team, Martin Police Department and several other agencies began issuing warrants in Martin and throughout Weakley County. Martin Police along with state and federal agents from the ATF, FBI, DEA, THP, and TBI served numerous arrest warrants and search warrants on… Continue reading County wide drug bust initiated in Weakley County

Student Health and Counseling presents Can You See How I Feel

Life on a college campus can be hard. Students have a short amount of time to figure out their life and be all that they can be. This can either be encouraging or discouraging to students. Student Health and Counseling Services’ (SHCS) Can You See How I Feel, an interactive theatre, displayed the different pressures that a… Continue reading Student Health and Counseling presents Can You See How I Feel