Bored college students on holiday break could do worse than seeing Rise of the Guardians, the new DreamWorks animated feature. Based on William Joyce’s The Guardians of Childhood book series, Peter Ramsey’s film takes Joyce’s high concept—a super heroic team-up of kid-myth characters—and runs with it, allowing surly teen Jack Frost to discover himself and… Continue reading Review: ‘Rise of the Guardians’ doesn’t rise to the occasion
Louisville triumphs over UTM
The Skyhawk Women’s basketball team lost to the Louisville Cardinals Monday night 79-61. The Skyhawks struggled the entire game to find their flow. They were beat under the rim every time for rebounds. Whenever they got the ball, they were as aggressive as they could be without fouling out. Louisville played like they wanted to… Continue reading Louisville triumphs over UTM
UTM student featured at Braylee’s Cottage and Zoo’s Young Artists Art Show
Braylee’s Cottage & Zoo will be presenting a student art show on Fri., Nov. 30; Sat., Dec. 1 and Sun, Dec. 2. Braylee’s will be celebrating a wide variety of talent among nine students from West Tennessee and Kentucky. The event is free and open to the public with light refreshments being served. People are… Continue reading UTM student featured at Braylee’s Cottage and Zoo’s Young Artists Art Show
Arts Co-Op features UTM artists’ show ‘Falling Into Place’
On Fri. Nov. 16, Arts Co-Op in downtown Martin hosted the opening night of the art exhibition “Falling Into Place,” comprised of the diverse works of five UTM art students. Arts Co-Op will continue to display the artists’ work until Fri. Nov. 30. The students whose works are being displayed are various fine arts majors:… Continue reading Arts Co-Op features UTM artists’ show ‘Falling Into Place’
Review: Sigma Alpha Iota Musicale
The College of Humanities and Fine Arts Department of Music, along with Sigma Alpha Iota, hosted an American Musicale on Tuesday, Nov 13, at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Martin. The musicale had a variety of instruments including trombone, clarinet, English horn, bassoons and many more. There was also a variety of songs from different American… Continue reading Review: Sigma Alpha Iota Musicale
Review: Dance Ensemble succeeds in ‘Dance Until the World Ends’
On Nov. 15 and 16, the UTM Dance Ensemble presented “Dance Until the World Ends.” Themed around the supposed end of the world due to take place in December, the performance included 16 dances and one special performance from Stepz Dance Studios, located in Union City. In the interest of full disclosure, I am the… Continue reading Review: Dance Ensemble succeeds in ‘Dance Until the World Ends’
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
28th annual Santa’s Village will take place from Dec. 6-9
The 28th annual Santa’s Village will be held Dec. 6-9 at UTM’s Ned McWherter Agricultural Complex. Santa’s Village is an event sponsored mostly by the City of Martin and UTM. Additional sponsors for this year’s event will be University Plaza, First State Bank, MTD Products, Tyson Foods, Greenball, Savant Learning Systems and Frontier Communications. WCMT also sponsors a can caravan each year for canned food donations that… Continue reading 28th annual Santa’s Village will take place from Dec. 6-9
Students charged with robbery and kidnapping
Three UTM students and a 17-year-old minor were charged inWeakley County last week with aggravated robbery and kidnapping. According to affidavits released by UTM’s Department of Public Safety, Jeremy Anderson, Cortez Bowen and Richard Taylor were charged with two counts of aggravated robbery and two counts of especially aggravated kidnapping. Both Taylor and Bowen reside at University Courts. Anderson lives… Continue reading Students charged with robbery and kidnapping
Review: ‘Almost, Maine’ far exceeds all expectations
Expectations of the Vanguard Theatre’s production of “Almost, Maine” were blown out of the water. While I expected the play to be wonderful, the actors played the parts of their characters exceptionally well. I did not see the actors playing the characters; rather, I saw the characters for who they truly were supposed to be. This is… Continue reading Review: ‘Almost, Maine’ far exceeds all expectations