Dennis Taylor, head coach and longtime stalwart of the tennis team, will retire at the end of 2019. Taylor, who has racked up 535 wins since taking over the program in 1987, enters this season ranking fifth amongst active NCAA Division I women’s tennis head coaches in win totals. Over the span of his 32… Continue reading After 32 years, UTM tennis coach is retiring
It: Chapter 2 Review
It: Chapter 2 was released in theaters on Sept. 6, 2019. The film’s length is two hours and fifty minutes, and every minute is worth watching. The movie takes place twenty-seven years after the Losers’ Club defeats Pennywise, but the dancing clown has returned to Derry. The beginning of the movie introduces characters that you… Continue reading It: Chapter 2 Review
The 2019 Soybean Festival Student Night
Runaway June and Walker Hayes
Iconic guitars celebrate Martin
The sixth annual Guitar as Art show, the traditional opening event of the Soybean Festival, was hosted in the Fine Arts Gallery Sunday, Sept. 1. The Guitar as Art exhibition allows creators to paint two-dimensional designs on acoustic guitars and be judged on them. The theme of this year’s Guitar as Art was “Icons of… Continue reading Iconic guitars celebrate Martin
Start this semester with a new you
Everyone has heard of “new year, new me,” but what about “new semester, new me?” It would be great to study more, better your GPA and make it through the semester all in one piece, but you don’t have to go to crazy extremes to reach those goals. Here are a few simple resolutions to… Continue reading Start this semester with a new you
No end in sight for parking conundrum
With the new school year now fully underway, students and faculty are back on campus in numbers, swarming sidewalks and parking lots. The struggle to find a good parking spot can be real, especially this semester, with several lots being closed due to ongoing construction. Commuters, in particular, seem to be affected the most by… Continue reading No end in sight for parking conundrum
Weakley Arts Can brings the arts to the Soybean Festival
Weakley Arts Can coordinated four events at this year’s Soybean festival: School of Rock, Magical Mural, Instrument Test Drive and Line Up & Dance. The events were hosted on Sept. 2, and altogether ran from 3 – 7 p.m. School of Rock and Line Up & Dance were hosted on the small stage by the… Continue reading Weakley Arts Can brings the arts to the Soybean Festival
Campus provides classes for community
University Outreach is opening courses to include the community, not just students, including photography, foreign languages and exercise. UTM is offering Digital Photography, which will be taught by Dr. Tom Gallien. Students will learn how to program a DSLR camera instead of relying on the “auto” setting. The class is every Monday night in September… Continue reading Campus provides classes for community
College culture is not drinking culture
There are a lot of stereotypes about the college experience, some true and some less so. Toga parties, for example, are fairly rare. One thing that is not rare on college campuses, however, is underage drinking. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) cites a 2017 survey which found slightly more than half… Continue reading College culture is not drinking culture
Exhibit houses Appalachian children’s literature
Students and faculty can look forward to a new exhibit in the J. Houston Gordon Library, “Reading in Appalachia: Voices From Children’s Literature,” which will run through Nov. 22. The exhibit, produced by the East Tennessee Historical Society in Knoxville, showcases scenes of folklore and everyday life in Appalachia captured through children’s stories. The exhibit… Continue reading Exhibit houses Appalachian children’s literature