On Monday night, the Latin American Student Organization (LASO) hosted Buzzfeed content creator Curly Velasquez. Velasquez had visited the university virtually via Zoom and LASO hosted a watch party at the Frieson Black Cultural Center.
Food insecurity has been an immense issue for students across campus, specifically on weekends since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. With staff shortages, earlier closing hours and capacity limitations, it is harder than ever for students to get food on campus.
UT Gardens hosted their fall Plant Sale Sept. 24-25, featuring a variety of house plants, perennials, exotic evergreens, trees, shrubs of all sizes and more.
In a darkened Lindsay Young Auditorium Sunday night, the Involuntary Sports Party (ISP) improv team took the stage to bring back some of the joy another Volunteer team lost to Florida the day before.
National Hazing Prevention Week, hosted by the Division of Student Life and the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life (OSFL), ran from Sept. 20-24. UT Greek Life hosted many events for students to express the importance of hazing prevention, as well as to educate the community on the impact…
Student activists and leaders have pushed administration for various forms of social change in recent years and have had a major impact on creating an inclusive environment on campus. For one example among many, as a result of student leader and 2021 Torchbearer Maria Urias’s advocacy, Orang…
While many people may associate maps with being mundane or conventional, many are unaware of the underlying power mapping has had to help combat racism. In a lecture titled “Black Mapping Matters,” Derek Alderman, a professor in the department of geography, was welcomed to the Current Trends…
On Thursday night, longtime magazine writer and editor Erin Zammett Ruddy (‘00) shared lifestyle advice from a panel of invisible experts at the Student Union Auditorium. They were the scores of experts she spoke with while writing her latest book “The Little Book of Life Skills,” and their …
For most students at the University of Tennessee, classes, clubs and social events are more than enough to keep the calendar full. But for TikTok star and UT senior Gabby DePietro, also known as @gibz_, life as a college student is just a little extra busy.
At 11 a.m. Tuesday morning, Chancellor Donde Plowman held her third annual Flagship Address in the Student Union Auditorium. She spoke on her five goals for the University of Tennessee: cultivating the Volunteer experience, conducting research that makes life and lives better, ensuring a cul…
At 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, several faculty and staff members with United Campus Workers (UCW) and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) gathered outside the front of the Student Union holding signs demanding safer working conditions during the pandemic.
Chancellor Donde Plowman gives her third Flagship Address on Tuesday Sept. 21, 2021 in the Student Union Auditorium.
William Burton Larsen, a beloved longtime professor of cinema studies, passed away on Sept. 7 at the age of 73.
More cracks and pops couldn’t be heard anywhere else than from the mindfulness and meditation class at TRECS. The class instructor, Patrick Angelaccio, an advocate for mental health and wellbeing, guides the class through a series of stretches and breathing techniques meant to open airways a…
The University of Tennessee faculty art show, "Professional Practices," opened Monday, Sept. 13, 2021 at the Ewing Gallery in the Art and Architecture building. The exhibited art includes work by faculty members Joshua Bienko, Paule Lee, Christopher McNulty, Althea Murphy-Price and Koichi Ya…
This past Thursday marked the five year anniversary of Smokey’s Closet, an on-campus service that provides students with professional clothing for various work environments. To commemorate the occasion, members of SGA, the Center for Career Development & Academic Exploration and the UT N…
On Friday, Sept. 17, the University of Tennessee hosted a dedication ceremony to honor the legacy of UT alumnus Theotis Robinson, Jr. and Rita Sanders Geier, both of whom were instrumental in Tennessee’s fight for racial justice in higher education. The former Orange and White Halls, located…
People gathered in Market Square on Wednesday, Sept. 5 at 5 p.m. to rally together in support of Afghan refugees and to speak out against the Taliban occupation in Afghanistan.
Starting this year on campus, a program known as Food4All has paired up with campus dining in order to reduce hunger and eliminate the waste of extra food from dining halls.
On Aug. 24, a 17-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 19-year-old member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, more commonly known as “FIJI," at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Since that day, protests erupted every night consecutively calling to ban the fraternity. Curren…
Going to a Tennessee football game can be an incredibly fun and exciting time. If you’re not prepared, however, you can miss out on some of the best parts of the game day experience.
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has a lively campus that never seems to die down during the school year. So many events and opportunities are always being presented, but many people wouldn’t know what any of these were if it weren’t for social media.
Though the Office of Sustainability is located two miles from the heart of campus in the Facilities Services Complex on Sutherland Avenue, the work the office does can be found nearly everywhere on campus.
College is described as many different things: the best four years of your life, an expensive price to pay for a future job or a time of exploration and freedom. No matter what you call it, college is an extreme adjustment. Students go from living an extremely structured life at home with th…
The world can be a scary place. While we’d like to avoid them, emergencies happen, and it can be frightening to send your child off into the world on their own. Luckily, UT has a ton of emergency resources meant to keep your child safe and to help give you a sound mind.
In a White House speech on Sept. 9, President Biden announced a plan to require every employer in the U.S. with more than 100 employees to ensure that their workforce is either vaccinated against COVID-19 or provides weekly negative COVID-19 tests. The plan could affect 80 million workers an…
On Monday, Sept. 13, the six-time Olympic medalist winner and two-time Olympic team captain Aly Raisman spoke to students on her experience in the sport of gymnastics at the Student Union.
McClung Museum brings a more feministic approach to its temporary exhibit this semester. “Between the Hand and Sky: The Art of Elizabeth Gould” is an exhibition brought on by UT MFA graduate, Erin Wohletz. Wohletz had been studying Gould previously in an art history course during the time sh…
UT Athletics, in partnership with the UT Student Health Center and the Knox County Health Department, will be offering Vol fans a free shot of the FDA-approved Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine before Saturday’s football match-up against Pitt.
On Wednesday, Sept. 8, the multi-talented Todrick Hall delivered an unforgettable performance in the Student Union’s auditorium, hosted by the Campus Events Board. Hall is most well known for his YouTube videos, which have garnered over 300 million views, in addition to releasing original mu…
UT has altered its alcohol policy to allow campus organizations to serve alcohol at their events if they have completed the new event registration procedure and have been approved by the university. With the new policy, however, there are still many restrictions, and all changes fully comply…
It seems that the university will do just about anything to convince students to get vaccinated against COVID-19 — short of mandating that students get the jab.
Along with students, faculty and staff at the University of Tennessee have concerns about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
On Sept. 7, Chancellor Donde Plowman met with UT President Randy Boyd and other chancellors from across the UT system and decided to extend the current mask policy, which requires masks in all indoor public spaces on campus, except when eating or exercising.
The Hollywood Reporter ranked the University of Tennessee, Knoxville as one of the top 25 drama schools in the world, placing it before artistic powerhouses including Columbia University, Northwestern University and the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Australia.
On Friday, Aug. 20, the University of Tennessee Pride Center opened the doors to their new location in the Student Union. The Pride Center is an LGBTQ+ resource center that has provided a safe space for queer students throughout the past decade.
If you’ve been to the Student Union since the start of the semester, you likely know of Blenz, the new smoothie bowl restaurant on campus. What you may not know is where Blenz originated — and perhaps you’d rather not, especially if you’re already a die-hard fan of the wide variety of coffee…
After enduring a year of Zoom breakout sessions and trigger-happy mute buttons, students returned to campus this semester with the promise of in-person classes — and, as of now, it appears that the university intends to keep this promise.
On any given day, students might grab a quick bite from one of the POD markets or from one of the Chick-Fil-A locations on campus in between classes.
Well into the third school year with the pandemic, COVID-19 has remained a large concern for a majority of students. Its lasting impact on the world and the community continue to be seen as cases continue to rise.
Since it was first constructed in 1952, the university’s Ula Love Doughty Carousel Theatre has been for many a trademark of life on campus. Now almost 70 years old, the renowned UT landmark is in the works to receive a bit of a facelift — a $15 million facelift, that is, that will reconstruc…
Every Monday, the university publishes updated COVID-19 monitoring data to its website and this week, the data indicated that there is now a greater reported COVID-19 case load on campus than at any other point in 2021.
With a total of more than 31,000 students enrolled at UT this year, the university welcomed a record number of students to campus. Over 5,900 undergraduate first-year students started their college career on Rocky Top this year, a 23% increase in freshman enrollment since 2016, according to …
From Aug. 16 to Aug. 27, Hodges Library’s Mary Greer room was occupied by what seemed to be a blacked out secret room. But for those who dared to step inside, it was a test of wits to “save Smokey.”
Thousands of students have celebrated a return to campus after a year of isolation by filing into campus bars and house parties in pre-pandemic numbers. But with a rise in cases, unclear mandates and the Delta variant, many students are concerned about the University of Tennessee’s response …
Maggie Crittendon asks students what song they are listening to.
Maggie Crittendon asks students what song they are listening to.
United at the Table is an event put on by campus ministries. They provide food for 500 students on Ped Walkway.
