Welcome back, Vols. For those of us who made it out to Miami on Dec. 30, what a game and what a way to end the season! I had the privilege of …
Monday was my last first day of classes as an undergraduate, but it didn’t feel the way a first day of class is supposed to. With a creeping s…
Damar Hamlin, a professional football player for the Buffalo Bills, sustained a season-ending injury during a Jan. 2 game against the Cincinna…
I’ve spent my whole life in Knoxville. I grew up going to Knox County Schools, spending Saturdays at West Town Mall and occasionally venturing…
Tennessee’s state legislature, the General Assembly, began its 2023 session on Jan. 10 and wasted no time proposing controversial bills.
After completing my first semester of college, here is what I realized: you actually have a lot more time in college than you might expect. In…
A warm welcome to 2023! May this new year bring us good health, happiness, prosperity, success and the fulfillment of our good wishes.
Most of us had a busy first semester of college. Breaks such as these provide an invaluable opportunity to relax, destress and spend quality t…
As a phenomenal year for film comes to an end, I wanted to recognize some of my favorite films of 2022.
As my year serving as Interfraternity Council (IFC) President sits in the rearview, I wanted to share the victories and successes of our commu…
The Knox County Sheriff’s Office must be held accountable for unleashing a wave of social media attacks on an underaged deli worker, and the K…
13 year later from its predecessor, James Cameron revives blockbuster cinema with “Avatar: The Way of Water.”
What’s the story of fall 2022 at UT? Here’s a pitch: this fall, for the first time, more freshmen were accepted into the Haslam College of Bus…
Students are a continuously overlooked population when it comes to housing and housing stability. It seems that administrators and community l…
There are movies that encompass a period in life so succinctly that whenever you watch them they transport you back to your own memories and f…
A slow film release week means a retrospective of one of the greatest films of the 2010s and possibly all-time, “The Social Network.”
Stephen Spielberg’s latest autobiographical crowd-pleasing epic is a heartfelt memoir to his parents and his lifelong relationship with cinema.
Mental health is a topic that has been brought up by many prominent celebrities and stars in the film industry. Many movies have also delved i…
Over the last few weeks, it seems as if everybody is getting sick. From the flu to strep throat to feeling under the weather just to find out …
The holiday season is a nice break from the hectic college schedule. Most students take the opportunity to travel home and visit family and friends.
Even after having lived in Knoxville for a while, it is sometimes difficult to ascertain the environmentally friendly practices that the city …
Eating the rich just got a whole new meaning in “The Menu.”
It was supposed to be a red wave. All the “fundamentals” were there for a Republican triumph: a hard-hit economy, Joe Biden’s abysmal approval…
While it was a stunning midterms season throughout the country, it was more of the same here in Tennessee.
As we enter this Thanksgiving season, a time when indigenous history in the United States is often misremembered or trivialized, we should be …
"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" is the final installment to Marvel Studios’ Phase Four plan and a highly anticipated project due to the tragi…
In a love story to his time in Hollywood as a child and a reminiscing of what one of the last golden ages of showbiz was, Tarantino swings for…
You can smell it in the air of this unusually warm November week. College basketball is back, and it’s a beautiful thing.
One year ago, I wrote my first story at the Beacon covering a cross country meet. I was just a sophomore journalism student trying to get his …
Who tends to have better overall health - men or women? If you say “women,” your answer may be legitimate. According to the National Center fo…
In May 2021, The New York Times collaborated with political scientists at Harvard to create a tool that allows anyone in the U.S. to enter the…
The rumor floating around UT campus is that the Strip might be getting a huge makeover. This rumor suggests that current buildings on Cumberla…
We are definitely not a “secret society,” but we are a well-kept secret at the University of Tennessee. We are a relatively small student orga…
I have written about Martin McDonagh, as well as his unique style of storytelling, before because he is a figure in cinema that provides a sub…
At first glance, Tennessee’s Amendment 1 looks beneficial to workers. After all, isn’t more choice/more freedom better? Why is this such an is…
The experiment of the United States is dangerously close to failing.
I had a vision for what I wanted when I started this column with The Daily Beacon back in spring of 2020. I would talk about movies and shows …
Tennessee has been subject to Gov. Bill Lee’s anti-LGBTQ agenda since 2019, but the longterm ramifications of legislation have yet to be fully…
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville is currently ranked by the Princeton Review as the most unfriendly college campus in the country for LGB…
Hi Volunteer family,
As I’m sure everyone knows by now — if you don’t, I am a little concerned for you — the Vols beat Bama this past Saturday with a final score o…
What do smart phones, social media and politics have in common? They helped cause the Jan. 6th attempted insurrection at the Capitol.
The terms “health” and “wellness” are often used interchangeably but do not mean the same thing.
As a journalism major entering my junior year, I have rarely dressed business casual. Business majors have had to persevere through this dress…
Last week, the student interviews that I have been posting to TikTok hit over 100 million views. As incredibly grateful as I am for that, view…
What a game.
The biggest threat to a democracy comes from within.
It can certainly be argued that the advent of streaming has made it more difficult for shows to be hits, since there are now so many different…
Like a promotion to the majors, my time at The Daily Beacon is coming to an end. I promise, that’s my last bad sports metaphor.
Slavery is still in the state constitution of Tennessee.