Many of us are likely familiar with the following scenario: there’s a person in your lecture that looks like they just don’t belong. They look…
The genre of noir films and the historical drama mystery capers which reside within it are extensive and well documented.
Season 1 of the podcast “In the Dark” by APM Reports covers the case of 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling. The case of the kidnapping and disappear…
Tom Hardy has managed to become one of the most well-known actors working today, and he deserves every bit of praise and recognition he is receiving.
Fast food: the mouthwatering staple of the south. It’s no wonder the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has built their entire dining program…
College can be an intimidating place when you first get there. The classes are seemingly more tied to your future and how successful you will …
As a returning student at the University of Tennessee, I have experienced the unmatched feeling of singing “Rocky Top” at the top of your lung…
Greek life. I know that when I say these two words together a lot of ugly stereotypes come to mind; many of these stereotypes come from colleg…
United States Constitution (Amendment I): “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercis…
Move-in week is right around the corner, and while I am excited that a new school year is about to start on Rocky Top, I have some concerns ab…
We often talk about hot streaks when referencing athletes in professional sports, but when it comes to Steven Spielberg in the 1990s to the ea…
Undoubtedly, the murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Rayshard Brooks and many others by the police during the spring and summer of 2020 h…
On August 18, it will have been a century since the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which declares that the right to v…
In 2002’s “Insomnia,” we were gifted an unlikely but exquisite screen pairing of Robin Williams and Al Pacino in what is a classic complex rel…
You may be able to tell at this point, but I have a penchant for loving retro-styled places. The Phoenix Pharmacy, located at 418 S Gay St, Kn…
We live in a world in which producers are competing for consumers’ attention. Since the advent of the internet, this form of marketing was ine…
The news used to be just that, the news. It offered to the world illustrations of major events, movements and ideologies in the most impartial…
I never like making the title of one of my columns the title of a film as I feel it is too plain and easy to have the title of the film as you…
When I was deciding what I wanted my first piece in The Daily Beacon to be, I pondered many different topics within the criminal justice syste…
It seems like there is one thing that has always been able to stoke argument and discourse among friends, family and even strangers. That is ……
The United States is the land of statues. We’ve got plenty of them. But as I type this, we don’t have as many as we once did. Some applaud tha…
There are some films that require you to live and grow up a little more before you can watch them and have them fully resonate with you.
On Monday, June 29, the Supreme Court struck down a recent Louisiana law that could have left the state with one abortion clinic. This ruling …
June is National Dairy Month and dairy is so important! It increases energy, strengthens bones and muscles, can reduce cardiovascular disease …
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In what premiered on my tenth birthday in 2009, “Up” went on to tell a wild and original tale of love, adventure, role models and how family i…
While I’m not usually a bar person, there is something to be said about the downtown Knoxville specialty breweries and bars. A certain air of …
In 2005, four countries began work on what would become known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, as it became commonly called. Those co…
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In the past year, Joaquin Phoenix has played the Joker, won an Oscar for his performance, and in the process of playing an acclaimed and belov…
Whimsical 1996 Mike Nichols film, “The Birdcage,” brings a lively story to screen with inspired performances from Robin Williams, Nathan Lane …
As a now 21-year-old college student, eating is always on my mind. That being said, convenience and affordability also are pretty important to…
Two weeks ago, I wrote about how younger Americans are upset with the political sphere and the structure of the country. That article can be f…
In 1998’s “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” crazed drug-fueled antics mixed with surrealist observations into what the American dream has beco…
Frank Capra offers up a hefty helping of heart in his 1946 classic “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Although Capra was well known for many of his film…
In 2012, HBO premiered “Veep,” a television program outlining a vice president who continuously says or does the wrong thing. During season tw…
Filmmaker Jon Favreau swings for the fences in 2014’s “Chef” and comes away with a grand slam in what is an inventive and impassioned approach…
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According to just about everyone, 1972’s “The Godfather” is an ageless masterwork by legendary director, Francis Ford Coppola. And just about …
The music is grandiose, and the set pieces are extravagant in the 2006 summer blockbuster “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.” It is …
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It is better to leave this world with a bang than with a whimper. That is the ideology and inherent truth General George Patton holds onto thr…
If the quarantine for COVID-19 has revealed anything, it is that human impact on the environment is still at an all-time high. The empty roads…
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It has been 40 days. 40 days since the world of sports was turned upside down. On the 11th of March, the NBA shocked the world by suspending t…
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Well this is it. This is goodbye. It’s been an amazing run, and I’m definitely going to miss my time at the Daily Beacon and at UT.
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For the past three years I have held a myriad of roles at the Daily Beacon: copy editor, sports writer, Managing Editor. Yet surprisingly, no …
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I’m a senior now, which means I’m kind of old. Old enough to remember the strip before it was renovated, old enough to remember the brief (and…
Much like Quint’s stubborn vessel, the Orca, the characters of 1975’s classic film “Jaws” press on in their hunt for a man-eating great white …
Saying that this year has taken a drastic turn would be one of the biggest understatements of the decade. Just a few weeks ago, we were all st…
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As we have seen during the current COVID-19 pandemic and other instances of disaster, the United States of America’s government and leadership…
