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Week three was an incredible week of NFL football. Ravens kicker, Justin Tucker, made the longest field goal in NFL history, a 66-yarder on th…
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Mermaids are one of the oldest wives’ tales on Earth. Children are introduced to these supposedly mythical creatures at a very young age. I kn…
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Willem Dafoe has been a staple in Hollywood for a long time, but within the last decade since the advent and popularization of social media, h…
Hello there, reader. Welcome to another edition of Scruffy City Simplified.
“If the Vols want to win games, they need to establish the run. If you start running early and often, you’ll wear down the defense and make pl…
It was an unfortunate week for my fantasy teams, as I faced Derrick Henry in three of my four leagues. I have personally been very down on Hen…
If you keep up with social media, you’ve more than likely heard of Gabby Petito. But, if you haven’t, Gabby Petito is a 22-year-old aspiring Y…
If there were to be a Mount Rushmore made of the greatest actors, the first face on that cliffside would be Marlon Brando’s.
Hello there, friends. For today’s edition of Scruffy City Simplified, your favorite source for the weirdest, loveliest corners of our all-arou…
It’s an odd feeling, being in a cave.
In light of recent events, it has once again come to the attention of the American people that the Supreme Court abuses their imbalance of pow…
As I watched week one of NFL action unfold on Sunday, I realized that this will be a season of the few elite offenses and the many average off…
Some of the best advice that parents of new college students can receive is advice from those who have been there before them. In an effort to…
For most parents, sending your child off to college can be hard. Perhaps your child is now far away from home for the first time, or you aren’…
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Area 51 is one of the most famously known United States military institutions in the world and is home to a huge amount of conspiracy theories…
When “The Crown” debuted on Netflix back in 2016, it was a revelation. The ensemble was glorious, with great actors like Claire Foy, Vanessa K…
Hey there friends, welcome back to another edition of Scruffy City Simplified, your favorite guide to the best pieces of food and fun in the K…
We all know that only 5% of our oceans have been explored. Humans have inhabited the earth for so long now, advancing yearly in technology and…
With the NFL season finally here, I wanted to share a special secret with you. This off-season, I have spent thousands of hours researching th…
On the surface, fantasy football is a game of luck. Determining the yards and touchdowns a certain player will get in a certain matchup seems …
I’ll be honest, I never really thought much of Matt Damon as an actor. That sounds harsher than it is intended to. Let me rephrase: He is a go…
A big yo and welcome back to yet another semester and year of pandemic-ridden traveling.
For this week’s “Scruffy City Simplified,” your go-to guide to Knoxville’s essential eats and entertainment, I’d like to bring your attention …
It’s football time in Tennessee! Whether this is going to be your first real UT game or your 50th, this entire campus is palpably excited to g…
Earlier this year, the New York Times’ front page on April 25 published a large photo of funeral pyres in India with a bold headline saying, “…
My first experience with college football came in 2006. I guess it’s the year my father officially decided his son would like football, so we …
Everyone loves college football, but everyone hates the current system that it operates in. Despite sounding contradictory, each of those stat…
Finally, it’s “Football time in Tennessee.” These words echoed from the mouth of longtime Tennessee broadcaster John Ward for decades as the V…
Dennis Lloyd Martin was a little less than a week away from his seventh birthday when he went missing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Pa…
The other night while hanging out with my good friend, I decided to watch a film I’ve seen a couple times already. It’s a good one, with an ev…
Welcome to August, home of two things: 95 degree days with back-breaking humidity and the start of the NFL regular season. We are less than tw…
It’s normal to watch what you believe in, but to defend what you are watching as unbiased is rationalization.
There are actors that exhibit a level of skill in portraying a particular and single type of character in films. For Denmark’s Mads Mikkelsen,…
Dear Vols,
The COVID-19 pandemic has been extremely detrimental to practically every aspect of our society. Lives have been lost, businesses have gone un…
Hi everyone! I would like to offer a warm welcome to you all, whether you are a returning student, a transfer or a first-semester freshman.
I should join the circus. I got really good at juggling while learning to juggle all the things that I have to do in a week. I used to be stre…
Hi there, soon-to-be Volunteers! My name is Sarah Rainey, the new Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Beacon for the 2021-2022 academic year, and I a…
As Mac Miller once said, “Self-care, I’m treatin’ me right, Hell yeah, we’re gonna be alright.” And we will be alright.
Today, April 25, is Save Student Newsrooms Day of Action 2021. On this day annually, student newspapers around the country band together to he…
As The University of Tennessee Knoxville’s longest standing environmental organization, Students Promoting Environmental Action in Knoxville (…
The NFL draft is one of the most exciting events in sports, but it lends itself to a litany of horrible takes. Each year, the months of March …
Prior to the pandemic, when award shows were all in person, I remember watching the Golden Globes and the Oscars with my mom during my freshma…
During this year’s NCAA tournament, the organization came under fire not only for its lack of resources for the women's teams, but for the dra…
Somehow, my junior year of college is already coming to a close — as is my time as Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Beacon.
The past five years of my collegiate experience have been so wildly unpredictable, that I would have never guessed that I would be in the spot…
Hi everyone! My name is Sarah Rainey, and I am absolutely thrilled to be the next Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Beacon.
I cannot think of a term that has been more entrenched in all of my routines for the past year than the word adaptation. Adapting has been cru…
