With final exams over, UT Tyler students are ready for some much-needed time off. Some are keepin’ it pretty chill. My plans for Christmas Break include:SleepingBinge eating Binge watching Netflix — ♛Britteny♛ (@_Brit_Michelle_) December 15, 2016 In case anyone was curious, my goals for Christmas break are to restart & finish One Tree Hill and…
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) gave the University of Texas of Tyler its “yellow light” rating after reviewing the University’s speech policies in January. According to FIRE’s website, “A ‘yellow light’ institution is one whose policies restrict a more limited amount of protected expression or, by virtue of their vague wording, could too easily…
UT Tyler increased the price of the student parking sticker by 50 percent, from $48 to $72, this fall in an effort to fund parking needs, Vice President of Student Affairs Dr. Howard Patterson said in an interview in September. According to Patterson, the price increase will help pay for an additional (fourth) level to…
Preliminary results to The Student Government Association’s (SGA) Sodexo survey show conflicting responses about the food service provider’s performance, according Senator for Arts & Sciences Shawn Rogers (196 votes, 28 percent) who presented the initial results to general assembly last Wednesday.
In just the past few decades, we have seen the demonization of smokers with organizations like Peers Against Tobacco and thetruth.com anti-smoking commercials. Government has placed sin taxes on tobacco products as a way to try to eliminate smoking from society. After all, what was once perceived as cool has now been proven to put…
Eagle’s Landing Senator Steven Golden, Arts & Sciences Senator Shawn Rogers and Vice President Preston Templeman of the Student Government Association (SGA) at UT Tyler plan to petition the City of Tyler to install a full-fledged traffic light at the crosswalk in front of the University’s Main Entrance on Old Omen Road. These members claim that the…
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