More than 500 students attended the bonfire on Chamberlain field Nov. 11 which was a celebration of the football team's last game this season.
Terry Denniston, executive assistant to the chancellor, said the event was an idea from the freshman senate, but groups around campus have wanted to host a bonfire for years.…
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The Alpha Delta Pi house was purchased by the university as administrators plan to create a more welcoming environment for international students.
Hugh Prevost, director of cooperative education, said the house is to have programs similar to University of Tennessee Knoxville's International House and will be a place for international students to learn about other cultures through planned activities and events.…
The Japanese Exchange Teaching program sends students from English-speaking nations to teach in Japan, Hugh Prevost, director of cooperative education said.
"I think JET has a three-fold goal," Prevost said. "One, teach English, two, teach culture and three, take Japanese culture back to where you come from.…
David Brooks, columnist for the New York Times, spoke Nov. 17 for the last speech of the George T. Hunter Lecture series of the season.
Brooks' lecture, titled "How We Flourish: Building Community from the Brain Up," focused on community development and that connection and sometimes lack of connection in public education, arts and culture and the home environment of an individual.…
Student Government Association President Tyler Forrest, a senior from Athens, Tenn., gave a presentation to student senators with pictures of his tour of Chamberlain Field, during this week's meeting.
"My recommendation on behalf of the student body was to demolish the building," he said.…
Thousands of young adults will participate in a campaign to gain the support of the United States to intervene in the on-going conflict between military forces in Uganda and the Lord's Rebellion Army, according to Lisa Dougan, Invisible Children's spokesperson.…
The campus crime log is a weekly feature of The University Echo and is compiled from UTC Police reports to keep students aware of incidents on campus. Reports are listed in chronological order.
November 10, 2009
09-1568 An officer responded to a theft call that occurred at 645 Oak St.…
The Black Student Alliance is making their annual Thanksgiving event even bigger this year, Ciera Conley, vice president of the Black Student Alliance and a Memphis sophomore, said.
"Last year it was called the Taste of Soul and it was just a little taste of the food," Conley said.…
Students may not have the environment or any form of energy consumption on their minds during the holidays, but the campus initiative group, Ecological Decisions for a Global Environment, does.
EDGE members argue students should make the environment a much higher priority than it usually is this winter.…
The 130 students at the Chattanoogan and Sheraton Read House will return to traditional campus life by January 2010.
"We actually started out with 210 students that checked into the hotels," Steven Hood, director of housing, said.
Hood said the students living in the nearby hotels should have confirmed dorms on campus by December.…
With the end of the semester approaching and students cramming for finals, student health may be forgotten or neglected.
Dr. Chris Smith, associate professor and coordinator and family nurse practitioner in the school of nursing, said she does not advise anybody to pull all-nighters to study.…
