Jess Barfield Football is back and one of America’s favorite pastimes and the Lakers and Miami Heat are playing for the NBA championship, but in the current time of protests for social justice and in the backdrop of COVID-19 are people watching? A few years ago, on any Sunday, Thursday, or Monday during the National […]
Realistically, it was likely only a matter of time. On Tuesday, the National Football League announced one of its teams, the Tennessee Titans, had multiple members of its organization test positive for COVID-19. According to ESPN, four players (starting nose tackle DaQuan Jones, linebacker Kamalei Correa, long-snapper Beau Brinkley and practice squad tight end Tommy Hudson) and five members of […]
By: Jess Barfield Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) was a larger-than-life figure, like other UTK students, I looked up to and admired her, and I was inspired by her accomplishments and toughness. In fact, as an 11-year old, I once wrote her a short letter since I was learning about Supreme Court Justices in school; in […]
On Sept. 17, The University of Tennessee – Knoxville announced a few changes to the 2021 spring semester. The changes are spurred by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty around it. According to a press release by the university, the spring semester will now begin Jan. 20, one week later than initially planned. The […]
By: Jess Barfield Does it even need to be said that students love pets, and especially dogs (I have a pup and don’t get me started!) (see the book by Mark Cushing, “Pet Nation: The Love Affair That Changed America”). Even with rules regulating where dogs can go on campus, we still see them at […]
While there have been a multitude of events in which minority Americans have found themselves on the wrong end with police that spurred the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement, a few have especially had an impact. Most will note the murder in February of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia and in May of George Floyd […]
By: Jess Barfield Can UTK students stay healthy in the age of COVID-19 based on practices in professional sports? The answer may be “yes” and if so, UTK students should take note. In a time when many people have become less active due to social distancing and staying indoors, some people have become concerned that […]
It is not every day that Knoxville, Tennessee makes national news, so when Knoxville makes the news for three different stories, there must be something going on. Within the past 24 hours, CNN ran a story on how more than 2,100 members of the University of Tennessee family are in quarantine, an airplane made an […]
Last month, many collegiate governing bodies, announced they would postpone fall sports. The NCAA announced all Division I fall sports championships would be pushed to the spring, and conferences such as the Big Ten, Pac-12, and Ivy League also followed suit. Some conferences, such as the SEC, ACC, and Big 12 have pushed on with […]
This past Sunday, the 6th of September was the final round of the League of Legends LCS Summer Split Playoffs in which one of the most popular eSports teams of all time, Team SoloMid, won the championship. This year’s Summer final series saw an increase of over 60k peak viewers to last year, even with […]
