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[ April 24, 2025 ] University Steps Project Takes Steps Toward Completion Campus News
[ April 22, 2025 ] Destress Fest Participants Chill Out at Petting Zoo Campus News
[ April 17, 2025 ] Tyler Designated as Tourism Friendly Community City/State
[ April 14, 2025 ] YouTube is the Go-To Platform for College Students Life & Arts
[ April 14, 2025 ] Drinking Alcohol Remains Issue on College Campuses as Some ‘Take it Too Far’ Life & Arts

April 25, 2025

Campus News

Athletes Say Online Abuse Shouldn’t be Part of Game

By EMILY CLARK/Contributor Social media connects people from across the globe but it’s also a platform on which college athletes increasingly are subjected to harmful and abusive messages. A recent NCAA study found that a [Read More...]
Campus News

University Steps Project Takes Steps Toward Completion

The University Steps project is nearing completion. UT Tyler is is replacing the stairway between Stewart Hall and Hudnall-Pirtle-Roosth Building with a larger set of stairs that will connect the Bell Tower area to Harvey [Read More...]
Campus News

Destress Fest Participants Chill Out at Petting Zoo

By WHITNEY WORLEY/Contributor On April 9, UT Tyler hosted Destress Fest to provide activities for students to take a break from studying. “I thought Destress Fest was a really cool way of giving students an [Read More...]
City/State

Tyler Designated as Tourism Friendly Community

By JUDE RATCLIFF/Staff Writer Tyler is Texas’ third city to be designated a tourism friendly community. The city took part in a multi-step certification process designed to encourage communities to pursue tourism across the state, [Read More...]
Life & Arts

YouTube is the Go-To Platform for College Students

By MACY BAGBY/Contributor YouTube, a video-sharing platform known for tutorials, viral challenges, vlogs and live events, is popular among college students. Carter Phillips, a senior health science major, spends at least four hours a day [Read More...]

Video Streaming YouTube is the Go-To Platform for College Students

April 14, 2025

By MACY BAGBY/Contributor YouTube, a video-sharing platform known for tutorials, viral challenges, vlogs and live events, is popular among college students. Carter Phillips, a senior health science major, spends at least four hours a day [Read More...]
Drinking Alcohol Remains Issue on College Campuses as Some ‘Take it Too Far’

April 14, 2025

By AVERY SALAS/Contributor Drinking alcohol for many college students is more than just a social activity; it is a part of the college experience. “I’d be lying if I said beer wasn’t a part of [Read More...]

“Moments in Time That Define Who We Are: Resilience” by Abigail Smith

November 21, 2024

Editor’s Note: This is one of the stories in Talon Magazine Inspired Minds, which can be found on news stands around campus. The Talon Staff will host an Open Mic night for students whose pieces were accepted in the newest edition of the Inspired Minds Magazine. On Dec. 6, the [Read More...]
“Echoes of What I Didn’t Say” By Nicholas Henriksen

November 18, 2024
“Dearest” By Kasper Dunlap

April 7, 2024

Cyber Bullying Athletes Say Online Abuse Shouldn’t be Part of Game

April 24, 2025

By EMILY CLARK/Contributor Social media connects people from across the globe but it’s also a platform on which college athletes increasingly are subjected to harmful and abusive messages. A recent NCAA study found that a [Read More...]
Take Me out to the Ballgame

March 21, 2025
Women’s Soccer Team Goes Through Offseason Training

March 11, 2025

University Cancels Palestinian Movie Screening; UT Tyler SJP Rebukes Decision

April 3, 2025

By MATEUS FERREIRA/Staff Writer Students for Justice in Palestine and the Muslim Student Association organized a screening of “Farha,” a controversial film about the mass displacement of Palestinians in 1948. The university canceled the event [Read More…]

Female Entrepreneurs Juggle Many Roles

March 15, 2025

By SYDNI BAXTER/Contributor As Lindsey Choice wraps up a meeting at 3D Security, she looks at the time. In two hours, she’ll trade her high heels for dancing shoes. For Choice—the office and human resource [Read More…]

Soccer Player Brooke Mullins Honored for Excelling Both on Field, In Classroom

March 11, 2025

By EMILY CLARK/Contributor Note: Emily Clark is also a member of the women’s soccer team. Brooke Mullins, a junior soccer player at The University of Texas at Tyler, was named the Lone Star Conference Academic [Read More…]

Alexis Rockman Curates UT Tyler’s 40th Annual International Exhibition

February 13, 2025

By AMELIA MATECEK/Staff Writer Upon entering the Meadows Gallery within the R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center, I was faced with artworks exhibiting vibrant colors, soft brush strokes and the calm scenery of [Read More…]

Dissecting the “Podcast Election”

January 13, 2025

By MATEUS FERREIRA/Staff Writer Amid the tumult of Trump’s victory speech on the night of the 2024 presidential election, CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship Dana White—a key figure in Trump’s campaign—stepped onto the stage to [Read More…]

Patriot Pulse

The Patriot Pulse is a student life magazine produced by the Talon. The purpose behind the magazine is to familiarize students with activities, organizations and notable place on campus and in the local area. Each [Read More...]
Inspired Minds

Inspired Minds is a literary and arts feature magazine developed by the Talon in collaboration with the Creative Writing Club. The purpose behind the magazine is to highlight notable creativity thriving in our local community. [Read More...]

OK … Let’s Talk Parking

November 23, 2024

By EDITORIAL BOARD Editor’s note: This is a revised version of an editorial in Patriot Pulse, the magazine of Talon Student Media. The magazine can be picked up from orange racks around the university. Benjamin [Read More...]

Brynna: The Vice Editor-in-Chief Graduateth

May 3, 2024

By BRYNNA WILLIAMSON/Vice-Editor-in-Chief Well, my friends, today is the last day I write those words– “Vice Editor in Chief!” It’s been a long journey, and this post is the last one I’ll be making in my [Read More...]

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