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Talon Student Media Taking Editor Applications

Applications are being accepted for editor-in-chief of Talon Student Media. TSM is the university’s award-winning independent student media. It produces content on The Patriot Talon website and its Instagram and Facebook platforms. The EIC oversees [Read More...]
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University Nationally Recognized for Online Programs

By CIERRA RAYNER/Contributor UT Tyler is ranked among the top 100 online programs in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Online Programs. The rankings include nursing and veterans’ programs. By The Numbers 13: [Read More...]
Life & Arts

Duke Reviews: “Ca$ino” by Baby Keem

By ORION BAKER/Multimedia Editor Assistant 2026 has become a year for comebacks. Artists have returned from multi-year breaks, with A$AP Rocky coming back from an eight-year hiatus, Harry Styles, Bruno Mars, BTS, and more are [Read More...]
Life & Arts

Wuthering Heights Has Great Music… And That’s It

By EVAN FERNANDEZ/Staff Writer Valentine’s Day this year delivered a failed reimagining of the 19th-century romance classic, “Wuthering Heights.” Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi team up with director Emerald Fennell to retell the nearly 200-year-old tale [Read More...]
Campus News

UT Tyler Police Investigating Reported Sexual Assault in Campus Housing

By GENEVIEVE JACKSON/Staff Writer The UT Tyler Police Department notified students, staff and faculty members via email on Feb. 25 of a reported sexual assault that took place in university housing the night prior. The suspect, [Read More...]

Album Review
Duke Reviews: “Ca$ino” by Baby Keem

March 1, 2026

By ORION BAKER/Multimedia Editor Assistant 2026 has become a year for comebacks. Artists have returned from multi-year breaks, with A$AP Rocky coming back from an eight-year hiatus, Harry Styles, Bruno Mars, BTS, and more are [Read More...]
Wuthering Heights Has Great Music… And That’s It

March 1, 2026
Duke Reviews: “Don’t Be Dumb” by A$AP Rocky

February 4, 2026

LIGHTS, CAMERA, COMMUNITY: How One Man Went Looking for Friends and Found a Place to Belong

December 11, 2025

By KARLEIGH YANCY/Editor-in-Chief On March 10, 2025. Trevor Hicks had lived in Tyler for one year and one week. Besides his girlfriend, Molly Barlow, Trevor had no friends here. Trevor wanted to change that. So, on [Read More…]

ROLLING THE DICE: With Game Play, You Can Vanquish a War Lord, Make a Friend at Same Time

December 9, 2025

By JIM RASBERRY/Staff Writer Editor’s Note: Jim Rasberry is an avid D&D player. You enter the lord’s chamber of Waterdeep, a massive room of painted stone that once was the seat of the great city’s [Read More…]

Gen-X Jim Presents: Haters Gonna Hate… But Do You?

November 18, 2025

By JIM CLAYTON/Staff Writer Just in case the nickname didn’t give it away, I grew up in the 1980s, binge-watching music videos on MTV (which stands for Music Television, if you didn’t know). I could [Read More…]

Sports
Long Road Trips Part of Being a UT Tyler Athlete

February 17, 2026

By BROCK BEARDEN/Contributor Editor’s note: Brock Bearden is a member of the baseball team. For UT Tyler baseball, road trips aren’t quick overnights. Some weekends mean four days away for a four-game series. It’s a lot [Read More...]
Patriot Hoops Welcomes Pair of Ranked Foes to the HPC

February 16, 2026
UT Tyler Dance Team Brings the Heat at UDA Nationals

February 14, 2026

Q&A with Gina Hinojosa and James Talarico

February 25, 2026

Story by MATEUS FERREIRA/Head Writer Photos by KARLEIGH YANCY/ Editor in Chief Talon Student Media interviewed candidate for governor, State Rep. Gina Hinojosa, and candidate for Texas Senate, Rep. James Talarico. Here is how they [Read More…]

LIGHTS, CAMERA, COMMUNITY: How One Man Went Looking for Friends and Found a Place to Belong

December 11, 2025

ROLLING THE DICE: With Game Play, You Can Vanquish a War Lord, Make a Friend at Same Time

December 9, 2025

Mother Nature Provides Calm Refuge for Neighbors

November 8, 2025

Multimedia journalist ORION BAKER talks with residents in one neighborhood about the get from spending time outdoors. Click the link below. ob – audio story

Caldwell Zoo Scares up Fun With Halloween Festivities

October 26, 2025

Tyler’s Caldwell Zoo adds decorations, special event to celebrate the Halloween season. Audio story by LEIGH MEYERS

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...]

Story Included Fabricated Quote Attributed to Gage Henson

May 21, 2025

From the Editorial Board The Patriot Talon has learned that a story published on this website contained a fabricated quote. The story was then immediately removed. The story dealt with [Read More...]

Letter from the Editor-in-Chief: New Beginnings

May 1, 2025

Dear students, staff and alumni of UT Tyler, When I first joined Talon Student Media in 2023, I was not the person I am today. I was nervous, I was [Read More...]

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