2024 - The Patriot Talon

How Scary Is Studying Abroad?

April 18, 2024 The Patriot Talon

By WHITNEY WORLEY/Staff Writer While some might find the idea of studying abroad glamorous or exciting, many students find the thought terrifying. UT Tyler student Jenna Brown summed up the most common feeling toward the [Read More…]

Gen-X Jim presents: Shut Up! My Song Is On…

April 15, 2024 GenX Jim

By JIM CLAYTON/Staff Writer How are ya, folks? Hopefully, life isn’t slapping at you like a Becky with a purse dog walking through a spider web. To anyone out there named Becky, don’t get upset. It’s [Read More…]

LOGOS Dionysia Talent Show, An Hour of Claps and Laughs

April 11, 2024 Leigh Meyers

By LEIGH MEYERS/Broadcast Director Musical performances, magic shows and chemistry demonstrations. These are just a few of the talents students showcased in front of an audience on Wednesday at Honors LOGOS Student Senate’s annual Dionysia. “It [Read More…]

House Passes Bill for Potential Nationwide TikTok Ban

April 8, 2024 Whitney

By WHITNEY WORLEY/Staff Contributor UT Tyler student Makayla Villarreal’s TikTok page seems to know her well. It offers her penguins falling down a slide, people doing backflips and college lifestyle narratives. There’s also the curling [Read More…]

Are Tattoos unprofessional?

April 8, 2024 Noah Tew

By MACY MAXWELL/Contributor Do tattoos have an effect on professionalism in the workplace? Michael T. French of the University of Miami and his colleagues surveyed more than 2,000 people in the United States. They found [Read More…]

“Dearest” By Kasper Dunlap

April 7, 2024 The Patriot Talon

“I never loved you.” I know she is trying to hurt me, but that is the most genuine thing she has said to me since I was a kid. “I tried, y’know, I tried really [Read More…]

BREAKING NEWS: UC experiences “Blip” of power outage

April 4, 2024 Brynna Williamson

By BRYNNA WILLIAMSON/Vice Editor-in-Chief At approximately 3:50 p.m. on Thursday, the lights in the UC suddenly went dark. They flickered, came back on, then all was dark again. After a moment, everything was settled back in [Read More…]

UT Tyler’s Little-Known Bike Trail

April 4, 2024 The Patriot Talon

By SOFIA DIAZ/Contributor In a YouTube video, a mountain biker with a GoPro mounted to his helmet crashes down a little dirt path that winds through trees. He climbs a hill on the opposite side, [Read More…]

Inspired Minds: An artistic magazine for all students

April 4, 2024 The Patriot Talon

By GLADIS LUNA/Contributor The new edition of Inspiring Minds, UT Tyler’s literary magazine, recently hit the stands. This is the fourth volume of the Talon Student Media publication, and this year’s theme is “History Repeats [Read More…]

New Starbucks on Campus?!

April 4, 2024 The Patriot Talon

By J. WATSON/Staff Contributor Discussions overheard and repeated to friends, plans drafted but not yet finalized, whispers whirling through the wind… all tying back to the potential for a new Starbucks location on campus! “We’re going [Read More…]