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Life & Arts

REVIEW: ‘Gladiator II’ Provides Good Reason to Return to the Coliseum

December 3, 2024 David Chapek

By DAVID CHAPEK/Staff Writer “The Empire Strikes Back,” “The Godfather II” and “The Dark Knight”. These legendary sequels attained the rare feat of generally being considered on par with, if not better than, their original [Read More…]

Features

The Joy of Running in Tyler State Park

November 22, 2024 David Chapek

Editor’s Note: David Chapek, a senior economics major, shares what happened when he went running on one of Tyler State Park’s many trails.  By DAVID CHAPEK/Contributor There are a lot of great things about living [Read More…]

City/State

Smith County Combatting Rise in Sex Trafficking

November 11, 2024 David Chapek

By DAVID CHAPEK/Staff Writer Nearly 600 active online ads for prostitution were posted from Tyler in just one week according to local Homeland Security Investigations data. This shocking number is just one indicator of the [Read More…]

Life & Arts

REVIEW: ‘The Rings of Power’ Returns to Middle Earth

September 6, 2024 David Chapek

By DAVID CHAPEK/Staff Writer The time has once again come for us to consider the mind-numbing monstrosity of a production that is Amazon’s “The Rings of Power” show. Any small amount of personal nostalgia I [Read More…]

City/State

Brookshire’s Annual Fresh 15 Event Draws 4,500 Racers to Tyler

March 11, 2024 David Chapek

By DAVID CHAPEK/Staff Writer Brookshire’s 11th annual Fresh 15 event brought 4,500 racers to Tyler last Saturday morning. The race was sponsored by dozens of businesses, from a local construction company to an international cereal brand. [Read More…]

City/State

Don’t Miss Out: UT Tyler’s Rage Room Coming Soon

March 7, 2024 David Chapek

By DAVID CHAPEK/ Staff Writer Ever feel like you just need to break something? Or like all the stress and anxiety from school, work, and just life in general is so pent up it might explode? [Read More…]

Campus News

4 Simple Tricks for Online Classes

January 18, 2024 David Chapek

By DAVID CHAPEK/Staff Writer If college students love complaining about something, it’s online classes – and not without reason. One study published by the National Library of Medicine in 2022 concluded that students generally “preferred in-person [Read More…]

Campus News

“With Love Fur All:” Therapet Visits UT Tyler

December 4, 2023 David Chapek

By DAVID CHAPEK/ Staff Writer About two dozen students had crowded into the second floor of the Muntz Library. The normally silent room was quietly buzzing as both students and staff filtered through the distinct groups [Read More…]

Features

Debate Team Stars Started as Rivals

November 16, 2023 David Chapek

By DAVID CHAPEK/Staff Writer Not long ago, Leilani Hurtado and Zach Stansbery were foes as stars on opposing high school debate teams. Today the two have joined forces to become one of UT Tyler’s top [Read More…]

Multimedia

Review: Ahsoka, Halfway Down and So Much to Go

September 13, 2023 David Chapek

By DAVID CHAPEK/Staff Writer Editors’ Note: This article contains spoilers for Star Wars: Rebels and Ahsoka. “Sabine, don’t forget, I’m counting on you… I can’t wait to come home.” Four weeks ago, Disney released the [Read More…]

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