Mateus Ferreira , Author at The Patriot Talon

Turning Point USA chapter forms at UT Tyler

October 7, 2025 Mateus Ferreira

By MATEUS FERREIRA/Head Writer and GENEVIEVE JACKSON/Staff Writer and CHLOE SUH/Staff Writer Students begin a chapter of Turning Point USA at UT Tyler to continue Charlie Kirk’s controversial legacy of conservative ideas and open dialogue. TPUSA [Read More…]

Mark Your Calendar: SGA Fall Election Sign-Up Now Open

August 28, 2025 Mateus Ferreira

By MATEUS FERREIRA/Head Writer Student Government Association’s Fall Election is now open for sign-up. The SGA is a forum for student opinion at UT Tyler, according to the UT website. The association elects officers and representatives [Read More…]

The Backstory of UTs Tenure Scandal

August 21, 2025 Mateus Ferreira

By MATEUS FERREIRA/Head Writer In October of 2023, Dr. Mickie Mwanzia Koster would be accused of secretly hiring a stranger from Kenya to do her work as a professor. The ensuing high-stakes debacle would involve [Read More…]

University Cancels Palestinian Movie Screening; UT Tyler SJP Rebukes Decision

April 3, 2025 Mateus Ferreira

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…]

Palestinian Flag Raised Before All Flags are Removed in the UC

February 11, 2025 Mateus Ferreira

By MATEUS FERREIRA/Staff Writer UT Tyler’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine claimed a hard-fought victory, albeit a short-lived one. The President of UT, Dr. Julie V. Philley announced in an email that a [Read More…]

Dissecting the “Podcast Election”

January 13, 2025 Mateus Ferreira

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…]

Controversial “Students for Justice In Palestine” Arrives at UT Tyler

November 14, 2024 Mateus Ferreira

By MATEUS FERRIERA/Staff Writer Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) is a student movement founded in 1993 that aims to get students involved in pro-Palestinian activism. There are over 350 chapters in the U.S. and [Read More…]

Breast Cancer Awareness Finds Support in Campus Volleyball and Research

October 25, 2024 Mateus Ferreira

By MATEUS FERREIRA/Staff Writer UT Researchers and sororities support women during Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Research in the Fisch College of Pharmacy Dr. May Abdelaziz, assistant professor at the Fisch College of Pharmacy, has been [Read More…]