Life & Arts - The Patriot Talon

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…]

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…]

Military Band Visits UT Tyler

April 1, 2024 Barbara Martin Moro

By BARBARA MARTIN MORO/Staff Writer The Intrepid Winds, a woodwind quintet of one of the 20 regional bands of the U.S. Army, visited UT Tyler last Thursday to share their music expertise and talent. The [Read More…]

JP2 Ministry Hoping to Bring in More Students

April 1, 2024 The Patriot Talon

By NICO GENDROP/Staff Contributor A shrinking student-run ministry based near the UT Tyler campus has received less recognition and is seeking more involvement within its community. The students of St. John Paul II Catholic Campus [Read More…]

REVIEW: ‘Dune: Part Two’ Review: The Beauty and the Horror

April 1, 2024 Yosef Ibitayo

BY YOSEF IBITAYO/Staff Writer and JOHN ENABOIFO/Staff Contributor Every once in a while, we get a movie that shakes everything up and imprints itself into the public consciousness. In our age of divided entertainment, in comes [Read More…]