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REVIEW: A Tortured Popstar: Taylor Swift’s Most Vulnerable Album Yet Releases

April 25, 2024 Paulina Mata

By PAULINA MATA/Social Media Editor Even with a broken heart, Taylor Swift has just released her biggest album yet, both in terms of tracks and of sales. Swift’s 11th studio album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” [Read More…]

City/State

Gen-X Jim Presents: How To Be A Rattlesnake Wrangler – American Edition

April 18, 2024 GenX Jim

By JIM CLAYTON/Staff Writer I was reading a story online earlier today. It was one of those “clickbait” pieces of entertainment fluff, designed not so much to inform as to shock. The story took place [Read More…]

Campus News

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…]

Campus News

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…]

Campus News

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…]

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Gen-X Jim presents: Who’s The Weirdo? AKA Anarchy Is A Myth

March 21, 2024 GenX Jim

By JIM CLAYTON/Staff Writer Editor’s Note: This piece is the second in a new Patriot Talon column called “Gen-X Jim Presents.” We hope you like it! Let us know in the comments below. Have you ever [Read More…]

Culture

Gen-X Jim presents: Social Justice vs. Two Taquitos and a Diet Dr. Pepper

March 11, 2024 GenX Jim

By JIM CLAYTON/ Staff Writer Editor’s Note: This piece is the first in a new Patriot Talon column called “Gen-X Jim Presents.” We hope you like it! Let us know in the comments below.   Okay, [Read More…]

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Hangry Joe’s Review: Hit or Miss?

March 7, 2024 Porter

By PORTER STAGGS/ Staff Writer As a college student, finding food can be a tricky task. Aspects of our lives such as balancing budgets, working through classwork, and any other college-isms take up so much [Read More…]

Opinion

The Grammys: Artistic Innovation or Industry Inflation?

February 8, 2024 Larry Bonilla

By LARRY BONILLA/Staff Writer Since 1959, the Recording Academy’s mission has been to recognize “excellence” in the recording arts by bestowing annual awards to artists. A core belief they have behind their decision making is to [Read More…]

Campus News

Top 5 Films Releasing in 2024

February 8, 2024 The Patriot Talon

By YOSEF IBITAYO/ Staff Contributor   Dune: Part Two  Dune: Part Two, based off of the seminal 1965 science-fiction novel Dune by Frank Herbert, continues the story of 2021’s Oscar-winning Dune. Following the fall of [Read More…]

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