Mayor Rogero meets with students from Beijing

On Tuesday afternoon, Mayor Rogero greeted students from the Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication. They are spending two weeks at the University of Tennessee this summer. During the meeting Mayor Rogero announced that she is planning on visiting China later this...

Read a good book

By Rosie Moore There is nothing like reading a good book on a rainy, muggy summer day, which we’ve been having a lot of lately. For the history buffs you must not miss Ken Follett’s book, “Winter of the World.” I say history buffs because this tome is a historical...

Musical Chair Principals

By Joe Rector It’s hard to believe that July 4th marked the middle of summer for school kids. I still reel with the knowledge that schools open their doors the first part of August or the last of July in some places. What happened to the policy that school began the...

WIDNER: Going Wide for Rebounds

By Ralphine Major In the spring of 1964, Coach Bob Dagley had just completed his first year of coaching at Gibbs High School.  They started practicing basketball again with those who would make up the 1964-65 team.  The coach always scrimmaged other schools, but...

Still Some Bad Guys in Sports…

By Alex Norman Last week I dropped some serious knowledge on you good people with an article titled “Still Some Good Guys in Sports.” This week I’m back with an article titled “Still Some Bad Guys in Sports.” I’m nothing if not consistent… Recently Urban Meyer made it...