by design | Jul 5, 2021 | Black, Columnist, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Dr. Harold A. Black I just celebrated my 76th birthday and as a lifelong academic I am appalled by the continuing dumbing down of academic standards. Princeton University’s announcement that Latin and Greek will no longer be required for a major in Classics has...
by design | Jul 5, 2021 | Columnist, Steely, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Mike Steely Lots of folks in our state are in search of their roots and many often find their ancestors were basically Scots-Irish with a touch of Northern Europe mixed in. Some find Native American or other races in the mix. Yet, in the founding and early days of...
by design | Jul 5, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Tom Mattingly The early years of Tennessee football were not without their share of history-making occurrences. The Tennessee football program was lucky to have survived the 1893 season, the third in school history. The team lost by 56-0 to Kentucky A&M...
by design | Jul 5, 2021 | Columnist, Major, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ralphine Major It was eerily reminiscent of June 2011. We watched trees 60 feet tall bending as a fierce windstorm approached around 5:30 in the afternoon. Thunder roared! Lights went out! Power was estimated to be restored in about an hour. But then, a new message...
by design | Jun 28, 2021 | Columnist, Mattingly
By Tom Mattingly Over the years, there have been a number of good bowl games and an equal number of bad ones. Bowl games are hyped to the heavens, but you never know what you’re getting. One of the most intriguing Tennessee bowl games took place Dec. 30, 1994, at...
by design | Jun 28, 2021 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi The Vols baseball team arrived in Omaha as one of the teams to beat at the College World Series. But the momentum they had brought with them to Nebraska didn’t carry over. Following losses last week to Virginia and Texas, Tennessee’s season ended...
