by Mark Nagi | Feb 20, 2017 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman Dear Chancellor, Good day to you and yours. Hopefully the move to Knoxville has been a pleasant one, and the keys to your new office are working properly. Now that you are on the job I have three suggestions that will make your tenure as the...
by Steve Williams | Feb 20, 2017 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams In 1977 University of Tennessee chancellor Jack Reese had a little fun with the media when he introduced Johnny Majors, one of the Vols’ all-time greats, as Tennessee’s new head football coach. “Ladies and gentlemen, after an extensive nationwide...
by Jedidiah McKeehan | Feb 20, 2017 | Columnist, McKeehan
By Jedidiah McKeehan While watching a courtroom scene on TV or in a movie, you may have noticed an individual sitting near the judge, staring with great intent at whichever character is talking and furiously pushing buttons on a little device on a stand in front of...
by Ralphine Major | Feb 20, 2017 | Columnist, Major
By Ralphine Major The question was asked by his grandson in an e-mail. “Do you remember what kind/model of car you had to travel back and forth to your grandparents’ house?” Navigating through keystrokes and clicks on his computer, the grandfather answered: “My...
by design | Feb 20, 2017 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore That’s the name of a little book I recently received. And here is the introduction for that book: “A woman and her granddaughter were spending time together one day. As often happened the little girl was plying her grandma with questions. Suddenly, with...
by Joe Rector | Feb 20, 2017 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector Mother Nature discovered that we humans were much too happy with the balmy temperatures occurring in January. She sent a surge of cold air back through the south the next month just to remind us what season it actually was and to dampen our spirits. It’s...
