Heading off to college is the subject of Hollywood films, Broadway musicals and even a song or two. This week, however, it’s real life for incoming UT freshmen at their orientation.
For...
There are about three weeks between spring semester finals and the first summer session, leaving students little time to visit their families.
Students often take UT summer courses to move their graduation...
A year after Max Scheffer started a blog to document his travels during a gap year, he shifted his focus to create a different blog — discussing his struggle with his bisexuality and religious beliefs.
Whether...
Many students believe they won’t be able to study abroad due to the high price tag and strict degree requirements.
The International Office that houses the study abroad office at UT is a resource...
Touching on topics from news to nutrition, podcasts provide an experience that can be both entertaining and educational.
Although podcasts used to be a practice left to professionals, it is quickly...
Companies such as Android and Google are racing to provide consumers with various ways to share and track others’ locations. This surge of location-based data calls has caused students to reevaluate...
In Ghana, women of color are bleaching their skin despite the country’s ban on the products. This practice is one manifestation of how colorism is impacting the world.
A team of students...
Nothing can stop Jack Bane from pursuing his passion to fly planes — not parents, money or flying 2,400 miles solo in a small aircraft.
Since he was 12 years old, Jack, now a biology and Spanish...
From tingle-inducing taps on sound boxes to “mouth sounds,” autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) content has become a prominent part of many students’ lives.
ASMR is characterized...
Every weekday at 5 p.m., members of University Boxing can be found sparring in a Belmont room.
University Boxing took its first step toward becoming an official recreational sport at UT in January,...
College dorms can be dark, desolate and musty rooms that reek of ramen and despair, but they don’t have to be.
In addition to being an aesthetically pleasing addition to any room’s decor,...
For many students, a summer alone in the city can mean independence and freedom. But for others, it means a vacation of loneliness.
Whether it’s classes, an internship or job, it can be difficult...
