Ryan Pinkham

Students living on limited budgets find it difficult to purchase name brand software at affordable prices. Student, faculty and staff at the University are eligible to get name brand software at discounted prices.

Last semester software could be purchased at the University bookstore or the cashier’s office. Now HiEd.com hosts the University software store at https://webstore.hied.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/UTTYRetail.

Thirty years after “the flash” tore a hole in the sky, destroying much of life on Earth, a survivor walks alone on a deserted road.

To survive, Eli, played by Denzel Washington, relies on a small, but versatile arsenal of weapons: a customized machete, a pistol, a bow and arrow and a sawed-off shotgun. Washington was trained to perform his own fight sequences in this movie.

The first fight scene is unique because all that is seen is black silhouettes contrasting against the barren background.

University police and physical plant/facilities personnel reported no damages to the campus following Wednesday night's severe weather, Beverley Golden, director of news and information, said Thursday.

The University was under a severe weather and tornado warning for more than an hour. Weather sirens directed people on campus to take shelter after possible tornadoes were sighted in Smith County.

The weather service has not confirmed if any tornados touched down in the area neighboring the University.

Freshman Hannah Scirto, a criminal justice major, holds the fish that she caught from Harvey lake. Clear skies and warm temperatures throughout the week prompted many students to spend more time outdoors amid a backdrop of rich fall color.

Puffing up on campus may go up in smoke if the Student Government Association decides to pursue a smoking ban.

At the SGA meeting on Oct. 22, SGA president Amy Whitehouse asked the senators to poll their constituents and collect data on if they support a campus-wide smoking ban. On Nov. 5, the senators turned in their findings of the smoking ban poll, in writing, to Whitehouse.

The University chili cook-off on Saturday featured flavorful and spicy chilies from various student organizations and clubs. First place for best chili went to the Kappa Xi chapter of the TriBeta Biological Honor Society.

Nikki Traub, a senior biology and pre-med major, said “TriBeta’s Bodacious Brew” had flavor over spice, while fellow cook Megan Padgett, a senior biology and pre-med major, described the concoction as “chunky goodness.”

Student Government Association members agreed Thursday to investigate complaints about the lack of “green space” available for recreational sports.
Three students said collegiate sports teams receive preference to use the soccer practice field and other facilities, leaving intramural and club sport teams in the backseat.

“Coaches always say we have to be students first and athletes second. But we’re not even getting a chance to be athletes,” student Tim Records told SGA members during the organization’s weekly meeting. Records joined students Chris Stonestreet and Dean Mize in telling representatives they are disappointed in the way scheduling is being handled so far this semester.

Freshman business major, Megan Brown studies in the newly landscaped area outside the Robert R. Muntz Library on Friday morning. The beautification and construction, which began early this year, is a privately funded gift to the University by Mrs. Maurine Muntz to make the front of the library more inviting to students and provide them with an outdoor study area. Mrs. Muntz is the wife of the late Robert R. Muntz, who our library is named after.