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The Daily Beacon
An individual crashed a car into the Kappa Delta sorority house in the University of Tennessee’s Sorority Village around 9 p.m. Wednesday. The UT Police Department responded to the accident, arriving on the scene with more than four police cars. The driver stood outside of the car and talked to police after the accident, and...
The Daily Beacon
The University of Tennessee is one of many universities nationwide currently wrapped up in conversation about sexual misconduct and institutional accountability. A sexual assault case at Cornell University sparked the prolific conversation, garnering national attention at higher education institutions after being publicized online in late September. The case
The Daily Beacon
Knoxville Police Chief Paul Noel returned to his position on Sept. 6 after facing a month-long suspension without pay for inappropriately texting a younger, subordinate police officer. Despite the incident, the Knoxville Police Department has not reviewed or updated its policies, maintaining that its existing accountability systems worked as intended. During
The Daily Beacon
Boring is simple, simple is chic and chic . . . well, it’s not as cool as you may think. We have traded going out for the comfort of staying in, socializing for doomscrolling and unpredictability for safety and caution. Gen Z has become boring, and while it’s okay to have our “boring” moments, we...
The Daily Beacon
The scariest ultimatum is choosing between your life and the life of others. And I don’t just mean “life” physically. I mean anything from taking something you want instead of giving it to another, all the way to sacrificing yourself for another person. Soldiers and veterans who serve our country are faced with this ultimatum:...
The Daily Beacon
The Undergraduate Student Senate held its sixth session on Tuesday, Oct. 13. The senate invited Off-Campus Student Living to speak with the senate during Open Town Hall about the resources available to students. “We have an interesting office, where we are here for you,” Thomas Boleyn, Director of Off-Campus Student Living, said. “We also have...
The Daily Beacon
The Hardin Valley Event Center welcomes DREAMS: A Fleetwood Mac Experience on Sept. 27 to perform a lineup of the band’s most famous tracks. The set celebrated Fleetwood Mac’s musical legacy, bringing the legendary sound to Knoxville’s backyard. DREAMS began in 2025 with the goal of sharing the magic of the iconic band’s unforgettable songs...
The Daily Beacon
University of Tennessee Police Department charged an individual in connection with felony vandalism for the decapitation of the Smokey I statue outside Neyland Stadium in the early hours of Oct. 10. The individual, 19-year-old Beckett Edward Nachtman of New Jersey, visited individuals over the weekend and is not affiliated with UT, Ryan Moore, the department
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Both University of Mississippi students found dead Sept. 21 had synthetic kratom-related opioid compounds in their bloodstreams, according to recent toxicology findings. Aidan Hamilton, 18, and Robert Strang, 20, both had mitragynine, MGM-15 and MGPI, in their systems at the time of their deaths. The latter two substances are classified as Schedule I control
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