Yearly Archives: 2020

UTC Students Hold Protest Against UTCPD

By Haley Bartlett Chattanooga— There has been a recent surge in protests and proclamations against police brutality, hitting areas around the nation and even coming to the backdoors of Chattanoogans as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga students hold a protest against the police force on their  campus.  The death …

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COVID-19 pandemic changes the course of UTC’s Fall semester

By Farin Cloyd CHATTANOOGA, TN- The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way businesses, schools and the country will function for the foreseeable future. Colleges across the country must change the way classrooms, dining halls, and on-campus housing are formatted now to accommodate with CDC guidelines pertaining to the pandemic. UTC …

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BUDGET AND PLAN REVEALED FOR NEW UTC FOOTBALL ATHLETIC FACILITY

By: Charles Walker   This artist’s rendering shows plans for the renovations to McKenzie Arena and the new Wolford Family Athletics Center at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The planned construction is now expected to cost $22 million, according to estimates approved last week by the State Building Commission. Chattanooga, Tenn.- …

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COVID-19’s Fall Semester

By Madison Gilliam CHATTANOOGA, TENN (mocsnews.com) – UTC officials have released a report that lists all of the COVID-19 precautionary changes that faculty and students should be aware of before beginning the fall semester. The task force was created by Chancellor Steven Angle who appointed Dr. Robert Dooley, the Dean of …

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Earthquake Rattles Southern Mexico

The residents of Southern Mexico were left petrified after experiencing a magnitude 7.4 Earthquake early yesterday morning. The Earthquake was centered twenty miles below the Earth’s surface, where the Mexico resort of Huatulco in Huatulco, Oaxaca is located. The resort came crashing down during the great quake, resulting in one …

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George Floyd, the death that ignited a movement, buried

HOUSTON (mocsnews.com) – George Floyd’s body arrived in Houston on Monday June 8th, 2020. The 46-year-old’s death sparked a nationwide movement against systematic racism and police brutality. On May 25, a Minneapolis police officer knelt on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes. Video footage captured by a bystander showed evidence …

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Democrats reject defunding the police after Trump’s response

By Farin Cloyd WASHINGTON (AP) – In response to George Floyd’s murder, protesters across the country have called for the government to “defund the police” in an effort to abolish police brutality. Along with Trump’s rejection, notable Democrats, including presidential nominee Joe Biden, also disagree with the movement. “I don’t …

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Why Absentee Votes should be expanded

NASVHILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Fiona Welhan, wife of John Prine, recommended that the absentee ballots be expanded in Tennessee. John Prine died from COVID-19 recently and his wife has now contracted it. FILE – In this June 20, 2017 file photo, John Prine poses in his office in Nashville, Tenn. …

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London To Tear Down Racially Conflicted Statues

By Haley Bartlett LONDON (AP)— The mayor of London announced that the city may begin to remove more imperial statues as the George Floyd protests progress around the world eliciting change. The death of Floyd, a Minneapolis resident who was killed by former police officers after being detained for an …

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