PROFESSIONAL CLIPS

Feng shui principles may be an answer to hardships
I know why I'm poor and stressed out. And it has nothing to do with being a graduate student, having a busy schedule or owing Sallie Mae a large sum of money for financing my undergraduate education. I didn't do a good job of decorating my apartment. (more...)

Pizzeria gives customers a new way to order pizza
How do you like your pizza? Papa Murphy's, famous for its Take ‘N' Bake Pizza concept, opened a new store at 4409 Chapman Highway on Wednesday, April 2, giving South Knoxville residents a new way to order pizza. (more...)

LOST fan says 'Lost and Philosophy' is a must-read for fans of the show
If I say I'm the biggest LOST fan out there, I might catch flack from fellow viewers, so I'll just say I love LOST. Naturally, a book titled "LOST and Philosophy: the Island Has Its Reasons" is going to catch my attention. (more...)

Young adults need sun
Fear is a great motivator. UT Medical Center employees want to raise skin cancer awareness, which is commendable. They know exposure to tanning beds before age 35 can increase the risk of melanoma by 75 percent. They also know why most young adults lay by the pool for hours and frequent tanning salons - vanity. (more...)

Employers defy privacy by using Facebook
Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Elliot Zuckerberg defines the site as a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. He doesn't call it a glass house for employers to spy on job applicants. (more...)

Recall questions beef inspectors
“It’s really closing the barn door after the cows left.”
That’s what Jean Halloran, director of food policy initiatives at Consumers Union, said about the largest beef recall in U.S. history, which is affecting 30 school systems across Tennessee. (more...)

Handguns should be allowed on college campuses
Although Tennessee and at least six other states have introduced legislation to loosen firearms restrictions, one currently can’t carry firearms, openly or concealed, in any public or private school building or campus here in Tennessee. (more...)

UT response to inclement weather conditions disappointing
I am extremely disappointed in the way the University of Tennessee handled the icy weather conditions on Tuesday morning. Although a 2-hour delay was issued, an e-mail informing faculty, staff and students was not sent until 8:23. The first class assembles at 8:10 on Tuesday mornings. (more...)

Pittston woman has the right make up for film production
“All is Normal” may be the name of the film, but nothing is normal about the summer 22- year-old Desaree Wallace is having. In the past three months, Wallace has received a college diploma, her cosmetology license, and a new last name. (more...)

Spotlights
VERY ‘VETTE: The Corvette has been making car enthusiasts salivate since January 1953, and far the past 10 years, Fairway Chevrolet, Rt 309 in Hazleton, has celebrated this passion with a Corvette Club Show. (more...)

Learning about life - next, the world
King’s College, like most colleges and universities, is internship happy. I’ve been bombarded with flyers from the Office of Experiential Learning, mass emails from the office’s director and professors’ urgings ever since I set foot on that campus. (more...)

College
I decided to apply to King’s because it was far enough from home for freedom, but close enough for comfort. Now as a senior my memories from the past four years flash before me like a slideshow: move-in day and orientation, lip sync competitions, senior socials, dance parties, Homecoming Court, and summer internships. (more...)

‘House party
During the fall of 2003, four students from the Bethesda Writer’s Center in D.C. would meet after class at a bar called The Big Hunt. It was during these late evenings, rather than engaging in drunken hookups, that these four intoxicated devotees of pop culture and literature conceived their “magical baby of love.” Their idea was to print a magazine celebrating all that is good about pop culture, hoping to prove that literature can be as much fun as an episode of The O.C., and that they’re shouldn’t be a divide between what is considered elite art —literary classics, the opera, etc.-- and pop culture -- TV, comic books and rock n’ roll. (more...)

Join the group
“My Groups” is a facebook feature that allows registered members to join, view or create groups, providing another way to connect by common interest. Each college and university has its own set of groups. For example, Penn State students aren’t able to join, view or create groups at Notre Dame or vice versa because those groups wouldn’t be a part of their branch. (more...)

Inspired by hope
Greek mythology is ancient. Not so for Pandora, a unique line of Scandinavian jewelry. According to Greek lore, Pandora was sent to Earth with a container that, when opened, allowed all the evils of the world to escape, leaving only hope and opportunity. (more...)