Bar Competition and Auction Benefits Make A Wish Foundation
By: Jennifer Smith Chattanooga (UTC/The Loop)- What could be better than having drinks with friends, watching talented bartenders show off their skills, and raising money for a deserving child all at the same time? The bartending staff at TGI Friday’s in Chattanooga held a competition and auction event Wednesday, September 23 to raise money for a child they are sponsoring with the Make a Wish Foundation. Seven-year-old Reid Scott suffers from Burkitt's Lymphoma, a highly aggressive cancer, and his wish is to visit his best friend who recently moved to New Zealand. The Friday’s staff hosted a hugely successful event and raised ...
Top Ten Reasons to Not Get a Pet on Impulse
By: Laura Kelton CHATTANOOGA (UTC/The Loop) - Human beings have a tendency to latch onto ideas that drive their thoughts from time to time. We often refer to this tendency as a “fever” such as “baby fever,” “wedding fever,” and in this case, “puppy fever.” For the general purpose of this article, the driving force will be Presley Coal, the most recent addition to our household. [caption id="attachment_3773" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="This is Presley Coal, what a charmer!"][/caption] Presley’s original presence in the house was to be one of protection and companionship, but after a month or so, my roommates and I have found ...
DJ’s Get Taste of Live Air Time
By: Cody Mohon CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.- (The Loop) Homecoming week 2009 was indeed a “super” homecoming. The campus was busy with lip-syncing competitions and three legged races. Students were shoveling down free food and enjoying the golf cart parade through campus. While all this was going on outside, the DJ’s for The Perch, UTC’s first student run, web based station, were making history in their new studio on the first floor of the UC. Homecoming week 2009 was the first time these DJ’s were broadcasting live to the entire campus. [caption id="attachment_3590" align="alignright" width="439" caption="Station manager Krista Ashton and DJ Eric Bruno-Arimura hard ...
Swine Flu Vaccine arrives in Chattanooga
By: Thomas Ramsay Chattanooga (UTC/ TheLoop)- The first shipments of the H1N1 vaccine for Chattanooga are here and available to the public free of charge, according to the Chattanooga Health Department. [caption id="attachment_3898" align="alignleft" width="269" caption="Vaccines, the easy way."][/caption] CHD received nearly 4000 doses of the vaccine in parts and plan to receive more in coming weeks. This batch is only the first part of the vaccine administered in a nose spray. The next shipments will be in a traditional needle form. All vaccines received at a CHD clinic are free of charge as the federal government bought the entire supply. There have been ...
Small Business Survives Hard Times
By: Siobhan Rahilly CHATTANOOGA (UTC/The Loop) - The New Moon Gallery opened on the new moon in June of 1989. Over twenty years later, this local business has survived two moves and economic roller coasters to become a fixture in Chattanooga. [caption id="attachment_3999" align="alignright" width="283" caption="Colored glass to color your world"][/caption] The first location of New Moon, as it is affectionately called, was on Tennessee Avenue in St. Elmo. The space was roughly 300 square feet, or just a bit bigger than the back room at the current New Moon location. It began as a joint project between seven partners, including David Wheeler, ...
Campus News
Two Accused TN Vols Dismissed
November 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin has dismissed two of three freshmen players charged last week in an attempted armed robbery outside a Knoxville convenience store. Kiffin says wide receiver Nu’Keese Richardson and defensive back Mike Edwards have been permanently dismissed from the football team. The coach says, “Their actions have no place in our program.” Kiffin says former starting safety Janzen Jackson’s status remains on hold. Kiffin says... [Read the full story]
Local News
WDEF and WDOD streaming live
November 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
By:Brooke Fontana Chattanooga,TENN(The Loop) With the ever expanding outlets of media such as networking sites and video podcasts, older forms of media such as radio and newspaper have to keep up with current technology in order to prevent their medium from fizzling out. Newspapers have resorted to hiring videographers to shoot news for their print stories. Television news stations have full functioning websites that contain articles,videos that correspond to the news casts, lengthened interviews that were too long to... [Read the full story]
National News
Sleepless States
October 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment
ATLANTA (AP/The Loop) — Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness.Tips on getting a good nights rest. West Virginians’ lack of sleep was about double the national rate, perhaps a side effect of health problems such as obesity, experts said. Nearly 1 in 5 West Virginians said they did not get a single good night’s sleep in the previous month. The national average was about... [Read the full story]
Editorial
Opinion: What Really Bugs Me… Ann Coulter
October 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment
By Siobhan Rahilly CHATTANOOGA (UTC/The Loop) – What really bugs me…. Ann Coulter. (Do I really need to write an introduction before naming her as the subject of this post? I don’t think so.) Ms. Coulter appeared at my school, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, yesterday to deliver a speech that was supposed to address the topic “Evaluating the Change in American Government.” What Ms. Coulter actually delivered was a litany of rude and crude one-liners aimed at Democrats, liberals,... [Read the full story]
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Two Accused TN Vols Dismissed
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin has dismissed two of three freshmen players charged last week in an attempted armed robbery outside a Knoxville convenience... [Read more]
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Window Broken at Boling Apartments
Oct. 20- UTC responded to a property damage call at Boling Apartments. Police spoke with the RA on duty who told police that he heard glass break. He also... [Read more]
Another Stolen Decal
Oct. 14- UTC Police responded to a delayed report of theft from a vehicle. The student told police that Oct. 13 her parking decal was stolen from her car.... [Read more]
Emergency Illness at Boling Apartments
Oct. 13- UTC Police responded to an emergency illness call at Boling Apartments. The resident of one of the apartments complained of being hot. She also... [Read more]
The Flasher Strikes Again
Oct.13- UTC Police responded to a miscellaneous call at McClellan Gym. Two female students had been flashed by a white male. The man exited his car and... [Read more]