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February 2, 2010
Mark Norcilus
Haiti quake strikes close to home for senior
Allie Abel
Monday, February 1st, 2010

Just a few short weeks ago, Mark Norcilus, a senior with a double major in chemistry and computer science, did not know if his parents were alive.

University Police Publish Lost and Found
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

The University of Texas at Tyler Police Department has the following items in their lost and found. These items will be held for sixty days from the date of publication. If have lost any personal property or you think any of these items belong to you, call Officer Michael Seale at 903-566-7060 with the item number and description of the item.

Kareem against Chambers
Men’s basketball struggling for ASC playoff spot
Clay Ihlo
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

The men’s Patriots basketball team defeated LeTourneau 89-73 Saturday to keep their playoff hopes alive despite losing to East Texas Baptist 72-67 in overtime on Thursday.

Thursday

The Patriots held a 14-8 lead midway through the first half against ETBU. Turnovers plagued minutes eight through four, paving the way for the Tigers to take a 22-19 lead at half time.

SGA seeks ‘dead days,’ relief before final exams
Hattie Kemp
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Students may get what some say is a much-needed study break before finals if University officials decide to add one or two dead days’ to semester schedules.

Student Government Association president Amy Whitehouse and vice president Sara Khalifa proposed the addition to the Faculty Senate at a Jan. 15 meeting.

Stairs and Lobby
Sneak Peek
Ryan Pinkham
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Presidential
University, LeTourneau establish union, addressing critical shortage in nursing
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

The University’s College of Nursing and Health Science is partnering with LeTourneau University’s School of Arts and Sciences to provide nursing training to LETU students to help address nation’s extreme demand for registered nurses.

Pending accreditation approvals, LETU students will be able to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Health Sciences from LETU and a Bachelor of Science Nursing from the University in a four-year program (including summers) that utilizes the UT Longview University Center nursing education program.

Top Sports

Kareem against Chambers
Men’s basketball struggling for ASC playoff spot
Clay Ihlo
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

The men’s Patriots basketball team defeated LeTourneau 89-73 Saturday to keep their playoff hopes alive despite losing to East Texas Baptist 72-67 in overtime on Thursday.

Thursday

The Patriots held a 14-8 lead midway through the first half against ETBU. Turnovers plagued minutes eight through four, paving the way for the Tigers to take a 22-19 lead at half time.

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Top Opinion

Libby Moore
Coulrophobia, aichmophobia among many phobias in life
Libby Moore
Monday, February 8th, 2010

Everyone has some kind of phobia, yet no one has fears as irrational and unyielding as mine.

The problem is, I seem to be retaining the fears I thought I would grow out of. Fears of clowns, thunderstorms, the dark, and diving off the diving board were supposed to subside and be replaced with adult fears of lack of money, being alone, and general failure in life.

Unfortunately my childhood fears still exist and my adult fears have set in earlier than expected.

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Top Entertainment

‘Book of Eli’ is cinematically epic
Ryan Pinkham
Thursday, February 4th, 2010

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.

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