August 2009

Students snake through the meal line set up near Harvey Lake on Wednesday during Tunes at Noon featuring "Stephen Speaks" band.

City of Tyler employee Brandon Sims continues construction on the new Old Omen Road crosswalk in anticipation of the start of the fall semester.

Good-bye Sports Grill, hello Chick-Fil-A – the cows are coming home to roost.

“Starting in October, we will have a Chick-Fil-A in the UC,” said Greg Lassen, vice president for business affairs said Tuesday in a written statement. The move to lure the popular fast food restaurant to the University was based on input from students, faculty and staff, Lassen said.

The new restaurant will be located in the former sports café, which is being temporarily put out to pasture. “That space will close starting Wednesday to allow the famous cows to begin their work,” Lassen said.

The completed UC will feature a refurbished Subway and overhauled sports café, which will focus primarily on hamburgers. University officials predict those enhancements to the UC will be completed sometime after the first of the year.

MARIETTA, Ohio – Senior Ben Donnan of the Patriots men’s track and field team posted a time of 1:53.28 in the 800-meter time trails at the NCAA Division III National Championships on May 22 at Marietta College’s Don Drumm Stadium, but failed to qualify for Saturday’s final.

Donnan, a native of Paris, led for the majority of the race, but was unable to hold off the pack down the stretch.

The 800-meter defending national champion, Emmanuel Bofa of Whitworth, won the heat with a time of 1:50.71 and set a new stadium record in the process.