Pulse

Cardboard moving boxes clutter the walking space of Dr. George Hamm’s south Tyler home.

A collection of Delft Blue plates keeps Dr. Hamm focused on the packing process. Since Hamm recently put his house up for sale, there are many things he must sort and wrap up.

He and his wife moved into the house in 1981 when he accepted the job as president of The University of Texas at Tyler. Hamm warmly welcomes student reporters into his home and leads them through his house and out the back door by his pool. “I’ve only been in this pool twice. I hate cleaning it.” Hamm said.

There are two forms of wireless network connections at the University, but only Secure* Air keeps personal information private. Both Secure*Air and Patriot*Air are designed for the exclusive use of the Patriot community, which includes University students, faculty, staff, and official guests of the University.

Secure*Air is a secure and encrypted wireless connection to the Internet while Patriot*Air is an unencrypted and unprotected wireless connection to the Internet. An unprotected connection means sensitive or confidential information sent over Patriot*Air may be compromised.

It’s only a few hours before that writing assignment is due, but every sentence making it onto the screen sounds too much like a third-grade book report. Anything longer than three sentences makes no sense at all. The flow of creativity has dried up and the brain is burned out. Frustration mounts. No amount of coffee can help.

Blame yourself. Blame the professor. Blame the computer program that fails to write the assignment for you.

Drew Arthur, instructor and owner of Lone Star MMA gym, stands in front of his class demonstrating how to escape a choke hold from a bigger and stronger opponent while on the ground.

“It’s all about science and physics,” Arthur says to the class as he tells them to point their chin to the ground while wrapping one leg around the opponents to increase leverage.