-
Amazing performances of the Teens: New stars appeared in US Open 2021
Amazing performances of the Teens: New stars appeared in US Open 2021 By Kibum Youn The 2021 US Open ended on September 12, with a lot of activity since it began August 30th. The champions of the US Open 2021 in Singles competition are Daniil Medvedev and Emma Raducanu. This tournament, especially in women’s single,…
-
Upcoming events: Will you take a Booster shot?
By: Kibum Youn Recently, U.S. health officials announced the plan to begin offering COVID-19 booster shots on September, 20th. The announcement said that recipients of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine can get a booster shot 8 months from the date that they received their second dose. After this announcement, Johnson & Johnson also asserted that…
-
College Football Twitter got “Fancy Like Applebee’s” This Weekend
By: Alex Carter Thinking of what my @utccismcc blog post will be this week and wanted you all to weigh in. — Alex Carter (@AlexEdCarter) September 5, 2021 Twitter weighed in, and I listened. If you watched Week 1 of the College Football season this past weekend, you might have seen a little commercial from…
-
Catfishing ESPN, Bishop Sycamore Memes Take the Football World by Storm
On Sunday, ESPN aired a high school football game featuring College Athlete factor IMG Academy… and a fake high school? Bishop Sycamore, the team facing the dominant IMG team, is an online high school that from some reports, only exists to field a football team, one lead by a head coach accused of scamming other…
-
US Open 2021: Ready to watch? “YES, I AM”
By: Kibum Youn If you like tennis, you are familiar with a series of North American professional tennis tournaments and Grand Slam, such as the US Open. On August, 25th, The Williams sisters have announced they won’t participate in the US Open this year along with icons Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Through the…
-
Spider Man Swings to the top of Social Media Conversation
By: Alex Carter If you have even a passing interest in Disney, Marvel, or really any aspect of the entertainment industry, you probably saw that the Spider Man No Way Home trailer finally dropped on Monday! Personally, Spidey holds 2 of the top 3 spots in my favorite Super Heroes list (Peter Parker, Miles…
-
Gas Prices On The Rise
Throughout the past year, as the COVID-19 shuttered travel for many, the price of gasoline in many areas of the U.S. has been its lowest in years. In some areas, that price was less than $2 per gallon. But as America continues to reopen and adjust to life with coronavirus, gasoline prices are now headed…
-
Dolly gets her coronavirus vaccine
East Tennessee’s heart and soul, Dolly Parton, has now received her vaccine for SARS-COV-2, the coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19.The country music superstar announced Tuesday via social media that she received the Moderna vaccine from Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Parton has already had a hand in the efforts to research, develop, and distribute a…
-
Knoxville Weather, It’s cold … but it ain’t Texas
By: Jess Barfield In Knoxville in February the average high temperature is 54.1°F. However, the hottest day on record was February 27, 1977 when the temperature hit 82.9°F. Anyone who has been outside lately knows we’re not anywhere near the high temperature, or even experiencing the average temperature. It could be worse though, it…
-
No, Gorilla Glue Does Not Belong On Your Body
Leave it to social media to provide entertainment, update us on breaking news, but also, show what not to do. One of the latest stories from TikTok came last week, when Lousiana resident Tessica Brown posted on TikTok that she ran out of hair spray and resorted to using the solvent Gorilla Glue in her…