Month: June 2013

Staff profiles

Staff Profiles: Elyse Cheatham

Elyse Cheatham June 12, 2013

Elyse Cheatham is a junior and a Journalism and Electronic Media Major. Elyse is bi-coastal. She was born in Sacramento, California raised in Atlanta, Georgia. However, she returned to living in California during high school. Upon applying to colleges, Elyse wanted nothing more than to get back to the south. Elyse transferred from Fisk University to the University of Tennessee. Thus, making the decision of her college career. Elyse is striving to graduate with honors and pursue a career as a broadcaster.

Staff Profiles: Ian S. Norwood

Ian Norwood June 12, 2013

Ian Norwood was born into a culturally rich family based in Chattanooga, Tenn. on January...

Staff profiles: Zach Knott

Zach Knott June 12, 2013

Zachary Knott is a Junior majoring in Journalism and Electronic Media at the University of Tennessee. This is his second stint in college, redemption for the first two years where he drank and slept his way through 18 credits in four semesters of unsuccessful studies. After dropping out of college and working three years on drilling rigs and then in the attics of south Alabama houses, he decided to join the United States Air Force.

Staff Profiles: Richard Thomas

Rico June 12, 2013

Richard Thomas is in his 4th Year of University of Tennessee. He is pursuing a...

Staff Profiles: D’Montre Edwards

D'Montre Edwards June 12, 2013

D'Montre Edwards is a student athlete at the University of Tennessee. He was born and raised in Charleston, S.C. He is the son of Gwen Simmoms, who is the mother of 5 beautiful children. Edwards was born on April 20th 1992. He is now a 21 year old senior at the University of Tennessee. He is a Journalism major who one day plans on becoming a sports broadcaster on the highest level.

Staff profiles: Hayley McDonald

Hayley McDonald June 12, 2013

Hayley McDonald is a Journalism and Mass Communication major at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. Hayley is from Knoxville and is home for the summer taking a few courses at the University of Tennessee. She will be a senior next year at Samford.

Staff profiles: Brandon Rupert

Brandon Rupert June 12, 2013

Brandon Rupert was born in Ann Arbor, Mich. on February 5, 1986. He graduated from Tecumseh High School in Tecumseh, Mich. in 2004. He then attended Washtenaw Community College and received an Associates Degree in Liberal Arts. After attending community college he worked for Balance Consulting, LLC, also in Ann Arbor, Mich. as a software salesman and consultant. In 2008 he joined the United States Marine Corps and served in Operation Enduring Freedom. He was Honorably Discharged in 2012. He now attends the University of Tennessee and is pursuing a degree in journalism.

Staff Profiles: Emory Barnett

Emory Barnett June 12, 2013

Emory Barnett is a media auteur and undergraduate in the College of Communications at The University of Tennessee

Staff profiles: Trevor Lane

tlane11 June 12, 2013

Trevor Lane is a Communication Studies major at the University of Tennessee. He has recently picked up a Journalism and Electronic Media minor. Trevor hopes to one day be a fashion editor for a magazine. His sights are set on a lesser known, independent, magazine because he would like to grow with the magazine. This is opposed to working at a major publication like Vogue or Marie Claire.

Staff profiles: Matthew Moon

Matthew Moon June 12, 2013

Matthew Moon is a 32-year-old returning student at the University of Tennessee. He was not very good at school the first time around in the late 90s, but he is embarrassing himself much less this time around.