With controversy over his appointment as vice chancellor for student affairs still active, Phil Scheurer announced a reorganization of the Student Affairs Division. The entire Student Activities Department and the Department of Student Conduct and Orientation reported to a dean of students. That position then became the only post reporting directly to the vice chancellor. … Continued

Four finalists for the position of vice chancellor for student affairs, vacant because of Dr. Howard Aldmon’s death, were interviewed for the post. They were Margaret Barr of Northern Illinois University; William Mendenhall of the University of Georgia; James Studer of Michigan State; and Philip Scheurer of UT, who had been serving as acting vice … Continued

Approximately 60 students assembled on the University Center Plaza in April 1985 to protest a variety of issues of concern about UT administration and policy, including the parking ticket situation (too many tickets, too few spaces); tuition increase (12 percent) and the amusement tax (17 percent); lack of noncommuter parking; inconsistency of discipline policies; and … Continued

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity sponsored a protest march and demonstration against apartheid and UT’s investments in companies doing business in South Africa in the fall quarter of 1986. More than two hundred students marched across campus shouting slogans and bearing placards. Mark Brown, president of the Black Law Association; Otis … Continued

The eviction by UT of Acacia fraternity from its house at the corner of Melrose and Melrose Place—UT contended Acacia refused to fix the heating system; Acacia contended that UT was responsible for the heating system and refused to fix it—led to a resolution passed by the Interfraternity Council calling for proper notification procedures and … Continued

Richard Pope, a graduate student in economics, discovered that when UT raised fines for overdue books in 1983, it did not comply with the State’s Administrative Procedures Act. UT compounded the omission when it readopted rules to comply with the sunset law in spring 1986—the 1979 fine structure, rather than the 1983 fine structure, was … Continued

Following the arrest of former football players Tony Robinson and B. B. Cooper, newspaper allegations arose that Knoxville allergist Dr. Bob Overholt had provided a car to Robinson, loaned cars to other athletes, and allowed Robinson to use his credit card. A former hotel owner, Trent Richey, announced that he had provided more than $100,000 … Continued

Because of inconsistency with existing board policy prohibiting alcohol on campus, students reacted strongly to the June 25, 1987, announcement that liquor would be allowed in the 42 skyboxes under construction. To the argument that the skyboxes represented a different legal arrangement because they would be leased by those using them, the students responded that … Continued

Residents on the third and fourth floors of Greve Hall were angered by a late evening notice on January 15, 1987, that the south sides of the floors would be converted from “D” housing to “C” housing in order to make them available to freshmen. (“D” housing allowed 24-hour visitation with the opposite sex so … Continued

Lines of more than six hundred students snaked around the university center as students attempted to drop and/or add courses for winter quarter 1987. The most prevalent official response to vocal student disapproval of the situation was that computers malfunctioned.