President Alexander appointed a 21-member search committee, chaired by Dr. John Prados, vice president for academic affairs, to identify candidates for a successor to Dr. Jack Reese as chancellor of UT Knoxville. In January 1989 the Daily Beacon expressed the general student complaint that the committee was acting in secret in violation of the Tennessee … Continued

In March 1989 a poster proclaiming “Attention: Friendly, outgoing girls. You are needed for the position of Vol hostess—to help recruit players for the UT football team” was posted around campus. The hand-drawn posters sported a likeness of a “friendly, outgoing girl” with wide-open eyes, a big smile, and curly hair topped with a bow, … Continued

In January 1990 graduate students Jim Minesky (zoology) and Henry York Steiner (botany) unveiled to the Graduate Student Association their plan to conduct a postcard campaign to encourage legislators to increase the salaries of graduate teaching assistants.

Residents of Kingston Apartments voiced concerns with safety, management, and the condition of Kingston Apartments at a January 1990 meeting with Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Philip Scheurer. The meeting followed weeks of petitions and letter writing. A major contributing factor was the work in progress to bring the fire alarm system up to current … Continued

Students, particularly international students, were dismayed at the decision to expand the Law College west rather than choosing a new site for the expanded facility. The decision was announced in September 1990, and the new location of the I-House—in Melrose Triangle—was announced at the same time. Students were particularly dismayed that at the press conference … Continued

Students joined other football fans in protesting the change for fall 1990 of seat allocation on the bench seating in Neyland Stadium from 18 inches to 12 inches, which resulted in an increase of just under eight hundred additional seats in the stadium.

Students were outraged in 1990 to discover that parking fines the university had been charging for the past three years exceeded the amounts approved by the board of trustees and the State by 30 to 50 percent. Vice Chancellor Philip Scheurer announced that reimbursements would be made. He announced in August that the 1990–91 vehicle … Continued

Several protestors attended the June 1990 board of trustees’ meeting, carrying signs and urging the trustees to divest any holdings in companies doing business in South Africa. Vice chair William Johnson told the protestors that UT followed the state guidelines and explained that the State publishes a list of companies that do more than 1 … Continued

In January 1991 almost half the students in the College of Architecture and Planning (now Architecture and Design) signed a petition requesting that the 1990 decision not to offer tenure to Judith Reno be reconsidered. Prior to joining the UT faculty, Reno had worked for six years in Los Angeles architecture firms, taught at California … Continued

Because of the 13 percent impoundment required to operate within funds available, library hours were cut back, with the result that the library would close at 10:30 p.m. on Monday through Thursday and be closed on Saturday. Students were vocal in their belief that library hours should be restored, and the Student Government Association organized … Continued