The Muslim Student Association sponsored a march from the Volunteer Statue to the university center on April 24, 1993, to protest ethnic cleansing being carried out on Muslims by the Serbians in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The protestors were attempting to raise awareness of conditions they believed were being ignored by the United States and the world. Tawfik … Continued

In 1993 the Student Government Association sought an extension of the drop deadline by 14 days (to 36 days), during which students could drop classes without receiving a W on the transcript. In a November 5 meeting with the Committee on the Baccalaureate, a compromise was reached to be sent forward to the Faculty Senate, … Continued

Alpha Gamma Rho invited its fellow students to join them in camping out on Fiji Island in November to show concern for Knoxville’s homeless people. More than 70 students squeezed into cardboard boxes and huddled around open fires.

Students from the UT organization Students Promoting Environmental Action in Knoxville (SPEAK) joined other environmental groups and organizations in a March 27, 1993, protest against pollution caused by Champion Paper Mill. Protestors called for an end to the variance granted to Champion by the State of North Carolina, allowing the company to exceed EPA environmental … Continued

In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Roe v Wade, the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, the student organization Tennessee Students for Life erected seven hundred crosses on the Humanities lawn, with each cross representing fifty thousand abortions. Students stood among the crosses and on the Humanities Plaza with pro-life signs. Pro-choice students from the … Continued

Kent Browning, the driver who struck and killed Leslie Meredith Williams on March 7, 1991, pled guilty on February 18 to DUI charges and was sentenced to five days in jail and payment of $250 in fines and court costs. Campus and area organizations sponsored a march and rally, with the march beginning at Seventeenth … Continued

Upon the recommendations of Chancellor William Snyder and President Joe Johnson, the board of trustees approved changes in the visitation hours in Type B and Type C housing at its June 1993 meeting. It was the first revision of visiting hours since implementation of the differentiated housing system in 1972. The Student Government Association conducted … Continued

In early 1994 the Student Government Association formally issued a request to have the results of the Chancellor’s Teacher Evaluation Program (CTEP) made available to students, rather than solely to the instructor and the department head. SGA’s separate evaluation had received cooperation from slightly less than half of the departments, and its request to have … Continued

In fall 1994 the City of Knoxville installed parking meters on Volunteer Boulevard, Andy Holt Avenue, Johnny Majors Drive, Pat Head Summitt Street, and Lake Avenue. City officials indicated that it was easier to administer the parking laws with meters than with signs. Students protested the meter installation to no avail, since the streets belong … Continued

Plans for a $750,000 UT basketball hall of fame slated for Thompson-Boling Arena were put on hold in November 1994 by Athletics Director Doug Dickey. The board of trustees approved the installation in October. Student Government Association President Matthew Gregory led expressions of student dissatisfaction with the process by which the facility was taken to … Continued