In summer 1994 the Student Government Association requested that recreational facilities be expanded, and a task force, chaired by Dean of Students Tim Rogers was appointed to investigate student needs. The issues involved overcrowding of indoor facilities, the failure to replace the Bubble after it collapsed from the snow on its roof in March 1993, … Continued

In January 1994 members of the student organization Safe Campuses Now advocated that student conduct records, as well as student law-enforcement records, be made public by UT. Recent changes in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act had opened the way for the institution to release UT police records, and the organization wanted the release … Continued

Some 50 students marched from the Presidential Courtyard to the university center on March 29 to protest efforts by Congressional Republicans to cut Pell and Stafford financial aid grants and interest-free loans by two-thirds. The marchers walked down Andy Holt Avenue chanting and carrying signs such as Give Newt the Boot, and Equality for Education. … Continued

The combining of the student activities card and student ID card in 1995 caused controversy because the system in place for obtaining tickets to athletic events required presentation of the card but did not require the individual to whom it belonged to present it—a friend could take three activities cards and acquire three tickets, for … Continued

In 1995 students organized a petition drive and voiced their concerns through the Daily Beacon at the precipitous layoff of three long-term employees in the Personnel Office by Executive Director Lola Dodge. The three were reinstated two days after they were dismissed, and oversight of the office was moved from the vice chancellor for business … Continued

English Department graduate teaching assistants protested the decision that more than 60 GTAs would be moved from offices in Dunford Hall and Aconda Court to provide space for relocation of College of Law faculty and staff during the Law School building project. The GTAs were moved from offices to two large rooms in Hoskins Library … Continued

When UT announced in June 1995 that it planned to sell the student talk radio station 850 AM, transmitter, and land they occupied, students in the College of Communications prepared a plan that outlined ways in which money could be saved in its operations and the station could be turned into a profitable business. One … Continued

In September 1995 the Graduate Student Association began to circulate petitions requesting that a separate commencement ceremony, on the same day as the undergraduate ceremony, be held to award graduate degrees. Under the system at the time, master’s degree recipients’ names were not called and they did not walk across the stage. The length of … Continued

Lambda Gay and Lesbian Student Union sought to have UT adopt an expanded employment protection policy that included prohibition of discrimination because of sexual orientation. Citing the adoption of such policies at Vanderbilt, Duke, UCLA, MIT, and Harvard, Lambda circulated petitions and addressed their concerns to the administration. The Student Government Association and the Graduate … Continued

Students from the Departments of Art, Music, and Theatre protested the anticipated $3.2 million cut in UT’s budget on March 7, 1996, with a march from the Art and Architecture Building to Ayres Hall, where they staged a sit-in demonstration. On March 13 students carried signs and chanted “Go tell Sundquist, no unfunded mandates” outside … Continued