When Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Administration Philip Scheurer announced, in July 1996, that the popular Cherokee Lounge, just off the main lobby of the university center, would become an expanded retail computer store operated by the UT Book and Supply Store (renamed VolShop in 2013), part-time student Melinda Foster voiced the concerns of … Continued

The Graduate Student Association and numbers of graduate students protested the changes in operations within the Computer Services area made necessary by budget cuts and the resulting layoffs of 55 employees in the Computer Services area. Of particular concern was the $60-an-hour fee for statistical consulting, which replaced a system under which students received up … Continued

Approximately 150 students interested in dance met to form a lobbying group to advocate for continuance of the minor in dance within the College of Education. The college had indicated that it was evaluating its programs because of budgetary constraints, and the students were concerned that dance would be a victim of any cuts. The … Continued

In 1996 students called upon the chancellor and voiced their displeasure in the Daily Beacon at the elimination of the Ombuds Office after 25 years of existence. They argued that the office more than paid for itself with student retention and reduction in litigation and that it was confusing which administrative avenue proposed for solving … Continued

The Student Government Association issued a resolution and met with UT administrators to ensure that the space on the Hill vacated by removal of the trailers during the winter 1995 break was left in green space. Their efforts were successful.

When the block of Andy Holt Avenue was closed during the winter 1995 break as a preamble to creating the Joe Johnson-John Ward Pedestrian Mall, the City of Knoxville relocated the meters that had been on Andy Holt to Pat Head Summitt Street. Student Government Association President Keith Townsend had met with Mayor Ashe and … Continued

The Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association held a rodeo in Thompson Boling Arena on February 9. A group of animal rights activists, part of a student group attempting to establish itself as a recognized student organization (as ROAR—Rallying On Animal Rights) protested the rodeo by carrying signs, distributing animal rights literature, and chanting. The issue of … Continued

A coalition of students, Students Against Cuts in Higher Education, was forced to change the date of its Nashville protest rally after learning that the group would first have to secure funding for a $500,000 insurance policy and pay a $65 rental fee. The group raised the approximately $550 for the policy and rental fee … Continued

Both male and female students gathered at the Cumberland Avenue Pedestrian Bridge near Strong Hall for a 45-minute rally followed by a march across campus in April 1997.

Students complained about the rise in prices in campus dining facilities imposed in fall 1997 by the new operator of UT Dining Services, Aramark. Vice Chancellor for Administration and Student Affairs Phil Scheurer acknowledged the increases and indicated that they had been implemented without review and approval by UT. After administrative review, Aramark agreed to … Continued