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(Student body president Chloe Dix speaks at fall 2023 convocation. Source: YouTube)     "I've communicated everyone's concerns to pretty much all of administration at this point, and they are really taking it seriously," Student Body President Chloe Dix told student government Tuesday. "So make sure you guys are telling your fellow students is that the University is working extremely hard to work on parking," she told the assembly.    Dix said administrators are currently examining re-arranging class schedules to reduce congestion on campus. She said she was unsure of how much she could share at present, but said administrators will present information to student government in the coming weeks. 

Recent crime reports for UT-Tyler's main campus according to UTTPD's Daily Crime Log. Harassment, 1/17/24, College of Arts & Sciences, Title IX Referral Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, 1/17/24, Varsity Drive, Citation Hit and Run, 1/11/24, Parking Lot 2, Open Theft/Missing Property, 12/24/23, The Foundry Apartments, Open Criminal Trespass, 12/19/23, Parking Lot 18, Open Unlawful Promotion of Intimate Visual Ma- terial, 12/08/23, Liberty Landing Apartments, Open Theft, 12/07/23, PHE Jones Gym, Open Harassment, 12/06/23, Patriot Village Apartments, Closed, Criminal Trespass Warning Alcohol Offense, 12/03/23, Ornelas Hall, Judicial Affairs Referral * NOTE: The Daily Crime Log is publicly available in compliance with The Jeane Clery Act, a federal law that requires colleges and universities to report campus crime data.

University Administration is engaging student government about possibly increasing the mandatory athletics fee. Students may see a student-wide referendum this spring. The administration has finalized plans to install a Starbucks in the library, according to Student Body President Chloe Dix who announced the news to student government this week. More details to come. "I think that’s really good to expand food services over there," Dix said. The Parking Division declined to implement the former volunteer faculty and staff shuttle program for the spring semester, according to a University spokesperson. More students than ever are using the website Patriots Engage to discover campus events and activities, AVP of Student Engagement Joshua Neaves told student government Tuesday. Uttyler.campuslabs.com/ engage. The East Texas Big Event service event is on Saturday, Feb 19. at 9:30 a.m. in down- town Tyler. Student Engagement is looking for UT-Tyler representation. "We will mak...

Student fees can be difficult to understand sometimes, so here are three tips to understand them better. First, think of student fees as taxes. Walter P. May notes in his article ''The History of Student Governance in Higher Education” in College Student Affairs Journal that early in higher education, students who lived at school became dissatisfied with their curriculum. So, they pooled their money together to fund additional lectures that interested them. For example, they funded lectures on Roman history, astronomy and other topics; extracurricular lectures that enriched their education beyond the basic curriculum such as math and grammar. This organized money-pooling represents the beginning of both student government and student fees. Today, the University collects student fees on student government’s behalf, like an employer collects your taxes on the federal government’s behalf. The fees are the result of the student body enacting a fee by student vote to fund services f...

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  Sign to event parking at The University of Texas at Tyler. (Source: James Hescock)  Over Christmas Break, I decided to look into the parking issue on-campus, starting with enforcement. I obtained the record of all parking citations for fall 2023 by a public information act request. Here is what I found. At UT-Tyler, parking enforcement issued 380 parking citations over the fall 2023 semester. It issued 152 citations for Parking Without A Valid Permit, 59 for Improper Space/Over Line and 48 for Parking In Area Not Designated (meaning, residential students parking on-campus). Overall, these were the top three violations and they made up 40%, 15% and 13% of all violations respectively. The parking department also received approximately 30 appeals from students, faculty and staff, according to a separate information request. Yet, on Nov. 14, Parking Appeals Committee Chair Ronald Carnes III, told student government that his committee receives roughly 30 to ...

  (Source : James Hescock) Hello and welcome to Patriot Weekly’s first issue! I am James Hescock, publisher of Patriot Weekly and UT-Tyler alumnus. I started blogging in 2016 when I saw what appeared to be an information gap between the student body and leadership on-campus. For instance, I found everyday students were often unaware of important decisions happening in their name, such as fee increase proposals, tuition increases and other policy changes. I started my blog to both inform students and to share my views on campus issues. Patriot Weekly is an attempt to continue this effort and to close the information gap I perceive exists between students and important campus news. In Patriot Weekly , I hope to spread important news, but also share this space with other campus voices who have important messages to share with the student body. So, if you have something to say that you want to share with other students, then I hope you will consider writing a guest essay for Patr...

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