The UTC Mocs have ended their spring football season. Here’s the announcement posted Monday afternoon on gomocs.com.The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team is opting out of the remainder of the 2021 spring schedule, head coach Rusty Wright announced today. The decision was made with the health and safety …
Read More »Mocs News March 26, 2021
Colorado shooting suspect passed check in legal gun purchase
By PATTY NIEBERG and JAMES ANDERSON Associated PressBOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The suspect in the Colorado supermarket shootings bought a firearm at a local gun store after passing a background check, and he also had a second weapon with him that he didn’t use in the attack that killed 10 …
Read More »Mocs News March 19, 2021
UTC Gets 1st COVID Vaccines
From a campus release: UTC has received the COVID-19 Vaccine and is ready to open scheduling for the doses available. The first UTC COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic will be held on Friday, March 19, 2021 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Collins Street Annex (where Routine Testing Center is located). The COVID-19 vaccine we have available for this day will be the Moderna vaccine. …
Read More »Marie Mott Looks Toward Chattanooga’s Future
by Dewayne Bingham, The University Echo — After months of protesting police brutality and running a progressive, grassroots campaign for City Council, activist Marie Mott fell just short in her bid for the council’s District 8 seat. Despite being a first-time candidate, Mott won 35% of votes in the District …
Read More »ETSU Kneeling Sparks Controversy
Chattanooga, Tenn (By Reid Harvey) – On February 16th, ETSU men’s basketball team traveled to UTC to face off in an interconference matchup against the Mocs. Players from both teams warmed up and participated in their pregame rituals for the same way they have during every other game this season. The players then stand in a line …
Read More »The New Possibilities of Podcasting May Change News Consumption Once Again
By Kaleigh Cortez The current landscape of the news industry may be changing yet again through podcasting. Only a few years ago most of the world participated in a shift from reading a physical, print newspaper to reading their articles on a screen. Another shift may be arising as audiences …
Read More »Minneapolis to pay $27M to settle Floyd family lawsuit
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated PressMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The city of Minneapolis on Friday agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit from George Floyd’s family over the Black man’s death in police custody, even as jury selection continued in a former officer’s murder trial.The Minneapolis …
Read More »2-point PAT in OT gives Chattanooga 25-24 over The Citadel
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Juwan Tyus scored on a 75-yard catch and run on Chattanooga’s first snap of the game and Jay Gibson scored on a 3-yard shovel pass 2-point conversion on the final snap of the game to give the Mocs a 25-24 overtime win over The Citadel on …
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