Stephen Yeargin

I stopped off this morning at the convenience store to grab a cinnamon roll for breakfast, as I often do if I forgot or did not have the time for a bowl of cereal. As I walked up to the counter with my purchases, I picked up a copy of the newspaper. On the cover, [...]

It took a few months longer than I had hoped, but my open source project is finally ready for “Beta” release. No, I will not be doing the Google-esque launches, where things never really leave beta, but rather continue to shop this idea around to developers looking to add another, or even his or her [...]

Tonight the local polls closed, bringing an end to at least two candidates’ ill-conceived television ads, along with a host of local hopefuls who accused their opponent of everything from tax evasion to being soft on capital offenders. I received a call a few days ago from a campaign worker who was reveling in the [...]

Classes have effectively been over for almost a month now, with summer sessions starting Monday. Since that time, I’ve wrapped up my last semester as a full-time student, “graduated” as far as my fraternity is concerned, left one job for another and moved across town. Monday I started a Spanish class.
Samantha and I have moved [...]

Published in The Pacer as my final column. It has been a long time coming.

Finding some wisdom from ‘Ol’ Blue Eyes’
Let’s begin with a piece of pop culture trivia.
A song, titled “Comme d’habitude,” was penned by French songwriters Claude François and Jacques Revaux. You may know it by its more popular title “My Way” as [...]

I’ve taken up chess. Not as a competitive hobby, but as a game on my Mac mini. I suppose it is a bit more wholesome than Quake 4, but I only find it enjoyable when I can win. That is something I can never seem to do at the high-intensity shooters, and I experience only [...]

I’ve stopped measuring my time in college in days. Instead, it is really measured by how many more issues of the newspaper are left. Four. The majority of my hardest work will be done by the end of April, when Issue 27 hits the newsstands. By then, staff applications will be in the hands of [...]

There are three ways UTM students approach spring break. Some will have these elaborate plans to travel the country or region, but never make it out of the state. Others achieve it. The third group consists of those with far less exciting plans. Welcome to group three.
Monday morning Samantha has a doctor appointment that was [...]

I’d say we’ve had a pretty good week …
Newspaper wins ‘Best in the South’ award
The Pacer has been ranked the No. 1 newspaper by the Southeast Journalism Conference in its annual “Best of the South” competition, while WUTM 90.3 FM ranked third in the “Best College Radio Station” category of the competition.
Emory University in Atlanta [...]

We’re back in Martin tonight after the long trek. It is a full 57 degrees colder here today than it was this time two days ago in Atlanta, hovering at 11 degrees Fahrenheit with ice and snow all around. Right now we’re holed up in the bedroom with the heater turned up trying to get [...]