Ellis Rold

Reporter @wbir in Knoxville, TN 🍊 Email me with tips or questions at [email protected]

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Awful scene in Laurel County, Kentucky after an EF-3 tornado swept through the region. Locals—please keep an eye out on more severe weather heading this way tonight!

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This AM: Trump’s new Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy @SecDuffy tours I-40 damage from Hurricane Helene in East TN

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Students are protesting gun violence in Nashville as TN State House members exit their chambers on Capitol Hill @wbir

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Live at the TN State Capitol this week covering the special legislative session - lawmakers will discuss hurricane relief, immigration and school vouchers

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This week I sat down with former House speaker and VP nominee Paul Ryan. We get into the election, Trump and what’s at stake in November. Watch the full interview here: https://t.co/3eWLpeVvGI @thedailycampus

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18 months after Kappa Alpha Theta’s suspension from SMU, parents and hazed members are finally speaking out in support of a new group, The Society, and against SMU’s hazing protocols. Read the full story by the DC’s Editor-in-Chief @EllisRold here: https://t.co/eFgf0tGpmY

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Great time interviewing @meridak from @latimes this week ahead of his Sammons Lecture at @SMU https://t.co/UMwzYQljpg

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Alex Alarcón, Faith Bombito win runoff elections for SMU’s student body president and vice president: https://t.co/TIsBFqQNBk #Soccom

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Amal Clooney will take the stage at 7pm at McFarlin Auditorium as part of SMU’s Louise B. Reggio Endowed Lecture Series. SMU @SMULawSchool Professor @NatalieNanasi will moderate. @thedailycampus

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So fun listening to @washingtonpost personal finance columnist @SingletaryM speak this week to SMU students as part of the O’Neil Lecture in Business Journalism! Huge thanks to @jbatsell for putting this on.

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Read my latest article for @dallasnews on UNT Dallas’ automatic admission program:

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Many North Texas seniors receive automatic college admission to UNT Dallas https://t.co/79yivHlfWx

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Two Pulitzer Prize winners @NTrethewey and Viet Thanh Nguyen visited SMU as part of the @DallasLiterary festival. Read more on @thedailycampus #Soccom https://t.co/644xMS1sjb

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@SMUFB released their 2023 season schedule today with a revamped AAC. Notable differences: Will play @OU_Football for the first time since 1995, will play @TCUFootball in Sonny Dyke’s first home game vs SMU, and more. Read more at https://t.co/MKue4SxQDe @thedailycampus #soccom

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Read the full story by John Morgan at https://t.co/U8WsKbg8Oj

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Read the full story by Ellis Rold at https://t.co/U8WsKbfAYL

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Students are filtering in to McFarlin Auditorium to listen to parents from the Anti-Hazing Coalition @endallhazing speak to all SMU Greek Orgs @thedailycampus

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Two former SMU football players played against each other in Super Bowl LVII yesterday, @BGShaneBuechele for the Chiefs and @grcalcaterra for the Eagles. Read more on @thedailycampus #soccom https://t.co/Yn4Rh84Pqg

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SMU becomes first private university in Texas to announce they will not be following Greg Abbot’s Tik Tok ban. #soccom #CCPA3335 Read more from @thedailycampus
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Just in: Fox News projects Governor Abbott to defeat O’Rourke in the TX Gov race. Cheers erupted from the crowd at the Dallas County Republican watch party as the results were announced. #smuvotes2022 #TXMidterms #Midterms2022 @thedailycampus