Issue 122.71
Friday April 26, 2013
Volapalooza 2013
Volapalooza

Volapalooza

Volapalooza brings upbeat ending to school year
Victoria Wright, Arts & Culture Editor

It's finally here.

Though today is Friday and the Volaplalooza 2013 concert is finally here, that does not mean it's time to rest for the Central Programming Council, as the organization is still steadily taking action to ensure concert attendance.

This year's line-up includes rapper Tyga, electronic group Beats Antique and UT students DJ Mike Nasty and Glenda Jordan, better known by her stage name, "Calliope."

Sarah Kim, CPC press secretary, said social media is being used as a part of the initiative to generate attention for the event.

"CAC, who is bringing Beats Antique as a ...

Ignite 4-26
Photo courtesy of Ignite

Ignite proves worth, grows

RJ Vogt, News Editor

UT's summer involvement program Ignite has expanded to three camps, boosting the accommodation ability from 300 to 1500 students.

UT administrators encouraged the expansion after realizing its correlation to retention rates. Ninety-four percent of Ignite students persisted to their sophomore year, nearly 15 percent more than non-participants.

"Once we were able to show those numbers off to the chancellor's numbers office, they were on-board and said 'we'll expand the program, we'll fund the expansion,'" Jessica Copeland, a graduate advisor for the Center for Leadership and Service, said. "So they challenged us to reach our goals and ...

News
Jimmy Cheek 4-26

Pancake dinner offers free food, administrative interaction
Emily DeLanzo, Managing Editor

Paperwork and administrative meetings dominate Chancellor Jimmy Cheek's days, but the head of UT Knoxville took a break Wednesday night to hone his culinary skills in Hodges Library.

"This isn't my first time making pancakes," Cheek admitted while ...

Bill Richardson 4-26

Bill Richardson discusses controversial mountaintop removal
Blair Kuykendall, Editor in Chief

Bill Richardson's auspicious career has included an ambassadorship to the United Nations, the governorship of New Mexico and a stint as U.S. Secretary of Energy, but he had to visit UT to become familiar with mountaintop removal.

"I ...

Dining dollar donations to support food bank
RJ Vogt, News Editor

The UT Dining system does not allow dining dollars to roll over from spring semester to fall.

On Monday, students will have a chance to donate their excess dining dollars to Second Harvest Food Bank.

Fadi Saleh, a sophomore in ...

Synchronized Fireflies

Unique species showcases natural light
Matt Reed, Staff Writer

Each year, spring beckons dynamic activity in the natural world. In the old Smoky Mountain settlement known as Elkmont, the transition from spring to summer arouses an extraordinary display of highly specialized firefly mating behavior: synchronized bioluminescence.

Known to many ...

Farewell from the 2012-2013 Daily Beacon
Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon

InShort

2012-2013 Daily Beacon

Arts & Culture

Coming to UT brings sense of self, achievement
Victoria Wright, Arts & Culture Editor

While I can't necessarily call this a farewell column given the fact that I will be around Rocky Top taking classes and serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Beacon this summer, I still need to say some words.

I have ...

Tia's Farewell

Tia Patron Photo Retrospective
Tia Patron, Photography Editor

It has been a crazy four-ish years. I would like to thank Lane Kiffin for quitting, because that threw me into photography here at The Daily Beacon. From wine bottles and boots, to bus trips to NYC, to onesies with ...

Tara Sripunvoraskul's Farewell 4-26

Tara Sripunvoraskul Photo Farewell
Tara Sripunvoraskul, Photography Editor

It's been the perfect experience shooting various UT events and UT sports. I've met amazing new friends and celebrities throughout my time here and want to thank everyone who I have ever taken a photo of, my design ...

Finals playlist makes studying bearable
Samantha Coley, Staff Writer

With the spring semester finally winding down, only one thing is now in the way of students and summer: finals.
After classes are over, students all over campus will be hiding out in their dorms, apartments and the library studying ...

Looking to the future and the job ahead
Justin Joo, Copy Editor

When I was first asked by The Daily Beacon's managing editor, Emily DeLanzo, to type a "farewell" column for today's final issue, a swarm of ideas came to mind.

My first thought was to do a joke column ...

Graphic Design Senior Show 2013

Senior graphic design event showcases student talent
Melodi Erdogan, Assistant Arts & Culture Editor

The next Picasso of graphic design may be emerging.

The 2013 Graphic Design Senior Show will take place at Remedy coffee shop on Friday, May 10 from 6 to 9 p.m. The show will feature art from 16 senior ...

New beginnings, opportunities for summer break
Montana Coward, Staff Writer

As the school year is coming to a close, students are more than ready to get their summer under way. The question remains: what will students do with these three months off – get a job, go on vacation, maybe take ...

Achievements, new experiences chase away regrets
Eric Nalley, Chief Copy Editor

I never thought this day would come.

When I first came to UT in August 2008, I was not a happy person. This was truly the last place I had wanted to attend college coming out of high school in ...

Sports
Softball Ivy Renfroe

Softball holds special draft
Patrick MacCoon, Staff Writer

With postseason play right around the corner, the Lady Vols softball team has high hopes of not only winning the SEC Tournament, but also making it to the College World Series.

While they are currently on a 19-game win streak ...

Farewell holds memories, tears, hope

Lauren Kittrell, Sports Editor

Sitting down to write a farewell column might be the most difficult experience I've had during my time at The Daily Beacon.

Thousands on thousands of memories — some more pleasant than others — whip through my head and I have ...

Austin Bornheim Farewell

Finding my place in the homestretch
Austin Bornheim, Assistant Sports Editor

Initially I didn't want to write a column for this year's final issue of The Daily Beacon.

I have only been a staff member here one year, and I felt a little strange writing about my experience in ...

Anthony Elias Farewell

Family, friends, staff define college experience

Anthony Elias, Staff Writer

With two weeks left, it finally sunk in.

This was where I'd wanted to be for a really long time. Try 15 years. My grandma Loretta Garcia and I had always talked about this city back in Bellflower, Calif ...

Former Vol playmaker signs endorsement deal
Troy Provost-Heron, Staff Writer

For former Tennessee Volunteer wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson, his NFL career couldn't have gotten off to a much better start.

Not only was he selected by the Minnesota Vikings with the 29th selection in the first-round of the NFL ...

Opinion

Newsroom exploits provide purpose, love
Emily DeLanzo, Managing Editor

One order of protection. Four internships. Twelve all-nighters for a total of 133 credit hours. And as of today, 472 Daily Beacons.

From first hand experience, I can tell you that a lot can happen in four years.

I locked ...

Ardent staff defines experience at Beacon
Blair Kuykendall, Editor in Chief

I have decided to devote this final missive to something crazy and wonderful: this year's Beacon staff. They are all fantastic, but for the sake of column space I will be focusing on the seniors. They are some of ...

Writing, editing allows voice to stand out

Preston Peeden, Associate Editor

On the whole, UT is not a pretty campus.

There's construction galore, Prez Court looks as if it was built in an era of architecture where excessive seas of concrete were considered aesthetically pleasing, and the statues on campus ...