Issue 121.04
Monday August 27, 2012
Bid Day 8-27
Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon

Becca Bays, sophmore pre-major in communications, walks onto the floor of Thompson-Boling Arena after opening an envelope with her sorority bid on Aug. 26.

Rush week ends with sorority bids

RJ Vogt, News Editor

On Sunday, over 700 young women entered Thompson-Boling Arena with high hopes for receiving a bid to a sorority.

"I was freaking out because I was so nervous and excited," said Alyssa Perrone, freshman in marketing. "I just wanted to find out as soon as possible, but it felt like every minute was ten years. Once we ripped open the envelopes, it was the best feeling."

The atmosphere is exciting as bids are torn open and the new sisters literally rush to their sisterhood. "All these girls were running around, and the girls who you knew were running up and ...

Hipster Hoedown 8-27
Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon

LGBT center questions ranking
Justin Joo, Copy Editor

The 2012 Princeton Review has ranked the University of Tennessee 16th in the most "LGBT-Unfriendly" campuses.

This ranking comes as both a surprise and a stark contrast to what the casual observer might have noticed Thursday afternoon, when the OUTreach LGBT and Ally Resource Center was having an open house meet and greet, and the LGBTQ-friendly Lambda Student Union was handing out brochures on Pedestrian Walkway for the Student InVOLvement Fair.

Jesse Ford, resource center director at OUTreach, said the ranking was worth some, but not a lot, of concern.

"We haven't addressed it institutionally or anything like that ...

News

Board to discuss technology needs on campus
Deborah Ince, Staff Writer

The UT Board of Trustees will hold a workshop in Nashville Aug. 27-28 to discuss technology use in higher education.

Held at the Ellington Agricultural Center, the workshop has three main goals: to identify future innovations for UT, to identify ...

Student Reward SIgnups 8-27
Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon

InShort

Alaina Gregerson, freshman in nursing, and Katrina Laemmerhirt, freshman in marketing, sign up for Student Rewards while waiting to run through the “T” during Night in Neyland on Aug. 20.

Arts & Culture
1st Year MFA gallery show 8-27

Students open art gallery
Melodi Erdogan, Assistant Arts & Culture Editor

It is an established fact that art is subjective. A piece may evoke certain emotions to one person, when to another person it may evoke different emotions. Subjective is something art will always be, although original, fascinating and gratifying are ...

The Dirty Guv'nahs 8-27

Local band releases third album
Gabe Quistorff, Staff Writer

The Dirty Guv'nahs third studio album, "Somewhere Beneath These Southern Skies," was released on August 14.

Still rootsy and still rocking, the band has managed to polish their sound into something that has potential for mass appeal and could ...

Sports
Kelsey Robinson 8-27

Lady Vols volleyball sees wins and losses
Matt Magill, Staff Writer

The game looked bleak for Tennessee until Kelsey Robinson took her game to another level.

The Lady Vols rallied from down 2-1 to a defeat of the No. 10 Iowa State Cyclones Saturday night at Thompson-Boling Arena, 20-25, 26-24, 19-25 ...

Susan Ferguson 8-27

Women’s soccer scores win
Anthony Elias, Staff Writer

"Nothing's better than 'first-evers'," Brian Pensky, UT womens soccer coach, remembered "the old baseball coach at Maryland" saying.

The Tennessee Lady Vols 1-0 double-overtime nail-biter over the William & Mary Tribe (0-2) at Regal Stadium Friday night adds substance to ...

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