Issue 119.30
Wednesday February 22, 2012
Sorority Villiage construction continues 2-22
George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

Construction continues on Sorority Village on Monday. The housing will alleviate overcrowding in the residence halls as well as the future hall that will be built near Presidential Court.

Sorority Village Almost Done
Wade Scofield, Staff Writer

It won’t be long until the massive project across Alcoa Highway is complete and UT adds another beautiful piece of architecture to the campus.
    
With the first houses expected to be completed in August, the termed Sorority Village will provide a sense of community to Panhellenic members and also seek to increase UT’s ability to bring to campus students for whom Greek life is important.
    
“We expect if everything goes according to plan, we will have more than half the sororities open this fall,” Lindi Smedberg, Panhellenic adviser, said. “And the sororities that have not opened will remain ...

Ivy Renfroe 2-22
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Softball splits rainy weekend
Dallas Abel, Staff Writer

The No. 7 Tennessee softball team won one game in weekend tournament action after rain canceled the majority of the games.
    
“It was unfortunate to have three of our games rained out,” co-head coach Karen Weekly said. “We should have had played five games but only got to play two.”
    
After the rain moved out, the Lady Vols lost to No. 13 Texas 3-2 in nine innings on Sunday after the game was rescheduled from the Saturday rain-out.
   
 Tennessee took a one-run lead going into the bottom of the ninth. With international rules in place, which puts a runner on ...

News

UT hosts Boys and Girls Clubs ‘Punt, Pass & Kick’
Staff Reports

More than 100 local youth converged on Tennessee’s indoor football complex on Presidents Day as UT Sport Management students hosted the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley for the Eighth Annual Punt, Pass & Kick competition inside the Neyland ...

Jackie Battenfield talks about artist's workings
Sarah Houston • The Daily Beacon

InShort

Jessie Van der Laan, printshop technician, and Jered Sprecher, associate professor of art, talk to Jackie Battenfield after her lecture “How To Make a Living Doing What You Love” on Friday. Battenfield lectured on three tools that an artist needs to make a living through artistic work.

Opinion

Politics evolve in age of Twitter

Sam Ellis, Columnist

 “THIS IS WHAT I THINK. It’s a shrewd, largely-universal observation about a particular topic or society in general. Your day and life will be better because of it and, per my aptitude for educating the masses, it’s entirely ...

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