Issue 120.17
Friday July 27, 2012
Vols Teach 7-27
Tia Patron • The Daily Beacon

Seena Beztchi, junior in industrial engineering and a current Vols Teach student, plays with a skull at the VolsTeach table on April 12.

UT program trains new teachers
Wesley Mills, News Editor

The University of Tennessee is trying to put a stop to the national shortage of math and science teachers across the country.

Back in 2010, UT adopted the VolsTeach program. This program originally started at the University of Texas in Austin back in 1997, and has since been replicated across the country due to teacher shortages.

Starting this fall, VolsTeach is moving into the newly renovated Greve Hall, and they are holding an open house on Aug. 20 from 2-5 to celebrate this occasion, as well as talk to prospective students about becoming a part of their program.

The target ...

Tyler Bray in Orange and White Game 7-27
George Richardson

Bray cited in two vandalism incidents
Matt Dixon, Sports Editor and Preston Peeden, Associate Editor

Tennessee junior quarterback Tyler Bray was mentioned in one police report involving two cases of vandalism this past week. In neither case has anyone been arrested or charged.

The first incident involved Bradi Hudson, a UT senior in Human Resource Management and a resident of The Landing Riverside Apartments. Allegedly Bray and his roommate, Michael Grandinetti, damaged her vehicle by throwing beer bottles and golf balls off of a balcony onto her vehicle.

Hudson noticed damage to her vehicle on Saturday morning and reported the damage to the Knoxville Police Department on Sunday. Hudson reported that the windshield of her ...

Entertainment
12th Planet

The Daily Beacon Weekender
Preston Peeden, Associate Editor

Friday, July 27

What: Summer Movie Magic presents "The Third Man"
Where: The Tennessee Theatre
When: 8 p.m.
Price: $8
Preston's Take: This classic British film noir was released in 1949 and follows a pulp fiction novelist named ...

4-H and United Health Care 7-27
Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon

InShort

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and United Health Care presents the 4-H State Representatives with a check as part of a new partnership to help fight obesity and encourage healthy living.

Sports
Jeronne Maymon against UConn 7-27

Vols return from offseason knee surgeries
Patrick MacCoon, Staff Writer

With the Tennessee men's basketball team gearing up for its exhibition tour of Italy from August 5-15, in which the team will play four exhibition games against club and professional Italian teams, three returning upperclassmen have progressed well through ...

Opinion

Greater restriction not the answer
Lauren Kittrell, Sports Editor

I purchased my ticket early.

I picked it up two days before opening night.

I woke up that morning, impatient for the day to be over and the night to begin.

I went out for drinks with friends, tapping my ...