Issue 120.04
Tuesday June 12, 2012
Bear outside of Panhellenic 6-12
John Messner

TRWA agents attend to a black bear outside of The Panhellenic Building on Sunday, June 11. The bear was relocated, and no one was harmed.

Student assists police, locates bear
Wesley Mills, News Editor

It was an unusual Saturday night for graduate student Alexander Khaddouma.

Khaddouma was driving back from his apartment when a bear ran across 17th street, three yards behind his car.

"I was actually on the phone at the time and just said something like, 'Holy crap, there is a bear in the Fort! Let me call you back,'" Khaddouma said.

The UT alert system sent out a text and email warning people that there was a bear on the loose, but Khaddouma wasn't signed up for the alerts so his sighting was the first knowledge he had of any ...

WUTK, Raven Records team up for fundraiser bash
Preston Peeden, Associate Editor

Raven Records & Rarities has joined forces with WUTK on Saturday, June 16th to host a night full of music, movies and fun at the Relix Variety Theatre in Knoxville's thriving Happy Holler neighborhood.

The event's purpose is two-fold: on the surface it marks the grand opening of Raven Records & Rarities new location on 1200 N. Central after moving from Bearden, but also the event hopes to serve as a fundraiser for the student-operated UT radio station WUTK. This partnership between station and record store is not a new thing, but rather it dates back over three decades.

"We've been almost joined at the hip with Raven Records since 1985, when they opened a store on the Strip, and we've done a lot since they reopened in Bearden a year ago," said Benny Smith, WUTK's General Manager and Programming Director. "And now that they're moving ...

News
UC Construction

Constant construction frustrates, inconveniences students
Lauren Kittrell, Sports Editor

UT appears to be in a state of constant construction.

As building after building and parking lot after parking lot goes under severe renovations, UT's y being overtaken by caution signs, construction workers and noisy equiptment. The updates affect ...

Student reading outside HSS
George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

InShort

Lizzy Sovine, sophomore in physics and astronomy, reads outside of HSS on Feb. 28.

Sports
Chanelle Price

Lady Volunteers finish ninth at NCAAs
Staff Reports

The Lady Vols, who did not have any competitors on the final day of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, finished with 21 points and tied for ninth place in the team standings when the four-day meet concluded on Saturday ...

Opinion

Everyday interactions missing civility
Preston Peeden, Associate Editor

The world as we know it is not a happy place.

Turn on a television to any news station and the top story will be about death, floods, fires, robberies, wars or any other violent and destructive headline grabber. There ...