Issue 121.19
Tuesday September 18, 2012
Undergraduate Research 9-18
Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon

A student works in a lab on Sept. 16, 2011. The Undergraduate Research Students’ Association is having an open meeting for students to learn about the opportunities available on campus.

URSA helps students get lab experience
RJ Vogt, Managing Editor

The Undergraduate Research Students' Association will have an open meeting at 5:30 tonight in the UC Shiloh Room.

The group will discuss how to get involved in undergraduate research, a growing factor in admission to graduate degree programs.

"It's almost a requirement to get into grad schools," Melissa Lee, senior in neuroscience, said.

Lee co-founded the organization during her freshman year with Mark Remec, senior in biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology. They felt many students failed to see the importance and availability of undergraduate research.

"We knew that most of the people we knew didn't know ...

Grizzly Bear 9-18
Photo courtesy of Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear impresses audience
Morgan McConnell, Staff Writer

Kicking off their U.S. tour within the opulent confines of the Tennessee Theatre, Grizzly Bear played to an enthusiastically approving audience Sunday night.

The Brooklyn-based group performed songs from their new album, "Shields", as well as fan favored selections from their two prior full-length releases, "Yellow House" and "Veckatimest". Crowd response was largely positive.

"This was the show this fall I was most looking forward to seeing," said Annie Skulepa, senior in psychology, while clutching a signed pressing of "Shields" under her arm. "It certainly did not disappoint. I was very surprised that they would be launching a nationwide ...

News

‘Safety Expo’ held today to create awareness
David Cobb, Assistant News Editor

UT's Department of Environmental and Health Safety works to ensure safety on campus in ways that often go unnoticed.

The organization regulates air quality in UT buildings and removes hazardous waste from campus, among other things.

But this morning ...

"GameDay" Pics 9-18
Parker Eidson • The Daily Beacon

InShort

Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit share a laugh after making their game picks on ESPN’s “College GameDay” on Sept. 14.

Arts & Culture

Beacon tips for partying
Victoria Wright, Editor in Chief

With football season in full sweep, students and other patrons searching for shallow conversation and cheap drinks flood the Strip and house parties on the weekends. While having a good time usually involves free action and YOLO'ing, there are ...

Sports
Hannah Wilkinson 9-18

Lady Vols soccer team ties with Vandy
Scott Fields, Staff Writer

In a physical matchup of SEC rivals, No. 23 Tennessee and Vanderbilt both were held scoreless in the second half after each team scored once in the first half Sunday at Regal Soccer Stadium.

"Certainly we wanted to come out ...

Antonio Richardson

Vols, motivated after loss, prepare for Akron
Luke Tamburin, Staff Writer

Despite the disappointing 37-20 loss to the Florida Gators on Saturday, Tennessee is focused on improving as a group this week prior to their matchup with the Akron Zips.

Losing to Florida is always difficult to accept, but this year ...

Opinion

Human kindness still inspiring unity
Eric Nalley, Chief Copy Editor

Although the London 2012 Summer Olympics are long over now, the memory of it hasn't yet let me forget a very important thing. It is something quite subtle, and yet very obvious at the same time, but it can ...