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Tue Feb 07, 2012

Rising — UT’s trinket budget

    
Last week UT’s new branding campaign, “Big Orange, Big Ideas” sparked a flurry of excitement, coupled with unique giveaways. Students and faculty received free orange T-shirts, buttons, lapel pins and pamphlets. There were even orange and white M&M’s. Members of the UT ...

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Mon Oct 24, 2011

Rising — UT student discourse
    
    
The Daily Beacon is excited to announce that there has been a decided upswing in letters and opinions contributed by students. As the primary vehicle for student expression on campus, the Beacon is happy to accommodate publication of various student reflections on either issue content or ...

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Tue Oct 04, 2011

 Rising— American Cholesterol Levels

    
On Oct. 2, The Ninety Nine Restaurants in Billerica, Mass., created the world’s largest nacho. The final product weighed in at 3,999 pounds and required a 70-foot, custom-made table to hold it aloft. The concoction topped the previous record of 3,555 pounds, which ...

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Tue Aug 23, 2011

Rising — Waiting times in line at the University Center

Popular dining spots like Chick-fil-A and Subway have lines reaching near maximum capacity. For most students, the time it takes to get a chicken sandwich or a “Five-Dollar Footlong” exceed the allotted time they have for dining. While the reason for ...

<p>Members of the UT Baseball team look on from the dugout during a game against South Carolina on Saturday, April 9. The Vols finished the season at a disappointing 25-29 (7-23 SEC), loosing head coach Todd Raleigh two days after the final game of the season.</p>

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Fri Jun 03, 2011

Rising — Quality of Lady Gaga albums

Yes, that's right: Lady Gaga's new album, "Born This Way," released May 23, is her best album to date.

Amazingly the worst song on the album is also its third single, "The Edge of Glory." It is a phoned-in power ballad, immensely ...

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Mon Apr 18, 2011

Rising — Quarterback controversy?!?!?

Oh dear, here we go again. Tennessee football's annual Orange and White Game took place on Saturday, with the White squad earning a victory over the Orange 24-7. Shoddy weather made a bland game even more so, with very little offense to come by for either ...

<p>Cuonzo Martin speaks with a member of the media at his introductory press conference in Thompson-Boling Arena on Thursday, March  28. Martin was honored by receiving the 2011 Ben Jobe National Coach of the Year Award, which recognizes the top minority coach in Division I men's basketball.</p>

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Mon Apr 04, 2011

Rising — Acceptance of Cuonzo Martin

It's been two weeks since the seemingly inevitable firing of Bruce Pearl finally came to fruition on UT's campus. Despite Pearl's NCAA transgressions, the general consensus among the UT student population was for Tennessee to retain Pearl as head coach, a position ...

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Mon Mar 07, 2011

Falling — Amount of pajamas allowed at Quantico Marine Base

In a move that has either drawn the ire or the chuckles of the majority of the world following politics and news, Bradley Manning, the soldier charged with leaking cables containing sensitive international data to Wikileaks, is now being forced to ...

<p>The UT bench erupts after a buzzer beating 3-pointer from Shekinna Stricklen to give the Lady Vols an 80-60 win over LSU on Sunday, Feb. 27. Angie Bjorklund helped lead the team with 17 points in the final game of the regular season, as the Lady Vols improved to a dominant 16-0 record in conference play.</p>

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Mon Feb 28, 2011

Rising — Lady Vol victories

This past week was a forgettable one for UT sports. Despite the surprising victory over Vanderbilt — did anyone actually think UT would win in Nashville? — the receipt of the NCAA's Notice of Allegations put a sour taste in the mouths of Tennessee fans amid the ...

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Mon Feb 14, 2011

Falling — Pearl domination of Florida

Perhaps we jinxed the UT men's basketball team? This is the thought running through the minds of Beacon staffers this week. Frequent readers may recall that in this exact spot last Monday, we wondered out loud about the return of Bruce Pearl to UT ...