Issue 16, Volume 123
Friday, July 26, 2013
House directors join the Row
Reform follows after recommendations from Greek Life Task Force R.J. Vogt Managing Editor Frat Row may have once been the site of outrageous parties, but in at least three houses this fall, the previously minimal supervision will be expanded and more closely regulated. That’s right, gents: house directors have been implemented at UT. In lieu of a 2012-2013 school year that sent two chapters packing, a Greek Life Task Force’s recommendations are resulting in mandatory house directors in every house by Fall 2014. The advisers and housing corporations plan to hire extra weekend security in Fraternity Park in the meantime. This fall, Associate Dean of Students Jeff Cathey said that a house director has already been selected for Phi
Sigma Kappa and will be joined on the Row by another house director for Beta Upsilon Chi, the new brotherhood moving into the old Pi Kappa Alpha House. Additionally, the sisterhood of Delta Gamma, which is living in the Phi Gamma Delta house until its new house in Sorority Village is completed, will also have a house director. “We’re looking for the fraternities to give us more in writing the detail of what they’re looking to do this fall,” Cathey said in an interview Thursday afternoon. “And then at a later date, [we’re] looking for them to start giving us proposals for how they plan to provide supervision and house directors for the next fall.” He acknowledged some logistical issues, such as houses that lack the facilities for a house director or have the complications of budgetary concerns and preexisting student housing contracts. To supply supervision in the interim, each chapter’s housing corporation is working with the other advisers on the Row to secure off-duty police officers on the weekends. Word has slowly spread throughout the Greek community that houses will be under a closer watch this football See GREEK on Page 2
Photos by Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon
Top: As UT increases supervision on Fraternity Row, a live-in house director will live at the Phi Sigma Kappa House following the Greek Task Force’s recommendations. Above: The Delta Gamma sorority, which is living in the old Phi Gamma Delta house, will also have a house director.
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Concern arises over street parking spot Gabrielle O’Neal Staff Writer
Cars are being towed from what appears to be a parking space next to the White Street parking garage by Clement Hall. Last week, Nathan Murray parked his car in that spot while he was in the conference center. Upon his return, he realized that his car was gone. Murray called the city impound lot and found out that his car had been towed. “I parked in the spot that was demarcated by a white line, so I thought that would be okay to park in,” said Murray, a graduate student in economics. “I’ve seen cars in the spot literally every day, including today and the day I got towed.” It is common knowledge that a yellow curb means that parking is not allowed. However, the confusion about the parking space stems from the fact that the white line in the street is freshly painted while the yellow paint on the curb is old and fading away beneath the onset of grass. Farther up the street, the yellow curbs appear freshly painted and the grass on the curbs is neatly trimmed. According to Murray, there
had been other cars parked in the spot before without being towed or ticketed. “There are several reasons why a curb could be painted yellow, which is prohibiting parking,” said Darrell DeBusk from the Knoxville Police Department. Debusk listed several causes for yellow curbs, including fire hydrants, blind turns and parking lot or private drive proximity. As it turns out, even though others have parked in the spot in question before, it is not an actual parking space. “You have to go by what is on the curb and the signs,” DeBusk said. A parking space will be marked by a white box and not a white line, acccording to Debusk. A few changes to the space will make it more apparent that it is not an actual parking space. “It should be marked very clearly probably on the pavement,” Murray said, “The yellow paint should be repainted and other signs in the area should be more clearly positioned as to whether or not you can park there.”
Cortney Roark Staff Writer
Photo by Hannah Cather • The Daily Beacon
Yellow paint faintly marks the curb where many drivers park their cars.
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Radio stations today pride themselves on playing music from the top of the lists, which is why it’s typical to hear the same song on three different radio stations, multiple times a day. This has never been the case with East Tennessee’s WDVX, 89.9 FM. WDVX focuses its music on local artists, and many of the songs are performed live. This music falls into the category of Americana, which encompasses blues, bluegrass, celtic, folk, cajun and various other genres, according to Tony Lawson, WDVX program director. This unique radio station was created by a group of people, including Lawson, with the desire to give the people of East Tennessee a station that represents their home, according to the WDVX website. This desire created a radio station unlike any other that broadcasts a feeling of home. “It is almost like stepping into a piece of the past,” Andrew Sayne, long time fan of WDVX, said. “Genuine love for good music made by good people. No corporate agenda.” After broadcasting from a camper for five years, WDVX made the Knoxville Visitor’s Center it’s permanent residence in 2005, Lawson said. The radio station proves its unique style through its music and sense of family as an independent, listenersupported community station. “That is one great thing about working here,” Lawson, who is also a DJ for the station, said. “The people, the relationships and the community building. That is the most important, because doing that gives the station life to go forward.” See WDVX on Page 3
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