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Bray cited in two vandalism incidents Preston Peeden Managing Editor

Matt Dixon Sports 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 2008 Ford was cracked and that her roof was dented.

“We were notified by the victim, who stated she went out of her apartment out towards her vehicle,” KPD spokesman Darrell DeBusk said. “There she found a note that indicated that they had seen what had happened to the vehicle and they left their name and contact information.”

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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 audience for VolsTeach is freshman, but all students are welcome.

VolsTeach Coach Jada Johnson said the program is for those that want to be teachers,

but is also for those who are math and science majors but are unsure where those majors will take them.

The program starts soft, with no commitment on the student’s part and only a few hours of work.

Students will take a one-credit hour course called Step One, and they will have an elementary field experience with that course.

Step Two, like the first, is just a recruiting course to feel students out and gauge their interest.

“It gets students to try out teaching to see if that’s what they really wanted to do,” she said. “I had students in one course that came to UT planning to teach math and science, and then you also have some that may be interested in pre-professional programs or maybe don’t know what they want to do with their math and science degree, but they just want to try out teaching.”

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

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UT employee fights firing Roofing, other The Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church is being allowed to proceed with her lawsuit that claims she was unfairly fired by the University of Tennessee at Knoxville because she refused to work on her Sabbath.

A panel of judges for the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled 2-1 Tuesday in favor of Kimberly Crider, overturning a lower court decision that dismissed her lawsuit.

Crider was hired in May 2008 as a Programs Abroad Office coordinator. The job included monitoring a cellphone on nights and weekends for emergency calls from the roughly 1,000 students studying in 35 countries. The duty rotated between Crider and two other coordinators.

Soon after she was hired, Crider asked not

to work on the Seventh Day Adventist Sabbath from sundown Friday until sundown Saturday. She asked for an accommodation and proposed changing the rotation to reduce the total number of days her colleagues had phone duties but increase the number of weekends they were responsible for it.

The colleagues told the supervisor they were unwilling to make the change and one threatened to quit. The university then asked Crider to carry the phone on weekends when the other coordinators were out of town or during an emergency. She was dismissed when she refused.

Crider sued claiming religious discrimination.

The appeals court ruled that the university shouldn’t have won a summary judgment in district court because there were questions about whether UT tried hard enough to accommodate Crider.

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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.

Iconic actor passes away The Associated Press EL PASO, Texas — George Jefferson was a bigot. A loudmouth.

Rude. Obsessed with money.

Arrogant. And yet he was one of the most enjoyable, beloved characters in television history.

Much of that credit belongs to Sherman Hemsley, the gifted character actor who gave life to the blustering black Harlem businessman on “The Jeffersons,” one of TV’s longest

running and most successful sitcoms — particularly noteworthy with its mostly black cast.

The Philadelphia-born Hemsley, who police said late Tuesday died at his home in El Paso, Texas, at age 74, first played George Jefferson on the CBS show “All in the Family” before he was spun off onto “The Jeffersons.” The sitcom ran for 11 seasons from 1975 to 1985.

With the gospel-style theme song of “Movin’ on Up,” the hit show

depicted the wealthy former neighbors of Archie and Edith Bunker in Queens as they made their way on New York’s Upper East Side. Hemsley and the Jeffersons (Isabel Sanford played his wife) often dealt with contemporary issues of racism, but more frequently reveled in the sitcom archetype of a short-tempered, opinionated patriarch trying, often unsuccessfully, to control his family.

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projects to continue concrete sections broke off from the building. Buildings Significant improve- include Andy Holt Tower, Nuclear ments to the Knoxville cam- Pasqua pus are underway and will Engineering, Taylor Law continue throughout this Center, Hesler Biology, and next year, thanks to $11 mil- the wall along Cumberland lion from the state for capi- Avenue in front of Hoskins tal maintenance projects, Library.

Another $4 million will storm insurance settlements, and $12.5 million in address the campus electrical infrastructure through campus funds.

Chancellor Jimmy G. upgrades to the main subCheek had already designat- station and replacement of ed funds to accelerate plans the old underground distribution. for addressT h e s e ing sorely upgrades n e e d e d will insure repairs to more reliamany cambility and pus buildprovide the ings. Dave additional Irvin, associp o w e r ate vice chanrequired for cellor for new conFa c i l i t i e s struction Services, coming on said state line. funds will Several Tia Patro • The Daily Beacon help the uniother univerv e r s i t y address even more of its sity-funded projects will deferred maintenance needs have a big impact for stuand make needed repairs dents for the fall semester. and renovations to more The Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) building campus buildings.

A total of $16.5 million renovation is on schedule will be spent on more than and set to reopen for fall 100 roof projects through semester. The planned addithis fall. A comprehensive tion of two food vendors roofing condition study and the outdoor seating completed this spring plaza on the east side of allowed UT to resolve insur- HSS will be completed in ance claims from the hail- early fall.

A large-scale upgrade to storm of April 2011. State funds are being combined John C. Hodges Library with insurance settlements Commons, funded by stuand university deferred dent library fees, is also on maintenance funding to schedule, and the newly broaden the scope of roof configured and furnished repair projects. Roofs will space will be ready to welbe repaired or replaced at come students in early South College, Biosystems September. Students can Engineering and also look forward to the Environmental Sciences opening of the new recrecomplex on Building, Andy Holt Tower, ation Ceramics Annex, and Sutherland Avenue, which Kingston Pike Building to will be ready next spring semester. name just a few.

The state budget for fisAt least $3 million will be dedicated to masonry cal year 2012-13 also includrepairs, involving brick and ed $94 million in state capistructural cement which tal funds for renovation and needs to be repaired or expansion of Strong Hall to replaced on as many as ten add needed classrooms and buildings. The work will laboratories. The campus help head off other potential will contribute $18.75 milproblems like what occurred lion for the project, which with McClung Tower when will begin next summer.

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1974 — House begins impeachment of Nixon On this day in 1974, the House Judiciary Committee recommends that America’s 37th president, Richard M. Nixon, be impeached and removed from office. The impeachment proceedings resulted from a series of political scandals involving the Nixon administration that came to be collectively known as Watergate.

The Watergate scandal first came to light following a breakin on June 17, 1972, at the Democratic Party’s national headquarters in the Watergate apartment-hotel complex in Washington, D.C. A group of men linked to the White House were later arrested and charged with the crime. Nixon denied any involvement with the breakin, but several of his staff members were eventually implicated in an illegal cover-up and forced to resign. Subsequent govern-

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ment investigations revealed “dirty tricks” political campaigning by the Committee to Re-Elect the President, along with a White House “enemies list.” In July 1973, one of Nixon’s former staff members revealed the existence of secretly taped conversations between the president and his aides.

Nixon initially refused to release the tapes, on grounds of executive privilege and national security, but a judge later ordered the president to turn them over. The White House provided some but not all of the tapes, including one from which a portion of the conversation appeared to have been erased.

In May 1974, the House Judiciary Committee began formal impeachment hearings against Nixon. On July 27 of that year, the first article of impeachment against the president was passed. Two more articles, for abuse of power and

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contempt of Congress, were approved on July 29 and 30. On August 5, Nixon complied with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling requiring that he provide transcripts of the missing tapes, and the new evidence clearly implicated him in a cover up of the Watergate break-in. On August 8, Nixon announced his resignation, becoming the first president in U.S. history to voluntarily leave office. After departing the White House on August 9, Nixon was succeeded

by Vice President Gerald Ford, who, in a controversial move, pardoned Nixon on September 8, 1974, making it impossible for the former president to be prosecuted for any crimes he might have committed while in office. Only two other presidents in U.S. history have been impeached: Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998.

— This Day in History is courtesy of History.com.

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VOLS TEACH continued from Page 1 If students decide to continue with the program after the first two courses, it involves one course per semester, with three credit hours each.

Ultimately, the goal of VolsTeach is for students to become licensed teachers and equip them with skills to teach at the high school level.

Johnson said that students are given ample internship and scholarship opportunities, and the early field experience is essential in today’s job market.

Students will go out into the teaching field five times per semester and be able to both sit in and actually teach a class.

Each student is assigned a master teacher, who is a teacher with high school teaching experience that has come back to help prep those who want to be teachers.

“Two times that semester, they will meet with their mentor teacher, in which the master teacher will identify who the mentor teacher will be,” Johnson said. “They will meet with their mentor teacher twice, give them a chance to observe the students in their classroom.

Then they go out three times to teach. They go there with their partner, who is in there class. One time they will teach with their partner, one time they will teach by themselves, and one time they will let their partner teach.”

On Aug. 20, VolsTeach will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the open

house, and collaborating staff will be coming from the health and human sciences, arts and sciences and education departments.

The whole first floor of Greve Hall has been designated for VolsTeach by the university. That whole space will have dedicated classrooms for VolsTeach classes as well as a commons area for students to hang out and form study groups.

Assistant Director of VolsTeach Susan Newsom said that students who participate in the program are exposed to so many things early on that it really helps them in the job market.

“Five of the nine courses are associated with school-based experiences,” Newsom said. “So we have some very highly qualified mentors in elementary, middle and high school levels. We find our students are exposed and gain a breadth of experience and knowledge in classroom practices, knowledge, application and getting a real sense of what it takes to be a highly regarded teacher.”

And while the goal of VolsTeach is to license teachers to teach, Newsom understands that some may not feel called to teach after being in the program, and that’s why they offer it.

“We’re really helping them build a professional skill set,” she said. “If some of the students find out early that teaching is not for them, that’s ok.

They would have some really well-grounded and well-supported experiences for them to make those informed decisions.”

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

HENSLEY continued from Page 1 Hemsley’s feisty, diminutive father with an exaggerated strut was a kind of black corollary to Archie Bunker — a stubborn, high-strung man who had a deep dislike for whites (his favorite word for them was honkies). Yet unlike the blue-collar Bunker, played by Carroll O'Connor, he was a successful businessman who was as rich as he was crass. His wife, Weezie, was often his foil — yet provided plenty of zingers as well.

Despite the character’s many faults — money-driven, prejudiced, temperamen-

tal, a boor — Hemsley managed to make the character endearing, part of the reason it stayed on the air for so long. Much like O’Connor’s portrayal of Archie Bunker, deep down, Hemsley’s Jefferson loved his family, his friends (even the ones he relentlessly teased) and had a good heart. His performance was Emmy and Golden Globe nominated.

“He was a love of a guy” and “immensely talented,” Norman Lear, producer of “The Jeffersons” and “All in the Family,” said after learning of his death. El Paso police said the actor was found dead at a home where neighbors said he’d lived for

years, and that no foul play is suspected.

The actor had been ill and died of natural causes, so no autopsy will be performed, according to Irene Santiago, a manager at the El Paso coroner’s office. She did not elaborate.

“When the Jeffersons moved in next door to the Bunkers, I wanted to deliver the George Jefferson who could stand up to Archie Bunker,” Lear recalled Tuesday. “It took some weeks before I remembered having seen Sherman in ‘Purlie’ on Broadway.”

Hemsley read for the part and “the minute he opened his mouth he was George Jefferson,” Lear said.

Hemsley was smaller than O’Connor’s Archie but “he was every bit as strong as Archie,” Lear said.

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Editor’s Note Greater restriction not the answer Lauren Kittrell Editor-in-Chief 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 foot on the ground, eagerly awaiting the time when I could go to the theater, present my ticket and take my seat.

I went to the midnight showing of “The Dark Knight Rises” and like millions of fans around the world, I sat in my seat awaiting the start of the movie.

The time came and I watched three hours of one of the best films ever created.

But I didn't know that what was a moment of joy for me was the same moment that 71 people were injured and/or killed.

I woke up the next morning, unable to fully comprehend just how terrible the situation must have been.

While my first thoughts were for the individuals affected by the shooting (there were babies in the theater for goodness sake!), I later began to consider just how the travesty was going to affect the country.

There were so many causes to get behind. Guns and violence are strong issues in our culture and I knew the shooting on July 20th would cause a great uproar.

Not just that, but one man has changed movie-going forever. What was once an escape, a place to relax, will always be tainted with the memory of Aurora, Colorado.

Security will be raised (if not today, definitely in the near future) and bags will be checked. No more sneaking in that bottle of Diet Coke.

As I began to ponder how the shooting would affect my personal movie-going experience, I angered myself.

How could I be so selfish as to consider my own preferences in all this? Families were torn apart, people were killed, lives were changed and I was sitting on my bed complaining to myself because I wouldn't be able to wear belts to the theater any more.

The New York Times helped me feel a little better.

As I began reading about the incident in the paper, I realized that I wasn't the only person with these thoughts.

The Times had dedicated numerous pages, three articles

and an innumerable amount of human labor into covering every aspect of the shooting.

There was an article describing the events, an article detailing the gun issue and even an article detailing how the film industry was responding to the crisis.

Interestingly enough, while reading the articles, I realized that the outcry for gun restrictions, heightened theater security and less violent movies was far less than I expected.

Yes, there was an uprising, but there was also a response.

Some people went so far as to say that if they had been able to carry a gun into the theater in Aurora, they would have been able to save themselves and numerous other victims. Others said that more gun restrictions wouldn't have stopped this shooter or any other. They said that people “like that” are going to find a way regardless of the law.

They have a point.

The film industries seemed to take a more conservative approach. Many of the promotions for the third installment of the Batman series were stopped and one theater in Paris canceled its premier. Security also made an appearance at many theaters across the country.

This isn't the first encounter the movie industry has had with present day events. One film, “The Watch” had a mid-promotion name change after the Trayvon Martin incident. Originally titled “Neighborhood Watch”, producers felt the title might be linked to unwanted publicity.

All this controversy sparks questions in my mind.

Can violent films have this affect? If so, should the films be banned or should there just be higher restrictions on guns? Or should we take what some suggested and make guns more available to the average citizen?

Maybe something can be done. Maybe these are real issues.

But while my heart breaks for the men, women and children affected by the Aurora shooting, I cannot help but feel that this could have happened at any time and place and that anything the government does to control the issue might only make things worse.

Banning guns or making greater restrictions will only affect those of us who are already law-abiding citizens.

Bans on violent films will only spark a greater interest in them.

Maybe the best action is just to sit back, calm down and pray for the families affected by this terrible tragedy.

— Lauren Kittrell is a senior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at lkittre1@utk.edu.

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Reflection on life, hope for change C ommitee o f I n f ra ct i o n s by

Greg Bearringer A.D.D. sucks.

About a year ago, I finally realized a few things.

First off was that I need to cook a dish five times before it becomes “my” dish. The first couple of times are to make sure I get the dish properly cooked — not burnt, but also totally cooked. The next few times serve two purposes: to play with the recipe a bit and also for simple repetition. The final time is just to enjoy something you cooked that is really good.

Or at least should be good; if you can’t get it after five tries, it will never be your dish.

The other thing I realized was that the way I was trying to do grad school was insane. Well, I say “trying,” but I wasn’t “trying” to do a bad job anymore than I was “trying” to finish solidly in the lower third when I used to run cross country. I still can’t believe that I let people talk me into “sticking” with it even though I weighed 215 pounds my senior year.

Seriously, sometimes quitting IS the best thing. But anyway, I wasn’t trying to be a bad grad school student.

You see, part of the problem was being a pretty good undergrad. I never really had to worry about school; tests have always been my thing, and papers took me a pot of coffee, two liters of water, two energy drinks, two Gatorades (half the night was spent walking to the bathroom), a box of graham crackers, and anywhere from 7-12 hours to complete. The system was tried and true. It worked, and even though I complained, I sort of liked the feeling that I was cheating the system.

What I didn’t realize was that what I thought was a very useful tool had become… well, a crutch. I needed the adrenaline of the deadline, the feeling you get when you have to get this DONE and if you don’t you fail and everything for the rest of your life will be a steady decline into failure. But I realized that I needed that rush, and without it no machinations or

scheming could make me do the work. Classwork was ok; I could usually get myself to read all of what I needed — here, the “all-nighter” system kind of worked. But the papers, which are generally longer and, more importantly, not compared on a scale with “Freshman majoring in drinking and minoring in the Greek system” (most of the time, they are called “communications majors”).

You see, I wanted to work on these papers. Not only because that was a sane way of getting work done, but because I am a nerd and I have a pretty free range to work on whatever I want to work on. I could collect works, review them enough to know what was useful and what wasn’t, and even occasionally read way more of an article or book than I needed too (the first skill any good humanities student needs to know how to read efficiently). But when it came to writing the papers? Nothing.

The end of this story is “I have A.D.D.” Now that I am getting help, it makes sense. It was a little disconcerting to discover that my wife, friends, mother, brothers and former teachers all told me “that makes a lot of sense” or “I have kind of thought that for a while.” It was pretty obvious; I probably should have been more open to the idea when I turned in roughly two math assignments my freshman year in high school.

I wonder how decisions like that might have changed my life, how much that removing my need of a fear of failure might have allowed me to do more, or less, or (probably) something different. Heck, I might be somewhere different in a job that actually pays lots of money. I could also, I suppose, be worse off.

Either way, it’s insane for anyone to live like I did. Having wanted to write about this for a while, I struggeled to figure out some way to make this useful to you. What I will say is this: there is an overwhelming chance that you don't have A.D.D. I doubt, though, that you are living your life in the exact way you want. I urge you to read more or lose weight or reorganize your life — not to do this is far worse than the work it takes.

— Gregory Bearringer is a graduate student in Medieval Studies. He can be reached at gbearrin@utk.edu.

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I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not a social media buff, which seems like a cardinal sin today.

It’s not that I don’t use any sites to share my personal opinion of what I believe other people should find important and arbitrary pictures of what I find important.

No, the very fact is, social media is a grim mirror of my own narcissism. And that’s just a reality that’s a little too heavy to bear.

I was on Instagram in the wee hours of the morning after a particularly adventurous night on Beale Street (which is quite a circus, if anyone is ever interested in venturing out into Memphis nightlife).

As I scrolled through the myriad of pictures, some actually artistic and some just a compilation of head shoots and ducks faces (now you can conveniently fit six pictures of yourself in one frame. Thanks phone apps), one picture particularly caught my eye. Not because of the image, but because of one of the comments. It went something like this: “Why are you taking so many pictures of yourself?

WE know what you look like. Instagram is about your surroundings, not your face.”

I applauded their honesty because: 1. It was the truth, and 2. This outspoken commenter provided me with a column idea.

It is no mystery that social media encourages narcissism. Articles have covered the idea since researchers concluded that the number of friends we share on Facebook is linked to socially disruptive narcissism.

It’s reasonable to believe — making our ideas visible to the public puts us in a particularly vulnerable situation. And when we place extremely high values on certain ideas which do not receive the attention we believe they deserve, then we become aggressive, attention seeking...well, narcissists.

But Instragram takes the study to a different level.

For now (because I’m sure the site will be updated as the users grow) all people do is upload pictures.

So what are we looking for? Validation that a picture of a tree in a park shot at an upward angle on our camera phone and then converted into a “Nashville” tint is artistic? Or are we simply looking for proof that we matter to our Instragram friends?

It’s almost the same relationship shared among siblings when fighting for parental affections.

Someone is always going to get the short end of the stick, and thus we become either reclusive or aggressive because we feel like we did not get the recognition we deserve.

I’ll admit I’m susceptible to this behavior when I post pictures of myself on Instagram and don’t receive a certain number of “likes”. Does it mean I’m ugly? Or does it mean people were busy and didn’t have time to press the “like” button? If allowed, desperation would probably lead me to take some sexually suggestive photos in hopes that more people would “like” the pictures; however, I plan to never reach that point because I like to have my dignity.

But it does happen to other people. Search Instragram long enough and you’re sure to find a hoard of people with desperate photos. And it probably won’t slow down anytime soon.

I’m don’t want to isolate Instagram, though.

But for now the social media behemoth is the most popular picture-sharing site. We, as users, have to exercise some form of caution, and I’m not talking about privacy issues.

We make ourselves emotionally vulnerable every day just by interacting with others and sharing our thoughts, so let’s not pour more salt on the wound by seeking out validation for our existence on the Internet. Pictures with funky tints are cooler than normal ones. They are more aesthetically pleasing, and, depending on what you photograph, one might even say they are artistic. But they do not define you.

So the next time you take a picture of a tree, or of yourself, just remember: you don’t need anyone’s validation of how cool the tree was or how attractive you are.

That’s your responsibly.

— Victoria Wright is a junior in journalism and electronic media. She can be reached at vwright6@utk.edu.

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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 Holly Martin (played perfectly by Joseph Cotten) in postwar Vienna as he searches for answers regarding his • Photo courtesy of rottentomatoes.com friend’s mysterious death. This film is easily the highlight of director Carol Reed’s career, and with its “Swiss cuckoo” speech, the film is often mentioned in discussions of the best films ever made. The Tennessee will also be showing the film again on Sunday, July 29 at 2 p.m.

What: Midnight Voyage Live with 12th Planet, Flinch, Griz and Bree Flavoured Where: The Valarium When: 9 p.m.

Price: $15 in advance, $20 at door Preston’s take: 12th Planet (John Dadzie) is an L.A. based Electronic/Dubstep music artist, DJ and producer who has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and abroad. He is also one of the up-andcoming names in the genre. So he is definitely worth the price of admission on his own with Flinch, Griz and Bree Flavoured (a local Knoxvillian) all as icing on top of the cake. If you like dubstep, this is the place to be on Friday.

What: Yung Life with Shy Boy and Mito Band Where: Pilot Light When: 10 p.m.

Price: $5 Preston’s take: Yung Life is a local throwback to the days of hazy 80s synth pop and a look that would go great in a modern retrospect of John Hughes movies. With a good live feel to them and a self-recorded debut album recently released, Yung Life is definitely worth checking out.

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Dance studio seeking p/t office manager for late afternoon/ evening hours. Responsibilities include answering the phone, dealing with customer needs, clerical tasks, AR/ AP. Must have pleasant and friendly manner, be organized and self motivated. Must be proficient on the computer and have the ability to learn new software quickly. Send resume to info@artisticdanceunlimited.com

Starting Points Childcare is hiring two afternoon preschool teachers. Hours are Mon-Fri 2:30-6pm. Experience with young children in a group setting req. Please call 966-2613 for more info.

12th Street in the Fort 2BR, 1BA apt in older house.

Great front porch. Central H/A, Hardwood floors, W/D, off street parking. No Pets. $870/mo. 615-300-7434 865-389-6732.

LAW COLLEGE 2 BLOCKS 2BR apartment with W/D, microwave, restored hardwood floors. 1418 Laurel Ave. Historic Fort Sanders. No. Pets $795.00 UTK-APTS.com 865-933-5204

3BR house, 2.5BA. Walking distance to campus. 1533 Forrest Ave. Central H/A, W/D connection, private parking, dishwasher, living/ dining room. Avail. now. $1400/mo. (865)522-3325.

Walk to class. 2, 4 and 7BR, 2BA homes. Central H/A, all appliances furnished, including Washer Dryer, off street parking. Call (865)388-6144.

2BR, 2 Full Baths, All appliances remain. Perfect floor plan for roommate, 1275 sq. ft. $118,900. (865)540-8375.

THE TOMATO HEAD KNOXVILLE Now hiring dish and food running positions. Full and part-time available, no experience necessary. Apply in person at 12 Market Square or apply online at thetomato-

16th PLACE APARTMENTS 3 blocks from UT Law School (1543- 1539 Highland Ave.) 1BR and 2BR apts. only.

Brick exterior, carpet, laundry facility on first floor.

Guaranteed and secured parking. 24 hour maintenance. No dogs or cats. 32nd year in Fort Sanders. www.sixteenthplace.com. brit.howard@sixteenthplace. com. (865)522-5700.

Monday Plaza 1BR and studios available on The Strip.

Starting at $395/mo. Call (865)219-9000 for information.

3BR, 2.5BA, W/D, very nice and close to campus. $350/mo. per person. Call 385-0512 or visit www.volhousing.com.

Sequoyah Square 2BR 2BA one level condo in heart of Sequoyah Hills! Updated kitchen- new cabinets, countertops, tile floor, cool tile backsplash, new plumbing fixtures, gas stove. Parquet wood floors, neutral paint, great balcony, great location in development near pool, $114,900. Realty Executives Associates, 588.3232, 382.1333. Mary King

Studio apartment for rent.

Private with pool. 5 mins. from campus. Cable included. Parking and separate entry. $450/mo. No pets.

865-603-3268.

4, 5, or 6BR for price of 4BR, 3 blocks to campus, remodeled, new kitchen and baths, Cental H/A, W/D, private parking, big porch. Normally $2,700, last minute special $1,900/mo. Must move in August. Call 865-274-7286 or volrentals.com.

First Baptist Concord/ West Lake FT/PT positions available.

Teacher assistat/ floater. Professional Christian working environment.

Call (865)288-1629 or email westlakewee@fbconcord.org

Full Time Office Clerk/Runner: Downtown Knoxville law firm has opening for a F/T office clerk/runner. Duties include filing of legal documents with courts, deliveries to clients, handling mail, interoffice filing, general errands, etc. Some heavy lifting required. Reliable vehicle w/insurance required. Hours 8am to 5pm, M-F. Send resume to Administrator, PO Box 869.Knoxville, TN 37901 or email sbarrett@hdclaw.com Gynecology office seeks student for PT clerical work Preferred Biology, English Chemistry or Pre-med Major. Monday through Saturday. 8am - 12noon. Email to knoxville_gyn@yahoo.com .

Kidtime After School Program seeking caring counselor $7.75/hr. AL Lotts Elementary School, Farragut Primary and Dogwood Elementary. M-F 12:00-6:00 PM. FT and PT available. Please call Olivia at (865)640-3108.

Office Admin/ Customer Service new campus. Flexible hours. Will train. Call Doug 755-7663.

P/T vet assistant/ Kennel help needed. Afternoons 3-6 pm and some weekends. $7.75/hr Email: doganhosp@gmail.com

This space could be yours. Call 974-4931

head.com.

Wanted: A reader for two hours, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, to an elderly gentleman. With possiblity of increased time. $10/hour.

588-8371 We need coachable, pleasant, dependable people for repeat Shrine fundraiser.

Clean, safe and comfortable environment. $8 to $16/hr.

Flexible FT/PT hrs avail. No weekends. 865-246-1823.

FURN APTS Room sublease in 4BR 2BA Gateway of Knoxville. Fully furnished. $384/mo. Includes utilities, cable and internet. Available fall and spring. tperkin1@utk.edu., 931-561-1948.

UNFURN APTS 1 and 2BR Apts. UT area and West Knox area. Call for appointment (865)522-5815.

1BR apartments available beginning in summer. One block from campus. Call between 9 AM and 9 PM. (865)363-4726.

South Knoxville/ UT downtown area 2BR apts. $475.

Call about our special (865)573-1000.

FOR RENT 1 BR CONDO Pool/Security/Elevator/ Pkg 3 min. walk to Law School. $520R, $300SD, No app. fee.

865 (4408-0006 , 250-8136).

HUNTINGTON PLACE UT students! Only 3 miles west of campus. Eff. to 3BR. Hardwood floors. Central H/A. Pets allowed.

(865)588-1087.

1BR, LR, kitchen with stove and refrigerator, private parking and entrance. Utilities not included. 2011 Highland. Walking distance to campus. Very Clean,. Available now. $400/mo. Call 522-3325.

3 bedrooms AND 3 garage parking spaces! 2 baths, washer/dryer, free cable and wireless service. Lake Plaza, 1735 Lake Ave, behind McDonalds. No pets, no smoking. $1950/mo. bhmiller67@aol.com, 615-292-0354 AVAILABLE FOR FALL 3BR, 1BA apt. in older house in the Fort. Central H/A, off streeet parking.

No pets. Leave message $380/per person (615)300-7434.(865)3896732.

APT. FOR RENT. Close to UT Furnished Studio - $445 to $470. Water & Sewer Included. GREAT MOVE-IN SPECIAL.. 523-0441

UT area. Studio apartment.2 blocks from campus. Water, Internet included. Pool, laundry. 1700 Clinch Ave. Avail August 1. $525/mo. www.absolutecom.com/309.

423-956-5551.

VICTORIAN HOUSE APTS Established 1980 3 blocks behind UT Law School. 1, 2 and 3BR apartments. VERY LARGE AND NEWLY RENOVATED TOP TO BOTTOM. Hardwood floors, high ceilings, porches, 3BR’s have W/D connections. 2 full baths, dishwashers. Guaranteed and secured parking. 24 hour maintenance. No dogs or cats. www.sixteenthplace.com. brit.howard@sixteenthplace. com. (865)522-5700.

WALK TO CAMPUS Great Specials! 1BR Apartments. Limited available. No security deposits. Prime Campus Housing (865)637-3444. primecampushousingtn.com.

4BR, 3.5BA Basement garage.

All appliances. 1 mile off campus. Less than 10 years old. Recently remodeled. No pets. $1,000/mo.

615-804-2422 or 615-804-2897.

Hialeah Apartments $390 Student Special! 1BR apartment off Chapman Hwy. Convenient to Busline.

Quiet Community - Pool and Basketball.

Please call 865-573-5775.

CONDOS FOR RENT Easy walk to campus 3BR, 2BA. Only unit with 3 parking spaces. W/D, balcony, cable and internet included.

LAurel Station Condos.

615-969-1013 $550/ Tenant, Seperate lease. For photos see Keller Williams Knoxville. Janice Presnell Agent.

River Towne Condo. 3BR, 2BA. Cherry H/W floors throughout.

Overlooking pool, boat slip available.

Rick 805-9730

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Houses in the Fort available for Fall. 4, 5, and 7BR, includes appliances and internet. Call 521-7324.

Newly remodeled 3BR, 2BA, kitchen, North Knoxville, 10 mins. to UT. $850/mo. $500 damage deposit. Outside pets. (865)256-1741.

2 females wanted to share 3BR house in Halls. Reasonable rent plus divide utilities. 1st to sign gets garage space! Call or text for details 615-945-2741 58 year old male graduate student needs to share big nice, furnished apt. in Sequoyah Hills. Your expenses $500/mo. (865)936-5454 or hwhites1@utk.edu.

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3BR 1BA, Dining Room 2-story house, big yard 7 minutes from campus. Spacious, high ceilings.

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3BR 2BA townhouse in Fort Sanders. Central H/A, W/D, DW and parking. For more info contact fortsandersrentals@gmail.com

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3BR, 3BA condo at Woodlands. UT shuttle, pools, fitness center. Buy for less than rent. 3950 Cherokee Woods Way #1422 $165,900.

(865)919-2456.

FSBO Student housing, Laurel Station. 3BR/2BA, designated parking spaces, stainless appliances, full size W/D, new flooring, security system, private balcony, cable/ internet included in low HOA fees. 404-824-2291

FURNITURE COLLEGE MATTRESS SALE Save 50-70% all sizes. We pay student sales tax. Delivery available. The Mattress Place. (865)659-2337 or (865)680-3955.

Lake Plaza, 1735 Lake Ave, 3bd, 2ba, 1 garage parking space (2 additional available), Excellent condition, owner occupied past 3 yrs, 6th floor. $294,000, agents welcome. bhmiller67@aol.com, 615-972-8703, 615-292-0354.

MATTRESS SALE Student discounts, lay-away avail. Twin size starting at $99.99, Full $129.99, Queen $159.99. www.bedsforlesstn.com Call (865)560-0242.

Off Alcoa Hwy., 3036 Ginnbrooke Lane, 2BR, 2BA, vaulted ceiling in Great room, fireplace, Large kitchen all appliances. W/D, private patio, 2 car garage, $169.900. 865-256-7090.

MERCH. FOR SALE Queen pillow top mattress set $150. New in plastic. Can deliver. Must Sell. Call Steve 865-805-3058.

Southeastern Glass Building The Best of Urban Living!

On-Site Parking and Storage 1BR lofts from $164,500 2BR lofts from $246,500 555 West Jackson (Downtown) Downtown Realty Inc. www.SEGKnox.com 865-588-5535

AUTOS FOR SALE 100+ vehicles $5,995 or less. Specializing in imports. www.DOUGJUSTUS.com

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Artsy, Victorian APTS and HOUSES Hardwood floors, high ceilings, mantles. 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 BRs. Some fenced yards, W/D, dishwasher, porches, huge closets. $395-$1600. (865)455-0488

Well kept and clean, 1BR, 1BA guest house. Stove, refrigerator, Central H/A. 10 mins. to UT 10. $575/mo. $575 security deposit required. Call 865-321-3751. No Pets. No smoking.

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THESPORTSPAGE

Friday, July 27, 2012

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 offseason surgery and appear able to play in the tour.

Last season’s wear and tear prompted senior forwards Jeronne Maymon and Dwight Miller as well as junior point guard Trae Golden to undergo offseason knee surgeries.

Golden had arthroscopic surgery on the meniscus in his left knee on May 15 and Maymon had his on June 8. The Vols’ top two returning leading scorers from last season are participating fully in summer practices. Miller underwent a more severe surgery to repair a torn patella tendon on April 5 and has been limited to conditioning drills.

“The offseason workouts have been going really well,” said Golden, who led

the team in scoring and assists last year, averaing 13.6 points per game and assists 4.5 per game. “We as a team have been getting better and it’s our second year with Coach (Cuonzo) Martin, so everything has been much more crisp. My knee is feeling stronger and stronger every day and I’m still working up to 100 percent, but I’m not trying to do to much on it ‘cause it’s a long year.”

While all three players are expected to play in the exhibition tour of Italy, Martin stressed that they will exercise different lineups in the exhibition games.

“We have fifteen guys so we have a lot of different lineups and a lot of guys that will have an opportunity to play,” said Martin. “We might start different lineups, but those guys will definitely get an opportunity to play, but how many minutes they’ll see I don’t know.”

Both Maymon and Golden realize that staying healthy will be a major key for them this year as they are two players who provide a veteran presence and leadership.

“It’s very vital for our team as a whole to stay healthy,” said Maymon, who was

named to All-SEC second-team last season. “Me and Trae playing a vital role on this team being the older guys and trying to lead the way and make sure our younger guys know what to do on and off the floor. We have to be healthy and ready to play.”

Nonetheless, the Vols are excited to be heading overseas in early August, as the trip will not only let the team get back to action on the court against opposing teams, but also serve as somewhat of a vacation and learning experience as well.

For Maymon and many others, it will be their first time playing overseas.

“I think taking a foreign trip like this is great for the new guys giving them an opportunity to play and practice around their teammates but also to experience the life in Italy,” Martin said. “I think that will be a great experience for our guys an educational experience as well as a some type of vacation venue so to speak. But I think for our guys it’s about getting better.

We will try some new things as a staff, things we’ve put in and see how it works when we go to Italy against some good competition.”

Andrew Bruckse • The Daily Beacon George Richardson • The Daily Beacon Forward Dwight Miller waits for a Guard Trae Golden plays against UConn on call against Austin Peay on Dec. 12, Jan 21.

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TYLER BRAY continued from Page 1 Hudson decided not to press charges after Bray had reached out to her and apologized Wedneday, while also offering to cover the cost of repairs to her vehicles.

The second incident involved Kirstie Allen, another resident of The Landing. She was also the person who left the note on Hudson’s car.

Allen reported to police the damage to her 2003 Volkswagen Jetta on Monday.

“Victim two (Allen) was the

The six-foot six-inch Bray is witness to the first incident,” DeBusk said. “Victim two expected to lead a Volunteers found her windshield smashed offense this fall that has the potential to have in and, of course, she one of the best suspected it was the passing games in same two individuthe country. Bray als (allegedly Bray started seven and his roommate) games last seain retaliation for callson, throwing for ing 9-1-1 two days 1,983 yards and earlier and also 17 touchdowns because the two suswith six interceppects were evicted from the apartment George Richardson tions. He missed complex due to that • The Daily Beacon five games during the middle of incident.”

On Wednesday, DeBusk said the season after breaking a the second incident was part of bone in his throwing (right) hand in October. an ongoing investigation.

George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

Forward Jeronne Maymon dunks against UConn on Jan 21.