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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Issue 39, Volume 124

Disney internship a ‘magical’ opportunity Emilee Lamb Assistant News Editor UT students are making magic. Thanks to a unique opportunity furnished by Career Services, several UT students will participate in the Disney College Program, an internship that takes place in both the fall and spring semesters. “UT has had a longstanding relationship working with the Disney College Intern Program,” said Mary Mahoney, assistant director of Career Services. “On average we have between 12-15 students participating in the Intern Program each fall and spring semester.” The Disney College

Program is a paid internship that gives participants the chance to work in Disneyland and Walt Disney World resorts. Available jobs for interns range from custodial responsibilities to performing in costume as a Disney character. “I work at main entrance operations, so I work at a turnstile or a parking tram,” said Caitlyn Adams, a sophomore majoring in hotel, restaurant and tourism management who will be traveling to Orlando for the spring 2014 internship. Many of the available roles in the program are geared toward the hospitality industry; however, the internship is open to full-time students of any major and year. “Having no experience in

the world of hospitality, it was a good way to take my resume from zero to sixty,” said Carly Young, a senior majoring in journalism and minoring in hotel, restaurant and tourism management. “I learned more than I could ever imagine and am now able to apply that to my hospitality classes.” After completing an application and two interviews, selected students become “cast members” on the Disney team, and have a hand in creating the magic of Disney. Young, whose role as an intern during the spring of 2013 was in hospitality management, said being behind the scenes of the Disney experience was challenging at times. “You’re expected to follow

Disney’s Four Keys Basics – safety, courtesy, show and efficiency – at all times,” Young said. “You have to be ready and engaged with each guest you come into contact with no matter how you feel that day.” In addition to practical work experience as a full-time employee, internship participants also have the opportunity to utilize Disney Education Courses, free of charge. Available course offerings vary depending on the location and length of the program. Alex Lohmann, a senior in marketing and Disney intern in the spring of 2013, said she valued the real-world experience that working at the Walt Disney World Resort provided. “I think that this program really is a good glimpse of a

future in the working world and out of the bubble of UT,” Lohmann said. “You completely relocate your life, start working a new job, must meet new people from a ton of different places and you just have to develop a new life in this place.” While the internship presents academic and professional benefits, Mahoney said many students choose to participate due to nostalgia. “I’ve grown up going to Disney and my dream was always to take my family there and let them experience the magic I did when I was a child,” Young said. “However, I never imagined actually being able to be a part of the magic.”

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Sousa on paid leave, Ryder takes over Pride Cheek described as a “use of inaccurate or misleading statements” in a UT release announcing that Sousa has been placed on administrative leave from his position as director of bands through the end of the fall semester. Associate director of bands Don Ryder will serve as the interim director for the remainder of the season, the

release reported. “Officials cited insubordination, misrepresentation of facts, and a lack of confidence in Sousa’s ability to work constructively and collaboratively with others going forward,” the release read. “The administrative leave is pending a full review.” Sousa’s hiatus follows a petition posted online by

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the band that implicated the athletic department in phasing the band out at football games. A subsequent statement was then distributed claiming that “a bitter battle” between the band and vice chancellor and director of athletics Dave Hart has been ongoing since Hart’s arrival in 2011.

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tion, and I assume that he will call everybody to sit down Sports Editor and say, ‘We need to kind of rectify the situation,’” Sousa told The Daily Beacon. Gary Sousa placed faith Like Sousa predicted, in UT chancellor Jimmy Cheek intervened on Monday Cheek when the Pride of and expressed his support of the Southland Band waged the band. a publicly displayed war on He might not have prethe UT athletic department dicted the final outcome; Wednesday. Sousa took the fall for what “Cheek has all the informa-

Manuela Haddad At McClung Museum, the past is always present. Sunday afternoon, the museum was bustling with traffic for their event, “Can You Dig It?” Hosted by the McClung Museum and the Archaeological Institute of America, the event was held in observance of International Archaeology Day and National Fossil Day, one of several such celebrations held worldwide throughout the month of October. Open to the public, the event featured many activities for children and adults with interactive tables set up throughout the museum offering information and displays. Attendees also had the opportunity to bring artifacts from home for analysis by UT faculty or graduate students. Hilarie Zombek, a senior majoring in anthropology, said she thought the event was a success for people of all ages. “It’s a great event for kids,” she said. “It’s a lot of hands-on stuff. It’s not just walking around and looking at exhibits because kids tend to get bored with that. I tend to get bored with that. “So it’s very kid-friendly and centralized towards them, which is awesome to get them involved in archeology and fossils … It’s a great family event.” Zombek helped with an exhibit displaying the Ayn Gharandal project, an archeological endeavor directed by UT professors Robert Darby and Erin Darby. As a summer study abroad opportunity, students traveled with the professors to Jordan to excavate an ancient Roman fort.

Members of the Pride of the Southland Band look on as interim director Don Ryder speaks to the band after Tuesday’s practice at the intramural fields. Prior to practice, UT announced it was placing current director of bands Gary Sousa on administrative leave.

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Vols, Hokies set to make college football history border battle between the Virginia Tech Hokies and Tennessee Volunteers and is Bristol Motor Speedway projected to set the NCAA announced plans to transform record for highest single-game its legendary racetrack into attendance. The announcement was the world’s largest football stadium for the inaugural Battle made Monday during a press conference on-site in Bristol, at Bristol in 2016. The event will feature a Tenn., and attended by UT

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coach Butch Jones, as well as athletic director Dave Hart and Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer. With an estimated seating capacity of 150,000, the Battle at Bristol is on track to crush prior college football attendance records. The previous two largest-attended college

football games drew 117,000 and 115,000 fans, respectively. “There has always been a desire by fans to see a football game at our historic speedway,” said Bruton Smith, chairman and CEO of Speedway Motorsports. “We couldn’t be more excited to turn this long-time rumor into

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a reality and to provide sports fans with an unforgettable, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be a part of the biggest college football game ever.” Bristol Motor Speedway has a rich history of epic clashes and rivalries, so it’s only fitting that the inaugural event will feature a border bat-

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tle between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Tennessee Volunteers. It will be a border battle in a literal sense, as the state line runs through downtown Bristol, creating the twin cities of Bristol, Va. and Bristol, Tenn. See BRISTOL on Page 6


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