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UT welcomes students’ families to campus Jessica Vinge Staff Writer For the past 10 years, UT has held an annual family weekend on campus for students and their parents with tons of events and activities to engage in together. This year promises to be even better with approximately 3,700 students and family members expected, more activities and the celebration of 10 years of the event. “Our office and staff within the Division of Student Life looks forward to this annual event when we welcome family members to campus,” Emily Parker, director of the Parents Association, said. “There are so many events for parents, students and guests to spend time on campus and take advantage of great programming.” Coordinated by the Office of the UT Parents Association, Family Weekend kicks off on Friday, Sept. 9, when UT families will begin checking in for their weekend stay in Knoxville. Check-in begins at 4 p.m. followed by tours of the historic and newly renovated Ayres Hall. On Friday, from 4-8 p.m., there will be a silent auction held in the UC for all guests to attend. There will be 140 items available at the auction, including tickets to football games, sports memorabilia, movie passes and screenings, dinner gift certificates, hotel stays, original art and lots of exciting Volunteer gear according organizers. All proceeds from the silent auction will directly benefit the UT Parents & Families Fund, which provides scholarships to UT students. Friday evening will also include activities such as a Lady Vols soccer game, an ice cream social for all parents and guests to attend and a comedic performance put on by “Mad Chad” Taylor, who will be juggling chain saws. To end Friday night, there will be a showing of “The Blind Side” in the UC, or parents can head to the Nielsen Physics Building for star gazing with the Astronomy
Department. All of the events planned are very family friendly in respect to all of the guests attending family weekend. Saturday is a big day for UT as there is a football game on campus against the University of Cincinnati Bearcats. Kickoff is not until 3:30 p.m.; however, there will be several events to attend beforehand. Beginning at noon, there will be a tailgating event in Circle Park with plenty of entertainment, music and games for the whole family. During the tailgate, guests will be able to make any final bids on any item at the silent auction. The Parents Association is excited to partner with Volunteer Dining to support the Make Orange Green Initiative on campus according to organizers. “We are really pushing for a zero waste event,” Avery Howard of the Parents Association said. “There will not even be any trash cans on site; only recycle bins. We are trying to keep UT a green campus.” All plates, napkins and cutlery used at the tailgate are 100 percent compostable, and all cans and bottles will be recycled. Since it is game day, the traditional Vol Walk will take place as always before the game. Guests will be able to join in on the UT tradition as the football team makes its way into Neyland Stadium. As a Family Weekend conclusion on Sunday, there will be two different brunches held in Presidential Courtyard. The first brunch will be for alumni parents and families to attend as well as general Family Weekend guests, while the second brunch will be for the parents and guests of the Greek students at UT, along with the rest of the general Family Weekend guests. After the brunch, parents and guests will have the opportunity to attend several different events on or off campus, such as visiting the McClung Museum, the Knoxville Museum of Art or visiting the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, along with other activities available to participate in.
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Breia Reed, sophomore with a pre-professional interest, enjoy’s Family Weekend 2010 with her mother. Family Weekend starts Friday with a silent auction and several activities, including a UT Bookstore sale from 4-8 p.m., Lady Vols soccer at 7 p.m. and a guided tour of the renovated Ayer’s Hall at 5:45 p.m. and 6:45 p.m.
Students choose Volapalooza artists “We pretty much went off the survey results. There were so many suggestions, from Carrie Underwood to Staff Writer Matt & Kim to Bassnectar. Hundreds really,” Swing said. The survey for the headlining band at Volapalooza has “There’s always the humorous ‘get Kanye West or U2 or Beyonce’ response too. Trust me, we wish we had that opened to students and will run through Sept. 23. UT’s Campus Entertainment Board looks to make this kind of budget. But we went with what was most feasible with our budget and had a good response from the stuyear’s event more spectacular dents.” than ever. After the survey is closed, the “This year will be results will be totaled and then the Volapalooza’s 10th-year CEB will make the next move. anniversary,” said Michelle “The next step is to filter Swing, Campus Entertainment through the survey results and get Board, Volapalooza director. the counts from each genre and “You can expect some great artist. We look at the demand for things to come this year.” specific genres and artists and Students can log on to come together as a committee with Volapalooza.com and fill out a the other student organizations brief survey to help the involved and come to a decision on Campus Entertainment Board what offers we want to send out to select a headlining band for artists,” Swing said. “If all goes this year’s event. well, the artist accepts the offer, but One question on the survey we’re not always that lucky. asks students whether or not Sometimes there are schedule conthey would be willing to pay flicts, the price is just too high or $5-$10 for Volapalooza 2012. the artist isn’t even touring. We’ve “All student organization definitely run into that problem in budgets have been cut, so the the past. Then we wait for confirmain focus this year is partnerTia Patron • The Daily Beacon mation and continue to shape the ing up for co-sponsorships with various student organiza- Confetti is released towards the end of Girl rest of the event as a whole.” As far as the genres of the bands tions, as we have in the past Talk’s performance last year during go, it’s all up to the students. with CAC and SGA, to make Volapalooza. Campus Entertainment Board If the survey comes back and this event the best that it has wants students to go online and suggest says that a majority of the people ever been,” Swing said. “We artists for 2011’s Volapalooza. To fill out the took the survey and want to hear a are also on the hunt for corporate sponsorships, which is survey go to http://www.volapalooza.com/. country band, then the CEB will seek a country band. something that has never been “Volapalooza is a great event that displays many musidone before.” During the survey period last year, around 3,000 stu- cal talents that any student could enjoy,” Sam Owens, jundents responded. Swing said that is not quite representa- ior in public relations, said. “It’s important that students give their feedback to the CEB as to who they would like tive of the student body. to see. Personally, I would really enjoy Matt & Kim as a So far, 1,200 students have responded to the survey. The Volapalooza lineup for 2011 featured Kingston headliner — their songs are all really catchy, have great lyrics and a very unique sound.” Springs, Matt Costa and Girl Talk as the headliner.
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9/11 memorial to be unveiled The Associated Press NEW YORK — With the opening of the Sept. 11 memorial days away, Mayor Michael Bloomberg still wonders if the choice of a design for the tree-lined, 8-acre plaza may have been too rushed. “I always thought that we did it a little bit wrong,” the mayor, who is also the chairman of the memorial foundation, said ahead of the 10th anniversary of the attacks. “We picked a design right away and then waited for things to quiet down before raising the money. You want to raise money when the juices are flowing and then have the perspective of history as opposed to journalism to design things that go on for a long time.” “The connection between today and 100 years from now is pretty tenuous,” Bloomberg added. “Hopefully this memorial will still ... give a message 100 years from now.” The decision to place the memorial on the decimated World Trade Center site made it necessary to move forward fairly quickly on its creation, Joe Daniels, the president of the memorial foundation, said Thursday. “We’re building on the site where the atrocity took place,” Daniels said. “It’s very important to stitch back together the actual, physical real estate.” In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, Bloomberg spoke about the attacks that helped define the final months of his campaign for office — and may have helped him win the city’s top job. The mayor will join President Barack Obama and other officials at Sunday’s national commemoration ceremony. A decade ago, Bloomberg told voters that his years building and directing his media empire would help him repair the city’s economy, and he has a reputation as a business-minded, pragmatic politician. At times, his brusque manner has led to misunderstandings with family members of 9/11 victims. But the mayor says that, from his perspective, a focus on the city’s finances is a key way to honor the dead. “They wanted to build a better life. They were working for a living to take care of their families,” he said. “We can’t bring them back, but we can take over that responsibility for them. And that means you have to have an economy. You have to have a tax base. You have to have social programs, and schools.”