May 26, 2013

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University of Tennessee

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Pat Summitt's Big Honor

AP | Posted 05.14.2013 | Sports

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee plans to honor former Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt by building an on-campus statue in her honor. Tennessee athletic depa...

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University Screws 'Sex Week' After Conservatives Complain

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.23.2013 | College

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The University of Tennessee pulled funding for "Sex Week" after conservative lawmakers complained, but some critics still aren't happy. The school'...

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Fox News Pundit Misrepresents UT Student Initiative

The Daily Beacon | Posted 05.16.2013 | College

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Todd Starnes's Fox News piece Thursday on UT's first annual "Sex Week" and its founder Brianna Rader was one of the most flagrantly irresponsible pieces of journalism I have ever laid my eyes on.

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University Requests Permission To Frack On Their Land

AP | By KRISTIN M. HALL | Posted 05.16.2013 | College

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee wants to allow hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas on a state-owned tract of rolling woo...

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Large Southern University Considering Gender Neutral Dorms

Posted 01.16.2013 | College

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The University of Tennessee is considering implementing gender neutral dorms after the passage of a bill by the Student Government Association, WATE r...

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Student Sexually Assaulted At Knifepoint

Posted 10.22.2012 | College

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The University of Tennessee community is apprehensive after a female student was sexually assaulted at knifepoint Friday morning. The student, 20...

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Butt Chugging Student Says He Didn't Butt Chug, Others Disagree

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 10.02.2012 | College

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The student at the center of a recent "butt chugging" incident denies he's ever done such a thing. Alexander P. Broughton, a student at the Univers...

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'Butt-Chugging' Case Horrifies Everyone

AP | ERIK SCHELZIG | Posted 11.29.2012 | College

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Before an unruly Tennessee party ended with a student hospitalized for a dangerously high blood alcohol level, most people had pro...

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Tennessee Suspends Football Star

AP | STEVE MEGARGEE | Posted 10.23.2012 | Sports

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee has suspended star wide receiver Da'Rick Rogers for an unspecified violation of team rules. Rogers was an all-Sout...

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Bear On Campus Causes Social Media Freakout

Posted 06.12.2012 | College

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Bear on campus! A black bear was cornered, tranquilized and captured on the University of Tennesee-Knoxville campus last Saturday. Area police and...

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American Head Size Is Changing; Scientists Unsure Why

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.19.2013 | Science

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Did the 20th century make us big-headed? Maybe so, since forensic anthropologists at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville found that white America...

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Teen Battling Cancer Receives BIG Honor (VIDEO)

Posted 04.24.2012 | Teen

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Being diagnosed with Stage IV Pancreatic Cancer and undergoing chemotherapy hasn't been enough to break 15-year-old Trey Erwin's spirit. An avid high ...

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Pat Summitt To Pen Memoir

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 06.24.2012 | Sports

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NEW YORK — Hall of Fame basketball coach Pat Summitt, who last week announced she was stepping down after 38 years at the University of Tennesse...

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Pat Summitt Passes Torch.. And Whistle

The Huffington Post | Chris Greenberg | Posted 04.19.2012 | Sports

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"I want you to listen to this," Pat Summitt said on Thursday afternoon as she began spinning a yarn about the hiring letter she had received from the ...

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Summitt Steps Aside

AP | TERESA M. WALKER | Posted 06.19.2012 | Sports

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-- The time Tennessee Lady Vols and women's basketball fans have dreaded for months finally has arrived. Pat Summitt is stepping aside as Tennessee...

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The End Of The Summitt Era

The Huffington Post | Chris Greenberg | Posted 04.18.2012 | Sports

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Where do we even begin with Pat Summitt? After 38 seasons coaching women's basketball at the University of Tennessee, the coaching icon has steppe...

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Analytical Mind No Longer Valued

The Daily Beacon | Posted 05.27.2012 | College

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There is really no question that academia has become far more enamored with GPA and a set of extracurricular activities than the actual development of an independent intellect. A system that promotes only the mere semblance of learning has become embedded in our culture.

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Tennessee Students Explain What Century Ron Paul, Rick Santorum Belong In

The Huffington Post | Jennifer Joy Jernigan | Posted 03.06.2012 | College

Which GOP candidate do University of Tennessee students consider the craziest? Or has the best chance to beat Obama? Reactions are all over the map. ...

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The Top 10 Slacker Colleges

Posted 02.13.2012 | College

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Like tailgating and throwing a Frisbee more than studying and internships? Satire website College Humor have come up with the top 10 biggest slacker c...

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Court Won't Order New Trial For University Of Tennessee Professor

AP | Posted 12.03.2011 | College

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won't order a new trial for a University of Tennessee professor convicted of giving foreigners access to sensitiv...

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At Solar Decathlon, College Eco-Stars Reveal True Future of Solar

Brian Keane | Posted 11.30.2011 | College

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Solar Decathletes are students who, instead of partying at the beach or making money at temporary jobs, decide to help design, engineer and assemble solar-powered homes in their spare time.

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Solyndra Technology Powers Washington, D.C.

A. Siegel | Posted 11.23.2011 | Green

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While members of Congress are raising h-ll about the Solyndra bankruptcy, just a little distance away, Solyndra technology is powering an absolutely gorgeous home available for public visit for the coming two weeks.

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Players, Colleagues and Fans Offer Support To Pat Summitt On Twitter

Posted 10.24.2011 | Sports

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The news that legendary women's basketball coach Pat Summitt had been diagnosed with early-onset dementia sent a shockwave through the sports communit...

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Satirical Mints Poking Fun At Obama Pulled From UT Bookstore

knoxnews.com | Posted 10.05.2011 | College

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Breath mints are usually refreshing, but a Knoxville legislator believes a University of Tennessee bookstore's selling of novelty candies mocking Pres...

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Tennessee Self-Imposes Punishment For Alleged NCAA Violations

Posted 09.22.2011 | Sports

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The University of Tennessee self-imposed two years of probation on its athletic department after it submitted its response to the NCAA’s Notice of A...

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