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CEB brings tropical vibe to Vol Night Long Foam party, virtual surfing give students on-campus activities to take part in interest in, and after hosting Vol Night Long every semester with tons of people in attendance at each one, we wanted to keep the tradition alive.” Though a semi-annual event, Friday’s Vol Night Long theme is “Vols Gone Wild” with the motto “Why should
should not fret because free towels will be provided when students are finished dancing. News Editor Mathes said other factors make this event special from years past. The Campus Entertainment Board (CEB) is hosting Vol “With the help of URHC (United Resident Hall Council), Night Long in an effort to provide students with a social we have been able to spend event on campus that is both more money on this Vol fun and safe. Night Long than any in the “On a survey sent to a few past and any in the future,” thousand randomly selected Mathes said. “So with that students last spring, alternacomes more inflatables, tive late-night programming more giveaways, and more was the number one request fun! We have never had anyfor events students would like thing like a foam party to see more of,” said Brandi before, but we felt that it Panter, senior in English literawas necessary to fulfill the ture and history and Central Spring Break theme.” Program Council executive Event organizers have board press secretary. “We taken steps to increase the believe that providing fun, nonsize and scope of the event academic ways for students to for their fellow students. engage with the university and “This year’s Vol Night their peers is essential for the Long will set a standard for development of a student.” future student activities,” Vol Night Long will be held Lindsey Lee, co-director of Friday from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Vol Night Long, said. “Vol in the TRECS. Night Long has really Event organizers have taken grown to be a huge event on necessary steps to ensure that campus in the past few student needs and requests are years, and we think this being met to produce more year will be the best yet.” effective programming. Vol Night Long is coEach year student activity sponsored through the CPC fees are allocated to various File Photo • The Daily Beacon and the URHC. The event committees on campus. CEB is one such committee, hoping to A student gets a caricature done during Vol Night Long in 2007. This year’s theme, Vols Gone Wild, will be and activities are completeFriday night from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. and includes a foam party, surf simulation and laser tag. This year it is being ly free and all students are spend the money in ways that held in the TRECS. encouraged to attend. will be most beneficial to stu“We are encouraging dents. “Our soul purpose on CEB is to provide programming spring break only come once each year?” The event will be everyone to wear spring break attire,” Mathes said. that is fun and entertaining to the students,” Julia Mathes, complete with pizza, tiki-themed mocktails, a surf simula- “Students should bring their UT ID; however, if you have friends or family that don’t go to school here, they are more Vol Night Long co-director, said. “We know that late night tor, a foam party and many giveaways. Those worried about participating in the foam party than welcome to come also! The more the merrier.” programming is always something that the students express
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Discussion weighs faith, war Wade Scofield Staff Writer
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Katie Morrell, junior in psychology, performs the famous pre-game routine with the Pride of the Southland Marching Band before the Georgia game on Oct. 8.
War and religion have often been intertwined throughout history. The Crusades, among other wars, were engaged over the very topic of differences in faith. So one may ask if religious fervor could be responsible for one day bringing about nuclear war. Such questions will be answered at “Nukes & Faith: Discussing Religion’s Role in Nuclear Society and Energy” on Monday, Oct. 24. “Nukes & Faith,” an opinionated discussion between panelists, will take place at the Toyota Auditorium at the Howard H. Baker Center for Public Policy. “Nukes & Faith” is the brainchild of Mark Walker, senior in nuclear engineering. Walker will be moderating the discussion. “I really wanted to lead a seminar on something big,” Walker said. “I became the president of a student chapter of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, and we were brainstorming ideas for programming and it just seemed interesting, so we went for that.” The panelists for the discussion are Dr. Howard Hall, UT Governor’s Chair professor of nuclear engineering; Dr. Brandon Prins, a UT associate professor of political science; Sherrell Greene, an independent nuclear engineering consultant; and Dr. Jeffrey Kovac, a UT professor of chemistry. For the format of the discussion, the panelists will first be given a few tailored and prepared questions to get their various opinions. Afterward, Walker and co-moderator David Burman, senior in religious studies, will pose questions to different members of the panel and search for substantive material. Afterward, students can get involved. “Probably about half of the
time will be spent allowing students to ask questions and the columnists to comment on them,” Walker said. “I’m really looking forward to see what kind of wacky questions people will have,” Burman said. “I was interested in the discussion because religion can have a lot to say about nuclear proliferation and the use or non-use of nuclear weapons. I’m looking forward to hearing about the variety of perspectives that the four panelists will have, whether they think that to what degree that they are personally motivated by their religious traditions or lack thereof, and to see how religion is meshed within the politics of nuclear disarmament or nuclear proliferation.” Both nuclear politics and religion can be controversial topics, and a title such as “Nukes & Faith” is bound to draw plenty of viewers. “Students can expect really different perspectives from scientific and faith-based viewpoints,” Walker said. “But also a lot of people have very different attitudes on how they apply their faith to matters such as this, so there will be a lot of divergent viewpoints even within religious discourse and of course in discourse between religions and science.” “Come for a provocative and unique discussion offering views on nuclear weapons and energy through technical, political, Evangelical Christian, and Unitarian Universalist perspectives,” according to the event’s page on the UT website. The sponsors of the free event are the Tyson House Episcopal & Lutheran Campus Ministry, the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, the UT Religious Studies Association and the Howard H. Baker Center for Public Policy.