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Friday, October 28, 2011 Issue 50 I N D E P E N D E N T

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Sorority to host fundraiser for ailing children O’Charley’s to cater event with chili, baked potatoes; Q93 to provide entertainment the money benefits first-hand. “You can’t beat a great meal for only $5 and still be able to socialNews Editor ize with fellow students,” Dix said. “‘Chili for the Children’ is The sisters of Phi Mu will host a going to be a lot of fun, with great philanthropic tailgate titled “Chili for entertainment from Q93 and delithe Children,” which will raise money cious food.” that will be donated to Children’s Many members of Phi Mu have Miracle Network Hospitals. a personal connection with the “I feel that the student body as a Children’s Miracle Network whole views sororities as simply being Hospitals or know someone who social organizations,” Rachel Dix, jundoes. ior in human resource management “Ashley Dobbs is about to be a and Phi Mu public relations chair, said. graduating senior from UT’s nurs“However, a significant part of being in ing program,” Dix said. “Ashley is a sorority is focused on philanthropy, also one of my Phi Mu sisters and especially in Phi Mu. The largest projis a survivor of leukemia. Ashley’s ects and events that we work on for Phi story of her experience in a Mu are for our philanthropy. Phi Mu Children’s Miracle Network has spent a lot of time planning this Hospital will bring anyone to philanthropy tailgate.” tears and is a perfect testament of “Chili for the Children” will take how giving a little bit of our time place Saturday, Oct. 29 from 4-7 p.m. and money, even as students, can on Fiji Island, located on Fraternity impact someone else’s life in a big Row along Volunteer Boulevard. way.” “This event is important to myself With the predicted weather and Phi Mu because it has the ability, forecast in the 50s, organizers feel through fundraising, to improve the it will be “chilly enough to eat quality of life of hundreds of children chili” and help out the communiin our area,” Lindsey Reeves, senior in ty. logistics and Phi Mu philanthropy Shelia Hannus • The Daily Beacon “Philanthropy is such a large chair, said. “We are so fortunate to work closely with East Tennessee Matthew Keany pins a bow on Madison Cox during the Turkey Tailgate at FIJI Island before a foot- part of Greek life as a whole Children’s Hospital, and there is no ball game against Ole Miss on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010. This year, the sisters of Phi Mu will be host- because it is an opportunity to more worthy cause than giving back ing “Chili for the Children,” a philanthropic tailgate to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network of give back, and the causes each Hospitals. chapter supports are incredible,” to children courageously fighting a Reeves said. “Across the country, serious illness. We are wanting to have the opportunity to get to know the sisters of Phi Mu, every Phi Mu chapter does fundraising for Children’s make life better for those children, and that is what moti- as well as some children from East Tennessee Children’s Miracle Network or a hospital that benefits from CMN’s vates us.” Hospital. generous contributions. It is the one similarity all chapters In an effort to raise money for donations, students can Unlike years prior, children and families who have benepay $5 to receive a bowl of chili and a baked potato catered fited or are benefiting from the hospitals have been invited of a Greek organization share, a tie that holds us together by O’Charley’s, along with homemade desserts, and will to attend the event. Phi Mu is hoping to show exactly who across state lines and allows us to support one another.”

Kyle Turner

Bus routes for student sell quickly Andrew Lindemann Staff Writer Approximately three weeks ago, the Division of Student Life announced that it was offering bus services from the UT campus to West Tennessee for the Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks for the second year in a row. The results: a flood of demand and a sellout. The program, called “UT to West Tennessee,” provides bus transportation to and from West Tennessee cities Jackson and Memphis. It charters buses from the Memphis-based bus company All Points USA. Initially, only two buses per trip were to be chartered, and all seats were filled by the third day of ticket sales. This led the Division of Student Life to add a third bus to each trip. Within three days of the third offering, Associate Dean of Students Jeff Cathey said, all seats were once again filled. “Where does it end?” Cathey said. “Again, the question arises: Can we expand it? This became bigger than we set out to manage.” According to Cathey, the immediate success of the program came as a surprise to the Division of Student Life based on the results of last year’s program. “Last year, it took two weeks to fill two buses (for the Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks),” Cathey said. “We felt that students this year had ample opportunity to reserve seats. We were shocked to find that Taylor Gautier • The Daily Beacon (the seats) sold out so quickA group of UT students hand out candy to a child during Trunk or Treat in Circle Park on Wednesday, Oct. 26. The ly. I guess students don’t event, hosted by the United Residence Halls Council, drew in hundreds of local children and featured face paint- check their e-mails as much as they used to.” ing, balloon animals and a pumpkin carving contest.

Cathey said that the program is mainly intended to save parents the time and money that comes with driving back and forth between home and UT. “What really stirred up the conversation was the parents,” Cathey said. “A lot of students here don’t have cars, and are therefore challenged to find ways to get home. We don’t want students to have to stay here over the breaks — if a student can’t get home he feels stuck and becomes homesick.” Cathey said that the program also helps admissions by appealing to in-state students who live in West Tennessee. He said that the main reason why some instate students don’t choose UT is its distance from their homes. “One of the main barriers for mainly Memphis and Jackson students in choosing UT is that they think it is too far,” Cathey said. “For them, a lot of other out-ofstate schools are closer. We hope we can aid this process by giving them a safe and reliable way to get to and from home.” Chris Weaver, freshman in engineering and Memphis native, is one student who is using the service to return home for Thanksgiving. Weaver said that if it were not for the bus service, he probably would not be able to find a way home. “Round-trip, it’s much cheaper than the $1,000 ticket I paid for a flight back to Memphis,” Weaver said. “It will save me and my family over $900. In addition, a lot of my friends are going on the bus, too, which will be fun. It helps keep all of us safe from traffic and drunk drivers.”


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