August 5, 2004 • Vol. 14, No. 32
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COVER STORY
UT Gathers in a Bumper Crop of Freshmen
The number of newbies is way up and so are their high school grade averages and test scores. Barry Henderson and Nick Corrigan talk with UT administrators about how they’re handling the lottery-scholarship wave and probe some new students on what they expect from the state’s flagship university.
FEATURE
You Have to Be There
Knoxville’s longest-lasting improv comedy group turns 10 years old, proving that some things get better–and funnier–with age. Paige M. Travis talks to the clowns and cut-ups behind a decade of laughter.
Citybeat
This week: Paige M. Travis tracks the popular Greekfest tradition from St. George’s to the World’s Fair Park; Nick Corrigan traces the route for next year’s resurgent Knoxville Marathon; and Joe Tarr peeks into early voting tabulations kept by political junkie Rikki Hall and finds the trend is growing.
Plus: Seven Days, Meet your City, and Knoxville Found.
• EAR TO THE GROUND
• LETTERS •
Opinion
Joe Sullivan
laments the binds that tie up Knox County’s ‘Great Schools’ initiative in
Insights,
Jack Neely
makes a case for the newest revival of Emancipation Day in East Tennessee in
Secret History,
and an Editorial
petitions the public to pay for an education worthy of Tennessee’s new lottery scholars.
A&E
Joe Tarr checks in with Jolie Holland, and Julia Watts debunks the Mommy Myth in Pulp.
• EYE ON THE SCENE
• CALENDAR
• SPOTLIGHTS •
Movie Guru
Clint Casey reviews Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.
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• PAST & FUTURE •
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New Health by Wendy Smith
Midpoint by Stephanie Piper
Sports by Tony Basilio
News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd
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