August 26, 2004 • Vol. 14, No. 35
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COVER STORY
 Scientific Springboard
 The University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratories are collaborating in a series of Joint Institutes. Joe Sullivan reports on the goals and aspirations of this intriguing combo.
 
 
FEATURE
 Will Rock for Food
 Second Harvest Food Bank reaps the bounty of generous rockers contributing their talents to the second annual Jam for Cans. Paige M. Travis pops the lid off this fundraiser and its loyal organizers.
 
Citybeat
 This week: Journal Broadcasting Group seeks to make Star 102.1 Boomsday a more profitable venture, with or without beer sales, and Jack Neely performs a preliminary autopsy on the main-library project.
 Plus: Seven Days, Meet your City, and Knoxville Found.
 
• EAR TO THE GROUND 
• LETTERS •
 
Opinion
 Joe Sullivan 
revisits Mayor Bill Haslam’s plan for a downtown movie theater in 
Insights, 
Jack Neely 
finds connections between New York and Knoxville in 
Secret History, 
an Editorial 
praises the foresight of choosing Athens, Greece, as the location for this year’s Olympic Games, and Matt Edens 
probes the issue of developing our downtown neighborhoods and improving inner-city schools in a 
Guest Column.
 
A&E
 Leslie Wylie interviews 10 Years, and we investigate some new (and old) tuneage in Platters.
 
• EYE ON THE SCENE 
• CALENDAR 
• SPOTLIGHTS •
 
Movie Guru
 Clint Casey reviews Garden State.
 
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• PAST & FUTURE •
 
Columns
 Urban Renewal by Matt Edens
 Frank Talk by Frank Cagle
 Sports by Tony Basilio
 News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd
 
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