University of Tennessee Knoxville - Volunteer Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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Eric L. Smith Eric L. Smith Steve Morrell very people, people who care about their school and the people they come into contact with every day. Tradition cannot be defined nor can it be placed in a ceremony where the majority of the attendance is ear- ning merit points. Hopefully, more students in the future will realize the importance of the history behind Torchnight. As Long said, HTake up the torch of this university and you take up the best of this university. Enjoy and have fun. -by Scott Sanders R.E.M. starts tour at UT On the heels of the album Document, R.E.M. kicked off its national Work tour at Stokely Athletics Center to an energetic audience of 6,000 for Campus Entertainment Boardts first concert of fall. Although critics hailed the preceding album Lifes Rich Pageant as the musically ground-breaking group's best album yet, Document has surpassed that album's accolades and is now being called R.E.MXS best. The crowd remained on their feet throughout much of the performance, including three encores. With the talent of Mike Mills on bass, Peter Buck on lead guitar and Bill Barry on drums, lead vocalist Michael Stipe pulled in fans with emotional vocals and an easy style in songs such as, The One I Love and

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Torchnight illuminates frosh - a commen tary 'II urge you to branch out. Expose yourself to everything possible, said John R. Long III, Tor- chnight speaker. Torchnight is one of the university's oldest tradi- tions. With it came a feeling of nostalgia. The sym- bolic passing of the torch from the Senior class to the Freshmen was reminiscent of a time when the ceremony must surely have been attended by more than fraternity and sorority pledges required to be there. I admit I'm a junior and this was my first year to experience Torchnight, but I was trying to figure out why the ceremony has lost its importance over the yearsewhy it even died out in the early ,805. I thought of the day when it was such an honor to go to college that one would probably participate in everything. What are traditions at a university the size of UT? Do they have any meaning now or are they there for the benefit of the alumni who happen to be there? I looked around at the crowd assembled, which fill- ed only the floor of Alumni Gym, and wondered how many would truly follow the speaker's advice to take advantage of the diverse curriculum a university has to offer. Perhaps true tradition is a feeling reserved for those A scolded Sheridan Whiteside, played by Zack Allen, fumes while the vampish Lorraine Sheldon tChevy Anzt congratulates the newly-engaged Maggie Cutler tKathrynjean Harrist, in the Clarence Brown Company's rendition of 'The Man Who Came To Dinner? SGA president Rusty Gray passed the Hame to freshmen at the annual torchm'ght ceremonies. REM opened their Document tour at Stoker. otCCtiquj l VS'F'uHLL m Carol Owen Steve Morrell Steve Morrell Carol Owen

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Feeling Cravitys Pull. Although the vocals weren't always clear, the audience showed its familiarity with the band by singing along to the songs it knew, despite the muddled sound. A simple stage and eerie lighting in green, red and yellow emphasized R.E.M.'s work ethic songs. While the band did The Finest Worksong, the first cut from Document. a video screen behind Barry tlashed visions of railroads and heavy industry. R.EM. earned a following in Athens, Ga., home of the University at Georgia, as a college band. With the last album, the band gained national recognition. Lites Rich Pageant went gold 600,000 copiest in tour months. Document needed only one Week to reach the same mark. Nashville's 10,000 Maniacs opened tor R.EM. tu a sparse and relatively calm audience. Despite the group's originality, they lacked the energy necessary to capture the crowd and many did not tind their seats until 10,000 Maniacs had tinished their set. -by Preston Fay Carol Owen Allen plays snob well Zack Allen, with his pertect portrayal at the rich, arrogant elitist Sheridan Whiteside, captivated audi- ences as the University Company opened its season Bantu ITim Dialt pltiiu Inr the .itti-ttiuns uI Miss I'rern 4Kri$ten Tnmplxinst In the t Llrrnu' Hrmvn prmlmlmn ut'l'ht- Mdn H'hu t amm- tu Dinner UII-Ihe-u'all Harriet Stanley rMarnice Hutwllt befriends the relutmnt Sheridan tlarlt Allcnt . A t'ri-wd withers .1! Alumni Uvm tnr thr .HJIrm lm'turt' .mm'd tn help studentx undenmml Atnm 1mm tlu- rwwpnmt n! .m Arman