University of Tennessee

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Activities

Athletics and sports

Tennessee competes in the Southeastern Conference's Eastern Division, along with Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt, and competes in longstanding football rivalries with all of them along with another long-time rival, Alabama, in The Third Saturday In October; men's basketball rivalries are with Vanderbilt and especially Kentucky; and women's basketball rivalries with virtually all except for Kentucky, whose women's basketball program is traditionally weak. Tennessee also has a budding rivalry with the University of Connecticut in women's basketball. These two schools have consistently fought great games against each other in recent years, occasionally with the national championship on the line.

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Southeastern Conference - Florida - Georgia - Kentucky - South Carolina - Vanderbilt - Football - Alabama - The Third Saturday In October - Basketball - University of Connecticut

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Pat Summitt, the Lady Vols head basketball coach, is one of the all-time winningest basketball coaches in history.

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UT's best-known athletic facility by far is Neyland Stadium, home to the football team, which seats nearly 105,000 people and is one of the country's largest facilities of its type. The men's and women's basketball teams play in Thompson-Boling Arena, the largest arena ever built specifically for basketball in the U.S.

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Neyland Stadium - Thompson-Boling Arena

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Clubs and organizations

The University of Tennessee has over 450 registered student organizationshttp://web.utk.edu/%7Ehomepage/getinvolved.html. These groups appeal to a multitude of interests and provide such a variety of experiences. The University of Tennessee has organizations for those interested in service, sports, arts, social activities, government, politics, cultural issues, Greek societies, and much more.

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University students are active in several student media organizations. The Daily Beacon is an editorially independent student newspaper that has a staff of over 100 and publishes 16,000 copies a day 5 days a week. The university operates two radio stations: student-run The Rock (formerly the Torch) (WUTK-FM 90.3MHz) and National Public Radio affiliate WUOT-FM 91.9MHz. The Phoenix, a literary art magazine, is published in the fall and spring semesters and showcases student artistic creativity.

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The Daily Beacon - Student newspaper - Radio stations - WUTK-FM - MHz - National Public Radio - Affiliate - WUOT-FM - The Phoenix - Semesters

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