UT Reps Not Present At Meeting Opposing Lady Vols Name Change

Opponents of the Univ. of Tennessee's decision to remove the Lady Vols moniker from the school's women's sports teams, except basketball, "offered a thick stack of signatures as evidence of their support at a news conference" yesterday. News conference organizer Mollie DeLozier said that she "wasn't surprised" invited UT officials did not attend. She added that signees to save the Lady Vols’ logo "number almost 23,000, including about 8,000 online." UT donor Sharon Lord said that she "had difficulty meeting" with UT AD Dave Hart, even when she "was trying to give the school more money." Lord encouraged other donors to "withhold their checks" (Knoxville NEWS-SENTINEL, 5/17).