{"id":8647,"date":"2013-04-19T14:45:23","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T18:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=8647"},"modified":"2013-07-19T15:36:23","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T19:36:23","slug":"new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\/","title":{"rendered":"New FYRE book chosen for 2013-14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After much deliberation, The First Year Reading Experience (FYRE) Committee has selected <i>This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women<\/i> as the FYRE book for 2013-2014.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Based on the National Public Radio series,<i> This I Believe<\/i> is a collection of short essays by eighty Americans\u2014the famous to the not-so-widely known\u2014on highly divergent personal beliefs.\u00a0 Essayists range from Bill Gates, Colin Powell, Newt Gingrich, Gloria Steinem, John Updike, and Isabel Allende to a freelance attorney, a civil engineer, and a professor of psychiatry.<\/p>\n<p>The essays present diverse opinions on topics ranging from beliefs about God, country, and empathy to more unusual ones focused on eating barbecue and feeding monkeys.\u00a0 Collectively and individually, the essays encourage readers to examine how they have arrived at their own beliefs and the degree to which their beliefs are shared by or differ from others.<\/p>\n<p>Choosing a book for FYRE each year is a difficult task, according to FYRE Committee chair Verbie Prevost, because of the wide variety of interests of the committee members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile all of the members are readers, it is not surprising that reading tastes vary considerably.\u00a0 But that\u2019s a good thing as it led us to consider many different books.\u00a0 But with <i>This I Believe<\/i> we were able to find consensus because the essays encompass so many different topics, styles, and tones,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n<p>While the book will be used for the First Year Reading Experience (including use during orientation, in freshman composition classes, and in other activities throughout the school year), the FYRE Committee also encourages all members of the University and Chattanooga community to participate in this year\u2019s reading experience and the related activities, including the University Convocation during the Fall semester.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information about FYRE is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/Academic\/FirstYearStudies\/fyre.php\">http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/Academic\/FirstYearStudies\/fyre.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on the National Public Radio series, This I Believe is a collection of short essays by eighty Americans\u2014the famous to the not-so-widely known\u2014on highly divergent personal beliefs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":8698,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,3,661],"tags":[8222],"class_list":{"0":"post-8647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-academics","8":"category-community","9":"category-students","10":"tag-fyre","11":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New FYRE book chosen for 2013-14 | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Based on the National Public Radio series, This I Believe is a collection of short essays by eighty Americans\u2014the famous to the not-so-widely known\u2014on highly divergent personal beliefs.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New FYRE book chosen for 2013-14 | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Based on the National Public Radio series, This I Believe is a collection of short essays by eighty Americans\u2014the famous to the not-so-widely known\u2014on highly divergent personal beliefs.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-04-19T18:45:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-07-19T19:36:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/04\/FYRE13Board.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"448\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laura Bond\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Laura Bond\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Laura Bond\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a960a1e10408393ae1de2cb063c9d7c\"},\"headline\":\"New FYRE book chosen for 2013-14\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-04-19T18:45:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-07-19T19:36:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":310,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/FYRE13Board.png\",\"keywords\":[\"FYRE\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Academics\",\"Community\",\"Students\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\\\/\",\"name\":\"New FYRE book chosen for 2013-14 | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/FYRE13Board.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-04-19T18:45:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-07-19T19:36:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a960a1e10408393ae1de2cb063c9d7c\"},\"description\":\"Based on the National Public Radio series, This I Believe is a collection of short essays by eighty Americans\u2014the famous to the not-so-widely known\u2014on highly divergent personal beliefs.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/FYRE13Board.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/files\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/FYRE13Board.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":448},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2013\\\/04\\\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"New FYRE book chosen for 2013-14\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"description\":\"Official news releases of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4a960a1e10408393ae1de2cb063c9d7c\",\"name\":\"Laura Bond\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1f0a731c33fdb9c2583eb66351ea400092e5f92aaa51b3e9342ef058aa8aeb56?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1f0a731c33fdb9c2583eb66351ea400092e5f92aaa51b3e9342ef058aa8aeb56?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1f0a731c33fdb9c2583eb66351ea400092e5f92aaa51b3e9342ef058aa8aeb56?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Laura Bond\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/author\\\/bnz288\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"New FYRE book chosen for 2013-14 | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","description":"Based on the National Public Radio series, This I Believe is a collection of short essays by eighty Americans\u2014the famous to the not-so-widely known\u2014on highly divergent personal beliefs.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"New FYRE book chosen for 2013-14 | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","og_description":"Based on the National Public Radio series, This I Believe is a collection of short essays by eighty Americans\u2014the famous to the not-so-widely known\u2014on highly divergent personal beliefs.","og_url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\/","og_site_name":"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTChattanooga","article_published_time":"2013-04-19T18:45:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2013-07-19T19:36:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":448,"url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/04\/FYRE13Board.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Laura Bond","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UTChattanooga","twitter_site":"@UTChattanooga","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Laura Bond","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\/"},"author":{"name":"Laura Bond","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4a960a1e10408393ae1de2cb063c9d7c"},"headline":"New FYRE book chosen for 2013-14","datePublished":"2013-04-19T18:45:23+00:00","dateModified":"2013-07-19T19:36:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\/"},"wordCount":310,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/04\/FYRE13Board.png","keywords":["FYRE"],"articleSection":["Academics","Community","Students"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\/","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\/","name":"New FYRE book chosen for 2013-14 | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/04\/FYRE13Board.png","datePublished":"2013-04-19T18:45:23+00:00","dateModified":"2013-07-19T19:36:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4a960a1e10408393ae1de2cb063c9d7c"},"description":"Based on the National Public Radio series, This I Believe is a collection of short essays by eighty Americans\u2014the famous to the not-so-widely known\u2014on highly divergent personal beliefs.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/04\/FYRE13Board.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/04\/FYRE13Board.png","width":300,"height":448},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2013\/04\/new-fyre-book-chosen-for-2013-14\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"New FYRE book chosen for 2013-14"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/","name":"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","description":"Official news releases of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/4a960a1e10408393ae1de2cb063c9d7c","name":"Laura Bond","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f0a731c33fdb9c2583eb66351ea400092e5f92aaa51b3e9342ef058aa8aeb56?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f0a731c33fdb9c2583eb66351ea400092e5f92aaa51b3e9342ef058aa8aeb56?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1f0a731c33fdb9c2583eb66351ea400092e5f92aaa51b3e9342ef058aa8aeb56?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Laura Bond"},"url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/author\/bnz288\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/04\/FYRE13Board.png","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/04\/FYRE13Board.png","author_info":{"display_name":"Laura Bond","author_link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/author\/bnz288\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2013\/04\/FYRE13Board.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8647"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8697,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8647\/revisions\/8697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}