August 23, 1995

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The first female will assume command of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville’s ROTC corps of cadets this fall. Gwyn A. Ayer, a senior French major from Tucson, Ariz., officially will take command at a 4 p.m., Sept. 7, ceremony in the University Center auditorium. Chancellor Bill Snyder formally will appoint her and other

KNOXVILLE, Tenn.– The Great Smoky Mountains National Park alone cannot ensure preservation of the region’s biological diversity, the director of North Carolina’s Botanical Gardens says in a University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory journal. Peter S. White says the Smokies contain a majority of the region’s common plant and animal species, but lack many of