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‘I’ve been given a wonderful opportunity’ Newly selected UT president Joe DiPietro takes reins with eyes set on university’s future Zac Ellis Editor-in-Chief The first thing Joe DiPietro heard was the noise. Cheering, lots of it.

When the UT Board of Trustees selected DiPietro, then the chancellor for the UT Institute of Agriculture, as the new president of the university system on Oct. 22, the soft-spoken DiPietro had little time to react; his staff was already doing that for him.

“I walked out in this inner office to a bunch of screams in the hallway,” DiPietro said on Dec. 2 in his Morgan Hall office in one of his first sit-down interviews as UT president-elect. “I had a bunch of support in Morgan Hall, so there were plenty of people in this office to congratulate me.”

“It’s one of those benchmark moments in your career. I remarked to myself, ‘Oh boy, I’ve been given a wonderful opportunity.’”

DiPietro, who assumed office on Jan. 1 as UT’s 24th president, adopts the leadership of an institution facing a variety of issues. UT is scheduled to lose federal stimulus funds this summer, making cost-cutting challenges even more daunting across the board. University employees have not enjoyed an increase in salary in nearly four years, and the foundation of the position of system president itself has lacked stability over the last decade.

But the 59-year-old’s attitude is not flustered by the largescale problems facing UT. His new position is, in his words, “an opportunity.”

“My theory’s always been to do a good job, take good care of your place, and good things will happen,” DiPietro said.

But it was Charleston that became home to the DiPietros.

“I grew up around a small university about the size of UTMartin,” DiPietro said. “It was a college-town feel. When I go to Martin, I feel like I’m in my hometown.”

DiPietro’s parents instilled in their children a value for a higher education. College was not a choice for the DiPietro clan; it was an expectation.

DiPietro’s father, Alphonso, was a college mathematician known for jogging his children’s brains at inopportune times. Pop quizzes were the norm at the DiPietro dinner table, and simple advice on math homework often became much more for the young DiPietro and his three siblings. “(My father) would want to go to the blackboard, and not only would he want to help you solve it, he’d want to give you all the the-

A welcome whirlwind

“I went to work for him and thought, ‘This will help me buy pizza, provide a little pocket cash,’” DiPietro said. “But what was just sort of a job ended up being something I was really interested in.”

Following his dream upon graduation, DiPietro set up a small practice in Illinois working long hours while soaking up the experience. But at the bidding of a former colleague, DiPietro opted to return to Illinois for graduate studies after nearly three years in practice.

DiPietro joined the university faculty soon after graduation. He became a full professor of veterinary pathobiology by the early ’90s before being offered a position as interim associate dean of research in his college while the full-time dean was on leave.

“And what was a one-year hitch became a vocation,” DiPietro said.

DiPietro made his way to the University of Florida in 1997, where he worked alongside current UT chancellor Jimmy Cheek, as the Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine.

After nine years in Gainesville, UT came bidding for DiPietro’s services.

“I don’t believe people in these administrative jobs should be here forever,” he said. “I’ve always thought that somewhere between eight and a dozen years is when you need to start thinking about leaving.

“I was nine years in (at Florida) and had the opportunity to look at this job. I thought this was a good match for me, with the fact that animals are a very important part of the agricultural system here in Tennessee.”

In his many stops, DiPietro developed a reputation as a skilled team-builder and knowledgeable leader, leading some media outlets to call him, “The Michael Jordan of higher education.” But now, in the most prominent position of his career, several challenges await DiPietro.

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When UT’s presidential selection committee began reviewing applications for the university’s new system president last Joe DiPietro discusses his new position as UT system presi- ‘This is Joe’s Philosophy’ fall, at least one of the 71 applicants deliberated for almost a dent in his Morgan Hall office on Thursday, Dec. 2. DiPietro On Jan. 3, Joe DiPietro made one thing very clear: He isn’t was selected as UT’s 24th president in October and assumed year before submitting his name into the process. wasting any time.

“I thought a long time about it,” DiPietro said. “I probably office officially on Jan. 1.

In a university-wide email sent on his first day in office, thought about it eight or 10 months. (My family and I) love DiPietro underlined the importance of starting his duties from Tennessee and we didn’t want to leave here.”

“Some people who get into this job, if you asked them 15 years ory behind it,” DiPietro said. “The rest of us would say, ‘That’s the get-go.

“I’m rolling up my sleeves and getting to work,” DiPietro wrote before, they’d say their goal was to be a university president. That enough, I just want to know how to do this!’”

An appreciation for veterinary medicine came at an early age for in the email. was never my goal. Frankly, I’ve never had the goal to be a dean or DiPietro’s work will likely come in several forms during the early DiPietro. As a 13-year-old, he witnessed a local practitioner pera chancellor. These things just happen to me.”

When considering his application, DiPietro discussed the option forming a procedure known as “floating teeth,” or the grinding moments of his tenure as UT system president. Stimulus funds are with his wife, Deb. After moving around from university to univer- down of a horse’s tooth. It didn’t take long for DiPietro to figure out scheduled to run dry in July, a situation that will likely make finances tighter and university positions less stable. sity, Tennessee had become a home to the DiPietros, so they decid- his preferred career path.

“We’ll be a smaller place come July 1 because of the budget cuts When it came time for college, DiPietro ventured north to the ed to plant their roots even deeper.

“It was clear she doesn’t want to leave Tennessee,” DiPietro said University of Illinois in Urbana to carve out his own niche instead we’ve been through,” DiPietro said. “People will have to underof his wife. “I agreed with her that if this worked out, fine. If it did- of staying home at EIU. DiPietro would earn his three degrees — stand that they’ve got to be more patient with us from the standpoint that we may not be as nimble as we once were. We’ll have to n’t, I was going to wrap my arms around the institute and keep B.S. (1974), DVM (1976), and M.S. (1980) — from Illinois.

Once in veterinary college, DiPietro was invited to help out a grow out of that.” doing great things with a great group of people. I’ve loved the Thanks largely to financial difficulties, university employees job I’ve been in up until this point.” have not experienced salary increases in four years. DiPietro The selection committee eventually narrowed the applicant believes the time for change could be near. field down to DiPietro and Brian Noland, chancellor of West “I’m concerned about compensation of employees,” he said.

Virginia’s higher education agency. The board opted for only “Our people have been four years without a change in compentwo final candidates instead of three. sation; this is a key year where we need to do something about “In some people’s minds, there were two candidates, and that.” they were the only two candidates they were comfortable A need to address those issues is first on DiPietro’s priority with,” Jim Murphy, chair of the UT Presidential Search list, but he said the difficulties do not outweight the strengths Committee, said after the Oct. 20 vote. of the university he inherited.

Two days later, on Oct. 22, the UT Board of Trustees select“One of the most impressive things once you’ve been here a ed DiPietro as UT’s next leader by a slim 11-10 margin. while is how connected the people across the state are with Since that moment, the life of DiPietro has moved from fast UT,” DiPietro said. “At these other states I’ve been at, you have to faster. a lot of universities to have loyalty towards… But you’ll see “It’s sort of gotten less whirlwind-like lately,” he said. “But orange from one end of this state to the other.” the first few weeks were particularly whirlwind-like. It was DiPietro said he looks forward to working with the system’s fairly hectic trying to get that all balanced. There was just a lot campuses across the state, hoping to solidify educational proto do and lots of things to attend and go to. But it’s been a lot George Richardson • The Daily Beacon gramming that he says is already “particularly strong.” He of fun.”

For the veterinarian-turned-academic, the road to the top A drawing depicting University of Illinois campus landmarks plans on continuing UT’s Biofuels Initiative and the use of the of Tennessee’s higher education was a path of chance, and in hangs on the wall of Joe DiPietro’s Morgan Hall office on Cherokee Farms research campus to keep the university on the many ways, good fortune.

Thursday, Dec. 2. Before accepting a position at UT, DiPietro cutting-edge of research.

But DiPietro is quick to admit that the most important received three degrees at Illinois and served in several faculty aspect of his job — and UT — is the people.

The road to the top positions.

“It’s a great place, but the place is really not about the president,” he said. “It’s about the people who get the work done.

DiPietro grew up in Charleston, Ill., home to Eastern Illinois University, as a second generation Italian-American. His grandpar- professor with lab research. The opportunity to work in parasitol- This is Joe’s Philosophy.”

“It won’t be about Joe. It’ll be about the university and what it ents migrated from the Abruzzo region of Italy, only 50 miles east ogy — specifically with ascarids from horses — opened doors gets done for students and the people across the state.” of Rome, to the panhandle of West Virginia just outside Pittsburgh. DiPietro never imagined.

Tenn. House elects first woman speaker Associated Press Members of the Tennessee House of Representatives elected their first female speaker on Tuesday in a leadership vote that ended with a historic result, but none of the partisan surprises from two years ago.

State Rep. Beth Harwell, a Nashville Republican, ran unopposed for the post and was elected by all 98 members present.

“Today marks the beginning of a new chapter in our great state,” Harwell told her colleagues from the well of the chamber.

“I recognize the significance of this day for women, and I’m thankful for the guidance and influence that many women have had on my life,” she said.

Women have previously held the position of speaker pro tempore in both chambers, and several have been elected to Congress. But none has won statewide office.

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Family of Ariz. shooter expresses guilt Associated Press TUCSON.— The parents of a man charged with trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords are devastated and guilt-ridden, a neighbor said, mourning their own tragedy as Tucson residents prepared Tuesday for a community memorial service and a visit from the president.

Jared Loughner’s mother has been in bed, crying nonstop since the shooting rampage on Saturday, neighbor Wayne Smith, 70, told KPHO-TV. Amy and Randy Loughner want to know where they went wrong with their 22-year-old son.

The younger Loughner is charged with trying to kill the Democratic lawmaker and killing a federal judge.

“I told them they didn’t fail. They taught him everything about right and wrong,” Smith said. “We all know you can teach someone everything and have no control how it works out.”

Loughner's parents have not appeared publicly or spoken since the incident, though Smith said the father plans to release a statement.

At University Medical Center, Giffords remained in critical condition, but doctors said she is able to draw breaths on her own. Dr. Michael Lemole, Giffords' neurosurgeon, said, however, that doc-

tors left the breathing tube in Giffords to protect her airway.

When asked about swelling in her brain on the third day, which is when it often reaches its peak after an injury, Lemole said a CT scan early Tuesday showed no increase in swelling. But, he cautioned that it can sometimes take longer for brain swelling to reach its peak.

Meanwhile, the parents of one of Loughner’s close friends, Zach Osler, described a troubled relationship between the suspect — an only child — and his parents.

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Kyle Hodges, sophomore in biological sciences, sleds down the steps in front of Ayres Hall on the backside of the Hill on Monday, Jan. 10. Students returned to a snowcovered campus and took the few days leading up to classes to enjoy the rare wintry weather on Rocky Top.

SPEAKER continued from Page 1 The smooth election stood in contrast to the drama of two years ago, when Republican Rep. Kent Williams in a surprise move banded together with 49 Democrats to thwart the GOP nominee by one vote.

The maneuver was met with outrage among GOP lawmakers and observers in the chamber, and ultimately caused Williams to be stripped of his right to run again as a Republican. The Elizabethton restaurateur was re-elected as an independent in November, but decided against another run at speaker.

Following a warm response to his final remarks as speaker, Williams joked: “Thank goodness — I thought I’d hear at least one ‘boo.’”

Republicans in November gained 14 seats in the House to give them a 64-34 majority, while the GOP advantage in the Senate has grown to 20-13 over Democrats.

Those majorities, combined with the election of Republican Gov.-elect Bill Haslam, mean the GOP will have complete control of both the legislative and executive branches of state government for the first time since 1869.

Republican Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey of Blountville saw no ill effects from his poor showing as a gubernatorial candidate last year. He was elected to his third term on party-line vote over

Democratic Sen. Joe Haynes of Goodlettsville.

Ramsey teared up as he took the oath of office and wiped his eyes as he walked to the podium to take up the gavel again. He told the chamber that Tennessee voters in the last election “gave a mandate to reduce the size of government and push back against the overreach of the federal government.”

Harwell struck a similar chord in the House, saying November’s elections showed that “citizens are frustrated with the out-of-control spending they see in Washington, D.C., and they do not want to see it here.”

Harwell said Republicans would work to balance the state budget without raising taxes, and that they would strive to avoid partisan bickering and “politics as usual.”

House Minority Leader Craig Fitzhugh, DRipley, said Democrats offered no opposition to Harwell in to make a statement.

“We have heard the message from the voters,” he said. “They want the government to work and they want those governing to work together. We want that, too.”

Among the most pressing tasks ahead for lawmakers will be finding ways to make deep cuts in state spending because federal stimulus money that had propped up the budget is running out.

Haslam isn’t scheduled to make his budget proposals until next month, and lawmakers will spend the next few weeks organizing committees and setting up their offices.

1926: Original Amos ‘n’ Andy debuts on Chicago radio On this day in 1926, the two-man comedy series “Sam ‘n’ Henry” debuts on Chicago's WGN radio station. Two years later, after changing its name to “Amos ‘n’ Andy,” the show became one of the most popular radio programs in American history.

Though the creators and the stars of the new radio program, Freeman Gosden and Charles Carrell, were both white, the characters they played were two black men from the Deep South who moved to Chicago to seek their fortunes. By that time, white actors performing in dark stage makeup--or “blackface”--had been a significant tradition in American theater for over 100 years.

Gosden and Carrell, both vaudeville performers, were doing a Chicago comedy act in blackface when an employee at the Chicago Tribune suggested they create a radio show.

When “Sam ‘n’ Henry” debuted in January 1926, it became an immediate hit. In 1928, Gosden and Carrell took their act to a rival station, the Chicago Daily News’ WMAQ. When they discovered WGN owned the rights to their characters’ names, they simply changed them. As their new contract gave Gosden and Carrell the right to syndicate the program, the popularity of “Amos ‘n’ Andy” soon exploded. Over the next 22 years, the show would become the highest-rated comedy in radio history, attracting more than 40 million listeners.

By 1951, when “Amos ‘n’ Andy” came to television, changing attitudes about race and concerns about racism had virtually wiped out the practice of blackface. With Alvin Childress and Spencer Williams taking over for Gosden and Carrell, the show was the first TV series to feature an all-black cast and the only one of its kind for the next 20 years. This did not stop AfricanAmerican advocacy groups and eventually the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from criticizing both the radio and TV versions of “Amos ‘n’ Andy” for promoting racial stereotypes. These protests led to the TV show’s cancellation in 1953.

— This Day in History is courtesy of history.com

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Eight UT Knoxville faculty named AAAS Fellows UT continues to be among the top 10 universities in the nation for the number of new fellows named by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

AAAS has named eight UT faculty members to the 2010 class of fellows.

Seven of the new fellows hail from the College of Arts and Sciences and one from the College of Veterinary Medicine.

“This recognition illustrates how we are competitive among the top institutions in the country and demonstrates our genuine commitment to becoming a top 25 public research university,” said UT Knoxville Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek. “I am proud of the work our faculty continues to do in furthering science and research in an effort to solve the world’s most challenging problems and make our lives better for

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The newly honored fellows, and the citations on their awards, are: Bradley Fenwick, professor of pathobiology: For distinguished contributions in the field of veterinary and comparative medicine, scientific association leadership, editorial review and research program development and administration.

Richard Jantz, professor emeritus of anthropology: For distinguished contributions to biological anthropology through database and software development and as director of the Forensic Anthropology Center.

Larry McKay, professor of earth and planetary sciences: For distinguished contributions to the field of hydrogeology, through interdisciplinary experimental research, through teaching and through outreach to K-12 students and adults.

Pamela Small, professor emeritus of microbiology: For distinguished contributions to the field of emerging infectious diseases, particularly for research and editorial contributions in the field of neglected tropical diseases.

Soren Sorensen, professor and department head of physics: For distinguished contributions to the field of relativistic heavy ion collisions, particularly for systematic studies of transverse energy production, and to academic leadership and

ARIZONA SHOOTING continued from Page 1 In an interview with The Associated Press, George and Roxanne Osler recalled the only time they met the rest of his family.

In 2008, the Loughner parents showed up at the Osler’s doorstep looking for their son, who had left home about a week before and broken off all contact, George Osler IV said.

Jared often spent time at the Osler’s place, sometimes watching conspiracy-theory movies with Zach and his younger brother, George V. Mrs. Osler said she was struck by how unfailingly polite he was — far more so than their son’s other teenage friends.

With the Loughners at his house, Zach Osler told them the name of the local hotel where their son was staying. The Loughners were able to patch things up and Jared moved back in with his parents, Zach’s father said.

After that, the elder Osler sometimes would see Mrs. Loughner at the local supermarket, though they didn’t chat much. He recalled that every time he saw her she had at least one 30-pack of beer in her cart.

Jared Loughner grew up on a typical Tucson block of lowslung homes with palm trees and cactus gardens out front.

Loughner’s father moved into the house as a bachelor, and eventually got married and the Loughners had Jared, longtime next-door neighbor George Gayan said. Property records show Randy Loughner has lived there since 1977.

Gayan said he had “differences of opinion but nothing where it was radical or violent.” He declined to provide specifics.

“As time went on, they indicated they wanted privacy,” Gayan said. Friends of Jared Loughner have described him as

public service.

Kenneth Stephenson, professor of mathematics: For distinguished contributions to analysis and geometry, particularly the development of the circle packing algorithm and the theory of discrete analytic function theory.

Gregory Stuart, professor of psychology: For distinguished contributions to the field of psychology, particularly research on the role of substance use and abuse in intimate partner violence perpetration and victimization.

Ziling Xue, professor of chemistry: For distinguished contributions to the field of inorganic-organometallic chemistry, particularly for synthesis of metal complexes and mechanistic studies of the formation of metal carbenes.

UT professor leads world effort in developing next generation of supercomputers East Tennessee is home to Jaguar and Kraken, two of the fastest supercomputers in the world. These high-performance systems help solve the world’s most challenging problems by running simulations of what might happen in the real world.

Jack Dongarra, distinguished professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Tennessee,

a loner.

Unlike other homes on the block, the Loughners’ is obscured by plants.

Amy Loughner got a job with the county just before Jared was born, and since at least 2002 has been the supervisor for Roy P. Drachman Agua Caliente Park on the outskirts of the city. She earns $25.70 an hour, according to Gwyn Hatcher, Pima County’s human resources director.

Randy Lougher apparently has not worked for years — at least outside his home. One thing he did do was fix up cars.

Gayan said he had three “show cars” and two of Jared Lougher’s friends said he bought a junker ‘69 orange Chevrolet Nova and made it pristine.

On Monday, Jared Loughner appeared in court wearing a beige prison jumpsuit and handcuffs and sporting a pink gash on the hairline of his shaved head. A judge asked if he understood that he could get life in prison — or the death penalty — for killing federal Judge John Roll.

“Yes,” Loughner replied.

Loughner was being held without bail.

Meanwhile, residents of Tucson prepared for memorial services Tuesday for the six killed in the shooting.

A Mass for all the victims at St. Odilia’s Parish in Tucson — was set for Tuesday evening, and President Barack Obama was scheduled to arrive in Arizona Wednesday for a memorial service days after calling the attack a tragedy for the entire country.

Loughner’s court appearance in Phoenix on Monday gave the nation a first look at the man authorities say is responsible for the shooting that also left 14 injured outside a Tucson supermarket where Giffords had set up a booth to hear the concerns of constituents.

Eric Fuller, one of the survivors, said Tuesday on CBS’ “The

Knoxville, knows the power of these computers well. He puts together the much anticipated biannual top 500 list, which ranks the 500 fastest supercomputers in the world.

Today, full simulations can’t be completed for many types of problems. Science needs more power, more speed and more memory, or else scientific advancements will taper off.

Supercomputers need to be taken to the next level. This level is called exascale.

“The drive to exascale is coming about from the science community. It’s not the technology that’s drawing us to exascale.

The technology can take us there and that’s the good news, but it’s really the science that’s the driver, in some sense.

These science applications have stepped up and said, ‘In order for us to do the kinds of problems that we can’t do today — in order for us to do them in the future — we need exascale computing,’” Dongarra explained.

“You can’t wait for the exascale machine to be delivered and then start thinking about the software and algorithms. The exascale systems are going to be dramatically different than the systems we have today. We have to have the techniques and software to effectively use these machines on the challenging science problems of the day,” Dongarra said.

Early Show” that he felt the bullet that hit his knee but didn’t know he had also been hit in the back.

“Not wanting to leave the world very soon, and not thinking that I could do very much except maybe get killed trying to stop him from the vantage point that I was at, I fell to the ground, as other people were doing — and expected the worst to occur after that,” he said.

Loughner is charged with one count of attempted assassination of a member of Congress, two counts of killing an employee of the federal government and two counts of attempting to kill a federal employee. Those are federal charges.

His newly appointed lawyer is Judy Clarke, who defended “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski.

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Editor’s Note Dooley’s first season exhibits potential Zac Ellis Editor-in-Chief Year One of the Derek Dooley era is in the books at Tennessee. The best news? As of Wednesday, the Vols will be returning Dooley and the vast majority of his coaching staff.

That’s right, for the first time in three seasons, Tennessee’s coach will be returning from the previous season. There were no Lane Kiffin-esque shenanigans afoot with late-night press conferences and burned mattresses gracing the front of Gibbs Hall. There were also no tearyeyed goodbyes from Tennessee legends falling on hard times.

Instead, UT fans watched Dooley’s Vols scramble through the roller coaster ride that was the 2010 season. As with any team reeling from a coaching carousel, attrition left Dooley’s cupboard of players strikingly bare coming into the fall. Expectations weren’t high, and most fans viewed a bowl game — victory or not — as reason enough to celebrate.

Alas, Tennessee rose from the ashes of a 2-6 start to finish the regular season at 6-6, a .500 record worthy of praise in Dooley’s first year at the helm of the Vols. Nevermind the “loss” at the hands of North Carolina in the Music City Bowl, which pushed UT’s record to 6-7 on the season; Tennessee, in many pundits’ minds, was on its way back to prominence once again.

Of course, the key to this equation is Dooley. As a virtually unknown name when UT athletics director Mike Hamilton hand-picked him from Louisiana Tech, Dooley has used his character-driven mentality to recruit the “right” players, not just the most “talented” players. Three years is the understood time period in which a new coach can work his magic, and UT fans will likely give Dooley the benefit of the doubt with his 2010 finish.

That being said, 2011 could be a different story. The sport of college football is all about “What have you done for me lately?” so the arguable success of this past fall may be forgotten if the Vols collapse in Dooley’s second season.

Still, the importance of a returning coaching staff should not be overlooked. That’s an entire offseason of recruiting by one coach, something UT hasn’t enjoyed since Phillip Fulmer’s 2007-08 offseason. Plus, Dooley will be familiar with UT’s entire roster, rather than having to acclimate to a new group of players on the go.

Dooley appears to have won most Vol fans’ hearts by finishing the 2010 race with a brokendown, worn-out Model T, while the Alabamas and Auburns of the conference were flying by in their Lamborghinis. Imagine what could happen if a Dooley-built team took the field in a few years? Judging by the majority of freshmen who saw playing time this season, one hopes Dooley can rope in a talented crop if given time.

Last January, I wrote a column in the Beacon defending the Dooley hire in the wake of Kiffin’s surprise bolt from Knoxville. Vol fans were seemingly up in arms over the no-name hire, especially after the likes of Texas’s Will Muschamp and Air Force’s Troy Calhoun had reportedly spurned Tennessee’s offers. But while unknown, I felt Dooley boasted a winning pedigree and seasoned knowledge of SEC recruiting, which could bode well for the Vols if they were to emerge from 2010 unscathed.

Now that 2010 has come and gone, the woe-is-me feeling surrounding Tennessee football is lifting from the sky above Neyland Stadium. The fall of 2011 is the next step in bringing Tennessee back to relevance, and if this season was any indication, Dooley appears to be the man for the job.

—Zac Ellis is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at rellis13@utk.edu. Follow him on Twitter @ZacEllis.

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Start of semester tips help students cope T he Pen is Mightier by

Sean Mahoney With the dawning of the New Year comes the arrival of the spring semester. For students, this translates to early morning classes, lots of homework and tests, and maybe a night out every now and then.

As everyone begins to shuffle back to campus after the holiday break, it can be a little difficult to get back into the rhythm of school life. A month vacation filled with holiday treats and sleeping late can have that effect on anyone. However, taking steps toward better organization and the development of a routine can help tremendously. In my four years at the university, I have received a number of tips on how to best get back into the rhythm, but there were a few that I found to be most helpful.

First off, buy a calendar. This may seem like a really small detail at first, but it is an important step towards organization that will really pay off throughout the semester. Instead of trying to keep track of a syllabus and various deadlines from every class, you can see all of the assignments and due dates in one convenient arrangement.

As a visual person, having all the due dates and exam days in front of me in one place is extremely advantageous. Getting a large calendar and consolidating all of the deadlines of every class in one place makes it easy to see which weeks are the most demanding and which ones you can take a breather on.

Secondly, get some exercise. Obviously, the benefits of an active lifestyle are well-known. We all know that it’s good to get rid of excess fat and maybe boost confidence. But for me, activities like running or weightlifting offer a break from studying or typing papers. Getting involved in many of the recreational activities on campus like intramural sports or classes in TRECs can really go a long way.

Being active is very helpful in getting sleep and having more energy throughout the day. In weeks

where I have been to the gym fairly regularly, I have slept better and generally have been more attentive in class.

Third, don’t skip breakfast. There is a reason why many consider it the most important meal of the day. Eating breakfast gets your metabolism going and a full stomach can really help you concentrate during long class days. On days with three or four hours of class and no breakfast, it can be really hard to get by. Sometimes class can be tough enough and there is no reason to make it any harder by skipping the first meal of the day.

Fourth, establish contacts within EVERY class.

Teachers will often make you go through that awkward “stand up and introduce yourself” activity on the first day. While this may be a little juvenile and dreadful, take advantage of the situation and make a study buddy. You don’t have to become lifelong friends, but trading emails can really help if one of you misses class and needs notes or just some help along the way. After all, the grueling gauntlet of midterms or finals is much easier to bear if you have someone just as miserable with you.

Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, don’t forget to enjoy yourself a little. How many times have we heard that college is the best four years of our lives?

It can be way too easy to let all the due dates and assignments drag you down and make you forget that there is much fun to be had in Knox Vegas.

Restaurants and entertainment venues are all around, along with a myriad of sporting events to attend. For example, our basketball teams have begun SEC play and our men’s team in particular is in need of support right now. There is something in Knoxville for everyone and students should take advantage because college life is not just all about books and class.

Hopefully, these few tips will help anyone struggling to get back into the motion of things on campus. It really can be tough to get back here, get up early, read a book, write a paper, take an exam or whatever your poison. Fortunately, taking small steps like these or making a few changes can really pay off for you during the semester as they have for me for years.

— Sean Mahoney is a senior in history. He can be reached at smahone1@utk.edu.

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Huzzah to all who are reading this and Happy Belated New Year! Hopefully your New Year’s was more eventful than mine and you spent a lot of time with your loved ones.

Mine was spent eating an unholy amount of CheezIts and other cheddar-filled snacks of various levels of goodness, and singing Irish drinking songs with my roommate. I made resolutions that, in all honesty, I will probably fail horribly in keeping. They involve usually lofty goals like not procrastinating, or cooking real meals at home, or dare I say it, cutting back on all my bad habits. This year, I have decided to take it one step further and take baby steps on becoming a supposedly better person. Er, well…as much as someone like me can.

This includes: 1. Controlling the urge to punch people in the face for saying stupid things. If you know me, you know that I’m small, feisty and saying idiotic things around me is the equivalent of poking a grizzly bear in hibernation. Hopefully I will improve (drastically) on this resolution considering the fact that my mouth has been compared to barbed wire and Winston Churchill’s humor.

2. Being nicer to other people. Being the somewhat self-centered individual that I am, I forget that other people’s feelings are important. I’m crass, pretty rude, and sometimes oblivious to the emotions of others; I might want to try listening to them as well… but meh, baby steps.

3. Cutting back drastically on caffeine intake.

Again, if you know me, you know that I always say that I have too much blood in my caffeine. I drink way too much coffee and Coke, and I think I really should have bought some stock in Starbucks by now, considering I’ve spent roughly the equivalent of tuition at an Ivy League law school there. Darn white chocolate mochas and my addiction to them. Hopefully my postgraduation period will bring an increase to my checking account and I might start drinking water again. Gross.

4. Stop plotting to be a gold-digger and marry

someone rich so that my lazy butt can ride the gravy train forever. Apparently my conscience has finally kicked in and refuses to let me be lazy and meet intelligent men who won’t let me work. So you can stop hidin’ yo kids and hidin’ yo boys, cuz I'm not snatchin’ them up. For now.

5. Applying to big girl jobs. Even though I have little hope of finding a job in an economy where executives are paid entry level salaries, I can at least reassure myself that I tried before retiring to my parents’ house and being free of responsibility before getting a wake up call at 26 and making up for lost time.

6. Trying to actually understand football/basketball. It has been my not-so-secret shame that the realm of sports and I are worlds apart.

When you are more into eating, doing homework, working, and becoming one with the Force (also known as my couch) as I am, the last thing you want to be interested in is a bunch of male athletes — however fine they may be — throwing balls at each other. You’ll forgive me for the obvious metaphor.

7. Trying to stop watching so many movies and actually read a book. This might be difficult since college has tainted my view of leisurely reading forever.

I can never crack open another book by Conrad or Hemingway or read “Harry Potter” without analyzing literary elements, at least not for another five years.

However, my current dislike of reading is overshadowed by my love of sci-fi movies, newer chick flicks, and horror classics. Curses!

8. Stop trying to make myself feel better about my life by watching people on Intervention and “Hoarders.” I have a penchant for watching such shows — including “16 and Pregnant” and “Teen Mom,” — and trying to comfort myself that at least I am not pregnant, addicted to drugs, etc. I also have the slightly annoying habit of looking at the pages of people online that I consider to be beneath me. I’ve realized over the past year that it’s demeaning to other people, plus I’m not really progressing as a person if I’m trying to be better to other people by judging my perceived success to their perceived failures.

So here’s to a New Year, new opportunities and a new me/you!

Yours delightfully wacky and unrefined, Yasha — Yasha Sadagopan is a senior in economics. She can be reached at ysadagop@utk.edu.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

US to stay in Afghanistan until 2014 Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — Vice President Joe Biden assured Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday that the United States will not abandon the country after 2014 when the U.S.-led coalition plans to hand over control of security to the Afghans.

After months of acrimony over corruption and intensified NATO military operations, Biden said the two countries are now on the same page. He also assured the mercurial Karzai that the United States was not in his country to “govern” and said Afghans are capable of building up their own institutions.

“It is not our intention to govern or to nation build,” Biden said, adding that if “the Afghan people want it, we won’t leave in 2014.”

President Barack Obama has discussed maintaining a counterterrorism capability in Afghanistan after 2014 and the Afghan security force training program is expected to last until 2016. As recently as Dec. 16, Obama said the U.S. and its NATO allies would have an enduring presence there after 2014, although the details of that were unclear.

Biden’s positive remarks seemed to be part of a broader effort to improve an often rocky relationship between the U.S. and Karzai. His visit, which began Monday, comes at the start of what has been described by NATO officials as a crucial year in the fight to break the Taliban.

“I think it’s fair to say that we’ve largely arrested the Taliban momentum here in some very important areas, particularly in Helmand and Kandahar.

But these gains as you pointed out to me Mr. President, as we know, are fragile and reversible. And as the president knows, sustaining them is going to require the Afghans to assume the responsibility for security and governance,” Biden said at a joint news conference.

Although military forces are making headway against the insurgency and have reclaimed parts of the south, it remains unclear if the gains will be permanent.

The Obama administration acknowledged in a year-end review that while Taliban momentum has been stopped in some areas and reversed in others, “gains remain fragile and reversible.”

Military commanders argue they now finally have the troops and equipment they need to pursue a campaign that went fallow in the years following the invasion of Afghanistan. The buildup of forces began in the summer of 2009 as troops were freed up from Iraq and peaked at 140,000 in August, with the infusion of 30,000 additional U.S. troops.

Obama also needs some measure of success to boost support for what has become an unpopular and very costly war, both at home and among the nations supplying troops to the coalition.

The U.S. has said repeatedly that July 2011 will mark the beginning of the troop withdrawals and that their size would depend on military conditions. Military officials have said privately they expect

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Just ahead of their news conference, Karzai said they had worked “on the transition,” a reference to the decision made last November at a NATO summit in Lisbon to transfer responsibility for the security of the country to Afghan forces within four years.

Biden thanked Karzai for his efforts at the summit and said: “I think it’s gotten us on the same page.”

Tensions have surfaced between the Obama administration and an increasingly nationalistic Karzai, whose government is plagued by charges of corruption. U.S. officials have expressed grave concerns about how corruption is affecting efforts to stabilize and rebuild the country.

Last week Karzai shot back, complaining that foreign powers were meddling in the country’s internal affairs.

Karzai has in the past also expressed his concerns about some of NATO’s military operations aimed at crushing the insurgency, specifically night raids carried out by special forces. NATO says the night raids have taken a significant toll on the leadership of insurgent networks.

Karzai's office said Tuesday that a delegation sent to Kandahar to assess the effects of an offensive which started there in the spring has identified $100 million worth of damage. A statement said the delegation determined that homes, fruit orchards and crops were unnecessarily destroyed, and that the operation was conducted during harvest time. NATO did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

But none of that tension was visible at their news conference, where both men lavished each other with praise. Biden, who in the past has been critical of Karzai, lauded the courage he showed when he took over the government after the Taliban were ousted.

“I also want to point out and pay tribute to not just your leadership, Mr. President, but in those days, in the circumstances, people forget is the extraordinary personal courage, physical courage, you showed. It is, it was notable then and it’s worth noting now,” Biden said.

Biden’s visit could be aimed in part at smoothing things over with Karzai.

A senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk publicly with the media, said Obama asked Biden ahead of the meeting to relay his disappointment to Karzai that he was unable to travel to Kabul last month during his one-day trip to Afghanistan on Dec. 3. The White House said foul weather foiled plans to take Obama to the presidential palace in Kabul from the Bagram Air Field military base, where he landed. The change of plans was seen by some in Karzai’s circle as a snub.

A spokesman for Karzai, Siamak Herawi, said that Biden brought a “very clear” message from Obama that “the United States is fully supporting the government of Afghanistan and all its decisions.”

Freezing weather stalls traffic Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C.— A winter storm that threatened to keep the South iced over until the end of the week was heading Tuesday for the storm-battered Northeast, leaving behind glassy and treacherous roads, snapped power lines and stranded travelers.

Temperatures were expected to stay low enough to keep snow and ice on the ground for several more days in southern states where many cities have only a handful of snow plows, if any. Snow ranging from several inches to more than a foot blanketed a swath from Louisiana to the Carolinas.

Freezing rain in some areas added to the misery, and schools around the region remained closed for a second day. Officials urged people to stay off the roads after the storm trapped motorists on highways in Georgia and Arkansas.

Trucker Vernon Cook, 67, said Tuesday that he’s been sitting still on an Atlanta-area interstate ramp for almost 24 hours in a long line of tractor trailers that can’t move because of the icy road.

“I’ve been a trucker for 46 years and have seen nothing like this,” said Cook, who’s taking synthetic rubber from Texas to North Carolina.

While the South waits for warmer temperatures to help its beleaguered road crews, the Northeast was bracing for its third snowstorm in less than three weeks. Snow was expected to begin falling in New York City a day after Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration admitted a series of mistakes in its handling of a Christmas weekend blizzard that crippled travel along the East Coast. A winter storm warning was issued through Wednesday, with the heaviest snow expected overnight.

New York and its suburbs could get 8 to 14 inches of snow, with wind gusts up to 35 mph, forecasters said. Long Island could get as much as 15 inches.

Already, the system is blamed for at least nine deaths and numerous injuries. In a suburb of Charlotte, N.C., 7-year-old Sara King was in critical condition a day after she was hit by a van while sledding. A nursing supervisor said surgeons were operating on her Tuesday.

Elsewhere around the South, thousands were without power. The storm shut down most cities and towns, closed many businesses, and canceled most flights at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, the world’s busiest.

More than 300 passengers stranded at an Atlanta bus station were given bologna sandwiches, blankets, and bottled water by a nearby jail. The Salvation Army and a local McDonald’s also brought food to the weary bus riders, some of whom were sprawled on the floor to get sleep.

Greg Walton, 32, of Orlando, Fla., said his bus started losing traction and the battery eventually died when it neared Atlanta. He’s been stuck at the station since being ferried there on another bus Monday.

“They bring us here, then they just declared martial law on us,” he said, jokingly.

Though officials across the region urged people to stay home, construction worker Bill Lee Jackson ventured out to a Greenville, S.C., grocery store to pick up staples. A normally 10-minute trip to the store took 30, as his slid in spots.

The 31-year-old fumed that impassable roads are keeping him from working on a renovation project.

“When are they going to do something?” he said. “This is costing me money. It snows and everything shuts down. I’m fed up. I know I shouldn’t be. Nothing I can do about it. But it’s aggravating.”

Mike Reynolds was waiting at a Greenville gas station for a tow truck to pull his car out of the mixture of snow and ice.

“This really sucks,” said Reynolds, 26, who works at a convenience store. “I told my boss what happened and that I was going to be late, but I’m not sure he believed me.”

Conditions were unlikely to improve anytime soon. Temperatures should stay below freezing for days, and more snow is predicted — adding to the task of overworked road crews.

Atlanta, which has gotten 4 to 7 inches, has just eight snow plows. The city hired a fleet of 11 privately run trucks to help spread salt and gravel.

The arctic weather began rolling across the South on Sunday, coating bridges and roads with snow, sleet and freezing rain. The governors of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee declared emergencies.

But the storm also offered kids — and some adults — a rare chance to play in the snow.

“I’m trying to have a snowball fight with my friend,” said 15-year-old Connor Ormond of Columbia, S.C., as he trotted to a friend's house, snowball in hand. “This is the most snow I’ve ever seen!”

In Memphis, 21-year-old Ronni Jupson said the roads weren’t as bad as she feared they would be.

“I love snow, I’m not going to lie,” she said. “I got really nostalgic. I’m just sad that I have to be an adult and work.”

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Internet star copes with new fame Associated Press Ted Williams, the Ohio homeless man whose smooth radio voice made him an Internet sensation, had to do some quick talking to Los Angeles police.

Officers were called when Williams and his daughter got into a heated argument Monday night at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel & Spa, Officer Catherine Massey said.

“I don’t know how loud they were” but the argument at about 9 p.m. led to a disturbance report, Massey said Tuesday.

“It was minor. Both parties were angry but there were no signs of visible abuse,” Massey said. “They were brought in, calmed down, talked to and released.”

She said she did not know the nature of the argument.

Williams and his daughter were held at the Hollywood police station for less than an hour and they were not arrested, Massey said.

She declined to name Williams’ daughter, but a statement from “Entertainment Tonight” identified her as Jemay Williams and said the two would discuss the incident in a Tuesday night show.

It was not known whether the two returned to the hotel after the incident.

“Due to guest privacy laws, we don’t share details of our guests or their stays,” said Dan Shaughnessy, director of sales and marketing for the Renaissance.

Williams’ manager, Al Battle, declined to comment about or provide details of the incident but said a statement would be issued soon.

“Once we get all the facts, it’ll be out there for everybody to have,” he said in a brief phone interview with The Associated Press.

Williams flew into town to tape an appearance on TV’s “Dr. Phil” show and “Entertainment Tonight.”

“Entertainment Tonight” covered his meeting with voiceover actors at a Screen Actors Guild Foundation sound studio who

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offered to help Williams become a guild member voiceover artist, according to a show statement.

The two-part “Dr. Phil” episode was taped over the weekend to air Tuesday and Wednesday. On the Wednesday segment, Williams meets with his ex-wife, Patricia, and five of his nine children, according to a statement from the show.

“In this emotional reunion, Williams talks openly with his family about the man he is today, the influences that threaten his sobriety and what his children can expect from him in the future. His children respond in a very raw and candid manner,” the statement said.

“Everyone is pulling for Ted, but his 15 minutes are going to be over and then he’ll be left to manage a life filled with temptation,” host Phil McGraw said. “We’re going to try and help him prepare for that because it would be a real tragedy if he did not make the most of this extraordinary second chance.”

Williams, 53, trained to be a radio announcer but found his life derailed by drugs and alcohol in the 1990s. He has served time in prison for theft and forgery and has been cited with numerous misdemeanors, including drug abuse.

Williams became famous almost overnight after The Columbus Dispatch newspaper posted a web video of him last week. Viewers were enthralled to hear a deep, honeyed professional voice coming from the shabbily dressed man.

Since then, he has done a TV commercial for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, appeared on various news shows, recorded voiceover promos for cable news, and was offered an announcing job with the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team.

Although he says he has been clean for more than two years, the recovering addict has acknowledged that it has been challenging dealing with sudden fame.

“I wanted a nerve pill yesterday, to be honest with you,” he told CBS on Friday.

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Students wait in a massive line leading to the Bursar’s Office on Tuesday, Jan. 11. The deadline for payment and confirmation of attendance, which was initially scheduled for this Tuesday, was pushed back to Thursday, Jan. 13, at 4:30 p.m. due to inclement weather.

Stock prices rise after solid earnings the market. Energy companies gained 1.5 percent to lead the S&P 500 index.

NEW YORK — Strong Telecommunications compafinancial reports from Alcoa nies were the only one of the and Sears helped push stock 10 company groups in the prices higher Tuesday. index to fall. That group lost Alcoa Inc. easily beat the 1.6 percent. forecasts of Wall Street anaHewlett-Packard Co. had lysts when it reported earnthe biggest gain among the ings late Monday. The alu30 stocks that make up the minum maker said it expects Dow average, gaining 2.4 demand for its products to percent.

Verizon jump 12 percent this year, Communications Inc. had the including gains of up to 11 largest fall, dropping 1.6 perpercent in sales to automakcent. ers.

European stock markets Two major retailers raised jumped after Japan said it their earnings forecasts. would buy bonds being S e a r s issued to Holdings f i n a n c e Corp. said it E u ro p e ’s expects to ains were spread bailout fund. earn up to That would $1.88 per across the market. help send share this year, bond yields more than down and Energy companies twice as much ease debt as analysts had pressures on gained 1.5 percent to predicted. countries like Tiffany & Co. Ireland and said better- lead the S&P 500 index.

Portugal. The than-expected Euro Stoxx holiday sales Telecommunications 50, which would push its tracks blue earnings highcompanies were the chip compaer this year. nies in coun“Consumer tries that use only one of the 10 stocks have the euro, rose been left for 1.1 percent. company groups in the dead,” said Supervalu Matt Lloyd, Inc. fell 11 the chief index to fall. percent to investment $7.59 after strategist at the supermarket chain said it Advisors Asset Management. lost money in its last quarter.

Consumer companies cut so Homebuilder Lennar Corp. many costs during the recesgained 8 percent, to 20.44, sion that any slight bump in after its results topped anaspending “has a much bigger lysts’ forecasts. effect on margins,” he said.

Bond prices fell, sending The Dow Jones industrial their yields higher. The yield average rose 54 points, or 0.5 on the 10-year Treasury note percent, to 11,691 in afterrose to 3.35 percent from noon trading. The Standard 3.29 percent late Monday. and Poor's 500 index gained The yield is used to set inter6, or 0.5 percent, to 1,276. est rates on many kinds of The Nasdaq composite rose loans including mortgages.

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School mourns loss of principal Associated Press OMAHA, Neb.— Some students wiped away tears and many wore ribbons in their high school colors as they quietly filed from a fleet of school buses to attend the funeral Tuesday of their assistant principal who was gunned down in her office by a teenager she had suspended earlier that day.

Mourners crowded into St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in west Omaha to remember 58-year-old Vicki Kaspar. The administrator was fatally wounded last Wednesday by 17-yearold Robert Butler Jr., who later killed himself with the same handgun.

Hundreds of students from Millard South High School talked in low voices as they gathered in the

church gymnasium where they were to watch the funeral service via video link. Many wore red, white and blue ribbons, which students have been selling for $1 to raise money for the families of Kaspar and Principal Curtis Case, who was injured in the attack.

Fifteen-year-old Van Nelson told The Associated Press that he hadn’t known Kaspar well but that he wanted to attend the funeral to show support for his school.

The school district canceled classes at the school Tuesday to allow staffers and students to mourn.

Omaha police said Butler returned to the school a few hours after he was suspended for driving on Millard South's football field and track. Authorities said Butler, whose father is

an Omaha police detective, gave no hint of his violent intentions before posting an ominous message on Facebook.

Butler took with him his father’s .40-caliber semiautomatic service weapon.

The boy shot Kaspar after a short conversation in her office, then Case as he came to investigate the commotion.

A hospital spokesman said Case remained in fair condition Tuesday at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha.

Butler also fired at a custodian and missed, causing debris to graze a school nurse. Butler fled in his car and killed himself in a parking lot about a mile away.

Butler had transferred to the Omaha school in the fall because he was having disciplinary problems in Lincoln and had not been listening to his mother, who remarried after divorcing Butler’s father, Omaha police said.

Victoria Leigh, who attends another district high school, said she knew Kaspar well because her father used to be principal at Millard South.

Leigh took Kaspar's death hard, she said Tuesday.

“I’m so sick of seeing horrible things happen to good people,” Leigh said.

Kaspar and her husband have three grown sons, including Ron, a chemistry teacher at Millard South.

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Michelle Scott, freshman in biomedical engineering, ascends the stairs leading up to Ayres Hall on Monday, Jan. 10. The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the iconic campus building was postponed Monday due to inclement weather.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

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Winters remembered as leader in WWII and obtained a detailed map of German defenses along Utah Beach. In September Associated Press 1944, he led 20 men in a successful attack PHILADELPHIA — Richard “Dick” on a German force of 200 soldiers.

Winters, the Easy Company commander Occupying the Bastogne area of Belgium whose World War II exploits were made at the time of the Battle of the Bulge, he famous by the book and television minis- and his men held their place until the eries “Band of Brothers,” died last week in Third Army broke through enemy lines, and Winters, shortly afterward, was procentral Pennsylvania. He was 92.

Winters died following a several-year moted to major.

After returning home, Winters married battle with Parkinson’s Disease, longtime his wife, Ethel, in May 1948, and trained family friend William Jackson said infantry and Army Ranger units at Fort Monday.

An intensely private and humble man, Dix during the Korean War. He started a Winters had asked that news of his death company selling livestock feed to farmers, be withheld until after his funeral, Jackson and he and his family eventually settled in said. Winters lived in Hershey, Pa., but a farmhouse in Hershey, Pa., where he retired. died in suburban Palmyra.

Historian Stephen Ambrose interThe men Winters led expressed their admiration for their company commander viewed Winters for the 1992 book “Band of Brothers,” upon after learning of his which the HBO death. miniseries that startWilliam ed airing in Guarnere, 88, said September 2001 was what he remembers based. Winters himabout Winters was self published a “great leadership.” memoir in 2006 enti“When he said tled “Beyond Band ‘Let’s go,’ he was of Brothers.” right in the front,” Two years ago, an Guarnere, who was exhibit devoted to called “Wild Bill” by Winters was dedicathis comrades, said ed at the HersheySunday night from Derry Township his South Historical Society.

Philadelphia home.

Winters, in frail “He was never in health in later years, the back. A leader has also been the personified.” subject of a camAnother member paign to raise money of the unit living in to erect a monument Philadelphia, in his honor near the Edward Heffron, 87, beaches of said thinking about Normandy.

Winters brought a Winters talked tear to his eye. about his view of “He was one hell leadership for an of a guy, one of the – The late Richard “Dick” Winters, former August 2004 article greatest soldiers I World War II commander, on his view of in American History was ever under,” leadership in a 2004 article in American Magazine: said Heffron, who History Magazine.

“If you can,” he had the nickname wrote, “find that “Babe” in the compeace within yourpany. “He was a wonderful officer, a wonderful leader. He self, that peace and quiet and confidence had what you needed, guts and brains. He that you can pass on to others, so that took care of his men, that’s very impor- they know that you are honest and you are fair and will help them, no matter what, tant.”

Winters was born Jan. 21, 1918 and when the chips are down.”

When people asked whether he was a studied economics at Franklin & Marshall College before enlisting, according to a hero, he echoed the words of his World War II buddy, Mike Ranney: “No, but I biography on the Penn State website.

Winters became the leader of Company served in a company of heroes.”

“He was a good man, a very good man,” E, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne Division on D-Day, after the death of the Guarnere said. “I would follow him to hell company commander during the invasion and back. So would the men from E Company.” of Normandy.

Arrangements for a public memorial During that invasion, Winters led 13 of his men in destroying an enemy battery service are pending.

“

If you can, find

that peace within

yourself, that peace and

quiet and confidence that

you can pass on to others, so that they know that

you are honest and you

are far and will help them, no matter what, when the chips are down.

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Film Committee to explore diversity Brian Conlon Staff Writer The Central Program Council’s Film Committee has been successfully providing low cost film screenings to UT students and the community alike for years. Each semester they choose a diverse selection ranging from recent blockbusters to cult classics to eye-opening documentaries. This semester is no different, as the committee boasts an impressive lineup of events, which will bring entertainment, knowledge and culture to the viewers in the UC Auditorium.

The events kick-off with the showing of 2010’s critically acclaimed hit, “The Social Network.” Director David Fincher based the film on Ben Mezrich’s “The Accidental Billionaires,” a researched account of Facebook's controversial founding and rapid expansion.

“I think it is a good idea that they are showing ‘The Social Network,’” said Jesse Butrum, a junior in English. “The fact that it is a movie about a college student doing something productive, not just getting drunk, and is being shown on campus, is a pretty cool idea.”

“The Social Network,” like most of the Film Committee screenings, will run for two nights with two showings each night. Also, like other events, this film will be free to UT students and $1 for non-UT students.

Another dramatized character-study that’s founding story made headlines will be playing the first weekend in March. “127 Hours” is the account of mountain climber Aron Ralston who goes out alone into the Utah wilderness and becomes trapped when his arm is

crushed by a boulder.

The month of February will see a selection of unconventional love stories including “Harold and Maude,” “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” and “Paris, Je T’aime.” Also in February, the Film Committee will host a free Oscars Night party, which will feature a costume contest, prizes and popcorn.

The Film Committee will also show the recent blockbusters “True Grit” and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.” In addition, they will feature “Crude,” a documentary that depicts the struggles of the Ecuadorian people against US oil giant Chevron, which is accused of heavily polluting the Amazonian rainforest.

Perhaps for April Fools’ Day, the committee is showing a film famous for being the worst movie ever made. “The Room” has become a cult-classic, and its director, producer, writer, and lead actor Tommy Wiseau now markets the film’s follies as an intentionally bad dark comedy.

Last semester, the Film Committee had a special screening of another cult-classic, “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” which had a party-like atmosphere. “We’re hoping to get something akin to Rocky Horror going and have people bring in props and do call-backs and such,” said Film Committee Secretary Aaron Moyer. “No shadow cast unfortunately.”

From “The Social Network” to the pairing of “The Wizard of Oz” and Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon,” the Film Committee has plenty of free events to offer this semester.

For more information on the Film Committee’s upcoming events, go to http://activities.utk.edu/category/cpc/film/.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

True artistry inspires awe, opens doors

Will Abrams Arts & Entertainment Editor Life has a funny way of working things out. Around two years ago, I turned in an application to write for the Daily Beacon after I read a review for a film that I entirely disagreed with (a near-perfect review of “Confessions of a Shopaholic”).

My knee-jerk reaction was to say to myself, “I could do so much better if I wrote film reviews.”

With such an odd and arguably pathetic start to my journalism career, finding myself as the new Art and Entertainment Editor is interesting to say the least.

I have had the privilege of working under past beat editors who were both skilled writers and opinionated individuals.

Looking into this new year, it is this editor’s hope that the Daily Beacon would continue to serve as both a student’s resource for information and a home to quality writing.

When working on the entertainment side of journalism, it can be difficult to separate the noteworthy from the notoriously stupid. If any reader doesn’t understand that, I invite you to turn on E! (an entire channel devoted to “entertainment” news) at any time of any day.

Over the last few years, America has become obsessed with near-celebrities whose thinking skills most likely would not even get them to the door of a university. Long-gone and/or hidden from view are the great artists who inspire millions and have the ability to change lives.

In this “give me” culture of today, we care more about the electronic beat composed by a computer than the talent of the musician or the meaning of his/her lyrics. We watch films in anticipation of the next explosion rather than to examine the beauty of a celluloid moment.

So why would anyone want to work in such a field that has been seemingly stripped of value? Because, in spite of all the negative elements found in the world of entertainment news today, there is something at the heart of its subject matter that still has the ability to enhance the human experience.

Buried deeply beneath a pile of Justin Bieber CDs and copies of “Transformers,” there lie countless musicians, painters, filmmakers and writers still capable of reaching the soul of another.

There are very few experiences in life similar to finding that one song able to convey everything you are feeling in that exact moment. I, myself, had a similar moment involving a film recently when viewing the finale of “The King’s Speech.”

College students revolve much of their existence around homework, exams and countless other obligations. Life is too short and throws too many curveballs for us to skip over the passionate pursuit of something greater than the ho-hum of daily routine.

Whether we find passion in a certain song, a good book, or even the choreography of a dance, the world is full of these moments where we realize the importance of art. As the semester moves along, it is this editor’s advice to seek out true artistry wherever it may be found.

— Will Abrams is a senior in journalism and electronic media. He can be reached at wabrams1@utk.edu.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

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Auburn wins BCS National Championship Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — He never heard a whistle, never felt his knee hit the turf. So, Auburn’s Michael Dyer popped up, took a few steps, then stopped and looked around.

In that split second — the amount of time it takes to shout “War Eagle!” — Dyer placed himself right up there alongside Cam Newton, Bo Jackson, and every other great player to wear the Auburn uniform.

Realizing the play was still going, Dyer started running again — past the tackler who thought he had him down, deep into Oregon territory. The stop-and-go maneuver — a oncein-a-lifetime run — set up a short field goal on the last play that sent No. 1 Auburn over the No. 2 Ducks 22-19 in the BCS title game Monday night.

“My knee wasn’t down,” Dyer said. “I didn’t hear a whistle, not yet, so I was kind of like, looking, like, what’s going on?’”

With his 37-yard run, the freshman did what most fans thought impossible: He upstaged Newton, the Heisman winner who turned his first — maybe only — season at Auburn into a title-winning run.

Three plays later, Dyer ran 16 yards to push the ball to the 1 and set up Wes Byrum’s 19-yard field goal with no time left. It capped off a perfect 14-0 season, brought the title back to Auburn for the first time since 1957, and left the Southeastern Conference on top of college football for the fifth straight year.

Auburn won The Associated Press title with 56 of 59 first-place votes, capping a first-of-itskind climb up the rankings — from No. 22 at the start of the season to No. 1 at the end.

“Fifty-three years, baby!” coach Gene Chizik said to the cheering crowd. “This is for you.

War Eagle!”

Dyer was the key player in five crazy minutes of football at the end that were vastly different from the first 55, which were more of a bruising defensive battle than the offensive masterpiece so many had predicted.

The dramatic endgame began when Casey Matthews, son of the 1980s NFL linebacker Clay, punched the ball from Newton’s hands while he was trying to lead Auburn on a drive that might have iced a 19-11 lead.

Oregon’s offense, shut down by Nick Fairley and the rest of the Tigers’ stout defensive front for most of the night, moved 40 yards over the next 2:21, and Darron Thomas threw a shovel pass to LaMichael James for a touchdown.

Thomas hit Jeff Maehl for the 2-point conversion with 2:33 left and the game was tied — down to the last possession.

And that possession will be remembered for one incredible play.

Dyer took the handoff and ran off right tackle for about 7 yards, or so it seemed. Nothing was routine about this one. He wasn’t sure his

knee hit the ground, so he popped up and took a few more steps. Then he stopped and looked to his left. With his coaches and teammates urging him to keep going, and everyone on the field at a standstill, Dyer realized that, indeed, the referee hadn’t blown his whistle. He took off and made it to the Oregon 23. An official review ensued and the replay showed that his knee had never touched the turf.

“All I knew was the whistle wasn’t blowing and my coach was saying ‘Go!’” Dyer said.

Eddie Pleasant, the Oregon defensive back who almost made the tackle, was stunned.

“It hurts, you know?” he said. “It’s not like he broke free and did some spectacular things. He was tackled. Everybody on the side of the defense stopped. He stopped and the coach told him to keep running and he ran.”

Dyer finished with 143 yards and was chosen Offensive Player of the Game — a pretty big accomplishment considering he had the Heisman Trophy winner playing alongside him.

Newton threw for 265 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 64 yards, most in short, punishing bites. He wrenched his back and had to go to the trainer after the game. Indeed, every yard came at a price in this one.

“I'm OK. It was worth it,” he said. “I got the better deal out of the whole thing.”

The game had been billed as an offensive show for the ages but wound up as something much different.

Wearing white jerseys with gray numbers, green pants and DayGlo shoes and socks, the Ducks got only 49 yards rushing from James, who averaged 152 on the season. An offense that had been held under 37 points only once all year managed just the two touchdowns. The last one came on a simple shovel pass from Thomas, who finished with 363 passing yards — 81 of them on a long pass to Maehl that set up the first touchdown.

Oregon didn’t come close to its nation-leading 49-point average, and the fast-paced offense that turned most opponents into mush in the second half couldn’t wear down Auburn.

“Our defense was focused for one month,” Chizik said of the 37-day layoff between the SEC and national title games. “They went out and practiced every day to win a national championship. Every day.”

As did the Ducks, who finished 12-1, three points shy of their first national title but not making apologies for the effort they gave in the desert.

“I said in my first game as head coach that one game doesn’t define you as a person or a football player,” coach Chip Kelly said. “And the same thing still holds true. These guys are champions.”

Only one team gets to take home the trophy, though, and that team was led by Newton, who helped Auburn to its ninth comeback win of this improbable season. He has now won a national title three straight years — in 2008 as a backup

to Tim Tebow at Florida, last year in junior college at Blinn, and now with the Tigers.

If he goes pro, this will mark the end of a tumultuous stay at Auburn, shadowed by an NCAA investigation into his failed recruitment

by Mississippi State. The governing body cleared him to play before the SEC championship but said his father, Cecil, solicited money from the Bulldogs.

“Anything is possible,” Newton said. “I guarantee, five or six months ago, that no one would bet their last dollar that Auburn would win the national championship. And now we’re standing here.”

The game began with a moment of silence to remember something much more somber. The six victims of the weekend assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson were honored by having their names read, and a choir sang “God Bless America” while the crowd stood at attention.

A few hours later, it was standing for an entirely different reason — to watch one of the more memorable finishes in college football history.

The SEC improved to 7-0 in BCS title games.

Four different teams from the conference have won it in this latest five-year run.

LSU. Florida twice. Alabama.

And now, Auburn, the school that has loads of tradition — the Tiger Walk, toilet-papering Toomer’s Corner, and a case full of Heisman and other big-time individual trophies. What’s been lacking all these years are championships.

Bad luck in the polls doomed the Tigers’ oneloss team in 1983, probation kept them from capitalizing on a perfect record in 1993, and the vagaries of the BCS left them on the outside in 2004, maybe the most painful of all the snubs.

No more pain on this night. Auburn capped what, at times, seemed like a never-ending bowl season — 35 games spread over 24 days — with five minutes that will go down as five of the most exciting the game has ever seen.

These Tigers won one for all the Bos and Beasleys and Terrys and Tracys who came close but couldn't close the deal down on the Plains.

And they fashioned a nice symmetry with that team up the road — the Crimson Tide — that took home the Heisman and the same championship trophy one short year ago.

“I’ve got two words: ‘Class act,’ all the way around,” Chizik said.

Two other words came to mind, though, after this great night for Auburn: “War Eagle.”

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Chaos costs UT in Music City Bowl Lady Vols stay hot over winter break Matt Dixon Sports Editor The ending to the LSU game on Oct. 2 was bad enough for Tennessee (6-7, 3-5 SEC).

But the 30-27 double-overtime loss to North Carolina (8-5, 4-4 ACC) in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl was even tougher.

“Well, I thought I had seen it all in Baton Rouge,” Tennessee coach Derek Dooley said, referencing the Vols 16-14 loss to the Tigers. “But just when you think you’ve seen it all, you haven’t.

“I want to start by saying how proud I am of our football team for the effort that they gave against a great football team. It was a hard-fought game. It was a tough game.”

For the second time in the season, the Volunteers stormed the field in celebration after the game clock expired, only to be told the game was not over.

“You don’t ever want to say you’ve won yet til

back of the end zone from 8 yards out with 5:16 remaining in the game.

Senior Daniel Lincoln’s extra point attempt was blocked. The failed point after attempt would prove to be costly for the Vols.

UT also failed to have much of a running game, finishing with just 27 net yards rushing, compared to 151 from North Carolina.

The Vols also had three turnovers, Bray's three interceptions, while the Tar Heels turned the ball over twice.

North Carolina led 17-14 at the half, after each school produced touchdown drives late in the first half. The Tar Heels kept its three-point lead heading into the fourth quarter after a scoreless third quarter.

A bowl victory for the Vols would have carried momentum into the off-season, especially with such a young team, but Dooley wants the gutwrenching loss to stick with the players going forward.

“I hope it lingers in the off-season,” Dooley

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Donte Paige-Moss, sophomore defensive end for UNC, raises a glass in victory as the Tar Heels defeated Tennessee 30-27 in double overtime in the Music City Bowl on December 30. A blocked extra point by Paige-Moss allowed the Tar Heels one last possession to set up a 39-yard field goal to send the game into overtime. it clicks 0.0,” senior middle linebacker Nick Reveiz said. “And even then, you don’t know.”

Much like at LSU, North Carolina was given one final play.

This time, after an illegal participation penalty on the Tar Heels for having too many players on the field with :01 second left on the clock, North Carolina kicker Casey Barth hit a 39-yard field goal as time expired to send the game to overtime.

Each team scored a touchdown in the first overtime, forcing a second extra period.

Tennessee got the ball to start the second overtime and true freshman quarterback Tyler Bray threw his third interception of the game with the Vols at the North Carolina 13-yard line.

The Tar Heels would run two plays to get down to the UT 9-yard line before Barth connected on the game-winning field goal from 23 yards out.

“There were a lot of opportunities before the end there to win the game,” Dooley said.

“Anytime the result doesn’t go your way, the first thing you should do is say, ‘What could we had done differently to change the outcome?’ And there were a lot of things there, especially down the stretch.”

The Vols took a 20-17 lead when Bray found true freshman wide receiver Justin Hunter in the

said. “And I told the team that (in the locker room). That every time they want to lay in their bed and not work in the off-season, they better think about how they feel.”

However, for the seniors who had been through so much in their Tennessee careers, the loss is especially hard.

“I don’t know why things like that would happen to us, epecially the seniors,” said wide receiver Gerald Jones. “Because all we did was work hard and buy into every system there was, to every new coach there was, and we fought our hardest. It’s like do we deserve that? What did we do to deserve that?”

Dooley was a little emotional talking about the seniors during the post-game press conference.

“I hurt for them (seniors),” he said. “I hurt for that whole football team. There’s a bunch of guys in there crying. But I told them I was proud of them. You don’t always define yourself as a competitor or a man by results that happen. And this team I hope won’t because they’ve been fighting like heck since November and they put up a heck of a fight against a good football team tonight.”

Reveiz, a team captain who finished with a game-high 14 tackles, echoed his coach.

“We played our guts out,” Reveiz said. “And I don’t think the scoreboard should determine how we feel about the game.”

Zac Ellis Editor-in-Chief The Lady Vols spent most of winter break protecting their lead atop the SEC standings.

Entering Thursday’s matchup with Florida, Tennessee maintains its first-place spot in the conference after hurdling through a lengthy and challenging winter break.

UT opened up its post-semester schedule in December with a daunting Texas two-step: a duo of road matchups against Texas and Baylor. The Lady Vols outlasted the Longhorns on Dec. 12 behind Angie Bjorklund’s 20 points before falling two days later to Baylor and 6-foot-8 sophomore Brittney Griner.

The loss was only Tennessee’s second of the season.

“They were just too much for us,” UT coach Pat Summitt said of the Lady Bears. “We didn’t match their intensity the way we needed to.”

The Lady Vols returned home and welcomed No. 2 Stanford to Thompson-Boling Arena on Dec. 19. With Cardinal coach Tara VanDerveer vying for her 800th career victory, sharpshooting freshman Meighan Simmons scored 23 points to help UT knock off Stanford in overtime.

Simmons said it was Summitt who steered the team in the right direction.

“She just said, ‘We’re not going to lose this game,’” Simmons said after the win. “I just think that everybody thought about what they needed to do to help the team win, and we just brought all of that together.”

Tennessee finished out December — and the three-game homestand — by routing ETSU (102-53) and Rutgers (87-51). Summitt wasn’t happy with the level of play exhibited by the Lady Vols during a lackluster first half against ETSU. “Halftime was… it wasn’t pretty,” Bjorklund

said after the win over ETSU. “(Summitt) definitely got on us, which we needed.”

The Lady Vols responded by running away with the win in the second half, shooting 60 percent after intermission.

Bjorklund made history less than two minutes into the Dec. 30 game against Rutgers by knocking down her 267th career 3-pointer.

The shot lifted Bjorklund past former UT guard Shanna Zolman to make Bjorklund Tennessee’s career leader in 3-point field goals.

Tennessee kicked off the New Year with a road matchup against LSU in Baton Rouge on Jan. 2 to begin SEC play. Despite shooting 0-7 on 3-pointers — the first time in 422 games in which UT did not hit a trey — Glory Johnson and Kelley Cain dominated the post to push the Lady Vols past LSU, 73-65.

“I think that our depth has proved several times this year that we’re really strong,” wing Alicia Manning said. “Coach can put anyone out there and the level of intensity won’t drop.”

As the Lady Vols returned to Knoxville, Alabama visited Thompson-Boling Arena on Jan. 6, only to face the wrath of one of Tennessee’s best offensive outings. UT emerged victorious in a 110-45 romp of the Crimson Tide.

Tennessee shot 53 percent in the contest, while Alabama hit on only a 19.5 percent clip.

In its last game of the break, Tennessee faced a home meeting with Ole Miss on Jan. 9.

Shekinna Stricklen scored 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to down the Lady Rebels in Knoxville after playing poorly in her last few outings.

“All I can say is coach chewed me out,” said Stricklen, who was reminded of her leadership role by Summitt before the game. “We had a good long talk.”

Tennessee faces Florida on Thursday at 7 p.m. in Gainesville.

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Vols fall short against Florida in overtime Matt Dixon Sports Editor Tennessee’s first SEC home game couldn’t be decided in regulation.

Instead, the Volunteers took the Florida Gators to overtime, despite never leading in the second half.

The Gators wouldn’t relinquish its lead in overtime, either.

Florida (13-3, 2-0 SEC) scored the first six points in the extra period and defeated Tennessee (10-6, 0-2 SEC) 81-75 in overtime in front of a Thompson Boling-Arena crowd of 19,846. “(Florida’s a) veteran team that played a lot of basketball together,” said Tony Jones, who is acting as head coach during Bruce Pearl’s eight-game conference suspension. “They were projected to win the SEC East and win the SEC outright and we had the opportunity to beat them and let it get away.”

It was the Gators first victory in Knoxville since the 2004-2005 season, the final year of Buzz Peterson’s tenure as coach at Tennessee, and Gators’ coach Billy Donovan knows the importance of the win, even this early in the conference season.

“It’s a 16-game league schedule and certainly any win on the road is valuable,” Donovan said.

The loss was yet another game in which the Vols had chances down the stretch to win.

“It was just so close for us that is hurts so bad to lose that game,” freshman forward Tobias Harris said.

The first half was dominated by runs from each team.

The Gators went on a 6-0 run to take a 1514 lead midway through the first half. The Vols answered with 14-2 run to take an eight-point lead at 29-21with 5:46 remaining in the first half. The Gators then closed the half on a 14-2 run to take a 32-31 lead into the locker room.

Junior guard Cameron Tatum was a bright spot for the Vols in the first half, scoring 11 points on 4-of-4 shooting, including 2-of-2 from three-point range.

“Cameron is a competitor,” Jones said. “His mindset tonight was to score the basketball, and he did that tonight. I’m proud of Cameron.”

Tatum would finish as the game’s leading scorer, with season-high 21 points on 4-of-7 shooting (3-of-6 from three-point range). The performance comes one game after Tatum was held scoreless against Arkansas on Saturday.

“That was in my head,” Tatum said of the

Arkansas game. “Not necessarily 20-something points, but something just to help the team out and that’s what I tried to do. I hit a couple (of shots) and was kind of in a rhythm.

I also tried to do a good job of finding my teammates as well.”

Florida extended its lead to eight points, its biggest lead of the game, early in the second half at 48-40 on a Chandler Parsons 3-pointer.

The Vols kept fighting in the second half, never letting the Florida lead get above eight points, but the Gators found a way to hold on to its lead.

Junior guard Scotty Hopson scored the Vols’ first seven points of the second half after scoring just five points in the first 20 minutes of play. Hopson finished the game with 20 points on 6-of-15 shooting (2-of-4 from threepoint range).

Harris notched his third-straight doubledouble, with 18 points and 10 rebounds. “(He’s) really playing consistent basketball for us,” Jones said of the freshman.

Freshman point guard Trae Golden’s steal and lay-up with 3:50 remaining in regulation brought the Vols even with the Gators for the first time in the second half, at 64 all.

Neither team scored during the final 1:42 of regulation, with Florida guard Kenny Boynton missing a desperation three-point shot as time expired to send the game to overtime.

“Our guys did a good job of not allowing them to win in regulation,” Jones said.

The Gators got just four points from its bench, but didn’t need any more production.

All five Florida starters scored in double-figures.

Forward Alex Tyus led the Gators with 18 points, including Florida’s first seven points to open the game. Tyus was a tough matchup in the paint for the Vol all night, grabbing seven rebounds and shooting 8-of-12 from the field.

His steal and dunk with 2:18 left in overtime gave the Gators a 74-68 lead.

Despite not scoring until the 5:19 mark of the first half, Florida’s Chandler Parsons scored 16 points, and was 4-of-5 from beyond the arc.

Coming to your city Tennessee will return to action Saturday at home against in-state rival Vanderbilt. The game will be at noon. ESPN’s GameDay will be on hand for the Vols and Lady Vols, who also played the Commodores Saturday at 8 p.m.

GameDay begins at 10 a.m. and doors will open at 8:30 a.m. All fans must have a ticket to the game to enter the arena.

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Scotty Hopson looks up in frustration during Tuesday night’s game against Florida.

Hopson, who contributed 20 points against the Gators, couldn’t keep the Vols from falling to Florida in overtime, 81-75.