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New Student Health Center opens Justin Joo Staff Writer On Friday, the UT celebrated the grand opening of its new Student Health Center. Combining the services of the old Student Health Center with the Counseling Center and the Safety, Environment & Education Center, the new building is meant to be a onestop shop for all student health needs. “We’re here to celebrate, today, the opening of this fantastic facility,” said Chancellor Jimmy Cheek, who opened the ceremony. “A lot of planning and preparation has gone into the construction.” Cheek thanked the students for their help in the project. “This is a student initiative,” Cheek said. “The students came forth and said we need a better facility to take care of our health needs on our campus.” SGA president Ross Rowland and Student Health Center administrator Jim Boyle also gave speeches citing the work and planning that went into the new center. Rowland explained the long association SGA and the student body had with the project, while Boyle thanked the many construction workers, architects and staff that helped contribute to the completion of the center. “To say I’m thrilled is probably the understatement of the century,” Boyle said. After the speeches were done, Cheek, Boyle, Rowland and others cut a long, orange ribbon, signifying the opening of the facility. After the ribbon was cut, the administrators, staff and the gathered audience entered the building for refreshments and tours of the facility. As part of the overall change from the old health center, every doctor’s suite area has at least one waiting area. There is room for visiting doctors, which can include a surgeon or a gynecologist, as well as an area for prostate examinations.

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building plans from early on, said Victor Barr, the director of the Counseling Center. “What we wanted was a place where we can facilitate mental disorders and physical disorders,” Barr said. “It’s better to think of them with an overlapping degree. … It just makes sense to put them together.” Barr said that with the old facilities, the counseling center would sometimes have to refer students to the psychiatry center, which was in the old Student Health Center, but only about 50 percent of patients would go. The same problem occurred when psychiatry referred students to the counseling center. Barr is hoping that with students only having to walk to a different part of the building, rather than to a separate building, more students will get the complete help they need. “It’s literally right there. I can walk them to it,” he said. Students who make a walk-in appointment at the Counseling Center can usually be seen within 15 to 20 minutes. Cheek said 4,500 students on average come to the center a year. Nearly 1,600 students use the Counseling Center. “And I hope this is everything our students need to deal with health physically and mentally on this campus,” Cheek said.

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The new center will also contain a pharmacy. Although it’s not currently stocked, students can expect to be able to purchase both prescription and over-the-counter medication by the upcoming fall semester. Along with these renovations, a much larger and separate X-ray and lab area were added, as well as separate facilities for physical therapy and sports medicine. By being certified as a “green” facility, with recycling bins placed throughout the entire building, it is the first building on UT’s campus to be certified green. The Counseling Center has also increased in size and improved amenities. The waiting room is much larger. Each doctor and counselor has his or her own office. The increased size and number of offices helped solve the major problem the old Counseling Center had with scheduling. In the past, offices were shared, and the center had to carefully schedule when patients could come in. Joining the Counseling Center with the Student Health Center has been part of the

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UT communicates its diversity through signs, special weeks and speakers coming to speak on the subject. But diversity personified says more than diversity advertised. Few places on campus will see diversity played out in person more than a campus ministry. People of various backgrounds lead over 20 different campus ministries that infiltrate UT’s campus, all unique and different in their own ways. Britton Sharp and his wife, Brooke Sharp, are the campus directors of Campus Crusade for Christ at UT and the Knoxville area. Britton says different ministries are tailored to different students. “People are so different,” Britton said. “We have introverts and extroverts. Some people are drawn to larger groups on campus, and others are more comfortable in smaller groups.” Britton said that backgrounds and heritages also play a major role in leading people to their unique and respective places. John Unthank, campus pastor for Church of God Campus Christian Connection, feels that students encounter people that are different from them throughout college, and cam-

pus ministry is a part of that. He said students need to embrace it rather than fear it. “We have great unity amongst great diversity,” Unthank said. “We really shoot for unity because we all respect each other. We do not rob or take from another (ministry).” Students like Weston Duke, senior in communication studies, feels like campus ministry has helped pave the way for post-college experiences. “It has provided me with a great community of people to share college with,” Duke said. “It has helped me mature emotionally and spiritually and prepared me holistically for life after college.” Some may think that with over 20 campus ministries there might be some competition between ministries vying for participation, but campus pastor of Volunteers For Christ Mike Plewniak said otherwise. “We will often meet students who go to other ministries and it’s a joy to be able to pray for them and encourage them in what they are doing,” Plewniak said. Unthank also agrees. He said that campus ministries do the very best not to compete against one another because there are 26,000 students on campus, which he says is enough to go around. See MINISTRY on Page 3

UT strives to strengthen mutual ties with South Korean universities Kelsey Ray Staff Writer Trading business cards in South Korea is a formal process, so it is best to stand and receive a card with both hands. UT is observing all aspects of culture as the administration begins building a bridge with South Korean universities. Wednesday, Jan. 11, Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek, four students, the dean of the College of Sport Sciences and a faculty member signed an agreement to exchange research resources with Dong-A University in Busan, South Korea. Faculty, staff and scholars will all be able to participate. Although this initiative will contribute to the university’s goal of reaching the top 25 public research institutions status, the prospects of pursing a relationship with South Korea began years ago. Joy T. DeSensi, the associate dean of the University of Tennessee’s graduate school, Dean Bob Rider and Dr. Fritz G. Polite, the clinical assistant professor of sports management and the

founding director of I-Lead, have maintained relations with the government and universities in South Korea. “We want to spread the Tennessee brand around the world,” Polite said. Dong-A University has made an offer for an official start date of the programs, but the administration must first discuss the dates and what departments will be affected. In addition, UT has been communicating with two other Korean universities, Yonsei University in Seoul and Inha University in Incheon. The South Korean government has also proposed scholarships for students wishing to study at these universities. Sports, engineering and various sciences are some of the subjects available for study through the program, but there are also other departments related to the humanities. English as a second language program will be available not only to those wishing to learn English, but those wishing to Tara Sripunvoraskul • The Daily Beacon teach it. Students wishing to learn Korean will be Patrons of the Ewing Gallery view a piece from the current exhibition, “Redefining able to attend the Korean Language Institute. the Multiple: Thirteen Japanese Printmakers,” on Thursday, Jan. 19. Co-curator and participating artist Hideki Kimura gave a lecture on the state of contemporary printSee KOREA on Page 3 making in Japan for the opening of the exhibition, which runs through March 1.

Some say scholarship cuts ‘unnecessary’ The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Psychology student Jay MacDonnchadh says a plan that would cut some students’ lottery scholarships in half is a bad idea. “If it wasn’t for the lottery scholarship, I would have had to work my way up through community college,” said the University of Memphis senior. MacDonnchadh, 21, is among hundreds of Tennessee students who depend on the scholarship, also called the HOPE Scholarship. A proposal from a panel of state lawmakers would reduce the lottery scholarship awards by 50 percent for students who do not meet both standardized testing and high school grade requirements.

Right now, students can get a scholarship worth $4,000 for each of four years if they either earn a 3.0 grade point average in high school or score a 21 on their ACT college entrance exam. Students who attend a four-year institution and meet one of the criteria would get a two-year award amount, under the plan. Those who meet one of the criteria and retain the award through year two would be eligible for a full award in year three. The plan, which doesn’t apply to students attending community colleges, is estimated to generate about $13 million in savings the first year and $17 million each year thereafter. But opponents of the plan say it’s unnecessary because the lottery scholarship program currently has nearly $400 million in reserves and tickets for the Tennessee Lottery’s popular Powerball game have increased by a dollar, which will likely

mean additional revenue for the future. “We just don’t need to go across the board slashing it and putting a lot of kids off it,” said House Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Turner of Nashville. “I think the lottery is pretty sound.” Lottery officials announced strong second-quarter results last week that raised $78.2 million for state education programs, an increase of almost $5.8 million over the same quarter last year. Gross sales for December — $114.2 million — were the highest of any December since the lottery’s inception in 2004, officials said. “The lottery’s mission is to raise the most dollars as possible, as responsibly as possible, to fund the designated education programs,” Rebecca Hargrove, president and CEO of the Tennessee Lottery, told The Associated Press.


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