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Dooley, Vols sign 21 in ‘spread out class’ Matt Dixon Sports Editor Derek Dooley said Tennessee gave the rest of the SEC plenty of ammunition to use against the school in recruiting and the Volunteers had to overcome social media, which Dooley called the “national barber shop,” but UT ended National Signing Day with 21 signees, including seven who were mid-year enrollees and began school in January. “All in all, if you look at all that’s happened, all that’s transpired, it’s hard to feel better than I do today,” Dooley said. “I made the statement to our coach staff, this is the best day I’ve felt as far as the future of our program, where we’re heading, that I have in the 24 months I’ve been on the job. It’s a good day.” The first Wednesday in February is the first day high school seniors and junior college prospects are eligible to sign with the college of their choice and

the event has turned into holiday-type spectacle to college football fans across the country. After a 5-7 season and losing six assistant coaches, Dooley had a saying to the remaining assistants and potential recruits about looking at the foundation that’s been build over the past two years. “Keep the main thing the main thing,” he said. “Keep your focus on what’s real. Keep your focus on the facts, and not get lost in emotion, not get lost in fear and not get lost in negativity.” UT signed players from nine states, including four from each of Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. “I don’t care what anybody says, this is a special place and still sells all over the country because of the great tradition, the fan base, the gameday experience (and) the atmosphere they fell when they come on campus,” Dooley said.

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Hometown (school) Ranking by 247Sports Knoxville (Central) 3 stars Columbus, Ga. (Carver) 3 stars Crowley, La. (Crowley) 4 stars Jackson (Jackson Christian) 4 stars Knoxville (West) 2 stars Norcross, Ga. (Norcross) 4 stars Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (Boyd Anderson) 3 stars Alliance, Ohio (Marlington) 3 stars Orlando, Fla. (Edgewater) 4 stars Atlanta, Ga. (Dunwoody) 3 stars Akron, Ohio. (Archbishop Hoban) 3 stars Milledridge, Ga. (Georgia Military College) 3 stars Dallas, Tx. (Wilmer-Hutchins) 4 stars Anderson, SC. (T.L. Hanna) 3 stars Flint, Mich. (Flint Powers Catholic) 4 stars Hutchinson, Ka. (Hutchinson C.C.) 5 stars Fruit Cove, Fla. (Bartram Trail) 3 stars Norco, La. (Miss. Gulf Coast C.C./Alabama) 4 stars Lakeland Fla. (Lake Gibson) 3 stars Memphis (Melrose) 3 stars Athens, Ga. (Clarke Central) 3 stars

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Writing program wins honor First-year writing program, writing center help secure award Matt Miller Staff Writer When Kirsten Benson, the interim director of composition at UT, got the brief e-mail announcing that UT’s Writing Program had won the Certificate of Excellence from the Conference on College Composition and Communication, she sat in denial for almost a full minute. Then, she seized a copy of the e-mail and sprinted to the office of Stan Garner, the head of the English Department. “We didn’t have any idea when we would hear back, and when I got the e-mail, I was instantly overwhelmed,” Benson said. Since its creation in 2004, the CCCC Writing Program Certificate of Excellence has been given to only 37 schools. UT was one of seven schools to receive the award this year. The award will be presented to the UT program at the CCCC annual convention in St. Louis, Mo. on March 23. “(The award) recognizes that the University of Tennessee’s firstyear writing program and writing center are up there with the top programs,” Garner said. Garner is tremendously proud that the university has won this award and wholeheartedly believes that it deserves this recognition. For Benson, announcement of the award also brought back memories of the video about the writing program that accompanied the application for the award. “When we first wrote out the script, it sounded like an academic article; it was so boring,” Benson said. After reading over it they decided that they needed help. They

took the problem to Tom Owens of the creative communications program, and he gave the idea to get students’ opinions into the video. “That’s where it really broke open for us,” Benson said. “That was really what this whole process was about.” Benson was the main person in charge of completing the application for the award and was incredibly relieved when she was able to turn in the 30-page application. The UT Writing Program won this award because of its exceptional first-year writing programs and its writing center. “First-year writing is a gateway to success at all of the levels,” Garner said. “It is something that we have been working on for a long time and trying to make it as effective as we can.” The Department of English has made significant changes to the first-year writing program. One of the biggest changes was having focuses and special topics in the English 102 classes. “We are trying to give them a specialized focus so that there is a particular area of investigation that students can choose,” Benson said. This specialized focus in the English 102 classes gives students a chance to research a topic that could help them later in their majors and helps the teachers connect with students who have the same interests. The writing center also stands out among other universities, according to the CCCC. The English department has been working on the writing center to create a place that gives students useful feedback on their writing. “There is always more to do,” Benson said. “Writing is a hard thing to teach, and the only way to make it better is to have constant application (of ideas).”

Palin hacker seeks appeal for conviction The Associated Press CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A federal appeals court panel Monday upheld the conviction and sentence in the hacking of Sarah Palin’s email by a Tennessee student in the 2008 election year. The three-judge panel affirmed the conviction of David Kernell, 24, for obstructing an investigation as a University of Tennessee student before agents seized his computer at his apartment in Knoxville. Kernell’s attorney, Wade Davies, contended at trial that Kernell had no criminal intent and that guessing his way into the email account when the then-Alaska governor was John McCain’s running mate on the Republican presidential ticket was a prank. Kernell was released in November after serving less than 11 months and Davies said he is doing well. Davies said he will seek a review by the full U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. Davies in an email statement Monday said his client was convicted of a misdemeanor for accessing email but

also of “obstructing an investigation under a new statute that does not require there even to be an investigation pending.” Davies said the opinion “confirms that David Kernell did not have knowledge of an official investigation at the time of the alleged obstruction. We challenged the statute as unconstitutionally vague because it criminalizes conduct when someone only contemplates that there might be an investigation in the future.” Davies said that if necessary he will petition the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the constitutionality of “being convicted of a felony for obstructing an investigation without knowledge of the investigation.” The opinion Monday said the government presented sufficient evidence to support a conviction, showing that Kernell knew about the FBI investigation based on postings by “anonymous commentators” that they had reported him to the FBI and Kernell’s posting himself that referred to the possibility of an investigation. The jury that convicted Kernell in 2010 acquitted him of wire fraud and deadlocked on an identity theft charge.

Mudslide affects trucking business The Associated Press NEWPORT, Tenn. — The westbound lanes of Interstate 40 were closed near the North Carolina state line on Tuesday after mud and rocks tumbled onto the highway in Cocke County in the early morning. Tennessee Department of Transportation spokeswoman B.J. Doughty said another house-sized boulder was in a precarious position above the interstate and TDOT geotechnical personnel were checking how stable the situation was. “We’re not yet able to say when we can reopen the George Richardson • The Daily Beacon lanes,” Doughty said. John McConnell recounts stories from his time as a senior speech writer for President George W. Bush and chief All westbound traffic was speech writer for Vice President Cheney at the Baker Center on Tuesday, Jan. 31. McConnell discussed his work being turned around at mile and learnings from dealing with some of the most major events in recent history, including the Sept. 11th attacks.

marker 451. Eastbound travel was not affected. Doughty said the department was preparing to hire a contractor to remove the debris on an emergency basis — a process that allows rapid approval of the work. TDOT was working with North Carolina authorities on a detour. Westbound traffic was initially being routed onto Interstates 26 and 81 — a long detour through the Tri-Cities area of Kingsport, Bristol and Johnson City. A massive rock slide on the North Carolina side of the border in October 2009 closed the interstate in both directions for six months, causing economic hardship in the region and affecting visits to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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1943 — Battle of Stalingrad ends On this day, the last German troops in the Soviet city of Stalingrad surrender to the Red Army, ending one of the pivotal battles of World War II. On June 22, 1941, despite the terms of the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939, Nazi Germany launched a massive invasion against the USSR. Aided by its greatly superior air force, the German army raced across the Russian plains, inflicting terrible casualties on the Red Army and the Soviet population. With the assistance of troops from their Axis allies, the Germans conquered vast territory, and by mid-October the great Russian cities of Leningrad and Moscow were under siege. However, the Soviets held on, and the coming of winter forced a pause to the German offensive. For the 1942 summer offensive, Adolf Hitler ordered the Sixth Army, under General Friedrich von Paulus, to take Stalingrad in the south, an industrial center and obstacle to Nazi control of the precious Caucasian oil wells. In August, the German Sixth Army made advances across the Volga River while the German Fourth Air Fleet reduced Stalingrad to a burning rubble, killing over 40,000 civilians. In early September, General Paulus ordered the first offensives into Stalingrad, estimating that it would take his army about 10 days to capture the city. Thus began one of the most horrific battles of World War II and

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arguably the most important because it was the turning point in the war between Germany and the USSR. In their attempt to take Stalingrad, the German Sixth Army faced a bitter Red Army under General Vasily Zhukov employing the ruined city to their advantage, transforming destroyed buildings and rubble into natural defensive fortifications. In a method of fighting the Germans began to call the Rattenkrieg, or “Rat’s War,” the opposing forces broke into squads eight or 10 strong and fought each other for every house and yard of territory. The battle saw rapid advances in street-fighting technology, such as a German machine gun that shot around corners and a light Russian plane that glided silently over German positions at night, dropping lethal bombs without warning. However, both sides lacked necessary food, water, or medical supplies, and tens of thousands perished every week. Soviet leader Joseph Stalin was determined to liberate the city named after him, and in November he ordered massive reinforcements to the area. On November 19, General Zhukov launched a great Soviet counteroffensive out of the rubble of Stalingrad. German command underestimated the scale of the counterattack, and the Sixth Army was quickly overwhelmed by the offensive, which involved 500,000 Soviet troops, 900 tanks, and 1,400 aircraft. Within three days, the entire German force of more than 200,000 men was encircled. Italian and Romanian troops at Stalingrad surrendered, but the Germans hung on, receiving limited supplies by air and waiting for reinforcements. Hitler ordered Von Paulus to remain in place and promoted him to field marshal, as no Nazi field marshal had ever surrendered. Starvation and the bitter Russian winter took as many lives as the merciless Soviet troops, and on January 21, 1943, the last of the airports held by the Germans fell to the Soviets, completely cutting the Germans off from supplies. On January 31, Von Paulus surrendered German forces in the southern sector, and on February 2 the remaining German troops surrendered. Only 90,000 German soldiers were still alive, and of these only 5,000 troops would survive the Soviet prisoner-of-war camps and make it back to Germany. The Battle of Stalingrad turned the tide in the war between Germany and the Soviet Union. General Zhukov, who had played such an important role in the victory, later led the Soviet drive on Berlin. On May 1, 1945, he personally accepted the German surrender of Berlin. Von Paulus, meanwhile, agitated against Adolf Hitler among the German prisoners of war in the Soviet Union and in 1946 provided testimony at the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. After his release by the Soviets in 1953, he settled in East Germany. — This Day in History is courtesy of History.com.

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Max Underwood, a President’s Professor at Arizona State University, speaks with students and faculty about the impact of architectural design during a lecture on Monday, Jan. 30.

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Memphis police to counter gang activity The Associated Press

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A student rises up to shoot over defenders during a pickup game of basketball at the TRECS on Sunday, Jan. 29. The TRECS is open 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, and noon to 11 p.m. Sunday.

Sheriff hopes for lesser sentence The Associated Press CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered a new sentencing for former Hamilton County Sheriff Billy Long, saying there was a mistake in calculating his 14-year sentence. Long has been in custody since pleading guilty in May 2008 to extortion, money laundering, providing a firearm to a felon and cocaine possession. Tuesday’s order by the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals remands the case, which included a mandatory minimum 10-year sentence, to U.S. District Judge Harry S. Mattice. An FBI agent’s affidavit said Long told agents that just before his arrest as sheriff he had loaded 10 kilograms — or 22 pounds — of cocaine into a car trunk. The appeals court said the lower court applied the wrong value to laundered funds. “We are very appreciative,”

defense attorney Jerry Summers said Tuesday. “We are hopeful for a shorter sentence.” Summers said he had not yet spoken to Long about the opinion and said the resentencing would be scheduled later. Court records show the FBI started investigating Long, using the Rev. Eugene Overstreet, a Chattanooga mortuary owner and convicted felon, as an undercover informant. The appeals court rejected the claim by Long’s attorney that the lower court erred in its refusal to “have Overstreet psychologically examined” to show how he manipulated Long. Court records said Long also accepted $17,400 from Eastern Indian convenience store owners “to protect their video poker business and other illegal activity” such as products used to make methamphetamine, and threatened at least one for failing to fulfill a campaign donation promise.

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A new sentence for former Hamilton County Sherriff Billy Long has been issued by a federal appeals court due to improper handling in the initial sentencing process. Long pleaded guilty in 2008 to dozens of felonies including money laundering and cocaine possession.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Reinforcements may be on the way for Memphis police officers on the front lines in the fight against gang violence. Local, state, and federal law enforcement and prosecutors are teaming to create a multijurisdictional gang task force, according to The Commercial Appeal. The effort comes amid a recent string of violent crimes by teen and adult gang members. An official announcement about the united effort hasn’t yet been made, but the Memphis newspaper reported that U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton, Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich and Memphis police have confirmed they are planning the task force. “We want to roll this out as soon as possible, but we want to be successful the first time,” Stanton said. “Egos have been checked at the door. We all want something that is going to be meaningful, effective and efficient.”

Also agreeing to participate are federal agents with the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the newspaper reported. Members of the Memphis Police Department’s Gang Unit say they’re eager for reinforcements. “With us just having a 12man unit, we’re spread thin,” said unit supervisor Lt. Anthony Carter. Several recent shootings and killings have been linked to gangs, police and court officials confirmed. Suspected Gangster Disciples members, ages 16 and 17, are charged with shooting a mother of three in the head in front of her 4year-old son as a group sat in lawn chairs outside a friend’s North Memphis home in July. The woman wasn’t the intended target — that man survived a bullet to the back — but prosecutors say the older teen bragged about her death. On Jan. 9, officials say, a 17-year-old Crips member teamed with two adult gang members to shoot a rival.

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Somewhere... Hopefully Lying necessary due to ‘social contract’ Preston Peeden Managing Editor “So Preston, how are you doing today?” Whenever I’m asked this question, I can’t help but realize the answer I am about to give is a complete lie. I may say that I am doing fine, or even great, but never are these answers the full truth. I realize that giving a truly honest answer to the question “How are you?” is seemingly impossible. There is no way to actually say exactly how you are to someone, because that is something you simply don’t do. I’m pretty confident in saying that if I responded with, “I’m not great: I stubbed my toe this morning, was late to my first class, and on top of that I am in the middle of a huge argument with my brother,” then whoever I was talking to would be not only confused, but also pretty weirded out by me. It’s a social norm to not say everything. So I say, “I’m fine.” I’ve never really had a problem with the occasional white lie. It’s not that I condone lying in general; it isn’t an attractive quality. But sometimes saying what other people want to hear is the easiest way to make them happy. But is saying that you’re fine when you aren’t a lie? And does choosing to answer this question in the easiest way possible make me a liar? Before I get into that, I feel I should share something about myself. Over the summer, I was a server in a restaurant, and it was there that I started to realize I omitted how I really felt. Whenever a table walked in, I would grab a handful of cocktail napkins, make sure my hair was straight and put on my version of a fake smile. I would greet the tables in the exact same way every time. I’d say hello, ask them how they were doing and then ask if they had any ideas about drinks they’d want. After blurting out this entire spiel in one breath, the shocked customers would recover and order their drinks, and then they would usually ask how I was doing. I always

wanted to answer honestly. I wanted to say that I was tired, my feet hurt and that I think I burned my wrist a minute before when the cheese sauce from a steaming-hot enchilada cascaded off of the plate and onto my wrist, but I never did. I always said I was fine. For five to six days a week for four months, I essentially lied. I deliberately misled my tables to make them feel more comfortable. I always fought the urge to tell the truth because I knew that if I was openly honest, then that might negatively impact my tip and also my table’s dining experience. But why did I always have to lie (or rather, not tell the whole truth)? The answer is simple; I, like everyone in the world, am a victim of an implied social contract. All members of society are bound by certain mores and social standards that dictate just exactly how we all should act. It is because of this social contract that I don’t walk around outside in just my boxers, ask a woman her age, answer a phone while in the middle of a conversation and never truly answer the question of how I am doing. In accepting the social mores of how to act, we create a false identity made up of everything we don’t say and don’t do. Sometimes I may want to ask how old someone is, or pick up that important phone call, or even tell you that I feel like crap, but I don’t. It’s like what William Shakespeare said in the play “As You Like It”: “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances.” We all have a part to play. Our characters are what we want to be perceived as. It’s not necessarily a lie to tell you that I’m fine when I’m not. I’m just trying to save face. But does that make it OK? Does telling everyone that you’re OK when you’re not really help anyone at all? I certainly can’t answer this question in a heartbeat, nor can I change thousands of years of societal conditioning. But what I can do is maybe be a bit more honest when you ask how I am. Who knows, I might actually just be fine. Or I might tell you how I burned my ego that morning. Just depends on how I feel. — Preston Peeden is a junior in history. He can be reached at ppeeden@utk.edu.

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Internet use heightens fanaticism C ommit tee o f I n f ra ct i o n s by

Greg Bearringer As I write this, MLBTradeRumors.com has this earth-shattering headline: “Orioles and Robert Andino avoid arbitration.” Please note that I am not pointing this out because I think MLBTR is especially inane or anything — it is in fact the first place I go to for baseball news, and I refresh it usually a few times a day. I am not pointing this out because this news is inconsequential to my life or even to my life as a sport fan; it is, but most of sports news is pretty inconsequential to me personally. No, I am pointing this out because while I don’t care about Robert Andino’s salary arbitration case it is very easy for me to imagine a world where I would care about it. That is, in essence, the stuff of sports fanaticism. I can probably name you 10-15 players off just about every MLB roster, many of whom have little to nothing to do with my favorite team (the Angels) or any game I will ever watch. Of course, I know their name, their position and a qualitative judgment (even if based on the hazy heuristic of “bad-average-good-or-really-good”) and a rough idea on whether or not their performance is palatable at their salary level. Why do I care? Well, part of the consideration is fantasy baseball, which requires a fairly thorough understanding of the top 15 players per position (and perhaps the top 50 starting pitchers) in the league. Given the nine offensive positions and adding the 50 pitchers, that is roughly 185 players I have to know in the off chance that there is a sudden run on second basemen in my fantasy draft leaving me with the proposition of taking Omar Infante in the off chance he performs well or being stuck with Blake DeWitt. I think, however, that there are larger forces at work in this glut of unnecessary information that addles my mind. I say “unnecessary” because the Internet has negated the need to store these in my mind. Interestingly, the Internet has changed our self-identity in a very different way than simply being a giant post of knowledge upon which we

can relieve the occasional mental itch. No, this store of knowledge has made ignorance an unforgivable sin. I identify myself as a “baseball fan,” which means that I better know quite a bit about the particularities of everyday transactions; more than that, I have to be able to almost immediately contextualize information as soon as it changes. Again, this is not a scientific process; thinking “Albert Pujols = good” and “Vernon Wells = bad” is not exactly sophisticated analysis. Knowing this, as may be evident, does not really help me economically or professionally. But being a sports fan or a “Big Bang Theory” fan is more than a simple descriptor; it is an identity. Of course, this identity can be described qualitatively; one can be a “well informed” ornithology enthusiast or a “lazy” wrestling fan. But being identified as any one of these things implies more than a passing enjoyment or even a passionate following; what they signify is that the identifier interprets information regarding their fetish of choice in a different fashion than others would or even could. In other words, a casual baseball fan might know that “no-hitters are pretty impressive,” but a fan will view this through many possible filters; an older fan might think of Nolan Ryan’s seven no-hitters; a young boy might think of 2009, when it seemed like there was a no-hitter every week. One might see Prince Fielder’s $212million deal and think of Albert Pujols or Alex Rodriguez; others still might think of Curt Flood and his battle for free agency. Of course, this is woven into the concept of cultural identities, perhaps on the most basic level, too basic to explain chronologically. I went from being a boy who would check box scores to a mildly obsessed fan, and I don’t know that that process can be described. If the Internet has played a role in the expansion in breadth and number of “fanaticisms” one can prescribe to, it is this: It has opened a million new channels through which disparate peoples can process facsimile experiences in a social setting. In other words, the Internet’s power lies not in its memory banks but in the utility of its human interface. This might best be seen in the new ways bloggers use demonstratives while referencing other websites. — Greg Bearringer is a graduate student in medieval studies. He can be reached at gbearrin1@utk.edu.

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Perhaps it is not the most contentious of issues in this election season chock full of bitter contention, but it certainly is an important one: new photo ID laws at polling places. In 2008 the Supreme Court voted that a voteridentification law that required voters to produce a photo ID in Indiana was constitutional, claiming that states have a “valid interest” in preventing voter fraud from occurring. Today, 31 states have laws on the books that require voters to have some sort of identification at the polls, with 15 of those states requiring photo IDs. More and more states are now adopting these sorts of laws. The premise of these laws is very simple. These states want to prevent voter fraud, which definitely is a bad thing. But what they aren’t realizing is the number of people who are going to be alienated from the voting process by these sorts of rules. When you first think about it, they seem harmless. Most Americans — 89 percent of them — have some sort of photo ID. But it turns out 3.2 million Americans, consisting mostly of the elderly (particularly women), minorities, the poor and young people ages 18 to 24, don’t. It is strange for most of us to think about people who have gotten by without a driver’s license. But many seniors and poor people simply don’t drive; they rely on public transit. And a good number of college-age people don’t have licenses yet. A lot of these people have gotten by with other forms of ID like Social Security cards or bank cards. But these aren’t acceptable forms of identification in many states when voting. Some states require just a photo ID of any kind, such as a school ID, but the strictest states require some government-issued photo ID like a driver’s license or passport. Some states have put in provisions to help people who don’t have photo IDs to acquire them. In Tennessee, if someone is a registered voter without a government-issued photo ID, the Department of Safety and Homeland Security will provide him

or her with a photo ID without charge. All Driver Service Centers across the state will do this except for one in Davidson County. Some will even be open on the first Saturday of the month for the sole purpose of providing people with these IDs. To obtain the IDs, voters have to show a proof of citizenship, like a birth certificate, and two proofs of Tennessee residency, such as a copy of a utility bill or a bank statement. It all seems simple enough, but for some people simply getting to one of these Driver Service Center locations is next to impossible due to disability or availability of transportation. In a lot of states, it is not free for people to obtain a photo ID to vote, and many can’t afford the fee. The biggest problem is the documentation required to get an ID. The two proofs of residency needed are next to impossible to produce for someone who is homeless or who has an inconsistent address. In addition, birth certificates were not issued regularly before the 1930s and many babies used to be delivered by midwives, so many elderly people simply don’t have birth certificates or their certificates have mistakes. To correct mistakes, it can often cost more than $100. To get a birth certificate made, you have to present a photo ID. And then it’s back to beginning. Studies by the Brennan Center for Justice show that voter fraud has happened about 0.00004 percent of the time. They make the point that people get struck by lightning just about as often. And countless accusations of voter fraud have turned out to be honest mistakes, like a poll worker confusing separate people voting who happened to have the same name, or a mother trying to vote for her son who was off at college. Preventing the extremely rare and irrational (people would risk five years in prison and a $10,000 fine for a single vote) cases of voter fraud by requiring photo identification is going to alienate large sections of the population who are already alienated by society to begin with. The poor, the elderly, the disabled and minorities already have a tough time as it is, and now state governments are going to make it even harder for their voices to be heard at all. I thought voting was supposed to be free for everyone, that it was an American right. But I guess that is not the case. — Lindsay Lee is a sophomore in mathematics. She can be reached at llee26@utk.edu.

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Thursday, February 2 What: Railroad Earth with Head for the Hills When: 8 p.m. Where: Bijou Theatre How much: $19.50 advance / $22 door Our take: Blue collar Jersey sextet bring homespun sound to the Bijou. Grab a bite at the most progressive Bistro in town beforehand. What: Rusko with Paper Diamond When: 8 p.m. doors Where: The Valarium How much: $27 advance / $30 doors Our take: One of the most popular live artists in the dubstep realms, British DJ Rusko should sate your drop fix for the week. • Photo courtesy of Rusko

What: Wyld Fukken Stallyns with The Sniff and White Gregg When: 10 p.m. Where: Pilot Light How much: $5 Our take: In tribute to the ineffable addled wanderer duo Bill and Ted, San Dimas High alum Brandon Biondo leads this time-traveling power trio back to the age of spandex and acid wash. So-Crates!

Friday, February 3

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What: Eric Church with Bentley Gilbert and Sonia Leigh When: 7:30 p.m. Where: Thompson Boling-Arena How much: $34.75 - $42.50 Our take: Country superstar was made to pack stadiums. Read tomorrow for more on Church.

Saturday, February 4 What: Pre-Valentine’s R&B and Comedy Jam When: 8 p.m. Where: Tennessee Theatre How much: $37.50 - $52.50 Our take: Brief R&B stars Jagged Edge top this bill for a night of slow jams and side-splitters.

What: COOLRUNNINGS LP release show with Mutations, Yung Life and Daddy Don’t When: 10 p.m. Where: Pilot Light How much: $5 Our take: Local whatever-wavers celebrate the physical release of last year’s stellar “Dracula is Only the Beginning” with a blowout at their local headquarters. Copies of the album will be available, and Kickstarter supporters will be able to pick up their packages.

• Photo courtesy of Cool Runnings

What: The Breakfast Club When: 9 p.m. Where: The Valarium How much: $8 advance / $10 door Our take: Top ’80s tribute band brings everyone from Duran Duran to Def Lep back from their burnout stupors and convalescent homes. Also leather pants and perms.

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EMPLOYMENT Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley has an opening for a Part-time Early Childhood Arts & Crafts Instructor. Position involves conducting various fun, educational activities in our After-School program. Experience with school-aged children particularly Kindergarten and First Grade preferred. Must be available to work Monday to Friday 12:30-6pm. Visit our website at www.bgctnv.org for more information. Apply at the Moses Center 220 Carrick Street Knoxville TN 37921. Jimmy John’s now hiring in-store help for all shifts. Call (865)637-1414. THE TOMATO HEAD MARYVILLE Hiring all positions Full and part-time. No experience necessary. Apply in person. 211 W. Broadway, Maryville, TN (865)981-1080 or online www.thetomatohead.com.

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EMPLOYMENT PT Parks and Recreation Assistant The Town of Farragut is seeking an individual to oversee Town parks in the evenings and rotating weekends. Approx. 15-30hrs/wk from March to mid Nov. Pay is $8.00/hr. Prefer students majoring in Recreation, Sports Administration or a related field. Must be able to communicate effectively, lift and carry up to 50lbs, have a valid driver’s license, computer literate, and 1st Aid & CPR/AED certified within 30 days. Apply at Town Hall 11408 Municipal Center Dr. or on www.townoffarragut.org by deadline (Feb 7 at 5pm). Mail to Town Hall or fax to 675-2096 or email to jay.smelser@townoffarragut. org. EEO/ADA/Titles VI and IX employer Seeking temporary afterschool babysitter for toddler, 3-5:30. 2 weeks in February, 2 weeks in March. Possibility for longer-term work if desired. Please call 456-0851. SWIM COACH The Maryville Alcoa Flying Dolphins swim team is looking for motivated, enthusiastic, and skilled swim coaches and swimmers to serve on our coaching staff. To apply, fill out the application found on the Dolphin’s website at flyingdolphins.org. The application is due by February 6, 2012. University Swim Club now accepting applications for assistant coaches for summer season. Contact Wendy at uswimclub@yahoo.com

EMPLOYMENT

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THESPORTSPAGE

week — Dalton Santos and Otha Peters — the Vols signed two ‘backers in Justin King and LaTroy Lewis. continued from Page 1 Of the seven mid-year enrollees, JUCO The top player who inked with the Vols on defensive lineman Darrington Sentimore fills Wednesday was junior college receiver an immediate need. Sentimore originally Cordarelle Patterson. The 6-foot-3, 205- signed with Alabama and played a significant pound Patterson spent the past two seasons role as a freshman. “What Darrington brings is he played 12 at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas, and will be a junior this fall. He is games in the Southeastern Conference at a high level,” Dooley said. “So he’s unlike most regarded as the top junior college players. JUCO wide-out in the We actually watched his signing class and was a film at Alabama so we teammate of UT quarknow what we’re getterback Justin Worley at ting.” Northwestern High Another junior colSchool in Rock Hill, lege defensive linemen, S.C. Daniel McCullers, “You watch the film, brings “gargantuine whether you need him size” at 6-foot-6, 380or not, you’re a fool not pounds. to recruit him because “He’s really big when he’s got play-making you see him,” Dooley ability, size, speed and said. “He’s like two peoalso brings return abiliple.” ty on kickoffs,” Dooley UT didn’t sign an George Richardson • The Daily Beacon said of Patterson. offensive linemen, a rarIn addition to Derek Dooley speaks with media in recruiting, Patterson, the Vols during a press conference on ity because of the quality signed three other Monday, March 21, 2011. Dooley and receivers, all of whom the Vols had an impressive signing of depth the Vols were selected as High day, bringing in 21 signees including already have on their offensive line and needs School All-Americans: four local Tennessee prospects. at other positions, espeDrae Bowles, Jason cially on defense. Croom and Alton “Pig” This year, UT and the rest of the SEC were Howard. “We’re still young, and we’re going to do limited to signing just 25 players, a new rule great things in the future,” Bowles said. “I’m implemented to avoid oversigning, which really excited to play for Coach Dooley, and Dooley called “a challenge.” “I think a lot of schools find themselves a I’m looking forward to it. I’m ready to rock little short then what we normally would be,” and roll." Despite losing two highly-ranked lineback- Dooley said of the rule. “Is it tricky? Yeah. ers who decommitted from UT in the last I’ve been against and I’ll continue to be against it.”

Thursday, February 2, 2012

SIGNING DAY

Seventy-three die in soccer riot The Associated Press CAIRO — Soccer fans rushed the field after the home team won an unexpected victory over Egypt’s top club Wednesday, setting off clashes and a stampede that left at least 73 people dead and 1,000 injured in a Mediterranean port city, officials said. It was the worst incident of soccer violence in Egypt and the deadliest worldwide since 1996. One player said it was “like a war.” State TV reported that fans also set fire to the main stadium in Cairo after a soccer game between Al-Ismaili and Zamalek teams was called off because of the violence in Port Said, but nobody was injured. Stadium employees at the Cairo stadium said some of the bleachers were set ablaze, but firefighters put it out before it caused much damage. The melee broke out after fans of Al-Masry, the home team in Port Said, stormed the field after a rare 3-1 win against Al-Ahly, Egypt’s top team. Al-Masry supporters hurled sticks and stones as they chased players and fans from the rival team, who ran toward the exits to escape, according to witnesses. Hesham Sheiha, a health ministry official, said most of the deaths were caused by concussions, deep cuts to the heads and suffocation from the stampede. Mohammed Abu Trika, a player with Al-Ahly, told the team’s station criticized the police for standing by and not

intervening in the violence. “People here are dying and no one is doing a thing. It’s like a war,” he said. “Is life this cheap?” TV footage showed AlAhly players rushing for their locker room as fist fights broke out among the hundreds of fans swarming on to the field. Some men had to rescue a manager from the losing team as he was being beaten. Black-clothed police officers stood by, appearing overwhelmed. Egypt’s state prosecutor ordered an immediate investi-

gation into the violence, and the Egypt Football Association ordered an indefinite suspension of the annual championship. The parliament said it would convene an emergency session. State TV reported the casualty toll, citing a health ministry official. A medic in the Port Said morgue, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to release the information, gave the same figures and said some of the dead in the clashes were security officers.

Richardson earns time with defense defensive impact. “I’m just going to keep playing hard, bring Ben Daniel whatever I need to the table for us to win, and Staff Writer I’ll probably end up staying on the court,” Richardson said. The Tennessee Volunteers have had an upOne person not surprised with and-down season on the basketball court, but Richardson’s early success is Coach Martin. regardless of this season’s outcome, there are “Josh is a guy who can play multiple posibright spots in the future. tions around the It is going to take a team perimeter,” Martin effort to finish the season said. “He’ll be a with a hope of an NCAA good defender for Tournament bid. One of the us. He’s very active players who will play a key and gets in passing factor in the upcoming SEC lanes — he just has run is freshman guard Josh a great feel for the Richardson. game.” With a young, talented Richardson team, it is not easy for newchose UT over comers to get many minschools such as utes on the court. Josh Georgia Tech, Richardson, however, Oklahoma, Penn through his defensive skills State and TCU. and versatility on the court, “The SEC is has earned his way into a probably the best starting spot at guard. conference in colRichardson is a 6-foot-6, lege basketball. I 186-pound guard from wanted to play in Edmond, Okla. He graduatit,” he said. “On my ed in 2011 from Santa Fe visit, I liked the way High School and was a the campus looked Andrew Bruckse • The Daily Beacon dominant force on the basand it had my ketball court. As a senior, Josh Richardson pulls up for a shot major and so I fighe was named to The over a Florida defender during a ured it was a good Oklahoma Coaches game on Saturday, Jan. 7. Richardson fit.” Association “Large West” has earned a good deal of playing He explained All-State Team and aver- time in his freshman season due to that he would like aged 16.5 points, 6.2 his versatility and strength on the to play ball after rebounds and 3.6 assists. defensive end of the court. college, but if it Recruited by coach doesn’t turn out to Cuonzo Martin, Richardson made his way be an option he has other plans. “I’m majoring into Knoxville this past summer when he was in Pre-Business, but I want to go to Med still 17 years old. He said Knoxville is a little School and after that, I want to have my own bit different than his home in Edmond, and he practice in Orthopedic Surgery.” is still getting used to it. Another skill that many people don’t know “It’s consistently colder here,” he said. “At about Richardson is that he can play classical home, the weather is a lot warmer usually. piano. When asked if he would possibly give Winters are probably colder there, but just the fans a concert, he laughed. year-round it’s not that chilly. There’s also a “I’m not that good anymore,” he said. “I’m lot more hills here, and there aren’t many torOK, but real rusty though. If I ever start playnadoes.” ing again, I don’t know, I’ll consider it.” As a freshman at UT, Josh is averaging just Whether Josh Richardson gives us all a over 16 minutes and has played in every game classical piano concert or not, expect him to this season. He gained his first start at guard become a dominant force on the basketball in the Jan. 7 win over No. 14 Florida and has court over the next few years and become a started every game since. While his offensive household name for all Tennessee fans. numbers have wavered, he has led the team in blocks and steals in five games, proving his