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SGA campaigns meet to learn election rules ‘Fuel,’ ‘Revolt’ emerge; others to run independently Victoria Wright Student Life Editor The UT Elections Commission held a mandatory election interest meeting Thursday evening in the UC Shiloh Room for all prospective candidates for the March elections.

About 75 students attended. Commission members distributed three sheets of notebook paper around the room for students to write their contact information and the position they were running for.

Dressed in a black suit, Jovica Djurdevic, SGA election commissioner, began the meeting by explaining some objectives of running for SGA using a PowerPoint presentation. Other commission members sat idly up front in business causal attire.

“Students form political parties — they do whatever they have to,” Djurdevic, senior in economics, said during the presentation.

“They work together in political parties to achieve a common goal which is to better the overall student life on campus.”

The presentation also included key campaign dates. Candidates can launch websites on Feb. 19 at 3 p.m., but the official campaign Shelia Hannus • The Daily Beacon week begins Sunday, March 25. Candidates were advised that distributing party paraphernalia and any other form of campaigning is Avery Howard, senior in agriculture and natural resources, laughs with Vice Chancellor for Student Life Tim forbidden before campaign week; however, executive candidates can Rogers during an SGA luncheon on Nov. 18, 2011. The UT Elections Commission hosted SGA candidates for an wear campaign paraphernalia such as T-shirts if they choose. Voting information session about the upcoming SGA elections. ends on Wednesday, March 28, at 5 p.m.

The commission opened the floor for questions after the presening around after campaigns and seeing that a lot of (campaign mate- T-shirts, food, where as if you’re an independent you don’t have to tation. Many questions were posed concerning campaign regulations rial) wasn’t cleaned up,” Maria Dill, election commission member worry about your list of senators,” Dill said. “You’re kind of just on and social media, and some students seemed unsatisfied with the and senior in political science, said. your own.” answers.

Dill also said the change came from conflicts between candidates SGA president Ross Rowland said funds for campaigning can “Facebook — we don’t control Facebook,” Djurdevic said. “You for areas of the Strip to campaign. come from party dues and fundraising, and from family. can put whatever you want, but you can’t make an event prior to cam“We just want to make sure people aren’t fighting over McDonald’s “A lot of times, students will call friends, parents and grandparpaign week on Facebook. Anything on campus — anything physical or the really popular places,” Dill said. ents — people like that,” Rowland, senior in public administration, — you can’t do it.”

Students can run independently or with a party. The commission said.

The commission also advised students that Facebook profiles can- said during the meeting that voting is individualized and parties canRowland said that the budget for candidates has decreased. not be created prior to the official website launch date on Feb. 19. not win as a whole.

The two campaigns of note at this point have identified themselves According to the commission, candidates are no longer able to Running for SGA comes with a hefty price. The total budget for on Facebook as Fuel and Revolt. campaign on the Strip. parties is $7,000, and independent candidates have a $2,000 cap.

Djurdevic said during the presentation that candidates should read “We decided to go ahead and change that because we were look“You have to think of all the expenses of your party, such as tents, their election packet to be sure they have all relevant information.

UT sends students to Beijing Claire Dodson Staff Writer

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Ethan Shamblin, undecided freshman, and Jay Knight, sophomore in civil engineering, participate in the Poetry Stick exhibit in the UC on Tuesday, Feb. 7.

This summer, UT is sending a team of undergraduates, graduate students and faculty to Beijing to lead an English summer camp for Chinese college students.

The camp, held for incoming Tsinghua University freshmen, is aimed at providing an immersion experience in Western culture and language.

“The camp is set up to be fun for the students, to give them a different teaching style than the ones they are used to,” program coordinator Betty Tipton said. “It’s a more interactive learning experience.”

Leading the three-week-long camp are faculty and students from colleges in the U.S., U.K. and Australia. Because of UT’s good relationship as an exchange partner with Tsinghua , UT has been asked to send a contingent of students almost every year since the program’s inception.

“Our students and faculty always do a great job of representing the university,” Tipton said.

The program’s UT coordinators will choose five teachers and 10 student volunteers to work at the camp on behalf of UT. While the program helps Chinese students gain experience in English, it also gives many faculty and staff a chance to go abroad that they would not have had otherwise due to time or job constraints.

“It’s hard for non-teaching staff at UT to find the time and money to go abroad,” Tipton, com-

pany manager at the Clarence Brown Theatre, said. “This program allows administrative and other faculty positions to get a great abroad experience and share their passions with a different culture of college students.”

According to Alisa Meador, administrative coordinator for the Tsinghua program, the camp also provides students a non-traditional abroad experience.

“Any major can go, and it’s not for any academic credit,” Meador said. “It takes the pressure off going abroad. Also, not many students get to experience Chinese culture firsthand.”

During the months beforehand and at the actual camp, the students and teachers chosen from UT have the chance to bond and form mentoring relationships.

“They really form a tight cohort and become a cohesive group,” Meador said. “We encourage students to have mentors and strengthen their support network while at UT. The program helps foster this kind of support.”

Perhaps the most interesting part of the program is the way the Chinese students get to be immersed in Western culture. Some of the topics that were taught in the past few years include Internet dating, tailgating and American theater.

“It’s just a completely different atmosphere over there,” Tipton said. “The students want to soak up everything we tell them about how we live.

They love our movies, music and culture.”

The applications can be found on UT’s study abroad website. Teacher applications are due Feb. 15 and student applications are due March 7.

Proposal hopes to discourage underage tattoos The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The sponsor of legislation that seeks to strengthen a Tennessee law prohibiting the tattooing of minors says the measure would also help fight gang activity, even though critics lament the proposal could be burdensome.

Currently, a person under 18 cannot get a tattoo. A 16-year-old can be tattooed to cover up an existing tattoo, but only with the consent of a parent or guardian, who must be present during the procedure.

Rep. Antonio Parkinson’s proposal would mirror the state’s child abuse law, which requires signs

of abuse to be reported to law enforcement or an entity like the Health Department. Those making the report might be a physician, a police officer or someone in education, such as a teacher.

“Just like if a teacher sees a minor with a bruise on their back, minors with tattoos would be reported the same,” Parkinson said of his bill.

The Memphis Democrat said he proposed the legislation after hearing about places where minors were being tattooed illegally, and possibly risked being exposed to equipment not properly sanitized.

He said one woman told him her teenage daughter got a tattoo at such a place. The mark

ended up costing the girl her job at a fast food restaurant that didn’t allow its employees to have tattoos.

Parkinson said he believes the proposal would also benefit law enforcement because many of the illegal parlors tattoo teenage gang members.

“A lot of tattoo artists don’t do gang tattoos in legitimate tattoo houses,” he said. “If a minor is found to have these tattoos, this is a way for us to find out where they came from and actually penetrate the criminal enterprise the gang members are utilizing.”

Kristin Helm is the spokeswoman for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, which is

among law enforcement battling gang activity that’s becoming more prevalent in parts of the state.

She said the agency can’t comment on the usefulness of the bill because it doesn’t know how “procedurally it would work and how TBI would be, or not be, affected.”

At least 39 states have laws prohibiting minors from getting tattoos, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Thirty-one states have laws that prohibit both body piercing and tattooing on minors without parental permission.

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Students chat while serving food at the French Culture Night at the International House on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Attendants of the event got a chance to sample French cuisine, study abroad opportunities and dance routines.

1633 — Galileo in Rome for Inquisition On this day in 1633, Italian philosopher, astronomer and mathematician Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome to face charges of heresy for advocating Copernican theory, which holds that the Earth revolves around the Sun. Galileo officially faced the Roman Inquisition in April of that same year and agreed to plead guilty in exchange for a lighter sentence. Put under house arrest indefinitely by Pope Urban VIII, Galileo spent the rest of his days at his villa in Arcetri, near Florence, before dying on January 8, 1642.

Galileo, the son of a musician, was born February 15, 1564, in Pisa, Italy. He entered the University of Pisa planning to study medicine, but shifted his focus to philosophy and mathematics. In 1589, he became a professor at Pisa for several years, during which time he demonstrated that the speed of a falling object is not proportional to its weight, as Aristotle had believed. According to some reports, Galileo conducted his research by dropping objects of different weights from the Leaning Tower of Pisa. From 1592 to 1630, Galileo was a math professor at the University of Padua, where he developed a telescope that enabled him to observe lunar mountains and craters, the four largest satellites of Jupiter and the phases of Jupiter. He also discovered that the Milky Way was made up of stars. Following the publication of his research in 1610, Galileo gained acclaim and was appointed court mathematician at Florence.

Galileo’s research led him to become an advocate of the work of the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (14731573).

However, the Copernican theory of a sun-centered solar system conflicted with the teachings of the powerful Roman Catholic Church, which essentially ruled Italy at the time. Church teachings contended that Earth, not the sun,

was at the center of the universe. In 1633, Galileo was brought before the Roman Inquisition, a judicial system established by the papacy in 1542 to regulate church doctrine. This included the banning of books that conflicted with church teachings. The Roman Inquisition had its roots in the Inquisition of the Middle Ages, the purpose of which was to seek out and prosecute heretics, considered enemies of the state.

Today, Galileo is recognized for making important contributions to the study of motion and astronomy. His work influenced later scientists such as the English mathematician and physicist Sir Isaac Newton, who developed the law of universal gravitation. In 1992, the Vatican formally acknowledged its mistake in condemning Galileo.

1920 — League of Nations recognizes perpetual Swiss neutrality The League of Nations, the international organization formed at the peace conference at Versailles in the wake of World War I, recognizes the perpetual neutrality of Switzerland on this day in 1920.

Switzerland was a loose confederation of German-, French-, and Italian-speaking communities until 1878, when the French, under Napoleon Bonaparte, unified the country as the Helvetic Republic and imposed a constitution, which was enforced by French occupation troops. Bitterly resented by the Swiss people, the French occupation ended in 1803, when Napoleon agreed to a new Swiss-approved constitution and withdrew his troops. The Congress of Vienna in 1815, which would determine Europe’s borders until the outbreak of World War I nearly a century later, recognized the perpetual neutrality of Switzerland.

The Swiss considered preserving this neutrality essential to Switzerland's economic and political development. A new constitution, adopted in 1848, reinforced the neutrality principle by outlawing Swiss service in foreign armies or the acceptance of pensions from foreign governments. Neither the unification of Italy in 1861 nor the birth of the German empire in 1871 shook the loyalty of the nation’s Italian or German population to Switzerland. With industrialization, fueled largely by hydroelectric power, and the construction of an efficient railroad network, Switzerland’s economy continued to grow, spawning a thriving tourism industry by the end of the 19th century.

Though Switzerland maintained its neutrality during World War I, with German, French and Italian Swiss standing firm to preserve their country’s solidarity, a costly military mobilization to protect the Swiss borders diverted most of the working population to war-related work and brought economic hardship.

— This Day in History is courtesy of History.com.

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TATTED UP continued from Page 1 As for the reporting component of Parkinson’s legislation, critics feel it would be burdensome, especially for teachers who they say already have enough responsibility handling their students.

“We don’t need to turn teachers into policemen,” said Tennessee Education Association lobbyist Jerry Winters. “They have enough on their plate already.”

State Rep. John Deberry said the responsibility of checking teenagers for tattoos, or gang signs, should lie with their parents.

“Who let them out of the house with that?” said the Memphis Democrat. “At some point we’ve got to put attention back on the parents, and parental responsibilities, and just keep it there.”

Regardless who notices the tattoos, Parkinson, a firefighter and retired Marine, said he also wants to send a message that minors should think twice about getting a tattoo — which can leave a permanent mark even if it’s covered up.

“We’ve heard about minors as young as 9 having tattoos on their bodies,” Parkinson said.

“At that age, they’re not neces-

sarily thinking about their future as it pertains to them entering into the work force.

Some employers will look at the tattoos and view them as not being appropriate. That in turn will cause these minors to be judged before they’re even allowed to show who they really are, or their capacity of thinking.”

Dan Haskell, general counsel for the Tennessee Hospitality Association, said restaurant and hotel owners have a right to say whether their employees can have tattoos or piercings.

“It’s just not at all unusual to have policies about piercing and tattoos,” he said. “And certainly how you dress is an issue in many places.”

James W. Lewis is president of the National Society of High School Scholars. He said he understands the pushback some companies may have about tattoos or piercings, but he said those individuals who are turned away because of their appearance may actually be very talented and could be an asset.

“It may be exactly the person they need to hire,” Lewis said.

“We can’t really judge an individual by the color of their skin or what they may have applied to their skin. We have to ... look at the qualities of this next generation, because they are our leaders.”

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Jimel Liao, MBA student, speaks with a representative from Anthrex at the Summer Job and Internship Fair in the UC Ballroom on Wednesday, Feb. 8.

Authorities confront illegal cash smuggling The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Jeanette Barraza-Galindo conspicuously left her bags of teddy bears and throw pillows on a bus during an inspection at the Texas-Mexico border — and professed ignorance about the $277,556 officers found hidden inside. The bags were handed to her at a bus station, gifts to be given to a child upon her return to Mexico, she told investigators.

The crime she pleaded guilty to — bulk cash smuggling — is increasingly drawing the attention and resources of federal authorities responsible for fighting drug trafficking across the border. Federal immigration authorities say their investigations have yielded more cash seizures and arrests in the past half-dozen years as criminals, sidestepping scrutiny from banks over electronic transfers, resort

to using cash to conceal drug trafficking and move money to crime rings in Mexico and elsewhere.

It’s similar to the tactic taken in fighting terrorism: crippling financing networks before the money ends up with leaders of drug cartels and trafficking rings. But the flow is hard to stop.

Officials in both the U.S. and Mexico are realizing that criminal enterprises, just like other businesses, can’t operate without a steady cash stream, said David Shirk, director of the Trans-Border Institute at the University of San Diego, which promotes scholarship of border issues.

“We’re shifting our strategy to a more diverse strategy of not just going after bad guys and arresting them, but also going after their guns, going after their money,” he said.

It’s illegal to try to smuggle more than $10,000 in undeclared cash across the border. Officials say the crime is often connected to other illegal activities including drug trafficking, gambling and credit card fraud. Money that’s seized is deposited into government forfeiture funds.

The problem is not new, but there are signs of heightened emphasis.

The Obama administration says targeting bulk cash smuggling is a prong of its strategy against transnational crime. Congressional panels held hearings on the issue last year. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported more than $150 million in seized cash and 428 arrests in bulk cash smuggling investigations in fiscal year 2011, up from $7.3 million and 48 in fiscal year 2005, according to agency statistics.

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TV column offends creator, producer Dear Robby — So sorry you don’t like our little show. I really look forward to the far more original, mature and creative hilarity that you’ll undoubtedly start producing when you finish grad school and enter the, you know, actual world.

Love, Lee Aronsohn Co-creator, Executive Producer — “Two and a Half Men”

Columns of The Daily Beacon are reflections of the individual columnist, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Beacon or its editorial staff.

P.S. — Just curious: Do you experience any cognitive dissonance at all when you sneer at others for being too juvenile while still calling yourself “Robby”?

De Gaulle’s position less than original Dear Mr. Peeden:

NFL should expand to serve fan base Off the Deep End by

In your very good column of 2/9, your quoting of de Gaulle as asserting that the “U.S. had no friends, only interests” caught my eye, particularly because I had thought the expression originated long ago with Lord Palmerston. I found it somewhat difficult to find a reliable source for the quote.

(Mis-attribution, I have found, is very common — beware!). An unreferenced claim that turned up has de Gaulle saying that “France has no interests, &c.” This version sounds more like de Gaulle’s manner of speech to me. However I did find the following, which sounds more reliable, concerning Palmerston’s remarks, on the web site http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship and refers to a record of speech of his to the House of Commons on 3/1/1848 as the source: “Therefore I say that it is a narrow policy to suppose that this country or that is to be marked out as the eternal ally or the perpetual enemy of England. We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.”

Checking on the web shows that many have used an abridged version of Palmerston’s remarks.

The thought came to me that perhaps Palmerston himself was inspired by some earlier writer as well.

Sincerely yours, Melvin L. Tobias Graduate Student mtobias@utk.edu

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Derek Mullins Thick in the midst of an election year, the thing we keep hearing about the most is the state of the American economy. From President Obama and the Democrats heralding supposedly promising statistics on job creation and a minuscule downswing in unemployment numbers, to presidential contenders in the Republican Party talking about a need for deregulation, tax breaks, and incentives to lure businesses back to American shores, we have heard it all. Moreover, it seems like every politician, pundit, economic journalist, businessperson and regular John Doe has a plan for getting the economy back on track. These plans range from sensible to downright harebrained, but they all seem to at least get a bit of consideration.

Well, I’d like to toss my own suggestion into the fray.

Whether or not you might have realized it, I am actually quite a fan of sports. Despite my usual tirades on various political and social issues or mocking of public figures, one of the things I enjoy most is settling down in front of my television to watch a football, soccer or, if the Vols are playing, basketball game.

It was in the aftermath of watching my New England Patriots — I’ve been fan since ’96, so keep your bandwagon charges to yourself — lose in embarrassing fashion in the Super Bowl a week ago that I had an epiphany. In an instant, a short-term solution to the economic woes of many of America’s larger cities leapt into my mind. It is my belief that football, the true American pastime, could hold the key to getting many Americans back to work.

The National Football League, one of the most profitable sports entities in the world, should expand from 32 teams to 40.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. You’re probably scratching your head and wondering just how it is I think this would work. Well, the reasoning is simple.

It all starts with a front office. Teams in the NFL have to have extensive administrative networks in order to have a hope of achieving success. Sure, this calls for quite a few sports executive jobs, but it also creates the need for accountants, secretaries and support and

custodial staff.

Of course no NFL team wants to play on a vacant lot.

No, teams in the NFL need state-of-the-art stadiums capable of holding crowds of 65,000 or more. These new teams will be no different, so several new stadiums will have to be constructed across the country. That creates the need for architects, construction workers, civil engineers and more. After these gigantic buildings are erected, they will need maintenance workers, people to staff concession stands and ticket kiosks, and, of course, security personnel. It is in this latter category that most of the longer-term jobs will be created.

Adding more teams to the NFL means, of course, that you have to have more players, coaches and support staff. This creates more opportunity for more people to enter into the most watched sport in the United States.

More coaches will get to patrol the sidelines. Better yet, more young collegiate football players will be able to achieve their dreams of playing in the NFL. This is true not only of the newer teams, but also of the existing teams. Why? Well, to add more teams to the league undeniably means that the season will have to be extended. That means that more players will have to be added to rosters in order to prepare for inevitable injuries.

This doesn’t even take into account the tourism dollars that will be created or the need for more television crews.

Logistically, it is not as much of a nightmare as it sounds. Adding eight teams allows the NFL to maintain their current divisional structure. Sure, schedules will certainly have to be altered and extended, but this can be done by making preseason games part of the regular season and by adding an additional week of postseason play.

The only remaining question is just where these new franchises should be located. Various markets have contended for teams whenever the NFL has tried to expand in the past. I would suggest sending two teams to Los Angeles, the second largest market in the United States. Additional teams could be placed in Memphis, Orlando, Chicago, Toronto, Vancouver, Las Vegas, San Antonio, or any of the other major North American markets.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has already stated that the league could imminently expand to 34 teams to get the NFL back to Los Angeles. I think, for the sake of the economy, he and the NFL should go to 40.

— Derek Mullins is a senior in political science. He can be reached at dmullin5@utk.edu.

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As the faxes poured in on Signing Day 2012, one thing became apparent: The Vols will continue to focus on the passing game.

This doesn’t seem to be the worst idea, as quarterback Tyler Bray and receivers Da’Rick Rogers and Justin Hunter combined to create the most lethal passing game in the SEC through the first two games.

However, the aerial assault staggered after Hunter was lost for the season. It seems that coach Derek Dooley came into the offseason still stinging from a disappointing season that culminated with a stunning defeat at the hands of Kentucky, which was marked by a poor performance from Bray, who has yet to reach his full potential.

With that in mind, Dooley went out and reeled in possibly one of the best receiver classes in the nation. According to Rivals.com, four of the 21 signees were four-star receivers.

That group included two of the top 20 receivers in this year’s class.

Recruits Cordarrelle Patterson, the top receiver prospect coming out of junior college, and Drae Bowles, a Tennessee native, will bolster the already strong receiving corps.

According to recent trends in football, this seems to be a beneficial maneuver. Accurate pocket passers capable of slinging the ball precisely where it needs to be for big plays currently dominate the NFL. Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees, Tom Brady and others have brought a new approach to the game. The new pro-style offense culminated in Dan Marino’s 27-year-old season passing record coming to an end.

With its success, the passing game will increase in importance. In an increasingly competitive NFL, it’s becoming imperative for development of stars to begin at younger and

younger ages. Thus, the leaders of the college game take the appearance of pro quarterbacks, such as Andrew Luck of Stanford.

Dooley appears to be riding the wave of these recent developments. Seemingly the hope is that Bray will perform in the way the recruiting staff believed he could when he was brought out of California. If he does, the Tennessee offense will truly take flight this year.

Hunter should come out hungry to make up for time lost due to a torn ACL. Rogers would then once again benefit from defenses double-teaming Hunter. Then, the 6-foot-3 Patterson will be able to show the nation what he is capable of.

Notwithstanding, for the hopes and prayers of Big Orange Nation to at last come true, the team will need to remain healthy. Losing Hunter for the majority of the season and Bray for a significant portion contributed to a losing season and the team missing a bowl game. That is something Tennessee fans will not put up with for long, following a loss in the Music City Bowl that moved the team to 6-7 a year before.

This year will be a large deciding factor in whether Dooley can retain the support of his followers. In an increasingly impatient world filled with quick fixes and short attention spans, many fans are quick to jump on or off a bandwagon.

The result of this shift is that a coaching change must elicit a change in the fortunes of the team within a couple years, or risk losing their job. By no means have we reached this point, but in the eyes of many, the clock is ticking.

Enough with the negative — I believe this is the year the Volunteers make a return to meeting the expectations that the storied tradition of this program has bred.

This journalist still holds out hope for the Vols of the present, even as conflict and controversy swarm around alumnus Peyton Manning. Hopefully the play of our current star quarterback can make Big Orange Nation forget all about that certain star of the past.

— Ashton Smith is a sophomore in communications. He can be reached at ssmit192@utk.edu.

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Fiction: Identical, Part 3

By Olivia Cooper Marla heard the shatter of the glass pitcher from the kitchen, which was out of the ordinary for John’s morning routine, but she paid no mind. She heard Craig come into the kitchen and Craig would be on her mind the rest of the day.

There had always been talks of Marla’s obsession with her husband’s brother, but it was all put aside when she agreed to go on a date with John.

The night she arrived twenty minutes early for the senior prom should have been the first clue that she had her eyes on Craig. John was still in the bathroom and lost in his own routine. Craig had just flown in, covered in orange slime and his shirt in tatters. His mother and father, used to this by now, introduced Marla to the boy she knew quite well already but never met. Being the polite person he was, Craig bowed slightly and apologized for his appearance. Marla immediately flung herself on him and hoped he would pick her up in his arms and take her away. However, Craig stood there in shock and asked if his date had called yet. In spite of all the warnings given to him by his parents and his brother, John insisted on following through with the date and courtship that eventually led to the marriage.

She now stood in the kitchen the two of them had remod-

eggs, and held the tiny strings and hair in her hand. She fished the key to the basement out of the junk drawer and unlocked the seldom used door outside, still in her nightgown. As she descended the steps, she made sure not to drop any of the small artifacts she now carried. A click of the overhead light revealed a small shrine she had set up to Craig.

Cardboard cutouts lined the walls from various products he endorsed. A barrel held small articles of clothing she had taken whenever she and John were at his house. Every book, article or documentary that had been completed in relation to him lined an old bookcase to the side. Marla even had each Christmas and birthday card from Craig on display in frames.

From a row of full jars, she plucked a half empty one that was beside her wedding picture with John’s head replaced by Craig’s. After she carefully unscrewed the lid, she dumped her findings from the floor into the jar and inhaled deeply before replacing the lid and container back where she found it. After she admired a few things around the room, she stopped at the light and sighed.

“Come back to me soon,” she said, then hid the room in darkness.

eled from a boisterous and lively environment to a whitewashed, sterile room. The scrambled eggs she cooked even felt too colorful in there. However, as she turned to take her plate to the table, she noticed a track of footprints all over her floor. She immediately retrieved one of John’s shoes and held it up for comparison. The print was two and a half inches bigger, confirming her suspicions of Craig’s presence. She rushed out to get a broom. She swept every square inch of the kitchen, even moving the table and chairs to get what was under them. John was aware of his wife’s infatuation but remained in the relationship and even insisted on bringing a child into their home. There were no “welcome home” kisses.

They never asked about each other’s days. Even their wedding felt more like a Tupperware party instead of a celebration of love.

She gathered the dirt into the dustpan and began to sift out hairs and string. At Craig and Lisa’s wedding, it was a who’s who of politicians, celebrities and some of the strangest outfits on the strangest people. It lasted for two days straight, but John and Marla only stayed for the hour-long ceremony which was in four different languages. John didn’t even acknowledge Marla’s expressions of sadness over the event as she moped around the house. With her emotions known, but never acknowledged, Marla had to revert to obsession.

She tossed the dirt into the trash, as well as her now cold

— Olivia Cooper is a senior in creative writing. She can be reached at ocooper@utk.edu.

Bobby Brown breaks down after Whitney Houston’s death The Associated Press SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — It was an emotional night for soul singer Bobby Brown as he performed Saturday night before thousands just hours after learning that his ex-wife Whitney Houston had died in Beverly Hills.

“First of all, I want to tell you that I love you all,” he told fans gathered at a nearly sold-out 7,500-seat venue in northern Mississippi. “Second, I would like to say, ‘I love you, Whitney.’ The hardest thing for me to do is to come on this stage.”

Brown took the stage as part of the New Edition reunion tour at the Landers Center in Southaven, close to Memphis, Tenn. He said he decided to go on with the performance because fans had shown their loyalty to the group New Edition for more than 25 years. He performed about 10 songs over more than hour — “My Preogative” and “Mr. Telephone Man” among them — before he appeared visibly shaken on stage.

Brown suddenly appeared overcome with emotion as the concert wound down, wiping his face with his vest as the

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Renowned Jamaican journalist dies KINGSTON, Jamaica — Wilmot Perkins, a veteran Jamaican journalist considered the island’s “godfather of talk radio,” has died. He was 80.

Perkins died Friday at his home after a brief illness, according to statements from his former employers.

The Jamaica Observer newspaper published a statement it said was released by former Prime Minister Bruce Golding in which he described Perkins as a nonpatronizing defender of the people.

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group prepared to sing a ballad. When the song began, he joined in, but his voice cracked. He then waved to the fans and walked off stage. The show ended shortly afterward.

Houston and Brown had a tumultuous 15-year marriage that ended in 2007.

In 1993, they had a daughter, Bobbi Kristina. Ten years later, police responded to a domestic violence call from Houston about Brown. Police found Houston with a cut lip and bruised cheek. She was in and out of drug rehabilitation during the mid-2000s, and appeared to hit a low point with her unsteady appearances in the 2005 reality TV show “Being Bobby Brown.” She filed for legal separation the following year and the couple divorced in 2007.

Before New Edition took the stage, Landers Center executive director Todd Mastry had indicated Brown would go on as scheduled but wouldn’t be available to talk with the media.

Mastry said he hadn’t spoken with Brown, but had been backstage. Asked the mood there, he said, “It’s what you would expect it to be when something like this happens — respectful.”

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HOUSTON continued from Page 5 Singer Kevon Edmonds paid tribute to Houston on stage and said his thoughts and prayers were with her family, according to Mastry.

New Edition began its show with the five members coming onstage without Brown. He joined them to a standing ovation. They were all wearing burgundy red coats with black pants and white shirts, and Brown wore a black hat. As they began to perform, one group member said, “This one is for Whitney.”

During an intermission, one of Whitney Houston’s early hits, “You Give Good Love,” played over the

ARTS&CULTURE speakers. Fans stood up and began singing along with the song.

Khalilah Hollis, 34, of Horn Lake, Miss., said she was already in the building for the concert when she found out through Facebook that Houston had died.

“It’s really sad that she passed away. She was an icon,” Hollis said. She said that when she heard the news, she thought that perhaps Brown would not perform. But she was glad when he did go on.

She said Brown’s words about Whitney were touching.

“He probably didn’t want to go into details because he probably would have broken down,” Hollis said.

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Students listen intently during a presentation by representatives from Disney in the Career Services Building on Wednesday, Feb. 8. The session allowed students to learn more about the possible positions available to university students and what qualities Disney look for in future hires.

Lucas, community quarrel over development The Associated Press NICASIO, Calif. — Luke Skywalker would be proud. A rebel alliance has formed in the hills north of San Francisco to fight a perceived Evil Empire.

The alliance is a group of Marin County homeowners. Their phantom menace is George Lucas, the world-renowned filmmaker whose Star Wars Trilogy sky-rocketed him to acclaim and fortune.

The plot is simple: Lucas wants to expand his filmmaking empire in the quiet valley that has been home to his Skywalker Ranch for three decades, building a 270,000-square-foot digital media production compound on historic farmland known as Grady Ranch. Neighbors say the massive structure will constrain their lifestyle with additional noise, traffic and harmful environmental impacts on the pristine countryside.

But the plot thickens. Other neighbors say Lucas has been a stellar neighbor and a steward of the land who has protected massive swaths of agricultural acreage from housing developments, while bringing jobs and tax-paying residents to the community.

It will all play out before what is likely to be a wide audience at the Marin County Planning Commission meeting on Feb. 27.

Residents of Lucas Valley Estates, a subdivision of 174 midsize to upscale homes about a half-hour drive north of the Golden Gate Bridge, are leading the charge against Grady Ranch. They believe the latest Lucas compound is simply too big for Lucas Valley, named for a 19th century rancher

and with no relation to the 67-year-old filmmaker.

“This is really the last gateway of historic farmland up here,” said Liz Dale, an economist who specializes in land policy.

“This is a nonsensical location.”

The neighbors say Lucasfilms Ltd. pulled a stealth move on them, quietly taking a master plan that was passed in 1996 by the county supervisors, and then presenting a revised plan before the planning commission in December with what they say was little public notice.

That plan includes a 51-foot-tall, missionstyle compound with two 85-foot towers, two indoor sound stages as well as an outdoor stage of nearly 7,000 square feet.

There will be screening rooms, guest housing for visiting production teams, a general store and cafeteria for employees, as well as a 4,000-square-foot wine cave for private tastings and storage of the wine and olive oil produced on the working ranches.

Lucasfilm hopes to have the necessary permits in place and break ground by next year, with construction taking 18 months to two years.

“When the plan was passed in 1996,

everybody had George Lucas stars in their eyes and whatever he wanted, they were happy to give,” said Rachel Kamman, a water resources engineer who lives in another nearby subdivision.

“They wanted him to stay in Marin County,” she said. “We still want him to stay in Marin County; people value his job, we value his industry, the creativity, and people think it’s reflective of this county.

But this is a bigboxed, outsourcing facility with significant unmitigated environmental impact.”

Lucas’ other projects include Skywalker Ranch and Big Rock, all adjoining the Grady compound.

Combined, they comprise some 6,100 acres of grassy knolls, valleys and steep hillsides. Yet 95 percent of that land remains undeveloped and protected.

George Lucas Skywalker houses sound and recording studios used for film and television scores and sound effects. Big Rock houses Lucasfilm Animation, multimedia office space and the George Lucas Educational Foundation.

Both have a working fire brigade with fire trucks and full-time firefighters who have helped other communities in Northern California.

Neighbors acknowledge that Skywalker and Big Rock have fit quietly into the community, but worry the bigger structure at Grady Ranch could one day morph into anything from a theme park to a casino, a winery or hotel.

“This is a way to get in, and then it’s too big to fail,” said Carl Fricke, an environmental scientist who lives down the winding, two-lane road that runs past all the Lucas ranches and the homeowners of Lucas Valley Estates.

Tom Forster, director of communications at Skywalker, insists the digital production facility at Grady will be no temple of doom.

It will eventually be screened from view when the trees mature, there will be minimal noise and they will spend millions to mitigate traffic concerns.

“We’re a really strong film company, in fact the only one in the Bay Area, and we have such a good and strong history of employing thousands and doing good work — with no history of these various fears of tremendous noise and ugly traffic,” Forster said.

There will be an 11-mile public hiking and biking trail; they've devoted 800 acres to Marin County open space that will never be developed, power lines will be underground and new bridges and water tanks will be installed to protect the creek and offset water use.

The Grady Ranch digital production facility will employ 340 people and most of the parking will be underground.

“We’ve been good stewards of the land; we cleaned up all the old farm dumps and rusted cars and trash and old refrigerators that were discarded in the creek beds,” Forster said, as he drives by a covered wooden bridge and ancient tractor equipment on display in the fields.

Emilie Nicks, director of corporate communications for Lucasfilm, said she’s frustrated none of the Lucas Valley Estates homeowners has approached them to talk about the plan.

She wants them to know that digital filmmaking no longer requires the crashbang of the old film sets and that their sound stages are so well insulated with acoustical walls that noise does not carry outside; the outdoor stage will be used mainly to capture natural lighting.

“It’s important to us to be good neighbors and respectful of their concerns,” she said.

The neighborhood association said they'd like to work with Lucasfilm to help them find other locations in Marin County, closer to the commercial corridor along Highway 101.

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Lady Vols knock off top-ranked Sun Devils Patrick MacCoon Staff Writer Despite missing two of their All-American players due to injury, the No. 9 Tennessee Lady Vols softball team didn’t seem phased as they opened regular season play with a bang, posting a 5-1 record in the Kajikawa Classic held in Tempe, Ariz. over the past weekend.

In the classic, the Lady Vols outscored their opponents 3124 in six games.

The biggest win for 11th-year co-head coach Ralph Weekly and his team in the classic, which featured three top-10 teams, came on Saturday night when the Lady Vols shut out their head coach’s alma mater, defending national champion and No. 1 Arizona State, 3-0.

The victory marked the second straight season UT has taken down the country’s top-ranked team.

The other top storylines of the tournament for the Big Orange were the dominating pitching performances by sophomore Ellen Renfroe (5-0) and the timely hitting and defense of many Lady Vols. The Lady Vols played without their leadoff hitter, third baseman Raven Chavanne, and returning junior outfielder and RBI leader from last season, Kat Dotson, only played in one game after re-aggravating a right knee injury.

In the season opener on Thursday night, Tennessee shut out USCB 7-0, as Renfroe tossed a complete game, one-hit shutout and struck out 11, while Lady Vols sophomore shortstop Madison Shipman and junior second baseman Lauren Gibson each went 2-for-2 on the night and connected on solo home runs. Shipman drove in a game-high two runs. “(Co-head coach) Karen (Weekly) and I were very pleased with the effort today by our whole team,” Ralph Weekly said.

“USCB gave us a lot of problems last year in our 2-0 victory.

(Guacho starter) Andriana Collins is a tough pitcher, but we made some adjustments and managed to score some runs. We struggled at the top of our order with Raven out this weekend with an injury and Kat Dotson not at full speed.”

The Lady Vols suffered their first loss of the season in their first of two-game set on Friday, as they lost 13-5 to No. 3 California. Cal’s Valerie Arioto did the damage, hitting two home runs and driving in four runs.

However, the loss seemed to spark momentum in the Lady Vols as they went on to win four straight games that were decided by three runs or less (Texas Tech 1-0, San Diego State 6-5, Arizona State 3-0, Western Michigan 9-6).

Renfroe continued her dominance from the pitching mound as she posted her second and third complete-game shutouts of the year against Texas Tech, a game in which she struck out 14, and No. 1 Arizona State.

While she kept the country’s top-ranked team’s bats cold on Saturday night, Renfroe was given room to work with early on as the Lady Vols tagged the Lady Sun Devils for two runs in the top of the first inning on Madison Shipman’s two-run double.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, Lady Vols defensive sub Holly Baker took away what appeared to be a home run off the bat of Junior National Team member Amber Freeman, keeping the Lady Vols’ lead at 2-0.

Renfroe avoided trouble in the bottom half of the sixth inning. After letting the leadoff batter on base for the second straight inning, the sophomore pitcher got the best of Freeman again, as she hit a ground ball to Shipman at short who flipped the ball to Gibson at second and then threw on to first for the 6-4-3 double play to end any sort of threat from the Lady Sun Devils.

Gibson extended the lead with a solo home run in the top of the seventh to put the Lady Vols up 3-0, and Renfroe struck out two of three in the final frame to defeat the Lady Sun Devils.

Renfroe’s seven-hit shutout marked her fourth consecutive game without giving up a run to start the season, and brought

her consecutive scoreless innings pitched streak up to 24.

“Our team played great tonight against a very strong Arizona State team with All-American Dallas Escobedo in the circle,” Weekly said. “I was especially pleased with the players who stepped into roles normally covered by Raven Chavanne and Kat Dotson. This was a great atmosphere tonight in front of over 1,300 fans. Our team responded well to what adversity the crowd provided, especially the defense, which turned a 6-4-3 double play and provided two incredible catches in the outfield.”

Renfroe’s streak would come to an end on Sunday afternoon against Western Michigan in a 9-6 winning effort.

Her consecutive scoreless innings pitched streak was halted at 27 in the top of the fourth inning against Western Michigan when a Meredith Whitney single plated the Lady Broncos’ first run of the game, which was an unearned run due to a throwing error by the Lady Vols. However, UT spotted four more runs to the Lady Broncos in the fourth inning, with Diana Patterson’s three-run home run doing the damage.

The two teams battled back and forth, and heading into the bottom half of the sixth inning the score was tied at 6-6. That quickly changed as Lady Vols sophomore outfielder Melissa Davin spoiled the Lady Broncos’ chances of winning by hitting her second three-run home run of the game. Davin not only drove in a game-high six runs but scored three as well. Gibson hit her team-high third home run of the season in the bottom of the first inning.

Renfroe captured her fifth win of the season in going the distance while allowing six hits, six runs (five earned), three walks and striking out 12 batters. It was the 10th time in her career she has struck out 10 or more in a game.

In the six games of the tournament the Lady Vols hit .291 as a team and piled together 46 hits and eight home runs. Davin leads the team in batting average (.417) while Shipman comes in second with (.381) and leads the team in RBI’s with seven.

The Lady Vols’ (5-1) next action will be in the Time Warner Invitational in Austin, Texas from Feb. 17-19.

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Danny Adams, senior in history, celebrates after scoring a try against Florida in Gainsville, Fla. on Saturday, Feb. 11. The men’s rugby club posted two solid wins over the Gators, remaining undefeated in SCRC play.

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Vols upset No. 8 Gators, earn first road win Staff Reports GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Tennessee finally got a road win, and this one might just give the team the boost it needs to turn around a mediocre season.

Trae Golden scored 17 points, Jeronne Maymon added 15 points and 11 rebounds, and the Volunteers upset No. 8 Florida 75-70 Saturday, ending the Gators’ home-winning streak at 19.

It was Tennessee's most complete game of the season. Somewhat surprisingly, it came on the road, where the Vols had been 0-7.

“This is one of the most impressive wins of the season,” said guard Kenny Hall, who eight points. “We got on them early and made sure we had the lead for most of the game.”

It was a downright debacle for Florida, which lost consecutive games for the first time in nearly two years.

Coming off a 20-point loss at top-ranked Kentucky and wearing gray uniforms to commemorate the program’s back-to-back national championships in 2006 and 2007, the Gators (19-6, 7-3 Southeastern Conference) trailed by double digits early and never mustered anything resembling a legitimate comeback.

“Where we’re going we might be in the NIT if we don't just turn around right now,” Florida guard Bradley Beal said. “If that didn’t fit into our minds and really stick in our minds, then I don’t know what's going

to happen. We really have to turn around, and I think we’ll do that.”

Florida’s biggest problem was it played most of the game without its top two reserves, guard Mike Rosario and forward Will Yeguete. Forward Cody Larson also was out because of a stomach virus.

Tennessee’s inside play was a big reason for its upset of Florida. The Vols outscored the Gators 36 to 14 in the paint on Saturday and had more than double the amount of second-chance points.

Rosario missed the game because of a hip pointer, and Yeguete suffered a head injury early in the first half when he slammed into the padding at the base of the basket.

He was briefly knocked out, then went to the locker room for stitches. He failed a concussion test during halftime, and coach Billy Donovan said he is out indefinitely.

The Gators essentially were left with a seven-man rotation that included seldomused guard Casey Prather.

Nonetheless, Donovan said he saw the lackluster effort coming after a week of poor practices.

“I think these are the experiences where you get kind of hardened a little bit and our team needs to be hardened a little bit,” Donovan said. “We need to be more battletested, battle-weary, so to speak.”

The Volunteers (13-12, 5-5) took it to Florida from the start, driving the lane repeatedly and getting big men Patric Young and Erik Murphy in foul trouble.

Tennessee finished with 36 points in the

paint, 12 offensive rebounds and its first series sweep of Florida since 2009.

Coach Cuonzo Martin told his players during the morning shootaround that it was time they won on the road.

“We had the necessary pieces and the necessary mindset to win the game,” Martin said. “Before, we weren’t mentally ready. I let our guys know we could win our road games.”

Beal and Kenny Boynton led the Gators with 16 points apiece. Boynton had four of the team’s 11 3-pointers. Florida leads the nations in 3s, but shot 37.9 percent (11 of 29) from behind the arc.

Most of those came late.

Erik Murphy drained two 3s in the final minute, trimming Tennessee’s lead to 7164 with 18.3 seconds remaining. But the Volunteers closed it out from the free throw line. Golden hit two foul shots with 17.2 seconds left to push the lead back to nine.

Wes Washpun was called for a technical foul with 11 seconds left, but Boynton missed both free throws. The Gators kept the ball, and Scottie Wilbekin hit a 3 to make it 73-67, but Golden sank two more on the other end to seal the victory.

Skylar McBee had 13 points for Tennessee, and Jordan McRae added 12 before fouling out in the final minute.

Talented freshman Jarnell Stokes played despite a sore right hand and finished with four points. Cameron Tatum spent most of the game on the bench in foul trouble. He didn’t take a shot and finished scoreless for the third time in the last five games.

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Jeronne Maymon charges to the rim over a Florida defender during a game on Saturday, Jan. 7. Maymon hauled in 11 rebounds and added 15 points to help lead the Volunteers to a 75-70 upset over the No. 8 Florida Gators.

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George Richardson • The Daily Beacon

Jordan McRae yells after a solid defensive stand against Florida on Saturday, Jan. 7, earlier this season. McRae helped the Vols with 12 points and a block in the 7570 road win over the Gators.

AKRON, Ohio — The Tennessee track and field teams got some good work in Saturday at Stile Field House, as they completed their final preparations for the upcoming SEC Indoor Championships. The Lady Vols and Vols combined to win 10 Gold Division events and three Blue Division races in a variety of event areas at the Akron Invitational.

“We had our best meet of the year,” UT Director of Track & Field J.J. Clark said about his program’s performance. “We had a lot of personal records and wins, from the sprints, to the distances, to the throws, to the jumps. We just had some very good results all across the board.

“The timing for this kind of performance is very good as we prepare to spend the next two weeks preparing for the conference meet. It was just a good day overall, and now we’ll regroup and get ready for Lexington.”

The Lady Vols posted seven Gold victories, led by double victor Kia Jackson. The junior won both sprint titles with career-best times, taking the 60meter dash in 7.47 seconds and wrapping up the 200 meters in 24.44. It marked the first time in her career she had finished first at a meet. Senior Ashley Harris grabbed third in the 200 at 24.95.

The Vols also dominated the sprints, with freshman Jamol James winning the 60m dash in a career-best reading of 6.72 to move to No. 12 on UT’s all-time performers list in that event.

Sophomore Jarael Nelvis seized the 200 crown, covering the distance in 21.44 as he and James won their first events as Vols. Junior Arnez Hardnick, a transfer from Grambling, was third in the 200 and fourth in the 60, carding personal records of 21.97 and 6.93, respectively.

As they did in the first meet of the season at the Kentucky Invitational, Vol freshman Matthew Hoty and Lady Vol senior Annie Alexander swept the shot put competitions. Alexander won for the third time in five outings in 2012, stretching the tape measure to 53-6 1/2, while Hoty collected his second win with a blast of 59-9 3/4. Lady Vol junior Aslynn Halvorson was third in the women’s shot with a career-best toss of 48-9.

The Lady Vols were dominant in the middle dis-

tance area, claiming first-place honors in both the mile and 800 meters. Senior Chanelle Price, already an automatic NCAA qualifier this season in the 800, trained victoriously in the mile in Akron with a season best of 4:45.15, while junior Kelsey Kane was third in a career-topping 4:57.47.

Sophomore Kianna Ruff, meanwhile, won the 800 in Price’s absence from the event, carding a PR of her own with a 2:07.64 effort.

Tennessee also recorded women’s triumphs in the triple jump from Allison Outerbridge, at 38-6 3/4, and in the 4x400m relay. The tandem of senior Ellen Wortham, Ruff, Price and junior Nijgia Snapp moved the baton around the oval in 3:42.28 for the Big Orange.

Wortham and Vol senior Terry Benson each uncorked personal-record performances in the 60m hurdles. Wortham earned runner-up status in women’s race in 8.43, while Benson was fourth in the men’s race in 8.10. Lady Vol Bianca Blair was just behind Wortham and barely shy of her PR, taking third in 8.54.

The Vols added three more third-place efforts, while the Lady Vols produced one. Senior Robert Rasnick delivered one of those in the pole vault, clearing a career-best height of 17-3 3/4, while Chase Brannon settled for fourth at the same height on more attempts. Rookie Tyler Anderson (triple jump) and senior Varick Tucker added the others, charting marks of 47-1 3/4 (a career best) and 48.15, respectively. For the UT women, sophomore Amber Zimmerman rustled up a thirdplace showing in the 3000m in a career-best time of 10:02.42.

In the Blue Division, the designation given the slower heats, Tennessee winners included Vol Garrek Thompson in the 400m (49.15) and Lady Vols Julia Petree in the 400m (56.66) and TyVonna Johnson in the 800m (2:14.81).

Vol football player Rajion Neal saw his first action with the track and field team. The sophomore finished sixth in the Blue Division 200m dash in 22.67 and was 12th-fastest in the preliminary round of the 60 meters, finishing in 7.02.

Tennessee is off next weekend before heading to Lexington, Ky., for the SEC Indoor meet on Feb. 24-26.